Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 588 Shuntian Mansion is anxious
"Ningbian, this is the Shuntian government office, why is it so broken! Don't you say that the government office in the capital is the best in the world? It's just like this!"

In front of the Shuntian government office,

Zhang Jinyu and his soldiers had just arrived in front of the Yamen. Seeing that some of the tiles in the gatehouse were incomplete and hanging crookedly, he lost all thought. He was used to the majesty of the palace and the beauty of the noble residences. Now he looked at this shabby I really couldn't see the house, I couldn't help it, and I said it in a lazy voice, which made Ning Bian couldn't help but be dumbfounded. It should be that after the earth dragon turned over, it was not cleaned at all. What did the people in the government office do? explained,

"Back to Lord Marquis, I think it was after the big earthquake the day before yesterday and I haven't had time to clean it up yet, so it looks a bit tattered. It should be better if I clean it up."

Ning Bian followed behind and saw the crooked gate of the government office. There was a hole in the big drum outside the door, and a corner of the courtyard wall had collapsed. He couldn't help but see that a piece of the bronze lock of the gate fell off.

Zhang Jinyu smiled and shook his head, turned over and dismounted, and said angrily;

"Hmph, it's been so long and it still hasn't been dealt with completely. I think there's something else going on. Come on, let's go in and have a look."

After saying that, he led the people and walked to the Yamen.
Only a few government officials saw the soldiers and horses coming, and they were so frightened that they hurried inside and were scolded by Zhang Jinyu.

"Stop, if you dare to run again, I will break your legs."

moment,

Zhang Jinyu listened outside and curled his lips thinking that it was all about the silver, but he stretched his head and took a look inside, and his eyes widened. The room was full of people, at least hundreds of people. One thousand taels per person, isn't that just one person? One million taels of silver?
Good guy, this business is going really smoothly.

It is said that Shuntian Mansion occupies a large area. It was built by a prince in the previous dynasty, and the office at that time was called Jingcheng Road.

The front door has three layers, each with three rooms. Including the east and west rooms, there are fifty-eight rooms in total, as well as corridors and stables, etc. It is very grand.

"Yes, Master Song is right. Business still needs to be done. When the capital uses Shuntian Mansion, they are helping each other."

Continue to lead people to the lobby at the back.

"Who says it's not the case? We just suffered a disaster and money is being used everywhere. How can we afford it?"

The Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, Danian, grinned, vaguely threatening, and the atmosphere in the hall became even more depressing.

Continuing to walk forward, we finally arrived at the lobby. The door was ajar and there were noisy sounds coming from inside. Zhang Jinyu was curious and winked at the person behind him, then leaned over secretly and listened at the door. .

Many big shopkeepers of businesses and bank accounts were sitting below, whispering to each other, and they all complained about the official lion talking loudly.
"Shopkeeper Wang, what should we do? One thousand taels of silver is too much,"

Many government officials standing guard outside the door stopped, unable to move forward or retreat. Zhang Jinyu lazily talked to these people and asked Ning Bian to send them to the mansions of several presiding judges to announce the opening of the trial.

Noisy and shouting,

After our dynasty moved the capital, we changed the capital road into Shuntian Prefecture to manage the affairs of the common people in the capital. We were in charge of Qiangu, the capital of the capital. We were also in charge of welcoming the spring, advancing the spring, worshiping the god of agriculture, serving the emperor in farming and hunting, supervising the rural examinations, and supplying goods. Things like exam supplies.

Xu Jiaqing, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, who was sitting in the hall, looked impatient and shouted,
"Everyone, everyone, Shuntian Mansion is in trouble. It's the face of the imperial court. It must rebuild the government office. I don't need many officials. There are not many big shopkeepers in all the shops in the capital. Each person has one thousand taels of silver. As for the villagers The owner of the village village can pay half of it, five hundred taels of silver, of course the more the better."

The person who comes is richly dressed and has a big belly. He must be from a wealthy family and has a lot of wealth.

Zhang Jinyu walked very slowly and looked carefully at the courtyard. This was the first time she came to Shuntian Mansion. She was really curious. However, rags were rags. Not to mention the filth inside, there was an indescribable smell everywhere. It's so dry, it's like a pit.

"That being said, my arms can't lift my thighs, so you might as well give it a try."

When Xu Jiaqing finished speaking, Song Changping, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, stood up and said good things.

inside the house,

At first, the Jingcheng Road Department Office had nowhere to work and had to make do in a large temple. Later, it bought 19 acres of land from a family named Zhou and built this office. Then a prince spent money to rebuild it. After the reconstruction, there were five main halls, five back halls, and three middle halls.

The official position is not big, but the authority is not small.

"Everyone, Mr. Xu has not spoken to the great shopkeepers since he took office. Now that the imperial court is encountering difficulties, how can you just sit back and watch? You should help."

"This"

Three or four people gathered around, muttering quietly.

Xu Jiaqing was drinking hot tea in the hall and was not in a hurry. There was another clerk sitting aside, with pens, inks, paper and inkstones laid out one by one, waiting for people to come and pay.

