When Qian Laoben said that Master had not returned from Taiwan, I couldn't help but said, "Master has been away for so long and hasn't finished his work. I don't know what's going on in Taiwan."
Qian Laoben said: "At the beginning of the month, the brothers we sent overseas to purchase came back and brought news from Taiwan. I heard that things were not going well for the chief helmsman, and he seemed to be angry."
No matter what kind of injustice Chen Jinnan suffered, he will always be angry with Zheng Keshuang and his grandmother when he returns to Taiwan. You can't stop it, and there's no point in worrying about it. What I didn't expect was that the ship sent overseas to purchase opium has actually returned.
, what a surprise.
I hurriedly asked: "Has our ship come back? How is everything going?" Qian Laoben bowed and said: "It went well, I bought everything back. It's just that when the ship was passing through the East China Sea, it encountered pirates.
, Fortunately, we sent a lot of good people, and finally there was no danger, and the goods were not lost."
I jumped up and said: "Pirates! Where did the pirates come from!" Mr. Qian said: "They are Japanese pirates." I suddenly became furious and cursed: "His little Japanese dares to take advantage of me."
." Mr. Qian didn't understand why I was so angry, and hurriedly said: "Master Xiang, don't worry, the brothers we sent are all good at martial arts. Not only did they not let the Japanese bandits take advantage, but they actually killed many of them.
"
After hearing this, my anger turned into joy, and I said: "Kill well, kill well, brothers who kill thieves with merit will be heavily rewarded." Mr. Qian said, "Yes." After calming down the anger in my heart, I asked: "I
Have you bought all the things you asked for?" Mr. Qian said: "Yes, I purchased a total of 50 tons of opium seeds and 10,000 tons of opium paste from this trip. I also bought some muskets and clocks from the red-haired ghost on the way.
"I asked: "What's the point of buying a musket and clock?"
Qian Laoben looked at my face and said: "We have opened several trading houses in the capital, and the business has been pretty good recently. But at present, the trading houses mainly rely on collecting goods from the south to sell in Beijing. Several other trading houses in the capital sell the same things as us.
Almost the same, so the price never goes up. Excluding the freight, the profit is very low. So before our ship goes to sea, I specially tell the brothers who go to sea to pay attention to these things."
Qian Laoben was indeed a natural born businessman. I secretly approved of it, but kept my composure, and asked, "What about the muskets?" Qian Laoben said, "What we are doing is a major event to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Sooner or later, we will raise troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty.
I heard that this red-haired ghost is very powerful with muskets. So I asked my brothers to buy some." I glanced at him and thought to myself, this money man is smart, but don't be too smart. These things can actually happen.
He didn't even discuss it with me, so I had to find fault with him and beat him.
So he said: "I spent a lot of money to buy these many things." Qian Laoben hurriedly said: "Report to the owner of the incense, instead of spending money on this purchase, I made hundreds of thousands of taels." I was surprised.
He hurriedly asked: "How did you make money?" Qian Laoben smiled and said: "My subordinates heard that the red-haired ghosts particularly liked our silk and tea, so they took it upon themselves to transfer a batch from the trading house and put it on the ship.
, I didn’t expect it to sell so well, and the price is dozens of times higher than in the capital.”
I nodded and said, "Isn't this unexpected? The imperial court has banned trade with foreigners in recent years. Foreigners want our things but can't buy them, so the prices will naturally be higher." Qian Laoben said: "Yes, yes,
The incense owner is wise, and he got to the point right away." I smiled and said, "Don't flatter me, you are wise. I don't know anything yet, so you did it."
Qian Laoben looked nervous and said hurriedly: "This subordinate deserves to die. When the incense master handed over the errand, the subordinate did not think of this. Later he thought of it, but at that time the incense master had already left the capital, and all the brothers in the hall
I went to Taiwan with the chief rudder again, but my subordinates couldn't find anyone with whom they could discuss, so they had to make their own decisions.
Hearing what he said, I felt something in my heart and made some calculations. I said, "What you said makes sense, and I won't blame you. There is no need to mention this matter again. It's just that I am busy with my affairs and cannot always stay in the capital.
If you really have something going on, you have nowhere to report it to me. I do have an idea, please help me think about it."
Qian Laoben said: "The incense owner must have a good idea." I glanced at him and said with a smile: "Your business is getting bigger and bigger, and you are becoming more and more eloquent." Qian Laoben laughed twice and said,
No words were spoken.
I continued: "I have a concubine who was originally a member of our Tiandihui. She used to work under Li Shikai, but now she is with me. You have seen her before. She was mistakenly captured by you and taken to the palace as the little princess of Prince Mu's Mansion.
That person. Originally, I planned to come back this time and tell Master about letting her join our Qingmu Hall. This will facilitate my contact with my brothers in the hall, and secondly, I can help you. If you have anything, you can discuss it with her.
