On the second day, An Ying went to Batou Street early in the morning, walked from the street to the end of the street, and bought bamboo chairs, baskets, baskets and other things that can be used at home in the bamboo shop, and asked the guy to send them to the newly rented house. When it was almost time, she slowly walked to the street stall and asked for a bowl of noodles, and chatted with the lady on the stall for a while, and it didn't take long for the lady to bring the noodle soup. The soup base is snow-white pork bone broth, and there are Chinese cabbage, tofu and dried fish in the soup, and An Ying even drank the soup cleanly. An Ying thought about it for a while, and then walked to Hongsheng Ji. There was a little maid standing in front of the store that day, wearing a blue blouse and a yellow skirt, although the fabric was a little faded, but the little girl was still very conspicuous in her dress. As soon as the fireworks saw her, they ran over with a smile, "Miss Anjia, you came to find Mrs. today, I'll take you there, Mrs. will be empty." ”

"Your lady has been busy for a while so early?" An Ying asked in surprise, the average lady sees the guest after the hour, even the wife of the merchant has to freshen up, dress up, eat, and arrange the work of the servants before she can be free, this time is only about an hour, and the wife of the ordinary family is the time to arrange the work, how can Mrs. Shen be empty.

"Yes, we are all here at the mouth of the hall at the behest of the lady. Today's work and who did a good job in the previous ten years, and who did the wrong work, the lady has to say. But only a quarter of an hour. At this moment, Madame is just finishing breakfast and resting. ”

When An Ying entered the back room, Mrs. Shen was looking at the account book, and when she saw An Ying coming in, she put down the book, and ordered: "Fireworks, you go to the kitchen and ask Sister-in-law Wang to make a bowl of sweet tea." ”

After the fireworks happily responded and almost trotted all the way to the kitchen, Mrs. Shen shook her head with a smile and said, "Every time the kitchen makes sweet tea, I will make more in case I want it again." Fireworks love sweet tea. ”

An Ying also smiled and said, "Fireworks are really special for you." When I came in that day and met you, the other maids and maids here, as well as the steward in front, were all cautious in their words and deeds, and it could be seen that they were all carefully trained. This firework is very out of the ordinary, probably young. ”

"You speak very well at this young age. That firework isn't a year or two younger than you. Mrs. Shen took a sip of tea, smiled and said, "Why are you looking for me today?" ”

"When I went back yesterday, I happened to rent a house, but there was no furniture. When I entered the yard yesterday, I saw that you happened to be in the woodware business here, and I thought I would ask if there was any cheap and useful furniture that I could buy. The old servant and I are afraid that someone will be deceived for buying this kind of thing. ”

"You even know this carpentry shop?" Mrs. Shen looked at An Ying with interest and said, "I shouldn't have had a chance to see the account book yesterday." ”

An Ying saw that Mrs. Shen did not show her face, but looked excited, thinking that it should be a bet, so she said carefully: "Yesterday, before I entered your store, I sat in the silk village diagonally opposite for a while, and saw several middle-aged men, who should be shopkeepers or bookkeepers, came out of your store one after another, and the others did not know, I also saw the shopkeeper of this woodware shop a few days ago, the Tan Ji woodware shop on Gaosheng Street. There are many tea shops there, so I don't have to walk two streets to eat tea here, and I also carry a burden, which should be an account book. ”

"I didn't expect you little girl to have so many eyes. Maybe the shopkeeper came here to buy some silk or something, and came here for some tea. The capital sells southern goods a little better, and the silk and satin villages are all here on Batou Street. Mrs. Shen smiled and drank the tea soup, and did not rush to deny it, and seemed to be very satisfied.

"Most of you come here are women, on this section of the street, there are either cloth shops or fat powder shops, but there are women who come and go, even if you go further, those sauce shops and bamboo shops are also many women. I sat for a while in the silk village diagonally opposite and heard that the shopkeeper of Tan Kee would come to you every month to drink tea, and occasionally he would indeed buy silk, but after all, the shopkeeper of a woodware shop was not rich enough to buy silk every month, so it was too eye-catching, wasn't it? I heard about some things about the Shen family last night, and I thought it might be your shop below. ”

"I heard something about the Shen family?" Mrs. Shen smiled and put down the teacup, "What are the things of the Shen family that make you connect such an unrelated matter." ”

"That's what I heard. Originally, this half of the street belonged to the Shen family. The biggest business is the original Shen Family Bank, which has now been changed to Hengsheng Bank. Later, the second master of the Shen family messed up the business, and sold it from shop to shop. ”

"A lot of people know about that." Mrs. Shen said.

"Everyone knows about this, but everyone shouldn't know how to do the money bank's business. If you want to get a store that has been doing for decades like that, it will still take a few months, and you can't do it without an insider. An Ying said quietly.

Mrs. Shen straightened up, the two jasper earrings dangled back and forth, she stared at An Ying, and said quietly, "How old are you?" Do you know how money banks do business? ”

"I just know, at least a few decades of old money bank, the operation is smooth, the cash must be sufficient, and there should be no difference in the identification of seals by a few shopkeepers. I heard that it was the big shopkeeper of Mingzhou who stole the seal of the second master and mobilized the cash of all the branches in the entire Southeast Mansion. For such a big thing, the shopkeepers of each branch didn't communicate with the owner, so they transported the silver? Not to mention the farther places, Qiantang Mansion is only a two-day journey from here, and if you send someone to inform you, this kind of thing will not happen. ”

"Oh, then how do you know you didn't know? Maybe the second master knows it. Mrs. Shen relaxed, leaned back on the side of the chair with her tense body, and touched the beads on her wrists.

"I inquired, and I also deliberately looked at the Yamen's record of Shen Erye's lawsuit back then. According to the system set by Shen Jiaqian, if the cash is less than 1,000 taels, the big shopkeeper can decide for himself. If it is more than 1,000 taels and less than 3,000 taels, it will require the owner's private seal. For the dispatch of more than 3,000 taels, in addition to the private seal, the owner and other shareholders also need to sign and seal the note.

The original Shen family money village has thirty-two in the entire southeast province. The dispatch of that time was different for each branch, but after a closer look, I was very familiar with the situation of each branch. The Mingzhou branch is the largest store, where you have to go to the money bank to borrow silver before going to sea, and it is common for thousands of taels to enter and exit. Yuezhou is not prosperous in business, and most of them are engaged in farming, so the branch in Yuezhou is only a few hundred taels of silver all year round, and the dispatch of the Yuezhou branch is just eight hundred taels of silver. Not to mention anything else, it's not something familiar with that can't be so well planned.

In the confession of Second Master Shen, it was mentioned that there was no shopkeeper who told him about dispatching silver. In fact, if there is more than one shopkeeper and the proprietor in the middle of the matter, the matter cannot be done. But none of the shopkeepers went to talk to the proprietor. In accordance with the rules of the bank, each shopkeeper checked the vouchers of the dispatch and the private seal of the owner and sent the silver out. The process is done according to the rules, and there is no fault at all. But when it comes to doing business, you don't just follow the rules.

So I don't think this inside line is one person, but the Shen family money village in the entire southeast mansion. ”