Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 818 Loans
Hearing that the "seizure case" of Sun and Li's family has come to an end, Cao Yong is also relieved.Although he doesn't want to see both of them, but if the matter is delayed for a long time and the publicity comes out, it will also upset Li Shi.

Mrs. Li has recuperated in the villa for the past few months, her appetite is better than before, she sleeps much more comfortably, and her face, which was thinner due to the loss of her husband, has gradually returned to its former rosy complexion.

Cao Yong felt that he became a student of the Agricultural University of later generations, and recorded the growth of several crops in the notebook, so he had nothing to do to study and study. Plant ash fertilizer and manure were more beneficial to crops.

He already regretted that if he had studied agriculture in his previous life, would he be able to study hybrid rice, improve corn seeds and so on.

Quan is self-taught, and he has nothing else to worry about right now.

No, this day he walked to the field again, looking at the corn that had fringed, thinking about how much the yield per mu would be.

According to the records of several Zhuangzi in the family, a few pieces of land in the suburbs of Beijing, the first-class fertile fields can produce two stones of wheat, which is 240 catties.

The bracts of later generations are crops all over the country.Cao Yong still remembers clearly that when he went to his classmate's house in the northwest, what he ate was corn and potatoes.

Cao Yong was thinking, he heard the sound of twittering, it was Ren Jiyong who came with a few children.

"The uncle is also here..." Ren Jiyong bowed to see him, and Tianyou and others also greeted his obedient father.

"Why not in the school grounds?" Cao Yong asked casually.

Ren Jiyong scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, and said: "Just now I mentioned to a few young masters about cooking beans in Shandong, which aroused their curiosity, and they all said they wanted to try it."

For the idyllic vegetable field in front of me, the treatment varies.

On the other side of the vegetable field, the kitchen in the mansion cooks people, and you can pick whatever you want to eat; on the other side of the field, there are Cao Yong's treasures, which are tended by a few tenants who are familiar with farming, and no one else is allowed to touch them.

"Think about the success of eating beans, but don't worry about the corn and potatoes here." Cao Yong smiled and said to Tianyou and the others.

Several little guys nodded vigorously, Cao Yong glanced at the corn sticks that had already been tasseled, and said to Ren Jiyong: "You can also eat green corn corn, so let someone go to the tenant's house next to Zhuangzi to break some, in addition to roasting them for the children. Eat, and the kitchen can cook some at night. By the way, don’t forget to prepare a few strings of money, it’s not worth it.”

Ren Jiyong nodded in agreement, and sent a servant to arrange for Zhuangzi to break Baogu.

The children were in high spirits, and Cao Yong also joined in the fun, watching Ren Jiyong burn the pods in the open space beside the garden.

The beans on this side have not been cooked yet, but the boy who went to search for the corn has already returned, followed by two tenants carrying baskets.The thick wicker basket is full of green corn sticks.

First, the young servant came forward to talk back. These two are tenants of Cao's family, father and son, and the field is near Cao's Zhuangzi.

When they heard that Zhuangzi wanted green corn, they broke a basket and refused to accept any money.It is said that in these years, he has received too much favor from the Cao family, and this Qingbaogu should be treated as a small filial piety.

After hearing this, Cao Yong saw the father and son standing there cautiously, and stepped forward a few steps and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, but farming is hard work, so I don't want you in vain. It's better to accept the money, or it's not easy to keep it." Down these green bud valleys."

There are two father and son, the father is about forty years old, and the son is only fifteen or six.

Seeing Cao Yong approaching, the man didn't know how to address him, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, I don't dare to lose my conscience. Although I have been a tenant of Cao's family for less than ten years, the days are getting better and better every year. Good. When there is a drought, the Cao family will dig a well; when the weather is flooded, the wives and grandmothers will reduce the rent. The villain has been farming for half his life, and has changed several owners, but he has never met such a benevolent person. Now, if the boss wants to eat a few sticks and let the villain catch up, it is also the honor of the villain."

The man said the truth, but Cao Yong was embarrassed to take advantage of others for nothing, so he said: "Is my brother's house next to Zhuangzi? How many acres of land have you rented? How about the harvest last year?"

When it comes to crops, the man's restraint has dropped a lot, and he said: "I rented [-] acres of land and planted it with my two sons. Although it was a little dry last year, but there is a well, it can be regarded as [-]% of the harvest. I have saved a few taels of silver. , this month I will marry the eldest daughter-in-law. If you are free, I will invite you to have a wedding banquet."

