Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 211 Your Majesty’s Meeting

After a long while, Li Weijian arranged his clothes and was about to come out. Na Xiuju glanced at him and lowered his head with a red face.

Li Weijian said: "Second sister accidentally twisted her foot just now... Well, listen just now, is someone looking for me?"

Xiuju hurriedly said, "The eldest lady sent Aunt Fei to ask the fourth master to come over and discuss matters."

"Oh, let me go over and take a look."

Li Weijian walked with his hands behind his back, passing by the side room and glanced inside, and Bi Tong, who looked like a quail, quickly followed him. Li Weijian nodded slightly at Siqi who bit his lip and winked, and then left.

Xiuju stopped in the courtyard, wondering whether he should go in and take a look at the girl. Just now, the fourth master said that the girl twisted her foot. Xiuju felt puzzled. She just felt that the girl had twisted her wrist, but it was not bad. How could she have twisted her foot? At this moment, Si Qi forced himself out of the side room and said, "You go back and get your skin tied. I'll go see the girl."

Xiuju felt like she was being pardoned and hurriedly entered the wing. Siqi moved forward into the main room, and when he reached the bedroom, he vaguely smelled the familiar charming scent. Siqi raised his eyebrows secretly, wondering why his girl was so brave? I always ask for help from myself, why don't I need help this time?

When Nahan walked inside, he saw that Yingchun had already changed her clothes. She glanced at Si Qi, and before Si Qi could say anything, Yingchun held up her face and said, "Don't say it anymore!"

As he spoke, he walked quickly to the bed, turned around and sat down. Si Qi walked over teasingly, tidied up the clothes and Luopa that had been taken off, and then said, "Fourth Master just said that the girl twisted her foot."

After that, Si Qi took the clothes and left. Yingchun then moved her hands away, and then kept fanning her face. She didn't know where she got such courage. It's just...Brother Jian likes it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Yingchun got up, dragged his good leg and limped for a long time, thinking that he could somehow coax Xiuju, and then stopped.

On the other side, Li Weijian led Bi Tong out of the east corner door, then out the side door, and walked from the private alley to the main entrance. Bi Tong was puzzled. She didn't know why she didn't take the carriage after leaving the mansion. She couldn't ask questions, so she had to follow Li Weijian obediently.

Coming out of Selfish Alley, Li Weijian turned around and entered through the black gate from Ningrong Street. Only then did Bi Tong realize that it was because it was inconvenient to walk through the mansion, so she simply took a detour outside the mansion.

Bi Tong was secretly stunned. She had been with the Portuguese businessman earlier, and the house she lived in was only a three-story building. After entering the Li family's house, she felt it was already quite big. When she arrived at the Rongguo Mansion, Bi Tong secretly thought, Isn't it as vast as a royal palace?

The servants in Jia She's family knew Li Weijian. The steward led Li Weijian in and hurriedly sent someone to report.

I was going to the outer study room. Unexpectedly, near the Deyi Gate, the stewardess had already greeted me: "Master and Madam said that Fourth Master Jian is not an outsider. Please invite Fourth Master Jian inside to talk."

Li Weijian smiled and nodded, and simply entered the ceremony gate. Following Aunt Fei, she passed through the double ceremony gate and entered the main courtyard of the eldest master Jia She.

When they entered the main room, they saw the eldest master Jia She and the eldest wife Mrs. Xing sitting in the middle, with several concubines standing on both sides. Li Weijian said with a smile on his face, "I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing, Uncle Shi?"

The eldest master, Jia She, forced a smile on his face, and greeted with a smile: "Resurrection, don't be polite, sit down quickly, come, let's serve tea."

Then Mrs. Xing also said: "We are all members of the family, so why do you think Brother Jian is so polite? In the past half year, Brother Jian has grown taller. If he stood with Yingchun, he would really look like a child." A match made in heaven.”

Several concubines spoke in agreement, but Li Weijian sat down with a smile and said nothing. The second sister Yingchun naturally wants to be accepted into the family, but she is not married.

