The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 11
It was almost bright outside, the flames licked the bottom of the pot, and the porridge was boiling. The stout woman broke off the dry wood and threw it into the stove. The young man who spoke, and his own husband.

At the same time as he yelled "It's time to eat!", Rizheng just finished saying, "Guaranteed? I won't do it!"

Here, Geng Qing waved her hands anxiously when she saw that he refused.

"Don't be in a hurry, can you let the little one finish."

"Okay, tell me."

"Not to mention my father's head injury, the younger one also stayed up all night last night. Thinking about it, how can a bunch of shabby people in the village settle down and guard Susukita against the rich and powerful Mr. Liu, don't you think?"

Geng Qing organized his words, trying his best to connect with the ideas he thought of last night bit by bit, the current situation is similar to what he thought, if Li Zheng agreed just now, it would be a ghost.

Seeing Lizheng nodded in agreement, he hastily picked up the conversation and continued:

"The little guy thought, since he couldn't fight, he would get his head broken and his life lost, wouldn't he be stupid? I went to the city a few days ago, and the storytellers in the tea shop said that good birds choose wood and die." Xi, although the younger one doesn't quite understand what it means, but he thinks it makes sense. The younger one will take the lead in selling the fields first, and he will have a good impression when he arrives at Mr. Liu's place. Then he may be able to enjoy the leisure of looking after the house. eat."

Hearing what the young man said, and seeing the flattering smile on his face, he understood what was going on in his heart, and pointed at Geng Qing's head with a smile.

"Little clever, it turned out to be this idea, why didn't you make it clear just now."

"Young one has never met Lizheng before, so I can't figure out your thoughts. How dare you be so straightforward when we meet. What if I get angry and tie up the little one and send him to the official?"

Geng Qing graciously took the pastry and handed it over.

"Haha." Lizheng was amused by what he said, and took the pastry with the tip of his beard, "I have been in Lizheng for many years, and I have experienced more wind and rain than you have eaten. How can you, a junior, see through it?" ?Hahaha!"

Seeing him take it for granted, the smile on Geng Qing's face grew wider.

"Yes, the little ones can't see through Lizheng, and they have never seen the world. Most of the people in Gengjia Village are miserable. They have never seen the world. They spend their entire lives digging in the soil with a hoe, unless there is real money in front of them." , they are willing to believe it.

Today, my little one, I want to stand up first, because I want Lizheng to be my guarantor. When I go to Mr. Liu, I will first ask for a deposit for the field, and put the real money in front of the villagers, so they won't believe it. "

Taking advantage of Lizheng's excitement, he told the whole story. Of course, this was not the point Geng Qing wanted to talk about. He gestured towards Lizheng who was frowning gradually, but his voice was amplified a little.

"This deposit, Lizheng contributes the most. Naturally, I have to take some to buy some furniture and decorations. My sister is so young and beautiful." Geng Qing turned his face slightly, and the stout woman who was looking over there blinked provocatively , "If you apply the exquisite rouge and gouache in the city to dress up, it will bring out the extraordinaryness of the inside."

Lizheng frowned, followed to look at the stove, and saw his short, round wife smiling sweetly, shyly touching the red flower on her bun, and couldn't help shivering.

'Young and beautiful?This young man may have an eye disease. '

He turned his gaze back, pondered for a moment, "I need to think about this matter, and I will arrive today"

"Damn ghost, you are so happy about what you said." The woman brought a cup of hot tea over, put it on the table, gave her man a wink, and lowered her words: "Come up with my old lady!"

As he spoke, he gestured to Geng Qing with a smile, dragged and dragged her husband up to the second floor, and vaguely heard the woman's thick voice talking above.

"How good my brother said, will you accept the money?!"

"A woman's opinion, how can it be so easy to take!"

".Okay, you don't want to use this money to dress me up. You must have raised a child outside. Do you dislike me for not having children for you all these years? My father was really blind when he recruited you in and let you in You are Li Zheng."

"Oh, stop talking."

"Why don't you say, if you want me to believe that you didn't raise a child, then give me the money"

Hearing the uproar above, Geng Qing didn't have the flattering smile just now, he took the cup lightly and blew on the floating tea stems, after entering the door, he actually gestured for gifts deliberately to judge whether the woman who opened the door was greedy for money, plus Before going up, he took out the money from selling Gu Fan, and seeing the performance of the two couples, Geng Qing changed his previous plan a little bit, and used the woman to pry Wang Lizheng's wall.

It seems to be more than half successful.

Sure enough, not long after, Lizheng came down from the stairs after arranging his hair, and agreed to be a guarantee, but there was one condition, Geng Qing had to sign and pledge, to guarantee that the deed of good land in Geng’s village would be handed over to Mr. Liu Mang Liu .

"Lizheng can do this, how can a young one have no conscience, and besides, I don't know a lot of Chinese characters, and I can't do farm work, so I can't wait to find a backer to eat, why did I ruin my job?"

After that, the woman invited Geng Qing to have breakfast together, and the two men discussed some details at the dinner table. During the period, they said a few flattering words from time to time, which made the couple even happier.

After breakfast and a short rest, Wang Lizheng took Geng Qing out of Niujiaji, and walked through the fertile fields outside the town where the seeds had just been planted. Farmers and women stepped on the mud barefoot, bowing their waists. Bending back to pick up weeds.

"Have you seen them? Master Liu is still kind-hearted. When the fields in Gengjia Village are collected, the villagers will have work to do, and they will get a lot of rations every year. With the money from selling the fields, they can still live happily. comfortable."

