"Young Master, Young Master... I finally have a surplus today..."

Zhao Mengting hurriedly took the account book to find Xu Qian, who had never expressed his feelings, and had a happier smile on her pretty face, which had never expressed her feelings.

Xu Qian was pretending to read in the study room in the newspaper hall, but in fact he was sleeping lazy. On the surface, he seemed very calm and calm, as if everything was just a cloud, but the first time he had done such a thing, he was still very nervous.

of.

He opened his eyes and saw Zhao Mengting standing happily in front of him, flipping through the account book, and said, "The newspaper office has sold newspapers for so many days, and finally has a surplus."

Xu Qian cheered up and said, "Is that so? How much did he earn?"

Zhao Mengting said: "I sold 26,000 copies today, and I lost all kinds of expenses and earned seven taels of silver."

"Seven liang..." Xu Qian suddenly became depressed again.

To be honest, the newspaper office has just opened, and the money spent is like flowing water, but the surplus is not much. After all, the printing cost is too high in this era. If you sell a thousand copies, you have to pay hundreds of taels of silver every day. After all, although labor is cheap

However, the ink cost a lot of money, unless the sales volume increases to 50,000 or 100,000, it is not easy to make money.

Xu Qian sighed in his heart: "It's not easy, I finally made money."

Zhao Mengting started to settle accounts for Xu Qian again and encouraged him: "In fact, if we increase revenue and reduce expenditure, there will be a surplus of 20 taels per day."

Xu Qian was about to answer, but someone said outside: "Young master, young master, someone sent a gift, saying that he must deliver it to your master."

When Xu Qian arrived at this era, no one had ever given a gift. He immediately cheered up and said, "Come in."

The editor came in. The newspaper office has expanded to more than a dozen people from editors to editors. Although the name is very domineering, if you add a Grand Secretary, it will be a good time to get a Hanlin Academy. But here you serve tea and water.

It is actually nothing strange when you dare to call him a doctorate.

The editor Xiu held a box and said with a smile: "Young Master, that man is very strange. He sent something, but refused to come to see the young master. He just said that he would understand after reading it."

Xu Qian was also curious and said, "Please show me."

The editor handed the box up, and Xu Qian seemed to think it was not good to see it for the editor on the spot, so he said to him: "You go out and do your business."

After the editor left, Xu Qian took a deep breath before opening the box, and there were a whole box of treasure money inside.

Think about it, these stacks of treasure notes are valuable, but they are less than 100,000 taels of silver.

Of course, this is the algorithm on the books. Since the imperial court is diligent in printing the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, the so-called banknotes are full of water. But even so, if they are really exchanged, they may be able to get seven or eight thousand taels of real gold and silver.

Seven or eight thousand taels of silver...

Xu Qian's breathing accelerated and his heart was surging.

Big deal, big deal.

Zhao Mengting was also confused by the side and said in surprise: "Who gave such a large sum of money? The gift-giving person is too generous."

After Zhao Mengting said this, Xu Qian calmed down and searched the box. Finally, he took out a note. He took the note and looked at it. It said: "Young Master Xu has been famous for a long time, and some small gifts are not worth mentioning.

, Chun'an Shang Youjing."

Chun'an merchants, Xu Qian frowned. Chun'an merchants are definitely rich families. Their ancestors also produced a top scholar, which seemed to be called Shanglu or something. This merchant is definitely a first-class wealthy family in Zhejiang.

But the problem is, why are merchants so rich? Even if they have money, there is no need to give it away like this.

Xu Qian looked at these treasure money and was confused.

Zhao Mengting suddenly said: "I heard that Chun'an merchants have thousands of acres of fertile land, but... but where did so many treasure money come from?"

A word woke up the dreamer. Although the treasure money issued by the court was flooded, no normal person dared to keep so many treasure money. The reason is very simple, because this thing depreciates faster, and officials' salaries are usually made of treasures.

The money is issued, so the holders of the treasure money are all officials. But the problem is that a county magistrate can only issue dozens of taels of treasure money worth at most a month, and the current 100,000-yuan treasure money is considered a cabinet.

A minister will not be able to save up even if he doesn't eat or drink for the rest of his life.

Xu Qian couldn't help but say, "I understand, this merchant must have done some business in secret. Only those who do large-scale business have to use Baochao for transactions. Mengting, your family is also doing business. Am I right?

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Zhao Mengting nodded and said, "Yes, sometimes you have to buy some medicinal materials. If you bring too much money, you will cash in and trade some treasure money with others."

Xu Qian couldn't help but say, "Then I ask you, if a person has 100,000 Baobao, how big is the business this person does?"

