A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 656 Fertilizer water does not flow outsiders field

Duke of Qi
It was nearly dusk when Wang Lidong left the Haidong Hospital. When he got home, Qi's mother nagged him for a long time, saying that it would be 20 days, but it was ten days overdue.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the firepower of the lady had weakened, Father Qi stepped forward and pulled his son to sit down, and asked with concern, "Why did the fight not go well this time after so many days?"

"The battle went smoothly, but when I was collecting taxes later, I encountered some resistance, so I stayed for a few more days." Wang Lidong briefly described the trip to Japan, and when the couple heard the news When the harvest of the trip to the Japanese country was over, they all showed disbelief, 11 guan. The annual income of the Song court was only more than 8000 million guan.
The couple drank two cups of tea, kneaded a few toffees, and calmed down after a while. Father Qi stroked his beard and said, "I didn't expect such a small island country to hide so much gold and silver. Our Great Song Dynasty has such a vast territory, but the annual production of silver is only 10,000+ taels, and gold is even more pitiful, only tens of thousands of taels."

Wang Lidong said indifferently, "When I came back, I took over several gold and silver mines. Silver can produce 800 million taels a year, and gold is less, 6 to [-] taels."

Both of them couldn't help rolling their eyes.

If it wasn't for his own son, he would definitely have sprayed a few words!

Pretending to be struck by lightning!

Just a few mines, the annual harvest is dozens of times that of the entire Song Dynasty.
Father Qi was a little bit emotional. For thousands of years, the Central Plains Dynasty always thought that they were the kingdom of heaven, and looked down on the surrounding countries at all, calling them barbarians. They thought these small countries were smoky and deserted lands. There are so many gold and silver. It's really watching the sky from a well!
Wang Lidong asked Fu Gui to present the gift he had prepared, "Wo Kingdom is just a few small islands, with many mountains and rivers, and there are no good things."

Qi's mother casually opened a wooden box, full of broad bean-sized pearls, it is estimated that there are hundreds of them.Picking up one, it feels comfortable and delicate, round and smooth, with a natural and bright color, "Heng'er, this bead looks brighter than ours."

Wang Lidong said, "These are sea pearls. My mother usually wears freshwater pearls, and the luster is a bit different. I heard that the pearl powder made from sea pearls has a better whitening effect than freshwater pearls."

Mother Qi's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "Is it really better than fresh water?"

Wang Lidong said, "Mother can try it for a while, if the effect is good, I will use sea pearls in the future. I will ask the trading company to send back a few buckets of smaller sea pearls tomorrow."

Princess Pingning said happily, "Heng'er has a heart."

"Father, open it and have a look." Wang Lidong handed over a long golden silk sandalwood box, and Qi's father took it and opened it carefully. Inside the box lay a pair of scrolls, brought it to the desk, cleaned the desk, and opened it slowly, " Xizhi paused: "Sangluan is extreme, first the tomb and then away from the toxin. I feel choked by the paper, I don't know what to say! Xizhi nodded." Qi's father exclaimed, "Wang Youjun's Sangluan post?" He hurriedly bent down, approached the copybook, a word Observe carefully one word.This post is a regular correspondence, and it has the characteristics of lettering and writing, so the brushwork of this post is more straightforward and natural than others, highlighting the profound attainments of brushwork.

The strokes in the posts are square or round, thick or thin, or warm and subtle, or thick and sophisticated, or light and delicate.If you look closely at any stroke, it is appropriate and appropriate. No matter how varied the brushwork is, there is no failure. For example, the word "Dang" in the fourth column has many twists and turns, but the brushwork is not messy. "Good! Good character! Henger, this is Found it in the Imperial Palace of the Wa Kingdom?"

Wang Lidong nodded, "I found it in the study of the king of the Wa Kingdom." Originally he planned to use the three national treasures of the Wa Kingdom, the Tiancongyun Sword, the Yata Mirror, and the Bachi Qiong as gifts, but Hou Lengquan's three wives and several important officials said bluntly, I have never heard of any three artifacts in Wa country.

After a long time, the three artifacts were all fooled out of a small book, no wonder the real objects have never been publicly displayed.

Father Qi asked curiously, "Who brought this calligraphy to the country of Wa?"

Wang Lidong said, "It is rumored that Monk Jianzhen brought it along when he was traveling eastward, but according to the records of the royal family of the Wa Kingdom, it was brought to the Kingdom of Wa by the 'Tang Envoy' of the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty."

