"Yes! Twenty percent! Increase by a full two! Before the Chinese New Year, another million taels of silver will be paid to the state treasury! There are less than three months left, if you can't pay ...... We're going to be offended! ”

Speaking of this, Bi Chengen sighed softly, stretched out his hand, took out a small box from his sleeve, and put it on Liu Qingxin's bulging belly, "I've thought about it for a long time, take it lightly, this month, I've been doing my best to be busy, I can't guarantee that when the time comes, can I take out so much silver to pay Emperor Longqing......"

"In this box, there is a letter of resignation, a tiger talisman, and 10,000 taels of silver tickets...... Take out the letter of resignation that is therein and show it to those who come. ”

Speaking of the book of resignation in the box, Bi Chengen's body tightened slightly, but it was only for a moment, and he was lightly tucked away, "The book of resignation in this can save the lives of you and our son, the tiger talisman, you hide it well, don't let others see it, don't even tell Cui'er, in the future, when our son is born, you will take him and go to the grassland to find the Bijia army, they know this tiger talisman, they will protect you two mothers, will assist our son, make a comeback, and the silver ......"

"I will be with you, and so will our son."

didn't give Bi Chengen a chance to finish speaking, Liu Qingxin sat up on the small couch, opened the small box he put on his stomach, stuffed the tiger talisman and silver ticket inside back into his hand, and tore the letter of resignation to shreds, "I am your wife, he is your son, so I should advance and retreat with you and share weal and woe!" Bi Chengen, what you said to me today, I hope it will be the last time, and I won't make an example, otherwise it will ......"

"Take it lightly, you ......"

Liu's resoluteness made Bi Chengen swallow it back, took a deep breath, and smiled at her helplessly, "Okay, let's advance and retreat together, and share weal and tribulation!" ”

The two talked for a while, and Liu Qingxin felt that she was a little hungry, and pregnant women, especially when the fetus was about to give birth, were always very hungry.

Gollum one by one

Before Liu could speak lightly, her stomach was extremely faceless and took the first step to make a sound, told Bi Chengen about it, and reminded him that his wife was hungry and had to eat.

Cui'er has been raised by the former Liu Qingxin's identity and has become Bi Chengen's concubine, Yu Li, the person who serves the two of them to eat, should be another maid, but the real situation is not the case, it is said that Cui'er who was married to Liu Qingxin, from beginning to end, is to Liu Qingxin's food, clothing, housing and housing, everything is personal, even the rough work of cooking and laundry, it should be done by an inferior maid!

Liu Qingxin didn't have the memory of the original owner of this body, so she naturally couldn't understand why this Cui'er did this, but in order not to arouse Bi Chengen's suspicion, she had to go.

Waiting for the dinner, Liu Qingxin asked Bi Chengen to help him get a pen and paper, and sketched out the crux of their headaches.

Emperor Longqing asked for silver, not grain, cattle, sheep and horses.

If you want to exchange for silver, you can only wait for the merchants of the Central Plains to bring silver tickets to buy cattle, sheep and horses, or animal skins.

But when Emperor Longqing issued an edict, the whole country increased taxes, and the merchants had a headache...... The business of cattle, sheep, horses, and animal skins can only be more difficult than before!

How can I get the money?

In other words, how can we revitalize this difficult business?

Even if the emperor can postpone the payment of taxes for a while, it would be good!

Can currently ...... Obviously, these wishes are extremely difficult to achieve!

Bi Chengen's father, that is, Bi Bai, went to ask the new emperor for military expenses, and the new emperor was going to be annoyed, so he deliberately left such a difficult thing to the Bi family, to be exact, it is very likely that within these three months, the matter that the Bi family must pay the increased taxes is a reason, in order to be able to "become famous" in the future, the Bi family will be destroyed, the Bijia army will be collected, and the eight years of military expenses owed before will be justified and not given!

Disobeying the emperor's wishes is not a trivial matter, as long as he doesn't want to be unlucky, no businessman will go to please this person!

"Aren't you hungry? And the strength to paint blindly, huh? ”

I couldn't understand Liu Qingxin's symbols drawn on the paper, Bi Chengen only thought that she was on a whim, and she was entertaining herself, reached out, snatched the brush in her hand, and put it aside with the paper in front of her, and called the maid outside the door to bring water in and wash her hands, "Come, wash your hands first, and after a while, Cui'er will bring the food and you can eat!" ”

Sure enough, as Bi Chengen said, she had just washed her hands in the silver basin brought in by the maid, and Cui'er walked in briskly from outside the door with a tray of seven or eight snacks and side dishes.

"Count the slave, the young lady should be hungry too."

Entering the door, Cui'er only saluted towards Bi Chengen with a respectful attitude, and then went straight to the tray and walked in front of Liu Qingxin, Liu Qingxin deliberately paid attention to observe, she was, she didn't even look at the head of the family, Yu Li, who should also be her husband, glanced at it, "Miss said she wanted to eat when she got up this morning, except for the hibiscus steamed cake that was still steaming in the pot, and the next ones were all here, Miss look...... Which do you want to eat first? ”

"You can sit down too, I'll take care of it myself."

The tray can be regarded as a dazzling array of side dishes and snacks, all of which are "dangerous goods" that pregnant women should not eat, even if they are not adulterated with poison, long-term consumption will also cause a slippery tire. What the hell is wrong with me! When I think about it, I feel like I can drool when I turn my eyes, this is really in front of me, but I don't want to eat half of it! ”

"Eat a little first, I'm hungry, and if you want anything, let Cui'er make it for you."

Hearing Liu Qingxin say this, Bi Chengen couldn't help but smile, patted her hand dotingly, and persuaded her not to wronged herself, "This must be the little wolf cub in your belly, you are used to him!" ”

"Slave, slave knows that she is wrong, Miss, Miss, don't be angry! Slave maid, slave maid is going to make food for the young lady! ”

As soon as she heard that Liu Qingxin was polite to herself, Cui'er suddenly turned pale with fright, and knelt down in front of her with a "plop", and was about to kowtow to her and beg for mercy, "The slave is useless!" Slaves are useless! The slave asks the young lady to punish her! Slave ......"

"Look at you, like I'm a tigress and can eat you!"

Although she didn't understand why Cui'er was so afraid of herself, Liu Qingxin's instinct still told her that it was very inappropriate to let Cui'er talk to herself with such a frightened attitude, "Get up, get up, it's autumn, it's cold on the ground, what if your knees are frozen!" ”