Chapter 1826 Achieve more with one stone
With the middle-aged man's low scolding, the middle-aged woman turned black and reiterated again, "A ordinary sailor died in battle. Normally, only 4 taels of pensions are burned to burn silver. Yuan'er's girl is worth 30 taels!"
"Also, if you don't sell her, are you planning to save the 50 taels of burned silver from Guo Yihang's little bastard and use it as a dowry for this girl? Don't forget that our second son is not married yet."
"He fell in love with the daughter of Liu Blacksmith's family at the end of the street. He needs 10 taels of gifts there. 10 taels. How long does it take to make this gift?"
**It is Guo Yihang, Guo Yuaner's cousin, and the wife Zhang He, the little girl's cousin. The Zhang family also has two sons and one daughter. The eldest son and the youngest daughter have already gotten married and become monks, and the only second son is left alone. The main reason is that the second son is idle all day and does not do serious business. As long as the nearby person knows the specific situation of the second son of the Zhang family, he will not marry his daughter to suffer.
Otherwise, the second son of the Zhang family would not be 19 years old now. He has a good backing environment and is not bad, but he has not been married yet.
This was a feudal era. Apart from sailors who often traveled on boats and often went out for half a year, how could so many young girls not get married until they were 19 years old? Most of them got married at the age of fourteen or five.
The Zhang family's environment is not bad? ** is a carpenter and his skills are not bad. For coastal cities, it is the era of sailing warships sailing. As a carpenter with good skills, he can basically do well. The Xiao family is one of the top gentry and wealthy families in the country of Lu's five or six million people. Guo Yihang's second-year cousin, who can become the Xiao family caravan and a sailor in the local area of Xuecheng, can be regarded as one of the people with a rank.
Just talking about the street-end Blacksmith Liu was just an honest old blacksmith with no background and relying on craftsmanship to make a living. He knew that the second son of the Zhang family was too bad. For Guo Yihang's sake, he deliberately spoke up and called out ten taels of silver gifts, just to make things difficult for the Zhang family and not wanting to let his daughter marry into the Zhang family.
The same thing is said, an adult and strong man, an old fried dough sailor or artilleryman who ran to the sea, died in the official army and burned silver, and the Xiao family had four liang...
Whether it is Liu Blacksmith who asks for 10 taels of gifts or the Xu family's young master who offers 30 taels of money to Guo Yuan'er, it is enough to prove how outstanding the two girls are.
With Zhang He's words, ** was instantly silent.
4 taels, 30 taels, 50 taels, ten taels, these numbers do have a good impact on the old carpenter **.
He worked hard for a year, which means he could just eat and wear a good meal. There was basically no extra money. If he had any illness or offend a person, he would be a disaster-level person.
After being silent for a long time, ** still gritted his teeth and said, "No, we can't do that, we can't be so conscience-free."
When he said this, the expression on **'s face was a little distorted, as if he had given up dozens of taels of silver at once, and it was like a pain to him to cut his flesh.
Zhang He sneered again, "Even if you don't want to, once the young master of the Xu family knows that Guo Yihang is dead, you can hold on to it? When Guo Yihang is not dead, he can still block it by looking at his face, so that the Xu family dare not force it. What should you do now?"
Speaking of this, Zhang He also laughed anxiously, "The little boy named Guo died at the sea. Thinking about it, I begged him more than once to help him arrange a good job for the second son. What about him? He refused again and again. If he had arranged the second son to the Xiao family wharf, there would be no such trouble."
The middle-aged woman Zhang He, as soon as her cousin died, she started selling her niece. In addition to being the cause of money and considering her son's marriage, she actually also had resentment. That resentment is that the Xiao family is in the Xuecheng family.
The entire merchant ships on the Xiao family's Lu-Roman route have always stopped at Xuecheng Port and entered and exited. Do you think that except for merchant ships, the Xiao family does not have its own cargo warehouse or dock workers team here? Yes, the Xiao family has a complete set of home business here.
Although Xuecheng is one of the most important port cities in Lu State, the entire Lu State is composed of three large islands that are comparable to Shandong and a group of small and medium-sized islands. Each large island is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and some small and medium-sized islands also have extremely excellent natural ports.
There are more than twenty port cities in the entire State of Lu that can match Xuecheng.
In comparison, the Xiao family is equivalent to the era of no spirit. The top wealthy families in the capital of the Great Empire, the Xu family and Liang family in Xuecheng, are the local tyrants in a prefecture-level city.
The two sides are not of the same level at all. The Xu family, Liang family, etc., also have many people who regard the Xiao family's expression as they look.
Because of this, the young master of the Xu family did not dare to force Guo Yuan'er. Even if Guo Yihang was just a sailor, a merchant ship, a captain, a first mate, a second mate, a third mate, an armed department, etc., which one does not have to be a sailor, a strong weight? And the Xiao family is more than just a merchant ship?
Before this time, the Xiao family sailed dozens of merchant ships on a long voyage. In addition to the long voyage fleet, the Xiao family also had offshore caravans, which was another system.
Just a sailor has the status of a man, so that the Xu family, Liang family and other rich people in Xuecheng can sell their face and dare not do anything. In the past, Guo Yihang, if he was not dead, it would be absolutely not difficult to use his identity to help his cousin Zhang's second son arrange a leisurely work on a dock when he was not dead.
Zhang He begged Guo Yihang many times, but failed, so he kept holding a grudge.
You said Guo Yihang saved ** three years ago? Thanks to the other party’s influence in recent years, the Zhang family has lived a good life? He is a fight for Mien.
On the other hand, when Guo Yihang rests in Xuecheng, he takes his sister Guo Yuan'er to live in their house. Only when the other party goes out to sea and sails will he place Guo Yuan'er in the Zhang family to take care of him.
As soon as Zhang He said this, ** became speechless. Yes, Guo Yihang was alive before, and could withstand the pressure of the young master of the Xu family. If he died... Then, the problem would be big.
After pausing for a moment, he still gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe that Yihang died in battle for the Xiao family. The Xiao family can ignore it. Once Master Xu really wants to come and rob people, I will go to Xiao's house to complain."
Zhang He's face turned green, "You fool, the little boy of the Guo family died in battle for the Xiao family. If you go and ask for it once or twice, the Xiao family may come forward, so that the Xu family dare not do anything randomly. However, Yuan'er is only 11 years old and the Xu family's young master is only 17 years old. If you wait for a year or two, who still remembers who Guo Yihang is in such a big Xiao family?"
"When the Xu family comes back, you will call Tiantian not respond. The call is not effective. In my opinion, it is better to sell Yuan'er, so let's take this money and the house left by the little boy of the Guo family to buy a good marriage for the second son."
"Also, under the reputation of the Guo family's cub dying for the Xiao family, you can also help the second son find a good job in the Xiao family, killing multiple deaths in one fell swoop."
**Stunned, he didn't know what to say for a moment, but fell into deep thought.
Chapter completed!