Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 25 The double hanging sun and moon shine on Daiyu’s birthday is approaching

Yan Fengzhen pushed up his glasses and said, "That's it."

"That's it."

"Tsk!" Yan Fengzhen's face was full of dissatisfaction: "It's just a trivial matter, just say it in Fusheng's words, why do you have to be so solemn? I still think it's a big deal. Fusheng just fights, if there's money, I can still get it together A dozen or 20 taels."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "Brother Jing Wen has been a big help. Don't worry about the money, I have plenty of money." Turning around, Li Weijian called Wu Haiping and told him to go to Luoma Market immediately to find the Liu family and his son, and start the fight today. well.

Wu Haiping borrowed the Yan family's horses. Yan Fengzhen led Li Weijian to the study to sit for a while, then turned around and Wu Haiping led Liu Da over.

To dig a well, you must first select a site.Li Weijian walked around in the side garden and randomly selected a flowerbed. The Yan family servants cleaned up the flowerbed in a few clicks.

Liu Da came alone, and his two sons hired a carriage and would deliver all the supplies later.

Li Weijian pointed to the newly cleaned flower bed: "Let's dig a well here."

"This...please let me go to the soil first and burn it." Liu Da said.

"burn?"

Li Weijian was a little puzzled, but Liu Da didn't talk nonsense. He borrowed tools and dug three feet into the ground, dug out a small pit, and then jumped into the pit, rustlingly taking out a ball of dry mugwort and fire peel from his sleeve. Come, blow the fire sticks to light the mugwort, and then try to get as close to the ground as possible.

After the wormwood burned out, he picked up a handful of the lower ashes and presented it to Li Weijian. He frowned and said, "Master Li, I'm afraid this place is not suitable for digging a well. Master, let's see, the soil is black, so we forced a well to be dug." I'm afraid that the water that comes out will also be bitter. If you want to dig a well, it is better to choose a place where the ground is white and yellow. The white water is light, and the yellow water must be sweet water. "

ha?Is there any other way?

Li Weijian thought for a long time and finally figured it out. This was probably an acid-base reaction.Smiling dumbly, he immediately said: "It doesn't matter whether it's bitter or sweet, just dig the well here."

Liu Da has been digging wells all his life, and this is the first time he has heard such a request.He said with a bitter face: "Master Li——"

Before he could say anything, Wu Haiping on the side scolded: "You talk nonsense, old man. You can beat me when you ask me to, and I don't want you to be short of money."

"Hey, the little old man just listens to Mr. Li's orders."

Drilling a well is a technical job, and it does not mean that just a few people can dig a well with a pickaxe.When Liu Da's two sons came over with the carriage, they unloaded the purlin wood, ropes, hollow bamboo and the huge windlass from the carriage.

The father and son were busy working together. First, they set up scaffolding with purlins and hung the windlass up. They started digging the well just before midnight.

In February, the temperature in the capital was freezing at night and freezing during the day. There were more than two feet of frozen soil on the surface, and when dug up, there was soft loess underneath.

Li Weijian had a meal at Yan's house. Seeing that it was getting dark, he was about to get up and leave, but he didn't expect Yan Xiyao to come back at this time.

Li Weijian hurried to pay his respects. After seeing the ceremony in the study, Young Secretary Kou Yan Xiyao smiled and asked, "Have you started digging the well today?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure you can get sweet water?"

"I dare not say [-]%, but I am still [-]% certain."

This groundwater is divided into shallow layer and deep layer. The shallow layer refers to the groundwater above the first impermeable layer. The water is directly replenished by precipitation. Not to mention being affected by the weather, the capital has a population of one million, and everyone eats and drinks. It is splashed on the ground, and then seeps into the shallow groundwater from the rain. It’s no wonder that the well water is not bitter!
Deep groundwater is different. The first impermeable layer has been penetrated. The quality of the groundwater beneath it is good and the water volume is relatively stable.

