To Rule in a Turbulent World

In the past few years, one tael of gold can be exchanged for 18 taels of silver in the capital, but now it has risen even more in Jiangnan and other places. You Miao has been to several gold shops, and they all say that it can be exchanged for 20 taels of silver. Something went wrong, so he went to the pawn shop and pawned 700 taels of silver that You Hango gave him.

The pawnshop was billing You Miao while lamenting that the young master was rich, but You Miao didn't show the slightest expression. She put the bank notes in her arms and went out to buy iron from the military defense department.

However, Tang Hui was not in Yangzhou. The deputy military officer said that he would go to Beijing for a walk after the third day of the Lunar New Year. You Miao thought that this guy was also in a hurry, so he asked a few words. Fortunately, Tang Hui had ordered before he left that You Miaoruo came. He had to do everything he asked for.You Miao wanted to open a paperwork to buy iron, but the captain had a bit of trouble, so he gritted his teeth and gave You Miao six thousand catties of pig iron.

"Buy so much?" Li Zhifeng came out and asked.

You Miao gave five taels of silver to the school captain, and came out and said, "We have to hire someone to fix some plow tools ourselves, and we can keep them for later use. Anyway, we can come to Yantiefang to get them at any time."

The two entered Yangzhou Yantiefang again, and the ticket in You Miao's hand was the iron distribution of the Yangzhou Army, which happened to come early and come at the beginning of the new year, otherwise, if it comes at the end of the year, even half a catty of iron will not be allocated.The manager of Yantiefang is no stranger to this kind of private purchase of official iron and official salt. He asked for 20 taels of silver to clear it. Curry collar.

However, the person in charge of the warehouse also wanted money, so You Miao had to give him another two taels of silver, and couldn't help but curse this group of money-seekers.

"Take back all the six thousand catties of iron at once." You Miao whispered to Li Zhifeng, "Otherwise, I'll have to give you the money again next time."

Li Zhifeng said: "I have to hire a car, transport it to the pier, and then send it to the boat, and send it up the river."

Six thousand catties of iron ingots made You Miao want to cry when he saw them. Fortunately, they were stacked at fifty catties or fifty catties.

"Would you like to visit your uncle's house?" Li Zhifeng said.

"Go and say hello next time." You Miao sat down on the pile of iron ingots and said, "I'm tired, take a break, and you go hire a car."

Li Zhifeng went to the market to hire a car, and after hiring a car, he had to hire a boat. If he didn't come back so soon, You Miao was in a daze outside Yantiesi.

I knew that I would bring the book out to read, and when You Miao was bored, she suddenly saw Li Zhifeng came back, got up inexplicably, and saw that Li Zhifeng brought back someone, it was Qiao Jue.

"Why did you come to the city?" Qiao Jue asked with a smile.

You Miao smiled and said, "It's just in time."

Li Zhifeng said, "I'll hire a boat."

Qiao Jue took two more servants and said, "I have a car. My uncle will send a car tomorrow to help you pull your things to the pier by the river. Let Brother Li go hire a boat first. Let's go, let's go." Go shopping in the market."

The little guy was guarding the piles of iron ingots. You Miao was saying don't bother, but Qiao Jue said: "You don't know, now that the new year is starting, there are a lot of businesses in Yangzhou City. If you can't hire a boat that day, you have to advance one day." Let’s make a deal, go to the water tomorrow, don’t worry, I’ll let Li Zhifeng find the acquaintances on the pier.”

Li Zhifeng took a note and left again. You Miao followed Qiao Jue into the car and walked towards the market. the edge of the land."

You Miao asked: "How about the tea seedlings?"

Qiao Jue said, "Hey, I want tea seedlings, how dare he say anything?"

You Miao nodded, and the two got off the car outside the market in Yangzhou City. Just after the new year, the warm wind was blowing lazily, and the markets in Yangzhou were all by the river. It's all big stalls.The sound of people coming and going is a bustling scene.

Qiao Jue took You Miao's hand and strolled along the way, attracting beautiful women from the south of the Yangtze River to look at them endlessly. You Miao looked at the small toy place for a while, Qiao Jue gave him a waistband, and dragged him away.