After hearing this, Cao Yong called the servant and gave some instructions in a low voice.

Later, Cao Yong asked the man what kind of crops were planted, how many mu of corn were planted, and how much was harvested per mu.

Seeing that Cao Yong was interested in farm work, the man answered them one by one, and even made a special trip to mention that the several acres of wheat harvested at the beginning of the month are now planted with Chinese cabbage. In autumn, besides his own winter vegetables, he can also pull two mules. Went to town and sold.

After a while, I saw the boy come back with two bolts of cloth in his hand, one blue and one red.

Cao Yong handed it to the man with his own hands, and said: "It's good to have a good life. I will accept the green corn. But since I catch up with my brother's house for a wedding, I can't let him go back empty-handed. These two pieces of cloth, It is used to add clothes to the bridegroom and the bride."

The man hugged the cloth, and it was neither good nor bad if he didn't take it.

Cao Yong smiled and told the boy to clear the basket.

When he left Cao's village, the man still felt that it was not real, he looked down at the cloth in his hand, and asked the boy who sent him out: "Brother, is that the manager of the village?"

After hearing this, the boy said with a bit of complacency, "What's in charge? That's our master, Zhuangzi's master. Our master has always treated people well. He is an earl, and his rank is higher than that of the prime minister."

Hearing this, the man couldn't help talking, and said, "Don't rich people always wear silk and satin? Why is that gentleman still wearing cloth clothes?"

"You haven't seen the world before, it's made of fine cotton, which is much more valuable than satin." The boy replied, "It's our master. Others don't have a place to buy it if they want to wear it..."

*
It's not just the mountain guy who doesn't know, but also Sun Jue, who has always been pretentious.

At this moment, he was sitting in the living room of Caojiazhuangzi, holding a handkerchief in his hand, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Although he used to ride horses from his home to the Yamen, it was only a few miles, and it was covered with bluestone roads; it was tens of miles away from the city, and it was hot and bumpy, and he felt that his bones were about to fall apart.

If it is said that Sun Jue, the last thing in his heart is to bow his head to Cao Yong.But the situation forced him to come, and he didn't care about his arrogance, so he could only put down his airs and come to Cao's house.

Yesterday I went to the bank to pledge a loan, which was originally good, but the other party saw that his land deed was brand new, so the review period was extended from the original three days to seven days.

If you wait until seven days, the day lily will be cold, and it will be useless to find a silver.

Sun Jue took the title deed back and tossed and turned all night, knowing that he could only ask the Cao family.

The Cao family didn't talk about anything else, just talking about Daoxiang Village, 9000 taels of silver is not a problem.

Therefore, he asked the Yamen to ask for leave early and rode to Changping.

Cao Yong lived here with his family for a few months, and it was the first time for Sun Jue to come back. Unexpectedly, when he arrived, he would take a wrong road, go around and find Caojiazhuangzi in the afternoon.

At that time, Cao Yong was still on the edge of the field, and Sun Jue came to him and entered the large vegetable field in front of him. Hearing that Cao's family planted it, Fan couldn't help muttering in his heart.

Could it be that the Cao family is also empty-handed, and they don't even have enough money to buy vegetables?
Coupled with seeing Cao Yong wearing a light gray cloth robe, Sun Jue became more and more uncertain.

In the capital, the Cao family is already his last straw.

If the Cao family has no money, then what will he give Cheng Mengxian tomorrow.For two consecutive nights, he couldn't sleep. As soon as he closed his eyes, it was the slaves of Prince Zhuang's mansion who came to arrest him.

After he completely sobered up, he knew that the piece of evidence written by himself was the root of disaster.

If Cheng Mengxian handed over the document to the palace in order to evade the relationship, half of Sun Jue's life would be lost.

Seeing Sun Jue coming over with sweat on his head, Cao Yong was curious, but he didn't show it on his face, so he led Sun Jue to the living room to sit.

Sun Jue didn't say why he came, and Cao Yong didn't ask, he just said: "It's rare for the eldest brother-in-law to come here, do you want to see the wife and the second wife first?"

Sun Jue was full of lawsuits, so he didn't have the heart to deal with the two old ladies.He waved his hand and said, "Farewell first, I'm here today to look for my cousin."

"Oh?" Cao Yong put down his tea bowl, looked at Sun Jue, and waited for the next word.

