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 prickly excitement, but the rapid gasping drove 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.

In the attic of 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, hot and sweaty, spicy and 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 Burmese Ling, but also not to see Zhang Juzheng, the first auxiliary emperor who had already gone to the court, but to specify that he wanted to see his two sons and one daughter, and there were treasures from the West.

Zhang Zixuan was hesitating between seeing and not seeing, but Zhang Maoxiu heard something strange, where could he bear it? Two days ago, he was making a fuss about fighting with Qin Lin, but now he turned around to persuade his sister, and when he saw him, he saw the rare things from the West, and it was not 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, and looked at the largest imperial palace in the west of the palace for a while, and then looked at the Temple of Heaven in the distance to the south, and made a lot of fun.

Next, Qin Lin had a 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 things brought by Qin Lin with a pungent taste were 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 and blanched it, blew it twice, couldn't wait to put it in his mouth, and only chewed 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.

So the three sons and sisters 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 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 unscrupulously enjoyed the show.

"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 the eldest sister Xu who is not used to each other is a flat wife, the heart of the daughter of the prime minister's house has been loosened.

Maybe I didn't see him, just to escape some of my 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.

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

"Qin Lin, these days are like a city!" Zhang Juzheng snorted and said coldly:

"Officials at all levels in the capital division are all in Jinyi Wei Yamen, and the newly arrived Qin Yan has done justice and squandered money, and has collected and purchased all the tributes that have been discounted, which is 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 the Admiral of Yuegang 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 timely rain, why simply 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 accepted a purchase of a discounted tribute, even if he was loyal to the country, how could he be asked to buy it 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, and the officials who receive the discount also understand, so the officials who have suffered losses naturally have to 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 his nephew has a thin and floating wealth, he has not yet reached the level of being rich and rivaling the country, and he has to make up for the deficit in the treasury, even if he picks the skin of his nephew, he can't do it." It's just that the nephew has some other thoughts about this matter, and he also asked Uncle Shi to taste the hot pot cooked 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 and frowned, his face becoming more and more red.

In ancient times, if you want to eat spicy is to put dogwood, Zhang Ju is a native of Jiangling, Hubei, of course, he is keen on this, he knows that the taste is wrong as soon as he tastes it, and the 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 Francophile from the Americas, it is not only warm up when eaten in winter, but also can sweat and dispel cold, smooth the meridians, but its nature is violent and stimulating, and it cannot be eaten more." No one in the country knows the purpose of the dried chili peppers, and even if they are discounted, the officials do not know how to use them when they take them back. ”

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

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, he looked at Zhang Juzheng.

Listening to Qin Linsuo, it was to reduce the value of the tributes in the treasury, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but feel 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 clean up the treasury and pay tribute to the Cao Gang and Wufeng Maritime Merchants at a price of 20% off the market price, and they will handle the sales, then my 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 slanted and he asked Qin Lin to listen.

"In the palace, as well as the inner transport warehouse, aren't there many rare treasures that the eunuchs of the Three Treasures got when they went to the West, as well as the calligraphy and paintings of famous masters 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, rather than putting it moldy, it is better to get it out and sell it, guessing with nephews, 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 the two brothers, Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Maoxiu, both gave Qin Lin a thumbs up: Niu, 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 and Emperor Longqing, 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 emperor saw the silver of the white flowers, absolutely nothing.

"It's a lot of tricks, and even the idea of the palace has been stamped!" 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...... ）