What the?

The dignified young master of the Zheng family in Xingyang, the reward is only three big money?

The maid hesitated for a moment, convinced that the Young Master Zheng in front of her was not joking with herself, but Cui Fu taught well, and did not express the slightest dissatisfaction, but smiled sweetly, said "Thank you Young Master Zheng for the reward", and then retreated.

The maid did a good job, and she didn't embarrass Young Master Zheng at all, but Zheng Yucheng was so depressed that she wanted to vomit blood, when did she become so shabby, she had this little money on her body, and she thought about not giving it at all, but Liu Yuan gave it, and she didn't want to give it, and she had been groping on herself for a long time, and she didn't know what to do, so she put the three big money in the tray.

The maid smiled politely, in his eyes, as if it was a mockery, which made him feel very depressed, but there was really no way, he touched all over his body, only found three copper plates, not even a valuable piece of wear, all lost to the big high-roller Liu Yuan, who was rewarded with ten taels of silver as soon as he made a move.

If it goes out, won't it make people laugh so much that they can't raise their heads?

Zheng Yucheng's face was so embarrassed that he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, he didn't know that everyone's eyes were a little strange when they looked at him, but he was so wronged that he wanted to cry: he had already rewarded his entire net worth, but the dignified young master of the Zheng family in Xingyang had no money, who would believe him if he said it?

The old lady's face is a little not very good, to be honest, this "taste the first plate" is actually an unwritten rule, meaning, usually reward one or two taels, can afford to eat the sheep and die, no one will care about that little bit of money, but what does this Zheng Yucheng mean by giving a penny? This is a handout for the street side to ask for food? The subordinates of his Cui Mansion still need these three pennies to eat?

Hitting a dog depends on the owner and rewards the subordinates. Don't take care of the owner's face?

Cui Jing's heart is also unhappy, he looks down on Zheng Yucheng a little in his heart, as the so-called good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and he has heard a little about this Zheng Yucheng's "fame", and that's it, he only politely rejected his proposal last year, and he just rejected him, but he didn't expect it. He immediately used this method to express his dissatisfaction, this amount of energy is too small.

"Eat more if it's delicious, mother, you can taste it too." At this time, another maid brought up the delicious muddy sheep. Cui Jing smiled and diverted the topic.

"Okay, okay." Mrs. Cui only took a piece of meat. He motioned to the maidservant to take the rest to Cui Jing: "I'm old." The teeth are gone, and you can't bite it, just taste the taste, and you don't just care about eating, but also have someone send some to the child. ”

It is said that it is the next generation, the old lady to those grandchildren. It's still very loved, of course, this love is also divided into three, six, nine and so on.

Cui Jing dared not listen, and hurriedly arranged. Fortunately, this sheep is not small, and three fat geese can be placed in the belly of the sheep, although there are a lot of people, but three fat geese are enough for everyone to taste the taste.

"Uncle Cui, I heard that you are presiding over the repair of the river in Fenzhou, I don't know how the project is progressing?" Soon, Zheng Yucheng took the initiative to provoke the topic again.

"yes." Cui Jing said a little helplessly: "Last year, the Yellow River lacked embankments, drowning countless people and animals, and the emperor and several ministers made up their minds to overhaul the river this year for the benefit of the people. ”

The Yellow River, the mother of China, gives birth to Chinese civilization, but this "mother" will also have anger, once the embankment is missing, it is the life of the miserable, the dynasties can not get around this, repair the embankment and dam protection, every time is an astronomical expenditure, after several years of recuperation, the Tang Dynasty finally recovered a lot of vitality, once the treasury is full, Li Er immediately ordered Cui Jing to cure the flood.

"Uncle Cui" Zheng Yucheng said a little flatteringly: "To repair the river, there are a lot of materials such as wood and stones, and the little nephew has been idle at home recently, I wonder if my uncle can arrange an errand for the sake of the two families?" ”

Zheng Yucheng came to Qinghe Cui this time, in addition to wanting to propose, and Cui's to have a kiss, there is one more thing, that is, to get a share of the Yellow River's repair project.

He made up his mind early in the morning, first proposed, if the proposal was successful, then he and Cui Jing would become a relationship with Weng's son-in-law, with this relationship, Cui Jing, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, naturally took good care of himself; If the proposal fails, he takes the opportunity to propose an errand, Cui Jing must be ashamed, plus mentioning the friendship between the two families, Cui Jing can't refuse again and again.

This abacus is not ordinarily loud.

After Zheng Yucheng finished speaking, he looked at Cui Jing with an earnest face, now he can be said to be poor, and his desire for that errand is even more urgent.

"Virtuous nephew" Cui Jing seemed to have foreseen that he would make this request, shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "With the relationship between the Cui and Zheng families, if there is a vacancy, as long as you open your mouth, as an uncle, you naturally can't help but take care of one or two, but you are late." ”

"Late?" Zheng Yucheng said with a surprised face: "Uncle Cui, I heard that the second imperial court allocated a huge amount of three million taels, although there are no big errands, won't there be even small errands, and there will be no vacancies?" ”

"The good nephew's news is still quite well-informed, but you only know one thing, but you don't know the other." Cui Jing patiently explained: "As soon as this project came out, the crown prince, the third prince and several princesses all stretched out a hand to come in, and Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chuliang also teamed up to find the old man to ask for an errand. ”

Zheng Yucheng froze all of a sudden, so sought-after? It seems that his thoughts are a bit simple, but he still doesn't give up, and now he is shy, and he continues to ask cheekily: "Uncle Cui, three million taels is huge, can't you arrange a small errand?" The"

Cui Jing's eyebrows were a little impatient, he had already explained, this Zheng Yucheng was still like a dog skin plaster, he didn't know how to advance or retreat, it was really annoying.

