CHAPTER XXIV
Since that day, the crazy old man and Tianxiao have been sitting in the same sedan chair and sleeping in the same room, in short, there is no one after eating, no one knows what this old man and young god are doing mysteriously, so forty or fifty days later, in early July, they arrived at the Jiangning realm.
It was noon that day, the poisonous day was in the sky, and there was not a trace of cool breeze, and the thunder dragon who led the way in front chose a place near the shade of the lake and trees to let the horse team stop, and everyone jumped off their horses one after another, and sat down casually in a place. In the spring, Zhong Lei and Zhang Qi'er got off the sedan chair, and the people sheltered from the sun in the shade of the tree, gathered the horses and carriages and the sedan chair in an open space next to the tree, and let the horses eat grass and drink water at will.
"This hellish place, there is no village in front of the village, and there is no store in the back. Zhao Hu stroked his clothes with one arm and muttered. The Spring Festival boatman took fat goose and tender chicken, beef, mutton and pork, six urns of good wine, a bucket of tea, and more than 20 large bowls from the sedan chair on the ground, so that everyone could eat and drink around, and it was considered lunch.
Zhong Lei scooped up a large bowl of tea, leaned cross-legged under a big tree hugged by two people, and looked at the merchants who were hurrying away, thinking about something. Wang Bao took half a chicken and came to Zhong Lei's side with a large bowl of wine. "Come, third, let's have some food. Zhong Lei didn't reach out to catch the chicken and wine, but said, "Second brother, I'm thinking about it." You see, if you open a restaurant inn or something here, it will definitely make a good living. Besides, there is wasteland on both sides of the avenue, not to mention building a compound, even if there are five or six thousand families living in it, there is still a place to spare. What do you say" Wang Bao naturally heard the taste, and said with a smile: "Your third child is smart and can think about things." Think about it, it is also connected to Nanjing, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Luzhou. It's really reliable, it's reliable. It's a good place. After that, he got up and went back to tell Zhong Lei's thoughts to everyone, and everyone praised them, and the matter was settled, pouring wine and eating.
Others were still eating, drinking, and enjoying the coolness, but Zhong Lei arrived on the other side of the road, standing stupidly under the poisonous sun, looking east and west for an hour, and then came back happily. After he drank a bowl of herbal tea, he folded a branch and drew it on the ground for a while, and then beckoned everyone to come around, pointing to the picture on the ground with a branch and saying with a smile: "Yingchun, Lei Long, Jiao Yi, you have the best memory, don't forget it after listening to it." Then he said where the compound can be built, where the restaurant can be built, where the inn can be built, and where the housing can be built, and finally said: "This courtyard can be built as big as it can be, anyway, there are silver taels, don't be enough to live in when the time comes." In short, when building the house, our brothers and Geng Biao will take the young master to Dengzhou, and the dragon and phoenix ship of the Long Live Lord is hidden there, and they have to be returned to the Long Live Lord. By the way, I lived in the palace and the capital for a few months, and I thought that the Long Live Lord and Mo Guifei would also think about the young master. Yingchun, Lei Long, and Jiao Yiyan are responsible for building the house. Yin Guanghai is responsible for protecting property, this is all our belongings, and we must not be sloppy in the slightest. Murong Fei and Wang Jie took the silver taels to a poor place to buy some maid rings and came back with their subordinates, I think a hundred or ten will be enough. Brother, I don't have to worry about you people, just spend time on the construction site as a supervisor and manager. After the house is built, those who don't have wives are married, and those who have wives bring their families here, and everyone lives in a compound, and there are many people who want to be lively and feel at ease, so as not to worry. After hearing this, everyone happily chatted, and it was very lively.
