"What!"

Huangfu Bailing's face changed greatly, he asked his eldest son, this time to run for the head of the household department, their family has paid 20,000 taels of silver to Huangfu Qu, and later in order to overwhelm Wei Ming's candidacy, Huangfu Xu privately added 10,000 taels of silver to Huangfu Qu, so that a total of 30,000 taels of silver, this is already a huge amount of money, but tonight this Huangfu Qu opened his mouth and asked for 100,000 taels of silver, Mo said that their family did not have so much cash, even if there was, he could not give it.

Although he was full of resentment in his heart, Huangfu Bailing didn't show it on his face, he just shook his head, "I'm sorry, we had to give up like this, we don't have so much cash in our house." ”

Huangfu Qu's 100,000 taels of silver is just to quote a high price first, lest Huangfu Bailing counteroffer 10,000 taels, of course he knows that the other party can't come up with 100,000 taels of silver, so he smiled and said: "Maybe the old master misunderstood me a little, I mean all 100,000 taels, you have already paid 30,000 taels first, so as long as you pay another 70,000 taels, the old master ..... So be it! Let's be refreshed, for the sake of many years of friendship, I will post another 20,000 yuan myself, then I will only accept 50,000 taels of silver from the old master, I have done my best to be benevolent, and I can't be lower. ”

Seeing that the other party has reduced the price by half, although the price is still ridiculously high, but Huangfu Bailing also knows that Huangfu Bailing may not give in again, 50,000 taels of silver, although there is it in the treasury, but once it is taken out, their family will be greatly damaged, and the clansmen may not agree to spend this amount of money for Weiming, Huangfu Bailing is really a little embarrassed, so he is silent.

Huangfu Qu squinted and observed Huangfu Bailing, he saw that Huangfu Bailing was already tempted, maybe the cash was too high for a while, and they couldn't take it out, so he quietly threw out his second-step strategy, "That's it!" Fifty thousand taels of silver can be paid in three installments, the first payment of thirty thousand taels, and the remaining twenty thousand taels of silver can be paid within half a year, old master, you should understand, I have indeed done my best to be benevolent and righteous. ”

Huangfu Bailing thought about it, 30,000 taels of silver can be taken by their family, and he can also call the shots, he was just about to agree, but at this moment, Wu Jin, who had been silent, suddenly interjected behind him and asked, "After taking out these 50,000 taels of silver, can you only get one qualification?" ”

Wu Jin has been crawling in the shopping mall in his previous life for many years, and has accumulated rich negotiation experience, he has already seen that this so-called Huangfu County Duke has dug a big trap for their family, throwing out the first 20,000 taels of silver is a bait, Huangfu Xu has swallowed this bait for the family, making them want to stop, and now the advance payment of 30,000 taels of silver is the second bait, once the grandfather agrees, he will be completely led away, this is just to qualify for the election, when it comes to the official election, he will ask for another 50,000 silver, do you give it or not? If you don't give it, the tens of thousands of taels of silver in front of you have already been spent, and you won't return a penny, will the Huangfu family be willing to waste tens of thousands of taels of silver in vain? In the end, they had to continue to swallow the bait, and Huangfu Qu squeezed their family dry step by step.

Seeing that his grandfather was going to swallow this bait, Wu Jin knocked it at a critical moment, which is his consistent style of negotiation, not much to say, but to the point.

Huangfu Bailing suddenly woke up, and he got up with a smile and arched his hand: "I can consider the county prince's plan, but I don't have the right to decide such a large amount without authorization, and it must be approved by the family. ”

After speaking, he grabbed Wu Jin's wrist, "Grandson, let's go back first!" ”

Huangfu Qu stared at Wu Jin's back viciously, and his eyes were about to breathe fire with hatred.

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In the carriage, Huangfu Bailing was full of emotion, in fact, what is the election of Hu Cao, it is the means for these powerful officials to change their methods to make money, but this Huangfu County Duke is more ruthless and greedy, if it is not for the precipice today, their family will really fall into the abyss of no disaster.

Thinking back to the situation just now, Huangfu Bailing only felt afraid for a while, he didn't realize the trap set by Huangfu Qu at that time, thanks to Wujin's reminder!

