Chapter 140: Worrying about money
"Don't dare, don't dare!" Two women suddenly broke in outside the main hall, "Only fools dare." ”
Colliers looked displeased, although he was not the host of this room, he had always hated uninvited guests.
The housekeeper of the Hou Mansion looked bitter: "Master Hou, I really can't stop these two girls." ”
Yu Lang was so surprised and delighted that he forgot to speak. The two girls who broke in, one was Ning Xiaoyu from the Heavenly Master Sect, and the other was Qingqing who had been away from the Water Stopping Nunnery for three years.
Qingqing looks much less than three years ago, and her temperament is more calm. Ning Xiaoyu, who had just spoken, still had that big grinning appearance, although the two were both beauties, their temperaments were very different.
Yu Lang came back to his senses and hurriedly confessed to Gao Lishi on behalf of the two: "General Gao, please forgive me, these two girls have the grace to save my life and are close." They didn't know that the distinguished guests were visiting, so they were offended, and Yu apologized to you for the two of them. ”
Listening to Yu Lang's words, the expression on Gao Lishi's face also eased a lot, and he arched his hand and said: "That is the case, the old man will come to visit him next time, as for the matter, you don't have to be in a hurry to express your position, you should think about it more." ”
Yu Lang sent Gao Lishi out of the Hou Mansion, and then turned around to see the two.
Ning Xiaoyu and Qingqing were one left and one right, their eyes were like two gentle knives, which made Yu Lang uncomfortable.
Yu Lang finally couldn't help but open his mouth first: "How did the two of you get together?" ”
Ning Xiaoyu immediately grabbed Qingqing's arm: "Sister Qingqing and I are in love, and we have made a private decision for life." Don't think about one, you negative man who stepped on two boats. ”
Qingqing's face was slightly red, and he said in a low voice: "Where is he stepping on two boats, he doesn't want to stick to one boat." ”
Yu Lang glanced at Ning Xiaoyu: "I'm driving away guests if I don't talk seriously." ”
Yu Lang understands Ning Xiaoyu's character, so he has to deal with Mai Mangdi with a needle, otherwise he can be squeezed to death.
Sure enough, Ning Xiaoyu put away her playful attitude: "Nanhai Shenni took Qingqing to the Heavenly Master Gate as a guest a while ago, and Sister Qingqing and I hit it off at first sight and became good friends. A few days ago, the news came out that His Majesty intended to send troops to level the Tianshi Gate, and the two of us came to Chang'an with the people from the Shimen to further inquire about the news. ”
"Now you are the Marquis of Quy Nhin, and you have been accepted as a righteous son by Your Majesty, and you are a popular person in front of the Son of Heaven." Ning Xiaoyu turned her head to look at Yu Lang with a smile on her face, "This little favor won't you help, right?" ”
"Is it a small favor to get rid of the scourge of destruction?" Yu Lang deliberately deliberately frightened Ning Xiaoyu, "The old man who was offended by you just now is the real close minister of the Son of Heaven, he is Gao Lishi, if he goes back and adds a few words of oil and vinegar in front of His Majesty, your Heavenly Master Sect will really be in calamity this time." ”
Qingqing burst into tears first: "Yu Lang, the people in the Heavenly Master Sect are very good, you must help them......"
Yu Lang felt a pain in his heart, so he had to let go: "Don't worry, Li Mi stood up to speak for the Heavenly Master Sect on the autumn hunt, and His Majesty has withdrawn his order and ordered Zuo Prime Minister Li Jingtang to investigate this matter thoroughly." With Li Jingtang's wrist, even if he can't find out who is behind the scenes, this fire will not be able to burn the Heavenly Master Gate. Tianshimen took advantage of this entry into Beijing to quickly show his loyalty to His Majesty and settle the arrears of taxes, and most of the matter will pass peacefully. ”
Ning Xiaoyu's face was embarrassed: "In the past two years, there has been a famine, and all the silver deposited in the Heavenly Master Gate has been used to help the victims of the ten nearby counties, and there is really no silver to pay tribute." Now that you are this Gui Renhou, you must have made a lot of money, can you borrow some? ”
Helping the victims was originally a move, and he also had a lot of fate with the Heavenly Master Sect, Yu Lang sighed: "How much worse?" ”
"Fifteen thousand taels of silver."
Yu Lang was choked by the tea: "You can't make up so much silver if you sell me." ”
Ning Xiaoyu took a turn in the main hall: "I see that your house is very magnificent, and it should be enough to sell it." ”
"It's enough fart, this house was only given to me by His Majesty, and the title deeds and deeds are all owned by the royal family. In the future, if I die or fall out of favor, I will be rewarded to other courtiers, how do you say to sell it? Yu Lang was very angry, and he was kind enough to help, but he didn't expect Ning Xiaoyu to be a lion with a big mouth, and he asked for so much silver in one mouth. Now that Quy Nhon is in ruins, it is the time to use the money, and most of the rewards that Yu Lang received were secretly shipped to Quy Nhon Kingdom, and the Hou Mansion can be called destitute, relying on the wealth of General Qianniu Longwu to feed a large family.
Ning Xiaoyu rolled her eyes: "Don't think I don't know, you still have a mansion in Chonghuafang, and there are thirty acres of fertile land outside the city." ”
Yu Lang supported his forehead, which was clearly a door-to-door debt collector, and investigated his private property clearly: "The house in Chonghuafang was left to me by Du Fu, and I just kept it on my behalf...... Even if you really have to sell it, the house plus 30 acres of land will be discounted by 3,000 taels of silver at most, and you won't be able to fill this hole. ”
In fact, Yu Lang also has a restaurant, a pawnshop, and a newspaper in Quy Nhon Hou's mansion, but these three industries are still in the stage of losing money and making money, and they haven't started to make money, and they can't make so many silver taels for a while.
