I

  Chapter 90 088 [Yangzhou Thin Horse] (addition for the penguin boss)

  Huang's ancestral home.

   "Master, sir!"

  The house slave rushed in and said beamingly: "Mr. Zhao has brought the money!"

   "Really?" Huang Zundao stood up instantly, and ordered his servants to say, "Hurry up and serve some good tea, and invite Mr. Zhao into the hall."

  Huang Zundao changed into a new set of clothes, and felt much more decent, and would no longer be looked down upon by the city people.

  He stepped into the hall and saw Zhao Han drinking tea, he immediately smiled and cupped his hands: "The good tea specially prepared by Wansheng, senior, can you still drink it smoothly?"

   "Barely able to eat," Zhao Han put down the tea bowl and praised, "Little friend has a heart."

  Scholar and above, can call each other friends.

  Below a scholar, even if he is half-dead, he only deserves to be called a little friend.

   Among scholars, if we talk about seniors and juniors, we must count according to the time when we passed the examinations for scholars, candidates, and Jinshi.

  Huang Zundao asked: "Did seniors choose the beach well?"

   "I've chosen," Zhao Han pretended to throw off the folding fan, "Maosheng, give me the silver."

  Chen Maosheng took a cloth bag, slammed it on the table, opened the bag and said, "It's five hundred taels of silver, you can weigh it yourself."

  Huang Zundao's eyes were straightened, and he hurriedly said, "Hurry up and get the scale!"

  For rural land rich owners, if they do not do business and rely entirely on profiting from the land, five hundred taels is definitely a huge sum of money.

  An elderly house slave was called to verify the fineness of the silver, and then weighed it on the scales.

   Soon, the house slave nodded lightly, indicating that the money was fine.

  Huang Zundao hurriedly flattered him: "Senior is worthy of being born in a rich family, and he is really bold in doing things!"

   "Five hundred taels of silver, what is it?" Zhao Han waved his folding fan, "Have you ever been to Suzhou, little friend?"

  Huang Zundao said: "There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. The younger generation has long admired the name of Suzhou."

"Suzhou not only has skilled craftsmen, but also the best cook in the world," Zhao Han said nonsense. "If you want to eat shark's fin, let people go to the sea to catch it. If you want to eat monkey brains, let people go to the mountain to catch it. I am studying in Suzhou. Back then, five hundred taels of silver was just for a meal."

   These words were all said by Fei Ruyi.

   Except that five hundred taels of silver for a meal is too nonsense, everything else is true. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, people in Suzhou liked to hunt novelties, eat shark fins, and eat monkey brains, all of which were used by merchants to fight for wealth.

  Huang Zundao took a deep breath: "Five hundred taels for a meal?"

   "It's really a countryman, so ignorant," Zhao Han sneered, "What is five hundred taels of silver? There are thousands of taels for a meal. Nanjing and Beijing, the Lantern Festival, a lantern is worth tens of thousands!"

  Ao Deng, Huang Zundao has heard of it, and knows that it costs money, but unfortunately he has never had the chance to see it with his own eyes.

  The more Zhao Han brags, the more inferior Huang Zundao becomes.

  He originally planned to raise the price after half of the warehouse was built after leveling the beach. But at this moment, he hastily dismissed this idea, for fear of offending the family behind Zhao Han.

  Huang Zundao apologized with a smile and complimented: "Seniors are well-informed, and the late students really admire them."

Zhao Han suddenly licked his lips with his tongue, with a frivolous smile on his face: "The Xiaocui you sent is just a country maid, but she is quite beautiful. To be honest, there are many maids in my son's house, but I haven't used them yet. This kind of mountain girl, really... has a special taste, can you send her body deed, I plan to take it home and enjoy it slowly."

   "That's easy to say," Huang Zundao became very straightforward, "Since the senior likes it, I will give another one. If a few rough maidservants can be loved by the senior, their ancestral graves will be smoked!"

   After taking out five hundred taels of silver, how many maids do you still care about?

  The servants in Huang Zundao's family, whether they are male servants or female servants, can ignore the cost.