Geng Qing, who was following behind, nodded repeatedly and said yes, but didn't take the other party's words to heart. He looked over Li Zheng, who was leading the way, and stared straight at the big house at the end of the road.

The courtyard walls are whitewashed, the eaves are black tiles, and the courtyard door is opened with lacquered red copper buttons. Two mighty stone lions squat down to show their grandeur. He called out, "I've seen Li Zheng."

"This is from Gengjia Village, come here to talk about selling the fields."

Li Zheng pointed to Geng Qing, who was coming behind him, and explained the purpose of his visit to the old porter. The latter glanced at the young man behind him, and led him through the Fengshui wall to the front yard.

Along the way, Geng Qing couldn't help looking around, there were many potted flower gardens around, and there were pavilions and waterside pavilions in the distance. Although Feihu County is a big county, there are not many noble gentry, but in Niujiaji, such a house can be regarded as rare It's extravagant, and with his own strength, I'm afraid he can't beat this Master Liu at all.

Entering the reception hall, the servant girl brought tea and put it down, then left in a hurry, Li was sitting by the side, tasting the tea naturally, obviously he often came here.

Not long after, the steward of the courtyard came over, and behind him was a fat figure, wearing a gold-threaded square-hole gown, walking forward and being served by two pretty maids, who came over and sat down first.

Geng Qing had seen him before, it was the fat man who came over in a bullock cart that day.

When the tea was served, Liu Mang exchanged a few words with Li Zheng first, then looked at the bewildered young man next to him, stroked a little beard on his upper lip, and spoke with a smile.

"Brother, have we met somewhere?"

"Back to Mr. Liu, when you went to Geng's Village, we met at the entrance of the village two days ago." Geng Qing hurriedly got up, trying to make himself look fearful, and before the other party answered, he talked about the past like beans come out.

"My father was beaten with a stick, and the young one is just recovering from a serious illness, and he can't wield a hoe. He also knows that the Geng family village can't beat you, so why don't you go and have a meal with the master first."

Often the more this is the case, the less there is a city mansion. Liu Mang likes to deal with this kind of people. He looked at Li Zheng with an inquiring gaze. The white paper and some faded official seals cannot be faked. In his hands, even if he doesn't give the other party any money today, he can get an acre of land for nothing.

The other party just took the land deed and came here. Those who dare to do this must either be honest, or they are calculating every step of the way, and they are extremely scheming. I heard that there is such a person.

Liu Mang naturally dismissed the latter, and the young man didn't look so honest at the moment, so there was only one possibility, flattering, mercenary villain.

On the contrary, he likes this kind of person even more, as long as he is rich and powerful, obedient and obedient like a dog, wagging his tail in front of his feet to please him.

Afterwards, after hearing that Li Zheng was giving him a guarantee, Liu Mang asked someone to bring dozens of coins without even thinking about it, and then wrote a document for Geng Qing to pledge.

"Wang Lizheng is the guarantor, so I can trust it. Gengjia Village has 230 acres of land, [-] acres of high-quality fertile land, [-] guan each, and [-] acres of Zhongtian, [-] guan per mu, a total of [-] guan. I will take [-] guan as a deposit." , Do you see composite numbers? Just draw bets for composite numbers.”

Although I don't know the price of land in this dynasty, Geng Qing must know that there is something tricky in it, and the price must have been suppressed.

The steward in the courtyard specially read the content of the contract, and then showed it to Geng Qing. It was written in traditional regular script. It would be a lie if he said he didn’t know it, but right now, he hesitated to write with the pen in his hand. I can't read, and I can't write my own name."

"Simple. Tell my housekeeper your name, he will write one stroke, you will follow suit, and then get your fingerprint on it."

Geng Qing let out an 'ah', and said his name, Geng Qing, imitating the other party's strokes, signing the signature, and then pressing Hong Hong's fingerprints.

Mr. Liu looked at the contract handed over, looked at the name and handprint written in black and white on it, smiled like a Maitreya with a big round face, and beckoned, asking Geng Qing to accept the money.

"Master Liu Liu, sixty guan is too heavy, can I exchange it for taels of silver? The talent of real gold and silver will make my folks dizzy."

Liu Mang froze for a moment, then laughed louder and waved his hands again and again: "Dizziness? Haha, that's a good word, come on! Go to the warehouse and exchange it for silver ingots."

Immediately, with a laugh, he added another sentence:
"It's inconvenient to bring such a pair of silver, and it's troublesome to meet bad people on the road. In this way, I will send two confidantes to go back with you."

After finishing speaking, the two guards next to him came over knowingly, and when the steward came back with 60 taels of silver, they helped put the burden into it and carried it for Geng Qing.

"Thank you, Master Liu." Geng Qing bowed his hands in trepidation, and Yu Lizheng left with the two of them.

Behind Yuan Que, the steward of the courtyard approached his master, looking at the back of the courtyard walking over there.

"Master, do you really want to buy it for 230 sticks?"

"Who said that?"

Liu Mang flicked the deed paper in his hand with a smile.

"Sixty hanging money, buy [-] acres of land, written clearly in black and white, and there is a guarantee, then it's all mine. Tomorrow, call all the nursing homes at home, and we will go to Gengjia Village to harvest the fields. If you don't give it, you will be beaten to death, this time we are the ones to take advantage."

……

Coming out of Liu's house, Geng Qing smiled and bowed to the two Liu's nursing homes following him.

"Both please."

The sun rose above the clouds and was pouring down. Geng Qing smiled and pressed his lips tightly, looking more and more like a fox.

(End of this chapter)