A canal boat was rocking gently on the Li River. The boat sailed slowly along the Li River. The Li River is the earliest section of the Grand Canal. It is the canal ditch built by the King of Yue. It connects Yangzhou and Dajiang. From Yangzhou, it is downstream.
Sailing, boatmen set up
Sail, this part of the voyage is very easy.
Mo Qiyun in the cabin lowered the bamboo curtain on the window and leaned next to Jiang Shou, "If we cross the river today, we will reach Jinling."
"Are you reluctant to leave Yangzhou again?" Mo Qiyun took Jiang Shou's hand and pouted, "No, I will stay with Sister Jiang for the rest of my life, and we will have children in a few years. It will be lively. If Sister Jiang
Come first, I will help you with it. I will help you after I give birth to my sister.
I bring."
"I'm thinking about having children as soon as I pass the door."
Mo Qiyun couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth when he thought of the visit yesterday. The lively scene seemed to be still in front of his eyes. Most of the people who came to Yangzhou to buy thin horses were outsiders and had no relatives or friends in the local area. But after all, he still wanted to organize the happy event. The fake mother
Bian is also marrying a daughter in name, but it is always better to have a sense of ceremony. Demand has created a market, and Yangzhou has emerged.
Many teams that specialize in thin horse wedding ceremonies have long-term strategic cooperation with various prosthetic mothers who raise thin horses. After Jiang Xianggong selected two people, a familiar team leader immediately got the information and went to the inn to handle business. As long as the husband's family provided
With money, in a quarter of an hour, you can prepare all the gift coins, cakes and fruits, lanterns, lanterns, torches, mountain men, groomsmen, and paper candles, and recruit a large group of people. According to the etiquette of picking up a concubine in Yangzhou, the use of gongs and drums is noisy.
The sedan chair took the two to the inn, and they had a lively wedding ceremony. After receiving the reward, they immediately went to the next house. The same group spent the whole day
You can send several couples to get married, the assembly line operation is very professional, and it is more lively than ordinary weddings.
Jiang Shou was more concerned about what was in front of her. She lay next to Mo Qiyun's ear, "Then you said you picked her up yesterday, why didn't your husband let me sleep with you?"
Mo Qiyun returned to reality from his memories, and blinked yesterday: "My husband's house is in Jinling, not far from the left and the right. There is no reason to consummate the marriage in an inn."
"Mom said those who come to take concubines are impatient."
Mo Qiyun snorted, "My husband-in-law is a gentleman from a wealthy family. How can he be compared with those merchants? Look at the many people on the pier picking up and dropping off the ship when we boarded the ship today. This ship does not carry other travelers, so it must be a good one."
A big family fortune.”
"It's such a big family property," Jiang Shou pondered for a moment and said, "Why don't there be any maids following me? None of the servants said anything. I think the people coming to greet me at the dock are very fierce."
Mo Qiyun hesitated for a moment, "Perhaps this is how wealthy families are born?" "We have seen a lot of guests come here, but the servants they bring are not like this. Many wealthy families take maids with them when they go out. How can our husband bring all the men with him?
I couldn't find a maid to ask. I've already passed the door and I don't know if my husband's parents are okay.
Kang, I don't know if there is a big wife." Jiang Shou looked at Mo Qiyun and said, "My husband likes your courage, go and ask him."
"Me?" Mo Qiyun pointed at himself, then shook his head, "I'm afraid."
"You should go and ask, otherwise I will always feel empty in my heart." Jiang Shou said and grabbed Mo Qiyun's waist.
Mo Qiyun blocked it with both hands and said with a smile, "Well, if you don't want to ask me, why don't my husband dare to give me the veil?"
Jiang Shou quickly found the veil and handed it to Mo Qiyun. After putting it on, Mo Qiyun came to the door, pouted to encourage himself, and pushed open the cabin door. The river breeze blew in his face, and the spring breeze came to his face.
With the temperature, there was some mist on the vast river in the field of vision. Mr. Jiang was on the deck, talking to a servant. When he heard the door, he turned around. He stopped talking and looked calmly.
Mo Qiyun.
Mo Qiyun carefully stepped out of the cabin, raised his head and looked at Mr. Jiang, only to see him standing on the deck, his whole body seemed to be embedded in the white mist behind him.
