On the carriage back to the house, she deliberately showed Duanmu the jewelry given by Han Xing, and said beautifully: "Tomorrow I will go to the princess's mansion in Wuyang to find her, as well as Yunhua, Dangui, Lan Tingyun......" She counted her fingers one by one, her big eyes were shining, and her little face was flushed.

Duanmujun raised his hand and gently rubbed the top of his sister's hair, his eyes clear and firm.

Although they were women and could not go into battle with King Jane to kill the enemy, they were able to do what they could, perhaps insignificant......

The war in the north is urgent, and the people in the capital have not yet had a sense of crisis, and some astute nobles have already smelled a hint of danger.

In the next few days, Duanmu Fei ran through the homes of several girls who had made friends non-stop, and Wuyang, Yunhua, Dangui and other girls responded one after another, taking out the monthly examples and jewelry they had accumulated.

At the beginning, Duanmu Fei just went to some good friends to raise money, and she didn't specifically publicize it, and the news that she was raising money and food for the north spread unconsciously, so many people came to Duanmu's house in person one after another.

Early in the morning, a gorgeous carriage with black lacquer and gold vine pattern stopped outside the corner gate on the east side of Duanmu Mansion, and the porter said apologetically to a capable blue-clothed maid: "Please go back, our girl has a guest today." ”

The porter politely handed back a delicate gold-sprinkled post to the blue-clothed maid.

The blue-clothed maid was dumbfounded, and she wanted to stop talking, but their family came to deliver silver, why did they drive people out?!

The blue-clothed maid finally took the post back to the carriage, and said to the woman in the carriage with trepidation: "Madam, the post has been ......."

As she spoke, the curtain of the carriage was lifted from the inside by a well-maintained red crisp hand, revealing half of her round face, and the woman frowned slightly and looked in the direction of the corner gate of the Duanmu Mansion, and at the same time, she made a gesture to silence the blue-clothed maid, and the sound of the Duanmu family's porter just now had already been clearly transmitted to the carriage.

The woman's face was puzzled, as far as she knew, many people had come to visit the four Duanmu girls these days, and the four Duanmu girls had seen each other from afar and near without asking their relatives, how could she be sent away when it was her turn!

In the middle of my thoughts, I only heard a "squeak" sound from the corner door on the west side, and then I saw a carriage slowly driving out of the door......

The woman casually instructed, "Go and inquire and see which house it is." ”

The blue-clothed maid immediately received the order, ran to investigate, and after a while, she came back again, and replied: "Madam, that is the fifth girl Lin from the mighty general's mansion." ”

The blue-clothed maid was even more puzzled, their family was settled in the Hou Mansion, why was this Duanmu Fourth Girl willing to see Fifth Miss Lin, but turned away their Mrs. Hou!

Mrs. Andinghou in the carriage looked at the direction in which the carriage of the General's Mansion was leaving, raised her eyebrows thoughtfully, and dropped two words: "Go home." ”

The blue-clothed maid thought that Mrs. Hou was angry, and went back with the carriage, but she didn't want to come to the gate of Duanmu Mansion again early the next morning.

The same post was handed in again, and the blue-clothed maid said with a smiling face: "The third girl of our Anding Hou Mansion wants to ask to see the fourth girl of your mansion." ”

The lady said that if she wants to give people silver, she is also particular.

Madame said that this is a great opportunity to make friends with the four girls of Duanmu, and it cannot be missed.

Madame said, I can't see you today, so I'll come back tomorrow......

The blue-clothed maid waited outside the corner gate with bated breath, and after a while, the corner gate on the east side of Duanmu Mansion was completely open, and the carriage of Andinghou's Mansion was welcomed into the mansion by the two porters, and the blue-clothed maid finally breathed a sigh of relief.

For the concierge of the Duanmu family, this kind of thing has long been strange, these days, the house is full of guests, one after another to the door, the old ones are rejected, and the few ones come, all of them are about to step on the threshold of the Duanmu family, and they all express their willingness to contribute generously to the north.

