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She came to Huang's house as a maid when she was 12 years old, and she was beaten and scolded for several years. If she did something wrong, she would be beaten. How could anyone comfort him like this?

What's more, the person who spoke was still a noble son, a scholar and husband from the city.

Xiaocui thought to herself: If she can serve Zhao Xianggong in the future, listen to him more, and be beaten to death by her mistress, this life will be worth it.

Zhao Han wiped away Xiao Cui's tears: "Sister, don't cry."

"Don't cry, don't cry," Xiaocui hurriedly crossed her sleeves, wiped away her tears, choked out a smile, and said, "Zhao Xianggong, you are such a good person, which young lady can marry Xianggong, and she must have served Guanyin Bodhisattva in her previous life."

When Xiaocui wiped her tears, she revealed a scar on her wrist, which seemed to be pulled out by a bamboo stick.

"Master Huang still beat you?" Zhao Han asked.

Xiaocui replied, "If the servant did something wrong, he should be beaten. Don't blame the master."

Zhao Han looked serious and said solemnly: "The servant is also a human, how can you beat him casually? Master Huang is too hateful!"

Xiao Cui said quickly, "It's not good for slaves and maids. I broke the master's cup and deserved to be beaten."

"You can't think like this," Zhao Han began to popularize the theory of the grid, "there was a scholar in the Song Dynasty called Zhu Xi, and scholars called him Zhu Zi. Tongsheng, Xiucai, Juren, and Jinshi, all scholars read Zhu Zi's annotations. The book of sages. Do you know what Zhu Zi said? He said that all people are created equal. To be an emperor, a general, a master, and a servant, everyone is born the same, and no one is inferior to the other."

Xiao Cui said blankly, "Master Zhu Zi really said that?"

"That's what Zhu Zi said," Zhao Han said bitterly, "but those who have read books have tampered with Zhu Zi's words. To be a master, you know it's wrong, and you still bully your servants. Do you think it's very bad?"

Xiao Cui nodded subconsciously, and then shook her head again: "Master, it's always wrong to kill someone."

Zhao Han couldn't help supporting his forehead, what a broken place, brainwashing the servants is so serious, the lead mountain is much more normal.

Zhao Han can only say: "I will tell you this kind of truth slowly. Let's go to the next room, and I will teach you to read and write."

Xiao Cui was pleasantly surprised, but she said, "This servant is very stupid, I'm afraid she won't be able to learn."

"Don't be afraid, there is someone next to you who is more stupid than you," Zhao Han smiled. "Also, don't call yourself a slave in the future, just say 'I'."

Pushing open the door next door, Zhao Han shouted, "Tie Niu, it's time to study."

Zhang Tie Niu was lying on the money box and was sleeping. Hearing this, he jumped up in fright: "I... I'm in a hurry to urinate, I'm going to poop!"

"Go back and sit down!" Zhao Han scolded.

Zhang Tieniu looked aggrieved, and glanced at Xiaocui: "This little girl has also joined the team?"

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Sooner or later."

Zhang Tieniu couldn't help but want to roll his eyes, thinking in his heart: One master, one actor, and one coolie.It's good now, even the maid has come to rebel, and I'm afraid people will laugh at me if I say it.

The rebel team is about to grow to five people.

Chapter 088 [Yangzhou Thin Horse]

Huang's ancestral home.

"Master, master!"

The family slave rushed in and said beamingly: "Zhao Xianggong has sent money!"

"Really?" Huang Zundao stood up instantly and instructed his servants, "Hurry up and serve some tea, and invite Xianggong Zhao into the hall."

Huang Zundao changed into new clothes, and felt a lot more respectable, so he would no longer be looked down upon by the city people.

He walked into the hall and saw Zhao Han drinking tea, he immediately smiled and cupped his hands: "The tea specially prepared for Wansheng, can senior still drink it smoothly?"

"I can barely get in," Zhao Han put down the tea bowl and praised, "Little friend has a heart."

Scholars and above can call each other friends.

Below the scholar, is half old, and only deserves to be called a little friend.

Among scholars, if the seniors and juniors are discussed, it must be counted according to the time spent in the examinations for scholars, candidates, and jinshi.

Huang Zundao asked, "Have seniors ever chosen a beach?"

"I've chosen," Zhao Han threw off the folding fan to pretend, "Maosheng, give me the money."

Chen Maosheng was carrying a cloth bag, slammed it on the table, untied the bag and said, "It's 500 taels of silver, you can weigh it yourself."

Huang Zundao's eyes were straight, and he said quickly, "Hurry up and bring the scales!"

For rural land rich people, if they do not do business and rely entirely on profits from the land, 500 taels is definitely a huge sum of money.

An elderly domestic slave was called to verify the fineness of the silver, and then he was weighed on a scale.

