Han Xiufeng didn't want to go so far, and was about to go home over the wall, Fugui ran over and said as if offering treasure: "Fourth master, I have helped you estimate, as long as you can sell the backlog of books that Shopkeeper Yang has accumulated over the years, even if it is cheaper, then this shop will not be a loss!" ”

Next, he wanted to help the emperor change his method to copy Qiying's house, Han Xiufeng was not worried about the money, but he still asked curiously: "Can you sell it?" ”

Fugui glanced back at his two sons, who were helping to load the books into the cart outside, and said proudly: "If someone else is someone else, it must not be able to sell it, and even if it can be sold, it is not worth two pennies." But it's not a difficult task for me, I've already helped you sell two cars in the morning, and then sell them in the afternoon, handing over the books in one hand and getting the money in the other, and in three days at most, I will help you sell all the books you have in the backlog. ”

"To whom did you sell such a good thing?"

"Sold to those government students, I went back yesterday and thought about it for a night, and I went to discuss it with a few gentlemen from government schools early this morning, and it was really easy to sell. And they don't have to pay for it, as long as they let those students buy it, sell it to them as much as they want, and have money to make money with them, so this book is not difficult to sell! ”

The Eight Banners are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, so the imperial court gives preferential treatment to the banner people, not only raising, taking, and letting them, but also teaching them.

In the imperial court of the capital alone, there are Shuntianfu School, Eight Banners and Two Wings Xian'an Palace School, Jingshan Official School, Zongrenfu Zongxue, Jueluo School, Eight Banners Shizhi Official School, and even the Jianrui Battalion and the Firearms Battalion have official schools. The teachers of the official school are all officials, there are people who raise people, there are tribute students, and the current deputy envoy of the General Political Department Yan Zhengji has taught the children of the Eight Banners in the official school.

Thinking that all the people who teach in the official school are ** petty officials, their salaries are not much, and they usually don't have much oil and water, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile and said: "This business is done well, but you can't let you do it for nothing, let alone let the eldest and second child of your family run away in vain, as long as I can keep my capital, as long as I can earn back the money in the shop, I will leave your grandfather and son to watch it." ”

Except for going to Yangzhou to be a member of Yangzhou Guan, Fugui has almost never done a loss-making transaction, and he knows very well that Han Xiufeng is not a stingy person, and he planned to make more or less money. But thinking that even the imperial guard just now seemed to be coming here to listen to it, Fugui changed his mind, and immediately turned on a straight face: "Fourth master, whoever I earn can also earn your money!" How many of these books were sold one by one, and how many taps were given to those official scholars, and I will pay you an account one by one. ”

"Isn't it just a book, as for it?"

"Fourth master, I know that you are busy and don't have time to read the account books, so I will pay the account to Second Master Fei when I go back." Fugui accompanied Han Xiufeng to the wooden ladder on the back wall, and begged pitifully with the ladder as if he had changed: "Fourth master, that place in Fujian is said to be farther away than Yangzhou, and I have been there for three years, and I don't feel at ease about the affairs of the family." Can you do a little more favor, let my family Jilu come to your place to listen to it, reward him with food, and help me keep an eye on it by the way. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect him to make this request, and muttered: "It's good to say that your family Jilu just wants to mix up food, but it's not so easy to mix up an official and a half-job. ”

"I know, Fourth Master, don't get me wrong, just like him, how can he be an official." Afraid that Han Xiufeng would not agree, Fugui said eagerly: "Xiao Shandong is shrewd and can speak, but it is inconvenient for him to enter and exit the inner city. My family Jilu is different, he grew up in Sijiu City, not only familiar with the road but also familiar with it, there is no yamen he doesn't know. ”

Thinking that compared to other Eight Banner disciples, his two sons were competitive, Han Xiufeng agreed: "Okay, when the book is sold, let him go to the second master to listen to it." ”

"Fourth Master Xie."

"Don't thank you, you guys are busy first, I'll go over and take a look."

I climbed over the wall and returned to my backyard, and found Qin'er waiting in the small garden.

Han Xiufeng subconsciously asked, "Where is the baby?" ”

"I'm studying at Yu'er," Qin'er glanced up at the ladder and said eagerly: "Fourth brother, Master Shi and Master Wang are here from Gu'an, and I heard that they have also sent a hundred and ten taels of silver, and the second master is drinking tea and talking with them in the front hall." ”

"What did they do in Beijing, and how did they find here?"

"As soon as you left in the morning, there were a lot of guests at home, Uncle Yu and the second master were too busy, so I had to ask my sister to go to the front hall to help serve tea and water. My sister took the opportunity to pour tea and overheard a few words, Master Shi and Master Wang seemed to have entered Beijing to do something reimbursement, whether to go to the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of Households, my sister didn't hear clearly. Qin'er thought for a while, and then said: "They didn't know that we lived here, and the first place they went to was sent to them by the second child of the Wen shopkeeper's family. ”

"It should be a reimbursement for river work." Han Xiufeng didn't rush to the front hall, accompanied Qin'er back to the inner house, looked at the table full of gifts in the main room of the inner house and asked, "Who sent these?" ”

Qin'er pointed to the two exquisite wooden boxes and said: "I heard that the second master said that this was sent by Master Ronglu, and my sister and I just opened it and saw it, and there were two strings of pearls in it." These roast ducks, roast chickens, smoked elbows, steamed bread cakes, and osmanthus cakes were sent by Mr. Huang and Mr. Ji, saying that they were sending their families to celebrate our move into a new home. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect Rong Lu to send someone to deliver gifts, and pointed to the food stuff piled up in the corner and asked, "What about these?" ”

