"Brother, there is no need to go out to see you off. We, father and son, know the way out. From now on, we will never see each other again. Farewell"
Zhang Zhou and his son, one holding a torch, the other carrying a huozhezi , walked out of the mansion with head held high.
The manager of the Zhang family walked in, came to Zhang Ye and said, "Master, just give him the money."
Zhang Ye said angrily, "How else could you let that bastard set fire to the house? You'd better burn me."
"The second master probably doesn't have the guts," the steward disagreed.
Just Zhang Zhou
With his cowardly look, he dared to set fire to the house and burn people even if he had a hundred courages.
Zhang Ye said, "Why didn't you stop him when you asked me to bet that he didn't dare to come to the door?"
"Ah"
This time The steward also languished.
"Keep a close eye on the door from now on. No matter if he comes to set fire or to give gifts, he will be kicked out. I will only treat him as if I don't have this younger brother and let me see him again. I will give him a hard time." He's skinny"
"Then Master, if he wins the second master's examination in the future, will he still see you?"
"Why don't you say he won the first prize in the examination? Does he have that fate?"< /p>
"What did the madam say?"
"If anyone dares to tell the madam, I will also skin him and steal my two hundred coins."
"Dad, you are really capable. You got two hundred coins from your uncle in one go, but why don't you ask him for more? I think your uncle is very afraid of you."
Out Upon entering the door, Zhang Jun admired his father to the point of admiration.
Zhang Zhoudao said, "When doing things, you have to know how to act within your ability, and you have to assess the situation. Your uncle has no status in the family. He is suppressed by his mother-in-law. He has only had a son for so many years, and he can't even ask for a concubine." Come. The money he can control is probably less than one tael." "That's one tael," Zhang Jun added.
Zhang Zhou glared at his son and said, "You kid, remember, we are here to borrow money, not to be bandits. We have to leave some for him and don't make him feel too distressed, otherwise he might really follow We are dead and gone."
"This is not called a bandit, hehe."
Zhang Jun muttered and said with a smile, "Dad, shall we go home now?"
Zhang Zhou said, "It's only two hundred coins. Let's go home to your grandpa's house. This time I know where his door is, so you can just follow."
Zhang Jun said in surprise, "Dad, let's go." Do you have enough to set fire to?"
The first fire was successful, and the son thought that his father would try his same trick again.
"When you go to your grandpa's house, you have to change your posture. Throw away all the things, and let's go and have lunch first, so that we are full and full, otherwise your grandpa will think that we are here to beg for food."
The father and son finished their lunch at the roadside stall. Zhang Jun had a big appetite and ate a bowl of braised noodles.
Zhang Zhou also put part of himself into his son's bowl.
"Dalang, you should eat more in the future, and be tall and strong to protect you."Mom, aunt, and sister, be a man."
"Dad, don't you have me?"
"Me alone is not enough, this family needs men. ”
Zhang Zhou may have felt that he would leave at any time, so it was necessary to cultivate his son.
The father and son had a full meal and went to the house of Zhang Zhou’s father-in-law, Jiang Dezhong. Go.
Unlike the cold reception they received at the door of Zhangye's house, the Jiang family directly invited the father and son to the door, but instead of leading them to the main courtyard, they led the father and son to a side of the west wing. There is no refreshment in the hall.
"Tell your master, I am here to discuss business with him. If you miss this village, there is no such shop."
Zhang Zhou Say something to the servants of the Jiang family.
The servants left.
Zhang Jun asked, "Dad, what business do you want to discuss with grandpa?"
Zhang Zhou sat down. , looked around, there was not even anything valuable in this room. Probably Lao Taishan was afraid that the other person would be short-minded and dirty, so he deliberately found a room with nothing to greet him, unless Zhang Zhou was prepared to put the table , chairs, cabinets and other things are moved out and sold, otherwise you will never be able to take away any cashable things from this room.
"Your grandpa wants to take you and your mother back to live. Are you willing to come?" "Zhang Zhou asked.
"No, we want to be together as a family"
"Then if I bring your aunt and sister with me, would you be willing?"
