After hearing this, Lai Di looked up at Liu Quxian.

Seeing this, Lai Di buried her head lower: "Why are you here?" ”

"Me."

Before Liu Quxian finished speaking, Qin Rui walked over: "I see that the two of you are just right, if you want to buy it, ten taels of silver will be given to you?" ”

Liu Quxian did not agree.

"Brother Xian, you can buy me, I will cook, comb my hair, sew, wash and weave."

Seeing that Liu Quxian had not agreed and had not walked away, Lai Di took the initiative to beg.

Liu Quxian thought about it, and finally gritted his teeth, took out a small piece of silver weighing about one or two from the cloth bag stamped with the official seal and stuffed it into Lai Di's hand: "You can keep it." ”

After speaking, Liu Quxian turned around and ran.

Lai Di looked at Liu Quxian's back with emotion.

"Bring it!"

Qin Rui immediately snatched the silver from Lai Di's hand and said, "Before your deed of sale is handed over, your money is all the money of the Gong family!" ”

Lai Di nodded.

"A tael of silver is a lot, enough for me to use it for a long time."

Liu Quxian ran until he couldn't see Laidi when he turned around, and then he started chattering in his mouth.

Immediately, he saw that Chen Mu, a slave of the Chang family who had gone to the countryside with the warden Chang Gui in the past, was also bowing down and shouting: "Buy a loom, a good loom, a loom made of pine, and the textile efficiency is high." In order to make up for the endowment, sell it at half price! Please also ask all the neighbors to appreciate their faces and help me to help my family! ”

"Loom?"

Liu Quxian thought about it after hearing this, then turned around and ran, ran back again, stood in front of Lai Di and panted, and then saw that she was empty-handed, so he took out about nine taels of silver and said to Qin Rui: "I want to buy her." ”

Liu Quxian pointed to Laidi as he spoke.

Qin Rui was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out Laidi's deed of sale and handed it to Liu Quxian.

Ordinary people have limited incomes and are willing to pay more than ten taels of silver to buy a young girl, and there are few people who participate in this kind of high consumption.

What's more, the palace family is really forced to be anxious because of the new policy, and they are eager to sell people to cash out, after all, the head of the family is still locked up in the mansion.

Therefore, Qin Ruisheng was afraid that Liu Quxian would regret it.

However, it can also be seen that the new deal is still a heavy blow to the wealthy gentry.

You must know that throughout history, only the common people sell people, and it is rare to see the gentry sell people.

Liu Quxian threw about nine taels of silver into his hands.

Qin Rui shook his eyes and said, "It's not enough!" Add a little more, I have a scissor magnet, and if there are more, I will suck it for you. ”

"The silver you took that I gave to Sister Laidi, plus this, it's enough for you to eat kickbacks, and it's not enough to get tired of it!"

Liu Quxian said to Laidi: "Come with me, Sister Laidi." ”

Lai Di nodded, and really followed Liu Quxian to walk briskly.

And Qin Rui smiled and gritted his teeth: "Good boy, he will be a promising one in the future!" ”

"My parents are gone, and Tian also confiscated because the yamen said I owed taxes, but fortunately, the new master of Futai is a good official, and gave me a tax payment ticket, saying that I did not owe taxes, and gave me the silver that was confiscated from my family, otherwise, I would not have the money to buy you."

After Liu Quxian bought Laidi, he told Laidi why he was here.

"Huh!?"

Lai Di stopped, looked at Liu Quxian and said, "Brother Xian, then you shouldn't buy me." ”

Liu Quxian touched his head and smiled: "Didn't you say that you can weave, I want to buy a loom and let you weave, so that I can go back to the Wang family's private school to study with peace of mind." ”

Lai Di didn't say anything, and only followed Liu Quxian to continue walking.

Liu Quxian said again: "Don't worry, I heard Chang Geng, the uncle of the Wang family, say that now the cloth and silk in Suzhou are one price a day, especially the overseas Chinese merchants who go to sea to collect cloth and silk, and the price is higher, and it is not a problem to get twenty taels of silver a year by weaving cloth by a woman, which is enough for us to live and let me study." It's just that you and I are working harder, you can't rest, I have to find time to go to Suzhou. ”

Since the opening of Longqing, whether it is selling cotton cloth and transporting it to the north to transport the nine sides for military needs, or Huguang grain to enter the south of the Yangtze River through the Yangtze River, or Jiangxi, Nanzhi and other goods to go to Fujian and Zhejiang to go to the sea, they have to pass through Suzhou, especially in the area of Suzhou Changmen.

