Delong

第131章 上林行（10）（8k2合1还债）
The summer rainy season arrived as scheduled, and the eastern capital also became chaotic as scheduled.

As Zhang Xing expected, this time the turmoil started in the bustling commercial areas on both sides of Luoshui River, but the south of the city absurdly escaped the final stage because it was impossible for the poor ghosts who had eaten their last meal to have gold and silver. Start with a knife.

It turned out that Jingjiehu was the first to do it.

No way, really no way, they have always had similar businesses, and they have always made money from commercial activities, and even many headquarters have gold and silver businesses sitting on the ground, so-called professional counterparts... At the same time, they have been facing commercial activities and Life in the city also makes the street tigers in Fusi of Dongzhen loose their natural discipline, or simply say that corruption is rampant. Many general flags and small flags are basically a white-skinned gang when they are taken alone.

This made them feel no psychological pressure, and it was almost a matter of course that they chose to transfer the gold and silver apportionment to the merchants in their own jurisdiction.

A general banner is in charge of three or four workshops, dozens of serious school lieutenants, a monthly salary of several taels of gold, dozens of taels of silver, exchanged for copper coins of hundreds of coppers, and walks around the merchants inside and out, even the executors I couldn't help extorting a little more, and it was distributed among many merchants and gangs with no background in the jurisdiction, and it still seemed that there was no disturbance, and it drifted away naturally.

However, Jinwuwei can't do what Jingjiehu can do?Officials and yamen servants can't do it?
Jinyi Xunqi can't do it?
Even at the level of Jinyi Patrollers and various temple supervisors, there is no need to do it by themselves. After the superficial meaning, the executors below will send their share directly to their homes by pumping water.

The massive and systematic extortion started immediately, and once it started, it couldn't be stopped.

And soon, its scope and fluctuations were far beyond everyone's imagination, including Zhang Xing's.

"The price of rice has gone up."

It was a day off, the rain was not heavy, and Zhang Xing, who had already touched the threshold of the end of the Tongmai, was studying the "Yi Jin Jing" with Li Ding on the porch of the main room at home. At noon, Qin Bao and Yue Niang came out with umbrellas After going out to buy rice and vegetables, Zhang Xing was a little stunned by Yueniang's first words when she came in.

"How much has it increased?" Zhang Xing frowned and asked after recovering.

"It's said that it's more than ten yuan. We bought it in the workshop. We know that our family is an official, so we only need eight yuan..." Yueniang said while carrying the basket in her hand into the kitchen.

"Actually, it's not just rice, but other oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar tea, meat, and cloth have all gone up." Qin Bao said in a muffled voice, and then put down his umbrella and sent a large bag of rice into the kitchen with one hand.

"But the price of eggs hasn't increased." Yue Niang, who came out of the kitchen and strolled down the porch, couldn't wait to add. "The price of fish has not increased, and the price of firewood has not increased. The uncle who delivered the firewood just came to deliver half a car of firewood and half a car of fodder..."

"I know what's going on." Hearing this, Zhang Xing suddenly realized. "This is because the merchants who opened the store were blackmailed and couldn't wait to get their money back, so they raised their prices spontaneously. However, the eggs are generally from the farmers themselves, the fish is from the fishermen, and the firewood is from the woodcutters themselves. There is no centralized extortion at all... I was indeed a little confused, thinking that this matter would only stop with the merchants, but I forgot that although the officials will blackmail the merchants, the merchants also know that it will be passed on to everyone."

"Indeed." Yueniang nodded quickly. "Those who raised the price are privately scolding Jingjiehu, Jinwuwei and the county guards, saying that they are scraping land endlessly, and their posture seems to be eating people... Some people on the street didn't want to give it, so they were directly brought by Jinwuwei. The Ministry of Criminal Justice has gone to the prison."

"The common people are a bit uncomfortable with this wave." Li Ding replied with a sigh.

Zhang Xing was expressionless and didn't say a word.

"Why is no one caring?"

Qin Bao, who came out of the kitchen, seemed a little hard to understand. "I know this matter will be unstoppable, and I know that group of people will blackmail the merchants, but why don't the superiors ignore it?"

