Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 205
Xue Ningshuang was sorting out poems and essays in the room, suddenly her heart skipped a beat, her body felt strange, she shook her head helplessly, then asked Lotus to prepare a change of clothes, and then lay directly on the bed ready to sleep.

And in Rong Ning's room, the two drank a few more cups, they were distracted for a while, and their bodies seemed to be on fire.

Seeing Yingcai standing aside, Hu Qian said, "Yingcai, sit down and have a drink too."

Seeing Hu Qian staying here tonight, Yingcai already had a little bit of anticipation.

After all, it's the first taste, and it's fine if there are no such explicit words in your ears. Once you see it in your eyes and think about it in your heart, lust is like a flood, uncontrollable.

After standing for a long time, worrying about gains and losses, when I heard this, my heart suddenly brightened, as if hope was ignited.

Although he didn't show it at all on the surface, his hands and feet were a little out of order.

Seeing Hu Qian looking at her, he quickly poured himself a glass, picked it up and drank it.

Hu Qian said: "Why are you sitting so far away, are you afraid that I will eat you?"

Yingcai was overjoyed, and secretly said: I'm not afraid of eating, I'm afraid of not eating.

Then get up and pick up the stool.

Modestly, Rong Ning'er is on the left thigh, and his right thigh is on the side, and he sits in shame.

Seeing that my aunt kissed her left side, she leaned over to her right side.

Hu Qian hugged left and right for a moment, very busy.

The next day, he had just finished watching Lu Huanniang when Kong Xueli came and said that the tax money for that year had already been collected.

Hu Qian nodded.

The tax and silver of the Daqian Dynasty were originally collected twice a year, but later changed to one collection, changing from collecting in kind to collecting money.

"What about the tax books?"

Kong Xueli immediately took out the account book.

"16 taels? Why is it so little?"

"The imperial court has used troops against the southeast year after year, and there have been turmoil in the northwest and southwest, coupled with the constant banditry everywhere, the imperial court has been childless year after year, in fact..."

He said, looked around, hesitant to speak.

Hu Qian said: "Is there anything difficult to say between you and me?"

Kong Xueli smiled and said: "Even my life was saved by Brother Jing Gong, so naturally there is nothing to hide.

I mean, the imperial court has been built up forever.

At the beginning of the year, the imperial court wanted to govern the southern barbarians and apportioned tax money, and Guobei County had already collected it once.

This time, another 16 yuan was collected, and the people's families had no more food left.

Coupled with the drought last time, if the adults hadn't acted, I'm afraid that half of the people in Guobei County would starve to death and half would become bandits. "

Hu Qian shook his head, no matter which dynasty or generation, the people suffer the most.

Fortunately, the weather is good now, people are kind, and Guobei County is relatively stable.

"Now the bosses of several silver houses want to invite brother Jinggong, saying that they want to invite adults to drink tea."

"What do you mean?"

Kong Xueli laughed, "Naturally, I asked my lord to make a fortune.

The collected copper coins have to be replaced with broken silver, and the broken silver has to be melted into 100 taels of silver ingots, and to melt silver, there is fire consumption, and there are many things that can be manipulated. "

"How much is the fire consumption given by the imperial court?"

"Up to three points."

"Where are these silver buildings?"

"Some say one point, some say one and a half."

Hu Qian nodded.

Hu Qian said: "Which company has been doing it before?"

"The silver building in Tiandu consumes only one point of fire."

"Continue to let them do it, and collect the remaining two points for relief.

By the way, how long will it be ready? "

"The Chief Secretary requested that it be delivered to Liang Jing within two months. If the Tiandu Silver Building stays around day and night, it should be ready in half a month. In addition to the delivery, it will definitely be in time."

"Okay, I will leave it to you to arrange the Tiandu Silver Building."

After finishing the tax affairs, Hu Qian went to see Lu Huanniang again.

Since he took office in Guobei County, the time he spent with Lu Huanniang was too short.

