Zhang Zhou returned to his yard, and as soon as he entered the backyard, he saw Wang Mingshan surrounded by several of his own women.

Wang Mingshan had just put on the clothes of the Jinyi Wei Deputy Qianhu prepared for her, and the Flying Fish Suit embroidered spring knife was worn on her daughter for the first time, which made Jiang Pingyu and Han Qing look very fresh.

Fei pulled her and asked her to show her well.

Wang Mingshan doesn't have any scheming, others ask her to show her, she is like a movable hanger, let her turn wherever she goes.

Zhang Zhou looked at it from afar, and he also felt that Wang Mingshan's face had something that had never appeared before, and there was a looming brisk upward movement between his eyebrows.

I guess it's fun, too.

Facing such a bit of innocence and innocence of the girl.

Zhang Zhou suddenly felt that some facts were too cruel.

So far, Wang Yue's death is still a secret to the imperial court, but Zhang Zhou does not want this secret to remain between him and Wang Mingshan.

Something is there, and nothing is nothing.

In the face of a little girl like Wang Mingshan whose eyes are full of clear, transparent and innocent eyes, Zhang Zhou really can't think of any need to complicate simple problems.

To make her understand the gray things in the world is to expose her to the sinister human heart.

"Sir."

When Jiang Pingyu and the others saw Zhang Zhou, they all greeted them.

After Zhang Zhou nodded, he first let Jiang Pingyu and Han Qing go into the backyard first, leaving Wang Mingshan alone.

Wang Mingshan thought that Zhang Zhou also liked to use her as a hanger, and then took a turn in front of Zhang Zhou, probably wanting Zhang Zhou to judge whether the clothes on her body fit.

"Do you like this outfit?" Zhang Zhou asked.

Wang Mingshan was stunned for a moment, and then handed the knife in his hand forward.

The meaning is obvious.

She didn't feel what the clothes were, but she liked the knife very much.

"Come here." Zhang Zhou beckoned her and asked her to come to the stone bench.

Zhang Zhou sits, and she stands next to Zhang Zhou as before, like a loyal guard, but she didn't have this style before, and it was not formal enough.

Zhang Zhou stretched out his hand.

Wang Mingshan put the knife in Zhang Zhou's hand, but Zhang Zhou put the embroidered spring knife on the stone table, and when he stretched out his hand again, Wang Mingshan naturally put his hand over.

When the palms were clasped together, Zhang Zhou could also feel the temperature on the hands of a girl with a cold heart.

This kind of temperature is probably brought to her by him and this family.

It's something she hasn't felt before.

Zhang Zhou looked at the hand in front of him, the skin on the back of the hand was quite delicate, but the palm of the hand was a little calloused, from this point Zhang Zhou knew how hard Wang Mingshan had worked to practice martial arts since he was a child.

Unlike other women in Zhang Zhou's backyard, Wang Mingshan did not exclude Zhang Zhou from holding her hand, or she didn't think it was appropriate or inappropriate, nor was she shy or mustard, in her eyes, the difference between far and near was obvious, she was not wary of the people in the yard, but when she went outside, she was like a female leopard, always full of vigilance.

"Mingshan, I don't want to hide it from you, your grandfather passed away, it happened two days ago. He walked peacefully. It is estimated that it will be ten days before your family will mourn. ”

When Zhang Zhou said this, Wang Mingshan's arm suddenly tightened, with a natural reaction.

After a brief moment of distraction, she looked at Zhang Zhou again and shook her head, feeling that this was not really what happened.

Zhang Zhou sighed.

He knew that in Wang Mingshan's heart, Wang Yue's image was too great.

That is the banner of the Wang family, the situation of the Wang family in the past few decades has the most direct relationship with Wang Yue, once brilliant to the downfall, the whole family is in exile, and then to make a comeback...... Wang Yue resisted everything that the Wang family could experience in the past few decades, and when Wang Yue collapsed, it was no less than the sky falling for the Wang family.

In the heart of a simple-minded girl like Wang Mingshan, how could the sky fall?

The sky should always be overhead, and the wind, frost, rain and dew experienced by the Wang family should always be under the protection of heaven......

Zhang Zhou took her over.

I wanted to comfort me, but I found that everything was in vain.

is different from the lament on Wang Shouren's face.

Wang Mingshan is more of a disbelief, or a kind of ...... At a loss, she didn't know how to deal with the situation.

Probably she also knew that this was no less than the sky falling for the Wang family, but she felt that she had married into the Zhang family and had nothing to do with the Wang family, so what did the Wang family's sky mean to her?

