Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 88
That day, when Li Weijian returned to his small courtyard, he saw a depressed Qingwen.

He asked a few questions with a smile, but Qingwen was embarrassed to say it. Instead, Xiuying spoke up.

Li Weijian heard this and sighed: "Relatives... I will teach you a lesson today. Friends have choices in this world, but relatives have no choice. From now on, if you get along, move around more. If you don't get along, move around less. Instead of thinking about family ties, Why don’t you make more close friends?”

Xu Shi was really hurt, Qingwen just responded in a low voice without saying anything else.

After dinner, Li Weijian took a few maids and told some naughty jokes. Qingwen finally let go of her worries and became lively and charming again.

But Hongyu was thoughtful. She took a quick look at it when she was staying late, and then she came back and said, "Qingwen, I'm afraid that your cousin... is not going to be good."

However, many officials were addicted to alcohol. As soon as they were in the imperial palace, they were encouraged by their servants to play with money. However, they lost more than two taels of silver in one day.

He only earns a shilling a month, how can he afford it?The evil servant came up with the idea and asked many officials to come to Qingwen to ask for it.

Duoguan paid off the debt beforehand, thinking that he had no more money for the wine, so he came to Qingwen again to ask for it.

After hearing this, Qingwen was so angry that she wiped away tears and scolded Duoguan bloody.Li Weijian, Hong Yu and others tried to comfort her, and it took a long time for Qingwen to get better.

She didn't have much contact with Duoguan. Because she was sold into the Lai family when she was young, she lost family ties in her heart, so she asked Aunt Lai to take care of Duoguan.Now that many officials are so miserable, Qingwen simply gave up the thought.

After looking at the album together that day, the relationship between Hongyu and Qingwen had eased slightly. Now it was Hongyu's turn to stay on duty, but thinking that Qingwen was in a bad mood, she secretly discussed with her to change the day to let Qingwen. Wen continues to stay in the room today.

Qingwen thought in her heart, thinking that Hongyu was not that unbearable, at least she was much better than Duoguan.Because he refused repeatedly, he just gave Hongyu a few words to advise him not to hurt the Fourth Master's body and bones... Hongyu smiled and agreed, but rolled his eyes in his heart.

So after all, Hong Yu stayed on duty that day. After washing up, Li Weijian and Hong Yu got into bed. Li Weijian was thinking in his mind that he didn't know what kind of style Hong Yu had learned.

He felt itchy in his heart, but more out of curiosity, but what was strange was that although Hong Yu was tired of it for a while, he didn't notice any movement and fell asleep after a while, but made Li Weijian unable to get up or down.

Li Weijian thought for a long time, smiled secretly, and recalled the periodic table of elements for a long time, and then fell asleep.

Come around, it's April.Maybe there was a severe drought last year, but there was a lot of rain this spring, and it started to rain again early in the morning.Li Weijian held an umbrella and went out, and together with Wu Haiping, they went out of Rongguo Mansion and got on the carriage.

Ding Rufeng reported first, saying that he had found an inn for Wu Zhong, which was near the back street of Rongguo Mansion. It would be a good time for Ding Rufeng to pick Wu Zhong up when he came every day.

Following Jia Yun's report, he said that he had searched for several houses yesterday, but most of them did not meet Li Weijian's requirements. Jia Yun went to General Fengen's Mansion to talk to the old family member. Finally, he got through to the old family member and agreed to let him go with him today. Let’s meet the master.

Li Weijian didn't care about these matters, and only sent Ding Rusong and Jia Yun to take care of it together. He also asked them to inquire about any villas for sale around Xiangshan, and then took Wu Haiping, Ding Rusong, and Wu Zhong towards the inner palace.

When he arrived at the inner palace, King Zhongyong happened to be sitting in the government office.Li Weijian handed over his badge to see him, and waited for a long time before being ushered into the second hall by the book office.

Li Weijian glanced around and saw that King Zhongyong was in high spirits today. It must have been that the stock was sold well and was praised by the saint.

Seeing Li Weijian, King Zhongyong greeted with a smile: "Resurrection is here? I heard you came to ask about the latex yesterday. Doctor Liang looked through the case files all night," and pointed to the case files on the table: "They are all here. .I would like to ask, is this thing really useful?"

Li Weijian vowed: "It's useful, and it's of great use!"

King Zhongyong nodded and said: "No wonder Taizong spent a lot of money to bring in saplings... But Taizong went too early. The saplings were just planted and died without leaving any instructions." After a pause, King Zhongyong said: "My king After looking through the case files, I found that the government has tried many times to make this thing, but to no avail. Now I have to cut the latex and make it into a children's toy."

Li Weijian cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this thing needs to be brewed before it can be used effectively. The student kindly asks Your Majesty to transport a stock of latex liquid from Qiongzhou, even if the student pays for it himself."

