In an exquisitely decorated room, six pots of red-hot charcoal were placed in the corner of the room, baking the whole room as warm as spring, and firmly blocking the cold winter from the outside.

The stone shopkeeper of Donglai Yinlou was sitting at the round table in the room at the moment, respectfully handing an account book to the eunuch who was sitting at the other end wearing a blue and blue patch suit, wearing a black gauze hat and a thirty-year-old eunuch, with a white face and a leisurely expression, and the three gold threads embroidered on his sleeves indicated that this person was a eunuch at the level of a six-rank deputy commander.

I saw that the shopkeeper said respectfully: "Father-in-law Cao, this is the account book of Donglai Yinlou last month, please take a look." ”

If others see it, they will inevitably be shocked, and the person who can make the shopkeeper of Donglai Silver Building, the largest in Nanjing, treat him with such a respectful attitude will not exceed two slaps in the entire Nanjing City, who is this eunuch, and he can make the shopkeeper Shi so careful.

In fact, if there were officials from Nanjing, they would know that the eunuch sitting in front of the stone shopkeeper was the famous Nanjing town guard eunuch Cao Dazhong.

I saw Cao Dazhong pick up the account book, cocked the "orchid finger" and slowly looked at it, although in the eyes of ordinary people, such a posture is very girly, but the stone shopkeeper did not dare to laugh at all, he knew very well that this somewhat sissy guy in front of him could crush himself into powder with his fingers casually.

After a while, Cao Dazhong put down the account book and nodded with satisfaction, and said in a sharp voice unique to eunuchs: "Shopkeeper Shi, the business of our Donglai Shunyinlou has obviously improved a lot this month, Shopkeeper Shi, you have made a lot of contributions, our family will truthfully report your credit to the nine thousand years old, you just wait to receive the reward." ”

Shopkeeper Shi said with some trepidation: "Thank you Gonggong Cao for your compliment, in fact, this month's business has improved so much, thanks to the glass mirror that Yang Gongzi from Nanyang sold us, otherwise the villain will not be able to make the business so good even if he has three heads and six arms." ”

"Well, this Yang Gongzi is indeed a talent, and he has so many high-quality glass mirrors in his hands." Cao Dazhong's eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance, and he looked at the shopkeeper Shi and asked tentatively: "Shopkeeper Shi, do you see if we can get from that Yang Gongzi...... That is, Yang Feng's hands got this glass way, so that we don't have to wait for that Yang Feng to deliver the goods every time, and we will earn more money. ”

Shopkeeper Shi smiled bitterly: "Grandpa Cao, do you think the villain doesn't want to?" In fact, in the past half a month since the appearance of those glass mirrors, the people in Jubaozhai have long been eyeing our business, and that Yang Gongzi did not hide it from us, those glasses were obtained from Obaro in the extreme west. Obaro is tens of thousands of miles away from our Daming, and it takes a year to make a round trip. The sea is windy and the waves are dangerous, ten boats go and five boats can come back, even if God is gracious, which of us has the ability to go to such a far place to buy things? If it was so easy to get the goods, Jubao Zhai and those people would have gone early, because the road was too difficult and dangerous, so we could only stare dryly. ”

"Is that so?" Cao Dazhong's eyes widened in surprise, "Our family is still strange, that guy surnamed Yang has such a way to make money, and no one in Nanjing City is blushing when he sees money, and that kid can still swagger around Nanjing City, the feeling is that everyone knows this way, but no one has that ability!" ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Shopkeeper Shi said helplessly: "Who wants to spend a year risking the destruction of the ship to make that money, why can't you make money if you have that time and energy, why bother making this kind of money." ”

"In this way, that Yang Gongzi is quite an interesting person." Cao Dazhong suddenly laughed, and a sharp voice echoed in the room, "That's it, next time that Yang Gongzi comes back, you bring him for our family to see, our family really wants to see this young man, quack quack...... As the words fell, a night owl-like laughter rang out in the room......

Cao Dazhong was naturally happy, because the glass mirror brought by Yang Feng had already triggered a rush of buying in Nanjing. Especially the ladies and ladies in Nanjing are very fond of this beautifully made and clear mirror. In just half a month, these mirrors brought him a profit of nearly 20,000 taels of silver, and for the eunuchs who had no way to get close to women and could not glorify their ancestors, money was naturally extremely important in their hearts.

Cao Dazhong was happy, so naturally he was unhappy, especially the opponent of Dongshun Yinlou, Jubao Zhai, had a bad time. Originally, Ju Bao Zhai as a hundred years of entrenched in Nanjing old shop, Ju Bao Zhai in terms of scale and strength are far beyond Dong Shun Silver Building, on weekdays can also be Dong Shun Silver Building firmly pressed under the body, but this time Dong Shun Silver House has played a beautiful turnaround, making Ju Bao Zhai up and down has become very disgraced, especially when many ladies and ladies send people to buy mirrors, Ju Bao Zhai people only feel that the face is hot, how many years Ju Bao Zhai when to lose such a big person.

Almost when Cao Dazhong met with the stone shopkeeper, in a beautiful courtyard, there were still white snowflakes floating in the sky, but in a small pavilion in the courtyard sat several young people in brocade robes, and next to these young people stood more than a dozen young girls dressed as maids. In the center of the pavilion is a stone table, on which is placed a hot copper hot pot and several pairs of chopsticks, the water in the hot pot has been boiled, the boiling soup keeps tumbling, the churning steam keeps rising, and a smell of meat keeps coming out of the hot pot.

One of the young men in a crimson brocade robe asked the maid on the side with a somewhat gloomy face, "Has the shopkeeper Liang of Jubaozhai arrived?" ”

The maid hurriedly bowed her head and replied, "Grandpa Return, Shopkeeper Liang arrived two quarters of an hour ago, and he is kneeling outside at the moment." ”

The young man snorted coldly: "If this fool dares to come, isn't he afraid that I will break his legs?" ”

A round-faced young man on the side said with a smile: "Why should Brother Xu be angry, we already know what happened, this shopkeeper Liang is actually quite wronged, and the people below are too nonsense, so that he asked him to top the tank for the people below." ”

It turned out that this young man was known as the first noble of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Hongji, the Chinese New Year's Eve of one year old Xu Hongji was in the prime of life, when he heard that Dongshun Yinlou launched a new glass mirror swept the whole Nanjing, attracting countless ladies and ladies in Nanjing to send people to buy. He was very sensitive to business, and he hurriedly sent someone to inquire, but after inquiring, he almost didn't catch his breath, and the whole person almost turned his back on his breath, feeling that this business was actually pushed into the arms of his opponent by his own store, and Xu Hongji, who was so angry, immediately sent someone to call the shopkeeper of Jubao Zhai.