Huangfu Bailing patted Wu Jin's hand gratefully and sighed, "It's really thanks to you today." ”

Wu Jin smiled: "I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain, my grandfather is a fan of the authorities, and I am a bystander, in fact, it's nothing?" ”

"I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain."

Huangfu Bailing read it twice, smiled and gave a thumbs up: "That's right, it's very good, it's true, alas! It's a pity that our 30,000 taels of silver were so silently lost. ”

Huangfu Bailing had no intention of fighting for the so-called head of Hucao, but when he thought that his eldest son had paid Huangfu Qu 30,000 taels of silver for this matter, he felt distressed in his heart, 30,000 taels! It took their family's fleet to go down to the South Seas three times to earn it back.

"Grandfather, are we really going to give up the business of being in charge of Tocao?" Wu Jin asked.

Huangfu Bailing smiled bitterly and shook his head, "What if you don't give up?" Do you still want to beg that greedy county magistrate? I'm afraid that if we go back again, it won't be 50,000 taels. ”

Wujin was silent, he turned his head to look out of the window, only to see that the night had fallen outside, and every household was lit up, decorating Weiyang City like a bright starry sky.

Wu Jin couldn't help but touch the forty taels of silver on his waist, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, money! He also needs it, why not do something for his family, so that he can also make a sum of money at the same time, both public and private, why not?

This is called rather than envying the fish in the abyss, it is better to retreat and close the net.

"Grandfather, maybe we don't need to rely on that county duke, we also have other opportunities."

Wu Jin said very slowly, his tone was firm, and there was no doubt, Huangfu Bailing's body was shocked, he looked back at Wu Jin in surprise, he suddenly had a strange feeling, this grandson was full of mystery up and down, and he remembered that Wu Jin had been missing for three years, what happened during this period?

Intuition told Huangfu Bailing that the opportunity that Wu Jin said was likely to be true, although he saw through that the election of the head of the household was just a means for the powerful to make money, but if he really wanted him to give up this opportunity, he was a little reluctant.

"You say..... What is the opportunity? He asked, hesitantly.

"I can't say it yet, I'm not sure now, I need to do it step by step, if I have a big grasp, I'll tell my grandfather."

Huangfu Bailing nodded, he could understand Wu Jin's caution, he groaned, and then asked him, "Do you need me to do something?" ”

"Yes!"

Huangfu Bailing laughed and gently knocked on his head with a cane, "You little ghost, I won't say it if I don't ask, just say it!" Need me help you with something? ”

Wu Jin rubbed his head, smiled and said, "Actually, I'm embarrassed to speak." ”

"I'm your grandfather, what's too embarrassing to speak, could it be that you... Want money? ”

Wu Jin gave a thumbs up and slapped his grandfather's ass, "Jiang is really old and spicy, where can I hide my grandfather from this little bit of caution, hey!" Admire! The admiration of the five bodies. ”

"Little slippery, let's just say it! How much do you want? Huangfu Bailing had a smile on his face, he liked this grandson very much.

"No, no!" Wu Jin hurriedly waved his hand, "I didn't want it, I just borrowed it." ”

"Oh well! How much are you borrowing? ”

"Hmmm! I'll do the math. ”

Wu Jin quickly calculated in his heart, he would need about three thousand taels of silver to do that, but he needed to be safe.

"Grandfather, I want to borrow three thousand five hundred taels of silver."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huangfu Bailing handed him a jade plaque, "With this jade plaque, you can go to the tent and withdraw silver, up to 5,000 taels." ”

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Early the next morning, Wujin went to the county government and inquired about the officials, but learned that Su Hanzhen had not returned from his inspection in the countryside, and it was estimated that he would be back tomorrow.

Su Hanzhen is not there, his plan is difficult to implement, Wujin has nothing to do, he is not in a hurry, he walks around the streets and alleys of Weiyang County, he has not been here yet, through an alley, slowly walk back along another street, this street parallel to the county government is called Academy Street, the camphor trees on both sides of the street are shady, and a small river flows slowly along the street.

