Chapter 128 It’s different if there’s an inside story
The horse speed this time was much faster than the last time. Li Xiaonan's riding skills were limited to sitting on the horse without falling off. As soon as the horse speed picked up, Li Xiaonan nervously held on to the saddle tightly, not daring to be distracted.
, let alone talk.
He ran into a large lake in one breath. Gu Yan jumped off the horse, and before Li Xiaonan rolled off the horse, he reached out and grabbed her shoulders, pulled her halfway down, grabbed the skirt of her clothes, lifted her up, and put her on the ground.
Li Xiaonan patted the hem of her clothes hard, looked up and glared at Gu Yan, and asked angrily: "You are much more elegant when you pull me down like this than when I dismount myself, right?"
Gu Yan ignored Li Xiaonan's question, took out the folding fan from the fan bag, poked Li Xiaonan's shoulder with the folding fan, pushed her to turn around, "Let's talk after we get on the boat."
The boat was neither big nor small, and was surrounded by silk screens. The two got on the boat. Gu Yan ordered the front half of the screens to be removed, and stood on the bow, watching the breeze blowing across the lake.
Li Xiaonan looked around. There were about a dozen small boats following the big ship. Wan Qing was on a small boat behind it, holding a pot and pouring herself tea.
Li Xiaonan also picked up the pot and poured herself a cup of tea to drink. She looked at Gu Yan, who was standing upright on the bow of the boat, took a few steps forward, and stretched her head from Gu Yan's side to look at him.
"What are you looking at!" Gu Yan put away the folding fan and pressed Li Xiaonan back against her forehead.
"You seem to be very unhappy." Li Xiaonan shrank back.
"Every two years, the Ministry of Revenue will second a junior official of the eighth or ninth grade from Liangzhe Road to go to the Customs and Excise Department pier to check the volume of incoming and outgoing goods. He will stand on the pier to bask in the wind, rain, and sun for a year.
After a year and a half, returning to the original position will probably be fruitless.
"This year, Liangzhe Road sent your Kunshan County Magistrate Huang Xianzhou there." Gu Yan was silent for a moment and said slowly.
"Did you ask him to go?" Li Xiaonan was stunned for a moment and asked.
"Hey! What did you think? How could you have thought that I asked him to go?" Gu Yan turned around and looked at Li Xiaonan.
"You said you had seen him many times, and you asked me to ask him last time. I have been thinking that you are living in our Pingjiang and you will not leave. Why? It turns out that it is for the Customs and Excise Department, and it is also the sea of gold and silver!
"Li Xiaonan sighed.
"Look how smart you are! I'm thirsty." Gu Yan turned around and entered the cabin, sat on his chair, lit the folding fan, and motioned to Li Xiaonan to pour him tea.
Li Xiaonan stood next to the table, looked at Gu Yan, and then at the teapot.
"I poured you tea!" Gu Yan knocked his folding fan on the table.
Li Xiaonan frowned, had he poured her tea? Impossible, forget it and don’t argue with him.
Li Xiaonan picked up the teapot, poured tea for Gu Yan, and poured another cup for herself.
"You actually thought about me, you actually thought that I asked Huang Xianzhou to go to the Customs and Excise Department, and you actually thought that I wanted to touch the Customs and Excise Department? You never thought that maybe Huang Xianzhou offended me and I kicked him
The Customs and Excise Department has been punished for a year, and then you can find an excuse to remove him from his post and go home, so that he can die in the countryside?"
Gu Yan asked a series of questions, picked up the cup, sipped the tea and looked at Li Xiaonan.
"You are ambitious and want to do big things, want to be clear, want to be rich, etc. Even if Huang County Zun offends you, as long as he is a good county magistrate, you will not argue with him. Huang County Zun is a good county magistrate. This
The words are yours to say."
Li Xiaonan answered casually, looking at the plate on the table without knowing what kind of cake it was, wondering if it would be too abrupt if she reached out to pick up a piece.
Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan, followed her gaze, looked at the plate of kidney bean cake, leaned up and picked it up, "Take this off, cook a bowl of chicken head rice and bring it over."
Shi Gun appeared out of nowhere and took the plate.
"Are there any rice dumplings?" Li Xiaonan asked immediately.
Shi Gun did not dare to answer and looked at Gu Yan. Gu Yan glanced sideways at Li Xiaonan, and for a moment, he snorted.
"There are only white rice dumplings and red bean dumplings, but no meat dumplings." Shi Gun replied with a smile.
