The autumn breeze is cool, and a bonfire is lit downwind at noon, and the smoke rises and slowly disperses with the wind.

The invited village women cheered up the spirit, one by one with a large iron pot to cook and fry the dishes sent endlessly, the fresh fish are stewed or directly steamed, exuding the attractive fragrance of fresh ingredients, even if the visual is a little worse, but the rich farmhouse flavor is enough to make up for it, as scheduled ushered in Mrs. Mu's appreciation and ten taels of silver reward.

The others are all unmarried young ladies, and it stands to reason that they don't have to dig out the silver, so they wanted to take some copper coins out to have a scene, but the day before yesterday, the imperial court just issued a decree that the people were not allowed to circulate copper coins, and even the existing copper coins and bronze utensils in the family had to be sent to the government for destruction.

I had no choice but to take out a cluster of new treasure banknotes ranging from 100 to 200 yuan, for fear that they would rot due to moisture, so I specially wrapped them in waterproof tarpaulin and gave them to several village women.

The village women thanked them again and again and said goodbye happily, this past treasure money because of the lack of durability and the court only put and did not collect, so that the value of the treasure money is getting lower and lower, no one is rare. Now it's different, except for real money and silver, at least for the first few years of the imperial court's order, everyone can only make do with it.

Xu Hao didn't come over to eat together, so the men here grilled the pork leg meat on a charcoal fire and stewed a large pot of fresh fish soup. Xu Hao was not interested in the fluffy and fatty pork, drank a few bowls of delicious fish soup, and went to the river to continue fishing.

In fact, Xu Hao has been thinking about the treasure banknote, even if he is not proficient in finance, but he knows very well what the bank uses to do, since the Ming and Qing dynasties, money has prevailed, and the pros and cons of state-owned banks and private banks can write a paper freely.

In short, Xu Hao didn't think about using the bank to make a lot of money, because it is not a good thing to have more money in his identity, let alone a rich country, if you want to die faster, just go and get rich through hard work.

If he can serve the country and the people, it would be a good deed, but unfortunately, when he thought of the natives in the high positions in the court, Xu Hao shook his head, he was not sure to convince those talented artists, and who would listen to him?

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang agrees, it is estimated that in a few decades, the bank will have to be made ridiculous and become a tool for the imperial court to collect money, not something born in accordance with the times, and it will not escape the fate of failure. In fact, the Qian Zhuang born in the middle of the Ming Dynasty was just as ill-fated, and the main problem was that there was a lack of theoretical knowledge about modern finance from the state to the people, and no one studied this under the literati supremacy climate in the general environment.

What's more, gold and silver were scarce in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, gold and silver were only circulated in the homes of the rich and noble, and ordinary people could not touch a few taels of silver when they were idle, without the support of real gold and silver, they could not issue gold, silver and copper coins, nor could they make real paper money circulate, and this project seemed to be too complicated, and finally Xu Hao, who knew nothing, dispelled the enthusiasm of the invention bank.

Xu Hao couldn't help but ask himself, what can I do? In fact, he already had a clear answer in his heart, that is, since he couldn't change anything by himself, let Daming integrate into the entire shijie as soon as possible, at least let overseas trade flourish first, and then there would be a large inflow of gold, silver, copper and iron, and he didn't have to bother, there would be smart businessmen who would open money houses in order to facilitate transactions.

Once ocean navigation becomes fashionable, it is not difficult to communicate with Western shijie, as for what will happen after integrating into shijie? It is unpredictable, and the worst is the same as the known historical trend, and the Ming himself is not angry, and he has nothing to say.

The best candidate for overseas trade is undoubtedly the future Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, and what he has to do in the future is to let Zhu Di understand the benefits of trade and commerce for a country. If you succeed, it is the best, and if you don't succeed, it is also the fate of the old Zhu family.

Thinking of this, Xu Hao decided not to mention this matter to Zhu Di first, otherwise Zhu Di's head would be hot to recommend himself to Lao Tzu, or call him north to prepare to open a bank, it would be bad. A person who accidentally made a fuss and caused the national resentment to boil, wouldn't he die before he got out of school?

Suddenly, I heard someone next to me shouting, "Why haven't you caught a single fish?" Stupid. ”

Xu Hao hurriedly turned her head, it turned out to be Mu Qingshuang's own question, the little girl's eyebrows were picturesque, her body was full of vitality, and there was a light ink bamboo skirt standing next to her, looking like Mu Ningxue, who was ethereal and dusty.

Xu Hao immediately laughed at himself: "Yes, I'm not very good at fishing, but I'm not stupid." ”

Mu Qingshuang immediately said proudly: "Then I'll teach you how to fish, I used to play in Erhai Lake from time to time, and I can swim." ”

"Admire, but I can swim, otherwise it's really useless to be a scholar."

Xu Hao said with a smile, couldn't help but look up at Ning Xue in the smile, and said in her heart that this was strange, she was afraid that she would accompany Qingshuang to her side in front of people.

He didn't know what the eldest sister said in the morning, which made Mu Ningxue deeply shocked, and couldn't help but come over to express his understanding and encouragement to him with his own practical actions, which can be said to be well-intentioned.

At the moment, the maids took the fishing rods from the hands of the attentive guards, and no one needed to remind them at all, and some men took the initiative to put bait on the hooks.

Xu Hao despised these guys with his eyes, with the big light bulb of Qingshuang, he wanted to spend the moon with Ning Xue, and he just left, and he just had something to do.