   Every year, there are always tenants who owe rent. No matter how much you force them, it is useless. Can you kill all the tenants?

  When there is a shortage of people in the family, let the tenants who owe the rent send boys and girls to pay the rent.

  Xiaocui and her younger brother paid a total of five shi for rent and eight qian for usury.

   It only adds up to a few taels of silver.

  Under Huang Zundao's urging, not only quickly brought Xiao Cui's body deed, but also bought one get one free, and sent a maid, Xiao Hong.

  Master Huang was still a little bit reluctant. Xiaocui and Xiaohong were both handsome, and they were trained to be very obedient.

  In order to make a lot of money, they can only reluctantly part with each other.

   Go back and inquire again to see which tenant has a beautiful daughter, just get it and train it slowly.

Zhao Han showed **** and soul, rubbed Xiaohong's tender hands and said: "Little friend Huang, although the maids in your family are shabby and have not been well-mannered, but fortunately they are authentic, with a rustic and rural atmosphere. "

  Xiaohong was so touched that she didn't dare to move, and she froze in place.

  Huang Zundao flattered: "Senior is indeed a master of flowers, and I admire him later!"

Zhao Han said with a smile: "My son is going to stay in Huangjia Town for a while, and there are still such good things in the future, just send them to me. Talking about money hurts feelings, I don't buy it, I can exchange it. Maids are all carefully trained, and they have learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood. Not to mention their appearance, they only talk about etiquette, and they are hundreds of times better than those daughters in small places."

  Hearing this, Huang Zundao yearned for her, a maid who is more educated than everyone else!

  Huang Zundao swallowed his saliva, and declined: "Since she is a handmaid trained by seniors for many years, I would never dare to accept it in my later life."

   "What's the point? No matter how good a maid is, she's just a lowly servant," Zhao Han said in a casual voice, "When I go home, next time I come back, I'll give you one to warm your bed!"

  Huang Zundao felt feverish all over, trying to restrain his impulse, cupped his hands and said, "So, thank you senior."

  Zhao Han continued to brag: "Do you know the Yangzhou skinny horse?"

   "I have heard a little bit, please enlighten me, senior." Huang Zundao became like a studious elementary school student.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Yangzhou's skinny horse is a human, not a horse. There are many rich salt merchants in Yangzhou, and luxury is prevalent. There is that prostitute who picks out the embryos of beauties and trains them from a young age. Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, that They are all fundamental. You have to be able to dance and sing, and you have to be able to serve men. If you make her dignified, she will look like a chaste woman, and if you make her enchanting, she will look like a slut. Even when you go out, which foot is the first, that is all very particular. .”

   "Is there such a thing in the world?" Huang Zundao seemed to have opened up a new world.

   Zhao Han sarcastically said, "You can't afford it."

  Huang Zundao hurriedly asked: "What is the price?"

  Zhao Han explained: "Yangzhou skinny horses are also divided into grades. Even the lowest grades, a skinny horse costs several hundred taels."

   "What about the advanced ones?" Huang Zundao couldn't imagine.

  Zhao Han opened his mouth to brag: "Three years ago, there was a skinny horse that had been raised for seven years. It was beautiful and talented. It was bought by a salt merchant for a total of 50,000 taels of silver."

   "5...50,000 taels? Just buy a woman?" Huang Zundao was dumbfounded, thinking he had heard it wrong.

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "Salt merchants are not short of money. Buy a skinny horse for 50,000 taels and send it to the Duke immediately. You will earn more money in the future!"

   "So it is so, so it is so." Huang Zundao finally believed it. The 50,000 thin horses were not dared to be ridden by wealthy salt merchants, and only the Duke of the State would be able to use them.

  Zhao Han sighed and said: "Oh, my family can't do it. I only bought a skinny horse of 3,000 taels, and was imprisoned by my father for three days because of it, which made me face the wall and think about it. Do you think this is angry?"

  Yeah, so annoying, if only mine.

  Three thousand taels of skinny horse, it's not riding a woman, it's like riding silver.

