Li Xiangjun snorted and said: "So what, our sister Wanmei is as beautiful as a flower, and her talent is superb, I don't believe that Wang Gongzi can't look down on it." ”

They dare not think that they are in the main house of the Qinglou women, and it is their pursuit to be a concubine of a loving and righteous person. A young, high-ranking official, rich and talented man like Wang Yue is almost the embodiment of perfection, and he is a concubine, of course, these women are willing to do it.

When the women were laughing at Dong Xiaowan, Wang Yue had already left Meixiang Building, and then saw Mao Xiang and others.

Although they went out of Meixianglou, they did not leave immediately, they left the boss Wang Yue alone in Meixianglou, and they always had to look at the situation before considering leaving.

"You guys have no righteousness, and you dare to leave Lord Ben alone, what kind of crime should you be guilty of!" Wang Yue feigned anger.

Mao Xiang saw that Wang Yue was just pretending to be angry, and he smiled and said, "Lord Wang, such a beautiful day, it is the time of wind and snow, why did you come out?" ”

Fang Yizhi also smiled and said: "Lord Wang, we have created such a good opportunity, why don't you continue to be Fengyue and lose a good time." ”

Wang Yue said with a sigh: "Then what should I do? What do you mean, the official still wants to stay overnight in Meixiang Building? ”

In fact, this is also one of the reasons why he ran out, he is really not used to sleeping in a strange place, and Dong Xiaowan may not leave him to stay in the boudoir overnight, if he is so faceless.

Mao Xiang smiled and said ambiguously: "My lord, that little girl seems to be interested in you, do you want us to help you match." ”

Wang Yue always felt weird, this Mao Xiang actually pimped for his future concubine, no matter how he thought about it, he felt strange.

He couldn't help asking, "Brother Bijiang didn't fall in love with that Dong Xiaowan?" ”

Mao Xiang was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again: "How dare students compete with adults, it's funny." ”

Wang Yue understood after thinking about it, Mao Xiang and Dong Xiaowan should have met for the first time, and now there is nothing to do with each other, let alone an emotional foundation. Today's protagonist is Wang Yue, so Mao Xiang didn't think about it at all, and Dong Xiaowan's focus was not Mao Xiang. In fact, Mao Xiang's first girlfriend who fell in love was Chen Yuanyuan, not Dong Xiaowan.

Mao Xiang saw that Wang Yue was stunned, and said: "Lord Wang, the students are familiar with Miss Xiangjun, why don't I let them ask Miss Xiaowan's mind?" ”

The autonomy of famous prostitutes on the Qinhuai River is still quite large, even if they sell themselves in the Qinglou, they all choose their lifelong objects, and they are rarely decided by the bustard, so they don't look for Li Zhenli.

Fang Yizhi also said: "The student inquired when he came out just now, this Xiaowan girl is still free, and she has not sold her deed to the Qinglou. ”

Wang Yue said: "Let everything be natural, don't add to the chaos." ”

He still has a good impression of Dong Xiaowan, but this kind of thing can only be done slowly, feelings need to be cultivated, Qin Huai Bayan's name is not to be talked about, and it is impossible for people to throw themselves directly into their arms just because you are Wang Yue.

Wang Yue instructed Yue Shun to send another two hundred taels of silver to Mei Xianglou, and then returned to his residence in Nanjing.

Xianggong went to visit the Qinglou, which could not be concealed from the eyes of the confidential secretary Li Xuezhu, and the smell of fat powder on Wang Yue's body could not escape her nose, but Wang Yue did not stay outside overnight, which was enough for Li Xuezhu to steal joy.

Ruan Dacheng, who returned to his residence in Crotch Lane, recruited his friend Yang Wencong.

No matter how bastard you are, you also have friends, this Yang Wencong, the word Longyou, is a county magistrate who is dismissed at home. Don't look at this person's former official position, but he is known as a literary name, and he is one of the early founders of the Fushe Society, and his wife is Ma Shiying's sister.

