My country is dead again [Rebirth]

The Linglong Cloth Shop in the east of Tongzhou City was not long ago, only three years old. However, due to its large location, various types of cloth and various patterns, it was very popular among wealthy families in the city not long after it opened. There is Dayu's traditional silk brocade, and foreign furs, Beidi's wool, and Qiang's sand fox fur are also sold along the way. Since Dayu and Beidi exchanged trade, these things have also been widely loved in Dayu.

There are not many employees in the cloth workshop, and the main staff are used to deliver and pick up goods in other places. Usually, the shopkeeper Qin Jing leads five or six people in the shop to greet customers and do business in the city.

As soon as the shop opened that day, two people flashed in from outside the door. Qin Jing took a look and saw that the person who came in first was well-dressed and elegant. make clothes?"

The visitor sat leisurely on the chair, folded his arms and glanced at him, and said, "Are you recruiting people here? For example..." The visitor frowned and thought for a while, then said unsurely, "Mr. accountant? "

Qin Jing froze in place for a long time before he came back to his senses. It was the first time in his life that he came to find something to do, but he seemed to be messing around. He didn't know whether he hired an accountant or an old man to make a confession.

"It's true that there are few people here to settle accounts, and there is also a lack of people in the caravan." Qin Jing looked up and down the people in front of him, "But the young master... doesn't look like someone who needs to work to support his family."

The point came to the point, Xie Ruzhuo sighed in his heart, and said: "People should not be judged by appearances, some people look rich, but in fact they have been poor for decades."

Qin Jing: "..."

"Young master can settle accounts?" Left and right are looking for recruits, and someone came to the door by themselves, Qin Jing felt that it would be okay to ask, "Have you settled accounts before?"

Xie Ruzhuo shook his head and said, "No." Looking at Qin Jing's face, "Then why are you here?" he said again, "But I have read a lot of account books, and I understand the basics. I am also very fast at arithmetic."

Qin Jing dialed the abacus twice, and said, "Do you know how to make an abacus?"

"No." Xie Ruzhuo was blunt and confident, "I don't need to use the abacus, you can just give me a copy of the account book, and I will do the calculation for you."

Qin Jing felt that he had seen a ghost today. When he opened the door early in the morning, he met a man who looked like a rich man and asked him to be an accountant. Laughing, but still casually picked up an unfinished account book and handed it over, saying: "Then just count this page?"

"It's easy to say." Xie Ruzhuo didn't panic at all, held up the account book and started to read, "Half a cup of tea, this page and the next page are both good."

There are at least a dozen items of income and expenditure on one page of the account book, and the amount is not small. In addition to the corners and corners, sometimes a page can be counted as more than half a cup of tea. Qin Jing deeply felt that he must have heard it wrong. .

Seeing that Xie Ruzhuo was seriously calculating, he didn't bother him, thinking it would be okay to wait, he glanced sideways and saw another person who had been standing silently, and asked: "This young master also wants to come to do something. ? Will settle accounts?"

Shen Ci also felt confused, last night Xie Ruzhuo told him about his plan to make money all night, thinking that this person was going to find Zhabusu, but Xie Ruzhuo pulled him up before dawn and said he was going to make money.

He didn't know what this man wanted to do until he walked to Linglong Cloth Shop. He almost vomited blood. The majestic king of a country came here to settle accounts for others in order to make money.

Three years ago, Dayu and Beidi opened a new business route, leading directly to the south of the Yangtze River. Linglong Cloth Shop was Zhabusu's first shop in the south of the Yangtze River, and the annual income was very considerable. At that time, they left Beijing and came to the south of the Yangtze River. Busu suggested that they come to Tongzhou, and Zabusu helped find that house, otherwise they were not familiar with the place, and they would not be able to buy the house they wanted so quickly.

At the door, Xie Ruzhuo said confidently that this was earning Zhabusu's money, and he couldn't show his face to do business, so he would settle accounts for others and ask Zhabusu to pay him monthly money.

