Chapter 258: Pressing the Mudra
After a short wait, three horse-drawn carriages slowly approached from the village.
Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhou looked at these three luxuriously decorated carriages, and the light of greed in their eyes could not be hidden.
Of course, it was not only Mrs. Li and the Zhou family who were stunned, but many villagers looked at the three carriages with good eyes.
Three carriages stopped not far from the mountain temple.
Steward Wang jumped out of the carriage headed by another middle-aged man dressed similarly.
These people who were waiting for the village immediately surrounded them, and the "Wang Steward" and "Wang Steward" kept talking.
Wang Guan looked around in advance, his eyes paused on Jiang Baoqing's face, and a satisfied look appeared on his face.
"Don't worry, big guys," Steward Wang said with a smile on his face, "Our lord knows that we have a lot of good girls here, and it seems that he wants to take a few more concubines." β
As soon as the news came out, the faces of the villagers showed a look of surprise, and many people excitedly told their daughters to behave well in front of Master Gao and strive to stay.
Many girls are gearing up to win the seats of these concubines.
Zhou and Mrs. Li were also a little anxious, and Mrs. Li said to Jiang Baoqing: "What are you doing here?" Hurry up and go over to the king steward, I don't have any eyesight! As he spoke, he wanted to elbow Jiang Baoqing a few times.
Jiang Baoqing turned sideways, making Mrs. Li's elbow fall into the air, and she almost fell unsteadily.
Mrs. Li glared at Jiang Baoqing angrily, but she was worried that the king was here, so it was not good to fall out with Jiang Baoqing, and then thinking of the fifty taels of silver, Mrs. Li pulled the corners of her mouth and barely squeezed out a smile: "You kid ......"
Jiang Baoqing said: "What's the use of being with the king's steward, the person who finally decides whether he can stay or not is Master Gao." This is to choose a concubine for Master Gao, not to choose a concubine for the king's steward. β
Mrs. Li was choked by Jiang Baoqing's words, her face turned dark, and she was about to scold the words that had scolded Jiang Baoqing thousands of times, when Zhou's eyes quickly grabbed Mrs. Li, and persuaded in a low voice: "Mother, mother, okay, this kind of juncture...... You see, the king has made money! β
As soon as it came to handing out money, Mrs. Li's eyes lit up, and she couldn't care about Jiang Baoqing anymore, so she hurriedly squeezed to Steward Wang's side.
"Don't squeeze don't squeeze," Steward Wang shouted, "line up, we have to register this money, otherwise it will not be good if some people miss itβbig sisters, if you squeeze it again, I will directly disqualify you." β
The threat of disqualification was more important than anything else, and the village women who had been huddled together immediately and honestly squeezed into a long line.
Steward Wang nodded with satisfaction and took out a bag of silver.
The eyes of the villagers were straight.
The other person who looked like a steward next to the king was in charge of registration. Whoever receives money from the king's steward shall report the name of his daughter, even the time of her birth, and register it by the new steward. Finally, a handprint was placed on the piece of paper β supposedly to prevent anyone from receiving more.
The first village woman who came to receive the silver looked at the three taels of silver in the hands of the steward Wang, and her eyes were smiling.
The new steward took the written note and showed it to the village woman: "You can pass through it, and if there is no problem, you will press a handprint." β
The village woman waved her hand arrogantly: "I'm illiterate, it's okay, doesn't it prove that I received the silver?" As he spoke, he pressed his handprint on the ink on the side, and pressed it heavily on the note, leaving a bright red finger print.
The village woman grinned, "Is that okay?" Impatiently, he stretched out his hand to the king's steward, and the king's steward smiled and gave her the three taels of silver.
Jiang Baoqing frowned slightly.
Because of Mrs. Li's fighting power, it was soon Mrs. Li's turn.
Mrs. Li was a little excited and stretched her hands to the king's steward: "Come on, come on, give it to me quickly." β
Steward Wang gave the silver to Mrs. Li and said with a smile: "Auntie, don't worry, you go over there first to make a note." β
Mrs. Li was reluctant, but she still stood in front of the new steward next to her.
It's just that after Mrs. Li reported Jiang Baoqing's name, she got stuck when she reported Jiang Baoqing's birthday.
Jiang Baoqing was on the side, and said her "birthday" empathetically - of course, she casually said a number similar to her birthday.
The new steward looked at Mrs. Li again: "That's it, right?" β
Where did Mrs. Li remember Jiang Baoqing's birthday, she nodded again and again: "That's right, that's it." β
After the new steward finished writing the note, he picked it up again to show Mrs. Li, who was worried about the three taels of silver, very impatient, and was about to say that it would be good to press the handprint directly, but saw Jiang Baoqing standing aside at some point, smiling, and reaching out to pick up the note: "Let me take a look?" β
The new steward hesitated.
Mrs. Li wanted to scold, but when she thought of the three taels of silver, she still swallowed her anger and smiled: "Baoqing, don't delay the hour." You can't read, what do you see? β
As soon as he heard that the girl was illiterate, the new steward breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense shoulders loosened.
Jiang Baoqing said with a smile: "Illiterate is illiterate, just curious and want to take a look." β
The new steward shook Jiang Baoqing in a perfunctory manner, and then went to urge Mrs. Li: "Auntie, hurry up and press the handprint, there are still people waiting behind." β
Mrs. Li was also in a hurry to take the three taels of silver in her hand to feel at ease, and hurriedly pressed her handprint.
Jiang Baoqing's eyes were very good, although when the note was pressed on this small table, the hand of the new steward covered most of it, but Jiang Baoqing still read some of the content quickly.
Jiang Baoqing knew more in his heart, didn't say anything, and stood aside silently.
The new steward glanced at Jiang Baoqing a little nervously, and saw that Jiang Baoqing was still standing next to him with that quiet appearance, so he completely relieved his heart.
Mrs. Li took the three taels of silver, and her wrinkled old face almost smiled like a chrysanthemum.
As soon as she thought that if Jiang Baoqing was left behind, she would get another fifty taels of silver in the future, and she would simply die of beauty.
At this time, Mrs. Li looked at Jiang Baoqing, which was unprecedentedly pleasing to the eye.
More than a dozen households, whether fast or slow, or slow, have all completed their writings.
Now it was time to divide the carriages, thirteen girls in all, six girls squeezed into a carriage, and one more girl.
Steward Wang's eyes wandered around the crowd for a week, and nodded Jiang Baoqing: "It's just you, you sit with us." β
For a while, more than a dozen lines of sight almost cut Jiang Baoqing.
Jiang Baoqing said with a smile: "The two stewards are tired of traveling and driving, and they really don't dare to bother, so I can squeeze one with a few other sisters and sisters." β
A touch of displeasure flashed in Steward Wang's eyes, but he couldn't say anything in front of so many people at this time, but he was secretly thinking in his heart that after a while, he would definitely let this excellent beauty know how powerful he was!