Emotional bonds?

In the first ten years of her life, since she can remember, the Wang family has been in exile, her mother and female elders around her are absent, no one takes care of her, she can only learn martial arts, no one has ever cared for her, she can't even recognize a few words, someone has told her about filial piety and etiquette, but those things are too far away for her, or too unreal.

Even she and Zhang Zhou were sent over as "gifts" by the family, and they didn't ask her opinion at all......

"If you feel a little unhappy in your heart, go to practice your sword, sweat and take a shower. Go and see if I have a few weapons for you, and see if there are any of them, and if you are not happy, go talk to your two sisters, and ask them to help you with your clothes and jewelry, and the glass beads you like, and bring you more ...... when you go back."

Zhang Zhou found that it was actually quite simple to comfort Wang Mingshan.

No need to coax.

It looks wooden, but in fact, she is too obedient and sensible, as if she does not eat fireworks in the world.

There is no need to wonder what she thinks in her heart, maybe she really emptied all the thoughts in her head and didn't think about anything.

"Hmm."

Wang Mingshan nodded, and when Zhang Zhou put the embroidered spring knife in Wang Mingshan's hand again, Wang Mingshan took the embroidered spring knife and walked to the inner courtyard.

But just when you pass through the moon gate.

Wang Mingshan still looked back at Zhang Zhou, this time Zhang Zhou grasped a kind of attachment that was also absent from Xiao Nizi's eyes, which made Zhang Zhou feel that she was not heartless.

Zhang Zhou smiled encouragingly at her.

Wang Mingshan also bowed slightly, and then she was dressed in that decent flying fish suit, and her clothes fluttered and sped up to the inner courtyard.

Only at this moment, Zhang Zhou felt that Wang Mingshan's heart had a little more warmth, and he thought that maybe the ice would melt one day.

……

……

After Zhang Zhoumu sent Wang Mingshan into the inner courtyard, he didn't think about doing anything.

Wang Yue's death, he didn't feel much sadness, or regret, but more of a sense of powerlessness that "providence cannot be violated".

Not long after, someone came to visit, but it was Jiang Dezhong who came cheekily, and what he mentioned was only a matter of bidding to rebuild the wood and stone of the partial pass.

“…… I didn't bid, and somehow, so many bidders suddenly came out this time, and the price was not as good as others, and I could only watch the business fall by. Jiang Dezhong sighed in front of his son-in-law.

Zhang Zhou squinted and said, "You don't want me to help you get your business back, do you?" ”

"Nope." Jiang Dezhong said, "I am willing to gamble and lose, but I bought a batch of them before, and it seems that the wood and stone materials in the capital are going to fall sharply, so I should take them out to honor the imperial court." ”

Zhang Zhou didn't have the heart to discuss this with Jiang Dezhong.

"Virtuous son-in-law, I'm just curious, with your current identity and status, it's easy to win that business, you don't make any money from it, why bother?" Jiang Dezhong said, "But it was cheaper for the merchants from the south, but this time many families bid together, and I heard that there are still a lot of wood and stone materials that have been accumulated, and they may lose miserably all of a sudden." ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "You don't have to stare at the coal mine in Xishan, but you always have the heart to do some side business and make trouble for me, right?" ”

"Huh." Jiang Dezhong was also quite embarrassed.

Obviously, he also knew that he had caused a lot of trouble to his son-in-law.

Jiang Dezhong said: "Virtuous son-in-law, in fact, I came, and there is someone who wants to ask you." It's the Chen family in Jiangnan Xingyan, it has nothing to do with you, right? I heard that the Chen family has recently been under the banner of the Chengguo Mansion and has been very close to the businessmen from Huizhou. ”

Zhang Zhou frowned and said, "She robbed you of your business?" ”

"Hey, no." Jiang Dezhong smiled with a sneering face, "So let's say that this woman comes out to be in charge, there will be no good results, I heard that the bankrupt family generally buys wood and stone outside, but the bid is still high, and the people who have not competed for the Huizhou Chamber of Commerce, those Huizhou Chamber of Commerce are really bloody this time, and they don't even make a profit, it seems that they are just to send the silver to the court." ”

"Didn't rob you of your business, you asked her what she was doing?" Zhang Zhou said coldly.