Tianxiao wiped his tears and walked over, Zhong Lei didn't see the crazy old man coming, so he stretched out his hand and hugged the young master in his arms and asked with a smile: "What about the old man, why don't you get out of the car to get some food and drink?" Tianxiao pouted and said, "Old man, he's gone." Wang Bao sighed and said with a smile: "Young master, it is said that the number one in martial arts today, that is, this old man of yours." Your Uncle Zhong used to work under him. Hey, I didn't expect you two to still have such a relationship, it's really a strange fate. Tianxiao smiled and didn't say a word, and after eating something indiscriminately, he said, "You talk, I'll go to the sedan chair to practice." He got up and left, and everyone continued to chat.
At dusk, everyone got on their horses and hurried to the riverside to find a boat to cross the river. Due to the large number of things, it was not until the evening that I reached the opposite shore.
Everyone flew into Jiangning City and found a small inn to rent. Thinking of tomorrow to make a short separation, this night's meal has become the most sumptuous delicacy after everyone gets together, a single urn of ninety years of good wine costs twenty taels of silver, Zhong Lei actually asked for thirty urns, and Zhang Qi'er was distressed when he drank it.
During the banquet, Zhong Lei repeatedly told everyone. "Here 1,800 taels of gold, 35,300 taels of silver, 320,000 taels of silver, and four boxes of rare treasures, how many people can compete for this, this burden falls on you, and no one is allowed to be careless. From tomorrow onwards, you can only drink three points of wine, and if you are drunk, you will make a mistake, and you must not be careless, remember to remember. Everyone knew that this matter was serious, so they immediately nodded and agreed, drank heartily, and were very happy, until midnight when they went back to their rooms. Zhong Lei couldn't sleep, and stood alone in the courtyard looking up at the starry sky and thinking about his thoughts. The wind is cold in the middle of the night, so be careful of catching a cold. Yingchun's concerned voice suddenly sounded behind him, and then a piece of clothing was draped on Zhong Lei's body. "I don't know what I'm thinking when I walk behind you? Zhong Lei sighed lightly and pointed to the carriage on the side, and the two sat down side by side.
"Yingchun, Lei Long is loyal, Jiao Yi is smart, when I am not there, I will discuss with them if I have something. Building a compound is not an overnight thing, in short, don't be too tired yourself. Zhong Lei's words were both cordial and soft, and immediately made Yingchun's heart move, and he nodded and said, "I remember everything." ”
After seventy or eighty days of getting along, Yingchun and Zhong Lei have never been separated. On weekdays, Zhong Lei's concern for himself and his father also allowed her to keep such a large fortune with such a maid. She often ponders in her heart, but every time she thinks about it, she feels that she is daydreaming, how can she be worthy of such a bold man. "Brother Zhong. Yingchun himself didn't know how at this moment of heartbeat, Uncle Zhong changed his words to Brother Zhong. "Your wounds are not healed, I am not around, you have to learn to take care of yourself. Also, don't let me worry too much. Her body snuggled up to Zhong Lei unconsciously. Zhong Lei also has a good impression of Yingchun, but he already has a wife and children, so he doesn't dare to think about it, otherwise wouldn't it be the old cow gnawing on the sprouts and ruining a good girl. But this night, neither of them was sleepy, and slowly squeezed out what they thought in their hearts, until they talked about dawn and dawn, and refused to leave, and their lives were settled, and since then they have cared about each other, missed each other, and said that they also love.
After Zhong Lei took away the young master, Yingchun found the innkeeper, took out an ingot of twenty taels of silver, put it in his hand and said: "Uncle, as long as you find me all the carpenters, masons, and bricklayers in Jiangning City, this ingot of silver is yours." The shopkeeper said, "Is this true?" Lei Long smiled and said, "If you find someone from other places, I will reward you with another twenty taels." This immediately made the shopkeeper happy, and hurriedly found a man to say this, and then dispersed.
Murong Fei and Wang Jie asked Yingchun for fifty taels of silver, and the two of them dressed up and went to the street dressed up as passing merchants.