Shen Ci didn't know what to say about him, thinking that this person was also on a whim, so he should just come and play with him this time.

Hearing Qin Jing's question, he replied: "I don't know how to settle accounts, and I can't read account books. I can't do any work that requires writing, and I can't deal with people often. Others are fine."

Qin Jingxin said: "It's really two uncles, they are very picky and picky, and he didn't even ask for conditions, but these two have a lot of things to do."

But looking at Shen Ci's capable body, he looked like a martial arts practitioner, Qin Jing said again: "Not bad?"

"It's okay." Shen Ci responded casually, looked down at Xie Ruzhuo, and saw that this person had already finished counting one page and turned to the next page. He had a headache just looking at those numbers, but Xie Ruzhuo just Write the result of arithmetic in the blank space with a few glances.

"Is it okay to run with the caravan?" Qin Jing saw that Shen Ci was very pleasing to the eye, and he was able to speak less, and the caravan lacked such people. "It will be a little hard."

Shen Ci wondered if it would be hard to fight, but he still frowned: "Going to another place?"

"I don't go there often, I go twice a month, and the rest of the time I'm nearby, or help with the tally in the warehouse." Qin Jingdao, "Food and lodging are included."

Shen Ci choked for a moment, and said: "We don't live far away, but if we want to go to other places...you have to ask me..." Thinking of Xie Ruzhuo's instructions on the way, he struggled to squeeze out three words, "My brother."

Qin Jing suddenly said: "Are you brothers?" He glanced at the faces of the two, "Isn't it a kiss? It doesn't look like it."

"Ah, cousin." Shen Ci responded indiscriminately.

"Forget it." Xie Ruzhuo put down his pen and handed back the account book to Qin Jing with a confident face, "Have a look, right?"

Qin Jing looked at the engraved leak, it was really half a cup of tea, he took the account book suspiciously, set up the abacus and began to fight, and there was a shock after the first number, and it was exactly right.

The second number, the third number...the whole page was counted. At this time, another half a cup of tea passed by. The numbers written in the ledger were exactly the same as the ones he calculated. He didn't believe it, so he turned the page and continued. Well, after another half a cup of tea, he was sweating on his forehead, and said in disbelief, "My lord is such a strange person!"

"I have been fast since I was a child, and I have a good memory." Xie Ruzhuo smiled, "But I can also learn abacus, and I learn things quickly, so I should be able to get started soon."

Anyway, today is unbelievable enough, Qin Jing didn't want to worry about it anymore, when he really picked up the treasure, he asked with a smile: "What do you call it?"

Xie Ruzhuo subconsciously wanted to say that his surname was Du Mingqing, but on second thought, what should Shen Ci do?

Shen Ci's name is well known in Dayu, and Shen Ci's name is also known by many people, which is really troublesome.

"My surname is Du, and I have a single name." Xie Ruzhuo could only start nonsense, breaking up the two characters Qing, "His surname is Shen, and his single name is Qing."

Qin Jing came over and sat down opposite Xie Ruzhuo, and invited Shen Ci to sit down, and said: "The owner behind our cloth workshop is of unusual status, so we have to be more careful in recruiting people, and it is only counting if the owner has seen it in person, so The two of you also need to tell us some background about your wealth, so that the owner can have a clear idea."

"Boss, don't worry about this." Xie Ruzhuo folded his arms again, and yawned lazily, "I know your boss, you can recruit us directly, and then find someone to tell your boss, the surname Du and the surname of Tongzhou Shen's two brothers are short of money, and he won't disagree."

Qin Jing: "..."

Their boss doesn't come often, and most people don't know who is behind Linglong Cloth, but from Xie Ruzhuo's tone of voice, it seems that they are very familiar with that boss.

So this doesn't look like someone who needs to come to a cloth shop to earn that little money!

"Young master and our boss... are friends?" Qin Jing said, "Our boss doesn't have many acquaintances here."

"Why would I lie to you with this?" Xie Ruzhuo said, "If not, wouldn't it be obvious if you went to him and asked me?"

