Wanli Youming

Chapter 58 Inviting the Emperor out of the Palace (for further reading)

After hearing this, Laidi looked up at Liu Quexian.

Seeing this, Laidi buried her head lower: "Why are you here?"

"I."

Before Liu Quexian finished speaking, Qin Rui came over: "I think you two are just right, if you want to buy it, can I give you ten taels of silver?"

Liu Quexian did not agree.

"Brother Xian, buy me. I can cook, comb hair, mend, wash, and weave."

Seeing that Liu Quexian hadn't agreed or walked away, Laidi took the initiative to beg.

Liu Quexian thought for a while, finally gritted his teeth, took out a small piece of silver about one or two weights from the cloth bag stamped with the official seal, and stuffed it into Laidi's hand: "You keep it."

After speaking, Liu Quexian turned and ran away.

Laidi looked at Liu Quexian's back with emotion.

"Bring it!"

Qin Rui immediately snatched the money from Laidi's hand, and said: "Until your contract of sale is handed over, all your money is the money of the Gong family!"

Laidi nodded.

"One tael of silver is a lot, enough for me for a long time."

Liu Quexian ran to turn around and couldn't see Laidi, so he muttered in his mouth.

Immediately afterwards, he saw Chen Mu, a servant of the Chang family who used to go to the countryside with the pawn Chang Gui, bowing and shouting: "Buy looms, high-quality looms, looms made of pine wood, and the efficiency of weaving is very high." Gao. In order to make up for the fu, I sell it at half price! I also ask all the neighbors to show your face and help my Chang family!"

"The loom?"

After hearing this, Liu Quexian thought for a while, then turned around and ran, and ran back again, standing in front of Laidi panting, and then seeing that her hands were empty, he took out about nine taels of silver, and said to Qin Rui: "I want to buy it." let her go."

Liu Quexian pointed at Laidi as he spoke.

Qin Rui was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out Laidi's deed of prostitution and handed it to Liu Quexian.

Ordinary people have limited income, and there are very few people who are willing to pay more than ten taels of silver to buy a young girl and participate in such high consumption.

What's more, the Gong family is really in a hurry because of the New Deal, and they are eager to sell someone to cash in. After all, the patriarch is still locked up in the government office.

Therefore, Qin Rui was afraid that Liu Quexian would regret it.

However, it can also be seen from this that the New Deal dealt a heavy blow to the gentry and big households.

You must know that throughout history, only the common people betrayed others, and it is rare to see wealthy gentry betraying others.

Here, Liu Quexian threw about nine taels of silver into his hands.

Qin Rui weighed it and said: "Not enough! Add some more, I have scissors magnets, if there are too many, I will cut them for you."

"You took the money I gave Laidi, plus this, it's enough for you to get kickbacks, and it's not enough!"

Liu Quexian said to Laidi, "Come with me, sister Laidi."

Laidi nodded, and really followed Liu Quexian's small steps and walked quickly.

And Qin Rui chuckled and gritted his teeth: "Good boy, he will be promising in the future!"

"My parents are gone, and the land was confiscated because the yamen said I owed taxes. Fortunately, the new Futai Grand Master was a good official. He gave me a tax payment note, saying that I did not owe taxes, and also took away the land that had been confiscated from my family. Give me the silver, otherwise, I wouldn't have the money to buy you."

After buying Laidi, Liu Quexian told Laidi why he appeared here.

"what!?"

Laidi stopped, looked at Liu Quexian and said, "Brother Xian, then you shouldn't buy from me."

Liu Quexian touched his head and smiled: "Didn't you say you can weave? I want to buy a loom and let you weave. Then I can go back to the Wang Family Private School to study with peace of mind."

Laidi said nothing, just followed Liu Quexian and continued walking.

Liu Quexian said again: "Don't worry, I heard from Chang Geng, the uncle of the Wang family, that now the price of cloth and silk in Changmen, Suzhou is one price a day, especially the overseas Chinese merchants who go to sea for cloth, silk and raw silk. It’s not a problem for Bu’er to get 20 taels of silver, it’s enough for the two of us to live, and it also allows me to study. It’s just that you and I work harder, you don’t have to rest, I have to find time to go to Suzhou.”

Since the opening and closing of Longqing, whether it is selling cotton cloth to the north and transporting it to the Nine Sides for military supplies, or transporting grain from Huguang to the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River, or sending goods from Jiangxi and Nanzhi to Fujian and Zhejiang to go to sea, they all have to pass through Suzhou, especially the Changmen area of ​​Suzhou.