Zhang Xing was taken aback for a moment, and finally asked back: "Why should the superiors care?"

Qin Bao was at a loss for words for a moment, he didn't know what to say.

"You two..." Li Ding finally laughed, but looked at Qin Bao who was standing in the rain. "Qin Erlang, who and what do you want?"

"The ministers and ministers above wantonly blackmail the officials below." Qin Bao stood in the rain, his indignation hard to appease. "Those officials almost looted in the street...Jingjie Tigers robbed once, Jinwuwei and county government officials robbed again, not only collecting gold and silver for themselves, but also collecting gold and silver for their colleagues, and for the entire Yamen...I met on the road Acquaintance, he told me that not only Beiya is ready to distribute to Jinwuwei, but even Jing’antai will distribute to Jingjiehu, and let them go to the street to 'help exchange' gold and silver! I went to the shop, Even the acquaintances in the shops in the shop saw my white ribbon and spoke carefully, for fear of offending me! Walking on the street, they would be dodged like thieves."

"Second brother Qin was spat on while walking today." Yueniang added without losing the opportunity. "That person thought Second Brother Qin didn't see the rain, but Second Brother Qin pretended not to see it...I saw it."

There was a moment of silence in front of the main room, and Zhang Xing, the main confidant, did not say a word.

Immediately, Li Ding, who was a little embarrassed, took up the topic with dark circles under his eyes: "Actually, as far as I know, the six ministries and the temple supervisors are also looking for a way, and they are all apportioning... Not to mention the Ministry, there are always connections, the Ministry of War is ready to let the troops stationed in various places find a solution, and the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Civil Affairs are also ready to ask the local authorities to help... That is, the Ministry of Rites is a bit embarrassed. It is said that there have been many scenes in the Ministry of Rites about this matter. It may even double the redemption price for officials and servants."

Well, the officials and servants were all blackmailed.

"Don't the Shangshu and the servants know?" Qin Bao was stunned for a long time, but he didn't have the intention to come out of the rain, and continued to ask questions in the light rain.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Zhang Xing always felt that his voice was trembling.

"I know for sure." Li Ding dodged with a dry smile.

"Then why don't you care about it?" Qin Bao couldn't ask.

"Because..." Li Ding became more embarrassed, and simply looked at Zhang Xing.

"First of all, it is difficult to check." Zhang Xing reluctantly took the words and tried to explain. "This is an edict, it is an official document, and there must be something upright... You can check it out and don't blackmail it. Well, the officials really don't have gold and silver in their homes. They just need to exchange it with a merchant at an official price...The merchant is not willing According to the official price exchange, who broke the law? So how to check?"

Qin Baodeng gasped for breath.

"Secondly, there is no way to check." Zhang Xing continued to speak earnestly. "This matter is the edict from the top and the profit market below, and the people in the middle who are in harmony with the light... You check, for the top, it is against the edict and will, it is against the saint and Nanya; for the bottom , is to prevent everyone from getting rich; for the middle, it is you who are trying to gain fame by yourself, and let other colleagues of the same level bear the name of colluding for nothing... So why should you investigate?"

Qin Bao waved his hands, and without saying a word, he turned back to his courtyard, not even looking at his spotted leopard behind.

Yueniang Ming also seemed to realize that the atmosphere was wrong, she stuck out her tongue, and then ran to the opposite side yard to read a book.

"Why did you tell Qin Erlang so thoroughly?" Li Ding asked in a low voice as soon as the two left. "After all, he is young, and if he knows too much, it is easy to hurt his body."

"No matter how you put it, he's a person with a seal, and he should know something..." Zhang Xing shook his head. "No one told him, he thought the court was reasonable."

"That's the problem." Li Ding smiled wryly. "Qin Erlang is an honest boy, and he wants to be famous. Naturally, he wants to be a high official in the court. But if the court is unreasonable, what will he do? Isn't it embarrassing for him?"

"Sooner or later, think about this problem." Zhang Xing's eyes were burning. "He has to think about it, he will have to pass this threshold sooner or later... Including where the root of this unreasonableness is, he has to think about it."

