Chapter 157: Giving up one's purse to redeem a servant, the amazing man
"Master!"
Jia Lan, who had just settled everything and sat down in the guest room, saw Qin Shi walking in and whispered in his ear: "Then the girl from the Luo family had a dispute with the new caravan." p>
Jia Lan asked strangely: "Can I find out what the reason is?"
Qin Shi replied: "It is said that Miss Luo met the previously separated maids in the caravan, and when she wanted to redeem them, she had a dispute with the people in the caravan."
"Maid?"
Jia Lan blinked, glanced at Qingwen beside him, stood up, and said, "Let's go and have a look."
In the station square, the girl from the Luo family was arguing with the shopkeeper of the caravan.
"Shopkeeper, I am extremely grateful to you for lending a helping hand to save my maid, and it is more than appropriate to offer a thank you gift, but shopkeeper, you can't open your mouth like a lion."
She turned to the other people in the caravan and said: "This can easily cost three hundred taels of silver, please judge!"
People around me also think that three hundred taels is indeed a high price. These days, you can buy a good one with more than ten taels.
The shopkeeper ignored her and just sneered, folding his hands and looking coldly at the Luo girl.
Jia Lan fell behind the crowd and heard people around him say: "That's it, shopkeeper Ou has caught the culprit, and the business is done!"
"Look at that girl's plainly dressed clothes. How could she possibly be able to get hundreds of taels of silver?"
"I don't think so."
Some people shook their heads: "I think this girl is a deeply affectionate person. The two maids were also very excited to see their old master. It can be seen that the three of them have a deep relationship. Maybe the girl will have to betray her.
This is basically a fight and a fight. Shopkeeper Ou really has nothing to gain, and in the end it's just a few meals."
The crowd was talking a lot, and Jia Lan also understood. This caravan was huge, and most of them belonged to the Lin Family Trading Company, while the rest were individual traders who joined together.
"Shopkeeper, do you think this is a good idea? You and I each take a step back, and you return the girl to me, and my family will give me a hundred taels of silver as a thank you gift." Aunt Lu smiled and stepped forward, asking softly.
The shopkeeper glanced at her and slowly raised two fingers: "Two hundred taels, one cent is a lot."
"You..." Dongqing was furious and blurted out: "My young lady is the daughter of Mr. Luo, the Minister of Household Affairs, and my brother-in-law is the famous Yongping Marquis. If you, the shopkeeper, want to blackmail my family, you have to think carefully about it!"<
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Wow——
When they heard that the Marquis's House was involved, the people around him suddenly uproared. Shopkeeper Ou's expression also changed slightly, but he turned his eyes and glanced somewhere quickly, and his face soon returned to calmness.
Jia Lan raised his eyebrows, but did not speak, and just continued to look.
An unknown smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he cupped his hands towards the girl from the Luo family: "It turns out that he is a relative of the Marquis of Yongping, I'm sorry! Your family is related to the Marquis and the Ministry of Household Affairs, but it is not a vegetarian for me to come out and make a living.
Yes, I also know someone!
Besides, I’m afraid even the Marquis can’t disobey the Holy Order. I rescued these two girls from famine, and you can’t show their identities, so how do I know whether what you say is true or false?”
The girl and Dongqing were startled by the shopkeeper's rhetorical question, and they were even more confused. However, Aunt Lu, who was surrounded by the two of them, trembled.
She has seen the world and knows what the shopkeeper means.
Escape from famine! Save famine!
When the Great Xia Dynasty was first established, the world had been in chaos for decades and was in ruins. Emperor Taizu followed the example of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and issued a decree on refugees fleeing famine, clarifying the legal scope of human trafficking, especially for those fleeing famine, and restrictions were further relaxed.
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Simply put, the priority is to survive the population, and the government turns a blind eye to other matters.
Of course this will cause a lot of problems.
However, scholar-officials generally do not have too many objections to this. Firstly, they believe that this reflects an attitude of "benevolent people love others"; secondly, they have benefited more or less from this law.
At this point, if the girl from the Luo family can't produce the deeds of the two maids, even if she sues the government, she may not be able to do anything good.
At this time, a scholar wearing a scribe's robe walked out across the crowd, took out two banknotes and placed them in the palm of the shopkeeper's hand.
At first glance, it’s two hundred taels.
"This..." Now it was the shopkeeper's turn to be dumbfounded.
The scribe turned around and gave Dongqing and others a wink, and they immediately stepped forward and picked up the two maids sitting in the car.
"Binju, Qiuju!"
