Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 210 A Little Suggestion

Zhang Nianmei sat on the horseback and kept turning her head to look at the shop across the street. The people at the door kept standing, their eyes following them all the time.Looks like I'll have to be more careful in the future.

Gu Dun Ma Daha, didn't notice the excessive enthusiasm of King Yancheng, he sat on the horse with a sad face, pulled the rein to Zhang Nianmei, "keep turning around, what are you looking at?"

"Nothing?" Turning around the corner and seeing nothing, Zhang Nianmei withdrew her gaze, "What are you doing, you look listless all day long, what virtue is there?"

"I want to go back to the north to fight." Gu Dun said with pouting.

"Hmph." Zhang Nianmei knew it well, but he was not optimistic about the woman surnamed Shi, "With your current status, it is more than enough to find a young lady from the official family, why bother thinking about half-old women all day long."

"She's not old, don't talk nonsense." Gu Dun quickly defended.

"Okay, I'm talking nonsense." Zhang Nianmei pulled up the rein and rushed forward.

He wanted to talk to Zhang Tiaozi about what was in his heart, but this guy was not happy to listen, so Gu Dun had to rush to catch up.

When he arrived at Taishi Mansion, Feng Jiangyi had just returned from the yamen, "If you came earlier or later, I would not be at home."

"Is the master going there?"

"I have made an appointment with Mr. Zhao, and I will deal with the big and small merchants in the capital."

"So that's how it is." Ma Min'er smiled, "Then I'm really lucky."

Mrs. Feng said, "You old man, Erniang is here, and you don't invite anyone to sit down or drink tea. You are really impolite."

"Old lady, you are too polite." Ma Min'er smiled.

Before Mrs. Feng could reply to Ma Min'er's words, Feng Luoyao entered the main hall, "I heard that Mrs. Young is here, it's true." She exclaimed happily.

"Yaoyao, why haven't you gone to play recently?"

"It's cold, I'm too lazy to go out." Feng Luoyao stood beside Ma Min'er, laughing and laughing, in fact, it wasn't because she was lazy, but because she couldn't find a chance to go to Ma's house or Beijun Prince's Mansion.

"Come to my house as a guest in a few days, and I'll treat you to something delicious."

"Okay, okay." Feng Luoyao reached out and grabbed Ma Min'er's hand, very happy, "Great!"

Ma Min'er turned her head, "Master, I'm here today to send wedding stickers to your family."

"Congratulations?"

"Yeah." Ma Min'er pulled out her hand and took out the wedding stickers from her sleeve pocket, "It's the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, my younger brother is one year old, besides my own family, I invited your family."

Feng Luoyao took the wedding stickers and brought them in front of her grandfather: "Grandpa——"

"Okay, I'll definitely go." Grand Master Feng reached out to take it, opened it to have a look, "It's a good day."

Ma Min'er knew that Feng Jiangyi knew metaphysics, so she hurried to him and asked, "How is my brother?"

"Of course it's very good." Feng Jiangyi replied very officially.

Ma Min'er grinned, "It seems that it's impossible to get something out of Mr. Jiang's mouth."

"Haha..." Feng Jiangyi laughed loudly, "As long as you work hard and make your life go in a good direction, no matter what happens, you won't be so bad, don't you think so, Ma Erniang?"

"Master is right, there is no way to live a bad life without working hard."

Mrs. Feng passed the happy post to the old lady, and asked happily, "I heard that you bought poor land in the suburbs of Beijing to build a shop?"

Ma Min'er grinned: "That's what it said to the outside world."

"External?" Feng Jiangyi raised white eyebrows, "And internal?"

"Yes, master, you will know what it is in March and April next year." Ma Min'er smiled mysteriously.

"Can't tell now?" Feng Jiangyi acted as if I knew you very well and you could tell me.

Ma Min'er just didn't say: "In order to ensure the commercial effect, I have to keep it secret, and no one can tell."

"You girl." Feng Jiangyi pointed at her, "What tricks are you going to do?"

"No, people in Beijing dare not sell me a shop, so I have no choice but to seek development outside."