Hundreds of years later, in the early years of the new century, newspapers in the capital were shouting every day that the groundwater was empty. With tens of millions of people and various factories, it would be strange if the groundwater was not pumped out.There is no need to think about this now.

Seeing that Li Weijian was confident, Yan Xiyao nodded with a smile: "Since Fu Sheng said so, just encourage him to give it a try." After a pause, the conversation suddenly changed and he said, "I just heard Jing Wen say yesterday that Fu Sheng was killed by a Jia family member a few days ago. Planning an ambush?"

Li Weijian hurriedly stood up and bowed, saying with fear on his face: "Some trivial things, I didn't expect to alarm the adults."

But Yan Xiyao's expression changed: "Huh? In broad daylight, instigating thugs to beat up scholars, how can it be called a trivial matter? Besides, since Ruhai introduced Fusheng to me, I naturally treat Fusheng as his nephew, and I should take care of him."

"Um...what do you mean, sir?" Li Weijian had some vague guesses.

Yan Xiyao seemed to be careless and said: "Is the person who gave the orders any Jia Lian of the Rongguo Mansion?"

Although this Yan Xiyao is good at practical knowledge, his official position is the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment!The king of Dongping County defeated Qinghai. Although it was not Yan Xiyao who impeached him, Yan Xiyao was the presiding judge in the subsequent three-division trial.

To put it bluntly, Yan Xiyao is a knife in my hand!

It has been ten years since I came to the imperial court. It seems like everything is calm in the court, but in fact there is an undercurrent surging inside.

During the Chengtian Gate Incident, the generals who supported the deposed prince rushed to the Chengtian Gate with their troops. Today, they led their troops to help. They wiped out the rebel army, and then led their troops to break into the Daming Palace. The next day, the emperor came down. The imperial edict yielded.

The Queen has four sons. After deposing the Crown Prince, the King’s favorite is Prince Zhongshun.Pian Jinshang was incompatible with Prince Zhongshun, and he was afraid that he would be disadvantageous to him after he ascended the throne, so he took a risk and succeeded by luck.

After the Chengtianmen Incident, the foundation of the current state was unstable. With the help of the deposed prince to cause chaos, they continued to suppress the four princes and eight princes and other dignitaries. Therefore, the titles of Jia She and Jia Zhen were first-class divine generals and third-class mighty generals.Jia Jing of Ningguo Mansion even resigned from his official position and took refuge in Xuanzhen Temple outside the city.

In order to cater to the emperor, the Jia family sent Jia Yuanchun to the palace.

Even so, because the current position is unfair and he often treats the powerful and scholar-bureaucrats harshly, there are still many people in the court who support the Supreme Emperor.There is an arrogant saying among the people, which is that "the sun and the moon hang over each other to illuminate the universe." This saying hits the nail on the head.

As the sharpest knife in my hand today, how could Yan Xiyao remain indifferent when he saw the flaws of the Four Kings and Eight Gongs?

The Jia family and Li Weijian are incompatible with each other. All he cares about now is his eldest sister Li Wan, so why does he care about Jia Lian's life or death?However, when he thought about it carefully, it would be unsightly to forcefully frame the matter.

So he frowned and cupped his hands and said: "Sir, the person who paid for this is Xue Pan from the Xue family of the imperial merchant, and the people who hire the beater are Jia Rong and Jia Qiang from the Ningguo Mansion. I'm afraid I can't get along with Jia Lian."

"Oh," Yan Xiyao responded calmly, not sure whether he was disappointed or indifferent. "In that case, let's give it up first." After a pause, he said, "Is the Xue family the same Xue family that Ziwei gave birth to?"

"Exactly."

"Oh, the Four Great Masters of Jinling, Jia Shi Wang Xue, what a great name! Don't worry about the resurrection. I will think about this matter myself."

Look at what this means, is Yan Xiyao going to attack the Xue family?
Li Weijian was thinking about giving Xue Pan a long memory. Wouldn't this opportunity come?