However, looking at Cui Zheng's relationship, Cui Jing still explained: "The people present are all their own people, and I won't hide it from you, this project does allocate three million taels, but." It was divided into three phases, the Ministry of Industry received, only the first phase of one million taels of silver, the household department informed that the treasury was tight, the second and third phases of the Yellow River project could only be suspended, as for when to allocate the silver again, I did not count in my heart, now all the errands of the first phase have been arranged, only one month. It is estimated that it will be completed, so it's not that the old man doesn't miss the old feelings, and he really can't arrange it. ”

"Won't this be tight, will the treasury be tight? My Tang Dynasty is rich and the people are strong. It's a peaceful and prosperous time, and it will be. Still short of money? Zheng Yucheng was extremely disappointed. I couldn't help muttering.

For him, this blow was too great, and he came happily, he was supposed to have a good marriage, but it was really not good, and he got a good errand. Unexpectedly, he didn't catch anything, not only did he lose all the silver he carried, but he also owed a huge debt of more than 20,000 taels. If you don't make any money, you can pay it off in the Year of the Monkey?

Liu Yuan couldn't help but interject: "Lord Shangshu, is the imperial court preparing to make a big move?" ”

Cui Jing raised his eyebrows, looked at Liu Yuan with interest and asked, "Oh, how can I see it?" ”

This old boy didn't deny it, that is, he acquiesced, Liu Yuan had a stirring in his heart: If the estimate is good, the first big battle he will come to Datang will start, Li Er has made up his mind and is ready to start a war against Tufan, and teach the Tufan people who are becoming more and more arrogant.

In the previous life, I liked to listen to stories, especially for the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, such as Qin Shubao, Cheng Biting Jin, Li Jing and others especially liked, listened to a lot, and had a lot of understanding of the history of the early Tang Dynasty, although the little things are not clear, but for some big things, I still remember very clearly, if I remember correctly, next year will be a very busy year for the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the crusade against Tufan and Tuyuhun, in addition, the famous Daming Palace in history will also begin to be built, it is estimated that the drawings of the building now, as well as the cost of the project, It has been placed on Li Er's imperial case for a long time.

And to fight, and to build a lot of construction, but also to repair the Yellow River, are huge expenses, especially to fight, as the saying goes, the three armies have not moved, grain and grass first, no one knows whether to lose or lose, a bad control, that is a bottomless pit, now the Tang Dynasty has only recovered a lot of vitality, not yet in its heyday, can not cope with the financial expenditure of the third line, in this way, not very urgent Yellow River project suspended, it is reasonable.

No, there is a shortage of embankments every year.

"Tufan and Tuyuhun are becoming more and more arrogant, from time to time they cross the border to burn and loot, no matter what, those are the people of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor will not care, we must teach them a good lesson, and they will be hurt to know the power of my Datang." Liu Yuan paused and continued: "The emperor is too frugal, and what he lives in now is still the palace left by the previous dynasty. ”

What the?

Cui Jing was taken aback, it turned out that he just asked casually, but he didn't expect Liu Yuan to guess all right.

As the head of the seven clans and five surnames, the Qinghe Cui family, coupled with the fact that he is in an important position, how does Cui Jing not know about such a big matter as Tufan's use of soldiers? And the palace of the previous dynasty is a bit dark, not good for the emperor who suffers from old rheumatism, the construction of the Daming Palace was put on the agenda a few years ago, and repeatedly revised and improved in the Ministry of Industry, and the final draft has been submitted a few months ago, the second in command of the Ministry of Engineering, the Ministry of Works, who is proficient in civil engineering, has been following up on this matter, if there is no accident, it is indeed in the recent groundbreaking.

He is a book of books, and he is naturally well aware of these confidential matters, but Liu Yuan is just a small businessman, how did he know about these things? Guess so accurately, is there still the ability to predict the unknown?

"Oh, on what basis do you make these judgments?" Cui Jing pretended not to care and asked with a smile.

Liu Yuan said with a smile: "I listen to the anecdotes that happen everywhere from the guests who come and go from the south to the north, and I also pay more attention to the news in the newspaper, although these will not be written, but between the words, I will always see some clues, Shang Shuren, I don't know if my guess is right?" ”

What's right? I'm almost reading the confidential documents, those gossip, and the Di Bao that doesn't report the bad news, really have so many clues for him to discover? If it weren't for Cui Jing's knowledge of Liu Yuan's details, he would really regard him as a living immortal of an unpredictable prophet.

"Ha Luha, now it's just a family banquet, I just said, don't talk about official business, let alone state affairs, only talk about Fengyue, two virtuous nephews, do you want to have some silk and bamboo singing and dancing?" Cui Jing couldn't help but glance at Liu Yuan, and then said with a casual smile.

It is better to talk less about these matters related to state secrets. (To be continued.) )

PS: Today's spirit is good, prepare for ten thousand more, brothers support a lot, if you can have ten monthly passes today, don't say anything, four more foundations