Just in the southeast corner of the hall, there was a woman sitting there wearing a bamboo hat and a veil. She glanced at the hall and asked quietly,

"Shopkeeper Yu, do you want to hand over the money or not?"

An old man next to him stroked his beard and did not answer. Instead, another familiar voice spoke first,
"Back to Madam, we don't have to hand over our business name."

The person who answered was short and lean, and those who were close knew that it was Shang Da, the head of the Houfu Chamber of Commerce. The woman sitting here was none other than Xue Baochai, who was in charge of Yunhai Bank. After hearing that Shuntian Mansion gave the business name to the whole capital today, I sent a greeting card and invited someone to do something. Shopkeeper Yu and his family, who were escorted from Jiangnan, also lived in Yunhai Bank.

Shopkeeper Yu also serves as the chief shopkeeper of Yunhai Bank.

After hearing about this,

He told Xue Baochai that he must participate. Unexpectedly, he asked for money when he arrived. Xue Baochai didn't like that.

I wanted to agree, but if I didn’t pay him, I could still go to the Hou Mansion to ask for the money, but just when I was about to get up and leave, I was stopped by shopkeeper Yu next to me.
"Madam, please walk slower, we still need to wait a moment."

Seeing shopkeeper Yu stopping Xue Baochai, the guards around him and Shang Da were all puzzled. With the power of the Hou Mansion, how could they be afraid of a small Shuntian Mansion? Xue Baochai frowned and looked at the somewhat thin Yu. The shopkeeper knew that this person was the big shopkeeper that Lang Jun kidnapped from Jiangnan. When he left, Su Jinkai sent someone to bring his whole family over. He must be something special.

"Okay, President of the Chamber of Commerce, please sit down for a while."

"Yes, ma'am."

Shang Da responded and took another look at shopkeeper Yu. He didn't know what kind of tricks he was selling.
"Shopkeeper Yu, why do you think we have to wait a little longer?"

Yu Fulin stroked his beard, said nothing, pointed at Mr. Xu in the hall, and replied,
"Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, madam, Yunhai Bank has opened, but it has no reputation. Without reputation, business will not be easy, so this is an opportunity to make Yunhai Bank famous."

Speaking of this, Yu Fulin's eyes flashed. It's rare that there are so many shopkeepers here. If you don't make use of them, all the time you spent preparing the bank will be wasted. Besides, it's not easy for Shuntian Mansion to hold the money from the Hou Mansion.

Shang Da seemed to have figured it out and took a deep look at Shopkeeper Yu.
"Shopkeeper Yu is very generous, so what does shopkeeper Yu want to do?"

After asking, shopkeeper Yu bowed his hands and asked Xue Baochai,
"Madam, how many banknotes do you have with you?"

Although Xue Baochai didn't understand clearly, seeing that the president of the Chamber of Commerce did not stop him, and knowing that shopkeeper Yu was not in vain, he hesitated a little, and he still had 10,000 taels of silver notes for the purchase price, so he said,

"I didn't bring much, only 10,000 taels of silver notes,"

"Dare to ask Madam to give the banknote to the little old man."

Shopkeeper Yu was not polite and directly reached out to ask for the banknote. Seeing Shopkeeper Yu's confidence, Xue Baochai stopped thinking about it and took out a 10,000 tael banknote from his wallet and handed it over. Yu Fulin accepted the banknote. , then gave a salute, turned around and walked over to the clerk in front of him. In the noisy hall, he walked to the clerk's desk, put the banknotes on the table, and said,

"Yunhai Bank donated one hundred thousand taels of silver, and the rest will be recorded in Yunhai Bank's account."

"Here, you should think about this shopkeeper's surname first."

The clerk looked at the banknotes on the table with a look of disbelief, and asked again tremblingly,
Yu Fulin laughed and replied,

"It's absolutely true. This villain is Yu Fulin, the big boss of Yunhai Bank. He has just arrived in the capital in the past few days. The government office was collapsed. How can he stand by and watch? He must have contributed. He is just a hundred thousand people. Two pieces of silver."

The clerk swallowed, then hurriedly took the banknote and checked it. He was shocked and secretly thought it was true. He hurriedly wrote on the first line of the brocade cloth, Yunhai Bank, the shopkeeper Yu Fulin donated 100,000 yuan in silver. Two, after I finished writing, I took a deep breath and shouted,
"In the capital, Yu Fulin, the head of Yunhai Bank, donated one hundred thousand taels of silver!"

This shout made the entire lobby fall silent instantly. Even Mr. Xu, who was drinking tea, spit it back into the tea bowl without holding a sip of tea in his mouth.

Zhang Jinyu, who was eavesdropping outside, was also quite shocked. Who could spend as much as one hundred thousand taels of silver? Guaiguai is really rich. This Yunhai Bank, no, isn’t this his own bank? Yu Fulin, the big shopkeeper of Jinling Sihai Bank, Grandma's, she came to give me money as soon as I arrived.

Just thinking,

There was a loud discussion in the lobby,
"Yunhai Bank, why haven't you heard of it?"

