The next day, before dawn, a small sedan chair set off from the back door of the official mansion and came all the way to Yang's mansion. Song, who had already received the letter, stood outside his room, and actually went out to greet his maid. The sedan chair was allowed to enter the Yang Mansion by an exception, and the two maids supported the buckle left and right, and when they reached the door, Song had already rushed up and grabbed the buckle's hand and called out a good sister.

Buckle's eyes were red and her nose was sour. Even last night, when she went from a girl to a woman, she didn't want to cry like she did now. For the sake of Miss, even if it is worth sacrificing one's life, what is innocence? What's more, the memories of last night are so good, they are not sacrifices at all.

The room had already prepared Kou'er's favorite snacks and preserved fruits, Yang Shida was not at home as usual, Song asked Kou'er to lie on the bed, put the plate with preserved snacks and fruits in her hand, and lay down herself, the two lay together like sisters, and whispered:

"We can't hide things in this inner house, your business, the family knows it. Ignore them, these long-tongued women only know how to be jealous of others, and never say a good word from their beaks. Women have to find a man sooner or later, and being able to serve such a man is a creation. Besides, you are different from me, it is a girl who gave him the body, and he has to be responsible for you! If he dares to lift his pants and deny it, I'll fight with him. If you have a child, I must ask him to carry you over in a sedan chair to make a side room, and then I will have to bow when I see you. ”

"Miss, don't say that, a slave will always be a slave, no matter what time it is. The slave doesn't dare to call herself an aunt, so she will go to work......" said Kou'er with sincere fear. Song was very satisfied with her loyalty and fear, and said with a smile. "It's inconvenient for you to move now, just stay in my room. Say whatever you want, and I'll arrange for someone to serve you. What does he do to you? Tell me, does he hurt you? ”

Kou'er blushed, talking about the scene of last night, Song was listening, with a smile on his face, and sometimes he whispered a few words in his arms and hugged her for a while, as if she was a sister. It wasn't until Kou'er finished telling the secret that Song didn't seem to inadvertently ask about the matter, and Kou'er first said that Yang Shida was only willing to invest three hundred taels and was willing to send five hundred taels of points, and then said:

"Master Fan is a powerful character, comparable to ordinary officials. Yesterday, when the slaves and maids went, he arrested more than a dozen housekeepers and servants in the Guogong Mansion, and all of them were locked up in prison. According to him, half of them shall be killed, and the other half shall be sentenced to exile, and there shall be no atonement. ”

Song said: "I also heard about this, the county yamen only went to two messengers, and the Wei State Mansion went to the housekeeper to handle the negotiations, and the result was that the mansions themselves tied up the people and handed them over." The Xu family is a real big family, from Grandpa Hongwu's generation to the present, it has been rich for hundreds of years. The children in the family were divided into more than a dozen rooms, and each lived his own life, and he was not very harmonious with each other. Jinyi Wei Xiyuan is still occupied by Xu Tianci's disciples, and refuses to return it to the Guogong Mansion. In fact, Wei Guogong did not necessarily have a good opinion of these side disciples. This time he can lose their face, maybe he won't be happy. This Master Fan wants to kill chickens to show the monkeys, and get rid of a few of those who lend money and beg for money, and others will not dare to do it. ”

Kou'er nodded, "Miss is right, the eldest master said the same thing to the slave." It is said that there are too many people in the city who lend money for their livelihood, and it is impossible for the government to do it one by one. Just find out a few picks, and others will naturally know to be afraid. The slave also asked, what about those monks who lend money? ”

"What did he say? Most of the monks in Jiangning City lend money, is it possible that he still wants to arrest them and kill them? ”

Master Fan said that those people are not easy to manage, so they don't have to be managed. As long as the arrogance of other money lenders is beaten down, and the government's ordinary interest lending is carried out, no one will borrow usury. If there is a forced lending, the monk will not be able to keep it, and he will still have to act according to the law when the time comes. In the next few days, he will also visit some temple hosts, hoping to cooperate with them and bring them to the government. ”

"Although the Xu family's houses did not attack the lord, they either had a military position or a hereditary brocade robe, and they were not in their eyes, and they fought in vain. Fan Jin sent a ticket, those officials really dared to go if they were caught quickly? ”

Kou'er nodded, "Those officials listen to Master Fan's words very much, and they will do whatever they say." According to what the eldest master said, this is called Enwei parallel. Make them fear you and make them appreciate you. The benefits must be given, and the testimonies must be kept up. The eldest lord also set the system for these officials, established rules, what assessments, what division of responsibility areas or something, many things have never been heard, very interesting. Those officials are all smooth and smooth, but now they are all turned around by the old man's branch. ”

Song frowned, knowing that his opinion was right, this county order was really an extremely difficult character to deal with. Courageous but not inflexible, this kind of person is much more difficult to deal with than gentlemen such as Hai Rui. Even if he fights wits or strength, he may not be his opponent.

