poor family prodigal

Wang Yuan finished his work and saw his uncle in the blacksmith shop stopped forging and Qing He opened the door half way. He looked a little scared and couldn't help but said: "Who is here?"

Qinghe whispered: "Shopkeeper Zhou!"

"do not be afraid!"

Wang Yuan opened the door and walked out!

Erhu grabbed Tang Dao and rushed over, and the three Guo Cang brothers followed quickly.

A luxurious carriage outside the blacksmith shop.

Zhou Changfa, the third master of the Zhou family, covered his nose with a handkerchief, feeling that the surrounding environment was dirty and messy.

Seeing Wang Yuan, Zhou Changfa narrowed his eyes: "I can't believe that the young master Wang from Jiushan County is actually a boy from Dawang Village, the maid is the daughter of a blacksmith, and Blacksmith Zhao is your uncle! Sugar is not from the Western Regions. But you made it yourself!"

I met Liu Jianye a few days ago and found out Wang Yuan's identity and his network.

I originally planned to go to the countryside to buy the secret recipe, but suddenly I heard that Dawang Village had wiped out the Three Tigers Village.

After weighing the interests, he decided to trade, but his tone was tough!

It's natural to be polite to the wealthy people of Jiushan County, but naturally arrogant to a country boy with mud legs!

This time I want to suppress him and bring down the price of sugar so that the Zhou family can make more money.

Wang Yuan's expression turned cold: "So what?"

The other party directly stated that he would find out the details, but he secretly meant a threat!

But Wang Yuan is more direct: I have the secret method of making white sugar, what can you do.

Now there is Zhao Weimin in the officialdom, and people like Uncle Shanshan in the private armed forces.

No longer afraid of the power of the county!

Dahu, Guo Cang, Guo Liang, and Guo Qiang surrounded them, their eyes filled with fierce light.

The four of them were martial arts practitioners. After shooting the yellow sick tiger and killing the three tigers in the village, they all had lives on their hands and had murderous intent in their bodies!

Feeling like he was being targeted by five ferocious beasts, Zhou Changfa's hairs all over his body exploded. Only then did he remember that this group of people from Dawang Village had killed forty or fifty fierce bandits. He couldn't help being frightened and stepped back with a smile: "Brother Wang, you teased me like that last time." Brother, why don’t you let me be a little resentful and be kind and make money?”

Wang Yuan waved his hand, and the four of them retreated. He chuckled and said, "I wonder what method Shopkeeper Zhou wants to make money when he comes today!"

"Both ways!"

Zhou Changfa laughed and said: "A secret method of making white sugar that the Zhou family will buy you out and give you a large sum of money. You will not be able to make white sugar again in the future!"

Wang Yuan raised his eyebrows: "How much money?"

Zhou Changfa stretched out a finger: "Ten thousand taels!"

"what!"

Uncle, Zhao Qinghe, and the three brothers Erhu and Guo Cang were immediately angry.

A pound of sugar sells for thirty guan, and ten thousand taels costs three to four hundred pounds of sugar!

The Zhou family actually wanted to buy out the secret method of making sugar with this small amount of money!

Simply whimsical.

Wang Yuan chuckled: "Shopkeeper Zhou is so generous, do you think I will agree?"

Zhou Changfa squinted his eyes and persuaded: "Brother, sugar can be sold at sky-high prices because the Zhou family has worked so hard to transport it from here to Zhoucheng. Along the way, my Zhou family sent out fifty people at a time, and everyone ate horses along the way. Chewing is not just a matter of chewing, but you also have to pack some for passing bandits, and sometimes the goods will be robbed. The risks you take are not ordinary. If you sell it yourself, your life may be at stake on the road. You hand over the secret sugar recipe and get a If I become a rich man, wouldn't it be leisurely and comfortable?"

"Since the Zhou family is working so hard, then we should stop cooperating!"

Wang Yuan smiled coldly: "Last time I cooperated with the Hu family, Ms. Hu didn't even tell me the price when she bought soap. Today I gave her sugar to see if the Hu family would mind the trouble."