Li Ding put away his smile and asked seriously with dark circles under his eyes: "Have you thought about it?"

"I've thought about it." Zhang Xing was extremely frank, but immediately asked back. "Have you thought about it?"

"I may be thinking in a different direction than you are thinking." Li Ding replied with a little shyness. "Unlike you who have the world in your heart, I am a bit utilitarian and petty..."

"When did you think about it?" Zhang Xing didn't have time to ask.

"When the Wu family was rebelled." Li Ding sighed.

Zhang Xing wanted to ask again.

But Li Ding seemed to have expected it long ago, and said directly: "It is my suggestion for Wu Jingfeng to go to Luocao in Nanyang... I told him, the more you want to take revenge, the more you have to stay useful, and you have to improve your cultivation base." If you mention it, you need to leave a reputation among the people, the rivers and lakes, and the court, so that the people in the court will be afraid of you, the people in the rivers and lakes will respect you, and the people will think that you are a good person... In this way, you can wait until the time comes, and when the time comes, You have the opportunity to show your talents.”

Zhang Xing thought for a while, then nodded: "He is quite obedient."

"That's the good thing about him, but it's also a bad thing... He's too easy to listen to." Li Ding was a little emotional. "I'm afraid he will be bad at this in the future."

"It's really a bit muddy, and it's easy to be fooled." Zhang Xing also expressed some agreement, and looked at the other party's dark circles by the way. "So, in case one of the court's unreasonable things comes to your head, your plan is the same as Wu Jingfeng's?"

Li Ding did not show his dark circles to the other party, but turned his head to look at the rain that was getting bigger and bigger: "Actually, it's the same if I stay in the court now... just wait."

"Waiting to serve Great Wei?" Zhang Xing laughed. "If in two or three years, you suddenly change your luck, you will be appointed as the county magistrate, and then you will be transferred to the county magistrate and general, and you will be able to become the general of the dynasty and Shangzhu before the age of 40. Maybe you will be able to personally command the pacification of Dongyi and Yaodao And Wu Clan, are you going to do your best for the court?"

"Save some face." Li Ding seized the opportunity to cover his nose, as if embarrassed. "The situation in my clan... as long as the court doesn't take the initiative to find fault, it can't take the initiative to rebel, right? Is it just because the Li family in Longxi is extinct for me?"

Zhang Xing smiled but wasn't smiling.

And Li Ding is also decent, and he never asked the other party, after "thinking about it", what kind of result is it?
In this way, the rain was slow and fast, and in the next two or three days, prices soared, and finally rolled back—because the price increase of basic materials such as rice noodles, oil tea, etc., in turn drove firewood, forage, fish eggs and other goods. ** Price of work.

In the end, the whole city will raise prices together.

This time, Zhang Xing didn't do anything, and Bai Yousi didn't ask Zhang Xing for advice. They all knew that the source of the matter was Ziwei Palace, and Ziwei Palace was not something they could do at this moment, or that Bai Yousi Si has tried his best to stop it, and Zhang Xing has also ensured that Fu Longwei can stay out of it.

These days, Bai Yousi is studying some ancient books and classics, and he has even applied to go to the third floor of Langya Pavilion, so he doesn't know if he plans to abandon martial arts and go to literature, and take the Jinshi exam with Yan Qing next year.As for Zhang Xing, his focus is basically on cultivation. Zhang Sanlang, who has entered the No.12 Zhengmai many days ago, is working hard to exercise and pulse, in order to break through the most difficult stage of the [-] Zhengmai as soon as possible, and enter the No.[-] Zhengmai stage. It is a more flexible and more effective stage of the Eight Meridians and Eight Meridians.

Then go to take a peek at what the so-called Ren Du's second vein really means.

After all, at this time, he hated his lack of cultivation more and more... If it really reached the alchemy stage, it would be a big deal that the master would stop serving him!
With this kind of thinking in mind, today's Vice Changjian Zhang is thinking about breakthroughs in his dreams, and even going to Nanya to take shifts to work as guards for Zhang Han and Zhang Xianggong, he seems a little absent-minded.

But the last one is really difficult.

