Chapter 125: Good Men Don't Eat Their Ancestors' Food
"Brother, you're so good, you're awesome!" Xiao Nier was so excited that her face turned red, she jumped up and hugged his head and kissed him on the face.
"Nier, these clothes are yours, ah, my brother bought them for you. "Besides, with a wave of the hand, it's called a Dese. I haven't been so brilliant since I was a child.,I used to buy Ayako to tie my sister's hair.,It's all careful.。
"Thank you, Master, the slave is so polite. Xiao Nier made a big gift to the situation.
Besides, pretending to be an uncle, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he glanced at Xiao Nier and said leisurely: "Excuse me." ”
In the evening, Xiao Wanli returned. He had learned that someone wanted to eat meat during the day, and that he had returned home safely with his granddaughter, and that someone had reported it to him.
Xiao Wanli knew that as long as there were guards from the Zuo family, nothing would happen, at least not now.
After coming back, Xiao Wanli went straight to the house, and rarely told Xiao Nier that "I have something to discuss with your brother", which means that she should avoid it. Xiao Nier pouted and didn't want to go away, and beckoned, meaning to let her go. Xiao Nier stuck out her tongue and didn't leave.
"I found some people to see the few things you wanted, and they can do it, but it will take ten days before you can get a sample, and then you can try it, and if you can, you can officially make a few things." "Xiao Wanli has been busy outside all day, and the market has basically been understood.
Besides, he was overjoyed, but he didn't expect it to be made, so he said: "The master is in the people, this is really good." ”
"But the price is not low, the cylindrical type costs 200 taels of silver, the fan type costs 800 taels, and the pen holder type costs 50 taels. I asked a few houses, and I couldn't have gone any lower. Xiao Wanli felt a little embarrassed.
"It's worth the price, and I'll get ten first. "Besides, now that I have a lot of money, money is no longer a problem.
"Ten of the same, it's too many. Xiao Wanli was surprised.
"Grandpa, my brother has silver, but it's a lot, but these are nothing. Xiao Nier was there to help.
Xiao Wanli nodded, he understood, and he must have used the good karma of those people. Those things are the same at every turn, and they can't be returned anyway. These black and white giants are all worth a lot, and the gifts they give are naturally of extraordinary value, and they can be regarded as making a windfall.
"As far as I know, it's not one or two people in Fengyang City who want to deal with you, either escape now, or hide here and don't move, and wait for the rumors to pass. Xiao Wanli said.
"I'm here, what should I do, don't run away or hide, if anyone comes to me, just hit it. What are we afraid of when we have a rainstorm pear flower needle?"
Xiao Wanli smiled, he hadn't seen this side yet.
"Brother is amazing, he still held me in the morning, rushed out of the crowd, and knocked those people out one by one. Xiao Nier told the scene of the morning, which was not without exaggeration and show-off.
"Do you know about the empty door?" Besides, he suddenly thought that Xiao Wanli knew many people, so he asked casually.
"Empty Dao Gate, why are you asking this?" Xiao Wanli read these words in his mouth, and his expression changed drastically.
"It's those bastards who want to catch my brother, and my brother said he's going to chop off their dog's paws. Xiao Nier also waved her fist and said viciously.
"Don't talk nonsense, little brother, why did you provoke the empty door?" Xiao Wanli, who had always been unmoved, had a very grim face at the moment.
"It's not me who provoked them, it's they who attacked me, and I don't know what happened. "Besides, I recounted what happened in the mountains that day.
"It seems that we have to speed up that rainstorm pear flower needle, and if you have that instrument in hand, you can still rely on it a little. "Xiao Wanli obviously has only heard of the Empty Dao Gate, and his mind on how to deal with them is also blank.
"What is a rainstorm pear flower needle? What did you just say, such an expensive thing. Xiao Nier asked.
"Well, Nier, those are the secret weapons that my brother wants to build, and you'll know later. ”
At dinner, all three members of the Zuo family came.
The father and son of the Zuo family accompanied and ate this is the etiquette in the shopping mall, and Zuo Ling is heart is in Cao Ying, in Han, people are gone, and the heart is still here.
At the wine table, he first thanked the father and son of the Zuo family, and then praised how luxurious the clothes and fabrics were, how exquisite the handiwork was, how reasonably the design of the house was, and so on.
The father and son of the Zuo family were overjoyed after hearing this. Hey, as long as he likes it, don't be afraid that he won't take the bait, it's better to swallow it all. If it weren't for the fact that he hadn't found out his details, Zuo Wenxiang would not hesitate to throw his daughter out as bait. However, looking at the current posture, my daughter took the initiative to make bait, although she was thinking about herself, the effect was still the same.
"It's nothing, as long as Brother Shi is in Fengyang, I can't let Brother Shi suffer a little grievance, it's my responsibility. Zuo Wenxiang has a righteous and stern posture.
"Yes, these are just a meeting gift for Brother Xu, and we will cooperate in the future, and there will be many benefits. Zuo Dongge was even more overjoyed.
"I received this love, but I don't like to owe people money, which is also what my father has repeatedly told me, so I paid for the clothes first, I don't know how much the house price is, and I don't know if the old man can transfer his love to me. As he spoke, he slapped the two silver tickets on the table.
The father and son of the Zuo family were stunned.
