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Chapter 719 What color is silver?

Ruyifang, Xu Hao invited Xue Wen and a few friends to have a drink. During the meal, Xue Wen continued to explain this.

At the same time, Xu Hai, who had been socializing for a day, returned to the bedroom. Wu Yechun served him to take off his coat and said, "I really don't know if you are really stupid or fake. I'm away all day long, is it worth it?"

Xu Hai said in surprise: "What's the point of being worth it? Isn't the matter at home my business?"

Wu Yechun looked like a child who was unspeakable and said, "To put it nicely, you are the fifth master of the Xu family, but who really treats you as your master? The eldest brother will inherit the eldest brother in the future. The second wife didn't say anything, and the third wife has nothing to do with you. Then I ask you, you will be willing to be a big butler for the whole life?"

Xu Hai patiently explained: "The third brother has always been lazy and is unwilling to deal with foreign affairs. As a younger brother, he should share his worries for his elder brother. I don't care about the eldest son. What's wrong with following the third brother and sister-in-law all my life? Besides, there must be someone in the Xu family for socializing. In the past, he was the second master, but now he is me. If you relax, my brother will never treat us badly."

Wu Yechun said: "I know that my third brother and sister-in-law are nice and generous. As the saying goes, "It's better to have a father or a mother than to have a father or a mother. Have you ever thought about it? When your nephews grow up, do you have to ask the younger generation for anything? Recently, the family has been strictly managed and the money spent has to be inspected layer by layer. Once we are in a tight position, we are embarrassed to ask for it again and again? Don't you feel embarrassed?"

"This!" Xu Hai was speechless. He had always been honest. The industry in Changfang was managed by his second sister-in-law. He had no land and real estate under his name. However, his relatives would leave him some elements in their business, and it was also an amazing number to accumulate.

But the money he distributed every year was spent by Zhong Kegu, who was so generous. If the members were not counted, they really didn't have much savings.

Zhong also came. Since the last lesson, Wu Yechun changed his previous tit-for-tat attitude and lowered his attitude and spoke kindly. The tense relationship between the two women has greatly eased. After all, Xu Hai now only has two wives and concubines.

Wu Yechun said: "Sister is here, let's discuss it with our three children. No matter what, they can buy some industries and leave them to the children in the future. Even though they are good now, they will always be suspected of relying on others."

"If a person has no long-term thinking, he will have immediate worries." Zhong replied, "My sister is right. Besides, with family care, why don't you make a fortune?"

Xu Hai said in embarrassment: "It's useless to have no capital. Why do I open my mouth with my third brother?"

"You! Really." Zhong said to Wu Yechun. "Will the ready-made God of Wealth beg?"

"Yes, yes." Xu Hai suddenly realized that the Wu family was a rich man in the capital. It should be no problem to borrow some capital. Then he said distressedly: "What business is going on? Buying land? You don't know the troubles inside. Unless you two come to take care of it, I respect Xie Bumin."

This time, Zhong Kegu was also enlightened and experienced the trouble of having no money in her hands. She was also greedy for money and could not expect any of her parents. Although she hit it off with Wu Yechun, she had her own little plan in her heart, pawned some things, and borrowed some of the cash in her hands, and then borrowed some of them from her second and third sister-in-law. At least she had to account for half of the share, and the industry must not be left to Wu Yechun's hands.

Wu Yechun didn't care. Just kidding, let's not talk about the origin of family history. Some of her parents' families are experts. If one day the Xu family tree falls and scatters, if the elder sister treats her badly, then she will naturally have some ways to take over the industry for herself.

The current trend of doing business is becoming increasingly prosperous. Even though land is always the best way to buy property in ancient times, it is too slow to make money than opening workshops and shops, which is far more than illegal acts such as Shanghai trade and selling private salt and tea. All three of them are not very interested in buying land.

Wu Yechun suggested: "My mother's ham business has been booming in recent years. Now that Shanghai in Songjiang Prefecture is becoming more and more prosperous, it is better to run a ham shop there, hire a few masters from Jinhua, and then sell ham to Shandong, Liaodong, North Korea, Japan. Songjiang Prefecture itself is the richest, and some are restaurants, so you don't have to worry or make a fortune."

"Good idea." Xu Hai thought it was feasible. As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people. The Wu family's ham shop seems to make money every day. Every year, just checking out with the palace, there are no less than tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Zhong Kegu said unwillingly: "You can open another grocery store, it's not right. It's a trader. We sell whatever is lacking in the southeast, west and north. I think my sister-in-law is in Liaodong. Your sister Hongye is said to be the richest man in Fujian. Both brother-in-law are the governors of the navy. Who dares to check our sea boats? What's not making money? The worst thing is your third brother. There is no miscalculation in the warehouse that has accumulated things in a word. If you can't make a fortune in ten years, we can also be hard at home, right? For example, if you receive a monthly payment this month, you will look hundreds of times stronger when you look at people's faces."

