Chapter 63: Good Idea
"Big sister, this is going out?"
After lunch the next day, Gu Lanxuan, who had been waiting all morning, couldn't help but run over, but saw that Gu Qiluo was changing out of the clothes, so she couldn't help but ask, but saw the big sister smile and said, "I'm going out in a while, what's the matter with the second sister?" ”
Gu Lanxuan smiled and said: "I originally wanted to tell the big sister about the good show after you left last night, but I think the big sister also knows, then I won't delay your business, where is the big sister going?" ”
Gu Qiluo looked at Gu Lanxuan's eager expression, and said with a smile: "It's okay if the second sister wants to follow, but I'm going to go to the south gate to see the situation of the soup kitchen, there are many disaster victims, do you want to go with me?" ”
If it was just to go out for a walk, of course Gu Lanxuan was very willing, but as soon as she heard that she was going to the south gate, she immediately shuddered, shook her head like a rattle, and persuaded Gu Qiluo: "That is the place where the three sects and nine streams scoundrels gather, the situation is the most complicated, how can the eldest sister say that she is also the daughter of the boudoir, going to that kind of place, it will cause people to gossip, why bother?" ”
Gu Qiluo said: "Do I still have less gossip now? Not bad for this one. Don't worry, Xiao Jiangbei has also passed, I don't know which scoundrel who is not long-eyed dares to provoke me. After speaking, she asked Gu Lanxuan about the details of last night, although she was told about it, she didn't know the details.
Gu Lanxuan said with a smile what happened last night, and sighed at the end: "It's a pity that the eldest sister wasn't there at that time, otherwise look at the expression on the third sister's face, it's like a stewed eggplant in sauce, I thought about it this morning." I also ate an extra bowl of porridge, hahaha. ”
"Poof, you're too bad. Braised eggplant in sauce, how can you figure it out. Gu Qiluo shook his head and smiled, and then said: "Speaking of which, this time thanks to Aunt Zhuang's strategy, Mrs. must be very depressed about this loss, and most importantly, it is Aunt Han who pokes this thing out." It was her arm, and she must have eaten a fly this time, disgusting and helpless. ”
"yes." Gu Lanxuan also sighed. After thinking about it, he said: "In all fairness, my wife really supports the master, otherwise the master would not trust her so much, these ten years." She plans a housekeeper for her lord. Including the marriage of the eldest sister, although the marriage was made that day with a vicious intention, it was also to tie up the prince and pave the way for her father's future career, so over the years, she has been meritorious to the master. It's just that except for the master, everyone else is a slave in her eyes, and she can throw away the sacrifice casually. is strict and hypocritical on weekdays, which is really cold. I hope this time, Daddy can see through her character and be a little wary of her. ”
"Yes, although Daddy is confused in family affairs, it's just because he doesn't want to think about it, he is still a shrewd person after all." Gu Qiluo said lightly, and suddenly sneered again: "You said that Mrs. is sincere to her father?" Not necessarily, she planned for her father, but it was because she had to rely on her father, otherwise she would have nothing. If she wants to hurt her father at this time, she will have wealth and glory, do you think she will hurt her father? ”
"Big sister is right." Gu Lanxuan nodded again and again: "After all, I still see it shallowly." ”
The two sisters said a few more words, Gu Lanxuan said goodbye and left, and here Gu Qiluo also went out with Chunyu. After converging with Xiao Jiangbei, the carriage walked for about half an hour, and then came to the vicinity of the south gate of the capital, lifted the curtain and looked, and found that this place could not be compared with the prosperity of Fanghua Street on Ronghua Street, most of them were low mud houses, and they could not see the end, and the pedestrians on the street were in tattered clothes and lifeless, and what they saw was all a decadent atmosphere.
Xiao Jiangbei came over and said to Gu Qiluo: "Not far in front is the soup kitchen, but the carriage can't get in." ”
"Okay, then let's go over and have a look." Gu Qiluo is not a cowardly daughter, she jumped out of the carriage neatly, because the environment of the place she went to today was not good, so she specially did not wear a skirt, only wore a beige knee-length gown, and a pair of beige pants underneath, and a white light Luo cloak on the outside, which made the whole person look more and more clean and heroic.
Xiao Jiangbei couldn't help but take a few more looks, and said with a smile: "I'm used to seeing your young lady's dress, Leng Buding dresses like this, but she has a sassy demeanor, just like a female general." ”
"You really don't leave your profession in three sentences, and the female general wants to dress up like me and be able to go into battle to kill the enemy?" Gu Qiluo shook his head, deliberately distanced himself from Xiao Jiangbei, and went to the soup kitchen place one after the other.
Leaning on the root of the south city wall, there are dozens of soup kitchens, but most of them are deserted in front of them, only a few soup kitchens are extremely popular, lined up in a long line, and there are a few porridge stalls in front of the queue, but they can't be compared with the long queue.
"Those are our porridge stands." Xiao Jiangbei pointed to the stall with a long queue, and then glanced at a porridge stall next to him, and couldn't help but shake his head, no wonder no one came over, what kind of porridge is in this pot? It's clearly a pot of water.