They had investigated carefully, and they didn't have any money on them, otherwise they wouldn't have done this. They investigated very carefully, and even found out the first meal at Xiao's house on credit. Besides, if you practice medicine in a small town for a little more than two months, you can calculate how much money you make. Moreover, he spent most of his money on running a school, and he could only say two or three hundred taels of silver.
How did he have a silver ticket of 20,000 taels of silver out of thin air?
Of course, they had no way of knowing about the good relationship between those giants and the others, and those who were at the post station at that time had been advised, and they did not dare to confide in anyone a word about the events of that night, they were not afraid of anything else, but they were afraid that these fierce gods would turn their faces and not recognize people, and ask for their heads.
Zuo Ling looked at the situation, his eyes were full of admiration. Of course, she knew her father's plan, and for her, her father and brother were encircling her, and although she helped her in disguise, she didn't want the person she loved to do nothing and be used as a tool in the hands of her father and brother.
Good men don't eat their ancestors, and good women don't wear wedding clothes.
She must marry a man who stands up to the sky, can make her raise her eyebrows in the family, and completely wash away many grievances over the years.
"How good is this, what is said to be a gift is a gift, and you must not receive your money. Isn't this a deal? Zuo Wenxiang excused himself.
"That's okay, the little nephew didn't bring any gifts this time, and the 20,000 taels of silver should be regarded as the little nephew's filial piety to the old man, don't push it back. As he spoke, he held the two silver tickets in both hands and sent them to Zuo Wenxiang.
"This is even more daring, how dare I accept such a big gift. In that case, let's do what the world brother wants. ”
Of course, Zuo Wenxiang would not accept these two silver tickets, in that case, he would owe more favors.
20,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, when Liu Jin was raging, the largest amount of gift money received was only 10,000 taels of silver, Liu Jin also sighed again and again that this person "loves me", so the next day he promoted this person from the military department to the Ministry of Rites.
This person originally longed to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but he didn't want to accept it after the Ministry of Rites, and the bribes he received were greatly reduced, so he had to lament again and again that he was stupid and stealing chickens and rice.
It is said that later, I don't know which foreign rich person actually selected Liu Jin as the richest man in the world, which is really a world-class joke. Liu Jin was not the richest man even at that time, he was only one of the eight tigers at that time, and the other seven were no worse than him. Liu Jin has been in power for a short time, far less than Yan Song for 20 years, with power all over the world, and he has scavenged land across the country, which is more powerful than Liu Jin.
When Yan Song was raided, all the family property added up to only more than 300,000 taels of silver, which was the accumulation of 20 years. According to this amount, he is not as rich as Xu Jie, a university scholar, but he has gained the notoriety of being a huge greedy man in the world.
Although Yan Song's family property is not much, his son Yan Donglou is too flamboyant and excessive, and his life is so extravagant that it is eye-popping, and there are more beauties in the back room than the emperor, and they are also beautiful. wanton indulgence, spending money like dirt, no amount of family property is enough for him to lose, and he can be regarded as carrying a bad reputation for him.
In the Ming Dynasty, the most gifts were given to those generals, without him, the military expenditure was huge, and the military expenditure was difficult to sum very accurately, and the generals embezzled huge amounts of silver but left no trace.
If it is a civil official, not to mention those Qingshui yamen, it is the county officials who control the local finances to loot the land, and the amount is limited after all.
Therefore, there are many poor people among the civil officials, but there are no rich people among the military generals. However, in terms of status, the two are completely reversed, and military generals of the same rank do not even dare to raise their heads in front of the civil officials, and the civil officials can insult and reprimand them at will, just like the servants raised at home.
In the late Ming Dynasty, the generals refused to serve and sat back and watched the sinking of Shenzhou, which was also the collective revenge of the generals for the national policy of extremely heavy emphasis on literature and light on military force.
The six ministries of the central government are said to be at the same level, but the six ministries are respected by the officials and control the promotion and demotion of officials across the country, which is equivalent to the organization and personnel institutions of later generations, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate inspects the officials every year.
The Ministry of Rites is the most decent, and directly controls the literati of the whole country. Although the military department and the household department have no real power, they are not short of money. The Criminal Department is quite pitiful, and can only rely on catching a few major cases every year to get some lubricated silver taels, and it is easy to cause corruption cases if you are not careful. The Ministry of Industry is equivalent to the Ministry of Construction, and it is said that it should be very rich, but the actual financial budget is only a fraction of that of the Ministry of Household and Military Affairs, and they have jurisdiction over bricks and tiles and some construction workers, and their oil and water are very limited, and their status is the lowest among the six ministries.
No further ado. Moreover, the power of the 20,000 taels of silver he took out was a small ** after he arrived at Fengyang Mansion.
When the father and son of the Zuo family were determined to win, the chess game was reversed, and the person who played the bait was caught by the other party, and he even lost the rod.
However, as long as they are in Fengyang, it will be easy to do, and what they are most afraid of is that they will leave without pulling their legs, and there is really no way to stop them. People don't owe you anything, so why can't they go? Interestingly, besides, he can't go, he still has a heavy responsibility.
Brother Xu is really mighty, God lends me a pair of discerning eyes, I didn't see the wrong person! Zuo Ling secretly applauded in his heart.
From Zuo Ling's handing gaze, I saw it, understood it, and understood it. His guess about the father and son of the Zuo family was completely correct.