The land in Gushan Town has been sold for seventy percent, and the Dahao family in Chang'an, the capital, has purchased real estate in Gushan Town, using flying money, which is also known as "transformation", similar to the bill of exchange in later generations.

The two taxation laws implemented after the Tang Dynasty were in essence a new tax system in which household tax and land tax were used to replace rents. The two taxation laws have simplified the peasants' taxes into two types: the land tax collects grain, and the household tax collects money, which is paid in summer and autumn. Taxes are set by money, and taxes are paid by money. The implementation of the new tax law has greatly stimulated the demand for money in society.

Limited by the level of science and technology, the mining amount of copper, the main coinage material at that time, was very limited, resulting in a soaring copper price, the folk "destroy coins, cast for profit", which made the market more scarce, as a last resort, many businessmen in the transaction process will no longer take the method of bartering (currency), instead of "goods calculation, price calculation" and "mutual securities" way, the so-called "securities" here is flying money.

In addition to the cabinet shop, there are also local Jiedu envoys, because of the need to go to the imperial court, often accumulate a large amount of property in Chang'an Jinjuanyuan, merchants deposit currency in one place, and after obtaining flying money, they go to another place to redeem it.

After the land sale in Gushan Town entered the climax, many Chengwu businessmen who did business in Chang'an returned to Ziqing to buy land with flying money, because of the excessive payment of property, which made the government treasury nervous, and there were often delays in payment, which naturally hindered the progress of land sales to a certain extent. The clerk is the financial director of the Qing Navy, and he should be the one to dredge the joints, and it is not Li Mao's turn to intervene.

Therefore, he never thought of going to Yunzhou for this reason, but now that the arrow is on the line, he can only go to Yu Hualong, hoping to go to Yunzhou in person to dredge the joints and clear the obstacles to land sales. One of the tasks of the clerk to go to Yunzhou is to completely solve the matter, Yu Hualong didn't want Li Mao to go again, but he saw that he was sincere, and couldn't bear to pour cold water on him, and thought that although the clerk was a confidant, he had too much power, and it would be good to have someone to restrain him, so he agreed to Li Mao's request.

In front of his staff, he praised Li Mao for his diligence and courage in taking responsibility, and instructed him to work together with the clerk to get through the joints as soon as possible and set off another climax of land sales in Gushan Town.

Ziqing Town was originally in Qingzhou, but it was only 30 years since it was moved to Yunzhou, and Yunzhou has developed into the largest city in Shandong in 30 years, with a population of 100,000. Yunzhou, Li Mao is still the first time to come, here he is a black eye, he can't help but think a little self-deprecatingly: "Some people think of me as the hidden pile that Li Shigu planted in Gushan Town, but who can imagine that I have never even seen his face in this dark pile, but I am afraid that he may not be able to remember me as a person." ”

After Li Mao found an inn and settled down, he asked Qingmo and Mo Qi Shentong to prepare a gift, and asked Jia Zhiyan's address. In Yunzhou, Li Mao can think of only one relationship, Jia Zhiyan has just been transferred back to Yunzhou from Chengwu County as an observation envoy, and went to Yanzhou before Li Mao came to Yunzhou, fortunately, Mrs. Jia was born in a scholarly family, sensible, and humane, and more importantly, she heard the name Li Mao, and left an impression, and the impression was not bad.

Hearing Li Mao's invitation, Mrs. Jia hesitated slightly, but still called the housekeeper and took a name card to Li Mao, and Li Mao used this name card to meet Zhang Ren, the secretary of the military government.

Zhang Ren was a student of Jia Zhiyan, and he still bought this teacher quite a lot, and when he saw Li Mao coming with the teacher's name, he didn't make hypocrisy, and bluntly said: "The accounts are a little unclear, and they are not a big deal, but someone is a hindrance from it, and the matter is stabbed, and Judge Zhu can't force it, so he can only leave people to check, in fact, your Qing Navy's accounts are originally confused accounts, what kind of reputation can you find?" The scene has already left, and tomorrow I will see the air to explain this matter to Judge Zhu and Chen Yuhou to see if I can close the case. ”

Zhang Ren called a book history and led Li Mao to the house of Chen Meirui, the marquis of the sub-judges, halfway through, the history of the book told Li Mao that Chen Meirui liked jade, Li Mao asked Qingmo to buy a piece of high-grade Khotanese jade, Chen Meirui saw the jade and his eyes lit up, and he did not hide his liking. After getting the benefit, Chen Meirui spoke much softer, and he said to Li Mao: "If you come two days early, everything will be easy, but the trouble now is that the case file has been transferred to Yan Gongna, and if you want to withdraw it, you still have to use means." ”

Chen Meirui sent a family member to take Li Mao to the house of Yan Kun, the Marquis of Duyu, and the concierge of Yan's house received Li Mao's usual money before he was willing to report, Yan Xiu was delicious, and the Chen family asked him to go to the famous sea, land and mountain treasure museum in the city for Li Mao, Yan Xiu readily agreed, ate and drank, and received Li Mao two ingots of red gold, and then returned satisfied.

There was no news for three days, and Mrs. Wen Wu was exhausted, and for some reason, she hit her head against the window one day, causing her head to bleed.

