There are many granges under the name of the Li family, and in addition to the vicinity of Lijiazhuang, there are also a few scattered small estates. One of them is located in the northern section of the Shangtang River north of the suburbs of Hangzhou.

In the north of Hangzhou, through Linping, Chang'an Ancient Town to Haining, and finally flows into the Shangtang River of the Qiantang River, the northern section is under the jurisdiction of Renhe County------ and the two counties of Hangzhou are divided, and the jurisdiction is actually divided into relatively vague areas, so there will be a folk proverb of "don't care about Qiantang, don't accept Renhe". However, in general, it is also divided according to the east, west, north and south regions, Renhe County is in charge of the northeast and north, and Qiantang County is in charge of the southwest region.

On the other side of the Shangtang River, which winds like a jade belt, there is a small plain open land, where dozens of acres of fertile land are under the name of the Li family. As a result, there were also two tenant families and a few tenants.

After Li Qian left home, the house by the West Lake couldn't go back, so naturally there was no place to live.

Before leaving, the eldest brother Li Xiao secretly stuffed a pile of treasure money into his hand, adding up to nearly twenty in total. However, the treasure banknote has been changing in the past two years, depreciating and rising, and the twenty banknotes in Zhejiang are only equivalent to eight taels of silver.

Mainly because there has been no war on the border in the past two years, and there has been no large-scale natural disaster in the country, so Zhu Chongba, a peasant emperor who was born in a peasant and knows nothing about economics, did not issue paper money indiscriminately------ and after some recuperation, the credibility of the Daming treasure banknote has recovered a lot, and it is much more valuable than the previous two years.

For ordinary people, eight taels of silver is really not a little. A few members of the family are thrifty, and if there is no illness or disaster, two years of hard work will not be able to spend this money.

However, Li Qian has no concept of this thing, in the past, when he was the eldest young master, he was used to spending money lavishly, this time it cost almost one or two just to buy ointment to apply to the wound, counting the miscellaneous things such as buying some daily necessities and hiring a mule cart, and rewarding the boatman after crossing the river, the four taels of silver disappeared------

If you don't know that vegetables, rice, oil, and salt are expensive, this is really in response to the old saying.

After seven or eight days of hard work, it has come to the beginning of April in a blink of an eye, and the injury on his buttocks is considered to be very good, but Li Qian has to worry about his future life------ of course, this does not refer to the "lucky" life that is not ashamed or impatient, and cannot be described.

Sitting alone in the humble hut, Li Qian touched the only remaining ten Ming treasure banknotes in his cuffs, and sighed for a while: "When the money is used, there is little hatred, and it is difficult to defeat the champion!" It will definitely not work like this, you have to think of a way to make a small amount of money, at least you have to rely on your hands to support yourself------"

In the past few days, Yang Qing has been here, and implicitly said that he could give some "support" in this regard, but he refused.

I haven't fallen to the point where I need to borrow money to get by, but I'm also a dignified Jinshi master, and I'm a eunuch. Don't talk about it, other people's kindness is not so easy to accept safely, even if it's just a small favor.

It is not easy to repay the debt of favors.

has lived two lives, in addition to being a little afraid of death, what Li Qian is most afraid of is personal debt.

It's Shen Tianyou's kid, hearing Yang Qing say that he has actually made his father Shen Wei grounded these days, and he has also been bargoed with bamboo shoots before------ Li Qian found it very interesting, but when he asked the reason, Yang Qing refused to elaborate.

The two families living in the small grange were relatively simple, generous and kind, not only did they not drive out Li Qian, the second young master of the down-and-out main family, but also gave up the best room they lived in for the young master to settle down temporarily.

However, Li Qian also knew that even if they didn't go to the informant, his father should be aware of his current situation. He had never wanted to stay here for long, but he couldn't find a better place for a while.

Got up and walked out of the hut, and said hello casually to the tenants in the small courtyard, Li Qian went out of Zhuangzi and walked downstream along the bank of the Shangtang River------ after being stuffy in the house for a few days, it was time to come out for activities.

This area is sparsely populated, and there are few pedestrians at noon, Li Qian walked around for most of the day, and he didn't even see a ghost, let alone a living person.

The air is very good, the environment is good, but it is too quiet------

Rao is a person like Li Qian who "just wants to be a quiet and beautiful man", and he feels a little unaccustomed. After thinking about it, he thought he had to go to the city and find a decent job or something. As a weak scholar, he can't go to work long hours for the landlords, right?

Even if they wanted, those landlords didn't dare to take it in!

Just kidding, who doesn't know now that the second young master of the Li family ran away from home?

Walking to the edge of the official road, after waiting for a long time, a carriage ran in the distance in this direction, Li Qian quickly stretched out his hand and waved it vigorously in the air a few times, wanting to take a ride.