"That's one hundred thousand taels of silver, my God."

"There are really so many. I think a thick stack of silver notes was collected by that clerk. He is indeed very wealthy."

Xu Changqing wiped the tea in front of him with a brocade cloth, and then immediately turned back and glared at Wang Danian. The latter hurriedly came over knowingly and said in his ear,

"Master Xu, this Sihai Bank is a newly opened bank. It mainly provides a place for exchange for caravans traveling outside the customs. It is said to be an industry of the Luoyun Marquis Mansion. I heard that the Factory Supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also related. The details are not clear yet. .”

After wiping his sweat, Xu Changqing's expression changed again and again. Luoyunhou Mansion couldn't afford to offend him, let alone the House of Internal Affairs. The reason for this matter was that the Prince of the House of Internal Affairs ordered him to use this matter to collect money and The government office and several strongholds of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been repaired, and the money of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not been used to share the worries of His Majesty. With the cash collected on his own head, how can he pass it on to the prince? I wanted to refuse, but was pulled away by Song Changping, who was in charge. live,
"My lord, please agree first and tell the Grand Eunuch about this later. Just pretend you don't know anything."

"this,"

Seeing that everyone in the room was staring blankly, I thought that someone still needed to take the lead, so I gritted my teeth and said bravely,

"Okay, thank you, Shopkeeper Yu, of Yunhai Bank. Everyone, please do what you can. I am not required to do this."

It's okay not to say it. After saying this, the shopkeepers who were still hesitant walked over one after another and took the money.

"Shopkeeper Yao of Yao Ji Trading Company donated two thousand taels of silver."

"Shopkeeper Wang of Datong Trading Company donated two thousand taels of silver."

After a while, almost everyone pledged to donate, and Xu Jiaqing was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
"Everyone, thank you for your help. I will keep it in mind. Don't worry about the rest. Please come back first."

The shopkeepers, with long faces, bowed out of the lobby and went back one after another.

Zhang Jinyu and her people looked at the shopkeepers who were shrugging their heads one by one, still angry in their hearts, until Xue Baochai came out, put away his anger, walked over slowly, and asked,
"Why did you come here in person? Just tell your servants if you have anything to do."

Several guardsmen had already seen the Marquis and saluted him.
"For your humble position, please see the Marquis."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

Then standing behind him, only Xue Baochai looked surprised, pouted and said,
"It's my fault that I haven't seen you husband these past few days."

Looking at Xue Baochai, who had some inexplicable temperament, Zhang Jinyu couldn't help but sigh. As the saying goes, people can still change after doing business for a long time. This kind of temperament is rare.

"What's your fault? If it weren't for your help, Yunhai Bank would still be open early. Get more rest and don't have to do everything yourself. Aunt Xue will be fine."

"Well, my mother is fine, but my brother has nothing to do and is afraid of causing trouble to the Rongguo Mansion."

Although Xue Baochai was busy with the bank affairs, he was always concerned about his family. His elder brother was having fun and drinking with the Jia family members every day.

Zhang Jinyu couldn't help but secretly sigh that the Xue family was ruined in the hands of mother and son. She waved her hand.

"It's okay. Brother You has nothing to do, but I'm afraid that if something happens to him, it won't be good. When I'm free, I'll go over and have a look. You go back and have a rest first. When I'm done, I'll go to the house. It’s up to you.”

Xue Baochai's eyes were full of surprise and he nodded his head.

"I know it, so I must have sent a message to sister Yu'er. But in the past few days, there are rumors in the Rongguo Mansion. Over in the Ningguo Mansion, the Marquis is trying the case. It is also said that Mr. Zhen is doomed. Every time the old lady It’s very difficult to complain about Sister Feng every day with a frown on your face.”

Well, this happened. It stands to reason that the old lady should have heard the news. If Jia Zhen left, it would be enough for Jia Baoyu and others to adopt him. How could he look so sad?

"Then do you know why the old lady is so sad?"

Xue Baochai thought for a while and replied,
"I really know this. I heard that the letter came from Master Xuanzhen Guanjing outside the city. I don't know what to say. The old lady's face didn't look good."

"Jia Jing,"

Zhang Jinyu's tone was a little harsh and she had really forgotten about this person. Seeing that Xue Baochai was a little worried, she comforted him,
"Okay, go back and have a good rest. Don't ask about this anymore."

"Yes. Lang Jun."

Then the group of people said goodbye to the Marquis and left the Yamen.

After seeing people leave,
Zhang Jinyu spit on the ground,

"Let's go in and see how the money is divided. As the saying goes, whoever sees it has a share. If you brew, you dare to take my money."

After saying that, he walked outside the Yamen lobby door and kicked open the door.

"Bang"

With a loud sound, I don't know whether it was because of his strong strength or because the concierge had been in disrepair for a long time, but he was kicked out.

Several adults in the hall were shocked and looked over hurriedly.

Xu Jiaqing was even more flustered. Who was so bold? He wanted to scold him, but when he saw the face of the visitor, his face turned pale.

"Master Hou, why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)