"This is a porridge stall set up by the government?"
Gu Qiluo looked up at Xiao Jiangbei, and when she saw him nodding, she was angry, gritted her teeth and said: "The emperor has clearly allocated food, even if they want to be corrupt, they should be a little bit of a eater, right?" If it's too much, you're not afraid of being sued in front of the emperor? ”
Xiao Jiangbei was silent, Daxia is actually a rich and powerful country, but why have the people become more and more unhappy in recent years? In addition to the war provoked by the Northern Hungarian side for many years, the cost is huge, the corruption of the government is also "indispensable", and even compared to the war, the rampant corruption of corrupt officials is the "number one hero" of the people's hardship, but the emperor is just to be a historian of the eternal benevolence, to those corrupt officials turn a blind eye, no heavy punishment, officialdom officials are naturally more corrupt and erosive, such as the Xiao family and the Gu family such officials, every year all kinds of ice and charcoal worship and other money also get a lot, but it is already a good official with clean sleeves.
In this regard, Xiao Jiangbei is also indignant, but he is only a thousand households, and it is not his turn to rectify the officialdom, not to mention that now his brother-in-law is the prince, and he can't act arbitrarily, but he just beat up a few nonsense gossip, and his sister forced his fiancée to find a way to save her reputation, otherwise there would be no soup porridge today.
"Will your money hold it up?"
I really don't know if I don't look at it, and I'm shocked when I see it. Gu Qiluo can now feel the scene that Xinghua said, four thousand taels of silver sounds a lot, but it can't stand so many victims rushing to the Xiao family's porridge stall.
"I'm already looking for a buyer, I'm going to sell a few things, those Northern Hungarian nobles are mostly robbing treasures from the surrounding countries in the Western Regions and Northern Xinjiang, and it's not easy to get these things in Great Xia on weekdays, so those rich businessmen and tycoons like it very much."
After Xiao Jiangbei got the "order" of his fiancée, he began to plan this matter, of course, he couldn't be anticlimactic, the follow-up operations were almost all thought about, and now what he needed to do was to go to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and ask him to send a few clever people to help him find a buyer.
"Since it's a treasure that many people like, why don't you have an auction? Let those rich businessmen and giants bid, and then the one with the highest price wins. Hum! Anyway, they are fat and oily, who will they slaughter if they don't slaughter? We call this a reasonable and legal robbery of the rich and helping the poor. ”
When Gu Qiluo heard Xiao Jiangbei say this, his mind was in a flash, and he gave him an idea.
"Auction?"
Xiao Jiangbei was attracted by this novel term, he was already a smart person, as soon as Gu Qiluo explained like this, he immediately understood, his eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at his sweetheart and nodded approvingly: "No wonder you have to do business, it turns out that you are really good at this." In this way, it will definitely sell for a large price. ”
"It's a pity that the emperor's Halloween has passed, otherwise if such an auction is held before the Halloween, you say that everyone must not squeeze their heads?" Gu Qiluo shook his head, regretting that he had missed the perfect opportunity for Hallomy.
But Xiao Jiangbei's eyes were even brighter, and he said softly: "Halloween is not good, the gift to the emperor, after all, you still have to be careful, they are all officials, the meaning of the longevity ceremony is more important than the value, otherwise you are a seven-grade official and gave the emperor a rare treasure, where did the money come from?" Isn't that a revelation? Moreover, those who give gifts to the emperor, except for officials and imperial businessmen, no one else is qualified. But you're reminding me that this is the perfect time to hold an auction. ”
"How?" Gu Qiluo listened to what Xiao Jiangbei said made sense, and originally felt that she was not thoughtful, but when she heard her lover's tone so excited, she became curious, and secretly said Could it be that Xiao Jiangbei is not only brave and good at fighting, but also good at business?
"The sixth day of the fifth month is the birthday of Lord Cheng." Xiao Jiangbei looked at Gu Qiluo with a smile, and only said this sentence, he knew that with Gu Qiluo's exquisite intelligence, this sentence was enough.
Sure enough, a look of surprise appeared on Gu Qiluo's face, and he said softly: "Is this so?" This is really God helping us, maybe your benevolence to the victims of the disaster moved the heavens. ”
"Don't dare, don't dare, what you did today, thanks to the girl's order, Xiao didn't dare to take credit." Xiao Jiangbei smiled slightly, and the fiancée looked at each other, with a divine light in their eyes, just like a fox couple who were ready to calculate the nest of roosters under the mountain.
"Senior brother, second senior brother, no...... Oh no, then...... The people who are the mountain tyrants ...... I've found my little brother......"
A frightened scream interrupted the lingering affection between Xiao Jiangbei and Gu Qiluo, and the next moment, a thin figure crashed into Xiao Jiangbei's body, and one staggered and fell to the ground, but he ignored it, got up and continued to run forward, and at the same time, snatched two men from the long queue of porridge, grabbed the thin figure, and shouted: "What? That...... How is the little brother now? (To be continued......)
PS: Hehe, Qiluo's idea for Jiangbei will make him make a lot of money. Ask for a pink ticket recommendation ticket!