If a Song Dynasty person travels to the later generations, he will definitely feel dazzled and dizzy, because there are too many things that he has not seen, but the Song Dynasty also has things that later generations did not have, such as a special kind of furniture: the cash box.

The cash box is similar to the safe in later generations, which is to store valuables, but the safe is not used by ordinary people, and the main function of the safe is not to save money, but to store some valuables, after all, money can be stored in the bank.

In contrast, the money box of the Song Dynasty is much more common, up to the princes and nobles, down to the ordinary people, except for those who are poor and can't save money, most people will have a money box in their homes, and the money box is also like its name, it is really used to save money, this is mainly because there was no bank in ancient times, there was no place to store the money earned, and the copper money was too cumbersome to carry in large quantities, so the family needed to have a strong box to store money.

Of course, the princes and nobles will have a special room in their homes to store valuables, that is, a money vault, but in addition to the money vault, everyone will generally have a money box under the bed to store their own personal belongings, so in the Great Song Dynasty, as long as the family can save money, there will generally be a special money box for storing property.

Li Zhang's family also has a money box, and it was left by the cloth merchant whose family was killed before, and now it has been ascertained that this cloth merchant is likely to be a party item, as for the man in black who was arrested that day, he disappeared forever in the dark night of that night, and even Lu Wu did not mention it again, but the more this is the case, the more certain it is that the other party should be the party item, and later Li Zhang also heard from the market that several officials of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War were disposed of, and I don't know if it is related to this matter?

It may be that the person who does the fine work needs to have too many secrets to keep, so the money box left by the cloth merchant is also very strong, made of hardwood, and the corners are wrapped with iron, which is very heavy, and if it is loaded with copper coins, unless there are people with natural divine powers like wild dogs, there are not four or five people who don't want to drag it.

The cash box has been placed under the bed in the inner room, usually there are too many places to use money in the store, Li Zhang feels that it is inconvenient for him to always go in and out of the room, so he handed over the key to the ugly lady for safekeeping, don't look at the ugly girl, but she is as careful as a hair, since letting her manage the money, she has also developed a habit, that is, every night before going to bed, she must count the money in the cash box, otherwise she will not sleep well.

But when the ugly lady was counting the money today, she found that the money was less, so she hurriedly ran to find Li Zhang, but as soon as the words came out, the tears flowed down first, firstly, because she had betrayed Li Zhang's trust, and secondly, she also felt wronged.

"How much less, does anyone else know about it?" Li Zhang asked in a deep voice.

"Without five runs, I didn't dare to tell others to come to my eldest brother." The ugly lady wiped her tears and said at this time.

"Is the lock broken, is it that we are all on the first floor during the day, so there was a burglar upstairs?" Li Zhang asked again.

"The lock wasn't broken, and nothing else was lost, it didn't look like it had been burglarized." The ugly lady replied again.

"The lock is not broken, the key is only one for you to keep, how can the other party steal the money?" Li Zhang couldn't help but show a surprised expression when he heard this.

"This ......" saw that the ugly lady showed an expression of wanting to speak at this time, as if she had something to say, which made Li Zhang's face sink and asked again, "Ugly girl, do you know something?" ”

"Today...... Today......" In the face of Li Zhang's questioning, I saw that the ugly lady became spitting up, but finally gritted her teeth and said, "Today, big brother, you went out early, Uncle Li went out later to use money, originally I wanted to go upstairs to get money for him, but I was busy cooking at the time and couldn't get away, so Uncle Li offered to get it myself, so I gave him the key." ”

Li Zhang will give Li Yonghe ten cents and a pack of braised meat every day to go out, and now Li Yonghe is not only satisfied with doing trust, but even began to sell braised meat to some restaurants, and it has indeed attracted a lot of business during this time, but today Li Zhang went out early and didn't have time to give him money, so when he asked for money, the ugly lady did not suspect it.

"Sure enough, it's him!" Li Zhang also frowned at the moment, originally he thought that by giving the other party a chance, Li Yonghe would be able to reform himself, but now it seems that gamblers are gamblers, and it is impossible to go on the right path.

"It doesn't have to be Uncle Li, because I saw him empty-handed when he went downstairs, and I didn't see him take so much money at all?" The ugly girl spoke again at this time, because the five-run copper coin is not light, and it can't be hidden on her body at all.

"Silly girl, he can take out the money and hide it somewhere, and then take it when people are not looking." Li Zhang smiled bitterly at this time, Wuguan is not light, except for Li Yong and this adult in the family, only wild dogs can handle it, but with the nature of wild dogs, they will never steal money, so it can only be Li Yong and this gambler.