But all those who came to donate silver, Duanmu Fei did not refuse, and asked Jin Se to record all the silver donated by each door and household, and did not overcharge, each household up to 5,000 taels, indicating that all the donated silver would be used to buy grain, grass and clothing and send them to the north, and let the donors press their handprints one by one.

For seven or eight days in a row, there were more and more visitors to Duanmu Mansion, all of them coming for Duanmu.

On the second day of June, Duanmu Fuzhong ushered in another uninvited guest.

"Miss Ji, please come here."

A mother-in-law led the way in front, and couldn't help but quietly glance at this Ji girl in a moon-white skirt out of the corner of her eye.

This girl is a big celebrity in Beijing recently!

The story on her body is full of twists and turns, and the climax is just enough to make up a complete play.

The mother-in-law sighed in her heart, her face was impassive, she led Ji Lanzhou attentively and thoughtfully, and led people to the small flower hall in the garden.

The sash windows on three sides of the small flower hall are wide open, bright and transparent, through the open window, you can vaguely see several girls in the hall standing or sitting or writing a book.

The woman stopped under the eaves, and Bi Chan came out of the flower hall to greet Ji Lanzhou: "Miss Ji, please come inside." ”

Ji Lanzhou smiled slightly, carried his skirt and went in, and heard Duanmufei's crisp voice from inside: "Three years ago, one tael of silver in Jiangnan could buy seven or eight stones of rice, but now one tael of silver can only buy four stones of rice; Liaodong, the south, and the north can only buy one stone of rice for one tael of silver; The price of rice in Central China is somewhere in between......"

The sound is interspersed with the rustling of pages, the sound of the abacus and the sound of the wind blowing the branches and leaves outside the window, and the atmosphere is quiet and indifferent.

Duanmu Fei was sitting in front of a bookcase, looking down at the account book, turning the pages with one hand, and making an abacus with five fingers in the other.

When Ji Lanzhou approached, Duanmu Fei seemed to feel something, raised his head from the account book, and removed his right hand from the abacus.

"Fourth girl Duanmu."

Ji Lanzhou was blessed to her, his eyes paused for a moment on the shiny abacus, and he was actually a little surprised in his heart: most of the scholarly girls felt that the merchants were lowly and were afraid of being looked down upon, so they would rather bother with mental calculations than dare to contaminate the abacus.

However, how can this Duanmu Fourth Girl be an ordinary person!

Treating this eclectic girl, Ji Lanzhou didn't go around in circles, and said to a long story short: "I heard that the girl is raising money and food for the north, and I also want to do my best, I have prepared a million taels of ......."

Between the words, Ji Lanzhou's maid took a step forward with a wooden box, but who wanted to hear Duanmufei refuse without saying a word: "I can't accept this silver." ”

The maid was dumbfounded, stopped, and could only turn her head to look at her own girl, unable to believe her ears.

That's a million taels of silver! When her own girl planned to donate, she wanted to persuade her, after all, the girl is now helpless...... But I don't want anyone to be more ruthless than my own girl!

Even Ji Lanzhou's face could not hide the look of surprise, and Sakura's lips opened slightly.

Duanmu Fei closed the account book, and in Ji Lanzhou's puzzled gaze, he said calmly: "Miss Ji, you just donated four million taels to the southern border. ”

Duanmu raised his hand to signal Ji Lanzhou to sit down, with a smile on his delicate little face, his big eyes were clear and clear, and Ji Lanzhou's expression was a little subtle.

Ji Lanzhou sat down on one side of the bookcase, and the pothos served her tea, and the fresh fragrance of tea penetrated the tip of her nose.

"Fourth girl Duanmu, you also know ......" Ji Lanzhou and Duanmu Fei looked at each other directly, their eyes like autumn water.

Wise people don't speak secret words.

