Zhang Zixuan, the daughter of the Prime Minister's house, originally had a face as white as jade, but at this time it was so red and lovely, her eyes as deep as the abyss sea were covered with a layer of mist and panic, and her delicate and beautiful nose and smooth forehead were covered with fine fragrant sweat, and she pursed her lips tightly to suppress the unbearable stimulation, but her rapid gasping led to the violent ups and downs in her chest, indicating that her patience had reached the limit...... "Whew, so spicy, so spicy!" ”

Zhang Zixuan finally opened her lips and kept fanning with her hands, her hair was scattered, her face was red, and she looked a little embarrassed, which was three points more cute than her usual world-class appearance.

In the attic of the Xiangfu Garden, a hearth was set up, Qin Lin and the Zhang brothers sat around, eating hot and spicy hot pot on a cold day, so hot that they were sweating profusely, and they were so spicy that they were panting, it was really refreshing!

"These two greedy guys are actually talking and laughing with Qin Lin again!" Zhang Zixuan pursed her lips hatefully, not wanting to think that she had eaten no less than her two brothers just now.

Today, Qin Lin visited the Prime Minister's Mansion again, bringing a bag of things with him, but not only the Burmese Ring, but also not to see Zhang Juzheng, the first auxiliary emperor who had already gone to the court, but to indicate that he wanted to see his two sons and one daughter, saying that there were treasures from the West.

Zhang Zixuan was hesitating between seeing and not seeing, but Zhang Maoxiu heard that there was something strange, how could he bear it? Two days ago, he was clamoring to fight with Qin Lin, but now he turned around and persuaded his sister, saying that he would see each other, and he would see the rare things from the West, and it would not be too late to drive Qin Lin away.

This meeting, where can I go?

First of all, the telescope provoked the three members of the Zhang family to rush to see, climbed the attic of the house, and looked at the largest imperial palace in the palace city in the west for a while, and looked at the Temple of Heaven in the distance in the south for a while, and made a lot of fun.

Next, Qin Lin said that there was a kind of seasoning with an unprecedented taste, which was incomparably delicious when used to make a hot pot around the hearth, and Zhang Maoxiu, who had already aroused his curiosity, immediately ordered the servants to prepare the hearth, in addition to the original seasoning, the kind of red and bright with a pungent smell brought by Qin Lin was also added, and after a while, the whole pot became red, tumbling with an attractive fragrance.

Zhang Maoxiu stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of mutton that was blanched, blew twice, and couldn't wait to put it in his mouth, only chewing it twice before he screamed: "Good, so spicy, but it's delicious!" ”

Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Zixuan concocted the letter suspiciously, only to feel that after adding the seasoning called chili, the taste of the hot pot has completely undergone a qualitative change, at the beginning of the mouth, full of fragrant, a little chewing, the hot and spicy feeling spreads from the mouth to the stomach, such as drinking spirits, such as swallowing fire, the cold day is actually warm limbs, sweat beads on the brain.

So the three young ladies kept stretching out their chopsticks while shouting spicy...... Qin Lin hasn't eaten ** spicy hot pot for a long time, his reaction is not as big as the three members of the Zhang family who have eaten chili peppers for the first time, leisurely and complacently soaking up the food, taking advantage of the two cheap uncles not paying attention, the thief's eyes slipped straight towards Zhang Zixuan's Miaoman's figure and beautiful face, and he enjoyed the beauty unscrupulously.

"It's so thick-skinned!" Zhang Zixuan despised Qin Lin, but her face became redder and redder.

In fact, after learning that Qingdai is the main wife, and Miss Xu, who is not used to each other, is a flat wife, the heart of the prime minister's daughter has been loosened.

Maybe I didn't see him, just to escape some of his thoughts, but once Qin Lin took the initiative to break the deadlock, Zhang Zixuan would not continue to be awkward, everything seemed to return to the past...... "Qin Lin, what are you doing here to find the old man, these two unfilial sons?" ”

The two brothers Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Maoxiu hurriedly stood up in fear, and on the flower path paved with colorful gravel, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant emperor, did not even take off the python robe he wore in the previous court, and walked angrily under the leadership of the servant.

Zhang Xiangye's face is very unkind, he admires Qin Lin's talent, but he is not willing to marry his daughter to someone else as a wife, especially Qin Lin's new policy concept is very different from him, and the relationship between them is quite delicate.

Qin Lin didn't hurry to stand up, took a few steps forward and bowed down again.

Gotta get it, this cheeky guy bowed down and didn't know what to say, Zhang Juzheng hurriedly shouted angrily.

"Qin Lin, you have been a minister in the past few days!" Zhang Juzheng snorted and said coldly:

"Officials at all levels in the capital said that the new Qin Yan of the Jinyi Wei Yamen had squandered his wealth and bought all the tributes that had been discounted, which was really a timely rain to help the poor -- hum, the tributes stored in the treasury over the years, and the real goods collected by the eunuchs of Yuegang Admiral City, the total price is more than 800,000 taels of silver, and it will take several years to clear the discounts, since it is a timely rain, why don't you buy them for the old man, how about it?"

Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Maoxiu glanced at each other, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, Daddy is quite unreasonable, Qin Lin buys a tribute, even if he is loyal to the country, how can there be a reason for him to buy them all?

No matter how rich Qin Lin is, he can't afford to use the silver in his purse to supplement the treasury.

This time, he happened to get the Burmese bell at a low price, and he made a lot of money, but in fact, most of the things that were discounted, if they were bought according to the registered value, they would lose all their money.

