After staying in Ningbo for two days, Ye Chunqiu was not in a hurry to go back.

Now he is a scholar, and it has become much more convenient to go out. In the past, when he went out, he had to ask the Ye family to prepare the road in front of him. To put it bluntly, if his father was not a scholar, he would have been unable to move forward, because only a scholar could leave his hometown. The rest of the people walked out of the door of the house and once there was no road in front of him, they might be arrested and punished.

Finally, it became relaxed, so early in the morning, Ye Chunqiu took Ye San out for a stroll. Ningbo is the Grand Mansion and the location of the Maritime Division. Many envoys of the vassal states had to pass here. The Ming Dynasty prohibited the sea and hardly traded with various countries. The only trade was just tribute. However, there were many rare treasures overseas, and some of the people were willing to buy them at high prices. Therefore, many envoys of the vassal states would bring some goods privately and bribe the officials of the Maritime Division to sell them in Ningbo.

This also indirectly led to the prosperity of Ningbo. Ye Chunqiu walked around for a few times. Now his father will be in his birthday in two months. He wanted to buy some gifts for his father to take them back, but he just wandered around in Ningbo and had to break his iron shoes, but he returned in disappointment.

It’s not that Ningbo has nothing rare, it’s really expensive.

This time, Ye Chunqiu brought a lot of money, his father gave him some, and the great-grandson also stuffed another ten taels of silver. This should be considered a huge sum of money, but these days, he only spent six or seven taels of silver left.

Although the Ye family is a big family, the big family in this era and the big family in later generations have completely different concepts.

In this world where people in the countryside are self-sufficient, whether they are the most ordinary small farmers, tenant farmers, or landlords like the Ye family, they actually have one characteristic, that is, most of them are digging out of the land for food, clothing, housing and transportation.

For example, although Ye Chunqiu's Confucian shirt and Lun Scarf were clad, the cloth he used was made of silkworms raised in the dozen mulberry trees behind the Ye family. Then he used woven cloth and cut it out and then put it out.

As for the food and consumption at home, it doesn’t need to be said that chickens, ducks and fish are all raised by themselves, and the oil is also squeezed by themselves. Except for salt, almost all of them are produced by the Ye family.

The economic activities of the Ye family are like a closed small world. The old man has to support so many people in the Ye family, but also needs to support a large group of tenants and long-term workers. The excess grain is hidden in a cellar or in an ice well. As for taking it out for money, it is a bit of course.

In general, grain prices are not high in the bumper years, but transportation is inconvenient. A large truck of hundreds of kilograms of grain is pulled around to sell, which consumes manpower and material resources, but in fact it is not much money. Therefore, except for some squeezed oil or chickens and ducks that can be sold, there are not many things that can be traded.

This leads to the fact that Ye’s family has a large business, with thousands of acres of land, with tenants and more than 20 long-term workers, and there are also some easy-going girls in each house, but in fact, the family’s money is not much. Most of the gold, silver and jewelry are passed down from ancestors, and the house at home has been repaired for generations. When Ye Chunqiu went out this time, the old man took out ten taels of silver, which was already a little painful.

Poor

What’s funny is that the scholar Ye Chunqiu, the government will only provide a few kilograms of meat in the future. Of course, Ye Chunqiu’s situation is good because the county magistrate Wang is even worse. His salary is not even physical, but treasure money. Once the salary is obtained, he has to quickly exchange it with the treasure money to exchange for some physical goods, because no one can guarantee whether the treasure money will depreciate tomorrow.

In Ningbo, life is another form. There are many wealthy people here, and the dazzling array of luxury goods on the interface are not affordable to Ye Chunqiu.

Nothing can be done without money. Ye Chunqiu realized that he was a living poor man.

You have to find a way to make some money, but where can you start

Although he is good at brains, he really let Ye Chunqiu build glass and bicycles. Ye Chunqiu doesn't stick out his tongue. If I go, will he be hung up and burned to death? I guess he won't be able to. After all, this place is not medieval Europe, but the cost is too high. I'm afraid that even people can't afford to hire a pauper like myself.

He returned in disappointment. As soon as he returned to the inn, the shop came up and said, "The head of Ye's desk was just now. He claimed to be your uncle, as if he was a doctor, and said he was here to recognize his relatives."

"Recognizing the uncle" Ye Chunqiu was a little amused and crying, but his father seemed to have mentioned to him that his mother did have a younger brother, but he didn't know where the person went. After all, his father took his mother to elope, and his family was of course from Hexi. His family ran away with Master Ye. Then why would the Ye family be willing to leave? He would definitely not be able to gain a foothold in Hexi, but I don't know where he moved.

Ye Chunqiu couldn't help but say: "Is that man's surname Sun?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, you claim your surname is Sun."

As expected, it turned out that they moved to Ningbo, and they had really made a name for themselves recently and had some fame in Ningbo City. So at this time, they found out that they were the young master of the Ye family's eldest house and came to recognize their relatives.

Apart from his father, Ye Chunqiu did not have much favoritism for the Ye family. Even the old man respected him, he was psychologically alienated. However, the uncle of his mother's family made him feel a little close to him.

I don’t know if they are doing well, but they must have felt very difficult because they are dragged down by their dazed parents and left their hometown.

"But I don't know where the person is"

"Oh, I heard that Ye Censor was not here, so I said that it will take two days to come."

Ye Chunqiu pursed his lips. He originally planned to set off for the next two days, but now it seems that he will stay in Ningbo for a few more days.

But when he waited, he didn't see the uncle coming. Ye Chunqiu thought he had made a mistake, so he had to ask the shop. The shop said with confidence: "How dare the villain deceive the head of Ye's case? He clearly said that it was strange to say that it had been in the past two days. However, I saw that he looked familiar, and he looked like a doctor from Tongjitang. It seemed that he lived not far away, in Liuye Lane, but the villain dared not confirm whether it was."

Ye Chunqiu thought he could not wait any longer. He spent a lot of money on waiting here in Ningbo every day. He felt a little painful. When he came, except for the grandfather who gave him ten taels of silver, his father also gave him two taels of silver. This was all his usual savings. He wanted to make a living in Ningbo and used money everywhere, so he took Ye San to take a look at the Liuye Lane.

Asked along the way, if there was a doctor named Sun who finally stood outside a small house. Looking at this small house that was not large but not shabby, Ye Chunqiu couldn't help but be surprised. Although his uncle was not a wealthy family, his life was not bad. He asked Ye San to knock on the door, and someone opened the door. He was a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a sparse hair and a sad face. He looked a little surprised when he saw Ye Chunqiu.
Chapter completed!