Qing Dynasty Crossover

Chapter 13

Qi Luo saw the already formed spinning machine beside Ling Zhu and exclaimed, "Ama, you have already made it! It's incredible, I really didn't expect you to be so capable!"

"What's the matter, you, Ama, and I are very good at it. Just now, your mother tried it, and there is no problem at all. What we have to worry about now is how to turn it into money!"

Dong said, "I can't help you at all in this regard, you should think about it yourself!"

"Luo Luo, last time you said you wanted to find someone you could trust to sell in the south. I thought about it and couldn't find a suitable candidate. I made it. I can't open a textile factory by myself and no one sells it. This is a damned age."

Qi Luo comforted and said, "If it doesn't work now, it doesn't mean it won't work in the future. For this candidate, you can find it slowly. Don't worry, it's just that the spinning machine and the blueprint must be kept well. If you lose it, it will be broken."

"Don't worry about that, as long as you keep the blueprints, the spinning machine can be disassembled. Without the blueprints, it can't be installed. It's really impossible. I'll make up and go to the south to sell the spinning machine."

Dong retorted, "That can't be done, it's too dangerous. Don't forget that you want us to live a good life. If something happens to you, what will we do? Let's think of another way!"

Qi Luo said, "Ama, you are an official in Beijing. You can't go out of Beijing without the emperor's order and special matters. You should find someone to handle this matter. It is more difficult to find someone you can trust and understand human affairs. "

Ling Zhu suddenly said, "What do you think of Butler Qin? He is the son of Ling Zhu's wet nurse. Ling Zhu has no parents since he was a child, and he has been taken care of by his wet nurse and aunt in Dongfu. Butler Qin has been with Ling Zhu since he was a child. He is still very loyal in his memory. His wife is your mother-in-law’s dowry, and her daughter is your maid, and his family is closely connected with ours. If our family gains power, won’t it benefit his family as well?”

Mrs. Dong agreed, "I think it's okay, but it's just selling a spinning machine. We don't want to sell a lot of money. Besides, there are many rich people now, so we are not very conspicuous."

Qi Luo also agreed and said, "Let's do it this way. It's the best if it succeeds, and it's okay if it doesn't. I still have a lot of ways to make money! Through this, I can also see how the housekeeper is doing. In this era, loyalty can do things well." Stewardship is very important.”

Ling Zhu opened the door and said, "Xiaogu, go and call Butler Qin, I have something to tell him." "Yes, master" Butler Qin arrived after a while, and saw Dong Shi and Qi Luo stunned for a moment.He heard from his wife that the relationship between the master and wife has improved a lot, and they are not too surprised here. "Master, what are your orders for the slave?"

Qi Luo stood up and closed the door, Ling Zhu said, "Sit down first, I have something I want you to do."

"Just do as you command"

Ling Zhu said, "The one next to you is a new type of spinning machine, which can greatly increase the speed of spinning. It is a good thing. I got it from an old monk. He only told me, so it is a good thing on this matter." Unique."

Butler Qin said happily, "That's great. With just this thing, the master can get out of the predicament. This slave congratulates the master!"

"You are a smart man, and you are the housekeeper of the house. Knowing my current situation, my master, I will not say more. Let me tell you the truth, I plan to make some money from this. But what? Spinning by yourself The spinning mill needs too much money, and I don’t have that much money, let alone strong strength. I discussed with my wife and decided to sell it to the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, and let them make trouble, what do you think?”

"My lord, this is a good way, so that the relatives and relatives in the capital will not be jealous."

Ling Zhu said, "It seems that you are deeply in my heart. Now I want you to go to the south and quietly sell the blueprints and spinning machines. Can you do it?"

Qin Butler thought for a while and said, "I don't know how much the master will sell it for?"

Ling Zhu was stunned for a moment, he didn't know that it was worth less?He looked at Qi Luo.Qi Luo thought for a while and said, "Steward Qin, I, Ama, have no idea about this. How much do you think is suitable? How about we sell more?"

"Young lady is right. If only one family is sold, even a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River cannot afford it. According to my servant, I can sell it to five families. The exact price of each family is up to the master."

Ling Zhu thought about it and made a decision, "Then each house will sell for 8 taels of silver. You have to remember that you only need bank notes, and you must be careful. When the time comes, you should dress up well so that no one will recognize you. Keep the machinery and drawings Separately, you hide the blueprint first, and buy it with the spinning machine. Don’t worry, no one can imitate the spinning machine without the blueprint. If things are really dangerous, you just give up the spinning machine and come back, and I won't blame you."

Qin Butler said movedly, "I have been with the master since I was a child, and I will never let down the trust of the master. The slave will definitely handle this matter well, please rest assured."

Ling Zhu patted the housekeeper on the shoulder and said, "I don't worry if you handle the matter. If this matter is completed, it will definitely benefit you. This matter must be kept secret, and we should not tell anyone outside the house, In order to avoid extra problems, it is said to the outside world that you have gone to the south to prepare New Year's goods."

"Your servant has made a note, let's go down and get ready, and my servant will definitely go and come back soon." After saying that, he saluted and said goodbye to Ling Zhu's family.

Dong said, "I don't know if he can succeed?"

Ling Zhu sighed, "We can only trust him. I hope he can do it. I really hope he can bring the money back safely."

"We have to achieve a balance of mentality, 'I'm lucky if I win, but I'm lost'. Don't think too much about it. We don't have to point at the money for anything. We still have a lot of opportunities."