"Long You (Yang Wencong) Come and take a look at this!" Ruan Dacheng waved the document in his hand and handed it to Yang Wencong.

Ruan Dacheng read and read this document, and he was almost ready to memorize it, which shows how much he attaches importance to it.

This is a document printed on A4 paper, Yang Wencong first marveled at who could write such a small font, and then looked at it carefully.

Before he finished reading it, he said in surprise: "This, this is to collect commercial tax." ”

Ruan Dacheng went to meet Wang Yue, he knew, but he didn't expect Ruan Dacheng to bring back such a thing.

"Yuanhai, this is given to you by Wang Sihua?" Yang Wencong frowned and said, "If you are involved in this matter, do you know what this means?" ”

Ruan Dacheng said: "Long You read it carefully. ”

Yang Wencong then looked down and was even more surprised. This document is not only to collect commercial taxes, but also to collect customs duties at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Of course, it is nominally a protection fee, which is somewhat similar to what the Zheng family did.

Seeing that he finished reading it, Ruan Dacheng asked, "How is it?" ”

Yang Wencong sighed: "This is to offend the people of the world!" ”

"Hmph, the people of the world that Long You said are just those gentry, merchants, and eunuchs, how can they represent the people of the world." Ruan Dacheng said nonchalantly: "I, Ruan Yuanhai, am also a genius in words and chapters, a famous scholar, but because I had a wrong idea back then, I voted for Cui Wei's door and entered the name of my children and grandchildren." Now that the situation is defeated, I am left with dead forest birds, everyone scolds and attacks everywhere. ”

Saying that, he also said loudly: "Since they don't give me a way to live, I will find another way, and the merits and demerits will be judged by future generations." ”

He had already figured out that hugging Wang Yue's thigh was safer than hugging Wei Zhongxian's thigh. Because Wang Yue had the army as his backing, the emperor didn't have a problem.

The problems of the Ming Dynasty were mainly economic problems, which many people of insight have seen, but the vested interest groups are too large for anyone to change this trend. Including Ruan Dacheng and Yang Wencong, they themselves are actually vested interests.

Yang Wencong said: "Take it from the people, use it for the people!" That's a good point. I heard that this Lord Wang Sihua has done some things that are beneficial to the people's livelihood in various parts of Shuntianfu. ”

The document also explains how the money was collected for infrastructure construction in the Jiangnan region.

"Ahh Ruan Dacheng patted his thigh and said: "This is a move that is meritorious in the present and beneficial in the future, and in the future, the name of my Ruan Yuanhai will be left in this history book." Longyou, help me to refer to the details, my Ruan Yuanhai's success or failure is in one fell swoop. ”

Yang Wencong is also very interested in returning to his official career, and if he can catch Wang Yue's ship, it seems to be a shortcut.

So the two studied the document overnight, refined the terms, and checked for omissions.

Ruan Dacheng wrote a more detailed thing and sent someone to Wang Yue the next day.

After reading it, Wang Yue clapped his hands. Ruan Dacheng does have some talents, and the things that Wang Yue took out were just a rough plan and regulations, which were formulated according to the modern tax revisions. After being polished by Ruan Dacheng and Yang Wencong, it is more suitable for the actual situation of Daming and more operable.

If these things were to be done by the former guerrilla general Jiao Keda, he would definitely not be able to do them.

So Ruan Dacheng was sent to Suzhou by Wang Yue, focusing on the urban management tax work, Wang Yue promised to see the results in a year, if he did well, he didn't mind recommending him to be a prefect of Songjiang.

Ruan Dacheng left Yang Wencong's name in the manuscript, indicating that Yang Wencong also contributed to these things. Letting a friend take a ride is such a thing, Ruan Dacheng is still very righteous

Yang Wencong's Wang Yue has also heard of it, and it seems that he is much more disciplined than Ruan Dacheng.

Most of the work of transporting the hungry people had been carried out, and Wang Yue had to wait in Nanjing for the Fifth Regiment Feng Yuanshan to rush to Shanghai together.