The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 108

Sure enough, as Yingniang expected, the servants came to ask for money.They found a very pleasant name, saying that the imperial court ordered gentlemen and rich men from all over the country to apportion money, because the treasury was empty, but the war was still going on, and the soldiers were short of food and clothing.

They use the name of the emperor to suppress people, and use the soldiers who have fought in the front line for two years to win sympathy. For ordinary people, how can they not be afraid?Even if he was reluctant to spend the money, he was still afraid of being blamed by the court, and if he was accidentally charged with a crime, it would be over.

Bo Ming was very worried when he heard this. In fact, he also knew that the yamen servants were telling lies. If the imperial court issued an order, there must be official documents.But a few of them just said that with empty teeth, how could Birming be so easy to coax?

It is really abominable to think that the soldiers died for the country on the front line, and these officials used their guise to cheat money before leaving office.

Moreover, these people opened their mouths wide open, and when they opened their mouths, they paid 3000 taels without blushing or beating their hearts, as if the money could fall from the sky.

Bo Ming knew that the county magistrate would take part of the money and send it to the court, so that he could gain face in front of the court and get a good future, and it was also to cover up the fact that they were asking for money under the false order of the court.Because they did raise money for the imperial court, as for how much silver taels they asked for in private, they didn't issue IOUs to these people, everything was up to them.

Since they have money, they will not lose their hats, and they will even be promoted to rank because of the appreciation from above.

That's a really good idea!

Boming first made an excuse that all the family belongings added up did not have so much money, even if he broke his fortune, he would not be able to make up 1000 taels, and moreover, several batches of materials had been brought into the workshop recently, so he really didn't have much spare money on hand.

The leader of the yamen servant immediately turned his face into a long face, asked how much money he could get, and pointed out that this was an order from the court, and no one was allowed to shirk it, otherwise the emperor would not be able to bear the blame.

Bo Ming said that he only knew that the family only had a few hundred taels of cash at most, and he didn't know the exact amount. Yingniang was in charge of the money and accounts in the workshop.The yamen servants are not from Yongzhen, they just heard that the Xue family has made a lot of money in recent years, but they don't know exactly how big the family is.

Hearing what Boming said, they didn't know whether Boming was telling the truth, or if he was so bold that he even dared to disobey the imperial court's order.

Boming got up and said he was going to ask Yingniang. He wanted to use this as an excuse to discuss countermeasures with Yingniang. Unexpectedly, these yamen servants are very smart. They usually cooperate with the county magistrate in many cases and know how to prevent collusion.They didn't let Boming go to find Yingniang, but one of the yamen servants went to find her himself.

If what Yingniang said was different from Bo Ming, it could show that Bo Ming was deceiving them.

It's just that Yingniang had already guessed that they were here to ask for money, and even guessed the name of the money they asked for.While Boming was talking to them, she had already asked Zhaodi to find out the three golden melon seeds from her house, and she also went to get her own three.

When the yamen servant came to look for Yingniang next door, he didn't see her, but when he went out, he saw her trotting over from the opposite yard, holding a plate of peanuts and a pot of wine, pretending to be very enthusiastic. Said: "My lord, I know you have worked hard. It is not easy to come to such a far place in Yongzhen. My family has nothing good to entertain you, only these peanuts and small wine. I don't know if you came from a long way, What are you doing?"

Seeing that there were only peanuts and small wine served, the yamen servant felt that it was too shabby, not like the style of a rich man's house at all.However, something is better than nothing.

He said in an official tone: "Well, you can bring these in first."

The four yamen servants were eating and drinking, and the leader still looked at Yingniang and asked: "You can take out all the cash in your family, the imperial court ordered those who have money everywhere to donate generously as soon as possible to help the frontline soldiers win the battle." , anyone who dares to conceal it is committing the crime of deceiving the emperor. I heard from rich man Xue that your family has 1000 taels of cash?"

This person just wanted to cheat Yingniang, but Bo Ming said it was only a few hundred taels, but he just said it was 1000 taels.

Yingniang pretended to be surprised, "1000 taels? Master, you must have heard it wrong, right? Boming, you are not going to sell all the workshops to get 1000 taels?"

Bo Ming hated these yamen servants to death, shook his head and said, "I told them just now, our family only has a few hundred taels of silver in cash, and even if we go bankrupt, we can't make up 1000 taels of silver."

Yingniang slapped her thigh straight, "Oh, our family can't even get 100 taels of silver now. Why did you forget that Concubine Hui asked someone to bring the Queen Mother's order last month to rebuild the Foyun Temple? The construction will start in a few days. I heard that the queen mother is dedicated to Buddha, and I can't bear to see the temple run down. Our family only has 300 taels of silver, and we have to spend [-] to build the temple. The rest of the money has to be bought from our Yongzhen Special products are given to Concubine Hui and the Empress Dowager, where is the money left?"

