In the past few years, one tael of gold could be exchanged for eighteen taels of silver in the capital, but now in Jiangnan and other places, it has increased even more. You Miao has entered several gold shops, and they all said that it was exchanged for twenty-two or four dollars. In the end, You Miao always felt that The gold was not exchanged properly, so he went to the pawnshop and took the gold that You Hange gave him as seven hundred taels of silver.
The pawnshop billed You Miao while sighing that the young master was rich, but You Miao didn't show the slightest expression.
However, Tang Hui was not in Yangzhou. The deputy military academy said that he would go to Beijing for a walk after the third day of the new year. You Miao thought that this guy was also impatient, so he asked a few questions. Fortunately, Tang Hui gave orders when he left, and You Miaoruo came. Had to do it for him on request. You Miao wanted to open a document to buy iron, but the captain was a little embarrassed. In the end, he gritted his teeth and gave You Miao 6,000 catties of pig iron.
"Buy so much?" Li Zhifeng asked.
You Miao sent five taels of silver to the captain, and came out and said, "We still have to ask someone to make some plows ourselves. We can keep them for later use. Anyway, we can come to Yantiefang to pick them up at any time."
The two entered the Yangzhou Salt Iron Workshop again. The ticket in You Miao's hand was the Yangzhou Army's iron quota. It happened to come early, and it would come at the beginning of the year. Otherwise, if it came at the end of the year, even half a catty of iron would not be distributed. The steward of Yan Tiefang was not surprised by this kind of private purchase of official iron official salt, so he needed twenty taels of silver to clear his mouth. Go to Curry.
However, the person in charge of the warehouse also needs money, so You Miao had to give him another 2 taels of silver, and he couldn't help cursing this group of money-seeking goods.
"Let's take all the 6,000 catties of iron back at once." You Miao whispered to Li Zhifeng, "Otherwise, you will have to send money next time."
Li Zhifeng said: "We have to hire a car, transport it to the wharf, send it to the boat, and send it up the river."
Six thousand catties of iron ingots made You Miao want to cry when she saw it. Fortunately, they were all piled up at 50 to 50 catties.
"Go to your mother's uncle's house to see?" Li Zhifeng said.
"Let's go say hello next time." You Miao sat on the pile of iron ingots and said, "I'm tired, take a break, you can hire a car."
Li Zhifeng went to the market to hire a car. After hiring a car, he had to hire a boat. I was afraid that You Miao would be in a daze outside the Salt and Iron Company before he came back so soon.
I knew that I had brought the book out to read, but when You Miao was bored, he suddenly saw Li Zhifeng come back and got up inexplicably, but saw that Li Zhifeng brought back a person, it was Qiao Jue.
"Why did you come to the city?" Qiao Jue laughed.
You Miao smiled and said, "It's just right."
Li Zhifeng said, "I'll hire a boat."
Qiao Jue brought two more servants and said, "I have the car, my uncle will send a car tomorrow to help you pull things to the riverside pier, and let Brother Li go to hire a boat first, let's go, let's go. Go to the market."
The little servant was guarding the piles of iron ingots, You Miaozheng said don't bother, but Qiao Jue said: "You don't know, now that the new year is starting, there are many businesses in Yangzhou City, and if you can't hire a boat that day, you have to do it a day earlier. Agreed, go to the groundwater early tomorrow, don't worry, I'll let Li Zhifeng go to find acquaintances on the dock."
Li Zhifeng took a note and left again, You Miao followed Qiao Jue into the car and walked towards the market, Qiao Jue said again: "Go home at night to rest for a night, I will accompany you back tomorrow morning, by the way to see that edge."
You Miao asked, "What happened to the tea seedlings?"
Qiao Jue said, "Hey, I want tea seedlings, how dare he say something wrong?"
You Miao nodded, and the two got out of the car outside the market in Yangzhou City. Just after the New Year, the warm wind was blowing lazily. The market in Yangzhou was all by the river. It's all big stalls. The sound of people came and went, a bustling scene.
Qiao Jue took You Miao's hand and strolled along the way, which attracted the beautiful women in Jiangnan to watch endlessly. You Miao looked for a while at the place selling small toys, and Qiao Jue gave him a waistband and pulled him away again.