Mo Qiyun lowered his head, holding her skirt with both hands and asked nervously, "Sister Jiang asked me to ask my husband. We are about to cross the river. I don't know who the elders and sisters are in my family. I'm afraid I don't know how to call them when they arrive."
Mr. Jiang nodded to his servant, who immediately took a few steps back. Mr. Jiang waved to Mo Qiyun again, gesturing for her to come closer and talk. Mo Qiyun lowered her head, and the boat was shaking a little. She staggered, and quickly
Grab a sail puller next to you
The reins just stood firm. After Jiang Xianggong waited for her to stand firm, he said, "Although I live in Nanjing, I am not from here, and you will not go to Jinling, so you don't have to worry about calling me. I don't like to beat around the bush, so I will tell you all."
You guys, I am the leader of the Anqing Cao Gang, I want to buy you
The two of them are not here to take concubines." These two simple sentences made Mo Qiyun stay on the spot. She never thought that the expected marriage would be like this. The Anqing Cao Gang has become famous in Yangzhou recently, and every day
All I heard was how many people had been killed, and another corpse was thrown somewhere. They were all brought by the Cao Gang in Anqing. In any case, they could not be related to the gentle husband in front of me. And he said it was not for concubinage.
The original hope of being a husband and godson disappeared in an instant, and all the expectations in my heart were completely gone.
broken.
The boat sailed into the mist on the river. Everything around it was a little blurry, and the front was even more blurry.
Mo Qiyun's face turned pale. She mustered up her courage and said, "Then, where should we go?"
"There is another place to go. You will know it when you get there, but don't worry, it must not be the place where the Pearl Market is hooked up." Jiang Fan glanced at the cabin door, "If you two regret it, you can tell us directly, and I can send you back.
Yangzhou." There were several boatmen working on the deck, but there was one person on each side of the deck. Mo Qiyun suddenly felt that Jiang Xianggong and these two people were paying attention to his reaction. Before learning Jiang Fan's identity, Mo Qiyun
When Yun saw them, he never felt
I was scared, but my heart was beating wildly at this time. At this time, the boat was at the intersection of the Li River and the Dajiang River. There was a vast mist in front of me, with rolling river water on both sides. A thin mist flowed past me, and there were strangers on the deck who didn't know their origins.
, she subconsciously felt that if she regretted it,
He will never return to Yangzhou as easily as Xianggong said, not to mention that the fake mother will never return the money. If he regrets it, he will offend the leader of the Cao Gang, and his life will be even more difficult in the future.
Mo Qiyun made a decision quickly. She gritted her teeth and said, "We are my husband's family. Wherever your husband asks us to go, we will follow his arrangements." Jiang Fan showed a little appreciation in his eyes, and then nodded and said, "This is best, you are here.
There, I will learn some things first, and then I will have other plans. In front is the place where the river enters. If there is nothing else, you can go back to the cabin to rest to avoid being caught by the wind.
The waves scare.”
Mo Qiyun didn't dare to ask any more questions, and said a blessing to Jiang Fan. She picked up her skirt and turned back to the cabin. Jiang Shou was at the door. She also heard the conversation on the deck. Seeing Mo Qiyun come in, she quickly opened the cabin.
The door is closed.
Mo Qiyun hugged Jiang Shou and cried softly, "How could he be from the Anqing Cao Gang? Who is he? He also said that he didn't want us to be concubines. He didn't know where he was sending us. What happened to my sister?
Life is good."
Jiang Shou patted her back and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. My sister is with me."
"He specifically said it wasn't a place for hooks. Could it be that it was just a random place?"
Jiang Shou shook his head and said, "No way. Goulanzhi just bought a few girls from the East Market. Why spend more money to buy us? What did he say he would learn?"
Mo Qiyun didn't want to think about what to learn. She cried for a while and pressed her face against Jiang Shou's neck, "I was the one who hurt my sister, otherwise my sister would have gone to a good family." "How can I blame you for this?"
Jiang Shou put his hand on Mo Qiyun's head and stroked it gently, "It may not be better if you go elsewhere. You heard the old woman in the courtyard say that some people who went to rich families were bullied or even beaten to death by the old ladies.
There are also,
There are also those whose families have fallen into disgrace and have been sold by their husbands to work as fencers. It’s hard to say which one is better and which one is worse. We are skinny horses. We were born with this fate. We can’t help ourselves and we can’t blame others. In short, we sisters have to be together."
Mo Qiyun snorted and couldn't help crying again.