King Zhongyong smiled and waved his hand: "That's enough for the resurrection. If you contribute to the imperial court, there is no reason to pay for it out of your own pocket." He turned around and ordered Dr. Liang: "Send an official letter to Qiongzhou and gather a batch of latex stock solution directly from The inner government takes over the accounts."

Qian'er received more than 800 million taels of silver, and King Zhongyong entered the palace at noon.The two brothers are in a good mood!Emperor Zhenghe encouraged him hard and allocated 500 million taels of silver from the inner government as internal funds, leaving more than 300 million taels for water treatment expenses.

Including the more than 300 million yuan sold yesterday, it is strange that the inner government now retains 600 million taels of silver. It is a time when wealth is strong.King Zhongyong naturally didn't care about these latex disposal costs.

Li Weijian thanked him with his hand, and King Zhongyong immediately said: "Resurrection, shouldn't it be time to release the good news? Yesterday we sold more than 300 million yuan, and today I'm afraid it will be even less."

Li Weijian laughed and said: "Your Majesty, you must keep some of the shares in the inner government, you can't sell them all."

King Zhongyong was startled and immediately looked at Dr. Liang: "How many more shares can I sell?"

Dr. Liang bowed and said: "Not much left, I can probably sell it for half a percent." After a pause, he added: "And few people are picking up water cards today. The stock price has now fallen to one or two per share. I will write down the book next." He said, I'm afraid it will fall again in the afternoon."

King Zhongyong looked at Li Weijian blankly: "Resurrection, it's not good to fall like this, right?"

Li Weijian said: "What's wrong? When it falls below one tael, the prince can just buy it back."

"What if it falls again?"

"Isn't that just good news?"

King Zhongyong blinked and slapped the table: "Come on! Wouldn't the inner palace be able to make a lot of money like this? Hahaha, okay! Don't be polite when you are alive. Come and sit down and chat with me for a while."

Li Weijian smiled and agreed, and accompanied King Zhongyong for a while to talk about what he had and what he didn't have.But I was thinking secretly in my heart that Qiongzhou is really too far away, and I don’t know how many months it will take to deliver it after this trip.With rubber, as long as metallurgy could keep up, he would have the confidence to build a steam engine that was cheaper than manpower.

Fortunately, Taizong Li Guo had the foresight, otherwise there would be many detours to promote industrialization.

That day, Li Weijian stayed in the inner palace until noon. He spent noon time with King Zhongyong before retiring.He went to Yan's Mansion and stayed for a long time, listened to Yan Xiyao's instructions, and then returned to Rongguo Mansion after Shenshi.

As soon as he returned to his small courtyard, Li Weijian heard the news from Hongyu: The eldest boss Jia She had been dismissed!

Li Weijian was puzzled, but he only listened to Hongyu for a moment and had no idea what the reason was.It was not easy to ask about this matter face to face. He thought about it carefully for a long time and remembered what his teacher Yan Xiyao said today, and finally he had an idea.It turned out that Chen Hongmou's recent efforts to clear up accumulated debts had caused public outrage, and people in both the government and the public were in mourning. Unable to bear the pressure, one official committed suicide by taking poison!
This morning at court, the imperial censors and officials wrote letters to impeach Chen Hongmou, the first assistant, but Chen Hongmou turned his back on them and ignored them at all.As a result, some officials came out and said that the accumulated debts could not only be dealt with by the six departments, but also the five military departments had accumulated outstanding debts.

The trick is to divert misfortune from the east, but Chen Hongmou was so determined that he accepted such an offending assignment. On the same day, he sent his confidants to look through the files of the Fifth Military Department, and even went to Beijing to collect the outstanding debts.The eldest master, Jia She, led the experience department from the fifth rank. It was found that he owed 5000 taels and was an incompetent official. He often engaged in nepotism, so he was directly sued by Chen Hongmou before the saint.

After being impeached, the elder Jia She had to go home.As for when the official will be reinstated, it's hard to say.

Li Weijian secretly thought to himself that this eldest man and Jia Zheng generally held fifth-grade official positions, and their salary was only 60 taels of silver, 60 hu of rice, and more than 1000 taels of ice and charcoal.This is only the income on the surface, including helping lower-level military attachés to obtain official positions, and the total income is 5000 taels per year.

As soon as he retired, the Rongguo Mansion lost more than 1000 taels of income, and the elder himself lost a full 4000 taels!At the moment, Jia She can still hold on for a while if he has that kind of personality, but it's hard to say if it lasts more than a year or two.

Li Weijian didn't know that not only Jia She, but also Jia Zheng was also killed.Jia Zhengji did not owe much, only more than two thousand taels.He was pedantic and not good at digging, so the first debt to be cleared fell on him.

He originally wanted to fight like other colleagues, but when he heard that his brother Jia She was impeached and returned home, Jia Zheng suddenly panicked.After discussing with Mrs. Wang for a while, the two went to Jia's mother and said how painful it was. In desperation, Jia's mother had to allocate 2000 taels from the public servant to make up for the shortfall with Jia Zheng.