The maid served tea, and the eldest master, Jia She, exchanged pleasantries, asked about the errands of the trip, asked about the current situation of the Li family, and then asked about Lin Ruhai's situation, sighed, and then talked about Shi Nai's attack.

As he talked, Li Weijian felt that something was wrong - the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou were all pigs raised by the royal family. These people were extremely self-conscious and paid large sums of filial piety every year. Although today, there is less money for filial piety, but after being beaten a lot, you still have to obediently offer a large amount of filial piety? There is no way he would be stupid enough to pay for the murder of an imperial envoy!

This time the saint had the idea of ​​digging the salt merchant's feet. He not only killed the pigs, but also demolished the pigs' nests as well. How many people could be involved in the previous bribery case? Now that there was a reason to attack and kill the imperial envoy, it was different. Even if the eight major salt merchants were uprooted, no one would be able to tell the truth.

Thinking about it this way, it is self-evident who sent those water bandits... No wonder the teacher looked calm when he mentioned this at noon today. He couldn't say that this matter was the teacher's fault!

What a cruel trick, awesome!

After collecting his thoughts, Li Weijian didn't know what the elder Jia She had in mind, so he just talked nonchalantly about the situation that day. The old man Jia She was still patient, but Mrs. , you and Sister Feng jointly started a greenhouse business?"

Li Weijian picked up the tea cup and took a sip, thinking to himself that Wang Xifeng originally proposed that the public should provide money to run the business as a joint venture with him, but Mrs. Wang never gave her permission, so Wang Xifeng gritted her teeth and pawned it. Dowry, use money to share shares.

This matter is not done openly, but it can be hidden from the eldest master and the eldest wife for a while. It’s just that there is no airtight wall in this world, let alone Rongguo Mansion, where air leaks from all directions like a sieve? It's impossible for these two to know about it so early in the morning...Eh? No wonder Wang Xifeng hesitated just now and wanted to discuss it with him. Could it be because of this matter?

Putting down the tea cup, Li Weijian smiled and said: "Before I left Beijing, I heard my second sister-in-law mention it. I left it to Qiu Fang to take care of such trivial matters. Yesterday, Qiu Fang mentioned it. It's a small business, but I only invested 18,000 taels of silver."

Li Weijian did not continue, but looked at the elder with a smile. The meaning was self-evident. If you two also want to take shares, why not pay back the eight thousand taels of silver first?

Not to mention where the elder saved the money, even if he did have it, he never thought about paying it back. Because Jia She coughed and said: "My dear nephew, I don't know if I have spent so much money on this greenhouse business... how many years will it take to get back the money?"

"It's hard to say," Li Weijian said truthfully: "If you are lucky, you can get your money back in two or three years; if you are unlucky, you can't tell in 57, 8 or 8 years."

Mrs. Xing wondered: "Brother Jian, do you think this luck... is good or bad?"

Li Weijian said: "The warm shed is similar to the warm soup vegetables, there is nothing strange about it. Spend money, build the warm shed, and look for vegetable farmers to take care of it carefully, and then fruits and vegetables will naturally grow. If this is a one-person business, naturally I made a lot of money; but there were too many people... The eldest lady also knew that there was nothing difficult about my greenhouse.

To put it bluntly, others spent money and abducted two vegetable farmers, both of whom were nobles. So what if the lawsuit was brought before a saint? If I pay a few coins in compensation, can I still get the secret recipe back? "

Mrs.

In the past six months, the cost of the big house has been stretched thin. The eldest man, Jia She, relies on the Jia family's past reputation, but he hangs out with a bunch of bad friends from time to time, and the money can't be spent.

The ginseng fruit given by Li Weijian as a congratulatory gift years ago was highly praised by the nobles in the capital, and the eldest master and eldest wife naturally noticed it. The two of them got interested because they heard someone mentioned that Laiwang had spent every day in the village outside the city to set up a greenhouse for the past two months.

Warming shed! That ginseng fruit is extremely expensive! How could Sister Feng take advantage of such a profitable business?