Of course, Mr. Zhang Han and Mr. Zhang actually don’t need Fu Longwei to follow him to enter the meeting hall. Although the other gentlemen in Nanya are still very cold, it’s not that they didn’t even say a word at the beginning... Fu Long Wei is now just guarding outside the meeting hall and Zhang Han's public house, acting as a higher-level Jinwu Guard, and there is really nothing to care about.

There is nothing more lax than this.

"When will the Ministry of Civil Affairs get the gold and silver together?"

It was still raining that day, Zhang Xingzheng was standing on the porch outside the meeting hall watching the rain, although he didn't look back, he knew Bai Hengqiu was talking just by hearing the voice.

"It doesn't matter when we can get it together." Zhang Han's voice sounded behind him immediately. "It can be repaired and assembled... The key is the design plan and overall structure. The truth is that if the plan is approved, construction will start immediately."

"It's not impossible." After a long pause, someone spoke just now, but it seemed that it was Prime Minister Su Wei who spoke. "I think the people from Beiya can take over Tongtian Tower."

"Of course I can, but I have something to say first." It was still Bai Hengqiu's voice. "The Tongtian Tower is no small matter, so when our Ministry of Industry came to repair it, we kept improving it. We only used 1 people and were careful and careful, so that only four floors have been built now... It is okay to take it away from the Beiya, but we should let it go. The people from the Ministry of Industry are completely and completely withdrawn, and then let the Beiya fully accept it in person, and then sign a document or something... Of course, we can get anything we need, and there is nothing we can't give... In a word, since It’s not that we have repaired it, neither me nor our Ministry of Industry, we must not bear this overwhelming responsibility.”

"Bai Xianggong is too careful?" Someone seemed to persuade him.

"Don't dare to be careless." Bai Hengqiu said firmly.

"That's it." Zhang Shizhao said suddenly. "Let's do it this way... Whoever cleans up the business, don't push it around... It's better for one person to ransack the house and exterminate the family than two people, not to mention that if the British government's house is copied, it may cost half the court." It's all gone, and Dugong Gao has only one brother and two nephews, so it's easy to chop off."

As soon as this remark came out, the original persuasive voice no longer appeared.

Things also seem to be settled.

"So... this means that the plan of Tianshu Jinzhu is already in place? Just send it to Da Nei first?" Uncle Cao Lin's voice suddenly came up again.

"Yes." Zhang Han responded quickly.

After a while of silence, Su Wei, the prime minister, came to ask: "Can you make a base for Nanya? What is the approximate shape? How high and how big? How much gold and silver will be used? It is impossible to build a hundred feet high as rumored. A pillar of pure gold, right?"

"Su Xiang made a public joke." Zhang Han seemed to be amused. "No matter how stupid I am, how can I be so nonsensical... If the height of one hundred feet can not collapse, then the Supreme One must come down to the earth to cultivate... Actually, roughly speaking, it is still iron."

Zhang Xing was still watching the rainwater dripping from the eaves of the meeting hall without squinting. He didn't care about the discussion behind him at all. He was thinking about what to eat tonight. Anyway, tonight was in Zhang Hanxin's imperial gifted mansion. Money.

"The plan is like this." Zhang Xianggong quickly began to introduce. "150 feet, [-] feet high... But it will take about an earthen mountain, three-story platform... and the top three-hui holy figure will be counted."

"Oh."

"I'll just say it."

"The main body is made of iron, but there is a dragon on the outside, a dragon made of copper... Gold and silver are mainly used to carve patterns and engrave inscriptions on the merits of saints on the pillars... the top Sanhui icon must be gold-plated or plated Silver...Then the four sides also have reflections on all sides, but the main body is the Tianshu Golden Pillar, so there is no need to exaggerate...it can be done directly on the four sides of the earth mountain..."

"How thick is the main body of the Tianshu Golden Pillar?" Suddenly someone interrupted, and it seemed to be Zhang Shizhao's voice.

"This depends on the specific production. It can be hollow, as long as it stands firmly..."