"Okay!" Xu Hai was immediately moved and pondered: "But I am an outsider after all, and you two can't show up. You have to find a trustworthy helper. The people around me are useless, and it's impossible to hire outsiders. You don't know that many people are now taking money and running overseas."

Zhong Kegu smiled and said, "We both have thought about it for you. My brother Zhong Tan has only been a clerk for many years and has a good calculation. My sister's cousin Wu He is in Songjiang Mansion. We have a famous economy and let them help you."

Xu Hai agreed with a smile, and Wu Yechun borrowed 5,000 taels from his parents' home, and Zhong Kegu also borrowed 5,000 taels from his home.

The ambitious Xu Hai helped his family to manage the inside and outside for many years. He understood the economy and had a strong sense of skills. He disdained to make small fuss. He had a wide range of people. He borrowed 10,000 taels from his familiar powerful people and then paid off the shares in the shops under the name of Xu's restaurant, Hongye Shop, and Zhu Qiaoqiao, and raised a total of 40,000 taels of real money.

The next day, Xu Hai went to the study confidently and said to Xu Hao: "Brother, I'm going to leave for a trip to Shanghai to see if I can do a business."

Xu Hao looked up at him and said, "It is a good thing to be self-reliant, but when you are doing business for the first time, you don't understand the depth of the water. It is best to rely on the ready-made business of the family. Just like Liu Zhi and Liu Mao, open a store and operate it steadily. Don't listen to others' money and do whatever they do. In addition, it is best not to touch overseas business first. Nowadays, countless people are involved, and the sea routes themselves are very dangerous and some sea areas are not safe."

Xu Hai was a little unheard. After all, the third brother still looked down on his ability, but he still said, "I plan to start a ham."

"This is good." Xu Hao was very satisfied. Ham is a food that can be preserved for a long time. The consumption in the Ming Dynasty was amazing in one year. Now there are no canned biscuits or anything. Who doesn't like to eat ham? Even if you can't open the scene, it's very profitable to supply several big restaurants in the long run. This is the core industry of the Wu family. I believe that a few experienced masters can be invited. There are no patented brands in this era.

"How much does it cost?" Xu Hao asked.

Xu Haicheng wanted to make the whole family look at him with admiration, and shook his head and said, "I'm ready for the money, brother, don't worry."

Xu Hao laughed and said, "Okay, whenever you need money, just tell me. First gain a foothold in Songjiang Mansion, and then open branches in various places step by step. If you can manage it properly, maybe your descendants will not benefit from it."

Since my younger brother seems to be full of confidence, Xu Hao is also interested in training him, and it doesn’t matter if he suffers losses or loses money. Being willing to do a career is a good thing and you must support it. Therefore, you have not sent anyone to follow him, so Xu Hai will not be in conflict.

Let’s not mention Xu Hai who went to Songjiang Mansion for now. If he is not here, Xu Hao doesn’t need to go out for socializing in person. His relatives and friends have been together for so many years. Except for the dead, he must be sent to the housekeeper to replace the rest. After all, everyone knows that Xu Hao has never liked socializing, and does not intend to neglect who is.

Let’s talk about Ding Kun in the Bu class, who is very worried. Mr. Wei said that the clouds and mountains are foggy and unfathomable, and he can’t figure it out for a while. He remembered the hexagram firmly and waited quietly to do divination before he could do it. After all, his only big thing was the imperial examination, which would take two years to wait.

The next day, he asked the housekeeper to go to Ruyifang to settle the bill. He specially brought a manager from the minister's house. If he asked for a price all over the sky, he immediately sued the official. As a result, Ruyifang was not only completely different from yesterday, but also apologized with great apology. He did not say that all the 50 taels of silver were paid, and he took the initiative to compensate ten taels.

The butler, who thought he was glorious, simply rushed to the shore again, trying to find the powerful pleasure boat that had blasted the head of the family, where to find it?

After listening to the report, Ding Kun said that he was evil, but he didn't even look at the smug housekeeper. He thought that it was clearly someone who deliberately messed with me. It seemed that he had offended someone who had accidentally offended someone recently. Since that person indirectly apologized, I couldn't hold on to him, as there were so many adults!

After saying a few words to the servants and the manager, Ding Kun was kind-hearted, but in fact he had no intention of reconciliation. When he thought of his unfortunate experience yesterday, he hated him so much that he secretly found the person behind the scenes and saw that I can't kill you! It's just that people are in other places now, so they have to compromise for the time being.

