Farming and reading family

Mrs. Hong opened a dim sum shop. Because she used high-quality ingredients and meticulous workmanship, the prices were naturally not low, so the business was bleak. If the shop was not her own, she would not even be able to make back the rent.

Now his life in He County depends on Hong Sheng’s wages.

Fortunately, the honeycomb coal used at home was provided to her for free by Gao E, and now the autumn harvest has brought a lot of grain, so there is no problem with food and clothing.

"Mrs. Chen?" Mrs. Hong was a little surprised to see Gao E coming, and hurriedly welcomed her inside.

"Mrs. Hong's business..." Gao E saw that the shop was deserted.

He County is now a little more lively than Qinzhou City, and the foreign merchants are also quite wealthy. Mrs. Hong's business is too bleak.

"Well, I'm thinking of closing the shop these two days." Mrs. Hong said with a smile.

"It just so happens that I need someone here. Mrs. Hong, why don't you come to my place?" Gao E suggested.

Mrs. Hong was surprised: "What is Mrs. Chen going to do now?"

Gao E talked about going to Tanzhou City to exchange silver.

"Has Qinzhou City become like this now?" Mrs. Hong was surprised, and became more certain that coming to He County was a good choice.

"I didn't expect this. I thought things would get better in Tanzhou City after Yishunbo was captured." Gao E sighed.

Mrs. Hong had thought the same thing before: "If things really don't work out, I'll have to sell my little property right away. Who knows what will happen in the future?"

Gao E couldn't say anything now: "There's no rush. If things really don't work out, you can just sell your house to me. We'll have a place to stay when we go to Qinzhou City."

"Okay." Mrs. Hong agreed immediately. "It just happens to pay off the previous debt."

"There's no rush." ​​Gao E didn't come here today to talk about this matter. "I purchased some things from Qinzhou City and plan to open a shop. Is Mrs. Hong willing to take charge?"

"What shop?" Mrs. Hong was still unsure.

"It's just an ordinary shop that sells cloth, salt, needles and thread, ironware and other things, but you have to use my Chen family's tickets to buy them." Gao E said directly.

Mrs. Hong had seen this method of buying things with tickets in Qinzhou City. Big merchants sometimes used some tickets.

Mrs. Hong thought for a moment and asked, "You think exchanging silver is too troublesome? Are you planning to use notes?"

Gao E nodded. "If it's just a matter of exchanging the money and the energy consumption is within my acceptable range, then it's fine. I'm just worried about exchanging too much and what might happen."

Mrs. Hong nodded but hesitated to speak.

"Mrs. Hong, just say whatever you want to say." Gao E saw that Mrs. Hong was reluctant to speak.

Mrs. Hong approached Gao E and whispered, "I heard someone minted copper coins privately."

Gao E didn't expect that this is what Mrs. Hong said: "It's not worth it."

It was the first time that Mrs. Hong heard that privately minting copper coins was not cost-effective.

"That's a matter of losing your head. We don't want to get rich from this. We just don't want to fight with officials. It's not necessary." Gao E explained.

Mrs. Hong thought about it and agreed: "Mrs. Chen is more insightful."

"We have to rely on the Chen family's tickets to buy our things. The price is slightly lower than that of other families. It can also be considered a benefit for the Chen family's long-term workers." Gao E continued.

Gao E didn't plan to make money from this shop, but the price difference of the goods, plus the cost of exchanging the remaining silver, was also a huge amount.

The two of them quickly reached an agreement, and Gao E took Mrs. Hong to see things and shops.

As for those iron ingots, they have to be made into ironware before they can be sold.

Gao E also told Du Weiqing about the current situation in Qinzhou City. Du Weiqing could not get angry anymore. His strength was limited after all. He hoped that after the academy was built, it could train some good officials who could serve the people.

After finishing this, Gao E started to work on the ticket issue. Not only did she issue the tickets, but each person also had to sign two copies of the tickets when they received them. Only then would the tickets be valid.

Because Gao'e did not have such advanced anti-counterfeiting technology, she could only transfer all the money via the account.

Now Jin Gusheng hasn't returned yet, and Jin Ruyi is busy with the Jin Chaoqiu Examination, so she can only find a solution on her own.

The Chen family has been kind to others in the past two years and has never delayed wages, so they have already gained a good reputation. The tickets promoted by Gao E can be used not only in her shop, but also in the shops of the Lei family and Chen Tao's family.

This way more people will be willing to get tickets.

The weather became even colder after an autumn rain, and it was still drizzling at night. Gao E wondered what to do if it rained at the Qingtan Yaji.

She wanted to make some oilcloth in advance, so that if such a situation really happened, she could just add the pleasure of listening to the rain.

Ultimately it’s a question of venue.

Just as she was thinking about this, there was a knock on the door. She looked outside and saw that He had already gone to open the door. Jin Ruyi came in quickly wearing a straw raincoat.

She took off her straw raincoat, the clothes underneath were also a little wet, and cleaned the mud off her shoes under the eaves.

"What's going on?" Gao E saw that Jin Ruyi looked a little embarrassed.

Since following her, I haven't seen Jin Ruyi so embarrassed.

"Borrow some money." Jin Ruyi said directly.

Gao E was puzzled: "How much?"

"One thousand taels." Jin Ruyi was not polite at all.

Gao E told He to prepare a brazier, and she went to get clean clothes for Jin Ruyi to change into. "Did something serious happen?"

"Jin Chao failed the exam." Jin Ruyi wiped his hair with a towel.

Gao E was stunned for a moment: "Then what are you doing..."

"There was cheating in the exam in Qinzhou." Jin Ruyi said with certainty.

Gao E didn't react much when she heard Jin Ruyi say this. Cheating in imperial examinations has existed since the beginning of the imperial examinations. The devil is always stronger than the good, and it has never stopped.

Seeing Gao E so calm, Jin Ruyi asked, "Are you not surprised at all?"

Gao E sighed, "This isn't anything new. You're just angry because the Jin Dynasty is involved this time."

Jin Ruyi took a deep breath and wanted to say that Gao E was numb, but after thinking about it, it made sense.

Not to mention cheating in the provincial examinations, cheating in the metropolitan examinations was also very common.

Gao E looked at Jin Ruyi in silence: "What do you want to do?"

Jin Ruyi has no choice now. Even if Ye Linchuan is gone, things are not as simple as she thought.

"You don't want to go to the capital to find Prince Bin, do you?" Gao E looked at Jin Ruyi.

Jin Ruyi nodded. This was all she could think of.

Gao E thought about it for a while and said, "I heard from Xu Boyan that Prince Bin never interferes in state affairs. I wonder if he will take care of this matter."

"I have to give it a try." Jin Ruyi decided to go.

Gao E didn't know how long this round trip would take.

Besides, everything was easy to deal with when Prince Bin came to them. Now that Jin Ruyi has gone to find Prince Bin, the situation in the capital is completely different from what it is here.

"If you want to try it, just try it." Gao E saw He bring the brazier and asked Jin Ruyi to go over and roast some food.

Jin Ruyi's eyes were deep. She knew that there were many injustices in this world. She would not react so strongly if such injustice happened to her, but she would not react so strongly if it happened to her son.

Gao E stopped talking when she saw Jin Ruyi's expression, letting her think about it carefully.

Jin Ruyi left early the next morning. Gao E gave her two gold notes and some small change, and told her to go to Xu Boyan if she couldn't make it to the capital.

Jin Ruyi couldn't even get through to Prince Bin, and it was even more useless to look for Xu Boyan.