Not only because the Junxue Academy is located at the end of this street, but more importantly, this street is one of Weiyang's specialties, the production center of Chu pen, there are more than 100 large and small pen workshops, and many people have a huge pen model hanging at the door of their homes, which is full of a peaceful cultural atmosphere.

Inadvertently, he suddenly saw a bookstore, the façade is not big, the dark shop sign is written in cursive with a dragon flying phoenix dance 'Burrow Zhai' three words, Wu Jin later generations like to visit the bookstore, he also once considered opening a bookstore himself, he was happy in his heart, he went to the bookstore in high spirits, but he was stunned when he walked to the door, the plaques on both sides of the door were engraved with a poem, 'The bright moon shines between the pines, and the clear spring stone is upstream.' ’

Wu Jin was stunned for a moment, this.... This is Wang Wei's poem! How could it appear in this strange dynasty, could it be.......

Wu Jin felt that his thoughts were extremely absurd, but if this was not the case, how could he explain Wang Wei's poems?

"Little friend, you might as well go into my burrow and have a look."

A clear voice sounded behind him, and Wu Jin turned around, only to see a middle-aged man standing behind him, with fair skin, thin appearance, and a smile in his eyes, giving people a very cordial feeling.

It turned out that he was the shopkeeper, so Wu Jin pointed to two lines of poetry and asked with a smile: "Excuse me, who wrote this poem?" ”

"This is naturally Wang Majie's poem, everyone in the world knows it, don't you know it?"

'King Maha? Wu Jin frowned, a familiar name, wait a minute..... Isn't Wang Majie Wang Wei? Don't.... Does Wang Wei really exist?

He was still a little unwilling to ask again: "Is it Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"Nope! It was Wang Wei of the Zhou Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty was no longer there at that time. ”

Wu Jin only felt a lightning flash in his mind, he seemed to think of something, but he couldn't see it clearly, he stared at the verses, and kept talking to himself: "Zhou Dynasty! Zhou Dynasty! ”

His eyes widened, but he couldn't remember for a while.

Seeing that he was amused, the shopkeeper waved his hand and smiled, "Please!" I sit in the shop. ”

Wu Jin walked into the bookstore with him, only to feel that the light in front of him was dim, but at this moment of lightning, the mystery in his mind suddenly became clear, and he blurted out, "Wu Zetian!" ”

Isn't it? Wasn't the dynasty established after Wu Zetian usurped the Tang Dynasty the Zhou Dynasty? Known as Wu Zhou in history.

The shopkeeper glanced at him, smiled and said, "Yes! The ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty is Wu Zetian, and Taizong is Wu Sansi, but these are the history of 500 years ago, and the Zhou Dynasty was also replaced by our dynasty 300 years ago..... Xiaoyou, what's wrong with you, are you not feeling well? ”

The shopkeeper couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw that Wu Jin was dancing a little bit, this young man wouldn't be sick!

"It's not! No! Hasn't it changed...."

Wu Jin was ecstatic, could this still be his original world? Is it just that history has been changed? Wu Zetian succeeded in usurping the throne, she was not overthrown by Zhang Cambodia, Cui Xuanwei and others, and Wu Sansi was not killed by Li Chongjun, maybe at which point did history turn a corner?

Wu Jin quickly calculated in his heart, he learned when he was studying, Wu Zetian was probably the emperor around 700 AD, then 500 years have passed, and now it is about 1,200 AD, and it should be during the Southern Song Dynasty in history.... Wait, no!

But Wu Jin soon found out that something was still wrong, he gradually calmed down, knowing that he was drilling the tip of the bull's horns, of course this was not his original world, otherwise where did the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing histories he was familiar with come from?

This can only be a parallel space, but this world also has Wang Wei and Wu Zetian, and it has nothing to do with his world at all.

Thinking about this, Wu Jin couldn't help but smile bitterly, in fact, is it true, what does it matter? Anyway, it's a strange dynasty for him.

That Weiyang County is definitely not the historical Yangzhou, because it is obvious that the historical Weiyang County is close to the Yangtze River, not by the sea, so where is this Weiyang County now? He was a little interested, he wanted to know, where is this Weiyang County?