Hearing this, Feng Jiangyi sighed, "I can't help it, Jiangshan's surname is Liu, there are still some things..."

"Master, I understand!" Ma Min'er changed the subject, "How is Master, is your tax income okay?"

"It's better than before, but it's not always as good as it should be."

"What do you mean?"

"Manpower." Feng Jiangyi said to help Xu.

Mrs. Feng did not expect that her old man would actually answer an official matter. This has never happened before. The old man never talks about official business at home, no, he talks about it, but he also talks about it to his sons, grandchildren, and never to the women in his family. .

Unexpectedly, the old man's discussion with the second mother of the Ma family was as common as talking about what he had for breakfast, which is really unbelievable.

Ma Min'er frowned, "You mean there are not enough tax collectors?"

"Ah."

"Don't the merchants pay taxes at the Yamen themselves?"

Feng Jiangyi said: "Theoretically, merchants should go to the Yamen to pay, but since ancient times, merchants' tax collection has been under the control of the Household Cao Si in the Yamen, and subordinate officials are assigned to collect it. Some of them have to be confiscated by petty officials, not to mention itinerant traders."

"It's really like this. Sometimes, people can't figure out whether it is a tax or a protection fee."

"Er Niang is right. Tonight, I am going to discuss with Mr. Zhao to see if I can find a practical way to pay the tax quickly and well."

Ma Min'er recalled some modern methods, "Teacher, I have some suggestions..."

"Speak, hurry up and listen." Hearing this, Feng Jiangyi was happy.

Ma Min'er said, "I'm just talking nonsense, it may not be easy to use."

"It's okay, let's talk about it." Feng Jiangyi hurriedly urged her. Now, for him, even if it was nonsense, he had to listen to it. Only after listening a lot, he could find a good way.

"The existing business taxes refer to taxes other than salt, iron, tea, agriculture, and mulberry, right?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Ma Min'er said: "We can provide some appropriate incentives to guide them to pay taxes consciously."

"Reward guidance?"

"Well!" Ma Min'er said, "For mobile vendors, at the end of each day's business, let them take the initiative to pay taxes and fees at the market department, and give appropriate rewards according to the amount paid. The prizes are towels, bath beans, and wooden combs. , bowls, pots, etc..."

"Where do the towels, bath beans, etc. come from?"

Ma Miner raised her eyebrows: "I can donate some towels."

"you……"

"Yes, master, as long as you put my shop's name on the red list at the gate of Sishi."

"that's it?"

Ma Min'er nodded, smiled without saying a word.

Feng Jiangyi immediately understood what she meant by the red list. It was a disguised form to encourage capable vendors to donate goods, and the Yamen would get the gifts without any effort to guide small vendors to pay taxes.

As for the shop... He raised his eyebrows: "Why do I feel that you have made money because of the cheap price?"

"Haha..." Ma Min'er almost raised her head and laughed, but in someone else's house, she couldn't hold back, "Master Jiang, you have used the towel."

"Yes, I have used it. It is much better than cloth towels. My family uses towels now."

"You know it's easy to use, but most people in the capital don't know it. I donate some, so that you can have rewards to distribute, guide small businessmen to pay taxes, and promote my towels, so that everyone knows that this thing is good. If you want to buy towels from my shop, wouldn’t you kill two birds with one stone?”

Feng Jiangyi squinted his eyes and said, "I see, if you use your method to push it to a wider area, there must be people who think like you, then you won't worry about the prize. Besides, push it up, as long as each medium-sized store If you pay taxes on time every month, you can be rewarded and exempted from paying taxes on certain items.”

Ma Min'er gave a thumbs up, "Sure enough, it's the Grand Master. I just raised my head, and you'll know what's going on."

"Follow what you like." Feng Jiangyi said with a smile, "It is impossible for middle-level traders to pay taxes for small towels and bath beans. They need more benefits."

"That's right, master."

"Well, I understand, let me think about it, how to make those big merchants pay taxes?"

"Master, for big merchants, a small gift is not attractive to them at all, and the exemption of a certain tax will not attract their great interest. All they want is fame."

