Chapter 25 The beautiful step shakes, the fire in the Yicang
Chapter 25: Beautiful steps, fire in the warehouse
"Cousin Shen!"
Seeing Shen Tang coming downstairs, Shen Ming hurriedly greeted him.
"Can I choose a silver bracelet for Third Aunt?" Shen Tang asked.
Shen Ming giggled and said, "There is no need for cousin Shen to spend any money. If my mother finds out, she will teach me a lesson."
His words made Shen Tang nodded slightly, and Shopkeeper Yao on the side also showed some appreciation in his eyes.
"Shopkeeper Yao, I still want to trouble you." Shen Tang turned his head and said to shopkeeper Yao.
Not long after, shopkeeper Yao took several boxes and handed one to Shen Ming: "Although this silver bracelet is not expensive, it is very grand. It is suitable to give to my mother. In addition, this is a small gift to your lady on behalf of my boss." , I hope that little brother will not dislike it."
Regarding the behavior of shopkeeper Yao, Shen Tang secretly nodded in his heart. A businessman values profits. Although he has brought big business to Baijin Building, at this moment, he can give out gifts worth at least a hundred taels without hesitation, which is enough to show his Mind.
"In that case, thank you very much, shopkeeper."
"In addition, my cousin Shen Ming will step in for me in what will happen next. If I feel any discomfort, I hope that Shopkeeper Yao will take care of me."
Shopkeeper Yao was not surprised and said a few polite words to Shen Ming. After that, Shen Tang and others went out.
Holding the silver bracelet, Shen Ming walked far away in a daze, and then said to Shen Tang uneasily: "Cousin Shen, do you want me to help you with business?"
Shen Tang nodded and briefly explained the cooperation with Baijinlou, "If you don't like it in the future, just hand it over to others after everything is normal."
Shen Ming was stunned by Shen Tang's words about a big business worth tens of thousands of taels and a hundred taels of monthly silver.
After a long while, Shen Ming just said: "Cousin Shen asked me to do it, and I am willing to do it, but I am afraid that if I don't do it well, it will delay the matter and cause cousin Shen to lose money. In addition, three to five taels of monthly silver is enough. , One hundred taels... One hundred taels is too much."
Even a hundred copper coins is a large amount of money, let alone the astronomical figure of a hundred taels?
"We'll talk about these later. You don't need to worry about the rest. Just do it. In addition, you should go home in a day or two, and you must let Third Aunt know about this." Shen Tang waved his hand and said calmly.
After returning home, he took out the things given by shopkeeper Yao to Liu Xiangling. When Liu Xiangling opened them, even Shen Tang couldn't help being surprised.
One of the boxes contained a golden hairpin, and the other one was actually a one-step shaker!
The gold hairpin was just a return. Although it was valuable, it only cost about one or two hundred taels. However, the step wave was carried by a curved silver handle. On the end, there was a white bead the size of a little finger inlaid, like a full moon. In front of the white beads, there is a flying swallow carved out of white jade. Under the flying swallow, there are rice-shaped white jade beads, with three strands hanging down from each one.
This move, both in terms of materials and intentions, is amazing enough. If the money exchanged is hundreds of taels, it is no exaggeration.
But Shen Tang didn't know that the owner of Baijin Tower actually gave shopkeeper Yao the authority of ten thousand taels. Now, only eight thousand taels have been used, and a few hundred taels have been handed over to Shen Tang. Shopkeeper Yao didn't hesitate at all.
"What a nice view!"
Sure enough, Liu Xiangling just looked at Jin Chai, and her eyes fell on Bu Yao and couldn't move away.
Seeing Liu Xiangling's surprised smile, Shen Tang felt a lot grateful to Baijinlou. Although he was not short of money now, he ignored this.
Shen Ming returned to Shenjia Village. Shen Tang had nothing to do for a while, so he waited patiently for the visit in three days.
The county magistrate's last instruction was obviously not for ancestor worship, but to tell Shen Tang that it would be most appropriate to blow up the official warehouse in three days. As for what the county magistrate's plan was during these three days, Shen Tang could not know.
Shanyin County is the seat of Shaoxing Prefecture, so in addition to the county government office, the state capital is also in the city.
However, Shanyin County is very large, and the two yamen are separated from the east and west. Therefore, although the magistrate is attached to Guo, the magistrate can still move around.
On this day, as it was getting late, four people carrying a small sedan with a flat roof and a white curtain hurriedly arrived in front of the state government office. A person stepped out of the sedan, and it was the county magistrate.
After saying a few polite words to Menzi, a money bag quietly fell into Menzi's sleeve, and the county magistrate entered the state government office under Menzi's guidance.
The prefecture government office was obviously much larger than the county government office. The two of them walked all the way, and after burning a stick of incense, they stopped in front of a house.
The doorman came forward to report, and after a moment, the county magistrate was passed in.
Stepping into it, the county magistrate saluted an old man in brocade clothes and said, "I have met Lord Zhizhou!"
"Is Zi really here?" The old man put down his book and responded calmly.
Afterwards, the two sat down and started talking in low voices. However, most of the time, the magistrate was talking and the magistrate was listening.
After an unknown period of time, the whispers stopped, and the county magistrate bowed to the magistrate and left.
Under the candlelight, the old man narrowed his eyes and whispered to himself: "This Wei Zizhen can't bear it anymore. But if this continues, he can only walk away in anger, and it will be difficult for him to do anything."
"However, this Wei Zizhen has a pure nature, but his methods are not like his."
Having said this, the old man smiled softly and said, "Wei Zizhen has a good prospect. If he can get things done, it won't hurt if I help him a little."
As he spoke, he closed the scroll. Under the scroll, a thousand-tael letter shone brightly under the candlelight!
On the night of Tomb-Sweeping Day, the sky was a little gloomy, and even the moonlight was covered by clouds. A black shadow passed through the streets at high speed and came directly to the outside of the Yi Cang. It only took a stick of incense to turn over, and then it was gone again. Turn over and come out. The black shadow quickly left and merged into the thick black night in an instant.
A quarter of an hour after the black shadow disappeared, a spark woke up the dark night. Then, the fire inside the Yicang skyrocketed.
"It's gone!"
"It's gone!"
The fire spread like wildfire and finally woke up the guarding soldiers. They looked at the already ignited fire with dull eyes and shouted loudly!
A few soldiers found a few broken buckets from nowhere, carried water from a nearby well, and rushed towards the spreading fire. However, as the fire spread, their fussing had no effect at all.
In a hurry, a bunch of chaotic footsteps came in a hurry.
A soldier looked around and saw two guards leading more than a dozen quick soldiers walking towards him! These two guards were none other than Lu Feng and Xue Kaian.
"Brother Xue, please help me quickly. I will report it to the county magistrate immediately." As he said that, Lu Feng ran as fast as he could.
By the time the county magistrate Guanqiao arrived at Yicang under the leadership of thirteen squads of government officials, the fire had been brought under control. Except for sparks flying from time to time, there were not many open flames visible.
The county magistrate's face was as cold as ice. He looked at the situation and said sternly: "Lu Feng, lead people to surround the official warehouse and send people in to check if there is any source of fire. Xue Kai'an, please go and notify the Duan leader immediately. book."
In a few words, the county magistrate took the situation into his own hands.