"There are people sent by Curator Zhang, Sichuan villagers who are officials in the capital, and shopkeepers Wen sent them." Qin'er looked up at the younger sister who had just followed up, with an envious expression on her face, and then said: "The second master has accounts over there, don't worry about getting confused, and don't worry about how this favor will be repaid in the future." ”

My sister couldn't help but say: "Brother, I heard that the second master said that there was an adult who wanted to go out of Beijing to be a Taoist platform, and he sent his family to send a hundred taels of silver tickets. The second master asked me to hand over the silver ticket to my sister-in-law, and I posted it to the second master. The second master said that there are fifty taels of what is not respectful, and there are fifty taels of charcoal respect, anyway, it is all the adult who respects you, and this favor does not need to be returned. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect that someone would send him farewell and charcoal as soon as he became a "small military plane", and he didn't expect that the Daotai who didn't know what his surname was called would either not make a move, and once he made a move, it would be fifty taels each. This is not a farewell or charcoal tribute to the general "small military aircraft", but a gift according to the specifications of the foreman military aircraft Zhang Jing.

was secretly wondering if people were different from those "little military planes" because they saw something unusual from the "extra walking", and Xiao Shandong hurriedly ran in and presented a greeting post.

Han Xiufeng took it and opened it to look at it, and said in a low voice: "Please, please ask Master Qingxian to listen to Yuxuan and sit down for a while, I'll be there later." ”

"Fourth Master, where is Yuxuan?" Xiao Shandong was confused.

"That's it...... It's the flower hall on the west side of the front yard. ”

"I know, the little one is going to please."

hired a talented and talented curtain friend, and the entire mansion has become civilized, especially the dozen or so rooms in the second entry, which now have elegant names. Thinking that Second Master Fei not only praised it, but even planned to find a carpenter to make a few plaques to hang on, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile, so quickly came to the "Rizhao Pavilion" located on the east side of the second entrance, opened the curtain, and found Wang Naizeng, the initiator of all this.

Wang Naizeng put down the "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom" that he was studying, got up and asked, "Dong Weng, you are back." ”

"Just came back," Han Xiufeng didn't care about being polite, but closed the door, beckoned him to sit, and talked about the affairs of the Qiying family, and said with a wry smile after speaking: "Qingxian is here, I asked Xiao Shandong to take him to the opposite side to listen to Yuxuan." ”

Wang Naizeng didn't expect such a thing, he pondered for a moment and muttered: "First I cleaned up Lao Tzu to show my son, and now I want to pack up my son to show Lao Tzu, the emperor doesn't want Qi Ying to die so happily!" ”

"A companion is like a tiger, if anyone is hated by our emperor, it is really better to live than to die." Thinking of the precarious life that the Qiying family is living now, Han Xiufeng suddenly felt a sense of sadness about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

"So just like Su Shun said, you must not be soft-hearted, and you must not ask Qingxian for less."

"I know this, but as far as I know, there are many civil and military ministers in the court who sympathize with Qiying, and there are even more princes who sympathize with Qiying, if I really talk to the Qingxian Lion, ...... words" Speaking of this, Han Xiufeng's words changed: "Compared with those Qingliu who looked at me in the eyes of Han Zhan Kedao, those civil and military ministers and princes and nobles who sympathized with Qiying are worried." ”

"Dong Weng, is there a way back for you to do this?" Wang Naizeng asked rhetorically, touched his chin and said, "If Qingxian is a smart person, he shouldn't talk nonsense." Because if he talks nonsense, he will not only offend you, but also the emperor, and I guess he shouldn't dare to be as confused as his father. ”

"And how much do you think it's appropriate to go with him?"

"It depends on how big he is, his father and his grandfather are two generations of prime ministers, 108,000 taels should be able to get it, but you still have to find out how much money his family has first. He had to take out all the money his family could must, and at the same time leave a way for his family to live, so that his family would not have to worry about their livelihood for the next ten or eight years. ”

"I don't know how much silver he has, and how to touch this family."

"Let him say to himself, he should have a number in his heart," Wang Naizeng thought for a while, and then said: "Dong Weng, Naizeng thinks that 10,000 taels a year is enough for the 'Houyi Hall', and it can be for three years first." If Qingxian can really give out 180,000 taels, then you will keep 30,000 taels, and the rest will be sent to the emperor quietly. ”

"What about Sushun?"

"Sushun doesn't need to send it there, first, in the eyes of the emperor, you are not only honest and honest, but also not good at drilling camps. If you send it to Su Shun like someone else doing this kind of errand, and then pass it to the emperor's ears, it will be troublesome; Second, as far as I know, Su Shun is not short of money, and he knows you well, if you don't give it to him, you will only think that you are not good at being an official, at most you will be unhappy for a while, but you will definitely not hate you because of this. ”

"Then do it, I'll go talk to Qingxian first."

Thinking of Su Shun's official voice, Wang Naizeng reminded: "Fourth master, you have been summoned by the emperor and entrusted by the emperor with important responsibilities first, and you have met Lord Su Shun first. Nai Zeng thinks that no matter what happens in the future, you have to figure out what the emperor thinks first, and then think about what Lord Sushun will think. ”

"Brother Xie Yunqing reminded that Xiufeng has been taught." Han Xiufeng really felt that listening to your words was better than reading a book for ten years, and he sincerely got up and thanked him.