Removing a long and slanted flower branch from the rose branch, Zhu Chenyun wiped his hands and threw the scissors in the tray.

Li Hongyan, the chief staff of the palace, turned around and handed the tray to the little servant behind him, then took the teacup and handed it to Zhu Chenyun: "Lord Wang, last year, you exempted thirty percent of the money and grain on the ground, and the income in the palace was much shorter, and the recent expenses of the palace are a bit large, I am afraid that if the batch of goods in the south does not arrive at the end of the month, it will be a little difficult to handle the accounts." ”

Zhu Chenyun took a sip of tea and frowned when he heard this: "You mean, I shouldn't have exempted the people's money and food last year?" ”

"It's not like that, it's a good thing that 30% of the money and grain are exempted, and the people are looking forward to it." Li Hongyan hurriedly replied.

Zhu Chenyun nodded, put down the teacup, brushed his sleeves and walked to the courtyard water pavilion. Last winter, he went back and forth to the Qi Palace, but he went with confidence and came back discouraged. The eldest brother directly refused to support him to fight the world, saying that the world has been stable for many years, and people are calm, so it is not appropriate to start disputes again. What uncles and nephews are blood relatives, the elders can't bully the younger generations, this throne is not interesting, and he went back to persuade him not to be troublesome.

The Qi Wangfu was busy looking for the little prince, and the eldest brother didn't have the heart to listen to his persuasion anymore, and he didn't even give him the opportunity to lobby, but only kept him for less than ten days, and then sent him on the road to the south. His angry lungs exploded, but he had no choice but to turn back and be self-reliant, it seems that there is no one in the world who can rely on him, and what he wants has to rely on himself.

Recruiting and buying horses requires silver, and even more so, people's hearts. So after he came back, he made the decision to exempt thirty percent of the charcoal fire money in the winter of the territory, and everyone in Huaizhou praised it for a while. It is said that Yu Wang Xian, Xian Yu Wang, he was also immersed in praise for a long time. But as soon as spring began, the palace was overstretched. Silver is required for the hoarding of iron vessels, silver for the purchase of horses, and silver for the storage of grain and grass. There's nowhere to don't want silver!

There is less income and more expenses, but he cares about the people's back, and he can't raise taxes at will, he is really anxious!

"What about the Wang family? What did the Wang family say? When will the silver be delivered? He thought for a moment and asked Li Hongyan.

Li Hongyan walked behind him step by step, and said with a bitter face when he heard the words: "I have already run to Wang's house for an unknown number of times, and my legs are thin." But Uncle Wang said that it was the time for the salt ship to sail north in spring, so the silver on hand was a little tight recently. He also said that he only sent 2,000 taels in Layue last year. Ask the prince what kind of big things he is doing, why is he short of silver again? ”

"Phew!" Zhu Chen was lucky enough to spit and said, "What can you do with two thousand taels?" Their royal family is not blinded by lard! If there is no Zhu Chenyun here, how can they have the wealth of their family? What a putting the cart before the horse! No matter how heavy it is! ”

"Isn't it!" Li Hongyan hurriedly echoed, "Coincidentally, I can't tell them about the prince's affairs, the Wang family is a group of short-sighted lords, and there are many people, so I can only talk about repairing the palace." ”

Zhu Chenyun sighed and said, "You did the right thing, but you can't let them know the truth." This is just the beginning. The Wang family is duplicitous, so I have to prevent them from selling me. After the preparations are complete, once the incident is lifted, their Wang family will be tied to my axle and will not be able to shake off. At that time, the only way out is for them to break the kettle and help each other, and at this moment...... It's early. ”

"That's the reason, so I only mentioned the courtyard." Li Hongyan continued, "So Uncle Wang said. Didn't the palace only be repaired five years ago? Where can I live? If you really want to cultivate, it won't take a day or two. Let's wait for a month, and when the salt ship comes back, there will be silver. ”

Zhu Chen's face turned a little pale, but there was nothing he could do. He frowned and said, "What about the horses that talked about it?" What does the other party say? ”

Li Hongyan shook his head and said: "The surnamed Qin said that he couldn't wait, he said that he also took a big risk, trading horses with the Daxia people, if they let them know that he sold horses to the Central Plains, it would be a matter of losing his head!" So he said that he had to get the money at the end of the month, and that he could get out as soon as possible after settling the bill. ”

"Urge! Urge again! Zhu Chenyun frowned and said a little anxiously, "I don't believe it, the Wang family can't even turn over five thousand taels of silver, and it's all pressed on the salt boat?" ”

"Isn't it!" Li Hongyan hurriedly said, "Where can't the Wang family get the silver?" It's just an excuse to prevaricate! Yesterday, I heard that the thirteenth child of their family went to Nanhuai Academy to take the exam, but he hit someone at the gate of the academy and injured someone, and he accompanied the medical hall to pay 1,000 taels! The Wang family is all unsuccessful, and when things come back, they all use silver to open the way, and the young masters of his family waste more than 5,000 taels of silver in a year? rushed to the stall where the prince was in a serious and urgent situation, but he said that there was no money? Isn't this the intention of deceiving people? ”

Zhu Chenyun was more and more angry by what he said, and the corners of his forehead were bruised, and he strode towards the outer door, scolding in his mouth: "What a Wang Feng!" I'm going to come to the door and ask who gave him the sale of salt? Who helped him up and down? When the money I earned was sent to me, it was very pleasant to throw it into the water for my son! ”

