By the time the work was done, it was already dark, so Jiang Zhen was in no hurry to go home but slept on the ship for the night instead. He wasn\u2019t the only one who chose to do so. In fact, except for a few people whose homes were in the county town, almost everyone else stayed behind. People didn\u2019t like walking at night these days.<\/span><\/p>\r\n After going outside and doing business, Jiang Zhen was in a good mood, so he went to buy some chicken and set up a big iron pot on the shore to cook them. He actually wanted to buy pork, but it was too late, and there was no pork for sale.<\/span><\/p>\r\n The chicken was cut into small pieces and put into an iron pot to boil a large pot of soup, while in another pot the noodles were boiled. When the noodles were ready, two ladles of chicken soup were poured on them, and the hot chicken noodle soup was ready.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Jiang Zhen ate two bowls, put down his chopsticks, and found that the people in front of him were already talking.<\/span><\/p>\r\n These people were all men. They hadn\u2019t been out before, but after following Jiang Zhen outside this time, they all yearned for the outside world and even felt that they had become different people.<\/span><\/p>\r\n The people around them had never left Hecheng County, but what about them? They\u2019d been in Fucheng! Well, if an adjective should be used, it should be that they had become loyal.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cIn another ten days, I\u2019ll take you to the capital,\u201d Jiang Zhen suddenly said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cThe capital?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n Wang Haisheng froze, and then he nearly jumped up. What did Jiang Zhen say? He was taking them to the capital? That was the capital city . . . They could go to the capital city?<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cBoss?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n The others were completely stunned. They suspected they had heard wrong. The capital was the city where the emperor lived, and they heard that the palace was made of gold! How could they go to the capital?<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cIt is the capital city. Young Master Zheng asked me to escort him to the capital, and if you guys behave well, some of you will go. And if you don\u2019t behave well, then forget about it,\u201d Jiang Zhen said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cBoss, we’ll do a good job!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cI . . . Boss, I\u2019ll listen to whatever you say!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cBoss, I\u2019ve always been very obedient!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n Those people gathered around Jiang Zhen excitedly, and even Liu Heitou started secretly glancing at Jiang Zhen. Was it too late for him to start being obedient now?<\/span><\/p>\r\n Liu Heitou used to be a bully in his village, so he thought he was already very powerful, but now . . . he suddenly realized that he was actually nothing compared to . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cBe quiet! If you make any more noise, you won\u2019t be allowed to go.\u201d Jiang Zhen laughed and instructed them with a few more words, \u201cAlso, don\u2019t talk nonsense about this, or . . . be careful that I will skin you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n The people around him stopped talking at once, but their eyes looked particularly bright in the light of the fire.<\/span><\/p>\r\n The next day, Jiang Zhen first went to return the two boats before heading to Hexi Village with Zhao Jinge, Wang Haisheng, and the others.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Jiang Zhen had already handed out the wages he had to give, and Wang Haisheng and the others were very happy with the silver. But Jiang Zhen himself had lost more than ten silver. Nevertheless, he did not take it seriously.\u00a0 Zhao Jinge, however, was a little worried and distressed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cJinge, don\u2019t worry too much. It\u2019s just ten or so silver,\u201d Jiang Zhen said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Zhao Jinge opened his mouth and said nothing. It was more than ten silver! Their entire household used to be worth only a dozen or so silver in the past.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cIn business, there will always be losses and gains, and no one can guarantee you a profit,\u201d Jiang Zhen said. \u201cWhat\u2019s more, I\u2019m sure, I will be able to earn money next time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n Zhao Jinge was finally reassured. \u201cWell, I believe you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n Jiang Zhen was so powerful. He would definitely make a lot of money in the future!<\/span><\/p>\r\n After Jiang Zhen made such a remark, Zhao Jinge was appeased, but when another man said such a thing, the people in his family did not believe it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n \u201cThere are always losses and gains in business, and I haven\u2019t lost any money yet! Why are you in a hurry? I am sure I can make money!\u201d Jiang Chengwen said to his family.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cHow will you make money? With a house full of seafood? Sell it quickly if you can!\u201d Jiang Chengxiang looked at his brother sarcastically.<\/span><\/p>\r\n When Jiang Chengwen first came with a ship full of seafood, he was very proud. But he couldn\u2019t stand seeing Jiang Chengxiang everywhere and wanted to squeeze him out of the house. However, he was only proud of himself for less than ten days.<\/span><\/p>\r\n In the first few days, under the publicity of old lady Jiang, people in Hexi, as well as some people from nearby villages, came to the Jiang family house to buy seafood, which sold quite well, and it didn\u2019t take long to earn over three silver. But then, no one came to buy it anymore.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Kelp and salted fish could be kept for a long time, so people who were familiar with the Jiang family and saw that they were doing business, after buying some, didn\u2019t need to buy sea goods again for months. So Jiang Chengwen’s goods were naturally not sold. But if things didn’t change, it would become a problem. They couldn\u2019t keep this stuff and not sell it, right?<\/span><\/p>\r\n When the Jiang family saw that they could not sell any kelp for several consecutive days, they became anxious and thought about it over and over again, and followed the practice of those merchants in the county town and soaked the kelp before selling it for copper pennies. However, even after doing this, they still didn\u2019t sell much . . . How many people were there in their village? Not to mention that many of them had already bought dried kelp.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Jiang Chengwen had no choice but to take it to the county town to sell. But going back and forth was very hard, not to mention that not much was sold . . . There was already someone else selling sea goods in the county town!<\/span><\/p>\r\n Jiang Chengwen was originally very lazy by nature. At first, he still worked diligently for a few days in order to make money, but after a couple of days, he became tired and unhappy. Anyway, these goods were kept at home and would not go bad soon. Even if they couldn\u2019t sell them now, it was not a big deal to sell them slowly . . . Thinking like this, Jiang Chengwen did not bother going to the county town to sell them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n But it was only he who thought it was okay to keep these goods. The rest of the Jiang family knew that it couldn\u2019t go on like this. The salted fish and the kelp could no longer be stored for a long time, nor could they be kept in a pile and left unsold!<\/span><\/p>\r\n That day, Jiang Chengxiang, who came home, could not stand the smell of fish in the house and talked about it with Jiang Chengwen. As a result, the two men quarreled.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cAlright, stop fighting!\u201d Butcher Jiang shouted.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cFather, are you just going to indulge Second Brother like this? Aren\u2019t you afraid he\u2019ll squander all the money in the family?\u201d Jiang Chengxiang asked.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cWhere have I squandered the money? I took out twenty silver, and at least the goods are here? What about you? You also took twenty silver, but there is nothing to see.\u201d Jiang Chengwen laughed coldly.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Jiang Chengxiang looked at his parents and said, \u201cMom, Dad, don\u2019t worry. When I get paid, I will definitely hand over half of it to the family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cYou have to hand it in first!\u201d Jiang Chengwen argued with Jiang Chengxiang again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cStop it!\u201d Butcher Jiang said. \u201cStop fighting! 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