Chapter 15 There is no middleman to make the difference!
Eating, sleeping, practicing, and occasionally handling government affairs, Lin Nuo said that it was so refreshing to live in Shanyin County with the sky high and the emperor far away.
On this day, as usual, Lin Nuo carried a black spear on his back. After saying hello to Xiu'er, he prepared to leave the city and go into the mountains to practice.
Just when I walked to the gate of the county government office, I happened to see the two brothers Zhao who seemed to be having a dispute. Neither of them was willing to give in, and their faces were red from the quarrel.
"What, Jingli's decree has come down?"
It has been almost a month since I killed Li Mo, Qi San and others, and I have reported the secret report to Emperor Hongzhi. Counting the days, there should be a decree from Beijing.
"I have seen you, sir, but there is no decree issued from the capital!" Zhao and Da two saw the magistrate approaching and quickly stood up and saluted.
"Then why are you arguing?"
"This is our brother's private matter... A matchmaker arranged a marriage for my eldest brother two days ago. I think it's okay!" Zhao Er whispered back.
"Oh? That's right. You two brothers are not young anymore. It's time to start a family!"
The two Zhao brothers are talented people. Lin Nuo plans to train them in the future. They are not young anymore and it is time for them to have a family.
"I want my eldest brother to start a family as soon as possible, but my eldest brother doesn't agree!"
"Why, you didn't like this girl?" Lin Nuo asked with a smile.
"No!" Zhao Da shook his head in embarrassment, "That girl is the daughter of a small businessman, and she looks decent. I originally thought it was good and wanted to agree to this marriage!"
Having said this, Zhao Da smiled sheepishly, "It's just that the girl's family asked for a betrothal gift of one hundred taels. The two of us have only saved so much money over the years. If we spend it all on this, what will happen in the future?"
If Erlang gets married, won't he be out of money?"
Lin Nuo frowned. One hundred taels of silver was nothing to a wealthy family, but to ordinary people, it was a huge sum of money, enough for a family of four to live comfortably for several years.
The girl's family asked for a hundred taels, which was indeed a big appetite.
"The girl's family wants a lot, and maybe there will be a large dowry as well, which is a matter of exchanging the left hand for the right hand. I see how anxious you two brothers are." Lin Nuo consoled her.
"You don't know something!" Zhao Da shook his head, "The woman has a younger brother at home, who has reached the age of marriage, and he fell in love with the daughter of Sun Xiucai from our county."
Lin Nuo suddenly became happy, "Don't tell me that the merchant's daughter insisted on a hundred taels of betrothal gift just to use the money to give her brother a marriage proposal at Sun Xiucai's house?"
"Your Excellency is wise!" Zhao Dalian nodded continuously, "That Sun Xiucai has a weird temper. If he wants to marry his daughter, in addition to being pleasing to his eyes, he must also come up with a hundred taels of betrothal gift... So I and I
The second brother is worried. This one hundred taels is not a small amount. The second brother wants me to marry the merchant's daughter first, but I don't want to bankrupt myself by marrying a wife!"
"I see!"
Lin Nuo finally figured out the whole story. To put it simply, Zhao Da fell in love with a brother-supporting demon!
"Let me ask you, how does the daughter of Sun Xiucai's family look like? How does it compare to the merchant's daughter?"
"Although the Sun family's daughter is a Miao girl, her beauty is naturally much prettier than that of the merchant's daughter!" Zhao Da replied honestly.
"That's fine!" Lin Nuo shrugged, "Since it costs a hundred taels of silver, why would you let a beautiful woman from a scholarly family go and marry a Fudimo?"
"What do you mean, sir?" Zhao Da didn't understand what the county magistrate called Fu Di Mo, but he somewhat understood what he meant, which was that he didn't think highly of the merchant's daughter.
"The meaning is obvious. We don't want the merchant's daughter, and we will marry the girl from the Sun family directly! You don't have to worry about the betrothal gift, I will take care of it for you!"
Lin Nuo waved his hand grandly and directly made the decision for Zhao Da.
In my previous life, I saw various middlemen reselling second-hand cars and second-hand houses. I didn’t expect that in this life, there are still middlemen who rely on marriages to make money from the price difference. It’s really strange in the world.
Refuse to be forced to make a profit on the price difference, and if you want to marry, marry the best one!
With the promise from the county magistrate, Zhao Da immediately went to find a matchmaker with great interest, preparing to propose marriage to Sun Xiucai's house.
Even Zhao Er is very excited. With the support of one hundred taels of silver from the county magistrate, he can consider getting married within this year.
After solving the problem of the two Zhao brothers, Lin Nuo was in a good mood. He hummed a little tune, held a spear, and prepared a new day's training plan.
Just when he had just walked a few steps out of the county government office, a dozen fast horses suddenly appeared on the wide street. On the horses, they were all wearing pointed hats, brown clothes, jade belts around their waists, and white leather feet.
A handsome Dongchang fanzi, guarding a young eunuch, stopped in front of the county government office amidst the sound of horse hooves.
"Master Lin, please stay!"
The young eunuch had very good eyesight. He saw Lin Nuo who was about to go out at a glance, and quickly called out to him.
Lin Nuo looked around and saw that this little eunuch was an acquaintance. When he was changing into court clothes in the side hall of the palace after winning the lottery, this little Eunuch Li was waiting on him.
"It turns out to be Eunuch Li, come in quickly!"
Seeing the person coming, Lin Nuo understood that Emperor Hongzhi's order had come down, and the person delivering the order this time was a eunuch from the palace, not a civil servant. It was obvious that what Hongzhi gave him was a secret order.
Little Eunuch Li did not exchange greetings, and quickly entered the county government office with Lin Nuo, and found a side hall to sit down.
"Hey, Mr. Lin, our family has been really exhausted on this journey!"
Little Eunuch Li took a sip of the tea brought by Zhao Er and calmly took out a piece of bright yellow paper from his arms.
"Master Lin, this is the secret decree given to you by the Holy Emperor. It is not convenient for our family to read it, so you should read it yourself!"
Lin Nuo smiled. The secret edict was different from the imperial edict. There was no need to read and kneel down, which saved him a lot of trouble.
After receiving the secret order, Lin Nuo quickly read the contents above and put it into his sleeve robe.
The content of the secret decree was very simple. First, it praised Lin Nuo for quickly stabilizing the situation in Shanyin County during this period, laying the foundation for the official system.
Secondly, there was the batch of silver obtained from confiscating the house. Hongzhi asked him to keep 200,000 taels as Jinyiwei's operating capital. As for the remaining silver taels, he should deliver it to the hands of Xiao Eunuch Li and other Dongchang fans as soon as possible and transport it to the capital as soon as possible.
Obviously, Hongzhi had no intention of sending this batch of silver coins to the national treasury, but wanted to deposit them into the inner treasury of the palace. Otherwise, it would have been the army, not Dongchang Fanzi, who came to escort the silver coins.
These days, the emperor is also short of money!
"Eunuch Li, is there anything else your Majesty would like you to say?"
Lin Nuo casually stuffed a money bag into Little Eunuch Li's sleeve and asked with a smile.