The Cao family was powerful in the Ming court, and cooperated with Cao Duyun, under the premise of being profitable, the Cao family would definitely try to prevent the imperial court from expropriating the city, which was undoubtedly an extra layer of umbrella.

Judging from Cao Duyun's position, the Ming Dynasty's "sea ban order" was promulgated by the emperor of the previous dynasty, and after many years, it must be opposed by the conservative parties in the court if it is to be abolished, and it must be impossible. It is not possible to collect taxes legally, and use Okura City to collect money, but it is also a good policy to follow power, whether it is good for the Cao family or the Ming court, after all, the Ming court needs silver too much. As for the violation of the law, in these troubled times, there is no need to be stubborn.

Cao Duyun did not hesitate and immediately agreed.

successfully persuaded Cao Duyun to join the gang, Hua Bushi was immediately overjoyed, and the two of them each raised a tea cup and drank a cup of tea instead of wine, and the partnership agreement was confirmed.

Then the two began to talk about piecing together the shares. No matter what kind of business you do, the cost is very important, and what kind of business you can do, you first have to see how much capital you can get together.

It's just that their capital is really not much. At present, there is not a single tael of silver on the hands of the few people, and the silver tickets of the various money houses in Middle-earth that they carry cannot be used in this city, and the only valuable thing is the jewelry worn by each person.

Hua Bushi still had three jade and agate wrenches left on his body, while Cao Duyun had a jade pendant and a ring encrusted with diamonds. The jade bracelet on Hai Hongzhu's wrist, the gold ring on her finger, the pearl necklace on her neck, and the earrings on her ears were also exploited by the eldest young master, which were all jewelry that Zhen Niang bought for her when she and Hua Bushi got married.

Among the four, only Zhu Hong has nothing of value on him, and he can be described as poor and white.

Now all the valuable jewelry is on the table, except for the "Pan Long Jue". It's not that Hua Bushi is reluctant, but because that piece of jade Jue is Sima Chafeng's thing, and he is afraid that it will cause trouble in this city, otherwise he will not hesitate to make money.

Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun were both good at appraising jewelry, and they quickly estimated the value of these jewels. Cao Duyun's diamond ring was the most valuable, worth about 1,000 taels of silver, and the other things were added up to an estimated value of about 2,000 silver.

The value of the jewelry that Cao Duyun took out was higher than that of Hua Bushi and Hai Hongzhu combined, but since Hua Bushi had promised to cure poison, with the shares of this business, the two agreed to divide it into five or five, with each side accounting for half.

Three thousand taels of silver is a lot in the eyes of ordinary people, but if you want to make a big deal, it is still too far behind. With these three thousand taels of silver as the capital, it would be a miracle to be able to earn back another two or three thousand taels of silver in the short term, and even if a few thousand taels of silver were put into the account, neither for Cao Duyun nor Hua Bushi could solve any big problems.

What's more, although these jewels are worth three thousand taels of silver, if they have to be taken out to offset them, I am afraid that they will lose a lot, and it is good to be able to get two thousand five hundred.

However, Hua Bushi was full of ambition and said: "The value of these jewels is as much as 3,000 taels, which is really much more than my estimate! Brother Cao, we will mortgage all of them to the pawnshop tomorrow, and after raising enough capital, we can find a way to open and do big business!"

The value of these jewels, if it was in ordinary times, in the eyes of Cao Duyun, who was born in a wealthy family, was disdainful at all, but at this moment, seeing Hua Bushi's excited appearance, as if millions of silver taels in Okura City were waiting for them to get it, being infected by this eldest young master, Cao Duyun couldn't help but feel a little moved.

And Hai Hongzhu, who was sitting on the side, had a pair of big eyes, and he didn't know what these two people were happy about.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ the next day was still rainy and rainy. Until the storm passes, the weather on the island will not be able to change its eyes.

When Hai Hongzhu woke up and got up, it was almost noon, and after she freshened up, she walked out of the door, but there was no trace of Hua Bushi in the inn. Listening to Xiao Qian'er, Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun had already gone out as soon as the sky dawned.

Last night, after counting the value of the jewelry, the two of them talked for a long time in the room, and the topics they talked about were nothing more than doing maritime trade, how to start a business, and so on. When it came to earning silver taels, these two people were very interested, and it was not until after the fourth watch that they dispersed, but Hai Hongzhu was not interested in these at all, only fell asleep on the side, and almost a word of what Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun said entered her ears.

Unexpectedly, these two people had already gone out early this morning, and they were in such good spirits that they were immortals who didn't need to sleep. Hai Hongzhu could also guess that they must have gone to the pawn shop in the city to sell jewelry, and then looked for an opportunity to do "big business".

