The day is cold, the New Year is approaching, and the people in the capital are busy preparing for the New Year.
The rents in the grange and the rents of the shops were all closed, and the tax money from all over the country was delivered to the capital as scheduled.
This year is still a good year, except for the Qingyang flood, the Central Plains, Jiangnan have no major disasters, tax and silver are abundant.
On the seventh day of the lunar month, the snow is falling, and the capital is peaceful.
The lead clouds are dense, before dusk, the sky has become dark, the drunken fairy tower is lit up, taking advantage of the blue gray bricks and tiles in the capital, it is particularly lively.
These few days are the time when the magistrate enters Beijing to report on his work, and the business of this drunken immortal building is also much more prosperous than usual.
"I made a lot of money this time, thanks to the matchmaking of Yuyu."
Qingyang Bo raised his glass and laughed and drank with Lou Jing.
Lou Jing had just drunk this glass, and Zhou Song came up, "Lou Da, you can't just drink Uncle Shi's wine, you have to drink mine too, this matter is still news from me." ” "Yes, then I should toast you," Lou Jing snatched the wine jug and filled it with Zhou Song, "This first cup, I salute you for thinking about your brother when you encounter business." ” "This is the first cup" Zhou Song suddenly had a bitter face, this was obviously the meaning of pouring him wine, but he couldn't stop drinking, so he could only tilt his head and do it.
"This second cup, I salute your young talent, my father and brother are not around, but I can already support the façade."
Lou Jing looked at the thin and tall Zhou Song, and remembered the snotty child he saw for the first time in the Imperial Garden, and he was also a little relieved.
Zhou Song couldn't help but smirk a few times when he heard it, "That's it." ” Lou Jing filled him with a third cup, and he also raised the wine cup, "This third cup, disrespectful to you, let's drink, just because you know me and believe in me, and there is no doubt about me in such a big thing, I Lou Jing has a brother like you, and I have no regrets in this life." ” Zhou Song's eyes turned red when he said this, and he snorted: "Drink well, what is it to say this." ” Lou Jing smiled silently, the two clinked glasses and drank the wine in the glass.
In this river business, they said that there were other people joining the gang, but in fact, Lou Jing only pulled these two people into the gang.
This kind of business, in the final analysis, is to make money from the national treasury, and it has to be backed by someone, but not too many people can know about it.
Lou Jing himself invested 80,000 taels of silver, plus Qingyang Bo and Zhou Song, and made up 150,000 taels to join the house.
Now that the tax bank has entered Beijing, Shen Lian has given him dividends and shares very trustworthy, basically doubling the money.
In the spring, he also had to repair the summer palace, and Shen Lian felt that Lou Jing was doing things well, and he also agreed to the affairs of the cultivation palace and still partnered with him.
"I heard that the officials who came to Beijing this year to report on their work had to pay Shen Lian money."
After three rounds of drinking, Qingyang Bo suddenly said something.
"What kind of money is the money" Zhou Song didn't know what to do, this official went to Beijing to report on his work, and what happened to Shen Lian "The money for the promotion," Qingyang Bo lowered his voice and said, "All officials who are promoted to Beijing to report on their work must give Shen Lian a meeting gift, at least one thousand taels."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and compared it to one, and then to five, that is, if he had more, he would give five thousand taels.
Lou Jing was also a little surprised, although he knew that the old eunuch was greedy for money, but he dared to do such a horrific way to make money, it was true "My family has a county guard who has relatives and deceased to come to Beijing, but I didn't expect to pay such a lot of silver, so I had to borrow money from me, saying that it was two cents, and I would pay it back after the New Year."
Qingyangbo smiled mysteriously and stopped talking.
The two people who listened to it understood that the Qing Governor's Mansion for three years, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, and those officials who came to Beijing to report on their work were not unable to take out the silver, but they would not carry so much with them, and at this time they needed to borrow debts from large families in Beijing.
Now the money they have collected to build the river is just enough to lend to those officials and make a lot of money for nothing.
Heavy snow began to fall, and in a short time, the ground was covered with snow, and the heavens and the earth seemed to suddenly light up again.
Lou Jing has always had a good amount of wine, and he drank Qingyang Bo and Zhou Song down, but he was only five points drunk, and he went to the Min Wangfu leisurely.
It was snowing, the wall was slippery, and Xiao Chengjun didn't allow him to climb over the wall again, so he could only obediently go sideways.
"Shizi, you're back," Le hurriedly patted the snowflakes off his body and draped a mink fur over him, "The prince is watching the plum blossoms in the garden." ” Lou Jing frowned, walked quickly to the garden, and saw a person dressed in a moon-white cotton robe, standing in front of a plum tree, the pale yellow plum blossoms were blooming brightly.
"Why are you standing here alone" Lou Jing wrapped the big on his body around Xiao Chengjun and touched his cold cheeks.
Xiao Chengjun looked back at him, smiled slightly, and reached out to hold him into his arms, "I'm not cold, but you, wearing so thin clothes and running outside."
In order to hide people's eyes, Lou Jing never took a small servant when he went out, so he was hot and cold, and no one helped him get a dress.
The warm embrace was very pleasant, and soon the smell of wine came up, and Lou Jing leaned on the shoulders of His Royal Highness King Min, a little drowsy.
In the past two days, the head of the village came to pay the rent, and the shopkeepers from all over the country also came to reconcile the accounts, although Cheng Xiuru was there, he was also so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, and he had not come to the Fujian Mansion for three days.
Lou Jing buried his nose in Xiao Chengjun's neck socket and took a deep breath, the warm breath of the sun was tinged with a faint milky fragrance.
"Shen Lian has heard about accepting bribes from officials," Xiao Chengjun rubbed his face against him.