"For me, the four million taels are just a means, but this time, I am sincere." Ji Lanzhou said sincerely, sitting elegantly on the chair.

Her appearance is soft and delicate, her expression is gentle and firm, she is not a weak and fragile lotus, but the snow plum who is not afraid of the wind and cold, no matter how difficult the environment is, she can survive, Ling Han is angry.

"Miss Ji, then you can't donate so much." Duanmu smiled and said bluntly, "Think about it, if the emperor found out, what would he think?" ”

Treating smart people, Duanmu Fei nodded, Ji Lanzhou thoughtfully picked up the teacup and took a shallow sip of tea.

At the beginning of June, the weather was already quite hot, and two ice basins were placed in the small flower hall, and the faint fragrance of lotus wafted from the lake in the wind.

It was a quiet morning.

Ji Lanzhou put down the teacup, raised her hand and made a gesture, and her maid opened the wooden box in her hand and sent it to her own girl.

There was a thick stack of silver tickets in the box, but the rest of the room didn't even look at it.

Ji Lanzhou casually took a silver ticket from the box and handed it to Duanmu Fei with his own hands, "Fourth girl Duanmu, this 10,000 taels of silver is a little bit of my heart." ”

This silver ticket belongs to the Hengxing money bank in the capital, and the Hengxing money bank has formed an alliance with the other three money banks in the capital, and as long as there are these four money banks in the south and north of Dashengtian, this silver ticket can be cashed.

The corners of Duanmufei's lips curled higher, and he smiled.

It is a pleasure to talk to a wise person.

She accepted the silver ticket, turned her head and instructed Jin Se on the side: "Jin Se, write down this silver." ”

Jin Se responded, the tip of the wolf pen in his hand was dipped in ink, and he wrote down Ji Lanzhou's 10,000 taels in the account book, and then held the account book in front of Ji Lanzhou, and asked her to sign and press her handprint.

After that, Jin Se stepped aside, not disturbing Duanmu Fei and Ji Lanzhou to greet each other, and Bi Chan gave the two girls melons and fruit snacks.

After Duanmu took two sips of tea leisurely, when he put down the teacup, his eyes swept over the few account books in his hand, moved his eyebrows, and asked, "Miss Ji, where is the rice you choose for me to come to the staff officer?" ”

She then pushed the few account books about the price of rice in various places to Ji Lanzhou.

To pick grain for the north, it is not only to see where the price of rice is the cheapest, but also to consider the location of the north, where the grain can be sent more conveniently and quickly.

The Ji family has been a few generations of imperial businessmen from the old lady Ji, and they were once rich, and the Ji family naturally has its advantages.

Ji Lanzhou didn't look at the account books, his eyes flashed, and he proposed: "What does the fourth girl Duanmu think of Longzhou?" ”

Longzhou?!

Duanmu was stunned, she had never considered Longzhou, or rather, she intuitively excluded Longzhou.

When Pu Guo came to commit Dasheng and took Xizhou and Longzhou, her father Chu Junxian, mother and younger brother all died in Longzhou, and Longzhou has become an unspeakable sad place in her heart since then.

Later, Pu withdrew its troops, and the devastated Xizhou and Longzhou were in ruins, and the imperial court also allocated a lot of money to help the two states recuperate.

It wasn't until Ji Lanzhou mentioned it at this moment that Duanmu Fei suddenly realized that the battle between Dasheng and Puguo had been more than ten years.

Ten years is enough to make Longzhou strong again......

Ji Lanzhou saw Duanmu Fei thoughtfully, and continued in an orderly manner: "Longzhou was originally one of the main grain producing areas in Dasheng, and it has been a place for tea and horse trading since ancient times, with convenient transportation, and the price of old grain is definitely much cheaper than this year's new grain. ”

After a pause, she said meaningfully: "The Longzhou merchants are not weaker than the Jin merchants and Hui merchants. ”

Duanmufei's eyes became brighter and brighter, as bright as a pair of gems, and she immediately understood Ji Lanzhou's hint-

If the salt introduction system is also implemented in Longzhou, it may be of great benefit to the supply of grain and grass in the north.