Besides, Sister Feng is just a daughter-in-law. They are Li Weijian's future father-in-law and mother-in-law. How can there be any reason to give good things to the daughter-in-law but not to the father-in-law and mother-in-law?

That's why I thought about finding Li Weijian and mixing in a share... As for the money to mix in the shares? Brother Jian is not short of this amount of money. He will just deduct it from his income in the future.

Nai Ho's plan was excellent, but when Brother Jian said this, Mrs. Xing murmured inwardly. If these greenhouses were indeed everywhere, wouldn’t there be no money to be made?

Mrs. Xing was secretly annoyed that she had lost this job. The elder Jia She who was sitting beside him had another thought. The old man didn't care about the important things Li Weijian said. He was only sure of one thing - who was Li Weijian? Li Caishen! Who has ever heard of Li Caishen doing business at a loss?

no? Just say that this time when they went south, the cement company made a full twelve million taels of silver. I heard that the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River were flocking to the place, and many of them who arrived late or hesitated were beating their chests and feeling angry. The cement industry's stocks are going up all the way. I heard that very few people are buying it at the price of one, two or three dollars per share.

This is a family business, and Li Caishen was able to make it in just a month or two. No matter how inconspicuous this greenhouse is, it won't be a loss, right?

Because it was the elder Jia She who pondered for a moment and said, "My dear nephew, you also know that I have nothing to do at home now, but for these welcome gifts, the money is still thrown away, but the income is less. My dear nephew, you Looking at the business of that greenhouse, can you count me as one?"

Count you in? You also have to have money to do it.

The eight thousand taels of silver have not yet been paid back. Li Weijian has already had enough money to welcome the Spring Festival. How can he be willing to throw more money into it for no reason?

Because he said with a smile on his face: "Uncle Shi, what you said is exaggerated. This junior thought that this business was not very good, so he didn't tell Uncle Shi. Since Uncle Shi takes a fancy to him, why don't you turn around and take care of me?" Are you sending me the recipe? Forget about adding shares. If Uncle Shi starts a new business, he will make more money and less money, and he won’t have to share the profits with others."

"Um...this-"

Mrs.

"Ahem," the elder coughed, and Mrs. Xing immediately fell silent. Jia She smiled and said: "How can this happen? Speaking of it like this, it seems that I deliberately take advantage of the resurrection."

Li Weijian said sternly: "Uncle Shi, what he said is obvious. Don't look at others. How can we say we are taking advantage of each other? In two days, I will definitely send you the recipe."

"Okay, okay, I'll thank you for everything, my dear nephew. It's said that I got a fan recently. It's extremely exquisite. My dear nephew, I'll take a look at it."

Then the two of them went to the study to look at the fan, leaving Mrs. Xing alone in confusion, wondering what the prescription was for.

After sending the concubines away, Mrs. Xing went back to her room to rest. After a long time, she heard that the eldest master had sent Li Weijian out of the Neiyi Gate. Mrs. Xing hurriedly looked for him and asked in a low voice: "Master, if you can't make a living, what's the use of asking for prescriptions?"

The old man snorted and said: "Stupid woman, you can sell that prescription for money!"

"Ah?" Mrs.

The elder walked with his hands behind his back and said with great satisfaction: "Five hundred taels? Is Li Caishen's prescription worth five hundred taels? Bah! Starting from one thousand taels!"

"Hey, that's amazing."

Mrs. Xing became more and more attentive and helped the elder Jia She into the inner room. Jia She Dama Jin Dao sat down and thought about it: "Brother Jian is still filial, unlike Lian'er and Sister Feng, huh! Seeing the sky surrounding the second room, I'm afraid I have long forgotten whose son and daughter-in-law it is. Got it!"

While rubbing his neck, Mrs.

The two of them planned for a while, and when the mother-in-law came to remind them that it was time, they headed towards Rongqing Hall together.

That day, a banquet was held in Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Zhen and Jia Rong also came together. Everyone congratulated Li Weijian. They all knew that Li Weijian had made great achievements one after another, which would be of great use in the future, because even Xue Pan They all pretended to be transparent and didn't dare to seek Li Weijian's bad luck again.

