Listening to what Gao Chen said, Li Yuan's father thought for a while, and only after a while did he speak: "This King of Qi has already dominated the world, so he won't even give you this little money?" ”

"Hey, if he can give me so much money, I'll ask him for an official directly, you say yes, big brother." Gao Chen said another sentence that pierced Li Yuan's father's heart, and at this time, Li Yuan's father felt that his abdomen was trembling, and he was a little out of breath. I left the seat at the moment and said that I was going to the back for convenience, and I never came back.

Gao Chen thought that Li Yuan's father had drunk too much to rest, so he didn't care, and enjoyed eating and drinking in the hall by himself, and his heart was very happy. I didn't see Li Yuan's father again all afternoon, but with the company of Chunjiao and Lu'e, Gao Chen felt that time flew by.

In the evening, the housekeeper came to greet Gao Chen: "Uncle Gao, our master drank too much at noon and felt unwell, so he won't accompany you to dinner, please take care of yourself." These words are an eviction order, which can be seen at a glance with Gao Chen's sensitive and suspicious thoughts.

The housekeeper added: "Our lord can't help it, he has to entertain so many dignitaries every day, and his body is very weak, so he really can't spend it with you, you said that you are a candidate for the sixth grade of the imperial history, right?" These words are obviously disgusted with Gao Chen's unpopular identity. Now he was even more angry in his heart, and immediately spoke: "That's it, the world is hot and cold, I know in my heart, master, I will go." ”

Chunjiao and Lu'e got up and wanted to keep him, but Gao Chen was already red-faced at this time, and he really didn't want to stay, so he immediately got up and flicked his sleeves and went out. The butler hurriedly followed.

The two of them came to the corridor in the front yard one after the other, only to hear the crowd in the main hall, it seemed that they were setting up a banquet to entertain the guests, and the housekeeper hurriedly said: "This is the waiter of Xu Gongzi who set up a banquet in my house to entertain the lord of the northern Xingtai and several people from the six departments." But Gao Chen seemed to hear Li Yuan's father's voice, but he didn't have the courage to go in and expose it on the spot, he had no money and no power, and it was normal to be disliked, even Gaofu's dog barked at him more than once, you think he is so annoying.

Gao Chen walked to the gate with resentment in his heart, and even the disciples ignored him as if they were nothing, chatting with themselves. Gao Chen then turned around and asked the housekeeper: "Dare to ask my brother, how to go back to the city from here?" ”

The housekeeper said politely: "Uncle, you have tormented the villain, from here along the mainland will see a post station, there is an official road to the east of the post station, you can go back to the city along the official road all the way to the north." After that, he still wanted to have a good impression of Gao Chen, so he said: "Uncle, don't be angry, this world is like this now, whoever has money is popular, and whoever has the power is uncle." If you want me to say, your current official position is indeed a little lower, so you might as well go back and find a way to scrape together some money to buy an official. As the so-called officials protect each other, small officials and small officials are in the same party, and big officials and big officials are in the same stream. ”

Gao Chen sighed when he heard this and said: "Alas, I don't want to be separated in front of high-ranking officials and generous people, but I am penniless and no one mentions ...... above" Speaking of this, he actually cried, this disguised crocodile.

The housekeeper seemed to be very straightforward and said: "Now I don't have any money for the time being, I don't think it's anything, uncle, you can find a money bank to borrow debts, with your identity, borrowing hundreds of thousands of silver is a piece of cake at all, it's really not good to divide two money to borrow, you can always get together this money, and when you become a big official in the future, the subordinates below can pay tribute casually, and you are doing favors and selling officials by the way, and you will return to the capital." ”

Gao Chen seemed to have been enlightened a little, and suddenly grabbed the butler's hand, and said gratefully: "Brother, thanks to your words today, I will never treat you badly if I fly in the future." It's just that I don't know anyone with this money village, does your brother know anyone? ”