Hmm, she really has a good eye for people, Miss Ji is really a smart person!

"Miss Ji, you have a good idea! It's really a word to wake up the dreamer. Duanmu scarlet stroked his palm.

"Drink tea." She poured tea for Ji Lanzhou in a good mood, "You try this lotus tea, I saw the lotus flowers blooming a few days ago, so I made it quickly." ”

Biluochun with lotus fragrance is fragrant and elegant, ups and downs in the hot tea soup, green and transparent, not only good-looking, but also smells good.

Duanmu Fei was immersed in the fragrance of tea, and suddenly heard the cicada beside him whisper: "Big young master." ”

The three words made the two girls who were originally buried in the tea soup raise their heads, and they both subconsciously looked outside the flower hall.

Not far away, a young man with a lake blue straight coat was walking in the direction of the pavilion by the lake, and his handsome side face was actually not real at this distance, but his identity could be easily judged from his temperament and body shape.

Duanmu Heng suddenly stopped, as if he felt the gaze here, and turned his head to look in the direction of the flower hall......

Ji Lanzhou was hesitating whether he should get up and salute from afar, when he saw Duanmuxuan lower his head again and picked up the teacup again, as if he was pretending not to see Duanmuheng.

Ji Lanzhou was stunned, and his first feeling was that his brother and sister were not in harmony? !

In the next moment, she immediately vetoed it, obviously she was still with Meimei when she saw their brother and sister together the first two times.

Could it be that there is an awkward quarrel between their brother and sister......

In the middle of his thoughts, Ji Lanzhou's gaze and Duanmu Heng met in mid-air for a moment.

Duanmu Heng moved again, and walked in the direction of the small flower hall, unhurried.

He was calm and relaxed, but Ji Lanzhou felt that Duanmufei beside him was like a little rabbit ready to go, as if he would bounce up and run away in the next moment......

Soon, Duanmu Heng stepped into the small flower hall, and in Ji Lanzhou's subtle sight, he walked all the way to a place only three or four feet away from her and Duanmu Fei.

"Fourth sister, Miss Ji."

Duanmu Heng smiled politely at the two.

The corners of Duanmufei's eyebrows jumped, and he no longer covered his ears and stole the bell, stood up coyly, and called out to his big brother.

Unlike Ji Lanzhou, the maids such as pothos and cicadas have long been accustomed to seeing each other, and every time the four girls face the eldest young master, it is like a mouse meeting a cat.

It's not weird, it's just self-defeating, and they all lower their eyebrows and are pleasing to their eyes, as if they didn't see anything.

Ji Lanzhou also got up and saluted Duanmu Heng.

Duanmu Heng's gaze swept between the two, with a hint of scrutiny, Duanmu Scarlet was alarmed in his heart, and he always felt that the eldest brother was going to ask her why she didn't go to boudoir school next.

"Big brother," Duanmu Fei cheered up and said before Duanmu Heng, "Now that the war in the north is tight and there is a shortage of food and grass, Miss Ji specially donated 10,000 taels of money and grain for the north. ”

"Miss Ji is high-minded." Duanmu Heng turned his head to look at Ji Lanzhou and solemnly arched his hand.

Living under the same roof, Duanmufei's recent "movements" are not small, of course he knows what his sister is busy with these days, so he hasn't trained her to skip class during this time.

What surprised him was Ji Lanzhou.

Ji Lanzhou donated four million taels for the war in the south, although it was instigated by his sister, but four million taels is not a small amount, if it weren't for Ji Lanzhou's ambition to break his wrist, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to do it.

Ji Lanzhou's appearance seems to be weak, but his nature is extremely resolute and decisive.