Sun Jue's face turned blue, his eye circles were black, and his eyes were bloodshot. He looked exhausted to the extreme, even if he was sitting there, he was staggering, looking like he would be unable to support himself at any time.

Seeing it in his eyes, Cao Yong was secretly startled, not knowing what happened to make Sun Jue look like this.

Sun Jue's eyes moved away from Cao Yong's cloth clothes, and from the corner of his eyes, he glanced at the living room, but it was very simple, without gold and jade decorations.

Even if you are not sure, but you are forced to this point, you can only try.

Sun Jue coughed a few times, cleared his throat, and said, "Cousin, I really had no other choice, so I begged my cousin, and asked my cousin to pull me because of the late old lady's love." a handful."

This is true, but Cao Yong is not listened to.

Although the Sun family and the Cao family are cousins, but speaking of it, the cousin of the cousin's family is close to the cousin's husband?

Sun Jue brought out the old matriarch, not because he wanted Cao Yong to care about his relatives, but because he was used to saying this in front of the Cao family, so as to remind the descendants of the Cao family not to forget that the glory and wealth of the Cao family was brought by Sun Taijun.

Cao Yong snorted coldly in his heart, his previous sympathy dropped a bit, but he said with a little surprise on his face: "Huh? What do you say? I am Ding You at home, and I don't ask my brother-in-law to take care of me. How can I help my brother-in-law?"

It's embarrassing to borrow money from others, not to mention facing Cao Yong who seems to be jealous all the time in his heart.

Sun Jue blushed, took out the land deed of Tongzhou Zhuangzi from his sleeve, pushed it in front of Cao Yong, and said, "Cousin, this is the land deed for thirty hectares of fertile land!"

Hearing "Thirty Hectares", Cao Yong already knew in his heart that this was the Zhuangzi who bought the twins from the Li family.

He raised his head and said puzzledly: "Brother-in-law bought a new Zhuangzi? Why buy land at this season? At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the price will be cheaper."

The words he answered unintentionally were a wake-up call to Sun Jue.

Sun Jue's heart moved, he nodded hurriedly, and said: "It's cheap at the end of the year, but this Zhuangzi didn't buy it from someone else, it was transferred from the Li family. My brother-in-law has been busy making up for the shortage recently, and the money on hand is not enough. I have to deal with this Zhuangzi. It is not easy to sell it, so I bought it.

This is thirty hectares, not thirty mu, and I don't have that much cash, so I borrowed 9000 taels from a good colleague.Originally, he wanted to write a letter to the south, and waited for his father to send someone to send the money before paying it back.Unexpectedly, this colleague stole the money from the yamen, and was discovered by the boss, and it would be put into the treasury before the end of the month.I really can't do anything, and I don't want to hurt my colleagues, so I have the audacity to ask my cousin. "

After some words, the words were plausible, and at the end, Sun Jue's previous apprehension was wiped away, as if he himself believed the reason.

Cao Yong already knew the origin of Zhuangzi, so how could he believe Sun Jue's nonsense.

Sun Jue sent the child to Li's house, and ran for a bank loan, fearing that the root cause was the 9000 taels of silver.

9000 taels of silver, Sun Jue is a fifth grade doctor, with an annual salary of 80 taels of silver, the 9000 taels of silver is 120 times his annual salary.

"The money from the Ministry of War? 9000 taels?" Cao Yong seemed puzzled, and said, "The Ministry of War is not the Ministry of Households. How can it be so easy to embezzle public funds? Cousin can't be fooled, right?"

Sun Jue couldn't sit still when he heard the word "Mongolian". He stood up and said with a pale face, "What's your cousin called? Now that the Northwest is using troops, how many months will the household department not transfer money to the military department? He is also kind." , thinking of helping me for a few months, but I didn't expect that something will happen right now."

"Cousin's colleague? Which one? Tell me, let me see if I can find someone to settle the matter." Cao Yong looked very sincere.

On Sun Jue's side, he waved his hand quickly, and said, "I dare not trouble my cousin. My cousin should serve my cousin and aunt well. You only need to lend me 9000 taels of silver."

Watching Sun Jue's eyes flicker, Cao Yong knew that he was not telling the truth.

Although there are 3 to [-] taels of silver in the treasury of the Cao Mansion, Cao Yong did not intend to respond immediately.If it makes Sun Jue feel convenient, there must be one or two in the future.