"reputation?"

"Ah."

"What kind of reputation?"

Ma Min'er said: "For example, voluntary business, for example, let them be the head of a certain line... For example, pay taxes according to the line, and report praise in the government office newspaper, etc., so that their reputation will further expand and their business will further expand. I think that’s what they’re happy to see.”

Feng Jiangyi raised his eyebrows, and his thoughts seemed to be completely opened, "No, no, I have to go to the relevant personnel of the household department and the yamen immediately to implement the matter." Then he stood up, "Er Niang, I will I won't keep you!"

"Master, you are busy, as long as the [-]th, don't forget to come to my house to have a wedding wine."

"I will never forget, I will never forget." Feng Jiangyi smiled happily.

Ma Min'er bid farewell to Madam Ma and Feng Luoyao, "Old Madam, Yaoyao, go with Master when the time comes."

"Okay, okay, we must go."

Feng Luoyao wanted to send Ma Min'er out, but was stopped by her grandfather, "You don't want to see me off, I will walk and chat with Erniang."

"grandmother……"

Mrs. Feng smiled: "Since your grandfather said so, then we won't give it away, let them chat while walking."

"Oh." Feng Luoyao still wanted to hold Ma Erniang's hand, she had a lot to say to her, but her grandfather rushed to say it.

"Yaoyao, come to our house to play when you have time."

"Okay." Feng Luo Yaoyao waved her hand with a smile.

Feng Jiangyi walked and chatted with Ma Min'er until the gate, and sighed, "It would be great if you were a man."

"Master, if I were a man, I would be able to use my tongue. For specific things, I still have to rely on capable and powerful people to do it."

"It's true." Feng Jiangyi sighed again, "I am the one with strength."

"Haha..." Ma Min'er asked with a smile, "Then who is capable?"

"For example, Master Wei and Master Xiao Zhao."

"Then don't bother Master to find someone capable!" Ma Min'er gave a junior salute, "I'll go back first, and Master can come to the mansion if you have time."

"No time, I will find time to find you."

"Master, I am speaking politely!"

"Haha... I don't care if you're welcome or not, I will sell my old age to your house."

Uh... Ma Min'er leaned over her shoulders, lovely old man.

-

Ever since meeting Ma Erniang, Liu Zaili seemed to have come alive. He returned to Prince Ning's mansion relaxed and smiling, and had dinner with his father, queen, mother and concubine.

Seeing that his son looked good, after dinner, King Ning asked, "What happy things happened today, since you came back until now?"

"It's nothing!" Liu Zaili deliberately made his face pale.

King Ning acted like I didn't believe it but I didn't ask anymore, and said something else, "The Flower Fair in the Princess' Mansion, the invitation has been sent, are you going?"

"It's been fine for the past few days, go."

"Oh." Ning Wang said, "I paid the fine."

Liu Zaili looked up: "The 36 restaurants that were smashed are not ours."

"There is no our family, but Feng Jiangyi checked the big shops in Beijing and fined all those who did not pay the business tax."

"I really didn't notice this." Liu Zaili said, "Just hand it over."

King Ning looked at his younger son, "I heard that there are a few children missing in the palace..."

"Father, I don't want to discuss other things at home."

"Okay, father knows." King Ning's face was embarrassing.

"I'm sorry father, sometimes it's a good thing not to know."

"Father knows," King Ning said, "I couldn't help but ask, you don't need to answer."

Liu Zaili pursed his lips, and watched the concubine mother walking outside, only to see her smiling all over her face, "The cakes in Wuweizhai are delicious, my son, I will bring some back to concubine mother next time."

"Ah."

"What's the matter, I just saw you smiling all over your face, why didn't you feel happy after a while, don't you want to participate in the flower party in the princess mansion?"

"no!"

"Oh, it's fine if you don't have one." Princess Ning said: "Yuning will also go that day, Li'er, you can meet me if you have a chance."

Liu Zaili lowered his head slightly, and did not directly respond to her mother and concubine's words.

"Li'er..."

"Mother..."

Concubine Ning said earnestly: "Did you hear what I said just now?"

