serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 59

Outside Di'an Gate.

From Gulou East Street and Gulou West Street in the north, to Di'anmen East Street and Di'anmen West Street in the south, along the way, slaves from various prefectures hurriedly carried large cages and small boxes, pawnshops, There were carts parked at the entrance of the bank, and the shopkeepers and stewards had smiles on their faces, and the guys carried boxes one by one into the shop.

On the street, there are crowds of people.

Among the crowd of onlookers, someone was asking, "Hey, what's going on?"

"The imperial court clears the money owed to the treasury, and they all come here to pawn and sell their property."

"What? The dignified court honors are sold to the seller to pay off the debt? No way."

"That's a good statement! These nobles are all pissed, they can only get in and out, how can they repay the national debt!"

"You don't know about that." A voice came from the side.

Everyone looked at it, and a young man in his twenties dressed in a brocade robe was full of air, "This is actually a transaction. The nobles pay back the money, and now I will send them an errand."

Everyone suddenly realized: "Oh"

One person asked: "That's not a pawn sale! I just came from Gulou West Street, and 'Hengshudian' has already reduced its market price to [-]%. This loss is all white money!"

"Ah--"

The young man looked at the interrogator contemptuously, and said, "Do you really think they are short of money? They are doing it for the present to win the favor and trust of the present. As soon as the emperor is happy, this official position will come. As for the loss With that little money, you can just eat some empty salary and resell some military supplies, and you will come back."

"Oh?!" The sound from everyone at the same time was both suddenly enlightened and somewhat amazed.
The young man went on to say: "Once the opening for buying and selling military positions is opened, the army will still be able to fight?!" Seeing that everyone's eyes widened, he said slowly: "This time we can repel the invading Manchu Tartars. It will be hard to say next time."

Among the crowd, the Xunjie Yushi's eyes slowly narrowed.

Rongguo Mansion, Jiamu House.

Jia Mu sat on the upper couch with a serious face, without the kindness and tolerance of the past.

Mrs. Bowling Marquis Zhang stood beside her respectfully.

Zhou Rui's family came in, "Old lady, the cousin of the Bowling Marquis is here."

Jia Mu: "Let him in."

Zhou Ruijia: "Yes." Withdrew.

After a while, Baoling Hou Shi Nai strode in and saluted Jia's mother: "Nephew pays auntie greetings."

Jia Mu waved her hand: "You are an expensive step."

Shi Nai smiled awkwardly: "My nephew doesn't have a serious errand, I'm afraid I'll embarrass my aunt if I come here." He took the tea from Mrs. Zhang, stepped forward, and offered it to Mrs. Jia.

Mother Jia took the tea with both hands, "You know how to be ashamed!"

Shi Nai lowered his head: "Nephew is incompetent."

Two drops of muddy tears dripped from the corners of Jia Mu's eyes, and she said, "Why did such a good historian become like this?"

Mrs. Zhang hastily handed over a handkerchief.

Mother Jia wiped her face and asked Shi Nai, "How much money is there?"

Shi Nai hesitated for a moment, and replied: "It's still short, still short of 7 taels."

Jia Mu: "So many?"

Shi Nai: "To tell you the truth, my nephew spent a lot of money in order to clear up the relationship in the past few years. I sold several properties early in the morning, and I only got together less than 4 taels."

Mother Jia swallowed a sigh of relief: "He is the emperor's favorite minister. He must have accumulated a lot of money over the years. It's fine if he doesn't help you on weekdays. Why didn't he express it at this time? The money is owed by your father, and there are some His share."

Shi Nai was taken aback, his face flushed instantly.

Jia Mu: "What? You went to find him?"

Shi Nai nodded.

Jia Mu: "What did he say?"

Although Shi Nai was furious in his heart, he had no choice but to answer: "He said, since the family is separated, why should he help the Baolinghou's house to pay off the debt."

Jia Mu's face sank, and then she stood up: "He really said that?"

Shi Nai: "Yes. He also said that in order to avoid disputes, it is inconvenient for even girl Yun to go to his house."

Jia's mother trembled slightly with anger: "What a cold-hearted, cruel-hearted evil person. Where's the person?"

Yuanyang, Zhou Rui's family and others hurried in: "Old lady."

Jia's mother said to Yuanyang: "Go, return all the things in Zhongjinghou's mansion, and let someone tell him that I can't stand his courtesy from Zhongjinghou!"

"Old lady!" Yuanyang quickly stepped forward to help Jia Mu to sit down, and gently patted her back.

