Originally, Xiner had a sullen expression on her face, but she was frightened when Muchuan came over. She quickly arranged her hair and appearance, and secretly regretted why she didn't wear the floral dress when she went out today.
Already.
Just when Xin'er was panicking, Muchuan had already come behind her and asked softly: "Xin'er, I found you."
Seeing that Muchuan had arrived, Xin'er suppressed the panic in her heart and asked in a cold tone: "Oh, it turns out to be Master Mu. Is there something important that comes to look for Xin'er so early in the morning?"
Muchuan was not an idiot. Hearing Xin'er's strange words, he naturally sensed that something was wrong with her.
"Xin'er, what's wrong with you?"
"Master Mu, there's nothing wrong with me, I'm fine."
"You don't usually call me that..."
Xiner usually calls him "Brother Muchuan", but now she calls him "Master Mu", which naturally makes people suspicious.
Fortunately, He Hua next to him winked and gave various hints to Muchuan, and then Muchuan remembered what had happened before.
At that moment, Muchuan slapped his head: "Xin'er, you misunderstood what happened last time."
"What's the misunderstanding?
Xin'er doesn't know what you're talking about..." After Xin'er finished speaking, she stood up and pretended to leave. As she took a step forward, she said, "If there's nothing else, I won't bother Mr. Mu. After all, Mr. Mu is busy with work.
The little girl is afraid that too much delay will affect your career."
It seemed that Xin'er was really angry, like a child who couldn't get a toy and rolled around on the ground acting coquettishly.
Well, if you think about it carefully, Xin'er is indeed not very old. She is just a little girl, and some little girls have the right temperament.
Muchuan stepped forward and took Xin'er's arm, and said sincerely: "I'm sorry, Xin'er, don't be angry, I came here to bring you some food."
Muchuan held a basket of flowers and trees in his right hand and said that these were steamed buns, which were ground from the finest wheat flour and served with red bean filling soaked in white sugar. They tasted very sweet and delicious.
Xin'er glanced at the wooden basket and said in a calm voice: "Lotus, help me take it down. Master Mu has sent me the meal."
"Yes, yes...Miss."
After He Hua took the basket, Xin'er bowed slightly and saluted: "Thank you, Master Mu. I have received your meal. If nothing happens, just leave it like this."
After saying that, Xin'er left with a calm expression. It seemed that even if Muchuan offered breakfast, she would not be forgiven.
"Xin'er, I'm sorry, please don't be angry, okay?"
Muchuan chased after me again and asked, "What can you do to forgive me?"
Xin'er stopped, blinked her watery eyes and said, "Did Master Mu do something wrong?
Why do you need Xin'er's forgiveness?"
"Xin'er..."
"Master Mu is the Minister of Household Affairs at the time, and he is also a popular person in front of the Emperor... By the way, I heard that you were awarded the title of 'Champion General' last night?
This is really gratifying! Master Mu now has a distinguished status. How can I, a little girl, be worthy of it?
The little girl doesn’t dare to expect too much, so she just resigned.”
Xin'er talked nonchalantly, seeming to express all the dissatisfaction that had been accumulated in her heart for a long time. Then she winked at Hehua and left.
"Xin'er, Xin'er..." Muchuan called loudly from behind, but no matter how much she called, it was useless. She just didn't want to talk to him.
Is she really angry?
Muchuan couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He felt that there was a saying among modern people that a woman's heart was as deep as the bottom of her heart. Now that Xin'er had lost her temper for no reason, he didn't know what to do.
At noon, Huachu Street in Chang'an City is the most prosperous street in the city. The shops on both sides are filled with a wide range of goods, bustling with people, and landlords and nobles often hang out here.
At this time, there were six wooden square tables standing on the main road in the center of the street, with various pens, inks, papers and inkstones placed on them.
Ouyang Bufan was appearing here, shouting: "Fellow folks, come and see, the imperial court is preparing to issue national bonds!"
Hearing Ouyang Bufan's shouts, the rich and landlords came over to take a look.
“Treasury debt?
What exactly is a national debt?”
"I heard that it is a kind of certificate issued by the imperial court. If you spend money on it, you can earn interest. Money can make money."
"Oh, this sounds unreliable! If this court goes bankrupt, what will we do with the money we spent to buy national debt?
Won’t it be burned to the ground then?”
The rich and landowners were talking a lot, some were doubtful, some were puzzled.
As the Minister of Household Affairs, Ouyang Bufan was organizing more than ten officials from the Household Department to promote the product to the people.
The imperial court is preparing to carry out various large-scale public infrastructure construction, agricultural planting, and industrial development, all of which require money! For this reason, the people are collecting money!
As an incentive, Ouyang Bufante set rules for the small officials in the Ministry of Revenue. Whoever sells more treasury bonds will be given a bonus.
For this reason, you can see that the officials led by Ouyang Bufan are giving recommendations to the landlords and nobles like chicken blood.
In fact, there were so many people who came to inquire, so many people lined up from the street party to the end of the street, and government officials were even dispatched to maintain order.
However, after spending a whole day, not many government bonds were sold! The funds collected were only 5,000 taels of gold!
Five thousand taels of gold seems like a lot of money. For ordinary people, it is an astronomical sum of money. Even if one's legs are broken, it will be enough to spend a lifetime.
However, for a state power like the Tang Dynasty, a mere five thousand taels of gold was just a drop in the bucket and of no use at all.
The sun sets, and the sky becomes golden in the evening.
At this time, after selling the national debt, Ouyang Bufan appeared in the residence of the Minister of Revenue, standing at the door, pacing back and forth, looking anxious.
There were four guards guarding the door, and one of them was the captain of the guard, Hei Shan.
Seeing Ouyang Bufan's appearance, Heishan asked with concern: "Master Ouyang, what's wrong with you?
Are you going to come into the mansion?
How about I give you a message to Lord Muchuan?"
"No, no, no! Wait a moment!"
In fact, Ouyang Bufan was looking for Muchuan, but he was not mentally prepared to be criticized.
Today is the first day of national bond issuance. After receiving instructions from Muchuan, Ouyang Bufan went to sell it.
According to Ouyang Bufan, the treasury bonds issued by the imperial court are very favorable and can be purchased at equal prices. In addition to getting the principal back after one year, one tael of silver can also withdraw three cents more.
Normally, this kind of good thing should be envied by everyone and something that everyone can only ask for. For this reason, Ouyang Bufan boasted that he would be able to sell it in Haikou for one hundred thousand taels of gold.
