Chapter Ninety-Six: A Gentleman Loves Money and Takes It in a Proper Way
Cui Kangtai left the political envoy department, but he was a little depressed in his heart, not that he didn't feel that he was not sent to become a beauty, so that he lost the opportunity to tie up Xun Bi, there is more than one beauty in Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Jiang Jingtian is not the only one, and if she loses it, she will be replaced.
He was depressed that he had fallen into a misunderstanding, in the eyes of the vast majority of gentry and magnates, the life of the Ming vassal king was not as moist as he imagined, and he was not allowed to leave the fief without an edict, so he was trapped in his fiefdom like a pig, and he had to be monitored, suspicious, and not as chic as ordinary relatives.
In addition to being powerful in their own fiefdoms, these vassal kings do not have much use value for the gentry, and the gentry even have to worry that the contact with the vassal king is deep, but the vassal king swallows his own property, so for the vassal king, they are all respectful.
It's just that Xun Bi's words before touched him greatly, and made him realize that King Yong is not comparable to ordinary vassal kings at all.
This is the younger brother of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven ordered him to train a strong army, to control the four seas, and even had the idea of Zen prince, in addition, the big man in the court has a very good impression of King Yong, thinking that he has the image of a Maven!
All these things add up to undoubtedly show that in this Zhejiang territory, Yongwang is the thickest one, and the thick thigh can't be thicker!
It's ridiculous that he used to avoid King Yong because he was a vassal king, but now that he thinks about it, he is really stupid.
Where is the foolishness? Foolish thought that if he befriended the vassal king, he would risk being swallowed up by the vassal king, but in fact this idea was ridiculous.
King Yong opened a money bank, a restaurant, and a theater, all kinds of signs show that King Yong really loves money, but he ignored a word.
A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way!
At the beginning, Yongwang issued bonds to Huzhou merchants, and returned them with principal and interest after maturity, but at first Huzhou merchants were not clear, so it was not until Yongwang's money bank opened that they understood that Yongwang's move was to establish credit.
In addition, last year's catastrophe, Yongwang directly exempted 200,000 acres of land under his name from a year's tax, this alone, Yongwang's loss is as high as more than 100,000 taels, and now Huzhou Mansion is managing the floods of Taihu Lake, it is said that Yongwang himself paid for it.
A trustworthy vassal king will never be able to do things that are clever and robbing, a prince who puts the life and death of the people in his heart, and would rather scatter wealth than save the people from fire and water, and it is impossible to be an evil vassal who is greedy for money.
Unconsciously, Cui Kangtai arrived at the door of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, looking at the three gilded characters of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Cui Kangtai sighed lightly and stepped in.
"The master is here." Xiaoxiang Pavilion old bustard He Yin was originally Cui Kangtai's concubine, and after the color declined, he was arranged to come to Xiaoxiang Pavilion as an old bustard, and he has also taken care of this place in an orderly manner over the years, but He Yin is a little strange today, because the lord rarely comes to the pavilion, and even if he comes, he must be a banquet as a companion, but today he is alone.
"Let Rui'er come out and go with me." Cui Kangtai gave an order, and when he saw He Yin go to ask Jiang Jingtian to add another sentence: "Let her pack up her clothes, finesse, and deed of sale."
He Yin responded, she knew that the lord would send Jiang Jingtian to the political envoy Xun Bi after the end of this Oiran Competition, so it was not surprising that it was just a few days in advance.
About half an hour later, Cui Kangtai was a little unhappy when he waited, only to see Jiang Jingtian slowly come out under the leadership of He Yin, and the two little guys carried a lot of things in their hands.
Jiang Jingtian had a faint sadness on her face, as if she knew what fate she would face next, but she didn't know if she had given up the fight against fate.
"Master, this is Jing Tian's deed of sale."
"Hmm." Cui Kangtai answered and took the deed of sale into his arms, and then ordered: "Prepare a soft sedan chair and send Jingtian to the compound."
He Yin was stunned for a moment, and sent it to the Cui family's compound? Isn't it sent to the political envoy to the yamen?
But He Yin won't ask what his master does, and it's not her turn to intervene.
Yan Tianyuan had been in the Cui family's compound for almost an hour and a half, and in the past three hours, his tea had changed one after another, and his hungry chest was attached to his back, but he didn't say much, just looked out of the hall from time to time, looking forward to something.
Finally, the soft sedan chair entered the Cui family's compound, and Cui Kangtai saw Jiang Jingtian get off the sedan chair, so he asked, "Is your fiancé named Yan Tianyuan?"
Jiang Jingtian was taken aback, she didn't know the reason and purpose of Cui Kangtai's question, she wanted to shake her head but nodded ghostly.
Thinking of Yan Tianyuan, Jiang Jingtian's heart was a heart-rending pain, if it weren't for her father being persecuted by Liu Jin's traitor, then at this time she was already Yan Tianyuan's daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law of the Yan family, but it was a pity that the creation made people, the family declined, and she fell into the dust again, and she was destined to have no chance with Yan Tianyuan in this life.
"Go, he'll be waiting for you in the hall." Cui Kangtai waved his hand, but in his mind he was thinking about how to rely on Jiang Jingtian to get in touch with Yongwangfu.
"Sir! You ......" Jiang Jingtian was shocked when she heard this, she and Yan Tianyuan grew up together, a real childhood sweetheart, naturally she knows very well what kind of character her fiancé is, and it is a tendon to say that it is ugly.
Yan Tianyuan actually appeared in the Cui family compound, without thinking about Jiang Jingtian, he could guess what happened, this guy must have gone through a lot of hardships to find her whereabouts, and then wanted to save her from the fire, and finally took it down by the Cui family guards alone, and now most of them are hanging by a thread, and if they want to see their last face, they will have no regrets in this life.
As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Jingtian suddenly lost all her thoughts, and finally thought of death, since life cannot be a pair, then death is better to be a pair of mandarin ducks with the same fate.
With extremely heavy steps, Jiang Jingtian walked into the main hall, and was stunned when she saw the man who had appeared in her dreams countless times, but made her ashamed of herself, sitting so upright.
"Jing Tian!" Yan Tianyuan couldn't believe his eyes.
"Yan Lang!" Jiang Jingtian's words were already in tears.
"Ugh." Cui Kangtai walked in with a deep sigh, glanced at Yan Tianyuan, a good guy, and gave birth to a wisp of jealousy for no reason, but quickly returned to normal: "You two are also hard-working mandarin ducks, but your luck is not bad, Miss Jiang, this is your deed of sale."
Cui Kangtai said as he took out Jiang Jingtian's deed of sale from his arms and handed it to Yan Tianyuan: "Take her away and treat her well, otherwise you will live up to Cui's old man's heart."
Yan Tianyuan and Jiang Jingtian's incredulous gazes all fell on Cui Kangtai's face.