He immediately said: "Sir, it is said that Xue Pan beat someone to death in Jinling, walked away, and died of a sudden illness."

Li Weijian raised his head and looked at Yan Xiyao.His eyes seemed clear and clear, but Yan Xiyao was like a fox that had become a spirit. How could he not know what he meant?
A smile appeared on Yan Xiyao's face: "You are so brave to ignore the king's law. I understand... This matter is not urgent. I will definitely breathe a sigh of relief in the future."

After bowing to thank him, Li Weijian withdrew.

When I left Yan's house in a carriage, it was already dusk outside.Li Weijian was thinking to himself in the carriage that he had not gained momentum yet and had to take advantage of it.

Although he and Yan Xiyao hit it off right away, one thing can lead to two others. Li Weijian does not want to become Yan Xiyao's lackey in the future.Thinking of this, Li Weijian said quietly: "It's better to gain momentum."

Xiu Ying on the side didn't hear clearly and asked: "What did the young master say?"

He smiled and said: "I can make progress."

Looking at the ignorant Xiu Ying, Li Weijian thought, just wait for the deep water to be dug out, plan carefully, and at best dig out the first pot of gold. If everything goes well, it will probably become a small success!

The carriage rattled and stopped in front of the private alley of Ningrong's Second Mansion after two moments. Wu Haiping took Li Weijian and Xiu Ying to the side door with an eyebrow-level stick, and then drove the carriage around to the front door.

Li Weijian took Xiu Ying into the side door and not far away, he saw Ping'er leading the maid and her mother-in-law out from the small courtyard in the northeast.

They bumped into each other, smiled and greeted each other, and Li Weijian asked: "Why is Miss Ping'er here?"

Ping'er smiled and said, "Come and give a monthly allowance to Fourth Master Jian's maid."

Put money on monthly basis?Why did you let it go before the first ten days of this month?Aren’t they released only in the middle of the week on weekdays?

As if he knew that Li Weijian would ask this question, Ping'er said before he could say anything: "In the first month of the year, the monthly payment was late for a few days, and everyone in the house complained about the Second Mistress. The Second Mistress was afraid that she would have to blame her again. This time, Just make it a few days in advance."

"I see."

As he said this, Li Weijian was confused. He heard that the monthly payment was a few days late in the first month. It was supposed that Wang Xifeng should have used the monthly payment to put money out, but why didn't he release it in February?
Little did he know that Ni Er was in Shuntian Mansion Prison, and Lai Wang'er could not find reliable manpower for a while, so Wang Xifeng's money lending was delayed.

Ping'er said: "Fourth Master, please go back first. I have to go somewhere else to put my monthly silver."

"Okay, Miss Ping'er, walk slowly."

After bidding farewell to Ping'er and his party, Li Weijian had just entered the small courtyard when he saw Hongyu coming up to him happily and sweetly shouted: "Fourth Master is back."

Li Weijian said: "You smile so beautifully, there must be something good going on...could it be that you got monthly money?"

Hongyu's expression suddenly changed: "Scared! Does it count if Fourth Master can pinch her?" After a pause, she suddenly said angrily: "Fourth Master must have bumped into Sister Ping'er."

Li Weijian looked up and smiled, then walked into the main room with his hands behind his back.

As soon as he sat down, Qingwen and Xiangling also entered the main room.After taking off his outer clothes, fetching water to clean his hands, and serving tea, when Li Weijian sat down leisurely, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He said that the enjoyment in ancient times was not as good as in modern times. This was because he didn't know the behavior of wealthy people at this time.That is to say, there is less entertainment at night, well... He glanced at the three graceful, charming and lovely maids in front of him, and suddenly felt that there would be no shortage of entertainment in two or three years.

Qingwen put the warm tea in front of Li Weijian and said, "Fourth Master, it's time to pay the monthly bills today."

"Yeah," Li Weijian responded and said, "You can go back and pay half a pound of money to replenish the ruby."

