"What kind of chicken?" Cao An asked.

"Ah! I mean, it would be great if there was a beggar's chicken to eat now." Only then did Yu Ren realize his gaffe.

Cao An laughed and said, "Young Master is still thinking of going to Hangzhou! This beggar's chicken is a specialty of Hangzhou, and you can't eat it here. However, if we go to Hangzhou now, we don't seem to have enough money."

Yu Ren suddenly heard Cao An mentioning the silver thing and didn't care. However, this also brought his thoughts back to the track of reality. "Okay. I don't want to think about it anymore. You are right, there is a saying: Where is the end of the world?"

There are always many beauties without fragrant grass. As long as you have enough money, you won’t be able to find them anywhere!”

Yu Ren recited a crooked poem he wrote when he was picking up girls in his previous life. He felt much better, so he jumped off the springboard first and said, "Let's go to the city and eat chicken."

Seeing that Yu Ren was depressed and happy at one moment, Cao An did not dare to speak casually, lest he aroused any of his nerves and became abnormal again, so he had to follow him honestly.

The two entered Changle County and stayed at an inn near the north gate near the pier.

In the next few days, Yu Ren ate and drank every day without thinking about anything. Cao An only looked worried and persuaded Yu Ren several times to save some money so as not to run out of money to travel home.

But Yu Ren didn't care at all. On the fifth day, the waiter on the passenger ship came to the inn to call them, saying that the ship would be ready to go to sea in the afternoon. Yu Ren then thought of a question: Now that both master and servant Li Yu have left, he still has to leave.

Is it necessary to go to Zhangzhou?

Thinking of this problem, Yu Ren couldn't help but touch his money bag. Money was spent quickly these days, and he now only had less than three taels of broken silver left in his money bag. Yu Ren estimated that if he went to Zhangzhou, he would probably disappear.

He had enough money to come back. So he said to the clerk, "Forget it. We are not going to Zhangzhou. Just let your boss take care of the boat and don't worry about us."

The man agreed and turned to leave. Cao An caught up and said, "Ah! You man. Our young master said that he won't go to Zhangzhou. Will our boat money not be refunded at all?"

The clerk looked embarrassed. "I don't know about this. Our master only asked the villain to come and get you two on the boat, but he didn't mention the matter of refunding the money."

"Then I..." Cao An wanted to say more, but Yu Ren raised his hand to stop him. "Forget it! Don't embarrass him. It's not easy for their family. They encountered such things on this trip. I'm afraid they don't know what to do.

What a loss!" Since Yu Ren and the boat owner had experienced the dangers of the storm on the sea that day, he didn't want to embarrass him more.

The waiter saluted Yu Ren, turned around and left.

After the waiter left, Yu Ren left the room and told Cao An to pack up and prepare to leave tomorrow.

"Where are you going? Are you back to Nanjing?" Cao An asked.

"No, go to Funing." Yu Ren said.

"Why go to Funing?"

"There's no money left!" Yu Ren said angrily. He said in his heart, aren't you asking questions knowingly?

"Why go to Funing if you don't have money?" Unexpectedly, Cao An still wanted to get to the bottom of it.

"Of course I'm looking for my second uncle Yu Zongbing. I've made inquiries in the past few days. People say that my second uncle Yu's family is rich and he is also very generous. I think as long as we come to the door and ask, our Yu family's upper generation

, I don’t have many brothers and sisters. Why, my second uncle also has to give me three to five hundred taels! In this way, we can continue to play outside for another year or two!" Yu Ren said proudly.

own plan.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Cao An said to him with a solemn expression, "Master, you have to think about this. If you go to Funing to find the second master, you can certainly get the money easily. But I'm afraid you will

I won’t be able to return to this house from now on.”

"Why?" Yu Ren asked puzzledly.

"It's my fault too. I didn't explain it clearly to you. You have lost your memory, and you may have forgotten my master's temper. I have always disliked clinging to powerful people. And he has never agreed with the second master's way of being an official. Although our family

We are close relatives, but we have not been in contact with each other for more than ten years. With the master's arrogant temper, if you go to the second master to borrow a couple of silver, I'm afraid he won't let you go.

Anyway, I'm not going. I want you to go alone. If I go with you, I will beat me to death if I go back."

