Brother Beggar refuses to beg

The northwestern border of the Dayuan Dynasty has never been stable for a long time. There is a vast territory and many countries.In order to compete for limited living supplies and people's uncontrollable ambitions, there will be wars from time to time.

The generals guarding the border troops of the Northwest Army change their guards every three years, and they have to return to Beijing to report on their duties when the time limit expires.

After winter, there were occasional small frictions outside the Northwest Pass, but it was still relatively peaceful, and it was time to change defenses. The emperor thought about it for a long time, and finally decided on the candidate before the Jingzhe.

After receiving the imperial edict, Duan Lin didn't dare to delay for a moment, and set off for Beijing on the same day.Duan Lingyue was not required to arrive within a certain period of time, so she could have some time to deal with the property in Yecheng and leave after packing up.

The emperor did not set a return date for the two of them, and the Duan family had no choice but to move the whole family to the Imperial Capital.The family properties that could be sold were sold off, while those that could not be sold left a housekeeper and two shopkeepers to look after them.

I heard that on the day the Duan family left, the people from Ye City who saw them off crowded from the Duan Mansion to the gate of the North City, it was really a sea of ​​people.

When Yin Su and Xie Chen heard the news, the Duan family had almost reached the imperial capital.

"From Yecheng to the imperial capital, I heard that it takes seven days to ride a horse. The emperor asked Duan Lin to arrive within three days. Isn't that a clear embarrassment?" Yin Su complained to Xie Chen while digging the ground with a hoe.

They have already reclaimed two small vegetable plots, where they grow some seasonal vegetables, as well as some seeds they bought from foreign businessmen this time.Yin Su plans to open up another piece of land to order a variety of peas. The tips of the peas are good for noodles and soup.

Xie Chen was fiddling with a bamboo that was as thick as a bowl in the open space next to it. Some parts of the bamboo fence in the yard were broken and needed to be repaired.

"The Northwest Army has always been led by the confidant generals of the Xie family. Duan Lin's family has several thousand-mile horses. If they travel day and night without stopping for a moment, they can reach the capital within the time limit. I am more worried about the emperor's intentions." While he was speaking, he kicked the bamboo that had been cut in half, and neatly divided the long bamboo into two sections.

Yin Su stopped what he was doing, leaned on a hoe to look at him, and said, "Do you think the emperor wants to provoke a dispute between the Xie family and the Duan family?"

Duan Lin was asked to take the position of general under Xie's family, and he had to go to Beijing within three days without giving any chance to buffer the arrangement.

Xie Chen was splitting the bamboo while talking to him: "The conflict between Duan and Xie was buried when we got married. Apart from intensifying this conflict, it can also achieve other purposes."

In the eyes of outsiders, Xie Guogong blamed Duan's family for his eldest son's obsession with marrying out. Instead of his nephew who was the closest blood relationship, he found a distant son from a branch family to inherit the Duke's mansion. No matter how hard it is to repair the relationship between the two families.

The emperor himself was worried about the Duan family, fearing that the family would rise up one day, so instead of leaving the Duan family in Yecheng and allowing it to grow and develop, it is better to transfer to the capital directly and put it under his nose.

He sent Duan Lin to the northwest to guard the border for three years, and then took Duan Lingyue to the palace. The whole family of the Duan family stayed in the capital, which was equivalent to holding Duan Lin's life.He wanted Duan Lin and Xie's family to fight against each other, but he could not let Duan Lin escape from his control. This arrangement was the most secure.

Xie Chen can't intervene in the affairs of the court. With the help of the prince, he successfully married Yin Su, stepped down from his official position, and cut off contact with Xie and Duan.The less he moves, the more secure all the plans of the Duan family will be.

Once the Duan family leaves Yecheng, the contact with Xie Chen will have to be interrupted. The mountains are high and the roads are far away, so it is difficult to ensure that the transmission of letters and messages will not be flawed.

Before leaving, Duan Lingyue left him a letter, in addition to telling him not to intervene in the affairs of the two families, there was also a secret letter for others.

This letter was in the hands of Duan Zhong, the shopkeeper of the big car shop. According to Duan Lingyue's instructions, he would find a way to secretly deliver it to Xie Chen after Duan's family left for half a month.

