Need for money

Walking out of the hall door, Lin Jingzhi saw a fair-skinned young man in a white shirt, stepping on the smooth floor, calling his name, and walking over quickly.

"Brother Jia, what kind of wind brought you here today?" Lin Jingzhi casually cupped his hands at the young man, because the relationship between the two was very good, so he didn't care much.

Jia Lin walked up and glared at him angrily, "If it's not windy, why can't my brother come to visit you?"

"It's fine, but I'm afraid it will affect the business of the pretty sisters in Liuyan Pavilion, so I'm guilty of a big crime." Lin Jingzhi chuckled.

"Fuck you!" Jia Lin pushed him on the shoulder, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and you've become glib, what's the matter, do you want me to take you in for a drink today?"

Not waiting for Lin Jingzhi to refuse, he said again: "I can tell you, Du Piaopiao, the oiran in Liuyan Pavilion, is still waiting for you in the fragrant boudoir, you can't let down the deep affection of the girl's family!"

Seeing that Jia Lin took his hand and was about to drag it out, Lin Jingzhi hurriedly struggled. This guy is good everywhere, but he is too obsessed with women's bellies. It's a bone-scraping steel knife.Wealth is a tiger that descends from the mountain, and anger is the root of trouble.

After Lin Jingzhi came here, he already had one wife and four concubines, plus an unmarried average wife. He was quite satisfied with sex, "Don't tell me, Brother Jia, I don't have time right now. There are still more in the house." Where are the distinguished guests?"

Seeing a guard with a knife standing at the door, Jia Lin knew that Lin Jingzhi hadn't lied, and complained, "There are guests in the room, and you're teasing me with the girl from Liuyan Pavilion."

Really couldn't stand Jia Lin's resentful eyes, Lin Jingzhi hurriedly dragged him into the hall, Zheng Jianqiu, who was sitting on the chair, saw the two people's friendly behavior, so he stood up with dignity and took a few steps to greet him.

"Brother Jia, come, come, let me introduce you to a noble person." Entering the hall, Lin Jingzhi pulled Jia Lin straight to Zheng Jianqiu, and introduced: "This is Liuzhou Xuanwei General Master Zheng's head." Young Master, Zheng Jianqiu, Young Master Zheng."

Jia Lin was taken aback when he heard the words, and then quickly bowed down to give a salute. To be honest, he really didn't expect such a big man to sit in Lin's residence, "I've seen Mr. Zheng in Xia Jia Lin."

"Since Mr. Jia is Lin Xiandi's friend, he is also Zheng's friend. You don't have to be so polite. Please sit down!" Zheng Jianqiu saw that Jia Lin was wearing a light green brocade robe, and there was a cat's eye-sized pearl on the topknot of his head. He was also born in a wealthy family, so he thought that it would be a great thing to make friends with him.

In fact, Zheng Jianqiu would not have such thoughts in the past, because military and political officials who are sent to other places are very taboo to know too many local rich people, because this will arouse the dissatisfaction of the emperor.

Think about it, having an army in your hands and knowing a lot of wealthy families is equivalent to having a lot of money. When the emperor sees it, will he suspect that you want to rebel?

But now it is different, because once the emperor is about to return home, the court will be unstable and no one will pay attention to the Zheng family.Secondly, relying on only one Zheng family can't afford to support 10,000+ sergeants. This problem must be dealt with properly, otherwise if there is a mutiny, then the Zheng family will be over.

In the past few years, there have been many wars at the border, which has left the national treasury empty. He already owes a lot of military pay, but this time when the locust plague broke out in the north, the imperial court did not even allocate the military pay of a senior.

Sergeants also have to support their families, and now that food prices have risen suddenly, if the Zheng family can't make up the money owed as soon as possible, the army's mutiny is inevitable. This is why Zheng Jianqiu came to see Lin in such a hurry. The real reason for respect.

"Yes, we are all friends!" Lin Jingzhi was afraid that Zheng Jianqiu would put on airs and didn't want to deal with Jia Lin. After hearing the words, he clapped his hands twice and laughed.

Jia Lin didn't expect Zheng Jianqiu to be so talkative, so he quickly bowed down and saluted, "It's my good fortune to be able to make friends with Mr. Zheng."

After finishing speaking, the three sat down again, toasted and drank a few glasses each.

