Under the recommendation of Li Ruzhi, Sima Wei and Zhaobo appeared in the huge Qian Mansion on the second day. Qian Jinxian was seen as kind, and he had just entered the age of 40 this year, when he learned from Li Ruzhi that there was an ambassador from Beijing who was visiting, and he ordered the entire palace to receive him early this morning. When Sima Wei entered the house, it was almost noon, he sent the servants in the house early to meet at the door, three or two sedan chairs stopped in front of the door of the Qian Mansion, the first sedan chair out of the line was Li Ruzhi of the province of Xingzhongshu, his arrival made the whole Qian Mansion alarmed, you must know that Li Ruzhi rarely shows his head on weekdays, even if he entertains some important occasions, he will never appear in front of other people's mansions, but Qian Jinxian knows in his heart that their condescending visit has a different meaning.

Qian Jinxian and Li Ruzhi began to greet each other when they met, and it could be seen from the expressions of their words that the two had already known each other; Li Ruzhi looked at his pale face, but his demeanor did not lose the shrewdness of such a businessman, so he greeted him with concern: "Boss Qian, are you in good health recently? I heard that some time ago, you were unwell, but you invited Lang Zhong?"

Qian Jinxian shook his hand humbly and said, "It's just an old illness for many years, and it doesn't matter if you take some medicine." As he spoke, he coughed lightly, and his eyes fell on the sedan chair behind him.

I saw that at the same time as the second sedan chair fell into the sedan chair, a young man in white walked out of it, he was graceful, his face was radiant, handsome and elegant. A middle-aged man who looked like a slave carefully helped him out of the sedan chair, Li Ruzhi's smiling official face instantly changed to a serious expression, solemn with a hint of humility, he immediately introduced Qian Jinxian, several people clasped hands, the young man in white made a slight movement of leaning forward, the movement was subtle, if you don't pay careful attention, others are generally not aware of this subtle move.

"I have heard that the rich side of the boss Qian is a famous businessman in this Jiqing Mansion, and when I see it today, it is really extraordinary. ”

"Where, where, Sima Gongzi is young and promising, and he is reused by the imperial court at such an age, and he is really a pillar of the country. The mansion was not well entertained, and an afternoon banquet was already set up during the banquet, and I hoped that Sima Gongzi and Master Li would enter the thin banquet and enjoy their faces. ”

"Boss Qian bothered, okay, I'll go into the house together. Li Ruzhi took over the conversation and said.

During the banquet, everyone talked about the famous anecdotes of Jiqing Mansion, all of them talked and laughed, and after a few wine patrols, Sima Wei suddenly said: "I heard that Boss Qian was relying on the ground to make the money village bigger, and now almost all the money villages on Jiqing Eighteenth Road are under the name of Boss Qian, and they can catch up with Dayuan's Qianlong Money Village." ”

Sima Wei's sudden words surprised everyone present, Qian Jinxian's pale face was a little embarrassed, and even Li Ruzhi's face was shocked.

"I don't know where Sima Gongzi heard that Qian Mou just relied on the appreciation of the imperial court and the support of the people, although Qian Zhuang is the lifeblood of the economy, but compared with the royal money village like Qianlong Qianzhuang, it is simply not worth mentioning, Sima Gongzi really promoted Qian someone. Qian Jinxian smiled politely, and looked at Li Ruzhi as he spoke. Li Ruzhi secretly shook his head lightly at him, so he supported his forehead with his hand and exhaled: "Hey, this official is not strong enough to drink, this head is confused, Boss Qian, your wine is very strong!"

Qian Jinxian naturally heard the meaning of these words, so he raised his hand and shook it, and an old housekeeper led the servants in the banquet to retreat and lead the door; this time, there were only four people left in the banquet, Sima Wei looked at Li Ruzhi who was full of drunkenness, knowing that he was clearly not drunk, but deliberately pretending to be drunk to escape the purpose of this trip, he understood what Li Ruzhi was thinking in his heart.

"Sima Gongzi, you came to visit as a messenger this time, and Ling Zun is also a high-ranking household secretary, if someone Qian has not done anything illegal and undisciplined, you can tell him bluntly, if the court has any orders, someone Qian will go to the soup and go to the fire, and he will not hesitate. Qian Jinxian saw that Li Ruzhi had left the stall, and knew that he would face the fact that he would be beaten by iron in front of him, but he didn't know in his heart that this Sima Wei was here to ask for money today.

"Boss Qian is really fast-talking, so I'll get straight to the point. Now that the country is in danger, you and I, as the people of Dayuan, are also figures with heads and faces, is it possible that Boss Qian is watching the country go to fire and water, and does not provide generous assistance?"

"Angry Qian Mou's words, Qian Mou is just a businessman, he doesn't understand the country's social affairs, and he doesn't understand the way of officialdom, but he knows that every copper plate he earns is the income from the operation of the world in this Great Yuan Dynasty, and the country's current disadvantages are known to everyone in the world. But in what form is this aid generous?"

