The bookkeeper picked up the brocade box, and before opening it, he analyzed it rationally: "Chang Tingshi's attitude is kind today, and it seems quite satisfactory...... Come to think of it, this box can't be a dagger or a human stump or other intimidating things......"

I tried to use the most rational tone to cover up the uneasiness in my heart and many terrible fantasies.

After all, the other party was born in war, after all, the heads of the salt dealers who were cut off yesterday dripped a lot of blood in front of their doors......

What if the other party feels that their attitude is not humble enough, and wants to further deter one or two?

Jiang Hai sighed heavily, waved his hand at Mr. Ledger, and motioned him to open it quickly to see, whether it was auspicious or vicious, you can know at a glance.

The bookkeeper carefully unfastened the lock of the box, and his upper body unconsciously leaned back slightly, slowly opened the box a thin slit, squinted one eye and looked at it first, and only then opened the box completely.

The bookkeeper let out a light "huh" and took out the contents, which was a piece of rolled rice paper.

Jiang Hai looked over, then stretched out his hand, and the two of them each grabbed one end and unfolded the paper in the carriage.

This piece of rice paper is a five-foot-long pan with four large characters written on it.

Jiang Hai fixed his eyes and read word for word: "Generous people......?" ”

In the process of unfolding, Mr. Bookkeeper was still imagining whether what was written on it would be a hidden murderous statement, and now that he could see the whole picture of these four words, he finally dared to breathe.

Not only did he dare to gasp, but he even choked up a little because of excitement: "Boss, this is praise and recognition......"

"Do you still need to say this, your boss and I are not the illiterate Bai Ding!" Jiang Hai's tense shoulders finally relaxed, and he squeezed out a complicated smile.

It's a little funny to say that he is dignified Jiang Hai, and one day he will have a sense of the rest of his life because of the four-word "praise and recognition" of a seventeen-year-old girl.

There's no way, this time and that time, the world is unpredictable.

"When Daddy was alive, he always said that I was a loser, that I was extravagant and extravagant, and that the Jiang family's industry would be ruined by me sooner or later...... That year, I only spent 10,000 taels of silver to buy eighteen stunning dancing girls, and he gave me a slap in the face. ”

Jiang Hai sighed: "I really should bring Daddy back to life to see, what is really 'extravagant'...... It's just four words, but it cost me a million taels of silver. ”

In the end, I couldn't help but show a look of pain.

Out of professional habits, the bookkeeper also converted heartache: "Four characters are one million taels of silver, and each word is sincere and beneficial to two hundred and fifty thousand taels ......."

This is a real word.

Jiang Hai stared at the four big characters again and again, and said in a self-comforting tone: "Anyway, this word is good......

looked at the big seal of the thorn in the lower corner: "Don't say it, this often stabbing history is also both civil and military." ”

However, when I said left and right, I still felt pain: "The word is a good word, but it is really expensive." ”

"Yes, there is nothing wrong with it except that it is expensive." The bookkeeper was relieved: "The owner has to think that no matter how expensive it is, no one will be more expensive, so it should only spend money to eliminate the disaster......

This million taels is not a purchase of words, but a purchase of life.

Jiang Hai nodded bitterly: "Yes, she didn't want our lives, she could obviously grab this million taels directly, but she kindly gave us a word." ”

When you think about it, people are weird.

Jiang Hai sighed: "It's not like Xu Zhengye before, he just killed dozens of salt merchants and salt households, and the roots were all pulled out. ”

The reason why he was able to carry it under Xu Zhengye's hands was to grit his teeth, cut his flesh and bleed, and asked for connections everywhere, which could be regarded as saving the Jiang family.

It is said that his family has been salt merchants for generations, and he often deals with the government, and this is not the first time that he has donated silver. Where is the disaster on weekdays, they Jiangdu salt merchants are also big, no way, who calls us the richest.

In the final analysis, the tree is very popular, and this flowing silver is spent out to buy "words", in order to buy an unsightly "good" word from the imperial court.

The reason why this time is particularly painful is that he has been exploited by Xu Zhengye and has not yet eased up; Second, I am still not sure about the temper of this Chang Thorn Shi, and I am worried that this million taels will not be able to eliminate the disaster in place at one time, and if I come to ask for money from time to time in the future, who can bear it?

"Tomorrow I have to go and worship the Bodhisattva......" Jiang Hai rolled up the rice paper in his hand and sighed: "I ask the Bodhisattva to bless this Chang Thorn Shi Ke not to be a Yama who can't be fed and can't be fed." ”

He put the paper back in the box with both hands, and said with a mixture of love and hate: "Tomorrow morning, I will ask the best framer in the city to ......."

