By Jia Xiuzhen

Looking at the letter in his hand, Ji Liang rubbed his brows and smiled wryly. This master's temper is becoming more and more difficult to figure out, now it's hard to persuade her, left and right are business, let him go.I called a chief comprador, took out a list from the letter and handed it to him, saying: "Get the goods as soon as possible, and they will all be delivered to a village in the suburbs of Beijing."

The comprador took the list and saw that there were quilts, boiled cotton, cotton cloth, rice, flour, oil, miscellaneous grains... charcoal, peat... and then looked at the quantity carefully, and said to Ji Liang with a smile: "This business, although It's trivial, but it's not too small, what price do you think is suitable?"

Ji Liang couldn't help but rubbed his brows again, and said with a smile: "Let's follow the price according to the rules of our business, there is no need to give discounts, but the things must be real."

The comprador had a smile on his face, he thought that the order from the shopkeeper was a favor, but he didn't expect it to be a real deal, so he quickly agreed and went back to find someone to buy and prepare the goods.Ji Liang couldn't help but read the letter again, and Madam Xu's tone was like: "Grandma told me, don't take advantage of the cheapness, just follow the trading rules." Fortunately, grandma has a lot of money, so I'm afraid she really doesn't care about the money. .

On Caotianzhuang, it was night, Mrs. Qiao brought Xiaosan, Xiaosi, Xiaowu, Xiaoliu, and Xiaoqi back home, but Sun Dabao hadn't come back yet.He took out the steamed buns he brought back and put them on the stove, just about to warm them up, when Sun Dabao came back with Daniu and Xiaoer, when he saw Mrs. Qiao, who was about to make a fuss, he stopped her with a smile and said, "Don't be too busy." , I just came back after having another snack."

Qiao Niangzi laughed and said: "I'm thinking about it too, I'm afraid I won't need this." Putting down the work in hand, seeing Sun Dabao washed his hands and took Xiao Qi into his arms, she asked him: "How is it? Even if this job is done?"

Sun Dabao teased Xiao Qi, and said with a naive smile after hearing this: "Hey, it's not over." Qiao Niangzi said: "Recently, the village is full of house repairs and the fields are sowing wheat, but it's exhausting. You can take a good rest when you're done."

Sun Dabao shook his head and said: "Don't dare to say that you are tired. Look at me and the two elders, we have grown flesh! Zhuangtou said that what we do here is physical labor, and we can't eat well. A meal of steamed buns is enough. I still eat big meat the next day, so I'm afraid of doing more work."

After hearing this, Mrs. Qiao looked at a few people carefully, and said with a smile: "It's true," she said after thinking for a while, "It's like a dream when I think about it now. I thought this year might be sad, but who would have expected it?" There are still days like this."

Sun Dabao said with a smile: "I was worried yesterday. The houses in this village can't wait to be repaired door-to-door, and the work is done. I'm going to rest now, not to mention two meals a day, and fifty yuan a day is missing. wages."

Da Niu interjected: "Also, Xiaoer and I count [-]% of the work, and it's also [-] yuan each."

Qiao Niangzi said: "The whole village is full of people doing work, and the master's family gets as much money as they pay for the wages a day, and they also take care of the food. Such a good thing, it is a blessing to meet it for a while, how can we be greedy. Sun Dabao laughed and said: "Hey, that's right. You can't find such a job anywhere else. The eldest son of Lao Chaitou's family cuts vegetables in a restaurant in the city, and he can't make up fifty cash a day."

Qiao Niangzi said: "That's not what I said." Sun Dabao said again: "Today, the head of the village said that there is still some fine work to be done, so he left more than [-] people, and all three of our family stayed. Go to work." Mrs. Qiao was taken aback when she heard this, and asked, "Is there only twenty or so left?"

Sun Dabao said: "Isn't it just twenty or so, let's talk about more work in the future." Qiao Niangzi kept silent, and boiled a pot of hot water for the younger ones to wash first. Da Niu couldn't wait, and said: " It's not too cold yet, so I'll wash it with well water."

Qiao Niangzi grabbed him and said: "Don't show Bailu, don't look at the weather is still hot, the cold air has come up, you just stay here and wait!" Da Niu and others are most afraid of Qiao Niang, listen Scratching his head and standing aside, he whispered, "Why does everyone say it's cold?"

Sun Dabao heard it, and said: "Your mother is always right, just listen to me!" Mrs. Qiao also heard it, and remembered to tell Sun Dabao: "This year, let's prepare more charcoal and firewood. , it’s not hot in summer, so I don’t know how to live in winter.”

Sun Dabao nodded and said: "That's the reason. This time, the head of the village has specially ordered to repair the houses. The kangs of each family must be repaired, and the flue must be well unblocked. Even the purlins and rafters on the roof must be carefully inspected." Look, it is said to prevent heavy snow in winter." Qiao Niangzi stopped her hands and asked: "Is there another way?"