Qin Jing thought it seemed to be the same, and talked with them about how to calculate a month's wages, and seeing that the two had no objection, he became more and more suspicious, this small amount of money is not enough to buy a sleeve on their clothes, why bother?

Xie Ruzhuo never thought in his previous life or in this life that he would condescend to work for others, and even earn less than two taels of silver a month, but he is not an emperor who does not know the sufferings of the people, and he also knows that this is already a considerable fortune among the people. Many low-level craftsmen don't have a tael of silver a month.

As the saying goes, little adds up, he and Shen Ci each have two taels of silver a month, nearly 50 taels a year, and 100 taels in two years, which seems not bad.

"He said he was going to another place." Shen Ci whispered to Xie Ruzhuo, "Do you want to separate from me?"

"Didn't you often separate from me in the past?" Xie Ruzhuo said, "Didn't the boss say that you only need to work for a few days? Sigh, in order to make money, bear with it."

Shen Ci was extremely helpless, and said: "We are not so short of money, you have never done this, what should you do if you are tired?"

"Why do you get tired because of money?" Xie Ruzhuo didn't listen, and pulled his sleeve coquettishly, "Try it, didn't you also say that staying at home all day is boring, look at the next month Jiangnan will There is a flood, and we can't go out to play, so we should find something to do for ourselves."

Shen Ci finally understood that Xie Ruzhuo was trying to find something new. This person has always been like this. He is very curious about things he has never done. He wants to try it himself. According to him, he was so curious when he was a child. I want to play whatever I want to play. If I don’t have to play, I squat next to watch others play. Now I’m finally free. Of course, I can do whatever I want. It’s worthwhile to experience things that I haven’t experienced before.

"Then you have to take care of yourself when I'm not here, or go home for me." Seeing Qin Jing talking to other guys, Shen Ci said in a low voice, "Also, Zabusu's business is big, and he often Are you not afraid of being recognized when dealing with local officials?"

"The local officials may not have seen the emperor." Xie Ruzhuo also lowered his voice and whispered to him, "Don't worry, I don't usually go out, and I will settle the score later."

Shen Ci didn't bother to persuade him anymore, he just let Xie Ruzhuo play on a whim for a few days, and he would naturally quit when he was tired from playing. It's better to follow him.

That day, Xie Ruzhuo and Shen Ci started working in Linglong Cloth Workshop. Shen Ci went to the warehouse to help count the goods. Tomorrow, he would go out with the caravan. Xie Ruzhuo took a large stack of ledgers to the backyard. Qin Jing came to teach him how to plan As expected, he got started very quickly, and he was able to infer other things from one instance, and Qin Jing taught it with elation.

On the first day, Xie Ruzhuo felt that he had a very happy time. He did some calculations, practiced his calculations, and thought that money was still easy to earn.

Shen Ci left Tongzhou the next day, and it was just around the end of the month. Qin Jing urged Xie Ruzhuo to finish the accounts quickly. No one in the cloth workshop would read the account books except the two of them. Qin Jing had a lot of things to do, so Xie Ruzhuo was alone in the backyard. After a day's accounting, he is not very proficient in abacus. He does mental calculations for speed. Although the calculation is fast, it is really exhausting. Staring at the account book all day will also take a lot of eyes, and this is only three points. One of the accounts has to be settled tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, he curled his lips, thinking that money is really not easy to earn.

The third day and the fourth day were still a boring day of reckoning. Shen Ci hadn’t come back yet, and it started to rain all day outside. The first waterlogging might be coming. Xie Ruzhuo’s eyes were sore, and he finished the last bit of reckoning , I practiced abacus again, and it still hurts to write by hand for so many days. I feel that the monthly money for one month is not his contribution at all.

In the evening, there was already water on the road, and some low-lying places had water up to their ankles. Qin Jing said that the caravan was supposed to return today, but now that the rain is so heavy, it may take a few days. Xie Ruzhuo became more and more depressed and began to regret Separated from Shen Ci.