Qiao Jue's appearance is exactly that of a handsome man in the south of the Yangtze River. His two black eyebrows are like the appearance of You Miao's grandfather when he was young. Both of them have red lips and white teeth, and their fingers are hooked. About the money matter, Qiao Jue couldn't help but sigh, and said, "That kid isn't too bad."

"Hmm." You Miao said, "I'll use the money if you give me the money, and I don't think much about it. What can I eat?"

Qiao Jue took You Miao to sit down by the river, and ordered a plate of fried shrimp and a bowl of fish dumplings. It had been a long time since You Miao had eaten Yangzhou cuisine, so she moved her index finger and ordered another plate of fish skin noodles. The skin is refreshing and delicious, and the river prawns fried in spring are crispy and salty. You Miao said: "I see some fried fish that are crispy. Let Li Zhifeng eat some."

"Yeah." Qiao Jue said, "I'll take you to the East Market to have a look later, I'll make sure you're satisfied."

"Dongshi?" You Miao asked.

"Yeah." After eating, Qiao Jue paid the bill, and took You Miao up to cross the bridge. The girl holding an umbrella under the bridge looked up at them with a charming smile on her lips.

You Miao didn't know why, but she didn't feel anything about those gentle women, she ate a bag of fried beans and watched with a blank expression.

Qiao Jue smiled and said, "It's time to marry you a wife. Your father doesn't care, so I'll go and see if there is a suitable family..."

"Hey." You Miao said hurriedly: "Forget it, I can't afford a wife, and I don't want to be controlled."

Qiao Jue pinched You Miao's face, and said teasingly: "To be honest, did you go to Beijing and follow those young masters in the capital, if you don't learn well, you will become a rabbit master?"

You Miao blushed immediately, and said, "You are the son of a rabbit, you brought them all out."

Qiao Jue said seriously: "The one who should get married should get married, so don't delay yourself."

You Miao hummed, and Qiao Jue took his hand and walked down the bridge. The two stopped and stopped. The spring in Yangzhou was really good, and the children were laughing and joking. Seeing the beautiful scenery, You Miao couldn't help feeling lazy , I don't want to leave either.

When the two arrived at the East Market, the East Market was much more chaotic than the West Market. There were stalls selling fish and fresh food everywhere. The ground was wet and there was mud everywhere. You Miao said, "What are you bringing me here for?" ?”

Qiao Jue said, "Here, don't you want to recruit tenants and permanent workers?"

Standing in front of a fence, You Miao was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood that Dongshi is a place where maids and servants are sold. The poor families in Yangzhou and Jiaozhou will drag their children here and cannot afford to support them. If you have a son, you want to sign a deed of sale and sell your children to a wealthy family.

There are also many tenants who can't survive, dragging their families to Yangzhou to find work, and there are also dark-skinned short-term laborers doing farm work, squatting in the corner of the shed, eating noodles with a broken bowl.

You Miao and Qiao Jue were well dressed, and as soon as they entered the trafficker's market, a group of people surrounded them.

"Master, are you hiring?"

"Is the master looking for someone to plant the land?"

"My lord, enjoy the food!"

Qiao Jue blocked people, afraid that You Miao would be squeezed, and scolded: "Go aside!"

When You Miao saw so many people, she was overjoyed. She immediately pulled Qiao Jue's sleeve and said, "Uncle, I want all of these people..."

Qiao Jue said in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense, whoever you like, my uncle can just talk to you."

You Miao: "There is a real shortage of people in my villa. There is land and no one to grow..."

Qiao Jue said: "If you can afford a long-term worker, you can't hire a permanent worker randomly. Some people are lazy, so I leave it to my uncle. This kind of thing is better than lacking..."

You Miao followed Qiao Jue, and Qiao Jue turned her head and said, "Although Li Zhifeng is sincere in serving you, he will not be able to do it after all. I wanted to send some people around me to you, but now the people in the tea house are all busy." I was bought by that woman. I am just an obedient..."

You Miao said: "I don't bring people from Biyu Villa because of this..."

Qiao Jue said: "I'll buy you a few smart ones, and you can put them in or out of the room if you want. Do you want a maid or a servant?"