This money-lending business cannot be done for the time being. According to this development, the market in Jiangning County in the future will not be easy to do. I have to remind Skadden that the focus of the funds is still to put back on the operation of the shop, collect the heart and do some real industry, and don't always think about making quick money by lending.

At this time, Kou'er had already fallen into memory, thinking back to what Fan Jin said when he was enjoying her last night, and repeated it to his own young lady as much as possible.

"Master Fan said that if our family wants to do well, the first step is to reduce the number of slaves. Turning slaves into hired servants should be allowed to redeem their deeds unless they are unwilling to regain their freedom. Take care of your own board and lodging, and you can work wherever you want, but you can give priority to working in the Yang family. ”

"What's the idea? The servants' deeds were supposed to be redeemed, but did they have the money? The old lady is not a benevolent church, so if you don't have money, you will be a good servant for me, what's wrong with this? It's not that I don't give them food, where can I worry about him, it's inexplicable. What else? ”

"In addition, Master Fan wants us to cooperate with the government to develop the land. In Shangyuan County, it is said that there is a lot of land that is still barren, and there are shantytowns in some places, and Master Fan said that he would buy all the land to build houses, and also build shops......"

Song was still listening on the surface, but in his heart he didn't have much hope for the cooperation with Fan Jin. It seems that Fan Jin has the mind of not seeing rabbits and not scattering eagles, and if he can't get himself, he won't really help. Developing land? There are many places in Shangyuan that are barren, but what kind of place is it, it is either farmland, or wasteland that no one wants, and there are some homeless people living around, how to sell houses in this kind of place? Spending money in those places is a waste.

Judging from what he said to Kou'er, this person is not a useless person, and he is not ignorant of business. Such an unreliable suggestion is not his true level, most of it is perfunctory, or an attitude. If you can't get your own body, you won't cooperate with your own family.

But this is not a bad thing, after all, the two of them almost crossed the thunder pool before, and he gave up even a little beauty like his cousin for his own sake. People have made such a big money, they must repay it, and if they want to be the right husband, they can't really have a personal relationship with him. Besides, this man's situation, I am afraid that he may not only be willing to be a dewy couple, and when the time comes, he will really have no face to see his husband. If you want to break it off before this matter completely deteriorates, how can you not pay the price? It's already very cheap with just a button.

As long as he doesn't chase after the buckle and doesn't kick out his black accounts, his business this time will not be a loss.

As for the buckles...... She looked at this girl, although she was trying to pretend to be very calm, but after all, she was her personal maid, and she wanted to hide herself from that little bit of caution? Her appearance is clearly recalling the scene when the two were entangled in one place last night, it seems that this Nizi is not only occupied by others, but also her heart is about to be taken by others. It's no wonder, after all, it's her first man, and she's so good, it's normal for this girl to be tempted.

Buckle is her right-hand man, so naturally she will not let her be an aunt. In the future, she can't be allowed to see Fan Jin casually, otherwise if the girl fights with the man and sells herself, the main family, she will be lifting a stone to shoot herself in the foot. Fortunately, the two only have one night in total, and it is not to the point where it is difficult to part with each other, as long as they are separated and do not see each other. When Star's body is better, let's take her in...... Song thought so.

At this time, Kou'er suddenly opened the package he was carrying, took out the painting inside and said to Song: "This is the ...... painted by Master Fan."

Song unfolded the scroll, then his face turned red, and he itched the button with his hand and said, "You girl is going to die, and you dare to take this kind of painting back." Let your uncle see it, I'm afraid I won't kill you. You did that with him yesterday, why didn't you draw your little hoof? ”

The painting is painted with Song smiling and sitting, and his eyebrows and eyes are almost the same as those of a real person. Especially the wind and green between the eyebrows, full of spring, if Yang Shida sees this, I am afraid that it will not be clear. Kou'er smiled and begged for mercy: "This is what the eldest master wants me to show to my wife, how dare the slave not listen." If you don't like it, burn it. As for the painting of the slave maid...... It's all in the yamen, and you can't show it to others. ”

Yes, the scene on the painting and the accompanying poem, Buckle is blushing when she thinks about it now, if she is allowed to take it home, she must go to the kitchen to burn it first. Song thought about it and knew that the painting should be destroyed. But in the painting, he was so beautiful, and none of his portraits could be compared, so he couldn't bear it, so he finally rolled it up and prepared to hide it under the box to look at it when no one was around.