"Perhaps...... Maybe Uncle Li was in a hurry, so he had to use this method. The ugly girl was worried that Li Zhang's heart was uncomfortable, but at this time she comforted him.

"No matter what the reason, stealing is stealing, and this money is still the ransom money saved for Sister Douzi, and he can really do it!" Li Zhang snorted coldly at this time, in fact, he couldn't talk about being angry about Li Yonghe stealing money, but he felt very disappointed, human nature is really difficult to change.

"The five money will be recorded in my account first, and like the previous gambling debts, it will be repaid by my dividends in the future, and you should not tell anyone else about this matter, especially Tanuki, so as not to disappoint her!" Li Zhang thought about it for a while, and finally said again, it was also the misfortune of him and Tanuki to have such a father.

"Yes, I know!" The ugly girl wiped her tears again when she heard this, she was an orphan, and sometimes she was very envious of Li Zhang and Tanuki to have a father, but now it seems that it is better not to have such a father.

That night, Li Zhang lost sleep again, worried about Sister Douzi's fundraising, disappointed by Li Yong and stealing money, and powerless against reality, he used to only think about making some money to make Tanuki and Douzi live a better life, as for the longer-term plan, he never had time to think about it.

But now through this incident, Li Zhang found that what he has now is far from enough, this time it seems to be a matter of money on the surface, but in fact, it is actually caused by the low social status that Li Zhang now has.

Li Zhang is now just a small businessman doing some business, businessmen belong to a lowly industry, no power, no power and no status, so the housekeeper of the Xu family dares to quote him a sky-high price, if he has a higher social status, such as Han Qi to help Xiuxiu redeem himself, Steward Xu will definitely not dare to ask for a sky-high price.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang finally sighed secretly, no matter how the times change, some things still change, especially in the land of the Central Plains, power will always have more influence than money, he is only making a little money now, maybe others don't look down on him, but if he makes the business bigger and bigger, he will definitely be targeted in the end, and then I'm afraid he can only make wedding dresses for others.

"Powerful, but how can you gain power?" Knowing the above truth, Li Zhang immediately thought of a more realistic question.

The word power can be separated, power refers to power, and power is influence, such as power, wealth, talent, etc., can have influence, but relatively speaking, wealth, talent, etc. are not as influential as power, so the world will connect power and power to form the word power.

If you want to get power, the easiest way is to be an official, and the right way to be an official is, of course, the imperial examination, for example, Han Qi is taking this road, Li Zhang and the other party are barely friends, if Han Qi enters the official career in the future, Li Zhang can use the power of the other party, but Han Qi is still too young now, and he will have to wait at least a few years when he enters the officialdom.

In addition to Han Qi, Li Zhang also has a powerful person by his side, that is, Lu Wu, but Lu Wu is just a small team leader, and the rich family of the Xu family must also have a connection with officialdom behind it in addition to being rich, so people may not be afraid of a small team leader.

Of course, Lu Wu also has many mysteries, and he doesn't seem to be an ordinary team leader, but Li Zhang can't keep bothering the other party until he finds out the details of Lu Wu, in case Lu Wu can't afford to offend the Xu family, he will only embarrass the other party at that time.

However, whether it is Han Qi or Lu Wu, the power in their hands is theirs after all, if they want to truly change their social status, the most important thing is that they have power in their hands, after all, it is better to ask for others than for themselves.

"Could it be that I can really only study from scratch, and then compete with Han Qi and other ancients to take the imperial examination?" Li Zhang said to himself again at this time, if you want to gain power, you must enter the officialdom, and the most direct way to enter the officialdom is to participate in the imperial examination, but Li Zhang, as a modern person, has no problem letting him take the mathematics and physics exam, but it is a bit difficult for a strong man to take the Four Books and Five Classics, and even he can't even memorize the "Thousand Character Text" that others enlightened now.

Of course, in addition to civil officials, there is also a way to go, but Li Zhang looked at his small body, and then thought about the suppression of military generals by the Great Song Dynasty, even if a famous general like Di Qing later had to be humiliated by some minor officials in the end, it can be seen that the status of military generals is low, which made him immediately abandon this idea.

"Damn, just read and read, not only do I want to read, but they also want to read, I don't believe that there is not a single seedling of reading among so many of us!" In the end, Li Zhang finally said ruthlessly.

It's just that Li Zhang himself didn't realize that after this incident, Li Zhang's thinking has undergone a big change, and he finally began to completely accept the society of the Great Song Dynasty, and actively seek to integrate into this era, which will also have an immeasurable impact on him and the Great Song Dynasty.