Qingwen pursed her lips and said, "Fourth Master, Xiangling doesn't count as a member of the mansion, so he didn't get the monthly salary just now."

Li Weijian looked at Xiang Ling, who quickly lowered her head.He asked: "Xiang Ling, what is your monthly salary in the Xue family?"

The sound of fragrant water chestnuts was like mosquitoes and flies, and he whispered: "Two liang."

Hongyu was shocked: "Two Liangs? My concubine's family is really luxurious, and a maid is actually giving two Liangs a month!"

Even Qingwen, who stood up for Xiangling, was shocked and couldn't figure out why the monthly meeting was so high.

Li Weijian was relieved.Xue Pan, the overlord of idiots, robbed Xiang Ling and wanted to take it into his room. However, due to his age and Aunt Xue's obstruction, he was delayed.But the monthly pattern of the usual day is based on the aunt's hair.

Li Weijian said: "My room is not as luxurious as my concubine's. Let's set your monthly schedule for a drop of money first."

Xiangling responded blankly without saying anything else.

Qingwen turned around and entered the Nuan Pavilion, took out the brocade box containing the silver coins, and gave the copper coins that had been exchanged long ago to Hongyu and Xiangling.

Hongyu happily led Xiangling forward to express her thanks, and then took out a piece of paper from her sleeve: "Fourth Master, in the past few days, I have collected the children of the masters in the house and recorded them all here."

"I'm interested," Li Weijian took it, glanced at it, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Huh? Is Sister Lin born on February [-]th?"

"Yes." Hongyu responded.

Today is the seventh day of February, so there are only a few days left.When the second girl gave birth to a baby in the spring, she sent a poem to her in a hurry. Daiyu couldn't write it in such a sloppy way when she gave birth to a baby.

Li Weijian then thought that when he went to walk around the streets tomorrow, he would have to choose a lovely gift for Daiyu.

At night, Li Weijian carefully considered the words and sentences, revised the manuscript three times, and finally finalized the PPT... manuscript.He stood up and left the desk to stretch his body. As soon as he left the study, a maid came up and whispered: "Fourth Master, are you going to rest?"

"Huh? Xiangling?"

Li Weijian looked carefully and realized that it was Xiangling who was left in the room today.

Xiang Ling lowered her head and said, "Qingwen is not feeling well. She originally asked Xiu Ying to come to Fourth Master's room, but Xiu Ying fell asleep early in the morning and couldn't wake up after several times..."

Li Weijian was happy, but thought that this silly girl Xiu Ying was useless!What a great opportunity. During the day, I was talking about making progress, but this is the result?
As for Hongyu... Unless Hongyu was promoted to second-class maid, Qingwen would definitely stop her.

He looked at Xiangling and said, "You and Qingwen get along well?"

Xiangling whispered: "I saw Qingwen reading and literacy every day, so I taught her how to write."

I see.Qingwen has a little temperament, a maid's body and a young lady's heart. She thinks she is no worse than the girls in the house, and her spirit is not ordinary.The only difference was that she didn't know how to read and write. She also had a clear distinction between public and private affairs, and she had a clear distinction between grudges and grudges. Xiangling helped her, so Qingwen naturally wanted to repay her with Li.

Thinking that Xiangling would learn poetry from Daiyu in the future, Li Weijian said: "Reading improves your eyesight and nourishes your mind. There are many books in my study. You can read them by yourself when you have time during the day. But don't touch the table. manuscript."

Xiangling raised her head and looked at Li Weijian in surprise, then lowered her head and responded in a low voice: "Well, thank you, Fourth Master."

The sound is still like a mosquito or a fly, but the voice is no longer as flat as an autumn lake as before. It trembles slightly, just like a little joy in a girl's heartstrings.

Xiangling then thought, Qingwen, Hongyu, and Xiuying were indeed right. The fourth master was a good person and the most considerate of his servants.

　Forgot to time it. . . .

　　ps: Wrong writing, Prince Chung-Shun was written as Prince Ui-Chung.already edited.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)