Jinyi Music

Chapter 545

After Yue Shiqi finished speaking, he kowtowed three times, and Si Lian looked him up and down, and saw that the height of this person was only half of that of ordinary people, but his facial features looked like an adult, but his features were pretty, and he didn't look like he was a little late A man with a terrifying face, his appearance is different from ordinary people, the two children have never seen such a person, they all leaned over to look at him curiously, Silian asked him,
"What is your name, where are you from, what do you do for a living, and why did you appear on the river beach?"

The man replied,

"The villain was originally the servant of Yue Zhanyuan, a salt merchant in Yangzhou. Everyone in the mansion called him the young Yue Shiqi. He was raised there and learned some juggling skills. When he was in the tower, he fell to his death due to negligence for a moment. The master was furious and wanted to beat the villain to death. In desperation, he jumped into the river..."

Si Lian heard that he was indeed a fugitive slave, she couldn't help frowning,
"Are you a runaway slave?"

Nayue Shiqi knelt on the ground, with his head resting on the ground,

"Returning to Madam, the villain dare not lie... The villain is indeed a fugitive slave!"

That is to say, if a fugitive slave is discovered, he should be sent to the official. If there is a hiding, the original owner can report to the government after discovering it, and the government will investigate the crime of hiding.

Silian looked at Mou Biao, but she couldn't bear it.

"Xiao Lin..."

If a fugitive slave like him was sent back to his master's house, he would most likely end up being killed with a stick. I saved him, so I couldn't bear to let him go back to die.

Mou Biao knew what his wife was thinking, thought for a while and said,

"You said you were a fugitive slave from the Yue family, a salt merchant in Yangzhou?"

Yue Shiqi replied,
"If you go back to the master, the villain is a fugitive slave of the Yue family..."

Mou Biao squinted his eyes, looked at Yue Shiqi with deep eyes,

"Even if you are a fugitive slave, it is not good for us to keep you, but... we will not send you back to Yue's house, or give you some money now, and you can go off the boat by yourself, or follow our boat to Hangzhou. Get off the boat there, and pick one yourself!"

Yue Shiqi thought for a while and replied,

"The villain is willing to go to Hangzhou..."

"Why...you don't go north?"

"The villain went north originally because he wanted to be far away from Yangzhou so that they would not be able to find the villain, but the villain had never been to the north, and he didn't know if he could make a living there. It would be better to go south to Hangzhou, and then the villain would try to find a way to make a living... ..."

Raising such dwarves for fun is the hobby of the rich in the south, but the rich in the north don't like to raise people, but like to raise horses and beasts. People like Yue Shiqi go to the north, I'm afraid it's really true It is not easy to earn a living.

Nian Biao seemed to have expected that he would go to Hangzhou, so he smiled and nodded.

"Okay, then...you just stay on the boat honestly!"

The fact that Yue Shiqi stayed on the boat added a lot of fun to the children. He learned acrobatics and juggling in the rich man's house, and the children watched him turn a plain white handkerchief into a tail After the river fish shaking its head and tail, it immediately regarded him as a god-man. When it saw him, it clamored to do tricks, watched him take out a bright red fruit from its sleeve, or folded a flying paper crane, then Will be happy for half a day.

Afterwards, when everyone on the boat saw that he was able to jump onto the mast, with his short body supported by only one arm, straight across the mast, everyone immediately applauded and whistled and applauded him to show their appreciation. Mou Biao, who was reading official documents in the cabin, heard the commotion outside. He came out to look, his eyes narrowed, and he laughed in the revolving cabin. Si Lian also heard the noise outside.
"What are they doing out there?"

Mou Biao smiled,
"That Yue Shiqi is performing juggling, looking at it... he has a bit of real kung fu..."

Si Lian also went out to have a look after hearing the words, and saw that Yue Shiqi had already climbed onto the crossbar like a monkey, with both feet hanging on the top, turning herself into a bat, with her head down, Waving to the people below, everyone applauded again, Silian sighed to Mou Biao when turning around the cabin,

"To be able to practice like this, I must have suffered a lot..."

Mou Biao squinted his eyes, and his smile was a bit weird.
"Everyone who succeeds in this world suffers hardships!"

Even with his background, since he was a child, he was also a master of kung fu. Although Mou Biao doted on him, he was never soft on his son when he was practicing martial arts. How can he be successful without suffering?
Silian nodded,

"exactly!"

There was not much to say along the way to the south, the children had a great time playing all the way, and Silien also saw a lot of things in the world, especially when the boat arrived in Yangzhou, Mou Biao took the mother and son off the boat to play, and the whole family had a good taste of the south. The place is prosperous, the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, the scenic spots, the family of four linger on, and there is news from the other side of the capital that the emperor is going to travel with the concubines in the harem. At this time, he is still packing things in the palace. They lived in Yangzhou for eight days, during which time the couple also found a dentist, looked at several houses in Yangzhou city, and planned to buy one as a residence when they went south.

