Chapter 15 Keeping Promises
You must know that the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty has been quite mature, and the inspection is also quite strict.
Although he has the identity of a showman, he doesn't need to go to the government to open the way to other places as a study tour, but once the Fan family frames him with a crime in the official face and makes him a wanted criminal, then he will not be able to move an inch in Daming.
However, his household registration is in Wei County, which belongs to Zhang Jiatao's jurisdiction, and even if the Fan family wants to frame him, he must obtain Zhang Jiatao's consent, so he will choose to give Zhang Jiatao dragon qi and let Zhang Jiatao protect him.
The reason why dragon qi is used instead of silver is because at the level of the Fan family, ordinary gold and silver are no longer enough for Zhang Jiatao to take risks, after all, Zhang Jiatao, as the magistrate of Wei County, can easily earn a few thousand taels of silver in a year.
And all the property of the entire Su family adds up to Zhang Jiatao's income for two years as the county master, Zhang Jiatao has a great future, how can he be tough with a big family like the Fan family for a little silver.
However, the dragon qi is different, according to what Fu Bo said, the dragon qi can shade the descendants, and the ordinary people of the Su family, who have no roots and no bottom, only need to find a feng shui treasure to bury the ancestors, and bury eight dragon qi crystals to shade the descendants for the tenth generation.
And a person like Zhang Jiatao, who is a wealthy family in itself, can shelter several generations of people with three of them, so for Zhang Jiatao, money is just something outside his body, and it is not worth him to be tough with the Fan family, but the dragon qi is worth it, and the three dragon qi crystals are enough for Zhang Jiatao to make a move.
Hearing Su Hao's words, Zhang Jiatao frowned and fell into deep thought.
After a long time, Zhang Jiatao gritted his teeth and said: "Uncle Wei can guarantee that the Fan family will not be difficult for you in the official face." ”
"But you have to swear by the ancestors of the Su family, no matter what happens, you will never confess me!"
Dragon qi is taboo in Daming, once it is discovered, it will be a disaster to destroy the door, the Fan family is okay, but if Su Hao is caught by the government or the people of Jinyiwei, and he will be confessed when the time comes, then the Zhang family will be finished.
"Good!"
Hearing this, Su Hao nodded with a serious expression, and then swore a poisonous oath in the name of the ancestors of the Su family.
Seeing that Su Hao made a poisonous oath, Zhang Jiatao's face also changed to a smile, the oath of ordinary people is naturally not credible, but the Su family is different, the Su family is a family of cultivators, although the practice is a side door, but it is also a cultivator, once the oath is made, it will definitely be fulfilled in the end.
"Virtuous nephew, you go back to the lobby and wait first, and prepare some silver for your uncle."
Zhang Jiatao said with a smile, although he made a lot of money in Wei County, but it is impossible to stay here, and now he has to take more than 10,000 taels out for a while, and he has no choice, he has to find a big family in the county to raise it, but with his identity, it is not a difficult matter.
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Deep in the Hengshan Mountains.
On a small hill, more than ten people gathered together, some people looked up into the distance from time to time, as if they were waiting for someone, and not far from more than ten people, there were three figures lying on the ground, life and death unknown.
"Old Hou, why hasn't the Seventh Master come yet?"
A stout man with a meaty face with impatience on his face, he had just married a third concubine, but before he could enjoy it for a few days, he was sent to be a savage in the deep mountains and old forests.
"Yes, Old Hou, this seventh master has never missed the hour, how long has it been since today's hour, there shouldn't be anything wrong, right?"
Another sturdy man spoke.
The person known as Hou Lao is an old Miao man wearing a blue cardigan short coat, his real name is Hou Rui, and the old man's face is also gloomy at this time, after hearing the words of the two, Hou Rui's face became even more ugly!
"Shut up!"