"Ah."

Concubine Ning said again: "Yuning is a good little lady, Li'er, don't look too high, no matter how tall she is, she is a princess, and we can't marry, so don't pick her, Li'er, do you hear me?"

"Yes, I see." Liu Zaili's voice was not loud and low.

"You child, you don't care when you talk about your own affairs. It's really worrying."

Liu Zaili's thoughts no longer knew where they went.

-

Finally got the list of banquets for the flower party in the Princess' Mansion. Liu Zaiwen took the list to his mansion, sat in the study and looked at it slowly. After reading it again and again, he not only got what he wanted to know, but also saw the capital city. The circle has changed.

Gouzui scoffed: "You actually gave the blueprint to Da Fuma, but you really know how to throw gold and attract jade, and you really have a hand."

The close manager came in from the front, "Master, I heard that you are looking for me."

"Hmm." Liu Zaiwen said, "I need you to inquire about porcelain."

"Grandpa, what's the matter, the little one must take care of him."

Liu Zaiwen raised his eyes, "The first thing is..."

……

-

The flower show in the princess mansion was specially organized for their own family. Xia Zhen and his wife wanted to keep a low profile, but they couldn’t keep a low profile. Out of clothing, shoes and hats, while busy with business and holiday villages, how can it be a busy word.

The day after tomorrow is the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month. After dinner, the eldest girl Yuemei came in with her regular clothes, "Young Madam, it has been changed, please have a look."

The two little girls held the robes and cloaks and stood in front of Ma Min'er, letting her have a look and try them on.

In winter, Ma Min'er doesn't want to wear these elegant and complicated dresses at all. She is more concerned about the clothes she wears inside the robe. "Bring me my cotton coat and trousers."

"Yes, young lady!" Yuemei was used to the specialness of her master, and hurriedly brought over the cotton coat and trousers made according to her style, "Madam——"

Seeing the cotton-padded clothes and trousers, Ma Min'er's eyes were full of smiles, "Wearing it under the robe, it must not be cold." After speaking, she took it to the inner room to try it on, "Don't follow me, I will do it myself."

"It's ma'am."

In the inner room, Ma Min'er took off her outer robe, leaving only her underwear and underwear, and put on her own improved thin cotton-padded trousers. The tailoring fits her body well, and the fine cotton fits her body. It is really comfortable and warm.

He hurried to the outside room and asked the girl, "How is it? Doesn't it look good?"

Although they thought the clothes were strange, the girls had to admit that this set of long and thick middle clothes fit the hostess' body, making her tall, curvy and curvaceous.

"Looks good." Yuemei nodded her head sincerely.

"Of course." Ma Miner whispered, "Bring the robe here."

Yuemei hurriedly took the brocade robe from the little girl's hand. To be honest, she was very dissatisfied with the color chosen by the master. Although it was light brown, it was still an old-fashioned color, and only elderly women would wear it. Like this color.

But when she saw the clothes on the young lady, she realized that she was wrong. Not only did the light brown color not make the young lady look old-fashioned, but on the contrary, it brought out her smooth, pink and fair skin like jade porcelain, and her eyes were even brighter and clearer. , the aura exudes nobleness and nobleness, the curved willow leaf eyebrows, paired with delicate red lips, are really so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off!

"Husband... madam..." Yuemei was surprised and sighed.

"Does it make you feel old-fashioned when you do it?"

"Yes, ma'am." Yuemei replied honestly.

Ma Min'er smiled, pointed to the clothes on her body and said: "The main color is light brown, with dark piping, embroidered with three or two simple and elegant patterns of honeysuckle, and then decorated with thin golden silk thread to outline the outline of Hong Tuo. Low-key and luxurious regular clothes are enough."

"Slaves are shallow."

Ma Min'er smiled and said, "It's warm inside, and the outside is atmospheric, so it's not shameful for us to go out."

"Who dares to say shame?" Xia Zhen came in with the cold outside.

When the maids heard the voice of the master, whether they were thinking about it or not, they hurriedly withdrew. My grandfather had no concubine or concubine, and so did my father. The performance of the master is also the same now. The girls have already given up their minds , Start another remote path.

