After the young bookkeeper walked into the cabin, the old man said with a wry smile: "Miss, after all, this person is a person from his own family, maybe he is still the henchman of the head of the family, or don't be too lazy, and over this period of time, the old slave has also secretly observed this person, his conduct is quite good, and he is also kind to others, not like a bad person." ”

Qian Yurong frowned and did not speak.

The old man can be regarded as watching Qian Yurong grow up, so he naturally knows the temperament of this young lady, once he recognizes something, it is extremely difficult to change his mind, so he sighs helplessly, and no longer reluctantly does anything. If you talk too much, it may backfire.

Qian Yurong changed the topic and said, "Uncle Zhang, you have been to Qizhou, what is the situation there like now?"

The old man coughed lightly, and said with a look of reminiscence: "The last time the old slave went to Qizhou, it was still Tianbao for five years, and there is not much to say, the only thing that I remember is that the displaced people and disaster victims everywhere, in order to avoid the disaster of war, fled in groups, and no one died on the road, some died of starvation, and some died of disease, but it is said that Qinzhou and Liangzhou are even worse than Qizhou, and it is not uncommon for Yizi to eat." ”

Although Qian Yurong is a side branch of the Qian family, she can't compare to Qian Jin'er and Qian Yulou, but compared with ordinary people, she is also the daughter of a rich and noble family.

The old man sighed softly: "There is no food, and the people can't bear to eat their starving children, but in order to survive, the two families exchange their children and cannibalism. ”

Qian Yurong let out a long sigh, not knowing what to say.

She couldn't imagine what it was like to be hungry, and she hadn't even experienced what it was like to be hungry.

After a long silence between the two, Qian Yurong changed the topic again and said softly: "Uncle Zhang, will it be too risky for us to transport ten boatloads of grain in one go this time?"

The old man smiled and said: "Last year, the price of grain in Jiangnan, because of the war, the price of grain was nearly twice as high as in the peaceful years, and the price of grain in Shuntianfu, Daimyofu, Bohai Mansion, and Xuanhua Mansion was only ten wen a catty, and one tael of silver could buy two hundred and twenty catties of grain, according to two hundred catties, ten thousand taels of silver was enough to buy two million catties of grain, one stone was one hundred catties, that is, 20,000 stones, we had 18,000 stones per ship, and ten ships totaled 180,000 stones, that is, 90,000 taels of silver. The miscellaneous expenses such as hiring guards are almost 100,000 taels of silver, which is indeed not a small amount, and it has already hollowed out our family funds, but as long as we can transport it safely to Qizhou and complete this transaction, we will be able to return more than 120,000 taels of silver, repay the loan of our family, and get the net profit of 20,000 taels of silver. ”

20,000 taels of silver, whether it is placed in Jinling Mansion or Imperial Capital City, it is not a small amount.

Qian Yurong muttered: "Don't dare to gamble, how can you take it?" ”

The old man paused for a moment and continued: "Now in addition to our family's loans, we also have foreign debts of more than 10,000 taels of silver, and with these 20,000 taels of silver, we can not only replace the foreign debts, but also have a few thousand taels of silver left, and we don't have to be as tight as last year." ”

Speaking of this, Qian Yurong's expression softened a lot, and said with a smile: "Then I can breathe a sigh of relief, I don't know how difficult it is to be in charge of a family, since my father left, I know that it is difficult to earn money, and the expenses inside and outside are so big, I really dare not relax at all." ”

When the old man heard this, he was also a little worried between his eyebrows: "There are some words that should not have been said by the old slave, but Mrs. ...... It's a lot of money. ”

Hearing the word "madam", Qian Yurong's face suddenly became a little dark, this lady is naturally her biological mother, but in all fairness, there is really no one who is a mother, every day with a group of women who are almost the same, playing money for fun, playing leaf cards every day can lose dozens of taels of silver, and sometimes even hundreds of taels of silver, but in this world of filial piety, she can't say anything more as a daughter, so she is really helpless.

Soon, the fleet came to the territory of Guide Province, and some of the people stayed on the ship to guard the grain ship, while the other part of the people landed and entered the city under the leadership of Qian Yurong, and the young bookkeeper naturally followed them.

After entering the city, the old man surnamed Zhang came to a time-honored inn with good knowledge, planning to settle down first, and then take turns guarding the grain ship the next day.

The young bookkeeper did not rush into the inn, but looked up with a smile on his face.

The name of the inn is "Taiping Inn", which shows how big the Taiping Sect's business is, all over the north and south of the river, but as far as he knows, the reason why the Taiping Sect can be well-informed is that these inns and money houses distributed in various places are also indispensable.

This scene happened to be seen by Qian Yurong, and many thoughts couldn't help but pop up in her heart, why did this person laugh when he saw this inn? Could it be that this inn was a black shop? But this inn was set by Uncle Zhang, there should be no mistakes, and this person is the account office personally sent by Aunt Jin, so naturally he will not be a thief.

Qian Yurong shook her head, knowing that she was a little suspicious, she didn't pay attention to this person anymore, and walked into the inn, but after all, it was related to ten boats of grain, and it was related to all her net worth, so she couldn't let her act carelessly.

Under Qian Jin'er's personal arrangement, he turned into a bookkeeper of the Qian family's house, and followed this fleet of grain to Dongchang Mansion in Qizhou.

After arriving at Dongchang Mansion, it is not too far from Donghua Sect, he plans to go to Donghua Sect to see Nan Kezi first, ask about the progress of alchemy, it is best to be able to refine successfully, he can take the pill directly, and then return to the master, and his confidence will be more sufficient.

Another point, when he saw the second senior brother in Zhongzhou, the second senior brother once warned him and asked him to wait until after the New Year to return to the sect, if he left too quickly, not only would the "Wuqi True Pill" not be refined, but it would also be beneficial to return to the sect early, so it would be better to hide his identity and go slowly and unhurriedly like now.

Li Xuandu shook his sleeves and didn't walk into the inn, he really didn't want to have anything to do with the Taiping Sect that was chattering with gods for the time being, and went to the downtown alone.

On the second floor of the inn, Qian Yurong pushed open a gap in the window, looked at the bookkeeper who left alone, and frowned: "This person is strange everywhere. ”

The old man stood behind her, his face full of helplessness, and said with a wry smile: "More things are better than less things, he is a member of his family, and we are really not easy to manage." ”

Qian Yurong obviously didn't listen to the old man's admonition, and snorted lightly: "I want to see what tricks he is playing." ”