To get rich quickly, you need to be simple and rough

Shen Fu was truly terrified. Life's ups and downs came so quickly. Yesterday, he felt pity for the coldness of his torn coat, and today, he complained about the length of his purple python. Everyone in the Shen family felt dizzy. How could a piece of dirt get a title for nothing?

All the Shen family members felt that they had turned the tables, and Shen Fu was anxious because of this. Without background and no say in the court, this title was just for show.

If my family is in trouble again, no one can save it. Shen Fu drooped his eyelids: "Hold on tight, don't really think you are a noble man. Yesterday, the fourth brother said that he is also a master, how can he do such a menial job?

"Fourth Master, don't run! If you dare to move a step today, I'll break your legs! I'll use the family rules to show you how precious Fourth Master is!"

Shen Fu used a bamboo stick to beat his fourth son Shen Hua until his body was covered with bruises, which sounded a wake-up call to everyone in the Shen family. If one becomes arrogant when he succeeds, it means he is despising his own life.

The emperor rewarded them with 1,000 taels of silver and 1,000 mu of land, but that was just an empty title with nothing left. The Shen family would starve to death just relying on this empty promise!

Life has to be as exciting as the emperor gives it, and the Shen family can continue to enjoy this overwhelming wealth.

The Shen family's rice wine fetched a good price. One dan of grain could make 80 jin of wine, which sold for 2 liang and 4 silver coins. This was much more than what they could earn from growing grain.

A jin of rice wine costs 25 wen, which is considered high-end. Most people go to a tavern and order two liang of rice wine to drink slowly, chatting with the people in the tavern. If they order a plate of fennel beans, they are rich people.

A plate of fennel beans only has ten of them, and they are sold for one large coin. If the mouth next to you is almost finished with the fennel beans, you will borrow one from the person next to you to taste it again and again so that you can drink the rest of the wine.

Can you return the fennel beans you lent out? The answer is not necessarily. If they are returned, then that person is pretty good. If they are not, then everyone in the tavern will be saying things like, "Who lent me a fennel bean last time and didn't return it, so I lost money!"

The Shen family's rice wine sold for 2,800 taels of silver, enough to have a prosperous New Year even with a large family. It was a dream to think how much money could be saved.

The Shen family suddenly entered the upper class society, and the amount of gifts they could give increased a lot. In the past, even if the Shen family wanted to give gifts to others, they had to find connections to get in.

If they are happy, they will reward you with a post. If they are unhappy, you will be turned away even if you bring gifts. Things are different now. After all, he is an earl appointed by the emperor himself. Shen Fu may not give him face, but who dares not give the emperor face?

If you offend the emperor, he will make your whole family disappear, so the Shen family starts to receive various invitations one after another.

The prefect's father's birthday, the co-prefect's youngest son's full moon. The Shen family had to give gifts for such occasions. Even if the person couldn't be present, the gift had to be according to the share.

This is the normal way of giving gifts. It is no longer the kind of flattery as before. Various decent and inexpensive items such as rulers, snack boxes, and Western ornaments are given as gifts.

Everyone also knew that Shen Fu used to be a maritime merchant and had some channels for Western goods, so it was not surprising that he took out these items!

Shen Yujin took out some small items such as antique glass-handled mirrors and music boxes from the space. Shen Yujin had forgotten when he had accumulated a bunch of these things.

There are also a bunch of glass goblets, which are quite valuable in Ming Dynasty now. A pair of them, plus some rulers or something, would be a very valuable gift.

Shen Yujin was concentrating on preparing for the exam, and the Shen family was busy preparing for the New Year. There was one advantage of being conferred a title, which was that the Shen family could openly hire people to serve them.

Unlike before, the servants of the Shen family could not openly call their masters "masters", and could only stay in the Shen family and work as godrelatives.

This is why there are only a dozen servants following the Shen family. Those with low social status can only be hired out. Except for those like Concubine Ruan who have indentures, all others are hired out.

Things are different now. The Shen family can buy servants who have signed death contracts. Farming is cheaper than working as a farmhand, not to mention other things.

Shen Fu decided to ask Shen Rong to buy fifty servants, all of whom had to be able to work, not any who looked too showy, and two smart servants to accompany Shen Yujin. No one too young to be trained.

Seeing that this was a big deal, the merchants all wanted to take on this large order. Several merchants in Hangzhou were eager to try.

Shen Rong remembered his father's teachings and found the Tongfu Yahang, which had the best reputation. The boss smiled so hard that his teeth were not visible: "Don't worry, young master, I have servants of all types here, and I guarantee you will be satisfied!"

Shen Rong said with a straight face: "People are selling themselves voluntarily! If there is something fishy, ​​don't push it onto me. Our Shen family is not to be trifled with."

The boss patted his chest loudly: "Don't worry, Young Master. We run a clean business. We won't do anything immoral!"

The boss took Shen Rong to the backyard after he finished speaking. There were more than a hundred people standing there. Among them, several good-looking girls were placed in the first row.

Shen Rong started asking questions directly: "Those who can drive a cart, come out. Those who can cook tea and food, come out. Those who are good at knitting and needlework, come out. Those who can farm, come out. Boys who can read, come out."

The boss was confused when he saw this, thinking that the Shen family wanted to find a few good-looking maids to show off. The Shen family was the one who worked first and didn't want any fancy maids.

Shen Rong only selected strong and capable people with the right skills. The pretty girls were unwilling to give in, and kept looking at Shen Rong with seductive glances.

If I seize this opportunity, I'll be safe. If I go to the Earl's Mansion and get noticed by a noble, I'll be soaring to fame. Good looks aren't necessarily a good thing, as most places I go to are brothels and opera troupes.

But this flirting was like throwing a blind eye. Shen Rong didn't have the time to deal with these little goblins. There was always work to do in the countryside, and now the Shen family could fall asleep as soon as they touched the pillow.

Women spin and weave, and men have endless work to do, so they don't have time to think about those dirty things.

Shen Rong also specially picked out two clean-looking and skillful servants for his son. They had little education and could barely recognize a few words. They usually helped with housework at home and could also serve his son when he went out.

Shen Fu selected 68 servants, most of whom were strong and healthy men from the same family.

The rest was to bargain with the boss. There is no boss in the world who is not black-hearted. These bosses wanted to price each one at 20 taels, and hypocritically rounded off a zero and said it was 1300 taels for the big customer, Laber Mansion!

Who is Shen Rong? He is Shen Fu’s son. How can he lose by bargaining?

I directly bargained for five taels each, and the two sides pushed the bargaining to the limit. One said that you can make a profit if I give you this price, and the other complained that my young master and his people have been taking advantage of me for more than twenty days!