There was a lot of fun during the dinner, and Aunt Xue, who was sitting with the women at the table across a screen, could hear the endless compliments from the other side, and she felt even more disgusted.

When she entered the mansion on the same day more than a year ago, her daughter was vaguely interested in Li Weijian. Aunt Xue had also observed it. It seemed that Li Weijian was also interested in her daughter?

It's just that the Xue family was still an imperial merchant at that time, and Li Weijian was just a penniless and poor scholar. How could Aunt Xue like him? Later, Xue Pan and Li Weijian had a quarrel, and Aunt Xue took care of them, hoping that Baochai would give up.

However, when the border changed, the Xue family lost its imperial business foundation, and it happened that Li Weijian became prosperous! It's just good luck. Who would have thought that Li Weijian would become more and more capable, and he would rise to the top before his eyes...

He secretly looked at his daughter and saw that Baochai was as quiet as usual, as if the matter had nothing to do with him. Aunt Xue thought to herself that she had missed Baoyu on both sides, so it would be hard to miss Baoyu again. But she was quite uneasy, always feeling that she couldn't see through Baochai's thoughts.

There was a banquet that day and it didn't stop until the time of Xu. Today is different from the past, and Li Weijian's status is different, because the Jia family does not do much to persuade him to drink.

He Xunxunran and Jia Zhen walked out together. They were chatting on the way when they suddenly heard a voice calling from behind: "Brother Jian!"

Li Weijian stamped his feet and saw Wang Xifeng and Ping'er coming over with a smile.

Jia Zhen then said: "Brother Jian, I'm afraid something might happen. I'll go first."

"Okay, Brother Zhen, go slow."

Farewell to Jia Zhen, Wang Xifeng had already arrived. Wang Xifeng took the oil paper bag from Ping'er and handed it over with a smile: "I heard Qiu Fang say that the monthly letter was not accurate last time. I just happen to have some patent medicines here, so please invite Brother Jian Take it back and let Qiu Fang try it to see if it works."

Li Weijian took it and thanked him: "Sorry for bothering my second sister-in-law."

"Brother Jian's words are heretical."

The Neiyi Gate was behind him. Li Weijian muttered and lowered his voice: "Second sister-in-law, the eldest master just mentioned the greenhouse, but who leaked the news?"

Wang Xifeng suddenly raised his eyebrows: "What did the elder say?"

"What else can I do? I'm asking for a little bit of it."

Wang Xifeng suddenly became worried: "Then, what happened to brother Jian?"

Li Weijian said with a smile: "Second sister-in-law, don't be anxious. I just said that this business will be slow to get back the money, so I gave her the recipe, so I gave up my mind."

Wang Xifeng's heart was bleeding all of a sudden, but she couldn't find anything wrong with Li Weijian. Everyone in the house knew about the second girl's affair with Li Weijian, but because Li Shouzhong didn't agree, the marriage had already been decided. It was his parents-in-law who asked the question again. It was not easy for Brother Jian to prevent his parents-in-law from getting involved. How could he keep the rules?

Thinking about it carefully, if the recipe for this greenhouse is leaked, it will be a bit late this year. If others see that I have made money, I am afraid that next year there will be greenhouses everywhere, and how can I earn money?

However, the greenhouses are all up now, and this business is not something that can be done without doing it. Wang Xifeng bit her silver teeth secretly, but she didn't know what to do.

Li Weijian looked at his expression and whispered: "Second sister-in-law has time to come to my home these two days. Now that things have happened, if you want to make money in the greenhouse business, I'm afraid you have to find another way."

Wang Xifeng's eyes suddenly lit up: "Brother Jian, do you have any other ideas?"

Li Weijian nodded, and seeing Li Wan chasing after him, he hurriedly said: "It's not easy to talk here, let's discuss it later." Wang Xifeng thought, Brother Jian is the God of Li Cai, I am afraid there is nothing that can trouble Brother Jian, so he came again immediately Angrily, he hurriedly said: "Then let's make an agreement. I will be there tomorrow... later!"