"Red bean rice dumplings." Li Xiaonan smiled.
Shi Gun lowered his hand and stepped back, and Gu Yan knocked his folding fan in front of Li Xiaonan, "Just thinking about eating, did you hear what I just told you?"
"Didn't you ask Mr. Huang to go to the Customs and Excise Department?" Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan again.
He is in a very bad mood today.
"I asked him to go." Gu Yan opened the folding fan.
"Then why are you so unhappy? Mr. Huang doesn't want to go?" Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan.
"I'm unhappy because even you can see my plan." Gu Yan said slowly.
"First, I am quite smart, very smart." Li Xiaonan said with a serious face, "Second, I have inside information. You told me that you have been watching Mr. Huang for a long time, and you even took me to ask Mr. Huang.
It’s so clear why the county magistrate did that to you. If I still can’t figure it out, then I don’t have to live anymore, I’d be dead stupid long ago.”
Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan sideways, and for a moment, he let out a long sigh, "You are indeed a little smart, I feel much better."
"There are a lot of bad things going on in the Customs and Excise Department? Is it difficult to move?" Li Xiaonan put her arms on the table, leaned forward, and asked in a suppressed voice.
"Yeah." Gu Yan lowered his eyes and hummed.
"Then your boss, do you know what you are going to do? Where is your side?" Li Xiaonan frowned slightly.
"You are really smart."
Gu Yan imitated Li Xiaonan and lay down on the table, but he was much taller than Li Xiaonan. He pressed his hands on the table and lay down, as if he was about to lean over to attack, which scared Li Xiaonan and quickly shrank back.
"What are you afraid of? I won't hit you." Gu Yan sat back angrily.
"How are you doing above?" Li Xiaonan asked again.
The one above him is the emperor, and what the emperor wants is very important.
"Yeah!" Gu Yan said affirmatively, "Don't worry."
"What about you?" Li Xiaonan held her chin and asked.
"I don't know. What do you think?" Gu Yan asked back.
"I don't know, too much money, the real gold and silver, destroying people's wealth is like killing one's father. They are irreconcilable. You must be careful." Li Xiaonan said solemnly.
"Well. I have been prepared for a long time, even if I am broken into pieces..."
"Bah, bah, bah, bah!" Li Xiaonan interrupted Gu Yan's words with a series of bahs, and Gu Yan was raised by her two eyebrows.
"The sage once said that you should respect ghosts and gods and don't say unlucky words. Before doing something, you must be full of confidence that you will win. You must not let your anger decline and your strength must not be weak!" Li Xiaonan clenched her fist and pounded the table.
Gu Yan laughed out loud, "Just like if you want to be the richest man in our Qi Dynasty, whether you can become the richest man or not, you must first show your momentum."
"What do you mean, whether I can or not, I will definitely be the richest man!" Li Xiaonan raised her chin.
"I've learned a lesson!" Gu Yan smiled and held up his hands, "Shoufu Li, please take care of me in the future. If you want to borrow money or something, you have to raise your hand."
"Just one sentence! Just for the sake of our friendship, we can borrow as much as we want, let alone money, even throwing our lives and blood!" Li Xiaonan waved her little hand proudly.
When Gu Yan heard that he was throwing his head and blood, his heart seemed to be hit hard by something.
Green sleeves shed all their blood for him.
"As long as I live, I will never let you damage a hair." Gu Yan stretched out his folding fan, stopped Li Xiaonan's waving hand, and pressed it down.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－－
Two pieces:
One: According to metaphysics, if a man dreams of being bitten by a snake, it means that he will have great opportunities and good luck. Below the python, the bigger the snake, the greater the opportunity.
Second: About etiquette and openings.
The bays stipulated by the etiquette system refer to buildings related to the etiquette system, such as Mingtang, ancestral hall and Xiangdian, etc., which have nothing to do with the etiquette system and are not subject to bay restrictions.
For example, a warehouse, which is tall and wide and has a series of ten or twenty bays, is quite normal.
As for private houses, your main hall has three bays, five bays, and seven bays, depending on how much money you have. The main hall is not a ritual building, and there are no ritual buildings in private houses. Otherwise, the three bays must be of sufficient grade. Could it be that the folk can only have one?
House after house is built.
This, I think of a sentence that is very appropriate, that is, success equals 99% of sweat and 1% of inspiration. There is another sentence after that, without 1% of inspiration, sweat has no effect.