The yamen servants were so shocked when they heard that Yingniang had pulled out the emperor's concubine and the queen mother, they didn't even dare to eat peanuts.

Yingniang suddenly said again: "Huh? Someone came from the palace last month. He said he was the closest eunuch to Concubine Hui. Why didn't you hear him say that the court wanted to raise money and food? Instead, I heard him say that the frontline war is going well, which is very interesting." Maybe he will return triumphantly by the end of the year."

The yamen servants were speechless, but they still didn't believe it in their hearts, because they had never heard that the Xue family had anything to do with the royal family.

At this time, Yingniang took out six golden melon seeds, because it was too late to ask Yinyue and Jinling for the remaining six, so she took these six first.She felt that even if there were only six of these, it would be enough to deter them.

"Masters, I, a village woman, dare not lie. You see, these are the golden melon seeds given to our Xue family by the concubine Hui, with the word 'reward' engraved on them. Only in the palace can there be such a thing. " Yingniang handed it to them, and they took a look, dumbfounded.

Concubine Hui is the most beloved concubine of the emperor, she has such a close relationship with the Xue family, that is to say, what happened today is likely to be heard by the emperor?
They panicked, so don't put their lives on the line to make money for the magistrate.

Ying Niang continued: "Why don't I donate these golden melon seeds, even if Concubine Hui Hui finds out that I have donated what she rewarded, she won't be angry. Isn't this also for the soldiers on the front line?" ?”

The yamen servants changed from holding their heads high when they first came to nodding and bowing their heads. The leader apologized: "I have eyes but don't know Mount Tai. I don't know that you belong to the queen mother and concubine Hui. Since you want to work for the queen mother, hand If you can’t come up with money, let’s forget about it. In fact, we are only here to run errands under the order of the county magistrate, and we don’t know anything about other things.”

After he finished speaking, he took the other three trembling yamen servants to bow to Boming and Yingniang, and then hurried away in a desperate manner.

Ying Niang looked at their backs with a smug smile on her face.

It took a long time for Bo Ming to come back to his senses, "Yingniang, what you said, I guess they will never dare to come to our house again. Even if the new county magistrate takes office next month, these yamen servants will tell you As for him, he might not dare to come to our house in the future." Bo Ming admired Ying Niang more and more, she could always come up with good ideas in emergencies.

"To these bullying things, as long as you pull out the royal family a little bit, they will naturally give in." Yingniang happily turned and went back to the room.

Bo Ming followed him in, and said with emotion from the bottom of his heart: "If our family didn't have you, we might still be living the days of worrying about filling our stomachs six years ago. And if you hadn't come up with a countermeasure just now, our family would I reckoned that I would spend another large sum of money to feed the corrupt officials. I remembered that the villagers laughed at me for relying on women for food, and now that I think about it, they were right, you wouldn’t... think I’m useless too, would you?”

Yingniang gave him a sideways glance, "Nonsense! Didn't you support the oil mill by yourself? I don't care too much. Now our family earns most of the money from the oil mill, not the thread mill. If you do such a big thing, How can you say you're a coward?"

"If you hadn't reminded me to grow soybeans back then, I wouldn't have thought of opening an oil mill. It's still thanks to you."

Yingniang looked at him, "Huh? Why do you keep praising me so much today? Is there something tricky? I just reminded you back then, but you did everything later, and you did it so meticulously, so what's wrong with you? Everything is covered. Oh, I understand. You must have heard me tell those people that the Foyun Temple was going to be rebuilt, and now you suddenly thought of flattering me. Don’t do it. If you say you want to build it, then build it. .”

She knew that this was Birming's ardent hope, so she promised him everything.

Unexpectedly, Bo Ming shook his head, "I suddenly changed my mind again. Master certainly doesn't want me to spend a lot of money to build a temple. Besides, we are a small place. If we build such a good temple, it will almost catch up with the Imperial Buddha Hall. This is a complete waste. With this money, it is better to pay more wages to the short-term laborers and help the children who cannot eat. Just as you said at the beginning, just repair it."

Yingniang saw that Boming could think this way, she didn't know what it was like, she felt that his thoughts were getting more and more in sync with hers, she smiled and nodded and said: "Well, let's take 50 taels of silver to repair it, it's not a small amount of money It only costs 80 taels of silver to build a girls’ school. After repairs, it will definitely be as good as new, very grand.”

Birming has been thinking about this matter in his heart recently, and he finally let go of it at this time.He saw Yingniang take out a stack of rice paper, "Why, what kind of household items do you want to draw, please ask a carpenter to make it?"

Yingniang shook her head, smiled mysteriously, and said, "I want to make 'work clothes' for day laborers."

(End of this chapter)