Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 74: Wounding people one by one, stealing chickens but not losing rice.
Go to the small courtyard in the northeast.

It was almost late spring, and Li Weijian was writing and painting in his study, mostly reading current articles and policy discussions.Two maids, Hong Yu and Xiang Ling, were busy in the Nuan Pavilion, covering the bed with mosquito nets.

"Hey~" Xiu Ying gathered her strength, holding a huge smoke cage and moving it to the corner of the hall.This silly girl was so strong that she could lift the fumigation cage that only two maids could lift.

Qingwen held up the feather duster and was secretly speechless. She thought to herself, if Xiuying gave her a blow, wouldn't she be dead?
At this moment, someone came from outside, and Qingwen came out to welcome them.After a while, Qingwen returned with a frown and said, "Fourth Master, that Siqi guy has come again."

Li Weijian put down his pencil, stood up, stretched his body and said, "Is there something wrong with my second sister? Please come in."

As soon as he sat down, Siqi had already turned around the screen and came closer.After bending his body, Si Qi said with a smile: "Fourth Master, our girl said that she has been bothering the Fourth Master a lot these days, so she is planning to prepare a banquet for you tomorrow so that she can thank you so much."

Li Weijian wondered: "This is strange. My second sister helps me polish my storybook, but why does she still remember my good deeds?"

Si Qi said: "Perhaps it's because of Fourth Master that our girl feels comfortable these days."

Li Weijian secretly thought that with Ermu's temper, he would not dare to stand up even if he was bullied by his nanny. Shanxia in Rongguo Mansion also had an eye for wealth and was accustomed to flattering others and putting others down.With a temper like hers, she would definitely not be welcomed, and I guess she was often made things difficult for her.

Li Weijian was aware of the gossip in the Rongguo Mansion, but he didn't care about it. It must be because of these rumors that the current situation in Yingchun has improved a lot, right?
Thinking about this, Li Weijian smiled and nodded: "Okay, I understand. Have you set a date?"

"Tomorrow afternoon, when will the fourth master come back? Just go there."

Li Weijian nodded in agreement, and Si Qi happily left.

Qingwen, who was beside her, pursed her lips and said nothing. She had always been a young lady with a temperament and a maid, but she had never underestimated Yingchun's commoner background. She just felt that the second girl's temperament and appearance were not worthy of Fourth Master Jian; for the remaining three maids, Hongyu was a Smart people never say such words; Xiang Ling is dumb and Xiu Ying is naive, so no one talks about it anymore.

After a while, when the hour passed, Li Weijian and Wu Haiping drove out of the mansion, and together with the things of the Ding family, headed towards the inner mansion.

After showing the sign, he entered the yamen of the inner palace. He went all the way to the second hall, spoke to the clerk, and was invited in in a moment.

In the second hall, King Zhongyong was frowning and pacing back and forth with his hands behind his hands.Seeing Li Weijian, he quickly waved his hand and said: "We are about to find Fusheng. In the past two days, many water wells have been sold at reduced prices. The number of people buying our sweet water wells has become increasingly rare... I wonder if Fusheng has a way to solve it?"

Li Weijian observed the words and expressions and asked, "Does the prince have something to worry about when he comes?"

The loyal and brave king nodded and said: "I intend to report to the saint to ban the bitter wells in the capital."

It's really simple and rude!

Li Weijian smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this method is feasible, but this matter involves a very wide range of things, I'm afraid it cannot be banned in just one official document. According to the students' opinions, Your Majesty should not hurt others with his own abilities."

"Hurting others with your own conduct? Let's talk about it."

"Why don't we give you free water from twenty wells?"

"Free?" King Zhongyong stopped and asked in surprise: "How long will it be free?"

"Until the waterways in the capital are extinct."

King Zhongyong was not happy: "It can't be done, it can't be done, the saint is still counting on the water service to draw money, how can it be free? If this is delayed for a year and a half, wouldn't it ruin the saint's important task?"

Li Weijian blinked and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid he's mistaken. Giving away water for free... doesn't waste time with making money."

"Ah? Why don't you delay?"

"Water services have just spread, and wealthy businessmen everywhere are interested in the future profits of water services, and not just in the present. If you want to see future profits, you must see how much water services occupy the capital waterway. If water services account for more than nine points, wealthy businessmen Wouldn’t they be flocking to them like birds of prey?”

King Zhongyong thought for a long time: "It seems to make sense. So, that stock exchange... can be opened?"

Li Weijian smiled and nodded: "We will be able to open in the next few days."

King Zhongyong frowned: "Okay, okay, let's choose an auspicious day and see how much this stock can be sold for."

What is the most profitable business?Of course it is a monopoly!

If the water company monopolizes the Jingshi Waterway, it will naturally give confidence to the water company's shares. If the stock price keeps rising, the shares will naturally be easy to sell.

King Zhongyong sat down again, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "By the way, the saint has considered your idea for a long time, and now he has given his approval. It is feasible."

