The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 12
Xiaoqiao listened to it for a while, and smiled secretly. Sun Shao's song is elegant and calm, and it is clearly a new song by his sister. Sun Shao came to show his face, but he said it was a wild tune.Is there such an elegant wild tone?She glanced at the bridge, suddenly remembered something, and involuntarily turned her gaze to Zhou Xun and Zhou Yu.These two people are smart, wise and proud. They must be able to guess Daqiao's mind just like himself, and their competitive spirit will definitely cause trouble again.

Zhou Xun's mind was just like what Xiaoqiao thought. He listened to a few words and became suspicious. He no longer believed in Sun Shao's wild excuses, but he didn't think it was Daqiao who saved him. What he has seen and heard.He inherited the elegance of his father Zhou Yu. He is well-informed and has a super memory. As long as it is a famous piece of music, he knows most of it, but now he has never heard of the piece that Sun Shao is playing. The competitive spirit rose again uncontrollably.

Being questioned by a vulgar man like Sun Shao on his own strengths made Zhou Xun very uncomfortable. Although he has a generous personality, he is still a young man after all, and his inevitable competitiveness still prevailed for a while.

After the song was played, Sun Shao returned to his seat seemingly uneasy. Xiaoqiao looked at the three children with different expressions, dumbfounded, and then looked at the calm expression of Daqiao. He was more and more sure that this was what Daqiao did. It's funny, I think Daqiao is a bit unkind, but just thinking about the grievances my sister has suffered over the years, I don't want to be serious.

"Good song." Xiaoqiao first clapped his hands and sighed, breaking the silence.Zhou Xun and the others were startled, and quickly followed suit.

After the banquet, I bid farewell to Xiaoqiao's family, and returned to the car. Only then did Daqiao show a satisfied smile, and Qiaoying, who was by the side of the car, was also in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Madam, the young master is finally among them this time. It has the upper hand."

Daqiao nodded, pondered for a moment, and sighed again: "Ah Xun is going to Jianye to lead the army, and their family has to leave. It is reasonable for us to send them a trip. It's just..."

Qiao Ying frowned when she heard the words, and said after a while: "Go back and check it out, do your best, after all, the strength of the mansion cannot be compared with the Zhou mansion, I think they can understand."

Daqiao nodded helplessly, and the little complacency just now disappeared without a trace.

Sun Shao sat in the car triumphantly, thinking of the expressions on Zhou Xun and others just now, he found it funny. He was also young and frivolous, so of course he knew what Zhou Xun was feeling now, although the victory or defeat had no substance However, for Zhou Xun, who has always had the upper hand, it is definitely a matter that is difficult to let go of in a short period of time.

"Young master..." Qiaoyue, who was accompanying him by the side of the car, pointed in the direction of the bridge behind, and called softly.Sun Shao looked back and saw that although Daqiao couldn't see his face, Qiaoying had a sad expression on his face. It was obvious that he had encountered some difficulties.He couldn't help being a little surprised, when they just went out, they were still smiling, why did they change their faces in a blink of an eye?

After returning to the mansion, after hearing Daqiao's worries, Sun Shao finally understood that the relationship is money.

The Sun Mansion has no income now, and Sun Quan allocates money and food every year according to the standard of a thousand households. It sounds like a lot, but in fact it is not enough.Ordinary marquis only enjoy taxes, and their annual income is about 20 yuan. The food and drink expenses of the dozens of people in the mansion are all spent on it. The most basic food consumption alone consumes more than half, plus the purchase of clothing, The servant's monthly money is simply not enough.Calculated, the rent income of a thousand households is not as real as an official's salary of two thousand shi - because officials still have gray income brought by power.If one wanted to buy a banquet of the same standard as the Zhou Mansion, even if there were not many people, it would cost tens of thousands of dollars. For the Sun Mansion, this tens of thousands of dollars was not a small sum.It's not impossible to get it out, but it takes careful planning.

Sun Shao sighed about the gap between the rich and the poor, and wanted to say what to eat, but after thinking about it, he swallowed that sentence back.

"Why don't you go to the market and buy some beef. If you have cattle, this specification is enough." Seeing that Sun Shao was a little bit embarrassed, Qiaoying said, "Don't buy the buckle, use it this time, and use it next time." I don’t know when it will be useful, so it’s a pity to leave it alone. Why don’t you save the money and buy some good wine.”

Daqiao nodded silently. Although he felt that this was a little out of place, the current situation of the Sun Mansion had no choice but to do so.

"I have some ideas." Sun Shao raised his head to look at the bridge, then at Qiaoying, and said slowly: "Since it can't compare with Zhou's mansion in terms of value, it's better to come up with some new tricks. As for losing face."

"New pattern?" Qiaoying glanced at Sun Shao, a little surprised: "The method is a method, but what other tricks can the cooks in the mansion create that Zhou Mansion has never seen?"

"Since this method is feasible, then you don't have to worry about it. Leave it to me. I will let you eat some fresh dishes." Sun Shao smiled confidently, stood up and saluted, and turned to leave.As soon as I got to the door, the bridge called out:
"Aman, wait."

Sun Shao stopped, turned to look at the bridge, and saw that the bridge was pointing to a dowry next to it. Qiaoying walked over knowingly, took out an embroidery pouch from it, and stuffed it into Sun Shao's hand: "Take the money and use it first." .”

Sun Shao looked at the embroidered pouch in his hand. Although the embroidered pouch was exquisite, it was a little old. It looked old. Although it was not big, it was heavy. He opened it and saw that it was two pieces of horseshoe gold, about the size of a catty. Converted according to the current market value, it is about 1 yuan.The price of gold in Dahan usually fluctuates around [-] yuan per catty. In recent decades, the world has been turbulent, and the price of gold has risen slightly, which is about [-] yuan per catty.

Sun Shao didn't want to stay, but when he thought that he only had about [-] yuan in his purse, it was really difficult to clean up these dishes, but he agreed, put the embroidered pouch in his arms, turned and left.

"I don't know if the young master can do it?" Qiao Ying said with some worry.

"It's fine for him to do it, Dongchu and those people, you can't command anyway." Daqiao smiled faintly, and sat in front of the piano case, Qiaoying hurried over to remove the covering on it, Daqiao rolled up his sleeves, Pressing his hands on the strings, but not playing, his eyes stared at the strings for a moment, thinking to himself: "If he can live with peace of mind, it would be a good thing."

Qiaoying glanced at Daqiao in surprise, thought for a while, nodded and said: "Yes, there is no man in this mansion to support it, it will not work after all. Since it is impossible for the young master to lead the army, it is better to learn some documents , Even if you can’t be an official to earn a salary in the future, it’s good to cultivate your mind and character.”

Daqiao didn't answer her words, and gently plucked the strings.

Sun Shao, who was about to leave the backyard, heard the soothing sound of the piano, stopped in his tracks, turned his head to look at Xiaolou thoughtfully, nodded slightly, and slightly twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a slight smile.

(End of this chapter)