In order to repay Han Xiufeng for buying the original yard, Fugui paid out of his own pocket last night to invite the tax collectors to eat and drink, and told the tax collectors that he had all the time, and saw that the shopkeeper and Yu Youfu rushed to Chongwen Gate with six carts, and immediately gave the good tax collector a look, and then pulled the family members of the general office to eat and drink. The tax collectors understood, pretended to search, asked for two hundred taels of silver, gave a tax stamp of twenty taels, and just let the storekeeper and others enter the city with several carts of luggage.

Han Xiufeng accompanied Duan Dazhang to follow, and the tax collectors pretended to search for half a pillar of incense around the carriage, and then they carried a stack of silver tickets given by Duan Dazhang to let them go, and they didn't even give the tax stamps.

Duan Dazhang didn't expect it to go so smoothly, looked back at the direction of Chongwenmen, and asked with a smile: "Zhixing, that friend of yours helped me save two or three thousand taels, this favor can't let him help in vain, do you want to give a few hundred taels of meaning?" ”

If it were someone else, Han Xiufeng would definitely say yes.

After all, I helped save two or three thousand taels of silver, and it is natural to give three or four hundred taels of silver, but no one knows whether it is rich or not, and this silver is not earned in vain. But this person in front of him is not someone else, but a real fellow countryman, or the biggest official fellow.

Han Xiufeng was bone-minded, naturally he wouldn't make this money, and said with a smile: "No." ”

Duan Dazhang groaned: "It's not okay to be embarrassed, otherwise you will beg others to do things in the future." ”

"Master Duan, I really don't need it." Han Xiufeng looked back behind him and explained: "First, he originally owed me a personal favor, and second, you had already given two thousand taels just now, and only he and the few tax collectors who saw you when you entered Beijing knew about it, so they didn't have to share the two thousand taels just now with the family of the general office member and another assistant committee member." ”

Duan Dazhang thought that the little fellow in front of him was really a sincere person, nodded slightly, and didn't say anything more.

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When foreign officials enter Beijing to see them, they must first go to the foreign affairs office located in the Jingyun Gate of the palace to ask for a farewell, and report to the emperor that the others have arrived in the capital, where they live, and are waiting for the emperor's summons, so Duan Dazhang asked Han Xiufeng to take the friends sitting in the second carriage back to the hall first.

Duan Dazhang has been a Hanlin official for more than ten years and is very familiar with the capital, Han Xiufeng has nothing to worry about, let alone help, so he simply went back to the hall to settle his friends and accompanying officials, and asked Pan Er and Datou to quickly prepare a banquet for him, and let Yu Youfu hurry up to call Huang Zhongyin, Ji Yunfei and Ao Tongchen. The other fellow villagers in Beijing did not shout for the time being, because if He Heng and the others all rushed back, Duan Dazhang, who was already very tired all the way, would be overwhelmed.

When Duan Dazhang handed over the invitation An Zhen to come to the hall, Huang Zhongyin, Ji Yunfei and Ao Tongxian had been waiting for a long time, and they all stood in front of the gatehouse to greet them.

Duan Dazhang and Huang Zhongyin are not only fellow villagers in Ba County, but also classmates of Lishi Academy, it can be said that they played big together when they were small, and they reunited after a long absence, so that even Ji Yunfei and Ao Tongxian couldn't interject. People are expensive in self-knowledge, Han Xiufeng will not be stupid enough to move forward, seeing that the banquet has not been completed, he apologized to everyone, and then went to the kitchen in the backyard to help.

Duan Dazhang reminisced with Huang Zhongyin and others, and at the same time, accompanied by Huang Zhongyin and Ji Yunfei, he turned around inside and out, up and down, returned to the main hall and sat down, holding tea and smiling: "Yongzhu, Bowen, I always thought it was just a repair, but I didn't expect you to build a lot of construction and push the old museum to rebuild, and build it so magnificently!" ”

Huang Zhongyin smiled bitterly: "It's a shame to say it, we really didn't bother to renovate the hall, and we didn't make any efforts, but we didn't dare to take credit, all of this was done by Zhixing." ”

"Zhixing did it all alone?"

