Chen Fan's words are quite artistic, to thirty taels of home, in fact, it is the price of asking the eldest brother to do something, the sixty taels of gold is not for the eldest brother, but to ask the eldest brother to help with the errand, the farm, workshop, naturally should belong to Chen Fan, let the eldest brother handle it, fully illustrate the trust and dependence on the eldest brother, so that most of the silver brothers know where to go, know that Chen Fan will not spend indiscriminately, and the rest of the money Chen Fan said that it will be used to buy a house or a store, it seems that although there is a huge amount of money worth six hundred taels of silver, but it will give the eldest brother that the money is obviously not much, and he will not plan to let Chen Fan use the money for other purposes.

Sure enough, the eldest brother listened to Chen Fan's arrangement and said, "Fa Sheng, hearing you say this, how do you feel that you don't have enough money to spend?" ”

"The matter of changing the house or the store, I will do it after I come back from Jiankang, and I will ask the eldest brother to do it quickly."

"Okay, I'll help you take a look at the land near Xiaohe Village first, and let me put the thirty taels of gold here first, and then help you implement the affairs of Xiaohe Village, and then bring it to your family."

"Then there is Brother Lao."

"It's okay, I'll go around the neighborhood first and help you see if there's a suitable house nearby." It seems that the eldest brother is quite enthusiastic about Chen Fan's preparation to buy a house. At that moment, the eldest brother got up and took out ninety taels of gold and left.

Chen Fan took the rest of the money and went back to the wing, why did he feel unsafe again? Chen Fan sighed secretly in his heart, he really didn't care about money, mainly because there was no bank in this era, and he didn't have the habit of putting money at home, and the money was stored in the bank, and he was not afraid of losing it, but now it's good, he can only put it at home. After thinking about it, Chen Fan felt that it was not good to have an account room at home, and the business would start in the future, and this income and expenditure should be accounted for, and there should be a bookkeeper and a keeper of money, Huang Shi's ability is enough, but I don't know if he is willing? Chen Fan decided to consult Xiao Qing today and listen to his thoughts, after all, Huang Shi is his person.

At night, in the study, the candlestick lights illuminated the room, Chen Fan looked at Xiao Qing and said with a smile: "Aqing, this gamble is won, I will return the money to you first." After speaking, he handed the fifty taels of gold that he had prepared earlier to Xiao Qing.

"I didn't ask you to pay it back." Xiao Qing didn't reach out to pick it up, but looked at Chen Fan and said seriously.

"I know, but I want to pay it back, it's not safe for me to put so much money here, pay you back, in case I am short of money, I will borrow it from you." Seeing that Xiao Qing was still a little hesitant, Chen Fan pulled Xiao Qing's left hand with his right hand, and put the money in Xiao Qing's hand with his left hand.

"Why do you have more money?" Xiao Qing looked at the money in his hand and said with a frown.

"Doesn't this bring you some joy? I want to ask Master Huang to help me manage the money, do you think it's appropriate? Afraid that Xiao Qing would be entangled in this matter, Chen Fan hurriedly changed the topic.

"Let Master Huang help you manage the money?" Xiao Qing looked at Chen Fan suspiciously and asked?

"It's not simply to help keep the property, but to help manage the accounts, I'm going to do chess eggs and roast duck trading later, I can't do it without a trustworthy account room, I want to ask Huang Shi to take charge, what do you think?" Chen Fan explained to Xiao Qing.

"I think it's doable." Xiao Qing said uncertainly.

"Ask you something, if you want to be convenient, just say, Master Huang has always been by your side to protect you and teach you martial arts, have you ever paid Master Huang's salary?"

"I don't think so." Xiao Qing probably never thought about this problem, thought about it, and then said: "My money is all put in Huang Shi, and if I want to use the money, I will take it from Huang Shi, so I haven't thought about this problem." ”

"Your money is yours, and Huang Shi is just keeping it for you, so what if Huang Shi wants to use the money himself?"

"What do you suggest?" Xiao Qing looked at Chen Fan and said bluntly.

"How much money do you have with Master Huang?" Chen Fan felt that it was better to ask Xiao Qing about this more personal topic, who told him to feel familiar with Xiao Qing now.

"Give this back, there should be a thousand taels of gold." Xiao Qing looked at Chen Fan and did not intend to hide it.

"One thousand taels of gold!" Chen Fan was taken aback in his heart, it is good to have a father who is the emperor, and he is relieved to think about it, the son of the emperor's family, it is normal to give a thousand taels of gold.

"Aqing, you give ten taels of gold to Huang Shi as a reward for his hard work during this time, and I also said that I want to ask him to take care of the accounts, give him two taels of silver every month, and you give him three taels of silver every month as a bundle, a total of five taels, and ask him if he is willing to help with this?"

Xiao Qing didn't ask Chen Fan why he asked him to pay three taels of silver, and said directly: "Okay." ”

"Then you go and find out Huang Shi's tone first, if he is willing, I will tell him the specific things that need him to be responsible."

Xiao Qing nodded, went to find Huang Shi, and came back not long after, with a happy look between his eyebrows, and said when he entered the door: "Huang Shi agreed, in the main hall, let's go over, he wants to talk to you carefully." ”

"Okay." After coming for so long, although the relationship with Huang Shi is much better than before, but I haven't talked to Huang Shi seriously, Chen Fan and Xiao Qing immediately came to the main hall, only to see that Huang Shi was already there, and everyone sat down.