Therefore, at this time, Suzhou was regarded as the economic center of the entire Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Suzhou was also regarded as the wind vane of the rise and fall of the prices of various commercial products in the Ming Dynasty. Basically, when Suzhou rose, other places would follow suit.

After Liu Quexian said that, Laidi felt relieved.

After ordering the loom and buying some necessities such as rice and meat, Liu Quexian returned home with Laidi.

After returning home, Laidi consciously went to the kitchen, while Liu Quexian spread the straw he bought on the bed and built a new mat on it.

After the meal, and after seeing their own loom delivered and paying the rest of the money, the two agreed to boil water and wash each other's hair.

But Liu Quexian took the initiative to let Laidi wash first, and when pouring warm water on Di's head, he was dazzled by seeing the fair neck under the back of Laidi's head, and thought of taking a look inside.

It's just that after smelling the sweet scent of acacia after scrubbing, Liu Quexian blurted out just "Sister Laidi, your hair smells good".

Laidi just smiled and asked, "Are you ready?"

After a while, Liu Quexian replied: "Okay."

Laidi squeezed her wet hair, touched the cloth on the stool, covered her black hair, sat on the stool, and rubbed it.

And after Laidi rubbed her hair dry, she only tied it in a bun, and then poured a basin of hot water again, added cold water to test the temperature, and said, "Okay, squat down."

Liu Quexian jumped down, lifted the cloth on his head, and buried his head in the basin.

"A lot of oil."

Whoa!
With a stream of warm water flowing down, Laidi washed up for Liu Quexian.

After washing and rubbing dry, the two went to bed, lay down, looked at each other, and smiled.

At this time, the sky was gradually turning black, and everything was silent, except for the sound of dogs barking from time to time in the distance.

"Brother Xian, you haven't torn up my contract of sale, have you?"

Laidi asked suddenly.

"No, what's wrong?"

Liu Quexian asked.

Laidi said: "Then don't tear it up! In case the situation changes this year, if you change to a new official, and you have to charge more taxes, you can continue to sell me to live."

Liu Quexian let out a "huh" and began to touch Laidi. After a while, he touched Laidi's catkin and held it tightly in his hand.

At this time, Laidi had fallen asleep soundly.

"Will the year change?"

Liu Quexian silently read Laidi's words for a while, and then fell into a drowsy sleep.

The next day, Liu Quexian woke up with the sound of a looming machine piercing into his ear canal.

But when he saw that there was no one beside him, he sat up in a panic, and then laughed reassuringly when he heard the sound of the machine gun, then got up and pulled on his shoes, and walked to the outer room while dressing: "Miss Laidi, I'll go to the Wang Family Private School first, and report to my husband! If I don't come back at noon, you can cook your own food."

"Don't you want breakfast?!"

When Laidi dropped the shuttle and got up to ask, Liu Quexian had already rushed out like flying: "Don't eat!"

……

"Don't eat! Time is running out, and the lecture in Wenhua Palace is about to start."

at this time.

In the Forbidden City, Zhu Yijun, who slept for a while because of being greedy for the cold, left the bowl and chopsticks, and quickly stepped onto the imperial chariot after speaking.

Zhang Jing also hurriedly followed, and turned around and ordered a large table to be removed as soon as possible.

As soon as he arrived at the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Yijun finished the Confucian lectures given to him by the Hanlin lecturers. When it was Zhang Juzheng's turn to give him a small class, he took the initiative to ask: "What do you teach me today, sir? Or talk about the past dynasties?" Emperor?"

"Today, I don't talk to His Majesty about the emperors of the past dynasties, but only visit the sufferings of the people."

Zhang Juzheng laughed.

Zhu Yijun smiled curiously and asked, "Really, how does sir want me to visit the sufferings of the people?"

"It's been half a year now, Your Majesty may wish to order your ministers and followers to go out with His Majesty to visit the palace, to see the changes inside and outside the capital for half a year and even the changes from His Majesty's accession to the present, so that Jin Yiwei and Xuncheng Censor know about this, and lay a good secret." guard."

Zhang Juzheng clapped his hands and asked for the words.

Zhu Yijun hurriedly stood up: "I have this intention for a long time! It is better to hit the sun than to choose the day."

As he said that, Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing: "The supervisor of ceremonies immediately draws up a letter for Mr. Zhen and you to accompany me out of the palace. If the queen mother asks, let Zhang Hong find a way to deal with it."

"According to the order!"

　It’s only two or three hundred before you can go to Sanjiang, so please try your best to keep reading, thank you!
　
(End of this chapter)