.It’s just that Master hasn’t come back yet, so this is really difficult to handle.”
Qian Laoben said: "What's so difficult about this? I will be the introducer and let her enter our Qingmu Hall first. It will not be too late to report to the chief helmsman when he comes back." I smiled and said: "Is this okay?"
Qian Laoben said: "Of course, we can recruit disciples in our hall. As long as there is an introducer and the incense master agrees, that's it. However, several brothers in the hall have gone to Taiwan with the chief rudder. Now it is difficult to open the incense hall.
I wronged her."
I understand what he means, this kid is really good at flattering, but it suits my taste. Rong'er got angry at Li Shikai, I always want her to enter the Heaven and Earth Club in a glorious way.
So he said: "In this way, let her work with you first, and wait until the master and others come back to open the incense hall." Qian Laoben had nothing to say.
After telling the story, I felt relieved and put Rong'er next to Qian Laoben. I'm sorry that this old boy didn't dare to play any tricks with me, but I don't want a meat bun to beat a dog and lose the army after accompanying my wife. Bah,
With Qian Laoben's appearance, how could Rong'er fall in love with him, haha.
So I stood up, walked to the door, opened the door, and asked casually: "Where are those muskets now?" Mr. Qian said: "They are hidden in one of our medicine shops." I thought to myself: "These things cannot be used.
If you leave it in his hands, even if he doesn't cause trouble, if a few of them get out, big trouble may happen." He said, "It's not safe to leave them outside. These things are of no use to us at the moment. We should move them."
Come to my house, it will be safer."
When I went out, I summoned Rong'er and told her what I had discussed with Qian Laoben. Rong'er was very happy. Taking advantage of her happiness, I asked her to go get the musket with Qian Laoben immediately. Rong'er
Having received such an important task from the very beginning, I naturally went with my money without hesitation.
After finishing the things here, now I have to face Xiaolian and the others. My heart is pounding. I don't know how they are getting along at the moment.
I walked to the back house with anxiety in my heart, but from a distance I saw Xiaolian standing under the porch, looking over here, walked over quickly, took her little hand, and said: "It's windy outside, why don't you
Stay in the room." Xiaolian's eyes were red and she looked at me dreamily without speaking.
I knew she missed me, and I was moved. I pulled her into the backyard, through the garden, and back to the bedroom. I said softly: "Silly girl, I know you miss me. I'm not back now. Where's Shuang'er?
Haven't you seen them two?" Xiaolian pinched the back of my hand with her nails and said, "I'm so anxious to see them. Don't worry, I've made all the arrangements and I'm just washing up." I didn't dare to ask any more questions, so I stretched out my hand to touch her.
Holding her in her arms, she said, "Good Lian'er, you miss me so much."
Xiaolian struggled twice, but failed to break free, and said: "How can you still think about me?" I smiled and said: "Why don't you think about me? I think about you every day." Xiaolian was so angry that she sobbed on my shoulder.
I tried to persuade them, but to no avail, so I changed the subject and asked, "Have you received the scriptures and letters I asked someone to bring back?"
Xiaolian said: "What scripture, I have never seen it." I was shocked, let go of my hand and took two steps back, saying: "What, you didn't see it, it's over, it's over, I'm dead now." Xiaolian raised his eyes and looked up.
I asked, "Is it important?" I said anxiously, "Of course it is. I will show it to the emperor tomorrow. The little emperor will definitely chop off my head."
Xiaolian rolled her eyes at me and said, "Just chop it off. Who told you to bully me?" My face was pale and my heart was so confused that I was in no mood to argue with her. I walked around in the room, thinking about what was wrong with me.
Xiaolian saw my anxious look, smiled, and said: "I lied to you, the scriptures have been sent to me a long time ago."
I touched my chest, took a breath, and said, "You scared me to death." Xiaolian said, "Look, you still dare to bully me." I stepped forward and said with a smile, "How dare I bully you?
, you are my dear little baby, it’s not too late to hurt you.” Xiaolian’s face improved a little, and I said again: “Everything is put properly.” Xiaolian rolled her eyes at me and said: “Don’t worry, I can’t throw it away.
." Worried, she added, "The broken sheepskin has been put away as well." Xiaolian said, "Put it together with the old ones." I laughed twice and said, "That's good, where is the person who delivered the scriptures?"
, they are still there.”
Xiaolian's face changed again and she said: "I thought you were concerned about the scriptures, but it turns out you are caring about those Persian girls." I hugged her and raised my hand to show her the iron in my hand.
He picked up the ring and said, "Don't misunderstand me. Did you see this? I am their leader and they are my subordinates. They want to do big things for me." Xiaolian looked at the ring carefully and said, "I blamed you wrongly.
They are all still living in the house. Xiaobao... Wenjuan too?" I chuckled and said: "Of course, but it's different. She helped a lot when we went out this time. Without her, I would have