After saying that, she turned around and Wang Xifeng smiled at Li Wan and said, "Sister-in-law, do you want to talk to Brother Jian? I just asked Brother Jian to bring two sets of medicine to Qiu Fang."

Li Wan said in surprise: "Qiu Fang is sick? Why didn't I hear from her two days ago?"

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "It's just that the moon letter is not accurate, it's not a serious illness. Sister-in-law and brother Jian said, I will go back first."

Wang Xifeng led Ping'er away, and Li Wan said: "Brother Jian, why do I look at Sister Feng as if I'm hiding something?"

Li Weijian smiled and said: "It's just a matter of making a living in the greenhouse...Is the eldest sister doing this for Brother Lang?"

Li Wan suddenly said angrily: "Brother Lan has become more and more outrageous recently. He actually learned that... I don't know what it means, and he also skipped school."

Li Weijian said: "There are some children who are naughty, but this private school has a bad style of study. If things go on like this, I'm afraid it will delay Lang Geer. He is more than a year older now. I will look for a tutor for Lang Geer later. It will be better than that. Private education is a hundred times better.”

The eldest sister, Li Wan, hesitated to speak. Li Wan is not short of money now. I just got the dividend a few days ago, which is a full fifteen thousand taels! But now that Baoyu is studying privately, where can Lang Geer find a teacher to teach him? Mrs. Wang doesn't want to see her at all. If she learns about this, I don't know what trouble will happen.

Li Weijian looked at Li Wan's expression and roughly knew what Li Wan was thinking, so he simply said: "In this way, I found a private school teacher and asked Lang Ge'er to come to my home to teach. I said to the public that I personally taught Lang Ge'er. I expected others to pick it up too." Make no mistake."

Li Wan immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "That's fine. It just brings trouble to Brother Jian."

Li Weijian said angrily: "When did eldest sister become so alienated from me?"

Li Wan immediately smiled and said: "It's not mine anymore. No matter what, he is still a close nephew. That's it. Brother Jian will take care of me and it will save me a lot of worry."

The two siblings chatted a little bit more. Seeing that it was getting late, Li Wan sent Li Weijian out of the ceremony gate.

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At the second moment of Xu Zheng, Li Weijian led Bi Tong through the door and saw Fu Qiufang greeting him in front of the Yi gate.

It was a little cooler in the night, and Li Weijian smiled as he was about to pass, and said, "Didn't you say you don't have to wait for me?"

Fu Qiufang shook her head and pursed her lips and smiled: "I couldn't sleep for a while, it's not like I was waiting for the master." After a pause, he added: "Hongyu rushes back and forth during the day, and when she comes back she complains of being sleepy, but now she is waiting for you. Rest."

Li Weijian knew it well, Qingwen and others stayed in Yangzhou, and only Fu Qiufang and Hongyu were left on duty that night. Li Weijian had just returned. How could Hongyu occupy the place for several days in a row? Maybe he was a little tired during the day, but he didn't fall asleep just now.

Li Weijian took Fu Qiufang's hand and walked inside, asking casually: "Is there a lot going on in the factory?"

Fu Qiufang said: "It's still a matter of iron material. We have to deal with the inner government."

Most of the iron materials for the capital come from Zunhua, and Zunhua is managed by the inner government, so it can be supplied by the inner government. In the past, it was okay for the factory to not need much, but now the demand for iron materials is increasing day by day, and the Zunhua Iron Factory naturally cannot supply it. To solve the problem from the source, Dashun's iron smelting process must be improved.

Li Weijian said: "Dong Cao's family has many friends, why bother Hong Yu?"

Fu Qiufang said with a smile: "The master knows the truth. No matter how powerful the Cao Dong family is, the inner government has its own system. If you mention the master, you will always have more dignity than others."

Li Weijian laughed, went inside and sat down for a while. Seeing that Bi Tong was still standing aside, he ordered: "You have been following me for a day, go down and have a rest."

Bitong hurriedly bowed down and quietly retreated.

Fu Qiufang brought the sobering soup and asked thoughtfully: "Master, this Bitong... I don't know how to arrange the shift?"

