Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

"The total here is 2,520 kilograms."

That was one thousand seven hundred and thirty-three taels and seven hundred and sixty wen. The man was kind enough to round it up to one thousand seven hundred and thirty-four taels.

The man asked, "Do you want this money in banknotes or in silver?"

Zhou Guo blurted out, "You have so much silver?"

The man is silent.

She immediately realized that she had made a fool of herself. How could such a big businessman not have such little money? "Wait a minute, I will discuss it with someone."

The family heads were stunned by this astronomical figure. More than one thousand seven hundred taels, how much money is that?

The money their family earns in ten lifetimes combined wouldn’t be this much!

Zhou Guo asked: "Uncles and uncles, do you think we should pay this money directly in silver or in banknotes?"

"Of course it's money. Money is so real!"

"Why do you need silver? It's too heavy and it attracts attention. I think a silver note is better. It's just a piece of light paper and you can carry it with you wherever you go."

"A banknote is just a piece of paper. If you lose it, it won't make any sound. Silver is solid and cannot be easily lost."

Some wanted silver and some wanted banknotes. Zhou Guo saw that they couldn't come to a conclusion for a while.

He said directly: "Then exchange some of them, one thousand taels for silver notes, and the rest for silver."

The man nodded and turned to give orders.

Soon someone came carrying a lot of silver. Big silver ingots were placed on the tray. Everyone couldn't take their eyes off them. They had never seen so many silver ingots before. Not to mention silver ingots, even silver was rare, only copper coins were available.

This was the first time Zhou Guo had really seen so much silver. A dozen silver notes were handed over to her. She looked up and saw the man smiling and saying, "I changed this for you. They are all ten-liang silver notes. It might be more convenient for you."

Zhou Guo smiled happily and thanked sincerely.

The man continued, "When are you leaving? If you are in a hurry, I will have someone take you there by boat."

That was even better. Zhou Guo smiled even more. He knew that this man wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible. Coincidentally, they also wanted to leave early.

Until everyone was on board the big ship and the ship was carrying them to the other side, most people were still in a daze and had not reacted.

Zhou Guo and his two companions didn't know what they said to anyone after they got on the boat, but not only did they successfully sell all the fruits, but could this big boat still carry them across the river?

More people were calculating how much money their family would get from the fruit sales, and they didn't know how it would be divided.

If it is divided by household, there are 33 households in total, including the 28 households in their village and the five households in the neighboring county. How much can each household get?

Some people counted on their fingers or even borrowed their family members' fingers to calculate for a long time but still couldn't figure out how much money their family would get.

Everyone was dazzled by so much money and dizzy. They didn't care at all about the experience of riding such a big boat across such a big river for the first or perhaps only time in their lives. They were immersed in their own world.

The older and younger members of the Zhou family surrounded Zhou Guo and Zhou Dacang in the innermost circle.

Huang said, "I didn't expect this fruit to be so valuable. More than 1,700 taels. That's something I never dared to think about in my life. If your father were still there, he would be so happy."

As he spoke, he became sad.

Xu said quickly, "Oh, mother, you have made so much money, you should think about how much money our family can get."

Li looked at Zhou Guo and the other man, also curious, "Yeah, how are you going to divide the money?"

The brothers and sisters also looked at them expectantly, wanting to know whether they would get a share of the money.

Zhou Guo and Zhou Dacang looked at each other and she said, "We discussed it and felt that everyone had contributed to these fruits and everyone was very tired. If we divide them by household, it would not be fair to those families with more people and more contributions. So we think it is better to divide them by person, so that everyone can get a share of the money and no one will object."

Huang thought for a moment and nodded, "It's good this way. Every family has children and elderly people. No one should complain about who does more and who does less."

Xu couldn't wait to ask, "How much money can our family get? How much money can each person get?"

This is also a question that everyone is concerned about. People around them all gathered around them at once, but they themselves couldn't figure it out.

Zhou Guo said, "We got a total of 1,734 taels. In addition to the two children we picked up, there were a total of 300 and two people in the whole team. So each person can get 5 taels, 7 taels and 40 coins. There are 11 people in our family, so we can get more than 63 taels."

"Sixty-three taels?! That's so much money?" Xu exclaimed.

Huang was very surprised and happy. She had not seen so much money for a long time. The two years before Zhou Guo was born were the best time for the family. The most they had at that time was only more than fifty taels. She never thought that now, thanks to these fruits, they had more money than when the family was the richest.

All the children were smiling happily. Zhou Su said, "Sister, we can buy food with the money, and then we won't have to go hungry anymore."

Zhou Tao licked her lips and said, "Mom, I want to eat eggs."

Although Zhou Mai and the others didn't say anything, the smiles on their faces couldn't be hidden from everyone. How much food could be bought with so much money?

When the people around heard that the Zhou family had paid out all the money, they all said, "Hey, what about me, what about my family? Guo girl, you should also calculate how much money our family can get. You know that this money is invisible to me, like an ant scratching my heart."

"Yes, yes. And me, and me. You can also calculate how much money our family can get."

……

People from all around came up to her and asked her to calculate how much money their families could get.

In the final analysis, the more than 1,700 taels sounds like a lot, but it belongs to everyone. What they can get is only the money after it is distributed among so many people, and this is what everyone cares about.

Although it was very noisy, Zhou Guo was very happy. Look how happy they were, how energetic they were, and everyone had hope. He stretched out his hand and said loudly, "Don't worry, don't worry. We divide the money by number of people. Everyone will get one. I will count it for everyone one by one. Come on, everyone, don't make any noise, I can't hear you. Come, Aunt Wang, I will count your family first. There are three people in your family..."

Seeing her start counting, the crowd immediately quieted down.

"Uncle Fugui, your family is in business and you want me to calculate it, huh? Okay, let me calculate it for you. There are seven people in your family, including your grandson, so that's..."

Soon the money of every household was calculated, and everyone sat on the deck, grinning contentedly.

Anyway, this was clear, and Zhou Guo suggested that the money be divided up. She was not comfortable holding so much money in her hands, so it would be better to divide it up so that everyone could feel the money.