Jiao Yi found paper, pen, ink and inkstone, brought a gourd of tea, carried a waist knife, rode out of the city with Ling'er, galloped all the way to the riverside ferry, and crossed the river to the place where the sun was sheltered from yesterday to eat and drink. After walking three or four laps on the horse, the two of them got off their horses, found a piece of flat soil, flattened the paper on the ground, took out an inkstone, and dripped water to grind the ink. Then the scene was investigated, combined with Zhong Lei's conception, and he drew a schematic diagram of the building in the painting, and then drew a schematic diagram of the house in the painting, and then left. It was already afternoon when I returned to Jiangning, and I saw hundreds of outsiders crowded inside and outside the inn, and I asked the shopkeeper to find out that they were all carpenters and bricklayers in Jiangning City, so I found the Spring Thunder Dragon, gave them a few pictures drawn, and then went to find a place to eat and drink with Ling'er.
"You, you, and you, you're one. Lei Long stretched out his hand and pointed at the four old men, asked them to come to the table, put a few drawings of Jiao Yi on the table, and after explaining, asked the four old men to estimate how many bricks, tiles, wood, cornerstones, bluestone slabs and auxiliary materials were needed according to experience, how many bricklayers, carpenters, masons, and handling auxiliaries were needed, and the preparation time would take several days, and the entire construction period would take several months, not to mention how many silver taels were needed. The four old men were also very cautious when they heard this, and successively found seven or eight people to point their fingers at the drawing, and after repeatedly estimating for a while, one of the old men said: "Boss, I don't want to wait for you, if there are 80,000 taels of silver, it will be completed within eight months, and there will be no words." Lei Long is also a shrewd person, knowing that these craftsmen are slandering people, but in order to end the wandering as soon as possible and let the young master have a stable environment to settle down to practice martial arts, he nodded and said: "Silver two is no problem, but you can't cut corners and shoddy." Let's make it clear, our lord is a first-class official in the capital, whoever plays fraud, then whoever will play to the end, and then you will have to affect your wife and children, you have to think clearly. The four old men all nodded, and after discussing for a while, the innkeeper was the guarantee, and Yingchun immediately asked Yin Guanghai to take three thousand taels of silver from upstairs, and counted them to the four old men, but they did not forget to slap the innkeeper twenty taels of silver.
With the silver two, the preparation of materials is also fast, and it has been half a month in the blink of an eye in the blink of an eye, and the idle materials for building houses in Jiangning City and the four towns and eight neighbors have been searched and transported to the construction site. There are also as many as 300 craftsmen of all kinds, and there are thousands of small workers, and many simple sheds have been erected, and there is a lively scene in the wilderness. For the sake of auspiciousness, Yingchun invited six groups of lions on the day of breaking the ground, and also asked the boatmen to set off firecrackers, and after a great liveliness, he left his father and these people to supervise the work there.
Half a month has passed. In the afternoon of this day, Lei Long Jiao Yi was inspecting all kinds of stones and four pairs of large and small stone lions, when suddenly three yacha came, and everyone stopped work with a shout. After asking, it turned out that someone had sued the owner of this side with a complaint, saying that it was illegal to occupy other people's land. Lei Long, Jiao Yi shouted after hearing this, let everyone continue to do their work, and then took out their respective waist cards and lit up in front of Yacha's eyes, and looked at them coldly. The three yacha saw that they were the leaders of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and their official products were bigger than their masters, so their voices were naturally much quieter, and they kept nodding their heads. Lei Long, Jiao Yi was not embarrassed by him, and they got on the horse together and came to the Jiangning Mansion, only to learn that a group of officials had gone to Suzhou to visit the governor.
"Okay, when your master comes back, he will say that Jinyi Wei Leilong, Dongchang Jiao Yi has come. I didn't see him, and I was extremely unhappy, so I asked him to be careful about his career and head. Lei Long left these words, and Jiao Yi was about to leave in a huff, but was stopped by a person. "Two adults, please stay. ”
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