In this way, Xu Hao nodded to Mu Ningxue, didn't say anything, turned around and walked to the shore to untie the reins, turned over and took a few people and went away.

This move immediately made Mu Ningxue stunned, not only was the fact that she was eaten a small amount of tofu when they met in the morning, but she was instantly left behind, but she was dissatisfied.

I took the initiative to come over to approach him, thinking that everyone would take the opportunity of fishing to sit together and talk happily, relieving him of his fatigue on weekdays, but he didn't expect him to leave without saying a word. Hum! If you don't want to pay attention to me, then I don't care about you, and it's better never to come to me.

Not to mention that Mu Ningxue was secretly annoyed there, the originally good Bing Xue was smart, cheerful and open-minded, and in the end he couldn't escape the gains and losses after falling into the love network, it can be seen that the word love is really wonderful.

Suddenly, Mu Qingshuang, who was enjoying herself, held the bamboo pole used by Xu Hao in her hand, and shouted incredulously: "Sister, look at it!" Why didn't he use a fishhook? ”

Mu Ningxue was shocked, and hurriedly looked down at the bamboo pole, her eyes extending along the silk thread to the end, and sure enough, it was swaying and empty.

Mu Qingshuang pointed to the surrounding grass and said, "What a strange person, obviously sitting and fishing for a long time, but he didn't even prepare a fishing bait barrel, so why did he come to fish?" Odd. ”

For no reason, a trace of pity rose in Mu Ningxue's heart, and Shicai's dissatisfaction disappeared in an instant, she looked at it in a daze, reached out and took the fishing rod used by Xu Hao, and said softly: "It's not strange, he is fishing." ”

After speaking, Mu Ningxue learned from Xu Hao's appearance, sat on the chair and slowly put the silk thread into the water, and was silent in the same contemplation.

"What a pair of weirdos." Mu Qingshuang couldn't help pouting after whispering, and for some reason, she suddenly felt very envious.

The two sisters who were fishing together sat quietly like a beautiful picture, so that almost everyone around them fell in love with it.

Among them, the guards of the Mu family regarded their two young ladies as goddesses in their hearts, and did not allow anyone to blaspheme abruptly, they basically followed the two generations of family masters in Yunnan, who had experienced a hundred battles and could be called the elite of the elite, without anyone's orders, they immediately scattered everywhere to guard every move around.

The young guards left behind by Xu Hao were infected by this, and they were all as well-trained, and immediately blocked the road at both ends, because the beautiful Mu family lord might be the future master mother, and he actually took it upon himself not to let anyone pass through this.

Anyway, you are not allowed to go out, but fortunately, there are not many tourists here and there are boats to pass, which does not cause too much inconvenience. However, there were a few men who tried to get in, but they were all beaten badly, and when they learned afterwards that it was Mu Wangfu and Wei Guogong's family who beat people, don't say anything wronged, it is important to flee for your life.

In the curtain, Mrs. Mu was lying on the mat with a lazy expression, because there was no man here, she showed her white ten toes without scruples, but she didn't paint any color along with the ten fingers, after all, she was a widow outside, and there was no rouge gouache on her face, completely clear soup and plain noodles, wearing a plain snow-white spring shirt, and a pleated mud skirt of the same color below, and the corners of the skirt were lifted up.

Now Mrs. Mu has no defense against Xu Hao, and Xu Hao has always been very polite and will never break in without asking for instructions, so she is very relieved.

In line with the mentality of the future mother-in-law, Mrs. Mu fanned the wind with a fan, and squinted her eyes to look up and down at a few maids who looked particularly outstanding.

Qingwen and the others were rarely taken out by Xu Hao today to relax, and they didn't have to serve anyone, so they were very relaxed and sat with the Xu sisters to talk and laugh.

The more Mrs. Mu looked at it, the more strange she felt, and it was just handsome to say, it could only be said that the feng shui of the Xu family was as rich in beauties as her own, and Xu Hao, as an only son, was understandable that the house was full of beautiful girls.

The problem is that the demeanor and demeanor of these girls are extraordinary, except for the bold and direct one named Qingwen, who is not particular about what she says, the others are all down-to-earth and generous, and they have something to say, which is much more than the daughters of the major wealthy families!

The most bizarre thing is to compare the maids around the two goddaughters and their own maids, even if they are smart and well-behaved, but in comparison, especially in terms of views and opinions on many things, they seem to be stiff and ignorant.

"They should all have read books carefully, because they are not like ordinary girls, just like Ning Xue Qinglian and them."

In view of this, Mrs. Mu asked Shi Shiran: "Let me ask you, have you been studying?" ”

Qingwen had a cheerful temperament, and immediately said: "Mrs. Hui, in addition to my impatience to study, Sister Zhulan and them will read and practice calligraphy every day, and the hardest work is Xiangyu, who studies day and night, if the young master doesn't have to take her out this time, she will definitely stay in the study all day long." ”

Mrs. Mu said disapprovingly: "Xu Hao is really, what do you want to read so many books?" If you read too many books, it's easy to change sex, won't you all be able to make him a concubine in the future? Otherwise, whoever raised you will be as beautiful as everyone else. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly didn't dare to speak, Xu Qinglian and Xu Hongye sisters looked at each other, and secretly screamed together, they shouldn't have brought Qingwen and them out today.