He frowned slightly, showing some doubts: "Eldest brother-in-law is also aware of the situation in our mansion. There are many entertainments and expenses in Beijing, and there is a need for filial piety everywhere. It's just a salary. It's usually subsidized by my wife to barely make ends meet. .If it’s 900 taels, I can still help my eldest brother-in-law think of a way, but I don’t even dare to think about 9000 taels.”

After hearing this, Sun Jue didn't think Cao Yong was lying.

He is very clear about the hardships of this Beijing official, not to mention that he has barely survived these few years with his wife's dowry.

In this way, he felt that Cao Yong was much closer, so he pulled Cao Yong's sleeve and said: "Cousin, just help me this time. Cousin has no money, but younger siblings are guarding Daoxiang Village."

Cao Yong hesitated and said: "Brother-in-law, I am so ashamed to let her supplement the family. How can I still have the nerve to borrow money from her? This amount is really big."

Sun Jue stuffed the land deed into Cao Yong's hand, and said, "Cousin, to be honest, it's just that time is pressing. I originally wanted to use this land deed to borrow money from the bank, but the procedure would take seven days, so I had to I just got it from my cousin. In order to make my younger siblings feel at ease, this land deed will be placed with my younger siblings. I have already written to my father, three months at the latest...no, two months at the latest, I will definitely return the money, Don't embarrass my cousin." At the end, he was shaking like crazy.

Seeing that he was wrong, Cao Yong didn't dare to force him too much, and said, "Well, wait a moment, cousin. I'll go and talk to my wife."

Seeing that he didn't refuse, Sun Jue nodded vigorously and said, "Cousin, go quickly, go quickly."

*
Out of the living room, Cao Yong frowned.

The Li family was about to subsidize Sun Jue for the sake of the twins, and it was almost the same as sending Zhuangzi, so how could they "sell the land"?As for the misappropriation of public funds by colleagues in the Ministry of War, it is even more a lie.

Cao Yong had been in the Ministry of War earlier, and the Ministry of War received money from the Ministry of Households, all in one stroke.It is not impossible to say that it is possible to embezzle "public funds", but who will share it.

At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there is nothing like a place, you can plunder wantonly, 9000 taels, at least you have to be a servant to take care of it.

If the servant embezzled 9000 taels, even if Shang Shu knew about it, he would probably just turn a blind eye and close one eye. After all, the officialdom pays attention to leaving three points leeway.Unless it can be fatal in one blow, otherwise it will not tear the face and form a death feud.

With Sun Jue's ass on fire, it seems that he owes a loan shark and is being pressed for debt.

Thinking of this possibility, Cao Yong couldn't bear to be cruel. He couldn't just force Sun Jue to death and make his cousin a widow just because he didn't like it.

After a while, we arrived at the inner courtyard.

Besides Chu Yu, Tianyou and Hang Seng were also there, their faces were like cats, Chu Yu was wiping their faces with a wet towel in his hand.

Seeing Cao Yong coming, Tianyou raised his head and said with a smile, "Father, the stick is cooked."

Only then did Cao Yong see that there were a few golden baked bracts on the bamboo plate on the table.

"Is it delicious?" Cao Yong patted Tianyou's head and asked.

Tianyou just laughed and didn't speak.Chu Yu said with a smile: "My sons are filial. After roasting, I sent some fringes to my wife's room first, and then sent some fringes to us. The two of them didn't bother to eat."

The aroma of corn in the room also made Cao Yong's appetite whet.He also wiped his hands, broke off half of the corn, and took a bite, which was really fragrant.

"It's delicious." Cao Yong nodded, and said to Tianyou and Hang Sheng: "You two also take two ears out to eat."

Tianyou agreed with Hang Seng, and each of them took a pair of ears of corn, and went out to play.

Cao Yong put Baogu down and said to Chuyu, "Big brother-in-law is here to borrow money."

When Chu Yu heard this, she remembered something, and said, "My son-in-law, the third younger sister came to greet my wife last time. Speaking of something, it seems that the eldest sister and her family are not doing well. Once the eldest sister used servants as things, But it was in the pawnshop of the third younger sister's house. The third younger sister even made a special trip to visit the elder sister because of this incident. But the elder sister didn't recognize it, and the third younger sister couldn't say anything."