"What are you lying about?" Huang Zhongyin put down the teacup and pointed at Ji Yunfei: "I don't believe you ask Bowen, Bowen knows best." ”

Duan Dazhang felt a little incredulous, and subconsciously asked: "Bowen, it hasn't been long since Zhixing replaced Fei Er, right?" ”

Ji Yunfei smiled and confirmed: "Zhixing's first thing has not been done for long, but as Brother Yonghui said, the renovation and expansion of the guild hall was all handled by Zhixing. Brother Zhuo Yun, don't look at him this year, he is only twenty-two this year, but he does things steadily, otherwise Master Gu would not value him so much. You can't believe it when you say it, the guild hall was built like this, including the purchase of these tables, chairs, benches and a set of utensils, and it only cost more than 4,000 taels of silver, including the purchase of the courtyard next to the old hall, which is the place under our feet. ”

"It only took more than 4,000 taels!" Duan Dazhang will be skeptical.

"How did the money collected and donated be spent, how did the new museum be built, and I remember it clearly on the credit record, if you don't believe it, you have to flip through the credit record." Looking at Duan Dazhang's incredible look, Ji Yunfei said regretfully: "Zhixing is upright and diligent, but unfortunately he is a cold person, no one is willing to give him a guarantee when he is young, no matter how good he reads, he can't get famous, so he can only drop out of school and go to the yamen to help. This first thing was forced by the second master to do it, others don't know that I know, when he first took over the hall, not only did he not have even a penny in the public account, but he owed the second master dozens of taels of silver. ”

"Zhixing is indeed a talent, but it's a pity that he can't go on the right path." Huang Zhongyin has been coming to the hall a lot these days, and he also thinks that Han Siren is good.

Hearing what the two friends said, and then thinking of entering the city, Duan Dazhang couldn't help but smile and said: "I believe, this Han Zhixing is good, and he gave me a gift of three thousand taels before I entered the city." ”

"Brother Zhuoyun, what are you kidding?" Ji Yunfei felt very strange, put down the cup and smiled: "I know his family background, his family background is really ordinary." Since he came to Beijing last year, he hasn't even seen a new piece of clothing added, and he has no money to eat and spend on weekdays, so how can he have three thousand taels of silver to honor you. ”

"Do you think I'm joking?"

Duan Dazhang also put down the teacup and talked eloquently about how Han Xiufeng helped him sneak into the city.

Ji Yunfei suddenly realized, and laughed: "It turned out to help you save three thousand taels!" ”

"Not only did I save three thousand taels, but I asked him if he wanted to take a few hundred taels to thank the Chongwenmen tax officer, and he said no. Tell me, he doesn't want to give him any money, how can I pay back this favor? ”

"Zhuoyun, you think too much, Zhixing is such a person." Ji Yunfei didn't feel strange at all, and couldn't help but say: "Although I don't read much of Zhixing's books, I know that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. Qian Junchen, you know, once the creditor came to the door, Zhixing saw that he was pitiful, and helped him pay back dozens of taels of silver, so he gave Zhixing a bracelet that was almost snatched away by the creditor, thinking that the bracelet was not worth a few pennies and did not plan to ask for it, and he did not plan to pay back the silver owed to Zhixing. Later, Zhixing found out that the bracelet was worth hundreds of taels, and returned the bracelet to him. ”

Huang Zhongyin also heard about this for the first time, and subconsciously asked: "What about the dozens of taels of silver, did Qian Junchen pay it back in the end?" ”

"I paid it back, but the dozens of taels I paid back were the money that Zhixing helped him earn."

"Can Qian Junchen's words still be sold for money?"

"So it's like not paying it back." Ji Yunfei smiled and said: "The most infuriating thing is that in order to get the errand of Enke and the examiner this year, he actually took the ancestral bracelet and sold it again, which is really a waste of Zhixing's kindness." ”

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