Soon, the servant nodded lightly, indicating that there was no problem with Yin Zi.

Huang Zundao hurriedly flattered: "Senior is worthy of being from a big family, and his work is really bold!"

"What is 500 taels of silver?" Zhao Han waved his folding fan, "Have you ever been to Suzhou, my friend?"

Huang Zundao said: "There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. The younger generation has long admired Suzhou."

"Suzhou not only has skilled craftsmen, but also the best cook in the world," Zhao Han said nonsense. "If you want to eat shark's fin, let people go to the sea to catch it. If you want to eat monkey brains, let people go to the mountain to catch it. I am studying in Suzhou. At that time, 500 taels of silver was just a meal."

These words were all heard by Fei Ruyi.

Except that 500 taels of silver for a meal is too nonsense, everything else is true.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, people in Suzhou liked to hunt novelties, eat shark fins, and eat monkey brains, all of which were used by merchants to fight for wealth.

Huang Zundao took a sharp breath: "500 taels for a meal?"

"It's really a countryman, so ignorant," Zhao Han sneered, "What is 500 taels of silver? There are thousands of taels for a meal. Nanjing and Beijing, Lantern Festival, a lantern is worth tens of thousands!"

Ao Deng, Huang Zandao has heard of it, and knows that it costs money, but unfortunately I haven't had the chance to see it with my own eyes.

The more fiercely Zhao Han blows, the more inferior Huang Zundao becomes.

He had planned to raise the price of the warehouse halfway through after leveling the beach.But at this moment, he quickly dismissed the idea, for fear of offending the family behind Zhao Han.

Huang Zundao smiled and complimented: "Senior is well-informed, I really admire the late life."

Zhao Han suddenly licked his lips with his tongue, with a frivolous smile on his face: "The Xiao Cui you sent is just a country maid, but she is quite beautiful. To be honest, there are many maids in this son's house, but he hasn't used it yet. This Yamano girl. It's really... unique, can you send her body deed, I plan to take it home and enjoy it slowly."

"This is easy to say," Huang Zandao became very straightforward. "Since the senior likes it, I will give another one. A few brutish maidservants can be loved and loved by the seniors, and their ancestral graves are smoked!"

After taking out 500 taels of silver, how many maids do you still care about?

The servants in Huang Zundao's family, whether they are male servants or maids, can ignore the cost.

Every year there are tenants who owe rent. No matter how hard they are forced, it is useless. How can they beat all the tenants to death?

When the family is short of people, let the tenants who owe the rent send the young boys and girls to pay the rent.

Xiaocui and her younger brother had paid a total of five stone rents and a usury loan of eight cents of silver.

It only adds up to a few taels of silver.

Under the urging of Huang Zundao, not only quickly brought Xiao Cui's body contract, but also bought one get one free, and sent a maid Xiaohong.

Mr. Huang was still a little reluctant in his heart. Xiaocui and Xiaohong were both handsome and very obedient.

In order to make a lot of money, they can only reluctantly part with love.

Go back and ask again to see which tenant has a beautiful daughter, just get it over and train it slowly.

Zhao Han showed the expression of color and soul, rubbed Xiaohong's tender hand and said, "Xiaoyou Huang, although the maid in your family is shabby and has no manners, it is good that she is authentic and has a rural atmosphere. "

Xiaohong was too touched to move, and her whole body froze in place.

Huang Zundao flattered: "Senior is really a master of flowers, and I admire it later!"

Zhao Han said with a smile, "I want to stay in Huangjia Town for a while, and there are still good things like this in the future, just send them to me. Talking about money hurting feelings, I won't buy them, I can exchange them. The maids are all carefully trained, and they have learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood. I won't say what they look like, they only learn etiquette, and they are hundreds of times better than the daughters and daughters of those small places."

Hearing this, Huang Zandao yearned for it, a maid who was more knowledgeable than everyone else!

Huang Zundao swallowed his saliva and declined, "Since she is a servant girl who has been trained by seniors for many years, she would never accept it if she was born late."

"What's this? No matter how good a maidservant is, she's just a lowly servant," Zhao Han said confidently. "When I get home, next time I come back, I'll give you a warmer and a quilt!"

Huang Zundao's whole body became hot when he heard it, he tried his best to restrain his impulse, and cupped his hands: "In this case, I would like to thank the seniors."

Zhao Han continued to brag: "Do you know Yangzhou Thin Horse?"

"I have heard a little bit, please enlighten me." Huang Zundao became like a diligent and studious pupil.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Yangzhou thin horses are people, not horses. Yangzhou has many salt merchants, and it is very extravagant. There is a woman who chooses beautiful embryos and starts to train them from a few years old. Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, then It's the most fundamental thing. You have to be able to dance and sing songs, and you have to be able to serve men. Make her dignified and be like a prostitute, and make her enchanting like a prostitute. It's all about which foot you step first when you go out. ."