"Uh, no, dad, you have to come too."
Zhang Jun thought for a while and seemed to think that his father was very important. As for how important he was, he couldn't describe it himself.
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Zhang Zhou smiled and touched Zhang Jun's head, "At last, my love for you is not in vain. I told your grandpa that we need to do business. He thought he was talking about the business of selling you mother and son. Only in this way, he He will show up, otherwise we will have to wait here."
"Dad, please don't betray us. "
"No, your father and I have plenty of ways to deal with your grandpa. ”
As Zhang Zhou expected, after a cup of tea, Zhang Zhou’s old father-in-law Jiang Dezhong appeared in the west wing courtyard.
The little old man with the eight-character goatee, At first glance, the thief looks shrewd, but he looks more like an old and dishonest person.
"My son-in-law has met my father-in-law. Zhang Zhou brought his son out to greet him, "Dalang, please salute your grandpa quickly." ”
“I met grandpa. ”
Jiang Dezhong put on a stinky face, “You still have the nerve to come. I have many sons, but you just have a precious daughter, but you blindly chose a prodigal like you. Now you can’t even eat. Come on.” You asked me to borrow the money."
Zhang Zhou said, "No, my father-in-law misunderstood. My son-in-law recently got some news and wants to come and do a business with you and make money under your supervision. "
Jiang Dezhong almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.
"I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen you so shameless. If you still do business, you will do business." Jiang Dezhong He didn't give his son-in-law any face and scolded him immediately.
Zhang Zhou was not surprised and said with a smile, "Father-in-law, I heard that after the Yellow River in the north changed its course, it burst again in August. Coupled with the wind disaster in the southeast, the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt in Nanjing will skyrocket in the next period of time. You are in the brewing business, why don't you take the opportunity to buy goods and make a fortune?"
Jiang Dezhong said disdainfully, "The summer floods have passed over the Yellow River breach, and we haven't heard of the breach. Besides, the southeast wind has damaged Nanjing city. Why don't you talk nonsense here"
Zhang Zhou is really not talking nonsense.
In the autumn of the 11th year of Hongzhi, after the Yellow River was diverted to the Huaihe River, a big breach occurred. As a result, people all over the Central Plains starved to death. The price of rice in Nanjing and other places also increased. The price increased two or three times in a month. It was not until October, after the imperial court allocated disaster relief grains from Huguang, Jiangxi and other places, that rice prices in Nanjing returned to normal.
The price increase of daily necessities in Nanjing this time is not due to scarcity, but to a wave of panic hoarding in the market driven by bad news.
Chinese people are probably like this. They lack a sense of security but have a strong sense of crisis. They always like to do this kind of thing.
Chiang Dezhong’s family has been in the brewing business for generations. When he came to Jiang Dezhong, he was admitted to the scholar examination. However, he failed in the imperial examination several times, and then he no longer dreamed of taking the imperial examination. However, the Jiang family regarded themselves as a scholar. He was from a scholarly family, and Zhang Zhou's grandfather was from a distinguished family, having served as magistrate twice and as magistrate once. Zhang Zhou's father was also a Gongsheng student.
"Father-in-law, how can you not believe my son-in-law so much? My son-in-law really didn't lie to you. Otherwise, you lend me fifty shi of grain and I will pay you back in two months. I will be responsible for my profits and losses." What do you think?"
Zhang Zhou put forward his business experience.
The market price of one kilogram of ordinary grain is about three or four cents. One stone is just over four hundred cents, and fifty dan is twenty guan. When converted into silver, it is about twenty-three taels. The market price is eight hundred copper coins. Fifty coins can be exchanged for one tael of silver.
Jiang Dezhong almost jumped up on the spot, "You are such a bastard, you caused my daughter to fall from a rich lady to a farmer's wife. I haven't settled the accounts with you yet. You came to my door and I entertained you so much. You actually You're also trying to get the rice from my family."
"Don't say I won't give you a chance. My brewer has two jars of wine per person. If you can drink better than me, I will lend you this grain. If you're too drunk or don't dare to drink, get out of here as soon as possible." Please remember to bookmark it. The latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft