didn't mention it later, and said that Li You didn't care too much about being caught by Chen Zhixian and taking the top cylinder, which had no real impact on him. It has already rained, and there is no need to do rain prayers, Li You, who has free his hands, thought that the Xuhe Water Conservancy Project should also be started, and said to Chen Zhixian: "Now that the autumn harvest is only February, the river work should be prepared." ”

Chen Zhixian asked Master Huang: "How many silver taels have been raised?" ”

Master Huang replied: "At present, there are 16 large households in this county that have produced silver, bringing together 37,000 taels. ”

Chen Zhixian nodded and said, "You can start preparing materials." However, what do you think of the Qian Emperor Shang's desire to buy the stone with 50,000 silver taels? To give it or not to him? ”

Li Youxin was not here, only thinking about Xue Juren's stake business, so he said: "Although this matter is suspicious, the eldest master is afraid that it will be inappropriate and can't stop it, so he might as well give him the silver in installments." As long as he has no problems, he will pay 10,000 taels at a time until the river is completed, so as not to pay 50,000 taels at a time, and he will regret any accidents. ”

Chen Zhixian and Master Huang were both good, so they settled down like this.

After Li You followed Master Huang out of the county magistrate's office, he said as he walked: "Old man, I have an eyebrow for the county to find a partial house. She is a distant relative of my mother's family, a good woman from a good family, and she is of good character. How could the poor father of the family die, and it is difficult to make a living, so he is willing to be a concubine with the county. Now living in the City God Temple, please also ask the old gentleman to take a look at the county. ”

It turned out that he had thought about it last night, and instead of making arrangements by himself, it was better to hand it over to Master Huang, who was more familiar with Chen Zhixian, and save Master Huang any superfluous ideas.

Master Huang smiled: "It took you a long time to find it, it must not be bad, I will ask the county lord these two days." ”

Li You thanked him: "This matter is still Mr. Lao's trouble, and it is in the next Minggan five." ”

Back in the public room, Li You drank a few sips of tea, and then went out of the government to talk to Xue Yuanqing and Xue Juren about business. There is a lot of pressure to make money, there is a concubine with hundreds of taels of silver in her private pocket, she can't always be inferior to her, her husband must be vibrate!

The Xue Ju people also lived in the north of the city. Speaking of the pattern of this Xujiang county, most of the dignitaries and nobles live in the north and east of the city, the Qinglou restaurant is mostly in the north and west of the city, and the south is a place where handicraftsmen such as silk weaving and woodware and foreign merchants gather, and the middle streets are shops.

When he arrived at Xue's mansion, he saw that Xue Juren actually came out to greet him in person, which made Li You very surprised, and even flattered, and sighed that Master Xue was worthy of being extremely successful in business, and he knew that many people were not to blame.

You must know that if you raise people, you can be called a master, and those who treat the magistrate of the county with courtesy can even be selected by the officials to be the magistrate of a small place, or to make up for the lack of miscellaneous officials in the state government. Although it is only regarded as a turbid current with no chance of promotion, and it cannot be compared with Qingliu Jinshi, I don't know how high it is to be higher than Li You, a little official.

After the guests and hosts sat down for tea in the hall, Xue Juren smiled and said: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Mr. Li is getting more and more colorful, and when you come to my house today, there must be good news to tell." ”

Li You didn't go around the bush and said: "Now that I have the permission of the county, I can start preparing materials, and the river industry silver money is also enough at the moment." Master Xue hurried to transport the wood, tentatively using 10,000 wooden stakes, the thickness of which should not be less than six inches, and the price was very easy to say. ”

"That's good news." Xue Juren said happily: "I will go to procure it immediately, I can't miss the major water conservancy event, please rest assured Mr. Li." Seeing that it was almost noon, Xue Juren said again: "I should have left for dinner, but I didn't prepare it here, so I asked Mr. to go to Taihua Building to eat." ”

When I walked to the gate of Xue's mansion, I saw a team beating gongs and blowing trumpets and wearing red and hanging colors from the alley, carrying twenty or thirty bars.

Looking at the festive team, Xue Yuanqing chatted and said: "After Mr. Li's rain and the ban was abolished, many families hurried to prepare for the happy event. ”

Xue's entourage's servant Jia said on the side: "I have seen several cases today, and I heard that this one is a dowry sent to Lord Liu's mansion. ”

Lord Liu? Li You was stunned when he heard this, it seems that there is only one person in the entire Xujiang County who can be called Lord Liu at present, and that is his future cheap father-in-law, Liu Lao, who is inspecting.

Another servant said in a sour tone: "Then Lord Liu looked for his son-in-law everywhere in the first half of the year, but the big families didn't look down on his dumb daughter." In the end, I don't know what kind of person I found to make do, it won't be a deaf person, it's a couple that is missing from heaven and earth, hahaha. ”

Li You's heart was annoyed by these words, and he sneered and said to the Xue Mansion's servant Jia: "You go and inquire!" Who's hiring? ”

After a while, the man inquired and replied: "I heard that it is the dowry of the old Li head catcher family to Lord Liu's mansion." ”

There was a sudden coldness.

Xue Juren was shocked when he heard this, and said in his heart, isn't this Mr. Li's family the family of Mr. Li, is it the happy event of Mr. Li himself? The one who mocked his own servants was Li You? Thinking of this, he jumped up first, and said left and right: "This slut dares to insult the distinguished guest, take it down for me and beat it to death!" ”

The servant Yi was so frightened that his face was as pale as dirt, and he knelt down in front of Li You and wailed for mercy. But Li You glanced at him indifferently, didn't care, and said to Xue Juren: "Thank you Master Xue for your kindness, I really don't want to go to the banquet in the next commission, I have to go home and have a look." In the matter of wood, I also asked Master Xue to pay more attention, and when he had an eyebrow, he came to discuss the payment and said goodbye. ”

On the way home, Li You thought as he walked, and the wedding procedure was going too fast. According to custom, after the recruitment, which is commonly known as the next hiring, the marriage must be welcomed in person in the morning and a month in the evening. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today, maybe in a few days, my brother would suddenly come over and call: Young Master! It's time for you to go into the cave today, no one else can replace you, so please go home and join in person—that's a surprise."

If you think about it carefully, he will understand that this is definitely the father's belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, beware of his son with a criminal record from making trouble. I've been busy with business these days, and I really haven't communicated my thoughts with my father.

Rushing back to his home in Xishui Town, Li You looked for his father when he entered the door. But when he saw his father and his neighbor Sun Yuanwai playing chess under the shade of a tree, Sun Yuanwai knew that the father and son had something to talk about and took their leave.

Father Li waited for Li You to finish his salute and then spoke: "If you don't take the county government seriously, what are you doing at home?" ”

Li You said dissatisfiedly: "My father is too good, and I don't know anything about my marriage." ”

"What do you need to know? Did you tell me so you could go ghost? Father Li said indifferently, he knew that his son had a lot of ideas in his heart, and he often acted smart to do something self-righteous, so he concealed the two procedures of Najib and Nazheng from the beginning to prevent his son from sabotaging.

"Son, I..." Li You was about to defend.

Father Li interrupted a few times: "Concubine, crazy scoop, are you still less daring?" When you were a father, you weren't as rampant as you were when you were young! Tell you, whether you are satisfied with the marriage or not, it is not your turn to decide! This home is my master! ”

"I think this marriage..."Li You had to defend again.

Father Li shouted again: "What else do you have to think about!" Today's dowry is all down, and you can't regret it! Do you want to show the whole county a joke? ”

"Father listens to me! I..."

Father Li was willing to listen to his son's sophistry, and raised his hand fiercely to fight.

Li You subconsciously shrank back.

Hearing only two snaps, Father Li slapped his old face twice, leaving a red handprint.

Li You was dumbfounded, his father pumped his own mouth, which one is this play?

Father Li, who had a palm print on his face, threatened sharply: "If you dare to say a word about the marriage again, your father will wear a palm print, and use this as evidence to go to the yamen to accuse you of a great crime of disobedience for beating your father!" Let you be exiled for 3,000 miles without argument, and the history of the canon will not be able to do it! Then I will not have you as a son! ”

According to the laws of this era, it was found that a son beating his father was indeed a great crime of disobedience, and the maximum penalty was death. My father is really a ruthless man... But is it necessary? "I'm really not against marriage..."Li You said helplessly, "Father, what are you doing, I have already thought through my son, and I came today to tell my father that I am willing to marry Miss Liu." ”

His brain almost couldn't turn for a while, and Father Li, who was a little annoyed and angry, couldn't help but cough violently and complained a few times: "Bastard! Are you an unfilial son going to be angry with your father, won't you be able to tell the whole story? What a system to swallow and spit into! ”

After relieving his breath, Father Li said again: "Go and kneel down in front of the ancestral tablet, seeing that you are going to start a family, my father wants to talk to you about your family history, and then talk about your unambitious appearance, my Li family must not fall in your hands!" ”

In fact, Li You understands that his father is usually a murderer and will not blink, and the reason why he is excited when he talks about his marriage is because he also has a bit of a similar emotion of guilt but doesn't know what guilt is. However, with the black things that my father has done in his life, if you really know how to feel guilty, then the confession will be endless all night and night, and it will not be guilty.

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