Qi's father put away the 'Sangluan Post' carefully, "Heng'er, Goryeo and Wa Kingdom have all been captured, the next target, have you thought about it yet?"

Wang Lidong picked up the teacup and drank a couple of sips, "Annan is tentatively selected for now!"

Father Qi walked to the bookshelf. There was a map of Song Dynasty and surrounding countries hanging on the wall. He looked at Annan's location, roughly measured it with his hand, and said with a frown, "It's a bit far away. It's going to be a little bit farther this time." More than half a month. And the miasma is everywhere, and you will get malaria and dysentery if you are not careful."

Wang Lidong glanced at his father and asked, "Which country does father think the next target should be?"

Father Qi patted the Koryo Peninsula with his palm, "Take all of Koryo, and then recruit some musketeers. When the time is right, send troops from Koryo. Khitan only has a population of about 1000 million, and at most one million soldiers can be gathered. I think [-] to [-] Musketeers are enough to take Khitan."

Wang Lidong reminded, "The Khitan has about 400 million more than the Japanese. But father, don't forget that their soldiers are all cavalry, and their maneuverability is not the same as that of the Koryo soldiers of the Japanese. Moreover, the Liao Kingdom is so large. The firearms are sharp, but you have to catch up with the enemy before you can shoot.”

Father Qi said, "Then let the Musketeers practice riding horses, and they don't have to be as proficient as the Khitans."

"Heng'er has his own plan, what kind of idea did you come up with?" Princess Pingning glared at the officials, and said to his son, "Don't listen to your father, he will never forget Yanyun Sixteen States. Just follow your own Plan to come, step by step, steadily."

Father Qi laughed twice, picked up the teacup and drank the tea.

Mother Qi changed the topic and said, "Heng'er, your official position is down."

Wang Lidong asked curiously, "What kind of official did His Majesty appoint me?"

Qi's mother asked the big maid to present a scroll of purple patterned silk, Wang Lidong took the scroll, "Song Qiheng sues", spread it out on the table,
"In the 11th year of Emperor Yu's reign, Xin Chou Ke No. 1 Qi Heng, can be specially awarded as a court doctor.

I look up to the heavenly Remo, and perform the rituals of Wushen
Que, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials; Wenfeng, the Minister of the Ministry of Power and Industry and the Minister of the Ministry of Power and Officials, served as the right, and the ultimatum was fulfilled.

May 11, [-] of Huangyou"

The court official, from the sixth rank, belongs to the Jilu official. He has an official name, treatment, and monthly salary, but he has no actual job and does not need to go to the court.

The old emperor is still very good, the teacher didn't call him in vain.

Wang Lidong took the official robe issued to him, it was light green, fortunately he didn't need to clock in for work, otherwise he would wear it every day, maybe he would turn green after a long time.
Father Qi sighed slightly, "I still want to go to the palace with Heng'er to attend the court meeting." Recently, Sheng Hong and Sheng Changbai went to the palace together several times, which made all the officials envious.

Qi's mother said, "You and Daddy have been going to court together for decades."

The family chatted and laughed, and time passed quickly. After dinner and a few cups of tea with his parents, Wang Lidong returned to his small courtyard, stood in front of the map, and looked around at several countries around Song Dynasty. Qi’s father’s suggestion just now is to attack the Liao Kingdom sooner or later, but before that, the problem of mobility must be resolved. He said to Fugui, “Notify the chief of staff that a new round of conscription will start immediately, with a number of [-]. Wait until the recruit training is completed After the stage, [-] were sent to Japan, and [-] were sent to Korea for actual combat training.

In addition, if there is no notice, 2000 Musketeers will be drawn out for cavalry training. "

Send a telegram to my cousin and ask him to come to the house when he has time. "

The cavalry needs to be trained, but it can only be used as an assistant. After all, no matter how much they train, they can't compare with the Liao people who have been playing with horses since childhood.Think about the simple and durable four-wheeled transportation in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In the following days, Wang Lidong went to the Four Seas Trading Company in the morning to deal with the documents accumulated over the past month, and in the afternoon he went to several farms near the capital to check the growth of cotton.

"My lord, Saburo of the Sheng family has arrived at the mansion, and I have something to ask you." When I got home one day, just got off the carriage, Chunlan, who was waiting, went forward to report.

Sheng Changfeng? !

What does he come to do?
Seeing that the young master didn't respond, Chunlan thought she didn't want to see Sheng Changfeng, so she asked for instructions, "If you don't want to see Saburo Sheng, I'll go and dismiss him now?"

"No, is he in the front hall now?"

