Jiang Tian hurriedly returned home and immediately found Xinyue and asked how much liquidity there was in the house, and the reported figures made Jiang Tian a little unbelievable.

"You're saying there are four thousand new silver dollars?" Jiang Tian's brain didn't turn for a while: "Four thousand seems to be a lot, but it is estimated that it is not enough!" ”

Xinyue didn't know what Jiang Tian was doing with the money, but anyway, the position of housekeeper was gradually handed over to Guo Er, and she didn't have to worry about it in the future: "If there are some scattered silver taels, it is estimated that there are about 30,000 taels." ”

The number of 30,000 and 4 didn't even dare to think about it on Jiang Tian in the past, but for Jiang Tian now, he didn't feel anything, because there were no banks in this era, and money banks and the like were not as powerful as they were deduced in later generations. As for the checkbook that Jiang Tian carried with him, it was only limited to the withdrawal voucher that circulated in the mansion, so he was a little worried about how to carry such a heavy silver tael.

Xinyue was a little strange that Jiang Tian wanted to withdraw so much cash, so she asked out loud: "I don't know what is the use of Mr. taking so much silver?" ”

Jiang Tian didn't think it was worth keeping it secret, so he told his father the task he had assigned, and at the same time mentioned that the money was going to be used to ransom people. With Xinyue's intelligence, of course, she could see that Jiang Tian didn't have any unbearable thoughts, and even if he wanted to get that Su girl back and humiliate him in every way, he didn't have any qualifications to accuse him, so after hesitating for a moment, she still opened her mouth.

"Sir, don't worry, this is not a slave bid...... Most of them don't need to bring cash, as a gentleman, they will go to the house to withdraw it, you just need to look at the person. ”

Jiang Tian didn't notice how entangled Xinyue's expression was, even if Jiang Tian didn't mean to discriminate against himself in his usual expression, but a girl's family knew so much about this kind of thing, it could be regarded as an alternative shame. But she still has a little bit of caution in her heart, if he pretends to be his father's order, but in fact humiliates his own enemy, then she can be regarded as seeing this gentleman's personality clearly, and whether she will stay in the mansion at that time is also a matter of choice.

After listening to this "insider" news, Jiang Tian was relieved, at least he didn't have to worry about the inconvenience of carrying the silver, and after thanking Xinyue, he called Guo Er to go to the auction site at the teaching workshop together. This was originally a place to train music girls, but the current emperor does not have those hobbies of vocal dogs and horses, so it has gradually become deserted, and today is the first time in many years that it has returned to the original lively scene. As soon as Jiang Tian's carriage arrived at the door, a small servant came forward to greet him, and in addition to the "valet parking", someone led Jiang Tian to the inner courtyard. After all, he is also a first-class member of the court, even if he wears plainclothes and only brings an old servant, these discerning guys can also distinguish how to arrange, but this kind of patron with status naturally can't bid together with those businessmen and landlords in the hall, so Jiang Tian was led into a private room on the second floor, not only tea and snacks, but also a maid and a servant waiting, and a half-hidden window was hung with a gauze curtain, just to be able to see out of the window and the faces in the room could not be seen clearly.

Seeing such a thoughtful arrangement, he couldn't help but nodded, but Jiang Tian still drove out all those servants, and waited for the auction to start alone, and Guo Er, who went to inquire about the news after a while, rushed back, and saw that his master was looking at the hall outside the screen window in a daze. Although he was only stunned for a moment, Jiang Tian still found that Guo Er had come behind him, and he felt a little tricky about this uncle with a special identity, after all, he was not the original Jiang Tian, even if he didn't know much about his young master because of Guo Er's perennial campaign, but after all, he grew up watching him grow up, and after a long time, I am afraid that he would wonder why he had changed so much, but Jiang Tian couldn't go back with his way of playing, not only because of his father's life, It's also because he doesn't want to provoke the suspicion of the real old fox in his hometown.

Holding the identity of the master, Jiang Tianyan asked softly, "Uncle Guo can inquire clearly?" ”

The momentary majesty exposed made Guo Er in a trance, as if the arrogant stupid show had come back again, this is what a scholar should do, as for being so approachable in the house, it is estimated that it is all pretended to be used to deceive the girl: "Inquire clearly, this Miss Su family has a high status and good appearance, so she was ranked behind, but I heard that this time she is not the only one who is sold, some of her daughters are also among them, I have found out clearly, most of them are half-old, the bid must not be too high." Those who don't matter have already agreed with the steward here, and they will not show up again if they buy it secretly for a thousand taels of silver, but a few important ones will still have the highest price. ”

Jiang Tian nodded in a deep voice, in fact, he didn't care about rescuing these people in his heart, because he knew that in the rolling torrent of history, whether these people were wronged or treated undeservedly, they could not reverse this history that had gone to another track, they just staged the drama of martyrdom for Confucianism more than two hundred years in advance, since Confucianism will withdraw from the temple sooner or later, then who will interpret the bitterness and unwillingness in it What does it have to do with it, in the final analysis, it is just an ant under the wheel of history.