  Huang Zundao quickly apologized with a smile: "Your father's family education is very strict, as expected of a wealthy family."

"Three thousand taels of skinny horse, do you want to see it?" Zhao Han winked, "I'll bring it next time, so you can see it. But, I can only play lyrics and sing songs for you. This skinny horse is my favorite thing." , others are not allowed to touch it."

   "It should be so, it should be so," Huang Zundao said again and again, "It is a blessing to be born late if you can listen to a song."

  Huang Zundao was so itchy by some gossip, he wished he could sell his property immediately, and also went to Yangzhou to buy a skinny horse.

   But thinking about the price, forget it.

Zhao Han saw that the old guy had been misunderstood, so he immediately returned to the main topic: "These five hundred taels of silver, three hundred taels of silver are used to level the beach. I will give you enough money. You are responsible for recruiting workers to do the work. You must It will be leveled within half a month. There are two hundred taels left, you can buy stones and wood first, it is probably not enough, I will make up for you when it is used up."

  Three hundred taels are used to level the river beach?

   This money is too easy to earn, you are simply a prodigal!

  Huang Zundao thought about it for a second, three hundred taels is nothing, and when someone buys a skinny horse, it costs three thousand taels.

  Huang Zundao immediately patted his chest and said, "Put it on me, and the beach can be leveled in ten days in less than half a month!"

  Although the ten-day construction period is a bit short, and it is not easy to recruit people during the spring plowing period, but for the sake of money, you can only fight for it. Who dares to be disobedient?

   "Okay, stop talking!"

Zhao Han picked up Xiaohong and Xiaocui's body deed, and took Xiaohong's hand back and forth to caress, not bothering to look at Master Huang again: "I will leave the construction site to you, and I want to go back and enjoy the beauty of the mountains. Hehe, One is good enough, if you put the two together, wouldn't you be ecstatic?"

   "I'll see off seniors." Huang Zundao said with a half-short body.

   "No, you can go back." Zhao Han went out with his arms around Xiaohong's waist.

  Huang Zundao still sent them out of the hall, watched Zhao Han leave, and couldn't help shouting: "Senior, go slowly, if two are not enough, Wansheng still has some here, just come and use them."

  The house slave stood there stupidly, still thinking about it, his mind was full of what Zhao Han said just now.

   "Ahem!"

  Huang Zundao coughed twice, and scolded: "What are you still doing?"

  The house slave came back to his senses, and hurriedly asked: "Master, what Mr. Zhao said is true?"

"Can there be fakes?" Huang Zundao looked contemptuous, "Yangzhou, Suzhou, are all rich counties. A top lean horse is worth as much as our entire town. If Mr. Zhao doesn't tell you, you won't know it all your life. Can't even dream of it."

   "Master taught me a good lesson." The slave hurriedly apologized.

  Huang Zundao ignored the house slaves, picked up the white silver, and touched it there again and again.

  Before, he was still thinking about how to get money from Zhao Han.

  But people are generous, five hundred taels are given as they please, this is only the initial construction cost, and there will be thousands of taels in the future.

   Is it worth cheating money?

   Just follow Zhao Xianggong to drink soup, if Zhao Xianggong slips a few casually between his fingers, it will be enough for Mr. Huang to earn enough money.

Suddenly, Huang Zundao said to his servant: "Go to the inn quickly and tell Mr. Zhao that I will give him all the deserted beaches by the river and ask him if he wants to level them all out. The money is not much, and I will give another five hundred. Two will do."

   "Okay, my little one will do it immediately." The house slave left happily. He likes dealing with Zhao Xianggong because there is always a reward to get.

  Huang Zundao held the silver in his arms, but what he was thinking about was the Yangzhou skinny horse.

  What kind of beautiful woman is worth fifty thousand taels of silver. If I could let him touch it, this life would be worth it, but it's a pity that he can't even see it.

   Huang Zundao took it all seriously when Zhao Han bragged about being awesome.

  The key point is that Zhao Han threw out five hundred taels of silver without saying anything.

  Such a wealthy family would deceive a country rich man?

  (end of this chapter)