Li Weijian said: "In this case, the prince can hold off for the time being, and then slowly release the shares after the shares are sold."

"Well, I know." King Zhongyong looked distressed.This is completely unreasonable for management, and taking charge of the internal government is even more difficult. If possible, King Zhongyong just wants to return to the army.Leading troops to fight is much more convenient than the back and forth calculations now!

Well, since this idea came from Li Weijian, it seems that only Li Weijian knows what should be done best, so he can just follow the steps.

Putting aside the matter in his mind for the time being, King Zhongyong thought of the past few days and said: "By the way, that day Chen Shoufu came to the capital, and I recommended him to Fusheng in person. After these days of busy work, the chief minister will have to meet Resurrection at first sight.”

"Ah?" Li Weijian looked strange.He thought to himself, if Chen Hongmou can't hide in time, how can he dare to get close to him?Just look at the smile on King Zhongyong's face, as if he had good intentions.He had no choice but to agree with a wry smile: "Hey, thank you for the recommendation, Your Majesty."

Having said that, Li Weijian made up his mind. When he saw Chen Hongmou, he simply entered Cao's camp as a concubine without saying a word.

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Zhongshun Wangfu.

Zhou An, the chief minister, followed the eunuch of the Chengdu Department along the corridor, passed the palace gate, turned around the back tower, and entered the back garden.After walking for a while, you will reach a certain place.The plaque is inscribed with the words "Baishanxuan".

The eunuch said: "Zhang Shi, the prince will be waiting inside. Please come."

Zhou An cupped his hands casually, and when he reached inside, he saw King Zhongshun, who was nearly fifty years old, sitting on a soft couch, with a young woman beside him serving fruits brought by sea ships.

After seeing the ceremony, King Zhongshun waved his hand casually: "Come on, what's the matter?"

Zhou An glanced at the woman, and King Zhongshun waved his hand at the woman: "Please step aside first."

The woman responded, twisting her waist and retreating.Zhou An's heart felt hot when he saw it, but his face remained calm as he said, "Your Majesty, the Hou family has asked for another official, and they raised another one penny of silver as before."

King Zhongshun couldn't help but feel excited: "Three taels and six dollars? Hiss... these guys, Lao Xi'er, are really rich."

Zhou An cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the person named Hou has said that the price will only be kept for two days. If the prince does not let go, I'm afraid that the person named Hou will go find another family."

King Zhongshun said: "30 shares?" "Yes."

King Zhongshun slapped the table and said: "Sold! You can make a profit by flipping a few silver coins in your hands. There is such a good business in the world. Well, I will only sell 30 shares and wait and see for the rest. Now, I don’t think this stock will go up in a while.”

"Yes." Zhou An responded, feeling relieved.Fortunately, the prince agreed. If he still had to deal with it this time, he, Zhou An, wouldn't know how to appease the Hou family - he couldn't return the silver winter melon, could he? "I'm going to go back to the man named Hou right now."

Zhou An was about to retreat when he was stopped by King Zhongshun: "Don't worry... Well, that scholar named Li still has a lot of stocks in his hands, right?"

Zhou An couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Your Majesty, the good things we did before are gone. Now Wu Haiping's employment contract is in Li Weijian's hands."

King Zhongshun said: "Can I know this? We won't bully anyone this time. We'll just buy it for one tael of silver per share. This can't be considered bullying, right?"

"This... let me give it a try first."

Zhou An lamented in his heart that such self-indulgent and capricious actions of villains are really deplorable.I'm afraid that the current prince will never be able to go back to the past, right?

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Rongguofu.

On this day, Li Weijian returned to his small courtyard early, took a short rest, first taught Qingwen how to read, and then casually mentioned a few books that Xiangling should read, and it was past Shenshi in the blink of an eye.

Li Weijian changed his clothes and was about to go east across the courtyard when a maid came looking for him. It was Xiu Ju who was in the second girl's wedding room who came to invite him to a banquet.

Li Weijian took Hongyu and followed Xiuju all the way to the east across the courtyard.It was said that they were all in Rongguo Mansion. Li Weijian wanted to cross the courtyard east, so he always walked closer to the inner house.In fact, this is not the case at all. The East Crossing Courtyard of the great master Jia She is self-contained. A black oil gate is opened on the outside, and you go around the back of the stables. After walking for a while, you can reach the East Crossing Courtyard.

Because the three of them did not walk inside, but came out from the side door into the smuggling alley, and walked around half a circle before entering the black oil gate.

The east-span courtyard is divided into three levels, the outermost one is the Yimen, and next to it is Jia She's outer study.After that, after passing through two more ritual gates, it is considered the inner house.

Li Weijian followed Xiuju with his hands behind his back, and when he passed the Erzhongyi Gate, he wondered: "Miss Xiuju, could this banquet be held in the inner house?"

Xiuju smiled and said, "It's just a coincidence. The eldest gentleman is meeting friends today and won't be back until nightfall. The second girl and the eldest lady said they wanted to entertain Fourth Master Jian. The eldest lady said they couldn't neglect it, so they moved the place from the west wing to the west wing. Moved to the main room. Now the eldest lady has gone to the old lady to wait on her, I'm afraid it will be a little later before she comes back."