"Yes."

Entering the front hall, Sheng Changfeng was fidgeting, looking at the gate from time to time, Wang Lidong greeted with a smile, "Long time no see, Changfeng, how are you doing?"

Seeing Qi Heng, Sheng Changfeng hurriedly stood up and bowed deeply, "Little Grandpa, long time no see."

Such a big gift is something to ask for.

Wang Lidong said, "Changfeng, what are you doing? There's no need to talk about this between us, just talk about it."

After Sheng Changfeng got up, he looked around at the servants in the hall, Wang Lidong waved his hand, and after a while, there were only three people left in the entire front hall, "We can talk now."

Sheng Changfeng said embarrassedly, "This...I...I want to borrow some money from the young man."

Wang Lidong laughed and said, "Why don't you just borrow money. Tell me, how much do you want?"

Sheng Changfeng hesitated for a moment, then whispered out a number, "15!"

Wang Lidong was a little surprised, looked at Sheng Changfeng a few times, and asked, "Changfeng, you want tens of thousands, and I won't ask why, so I will give it to you directly. But 15 is not a small amount, can you tell me the reason?" ?”

Sheng Changfeng gritted his teeth and briefly talked about the "good things" that Mo Lan did. After finishing speaking, seeing that Qi Heng wasn't surprised at all, Sheng Changfeng asked, "Did the young man already know about my sister?"

Wang Lidong picked up the teacup and gently scraped the tea foam with the lid, "I have heard about the fourth sister. I heard that the Korean government wants 20 guan as a dowry. You borrowed 15 guan for the fourth sister's dowry?"

Sheng Changfeng said, "Grandmother went to the Korean government this morning, and the grand lady lowered 15 guan, only [-] guan."

Wang Lidong was surprised, he didn't expect that the face of the only daughter of Hou Yihou was worth [-] guan.

The South Korean government only recognizes money but not friendship. Unless the fist is stronger than theirs, it should be as much as it is.

Thinking about the current situation of Yongyihou's family, the brothers are all serving in the army, the highest official position has been the commander of the forbidden army, and there are five or six thousand sergeants under his command.

With emotion, my mother's family's bull with akimbo is straight!Although Mrs. Sheng severed ties with her natal family, she did not look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face!
Wang Lidong said, "The Sheng family can't afford 15 guan? Impossible. No matter how clean my uncle is, he still earns 20 to [-] guan a year. After so many years, there must be more than [-] to [-] guan, and the old lady Sheng is brave and determined." For an only daughter, there was quite a lot of dowry back then, so it shouldn't be a problem if the two sides make up together."

"My lord, you also know that the relationship between my grandmother and my mother is not good. Although my father has been an official for many years, but in order to come to the capital, he saved all the money to manage, and now he is relying on my father's monthly salary and a few Zhuangzi. Every year, my rent is very tight."

Sheng Changfeng meowed at Qi Heng. If Ru Lan and Wang Shi are willing to let go, let alone 15 guan, it will be 150 million guan, which is just a matter of minutes. But if these two people don't deal with Lin Xige and don't make trouble, Sanqing has already blessed them up.

Wang Lidong frowned and said, "Then you don't need to borrow money, do you? Your father, your second brother, are you going to ignore your fourth sister?"

Sheng Changfeng hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Daddy plans to ask colleagues and relatives to raise money tomorrow. But this disaster was caused by Mo Lan, and I am her own brother, so it is only natural that I should borrow it, not the whole family."

The words were beautiful, but Sheng Changfeng was forced to do nothing.

On the day when the eldest lady brought back the news of the 20 dowry, he and Mo Lan, plus all the private money of the old lady, various farm shops, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc. were all confiscated.

The Sheng Mansion also started to cut down on food and clothing. Except for Mrs. Sheng's yard, everyone in the family's monthly bills were cut by three-quarters, and all food expenses were reduced by [-]%.

The three of Lin Xige were even worse. They ate clear soup with cabbage, and the rice was replaced with sorghum and various beans. They lost weight twice in a few days.

When the servants saw him, they also ignored him, and when they turned around, they were all pointing and spitting.

Several of his liaison girls also began to hide from him at night, each of them became reserved and pretended to be innocent!

Yay bah! ! !
According to his father's income, it would take at least ten years to pay off the 15 yuan. Thinking that this kind of life would last for so many years, he was a little bit overwhelmed.
The most unacceptable thing was the way Sheng Hong looked at him, full of disgust.