"Approximately how much iron will it cost? How much is the total cost?" Zhang Shizhao chased after him. "Isn't that what Cao Zhongcheng meant by waiting for a long time? Why does Mr. Zhang keep it secret and always talk about other things?"

"I need 200 million catties of iron, right?" Zhang Han's voice paused for a moment before giving the answer. "200 million catties of iron... I will find someone to calculate the total cost. According to the market price, including iron, copper, silver and gold... the total cost is 2000 billion yuan."

Zhang Xing was at a loss outside the door, he was really at a loss, because he didn't know whether the cost was high or low for Wei, who was full of warehouses.

But soon, the meeting hall gave him the answer.

"A little too much?" Prime Minister Su's voice trembled. "Mingtang and Tongtian Tower are not together..."

"Not to mention Tongtian Pagoda, the cost of Mingtang is actually manpower, and manpower is free of money." Zhang Han said convincingly. "Besides, 2000 billion yuan just sounds like a lot. I am the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. How can I not know the family background of the imperial court? Today, the annual tax collection can include 4000 million stones of grain, more than 600 million silks, and more than 800 million hemp. Salt, iron, tea, wine and other commercial tax monopoly are about 3000 to 5000 million guanwen... Not to mention that food is worthless, silk and hemp plus commercial tax, it is close to 500 million guanwen a year, which is [-] billion yuan."

"In other words, is it four years of annual income?" Uncle Cao seemed a little angry. "How many soldiers are enough?"

"Cao Gong, it will never affect the annual income." Zhang Han tried to explain. "The key is that the prices of gold and silver are inflated. As for the copper that costs the most, it is just to take out the copper coins in stock and melt them down...Throw the money in the warehouse, and the strings that string the money are all rotten. Why keep it? Gold Silver and copper cannot be eaten or worn, and food and cloth will not change, so it will not delay major events."

"No, I remember that an iron hoe costs tens of pennies. How come you have 200 million catties of iron for only a few pennies per catty?" Bai Hengqiu suddenly thought of something.

"Because the price of a hoe mainly depends on the forging of ironware and craftsmen, it only takes the cost of iron ore to melt an iron pillar..." Zhang Han was not afraid at all. "The iron ore is owned by the imperial court. When I say a few pennies per catty, it is already as rich as possible."

Zhang Xing was already at a loss when he heard it outside. Although he was used to discussing political history, he didn't understand economics. Why did he think Zhang Han's words were more reasonable?
However, if the money is melted, won't the price of copper coins also rise, and then all prices will take off?

There are still 200 million catties of iron... Gold and silver are already so frivolous, iron... except for mineral deposits and stocks...should they be expropriated again?For example, take back a hoe worth fifty cents and melt it down, turning it into pouring iron worth a few cents?But no one seems to care about this, they only care about the total cost, and what they use to compare is how many soldiers can be raised with this money.

This time, the discussion in Nanya did not stop until the afternoon.

Zhang Xing was already dizzy.

However, it stopped after all, and several gentlemen came out together, and several of them looked quite tired.Zhang Xing didn't even think about it, he just waved his hand, took Qin Bao and the other nine Fulongguards together to start from the corridor, first spread along the corridor, and pointed all the way from the entrance of the meeting hall to the front of Zhang Han's public house.

However, at this moment, an unexpected accident occurred.

Qin Bao, who had been standing guard with his head down, suddenly stepped forward, jumped into the small courtyard of the Zhengshitang, and then braved the rain to respectfully bow his hands to the several ministers, and said: "Everyone!"

Zhang Xing's heart skipped a beat, thinking of something, he immediately jumped into the rain curtain, ready to drag him back.

But it was too late.

"What?" Yu Changji, who was standing under the corridor, stopped with his hands together and smiled, making Zhang Xing's actions useless on the spot. "Does this Fulongwei have anything to say?"

The other husbands had no choice but to stop.

"Report to Mr. Yu." Qin Bao's face became more and more red, and he hurried to speak. "I... I want to say... I want... I want to ask all the ministers to take care of the people in the Eastern Capital... Since the imperial court ordered hundreds of officials to donate gold and silver, in less than half a month, there have been many officials who exchanged gold and silver. The name of the merchant blackmailed the merchants, the merchants suffered unspeakably, and then raised the price wantonly, and now all the rice, grain and firewood in the Eastern Capital have skyrocketed..."