The next moment, Hou Rui shouted angrily: "Wait obediently!" ”
Being able to be the leader of this operation, he knows more things, the so-called Seventh Master is a dead soldier raised by the Fan family with secret methods, unless he is dead, otherwise he will definitely not come, and now they can only continue to wait.
"Hou Lao is angry, angry, the little one is just whining, complaining, and has no other ideas."
Seeing Hou Rui's anger, the thick man hurriedly accompanied the smiling face, this old man is not something he can afford to provoke, not to mention anything else, just the strange poisonous insects on this old man's body are enough for him, these days they can rob these hundreds of people without leaving a trace, all relying on the strange poisonous insects on this old man's body, which angered this old man, and he wants to die is extravagant!
As time passed, a strange atmosphere began to appear in the crowd, and everyone knew that something must have happened.
"Dispose of those three first!"
When he saw that the sun was about to set, Hou Rui said in a cold voice, although he didn't know what the Fan family was doing in this Heng Mountain, but he also knew that it would definitely not be a trivial matter, and now that something happened, the most important thing was to go back and report.
Hearing Hou Rui's words, the thick man came to the three people lying on the ground, and stepped on the necks of the three people with one kick, only hearing a few "clicks", and the three of them suddenly lost their breath.
"Let's go!"
Seeing this scene, Hou Rui gritted his teeth and said, and then took the lead towards the outside of the mountain.
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On the other side, Su Hao waited for nearly an hour before Zhang Jiatao came back.
"Virtuous nephew, here is sixteen thousand taels of silver, you can count it."
Zhang Jiatao opened a few small boxes, and inside a silver ingot was neatly stacked, each of which was fifty taels of official silver.
"The little nephew can trust Uncle Zhang."
Hearing this, Su Hao chuckled and said, compared to dragon qi, a mere 16,000 taels of silver is not enough to make Zhang Jiatao break his word and gain weight, and the inspection makes him stingy.
Seeing Su Hao's attitude, Zhang Jiatao was a little more satisfied, and after a few more polite words, Zhang Jiatao asked, "I don't know where the virtuous nephew is going to settle down next?" ”
He is extremely concerned about Su Hao's next destination, not that he has any bad intentions for Su Hao, but that he doesn't want to completely lose Su Hao's traces, and now the Zhang family can be said to be tied to Su Hao's ship!
It doesn't matter if Su Hao is dead, if it falls into the hands of the government or Jinyiwei, even if Su Hao has sworn a poisonous oath, he is still worried that Su Hao will confess him, after all, Jinyiwei's methods are not fake, and if it falls into the hands of Jinyiwei, Su Hao may not be able to keep his mouth shut.
Therefore, it is best to monitor Su Hao, once Su Hao has an accident, their Zhang family can also know about it as soon as possible, and they can find a way to deal with it.
"This little nephew has not yet been determined."
Su Hao shook his head: "The little nephew just wants to leave Shanxi first, and when he settles down, the little nephew will definitely write to Uncle Zhang." ”
He also knows Zhang Jiatao's thoughts, but he doesn't plan to hide it from Zhang Jiatao, now Zhang Jiatao and him are grasshoppers on the same rope, with Zhang Jiatao here, some officialdom things can also borrow Zhang Jiatao's momentum.
"Then Uncle Wei is waiting for the letter of the virtuous nephew."
Hearing Su Hao's words, Zhang Jiatao smiled a little reluctantly, but he had no way to force Su Hao to give him an explanation.
At this time, Su Hao suddenly came to the box and took out twenty ingots of silver: "Uncle Zhang, the little nephew still has something to ask Uncle Zhang, before Ding Zhutou died to save the life of the little nephew, and the little nephew promised to take care of their family." ”
"Now the little nephew can't stay here longer, this thousand taels of silver Uncle Zhang will send five hundred taels to Ding Zhutou's house for the little nephew, if there is anything in their family, they will have to bother Uncle Zhang to take care of one or two, as for the other five hundred taels, Uncle Zhang will distribute it to several other family members."