"Master Huang, thanks to Aqing taking out the money this time, I won some money in the gambling house, I just want to do some small business, and also make a plan for my future livelihood, so I won't sit on the mountain, but I can't do it without a person in charge at home, Aqing and I are still busy with cultivation, and we don't have people around us who are capable and trustworthy to help me, so I want to ask Huang Shi to go out of the mountain and manage the big and small things in this family."

"Then Fa Sheng, can you tell us about your specific plans?" Huang Shi did not immediately agree, but consulted.

"Okay, I want to do three things. The first thing is to make a sale. There are three kinds of business, in addition to the chess eggs you have tasted before, as well as roast duck and wine, if you want to do a good job in these three businesses, it involves the need to have your own production workshop, the construction of this workshop, I entrusted it to the eldest brother, find a piece of land like one or two hundred acres near Xiaohe Village, first build the workshop, and then produce and sell, if these three things are done well, this income will also be there. ”

Chen Fan paused when he talked about this, and saw that Huang Shi did not interrupt him, and continued: "This second thing is to control Qingfeng Hall, this Qingfeng Hall is one of the four major gangs in Gusu, controlling the east of Gusu. I wanted to take Lang Libai as my subordinate, but last time I asked Hou Feng to come forward and ask Lang Libai to do things, but he refused. This time, I want to ask Huang Shi to come forward and see if he can be recruited. Speaking of this, Chen Fan stopped and looked at Huang Shi.

"Fa Sheng, why don't you come forward in person? With your abilities, I think it should be possible. Huang Shi did not rush to agree, but looked at Chen Fan and asked rhetorically.

"Because of time." Chen Fan took a deep breath and said: "In my opinion, the red dust and mundane things are just passing clouds, only cultivation is the right way, I want to enter the innate world, seek the Great Dao, break the void, get out of this world, to see if there is a way to live forever, in my heart, only the Great Dao will last forever." Speaking of this, Chen Fan stopped, the meaning was self-evident, it was not necessary, there was no time to win him over, and he wanted to cultivate the Tao.

"Disrespectful, I didn't expect your ambitions to be like this." Master Huang bowed to Chen Fan and said, "May Fa Sheng get what he wants." ”

"Fa Sheng, I'll accompany you." Xiao Qing was on the side and couldn't help but say excitedly.

Chen Fan looked at Xiao Qing and said, "Okay, my primary goal is to surpass you, you have to work hard, don't drag me back." ”

"No, it won't." Xiao Qing looked at Chen Fan and said with a firm gaze.

Chen Fan smiled, did not dwell on this issue, but continued: "Huang Shike still has questions? ”

"Then why are you doing so many things?" Huang Shi thought about it, but still spoke.

"Because of the red dust heart, even if I have the heart of the Tao, but I am still a mortal, I can't be too forgetful, I think the people around me can live well, I hope they are happy, and not into the red dust, how can I wash the dust heart? People in the earthly world, cultivation can not be separated from mundane things, no money, no power, how to protect the Tao? If you can't protect the road and protect yourself, how can you talk about the road? So doing so much, seeking wealth, seeking power, in my opinion, are all means to protect themselves, and they can't help but do it. ”

"Fa Sheng, what you said is very good, I understand, what about the third one?"

"Buy your life."

"Buying a life?"

"Yes, buy life. Find some children with good martial arts training among some displaced victims, and after finding them, arrange their families as peasant households, train them as killers, and must be able to sacrifice their lives for me, the number can be small, but they must be absolutely loyal, and they will say good at the beginning, sell me their lives, and I will take care of his family, this is a deal, the principle of voluntariness, not forced. Chen Fan felt that he was a little cold-blooded when he said this, but the reality was cruel, and Chen Fan didn't intend to be a bad person, this was actually the same as the government's recruitment of troops to fight, but Chen Fan said it more bluntly.

"Okay, I understand, this third thing, what are you going to do?"

"After recruiting people, let these people train in isolation, it's best to have an experienced killer teach them, I wonder if Master Huang has such a person to recommend?"

"There should be one, this person's surname is You, he should still be in Jiankang now, his name is You Ying, not many people know his name, the rivers and lakes only know that he is called the Soul Chasing Sword, the sword used is thin and long, and it can be hard or soft, and anyone who has seen him out of the sword is basically a dead person. But now it's a bit decadent, the main thing is that the beloved has been killed, there are too many vendettas on the rivers and lakes, if you go to Jiankang, you can recruit him and train killers for you. ”

Chen Fan shook his head and said, "Let's change it, this person's current state of mind is not suitable for being a killer, let alone teaching a killer, the killer is ruthless, he should be an alcoholic now, I don't want to waste time on him." ”

"This person has a lot of experience in assassination and amazing martial arts, it's hard to find a more suitable one than him, don't you try?"

"Not trying. In this way, Master Huang, you give me a letter and persuade him to come as a leader, after I arrive in Jiankang, let people send him over, if he can come, he will come, if he can't come, we will find another way. Seeing that Huang Shi was still ready to persuade again, Chen Fan thought about it and chose a compromise plan.

"Yes, but I believe that you will send it over in person, how about it?"

"I can't leave people by my side, does it matter if Hou Feng and the dart master are by my side?"

"Hou Feng can, others should be more evasive, after all, killers don't want to see too many people."

"Okay, I'll leave tomorrow morning, and you can bring it to me when the time comes."

"Hmm." Huang Shi nodded.

"Then is Master Huang willing to be our chief steward?" Seeing that the matter had been finished, Chen Fan couldn't help but ask hopefully?

"I don't dare to quit if I want to." Huang Shi stood up at this time and solemnly saluted Chen Fan, which was to confirm the identity of the guest and host.