"The officials in the capital are poor, and life is difficult. Be careful in the future and find a way to help. He came here today, and he was a bit loud. I didn't answer directly in your name. Although he is not popular, he is Qing Gao is used to it, if he hadn't been forced to do nothing, he wouldn't have asked for it here." Then, Cao Yong handed over the title deed to Chu Yu, saying: "You take this first, I'm going to lend him the money .”

Cao Yong has always been the master of family affairs, but Chu Yu has nothing to say.

After Cao Yong finished talking, he ate the half-eared corn before rinsing his mouth, got up and went to the front yard to meet Sun Jue.

It was only half an hour before and after, but Sun Jue felt like half a day had passed, and he closed his ears, listening to the movement outside.

Hearing the sound of footsteps outside, he rushed to the door and rushed Cao Yong.

"Cousin, what do you say?" Sun Jue asked a little excitedly.

Cao Yong let out a long breath, and said: "Although she was a bit reluctant, but for the sake of big sister, she still agreed."

Sun Jue only felt staggered, but fortunately there was a door frame next to him, so he didn't fall to the ground.

He leaned on the door and looked at Cao Yong, thinking that he was blind and misunderstood this little cousin.

Such a humane person who is willing to give charcoal in a timely manner is really just like what outsiders say, my cousin is a kind person.

"Then I'm going back to the city, cousin, can I..." Sun Jue only felt that his body was light and his voice was a little hoarse.

"Cousin, although she agreed, the treasury in the mansion is only 3000 taels of silver. Last year, my family moved the grave and took care of my father's funeral, all of which cost a lot of money." Cao Yong hesitated for a moment and said.

Sun Jue felt like falling into an ice cave, his eyes were straightened, and he murmured, "3000 taels?"

"Yes, 3000 taels. Cousin can bring someone to pick it up when he returns to the city today. The remaining 6000 taels must be borrowed from Prince Chun's Mansion. After a day's delay, cousin will go to pick it up tomorrow." Cao Yong saw him In this way, I didn't want to scare him anymore, so I finished speaking in one breath.

Seeing that he had arrangements, Sun Jue felt alive. Seeing Cao Yong's trembling lips, he felt infinitely grateful, but he couldn't speak.

Cao Yong thought of Cao Ying, who was cowardly because of his petty temper, and said to Sun Jue: "The eldest brother-in-law has a bad face, and don't work too hard on the errands, so as not to worry the eldest sister. The county king Fujin and the third younger sister are all thinking about the eldest sister. A few days ago, The third younger sister came to visit the wife, and complained that the eldest sister didn't go out. They are all in the capital, brother-in-law should not take the eldest sister too closely, and the mother's family should also move around more. "

On Sun Jue's side, without further ado, he nodded vigorously and said, "In the past, the child was young, so we couldn't do without her. In the future, we will definitely let her go back to her mother's house a few more times."

Thinking of his first wife, in order to maintain the family, she pawned off her hair and jewelry, and dared not go back to her natal family for the past six months, because she was afraid that her natal family would see something wrong.In Sun Jue's heart, it was rare to feel guilty.

He was already planning in his mind, he wanted to collect some silver and redeem some of his wife's jewellery.

It would be a shame to pay respects to the Prince's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion.

He was so anxious that he didn't stay any longer, and he didn't even pay his respects to Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhao Jia, so he hurried back to the city.On Cao Yong's side, Wu Sheng went back with him, and wrote a handwritten letter to the accountant, asking him to pay 3000 taels of silver.

Before Wu Sheng left, Cao Yong had quietly told him to tell Zheng Hu to keep an eye on Sun Jue for the past two days to see where he sent the 9000 taels of silver.

9000 taels, more than 600 catties, if pulled by a cart, it takes two carts, so it should be easy to track.

For some reason, Cao Yong always felt that Sun Jue's anomaly had nothing to do with the Li family.Because this timing was too coincidental, it happened to be the time when the Li family was begging for a son.

However, the big cousin of the Li family looked at the honest man and Sun Jue's brother-in-law, how could he push Sun Jue to this point...

*
The capital, Shichahai, Cheng Zhai.

Looking at the plainly dressed woman in front of him, Cheng Mengxian was quite moved, took two steps forward, but was speechless.

Han Jiangshi took Hui'er's hand, bowed down gracefully, and said with a choked voice, "Uncle..."

*
It's the beginning of the month, and Xiaojiu asks for a guaranteed monthly pass in advance, Baba pleads. .

(End of this chapter)