Regarding the purchase of a house, the husband and wife had a small dispute. Today's Yangzhou City is prosperous due to the salt transportation, and the former old city can no longer accommodate the newly influx of wealthy businessmen, so there is an east side to the Grand Canal In the area, there are these big salt merchants who have a lot of money and can't run out. They built houses and built roads here one after another, and now it has become a faint phenomenon.

Therefore, Yangzhou City has an old city and a new city. Most of the old city was inhabited by the original country gentry. Prosperous, there are many shops and pedestrians as soon as you go out.

Only Silian likes the quietness of the old city. Although the streets and alleys are rugged, they have the artistic conception of winding paths. Although the new city is convenient, it is really noisy outside. She doesn't like it, but Mou Biao doesn't. agree,
"Don't you women just like to go shopping? Isn't it a wonderful thing to be able to buy new clothes when you go out with money?"

Silian laughed,

"Shopping is just a pastime. How can it become a daily routine? Although the new city is more convenient, the neighbors change frequently, which is really not conducive to living. The old city is better!"

That tooth man is good at doing business, seeing that these two are not short of the money, he smiled and said,

"I have a lot of talk, let me put in a word. Madam and lord like both places. Why don't you buy a house in both the old city and the new city? When you want to be quiet, you can live in the old city. When you want to go out and about, you can stay in the new city for a few minutes. day……"

Mou Biao heard this, took a look at him, laughed loudly and said,
"You know how to do business!"

In the end, I really chose two houses. The one in the old city is smaller, but it is more exquisite. The one in the new city is bigger. With all the household items ready, you only need to carry your luggage before you can move in, which saves a lot of trouble.

The people of Naya are used to seeing customers coming and going from north to south, knowing that these two people will not live here for a long time, they recommend the service of Yaya.

"If the Lord and Madam don't have enough manpower, the small dental shop has a steward who takes care of the empty houses. The steward is responsible for sweeping and wiping, trimming dead leaves, and feeding fish ponds. If you want to move in, you can immediately bring the cage in, which is very convenient..."

Mou Biao smiled and asked him,

"Then, how much money will it cost per month to hire such a steward?"

The tooth man smiled and said,
"Not expensive! Not expensive! It's just five taels of silver a month!"

Si Lian secretly clicked her tongue when she heard this, and thought to herself,
"In the capital, our family can't spend a tael of silver a month. When we come to Yangzhou, we only need to clean the house, and it costs five taels of silver a month. It seems that the prices in this prosperous place should not be underestimated!"

Mou Biao didn't care about the few taels of silver, thought for a while and said,

"Find two stewards for me, and I'll take care of the two houses for you, and I'll give you a reward!"

The man in Yaya was overjoyed when he heard the words, and replied in a loud voice,
"Don't worry, our Zhicheng Dental Clinic is the largest dental clinic in Yangcheng. The most important thing in business is honesty. We dare not mess around and ruin the business!"

Mou Biao nodded, thought for a while and asked,

"How many salt merchants are there in your city?"

The tooth man laughed,

"Master is from another place. I don't know that there are quite a lot of salt merchants in our city of Yangzhou..."

This room counted on its fingers for Mou Biao,

"The biggest one is the Li family, the Zhang family and the Sun family are not bad, and the Yue family and the Cheng family..."

When Mou Biao heard about a Yue family, he raised his eyebrows and asked,
"Then what is the origin of the Yue family?"

The tooth man thought for a while and smiled,
"The Yue family is a local rich man in Yangzhou. In the early years, they were just farmers. The family was very poor, but they had a lot of sons. There was really nothing to do, so they ran outside for a few years to smuggle salt..."

So-and-so, so-and-so told the history of the Yue family's prosperity, Mou Biao laughed,

"You can inquire clearly!"

The tooth man laughed,
"I'll tell you the truth, the young ones are the ones who work in this profession. This is no bragging. The small ones are familiar with all kinds of people in the streets and alleys of Yangzhou city, not to mention foreign guests like my grandfather. Even the people in the local yamen sometimes ask us for news!"

Car dealers and tooth and foot shops are a low-level business. Anyone who can open a dental shop in the city has a background in black and white. Mou Biao knows this best. The most well-informed, and the cash register shakes off, there is no stumbling at all!

So he rewarded the man with a tael of silver,
"Tell me about the current situation of the Yue family?"

The dental man responded with a hey smile,
"The reason for the prosperity of the Yue family is because they have many sons. In the current generation of the Yue family, having too many sons is also a trouble..."

But he talked vividly about the sons of Yue's family fighting for power. Mou Biao and Si Lian listened with gusto. Now they are finishing watching the house, having a drink and talking in a restaurant on the side of the street. The witty remarks made it very interesting to hear Mou Biao laughing from time to time.

(End of this chapter)