Chapter 19: Gift-giving

Sure enough, as Mrs. Lin expected, since Sui Baolin entered the palace, because he was not too tall, he was disliked by King Zhao, so he gave him the title of Six-grade Baolin, but he didn't give him an errand, and he usually didn't see King Zhao. By the time the eighty-first royal maid was lucky, she had not been selected by King Zhao. Therefore, on weekdays, there are many people who are squeezed, either because of the lack of monthly money, or because of the lack of use. As a concubine, she was reluctant to write letters to her family, so life was very difficult.

Now the nobleman Song Yuyao (that is, Lin Fang's godson, the one who eats with the promotion of Shanggong, and now climbs to the position of the nobleman) has Hongnongfu Pingzhun Langzhong Sui Zhaoshen said that he is the nephew of Huayin's uncle, and he came to the province with Baolin's cousin. Because Zongzheng Mansion does not have a list of Huayin Suijia, I asked if it was a side branch.

Originally, this matter was not very legal, but it was only because Song Yuyao accepted Sui Zhaoshen's money that he agreed to make a trip. If you recognize him as a brother with Baolin, you can give gifts, but you can't enter and leave the palace.

Where did Sui Baolin see Sui Zhaoshen? When I was a child, I never heard of Sui Zhaoshen's character - his reputation naturally wouldn't let his daughter know - but since he is recognized as a cousin, does it matter if he is true or not? It's also good to have some money to improve your life. Naturally, it should be taken in one bite.

"Sui Baolin. The slave maid felt that it was better for Baolin to look through the palace wall, and not to admit that he was wrong. Song Yuyao is also trustworthy, and after receiving Sui Zhaoshen's money, he will seriously do things for Sui Zhaoshen.

"Okay. I'll go check if it's my cousin. ”

So I went to the palace wall and looked at it from a distance, but she didn't know her anyway. But she couldn't stand the poor days anymore, and the king threw her aside just because she was not tall. If there is no one to introduce you, it is useless to have an empty body to serve the king.

"Yes, it's cousin." I cried even more when I said it, and I don't know if someone was happy or happy because I felt that I had a future.

Song Yuyao saw that people were crying sincerely, and it seemed that they were really cousins.

So he sent the fifty silk silks that Sui Zhaoshen gave to Sui Baolin to a house, and arranged for Sui Baolin to change the room. As for the remaining sixty horses, they were sold for gold.

And Sui Baolin also picked a jade pendant from the items he brought from home and gave it to Sui Zhaoshen as a return gift.

"With these 100 horses of silk, my cousin should have the money to make a living. It's a pity that Sister Lin can't come to the capital to help me. ”

"Sui Lang is so eccentric, he has been Sister Tiling all the way, and sure enough, successful men like talented women." Sui Zhaoshen's other mistress, the big businessman Xiao Qin, does not look like a strong woman at the moment, but like a girl who has just fallen in love, which is really pitiful.

"Alright. My sister Qin, you are almost rich, why are you not a talented woman? It's just that officialdom is different from shopping malls, so your talent can't be highlighted. Sister Qin, will you reward my brother with some money? Saying that, he really held his hands and begged for money. A thirty-year-old man begs his sister like a teenager.

Men, they must have a variety of faces, and naturally they must also have a weak side. Seeing that the lover praised his talent in the business world and showed weakness to ask for reward, Xiao Qin immediately returned to the appearance of a strong woman: "Since Brother Zhao is so well-behaved, let's say, how much will it cost this time." ”

"A lot, I just arrived in the capital this time, and there are a lot of places to do."

"Let me tell you the truth, Sister Lin told me before I came to the capital. So I've already arranged for someone to raise money for this time. Some large expenses that can be postponed have been postponed. ”

"Sure enough, everything is prosperous for family and talent." was so happy that Sui Zhaoshen kissed Xiao Qin several times in a row.

Sui Zhaoshen took a lot of money and began to worship the dock.

The first stop has to be the original top boss, Fu Heng in Tian Renlang. When he arrived at the door of Fu Heng's house, there was already a housekeeper of Fu Mansion at the corner of the street to greet him, and the housekeeper led him through the crowd of people like the city. Straight forward, ignoring the rentals in line.

"This is Sui Zhaoshen, the rent-seeking ambassador, who collects land rent, and completes 30% more than ordinary people."

"Oh my God! How was it collected? ”

"It doesn't matter if people live or die? Relying on his own time in the army, he sent the army to collect rent at every turn. Generally, when the armed forces collect a place, the surrounding towns will obediently offer the last grain in their pockets. ”

"Then no one is desperate?"

"That's the power of our rent-seekers - people only play like this to people who have land. If your family has no land, people will be a little more relaxed about you. ”

"Isn't this pushing people to the point of no land? But he only attacked the people of Arita? Those squires didn't react? ”

"I didn't say it carefully enough. Sui rent-seeking was only ruthless to small landlords who did not have official titles but had land. These people have money and no status, and if they are caught, they will be caught in vain, and there will be no reaction. ”

"Isn't this killing chickens for eggs?"

"Who's to say it isn't?"

When I arrived at the gate of the Fu Mansion, there was a patrol envoy who was handing it to Menzi Menjing, although Menzi had been on duty here for a long time, but he was still like a spirit snake spitting letters, and the frog preyed on the general money in his hand, weighing the weight, as if he wanted to look at it for a while, and slowly swallowed it into his arms. Only then did he replace the face of a starving ghost with the face of a smiling Buddha: "Ambassador, please." ”

The renter was taken away from his hand by him coldly, like a robber scurrying by the roadside. Now seeing him hunched over and his two heads shorter, he couldn't help but think: "Fu Lang is a tall person, but the servants in the family are so philistine." Shaking his head, he paced in.