Recently, he has been having nightmares. He dreamed that after Mo Lan got married, the family would randomly book him a marriage. to a shack
Sheng Changfeng thought over and over again, all the reasons came from Molan's dowry, as long as the dowry was not borne by the family, the Sheng family would return to normal, and he was still his father's good son, the third son of the Sheng family.

Wang Lidong put down the teacup in his hand, and said, "Chang Feng, it's okay to borrow money, but 15 Guan is not a small amount, and my brothers will settle the accounts clearly. You can take anything as mortgage, the house deed and land deed can be as fine as gold or silver.

As for the interest, the two of us have been classmates for so many years, and it won’t be long before I have to call you third uncle, as long as you pay it back within three years, you won’t charge a cent. "

Sheng Changfeng knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Master, I don't have anything valuable to mortgage. As long as you can lend me 15 guan, I, Mr. Sheng Changfengwei, will follow suit from now on."

Looking at Sheng Changfeng who was kneeling in front of him, Wang Lidong thought, this guy is indeed a smart person.

If he agrees to borrow money, not only will he solve his own crisis, but the good reputation of loving his sister will spread throughout the capital. With the help of the Sheng family, his official career is bright.After becoming an official, start a little darker, 10,000+ points, and you can save enough in a few years.

If he fails the Jinshi exam, he can also join his own team. As a younger brother, classmate and third uncle, Wang Lidong can't treat him badly.

Even if he couldn't borrow money here, Sheng Changfeng's behavior of running around to help raise money would be noticed by Sheng Hong, and the future life would definitely be easier.
All the benefits were taken by this fellow, but he himself became the biggest victim!

Moreover, the mother-in-law will definitely feel uncomfortable in the future. Mrs. Wang has been trampled by Lin Xiaoniang for more than ten years.
Wang Lidong said, "Changfeng, what are you doing, get up quickly." He gave Fugui a look, and Fugui stepped forward and pulled Sheng Changfeng up.

Wang Lidong asked, "Are you still following King Yan?"

Sheng Changfeng nodded and said, "Dad has been under tight supervision recently, so I don't have a chance to go out."

Wang Lidong was scornful in his heart, Yan Wang was recruiting generals and soldiers recently, all the money flowed into the pocket of the knife, how could he have spare money to hire a group of helpers to hook up Washe.

"How is your relationship with Kosaburo Korea?"

"When we meet, we will say hello and chat a few words, which is very ordinary."

Wang Lidong smiled and said, "From now on, you will be a family, and you will definitely see each other often."

Sheng Changfeng shuddered and said excitedly, "Little Grandpa, are you willing to lend me money?"

Wang Lidong waved his hands and said, "As I said before, my brothers are clear about their accounts, even if Changbai is here, if he wants to borrow such a large amount, he must have a mortgage!

Changbai came to borrow from me without collateral, and other relatives could not ask for collateral when they came. My family does not have many relatives, but there are hundreds of people within the five servers. "

Sheng Changfeng looked disappointed, got up and said, "I'm bothering the young man today."

Wang Lidong got up to see him off, patted Sheng Changfeng on the shoulder and said, "If I can't help you today, Chang Feng must not take it to heart."

Sheng Changfeng squeezed out a smile and said, "Where is it, I took the liberty."

Wang Lidong said, "I can't do it here, but there is a place that doesn't require any mortgage, and as long as you are Changfeng, 15 guan is definitely not a problem."

Sheng Changfeng excitedly grabbed Wang Lidong's hand and said, "Which family are you talking about, my lord?"

Wang Lidong smiled and said, "Changfeng, you don't worship the real Buddha, but you worship me as a mud tire. Have you forgotten what your future sister-in-law's family does?"

Sheng Changfeng said with a look of surprise, "Young master, you mean to ask me to go to the Korean government to borrow money? This is too much."

Wang Lidong said, "It's not a good idea to ask who borrowed it. As the old saying goes, the rich and the water don't go to outsiders' fields. Although his family's interest rate is a bit high, but when your sister marries into the Han family, you will be a family.

At that time, how can I ask you to charge interest, and let the fourth girl blow the pillow, and the principal will be waived."

Sheng Changfeng's eyes brightened, and he slapped his thigh, how could he forget this, anyway, the money was borrowed as a dowry for his younger sister, and when the time comes to ask him for it, the South Korean government will ask Mo Lan to go.

"I'm going to borrow money, will the Korean government borrow it?"

Wang Lidong patted Chang Feng on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, his family's business is honest, they only recognize money but not people, and they will lend you 100%!"

(End of this chapter)