Section 8: Promises are difficult to keep

A broken jar was sold for 200 taels of silver, do you think this incident will cause a sensation in Beijing? After handing over the silver taels in person, looking at the eager eyes of the onlookers, Jiang Tian seemed to understand his situation, this is the realistic version of the standing wood bounty! As a traverser, the emperor who ascended the throne naturally hoped to build a society based on science and technology, but the social inertia that has been handed down for thousands of years will not be easily changed because of the birth of the emperor, so how can ordinary people accept new things? The power of nature's example is endless. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing the white silver, Jiang Tian didn't know where to come out of nowhere, he actually held his hands in his arms, and swaggered towards the Red Building, although these silver were converted into a modern unit of measurement is only less than 15 city catties, but for Jiang Tian, a scholar, there is still some weight, I am afraid that these days often carry water and practice a little strength, otherwise he will not use thieves to snatch this way, he will be scattered all over the place because he can't hold it. At that time, naturally some turtle slaves who watched the excitement came to report the news, and Chen's mother, who leaned on the Red Mansion, didn't expect that this disgusting sour Ding would make a huge sum of two hundred taels so quickly, and this money was naturally nothing in the eyes of the popular girl, but it was more than enough to redeem a rough maid.

"Yo ......" The old bustard with a smile on his face trotted out, and there was a long voice in his mouth that made the singer ashamed: "I said why did the magpie keep calling this morning, it turned out that you were here!" ”

It is said that Jiang Tian was dragged in from the back door by Miss Xiyun like a dead dog, but now he is swaggering through the front door, don't look at his small body swaying left and right tired by silver, but in the eyes of Chen's mother, this is the style of the God of Wealth.

Jiang Tian didn't talk nonsense, found a table and piled up the silver: "I want to redeem people!" ”

This is a wordless but concise, everyone knows that he is here to redeem people, but don't you be so ostentatious? Not to mention that his ignorant behavior is indeed a bit unusual, don't seem to be spending a lot of money here, but generally have to show such elegance in a pretentious manner, no matter if it is real or pretend, in short, it can't make people feel vulgar and superficial. Only this showman is a rare wonder in recent years, he was rescued by a handmaiden, depreciated himself as a runner, and made two hundred taels of silver by making a broken jar, and now he is standing here waiting to pick up his life-saving benefactor.

Mother Chen's eyes lit up when she looked at the silver on the table, she was not a country woman who had never seen the world, but her resistance to the silver was still almost zero, she looked at the silver pile on the table with her eyes hooked, she didn't even turn her head, she beckoned a turtle slave next to her to call Xi Yun over, and kept patting Jiang Tian's ass in her mouth, saying that she had long seen that the other party was not ordinary, and it was rare for such a young man to value love and righteousness.

Jiang Tian listened to her ass expressionlessly, without any reaction, he knew that this society was like this, don't look at being made an emperor by a traverser, but human nature is the same in any era, except for the short era established by a very small number of cattle people in history, the general law of society is that the weak eat the strong, and the party with more resources wins the final victory, and now he has silver in his hand, then he is a guest in the Red Mansion, tomorrow he will be penniless, and the poor are not welcome here.

Xi Yun was dragged into the lobby as fast as she could, still wearing a coarse cloth skirt with a wooden hairpin on her head, and her face couldn't help showing her stunned, as if she hadn't figured out what was going on. Only at this time did Jiang Tian smile sincerely, slowly walked to the little girl, stretched out his sleeve and wiped the sweat on her face.

Fortunately, Jiang Tian still understands the basic knowledge of this era: "Where is the deed of sale?" ”

The smile on the face of Chen's mother, who was about to pack the silver, stiffened, where did this slave seller come from, according to the rules, he was a slave for life and extended to his descendants, but her eyes turned and her mind opened, this rule was still set by the previous dynasty, and the new dynasty had not yet set a new law, so it stands to reason that the old system should be used at this time, and this person cannot be redeemed. But listening to the chatter of those dignitaries and nobles who come here for recreation, Banzai is a little disdainful of the old rules that harm children and grandchildren, and maybe the system will be changed in the future. Even if the rules haven't changed, who will care about her about the stay of a maid? If someone really cares, they say that they didn't sell it at all, but just rented it to someone else. You can't let the money you get slip away like this.

After figuring out this joint, she showed a flattering professional smile again in the blink of an eye: "Yo...... I said Jiang Gongzi, let's rely on the Red Mansion is also one of the best places in Beijing, can you still believe me? Take this man away. ”

"Don't!" Jiang Tian is still very clear on the key issue: "I want to take people away, but this rule can't be messed up, take the contract and let's go to the government for inspection." ”

Go to the government? If you really see the official, it will be troublesome, Chen's mother thought so in her heart, but she didn't say so: "Look at what you said, my Yihong Mansion has always been a place where the family of the criminal official is betrayed, and there is no need for a deed at any time, the original person in charge is long gone, if you are happy, just take the person away." ”

Jiang Tian frowned, he understood the meaning of these words, that is, the people here are either the family members of the offenders or the servants of the family, and the master is naturally implicated together if he commits a crime, if it is according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, it will be impossible to turn over forever. Seeing that Xiyun doesn't look like a lady of everyone, it is estimated that she was also a subordinate of an official's family before, so the old bustard dared to let herself lead people away. He thought to himself that this was not a solution, if she really left like this, what would she do if she turned around and said that she had abducted the girl?

"In this way, since you can't get the deed, write down a note and sell Miss Xiyun to me voluntarily." Jiang Tian prescribed conditions, which can be regarded as an insurance measure.

