In the blink of an eye, in the early spring of the seventh year of Tianbao, the sound of firecrackers at the end of the year has just dissipated, and there are still a little snow left everywhere that has not yet melted. Ten large ships set off from Jinling Mansion and headed north along the Grand Canal.

These merchant ships are quite large, the draft is quite deep, and they are full of goods at a glance, but the big flag with the word "money" hanging on the ship makes the Cao Gang disciples along the way dare not be embarrassed, but they have to open the door of convenience.

These ships are all cargo ships of the Qian family, but the Qian family's family has a big business, in addition to the long house and the large batch, there are many side branches, just like a big tree, with a trunk and branches. Although they are all descendants of the Qian family, the rice still has to be eaten in separate pots. Naturally, there is a difference between high and low. The head of the house is in charge of the Qian family's portal, although he still has the title of a businessman, but it is no different from the wealthy family, and a lot of dirty work will inevitably fall on the head of the house.

The shipowner's name is Qian Yurong, who was born in a partial house of the Qian family, and is the same as Qian Yulong and Qian Yulou, both of whom are "jade", and the name contains the model word "jade". In fact, Qian Jin'er, the current head of the Qian family, is calculated according to his seniority, and his real name should be called Qian Yijin, but when he went to Dijing later, in order to facilitate his actions, he removed the word "one" and changed it to Qian Jin'er today, which can be regarded as a pseudonym and stage name. Later, the reputation of Qian Jin'er resounded throughout the imperial capital, but the real name of "Qian Yijin" was gradually forgotten.

The same surname is not the same fate, when Qian Yulong and Qian Yulou fought for the position of the head of the Qian family, Qian Yurong could only do her duty diligently, and even going home for the New Year was a luxury, and most of the time in the year was spent on the boat.

The destination of this trip is Dongchang Mansion in Qizhou, the ship is transporting grain, all say that the antiques of the prosperous era and the gold of the troubled times, in fact, in the troubled times, gold and silver can not eat and drink, the more precious is the grain, with the grain can gather people, with people can become a trend, so from the south of the Yangtze River to transport grain to Qizhou, the profit is considerable.

However, this kind of business is not something that anyone can do, let alone anyone dares to do it, the officials and soldiers of the imperial court and the bandits of the Qingyang Sect are fighting fiercely in Qizhou at this time, and as soon as ordinary businessmen enter Qizhou, let alone do business, I am afraid that they will be looted by the rebels immediately, and even their lives will be difficult to protect. However, the Qian family is different, whether it is the Qizhou Governor's Mansion or the Baiyang General Altar, one of the three major general altars of the Qingyang Sect, they all have friendships, and with the talisman of the Qian family, the caravan of the Qian family can sit back and relax. The only thing to worry about is the bandits and stragglers who have bred because of the war, these people don't care about the Qingyang Sect or the Governor's Mansion, as long as there is food, they will risk their lives to rob it, so the caravan also brought some guards, about more than 100 people, just in case.

Ten boats of grain is not a small amount, maybe it is nothing for a huge Qian family, but for a small family next to the Qian family, it is different, almost all the belongings, so Qian Yurong had to escort it personally.

Qian Yurong, listening to the name, is a woman, although the women of the Qian family, from Qian Jin'er to Qian Yulou, are not the traditional sense of the door without going out of the door, but not to the point of last resort, the Qian family will not let their own women come out to show their heads. The reason why this is so is because Qian Yurong's father died of a violent illness the year before last, and she was the only daughter, as an only daughter, she had to come out to support the portal, fortunately, Qian Jin'er and Qian Yulou's Zhuyu were in front, and this matter did not cause any turmoil in the Qian family.

At this time, Qian Yurong stood on the bow of the main boat, looking at the rolling river under her feet and was stunned.

Behind her stood an old man with a slightly clumsy figure, after all, the Qian family has been inherited for hundreds of years, and there are many children in the family, and there are loyal old servants in every room.

Although it is already spring, the spring cold is still not to be underestimated, and it is the north of the river that has crossed the river, and the cold wind is blowing in the face and falling on the face, as if a knife is cut on the face, and it hurts.

Qian Yurong raised her head and looked into the distance, and said slowly: "I will soon arrive at Guide Mansion, and after passing Guide Mansion, it will be in Qizhou." ”

The old man smiled and said: "Guide Mansion is located in the border of Chuzhou, Luzhou, Zhongzhou and Qizhou, with Tianwei Lake in the north, Peng Mansion in the west, Yunshang Mansion in the east, and Suning Mansion in Chuzhou in the south. Since ancient times, it has been the key to the north, the gateway to the south, the place where soldiers must fight and the place where merchants gather. We can stay in Guide for a few days and have a good rest, and then we can enter Qizhou from Guide Province. ”

Qian Yurong nodded and said, "It's okay, after all, the current Qizhou soldiers are in chaos, so we must prepare early." ”

The old man couldn't help but sigh softly: "It's only been a few years of work, natural disasters and man-made disasters, a good Qizhou, is about to fall into the situation of Qinzhou and Liangzhou, if it continues like this, our Jiangzhou may not be too safe and stable." ”

Qian Yurong sighed and said: "The princes in the court don't think about how to resist foreign captives and calm civil strife, but they are bent on getting silver from the hands of our merchants and people, if it weren't for the ancestors this time, our Qian family would be in danger this time." ”

The old man smiled: "The old ancestor is still powerful, the old slave has been on an errand in the Qian family for so many years, and he has never seen the old ancestor make a mistake, so as long as his old man sits in the Qian family, let the wind and waves outside be the greatest, then our Qian family will not be able to make trouble." ”

Qian Yurong suddenly fell silent, she was not a stupid person, she naturally knew the words that the old man did not finish in the second half of the sentence, she was not afraid of the wind and waves outside, she was afraid that the Qian family would have civil strife by herself, and the cousin Qian Yulou, who once made her extremely respectful, was the best example.

Qian Yurong exhaled a long breath and said: "I really want to thank Aunt Jin, if she hadn't specially ordered it to come down, we wouldn't have been able to get together these ten boats of grain this time. ”

When the old man heard this, he was also quite helpless, and said: "There is no way, the world has been like this since ancient times, even if the princes and county kings in the imperial capital see the big eunuchs in the palace, they have to pay silver, and they still have the same surname as the emperor?"

Hearing this, Qian Yurong was slightly relieved, but she still subconsciously looked at a young man not far away, wearing a green shirt and a square scarf.

This person is the bookkeeper sent by the family, after all, this time he was able to gather ten boats of grain, which is regarded as a loan from the family.

Along the way, this bookkeeper rarely speaks, and he gets along with the people around him most of the time, since he doesn't cause trouble, Qian Yurong will not deliberately embarrass him, but he feels a little eyesore, after all, no one is happy to have such a person dangling in front of him.

As if sensing Qian Yurong's gaze, the young bookkeeper smiled slightly, and then turned around and walked into the cabin.

Qian Yurong retracted her gaze and snorted lightly.

In her opinion, this bookkeeper and those evil slaves of the family who look down on people have a domineering meaning, which is annoying.