Sun Dabao said: "That's not a big deal. Have you seen the newly built big house in the courtyard of Zhuangtou? The big windows are all made of Mingwa! The ground kang is still built, and there are fire walls, how much warmer it is Chai He!" Qiao Niangzi said with a smile: "What are the bright tiles? They are made of glass, and there are only one or two glass lamps in the family, which are transparent."

Sun Dabao rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Where do we recognize those people? They are all called Mingwa. If you say that the house is built like this in the village, do you dare to be afraid that it will be too cold this winter?" Mrs. Qiao said: "Don't worry. As for others, we have to make a plan for ourselves. If we have time, we can chop more firewood and save it. If we have time, our family will borrow someone else's firewood kiln to burn charcoal this year." Sun Dabao nodded and said: "Okay, here's It’s still a few days before I go to work, so I’ll take my second son and the others to the mountains for a few days.”

But a few days later, as soon as the sun's charcoal kiln produced charcoal, the village owner came to inform him to go to work the next day.Fortunately, the family managed to go over the mountains to collect firewood for a few days, and then continued to burn all night, otherwise it would have delayed the work.Sun Dabao took Da Niu and Xiaoer to the village, and seeing the piled up coal cinders, Yan Jun asked a few experienced hands to teach them to mix loess and cinders together to make coal slips, spread them out in the sun and put them in rough in the basket.One of them got a set of oilcloth clothes and a hat, gloves, and gauze to cover his face. After getting dressed, he went to work.

Li Wan was chatting with the second wife of the Zhang family, Laoshi, in the mansion. The second master of the Zhang family had just been promoted. Gui Shuangxi's chiseled gold chain hairpin is gorgeous.Hearing that Li Wan recognized Wu Zhaonan as his brother and got [-]% of the shares, Lao Shi laughed and said, "I'm afraid they didn't know about your dealings with our firm in advance, otherwise they wouldn't dare to say anything about the money." Then he asked: " How much money did you get for this ten thousand shares?"

Li Wan didn't hide from her, and said honestly: "I gave more than 30 taels, not to mention the constant this and that in this year, whether it's about the boat or the car."

Lao Shi was startled when he heard this, pondered for a moment, looked at Li Wan and said, "If you say that the 30 taels is 30% of the revenue, I can still believe it. If you say that [-]% of the annual dividend is [-]%, it is no longer possible. How about you?" For brothers and sisters-in-law, spending money is more exciting than making money. Those who donate this and that donate a year don’t know how much they will get rid of. They don’t take advantage of the price when collecting medicinal materials, and the pharmacists’ wages are higher than others. Fang Zi is really clever, with the temperament of these two people, how can they make money from business! Your [-] taels probably accounted for more than half of it."

Li Wan was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help getting up, and said angrily: "These two! I have already said that I am not short of money, so let me lower my dry shares, okay, bully me because I don't know the account , I was so surprised to give so much!"

Laoshi looked at her with wide eyes, and laughed for a while and said: "If I hadn't known you earlier, I would have thought it was a good material for treacherous acting!" Then he laughed, "Don't worry, I'll see you right now. There is a chance to help them."

Li Wan hurriedly asked what it was, and Lao Shi said: "They didn't know what they did last year, and the stalls spread all of a sudden. Based on their strength and the current atmosphere of several major commercial firms, it should have been a good thing. It's a pity... ...It's a pity that our business is still involved in major issues, and their sources of medicinal materials are very easy to obtain, and now that someone is accepting high prices, I'm afraid their medicinal materials are somewhat difficult."

Li Wan already knew the usefulness of this firm in the previous struggle, so he naturally understood that someone had taken action against Wuhu Firm, so he asked, "Then you don't care about it?...the other, the other people don't care?"

Lao Shi shook his head and said, "Do you think it's just their family that is being counted against? We also tried our best to deal with our side. Fortunately, we are flexible at both ends, and we have the fleet built two years ago to trade with foreigners. The most important thing is that they can't move their hands, unlike the people inside, they are more active in their minds!"

He stopped talking, glanced at Li Wan, and said with a smile: "I've talked too much. Let's talk about your brother and sister-in-law. On the other side, they use business means to suppress each other. They pay a lot of money. Naturally, the medicinal material dealer is willing to sell it. , we are not easy to use any means. Besides, the places where we can do this are all officially blocked, and no one can move. Only money can talk. That's why I said, you can help help them."

Li Wan hurriedly said, "I only have a few million taels of silver, is that enough?"

Lao Shi almost spit out a sip of water, took a breath and calmed down, Fang asked her: "Do you know how much a province's annual tax is?"

After hearing this, Li Wan murmured, "I don't understand those things, and I have been doing business with your firm all the time. The money I made is really... really..."

Lao Shi took the call for her: "It's really convenient! It's so easy! It's so fast!" Li Wan lowered his head and smiled.Laoshi said helplessly: "That's when you catch up, and you have that magical weapon again. By the way, I'm afraid there will be benefits for you in the next year. Our master now feels that he can't figure it out. Why are you willing to give this thing away for nothing?" Hand it over. Whatever you said at the time, it is estimated that the other end will respond to you."