When the old bustard was hesitating, he suddenly heard a woman's voice behind the screen: "Who is this who dares to let the official fang write a note?" ”

As soon as she heard this voice, Xi Yun's body trembled involuntarily, and then subconsciously wanted to hide behind Jiang Tian, and even Mother Chen's smile was stunned. Jiang Tian just frowned when he heard the ding dong in his ears, and several women in thin silk clothes walked in, Jiang Tian didn't have to guess to know that these were the popular girls in the Red Mansion. In fact, in the early Ming Dynasty, it was stipulated that prostitutes must wear a bright horn crown soap jacket, which in modern language means that they must wear a horn crown and wear a long brown shoulder that droops down to the legs, which is a sign of holding a certificate to work, and on the other hand, it is also convenient for state management. But this rule to the middle and late Ming Dynasty no one to abide by, to the present is even more useless, the social atmosphere has also evolved from the simple and generous type in the early Ming Dynasty, to the late Ming Dynasty graceful and luxurious type, it can be said that this is inseparable from the development of social economy, so the dress of these girls in front of them is also quite casual, completely the dress of everyone's ladies, even if a few close-fitting maids behind them are still wearing skirts, it is also the material of high quality, the color is not the same.

Before Jiang Tian could finish thinking about the evolution of Ming Dynasty costumes, one of the girls who was just inserting a hosta and had no jewelry stepped forward to look at our male protagonist, and there was no emotion in his eyes, but he just glanced at a few times as if looking at a passerby: "Is it that you want to redeem my family's Xiyun?" ”

There was not the slightest emotion in his tone, as if this person had seen through the red dust. However, Jiang Tian didn't care, or her performance was completely in line with his status in his eyes, because he didn't have to think much to guess that this young girl who didn't use powder dai was the top girl here, and it was no wonder that the sons and brothers in the capital were in a hurry to meet each other, don't look at her without makeup at this time, but a moon-white gown set off a cold face, and dragged her waist-length hair behind the hairpin held at will, just like a natural Lin Daiyu-like Tingting stood up, and no one could be angry with her.

But well...... This kind of sister Lin, who is very lethal to Confucian scholars, is a bit pretentious in Jiang Tian's eyes, what kind of acting beauty has not been seen in another time and space, and there are not a few blonde and blue-eyed ones, although the appearance may not be as good as the sister in front of her, but there is always some immunity, especially the lukewarm attitude of the other party also reminds Jiang Tian that although he has crossed, he is not the benevolent brother sitting on the Golden Palace, no one will treat himself as a green onion at the moment, and the possibility of attracting the followers of the beauty as soon as the protagonist comes out tends to zero.

So Jiang Tian not only didn't look at the distracted Liuhazi, but the corners of his mouth turned up to reveal a wry smile, and then blocked the overwhelmed Xiyun behind him: "Yes, I made it clear that he was going to take Miss Xiyun away one day, and today is here to fulfill his promise." ”

The people in the room were all very surprised, you must know that a young man of his age can not lose his temper after seeing Linglong, even if he is very urban, but Jiang Tian is not a gaffe, he didn't even waver at all, but he was a little too lazy to pay attention to the other party. At this time, even the equally radiant beauties who came out with Linglong were a little surprised, because they were very keen to find that until now, this poor Xiucai's eyes had not looked at anyone except for the rustic Xiyun.

Although Linglong in the center of the field was also a little stunned, but after all, she was well-informed and did not show flaws, she still said expressionlessly: "If you become an official prostitute, unless the court pardons her, you will be a slave for life." It's time for Yuyun to get ready for me to bathe. ”

After saying it in this commanding tone, she didn't look at Jiang Tian much and turned around to leave, Xi Yun was also a little hesitant, raised her eyes to look at Jiang Tian and then at her girl's back, and finally moved her steps to walk back to the backyard.

"Slow!" Jiang Tian grabbed Xi Yun's wrist, and at this time he also understood that ransom people from the sect was tantamount to a fantasy, but he didn't give up, and turned his head to look at the old bustard who had been speechless for a long time: "Mother Chen, you don't have a reason to refuse people thousands of miles away when you open the door to do business, right?" ”

The old bustard didn't want to offend his cash cow, but when he saw that he didn't take the money, his heart itched even more: "Yo...... Son, what are you talking about, how can I treat you as a distinguished guest......"

"Good!" Jiang Tian didn't wait for her to finish before interrupting directly: "I don't know how much it costs you to stay here for one night?" ”

"This ......" the old bustard's eyes rolled, "If it is an ordinary girl, three taels of silver is enough." ”

Obviously, this is a sky-high asking price, if this price was not expensive before the war, the current circulation of precious metals is shrinking severely, and inflation has become deflation after a large decrease in population, even in the place where Jiangnan has not suffered from war, it is impossible to come up with this kind of price, of course, those Nanqu ladies with extraordinary value are not among them. What's more, Xiyun is just a rough maid who doesn't enter the stream, so it's not worth the price.

Jiang Tian didn't know how to do it, and he didn't plan to bargain, he stretched out his hand and divided the silver on the table into two: "I'll put down a hundred taels first, and I'll make this Xiyun girl appear!" ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for others to react, so he picked up the remaining silver, and dragged Xi Yun, who was still in a daze, with his other hand.

He didn't know that the word appearance was a simple word for later generations, but fortunately, everyone else knew what he wanted to express, but he didn't see Linglong suddenly turn around and stare at their backs with resentment, nor did he see a few pairs of glittering eyes in the crowd watching him leave tightly.