The housekeeper immediately shirked and said, "Uncle, you see what you said, how can one or two of my little housekeepers know the gold master?" You don't have to know all the big and small money banks in Yecheng, as long as you go in and show your identity, who dares not to lend you money? You say yes, right? ”

Gao Chen said thoughtfully: "Yes, then I'll look for it when I go back." ”

The butler leaned up to him with a mysterious face and whispered to him: "As far as I know, this Xu Gongzi has never accepted cash tickets, only cash silver or equivalent jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, you have to tell Qian Zhuang about it." Don't borrow a silver ticket when you arrive, Xu Gongzi doesn't recognize it. ”

Gao Chen asked a little strangely, "Is there such a thing?" Why doesn't he collect cash tickets? The housekeeper shook his head and said, "How do I know about their nobles, it's just that this Xu Gongzi has always had such quirks." ”

This way, Gao Chen walked back to Yecheng, he was very resentful of Li Yuan's father's snobbery, and he was angry with his brother Gao Huan's affection, he lived a life that was worse than death, and no one in the family cared about him. After he borrowed money to buy high-ranking officials, glory and wealth were at his fingertips, and he could do whatever he wanted, and he no longer had to look at the color of people and send people to the fence.

Back at home, Gao Chen tossed and turned, and his mind was full of the figures of Chunjiao and Lu'e, as well as her two graceful figures and delicate voices. Gao was already deeply in love with these two beauties and couldn't extricate himself, and finally stayed up until dawn, so he got up and got dressed and prepared to go to the government office. Don't get me wrong, he doesn't want to go to work seriously, but wants to personally inquire which money can be borrowed in Yecheng.

Came to the familiar Imperial History Agency, where colleagues were talking about something, Gao Chen came to his office and put down pen and ink utensils, and it happened that Zhao Si, a servant on duty with him, came in, Gao Chen hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Brother Tai is early." ”

Zhao Si was a little flattered, usually this grandson can't make a fart out of the three sticks, and today he took the initiative to greet himself, is he going to borrow money from me? So he hurriedly replied: "Hello brother, why did you get up so early today, is there something urgent?" ”

Gao Chen hurriedly said politely: "Hey, what is the urgency of our idle function, I just have something I want to ask my brother." ”

You see that he really wants to borrow money from me, Zhao Si is like a mirror in his heart, and he said: "You can talk about anything, but first declare, I don't have to borrow money." With that, he walked to his seat and put down his office equipment.

"Brother, you misunderstood." Gao Chen whispered to Zhao Si: "I don't borrow money from you, I just want to ask you where is the largest money bank in this city?" ”

Zhao Si also looked left and right before asking mysteriously, "Brother, why are you asking this?" Do you want to borrow money from a banker? ”

"Don't hide it from my brother, I've been a little tight lately, and I want to find a money bank to borrow money for emergencies." Gao Chen said embarrassedly, it's really not good to ask casually, he is also the younger brother of King Qi, and he is so mixed up that he wants to borrow money from others to live, if this word spreads, Gao Huan will have to kill him.

Zhao Si also asked with an incredible expression: "Senior brother, you still have to borrow money to survive in your identity?" Gao Chen said a little impatiently: "I'll just ask, if you know, tell me, if you don't know, just don't ask anything, don't spread the word." ”

"No, brother, I must know, how much do you want to borrow?" Zhao Si seemed very interested in Gao Chen's borrowing money.

"Not much, take this number." After that, he stretched out three fingers and shook them in front of Zhao Si, and Zhao Si guessed: "Three thousand taels?" Gao Chen shook his head, and Zhao Si smacked his tongue and said, "That's 30,000 taels~~?" Gao Chen shook his head again, and then said softly: "It's 300,000 taels!" Zhao Si exclaimed: "My God, you want to borrow 300,000 taels?!" ”

Gao Chen hurriedly covered his mouth and said, "Don't shout, people will hear it in a while." Zhao Si hurriedly nodded, Gao Chen let go of his hand, and Zhao Si asked with a confused expression: "Brother Tai, I don't think you borrowed so much money like money to live, what do you need to urgently use so much money?" ”

"Hey, don't worry about it, just tell me which money bank in the capital can borrow this silver." Gao Chen was a little impatient with his inquiry, this is not a glorious thing.

