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As the days get colder and colder, and the end of the new year is approaching, people in the capital are busy preparing for the new year. Search: \(¨¨¨¨¨) Watch fine literature for free
It was time to collect the rents of the rented houses and shops in the farm, and the tax money from all over the country was delivered to the capital as scheduled. This year was considered a good year, except for the Qingyang flood, there were no major disasters in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and the taxes and money were generous.
On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow fell, and the capital was peaceful.
The lead clouds were densely covered, and before dusk, the sky had already become gloomy, and the lights were lit on the Zuixian Tower, taking advantage of the green and gray bricks and tiles in the capital, it was particularly lively. These few days are the time when local officials come to Beijing to report on their duties, and the business of Zuixianlou is much more prosperous than usual.
"I made a lot of money this time, thanks to Zhuo Yu's matchmaking." Uncle Qing Yang raised his glass, laughed and drank with Lou Jing.
As soon as Lou Jing drank the drink, Zhou Song came up to him, "Louda, you can't just drink Uncle Shi's wine, you have to drink mine too. I still have news about this."
"Yes, then I should toast you." Lou Jing grabbed the jug and poured it to Zhou Songman, "This is the first cup, toast you when you encounter business and still think about your brother."
"Is this still the 'first cup'?" Zhou Song's face suddenly turned bitter, which obviously meant to pour him wine! But I couldn't stop drinking, so I had to raise my head and do it.
"This second cup is a toast to your young talents. Father and brother are not around, but you can already support your appearance." Lou Jing looked at the thin and tall Zhou Song, and was a little relieved when he thought of the snot-nosed child he first saw in the Imperial Garden.
Zhou Song couldn't help but smirk a few times, "That's right."
Lou Jing filled him with a third cup, and raised the wine cup herself, "I don't respect you for this third cup, let's drink against each other, just because you know me, trust me, and don't doubt me on such important matters, I'm the one with you." With a brother like you, Lou Jing has no regrets in this life."
These words made Zhou Song's eyes turn red, he hummed and said, "Drink well, what are you talking about?"
Lou Jing smiled but said nothing, the two clinked glasses and drank all the wine in the glasses.
For the river business this time, they told them that there were other people joining the business, but in fact, Lou Jing only recruited these two people to join the business.
This kind of business, in the final analysis, is the wealth of the national treasury, and it has to be backed by someone, but it cannot be known by too many people. Lou Jing himself put in 80,000 taels of silver, and with Uncle Qingyang and Zhou Song's money, he made up 150,000 taels of silver to join the gang. Now that the tax bank has entered Beijing, Shen Lian has kept his word and gave him all the dividends and share capital, basically doubling the money. In the beginning of spring, the summer palace was going to be repaired. Shen Lian felt that Lou Jing was a good man, so he agreed to continue to work with him on the matter of the practice palace.
"I heard that the officials who came to Beijing this year to report on their duties have to pay Shen Lian their share." After drinking for three rounds, Uncle Qingyang suddenly mentioned something.
"Party money? What kind of part money?" Zhou Song didn't know what to do. This official went to Beijing to report on his work. What's the matter with Shen Lian
"The money for promotion," Uncle Qingyang said in a low voice, "Any official who is promoted to Beijing to report on his work must give Shen Lian a meeting gift, at least one thousand taels." Compared with five, that is to say, if there is more, five thousand taels will be given away.
Lou Jing was also a little surprised. Although he knew that the old eunuch was greedy for money, he dared to do such an appalling way of making money. It was really...
"My family has a county magistrate who came to Beijing. I didn't expect to pay so much money, so I had to borrow money from me. I said it was a two-cent profit, and I would pay it back after the New Year." Uncle Qingyang smiled secretly. Point to stop talking.
The two people who listened understood that the three-year-old magistrate had 100,000 snowflakes in silver. It's not that those officials who came to Beijing to report on their duties couldn't afford the money, but they didn't bring so much with them. to borrow. Now that the money they spent on building the river has been collected, it can just be lent to those officials and make a fortune for nothing.
Heavy snow fell on the ground one after another, and after a while, the ground was covered with white snow, and the sky and the earth seemed to brighten up again suddenly.
Lou Jing has always been a good drinker, he drank Uncle Qingyang and Zhou Song down, he was only five points drunk, and wandered towards the Prince of Min's mansion. It was snowing and the wall was slippery, Xiao Chengjun didn't allow him to climb over the wall again, so he could only obediently go sideways.
"Your Majesty, you are back," Le Xian hurriedly patted the snow off his body, and put a mink fur coat on him, "The prince is looking at the plum blossoms in the garden."
Lou Jing frowned, and walked quickly into the garden, and saw a person wearing a moon-white cotton robe, standing in front of a plum tree, the pale yellow plum blossoms were in full bloom.
"Why are you here alone?" Lou Jing wrapped the cloak on Xiao Chengjun's body, and touched his cold cheek.
Xiao Chengjun looked back at him, smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and hugged him into his arms, "I'm not cold, but you, who run out in such thin clothes." In order to deceive others, Lou Jing never brought a servant with him when he went out, so he was cold It was hot, and no one helped him get a coat.
The warm embrace was very pleasant, and soon the smell of alcohol was brought up, Lou Jing lay on the shoulder of His Highness King Min, a little drowsy.
In the past two days, the head of the village came to pay the rent, and shopkeepers from all over the country also came to reconcile accounts. Although Cheng Xiuru was there, he was too busy to touch the ground, and he hadn't been to the Fujian Palace for three days. Lou Jing buried her nose in Xiao Chengjun's neck, and took a deep breath, the warm breath from the sun, with a faint milky fragrance.
