Chapter 44: Crying Qin Court (1)
Since taking office, Zhang Jiayin has been struggling with the difficulty of collecting taxes and the monks are powerful. When serving as an official elsewhere, he only needs to make good gentry. In addition to gentry, he also makes more friends with monks. The taxes of the court cannot be delayed. Zhang Jiayin was both angry and life was not easy.
When he heard that Yang Chengzu had built the Buddha's field, he hurriedly said, "Brother, this matter is impossible. Those monks are very vicious. They are said to have dared to siege the yamen with hundreds of people carrying sticks and beat and injured the officers. Even if he doesn't beat someone, as long as he makes trouble in your yamen, he will lose his reputation in the government, and if someone ingredient is entitled, he will not be able to take it away."
"Brother, just worry. If you don't do anything properly, what's the face I have to be your sworn brother? Don't worry, I've arranged this matter very well. If a monk comes to make trouble, I will come to deal with it. Not to mention Buddha land, just talk about silver. I will win you a tax of 500 taels of silver. In a few days, a monk will come to you. Master Pingluo trains and spends money. The pressure in your yamen is probably not small, so I can also help you. But brother, can you lend me a pair of official titles? I have a few friends outside..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Jiayin smiled and said, "Isn't it just a small official title? That's nothing. I'll send it to you later. Brother, you are really my lucky general. To be honest, Pinglubo's men's military pay is about to force someone to do it. The former Shaolin also wants to build a separate temple in Hua County, and the gentry in this county raised several hundred taels of money. However, no one is willing to lose the military pay. I don't know what to do. With these five hundred taels, I'll solve all my problems."
Seeing that he agreed happily, Yang Chengzu felt relieved, "Don't worry, brother, we are both civil and military, and we work together, but we are afraid that we can't fight a group of monks? This place is not Dengfeng County, but our opponent is Chengfu Temple, which is easy to deal with."
Zhang Jiayin was originally worried about the additional military pay of Pinglubo, but Yang Chengzu's thirty acres of land was a trivial matter. The 500 taels of silver solved the big problem. He felt very happy. Not only did he borrow the official title card, he also wrote several letters to Yang Chengzu, who were friends of the same year who were officials outside. As long as he took this letter, he could find those who borrowed the official title card in the same year.
After Zhao Jiuxiong got this official title, he was so happy that he couldn't stop. The business he did is now very dangerous, with great profits and greater risks, which was about spending money with his head. Now that he has this official title, and with the investment of Jinyiwei, he feels that his waist has become much harder in an instant. It seems that this business can continue to be done.
He was well-informed and had already found out that Yang Chengzu had even cleaned up Chengfu Temple. He weighed it himself. With his weight, he was afraid that he would not be able to afford Shaolin Temple. Such a ruthless person dared to provoke Shaolin. He only received a dividend of 1,500 taels of silver from the Cao Gang. Speaking of which, he still made a profit. This young man has a bright future and should make more friends. The idea of recruiting him as his son-in-law is even stronger.
Yang Chengzu responded to a few words, found an excuse to say goodbye, and hurried back home. There was a pretty sister waiting for him to meet him, so where could he care about Zhao Jiuxiong?
When they returned home, Liu had already called Ruxian to come for dinner. The three of them had a meal together at the same table, like a family of three, which made Ruxian feel warm. It was a rare loss of composure and started crying while eating.
Liu smiled and said, "Why are you crying? In the future, you will have another mother to love you. If Chengzu bullies you, come to me and make the decision for you. Chengzu, it's getting late, why don't you help your fairy sister back to your room to rest. Seeing that she is crying like this, don't go back to your own house. We have many houses and we will deal with it for one night in our yard."
Yang Chengzu thought to himself: Mom is indeed raising her eyebrows and spoiling her son again. She knows that she is so cruel that she saves the strength to jump over the wall. When he left the door, he picked up Ruxian without saying a word and returned to his bedroom.
Ruxian was used to the business of sending and coming to us. She had long had a dewy relationship with Yang Chengzu, but today she was as shy as a young wife who had just passed by her new family and said shyly: "It's all your fault. You're not regular when you eat. You must have been seen by your mother. How can I have the attitude to see my mother?"
"Good fairy sister, isn't this better? You might as well just withdraw the house there and move in."
"If you mention it again? If you mention it again, I will really leave." Ruxian put her face down, but took the initiative to untidy Yang Chengzu's clothes. "Isn't it good for us to do this? I can serve you, and when you miss me, you can come and steal me. If I move here, someone will gossip. You are the character in our Hua County and will become famous in the future. I can't let someone poke your backbone. If you become a relative in the future, then the big woman can tolerate me, I will be a concubine for you. If she can't tolerate me, I will be a vixen with you at night. Anyway, I am a famous vixen in the county now, so I will continue to do it."
"Okay, I want to see today, what are your skills, and whether you can charm me and be a woman who doesn't recognize you."
The two of them were naturally warm until they collected their weapons and Ruxian collapsed on him weakly and said, "Good Chengzu, how great would it be if I met you when I was a priest? What a pity, it's too late to say anything now, and this is all my fate. But I thought about it, although I have savings, I don't want to live in vain, nor do I want to rely on you to support me. I want to do some small business."
"Doing a business? What business do you want to do?"
"I know a lot of things. You can just know the style of pillows and mats as a Mingji? I can settle accounts, manage, and make a table banquet. Today's meal is what I cook. I want to open a teahouse nearby. I know tea and have connections. In this way, I can do things and take care of my mother. The most important thing is that this teahouse can receive guests from all over the world and can also inquire about some information for you."
"Sister Xian, no matter what you do, I support you. But I don't want you to still care about your past reputations, because I don't care. As long as Sister Xian doesn't like me to have no future, I will never let you down."
The next day, Ruxian got up early and went to greet Liu with a blushing face. Liu knew what the two of them did last night, but what could she say about such things? She just pretended not to know. After saying a few words of homely conversation, she heard the sound of knocking on the door outside, but Li Yu'e came again.
When Li Yu'e entered the yard, Yang Chengzu said helplessly: "Second sister, I have indeed found out about my uncle's news, but you'd better be prepared for this news. I heard from the criminal that Mongolian soldiers were coming from the sky, and my uncle rushed to the formation with one horse and one gun, and killed countless enemies with ten swings and ten decisive actions. He was outnumbered and had a plot, and seemed to be seriously injured..."
Chapter completed!