Jiang Tian, who collapsed his heart, finally had a hint of enlightenment, Zhang Tao made this kind of seemingly regressive slave auction, in fact, it was just to disgust them with the respect and humility of the elders and young in the mouths of those Confucian officials, since these guys all regard themselves as disciples of saints, but they think very highly of themselves and look down on the other three kinds of citizens, then he Zhang Tao will demote the family members of these diehards to the lowly status, so that these people are not as good as the three types of civilians in agriculture and industry, this is the hierarchy you set yourself, then enjoy it slowly at the bottom of society. At the same time, let those forces behind those who have not shown their heads so far take a look, let's not engage in Zhu Yuanzhang's trick of cutting off his head when he has nothing to do, who will let us have the virtue of a good life, but the death penalty can be avoided and the living crime is unforgivable, if the family members of the great Confucian become the playthings of others in the future, and suffer the humiliation and ridicule of the world, then I am afraid it will really go down in history! Confucianism can play this kind of yin trick of the pit man, and he Zhang Tao is not bad at playing, don't you think that dying for the sake of fame and religion is the greatness of death, and dying well will be remembered for a hundred years? In the end, you are not allowed to die generously, not to mention the corruption and perversion of the law with solid evidence, that is, you have a huge amount of assets from unknown sources enough to cut off your head, if you don't want to die, then explain clearly where your family's money that exceeds tens or hundreds of times more than Yulu came from? If you don't say that you can carry it all by yourself, then don't blame the saint for betraying your family's daughters.

So when the auction officially began, all the women with a strong temperament were tied up with ropes on their mouths, afraid that some people would play a routine such as hitting the pillar and biting their tongues, although these people had all ages, but at least they still had charm, so some of the vendors in the lobby who were not thick in their pockets and were usually not welcomed were ready to move. These are the wives and concubines of officials, who has seen those lowly businessmen before, and now there is an opportunity to turn over and be liberated, and they will boast and boast in their own small circle in the future, so for a while, the sound of bidding is everywhere, and all kinds of strange jokes emerge in endlessly. Jiang Tian turned his head to look at Guo Er, and the other party shook his head knowingly, indicating that there was no target in this group of people, so Jiang Tian didn't speak. But looking at the surrounding private rooms that were also covered with screens, there was no movement. Didn't these people come to save their comrades? After a while, someone had already won their target, most of these older people auctioned the price of the first night at the price of one or twenty taels, as for the redemption of their bodies, there was one, and the turtle slave who presided over on the side kept shouting excitedly, either the wife of the prefect of so-and-so returned to this lord, or the lord took away the concubine of this imperial history......

Some of the angry eyes seemed to be desperately resisting, but their hands and feet were tied and they couldn't be used at all, and the men who looked vulgar Yin smiled and followed the turtle slave who led the way and turned out, these women were also carried away by other turtle slaves, as for what will happen next, everyone actually knows, but everyone doesn't care, they are here for this simple and pure purpose of venting, and what a rare opportunity to insult those high-ranking officials. Jiang Tian looked at the scene in front of him, his brows gradually furrowed, he wanted to manage but he was powerless, God knows how many people will suffer this fate because of his own man in the future, and more importantly, the diehards of the former Ming must be suppressed, since he can't stop those people from hindering the progress of the country, then he can't stop Zhang Tao's attack on these people either. It's just that these women have become victims.

Guo Er saw that his master's expression began to change, and he thought that he was sympathetic to the situation of these people, but in fact, how did he know that Jiang Tian was cursing those traitors who fought with Zhang Tao for their own selfish interests. In this struggle, both sides are holding high the banner of worrying about the country and the people, but only Jiang Tian knows that the country really needs that kind of development path, and which guys should be swept into the garbage heap. So he also knew that the fate of these women was actually doomed, either they were insulted by these @嫖@客 today, or in another two hundred years, thousands of Chinese sons and daughters like them were abused by foreign enemies. Jiang Tian really wanted to know that if Confucius was resurrected, he would see those scum who misinterpreted his original intentions under his banner and instead harmed the country and the nation rampant on the land of China...... How would he feel as an old man?

"Master, there is the second lady of the Su family in this group of people!" Seeing that his master was distracted, Guo Er hurriedly woke up: "If you are interested in being small, you will go to the price?" ”

Jiang Tian still nodded without speaking, a concubine of the Su family is also thirty years old, and it is difficult for this level and identity to be favored by big customers. So Guo Er walked to the window and pushed open a gap and glanced at a waiting turtle slave, who immediately gestured to the stage in understanding, and then announced that the middle-aged woman had been ransomed by someone for a hundred taels of silver. Many people don't care about this result, after all, the money belongs to others, and they can spend it as they want. However, Jiang Tian found that from this round onwards, the concubines of some high-ranking officials gradually appeared, so at the same time, two people were bought by someone in a private room. He had long known that Zhang Tao would secretly send someone to spy on him, so Jiang Tian didn't care who was doing the same thing as him. The next few rounds of auctions are repeating the previous story, but both age and appearance are on par with the high standard, Jiang Tian watched those more and more crazy prostitutes upstairs @ Ke but began to yawn idly, because he was neither here to look for flowers and willows today, nor to find a beautiful maid and concubine for his house, so the appearance of these people is meaningless to him, and it is a complete waste of time. It wasn't until the genuine wife of the Su family left the factory that he cheered up again.