Shen Che and Ye Xinmei went to neighboring counties the day before yesterday. Ye Xinmei was originally from Jiangnan, and she said she had a relative living there, and she was going to stay there for a few days to catch up. Now Xie Ruzhuo is the only one left in the family, and he doesn’t want to Knowing how to cook, I can only eat with my buddies in the shop at noon, and sometimes go out to eat at night.

Xie Ruzhuo was a little worried about Shen Ci, thinking that when he came back, he would tell Qin Jing not to let him go out of town again. He was restless all night and didn't fall asleep much. The next day he got up with two balls of bruises, The water in the river in the city has overflowed, and you have to wade through the water to walk. Xie Ruzhuo waded through the water with his robes in his hands and went to Linglong Cloth Shop. When he entered the door, he saw a person, and his eyes widened: "Zha... Qiu, brother Qiu?"

The person who looked at him smiled but said: "Du Xiandi."

"Why are you here?" Xie Ruzhuo went to the backyard with Zabusu with a guilty conscience, Qin Jing looked at him with probing eyes, and pretended not to notice, "It's raining so heavily."

"I came to Dayu last month to see the trade routes of Jiangbei and Jiangnan in person. I was in Tianzhou a few days ago, which is very close to here. Qin Jing sent someone to tell a man surnamed Du and a man surnamed Shen to come. Linglong Cloth Shop is looking for work, one needs to settle accounts, and the other needs to run a business." Zhabusu held back and didn't roll his eyes, "I'm leaving right away, I was delayed on the way, otherwise I would have arrived yesterday."

"What are you doing here?" It was raining too much outside, and it was useless to hold an umbrella, Xie Ruzhuo was dripping wet, and sneezed, "You want to raise my monthly salary?"

"Your Majesty, what do you think?" Zhabusu was so angry that his teeth were itchy, he threw him a clean cloth towel to wipe his hair, and ordered someone to prepare a set of clothes for him, "Emperor Dayu came to work in my shop, what do you say?" Do I want to come?"

"Hey, it's not a big deal." Xie Ruzhuo wrung out the water from his hair, "I'll just hide behind and settle accounts, so I won't cause trouble for your shop."

"No..." Zhabusu also convinced him, "Your Majesty, can you recognize your identity? Although you don't want to do it now, you have not changed the throne of Dayu, you Buddha How dare I ignore it when I'm stuck here?"

Xie Ruzhuo sat down on the main seat in the room, called Zabusu to bring over his cup of hot tea, and hummed, "Then think of a way to make money for me, I'm short of money."

"Are you still short of money?" Zabusu took a stool and sat across from him, "You, Dayu, have saved a lot of money over the years, and the money in your internal treasury is enough for you and Shen Ci to spend a lifetime, right? "

"How can there be so many!" Xie Ruzhuo retorted, "You see, there will be floods in the south now, and those who know farming say that there may be droughts in the north. Last year, the three major battalions replaced a batch of new firearms. This year, the prince is going to get married. Gone."

"What do you and Shen Ci want to do next? Want so much money?" Zhabusu still couldn't figure it out, "Besides, how much money can you save with me? It's not enough to eat!"

"So you think of a way to make money for me, and leave me alone if you don't think of it. And if you don't let me make money, I'm in a bad mood, so I'll take back a few business routes. Although the prince is now handling government affairs, I don't want to As for not having this kind of power." Xie Ruzhuo played both soft and hard ways, blinked his eyes again after speaking, and his voice softened, "Brother Qiu, you and I are friends, I have helped you a lot these years, you must help me with this little favor ?”

Zhabusu can't wait to give this person a few boxes of silver directly, don't make troubles, it will cut his life, Emperor Dayu will never go around in a shop every day, and there is that Shen Ci, although he resigned, he is still a court relative Feng Zhen Guohou, what's the matter with running around with the caravan, his small shop really can't accommodate these two big Buddhas.

Zhabusu has struggled and wondered for many years whether this friend is right or wrong.

