Blood from Daming

Chapter 5 Gold Ingots
Jin Yiwei took over the small courtyard, and Xue Yun led the servants in the courtyard to exit the door.

After a while, the Commander of Jinyiwei sent Xue Rui out, Master Luo Sigong, and said in a low voice: "Your grandparents and grandchildren have made great achievements in killing the Tartars. I will report to the emperor to ask for the merit of Old General Xue's family. Go back and make a list, old general. Come on." Xue Rui thanked.

After Xue Rui came out, he said to Xue Aoren, Xue Yun and the others: "Go back to me, we have nothing to do here." After speaking, he took people away.

Xue Rui came home and asked Xue Aoren and Xue Yun to speak in the living room of the inner hall. In the living room, his uncle Qian Kai was already waiting there.Xue Rui asked his servants how many grandsons have not come back yet, Xue Rui said: "The court has suffered a lot from the Tartars, and it was my Xue family who became loyal to the emperor and contributed to the court when I caught the Tartar spies again. "

Xue Aoren said: "Father, do you want to include Bin'er and Bo'er in the list of meritorious deeds this time?"

Xue Rui said, "No need, just take care of yourself, don't take out a few useless things to embarrass yourself."

Qian Kai: "Father, take a break first, and the second brother will discuss it later."

Xue Rui said: "Needless to mention, those two incompetent things of his can't be accomplished in military affairs. Let them join the army and become officials, isn't it harming them? You don't know what they are capable of being arrogant and tough, and neither are you." Fortunately, you can use your brains, Jin Yiwei gave us face, we also need to know how to advance and retreat to let some credit go out, the real benefit is everyone's benefit, don't you understand this truth?"

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When Xue Yun got up early in the morning, it was already dawn.

Xue Yun came to the martial arts training field at home, and the second brother Xue Jie had already practiced there. Seeing Xue Yun coming, he said: "Third brother, you did a great job yesterday, but unfortunately I missed a fight."

Xue Yun said: "It's just a coincidence for me. At that time, it was really dangerous and I wanted my second brother to help me. My leg still hurts a lot."

Xue Yun said: "Second brother, my leg still hurts so much that I won't practice with you."

Xue Jie: "Third brother, you go, I will take you to meet my brothers when I have time, and let them also meet my Xue family's hero who killed the Tartars."

Xue Yun agreed.Walking up to the youngest Mao, the youngest Mao said, "Master, I have something for you." He stretched out his hand and handed over the small cloth bag.

Xue Yun asked him if he had seen the little cloth bag, but the youngest Mao denied it. Xue Yun smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you have seen it. I will definitely reward you for being so loyal."

The youngest Mao also begged Xue Yun to say something nice to his grandfather, the old housekeeper Mao, who wanted to beat him severely because Mao Laoyao had put the young master in danger.

Xue Yun: "I will go and tell your grandfather that everything is my opinion, you just need to relax."

Xue Yun turned around and went back to the small room where he was temporarily staying. He looked around for fear that there would be people coming in and out, so he flew onto the beam, wrapped the cloth on the beam and put it away, then took out a gold ingot and jumped down. You have to close the door of the room.He came all the way looking for the old butler Mao, saw the old butler Mao explained well, and the old butler Mao responded repeatedly, Xue Yun asked the old butler Mao to inform his grandfather on his behalf, saying that he had gone out to meet friends.

When Xue Yun came out, he saw the youngest Mao leading the horse and said: "I have already told you about your grandfather, don't worry, nothing will happen, you can take the horse back and I will go out for a walk, it will be good for you when you come back. "The youngest Mao led the horse and walked away.

Xue Yun went out and walked all the way to the bustling market on West Street. After wandering around in the downtown area for a while, he saw no one followed him, so he walked two more streets south, heading towards "Xu Ji Silk Village" in the direction of Zhengyangmen.

"Xu Ji Silk Village" is about ten shops west of Shizi Street. The shop is not too big, but the seat is very crowded.

Xue Yun walked slowly into the shop, and as soon as he entered the door, the staff of the silk shop greeted him: "Little official, you can find all the silk and satin fabrics you need here, and you can even deliver them home."

Xue Yun said: "Trouble buddy, I beg to see your shopkeeper, please let me know."

The man told Xue Yun to wait and went into the back room.After a while, the clerk came out with an old man, and Xue Yun saw that it was the old man from yesterday.Xue Yun hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "You are being polite, boy."

The old man: "This is not the little hero who donates money and donates righteously. Come and smash us into the back room to sit."

While being humble, Xue Yun entered the back room with the old gentleman.After sitting down in the back room, the old gentleman said: "Young man, the old man is very happy to see your enthusiasm. I am really sad to see these refugees."

"Mr. Xu's coming here is related to this refugee."

"Hey, my husband's surname is Wang, Xu from "Xu Ji Silk Village" is my father-in-law's surname. "The old gentleman smiled awkwardly.

It turned out that Mr. Wang's ancestral home was Wang Mingfei in Jinan, Shandong. He was selected as a scholar in his early years, but he failed many times in the examinations.The old shopkeeper Xu loved his talent, so he betrothed his only daughter to Wang Fei to inherit the family business.

Wang Fei started business from the old shopkeeper Xu, and the husband and wife have been running "Xu Ji Silk Village" since the old shopkeeper passed away.

Due to Wang Fei's kindness and the bad world, the business of "Xu Ji Silk Village" has not been able to do much.

Now it is the year of destiny, and there is a woman who is almost two years old, because the merchant's family is too high or too low, she is still in her boudoir.

Mr. Wang was only in his early fifties at the time, perhaps because he had not been going well for most of his life, and he was particularly old.

Xue Yun told Mr. Wang about his intentions in the future: "My boy sees Mr. doing good deeds and wants to do something for the refugees. How about asking Mr. Wang to do something for me?"

"You and your family can't do it."

"Sir, it's really inconvenient for the boy's house, and I can make decisions about money."

"If you trust me, I will do the hard work for you."

Xue Yun handed the ingot of gold to Mr. Wang. Wang Fei took it into the palm of his hand and looked at it seriously: "This is a full ten taels of gold, which can be exchanged for 100 taels of silver. If it is converted into copper coins, one tael of silver can be exchanged for nine hundred taels of gold." Money up and down."

Xue Yun: "Exchange me 20 taels of silver, and leave the rest to Mr. Wang."

"You do good deeds without leaving a name, why don't you ask for a lot of money to help the disaster victims?"

"I can't bear to see the refugees, I'm trying my best but I just want to have a clear conscience."

"What a clear conscience, this old man will live up to your trust."

"According to the four-year price of Tianqi, two taels of silver can buy three shi of rice, and 80 taels can buy 120 shi."

"Mr. Wang just bought a hundred shi for labor and loss, what do you think?"

"How can you deduct twenty shi from the victims' money?"

"Rescue victims should not drag themselves down. Only when their own lives are guaranteed can they save more victims. You buy a hundred shi of rice first, and those who help don't want them to suffer. I will find a way to save the money later."

After Xue Yun and Wang Fei discussed it, Xue Yun contributed money and Wang Fei contributed, Xue Yun did not seek fame and fortune, and Wang Fei stepped forward to do good.

Xue Yun told Wang Fei to keep his secrets and not to give them away, so he took 20 taels of silver that Mr. Wang Fei had prepared for him, and made an appointment to go home to "Xu Ji Silk Village" at sunrise.

(End of this chapter)