She said to her son again: "Don't tell anyone about this, do you know?" You have a good rest today, and when you do something for me, go to the pawnshop and redeem my box. ”

"Miss, you don't have a way out?"

"Nope. If your uncle wants to learn well, I have to help him. I'll tell you a good thing......" she said, biting her ear, "the old lady's key is mine now." ”

"Huh? This dare is good, Miss has made a fortune now. ”

"It's not as much as you think, the old lady has saved a lot of beads, I really don't know what she thinks, what she is doing with that thing, she has been angry for many years. The quality of the gold is not very good, but if you do a good job, it will always be worth more than 30,000 taels of silver. With this money, you can turn around everywhere and deal with it anywhere. In the past few days, your uncle will have to secretly exchange all the gold, and while the market is good, it will not be a problem to change it for 334. ”

"If the old lady asks ......?"

"Ask what? Rouge saw that she was going to get married, she gave me all the power, where would she ask again. Besides, when you make money, you can buy a good one for the old lady, and you don't have to worry about being fine. Coupled with my cage, fifty or sixty thousand silver is at your fingertips, our Yang family is still a large family in the city, and in the future, we will work hard as a husband and wife, and we are afraid that the business will not succeed? ”

When Kou'er saw Miss say this, she knew that she would not have an affair with Fan Jin for the time being, and she didn't know whether she was happy or regretful. After all, if she doesn't steal Master Fan, she is afraid that it will be difficult for her to see him again. She asked again, "What about Miss Cousin?" ”

The old lady nodded, and asked the young master Hua to come over to the house in a few days and let Miss Biao take a look. After all, it is for the old lady to be happy, as long as the appearance passes, this family business will be decided. ”

The two women talked about business, and then gossiped together, and Kou'er enjoyed the sweetness of being like sisters with her master, and felt that these days were really the best time in her life. Even if it's a golden reward, it's not worth the time.

When it was afternoon, Yang Shida came back from outside, and after asking, he learned that although the current gold price was high, there were not many people willing to take over. The county yamen on the Shangyuan side attracted most of the cash, and few people in the market exchanged silver for gold. Fortunately, after soaking in the bathhouse with Huang Jien for a long time today, he was allowed half of the water, and finally made him nod and agree to replace silver with gold, and collect gold at the current price, so this matter can be regarded as a satisfactory solution.

Yang Shida's interest was extremely high, and his eyebrows danced: "Our family's bad luck is finally going to pass, Huang Jien told me the truth, his godfather will not stay for a long time, and he will enter Beijing soon." We offend him, but it is time to offend, and it is precisely because we offend him that a new town guard will see that we are pleasing to the eye and easier to make friends. As long as we take care of it, we can still live a good life. ”

Song frowned: "This matter is extremely unfavorable to him, what is he doing with you about this?" ”

"Huang Jien has a family and a business in Jiangning, and he can't follow Eunuch Huang to Beijing, as soon as Eunuch Huang leaves, he has no backer, so he has to count on me to take care of him." Yang Shida said proudly: "I also know how many people he has offended in Jiangning in the past few years, Eunuch Huang walks on the front foot, and those people on the back foot can eat him alive." So he has to beg us to take care of him now, so he doesn't dare not confide in me. This grandson, who did something to you at the beginning, wait until this time to see how I clean him up! In the past few years, he has helped Eunuch Huang to make some private money, and he has a few pennies in his hands, and with this kid's personality, he has to swallow at least half of it. But he didn't dare to keep the money in his own hands, and he didn't feel at ease when he handed it over to others, so he could only deposit it in our house. I think about it, at least seventy percent of him will be cut at that time, anyway, this money is black money, and he has no place to shout grievances, our family has a lot of money for nothing, otherwise Ji Tai will have a good life! ”

Song said: "Don't talk about this first, how did you do the matter of lending money with the government, why are you lukewarm and offended Master Fan?" ”

Yang Shida shook his head, "Master Fan and Eunuch Huang are in the same situation, although they cover up luxury, they don't last long, long live the person who remembers the name, how can he be a county magistrate in Jiangning?" At most, if you do one term, you will have to enter Beijing. I have heard that Zhang Juzheng took Master Fan's wife from Guangdong to Beijing, which is to keep his daughter from leaving his eyelids in the future. Then will the eldest lady wait for him for ten or eight years? So he stayed in Jiangning for a short time, it was useless to scold him, just don't offend him. Anyway, our buckles are all used by him, and he promised his cousin to his godson, which is enough to give him face, and he can't turn his face with us, right? There is no need for cooperation, and when he leaves, how to lend money and how to lend money, it is not beautiful to cooperate with the government. Besides, it's not appropriate to get too close to him now, Feng Bangning is going to trouble him today, and the two are fighting each other, we small businessmen, don't join in this fun.