Chapter 62: The Benefactor

ps: Put jΔ«ng Hua at twelve o'clock tonight, rush the list, update. Let's have a show.

"Did you get it?" Hong Yi saw the purple jade maid who came in, stood up calmly, flicked her clothes, and looked calm and calm, as if she had already known the result.

Ziyu saw Hong Yi's unhurried, unsurprised and unhappy appearance, but she was so shocked that she took a step back, obviously not imagining that he was so calm.

"Inside the box is the dozens of dollars I exchanged yesterday, you call topaz, red jade, and blue jade to come in, and together you will withdraw the money to reward those who report the good news. ”

After Hong Yi spoke, he asked each of the four maids to carry more than a dozen hanging money, and followed him to the door of the Hou Mansion.

Sure enough, at the main gate of the Hou Mansion, there was already a large group of servants who reported the good news in the roar of firecrackers, as well as people watching the excitement around, in addition, a large group of slaves, guards, maids, maidservants, and old mothers in the Hou Mansion also came out of the house and watched the excitement in the corridor.

"Now Hong Yike has turned over and become a master. ”

"Although we have seen a lot of people, the first place Xie Yuan is a novelty. ”

"Those who can lift people are all the Wenqu stars in the sky, not to mention the first place, if you can win the Huiyuan in the future examination, and the champion in the palace examination, that is, even the three yuan, I heard that only the former prime minister Li Yan has had it. ”

"The gentry are exempt from taxes, tsk, this time, it is developed. ”

At this time, Hong Yi heard a lot of discussions in his ears, some envious and some jealous. I knew in my heart that the imperial examination had an important position in both the people and the mansions of princes and princesses.

Although the people in the Hou Mansion are knowledgeable, and a person is not as sensational as the ordinary countryside, the first place Xie Yuan is still very weighty.

However, when it was lively at the door, in the main mansion, Mrs. Zhao was sitting on a chair, her face was full of cold light, eating tea one bite at a time, and the white cat in her hand obediently hid in the corner, for fear of being caught again.

The maids next to her all knew that this was a precursor to Mrs. Zhao's anger, and they didn't dare to come out of the air, so they held it next to her.

"Go tell Steward Wu and give a message to Master Hou, tonight, be sure to take the time to go home. ”

After a long time, Mrs. Zhao pinched the teacup in her hand and wanted to fall to the ground, but finally held back, put it down gently, and spit out such a sentence.

At the door, Hong Yi scattered all the money and let the official of the annunciation go to eat and drink, the scene gradually deserted, only a pile of firecracker crumbs remained, and several slaves at the door looked at him with envy while cleaning.

"This move is a hit, and when I wait for the evening, I have to think of a wording so that I can move out and start a family. ”

Hong Yi was thinking about how to phrase Hong Xuanji, although now that he has his identity, it is a matter of time before he moves out, but thinking of Hong Xuanji's words with implied murderous intent, Hong Yi doesn't know how to feel a little chill in his heart.

At this moment, at the corner of the street, a few sedan chairs suddenly turned out, stopped far away, and a group of young people came down, Hong Yi didn't know him, but this group of young people seemed to have known Hong Yi for many years, and they were full of enthusiasm one by one, and they congratulated them from afar.

"Brother Hong, congratulations, congratulations to you for your high school Xie Yuan, won the top spot, and sent congratulatory gifts to my brother and a few people in the same year, and I hope to smile. ”

At the same time, the servants around these people all brought over the gifts one by one, and at the same time, these people sent gift lists for Hong Yi to see.

"This silver is five hundred taels, thirty silk horses, that silver is three hundred taels, and snow paper is ten .........."

Hong Yi looked at several gift lists, and the gifts on them could be counted as grand, adding up to a total of two or three thousand taels of silver.

"These are all lifters who were tested at the same time?"

Only then did Hong Yi understand that although he didn't know this group of people, they were all lifted in the exam together, although they were not familiar with each other, but they were the same year.

In the officialdom, they are all objects of mutual support in the same year, and it is inevitable that they will form a party in the same year. Even if they don't know each other, as soon as they say that they are in the same year, they are immediately closer than brothers.

Although they are all lifting people now, and they can't talk about being officials, they have to start early in the matter of forming a party and making friends.

"These people are all disciples of wealthy families in Yujing City, they have money but no power, and now that they have fame, they are naturally willing to spend silver. I don't accept this gift, but it seems that I am high and unsocial, which is also a boring thing. ”

These people are all disciples of wealthy families in Yujing City, but they are not the children of princes and princes, because generally princes and princes take the road of Enyin, without exams, and only concubines like Hong Yi who are extremely unwelcome will take the road of imperial examinations.

After thinking about this key, Hong Yi also accepted the gift list, and at the same time gave a few slaves at the door of the mansion a reward, and ordered them to send all the gifts to the osmanthus wing.

After taking care of everything, he arched his hand, "You young brothers have received the good news so quickly? ”

"Where, where. One of the elders said: "The good news is passed on from the end of the ranking to the first place, and the young brother is the first place, so naturally it will be passed on last." I inquired that there were also a few cold people in the countryside in the countryside, and they should have received good news at this time. Then I brought it and met the teacher. ”

"This time, our master is Lord Li Shenguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and it is also thanks to our good birth, it is the township test at the feet of the Son of Heaven, if it is a township test in other places, where will it be the turn to get a master like Lord Shangshu. ”

The other one was a little younger, shaking his fan and saying slowly.

There were a total of six people who came to congratulate, surnamed Han, Zhang, Zhao, Wang, Fang, and Liu. Hong Yi just looked at the gift list, and basically knew the details of these people, basically they all had a lot of money, but they were not a moderately rich businessman.

If it is a giant businessman, it is natural to have a relationship with the princes and princes, and the important ministers of the court.

However, these middle-rich households have a huge base in Yujing City, and they also concentrate a large amount of property.

"Since I'm going to the countryside to see the cold year, then I have to prepare a gift. Hong Yi said.

"Then no, Brother Hong's share, let's get ready, let's take a sedan chair together." It's the first time we've sat in a sedan chair, so we'll have to try it. ”

A teenager surnamed Han laughed.

Only people and officials can sit in a sedan chair, which is the rule of the Daqian Dynasty, and the rest of the sedan chairs are illegal even if they are rich.

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After a social meeting, it was not until the afternoon that Hong Yi returned from the countryside, and then raised a large group of people of the same year to Shangshu Mansion to meet the master Li Shenguang.

But when I arrived at the door, I saw a big sign hanging up, "No Guests".

So all the people went back.

Hong Yi saw this situation, and he was also happy to be clean, and after saying goodbye to those who were in the same year, it was already dark, so he turned the sedan chair to the shop facing the street.

This is a small newly opened shop on the street, and the wooden boards are painted with fresh tung oil.

Inside is a grocery store, with new goods, needles, threads, and miscellaneous things.

A nimble little girl in a cloth dress was holding a large piece of wood, ready to close the door of the shop. Suddenly, I saw a sedan chair stop at the door, so I stopped and stared blankly.

It wasn't until she saw Hong Yi get off the sedan chair and come out that the little girl sighed and hurriedly bowed down again, "The benefactor is here." Then he let go of his throat and shouted into the shop: "Grandpa, uncle, the benefactor is here." ”

ps: Hong Yi has finally started to dúlì and establish his own family business and power. Everyone votes.