Jiang Dezhong said: "I think that if I have done business once, I will not fall into trouble with each other, but if she has nothing to do with you, then the old man has nothing to avoid." ”

Zhang Zhou frowned and said, "So you're going to fall into the well?" ”

"Cut!" Jiang Dezhong said with disdain, "At this time, you still use me to fall into the well?" This year, the price of wood and stone is really up and down and difficult to figure out, I also have to find a way to quickly push out the wood and stone, and never do this business in the future! As for the Chen family...... Those who love to die don't bother to care. ”

"Hmm." Zhang Zhou nodded.

Jiang Dezhong asked with a smile: "But it is said that the coal produced is very good, can we also sell a batch indirectly?" ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "I am the owner of the coal mine, you just mine it for me, and everything must be allocated by me." Father-in-law, let me be clear, if I find out that you are secretly using coal, I will not say anything. Your Majesty asked me to mine coal in Xishan, a profitable thing, do you think you asked me to move the coal mine to my own house? They are all used for the imperial court to cast cannons, and while we make money, we must take care of the interests of the imperial court. ”

"Okay, okay." Jiang Dezhong will suddenly speak well again.

This also made Zhang Zhou feel that Old Man Jiang was a philistine businessman.

There is no need to give Old Man Jiang any good face, the more he shows a high-minded attitude, maybe the more comfortable Old Man Jiang feels in his heart, but he will come to the door with his face and feel uncomfortable.

……

……

Wang Yue's death, and there will be no movement in the DPRK and China today.

Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng obviously kept a secret from the outside world, and whether they told the people close to them or not, the ministers of the DPRK and China did not think about the incident that happened at the Deviation Pass.

After that, Zhang Zhou participated in two court meetings, and did not mention anything about the deviation of the head in the court, but once Zhu Youzhu directly proposed to increase the cost of cannon casting.

It had already been agreed that Zhang Zhou's side would cast the cannon while the household department would do the expenses and settlements, but it seemed that Zhu Youzhu had changed his mind and felt that this was not stable enough...... In fact, this also shows that Zhu Youzhu is uneasy in his heart, after all, after losing Wang Yue, the entire northwest has also lost its "spiritual leader", and at this time, just letting Qin Hong come back will not play the role of Wang Yue at all.

Zhu Youzhu mentioned the matter of casting cannons in the court, and he quickly revealed his inner thoughts.

Fortunately, Liu Jian came out to propose a reconsideration.

Zhu Youji stopped and didn't continue.

After the imperial meeting, Zhu Youzhu called Zhang Zhou to the Qianqing Palace, mainly to ask about the progress of the current cannon casting.

“…… Bingkuan, Zhijie They have been away from Beijing for four or five days, and they have not arrived yet, I think about it, I still think it is more appropriate for you to go to the side to preside over the overall situation. But I'm in Beijing, and I'm actually indispensable to you...... In the past two days, my heart has been messy, and sometimes for the sake of the northwest affairs, an inexplicable anger suddenly comes up, and I can't contain it......"

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, are you angry?

Don't be unsatisfied in some aspects and start to be a little ...... Restlessness? And say you don't lack women to appease you?

If there is only one Queen Zhang, what if it is a woman who is there to appease you?

Or do you want to be angry?

Zhang Zhou said: "Your Majesty, there will be occasional anger, this is restlessness in my heart." Actually, you don't have to worry too much. The walls of the Bitou Pass are already under construction, and the Tatars do not dare to invade easily, and even if they do, the defenders of the Ming Dynasty are enough to resist the invading enemy. ”

"Really?"

Zhu Youzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Probably only Zhang Zhou said this to comfort his heart like a deer.

Zhang Zhoudao: "The minister usually has some inexplicable anger, but fortunately, the minister has a way to solve it, so he won't worry about everything." ”

"Bingkuan, what method do you use?"

Zhu Youzhu seriously discussed with Zhang Zhou the way to regulate his mood.

Zhang Zhou smiled and shook his head, meaning that he couldn't say it.

Dai Yi hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhang, why are you still selling Guanzi?" ”

Zhu Youzhu raised his hand to interrupt Dai Yi's words, and sighed: "Bingkuan, in fact, if you don't say it, I probably know it, I can only say that there is a situation in one family." ”

In this kind of thing, Zhu Youji's head is still very flexible, and he is not the kind of stupid person in the end.

He could also guess that Zhang Zhou would definitely tell him if he had a method, and since he didn't say it, it meant that Zhang Zhou's method was not suitable for him...... And what does Zhang Zhou have, which he, the emperor, does not have? They are also a son and a daughter, and their lifestyles are not fundamentally different!