Zheng Jianqiu still had important things to do and couldn't stay longer in Los Angeles, so he brought the topic back to serious business. He didn't shy away from Jia Lin, so he talked about it face to face. He even thought that Jia Lin could borrow his Some silver taels, to be honest, he can't care much about the soldiers' salary now,

"Brother Lin Xian, I will not hide it from you. In fact, I came here this time to ask you to borrow some silver taels to pay the military salaries owed to the soldiers on behalf of the imperial court. When the imperial court allocates the money in the future, I will take it for my brother. Come pay you back."

The reason why the Zheng family got angry because of money is because they couldn't guess how long it would take for the court to stabilize. After all, the emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne. There are too many variables. Not impossible.

So now the Zheng family must raise as much money as possible to prepare for future expenses in the army.

When it came to business, Lin Jingzhi's expression became serious, and he asked tentatively, "Then how much does Brother Zheng plan to borrow?"

"1 taels!" Zheng Jianqiu gritted his teeth and told him the task his father entrusted to him.

Lin Jingzhi didn't immediately agree when he heard the words, but frowned and pondered. Although this number was within the range he could bear, 1 taels of silver was not a small amount. Jia Lin didn't expect Zheng Jianqiu to come to Lin's house to borrow money. Yinzi froze on the spot, and just when he came back to his senses, Lin Jingzhi suddenly blinked at him.

Although Jia Lin spends two out of three days drinking flowers and wine in Liuyan Pavilion and doesn't like to worry about the business affairs of the mansion, it doesn't mean that he is an idiot. It would be a great thing for the Zheng family, which has hundreds of thousands of troops under it, to be a backer, so he pondered for a while, and then said seriously:

"Mr. Zheng, there are now large-scale plagues of locusts breaking out on the four northern continents, which has severely damaged the vitality of the imperial court. It is time for us to help with all our strength. The army is related to the imperial society, and we must not make any mistakes. I am also willing to borrow money. Wan Liang, to relieve some pressure on the family, I wonder if Young Master Zheng will accept it?"

"Mr. Jia, you are being polite. Mr. Zheng would like to say thank you to you for those tens of thousands of soldiers who have no money to support their families!" He held his hand in front of him, stopped his movement, and said repeatedly: "No need to do this, no need to do this!"

Squeezed it into the sleeve, and wrote a letter, "If you need to be a brother in the future, just speak up, remember!" ! ! Lin Jingzhi smiled slightly on a note in large characters. In this eventful autumn, it was worth buying the Zheng family for 1 taels of silver as a backer!

"Brother Jia has agreed, and there is no reason for my younger brother not to nod. Brother Zheng sit down for a while, and my younger brother will go and get the bank notes."

Jia Lin also stood up when he heard the words, and said, "Mr. Zheng is busy with business, so I will rush home to fetch the bank notes."

"Wait!" Zheng Jianqiu ignored Lin Jingzhi who had already left the hall, stepped forward and grabbed Jia Lin's sleeve, and said with a smile, "Zheng is indeed busy, but no matter how busy I am, I have to spare some time." Go to Mr. Jia's mansion and sit for a while, just wait a while, come, let's sit down and have a few drinks, to be honest, Zheng is willing to make friends with you!"

"Okay, drink!" Compared with Lin Jingzhi, Jia Lin's temperament was obviously worse. Hearing that Zheng Jianqiu was willing to visit Jia's mansion, he felt ecstasy in his heart, and it showed on his face unconsciously.

When Lin Jingzhi came back with the banknote, Jia Lin and Zheng Jianqiu had become close friends and he was naturally very happy to see the two getting along.

After accepting Lin Jingzhi's 1 taels of silver note, Zheng Jianqiu gave Lin Jingzhi an IOU. Lin Jingzhi didn't want it, but seeing Zheng Jianqiu's insistence, he put away the IOU. Ten thousand taels of silver, he never thought about getting it back.

Zheng Jianqiu rushed to Luocheng in a hurry. He still had other things to do. He drank two more cups and got up to leave. Jia Lin also left. Please go to Liuyan Pavilion to have a drink, you mean what you say!"

Liuyan Pavilion?

Lin Jingzhi shook his head with a smile. He was sure that Jia Lin's invitation to drink with him was just a cover, and his real purpose was to have an affair with Du Sisi, the personal maid of Hua Kuai Du Piaopiao.

Zheng Jianqiu is busy with affairs, and Lin Jingzhi also has a lot of things to do. After thinking about it, he plans to go to that Jishengtang first, to see if he can cooperate with the shopkeeper of Jishengtang for mutual benefit, and make the Lin family's good name, Take it up another notch.