Qiao Jue's appearance is exactly that of a handsome man in the south of the Yangtze River. The two thick eyebrows like ink are like what Grandpa You Miao looked like when he was young. Both of them have red lips and white teeth. Qiao Jue couldn't help sighing about money, and said, "That kid isn't too bad."
"Hmm." You Miao said, "Give me the money and I'll use it. I didn't think about it. What can I eat?"
Qiao Jue took You Miao to sit down by the river, and ordered a plate of fried shrimp and a bowl of fish dumplings. You Miao hadn't eaten Yangzhou food for a long time, and immediately moved her index finger, and ordered another plate of fish skin noodles and fish dumplings. The skin is refreshing and delicious, and the spring prawns are fried to a crisp, salty and fresh texture. You Miao added, "I see some fried fish that are crispy, and I will give them to Li Zhifeng to eat."
"Yeah." Qiao Jue said, "I'll take you to the East Market to have a look later, I'll make sure you're satisfied."
"Dongshi?" You Miao asked.
"Yeah." Qiao Jue had eaten, paid the bill, and brought You Miao up to cross the bridge. The girl with the umbrella under the bridge looked up at them with a charming smile on the corner of her mouth.
You Miao didn't know why, but she didn't feel anything about such a gentle woman.
Qiao Jue said with a smile: "It's time to marry you a daughter-in-law. Your father doesn't care, then I'll go see if there is a suitable family..."
"Hey." You Miao hurriedly said, "That's it, I can't afford to support my daughter-in-law, and I don't want to be controlled."
Qiao Jue squeezed Youmiao's face and teased: "Be honest, did you go to Beijing and follow those sons and brothers in Beijing who didn't learn well, and became a rabbit master?"
You Miao's face immediately turned red, and she said, "You are the Rabbit Master, and you brought them all out."
Qiao Jue said sternly: "If you should marry, you must marry, but don't delay yourself."
You Miao snorted, Qiao Jue took his hand and walked under the bridge, the two stopped and walked, the spring in Yangzhou was really good, the children were laughing and making trouble, You Miao couldn't help but feel lazy when she saw the beautiful scenery. , and do not want to leave.
When the two arrived in the East Market, the East Market was much more chaotic than the West Market. There were stalls selling fish and fresh produce everywhere. The ground was wet and muddy everywhere. You Miao said, "What are you taking me here for? ?"
Qiao Jue said: "Well, don't you want to recruit tenants and find long-term workers?"
Standing in front of a fence, Youmiao was stunned for a moment, and then she realized it immediately. Dongshi is a place where maids and servants are sold. The poor families in Yangzhou and Jiaozhou will drag their children and daughters here, and they cannot afford to support them. As a child, he thought of signing a deed to sell his children to a wealthy family.
There are also many tenants who can't make it, dragging their families to Yangzhou to find work, and dark-skinned day laborers who do farm work, squatting in the corner of the shed, eating noodles with a broken bowl.
You Miao and Qiao Jue were dressed in bright clothes. As soon as they entered the market, a group of people gathered around them.
"Master, are you hiring?"
"Is the master looking for someone to farm?"
"Master, let's enjoy the meal!"
Qiao Jue blocked people, for fear that You Miao would be squeezed, and scolded: "Go aside!"
When You Miao saw so many people, she was overjoyed and immediately pulled Qiao Jue's sleeve and said, "Uncle, I want all these people..."
Qiao Jue whispered: "Don't talk nonsense, which one you like, my uncle will talk to you."
You Miao: "My villa is really short of people, there is land and no one grows..."
Qiao Jue said: "If you can afford a long-term worker, you can't ask for it indiscriminately. Some people are lazy, and leave it to my uncle. This kind of thing is better than lacking..."
You Miao followed Qiao Jue, and Qiao Jue turned back and said, "Although Li Zhifeng is willing to serve you, few orders will fail. I originally wanted to send a few people around to you, but now everyone in the tea house is full of Bought by that girl. I'm just an obedient one... "
You Miao said: "I didn't bring people from Biyu Villa because of this..."
Qiao Jue said: "I'll buy you a few clever ones, you can put them in the room and put them outside. Do you want a maid or a servant?"