Li Wan said with a smile: "I don't understand that very well. It's useless to stay in my hands, and I'm still worried all day long." Turning the subject, he continued to ask: "Sister Lao, how much do you think my brother and sister-in-law got?" Can the silver pass this hurdle?" Lao Shi shook his head and said, "How can you tell for sure, it depends on how much the other side is going to spend. But you don't have to think so much, it's not like fighting an unprepared battle, the other side dares to do it , I always know how much money your brother and sister-in-law have in their hands, and I never counted that there is such a crooked person like you. Was caught off guard."

Li Wan said with a smile: "That's good. Many of my bills here are from my sister. Is there any hindrance to giving them to my brother and sister-in-law?" Lao Shi shook his head and said, "You told me everything, probably on the other side. It's the same, luckily they're all on the same boat, you're a trickster! That big one has our firm's seal stamp on it, since you know it all, it's okay if you give it to me." As he said, a smile appeared on his face. The stock laughed, "Maybe, I can fool them."

Li Wan didn't understand this, so he felt relieved when he heard that he could give it to him, and now he wished he could open that boat of gold nuggets in the Pearl Realm and just squash his opponent who didn't know who he was!After thinking about it, he couldn't help but said: "It would be great if gold and silver ingots were played in the sky, everyone has money, so there is no need to make such a fuss."

Laoshi looked at her with a strange face, and said, "Only your elm head can think of such a thing." Seeing that Li Wan was puzzled, he continued: "This gold and silver are just shadows, who would still think of it?" Is it possible to wear gold and eat silver? There must be something to exchange for this gold and silver to be useful. For example, we now produce so much grain in a year, enough to feed ten people, you are giving a mountain of gold to each person, and No. 11 people I have to starve to death. Besides, if there is so much gold and silver for nothing, those who have some gold and silver in their hands will be poor. Think about it, there used to be one tael of silver for one stone of rice, but now there is more gold and silver , changed to ten taels of silver for one stone, those who did not pick up the ingot rain you rained in vain, the gold and silver in their hands can be exchanged for less, isn't it miserable?"

Li Wan was stunned when she heard this. She read countless books in this pearl world, but they all talked about how to cultivate immortals and win treasures, how to be gifted, how to comprehend the way of heaven, and no one really said how to make Lingshi It has become worthless... This spirit stone can be used to practice martial arts, so it is naturally different from the gold and silver that can only be worn around the neck at best.Now hearing Lao Shi Balabala's words, Li Wan fell down and asked again: "Then the poor can only be poor?"

Lao Shi laughed and said, "Don't help the poor. There are always reasons for being poor. Everyone is different. It's hard to say whether you will continue to be poor. What's the matter? Thinking of giving all the property to your brother and sister-in-law, worry about being poor?"

Li Wan shook his head and said, "I just can't figure out these things." Lao Shi said, "Is there anything I can't figure out. It's the same for everything. If you have it and others have it, or if someone else has it and you don't have it, then it's the same thing." It is worth money, if everyone has it, then it is worth nothing. If the rain of ingots you mentioned is distributed to only a few people, then those few people will naturally be rich. If it is distributed everywhere, it does not matter whether you are rich or poor. Seeing that Li Wan was still in a daze, he smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you, and you don't do these things, so there's no need to understand so much."

After Mrs. Lao left, Li Wan hurriedly wrote a letter and asked Nanny Chang to go out and deliver it to the shop on Hesheng Road, anxious to ask Wu Zhaonan and his wife to meet each other.When I received a reply, it said that Wu Zhaonan and his wife were busy with the business of the shop, and they were not in Beijing. I am afraid that we will have to wait for a while for a reply.Li Wan made up his mind and counted the bank notes in his hand first. The large ones added up to 180 million taels.

How much money I have in my hand, probably Ji Liang can count now, and even Xu Momo doesn't know the rest.He suddenly sent someone to exchange 20 taels of silver notes, which aroused people's suspicion.A bold idea suddenly appeared in my mind, and my heart was pounding.Immediately, he entered the back room, turned around and entered the Pearl Realm for a while, and came out when it was indeed all right.

In the afternoon of this day, a big family came to Hengtong Bank, an old man in green clothes, who came alone to Hengtong Bank's capital head office, and exchanged more than [-] taels of broken banknotes for four large ones, and carried them in his arms. Li walked out of Yinzhuang, made a few turns around the corner of the street, and disappeared.In the dark, two people hurriedly climbed to the high place, looked around, rubbed their eyes and went back to report helplessly.

Li Wan's spiritual consciousness was attached to the puppet in Tsing Yi, and after affixing an invisibility talisman on the corner of the street, he returned to the mansion three times and took it into the Pearl Realm. Afterwards, I admire myself for being extremely witty.I really need someone to ask her, why does Jindan need to use an invisibility talisman for invisibility?Why do you have to walk in and out of Jindan cultivation base, and you have to be careful not to bump into people?It's really the Buddha...