"Sister Dongqing, Miss, it's great that you are all right!" The four of them hugged each other, seemingly having a good relationship.
"Wait a minute..." The shopkeeper stretched out his arm to hold the young scribe: "This young man, is he still short of money?"
Jialan was among the crowd and heard the leaders of the small caravans around him curse: "This Oubapi..."
"Oh?" The young scribe was Qin Zhong. He looked at the shopkeeper with a troubled expression: "Still short of money?"
Seeing Qin Zhong's determination, the shopkeeper had a vague premonition in his heart, but even after he said the words, in front of so many people, he could only bite the bullet and said: "I took good care of these two girls, and helped them along the way.
They also spent a lot of money on medicine to heal their wounds. There must be an explanation for all this, right?"
Qin Zhong smiled and asked: "What explanation do you want?"
Everyone listened as the shopkeeper stretched out his fingers and told one by one what kind of injuries the two maids had suffered and which herbs they had used.
"Young master, don't believe it. I am very familiar with the medicinal materials business, and I have a close relationship with many medicine clinics in Shenjing City. Ask someone to ask, these are all good medicines for the right medicine!"
Qin Zhong turned around and asked, and the maid named Bin Ju nodded, indicating that the other party had indeed provided her with medicinal soup after rescuing him.
The shopkeeper was very proud: "Look, I always operate according to my conscience, and I don't bully others..."
At this time, Jia Lan came out and recited a prescription: "One liang of rhubarb, half a liang of coptis with the beard removed, half a liang of skullcap peeled, fine powder on top, two qian for each dose... and Aracenia, Sichuan Wu, and Clove.
, cinnamon, angelica dahurica, asarum, Chuanxiong... Even in the most expensive medicinal shop in Shenjing, these only cost a few taels of silver."
The shopkeeper's heart suddenly skipped a beat, because all Jia Lan said was the medicine he gave to Binju.
In fact, where did the precious medicinal materials come from? They are just prescriptions for activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, as well as calming the mind and calming panic.
The shopkeeper who was traveling around looked at Jia Lanfengyi and asked quickly: "May I ask the young master who is...?"
"But what I said is missing something. I'm afraid it's your company's unique prescription. It belongs to the shopkeeper. I'll tell you alone. Do you think you're right?"
Shopkeeper Ou was stunned, do I have a unique recipe?
At this time, Jia Lan had already stepped forward and said a few words in his ear. Shopkeeper Ou's eyes suddenly opened wide and he looked at Jia Lan in surprise.
"Okay, now that we have found him, let's go back." Jia Lan smiled at Aunt Lu and left after saying that.
"How could it be possible? How could it be possible..." The caravan manager had a livid face and murmured.
Seeing the excitement, the others dispersed one after another. Only a few people glanced at Jia Lan's back from time to time, with curious expressions in their eyes.
"Whose young master is that?" The young master of Lin's Trading Company leaned on the railing on the second floor and watched the scene. He asked Zhao Yichen curiously. When he learned from the latter that he was a member of the Qin family of the Ministry of Industry, this man
The young master fell into deep thought.
"Young Master, stay!"
After reacting, the girl from the Luo family rushed over and called out to Jia Lan who was about to go upstairs: "Young master, I, Luo Shiniang, have never forgotten your kindness! It's just that..."
Jia Lan saw her troubled face and knew that she was trapped by money. He walked down the stairs and stood in front of the girl to signal her not to be anxious.
"Actually, miss, you are too eager. Although you have lost your body contract, the government keeps a record of this kind of contract. In the end, it is just a compensation for the medicine. But just now, you have to follow the authority. Since you have encountered this,
If I get it, I will just be a good person and do it to the end..."
After hearing this, the girl opened her mouth slightly, showing an expression of sudden realization. She couldn't help but raise her pink fist and hit herself on the head.
"I'm so stupid!"
It was obvious that she had lost all her ability to figure this out.
After a while, she said apologetically to Jia Lan: "But in the end, I still wasted my money. Please forgive me for a while. I will definitely return this money to you!"
"Okay!" Jia Lan looked directly at him and agreed directly without any politeness: "When the time comes, you can just take me to Zuiqiong Tower and hand it over to the shopkeeper."
Luo Shiniang's eyes were bright and she said "Okay" in a serious tone. Jia Lan smiled friendly at her and turned around to go upstairs.
"Girl, who is this young master?" Behind Luo Shiniang, Bin Ju and Qiu Ju, who had just reunited with them, asked curiously.
Luo Shiniang's eyes were burning and her tone was leisurely: "He is a magical person."