Zhou Changfa's expression changed greatly, and he quickly smiled and said, "Brother, what are you doing? There must be a first-come, first-served basis when doing business. We work together well, and we can't change people easily!"

Wang Yuan narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "What about me? I am a person who values ​​my feelings! How you treat me, I will treat you. I know everything about what you think. If you can stop being careful, we can continue to cooperate. If No, do you think I will be afraid of your Zhou family? Are you more ferocious than Sanhu Village!"

The three brothers Erhu and Guo Cang narrowed their eyes, hunched their backs, and held their knives. They looked like four ferocious beasts that wanted to devour someone, and they exuded a dangerous aura.

Shopkeeper Zhou felt a shiver in his heart. These unscrupulous people were all murderers. After weighing his thoughts, he finally suppressed his greed and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, you misunderstood me too much. I am a businessman who does my duty. Why?" What bad intentions do you have! Forget about the secret method of buying out the Zhou family, you provide the Zhou family with white sugar to sell in Zhoucheng. As for the price, you can decide it yourself. Just don’t make it too outrageous. Anyway, the Zhou family will triple the price to sell it. The price you want is too high. Not many people can afford it, and both you and I earn very little!”

Wang Yuan had no expression on his face: "Then it's thirty pounds per pound! How much white sugar do you want? Send it here at [-]% gold and [-]% silver, and then send five times the amount of brown sugar to Dawang Village. The price will be in the price of white sugar." Button it inside, and when it’s done, I’ll have it delivered to the city.”

"I want three hundred kilograms of sugar. I'll go back and prepare the money. Brother Wang, wait a moment!"

Shopkeeper Zhou left with fists in his hands!

Watching the Zhou family's carriage leave with squinted eyes, Wang Yuan returned to the blacksmith shop and said directly: "Uncle, you and Qinghe move to Dawangzhuang!"

Zhao Qinghe reacted: "Cousin, you are afraid that shopkeeper Zhou will act randomly and force us to hand over the secret method of making sugar."

Wang Yuan nodded.

After experiencing a series of plots by the Liu family, he knew how powerful the county could be and how ruthless they could be for the sake of profit.

"Yuan'er, uncle is used to living in the county town and doesn't want to live in the countryside!"

The uncle shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry too much. The new county magistrate makes decisions for the people. With him in the Zhou family, we don't dare to mess around!"

Wang Yuan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

My uncle still has too little experience, so he doesn’t know how unscrupulous the powerful are for the sake of profit!

As for the county magistrate, he is very big in the eyes of ordinary people, but he is really powerful and powerful!

The county magistrate of Liushui is extremely powerful!

There are powerful people in both the county and county towns, and the county magistrate dare not touch them.

Like the Liu family, there was overwhelming evidence of banditry, and the county magistrate took advantage of the situation to grab one!

Zhao Qinghe whispered: "Cousin, it's not that dad doesn't want to go to the countryside for you, it's that he can't bear to be alone!"

"Stinky girl, what are you talking nonsense about? If you dare to talk nonsense again, my father will beat you!"

The uncle's face turned red, and he raised his big hand like a cattail leaf fan, ready to strike!

"Cousin, my father likes the flower widow from the next street and has always wanted to marry her!"

Zhao Qinghe hid behind Wang Yuan like a little rabbit and spoke quickly.

Wang Yuan looked at his uncle with a narrow look on his face: So you are this kind of uncle who likes a flowery widow.

"Stinky girl, what you said is ruining your Aunt Hua's reputation!"

The uncle clapped his big hand down in the air, his face turned red and he said, "Yuan'er, don't listen to what the stinky girl is saying, uncle doesn't have that intention!"

"If you don't like people, just go out and walk along the street and secretly watch what they are doing. Others come to cut the kitchen knives, and it doesn't cost a penny. When it's Hua Widow's turn, she doesn't charge her and even asks me to call her Aunt Hua."

