+++++++++++++++++++ Brotherhood and Sister (II) (II) The Dividing Line

But what Seollindo can see, is not necessarily easy in Gyeonggi Province. Although there are many large merchants in Seolin Province, it is not as good as Gyeonggi Province, where officials and merchants gather, and families abound. If you look at the money for food, you are afraid that it will be difficult to find the shopkeepers who are tired to death. Not to mention anything else, it is an ordinary noble family, as long as it can be maintained, there are not one or two hundred people in any mansion from the master to the subordinate, and there are often one or twenty girls or ladies around them, from maids to rough envoys. If the head of the family has many wives and concubines, and can give birth to some more, it is normal to have three or four hundred people. If you have the strength, you also have a lot of guards, and it is not uncommon to have two or three thousand people. Even if the Tang family is low-key, this old house in Beijing, although there is no master here all the year round, the Tang family requires that before the brothers of each house get married, they must take care of themselves and not borrow the hands of others, there are only people who sprinkle and prune flowers and trees in each courtyard, the guards in the courtyard patrol and keep vigil, and the large kitchen has to cook meals for more than 200 people on duty every day.

So when Xintian's words came out, Lin Da's shopkeeper felt a slight chill in his heart. What this little master said was equal to not saying it. What he instructed, Lin Da's shopkeeper had already ordered it, but the purpose of the order was to make everything tight, don't think that the world will be calm after Yixiang, and the shopkeepers will only focus on business. But if these measures are the only ones, there is no doubt that they are looking for a needle in a haystack. Except for a single yes, the shopkeeper of Lin Da did not follow up.

Shinno squinted at him with a smile. The eldest brother didn't speak, he couldn't interject, but he could also understand that the shopkeeper Lin was hoping to hear some new suggestions from them. After all, no matter whether the master has suggestions or not, the shopkeeper Lin needs to do things. How to do it, how to get twice the result with half the effort and get better results, this is what a loyal servant like Shopkeeper Lin will plan for his master. It seems that grandmother was very wise to raise the shopkeeper Lin from a small pawnshop shopkeeper in Xicheng back then. If it weren't for him, it is estimated that the eldest brother and Xinyuan would not have had an easy time in Gyeonggi Province in the past few years. Seeing Xinyang looking at him, Xinye understood that the fifth brother was probably muttering in his heart. Brothers are of the same heart, this is another principle of the Tang Sect rooted in their lives, so he doesn't have to care if the eldest brother minds if he saves face.

"In fact, it is not easy to look at Qianmi in the capital. Not to mention that the food of thousands of people can be purchased separately, even if we are slowly mentioned in one family, we may not be able to find it, that is, our family is afraid that it will consume 500 catties of grain a day. With a larger population than ours, it is common for people to prepare more food for the New Year. It is even more difficult to get money, big families prepare a gift, organize a birthday wedding and the like, and tens of thousands of taels of silver money in and out of the capital are easy to cover up. Instead of looking for people, it is better to look for livestock. ”

"That's right," Xinyang seemed to have an idea in his heart: "In the capital, the number of horses in the major mansions, whether they are pulling carts or riding alone, are all registered with the government, and even if there are new ones, more than ten horses need to be registered in Jingzhao Mansion." Even the granges of major families outside the city of Gyeonggi Province are also registered in various states and counties. The horses and weapons assigned by the generals and guards of the various royal palaces and military generals were also registered in Jingzhao Mansion. There are so many more animals out of thin air, and the forage is only more eye-catching than rice noodles. They can not buy it from outside, they can provide it in the Zhuangzi, but the Zhuangzi also needs to be planted and transported. ”

"It's not just grain and grass, but also horse manure."

"So Shopkeeper Lin is only afraid that he wants the eldest brother to mobilize manpower for you to go around the Zhuangzi in various states and counties, right?" Xinyang looked at the shopkeeper Lin and smiled, and the shopkeeper Lin smiled and nodded embarrassedly.

"When Lin Da was the shopkeeper, he learned to fight in the ring with us juniors?" Xinye knew that the eldest brother was not happy, and it was not good to directly say that Lin Da's shopkeeper was going around the corner, so he helped his brother make fun. These old people of the Tang family followed their grandmothers to fight this day back then, and even their fathers were not necessarily completely convinced, let alone their juniors. I know that the eldest brother still has a long way to go to completely subdue this group of people.

"Where dare the little ones. It's just that whether to go or not, how many people to send, the master has the final say, I'm afraid that talking too much will affect the master's judgment and decision-making. ”

"You old fritter, you know how to bully our brothers." Xinye scolded with a smile: "But according to me, although we have to send someone to find this matter, we can't rely on ourselves." This matter is supposed to be a matter of the imperial court, we just inadvertently helped to transport the skin, In order to atone for the sin, we helped to contribute, but it should be the imperial court that is in charge, right?! ”

"Shinno is right. These things are not only the affairs of the Tang family, nor are they up to our brothers. Even if Xinyang is a member of the forbidden army, his duty is not here. But since this matter involves our warehouse, we can't act rashly, bringing risks to the family and causing trouble to my aunt and grandmother. So early tomorrow morning, we will go to hand over the sign and ask to see the Queen Mother. Xintian took the initiative to put the big brother's score and took responsibility.