"Forget that I owed you in my previous life." The friend I made knelt and wanted to admit it, Zhabusu said helplessly, "There are three Zhuangzi outside the city of Tongzhou that are also mine, and the business they do is not very clean, and they are all trustworthy people There are not many people there, and there are few things to do, and there is a lack of people in charge. You go there once a month or two or three months, and help me manage the accounts. If there is anything, help me deal with it first, and I will give you every month... ...30 taels, okay?"

Xie Ruzhuo's eyes lit up, and he guessed what the unclean business might be. It was nothing more than underground weapons, grain and grass trading, or private salt. Northern Xinjiang also did the same, and he also knew that this was actually Zhabusu's hand. The main business on the Internet depends on these cloth businesses. After a year, there are really not that many people, and there are so many people to support, and it is true that not many people get into their own pockets.

In terms of poverty, Beidi is even poorer. There is no food to grow, and many things have to be bought from Dayu. Zhabusu also has to make more money to support his family, so he already knew that Zhabusu had some businesses that were not clean. But he didn't care.

Seriously, he also has some unclean ways in Beidi, and he exchanges courtesy and exchange needs.

"Is 30 taels too little?" Xie Ruzhuo showed a sly smile, "Isn't the hush money more?"

"Your Majesty, there are two of you!" Zhabusu gritted his teeth and said, "Thirty for one person, sixty for two, and you have 720 taels a year!"

"How much do you earn a year? 720 million taels is more than that?" Xie Ruzhuo snorted, "Is 720 taels a lot?"

"40 taels per person, 40 taels for the head office, right?" Zhabusu pulled the stool away and moved away from him, "I invite you to count the money for me."

"Okay, just 40 taels." Xie Ruzhuo took it when he saw a good deal, and calculated a sum of money, "Don't worry, we will leave after earning enough for a few years."

"Hurry up and leave." Zhabusu snorted coldly, "It's best not to let me see you again."

"Brother Qiu, you should help your poor friends." Xie Ruzhuo said with a grin, "Do good deeds, and I will build you an ancestral hall in the future, so that the people will worship you from generation to generation."

"Thank you." Zhabusu chuckled, "I'm flattered."

"I'm going back to Beijing in half a year. The prince is going to get married." Xie Ruzhuo laughed again, "At that time, there will be an order. This year, the tax on the trade routes between Dayu and Beidi will be reduced by [-]%."

Zhabusu smiled instantly with satisfaction: "As expected of a friend."

"Are you here today?" Xie Ruzhuo glanced outside, then thought of Shen Ci again, "I don't know where the caravan from Cloth Shop is."

Zhabusu said: "I have already sent someone to respond, please wait patiently."

It didn’t rain heavily in the afternoon, but the water on the street got deeper. Many shops were closed and no longer doing business. The cloth shop was also closed. The water had passed the threshold. The guys had to drain the water for an hour before it was considered Did not let the shop suffer.

There was still no news from the caravan. Xie Ruzhuo simply stayed in the shop and did not go back, waiting for the news. On the second day, the guards had already dispatched to drain water in the city and dredged the river. Officials came out to check the disaster situation, but the caravan still did not information.

Xie Ruzhuo started to panic and said he wanted to go out to find someone. Zhabusu hurriedly held him down and sent someone out to look for him. In the evening, when the caravan came back, Shen Ci was nowhere to be found. The leader said that Shen Ci was alone. Went outside the city, let them come back first.

"Don't worry." Zhabusu comforted, "He has fought so many battles, and he has been born and died on the battlefield for more than ten years, so nothing will happen."

That's what he said, but Xie Ruzhuo still couldn't help worrying, thinking that he really didn't cry when he didn't see the coffin, and when he didn't separate, he felt that it was nothing to separate, and it was just a trip to the neighboring counties. I came back after two or three days, but I didn't realize that this feeling was really unbearable until we parted.

The next day, Xie Ruzhuo didn’t eat much as before, and he couldn’t sit still until dusk. Seeing that the water outside had receded, and there was only light rain left, he held up an umbrella and opened the door to run out. Zhabusu chased him out , as soon as I opened the door, I saw a person walking from the alley.