Xiao Qian'er sent lunch into Hai Hongzhu's room, a few dishes of finely cooked Jiangnan stir-fry, but Hua Bushi specially ordered the back kitchen of the inn to make it before going out in the morning. In addition to the meal, Xiao Qian'er also sent a set of shirts and dresses, which Hua Bushi ordered Xiao Qian'er to buy on the street.

Hai Hongzhu's original clothes, after the storm at sea, have long been broken and can no longer be worn, and now she is wearing the linen shirt of the "clan" given by Xinlijia, which looks quite nondescript.

Changed into the clothes that Xiao Qian'er brought, although it was a very ordinary cloth dress and long skirt, it was much more comfortable to wear on the body than a rough homemade linen shirt. And the taste of the meal was also good, Hai Hongzhu quickly stripped off two bowls of rice, and she was already full.

She had nothing to do, and was quite bored in her room, so she went to the antechamber of the inn and found a chair to sit down.

The rain was dripping down from the eaves of the window, like a bead curtain, there were no other guests in the "Yuelai Hotel", Zhu Hong stayed in the room to recuperate, and in the huge front hall, there were only two people, Hai Hongzhu and Xiao Qian'er.

Xiao Qian'er was very well-behaved, and immediately brought fragrant tea to serve, and said: "Oh, Mrs. Hua has changed into new clothes, and she looks much more beautiful than yesterday!

Hai Hongzhu's face was a little red, and she said, "What do you know, just say it." ”

Xiao Qian'er was quite clever on her lips, and said with a grin: "Madam, don't look at Xiao Qian'er's young age, it's the most accurate to look at people." Mr. Hua and his wife must have been married for a long time, right?"

Hai Hongzhu said: "How do you know?"

Xiao Qian'er said: "Look, Xiao Qian'er guessed right, right? I just saw Young Master Hua buying clothes and ordering meals for his wife, so gentle and considerate, I know that you must have just gotten married! Those men of theirs will only be so attentive to their wives when they are just married, and if the days go by, they will not be so attentive to us women." ”

This little Qian'er is actually only fifteen or sixteen years old, and she is completely a childish little girl, but the tone of her speech at this time seems to be a long-standing love scene, and she knows all kinds of men well.

However, although Hai Hongzhu has been married to Hua Bushi for more than half a year, her experience with men is not much better than that of a little girl, and she frowned and said, "Yes, there is still such a thing?"

Xiao Qian'er said: "Of course, so, we women must have some means, otherwise the men will treat us as yellow-faced women and like other women, which will be very bad!"

If it was before last night, Hai Hongzhu would have scoffed at Xiao Qian'er and disdained it. Because Hai Hongzhu has never really regarded Hua Bushi as her husband, knowing that the eldest young master is a flowery carrot, she doesn't care at all.

But now, she suddenly felt that what Xiao Qian'er said was quite reasonable, if she didn't use some means, it seemed that it would not be easy to catch the heart of Hua Bushi, the young master.

So, she blushed and asked, "Then Miss Qian'er, tell me, what means should be used to make men not distracted?"

Xiao Qian'er's little face pretended to be a mysterious expression, and said: "Actually, it is a man's nature to be attentive, and there are too few innocent and single-minded strange men in this world! ”

Hai Hongzhu said: "What way?"

Xiao Qian'er said: "This method is to control his wallet and ask him to hand over all the silver taels to you for safekeeping." As long as a man has no money to spend, even if he wants to spend his heart, no woman wants to be nice to him!"

Hai Hongzhu heard it in her ears, but her heart was bitter. Not only did she not control Hua Bushi's wallet, but all the gold and silver jewelry and valuable things on her body were all looted by the young master Huahua, and she must have exchanged them for money at this moment.

She frowned even more, and said, "Is there any other way besides this?"

In fact, Xiao Qian'er is a little girl, where does she know what methods to control men, and the plan of "controlling the wallet" is what she heard from her aunt during the New Year a few days ago.

However, the little girl refused to show weakness and said, "Of course, there is another way." ”

Hai Hongzhu said: "What is it?"

Xiao Qian'er put her mouth to Hai Hongzhu's ear and whispered, "You just pestered him every night." A man's energy is limited, I see that Young Master Hua's body is so thin and tight, if he wants you every night, he won't be able to ask for another woman!"

Hai Hongzhu's pretty face suddenly turned red, and she said, "It's really nonsense, I won't tell you!"

Xiao Qian'er grinned and took the tray back to the back of the counter.

Hai Hongzhu looked out the window at the rain dripping into a bead curtain, but began to be stunned. She is a yellow flower girl, of course she can't take the initiative to pester the eldest young master, so the two methods that Xiao Qian'er said are all in vain, and none of them can be used.

Originally, when he was in Wuyang City, he always felt that the evil young master looked greedy and lustful all day long, and when he saw a beautiful woman, he salivated and his eyes were straight, but why did he sit so uneasy about himself now, he was even stricter than the big monk in the temple, which really made Hai Hongzhu understand.