Chapter 501: You and I are waiting to be brothers-in-law

At the end of the year, you can go to the nearest salt field to support salt in Xuanfu Kaizhong, and each salt is only three buckets and five liters of rice!

The news from the General Military Mansion was like a thunderclap above the heads of all the Jin merchants. Due to the large number of people in Shanxi and the lack of land, even since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court has repeatedly migrated people from Shanxi to Beijing, Shandong and other places, the local production is still insufficient, and most of them are merchants. Shanxi Yanchi is famous all over the world, and the Datong Xuanfu next to it is the place where military rations are most needed, and the Jin merchants who benefit the most from the salt law in Kaizhong. Now the imperial court has ordered that this time to send grain to Xuanfu without waiting for salt, and each salt only needs three buckets and five liters, and the profit in this is enough to make people crazy.

Even if you add a bucket of five liters to play up and down, as long as you can get the salt, it will be several times the profit when you change hands!

For a time, the major Jin merchants in Taiyuan Mansion, Lu'an Mansion, Fenzhou Pingyao and other places all sent capable men to Xuanfu to rush to Xuanfu, hoping to occupy a position in this most lucrative feast. The Yongqing Cang, which was designated to store grain and grass, became the focus of all attention, but the person in charge of the grain collection was still undecided, which also made it very difficult for the stewards who hurried to the ground.

So, in order to be comprehensive, they who are well-informed have to talk around. However, whether it was the General Soldier's Mansion, the Eunuch's Mansion, or even Zhang Yue, who lived in Bazhen Street, or Lu Feng, who lived on the west side of the Jinyi Weixuanfu Guard, these were all places that could not be approached, so they could only retreat to the second best place and try their best to climb up to the people who came out of these four places. After all, although the official document clearly states that "no salt will be paid", but this time the amount of grain and grass needed by the imperial court is huge, and everyone will always come out in an order.

The mall is lively, but the officialdom seems to be calm. After the big reading, Zhang Yue, who knew what he knew, saw Lu Feng again, and after hinting vaguely, he continued to recuperate while sending someone to count the grain reserves of the three major warehouses of Yongqing Cang, Yongping and Yong'an Cang. Since he didn't have to do anything this time due to illness, the group of officials who were originally worried about the granary ambassador, deputy envoy and other officials who were not in the stream naturally breathed a sigh of relief. The Liansheng and Lianhu brothers, who came and went between the two sides all day long, were greatly addicted to being respected, and they all felt that the hardship was nothing.

On this day, Lian Sheng rushed back in a hurry, and when he entered the house, he shouted: "Young master, crazy, really crazy, I have been coming to Xuanfu for so many days, and it is the first time that I have seen so many businessmen in the small one!" The small one who came out of Yongqing Cang was intercepted by a few stewards, and was almost pulled directly into the restaurant, even so, when he left, someone stuffed money into the small hand! If it weren't for the General Military Mansion to guard both ends of Bazhen Street and not allow merchants to enter and leave, I'm afraid our gate would be full of people! ”

"Merchants seek profits, if it weren't for the fact that the decree issued by the imperial court this time said that they would not be so eager to pay salt."

After four or five days of recuperation, Zhang Yue has almost recovered, but he is still waiting and seeing. Putting down this sentence, seeing that Lian Sheng nodded vigorously there, he interrogated a few words about Yongqingcang, and then sent him to the General Military Mansion to inquire about the situation, and then continued to sit on the kang and write a notebook. It was easy to finish writing, he called out and no one answered, and when he looked up, he found that the room was empty, and then he remembered that from Peng Shisan to Xianglong Liu Bao, even Lian Hu was sent out by himself.

I thought that going to Xuanfu was just an ordinary business trip, but now that the emperor has sent the title of Governor Xuanfu all of a sudden, the manpower around him is a little stretched. Do you want to send someone to report to your home and send a few people over?

As he thought so, the curtain in front of the door was knocked open again. Seeing that familiar face, he couldn't help but think that these two brothers were exactly the same temperament. So, when Lian Hu shouted a sentence happily, he showed an angry expression, but as Lian Hu showed another head behind him, his face froze.

"Young master, look who is coming!"

"Brother-in-law!"

"Little Five, you ...... What are you doing here! ”

Zhang Yue, who was dumbfounded, looked at Xiao Wu, who was wearing men's clothes with a smug face, and his head suddenly turned a little. Even if this little girl has always done her own thing, his mother-in-law will never let her run around, and Du Juan will not easily agree. It was easy to come back to his senses, and he found that there was someone behind Xiao Wu, and he couldn't help but glare at him viciously.

"Lao Wan, what the hell are you messing with!"