Li Weijian smiled and glanced sideways, and saw Fu Qiufang looking at his nose, mouth, and heart. He briefly looked at Li Weijian, then lowered his eyes. The small thoughts were expressed in words, which immediately made Li Weijian burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at, sir?"

Li Weijian pulled Fu Qiufang into his arms and said, "She's just a maid, and she hasn't done anything. How come she's so jealous?"

Fu Qiufang said: "As the master said, why have I ever been jealous? But I have to ask clearly, lest the master ask me about it later and criticize me again. Well -"

Li Weijian's lips were blocked until she was gasping for breath, and then Li Weijian let go of Fu Qiufang. Fu Qiufang's charming eyes were full of anger, and she whispered: "Master... Tiankui hasn't left yet."

"I've never done anything else."

Fu Qiufang pursed her lips, glanced at Li Weijian, and said: "Concubine... is a bit delicious. I am only so old, and I have many of them around me. I went out and brought back another one. Concubine. Thinking about it, I can’t say that people will be old and yellow in the future...ah!"

Fu Qiufang exclaimed when her forehead was flicked with a finger, blinked and looked at Li Weijian inexplicably.

Li Weijian said: "I know you can't become the main wife, and I always feel uneasy. It's still early, and after a few years, I will give you a proper solution, and I'm sure you won't be so uneasy." Seeing his confusion, He added: "Although there is a distinction between wives and concubines in terms of etiquette, I don't attach much importance to it in my heart. In the future, you and my children will always have a share in my family property."

Fu Qiufang thought about it and said, "It's not too early for me to say this. When my mistress comes in three or four years later, I will have to discuss it with her before speaking out."

"Huh?" Li Weijian wondered, "How did Qiu Fang know?"

Fu Qiufang said: "Xiang Ling's mother is seriously ill, and Jinling is not far from Yangzhou. Why did the master choose to place Qingwen, Xiangling and others in Lin Yansi's home?"

"Qiu Fang is really smart." Li Weijian smiled and nodded: "But it's not easy to make this matter public. We have to wait until the saint's decree is made."

Fu Qiufang said angrily: "Master, do you think I don't know the importance of things?"

Li Weijian laughed loudly, hugged her soft body tightly, and said, "You have seen Daiyu too, she is not a petty person, and she won't care about these things. I said it, and it will be accurate."

Fu Qiufang said worriedly: "Although I have a large family property, if there are many heirs in the future and they disperse like this, wouldn't the family property be lost?"

Li Weijian said happily: "Where are we now? If you look at it in a few years, my family's business will only somersault upward. If it is not dispersed by then, I'm afraid it will make people care about it."

Fu Qiufang felt a little relieved. Although the good people around you may boast, they never lie. Being destitute and reduced to being the concubine of a beloved man was an unexpected joy at first, but as time went by, it was inevitable that she would feel unwilling to do so.

She knew that her fate could not be changed, and now that she had her husband's promise, the unwillingness and uneasiness in her heart immediately subsided. I thought that my children would be able to get a share of the family business in the future, which would be better than what happened in Rongguo Mansion, where the side wives had to live their lives depending on the face of the main wife.

After that, Fu Qiufang was gentle and just waited on Li Weijian to wash up, and then left on her own. Li Weijian held on to him and wouldn't let go. Fu Qiufang couldn't laugh or cry and said, "Master... how about staying here for two days? Tiankui hasn't left yet."

"But sleeping in each other's arms is not just for the pleasure of bed."

Fu Qiufang felt more and more depressed, so she had no choice but to take off her coat and get on the bed. She was so moved that she couldn't help but tease him a few times. Li Weijian said: "Stop making trouble and go to sleep."

Fu Qiufang bit her teeth and whispered a few words quietly, which immediately made Li Weijian feel sleepy and energetic.

Turning around and seeing Fu Qiufang's face flushed with embarrassment, Li Weijian thought about how he had just spent time with Yingchun during the day, so he backed down: "Why don't we forget it? Qiu Fang shouldn't be in trouble."

