() Seeing the early morning light coming through the window, and hearing movement outside the house, I knew it was dawn.
Anyway, they were so happy talking that they couldn't sleep, so they simply stopped sleeping. Zhong Jinwei and Yan Yingyuan both got up and walked to the yard.
Zhong Jinwei was stretching, but Yan Yingyuan walked to the left corner of the yard, picked up a large stone lock in each hand, and began to practice his arm strength.
Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng also got up at this time and came to the courtyard. Watching Yan Yingyuan lift the stone lock, they were secretly surprised. The stone lock looked heavy at first glance, but they saw that Xingbo's brother-in-law could lift it without any difficulty.
Archie also went to bed very late last night, but out of habit, he had already gotten up and was working on breakfast with his sister-in-law.
Hearing some movement in the yard, Archie told his sister-in-law and walked out to see what was going on.
When Zhong Jinwei heard the voice, he turned around and saw that Archie had changed into coarse clothes and was coming towards him in a simple style. Compared with the rich look of yesterday's mink coat, each one has its own beauty. Zhong Jinwei couldn't help but praise: "
Archie, you look beautiful no matter what you wear!”
A Qi didn't expect to see the young master when he came out and wanted to say hello, but a flatterer slapped him in front of him. He couldn't help but give Zhong Jinwei a slightly white look, but he was very happy in his heart.
"Master, you haven't washed yourself yet? I'll go prepare it for you." Archie's voice was a bit sweeter than usual.
Zhong Jinwei nodded and watched Archie return to the kitchen.
After a while, Archie came over with hot water and another cup for Zhong Jinwei to rinse his mouth with.
Zhong Jinwei took the cup and a small bag, opened it, and saw that the salt used for gargling was a bit coarse, and it was completely incomparable with the salt he used for gargling in the palace. But he had to act like a guest, so he didn't let him change it, so he started gargling.
Already.
I dipped it in some salt and put it in my mouth to brush my teeth. The bitter taste stimulated my brain and I couldn't hold it in anymore, so I vomited it out.
Now that I have spit it out, I don’t want to continue brushing my teeth anymore, so I just drink water and rinse my mouth.
Seeing Zhong Jinwei's movement, several people in the yard gathered around him.
Zhong Jinwei explained to Archie: "This salt has a bit bitter taste. I spit it out unexpectedly. I didn't mean it."
Archie nodded, trusting Zhong Jinwei. He was busy all night yesterday and didn't have time to buy salt yet.
Gu Baichuan said on the side: "Sir, the small one has salt in it, I'll go get some."
Zhong Jinwei nodded, and Gu Baichuan returned to his room to get some salt. Old people like them would always bring some necessary things with them when they go out, including salt.
Zhong Jinwei happened to see his brother-in-law looking at him with concern, so he smiled and said, "You usually use such bitter salt to brush your teeth, can you stand it?"
Yan Yingyuan smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "You have never lived in an ordinary people's home, and you have never experienced hardship since you were a child. Who among ordinary people would use salt to brush their teeth?"
Of course Zhong Jinwei also suffered hardships when he was a child, but because times were different, no matter how hard it was, there was still toothpaste.
"Then what do you use to brush your teeth?" Zhong Jinwei asked in confusion. Ever since he came to this world, he has been brushing his teeth with salt.
"Rinse your mouth with a stick or tea. Ordinary people can't afford the salt you usually use." Yan Yingyuan explained.
"Is salt that expensive?" Zhong Jinwei had no idea.
Although I felt that Zhong Jinwei's words were a bit harsh, Yan Yingyuan chatted with Zhong Jinwei for a whole night and knew that he was kind-hearted. This should mean that he really didn't know the value of salt.
So, he explained to Zhong Jinwei in detail: "A commoner can live for a year with about one or two and a half yuan of silver. A person needs about fifty kilograms of salt a year to keep his body from becoming weak. The price of salt usually fluctuates.
Ten kilograms of salt costs more than five taels of silver when it is expensive, and less than four taels of silver when it is cheap. Do you think this amount of salt is a big deal?" (This is actually Song Yingxing's estimate, and this is just what Yan said.
, the difference will not be much.)
Zhong Jinwei calculated in his mind for a while, and according to Yan Yingyuan, it accounted for 27% to 37% of the annual living cost. He couldn't help but be shocked.
"Doesn't that mean the usual money is used to buy salt and grain?" Zhong Jinwei said in surprise.