"Heaven and earth conscience, I haven't done anything!" Wan Shijie hurriedly raised his hand and explained, "I came down to check the military household, and you don't know that there were so many casualties in Xinghe at once, and this vacancy cannot but be filled." As for the little five girls, doesn't your family know that you are sick? You were in a siege and almost died, but this time you said that you were sick, and your family members were very worried, so the little fifth girl volunteered and no one could stop her, and your mother-in-law learned that I was going to go to Xuanfu, so I asked me to take care of one or two along the way. ”

"Yes, yes, thanks to Brother Wan's care along the way, he can't even live in the post station for me! But I was also very unlucky, he said all the way that the matter was urgent, and the horses were so fast that I was about to be torn apart in the carriage, and it only took one day and one night to rush from Beijing! ”

Hearing Xiao Wu's words, Zhang Yue was almost choked to death by his own saliva, and when he saw Wan Shijie's innocent face, he suddenly felt even more angry, and yelled at Lian Hu: "Who made you troublesome?" Am I not the first to speak, just a little illness, don't talk nonsense at home? ”

"Young master, it's either Uncle Peng or someone else, the little one can guarantee that this matter is definitely not leaked by us!"

Seeing Lian Hu's face full of grievances, Zhang Yue only felt that this thing was really bizarre. But before he could speak, he saw Xiao Wuyi sitting down in front of him seriously, seriously grabbing his wrist to check his pulse. In desperation, he had to look up at Wan Shijie, and asked in a deep voice: "Lao Wan, where are you going to check the military household this time?" ”

"Go to Lu'an Mansion nearby." Wan Shijie honestly spread his hands and said, "I just went to the General Military Mansion to see Wu Anhou, and I originally planned to let the little fifth girl come to meet you first, but when I saw so many people on the street, I was worried about not being safe, so I asked her to wait for me in the car for a while, and then found it together." Now that the matter promised to Aunt Du has been completed, I will set off in the afternoon, and when the matter is completed, I will return to Xuanfu to report, and it is estimated that I will return to Beijing without stopping. Things are piling up in the military department, so everything has to be fast. ”

Although he knew Wan Shijie's temperament and knew that he would never be able to do anything about abduction, when he saw it at first glance, Zhang Yue really thought that the two of them had staged some elopement scene, and he was finally relieved at this time. However, before he could finish his breath, Xiao Wu put down his wrist and turned his head to say a word to Wanshijie.

"When Brother Wan returned to Beijing, he sent a message to my mother and sister, saying that I would go back with my brother-in-law at that time......"

"Nonsense, Lao Wan, take her with you when you go back!" Zhang Yue had completely thrown the initial bit of annoyance out of the clouds at this time, so he instructed Xiao Wu in an unquestionable tone, "This is Xuanfu, even if the family doesn't worry about me, it's enough for you to stay for a few days, go back early!" Your sister can't take care of the house, you take care of me, what should my mother-in-law do? There must be a priority in this life, isn't it good for me to be good? ”

was glared at by Zhang Yue, Xiao Wu remembered that Qiu was alone at home, and suddenly wilted, and nodded reluctantly: "I'll listen to your brother-in-law...... Don't blame others, the news of your illness was unintentionally mentioned by Mrs. Wu'anhou next door, because the old lady was not in good health, and my sister was afraid that you would have something in case she stimulated her, and she couldn't get out. By the way, brother-in-law, your father has already returned, and I heard that your eldest uncle is also on the way...... Another thing, when Brother Wan and I entered this street, it took a lot of effort, and when someone saw us coming in, they squeezed up to talk, and he said that he was a mountain fan, and asked my brother-in-law if you could see him. ”

Xiao Wu said that Zhang Yue had a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, and when he heard the last sentence, he suddenly remembered that Fang Qing said that the family had moved from Shanxi to Shandong, and his family was also a big family in Shanxi. It's just that Wan Shijie and Xiao Wu have just arrived at this time, and he doesn't want to interrogate too much, so he immediately ordered Lian Hu to order some wine and food at the Bazhen Pavilion next door, and sent Xiao Wu to the next room to freshen up and change a set of clothes. As soon as the others left, he snorted at Wanshijie.

"Don't you often go to Du's house? actually let her disguise herself as a man, and she didn't know how to persuade her! ”

"It's not that you don't know your sister-in-law's temperament, and you have made up your mind that eight cows can't be pulled back, how can I have that ability!" Wan Shijie sighed and shook his head, and saw Zhang Yue staring at him, so he smiled wryly, "Yuanjie, can you not look at me with such eyes, weird people...... On the way, I rode her in the car, but there was no overstep, I just brought her over in a good manner according to Aunt Du's entrustment, and did nothing! ”

This kind of explanation became more and more black, and Zhang Yue muttered even more when he heard it, so he simply asked bluntly: "Lao Wan, Ming people don't say dark words, you tell me honestly, are you interested in Xiao Wu?" ”

Seeing Zhang Yue's eyes blazing, and he couldn't get past it, Wan Shijie readily admitted: "My Fair Lady, the gentleman is good, I really like her, so since I met her again at dinner with you in Du Kanglou, I always went to Du's house, just to take the opportunity to say a few more words." You don't know, there were a few times when I almost courted Aunt Du, but Xiao Wu was ignorant, and I was afraid that I would scare her...... But if you are sincere, I will definitely be able to impress her, and you and I will wait to be a brother-in-law. ”

In the face of such a bold statement, Zhang Yue didn't know what to say, and it took a long time to hold back a vicious sentence: "This is what you said, if you dare to treat her badly in the future, don't blame me for being unkind to you!" ”