Girlfriend's Fortune

Chapter 732 Chapter 730 One: The Shao Family
After waiting for a long time, Mo Changping came back.

This Shao family is a big family in Jingshi Town, everyone knows everyone, so it is easy to inquire.

The Shao family is a local gentry family, and there is a master in the family who is an official in Beijing, so it is not an ordinary family. Just because there is an official in the family, they are the pavilion chiefs of this town, including the Liu who governs Jingshi Town. County magistrates are all about curry favor.

Listen, Song Qiu, this Shao family is just like their Fan family in Panshi Town.

However, the Fan family was originally a scholarly family, a powerful family, and the person in charge of the Beijing family was also in a high position, much higher than the Shao family.

The Shao family is not short of money. The three mu of land in Shaoyang Lake can be sold or not, but it depends on the mood.

This is not very easy to do.

Mo Changping is always dependable and inquires very carefully.

"Master Shao, who is in charge of the Shao family now, is the elder brother of Lord Shao who is an official in Beijing. Master Shao likes to play chess, and he likes to play chess with others at the Zhenlong Chess Club on Daqianmen Street. Just the whole day.

His chess skills are not very good, but his chess skills are very good. He is a hearty person. He loses when he loses.

The most important thing is that Mr. Shao never bets in vain. He likes to make a bet in advance every time he plays a game with someone. Usually it is silver, and he will give money if he loses. "

Play chess.

Hearing this, Song Qiu rubbed his chin and his mind turned quickly.

If you gamble with the three mu of land, it will be easy to win Master Shao and get the three mu of land.

But she can't play chess either!

She is still good at backgammon, and she plays very well, but she doesn't know anything about go.

This method won't work.

Ah Ling's mind turned quickly, "Let's spend money and hire someone to help us!"

This is the wrong way!Buying land left and right originally cost money.

Song Qiu nodded, and immediately the three of them got into the carriage and went to Zhenlong Chess Club.

Daqianmen Street is an elegant place, a street full of elegant shops such as tea houses, chess clubs and bookstores, and it is very quiet and not noisy.

Zhenlong Chess Club is a small two-story building with a three-door facade, which is quite impressive.

The carriage was parked in the alley opposite, Mo Changping got off the carriage and went to Zhenlong Chess Club.

You are welcome to go in and play here at any time. You only charge board fees, tea fees, etc. when you play chess.

Mo Changping touched the money and asked the second boy inside who had a good chess skill and a poor family background.

Xiaoer took the money, and immediately pointed to a young man who was playing chess at the table inside, "Well, that one is a sour scholar, his family is poor, and there is no money for him to continue his scientific research, so this one often follows in our chess club." People play chess and earn some money, which can be used for the next year's scientific research."

After hearing this, Mo Changping took note of that person, and asked Xiaoer, "Master Shao, can you play chess at the chess club today?"

It's no secret in the town that Master Shao loves to play chess at Zhenlong Chess Club, Xiao Er has nothing to say, "Ask Master Shao, he's not here today, Master Shao only comes every Friday."

After Mo Changping found out clearly, he lifted his clothes and wandered around inside again before leaving the chess club and reporting back before returning to the carriage.

"Come on every fifth day?" Tomorrow is the fifteenth.

Song Qiu nodded, looked around, and saw that there was a teahouse nearby, which happened to be opposite to Zhenlong Chess Club, so he simply went into the teahouse to drink tea and eat snacks.

I found a seat by the window, and while listening to the story, I asked Mo Changping to stare at the opposite side to see when the scholar would come out.

The storyteller in the teahouse is a gray-haired old man who has been telling storytelling for decades, and his voice is full of emotion and fascinating.

Song Qiu just listened for a while, then listened in, and then listened with relish.

I don't know if it's because Pingjiang Mansion is not far from the capital, but the teahouses and storytellers here are quite up to date with current affairs.

This old gentleman is talking about the major events that happened in Beijing these days.

King Yan secretly colluded with court officials, disregarded human life, mined gold and iron mines privately, raised soldiers and trained soldiers, and was sued before the imperial court. The emperor was furious and ordered King Yan to go to Beijing to defend himself.

The king of Yan resisted the edict and did not obey it, and immediately rebelled in the fief, causing an uproar in the court.

King Yan's rebellion failed, and he has now been escorted back to Beijing. Rebellion is a capital crime and should be executed according to the law. But the Queen Mother wanted to be raised by King Yan, and interceded with the Holy Majesty, and spared King Yan's death.

Afterwards, the Holy Majesty ordered that the King of Yan be demoted to a commoner, and be imprisoned in the Palace of the King of Yan, and he was not allowed to leave the Palace until he died.

The audience in the teahouse listened with gusto and applauded from time to time.

Naturally applauded for the failure of King Yan's rebellion.

Someone shouted: "Our Majesty is diligent in government, loves the people, and is considerate of the people. He is a rare and good emperor. He should last forever. Those who are ambitious and want to covet the throne should not end well!"

"That's it!"

"If you want me to say, the Holy Majesty is too merciful. This king of Yan has the air of idle clouds and wild cranes without ambitions, but in private, he has such thoughts. I don't know how long he has been planning behind the scenes. It is also cheap for him to confine him. !"

"It's alright, it's alright, no civil strife was provoked, and the people were not harmed, it's because the Holy Majesty governed well, the Holy Spirit is so brave!"

"..."

After the old man finished speaking, he went to drink tea to moisten his throat, and the audience below were discussing endlessly.

Song Qiu withdrew his gaze and looked out the window.

This time, Mo Changping stood up, "Girl, that scholar has come out!"

Song Qiu waved his hand, and Mo Changping hurried downstairs to chase after him.

Song Qiu watched from upstairs, and saw that Mo Changping caught up with the scholar in a few steps, talking to him, the scholar looked up the teahouse, and after a while, Mo Changping led him back together.

After a while, I went up to the second floor.

Seeing that the masters Mo Changping mentioned were actually two girls, Tong Xiucai turned around and wanted to leave, but when he thought of Yin Zi, he restrained himself and sat down.

"I don't know what kind of business the girl wants to discuss with someone?"

Song Qiudao: "I heard that Mr. Xiucai is very good at chess? I wonder how it compares to Master Shao?"

Tong Xiucai heard Xian knew the elegant meaning, raised his eyebrows and said: "Could it be that the business that the girl said is to ask someone to play chess with Master Shao?"

He has also played chess with Master Shao several times, so he naturally knows Master Shao's chess skills and has won money against him several times.

If it weren't for the fact that Master Shao's younger brother is a Beijing official, he would always have to take the scientific examination in the future, which is so bad, otherwise he would have won enough money to support his scientific research by only grabbing Master Shao's wool. test.

Mr. Shao is generous, as long as he plays chess, he will respond to every bet. He has a lot of money and confidence, so he doesn't care about it.

Once, he played chess with Gong Yuanwai and lost a jade pendant worth a thousand taels.

"What does the girl want to bet with Master Shao?"

Seeing that this scholar's mind is turning so fast, this is not a sour scholar who studies by rote, how smart he is.

Song Qiu didn't beat around the bush, and cut straight to the point: "I'll pay you 20 taels to hire you to play chess with Master Shao, and just bet on his three acres of land in front of Shaoyang Lake in Lianpinggang outside the town. How about it?"

(End of this chapter)