Lin Jinrong didn't know that Zhou was paying attention to her. All her thoughts were on asking Tao Shunqin to buy saline-alkali land in the west of the city.
To the west of Pingzhou City is an endless stretch of salt-alkali land.
It's summer, and after several heavy rains, the shiny salt flowers in the saline-alkali land either flowed away with the water or penetrated deep into the soil. Weeds that are not afraid of salt also emerged. After being covered with a little green, the land looked beautiful.
Finally, the dazzling scene was no longer as bright as when the salt returned in spring, but the green and bare earth colors alternated between the east and west areas, making it still look extremely desolate.
Lin Shiquan cautiously lowered his hands and followed Tao Shunqin obediently. As soon as he saw Tao Shunqin stop or speak, he immediately alerted himself, pricked up his ears, opened his eyes wide, and fully mobilized all the strength in his body to listen.
, go and see and remember what Tao Shunqin said and did.
Since he decided to buy this saline-alkali land, Tao Shunqin has walked with him on this saline-alkali land for several days. He knew that Tao Shunqin was choosing the terrain. In the same saline-alkali land, the construction time of dams may be different due to the terrain.
Other saline-alkali lands are more laborious, and may be selected as a place to dig canals and dams, or may be successful in the fields, but turn into waterlogged lands. Everything is a matter of knowledge.
He didn't understand how Tao Shunqin, a scholar, could know so much. Tao Shunqin smiled and said: "The book has its own beauty, and the book has its own house of gold. But it also depends on who it is, what book it is reading, and how it is read.
. Some people may not be able to understand a simple truth after reading books for a lifetime, and they may not even have enough to eat. Some people are illiterate, but they wear silks and satins and eat delicacies from the mountains and seas. Why is this? My nephew wants to understand this.
You will understand the problem.”
After a few days, Tao Shunqin finally located a piece of land with a slope of nearly 100 slopes in the southwest corner, and immediately began to contact people from Hepingzhou Prefecture. The saline-alkali land with a slope of 1,000 slopes in the west of the city all belonged to the government, and the most indispensable thing among the government was
Smart people, almost as soon as Tao Shunqin expressed his desire, someone started asking around and asked what he wanted to buy for.
Tao Shunqin invited several people in charge of this matter in the government office to have dinner and drinks. Lin Shiquan followed him into the flower house for the first time in his life. During the dinner, he looked at the enchanting prostitute with half exposed breasts and did not dare to raise his head. He calmed down a lot.
I went to listen to how Tao Shunqin dealt with people in the government. When they were half drunk, everyone began to call each other brothers and sisters. When the prostitutes coaxed people until their bones were soft, Tao Shunqin mentioned it and said that he had a dream about buying that piece of land.
, building a yard there will bring smooth sailing, making it clear that they do not expect the land to produce anything, just to buy peace of mind.
Some people were not fascinated by wine and sex, and based on the instinct of a goose plucking its feathers, they planned to make things difficult, but were scolded by the most responsible person. Under the warm greetings of the elder brother and younger brother, the purchase of this land was as natural as a matter of course, and the land price was naturally
According to the cheapest price, when the land was measured, the land with eighty slopes was actually worth one hundred slopes. Tao Shunqin had the land divided into two equal parts and had boundary stones erected.
Lin Shiquan didn't understand why Tao Shunqin wanted to divide the land into two parts. As soon as he got up, Tao Shunqin distracted him: "Remember, there are two types of land sales, one is absolute sale, and the other is pawn, also called pawning."
Of course. This contract must go through the government and be stamped with a red seal. This is called a red contract. If not, it is a white contract. This kind of contract is easy to argue and is not advisable."
Then Lin Shiquan saw Tao Shunqin giving a few envelopes of money to those people, and the one in charge got the most. He had never experienced these things, and he couldn't help but feel distressed: "The buying and selling of land by officials is what they should do.
They eat, drink, and take things, and they get an advantage for nothing."
Tao Shunqin looked at him with a smile on his sleeves and said, "Actually, I didn't suffer a loss either." Then he calculated an account for him. The land price was cheap, and the key to getting more land was to find these people for convenience in the future.
"If you really want to take this path, you should remember that the King of Hell is easy to deal with and is difficult to deal with. If you want to do business, connections are the most important thing. It's just a small amount of money. The less trouble they create is better than anything else. Besides, people are better than anything else.
Thanks to the kindness of meeting me, I might be able to ask them for help sometime in the future." Tao Shunqin said.
Lin Shiquan kept it in mind, and took advantage of the opportunity to find lychees. He only concealed the incident of going to the flower house to drink. He told Lin Jinrong everything in detail: "The land was only bought for 70 cents per acre. A total of
Eighty qing, actually 100 qing, only cost 560 guan. I don’t know how much my uncle spent on entertaining guests and giving gifts, but I estimate that it will not be less than dozens of guan.”
Lin Jinrong was surprised and happy. She was happy that this land was much cheaper than the land she bought by the Liuye River. She was shocked that she did not expect Tao Shunqin to be so generous. This was great. Where could she find the nearly 600 yuan?
Give him money to pay him back?
The last time she sold silver, she earned less than 58 taels of silver from her own money, 46 taels from Aunt Huang, and nearly 80 taels from Lin Jinyin. Including her own, the total was only 394 taels of silver.