"There really is such a fetish in the world?" Huang Zundao seemed to be opened up to a new world.

Zhao Han sneered: "You can't afford it."

Huang Zundao hurriedly asked, "What is the price?"

Zhao Han explained: "Yangzhou thin horses are also classified into grades. Even the lowest level, a thin horse costs several hundred taels."

"What about the higher ones?" Huang Zundao couldn't imagine.

Zhao Han opened up his bragging: "Three years ago, there was a skinny horse that had been bred for seven years. It was beautiful and talented. It was bought by a salt merchant for a total of 5 taels of silver."

"Five...5 taels? Just buy a woman?" Huang Zundao was dumbfounded, thinking he had heard it wrong.

Zhao Han laughed and said, "The salt merchant is not short of money. Buy a skinny horse for 5 taels and send it to the Duke immediately. You will earn even more money in the future!"

"So it is, so it is." Huang Zundao finally believed it. The salt merchants dare not ride these [-] thin horses, and I am afraid that only the grandfather of the country can use them.

Zhao Han sighed and said, "Oh, my family can't do it. I only bought a skinny horse worth 3000 taels, and my father imprisoned me for three days because of it.

Yeah, it's so irritating, it would be nice if it was mine.

A skinny horse worth 3000 taels is not riding on a woman, it is simply riding on silver.

Huang Zandao quickly apologized: "Ling Zun's family education is very strict, as expected of a wealthy family."

"3000 taels of skinny horse, do you want to see it?" Zhao Han winked, "I'll bring it next time, so you can see it. But, I can only play lyrics and sing songs for you. This skinny horse is my favorite. Others are not allowed to touch it."

"It should be like this, it should be like this," Huang Zandao said repeatedly, "If you can listen to the last song, it is a blessing to be born later."

Huang Zundao was so tickled by the bullshit that he wanted to sell his property immediately, and also went to Yangzhou to buy a thin horse.

But think about the price, let's forget it.

Zhao Han saw that the old guy had been misunderstood, so he immediately turned back to the topic: "These 500 taels of silver, 300 taels of silver are used to level the beach. I will give you enough money. You are responsible for recruiting workers to do the work, and you need half It will be leveled within a month. The remaining 200 taels, you can use it to buy stone and wood first, it is probably not enough, I will make up for you when it is used up."

300 taels for leveling the river beach?

This money is too good to make, it is simply a prodigal!

Huang Zunde thought about it for a second, 300 taels is nothing, but 3000 taels for a skinny horse.

Huang Zunde immediately patted his chest and said, "Put it on me, and the beach can be leveled in ten days in less than half a month!"

Although the ten-day construction period is a little short, and it is not easy to recruit people during the spring ploughing period, but for the money, we can only fight for it.

"Okay, stop talking!"

Zhao Han picked up the body deeds of Xiaohong and Xiaocui, and then took Xiaohong's hand and stroked it back and forth, not even bothering to look at Master Huang again: "I'll leave the construction site to you, and I want to go back and enjoy the beauty of the mountains. Hehe, One is already useful, and two put together, wouldn't they be immortal?"

"I'll see off seniors." Huang Zunde said with a half-short body.

"No, you can go back." Zhao Han hugged Xiaohong's waist and went out.

Huang Zunde still sent them out of the hall, watched Zhao Han leave, and couldn't help shouting: "Senior, go slowly, if two are not enough, Wansheng still has some here, just come and take them."

The family slave stood there stupidly, still thinking about it, all Zhao Han's words were in his mind.

"Cough cough!"

Huang Zunde coughed twice, and reprimanded: "What are you still doing?"

The slave came back to his senses and asked quickly, "Master, are all the things that Xianggong Zhao said are true?"

"Can there be fakes?" Huang Zunde looked contemptuous, "Yangzhou, Suzhou, are all rich counties. A top lean horse is worth as much as our entire town. If Mr. Zhao doesn't tell you, you won't know it for the rest of your life. Can't even dream of it."

"Master taught me a lesson." The slave quickly smiled.

Huang Zunde ignored the house slaves, picked up the white silver, and touched it there again and again.

Before, he was thinking about how to get money from Zhao Han.

But people are generous, 500 taels can be given at will, and this is only the initial construction cost, and there will be thousands of taels in the future.

Is it worth the money?

Just follow Zhao Xianggong to drink soup, and Zhao Xianggong's fingers will leak a few casually, which is enough for Mr. Huang to make enough money.

Suddenly, Huang Zunde said to his slave: "Go to the inn quickly and tell Mr. Zhao that I will send him all the deserted beaches by the river and ask him if he wants to level them all out. The money is good, and I will give you another 500 taels." become."

"Okay, the little one will do it right away." The slave left happily. He liked to deal with Xianggong Zhao, because there was always a reward to take.