The master can't do it, find the popular fried chicken next to the master!For example, Xiaowen, Wei Ren, and some other generals, it would be nice to marry them!
Sure enough, after retreating outside the door, Mr. Wei, the number one celebrity next to Xia Zhen, was about to leave the yard. No matter how many girls he was, some boldly stepped forward to salute, "Mr. Wei, there are twisted candies, do you want to bring some?" Yuzhu, the third-class girl doing odd jobs, asked with a smile.

"Did the young lady do it?"

"That's right, Young Madam made maltose candy herself, we made it with Miss Xing'er." The little girl replied with a smile, blinking her immature eyes.

"Then take a few."

"Sir, just wait!" Yu Zhu hurriedly ran to the side room where the snacks were kept.

Mr. Wei looked at the girls in the corridor with a smile, but he didn't find Xing'er. Lanxi was quick in his hands and feet. Now he often went out with Ma Min'er. When he saw his eyes sweeping slightly, he came forward with a smile on his face, "Sir, sister Xing Helping the young lady settle accounts in another wing!"

Wei Ren followed her gaze to the room at the other end of the corridor, smiled without saying a word.

"I'll call her for you." Lan Xi looked at Wei Ren's expression, and ran to the door of the small accountant quickly, "Sister Xing, someone is looking for you outside."

"Who is it?" Xing'er raised her eyes, immediately pulled out the abacus beads in her hand, and after finishing one account, she got up and walked to the door.

Wei Ren's thoughts, don't say that the girls in the whole yard know, but half of the people know. Lan Xi is dexterous, and has already seen it, and said something ambiguous, and deceived Xing'er to the door.

Xing'er saw Wei Ren standing under the lantern at a glance. He was handsome and handsome, and every woman would know that he was an excellent man.

The outstanding man is so obvious, logically, a woman of Xing'er's status should be firmly grasped, but...Xing'er smiled politely at him, turned around and went back to the room to do the billing.

Wei Ren's shining eyes dimmed in an instant, and the girl Yuzhu trotted over, "Sir, twisted candy—" After speaking, he opened his little hand, and there were a few twisted candies lying on the oiled paper spread out in his hand. One, "Thank you,"

"Sir, take it all!"

"You guys eat." Wei Ren smiled, put the candy in his mouth, but his heart was astringent, he walked into the inner courtyard under the master's light, saw the face, but it was not the result he wanted, turned around and left .

"First..." Yu Zhu didn't dare to shout loudly, she stood in the yard with her mouth pouted, and turned her head to look at everyone.

Pinmei shook her head, "Not yet."

"Oh."

When the little girl stood on the porch, Pinmei said, "Although Mr. Wei is a gentleman, but he was born into a famous family, the future wife must be of the right family, so you should not think about it."

"Then take a second look at Assembly." Yu Zhu didn't give up.

"You... Mister is a noble person, so you can look at it casually." Pinmei nodded her head.

"Oh."

Xiaowen met Wei Ren at the door, "Hey, I'm not here today, you sent me back."

Wei Ren glanced at him, didn't stop and didn't say a word, just passed by.

Xiaowen was confused by him, "Who messed with you, and...really." He entered the yard angrily.

Seeing him, the girls in the yard gathered around him, "Guard Xiao, what are you holding in your hand? Is it delicious? Give us one..."

"Go, go, go...it's not your share."

"Then whose share is it?"

"Of course it belongs to the young lady."

"Oh." The girls were so daring, they all scattered.

Xiaowen took the food from the kitchen and didn't go directly to the master's room, but went to another room.

-

In the room, Ma Min'er had already taken off her clothes for the flower festival, and was trying on Xia Zhen's cotton vest, "How is it, does it fit?"

"Very good." Xia Zhen looked down, and suddenly found a small pattern on the corner of the jacket, "What is this?"

"Little white rabbit!"

"I..." Xia Zhen raised his eyes, his hair was covered with black lines, he wanted to hit someone!

(End of this chapter)