On the fourth day, when it was dark, Yan Xiu sent a letter saying that Yan Su had returned to the house, and Li Mao hurriedly called the Wu family to make up his makeup and rushed to Yan's house. The chief manager Yan Xiu grabbed Li Mao and instructed: "Lang Jun went out hunting with Jieshuai this afternoon, hunted a fat deer, and drank a wine in the small pine forest outside the city, he was in a good mood, you go in and talk well, maybe the matter will be done." ”

Li Mao thanked him and led Mrs. Wen to the main hall to see Yan Kun, Yan Kun's body was fat, he drank too much wine, and his face was red like a pigskin that had not bled after death. Those prostitutes were dressed in Zen thin clothes, and their slender posture was exquisite.

Li Mao frowned unconsciously, he subconsciously glanced at Mrs. Wen Wu, and regretted that he shouldn't have brought her here.

was on the rise, and heard that the family reported that someone asked to see him, Yan Su was immediately angry, ripped off the blindfold, and snorted angrily: "Which one doesn't have long eyes, come to stir up Yaxing." When he saw Mrs. Wen with a white silk wrapped around her forehead, she was stunned, her face turned from cloudy to clear, and she asked softly, "What is the name of this little lady?" ”

Li Mao saw that his eyes were evil, and his heart was not good, so he hurriedly replied on behalf of the Wu family: "This is the wife of the envoy of the Qing Navy Grain Institute, Linqing Wu." Yan Su frowned, and was about to have a seizure, but when he saw the Mo Qi divine power behind Li Mao with a fierce gaze like a wild wolf, he shivered and swallowed back the scolding that came to his mouth.

Wu took a step forward, knelt in front of Yan Kun, and sobbed to defend her husband. Yan Su wanted to reach out to help him several times, but he couldn't resist the fierce gaze of Mo Qi's magical powers, and finally said: "I already know about this matter, I will ask you to understand tomorrow, and then I will give you an answer." With that, he waved away.

Out of the door, Wu complained: "It took so much trouble to meet, but I was sent away by a word, how did I get it." Li Mao comforted: "He drank too much wine tonight, and he will have an answer tomorrow when he is sober." ”

On the second day, I didn't hear from Yan's mansion for a day, and on the morning of the third day, Wu urged Li Mao to go to Yan's mansion to inquire, Li Mao stayed in the store to take care of Wu's family, and took Qingmo to go alone, Yan Xiu, who greeted him with a smile the day before, seemed to don't know Li Mao at all.

Li Mao had a request for help, so he had to swallow his anger, and on the way back, Qingmo whispered to him: "Do you know, after we left that night, Yan Su called him to scold him, scolded him to a happy place, and slapped him twice. He ate and beaten, so he didn't wait to see us. Li Mao said: "Do you know why you were beaten?" ”

Qingmo said: "I don't know, it seems to say that the supernatural gaze is too scary, scaring him." ”

Li Mao was silent when he heard this, and Qingmo said: "I think this matter is a bit hanging, so I have to think about it differently." Li Mao said: "Wait and see." Li Mao didn't want to go back so early to disappoint the Wu family, so he took Qingmo to wander around the street. After all, Yunzhou is a big city, there are quite a lot of places to play, the two of them go to see the flowers, taste refreshments, drink wine, and don't feel that a day will pass.

It was not until dusk that she returned to the inn, Aunt Qi had just persuaded Wu to have some food, and when she saw Li Mao coming back, Wu's eyes lit up, and she greeted her like a child and asked, "Maohua, did he promise to release the book?" ”

Li Mao said: "Yan Gong went out for something, but I didn't see it. Wu was both disappointed and a little resentful, his face turned pale, he bit his lip and endured it bitterly, but he couldn't hold it back, and he cried loudly and scolded Li Mao.

After crying and scolding, seeing that the Wu family gradually calmed down, Li Mao persuaded him: "Sister-in-law relax, they accepted our gifts, according to the rules of officialdom, they must always say something, besides, this matter has been poked out, the procedures that should be taken still have to be taken, and wait patiently for a few days." ”

Wu Shi also completely calmed down at this moment, thinking about his gaffe just now, he felt both ashamed and uneasy, his face was red and white, and it was difficult to determine the sunny weather, and he was silent for a long time: "Maohua, don't blame my sister-in-law, I am a woman's family, I don't feel it when I am at home, and I only know that I am naïve when I go out." ”

Wu is just in her early thirties, because of good maintenance, her face looks young, she was born in a scholarly family, rarely famous, and is considered a leader among her brothers and sisters of the same generation. Because of his quick thinking, he can often stump the well-known clerk, and over time, Wu is a little fluttering, thinking that men in the world are just like this. When the husband and wife quarreled, they also threatened to separate and live alone.

Li Mao looked at the poor Wu family and understood that this was a little woman who had been raised in a vase since she was a child and spoiled by her parents, brothers, and husband. It's not uncommon to suddenly encounter such a big event, and it's not unusual. Although it looks pitiful for a while, this lesson is also very useful for her, at least she will not talk lightly about separation and loneliness when she quarrels with the clerk in the future.