"What chicken?" Cao An asked.

"Ahh I mean, now it would be nice to have a chicken called a flower chicken. Only then did Yu Ren discover his gaffe.

Cao An laughed, "Childe is still thinking about going to Hangzhou!" This is called flower chicken, which is a specialty of Hangzhou, and there is nothing to eat here. However, if we go to Hangzhou now, it seems that the silver on this body is not enough. ”

Yu Ren suddenly heard Cao An mention of the silver and didn't care, but this also pulled his thoughts back to reality a little. "Good. I don't want to. You are right, there is a saying: there is no grass at the end of the world, and there are never many beautiful women. As long as there is enough silver, I am afraid that I will not find it! ”

Yu Ren chanted a crooked poem written when he was picking up girls in his previous life, and felt that he was in a much better mood, so he jumped off the springboard first, "Let's go, go into the city and eat chicken." ”

Cao An saw that Yu Ren was dull and happy for a while, and he didn't dare to speak casually, so as not to arouse any of his nerves again, and then become abnormal, so he had to follow him honestly.

The two entered Changle County. I found an inn near the north gate near the pier and stayed there.

For the next few days, Yu Ren ate and drank every day, thinking about nothing. Cao An was worried about only watching it, and persuaded Yu Renyin several times to save some flowers, so as not to have enough money to go home.

Yu Ren didn't care at all. On the fifth day, the fellow of the passenger ship came to the inn and called them, saying that the ship was ready to go to sea in the afternoon. Only then did Yu Ren think of a question: Now that Li Yu's master and servant have left, is it still necessary for the two of them to go to Zhangzhou?

Thinking of this question, Yu Ren couldn't help but touch the money bag. The silver has been spent quickly these days, and now he only has less than three taels of broken silver left in his money bag. Yu Ren estimated that if he went to Zhangzhou, he was afraid that he would not see enough money to come back. So he said to the guy, "Forget it." We're not going to Zhangzhou anymore. You let your boss take care of the boat and leave us alone. ”

The guy said yes and turned to leave. Cao An caught up with a step, "Ah! You buddy. Our son said that he would not go to Zhangzhou, so wouldn't our ship money be refunded at all? ”

The guy looked embarrassed. "Well, I don't know. Our lord only ordered the villain to come and call the two of them on board, but he did not mention the matter of returning the silver. ”

"Then I'll ......" Cao An wanted to say more, but Yu Ren raised his hand to stop him. Never mind! Don't embarrass him. It's not easy for their master's family, and when they encounter such things on this trip, I'm afraid they don't know how much they will lose! Yu Ren didn't want to embarrass him because he had experienced the dangers of the sea that day with the shipowner.

The guy saluted Yu Ren, turned around and left.

After the guy left, Yu Ren came out of the room. and instructed Cao An to pack up and prepare to leave tomorrow.

"Where are you going? Are you back in Nanjing? Cao An asked.

"No, go to Funing." Yu Rendao.

"What are you doing in Funing?"

"There's no silver!" Yu Ren said angrily. And the heart said, Aren't you knowingly asking?

"Why are you going to Funing without money?" I didn't expect Cao An to get to the bottom of it.

"Naturally, I went to find my second uncle Yu Zongbing. I've been able to inquire about it these days. People say that my second uncle Yu has money in his family. And he is also very generous. I think as long as we come to the door and speak, the last generation of our Yu family, there are not many brothers and sisters. What's the matter, my second uncle has to give me three or five hundred taels! In this way, we can continue to play outside for another year or two! Yu Ren proudly said his plan.

Unexpectedly, when Cao An heard this, he said to him with a solemn face, "Childe." You've got to think about it. If you go to Funing to find the second master. Of course, this money can be easily obtained. But I'm afraid that you won't be able to go back to this house in the future. ”

"Why?" Yu Ren asked puzzled.

"It's my fault, too. I didn't make it clear to you. You have lost your memory, and you have probably forgotten your lord's temper. The lord has always disliked clinging to the powerful the least. And he has always disagreed with the second master's way of being an official. Although our two families are close relatives, we haven't been in touch for more than ten years. With the arrogant temper of the old man, if you go to the second master and borrow a tael of silver, he is afraid that he will not spare you.