"I see."

After passing the Erzhongyi Gate and arriving at the inner house, Li Weijian raised his eyes and looked around, and saw that there were only three main rooms, and one wing room on each side.After all, the Dongkua courtyard is a bit cramped and not as spacious as the Jiamu courtyard.

Xiuju quickened a few steps and shouted towards the inside: "Girl, Fourth Master Jian is here."

As soon as the voice fell, the maid and mother-in-law came out to welcome them. The two girls stopped in front of the door to greet the spring. They glanced at Li Weijian and quickly bowed their heads.

"Brother Jian is here."

"Second sister."

Li Weijian greeted with a smile and looked carefully, and saw that Yingchun was wearing a light gold-trimmed emerald green satin round-neck robe, a white cross-collar jacket, and a dark green satin horse-face skirt.

Siqi met the little maid beside him and was about to speak. The accompanying woman had already stood up and said with a smile: "Hey, Brother Jian is a suave person. I got to see you today. It's really true." of."

Li Weijian felt unhappy and looked at the woman smiling without saying anything.

Siqi was disgusted, but thinking about the benefits he had promised her yesterday, he asked the girl's nanny to help her. It would be better to ruin the situation now.So he quickly added: "Fourth Master Jian, this is our girl's nanny."

"Oh." Li Weijian smiled and nodded.I vaguely remember that it seems that in the TV series, this old woman often acted like a monster, and she even got into trouble with Siqi in the end?
Siqi said quickly: "Fourth Master Jian, please come in and invite me. The banquet has been prepared long ago."

Li Weijian nodded and followed Si Qi inside. After a brief glance, he saw that the dishes on the table were carefully coded. He must have put a lot of thought into them.

He washed his hands before sitting down, and said with a smile: "Today I let Second Sister spend the money. I will treat Second Sister as a favor tomorrow."

The second girl Yingchun felt shy. When she heard this, she just tilted her head and clutched her handkerchief tightly and said, "I don't know how to respond to Brother Jian's words. It's not a waste to invite Brother Jian."

At this time, the nanny said: "I see so many people waiting in front of me, and it's not easy for Brother Jian to talk to the second girl. Why don't we also find a place to have some wine and have fun?"

Siqi helped: "Yes, the second girl is shy, and she can't speak when there are more people. I think it's better to leave me alone. You go to play naughty first. If there are not enough people, I will go look for them." .”

Xiuju grabbed the little maid with one hand, walked two steps over to grab Hongyu, and said with a smile: "Hongyu, a banquet has been prepared in the west wing. Let's go have a glass of wine too."

"This -" Hongyu hesitated and looked at Li Weijian hurriedly.

But before Li Weijian could respond, he was dragged out of the main room by Xiu Ju.

Li Weijian frowned slightly, then relaxed his eyebrows, faintly smelling something was wrong.Looking back at the second girl Yingchun, he saw that she looked at him and then lowered her head like a little rabbit.

Could it be that I think too much?
Siqi smiled and came over with the wine jar, filled it for Li Weijian, and poured it for the Spring Festival, and said, "I don't know, Fourth Master Jian, but our girl has put a lot of thought into this time. All the dishes are personally served, and the drinks are also prepared. I got it from the money. Look, one jar of this fine sweet-scented osmanthus wine can last me two months."

Saying that, Si Qi quickly winked at Yingchun, and the second girl picked up the wine glass, holding back her shyness and raising her head: "Brother Jian, let me toast you."

Li Weijian hesitantly picked up the wine glass and said, "Second sister, you and I are still young. Even if we have had this glass of wine, we don't dare to drink more."

Yingchun said: "That's right. I don't know how to drink. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to accompany Brother Jian."

Li Weijian smiled and held the cup instead. He first looked at Yingchun covering his mouth and nose and drank it all in one gulp. Then he tasted it first and then drank it all in one gulp.

He smacked his lips slightly, as if he didn't taste anything else?

Si Qi wanted to pour wine again, but Li Weijian stopped him and said, "I'm not busy, please let me and my second sister have some food."

Siqi smiled and said, "I'll fill it up first. Whether to drink it or not will be decided by Fourth Master Jian and our girl."

Li Weijian agreed with a smile, picked up his chopsticks and ate some vegetables, and said a few words to Yingchun while talking about the scene from the Condor Shooting. After having a cup of tea, Li Weijian felt that something was wrong.

My face was hot, my heart was hot, and I had the thought of rushing forward to perform the Fa-rectification on the spot in the coming spring!Look at the second girl welcoming the spring again, her pretty face is flushed, her eyes are rippling with spring water, and her eyes are moving, and she can't look away from him!
This is drugged!
At that moment, Li Weijian didn't think anything of it. He stood up and said, "Second sister, wait a moment, I'll go change clothes." Then he walked away, faster and faster.

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