, converted into money, it was only 315 guan, which was a big gap. She had boasted in front of Tao Shunqin earlier that she didn't want him to buy it, and she would find the money herself. Where would she find the money now?
If you can't get your money back in a short time, who will lend it to her? Then borrow it from Lin Jinyin, who is about to get married. She is not that thick-skinned. To Mrs. Tao, the money she spent last time buying the land by the Liuye River was all
It has not been fully paid, and the monthly payment is still being withheld. He is so poor, and Lin Jinrong is suddenly in trouble.
It would be great if Mrs. Tao was willing to leave the dowry prepared for her to her disposal, but this was obviously impossible. Lin Jinrong sat blankly for a long time, opened the dress box and started thinking about the gold and silver jewelry inside. She first put
It must be worn during New Years and holidays. I picked out a few immovable items and put some simple and unobtrusive hairpin rings aside. When I opened the bottom layer of the makeup box, I saw an eight-treasure red gold necklace wrapped in red silk.
The longevity lock, two pairs of adjustable red gold bracelets, and anklets appeared in front of her.
She was stunned for a moment, and felt a dull pain in her heart.
She wore this when she was a child. It was consecrated by a senior monk and later followed her to the Lu family. After Ning'er was born, she did not use the longevity lock given by others, but put it on Ning'er, hoping to bless her.
Ning'er lived a long life, was free from all diseases, and was safe and healthy. But Ning'er still left her, and she couldn't wake up no matter how hard she shouted...
Lin Jinrong's fingertips touched the longevity lock, and her eyes were filled with blood. At that time, Ning'er's blood was soaked in the word "longevity". How ironic! She gritted her teeth, and there would never be Ning'er again. This thing
It can't bless Ning'er, so why keep it? This is it! She lowered her eyes and forced herself to look away from the longevity lock. She wrapped the things tightly in red silk with her own hands and handed them to Lychee: "
You take it to the third young master and ask him to find a way to change it into money."
Lychee was shocked: "Girl, there are other things, but I'm afraid this is inappropriate." These things are marked. Unless they are destroyed, otherwise people will know about it, and the gossip will be unpleasant. But if they are destroyed,
, and the price will be reduced.
Lin Jinrong said calmly: "You ask him to dismantle it. First remove the gems and beads inlaid on it, and then find someone to melt the gold and silver and sell them separately. This way no one can recognize it." What she wanted to sell most was fighting tea.
The crystal lotus hairpin she won was Lin Yuzhen's, and she kept it for her.
"Girl, my wife asked for this for you, and it was consecrated by a high monk. If my wife knew about it, she would be heartbroken. Besides, even if I sell this, it won't be enough. Didn't my uncle say he would buy it for you...
"Lizhi couldn't understand why the girl wanted to buy it so much that the hair on the saline-alkali land didn't grow. She had been waiting for Lin Jinrong for a long time, and she had long discovered that Lin Jinrong's quietness concealed a deep feeling.
When she was in Zhuangzi, she had thought that Lin Jinrong had recovered. Now it seems that it has actually worsened, but he just hid it deeper. The reason is that after being frightened and falling ill, Li Zhi felt a little anxious for a while.
Blame yourself.
With a trembling voice, she asked Lin Jinrong cautiously: "Girl, you are not short of food and clothing. My wife has been preparing a dowry for you. What are you worried about? Even if you don't want to tell this slave for fear of worrying about your wife, you can't.
It's time to talk to the third girl, she will definitely be able to help you."
"No matter how close parents and siblings are, there are some things that we cannot let them know." She had too many worries, but she couldn't share them with outsiders. Lin Jinrong was silent for a moment and smiled sweetly: "Lizhi, are you scared? I'm not worried about anything.
, I just don’t want my uncle’s money. My sister is getting married, and I am not a child anymore. I am already embarrassed to ask my uncle to contribute. If I ask him to spend money again, what do the cousins in Qingzhou think of us sisters? I don’t care about this.
I want everything." She paused and asked Lizhi who was hanging his head inquiringly: "You won't tell others about this, will you? Like Guiyuan, I don't know who to believe except you.
Already."
Lizhi's eyes were a little dodgeful. She just wanted to talk to Lin Jinyin and ask Lin Jinyin to persuade Lin Jinrong, but Lin Jinrong had already said this. Naturally, she couldn't bear to disappoint Lin Jinrong, so she was extremely reluctant to do so.
He nodded: "Girl, how about I still have some money in my hand, and you can use it for emergencies?"
Lin Jinrong laughed: "I still have a way, I don't want you, just go and do things quickly."
After Lychee left, Lin Jinrong lay on the couch and stared blankly for a long time. Finally, he came up with an idea and shouted: "Cherry!"
Cherry was newly selected and sent by Gong's mother. She was only nine years old. She was wearing an emerald green shirt and a blue skirt. She had single eyelids and bright eyes. She had long hands and feet. She had a good appearance, smooth eyebrows and eyes, and was clean. She walked in lightly.
, stood in front of the couch and said with a smile: "What do you want me to do, young lady?"
Lin Jinrong smiled and said, "I would like to invite some girls over for tea. You go and prepare some pastries and fruits."
The cherry went away in response. Lin Jinrong called Aunt Gui in, opened the suitcase and took out the newly made jade-colored lotus dark pattern thin silk dress. She applied a thin layer of powder and inserted the crystal lotus hairpin, called Dou.
The son followed and went to personally invite Lin Wu, Liu and Qi.
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