I'm not going anyway. To go you alone. If I went with you. Go back, my lord must beat me to death. ”

"My dad, it's not so old-fashioned!" Yu Ren was a little unconvinced.

"Not so old-fashioned? I'll just tell you about something five years ago! That time was an old servant of our family, Lao Xia. He is a scholar who has followed his master since he was a child. Five years ago, I once helped my lord go back to his hometown in Fujian to do something. As a result, the silver brought was not enough, and it happened that the second master was at home that time. Seeing that Lao Xia was short of money, he asked his subordinates to take ten taels of silver and send it. Lao Xia originally didn't want it. But he couldn't go away because he had something at hand.

The man sent by the second master put down the silver and left. When Lao Xia finished the business at hand, he rushed to return the silver, and the second master had already returned to Funing. So Lao Xia thought, anyway, the silver won't be able to be repaid for a while, so it's better to use it first. When I returned to Nanjing, I took the silver, and then sent someone to Funing, and returned it to the second master.

However, I didn't expect this to be known by the master. As a result, the old man lost his temper and kicked Lao Xia out of the house.

I was younger, but I remember it very clearly. ”

Yu Ren listened to Cao An's words and didn't say anything for a long time. He was thinking about a question: Why do I always have this fate, I met a proud father in my previous life, and it was easy to cross over, how could I meet an old man, and it was even more excessive! It seems that I am destined to not be able to eat ready-made meals in my life, and if I want to enjoy it, I have to rely on myself.

Thinking like this, Yu Ren slowly paced outside the inn. Cao An thought that Yu Ren listened to his words and still insisted on going to Funing, and couldn't help but be startled.

"Childe, where are you going?"

"I went out on the streets. Since you said that you couldn't go to the second uncle's house to get money, I had to figure out my own way. Otherwise, the two of us would really have to beg back to Nanjing. ”

Cao An relieved himself at this time, followed Yu Ren, and walked out of the inn together.

Although Cao An has been in Changle for several days, his mind has been spent on eating and drinking in the past few days, and he really hasn't paid attention to the business opportunities around him. At this time, he deliberately paid attention, and Yu Ren found out. In fact, although Changle is a small county, there are really a lot of business opportunities.

Although the county seat is not large, there are already many handicraft workshops. This kind of workshop, which is generally similar to the Yiwu of later generations, is basically based on the family unit. Among them, the most important is weaving.

Although the Ming Dynasty has a weaving bureau in many places in the southeast, almost all the silk produced by the official weaving bureau is supplied to the court or the government, and it has been nearly 50 years since the Longqing switch. Overseas trade in the southeast has developed considerably, which has also led to the emergence of a large number of private weaving mills along the southeast coast. And the biggest difference between these private weaving workshops and the official ones is. In the private weaving mills, almost all cotton cloth was woven, mainly for the common people and the seamen; In the official weaving bureau, almost without exception, silk and brocade are woven.

Due to the large demand for cotton cloth by maritime merchants, it has also created a prosperous silk weaving industry in the southeast.

After turning most of the county, Yu Ren also saw a lot of business opportunities. But every time he touched the only three taels of silver in his pocket, he couldn't help but sigh again. There is no capital to do business, even if there is a good business opportunity, it is in vain, Yu Ren couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, Yu Ren remembered a story he had seen in the past on three words and two beats. It is said that an unlucky businessman, relying on the three taels of silver supported by his friend, followed his friend's ship overseas, but made a windfall by magic. This story should have happened exactly in Daming.

As soon as he thought of this story, Yu Ren's heart couldn't help but heat up. But after carefully comparing his current situation with that of the other party, Yu Ren knew rationally that this method was not suitable for him. It's not that he doesn't dare to take the risk of these three taels of silver. It's really that he has no relatives here, and no friends. With these three taels of silver alone, if you want to go to Nanyang, it is not enough to pay for one person's boat fare, not to mention that there are still a few months of food and drink expenses on it.

Thinking of this, Yu Ren couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Childe, you don't have to be in a hurry. With our little silver, just the two of us taking a boat to Hangzhou, it should be about the same. Cao An said.

"What should I do when I get to Hangzhou? Are you going to let me open my mouth to Miss Lee? Mo said that we don't know if we can find Miss Li when we get to Hangzhou, and even if we do, I will never be able to open this mouth. Yu Ren said.