Mother Jia breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Zhou Rui's house, and asked, "Where's your second master?"

Zhou Rui's family: "Second Master is fishing with Elder Master in Huifang Garden."

Mother Jia is so shrewd, knowing that Jia Hu will not come, she said to Shi Nai: "Although the Jia family is rich, I can't use Jia's money to fill the hole of the historian. I saved a lot of money in the early years. In the past six months, I have paid a lot of filial piety, and I can afford the money, but you have to make an IOU, and you have to pay back part of it every year in the future. Do you know?"

As soon as this remark came out, Mrs. Zhang was overjoyed.

Shi Nai hurriedly took Mrs. Zhang to kowtow to Jiamu, and said, "Nephew thanked aunt."

Jia Mu continued, "Young girl Yun won't go back with you to live a hard life, and you won't have to worry about her marriage. I'll take care of it."

"Yes." Shi Nai hesitated for a moment and said, "Auntie, there is news that His Majesty promised mostly middle-level military positions such as guerrilla generals, general commanders, and general commanders, or he would serve in the soldiers and horses of the three provinces of Henan, Anhui, and Hubei. ,I think."

Jia Mu quickly interrupted him: "Okay, I'm tired. If you have anything to say, I'll talk about it later."

How could Shi Nai let go of this opportunity, and then said: "I want to ask my aunt to make the decision, let me serve in the Yongwei Battalion, even if it is a thousand generals!"

Mother Jia waved her hands: "I can speak for you about other things, but this is not the case. You go back and let me be quiet."

Shi Nai was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth, kowtowed again, stood up, and led the dazed Zhang Shi out.

Mother Jia's face sank, and then she stood up: "Return all the things that have been sent by the Marquis Bowling's Mansion over the past few years."

Ningguo Mansion, Huifang Garden.

Amber hurried over.

Jia Hu and Jia She are sitting by the rockery and fishing.

Walking behind the two of them, Hu Po said to Jia Hu: "Second Lord, the uncle and wife of the Bowlinghou Mansion have gone back. The old lady ordered someone to bring the Bowlinghou Mansion and the Zhongjinghou Mansion over the past few years. All the things were returned!"

Jia She said with a smile, "How is it?"

Jia Hu smiled: "I would like to bet and lose, Hu Po."

"Hey!"

"Send the Huqiu tea that the prefect of Suzhou sent last time to the old man's courtyard."

"Ah—send them all!"

"It's okay, Miss Lin still has some, enough to drink for a while."

Amber curled her lips and had to turn around and walk away.

Jia She said jokingly: "The girl trained by the old lady is very capable, she still needs you to worry about it?"

Jia Hu moved slightly, and continued fishing.

Jia Hu felt a little unhappy about the historian's double-betting behavior. Although the brothers Shi Nai and Shi Ding are tearing their skins apart now, don't forget that brothers are brothers, broken bones connect tendons.

As long as Shi Nai enters the Yongwei Camp, it means that Shi Ding has entered the Yongwei Camp, representing the emperor extending his hand in. This is what Jia Hu doesn't want to see, at least not now.

Jia Amnesty spoke: "How about Shui Rong?"

Jia Hu: "What's normal is a bit abnormal."

Jia Amnesty nodded, and then said: "It is precisely because of this that the Supreme Emperor became suspicious of him." He paused for a while, and said in a low voice: "I saw a folk history of Liaodong in the East Palace before, saying Emperor Fulin of the Tartars is not of Huang Taiji's seed, but of Hong Chengchou's."

It's like a rock-shattering shock!

The fishing rod in Jia Hu's hand trembled, and then stabilized again: "Impossible! When Hong Chengchou was captured, that unlucky child Fulin was weaned."

Jia She chuckled, said nothing, and continued fishing.

Nanyang Bofu.

This place is no longer like the Earl's Mansion. All the furniture and belongings have been removed, and even the potted plants under the eaves are gone.

Chen Yejun, the third-class male in Nanyang Uncle's Mansion, looked at the empty courtyard with a complicated expression, feeling uncomfortable.

In order to pay off the debt, he pawned all the things that could be sold, and finally even mortgaged the sacrificial land to the pawnshop, and only then did he get together the money.

However, the thought of the emperor's promise and the hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city instantly aroused the blood and lofty ambitions in his heart that had been surging for a long time.

At this moment, the old butler hurried in, "Master, everything is ready."

Chen Yejun nodded with great satisfaction: "Let's go, go to the household department to pay off the debt!"

(End of this chapter)