Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 251

In Baoding Prefecture, there is a rich man.This person's surname is Hua, and his name is Yuanquan.He is the second eldest among the brothers in the family, so he is also called the second master Hua.But his name, the local Baoding dialect is fast, it sounds like "spending wrong money".

Huayuanquan's great-great-grandfather followed Grandpa Cheng to rule the world, and served as a horse-leading horse for the famous general Zhang Yu of Jing Nan.In the Battle of Dongchang, Zhang Yu broke into the enemy camp in order to save his grandfather Zhu Di, and died fighting hard.The flower horse took risk and snatched Zhang Yu's body.

The Northern Army broke through Nanjing, and Grandfather Cheng ascended the throne. Reminiscing about the hardships and dangers during the Dongchang War, he rewarded Hua Mabian, a third-class uncle, and was granted the title of Baoding Mansion in Beizhili.

Hua Mabian became Hua Earl.It is strange to say that Earl Hua is not good at being an official, but he is good at doing business to make a fortune.At the age of 50, he retired from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and returned to his hometown, and started a business in the fief Baoding.The business got bigger and bigger, and he became the richest man in Baoding Mansion.

Earl Hua's descendants are also doing well. After several generations, the Hua family has changed from the richest man in Baoding Prefecture to the richest man in Beizhili.

In Huayuanquan's generation, the Hua family began to decline.Hua Yuanquan's father and elder brother died early.He became the head of the household.This man is just like the stupid son of a rich man's family. He makes no money and spends no money.For the poor, he is not willing to spend a penny.Only those liars and thousands of people deceive him, he must give generously and "spend wrong money" in a hurry.

Two years ago, he even bought four grasshopper gourds for 8000 taels.As a result, the liar left, and the housekeeper of his family went to the street to inquire. These four grasshopper gourds were not too many, and they were worth [-] copper coins. . . .

Huayuanquan likes to gamble, this day, the sky is overcast, so stuffy that people can't breathe.Hua Yuanquan had nothing to do, so he called a few cronies to start a treasure hunt at home.

Among Huayuanquan's cronies and friends, there is Wu Qing, the son of the governor of Beizhili.

Entering Huafu, Wu Qing cupped his hands and said: "Brother Hua, don't come here without any harm!"

Fat head, big ears, and a stupid face, Hua Yuanquan hurriedly returned the salute: "It's all right. Mr. Wu, I don't have anything to do today, let's start a treasure trove. You go in and have a sip of tea. The other friends will be here in a while." !"

At this time, Hua Yuanquan saw dozens of men with waist knives following Wu Qing.He asked: "Mr. Wu, it's just a game of poker. What are you doing with so many families?"

Wu Qing smiled wryly: "Don't mention Erye Hua, eight days ago, I went to Xingchun Building for a drink. What a pity, I ran into two hooligans on the way home and robbed me of a hundred silver. I'm fine, my dad I was terrified when I heard about it. That was good, and I sent forty soldiers of the governor’s yamen, dressed in servant’s clothes, with knives, to protect me day and night.”

Hua Yuanquan smirked and said: "Hey, so we have forty guards from the governor's yamen to escort us today? Oh, Mr. Wu, don't talk here, come in quickly, drink tea and wait Our few friends."

Not long after, a few well-known playboys in Baoding City entered the Huafu Tea Pavilion.

Wu Qing asked: "Second Master Hua, what are we playing today?"

Hua Yuanquan said: "Push the tube."

The so-called push the tube, is to take one to nine tubes in the hemp tag, and take a pair of whiteboards.The dealer rolls the dice and deals two cards to each gambler according to the points.Erba Tongzi is Tianpai, the largest.A pair of white boards are land cards, the second largest.Next is the pair.The smallest is one tube with nine tubes, known as the chicken brand.

Wu Qing looked at it: "There are seven of us in total. We need to count eight to push the tube. There are not enough people."

Hua Yuanquan said: "Don't worry. I have a friend who is a rich man from the Western Regions. This man is in the wine business in Hamiwei, and he has a lot of silver. He passed by our Baoding Mansion for a few days and stayed for a few days. I invite him to come to us today. Playing with the treasure game. People will arrive in a while."

Not long after, a man dressed in Western Regions entered the hall.This man was in his thirties, with a big beard from the Western Regions.Behind him, followed by a servant in his 60s.

The rich man from the Western Regions bowed his hands to the crowd: "You guys, our name is Chiliba, and we are from Hamiwei. I greet you."

This rich man in the Western Regions is actually none other than Jin Yiwei's eleventh Taibao, Li Zipian!

Among the eight generals of a thousand families, the anti-general will be in charge of connecting the general and the prey to establish a relationship.Li Zipian's counter-general was quite skillful, and it took five or six days to establish a relationship between Li Zipian and Hua Yuanquan.

The 60-year-old servant behind Li Zipian is actually He Liu, the governor of Beizhen.Qianmen is proficient in disguise, and it took Li Zipian half an hour to transform He Liu, a middle-aged man in his 40s, into a Ershun old man in his 60s.

Li Zipian said, "It's fuel consumption." The people in the tea pavilion looked at each other in dismay.

Hua Yuanquan was in a hurry to show off his knowledge: "Ah, our old man Chi said 'Hello, friends'. People from the Western Regions speak in this way. Everyone is here, come, come, take a seat, let's play!"

But Wu Qing waved his hand: "Wait a minute. I recently got a painting called "Boat Returning in Wind and Rain."

Wu Qing asked his servants to find an easel and unfold the painting.I saw the four big characters "Wind and Rain Returning to the Boat" on the painting.

The background of this painting is a mountain with a river in front and boats in the river.A wooden bridge spans both ends of the river.In the middle of the bridge stood a child.The child crossed the bridge with an umbrella, as if the wind was strong and the child was struggling to move forward.

Strangely, the painting was not signed.

Hua Yuanquan and the rest of the playboys only know how to eat, drink and play, how can they understand poetry, calligraphy and painting?
They are also arty people.Hua Yuanquan snorted: "Good painting!"

Everyone praised: "Good painting!"

He Liu, who pretends to be an old servant, is the apprentice of Xu Lao, the leader of the antique shop in the capital.He is a man who knows how to draw.

He Liuxin thought: This brushwork is average, and the artistic conception of returning to the boat after the wind and rain has not been painted at all.Get it in the world, and exchange it for five taels of silver.Only you idiots can applaud.

Everyone sat down and began to roll dice and deal cards.

Huayuanquan's hand wind seems to be going well today.Twenty-eight sky cards, double white land cards, whatever you want.Fortunately, "Chiliba" Li Zipian placed his bets very cautiously, and for more than an hour, he only lost about three hundred taels of silver.

Wu Qing was miserable. He bet heavily and lost to Huayuanquan.After more than an hour, he lost seven or eight thousand silver coins.

While everyone was busy fighting fiercely at the gambling table, He Liu had been peeking at the Linglong octagonal jade hanging around Wu Qing's neck.This piece of jade is actually just a low-grade Burmese jade.Yu Linglong's carving skills are also average, and it's not a treasure that is too expensive.

"Boom~" There was a thunder in the sky.Immediately afterwards, "crackling" began to pour down rain.

After a while, the rain stopped.Hua Yuanquan glanced abruptly at the map of returning to the boat after the storm hanging beside him.He shouted: "Damn my mother! I've seen a ghost!"

(End of this chapter)