A half-aged in her forties, even if she is well maintained, what else can she look at? So don't look at the higher status, those retail investors downstairs are not interested. And just when Guo Er was about to start quoting, someone took the lead in quoting a price of two hundred taels. For a while, those people below were quite upset to see the excitement, and the smart ones knew that some people had finally started to make a move. It seems that those concubines just now have been sacrificed, and these people will only attack the real lady and miss. As soon as Guo Er saw that someone was the first to quote, he directly shouted out the price of two hundred and fifty taels.

"Three hundred taels!" The other party is still not dead.

"Three hundred and five!" Guo Er did not hesitate.

"Four hundred taels!"

"Four hundred and five!"

"Five hundred taels!"

"Five hundred and five!"

……

When the price became nine hundred and five, Jiang Tian originally wanted to wait for the opposite side to shout a thousand taels, but after waiting for a long time, there was no movement, and the hall was quiet. Jiang Tian was also a little strange, he thought that the other party would always follow up, but he stopped at this number, as for the eldest lady of the Su family in the party, she seemed very calm, it seemed that she also understood that no prostitute would be willing to spend so much money to buy herself, so there must be something strange in this. Anyway, this auction will continue, since Mrs. Su sold at a price of nine hundred and five, it seems that many hidden buyers have opened the floodgates, and the families of all kinds of convicts have begun to be ransomed one after another, and those individual customers downstairs seem to know that there is nothing to do with themselves in this kind of bidding, but there are still many people who are patient and watching a good show, because the following is the much-anticipated auction of the little @ sister grade. When a beautiful and twenty-eight-year-old daughter of the former prefect of Suzhou was sold at a price of 3,000 taels, the retail investors downstairs were already embarrassed. Although everyone has been prepared for a long time, and they also know that this is a fight for wealth between people with status, but how much is a top-class Yangzhou thin horse? Isn't it distressing to spend 3,000 taels for the daughter of such a prefect?

The girl who should have felt that she had been humiliated, but she was not as resistant as she had just been carried up, and looked curiously at the screen windows on the second floor, not knowing which family she was attracted to, maybe she could avoid the tragic fate of being ridden. She didn't know herself, but someone was thoughtful, Guo Er frowned and thought about it, and then leaned into Jiang Tian's ear and said, "This former Suzhou prefect should be King Ji's henchman!" ”

Jiang Tian's eyes instantly lit up, and today he had been pretending to be deep and did not speak, but at this moment, he felt that he had cleared the fog and seen a trace of the truth. Because Zhang Tao is a traverser, he naturally knows which strange and ingenious things are the future development direction. Therefore, we must do everything possible to turn China into a society in which science and technology are the primary productive forces. But in addition to him Zhang Tao, Zhang Qian, the king of Ji who is nominally his younger brother, are all out-and-out traditional knowledge of this era, even in order to support his own royal brother, but also to maintain the status of the royal family, Zhang Qian can not stand up for Donglin, for Confucianism to say a good word, but it does not mean that those officials who have been attached to the Zhang family do not have this idea. Therefore, important ministers like the Su family, who have made meritorious contributions to the dragon, will also defect, but if Zhang Qian takes this opportunity to protect the families of some people, then he can not only leave a good reputation among the traditional forces, but also serve his political power......

Jiang Tian didn't dare to think about it anymore, King Ji had expressed his intention to win him over before, but until now he still pretended to be confused and didn't react, Zhang Qian also took into account the emperor's thoughts and didn't dare to make too many moves. But he didn't know that Jiang Tian had actually seen through his heart a long time ago, for this kind of traditional literati who had been influenced by Confucianism for a long time, even if he had been in contact with Zhang Tao for a long time and knew that scientific knowledge had made a huge contribution to society, he would instinctively classify science as a general term for assistive technology, and would never regard it as a classic of statecraft like the Four Books and Five Classics. Just like Wanqing's very famous sentence "middle school is for the body and Western learning is for use", he will still adhere to the rules and insist on governing the country with Confucianism, and at most use the technology he has studied to make money for the trading of shares of those officials. Today, he seems to see another possibility, that is, whether he is attached to King Ji or not, he may not become his guest, because the forces around this person have long regarded themselves as incompatible beasts.

Just when Jiang Tian was thinking wildly, tonight's finale began. The last few young girls were brought to the stage, one of them was Su Yuniang, who Jiang Tian wanted to rescue, and when Jiang Tian knew which of them had regretted their marriage, he almost lost his joy. The girl with a mediocre posture (compared to Linglong and quiet sisters) and an average temperament (compared to Tongxinyue) is her former fiancée, and seeing that girl was pushed onto the stage, there is no trace of awe-inspiring generosity, and she has no courage to fight fate with her heart to the death. If the original Jiang Tian knew that he was rejected by such an unattractive girl, I am afraid he would not be so resentful.