Fu Qiufang said: "The master is so considerate of me, and if I do what I say, I will also do what I say." After saying that, he shrank down and buried his head in it.

Li Weijian took a breath of cold air, and the thoughts of restraint were thrown away in an instant, thinking that it was just twice a day, and it was no big deal to indulge a little.

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In the blink of an eye, it was dawn, and Li Weijian didn't get up until dawn. After having breakfast with Fu Qiufang and Hongyu, they were about to take some time off lazily.

Qianxue, who was in charge, suddenly walked quickly and said happily: "Master, a palace eunuch came from outside and said that the saint is going to see the master today!"

Li Weijian was stunned, but before he could react, Fu Qiufang stood up suddenly: "Quick, serve the master and change into court clothes!"

The maids hired from outside, as well as the newly arrived Bi Tong, were not as good as Qingwen and Xiang Ling. Fu Qiufang gave an order, and Nian Xia immediately panicked, and Bi Tong didn't know what to do.

In desperation, Fu Qiufang and Hongyu quickly helped Li Weijian change into official robes, and hurriedly urged Li Weijian to leave the inner house.

When Li Weijian came out of Neiyi Gate, he saw a small yellow gate holding Buddha Chen and talking to the housekeeper Wu Haiping. Seeing Li Weijian coming out, the little yellow gate hurriedly came up to greet him and said, "Master Li, the saint looked at the call list early in the morning and specially moved Master Li to today. Let's go quickly. Don't make the saint wait impatiently." ”

"Okay." Li Weijian smiled and said, "What do you call this father-in-law?"

The little Huangmen said: "I don't dare, I'm Xia Zuo."

"It's Eunuch Xia."

Seeing that his clothes were probably that of a serving eunuch, who belonged to the fifth class in the palace, Li Weijian stepped forward and grabbed his hand, and stuffed two hundred taels of silver notes into his sleeves with shaking hands: "Let's get closer from now on. "

Eunuch Xia immediately beamed: "Hey, who doesn't know Mr. Li's name as the God of Wealth? It would be an honor for me to get close to you."

Without further ado, the two of them came out of the mansion, each took a carriage, and headed towards the imperial city. Eunuch Xia reached the car and took out his sleeves. When he saw it was two hundred taels of silver, he was overjoyed. This experience is indeed a good one, and Li Caishen is well-deserved!

After arriving at the imperial city for a while, Eunuch Xia led Li Weijian inside. He first went to the memorial office to sign in and schedule, and then went to Dejiu Qing's court room to meet him.

It was just noon when Li Weijian arrived inside and realized that he would have to wait until Shen Zhengsheng had the time to summon him. He calculated that he would have to wait at least five hours.

Li Weijian immediately complained that the efficiency of this work was too low. If I had known this, I should have eaten more at home just now.

As he was cursing, a eunuch suddenly came in with a dinner plate containing various refreshments. It suddenly dawned on Li Weijian that he dared to love the saint for taking care of the food, and his inner curse subsided a little.

Most of the people waiting in the court room of the Nine Ministers were in the fourth rank and above. Li Weijian was the only one in the fifth rank. He was still the youngest, so he inevitably attracted the attention of all the ministers.

Li Weijian just took a sip of tea, and the old man on the side said: "But in front of Mr. Li from the inner palace?"

Li Weijian quickly raised his hands in salute: "I'm officially Li Weijian, how do you call me Sir?"

The old man smiled and said: "I am Yin Yan Chengzhang of Shuntian Mansion."

"It turned out to be the official's fault in front of the governor."

Yan Chengzhang smiled and said: "Mr. Li, don't be like this. Although I have never met Mr. Li, I have already accepted Mr. Li's kindness in my heart."

Yes, Jingshi Water Affairs originally gave Shuntian Prefecture a lot of shares. After several sell-offs, Shuntian Prefecture still retained at least 10% of the shares. Calculating the dividend alone, it was 150,000 taels, which is a lot of money! How can you not be grateful?

　Otherwise, may I also ask for a monthly pass? It seems that there are too few monthly votes. If you have any, please vote for a few.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)