"My dad is not that old-fashioned!" Yu Ren didn't believe it.

"Aren't you so old-fashioned? Let me tell you about an incident five years ago! It was an old servant of our family, Lao Xia. He was a book boy who followed the master since he was a child. Five years ago, he helped the master return to his hometown in Fujian to handle some matters.

It turned out that the money I brought was not enough. It happened that the second master was at home that time. Seeing that Lao Xia was short of money, he asked his servant to take ten taels of silver and send it to him. Lao Xia originally didn't want it. But he had something to do at that time because he had something to do.

Walk away.

The man sent by the second master put down the money and left. When Lao Xia finished his work and rushed to return the money, the second master and the others had already returned to Funing. So Lao Xia thought, anyway

The money can't be paid back at the moment, so it's better to use it first. After returning to Nanjing, get the money, and then send someone to Funing and return it to the second master.

However, I didn't expect that the master would find out about this. As a result, the master lost his temper and drove Lao Xia out of the house.

I was still young at the time, but I remember this incident very clearly."

After hearing what Cao An said, Yu Ren didn't say anything for a long time. He was thinking about a question: Why do I always have this fate? In my previous life, I met an aloof and arrogant father. After finally traveling through time, how could I meet an old man and be so different?

This is too much! It seems that I am destined to never be able to eat ready-made meals in this life. If I want to enjoy it, I have to rely on myself.

With this thought, Yu Ren walked slowly outside the inn. Cao An thought that Yu Ren had listened to him and still insisted on going to Funing, so he couldn't help but be shocked.

"Sir, where are you going?"

"I'm going to walk around the streets. Since you said you can't go to my second uncle's house to collect money, I have to find a way on my own. Otherwise, we will really have to beg and go back to Nanjing."

Cao An felt relieved and followed Yu Ren out of the inn.

Although Cao An had stayed in Changle for several days, he had been focusing on eating and drinking these days, and he really did not pay attention to the business opportunities around him. At this time, Yu Ren discovered that although Changle was a small county, he paid close attention.

But there are so many business opportunities.

Although the county is not big, there are already many handicraft workshops. These are generally similar to the kind of front-shop and back-factory workshops in Yiwu in later generations, and they are basically family units. Among them, the largest number are

Count weaving.

Although the Ming Dynasty had weaving bureaus in many places in the southeast, almost all the silk produced by the official weaving bureaus was provided to the palace or the government. It has been nearly fifty years since the Longqing switch. Overseas trade in the southeast has been greatly improved.

The rapid development has also led to the creation of a large number of private weaving workshops along the southeastern coast. The biggest difference between these private weaving workshops and the official ones is that almost all the products woven in private weaving workshops are cotton, mainly for ordinary people.

and maritime merchants; and in the official weaving bureau, almost without exception, all weaving is silk and brocade.

Due to the large demand for cotton cloth by maritime merchants, the silk weaving industry in the southeast also flourished.

After walking around most of the county, Yu Ren also saw a lot of business opportunities. But every time he touched the three taels of silver in his pocket, he couldn't help but sigh. There is no capital in this business, no matter how good it is,

The business opportunity was also in vain, Yu Ren couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, Yu Ren remembered a story he had seen on San Yan Er Pai. It was about an unlucky businessman who relied on a few taels of silver supported by a friend and followed his friend's ship overseas. As a result, he made a fortune by accident.

.This story should have happened in the Ming Dynasty.

Yu Ren's heart couldn't help but heat up when he thought of this story. But after carefully comparing his current situation with that of the other party, Yu Ren knew rationally that this method was not suitable for him. It wasn't that he didn't dare to risk it.

The risk of three taels of silver. In fact, he has no relatives and no friends here. With these three taels of silver, it is not enough to pay for one person's voyage to Nanyang, let alone how many more people are there.

Monthly food and drink expenses.

Thinking of this, Yu Ren couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Sir, you don't have to be too anxious. With the little money we have, just the two of us taking a boat to Hangzhou should be about the same," Cao An said.

"What should we do when we get to Hangzhou? Do you want me to talk to Miss Li? Not to mention that we don't know if we can find Miss Li when we get to Hangzhou. Even if we do, I will never be able to open this mouth." Yu Ren said.
Chapter completed!