"Zhang Xing." Before he finished speaking, Bai Hengqiu became impatient. "Take care of your subordinates... tell him, what is this place, what did he do wrong?"

"Yes." Zhang Xing turned around helplessly, and grabbed Qin Bao's hand. "Qin Erlang, of course you have a good intention for doing this. You don't want to ruin the reputation of your husbands...Nowadays, there are many nursery rhymes and jingles for you in Dongdu...but so what? They are all small things. Anyway, You, a White Ribbon Fulongwei, are not qualified to report directly to ministers other than Zhongcheng, because once the example of leapfrog reporting is opened, it will only cause new troubles like the military rank law is broken... Hurry up Please step back!"

Qin Bao took a deep breath, and replied in a low voice amidst the silence of several lords: "Yes, it's Meng Lang who has been dismissed. Please make amends, lords."

Zhang Xing looked at Bai Hengqiu as if nothing had happened, then he only glanced at him, and hurriedly turned him around as if he had received some kind of permission.

Bai Hengqiu Nianxu gave a dry laugh, and left first, and the rest of the princes also laughed a little bit, and continued to separate.

Qin Bao, who had returned to the corridor, already had a reddened complexion, but was wet by the rain, just followed Zhang Xing and stood in front of Zhang Han's office, without saying a word.

However, when Zhang Han walked to the door with his hands behind his back, he suddenly stretched out his hand and dragged Qin Bao in.

Zhang Xing was dumbfounded.

What made him even more dumbfounded was that Zhang Han dragged Qin Bao into the public house, actually asked about the price increase in Dongdu in detail, and then promised on the spot:
"I am Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so I can't care about the life and death of scholars and people. You are Qin Erlang, right? Don't worry, since you are kind enough to report, I will definitely intervene in this matter."

Qin Bao was moved to tears.

Zhang Xing at the door was frightened, but he didn't know what to say... Of course he knew that Zhang Han was worried that he would ruin his reputation and become the target of public criticism, but what if he interfered?
Can you really stop this matter?
Sure enough, after another two days, the imperial court really issued a notice through Jingjiehu and the county government of Luoyang and Henan, requiring all prices to be equal to those of a month ago. Yes, immediately arrest him under the name of "driving up prices and plotting to commit crimes".

As soon as the news came out, the price of goods in the whole city plummeted, and no one dared to easily take a little profit to gamble on the disaster of prison. The people at the bottom who were struggling to survive cheered.

Qin Bao also cheered up, even though the notice didn't mention the rectification of extortion at all.

Seeing this shape, Zhang Xing wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say... According to his cognition, this kind of forceful one-size-fits-all approach that didn't even stop the source of the evil would only exacerbate the matter... But The dignified Xianggong took the initiative to accept Qin Bao's return and reacted, which made Qin Erlang very excited. What can he say?

Another three or four days passed, that is, the last day in mid-April, the rest day. On this day, both Zhang Xing and Qin Bao stayed at home in turn.

Zhang Xingzi studied his Yi Jin Jing at home and tried to meditate, while Qin Bao routinely accompanied Yueniang to go shopping. knock on the door.

Zhang Xing was surprised in his heart, opened the door and looked even more surprised, because it was Yan Qing who came.

"You were also blackmailed?" After bringing the other party in, Zhang Xing blurted out as soon as he sat down. "The other party has a big background, won't you buy my face? Didn't you report Miss Bai's name?"

"It's considered blackmailed, but it's not considered...meeting a master." Yan Qing said awkwardly. "At the beginning of May there is the True Fire Festival of the Empress of the Red Emperor. There is always a celebration custom of taking advantage of the opportunity to burn fire to dispel dampness. It also happened in previous years... but this time a servant from the Ministry of Rites came directly to come forward... and then a Yuanwailang who presided over the celebration in Beishi said privately They want us to pay more when we pay members this year, and they also make it grander, and they also want gold and silver instead of copper coins and silk."