Yan Yingyuan nodded, looked at Wang Peng on the side, made a mental assessment, lowered his voice, and said to Zhong Jinwei: "This is the result of buying official salt and private salt together."
The price of salt was too high. Zhong Jinwei turned to Wang Peng and said, "Does your Dong Factory have an investigation report on salt prices across the country, including official salt and private salt?"
Wang Peng stretched out his hand to scratch his head and replied: "I don't know, little one." Just as Gu Baichuan returned to the yard, Zhong Jinwei took the salt bag from Gu Baichuan and asked Gu Baichuan again.
Gu Baichuan looked at Yan Yingyuan and immediately had a suspicion in his heart. He did not hide it and said: "During the Tianqi years, there was an investigation."
"Can I get this report from the prince?" Zhong Jinwei asked.
"As long as the emperor allows it, you should be able to see this report."
Zhong Jinwei nodded and stopped talking. He thought to himself that when he returned to the capital, he would take this report and take a look at it as soon as possible. He had a vague suggestion in his heart and needed the support of this report.
I won’t talk about it anymore now, I’ll freshen up first and then talk about it.
After breakfast, I started busy with Yan Yingyuan's affairs.
Because I wanted to recommend Yan Yingyuan to Lu Xiangsheng, I had to go to the Tongzhou County Government Office to resign Yan Yingyuan first.
He was worried that if Yan Yingyuan went by himself, the county government would make things difficult and not let him go. So Zhong Jinwei decided to accompany Yan Yingyuan there. Of course, Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng went with him.
After Mrs. Yan and the others happily sent them to the door, they headed to the county government office.
When he arrived at the gate of the county government office, he happened to go out and saw Yan Yingyuan coming, so he hurried over to say hello. What happened yesterday left a deep impression on him. The angels from the capital were all respectful to his family, and he could not offend him in any way.
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Zhong Jinwei did not step forward to introduce himself, but stood a little behind Yan Yingyuan. Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng accompanied Zhong Jinwei on the left and right.
Zhong Jinwei felt relieved when he saw that the arrester did not embarrass Yan Yingyuan, but seemed very attentive.
The head catcher had no power to decide this matter, so he let them in and then reported it to the county magistrate.
Not long after the county magistrate sent away the angel who came yesterday, he was resting in the back hall, thinking about something on his mind.
At the banquet, he discovered the causes and consequences of the angel's arrival. At that moment, he had a completely new understanding of the Yan family under his rule.
Originally, it was just because Ding Yan Yingyuan, the man of the Yan family, had some martial arts skills, but he didn't expect that the daughter of the Yan family would be able to save the emperor and marry the famous man in front of the emperor, Zhongxing Bo. It was really not something that a small county magistrate like me could offend.
Once you have climbed the big tree of Zhongxingbo, whenever you mention yourself before the emperor, you will have an impression and your future will be bright.
When I was planning to go over to see the old lady of the Yan family, the head catcher came in to report.
When the county magistrate heard this, he immediately changed his clothes and came out. He did not dare to be dissatisfied with Yan Yingyuan's request. Moreover, he kept praising Yan Yingyuan for his contribution and hard work. He regretted that he had lost a talent and an arm.
Just like that, Zhong Jinwei successfully completed the purpose of coming to the county government in a peaceful manner. Zhong Jinwei said nothing from the beginning to the end.
However, Yan Yingyuan was very enlightened and realized that his family had become different from before yesterday. And all of this was probably due to the brother-in-law behind him.
At this time, outside the study of the Marquis Mansion in Baoding, the capital, a servant stood a few feet away, looking around carefully and not letting anyone approach the study.
But in the study, it was Baoding Hou Liang Shixun and another person who were conspiring.
"Li Fu, you conveyed correctly. Uncle Zhongxing has really gone to Tongzhou. Will he be rushing back to the capital in the next two days?"
"Yes, that's what our master asked me to tell the Marquis."
"Do you know how many people you brought?" Liang Shixun continued to understand the situation.
"I only brought two guards from Dongchang."
"Okay, okay!" Liang Shixun stood up from his seat and began to pace back and forth excitedly while rubbing his hands.
After thinking for a while, he said to Li Fu: "I understand. Go back and tell Eunuch Li that I will do what I said yesterday and I will not let him down."
When Li Fu saw this, he bowed his hands and left.
Liang Shixun stood in the study for a while, then laughed loudly at the ceiling and said, "God is really helping me!"