Qinhuai River was his sad place and he vowed not to go again. By chance, he heard that there was a Korean beauties in Chongmenfang, and he became interested in trying foreign beauties.

Just as the most famous Jin Zhonger was unemployed recently, her colleagues from the six ministries knew that she was Liu Zhi's lover, and more people gave Xu family face. It was reported that the Jin family became a famous forbidden area.

Ding Kun was not a person in the officialdom and no one reminded him. He came excitedly, but he had a hobby in his life. He didn't like big feet women, and he didn't think Jin Zhong'er looked so pretty. He applied a thick layer of powder on his big face. He smeared a little rouge on his mouth, like a female ghost, and the distance was not a little bit different. Not to mention Qing'er's drums, let alone Qing'er, etc., he had no interest at all.

Within a day, he received the news from his subordinates and walked away in a hurry and went to the opposite house.

This restaurant just came to this Persian stunning family today. It was only sixteen years old with a blond hair and blue eyes. It was so tempting. Unfortunately, it was still a pair of big feet. Thinking that it was a wild game that he had never tasted before, Ding Kun decided that it was her.

However, the madam in this family felt that it was very rare and ignored him. She wanted to recruit rich people to bid for auction. The price was higher at the first night. So in order to show sincerity and get the moon first, Ding Kun immediately ordered his family to take all their luggage.

The luggage was taken, and Ding Kun was not as open as Zhu Yong and Xu Hao. He thought it was too expensive to feed people to horses, so he sent his family to a nearby inn, leaving only two people behind. One was responsible for guarding and the other was responsible for serving the guests.

I ordered a sister to drink and spend time. After three rounds of wine, Ding Kun hugged her sister and touched her. The sister was named Jin Sanshun and laughed half-heartedly. Suddenly, he asked, "The master has brought a lot of greetings, so I'm afraid there are not many furniture?"

Ding Kun smiled and said, "It's not much, it's a total of several hundred taels of silver."

Jin Sanshun said astonished: "The master is really a rich man. What kind of bank account did he send? Nowadays, many merchants do this, saying it is safe and worry-free, and they can still get compensation if it is lost. Even the officials sent by the six ministries to escort the silver liang like to send the transfer. Just take two or three followers with light carts, unlike before, dozens or even hundreds of people."

Ding Kun said, "Ha! You are more familiar with China than me."

"Hehe!" Jin Sanshun was very proud, "I have been living in Jinling for more than ten years. In my early years, I followed the palace maids who received tribute. Now, after ascending the throne, I have given us a favor, but I don't want to go back to my poor hometown and voluntarily wander around."

Ding Kun immediately asked with his eyes lit up, "Has the late emperor favored you?"

Kim Sansun sneered and glanced at him, saying, "You men are so annoying. All of them are so annoying. The emperor will be recorded in the past and will not come out for the rest of his life. Even if I am lucky enough to get out, do you dare to get on my body? Come on, I will take off my clothes now."

Ding Kun smiled dryly and said, "Of course I will never dare to do it anymore, but I dare to look at it if you take off your clothes."

"Virtue!" Jin Sanshun smiled and poked the man's forehead, "You haven't said whether the money was transferred."

"No." Ding Kun explained: "The water from Guangdong to Jinling is too heavy, I took it with me."

Jin Sanshun said curiously: "With such silver, aren't you afraid of losing?"

"I'll take it wherever I go, and I've brought dozens of family members, not afraid of thieves." Ding Kun said, and said again: "But it's not easy to live in the capital, so I have to send some people back. One thousand taels is not too much, the box is just a little heavier."

Jin Sanshun said: "It's heavy in one box, why not put it in two boxes?"

Ding Kun smiled and said, "I can't tell you have a good idea, I just put it in two places."

Jin Sanshun said: "I heard from guests from all over the country that Guangdong people in Yunnan are the best at telling lies. The master is from Guangdong and seems to be able to tell lies."

"How can I see?" Ding Kun was dissatisfied. "There have always been robbers in the place where Confucius was born. This rumor cannot be true. Good people and bad people are everywhere."

Jin Sanshun nodded and said, "Since you don't tell lies, I want to ask for advice. All I have come into contact with are treasure banknotes or scattered silver. I have never seen a large piece of silver. I don't know what color it is? I don't know where the silver comes from? They said it was dug out from the ground, so I just thought, why not ask what color the silver looks like, and I will find a place to dig it out?

Who knew that everyone laughed and said it was blue, the first-class one could shine, the second-class one was light red, the best one was bright red, I wonder if it was it? What color did you bring with you?”
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