"Don't hide it from Brother Tai, you have to borrow so much money, I see that the money in the capital is enough to hang, 300,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, unless it is ......" Zhao Si looked at Gao Chen again and again.

"Unless what? If you have something to say, please speak up. Gao Chen asked anxiously. Zhao Si looked left and right, and found that his colleagues hadn't come to report yet, so he whispered to him: "Only the underground money outside the city can lend you this money, and I have enough to see in the city." ”

Gao Chen hurriedly said: "You can do whatever you want, as long as you can borrow silver." Zhao Si sighed and said: "Brother, I have to tell you, the underground money village outside the city is a bottomless pit of profits, and I am afraid that you will be in trouble if you don't pay it for a while." They are all characters with backgrounds, even if they want to be a brother like you, it is estimated that they have to be taboo for three points. ”

When Gao Chen heard this, he didn't believe it, not to mention anything else, now he is his own brother, and anyone dares to touch him? First borrow the money to buy an official, and then say, when you become a big official, you don't need Gao Huan to make a move, who dares to get along with him? Thinking of this, Gao Chen felt infinite confidence in his heart, and hurriedly said: "It's okay, if you really can't do it, isn't there still my brother?" If you can contact the underground money bank outside the city for me, I will be indispensable to you. After that, he took out a silver ticket of ten taels of silver from his sleeve and said to Zhao Si: "This should be used as your errand money, you can take it to drink tea." ”

Zhao Si hurriedly accepted the silver ticket, and said with a smile on his face: "Look at your politeness, this matter is on me, you go home and wait for my good news." "Don't think Zhao Si is greedy for money and forgetful of profit. This Yushitai is a fat yamen, specializing in supervising the emperor and Gao Huan over the world of hundreds of officials and governors, but the fat and water have been corrupted by the heads and brains of those who are in power in the Yushitai, and there are not many of them who can be divided into the hands of the low-level servant Yushi, plus the number of people who serve the Yushi is large, and it is evenly distributed in the hands of individuals, and one person is enough to buy a few catties of meat and a few liters of rice.

The consumption in the capital is very high, and the money from the embezzlement is not enough for Zhao Si to eat and drink, plus the gifts to the boss during the New Year's holidays, the usual socialization, and the cost of clothing and hats have long been secretly sold and sold to live by borrowing, and the scenery on the surface and the bitterness behind it are only deeply experienced by low-level officials like Zhao Si. But once they are promoted or transferred to become a senior member one day, it will be a carp jumping over the dragon gate.

That's why there are three years of Qing Governor's Mansion and an allusion to 100,000 snowflakes of silver.

Ten taels of silver is also a lot of income for Zhao Si, which can cover his family's expenses for several days. At that moment, he was also very attentive to Gao Chen: "The morning after tomorrow at the latest, I will give you the news." ”

This matter is settled, Gao Chen went home with anticipation and waited for news from Zhao Si.

Sure enough, in the evening of the next day, Zhao Si went to Gao's mansion to find Gao Chen, and the two came to a tea shop together. Gao Chen found a table in a corner, asked Xiao Er to serve two bowls of gaiwan tea casually, and asked anxiously, "How is the matter?" The past two days had waited for him, and he had never looked forward so much to a man coming to his house.

Zhao Si lowered his voice and said, "Live up to my brother's expectations, I can be regarded as having done this for you." After that, he took the big bowl of gaiwan tea in the small second-hand and drank two sips.

"Oh, well, when can I go borrow money?" Gao Chen was already hungry for profit, and the assassin couldn't wait to get the money to find Xu Gongzi to go to the door, so that he could meet the two beauties, Chunjiao and Lu'e.