The man straightened up, and was about to attack the next renting envoy, but he saw the butler bow over and lead the Sui ambassador to come. Hurriedly bent down the straightened waist again: "Sui Langzhong, please come inside!" He lengthened his tone and made a gesture of please.

On weekdays, Sui Zhaoshen wanted to say a few words to him, but now it was not what it used to be, and he threw the money bag directly to him. Pacing directly, shaking his head and tail, went in,

The man raised his voice again: "Slave and maid Xie Sui Lang's reward!" As he spoke, he knelt down and kowtowed to Sui Zhaoshen's back.

The people outside the door couldn't help but sneer when they looked at the eyes above the top, the spirit snake spit out the letter, and the groveling Menzi was now with his hips above the top. However, after laughing, he still lined up and obediently offered his door salute before he could walk in.

Sui Zhaoshen entered the courtyard, walked through the hall, went inside, and went outside Fu Langzhong's study. The housekeeper beckoned to him: "Please Sui Langzhong later, I will go and inform my family Lu Lang (again, Liulang is the boss, and the sixth is called Lu Lang). ”

"Please."

After a while, a person who had greeted Fu Heng came out with another housekeeper, and gave the housekeeper a bulging purse in front of Sui Zhaoshen: "Chief, this is a carbon tribute to Fu Lang." Then he took out a smaller, more deflated purse: "This is a tribute to the chief steward (thank you butler for guiding the way)"

"Sui Langzhong, ask Jia Lu Lang to invite Lang Zhong in."

The study room is still the same as before, only a table, chair and bookcase. Except for the four treasures of the study on the desk and the tea set on the hospitality table, there are no other furnishings. On the mat behind the hospitality table sat Fu Heng, a man dressed in cloth, with a wooden hairpin on his head, and no beads and jade as ornaments.

"Here, sit down."

"Lao Lang is on top, Zhao Shen is polite here."

"Excuse me. You are doing a good job, and the king has already promoted you to the Pingzhun Division Ren Langzhong. The official rose very quickly. While speaking, he looked at Sui Zhaoshen's face, "In the future, the three princes and nine kings, entering the cabinet to pay respects are just around the corner." ”

"The old man has won the lottery."

"It's not an exaggeration. Now that there is a shortage of national use, talents like you are the ones that the king wants to reuse. However, you should also remember that if you are promoted too quickly, you will inevitably be complacent, and many times you will think very highly of yourself. In officialdom, most people are not promoted for ten years. When the time comes, if you make them jealous, don't say that you will be given eye medicine, just not cooperating with your work will be enough for you. ”

"Thank you Lao Langzhong for his teachings, Zhao Shen will remember it in my heart."

"You don't have to thank me. I'm old, in the next few years, the big celebrity of our Hongnong Mansion will be you, and if there is any difference between my two unsuccessful sons in the future, I have to ask you to teach you a lot of lessons. ”

"The old man is like this, he is ashamed of his position."

"My two sons are not material for promotion, you will make a fortune in the future, don't promote them. They are not that material, and when the time comes, they won't talk about holding you back, and if the errand is smashed, I'm afraid that I can't afford to eat it. ”

After chatting for about half a quarter of an hour, he came out and collected the carbon tribute for Fu Heng for the housekeeper and rewarded the housekeeper for the introduction fee. spit out a sentence in his heart: "Old Fu Heng, you are a hypocrite, you dress as shabby as Shi Zhoucong, the magistrate of Xihai County, and you still put away the money like Lao Tzu?" ”

Then he ran to the new boss Hongnong's Mansion and the Danongling Mansion Xue Hongshang. This time, I can't go through the line to the front, but fortunately, there are not too many people who are qualified to visit one of the Nine Qings, Da Nong Ling. So I waited until I met soon.

It's still the door with his eyes above the top, taking out the money, it's still the spirit snake spitting out the letter to snatch the money, and the two of them still watch the wallet reluctantly stuff the wallet into their arms. Then grovel and invite Sui Zhaoshen in.

As a result, he met Xue Hong's younger brother Xue Han again. That Xue Han is the son of Xue Hong's stepmother, and his father handed over this half-brother to Xue Hong before he died. Xue Hong is a dutiful son, so he is very faithful to carry out his father's will, take good care of and even indulge his younger brother. However, Xue Han is a person who collects money indiscriminately in the name of his brother, and has nothing to say bad things about his brother.

He naturally came out at this time to ask for money.

"Shichiro, what are you?" Sui Zhaoshen is very puzzled? There is a door to enter the door, and the housekeeper leads the way, and the owner is to send carbon tribute when he sees the owner. It's all Tong Suo, everyone knows the rules, what is it that you Xue Qilang stretched out your hand to ask for money? But why bother with a guy like him? Give him some money and be a ruined fortune.

gave the money and entered the door to see Xue Hong, the big farmer.

Xue Hong is also simply furnished in the study, and there are no luxuries.

However, the clothes that Xue Hong himself wore looked like lake crepe, which was very expensive. The hairpins and the ornaments in the waist are all beautiful jade.

Xue Hong was also polite: "Now you have been promoted to Langzhong by the Son of Heaven without giving up." If you want to put people's livelihood first, you must know the slightest, and the people are fat and the people's cream. Your every move is related to the livelihood of thousands of families, and you must not just think about spending money in front of you and fishing for the best of your ability. After all, you are also from a private group and know the difficulties of the people. ”

"The teachings of the Great Agricultural Order, Zhao Shen remembered it, heart."

Soon after chatting, I said goodbye and went out, paid tribute to the housekeeper, and asked the housekeeper to collect the money on my behalf.

The butler thanked him for the reward and collected the "ministry fee" for his master. Then calmly sent him away.

Out of the Great Agricultural Order, Sui Zhaoshen secretly said: "The shopping mall really doesn't make money." ”