Zhao Qinghe pouted his little mouth and started talking: "Cousin, every time I ask for help, my father will be cruel to me. He loves you, please help your father to marry Aunt Hua early so that Zhao The family continues the family lineage!”

"Stinky girl, what are you talking about? It's nothing at all. I won't charge you to pay for it, just because her family is in trouble. Besides, she usually comes with all kinds of stuff!"

The uncle's face flushed with anxiety: "Yuan'er, don't believe this stinky girl's nonsense!"

It's all uncles who help their nephews talk about their wives. How can a nephew help his uncle talk about his wife?

"Qinghe!"

Wang Yuan pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Since uncle likes her, why don't you hire someone to be a matchmaker!"

Zhao Qinghe rolled his eyes: "I didn't have money before. Last time you gave me more than [-] yuan. I was planning to find a matchmaker to take care of the matter for my father, but you ended up having to make a clay crucible, buy materials and burn a kiln. All of a sudden I spent a hundred guan, but my father felt that he didn’t have much money and said he wouldn’t marry!”

"To shut up!"

The uncle's face turned red and he waved his hands: "Yuan'er, don't listen to this girl's nonsense!"

"Uncle, this is business!"

The corner of Wang Yuan's lips raised slightly: "When the Zhou family sends money, I will leave a thousand taels for you and get it done quickly. If you hesitate again and wait for someone else to propose marriage, you will regret it if she agrees!"

"will not!"

The uncle shook his head: "She has a condition for getting married. She has to raise a blind mother-in-law, a pair of children, and three more mouths to eat. No one dares to agree! My uncle didn't dare to do it before. The money earned by the blacksmith shop is not enough for Qinghe's dowry. !”

"She is so filial to her mother-in-law and never abandons her children. She is a good woman!"

Wang Yuan nodded in confusion: "Uncle, if you really like it, then marry her. Our family doesn't need three mouths to eat. If you don't have true feelings, with our current conditions, you can choose whatever you want to marry a yellow-flowered girl!"

In this era of marriage, many people marry their daughters just to reduce the head tax for the family and find a place for their daughter to eat. They don't care about the other person's age, future, and love. After all, food and clothing are not solved.

"What do you want from a yellow-haired girl? At my uncle's age, isn't that an evil act?"

The thirty-five-year-old uncle blushed and said, "It's just the widow. She has a good heart, is diligent and thrifty, and is a woman who lives a good life!"

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Okay, Qinghe will find a matchmaker and buy a car full of betrothal gifts, and everything will go smoothly!"

"No, no!"

The uncle waved his hands repeatedly: "I am remarrying, and she is remarrying. If you do anything too much, others will poke their spines. Just pick them up and pass them by!"

Wang Yuan didn’t force it!

In this era, people talk like tigers, and gossip can drown people!

In the afternoon, the Zhou family's payment arrived, totaling two thousand taels of silver and seven hundred taels of gold, which dazzled the eyes of everyone in the room.

Before a group of people could go to pay the betrothal gift, another carriage arrived at the Zhao family's blacksmith shop.

When they saw the coachman and the people getting out of the carriage, brothers Er Hu and Guo Cang's eyes froze, and their expressions actually became a little nervous!

It’s Zhao Weimin and Xu Captou who are here!

But both of them were dressed in common clothes and looked like ordinary people!

But the oxtail knife hanging around Xu Captou's waist showed his official status!

Zhao Weimin cupped his fists and saluted: "Student, I take the liberty of visiting my home. I hope you will forgive me!"

Zhao Qinghe was stunned to see that this middle-aged man with extraordinary bearing actually called his cousin sir.

There are so many things he doesn’t know about!

Wang Yuan waved his hands unhappy: "Stop saluting, I don't like this!"

"Yes, sir!"

Zhao Weimin smiled bitterly and took out an invitation: "The first thing I do when I come here is to send an invitation to the Fengding Longtai Poetry Society to your husband."