Sima Wei couldn't help but raise a trace of anger in his heart, this Qian Jinxian asked knowingly, and deliberately embarrassed himself with his words, but his face was still full of smiles, and said: "This matter is known only to you and me who are here today, and there is only the household department left. ”

"Paying taxes?" Qian Jinxian took the lead, he paid as much as one million taels of silver to the official uniform this year, excluding the dots in the middle, it was close to 1.5 million taels, and now Sima Wei said that he would pay taxes in the form of taxes, wouldn't it be equivalent to paying taxes again, so what good would it be for himself, and he might not have the reputation of serving the country and the people. But how dare Qian Jinxian say these words in his heart, Li Ruzhi was drunk on the spot, even if he wanted to say it, he had to avoid this master Li in the middle of the book.

Thinking of this, Qian Jinxian had an epiphany in his heart, it seems that this is a bureau deliberately set up by Li Ruzhi and Sima Wei in advance to let him jump in, so that he can also get a lot of benefits from himself in private for many years, and now he has come to protect each other, but he has put himself together.

At this end, Li Ruzhi obviously deliberately pretended to be drunk, he lay on the table, his eyes closed, and scolded Sima Wei in his heart to sow discord from it, his original intention was to take the opportunity to avoid the topic of this edge, in order to ease the relationship with Qian Jinxian, but unexpectedly he was trapped by Sima Wei.

Qian Jinxian smiled slightly, raised his glass and toasted to Sima Wei, and after the two finished drinking, he asked tentatively: "I don't know how many silver taels the imperial court wants Qian to help this time?"

Sima Wei slowly stretched out three fingers, and Qian Jinxian asked puzzledly: "300,000 taels?"

"Three million taels!" Sima Wei said indifferently, it seemed that the three million taels of silver were simply not worth mentioning in his mouth, which startled Qian Jinxian on the spot, including Li Ruzhi, who was pretending to be drunk. You must know that three million taels is enough to buy ten big shops in the best area of Jiqing Road, and you can also buy a thousand acres of land in the suburbs, which is two-tenths of the annual tax on Jiqing Road.

"This ......" Qian Jinxian showed a very difficult look on his face, he just wanted to refuse, but at this moment, the door was pushed open with a bang, and a girl with a lot of colors suddenly broke in, and the old housekeeper behind him hurriedly stopped: "Miss, the master is greeting the VIP inside, can you not enter!"

"I don't care about any VIP, Daddy!" The girl broke in, and several people looked back to see that this girl was Qian Xiu'er, and it turned out that she was Qian Jinxian's only daughter.

Sima Wei looked a little excited when he saw Qian Xiu'er for the first time, he never expected to see the little beauty he had been longing for a long time in such a coincidental venue. As soon as Qian Xiu'er entered the house, she saw Sima Wei at the dinner table, the two looked at each other, and Qian Xiu'er said unexpectedly: "Why are you?"

Sima Wei immediately got up and clasped his hands, and said: "I didn't expect Miss to be Boss Qian's daughter, yesterday's incident, this son didn't have time to apologize to Miss, and looked at Haihan." ”

Seeing that the other party made such a big salute, Qian Xiu'er couldn't help but blush, put her little hand on her waist, and said with a bent bow: "It was me who accidentally fell to the ground, no wonder son." ”

Qian Jinxian, who was on the side, was a little puzzled and asked, "Does Sima Gongzi know the little girl?"

So Sima Wei told the truth about yesterday's incident at the city gate, and Qian Jinxian laughed and said: "Such a coincidence, it is actually the fate of Qian and Sima Gongzi." Xiu'er, don't you hurry up and go out, Sima Gongzi is a distinguished guest in the house, you must not be rude!"

"Daddy locked me up in the house yesterday, and he refused to let me go out, and he missed the opportunity to meet Brother Clerical, if Daddy lets me go out, I'll leave now! ”

"You are a lady in the pavilion, you should live in a simple place, go out at will, what kind of system has it become, now let me go back to my room. Qian Jinxian shouted.

Qian Xiu'er was also afraid of her father's majesty, so she pouted and said angrily: "Hmph, I'll go to my mother to reason." ”

After seeing Qian Xiu'er leave, Qian Jinxian immediately apologized to Sima Wei and said: "Sima Gongzi, the little girl is reckless and frightened the child, I hope you will forgive me." ”

The corners of Sima Wei's mouth were accompanied by a laugh, and he said: "Ling Qianjin is lively and cute, outspoken, and my son loves it very much, what a wonder." Today's hour is not early, just to the imperial court to help, hope that the boss of the money will think twice, tomorrow the little nephew will come to visit. ”

"But......" Qian Jinxian wanted to politely refuse, but Sima Wei entered the house first, and the middle-aged man standing on the side came up and said: "Boss Qian, my son-in-law's body is not very suitable for the climate in the south, so I will stop here today, and I will talk about it tomorrow if I have something." ”

Seeing that this was the case, Qian Jinxian had no choice but to swallow back the words in his mouth, and said respectfully: "Then Qian sent Sima Gongzi out of the house, as for the three million taels of silver, tomorrow will be discussed in the long run." With that, a few people walked out of the door, leaving only Li Ru alone who was still immersed in the obsessive sleep where everyone woke up and I was drunk.