Five-year-old little girl: Mom has thousands of acres of material space

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the nearly ten-foot-long watercraft at the dock. Most of them were grain ships. Each watercraft could carry nearly two thousand stones. There were two masts erected on the ship, which looked very majestic.

To fully load these ships, a large number of people were needed to carry the goods. However, the Sun family was stingy and could not bear to spend money on hiring workers, so they forced them to sign contracts and paid them the lowest wages. Migrant workers work hard from morning to night without any rest.

The ancient legal system was not perfect, and the government could not control this kind of wanton exploitation of manpower. After all, the other party held the deed and had full rights to send these migrant workers to work.

Jiang Xiaoxiao glanced at it twice and then looked away, sighing in her heart. The aunts who came to work at her house often said that the money paid for this job in her house was too much. Nowhere could she find such an easy job with so much repayment. manual labor.

Now, she realizes that her family's job is indeed much easier than the workers who work hard at the dock to carry goods and earn little money.

However, such unkind actions by the Sun family will eventually backfire and lead to disaster.

Otherwise, why would he, a wealthy businessman, be so anxious to have a relationship with a student who was about to enter an official career?

Although there was no excessive emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business in the ancient times of this world, and the emperor even encouraged the development of commerce, a businessman who makes ill-gotten gains must find a backer to protect himself, otherwise such a huge family business and the world will be destroyed. Sooner or later, the wealth will be swallowed up by others.

Jiang Xiaoxiao recalled the content of the original novel. The book also mentioned some of Sun Yuan's family affairs. He had many wives and concubines, but few heirs.

The women in the deep compound are intrigued by each other, and few children can grow up healthily. Most of them die at the hands of others while still in the womb.

Zheng Yaocai's sister knew this very well. She knew that this path for her children would not work, so she spent money and trusted connections to send her younger brother to the famous Suiyang Academy, so that he could join one or two people who were very likely to pass the imperial examination in the future. Official student.

By that time, even if he could not be more valuable than his mother, he would still be highly regarded by members of the Sun family for helping the Sun family win over bureaucratic backers.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaoxiao unconsciously twitched the corners of her lips. She just didn't know if Zheng Yaocai and Duan Yu, the official students, had a falling out with each other this time. Will they be able to have a relationship in Suiyang Academy in the future...

"... Next time you meet Master Jiang, you must thank him properly." Jiang Wei glanced at Suiyang Academy not far away and suddenly said this.

"...Well, okay." Jiang Xiaoxiao responded silently.

Qingping County is quite far from Yuhe Village. Now that there is no oxcart ride, just when Jiang Xiaoxiao thought she would have to walk home on two legs, Jiang Wei took her to the horse market on East Street.

The horse market on East Street is the place where horses are traded. Not only horses of all kinds are sold on this street, but also mules and donkeys.

The horse market was not as lively as she had imagined. In this era, famines occurred frequently, and many families could not even afford to eat, so how could they have spare money to buy horses.

Jiang Xiaoxiao observed that most of the people who came to the horse market to buy horses were wealthy businessmen passing by from other places. They were probably exhausted from traveling long distances with their horses, or they could no longer run, and the inn had no replacement horses, so they had to come nearby. Buy horses at horse markets in counties and towns.

When these people buy horses, they pay not in silver, but in gold, silk, precious silk, tea and salt.

The price of a horse is about 20 taels to 40 taels. These wealthy businessmen usually buy horses by bartering instead of directly using money to trade. This also shows that they dare not take them with them when they go out. Too much money may lead to robberies, and dozens of taels of silver are heavy and inconvenient to carry around.

Jiang Xiaoxiao followed her mother for a walk and finally chose a family.

Behind him were five or six horses, all of them good and strong horses. When he saw them approaching, he said with a smile on his face: "Little lady, do you want to buy a horse?" Zaoji was a horse trader in this era. Middle merchants, they specialize in selling horses and earn huge profits.

"These horses of mine are all brought from the northwest. They eat the rich water grass of the prairie. Look at the muscles on the legs of this horse, how strong they are, and look at the brown mane, how smooth it is..." Before Jiang could speak, Zaoji eagerly introduced him.

Business in the horse market has been difficult recently. Finally, a customer came to buy a horse. He had to grasp the business tightly.

But what he said was also true. People in the northern area of ​​Dayin have always been mainly engaged in animal husbandry. The grasslands are rich and rich in fine horses.

Jiang Wei glanced at the horses introduced by Zao Ji, then pointed to one of the horses with strong limbs and particularly developed tendons, and asked: "How much does this horse cost?"

Seeing that Jiang Wei was asking about the price of money, Zaoji knew that she was not bartering like others. He felt happy in his heart and said with more enthusiasm on his face: "Little lady, this horse you picked is a rare and high-quality one." A good horse costs thirty-five taels of silver!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but frowned when he heard the price.

Along the way, they also saw a lot of horse sellers. Business has been difficult in the horse market recently. The price of horses usually starts at 20 taels, and the top price is only 30 taels.

Prices as high as thirty-five taels are almost non-existent.

Could it be that this idiot thought they were women and children and wanted to deceive them, so he extorted high prices to defraud them of their money?

Seeing Jiang Wei's hesitation, the monk quickly said: "Little lady, don't think my price is high. Let me tell you the truth. This horse is a special war horse in the northwest territory. I spent a lot of effort to get it." What comes here is not comparable to ordinary horses..."

At the end of the words, the sultry voice gradually became softer.

After all, in their line of work, selling war horses can earn huge profits, but when going to such a dangerous place, they almost have to tie their heads to their belts.

"...But the price is still too expensive." Jiang Wei said slowly.

She glanced at the war horse, suppressed the movement in her heart, and said expressionlessly: "Unless you give me another carriage."

"This..." Zaoji hesitated a little. It's hard to get a ride at this price...

"If you don't want to, forget it." Jiang Wei took Jiang Xiaoxiao and left.

As soon as he saw someone about to leave, Zaoji suddenly became anxious and said hurriedly: "Wait, I, I..."

The business that was about to be won could not just be seen disappearing. As if he had made up his mind, he gritted his teeth and said, "...I'll just give you a ride on a carriage!"

Jiang Wei stopped with satisfaction. She turned back and took out thirty-five taels of silver from the basket behind her.

Zaoji seemed to have never seen anyone put such a large sum of money in a backpack casually, and couldn't help but be stunned.