Liu Haojia picked up a heavy piece of gold and said: "This time the two uncles need to bring more gold and less silver when they go out. Wait until they get to Jinan and Nanjing to find a gold and silver shop to exchange, otherwise it will be really unsafe on the road!"
Although the economy of the Ming Dynasty is relatively developed now, and the prototype of a bank has appeared, it is a bank note issued by large merchants in various places using their own reputation! However, the scope of use of this kind of bank note is very narrow, and it can only be used by such large merchants.
It circulates in the location and surrounding areas, but if it is a little further away, no one will recognize it!
As for the gold and silver shops mentioned by Liu Haojia, they generally have two functions. One is to make gold and silver jewelry to make profits, and the other is to collect handling fees by exchanging gold and silver for business trips. And the handling fees are not low!
Therefore, many merchants at that time had to hire bodyguards to protect the gold and silver they carried with them. Some merchants even directly carried small items with high value preservation, such as jade, pearls and the like. However, due to the restrictions on such items in various places,
Prices are judged differently, resulting in huge price differences. So the most common ones are gold and silver!
Seeing a box of gold and silver in front of him, Liu's father had finally seen money, so he behaved well. But Liu Guangyuan and the other two were very excited! However, Liu Guangyuan still tried to wake himself up, made an estimate and said: "Second Young Master
, The two of us can’t use this much gold and silver, right? I just heard you say that these seafood, lemons and fruits are not worth much in the local area, why don’t we take less and leave more for the government!”
Liu Haojia said: "That's true, but you always have to leave enough deposits for the merchants to facilitate their operations. You must know that those who give enough money and those who don't give enough money work in different ways! Another point, as the saying goes
The poor family is on the road to prosperity, so bring more money with you and have more protection on the road! This is the time when the Liu family needs the help of the two uncles, so don't be stingy with money and ruin your health!"
After speaking, Liu Haojia pretended to look at Liu Guangyuan casually. Sure enough, the two of them looked excited! This made him feel that these ancients were still very easy to fool! Thinking of this, he continued: "How about this, this time the two of them
When uncle goes out, he should take his brothers Jinbao and Yinbao with him, they should also see the outside world!"
Father Liu hesitated and said: "They are a little young, aren't they? They are still only half-grown-ups now!"
Liu Haojia said seriously: "Father, if it weren't for the fact that my brother will inherit the title in the future, there can be no problem, otherwise I would even send him out! You know, only the eagle that has experienced the storm can truly spread its wings and soar! Let's
The Liu family is facing huge changes, but there are too few available manpower, so we don’t have time to give them time to grow!"
Liu Guangyuan also nodded and said: "Master, Jinbao is already fifteen and Yinbao is thirteen. They will be engaged in a few years. Now it is time for them to follow us out for some experience and experience!
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Father Liu hesitated for a moment and then said: "In this case, I agree with them to go out for a walk! But they must be more careful on the road, don't stay in some rural hotels, and settle in larger villages and towns as much as possible!"
The Jinbao brothers who had been standing aside and listening nervously shouted with joy when they heard this, turned around and went out to tell their mother the good news! They may not realize that what they brought to their mother was definitely not good news! But here
In an era when men are the masters of the family, their mothers have no right to speak!
After the Jinbao brothers left, Liu Haojia divided the amount of gold and silver they carried. He kept three hundred taels of silver for himself, and gave the rest to Liu Guangyuan brother to take away. After taking the gold and silver, Liu Guangyuan said: "The second young master doesn't want to buy it.
Are you there? Now let’s go to the human market for a walk!”
But after hearing Liu Guangyuan's introduction just now, Liu Haojia no longer had any good impression of the market, so he shook his head and said: "I won't go, why don't you two go, Uncle Guangyuan! In addition to buying some children back, dragging
People with children also need to buy four or five homes!”
Liu Guangyuan said: "Second Young Master, how many children do we want in our family? Do all of these children need to be boys?"
Liu Haojia hesitated and said: "Both men and women should be included! But it is better to have more boys!"
Then he said to Liu's father: "Father, I have asked him to wait in front of the few servants sent by the Zhang family. I have to trouble my father to arrange them."
Father Liu naturally nodded in agreement, and then several people took the gold and silver and left. Father Liu came forward to settle the servants borrowed from the Zhang family. They were strictly restricted to the front yard. These people naturally
I agreed and my attitude was extremely respectful!
Maybe they still thought that if they did well and were praised by their master, they might be able to stay in Uncle Ning's Mansion! In their opinion, becoming a servant of Uncle Gu Ning's Mansion would be more honorable than being a merchant's house! It's just that
They may not dare to express such thoughts!
They can only work harder to attract the attention of Gu Ningbo's house. If they take the initiative to bring it up, I'm afraid neither family will tolerate such a traitor. The best result will be a meal of family law, and the worst result
The result was that he was either sold out or beaten to death!
In the evening, Liu Guangyuan and his two men returned to Uncle Gu Ning's Mansion with several carriages. The carriages were filled with children of all sizes. There were more than a dozen adult men and women walking with the carriage. You could tell by the fact that they often looked towards the carriage.
, their own children should also be in the carriage.
The carriage entered Uncle Gu Ning's house through the side door. After hearing the news, Liu's father and Liu Haojia came over with a few temporary servants. When they arrived, all the children on the carriage had already walked out, and the entire team was divided into two groups.
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A group of people were complete families with adults and children. Although these men and women had panic in their eyes, they still tried to straighten their bodies. And Liu Haojia could clearly see a trace of joy and hope in their eyes, probably feeling that they would soon
You will be able to have a stable life! After all, you were sold to an honorable manor, and your family is still intact. It is much better than staying under the hands of others!
The other group is a large group of children crowded together. There are boys and girls among these children. They are like little beasts that have just been thrown into a strange area. They are crowded together in panic! It seems that they rely on each other's body temperature to get a little warmth!
In their eyes, fear and hope appear alternately, because they don't know where their future will go?
Looking at their clothes, Liu Haojia was really angry! These children were as young as five or six years old and as old as him, but none of their clothes were complete! Some of the children even didn't even have shoes on their feet.