If you want to say the biggest difference, that is, Zhang Zhouhou's house is very lively, while he has only one Queen Zhang.

"Bingkuan, I have one more thing here, involving the money in the past few years, I asked people to count the treasury of the inner house, and found that there are still a lot of spare silk cloth, tea and other tributes, most of which have been deposited over the years, and it is useless to stay in the palace."

"In the past two years, the imperial court has spent a lot of money, and the military salaries in various places in the northwest cannot be guaranteed, and I have heard that many Beijing officials are unsustainable in their daily lives.

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, this is the emperor's favor for helping him pull the minister.

The Ming Dynasty's Yulu was divided into rice and banknotes, especially after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and the implementation was the "banknote folding method".

The true color is rice, which can be received basically every month, and the true color is divided into moon rice, folded silk rice, and folded silver rice.

The size of the moon meter is one stone.

Fold the silk, and the silk is used as six silver coins.

Six coins and five cents of silver are used as one stone of rice.

The folded color is divided into natural color banknotes and silk cloth folded banknotes, each silk folds 20 stones, and the cloth folds 10 stones.

The ministers of the first rank of the DPRK and the central government, the true color accounts for 30%, that is to say, only 30% of the Yulu is actually issued every month, and these folded colors are left...... It is likely to be in arrears for a few years, and it will not even be able to be paid when Zhishi returns to his hometown.

But if you want to live in the capital, the officials themselves have official residences, which is not a big problem, but not everyone has an official residence, and they always need to rent a hospital, especially those who drag their families and bring their families to them, as well as those who have to support their parents......

The cost of living in the capital is so big, relying on that little rice every month, it is good to be able to barely feed a family, if you want to buy a new official uniform, or go out to socialize...... It's really stretched.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty did not openly bribe such as Bing Jing and Tan Jing, and there were private bribes, but a Li Guang bribery could lead to such a big case, which also shows that the Ming Dynasty is strict about corruption and bribery, and many of its own officials and yamen do not have much real power in their hands, so naturally there are no bribes.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, you have a lot to do with your ministers, what do you have to do with your ministers?" This kind of favor, the minister does not dare to receive. ”

Zhu Youzhu said with a smile: "It's better to give it to you, in fact, these are foldable or not, I originally had to wait for the household department to fold the colored money, but now that the inner government has more than enough, I will hand it over to you." The East Factory has made an inventory of the surplus, and first folded the banknotes that have accumulated in the past few years, and if there is any shortage...... Wait a minute. Don't take it too seriously, just treat it as an errand for me. ”

"Yes."

……

……

Zhu Youzhu wanted to sell Zhang Zhou's favor, and Zhang Zhou accepted it.

At the next day's court meeting, Zhu Youzhi directly asked Dai Yi to announce the matter: "...... Neifu Jiazi and other warehouses were originally stored in various colored sundries, and they were given to the military attachés in Beijing, and the colored banknotes were folded in the seventh to eleventh years of the quasi-Hongzhi. ”

Approximate meaning, this time it's just a piece of money before the first year, and it doesn't count in the twelfth year of Hongzhi.

When the officials present heard this, they were still very happy in their hearts.

To be an official in the Ming Dynasty, all to a bunch of empty checks that cannot be cashed, and now suddenly the empty checks are about to be cashed, just as happy as picking up money, no matter how righteous and righteous the words are when they usually talk about morality, but the silver in hand is real.

After the conclusion of the court meeting.

Xiao Jing, who was arranged to fold the colored banknotes, was immediately surrounded by the ministers.

"Grandpa Xiao, I don't know how much I can fold?"

The ministers also know that it would be good to be able to redeem it now, don't expect to take ten percent, even if it is only one percent, it will be earned.

Someone else asked, "If you transferred the money out before, can you still get it back?" ”

Xiao Jing first answered the question of the latter "benevolent brother": "If you want to fold the banknotes, you must first have the banknotes in hand, otherwise you will not be able to talk about it." ”

"How much? How much is it for? ”

A group of people are still asking.

Xiao Jing said: "It's all said, and it will be decided after the inventory of the warehouse is completed." Who knows how many there are? Each family also reported the amount of money to be exchanged, and all of them were exchanged in proportion. At that time, except for the money that is folded into rice and silver, the rest that cannot be exchanged must also be brought together. It's not that you can fold more color if you report more. ”

Zhang Zhou watched from the side.

I thought, fortunately, I'm just selling favors, and the specific docking depends on Xiao Jing.

Let me do anything...... It can exhaust me.

(End of chapter)