For example, pepper, there is always a shelf life, the result of the carrier warehouse sent down the discounted pepper, some of them are still in the Jiajing period, it has long been damp and outdated, it is completely expired products, the market price is only one-third of the registered accounting price of the carrier warehouse, and it is too much to buy at the original price.

Zhang Juzheng understands this truth, Qin Lin understands it, and the officials who receive the discount also understand it, so the officials who have suffered losses will naturally complain.

But does Qin Lin have any other way to solve the problem?

Zhang Jingxiu and the brothers thought of a way for him, and vaguely felt that the telescope and chili pepper that this guy brought today seemed to have a deep meaning, and Zhang Zixuan's beautiful eyes flashed, and he had already guessed a few clues.

Although Qin Lin didn't bow down, he finally smiled and replied with a hippie smile: "So that Uncle Shi knows that although the little nephew has a thin and floating wealth, it has not yet reached the level of being rich and rivaling the country, and he wants to make up for the deficit for the treasury, even if he picks the skin of the little nephew, he can't do it." It's just that the little nephew has some other thoughts about this matter, and he also asked Uncle Shi to taste the hot pot boiling here, so he knows the reason. ”

Zhang Juzheng came back from the court, his stomach was also a little hungry, he walked to the attic, smelled the hot aroma of the hot pot and couldn't help but move his index fingers, listening to Qin Lin invite him to eat hot pot, he snorted coldly in his mouth, and finally ordered the servant to bring the dishes and chopsticks, pick up some and eat them.

"Well, this isn't the smell of dogwood...... It's spicy! Zhang Juzheng pursed his lips, frowned, and his face became more and more ruddy.

Ancient Chinese seasoning, to eat spicy is to put dogwood, Zhang Ju is a native of Jiangling, Hubei, of course, keen on this, he tasted it and knew that the taste was wrong, hot pot seasoning is more pure and fragrant than the spicy taste of dogwood.

Qin Lin said with a smile: "This thing is called chili pepper, it is something brought by the Francophone from the Americas, it is not only warmed up in winter, but also can sweat and dispel cold, smooth the meridians, only its surname is violently stimulated, and it is not allowed to eat more." No one in the country knows what the dried chili peppers are used for, and even if they are paid, the officials don't know how to use them when they take them back, and they taste so spicy that they may just throw them in the garbage. ”

Zhang Juzheng was so smart that he immediately heard the song and knew the meaning of the elegant: "You mean, the treasury tribute is discounted, because often the recipient is not the person who needs it, so it will cause waste, and everyone complains?" ”

Qin Lin nodded, this was indeed one of the reasons.

"Uncle Qi, in addition, it is a common problem for the vassal missions to risk the value of tribute, and the value of the tribute is often inflated, and the officials will suffer if they offset the value of the tribute according to the registered price; On the other hand, many medicinal materials and other things have been piled up in the treasury for a long time, and their value has dropped significantly, and it is extremely inappropriate to discount them according to the original price at this time. ”

After Qin Lin finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Juzheng.

Listening to what Qin Lin said, it was to reduce the value of the tributes in the treasury, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but be a little unhappy when he heard this, because this would weaken the original intention of saving money and grain expenditure.

Qin Lin smiled: "Uncle Shi, don't worry, if you are willing to completely clean up the treasury tributes and sell them to the Cao Gang and Wufeng Maritime Merchants at a price of 20% off the market price, and they will handle the sales, then the little nephew will have an idea to make up for the deficit and even increase the income of the treasury." ”

Oh? Zhang Juzheng's long eyebrows were raised obliquely, and he asked Qin Lin to come and listen.

"In the palace, as well as in the inner transport warehouse, aren't there still many rare treasures obtained by the eunuchs of the Three Treasures when they went to the West, as well as calligraphy and paintings of famous artists in the past dynasties, as well as all kinds of treasures?" Qin Lin smiled and counted the accounts with his fingers:

"These treasures are originally treasures of the past dynasties, not easy to buy on the market, the price has definitely appreciated a lot compared to that year, coupled with the experience of collecting in the palace, it has increased its value, anyway, no one has ever touched it in the deep palace, instead of putting it moldy, it is better to get it out and sell it, guessing with the little nephew, there are definitely many dignitaries and dignitaries who are willing to buy at a high price."

Wow, it turns out that Qin Lin has hit the idea on this!

Zhang Juzheng stroked his swarthy beard and pondered, while Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Maoxiu both gave Qin Lin a thumbs up: You cow, hit the old Zhu family with your idea.

However, there are many precedents for officials to like a certain treasure in the palace and take the initiative to use this treasure to be used to redeem their fortunes, such as Emperor Longqing, who did not like calligraphy and painting, and Zhu Xizhong, who was in charge of Jinyiwei at that time, asked to take the "Qingming Riverside Map" to exchange his fortunes, and the emperor also agreed.

Zhang Juzheng knows the artistic accomplishment of his precious students, I am afraid that there is still a big gap between his father Longqing Yanjing, those famous calligraphy and paintings of the past dynasties, Tianhuangshi bloodstone treasures and other things, absolutely do not even want to take a look, take it and sell it, part of the silver into the warehouse, part of it to the inner warehouse, the little emperor saw the silver of the white flowers, absolutely nothing to say.

"You are so scheming, you even have the idea of the palace!" Zhang Juzheng pointed at Qin Lin, although his face was dark, the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled.

Zhang Zixuan grinned even more, and the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, who had always been dignified and self-controlled, also made a grimace at Qin Lin.

(To be continued)