Zhao Mengting frowned and said, "What my family does is just a small business, and only a thousand taels of silver are in and out a year. The treasure banknotes on hand are probably not more than five hundred taels. This merchant can give gifts with this treasure banknotes of 100,000. His family

The business is really stunning.”

Xu Qian also frowned and circled around the stacks of treasure money. If he was not moved, it would be fake. He has never been a saint, and of course, he is definitely not a bad person, at most he is just a hypocrite.

Although there are many wealthy merchants on the Zhejiang market, it is unheard of for those who take out 100,000 yuan in money, unless the merchant is doing some kind of profitable business, which can be easily done for a month.

With such a large investment, this amount of money will not be taken seriously.

What business is so profitable? Xu Qian felt a thrill in his heart, and he thought of a possibility - smuggling.

If so, then it would be easy to explain.

Merchants used their family influence to secretly violated the maritime ban and carried out smuggling activities for a long time to make huge profits. Smuggling will inevitably be related to Japanese pirates. Xu Qian's Ming Pao widely publicized the harm of Japanese pirates, and even attracted the attention of the court.

, This is absolutely not allowed for merchants.

Because once the imperial court eliminates the Japanese, the smuggling activities will be investigated and dealt with more strictly, which will bring great damage to the merchants.

Not to mention, once the Japanese are wiped out, the incidents of merchants colluding with Japanese people may even be exposed, and merchants will naturally not allow such things to happen.

Therefore, if you want the court to continue to turn a blind eye, you must stop the current noisy and contempt, and let Ming Pao stop.

"So... this is a hush fee." Xu Qian sneered, feeling very ironic.

Zhao Mengting said: "What is the young master planning to deal with these treasure money?"

Xu Qian was sluggishly, trying to collect the ill-gotten fortune, but he knew in his heart that the emperor was the established national policy of the emperor. Although the emperor did not make any statement on the surface, once the emperor gained great power, he would definitely take it.

Action. It is really unnecessary to get yourself involved in getting involved with the merchants and destroy your future just for such a treasure money.

He smiled coldly and said, "Go and invite my uncle."

Zhao Mengting nodded and closed the door and went out.

Xu Qian's eyes were still inseparable from these stacks of treasure money. Seeing that there was no one around, he quickly pulled dozens of treasure money worth hundreds of taels into his sleeves, and then pretended to be fine and pretended to be picking up the book.

Look at it, she looks indifferent to wealth.

When Zhao Mengting and Xu Shen came, Xu Qian said righteously: "Look, look, who did this Shang family regard me as? Do he think I am a greedy person? Humph, thanks to them, they are still well-educated people.

, I did such a thing. Xu Qian was honest and money was just a cloud in my eyes. Uncle, you brought a few people with great fanfare to the business and told them that the friendship between gentlemen is as calm as water

, I, Xu Qian, have a poor family, but I look down on you!"

Xu Shen was stunned and said, "Ten...100,000...I said, my eldest nephew, are you... you crazy?"

Xu Qianyi said righteously: "It's not me that's crazy, it's the merchant that's crazy. Uncle, please do as I told you, don't ask more questions."

After hearing this, Xu Shen had to pick up the box carefully. He felt worried about taking so much money out, so he called many people to accompany him and went to another restaurant in Hangzhou.

Xu Qian breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little painful in his heart, but he thought that there were dozens of treasure money hidden in his sleeve, and he became happy again. No matter what, the money was sent back, and then people found that the money was less.

Xu Qian is not afraid of them coming to sue. After all, Xu Xiucai, who is not moved by money, doesn’t even look down on the 100,000 Baobao. Will he take advantage of you?

What Xu Qian is worried about now is that he has given gifts. If the merchant really does this kind of business secretly, he will never give up. He will first give gifts and then fight. Since the gifts are not successful, I don’t know what tricks he will use next time.

Zhao Mengting said on the side: "Are you hungry? I'll go and put a bowl of noodles for you."

Xu Qian shook his head, not at all interested in eating, and said, "Go and do your business, I'll sit down."

As a result, not long after sitting, someone came to report that a clerk from the Tixue Yai came to invite him over and that the Tixue Adult had something to say.

Xu Qian cannot neglect the invitation to ask for help from his students. He is not afraid of anyone on the ground in Hangzhou, but he is afraid of this. Besides, the provincial examination is about to come. If he can establish a good relationship with the adults of the school, there will be many benefits at that time.

Xu Qian quickly straightened his clothes and said, "I'll go now."

When they quickly left the newspaper office, they saw a clerk waiting for him outside. This place was not far from the Tixue Yamen. The two of them arrived at the Tixue Yamen soon after.

The clerk invited him in, but Xu Qian was not polite. He walked into the hall and saw the new Tixue in Minglun Hall having tea and laughing with an old scholar. Xu Qian stepped forward and said, "Students have met adults."

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