Therefore, at this time, Suzhou has been regarded as the economic center of the entire Ming Dynasty, so Suzhou is also regarded as the vane of the rise and fall of the prices of various commercial products in the Ming Dynasty.

After Liu Quxian said this, Laidi also put his mind at ease.

After setting the loom and buying some necessities such as rice and meat, Liu Quxian returned home with Laidi.

After returning home, Laidi consciously went to the kitchen, while Liu Quxian spread the straw he bought on the bed and covered a new mat on it.

After the meal, and after seeing that their loom had been delivered and the rest of the money had been paid, the two agreed to boil water and help each other wash their hair.

And Liu Quxian took the initiative to let Lai Di wash it first, and when he poured Lai Di's head with warm water, he was stunned because he saw the white neck under the back of Lai Di's head, and had the idea of looking inside.

It's just that after smelling the sweet fragrance brought by the scrubbing of the honey locust, Liu Quxian blurted out only the sentence "Sister Laidi, your hair smells good".

Laidi just smiled and asked, "Okay?" ”

After a while, Liu Quxian replied, "Okay."

Laidi squeezed out her wet hair, touched the cloth on the stool, wrapped her black hair, sat on the stool, and rubbed it.

And after Laidi dried her hair and only pulled her hair in a bun, she re-opened the basin of hot water, added cold water to test the temperature, and then said, "Okay, squat down." ”

Liu Quxian jumped down, uncovered the cloth on his head, and buried his head in the basin.

"That's a lot of oil."

Wow!

With a stream of warm water flowing down, Lai Di washed Liu Quxian.

After washing and drying, the two went to bed, lay down separately, looked at each other, and smiled.

At this time, the sky gradually became dark, and everything was silent, only the sound of dogs barking could be heard from time to time in the distance.

"Brother Xian, you haven't torn my deed of sale yet, have you?"

Lai Di suddenly asked.

"No, what's wrong?"

Liu Qoxian asked.

Lai Di said: "Then don't tear it!" In case the situation changes this year, and there is a new official, and you have to overcharge taxes, you can continue to sell me to live. ”

Liu Quxian said "um" and began to touch Laidi, and it didn't take long to touch Laidi's soft, and held it tightly.

Laidi had fallen asleep at this time.

"Will the year change?"

Liu Quxian silently recited Laidi's words just now for a while, and then fell asleep groggily.

The next day, as a sound of a machine penetrated into his ear canal, Liu Quxian woke up.

But as soon as he saw that there was no one next to him, he sat up in a panic, and then laughed reassuringly when he heard the sound of the machine, then got up and pulled his shoes, and dressed while walking to the outhouse: "Sister Laidi, I will go to the Wang family's private school first and report to Mr." If I don't come back at noon, you'll make your own food. ”

"Don't you eat breakfast?!"

When Lai Di dropped the shuttle and got up to ask, Liu Quxian had already run out as if he had flown away: "Don't eat it!" ”

……

"No more! It's too late, and the lecture in the Mandarin Hall is about to begin. ”

At this time.

In the Forbidden City, Zhu Yijun, who slept for a while because of greed, threw down the dishes and chopsticks, and then hurried to the imperial chariot.

Zhang Whale also hurriedly followed, and turned around and ordered a large table to be removed early.

As soon as he arrived at the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Yijun finished the Confucianism lecture given to him by the Hanlin lecturers, and when it was Zhang Juzheng's turn to give him a small lesson, he took the initiative to ask: "What did Mr. give me today?" Or are you talking about the emperors of the past dynasties? ”

"Today, the ministers do not talk to Your Majesty about the emperors of the past dynasties, but only visit the people's sufferings."

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile.

Zhu Yijun smiled a little curiously and asked, "Yes, how does Mr. want me to visit the people?" ”

"Now it has been half a year since the Qingzhang, Your Majesty might as well send your ministers to visit the palace with Your Majesty, to see the changes in the Qingzhang inside and outside the Beijing Division for half a year and even His Majesty's accession to the throne to the present, and let the Jinyi Guard and the Imperial History of the City Patrol know about this matter and set up a good secret guard."

Zhang Juzheng bowed his hand and asked.

Zhu Yijun hurriedly stood up: "I have already had this intention!" It's better to choose a day than to hit the day. ”

Saying that, Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Whale: "The celebrant immediately drafted an edict for Mr. I to accompany you out of the palace, if the Queen Mother asks, let Zhang Hong find a way to maneuver." ”

"Yes!"