Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Su Mu doesn't care what others say about him.Anyway, as long as the errand at hand is done well and returned to the capital, it can be restored to its original appearance.

As for Mei Fugui's identity, it has nothing to do with him.

It's just that the idlers in the market and the wives even brought him together with Princess Taikang, saying that there was an affair between a man and a woman, which made him a little nervous.

Because of this, he didn't go out for the past few days, he cultivated his mind and nature in the yard of the inn, and asked the staff to bring food and food into the yard.

Five days later, Erbing came again, saying that Princess Taikang asked her to come over and ask Su Mu for some money.

Su Mu was startled: "Why do you have no money? Your Highness doesn't hold literary conferences, and doesn't go out for entertainment and banquets, so he made so much money?"

It took only five days to spend 1000 taels of silver, an average of 200 taels per day.Converted into RMB in modern society, it is more than [-] per day, even if it is eating diamonds, it is not so cruel.

Erbing said coldly: "Your Highness has recently fallen in love with jade wares and bought several sets."

Su Mu shook his head: "Is it necessary to buy luxury goods when you can't even eat?" However, she is a princess, so her consumption concept is naturally different from that of ordinary women.

There was no other way, so I had to pool another 200 taels and said, "That's all, can't you save some money?"

Erbing: "No matter how hard it is, Your Highness, I'll come back after a few days."

When she left, Su Mu felt the seriousness of the problem. Now, even he was penniless, and had to support Princess Taikang, a vampire. Indeed, he had to find a way to get money.

Can't stay in the inn any longer.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a person walking in from the outside: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, hurry up, come with me to see father. Yansi is in a mess now, and father is so anxious that he can't control it." scene."

The person who came was Wu Er Er.

Seeing his brother-in-law-to-be, Su Mu smiled in his heart: As expected, my father-in-law has no experience in politics after all. I can't hold it anymore.Finally, don't ask me, Su Mu, for help.After waiting for these five days, it can be regarded as waiting.

"Going to see Mr. Wu, isn't it good!" Su Mu deliberately dragged his voice out, saying: "The old man said that I am not allowed to step into the Yansi yamen."

"You don't care what he says, the house is on fire now." The second child dragged Su Mu outside: "Go, go, talk while walking. Brother-in-law, don't worry about it so much. If you don't go, just go I'm afraid that father will be in bad luck."

Su Mu pretended to struggle a few times, then walked outside with him: "Tell me what's going on?"

Wu Er Er: "Actually, Dad, the transfer envoy of the Salt Division, is just a temporary agent. He can't be serious. After the new year, he will naturally go back to Yangzhou to be his promotion officer. Ordinarily, half a year is enough for me to grow hair. It's a pity that the old man He is a bully, and we didn't get any benefit. It's also because everyone knows that he is only temporarily replacing him for half a year, and the people in the yamen don't pay attention to the old man. His words are also obedient. To be honest, Every order signed by the old man can't get out of the transfer envoy's official office."

"That's not surprising."

Wu Laoer continued: "But the orders from above come down one by one every day, that is, let the Yan Division collect 200 million taels of silver before the end of the year. On average, they have to send 30 taels to the capital every month. Unfortunately, the current Yan Division is What the hell, who doesn't know, there are only a few thousand taels of silver in the treasury, and where can I find the money?"

"Doesn't the Salt Transport Commissioner sell tens of millions of salts every year?" Su Mu asked.

Wu Er Er: "Brother-in-law, you don't know this. The sale of this salt is before the Spring Festival every year, and this year's has already been sold. Moreover, the salt field produces so much salt every day, and it is difficult to deal with official quotations." I feel a little annoyed. But the order from the top is issued every few days, and the wording is more severe every time, which makes the old man very angry. Now, half of his face is swollen."

Su Mu looked intently, Wu Er Er was much darker than before, and also lost a lot of weight: "How did you become like this, as black as charcoal?"

The second child shook his head and smiled wryly: "It's not the old man's fault. He wanted to complete the tasks assigned by the court as soon as possible to collect the relief money, so he went to the saltworks to supervise production, but he got tired of it."

Sumu: "The annual output of this saltworks has a fixed amount, and it will not increase much if it is increased. Moreover, it is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket to make up 200 million taels within three to two months by increasing production. The old man did this. It's purely putting the cart before the horse, and it's thankless."

Second child: "Who said it wasn't!"

He sighed again, and said bitterly: "Daddy is in the salt department, his eyes are darkened. When something happens, the officials and book offices inside, even the gatekeepers, won't let go, just wait to see Daddy make a fool of himself! Dad is sick in bed now, and there is not even a single person who came to greet him. It can be seen that he has nothing to do. Just now I asked the old man if he asked my brother-in-law to come and help. "

"What did he say?" Su Mu hurriedly asked.

"I didn't nod, and I didn't say I don't agree." The second child: "My father has such a temper, he wants to save face and suffer. I can't control so much, and I don't talk nonsense, so I ran over to invite you. Brother-in-law, I have wronged you, The old man has such a bad temper, seeing that the end of the month is coming, and the 30 taels for this month has not yet been settled. You should work under him as an assistant for a few days first."

"Well, go see the old gentleman first."

"By the way, how to raise two million taels of silver, does brother-in-law have any ideas?"

Su Mu shook his head: "I haven't made a claim yet, but anyway, I have to get together the 30 taels of silver that will be sent to the capital this month, so let's solve the urgent need first!"

"Indeed, but with brother-in-law taking action, this difficulty must be overcome safely."

While talking, the two called a carriage and went to Yansi.

When you get to the ground, enter the gate.

The inside is quite big, and under the guidance of Wu Lao Er, Su Mu walked in zigzags for a long time, and finally arrived at Houya.

This is a large back garden, with a total of three courtyards, which used to belong to the transfer envoy, Tongzhi, and transfer envoy respectively.

Now, there are vacancies for the co-prefect and deputy envoy, and only Mr. Wu and his son live there, and it seems very quiet.

Entering Wu Shiqi's room, he saw the old man yelling "Ouch" and lying on the bed weakly.

Looking at the person again, Su Mu was shocked.

In the past, the old man was a fair-skinned, handsome old man.But today, he has lost a lot of weight, and his face has become rough and dark.

Half of the face was also swollen.

This appearance is so strange, without the slightest demeanor of the old otaku in the capital.