The slightly cool cheeks slowly rubbed on his face, as if the satin was sliding on it, it was very comfortable, Lou Jing couldn't help but chase after it again, "I just heard what Uncle Qingyang said, what's the matter, the court already knows" Xiao Chengjun's eyes were slightly gloomy, "No one in the DPRK knows yet, it's just that yesterday an official failed to hand over the meeting gift, so Shen Lian found a reason and was imprisoned." ” Lou Jing's eyes widened, this Shen Lian, is he crazy about money "What these magistrates handed over is the people's fat and people's ointment, Shen Lian asked for their money, and they will take it from the people twice as much when they go back, so far" Xiao Chengjun looked up at the gray sky of the capital and sighed deeply.
The common people are innocent, and the people are innocent.
Lou Jing stood up straight and touched the tip of Xiao Chengjun's nose, "Don't worry anymore, the way of heaven has constant retribution, and whoever sows evil fruits today will be repaid one day." ” As he got closer, the faint milky fragrance became more and more attractive, and Lou Jing couldn't help but lick his milky lips, "It's so sweet." ” Xiao Chengjun was licked and stunned, and then couldn't help but reddened his ears, every time he secretly ate candy, he would definitely be discovered by Lou Jing.
"Your Highness, I want to eat candy too."
Lou Jing grabbed a red ear and chuckled.
"I'm done eating, if you want to eat, wait for the New Year."
Xiao Chengjun said seriously, pulled his ears out after speaking, turned around and went to the house.
Lou Jing looked at the back of His Royal Highness King Min who turned around in a dashing manner, and couldn't help laughing.
The middle feed of the Anguo Mansion was temporarily handed over to the second aunt to take care of, and the second aunt was very happy, rolled up her sleeves and prepared for a lively New Year.
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The new clothes for the New Year were ready, and the second aunt personally took the clothes and sent them to the Suzaku Hall, but she didn't see Lou Jing's figure, "It's dark this day, why hasn't Miyu come back yet?"
The housekeeper of the Vermilion Bird Hall smiled and said, "The prince went to drink with the adults of the Yulin Army, and he usually drank until late. ” "How can this work" The second aunt pouted, looked at the new cotton robe in her hand, originally wanted to sell it in front of Lou Jing, but she couldn't even see anyone, but how could she tell him something "The second wife just put down her clothes."
The housekeeper smiled and wanted to pick it up, but was unexpectedly avoided by the second aunt.
"I made this dress myself, I have to let Mao Yu try it, and if it doesn't fit, I can change it immediately," the second aunt rolled her eyes, and suddenly had an idea, "I'm tired of Steward Li, and when the prince comes back, the branch will tell me." ” The housekeeper muttered in his heart, can I send a new dress in person, but I still smiled and responded, fortunately, tomorrow, the son of the world will definitely come back, if it is a weekday, I am afraid that it will be difficult to see people in ten days and half a month.
On the eighth day of the lunar month, worship ancestors.
Lou Jing left the warm quilt of the Minwang Mansion and returned to the Anguo Mansion.
The royal family does not worship ancestors on the eighth day of the lunar month, and cannot go to the temple to worship the heavens until the Chinese New Year's Eve. went to the ancestral hall to incense the ancestors of the Lou family, and sacrificed to the god of the stove, Lou saw Yu and left in a hurry.
"Grandpa Guo has been very busy lately" Lou Jingqi said, two days ago, he went directly to the Suzaku Hall because the shopkeeper of Jinzhou came to reconcile the accounts, and he quarreled with him, but suddenly he was radiant again "Grandpa Guo has been socializing a lot lately."
The butler whispered.
Lou Jing squinted his eyes and asked Yun Ba to see who his father was entertaining, and when he returned to the Vermilion Bird Hall, he met the second aunt who came to deliver the clothes.
The second aunt diligently handed over the clothes for Lou Jing to try on, the sleeves and hem were a little short, "How did you grow taller so quickly when you measured your body last month?"
At the age of seventeen or eighteen, when the boy grew taller, the second aunt took the clothes and said to change them when she went back, "Maoyu, look, now you are a member of the third grade, and your second brother is still useless, he has married a daughter-in-law, and he doesn't know how to grow, you have to help the second aunt take care of it." ” Lou Jing looked at it and said with a smile: "The Spring Feather Forest Army will fill the vacancy, and when the time comes, I will make a vacancy for the second brother." ” "Oh, this, this is really a good thing, the second aunt thanked you on behalf of your brother," the second aunt was so happy that she didn't know what to say, she didn't expect Lou Jing to be so neat, and she agreed before she could say it, which is like Grandpa Guo, her husband went to say it several times, but he still didn't have a vague letter, "This looks like the New Year, and Mrs. doesn't know what is going on."
"I heard that my father only sent someone to see it yesterday, and if I can come back, I will know that my second aunt will be informed."
Regarding Wei's news, Lou Jing didn't want to talk about it, and the family couldn't know about the pregnancy during the filial piety period, except for Wei's personal mother and two maids, the rest of the people who knew about it were all disposed of by Lou Jing.
After sending away the long-winded second aunt, Yunba came back.
"Grandpa Guo saw a fourth-grade official, who came to Beijing to report on his work, was originally a county official in Jiangzhou, and now he has been promoted to the county guard."
Yun Ba inquired very clearly.
Lou Jing knew that someone had come to borrow money from the Anguo Mansion.
"But keep staring," Yunpachi asked.
"No need."
Lou Jing waved his hand, I am afraid that the nobles in Beijing will start this business soon, but it will not cause any trouble to the Anguo Mansion.
It's just that yesterday Shen Lian arrested people who refused to pay the money, and the emperor didn't have any reaction, but more and more people borrowed money, which seems to be a bit unreasonable.
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