"The Queen Mother wants to see her, and we have to figure things out. Otherwise, when the Queen Mother asks, we don't know, so it's better not to go. ”

"Yes, let's think about any other way to go besides this road."

"For the other way, I think it's still necessary to use my brain on the horses. It's better to be still than to be still, and it's easy to show flaws when you always have to move. If they were only living somewhere, they would have made up a pretense a long time ago, and it was really not easy to find. ”

"More than 50 horses were prepared, and more than 10 sets of horses and harnesses were transported, all of which were recorded in the Taifu Temple, so that the imperial court could collect them when needed. Those who conceal and fail to report are suspected of rebellion, and the government can ask them. ”

"So if they want to be insured, it is not easy to be caught, it is better to have a record from Taifu Temple."

"Is this too much of a coincidence?" Xinyang looked at the shopkeeper Lin, and then at the brothers: "We were still here just now talking about the position of the horse in the Taifu Temple and the accident of the county lord's car today." ”

"A few days ago, the old father of the Zhengqing family of Taifu Temple was critically ill, and he took special leave to serve the sick at home, and many of his responsibilities in ordinary days were shared by several young secretaries and the chief bookkeeper."

"It's so strange, why is everything pointing to the colt? It seems that someone is trying to tell us that there is something wrong with the colt, and we need to make a lot of effort to find out about him. It also takes manpower and material resources to investigate the matter of dry meat and leather ropes. ”

"Xiao Jiu means that someone wants to make a noise?"

Shopkeeper Lin glanced at the youngest young master with appreciation: "What the ninth young master said is very likely. ”

Xintian also knew Xinye's ability, but he was not jealous: "Let's hear it." ”

"Now the DPRK is unstable, although the prince has decided, but everyone in the world knows that there are always people who are unwilling, if we are suspicious of the horse, with our usual practice, it is inevitable that we will not want to do it to check the horse, the horse has had an accident in the position of the Ministry of Industry, and now it is inevitable that there will be something disgraceful to be found out by us, so when the time comes, will we reveal it or not? If we uncover it, we will inevitably offend the eldest princess, and if we don't reveal it, people will poke it out and make an alliance with us. The eldest princess has a good position to speak in front of the queen mother, and the queen mother values our family, and the prince relies on the third brother, so everyone is not a person. We have a lot of energy trapped in lawsuits with our own people. If the other party's goal is that position, they will make a move, and we won't get in the way. If the other party's purpose is to attack the Tang family, this is a good opportunity. ”

"Which one is it?"

"I think it's the former, and for the sake of the seat, it's very possible to raise military horses and train private soldiers." Although Xintian said this, he was still a little hesitant.

"What if leather was just a front and no horses? Or is there no real violation? People just make a bureau, let us drill? ”

"In the past few years, we have been following the requirements of our ancestors and keeping a low profile. I tried not to stand out in the forbidden army, and the third brother never swaggered even when he was by the prince's side. It stands to reason that I didn't provoke anyone. ”

"With our current situation, even if we don't provoke anyone, people will feel that we are in the way. Not to mention, after the autumn hunt, the big seal makes the children of those noble families not better. ”

"Yes, our inn and warehouse business has also blocked the way for many people to get rich. It's not just the ordinary businessmen who are dissatisfied, but also the various relatives and backyard people of the official family who want to run the family business, and they all feel unpleasant when they see our business doing well. If any of them want to do this kind of business, they want to give us black medicine. ”

"So what do we do?" It didn't seem that this should be the eldest young master in charge of the family, but he asked instead.

Shinno frowned slightly, but did not speak immediately. Shopkeeper Lin also seemed to be staring at the floor blankly.

Xinyang looked at the two people, a little helpless, but still said good-naturedly: "I think Xiao Jiu's suggestion just now is good, no matter what, let's first tell the Queen Mother about today's matter about the county lord, as for how the Queen Mother thinks, we don't know and can't control it, for this matter, what does her old man order, what do we do." As for the leather matter, we also have to report it to the Queen Mother, and then tell her that we will send someone to find the horse. If there is no horse, it is best, if we really find it, we can only confirm the owner of the horse, as for whether it will be related to the horse, we don't care. We are military masters with straight intestines, and we don't bend in the stomach with literati like horses. ”

"By the way, the Tang Sect is full of rough martial artists, how can they not get along with the horses if they have nothing to do. This attitude is not only known to the queen mother, but also to the eldest princess, and to the officials and families in the capital. Xiao Jiu didn't pay attention, his demeanor at this time was like someone's cunning when he was young. It's just that Xintian's brows are furrowed deeper. He didn't like Xiao Jiu to joke about such serious things.