Ling Zhu's family had been waiting in anxiety and anxiety for more than a month. After dinner that day, Ling Zhu and the others were chatting.Xiaogu came in and said, "Reporting to the master, Butler Qin has returned with new year's goods from the south."

Ling Zhu said excitedly, "Really? Butler Qin is back?" "Yes. He brought quite a few items with him!"

Seeing the dusty Butler Qin greeting him, Ling Zhu quickly stopped him and said, "Just come back, just come back, I'm really worried that something will happen to you."

Housekeeper Qin saw that there were only three members of Ling Zhu's family in the room, quickly closed the door, and said excitedly, "Master, please worry about it, this slave is fine." He took out a bank note from his pocket and said, "It's a good thing that slave didn't disgrace his life, those rich businessmen are very good." Money, the slave sold it to five families, and earned 50 taels. The slave went there under the banner of buying new year’s goods, so the slave took out 5000 taels and bought some silk and other items in Jiangnan. I hope the master will not blame you.” After finishing speaking, he handed over the bank note .

Ling Zhu had never seen so much money before. Are these all his own?He felt his heart beating faster.A never-before-seen sense of satisfaction and accomplishment filled his heart, until now Ling Zhu believed that he could make his wife and daughter live a better life.Ling Zhu picked up the banknote and looked at it, took out 5000 taels and handed it to Butler Qin, saying, "You have done a good job, I am very satisfied, these are your hard work expenses, don't spend them indiscriminately and save them for your children Let's go. You are a smart man, so don't tell anyone about this. Don't cause trouble to your family!"

Butler Qin promised, "I'm awake, my slave, thank you for the reward from the master."

Mrs. Dong said, "You are exhausted from the world, and Madam Zhao misses you very much. Go down and rest first. I will give you a five-day vacation to rest well." "My servant, thank you for your kindness!"

Ling Zhu handed the banknote to Mrs. Dong and said, "The money is all ours, and now we are really rich people. Never thought we would earn so much money!"

"I didn't expect that 45 taels is enough for us to buy everything."

Qi Luo smiled and said, "This is the power of the golden finger. We need to spend it slowly and change our living conditions slowly. Don't attract too much attention! Save trouble"

Ling Zhu said, "Understood, low-key and low-key, I remember you want to buy a watch, let's go to the street together tomorrow to do some shopping. Since we came here, we haven't had a good time shopping yet!"

"Yes, Luo Luo, let's go together tomorrow, and we will treat them as rich people too. What else do you want?" Dong asked
Qi Luo thought about it and said, "We have hot springs, and we have money now, Ama Erniang, let's build a hot spring village, plant a garden full of peach trees, and soak in hot springs among the peach blossom petals flying all over the garden, what should I do?" How beautiful it is. I’ve thought of this for a long time! We have money and we need to learn to enjoy life, or else life has been rushing for decades, and when we get old, we don’t enjoy anything, so it’s thanks to you.”

Ling Zhu and Dong Shi were also attracted by what Qi Luo said, and quickly agreed. "When Steward Qin finishes his rest, I'll tell him to build the Zhuangzi, which will be our vacation villa."

Mrs. Dong said, "Also, should we buy some more good land and add two more farms? The money cannot appreciate in our own hands, and we can't lend usury. That's too immoral. Why don't we buy more It is also good to collect land rent from the land, "

"I'll take care of the purchase of Zhuangzi myself. You're right. In this day and age, a little more farmland is not harmful. It's just that we are modern people after all, so rent collection should be compared to the current minimum standard. I don't want to be Huang Shiren."

"Ama, it's more convenient for you to take the manager of the other village with you. Since we want to buy the village, we must increase the number of people in the village. You can ask the manager to recruit some simple and honest people, otherwise he will too busy."

Ling Zhu said, "If I had known this, I wouldn't have laid off people. Now I have to find another person. It's too troublesome."

"That can't be done. Although it will be more troublesome for us to find someone, but the person we are looking for can have nothing to do with Ling Cheng, and he can also be trained well. Otherwise, if something happens in our house, the other side will know immediately, how awkward. "Dong objected
"You're right. Now that we are rich, should we find more people to enter the mansion? I don't think there are enough manpower?"

Dong thought about it and said, "I'm impatient that there are too many people, but the current situation is that there are fewer people. We laid off people because of the economic situation, and those individuals are all gossips. Over there. The ones left at the beginning are doing very well now, let’s find some people who do heavy work, or else seeing Hongying and the others doing cleaning work as big girls, it doesn’t seem very suitable. Luoluo, look Woolen cloth?"

"Well, it's more difficult for them. Let's find about ten people who do heavy work. The requirement for these people is to be honest and not talkative."

Mrs. Dong said, "Then I'll ask Nanny Zhao to do this. I didn't want so many people, but sometimes I really can't help myself."

"Er Niang, you have to adapt to this kind of life in ancient times. If we live in a poor family, we will naturally have to rely on ourselves, but in this situation, we should go with the flow. It's not that we don't want to do it, but that we can't change it."

Through a series of operations, Ling Zhu's family finally had the foundation of living in ancient times.The sudden huge wealth made everyone in his family very happy. For the first time, Ling Zhu was grateful to God for allowing his family to come to the ancient Kangxi period.Ling Zhu knew that after he had no worries about the future, he had to devote himself to developing in the officialdom, and power was also indispensable here.

(End of this chapter)