Unexpectedly, the driver who drove ignored him, and ran straight over at an accelerated speed------ Li Qian felt as if there were 10,000 horses galloping by------

"Bah, Bah, Bah------"

After eating a mouthful of smoke and dust, my heart is also a little angry, why do you look down on people?

It's not for this reason, the main reason is that the cars passing by are basically hired by people, and they are not empty cars, and the people who stop the cars are dressed luxuriously, and without the permission of the employer, the drivers are unable to make claims and stop and carry people.

I tried several times in a row, and I got the same result. In desperation, Li Qian had no choice but to stand in the middle of the road, and then lend a few guts to those coachmen, but they didn't dare to bump into them casually.

After waiting for a while, another car came in front of me, and Li Qianxin said This time, I will see if you stop or not.

Sure enough, the mule cart stopped a few paces in front of him, and the handlebar style of the cart was a little angry, pointing at him and scolding: "I said what is the matter with you? Even if you really can't think about it, don't come to find Lao Tzu's bad luck! ”

"This big brother, I hope you can make it convenient and take me into the city." Li Qian arched his hand and smiled.

"I can't do this------"

The coachman was about to refuse, but a neutral voice came from the carriage: "It's okay, let him come up." ”

Since the employer has no opinion, the driver no longer insists. Anyway, I should get a lot of wages, and if you carry an extra guest on the way, you can get an extra reward, so why not?

Li Qian finally got on the train, and he was naturally very grateful to this strange man, and he only planned to sit in the wheel outside, but the man invited him to sit in the carriage.

Sitting in the carriage was a man of about twenty-five or sixteen years old, with a sturdy figure and a practitioner at first glance. However, this person was only wearing civilian clothes, and he couldn't tell what his identity was from his clothes.

Li Qian was not interested in knowing, so he just casually said hello to the other party and reported his name. When the man heard this, he was surprised for a while, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the famous Jinshi master!" ”

"Uh------ you don't know me because you don't have a local accent?" Li Qianqi said.

"In Xia Song Zhong, from Yangzhou."

The man also reported his name, and then explained: "When I came along the way, I heard many interesting stories between Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the most talked about was the deeds of Li Gongzi, so I naturally wrote down the name of Gongzi------"

Li Qian only felt that this name was a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, and he really couldn't remember it for a while.

The strange thing is that since the person in front of him is from Yangzhou, it stands to reason that he should have taken the canal and waterway all the way, and then changed ships to go straight to Wulinmen Wharf. How could it be that for no reason, from the northwest to the east, took a long detour to the vicinity of the Shangtang River?

While he was thinking, Song Zhong changed his words and asked: "When I first arrived in your place, I wanted to ask Gongzi about what's interesting in this Hangzhou city?" ”

"This ------ when it comes to good places, it is natural to count the Liucui Lane and Tonghefang, recently Liucui Lane has opened a new spring breeze smile, where the smoke girl, tsk------ natural stunner! Have you ever heard of the Oiran of Hangzhou City? I haven't heard of it------ well, it's the begonia red girl in Jinfeng Building, and she is a big beauty in Hangzhou! It's a pity that it's not as good as a finger of a girl like a smoke, do you say that a girl like a smoke is a stunning ------"

The Li family has a very strict family education, Li Qian himself has not visited those smoke streets and willow alleys, hearsay things, but at this moment he is introduced to people, but he is painted and colorful, like a pimp------ Li Qian feels that he has played the role of such a "pimp", and has spent so much saliva for this, Chunfeng Xiaolou should give some kickbacks!

Forget it, let's volunteer for free, Ami Tofu, it's good!

Song Zhong really let him be stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that the scholar in Hangzhou Mansion is really very romantic------ that girl like a cigarette, is her appearance really so good?

After a short time, the car entered the Genshan Gate, and after walking for a while, Li Qian said goodbye and got out of the car, and gave the coachman a treasure note with a denomination of 500 Wen.

Such a generous move made a coachman very happy. It's just such a short journey, and it's also on the way, it won't cost so much reward at all, and it's enough to give fifty yuan in treasure money------ well, next time you meet someone hitchhiking, you must not be so rude to the guests again!

Thanks to Li Qian, he saved the conscience of a little coachman and the three views of ------? Then this coachman will incite his little wings to spread this virtue of helping others, affecting the entire Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and even the entire Jiangnan and the whole world------

This is a great merit!

The car ran away, and Li Qian suddenly realized that he seemed to have made the mistake of spending money again------

I didn't care about too much regret, and it was the right thing to seize the time to solve the work problem, so I immediately walked in the direction where the prefect's yamen was located------

In the carriage, Song Zhong stroked his chin with one hand and smacked his mouth with some unfinished thoughts.

It took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he slapped his thigh suddenly, and muttered with some tears and laughter: "This scholar is really very good!" Three or two sentences led him astray, and I actually forgot about the business! It's good now, I haven't heard any useful news------ it's just that I'm going to the Hangzhou Mansion first, and then make plans! ”