If last time Ji Lanzhou donated four million taels to get herself out of the quagmire of the Wang family, then today she came here out of her heart, for the north, and for Dasheng.

Duanmu Fei looked at her eldest brother, and her heart was entangled: As the master, of course she couldn't let Ji Lanzhou stand like this, but if she invited Ji Lanzhou to sit down, she would inevitably invite her eldest brother to sit down too.

Hey, the eldest brother has already said hello, why don't you leave!

Sighing in his heart, Duanmu Fei still gave priority to reason, and said decently: "Big brother, Miss Ji, let's sit down and talk." ”

Bi Chan hurriedly went to move the chair for the eldest young master.

Duanmu Fei couldn't wait to sit down, she was a little absent-minded, and accidentally hit the account books on the bookcase with her left hand, and the account books hit the blue and white porcelain teacups.

With a "pop", the saucer and teacup slipped out of the bookcase together......

"Girl!"

The pothos exclaimed, and in the next moment, I saw two hands stretched out at the same time, one hand grabbed the saucer, and the other grabbed the teacup.

The two hands are very different.

The former belongs to men, slender and distinctly jointed, and there are thin calluses left by the pen between the fingers;

The latter belonged to women, slender and weak without bones, and her white fingers were as white as flawless jade.

For a moment, time seemed to stand still, and there was silence all around.

The owners of the two hands glanced at each other and smiled, and the original restraint seemed to disappear in a few breaths.

Following Duanmu Heng and Ji Lanzhou, they tacitly put down the saucer and teacup in their hands, and let them return to everyone, as if the commotion had never happened.

Seeing this, the pothos and the cicada who came over with a chair both breathed a sigh of relief.

Bi Chan put the chair behind Duanmu Heng, patted his chest and said, "Young Master, Miss Ji, fortunately, you two reacted quickly!" ”

Otherwise, with the uncoordinated appearance of her own girl's hands and feet, the ending can be imagined, although the tea in this teacup is not too hot at the moment, but if it is sprinkled on the body, it will be embarrassing enough.

Duanmu Fei didn't know what the maid was slandering in her belly, but she only thought that what Bi Chan said was good. Big Brother and Miss Ji reacted so fast!

Duanmu blinked and asked with a smile: "Miss Ji, are you good at playing pitcher?" ”

Duanmufei's question was clueless, Ji Lanzhou was stunned, but still replied: "It's okay." ”

The so-called "Shang Ke" must have played well, Duanmu said with a smile: "Miss Ji, my sister and cousin Hanxing also played well, next time we have a chance, let's play together." ”

Duanmu Heng listened to her "playing", helpless in his heart, and felt funny, and the corners of his lips were outlined with a few invisible arcs.

I didn't see it from Duanmu Fei's point of view, but Ji Lanzhou happened to see the shallow smile on the corner of Duanmu Heng's mouth, and his mood was very light: these two brothers and sisters are really harmonious.

That's great.

Ji Lanzhou couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips slightly, she didn't sit down again, blessed her body, and said goodbye: "Fourth girl Duanmu, you are busy, I won't bother, I have the opportunity to talk again." ”

Then, she also blessed Duanmu Heng again, "Duanmu Gongzi, I will leave." ”

Duanmu Fei didn't leave Ji Lanzhou either, and asked Bi Chan to send people out for her.

After the brother and sister saw Ji Lanzhou out of the Little Flower Hall, they sat down.

Duanmu sighed in his heart, the person who shouldn't leave is gone, and the person who should leave refuses to go.

She could only smile sweetly, and for a while she ordered the green pothos to pour tea for Duanmu Heng, and then handed Duanmu Heng a snack, which was very well-behaved.

Duanmu Heng looked at her pretending to be obedient, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, but his face was still serious, and he asked, "Fourth sister, how much silver have you raised?" ”

Speaking of this topic, Duanmufei's restraint was swept away, he smiled beautifully, and called "Jin Se", and Jin Se presented the account book of the silver to the bookcase.