He changed his words again: "No, please go back and ask someone to frame it overnight!" ”

He's going to hang up, where to hang prominently!

One million taels!

It can't just be their salt pain!

……

The next day, Jiang Hai hung this plaque in the general business name, and also invited the lion dance gong and drum team to beat and blow, and set off the cannonball, which was very grand The plaque unveiling ceremony was solemn, and the onlookers scattered "happy money", and the excitement seemed to be running family affairs.

Other salt merchants followed suit, looking at the plaques hanging high, and their whole people seemed to be wrapped in a sense of security - who is not a generous person?

Yes, although the silver they donated is not as good as Jiang Hai, Lord Assassin Shi is equal to everyone, and the big characters they get are all [generous people].

Although their hearts are stable, those who have nothing to hang on have to weigh and reflect.

And the time to weigh everywhere is obviously not too long, in a way, this opportunity to send charcoal in the snow has been taken by the salt merchants, if they dare to pretend to be deaf and dumb, then it is really a lame singing - they can't get off the stage!

In a sense, Chang Sui Ning let the salt merchant express his position first, which can be regarded as a very obscure way to capture the thief and capture the king first.

Therefore, in the next few days, there were more and more businessmen in Jiangdu City who wanted to be "generous people", and one by one the donation lists were sent to the Assassin's Mansion, and then changed to a large character.

In the Assassin's Mansion, in the outer study, Luo Guanlin looked at Chang Suining and shook his sour wrist, only to feel that that wrist was priceless.

Although it is really valuable, the highest cost of this whole process is the brocade box that is used to hold words.

On the side, Yao Ran and Lu Xiucai, who was recruited by the Assassin Mansion the day before yesterday, one was holding an abacus, the other was holding a notebook, and Luo Ze also followed.

Lu Xiucai, who was holding a pen and a book, was very excited.

There are two reasons for the excitement, first of all, it is worth being excited to sit here - the literati who came to apply for the recruitment with him had to go through layers of screening, but he was exempted from the assessment and was directly selected by Chang Tingshi!

The eyes of those who came with him at that time were dripping with jealousy—and if they knew that he could go directly to the study of the assassin at this time, and had already received the duties of the seal and table, those people would be so angry that they would not be able to sleep.

There is no way, who let him meet Chang Thorn Shi at the end of the day?

Ahem, it's not right, it's always him who is the last one, and at that time, he was already the head of the army...... At that time, Chang Assassin Shi made people search for hundreds of people, from the homeless people to them, literati, just to "represent the people" to write Xu Zhengye's crimes.

Thinking about the original letter about killing Xu Thief on the 73rd day, he also provided some creative ideas, including encouraging Chang Assassin Shi to add some ingenuity of "taking the opportunity to strengthen his reputation and strengthen people's hearts"-

At that time, he also attracted the disdain of his fellow literati because of his flattery in treating Chang Assassin Shi, but after a little thought, most of them chose to join him.

As it turned out, he was so far-sighted!

And he is so willing to share, just last night, he wrote a letter to his companions who were also involved in the creation of the inscription at that time, inviting them to come and work together in Jiangdu!

And the second thing that makes Lu Xiucai excited is the amount of money he writes, he has never seen so much money in his life...... And there is still a steady stream of silver coins being carried into the Assassin's Mansion, and there are dozens of people counted outside, and they can't be counted, they can't be counted at all.

So, who said that Xu Zhengye had completely hollowed out Jiangdu City?

It has never been the poor people who have really been hollowed out, and these rich businessmen are still fat!

Thinking that these silver coins would be used for practical actions such as rebuilding Jiangdu and compassionate the people, Lu Xiucai couldn't help but feel that Chang Shi's move was not a very official way to rob the rich and help the poor.

And often stabbing the history of robbing the rich and helping the poor, also known as "thieves also have a way", looked at the amount of taxes paid by merchants in Jiangdu in previous years, sorted out the roster, who is the big household, it is clear at a glance -

After all, the upward and downward effects, all walks of life are flying wildly, seeing that these big merchants are "paying for self-protection", and the small merchants are "not daring to disobey", and those who have no money in their hands can only go to borrow and borrow it, and they also have to hold it to the Thorn Mansion.

But those who are not on the list of big households have never been accepted. and let the people below explain the reasons in detail, and reassured those small merchants.

At this moment, in the outer study, everyone was busy with their duties, and Xi'er and Ah Che rolled up the big characters hanging to dry and put them in brocade boxes.

The style of each brocade box is the same, and there is no need to worry about confusion, and the horizontal and vertical characters are the same, which is more worry-free for batch production.