"Don't! Other! Other! Don't go, prince! It's not worth it! Li Hongyan chased after him and said urgently, "What is your identity?" How can anyone himself go to the door for the money? The Wang family has also had a comfortable life in recent years, forgetting who they rely on, according to my thoughts, as long as they know a little bit of power, they will be honest, not to the point where you are old! ”

Zhu Chenyun was young after all, so when he heard this, he stopped, turned his head and asked, "Do you have a way to treat them?" Tell me about it? ”

Li Hongyan rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Lord, look! Isn't that something ready-made? The thirteenth elder of the Wang family made a mistake and wanted to settle it with silver, what if the silver was uneven? Won't they have to find out to you? Please...... You can't come empty-handed, can you? Once you come and go, your five thousand taels will be settled. So, don't worry, lord! ”

"What do you mean......" Zhu Chenyun came back to his senses.

"The reason why the Wang family smashed the silver out of the habit is that it is not the habit of the Huaizhou City Governor? That prefect Huang Zhongtian is not your person yet? As long as you inform Huang Zhongtian, and then send someone to the medical hall to pry up the bitter master, and let the bitter master go to the yamen to beat the drum and sound the grievances, won't it be a big deal? No matter how rich the Wang family is, it is also a family of businessmen, as the saying goes, the people don't fight with the officials, and when they know what is going on, won't your business be done? Since their family is accustomed to wasting money for their unscrupulous children, aren't one thousand taels and five thousand taels the same? Throw it into the water anyway. The more Li Hongyan spoke, the more proud he became, and he laughed as he spoke.

Zhu Chenyun nodded and said, "This is a good idea, it's time to teach them a lesson!" Just do it, the bigger the trouble, the better! ”

"Thanks! I'll arrange it! Li Hongyan walked quickly with a smile.

But said that at the end of Renhetang, Yang Zixi knocked a stroke in the hands of the little fat man Wang Sanjin, and his heart was very happy. She has never been accustomed to such a careless guy, since Wang Xiaopang said that she would lose as much as she wanted, she simply opened a sky-high price, anyway, when the scholar woke up, she really needed a lot of money!

On this day, she was consulting people at the door, and she saw a blue sedan chair from a distance, and the sedan chair carried by four people went straight to the hospital from the intersection around Xiangfang Village, and I didn't know who was in the road.

Yang Zixi waved his hand to beckon Yang Huan, and ordered her to go inside to prepare the ward and hot water, few people in this rural place sit in a sedan chair, the villagers of Xiangfang Village and Baishi Village can't afford to sit down, the gentlemen of the academy like to travel by car, unless they are seriously ill, they can't stand the bumps, so they will be carried by sedan chair to see the disease, so her first reaction is to come to the emergency department.

Unexpectedly, the little sedan chair approached, and stopped not far away without hurrying. The palanquin man did not greet anyone to see the illness, but stepped forward to lift the curtain, and a middle-aged scribe with a goatee walked out of the palanquin.

"Excuse me, this is the Renhetang Medical Center?" The scribe asked at the crowd.

Yang Zixi looked the scribe up and down, all arms and legs, his complexion was quite good, he didn't see any major problems?

"May I ask where the owner of the medical hall is here?" The scribe asked again.

Yang Zixi ignored him, in her opinion, if she was not a sick number, she had no right to waste her time, so she lowered her head again and continued to consult the people in line in front of her.

The person who had a lot of things next to him whispered to the scribe twice, and then pointed at Yang Zixi, and the scribe came over with a little surprise, and said to Yang Zixi: "This is the Yang girl of the Renhetang owner?" ”

Yang Zixi didn't raise his head and said: "If you are sick, go to the queue, don't pestle in front of me if you are not sick, block the light!" ”

The scribe was not annoyed, but said politely: "In Xia Li Hongyan, a person from Shunzhou, there is an urgent inquiry. My eldest nephew went to Nanhuai Academy to take the exam, and when he heard that there was an accident, he was hit by a carriage and sent to your hospital for treatment. Now my sister is in a hurry to get the news, and she sent me to take a look, and I don't know what happened to my eldest nephew? ”

Yang Zixi was stunned when he heard this, is this the patient's family coming to the door?

She raised her eyes and looked at Li Hongyan again, and was a little surprised, no one has come to visit the scholar who was hit so far, so that she doesn't even know her name. Now a little uncle suddenly appeared, but it didn't look like a family at all. Let's talk about dressing up first, the person in front of him is wearing Shu brocade, wearing a scribe's hat, and wearing a jade ring belt around his waist, although he is not rich and expensive, he is also a person from some families, but the scholar who was hit is so poor that it is a jingle, isn't the gap too big? Besides, how can this person in front of him have to be thirty and forty, and his sister is nearly forty? Only fifteen to give birth to a son? It's an older mother? The most beautiful people said that they looked like a nephew and an uncle, but the two didn't seem to have much blood relationship from face shape to facial features.

However, in any case, this person is also the only one who has come out to claim the unconscious scholar since the accident. So Yang Zixi was suspicious, but he still responded: "Are you here to see the patient?" Turn left into the house and register, and someone will take you to see him. (To be continued......)