"Yanliu!" Xie Ruzhuo didn't even bother to support the umbrella, and ran over to hug Shen Ci, "Why did you come back?"

"I made you worry." Shen Ci's whole body was covered with mud and water, and his white robe was so dirty that he could hardly see its original color. His fingers seemed to have been soaked in water for a long time, and his hair was white and wrinkled, and there were some small wounds ,"never mind."

Seeing that Zhabusu was there, Shen Ci was not surprised. He greeted him, went into the house to have a sip of tea, and explained: "The situation outside the city is worse than in the city. The river broke its embankment. There are many villages below. All the common people escaped, and there was chaos. The Weisuo army blocked the water and dredged it. I saw that many young people volunteered to help, and they felt uneasy when they left like this, so they also went to help. The current situation It’s much better, and the rain has stopped, so I’ll be back.”

Xie Ruzhuo held him and did not let go, muttering, "It can't be like this next time, it made me worry for a while."

Zabusu added: "That's right, I haven't eaten properly for two days."

"Go." Shen Ci frowned upon hearing this, "Go home and eat."

Zhabusu said: "Stay here, I haven't eaten either, let's eat some together."

"You have also waited for two days, rest early, and we won't bother you." Shen Ci said, "I haven't been home for several days. I don't know if there is water in it. Go and have a look."

Zhabusu didn't want to stay, Xie Ruzhuo and Shen Ci shared an umbrella and walked back to Liulin Lane. The terrain here is relatively high and there are steps in front of the door. There is only a short water mark on the door. good.

Shen Ci soaked in the water for a day and a night, and he was also very tired. He didn't cook, but cooked two bowls of noodles. Seeing that Xie Ruzhuo's face changed a lot, he sighed, "Finally know you're tired?"

"It's so hard to make money, and it's not easy for the people to live." Xie Ruzhuo also sighed. After a day of hunger, he ate half of the bowl of noodles with a few chopsticks. Life is not easy, especially for small businesses. It is too difficult to support a family, and the tax collected by the court is still too much. I think that when I return to Beijing in the second half of the year, I will discuss with Mr. Ming Ting and Mr. Ming to reduce the tax on business. It just so happens that there are disasters in both the north and the south this year, and the farmers should also be given a tax reduction. Also, before the disaster, you have to write a letter back to remind Ming Court to pay attention to the prices in various places, and don’t let those who are interested take advantage of them to drive up prices.”

Shen Ci coughed twice, and thought: Is this the difference between the emperor and ordinary people? The emperor can calculate the state affairs in the shop for a few days, and he ran with the caravan and helped Wei The army rescued the disaster, but in the end there was nothing but tiredness.

"Stay at home after that?" Shen Ci ate faster than him, put down his chopsticks and said, "Just help Zabusu look at Zhuangzi when you have nothing to do?"

"Yeah." Xie Ruzhuo took the last bite, went over to hook his finger, "This time I was wrong, I shouldn't be ignorant."

"Your life was too boring, and I want you to do more interesting things, so I won't stop you from doing what you want." Shen Ci still felt a little distressed, thinking that Xie Ruzhuo had been living such a boring life all his life It was only at this time in this life that I was able to escape from the palace and live a life that I have never lived before. Naturally, everything is new, "Anyway, we still have a lot of time, we can do whatever you want .”

Xie Ruzhuo buried himself in his arms and said softly: "Yes, but what I want to do most is to be by your side every day."

"Okay." Shen Ci stroked his hair, "I'll be with you every day."

"Since you have to stay at home, so..." Xie Ruzhuo blinked, "Continue copying the copybook tomorrow?"

Shen Ci: "..."

The author has something to say: There should be another article on Jiangnan Fanwai, which should be updated the day after tomorrow.

Our Xiao Xie is really a master of both arts and sciences, and Xiao Shen is a scumbag who can't do arts and sciences. Think about it outside the modern campus, let Xiao Shen be a sports student (dog head)

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