Thinking of the newspaper, Yu Lang suddenly had an idea, the inability to pay taxes due to disaster relief is a very good reason for speculation, and the Chang'an Times is currently rolling out a wave of crowdfunding, which can not only expand the influence of the newspaper but also raise enough money for Tianshimen.
Yu Lang asked with joy on his face, "How much silver can you Heavenly Master Sect make up so far?" ”
Ning Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment and replied, "Five thousand taels." ”
"Give me all your five thousand taels of silver, and within a month, I will give you twenty thousand taels of silver to return." Yu Lang said confidently.
"You seem to be kidding me?" Ning Xiaoyu's eyes widened, "I came to you to borrow money, why did it become that you asked me for money?" ”
Yu Lang didn't bother to explain: "You choose for yourself, you keep the five thousand taels anyway, you can't make up the rest of the contributions, and you give me a chance." ”
Ning Xiaoyu gritted his teeth: "Although I don't know what the hell you wanted, for the time being, I believe you this time, I'll go back and discuss it with a few uncles." ”
Ning Xiaoyu turned around and went out, she always acted in a hurry, and she knew in her heart that things must be solved in order to be at ease, otherwise she would be at peace in her heart.
Qingqing was about to leave, but was stopped by Yu Lang.
Qingqing turned her head away from looking at Yu Lang's eyes: "What are you going to do?" ”
Yu Lang smiled: "This is your home, I've been wandering outside for so long, I'm tired, it's time to go home and rest." ”
Qingqing ignored him: "I don't have a home, please respect yourself, my Tang Dynasty has strict laws, even if the emperor's relatives forcibly kidnap people's daughters, they will go to prison." ”
Li Mi came out at this time, and the half-gnawed peach in his hand fell to the ground: "Qingqing!" ”
Qingqing was also overjoyed, and immediately fell into Li Mi's arms.
My heart is very sour, Yu Lang smiled bitterly, when I met Li Mi for the first time with Qingqing in the Western Capital, Qingqing only had Yu Lang in her heart, and she was very indifferent to this Li Mi brother, but she didn't expect that time had passed, and she had become the most neglected one.
Li Mi looked at Yu Lang with a wicked smile, obviously extremely satisfied with the situation in front of him: "Qingqing, you live well here in Guirenhou, Yu Lang is only the second child here, I am the boss, no one dares to bully you." ”
Qingqing raised her face, nodded her head, and agreed to Li Yu's retention.
Yu Lang was quite heartbroken, but remembering that he was ruthless first, he had to swallow the bitter fruit silently. In any case, it is always good that Qingqing is still willing to stay in the Quy Nhon Marquis Mansion.
Obaba was also very happy to see Qingqing, and immediately ordered the kitchen to add vegetables, which was a bit of the style of the chief housekeeper of the Hou Mansion. Li Mi is even more indispensable, shouting and drinking to the maids in the house, and taking extra care of Qingqing. On the contrary, Yu Lang, the Quy Nhon Hou, had no sense of existence, so he had to go to the newspaper to arrange crowdfunding donations.
Now the Chang'an Times has a daily print run of about 5,000 copies, and the effective distribution is about 3,000 cents. But if you want to crowdraise 20,000 taels of silver, this influence is not enough, you have to spend money.
Lao Kong is the person in charge of the Chang'an Times, and he frowned after listening to Yu Lang's crowdfunding plan: "Master Hou, according to your instructions, a Chang'an Times price of a copper plate could not recover the cost at all, and it was a loss to make money, and even because our Chang'an Times is cheaper than paper, many people buy it back as waste paper." Now, if you want to add a seal, you will have to lose a lot of silver. ”
Yu Lang waved his hand: "Although our Chang'an Times is cheap, it is not to the point of losing money, but the profit is relatively thin, I have a cheap paper feeding channel, you don't have to worry about this, you can write the content according to the crowdfunding plan I formulated." ”
Of course, Yu Lang would not tell Lao Kong that after a long period of hard work, he had improved Datang's backward papermaking technology and reduced costs. Of course, it was only an improvement, and several materials and molds were replaced with limited knowledge. If you want to further reduce costs or even build a paper mill, it is almost impossible to do it with the backward productivity of the Tang Dynasty.
Lao Kong nodded, he has been noble all his life, and he has never served anyone, but he has great admiration for this Quy Nhon Marquis. This Chang'an Times, which many people are not optimistic about, is of great significance to Lao Kong, and almost regards it as life, if Chang'an Times really does it, Lao Kong's bleak life can finally add a touch of color. Moreover, he had seen the poems and serials written by Quy Nhon Hou in the Chang'an Times, and he also greatly admired his talent.
Yu Lang looked at the latest Chang'an Times for a while, and said to another buddy, Xiao Jia: "You go and ask Boss Shen to come and say that I want to talk about a business with him." ”
"Boss Shen has a lot of nobles, but I'm afraid he may not be willing to sell this face." Xiao Jia hesitated, although Boss Shen is a cloth cloth, the business is very big, there are twenty percent of the shops in the West Market that have the name of the Shen family, and even many branches of the Shen family on the Silk Road. This person pays a lot of taxes for the Tang Dynasty every year, and he is very appreciated by Xuanzong, and he is specially given the glory of "cloth clothes".
Yu Lang groaned for a while: "You can help me hand over this secret letter to him, and he may come after reading it." ”
In the secret letter, it was actually a leftover news passed back by the eagle eyes, and Boss Shen's concubine had an affair with his brother. As a modern person, Yu Lang will never despise the energy of these **, especially the ** of the nobles, which are often priceless.
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