Secondly, he wasn't by her side when she was born, so I felt really guilty.

Lu Huanniang had recovered some strength at this time, looked at Hu Qian and said, "Mr.

Hu Qian held her hand, "Stop talking, rest more."

Lu Huanniang nodded slightly, with a happy smile all over her face.

Hu Qian picked up the baby at this moment, nodded her little face carefully, and said with a smile, "What name should I choose?"

After saying a word, seeing that Lu Huan Niang seemed to have something to say, she nodded and said: "It's okay, when you recover, let's name her together."

Apart from being happy, Lu Huanniang was more moved.

If it was another family, and the concubine's room gave birth to a daughter, I'm afraid I'd be so angry that I wouldn't even care about it. How could I give you a name? Besides, Hu Qian still considers her feelings and wants to name the child together with her.

The more she thought about it, the more moved she was, until she shed tears.

Seeing this, Hu Qian handed the child to Xing'er, and said softly, "Okay, it will be fine in two days."

Mrs. Lu Huan couldn't help but said: "Mr. Xiang, thank you."

Hu Qian said: "It's Mr. Xiang who should thank you for giving birth to a little fairy."

As he spoke, he seemed to think of something again, and said to Xing'er, Sister Xi and Kang's mother, "Serve well, and there will be rewards in the future."

Xing'er and the others beamed with joy, "Thank you, Young Master."

In the afternoon, Hu Jiu reported back.

What Hu Qian never expected was that Xu Yuanfang also followed.

Although Hu Qian had thought about it before, he might find a chance to come to see his son later, but he never expected that he would come so soon.

And in the name of monitoring the tax bank, he rode through the city with great fanfare.

Hu Qian quickly changed into his official uniform, and before he had time to go to the county government office to greet him, Xu Yuanfang had already arrived at the house.

Hu Qian hurriedly invited him to the main hall, screened everyone away, and then whispered: "Uncle, are you a little too impatient?"

The wrinkles on Xu Yuanfang's face seemed to be trembling with excitement, and his voice trembled slightly, "Where is he now?"

Hu Qian said: "Not in the city.

Besides, even if I tell him where he is, you can't go to him directly, right? In this case, everyone knows. "

Xu Yuanfang, who has always been seasoned, was confused at the moment when he was concerned, and suddenly lost his mind, "Then what should we do?"

"I asked Hu Jiu to take him to the mansion, and you can come back at night."

Although Xu Yuanfang couldn't wait, he also knew that the matter was of great importance.

After all, Xu Zhenhu still has a lawsuit on his back. If he doesn't handle it well, not only will he be in trouble, but Hu Qian will also be implicated.

So the two sat in the county office for a while, and then went to the Tiandu Silver House to inspect the tax silver smelting. The boss of the Tiandu Silver House was uneasy, thinking that something was wrong.

But later I heard that Master Xu was Hu Qian's uncle, and my heart went back to my stomach.

After turning around, Xu Yuanfang gradually calmed down.

"Your parents are in good health, so don't worry too much about it."

"Does my father know about uncle's visit?"

"The matter is very important. I just said that I came to inspect it. Although your father doubts it, he is not completely sure."

"Since it's an inspection, I'll go to a few other counties to have a look at that time, so as to deceive others."

"I've thought about this too, but the imperial court attaches great importance to the tax collection this time, and specially sent the Jinwu Guards to escort me, and I have to go back to Jinling later."

"The Jinwu Guards are the Emperor's personal army. Use them to escort tax money? Is this necessary?"

"It may not have been necessary before, but this time it is extremely necessary.

The imperial court has used troops year after year, and the military pay has been greatly consumed. This time, most of the tax money will be used for military pay.

Not only the imperial court knows its importance, but also the enemies in the East, Southwest and Northwest know its importance, and they are likely to send people to rob it.

Once there is a problem with the tax bank, the war will inevitably be lost without a fight. "

(End of this chapter)