This matter came to an end. Unexpectedly, when the elder Jia She heard about it, he immediately started to make trouble.He ran to Jia Mu and talked to Erhun, who made Jia Mu so angry that she cursed loudly and asked for Jia Daishan's memorial tablet, which scared Jia She away.

Because the eldest master, Jia She, became increasingly resentful, he got very drunk that night, and tore off two precious fans with his own hands. Then, taking advantage of the alcohol, he pulled the concubine and the maid into a mess. There was a lot of confusion.

Naturally, Li Weijian didn't know what the eldest master Jia She was doing in the East Cross Courtyard, but Hong Yu had made detailed inquiries about the previous events.

It was getting late at this time. Li Weijian sat in the study and listened to Hong Yu's words. He asked with a smile: "Who said it?"

Hongyu said: "I was in the courtyard just now. As soon as the two women walked by, I heard what they said."

"Yes, I will remember you for your contribution." Li Weijian was filled with joy.He secretly thought to himself that Jia She had an idle errand earlier, and the family spent most of the day hanging out, but it was not easy for him to plan.Now that I have some free time, I can think about some calculations, and maybe I can make enough money to welcome the Spring Festival back.

It was halfway through the first watch, and Li Weijian stretched himself out to wash up. His ruby ​​face was not visible, but his heart was quietly pounding.

Although Qingwen's previous words didn't sound good, she really had to take care of the fourth master's body and bones.Because she was just obsessed with it yesterday and didn't do anything else.

She was thinking to herself, is it okay to come here today?
She fetched hot water, washed Li Weijian's feet, and then took the basin to pour water.I washed myself up, thinking about all kinds of things in my mind, but it took me a little more time than usual.When he came to his senses, he was afraid that Li Weijian would just fall asleep, so he hurried into the Nuan Pavilion.

The candlelight on the candlestick flickered, dyeing the Nuang Pavilion dimly.Looking up, Li Weijian was sitting on the bedside, holding a book of Zhongyong in his hand.

Hongyu felt relieved, took off her outer clothes, and gently got into bed.

"Fourth Master, it's night, the candlelight is dim and hurts your eyes."

Li Weijian dropped the book and said, "Okay, I won't read it then."

With a rustle, Hongyu blew out the candle and got into Li Weijian's arms.I felt an itch like a cat scratching in my heart, but at this moment I heard the cat meowing outside.She boldly extended her hand all the way down.

Li Weijian suddenly said: "Why didn't I see you move yesterday?"

Hongyu felt shy and whispered: "As promised, we must take care of Fourth Master's body and bones, not too often."

"Oh, you're the only one who's too worried."

Hearing that Li Weijian had no intention of refusing, Hongyu boldly started flirting with her.Li Weijian's hands became more and more irregular, and Hong Yu's breathing became heavy after just a few touches.

Seemingly about to get lost in it, Hongyu suddenly bit her tongue, broke away from Li Weijian, and then shrank downwards little by little.

Li Weijian was surprised at first, and then took a breath.I thought to myself, is there even such a move in the booklet everyone sent me?Don’t dare to underestimate the ancients in the future!

The sound of a cat meowing made a pair of swallows wake up under the eaves.The female swallows are busy making nests, and the male swallows will fly out to look for food.After a while, the male swallow came back with a long worm in its mouth. The female swallow opened her mouth and chirped happily, letting the thick worm stuff into her mouth.

The insect was really thick, and the female swallow swallowed it for a long time. When she closed her mouth, she bit the insect, and the white and greasy liquid suddenly spurted out and spread everywhere in the nest...

In the warm pavilion.

Hongyu ran to drink a cup of tea in her middle clothes, and then quickly returned to bed.Li Weijian opened his arms and hugged him tightly, and Hongyu said in a disgusting voice, "Fourth Master~".

Li Weijian whispered: "It's hard for you."

Hongyu shook her head quickly and said, "My heart belongs to the Fourth Master, so what does this mean?"

Sensing the girl's deep affection, Li Weijian turned over and pressed his lips towards her.Hongyu quickly turned her head and said, "Fourth Master, you are dirty."

Li Weijian moved Hongyu's face, gave it a gentle peck, and said, "Actually, it doesn't have to be like this."

Hongyu responded in a muffled voice, but thinking about Li Weijian holding her head tightly just now, she secretly made up her mind to do it like this next time. Fourth Master... liked it very much.

The night is as cold as water, and there is nothing to say all night.

The next morning, when Li Weijian left the house, Jia Yun came up to him and said, "Uncle Jian, we discussed the matter of this mansion with the owner's family. I saw that the owner's family seemed a little shaken and couldn't say anything more." You can do it if you work harder. There is also the other courtyard in Xiangshan. It's a coincidence. I checked it out yesterday and found that someone was selling it out. "

"Oh? Who?"

Jia Yun said: "Shenwu General Feng Tang."

(End of this chapter)