Duanmufei opened the last page, glanced at it, and quickly calculated in her heart: After she took some more jewelry, she should be able to-

"I should be able to get together 100,000 taels."

She looked at Duanmu Heng smugly and showed off.

Of course, Duanmu Fei's arithmetic can't be wrong, after selling some of the jewelry given by Han Xing, plus some cash silver they saved, she made up a hundred thousand taels of silver, she purchased a batch of last year's old grain from the capital, the old grain is cheaper than the new grain, and every two taels of silver can buy an extra stone, and sent cronies to Longzhou to purchase grain, and then directly sent the grain and grass to the north by the way.

It is also necessary to set aside a sum of money in advance for transportation and to ask the staff of the dart board to escort ......

There are a lot of costs and details involved, Duanmu Fei took an abacus and pen every day, scribbled and painted on paper, and concentrated on calculating in the small study for several days, so busy that he forgot that the little starling never went home.

Until one evening, she heard Duanmu Xian inadvertently mention:

"Fourth girl, I saw a blackbird next to Lord Cen yesterday, who really looks like our little eight. I didn't expect Lord Cen to be interested in raising starlings. ”

Could it be that he was affected by his own four girls?

Duanmuxian stroked his beard, hooked his lips funny, and raised his hand to pick up the pastel teacup at hand.

"......" Duanmufei had just picked up the teacup less than half an inch in his hand and slipped it, making a "clucking" sound.

Duanmu Xian saw that the expression of the fourth granddaughter was a little wrong, and the teacup paused in mid-air and raised his eyebrows.

Duanmu swallowed his saliva and said in a very complicated tone: "Grandfather, that bird probably seems to be our family's Xiaobachi." ”

Yes?!

"......" This time, the teacup in Duanmu Xian's hand almost didn't slip, and the corners of his eyes twitched, and he really didn't know how to react.

This starling is so daring!

Could it be that Lord Cen is Aiwu and Wu?

Remembering that yesterday he saw the starling arrogantly stopping on Cen Yin's shoulder and jumping back and forth, almost jumping on Cen Yin's head, the corners of Duanmu Xian's mouth twitched, and he felt that he was almost unable to look directly at Cen Yin.

Duanmuxian hurriedly brought the teacup to his lips and took two sips of tea to suppress his shock.

He doesn't know anything!

Duanmu Xian said to himself in his heart, not thinking about the stupid bird, and changed his words: "Fourth girl, I heard that the twenty truckloads of grain you bought from the capital have already set off for the north?" ”

Duanmufei talked about it eloquently, and roughly explained his plan, especially mentioning the price of rice in Longzhou, "...... I've checked, the price of rice in Longzhou is one-third cheaper than in the capital, and I've already asked people to rush to Longzhou to raise rice first, and then contact Steward Li when he arrives there. ”

"Miss Ji really solved my urgent need this time, if it weren't for her, I wouldn't have turned the corner, I just thought about the cheap rice in Jiangnan but forgot that there is Longzhou. Although the price of rice in Longzhou is a little more expensive than that in Jiangnan, it can be much cheaper after deducting some transportation costs. ”

Duanmu Fei spoke confidently.

Of course, Duanmu Xian was relieved of his little granddaughter, that is, he asked casually, thinking that if the little granddaughter needed help, he could help, but when he heard an unexpected message, he couldn't help but ask: "Fourth girl, is it the county lord of Hejing who proposed to let you go to Longzhou to buy grain?" ”

"yes." Duanmu frowned, and seeing that Duanmu Xian seemed interested, he told Ji Lanzhou about his visit that day and donated 10,000 taels of silver, which inevitably mentioned Duanmu Heng.

She said that she was unintentional, but Duanmu Xian listened to it intentionally, and his expression became more and more complicated, and he muttered in his mouth: "The county lord of Hejing is a good ......."