Zhang Xing was silent for a moment, then shook his head in response: "This is not meeting a master, this is meeting a shameless... A servant, just end? Or go to Beishi where there are all backers?"

Yan Qing was embarrassed for a moment: "Actually, this can be obtained at home. The main reason is that you can't find gold and silver anywhere. You can't borrow it from the eldest princess's jade shop, right? It's really helpless, so I thought of you, Brother Zhang. .”

"It's okay, it's in the fish pond." Zhang Xing stretched out his hand to signal. "I'll get you..."

Yan Qing felt relieved.

A moment later, Yan Qing thanked him and left, Zhang Xing's hands still smelled like fish, when someone knocked on the door again.

When I opened it this time, it turned out to be a kind-hearted person with a rectangular box with three layers inside and three layers outside.

Zhang Xing couldn't remember it for a while, so he had to ask seriously: "Who is your Excellency?"

"Vice Zhang, isn't he right?" The man carefully held the box in both hands outside the threshold and bowed slightly, then raised his head cautiously. "When you went to buy "The Picture of Seven Steeds" that day, you left your name and address with a friend I know, and I have always remembered it... I heard that you have passed the regular inspection and been promoted to the black ribbon, so you are here to congratulate... ...This is Wang Canjun's "Pullion of a Coiling Dragon."

Zhang Xing suddenly remembered who the other party was, and then nodded: "You wait, it happens that I still have some gold here."

As he spoke, he immediately turned around, weighed out 14 taels of gold that still had a fishy smell, and then handed it to the other party on the threshold: "14 taels of gold will be 140 taels of silver... I will take this picture!"

As he spoke, he snatched the box from the opponent's hand, then closed the door, turned and went back.

The man was holding a few pieces of gold cakes with the logo of Yuzihao, and stood in front of the door in the rain for a moment, bowed his head and saluted the closed door, and then hurried away with the gold cakes in his pocket, braved the rain.

Then, there was no knocking on the door. Before noon, Yueniang and Qin Bao directly opened the door and came in. However, after Qin Bao came back, he went back to his small courtyard and never came out again.

"We went to buy rice, and the wife of the shopkeeper was crying." Yueniang stated helplessly to Zhang Xing who was watching "Pulling the Dragon" in the courtyard. "It is said that Jingjiehu came to blackmail four or five times, and the family was empty. They wanted to increase the price but they were not allowed, and they wanted to close the store because it was an official rented rice store in the workshop... Four or five years have been done for nothing... Qin Er Brother was very uncomfortable at the time... But when I went to Tongtuofang to buy paper and pens, I found that the shop that usually bought paper had hanged myself directly, because it was pretended to be a backer there, and refused the extortion from the county government. The head of the guard saw through and found out that he only gave money to Jingjiehu and not to the county guards, and then directly insulted him this time to increase the price, took him back to the county jail, and redeemed it after breaking the house, and found that there was nothing left, so he directly died."

Zhang Xing was taken aback for a moment, nodded, and didn't say anything, just continued to look at the picture.

Seeing that in the evening, after eating, Qin Bao still didn't come out, Zhang Xing finally got impatient, walked over to have a look, only to find that the other party's face was flushed, his body was hot, his forehead was sweating profusely, and he seemed to be sick.

"Ill?" Zhang Xing asked seriously.

"It's raining a little bit." Qin Bao gasped again and again, but put the quilt on again, as if he was avoiding something.

"Is it in the way?" Zhang Xing sighed for a while.

"It's okay." Qin Bao hurriedly replied under the quilt. "Sweat, you'll be fine tomorrow."

"Just don't get in the way, get up and help me kill someone, don't act like you are ignorant, Chang Jian is more like a man than you." Zhang Xing had no expression on his face, and lifted the quilt. "We are not capable of big things, but we can still do small things, right? Do you know the names of Jingjiehu General Banner and Luoyang County Guards who are in charge of Tongtuofang?"

"I know." Qin Bao got up immediately.

PS: Good night.

　The computer broke down, and I didn’t turn it on until the afternoon, and I’ve already ordered a new one... Graphics cards are ridiculously expensive these days, and half a month’s manuscript fee for a computer is gone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)