Farming with Taobao - C18

It is a disaster that cannot be avoided (3)

“What problem can there be?” His voice was a little dry. “Brother Human, it’s not like you didn’t hear it, it’s not like there’s anything wrong with a silly fourteen or fifteen year old countryside boy, or a silly little girl who doesn’t even seem to be over ten years old.”

Gu Mingde turned her head to look at him strangely. In the end, he shook her head and laughed, “I don’t know what problems they have, but you, Ming Yuan, are a bit curious today. Suddenly, you became so enthusiastic about Big Brother’s business.

Gu Mingyuan’s face was slightly hot, he felt extremely embarrassed, as though someone had seen through his thoughts.

“Big Brother, you don’t need me to help you. It’s already good enough that I’m not here to cause you trouble.”

However, these words were too modest. In the entire Gu family, there had never been someone like Gu Mingyuan, who had managed to cause their business to reach such a level at a mere age of fifteen years old. The restaurant business might seem small, but the income that Gu Mingyuan earned from the shop was already equivalent to a year’s worth of income from the shop under Gu Mingliang, his second brother. Compared to Gu Mingde’s total income of almost ten years, the total income of the whole year was not much worse than the total income of the businesses under his command.

“Alright, let’s not talk about formalities between us two brothers. The most important thing right now is to first find the people and see how many people they can supply at the most. It would be great if you could fit my requirements, if not, then I will say something else. ”

At the moment, what Gu Mingde was most anxious to do was to negotiate a cooperation printing book with the merchant. The forty thousand copies of the [Thirteen Sutra], if it wasn’t too big of a list for the merchant to eat alone, such a good deal would not have landed on him. Formations master and ink were provided by the dealer, while Gu Mingde was responsible for the 70,000 copies of paper that needed a knife. A total of 286 pages in each of the “Thirteen Classics”, including the front and back covers, was already up to 110 thousand pages in total, even without considering the cost. Thus, the cost of the paper was evident.

And it was paper for the official register, so the requirement for paper was even higher. Gu Mingde had been busy during these past two months trying to find the paper workshop and find the source of the goods. However, most of them were limited in quantity and the quality of their products was also uneven. In order to win this large order, Gu Mingde had left a good impression on Eunuch Huang. It had not been a good year since he returned home.

In the middle of it all, he had the thought of asking his father, Gu Chengye, for help. But one of the reasons was that he was a big brother, and there were still two younger brothers who looked up at him. Secondly, the Gu Clan did not have such a precedent. They wanted their leader to clean up the mess for them. After all, according to the rules of the Gu family, the future head of the family was not chosen based on his age, but based on the ability of his children and grandchildren, he could earn the most wealth and become the next head of the family.

To ask for help from the chief was equivalent to openly cheating and withdrawing from the competition for the head of the family.

Gu Mingde did not care that much about this position. After all, the descendants of the Gu family had been exposed to this kind of environment since they were young. Even if they did not have the inheritance, the money they had accumulated from relying on their own efforts and family connections was enough for the rest of the world to look up to them for the rest of their lives. However, he had admitted his defeat in advance even before he had done one thing. In the end, he felt extremely humiliated.

That was why he had taken a special interest in the appearance of Black Bean and Li Yannian. The merchant’s intuition told him that behind these two weird siblings, there must be something he wanted.

In a blink of an eye, Gu Mingde had already thought of five different ways to find him. Gu Mingyuan, who was at the side, saw that he was determined to look for someone, and immediately thought about it.

“Big brother, I think that it won’t be difficult for you to find these two siblings.”

Gu Mingde’s mind was instantly hooked, and he asked repeatedly: “Oh, you know where they are? “What methods do you have? Quickly tell me.”

“I was hit by Second Brother’s carriage a few days ago when I was still a big brother. Last time he walked, he only arrived at Bookstore in the afternoon. This time, he drove until he arrived at noon. The villagers had to hurry on their way. Even if he borrowed someone else’s oxcart, he still had to return it early. Therefore, he speculated that these two siblings were definitely not from the nearby town. They were most likely from the village near Li Jia Village. “Elder brother, why don’t you send someone to ask which family in the village has passed away or fallen seriously ill, and left behind children around the same age.”

“I’m afraid there are still a lot of families in this situation. Whatever, I’ll listen to you. Tomorrow, I’ll send someone to the nearby villages to ask around.”

Gu Mingyuan smiled and nodded: “Big brother’s subordinates have never seen those two siblings. I have nothing to do recently and have nothing to do at home, so I’ll take a walk for you. “Oh yeah, big brother, there’s still the sixty silver that you owe me.”

Gu Mingyuan laughed with complete calmness. Gu Mingde touched the pouch on his waist, the pieces of silver had been sold away and he was only left with two gold. He was so angry that he laughed and threw out a gold ingot: “So what if I am paying it back for big brother. “I’ll give it to you. Recently, they have been quite stingy. They should be satisfied with the five taels of silver. It’s already much higher than the price given to them by the Xing family.”

Gu Mingyuan shook his hand to feel the weight of the gold, and after confirming that there were five or two of them, he giggled and stuffed it into the bag on his waist, “Brother, you know what you need to do, didn’t you want me to borrow two taels of silver to earn six pieces of silver?

Gu Mingde was amused by his younger brother. When his father was mentioned, he remembered something.

“Did mom tell you that I have to help you arrange your marriage in the new year?”

Gu Mingyuan had obviously never heard his elders mention it before, and was extremely shocked: “When did you say it? I am only fifteen years old and have not established myself yet.

Hearing his words, Gu Mingde laughed: “Could it be that you have long thought of me as someone who is afraid that I might misunderstand the Lovers Index?”

Gu Mingyuan blushed again. He was not that kind of beast, with just a glance, he had already decided to get married off to a little girl. It should be said that his mind had always been focused on earning money in the business. He had rarely paid attention to the opposite sex and had never thought about it in that way. He only felt that he had met a very special girl in the afternoon. He was just curious about her and felt close to her.

But between men and women, who didn’t start with that little bit of inexplicable attraction?

Gu Mingde was an experienced man, and seeing the strange expression on his face, he suddenly felt lucky that he had mentioned something along the way. From the words he had heard, it was sufficient to infer that his family was planning to make a big fuss about his two younger brothers’ marriage, hoping that he would be able to marry into the royal family.

In the past, this was completely impossible. Merchants were a lowly race, and their descendants were not allowed to take part in the Imperial Examinations. However, after the new emperor ascended to the throne, he changed from the previous dynasty to pursuing a series of new policies, greatly improving the position of merchants. Not only did he allow merchants to donate their origins and pay a certain amount of silver, he could also expend his descendants and participate in the Imperial examinations as a commoner.

To Gu Mingde, it was already too late for the Gu family. The three legitimate sons of the Gu family were already past the age of a student, and from Gu Mingde himself to Gu Mingyuan, they had all been reading books from teachers since they were young for the sake of understanding.

However, as the world often said, a woman had two choices in life. One was to be born, the other was to be married. For the Gu family, this also worked. It was all because of the ‘Medallion of Gratitude’ that had just been introduced by the Imperial Court half a year ago.