"Did you hear about Shen Lian taking bribes from officials?" Xiao Chengjun rubbed against his face.
The slightly cool cheeks slowly rubbed against her face, as if silk and satin were sliding over it, it was very comfortable, Lou Jing couldn't help but chased after her and stuck it on, "I just heard Uncle Qingyang say, what, Chaozhong has already Got it?"
Xiao Chengjun's eyes darkened slightly, "No one in the court knows about it, but yesterday an official failed to hand over the 'meeting ceremony', which made Shen Lian find an excuse and put him in prison."
Lou Jing's eyes widened. Is this Shen Lian crazy about money
"These magistrates turned in all the money of the people. Shen Lian asked for their money. They will take it from the people twice when they go back. Since then..." Xiao Chengjun looked up at the gray sky in the capital, and sighed deeply. Take a breath.
How innocent the common people are, how innocent the people are.
Lou Jing straightened her body and touched the tip of Xiao Chengjun's nose, "Don't worry anymore, the way of heaven always repays you, whoever planted bad fruits today will one day repay them all."
As they got closer, the faint milky scent became more alluring. Lou Jing couldn't help but licked the milky lips, "It's so sweet."
Xiao Chengjun was taken aback by the lick, and immediately couldn't help but his ears turned red. Every time he ate sweets secretly, Lou Jing would definitely find out.
"Your Highness, I want to eat candy too." Lou Jing chuckled with one red ear in her mouth.
"I've eaten it all. If you want to eat it, wait until the New Year." Xiao Chengjun said solemnly, pulled out his ears, turned and went into the house.
Lou Jing looked at the back of His Royal Highness King Min who turned around gracefully, and couldn't help laughing out loud.
For the time being, Second Aunt took care of the middle supporter of Duke An's Mansion. Second Aunt was very happy and rolled up her sleeves to prepare for a lively new year.
The son's new clothes for the new year were ready, and the second aunt took the clothes to Zhuque hall in person, but there was no sign of Lou Jing, "It's getting dark, why hasn't Zhuo Yu come back?"
The butler of Zhuque Hall smiled and said: "My son went to drink with the adults of the Habayashi Army. Usually, he would drink until very late."
"How can this be done?" Second Aunt pursed her lips, looked at the brand-new cotton robe in her hand, originally wanted to sell it in front of Lou Jing, but she couldn't even see anyone, so how could she talk to him
"Second wife just put down the clothes." The housekeeper smiled and went to pick it up, but was unexpectedly avoided by the second aunt.
"I made this dress with my own hands. I have to let Zhuoyu try it on. If it doesn't fit, I can change it right away." The second aunt rolled her eyes and suddenly had an idea, "Please trouble housekeeper Li, wait for the son to come back and take care of it." Someone tell me."
The housekeeper murmured in his heart, is it necessary to deliver the new clothes in person? But he still smiled and agreed. Fortunately, tomorrow Laba, the prince will definitely come back. If it is a normal day, it may be difficult to see anyone in ten days and a half months.
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, ancestor worship.
Lou Jing left the warm bed of Prince Min's Mansion and went back to Duke Anguo's Mansion. The royal family does not worship ancestors on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and they have to wait until the 30th of the new year to go to the Taimiao to worship heaven.
After offering incense to the ancestors of the Lou family in the ancestral hall, and offering sacrifices to the stove, Lou Jianyu left in a hurry.
"Is the Duke very busy recently?" Lou Jing wondered, two days ago, because the treasurer of Jinzhou came to reconcile the accounts, he went directly to Zhuquetang, and had an argument with him, why did he suddenly look radiant again
"My lord has been entertaining a lot lately." The housekeeper whispered.
Lou Jing squinted her eyes, and asked Yun Ba to see who her father was entertaining with. After returning to Zhuque Hall, she met the second aunt who came to deliver clothes.
The second aunt graciously handed the clothes to Lou Jing to try on, but the sleeves and hem were a bit short, "I measured my body last month, how did I grow taller so quickly?"
At the age of seventeen or eighteen, it was the time when boys grew tall. The second aunt took the clothes and said that she would change them when she went back, "Zuoyu, look, now you are a third-rank official. Your second brother, he It's still useless, and I'm married to a wife, and I don't know how to improve, so you have to help 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 then I will find a vacancy for my 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 never expected Lou Jing to be so quick, and she agreed before she could say anything. Unlike the Duke of the State, her husband went to say it several times, but he was still vague and unconfirmed, "It seems that the Chinese New Year is about to come, and Madam's epidemic is not going to happen?"
"I heard that my father just sent someone to look at it yesterday. If I can come back, I will let my second aunt know." Regarding Wei's news, Lou Jing didn't want to talk about it, and the family didn't know about the pregnancy. Except for Wei's close mother and two maids, the rest of the people who knew about this matter were all dealt with by Lou Jing.
After seeing off the nagging second aunt, Yun Ba came back.
"Grandpa Guo met a fourth-rank official who came to Beijing to report on his duties. He was originally a county magistrate in Jiangzhou, but now he has been promoted to be a county magistrate." Yun Ba heard it very clearly.
Lou Jing understood, probably someone came to borrow money from Duke Anguo's mansion.
"Do you want to keep staring?" Yun Ba asked.
"No need." Lou Jing waved her hand, fearing that Xungui in Beijing will start this business soon, so it won't cause any trouble to Duke Anguo's mansion. It's just that yesterday when Shen Lian arrested those who refused to pay, the emperor didn't respond at all. On the contrary, more and more people borrowed money, which seemed unreasonable.
The author has something to say: I was wrong, I always have something to delay my coding today, I want to apologize to the thick and long gentleman, and I am afraid that everyone will wait in a hurry qaq wait for the holiday to make up
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