A poor hero

When Chen Chen heard this, he smiled and replied: "Okay, madam, you are great."

Shen Qian felt happy when she heard Chen Chen's praise.

But Chen Chen was thinking about the possibility of adding a hydraulic machine tool to the blacksmith shop.

Chen Chen walked around the blacksmith shop, roughly estimating the cost of building a canal to divert water to the blacksmith shop.

"Third brother, what are you thinking about?"

Qian Ziming asked curiously when he saw Chen Chen thinking sometimes and looking at the mountain.

Chen Chen smiled and replied: "Second brother, I'm looking to see if it's possible to add a canal to bring down the spring water from the mountain."

Only then did Qian Ziming realize that Chen Chen was thinking about what his master had always wanted to do.

In fact, Master Qian Ziming built the blacksmith shop here three years ago because he was considering building a canal.

But in the past two or three years, they have been without time or money.

After he had saved some money, a serious illness took his life away.

So Qian Ziming thought for a while and said seriously: "Third brother, it will cost about ten to twenty taels of silver to build a canal. How can I let you spend money on it?"

When Chen Chen heard this, he realized that Qian Ziming and the others had already had this idea.

He asked seriously: "Second brother, are you saying that you have considered this matter?"

Qianzi Ming told Chen Chen one by one the reason why his master built the blacksmith shop here, and the cost of building the canal calculated by his master.

It's not expensive, it only costs about 20 taels of silver.

From the sugar that Chen Chen just shipped, according to his previous agreement with Gao Wenbai, he will definitely receive about 100 taels of silver.

After deducting the 30 taels of silver he borrowed from Gao Wenbo before, he still had a large amount of silver.

This is more than enough for Chen Chen to build the water channel.

But Chen Chen didn't just want to build a water channel, he also wanted to build an advanced hydraulic machine tool in this blacksmith shop.

This machine tool can not only make iron, but it can also do things that all machine tools can do.

Of course, Chen Chen had to carefully consider the specific plan and then make specific designs and plans.

The first step now is to build a canal to divert water from the mountain.

So Chen Chen said with a smile: "Second brother, you gave me and my wife a gift, and I want to give you a gift in return."

Chen Chen also introduced his plan to Qian Ziming in detail one by one.

"Third brother, how can this be done? What you are talking about will cost a lot of money!"

Qian Ziming waved his hand and refused.

"Second brother, what does this money mean? After you get this done, you will have even more money. Otherwise, this is my investment! I will have a share of all the money you make in the future."

Chen Chen saw Qian Ziming disagreeing and quickly added.

When Qian Ziming heard that Chen Chen would not give the money in vain, he agreed.

Because he knew that although Chen Chen's plan would cost a lot, the benefits from its completion would be huge.

"Second brother, third brother, are you discussing how to make money?"

Gao Wenbai walked in with a bag and a smile.

He happened to hear Chen Chen and Qian Ziming talking about making money, and he became curious.

You know, when he just got home and saw those hundreds of kilograms of sugar, he was so happy that he was speechless.

Those are all free money!

His father also praised him for this, which was unprecedented.

"Brother, you're here! I'm talking with my second brother about improving the blacksmith shop and getting a machine tool. Do you want to join in?"

Chen Chen replied with a smile.

Qian Ziming then replied: "According to the third brother's idea, after making the machine tool, it can do many things, but the investment is too high, it will cost dozens of taels of silver."

Gao Wenbai was originally from a rich family and had never worried about money.

Although he didn't understand the idea of ​​adding machine tools, Chen Chen proposed it and he became interested.

"Since it was the third brother who proposed it, I will add a share and we three brothers will do it together."

He handed the bag in his hand to Shen Qian and replied with a smile.

Shen Qian took the heavy bag and asked curiously, "Brother, what is this?"

Gao Wenbo smiled and said, "Brothers and sisters, see for yourself, I'm sure you will be surprised."

Shen Qian thought for a while, she knew before that Gao Wenbai came here as a gift.

But holding the heavy bag in her hand, she couldn't believe that it was all silver.

She was hesitant to open the bag.

Gao Wenbo saw Shen Qian's hesitant look, and he encouraged: "Brother and sister, it's okay, just open it boldly, this is only part of it."

When Shen Qian heard Gao Wenbai say this, she carefully opened the bag.

Qian Ziming also looked at it curiously, wanting to see what these were.

Shen Qian couldn't hold the bag with one hand, and the silver in the bag fell down.

When she saw so much money, she was so excited that she was speechless.

She was thinking that with this money, Chen Chen would be able to marry her home with the scenery of Badi Bridge as promised.

"Haha, sister-in-law, don't get hit in the foot with money."

Gao Wenbo burst out laughing.

Then he added: "This is only half of the money earned from sugar. I still have more than half of the sugar."

It turned out that Du Xiaowan had just gone to Gaofu to extract sugar, and Gao Wenbai offered her a high price.

"Oh, brother, do you have half of your money here?"

Shen Qian asked while picking up the silver.

She thought she was going to give half of the bag of money to Gao Wenbo, but she was not so happy instantly.

"Brother and sister, this money was earned by my third brother. I have already taken out all my money. The account books are all here."

Gao Wenbo also saw the change in Shen Qian's expression, so he took out his account book and added again.

Brothers must settle accounts openly.

Gao Wenbai was born in a business family, so he naturally understood this truth.

In the past, the small batches of white sugar could be ignored and not counted, but now these are large batches, so it is no longer possible to count them.

So he personally recorded the details of the sugar business.

When Chen Chen saw this, he realized that Gao Wenbai was still a bit slow in doing business.

He was completely relieved. Originally, he wanted to talk to Gao Wenbo about this matter.

Unexpectedly, Gao Wenbo also considered this issue and did it so perfectly.

Chen Chen thought for a moment. He had borrowed 30 taels of silver from Gao Wenbai before. Now that he had divided the money, it was time to return it to him.

So he looked at Shen Qian and said, "Madam, take 30 taels of silver and return it to your elder brother. I borrowed 30 taels of silver from your elder brother before."

When Gao Wenbai heard this, he waved his hands and refused.

However, brothers are brothers, and Chen Chen still returned Gao Wenbai's silver.

Gao Wenbo couldn't shirk it, so he had to treat the 30 taels of silver as investment money and invest it in the blacksmith shop.

He walked towards Qian Ziming and said with a smile: "Second brother, just think of these 30 taels of silver as my investment in the blacksmith shop!"