Chang Suining was really tired of writing, and when he sat back in the chair to rest, he happened to meet Luo's mother and daughter-in-law to deliver mung bean soup to relieve the heat.

The soup is all mung bean soup, but for the bowl served to Chang Suining, Luo's mother put two pieces of yellow rock sugar separately, which is blatant, but in Luo Guanlin's eyes, there is no lack of scheming - the mother can obviously divide the soup in advance and put the rock sugar in advance for Chang Suining, but the mother prefers to do it in person...... Sophistication, really sophistication.

In the past few days, my mother has come to deliver food, and yesterday I also made a burrito from my hometown, which was also shared by everyone, but Chang Suining's cake was extremely fat, and the vegetables and meat wrapped in it had to break the crust...... Mother lay down on the crust and wrapped herself in it!

Chang Suining naturally saw this in his eyes, in fact, this old lady of the Luo family is not only proficient in human affairs, but also articulate and clear-minded, and she is really a rare character. It's a pity to be busy just with the kitchen chores.

After Mother Luo divided the soup, she left, without disturbing Chang Suining and them to continue to do business.

When Chang Suining put down the spoon, he looked at the stack of brocade boxes on the side, and casually said with emotion: "When I was in Beijing in the past, I also thought that if one day I was too poor to live, I could still sell calligraphy and paintings for a living, and talk about supporting my family...... I didn't expect it to come true now, but I didn't expect this calligraphy and painting business to be so big. ”

Luo Guanlin: "......"

This business is quite big, after all, it is a knife holder neck to buy and sell, can it not be big?

"Lord Thorn Shi's business seems to be a million profits, but it benefits the people of Jiangdu, not Lord Thorn Shi himself, it is really well-intentioned and touching." Lu Xiucai sighed movingly: "However, the saying that Chang Tingshi talked about 'raising a family' is also applicable at the moment...... Lord Assassin Shi clearly treats the people of Jiangdu as people. If Jiangdu is the family and the people are the sons, the Lord Assassin Shi is truly worthy of the position of the head of this family. ”

Luo Guanlin frowned frequently when he heard this, and goosebumps fell to the ground.

This is the person who was recruited by Chang Suining? What is it, should it be a sycophant?

Luo Ze nodded lightly on the side, after all, his grandmother said yesterday that he should learn from this Lu Xiucai, not from his father.

In the past, when he was in the court, Luo Guan hated the flattering ministers, but now when he saw his son following him, he became more and more unpleasant to see Lu Xiucai, and thus rose to the level of doubting Chang Suining's vision.

Thinking that when she looked through the recruitment list of these days yesterday, she actually left a "Mr. Ventriloquist", Luo Guanlin was speechless - what a dare to come to the door, a dare to keep people!

It can be seen that her style of recruiting talents is no longer eclectic, but strange!

Luo Guanlin didn't want to care about this, and yesterday he sneered in his heart, "Let her go", but at this moment, he couldn't help asking: "...... Yesterday, the history of the assassin left a ventriloquist, what is the purpose of the plan? ”

"Mr. Qian, don't really say it-" Chang Suining looked like "you asked the right point", and said: "This ventriloquist's surname is Liu, and he is the single person of the Liu family ventriloquist in Qiantang. ”

She picked up the treasure in a tone, and said with a smile: "Such a talent, it's convenient to watch ventriloquist performances on weekdays and don't talk about it." Besides, sir, should you know the origin of the term 'rooster and dog thief'? ”

Luo Guanlin was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, and he had a bad premonition about her smiling face, so she wanted to ......

"At that time, I will ask Mr. Liu to teach some simple ventriloquist skills, such as rooster crowing and dog barking, for the purpose of password." Chang Suining looked at everyone in the study without discrimination: "Let's learn together then." ”

Luo Guanlin fell silent, these street skills were not in the eyes of the literati, and he could not imagine what it would be like for him to gather around a group of people with dogs barking and chickens barking, or even more strange sounds.

How can she learn so much to be a scribe!

Lu Xiucai, who was partial, enthusiastically echoed again, and almost wrote "One Hundred Wonderful Uses of Ventriloquism" on the spot.

"This is just one of Mr. Liu's uses." Chang Suining picked up the pen again, and said to Luo Guanlin: "The reason why I left Mr. Liu is another purpose...... After a while, the gentleman will naturally know. ”

At this time, Ah Zhi came in to preach that Chu Xing had returned.

Chang Suining, who was behind the bookcase, immediately raised his eyes and looked: "Please come in." ”

Chu Xing quickly entered the study and raised his hand to salute: "Girl." ”

"Uncle Chu came back at this time, but there was any change in the Japanese army?" Chang Sui Ning Zhengse asked.

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