A voice shouted from outside, "Crossing the river!"
The hull shook for a while, and the two people quickly held on to the bulkhead. The sound of waves crashing outside entered the cabin, and the hull began to shake violently. Mo Qiyun had never been out of the river, so he couldn't help but hug Jiang Shou tightly.
After a while, it gradually calmed down. Jiang Shou gently opened the bamboo curtain. Yangzhou could no longer be seen in the white mist-filled field of vision, and the north bank of the river was gradually getting further away.
…
In the shopkeeper's room on the third floor of Dajiang Yinzhuang on Zhengzhong Street in Nanjing City, Liu Ruogu put down a piece of paper with complicated patterns and placed it on the table.
secret note."
Zhou Yueru handed over a glass mirror, "This is the magnifying glass sent by the Anqing workshop. You can see it with it. There are five pattern marks and three color marks. With this magnifying glass behind the counter, you can first check whether it is genuine or not."
"Every wharf has to be settled at Yinzhuang. Not everything is big business, but the small business is tens of thousands. The medium-value stamps are prepared for such transactions. It is more appropriate to use the pattern for preliminary verification. How is the watermark done?
"
Zhou Yueru said with a little embarrassment, "Because the paper has not been decided yet, the watermark has not been made yet."
"Is there any other way to prevent counterfeiting?"
"There are two check digits in the number above the head."
Liu Ruogu looked at the number in the middle of the upper part of the ticket, then looked up at Zhou Yueru, "What does the check number mean?"
"It was newly established by Pang Daren. The other numbers are calculated according to two calculation formulas. They must be equal to the two numbers on the face of the ticket to be a real ticket."
Liu Ruogu laughed and said, "How did Pang Daren come up with it? The fewer people who know this formula, the better. There should be at most one person per bank."
"The workshop is making an instrument. It is said that it can be used to calculate. The person using it does not know the formula. It is so easy to print and calculate. It is said that it has some clues." Liu Ruogu thought for a moment and nodded, "The instrument is more reliable than people.
Just check and lock it every day, most people think carefully." Liu Ruogu kneaded the paper with his hands after saying, "Even though this paper is still similar to ordinary report paper, settlements must be done at all the docks along the river, this post
The purpose of a banknote is different from that of a banknote. The face value of the banknote is clear, it carries interest and has no secret words. This facilitates transactions. The holder will wait until the expiration of the term to redeem the silver. The majority of people hope that they will go up the river.
It should last longer, the paper should be slightly thicker, and it should be more water- and moisture-resistant than ordinary paper, the ink should be durable, the face of the note should be delicate, and the touch should be obviously different."
"I searched all over Nanjing but couldn't find it. It should be OK if I order it, but in the future, others can buy exactly the same ones. I don't dare to make any mistakes with this stamp. I think it's better to just buy the ingredients and make them in Anqing."
Okay." "This is the safest way. I will decide this matter first. You ask the Anqing Workshop to prepare a place and put a recruitment notice in the Times. Paper workers are being recruited from Anqing, Nanjing and Jiujiang." Liu Ruogu raised his head and said to Zhou Yueru, "
Miss Zhou worked hard, this
The first version is much better than before, but as you said, you can’t neglect it when posting tickets, and you still need to keep improving.”
"It's my duty as a subordinate." Zhou Yueru hesitated and asked, "Is Da Da's success in suppressing thieves in Huguang?"
Liu Ruogu said in surprise, "Pang Daren has written letters to you, but he never mentioned it?"
Zhou Yueru shook her head, "I'm just talking about stamping tickets and silver coins."
Liu Ruogu smiled and said, "The thieves in Huguang want to appease them, and they are waiting for the court's permission. Pang Pangren has not fought with them, so Miss Zhou doesn't have to worry." Zhou Yueru's face turned red, but she didn't make any excuses. Liu Ruogu said
Looking at the ticket again, "Every time Mr. Pang Pang writes, there are words like "sometimes not waiting for me". Suzhou Bank has opened, and a branch will be opened along the canal soon. The capital is also planning.
, I just have to wait for Jiang Fan to be free, this ticket posting is really a crucial step, please ask Miss Zhou to work harder."
"I understand. If Shopkeeper Liu writes to your Excellency, please...take care of yourself." Zhou Yueru said that she had done a good job and slowly exited the room. Liu Ruogu shook his head and picked up the sticker in front of him and looked at it for a long time.