She didn't want to see Xie Chen off, such a scene would make her feel sad. Once she entered Beijing, life and death would be unpredictable, and she didn't know when the three of them would meet next time.

Xie Chen could understand Duan Lingyue's thoughts, he put the letter away, and started preparing for the next business trip with Yin Su.

The Longjing tea brought back has long been bought by someone. Chen Shanzhang of Tengyun Tea House also introduced two customers and asked Yin Su to bring back some brushes, ink, paper and inkstones.

The quantity required for these things is not very large, but the price is high, and the profit is very considerable after a trip.It's just that the well-known pens, inks, papers and inkstones are produced in different places, and there are many places to travel, which takes a long time.

The price offered by the customer was good. Yin Su was thinking about the delivery time agreed upon by them. If he could hurry up, he would go to the south of the Yangtze River by water first, and then go by land to buy other goods and bring them back. The route is well planned and the time is enough. of.

The time for the second business trip happened to be around the Ching Ming Festival, and it was the time when all major merchants were rushing to harvest the Dragon Well before the rain.The pier of Jinling City was more lively than before, Yin Su and Xie Chen didn't stay here, and went straight to Lu'an Village.

According to the agreement, the villagers sold the newly harvested tea to them, happily collected the money and were about to leave when Lizheng coughed twice, cleared his throat and said, "Young Master Yin wants to buy this piece of tea in the village. Chashan, hire us to grow tea and pick tea, and pay wages on a fixed day every month, what is your intention?"

There are not many tea trees planted on the tea mountain, and each household only ordered tea trees. Before that, they couldn't find a good buyer, and they couldn't sell them for a price when they went out of the mountain. After the tea trees were planted, they didn't bother to take care of them.After selling the money last time, everyone paid more attention to the tea tree. Now that they bought the tea mountain, the villagers looked at each other in blank dismay, secretly calculating whether it would be profitable or they would be fooled.

Seeing the hesitation of the villagers, Yin Su stood up and analyzed the pros and cons of this in detail with them.

Every time a crop of tea is collected, each family can earn two or three taels of silver on average, and they can earn less than one or two taels a year.This is still when the price of Longjing tea is soaring and Yin Su is willing to accept the tea. If he does not accept it, the villagers will have to work hard to transport the tea out, and then find a buyer, and they may not be able to find a buyer.

After the tea mountain is bought out, each family will be given two taels of silver, and there is also a quota for employment, where they can grow tea or pick tea and make tea. They will receive monthly money every month, and each person will receive one tael of silver. , will also increase the monthly money.

As a hired long-term worker in the tea mountain, you don't have to worry about the rise and fall of the tea, and you don't have to worry about the market. You just need to work hard and you can earn money, and the monthly money is not bad.

Soon there were people who understood the benefits and agreed on the spot. As soon as someone started, the people behind naturally nodded in agreement.

After the document was established, Wu Lizheng followed Yin and Su to the local county government office, and completed all the procedures for the land deed and other materials, and the money and goods were settled.

After leaving the county government office and sending Wu Lizheng away, Yin Su touched the deflated purse and sighed, "Oh, the silver we earned so hard was exchanged for a piece of paper!"

"Didn't you say that this tea mountain will be your cornucopia in the future? Why are you reluctant to part with money now?" Xie Chen laughed at his sad look.

Yin Su shook the tea mountain land deed in his hand, put on a proud expression and said: "In their hands, this tea mountain is just a field of wild vegetables, which is not worth the price. Only by cooperating with us can it become a mountain of gold and silver. Let's go." , Chen'er, go find our Bole!"

After the ownership of the tea mountain was settled, Yin Su and Xie Chen rushed to Yuhang City non-stop to meet a Bole who could bring Lu'an Baicha to the palace.

This white tea comes from Lu'an Village in this world, so Yin Su changed its name to suit the local situation.The person who can help them, surnamed Nie and courtesy name Kongming, is the magistrate of Yuhang City, one of the disciples of Taishi Li who has retired and returned home.

Nie Kongming has a sharp mind, is tactful, and has his own principles of handling things. He can be regarded as a good official and has a good reputation in Yuhang City.

But even if he is not a stupid official of the common people, nor is it easy for ordinary people to see, or even harder to see than a corrupt official, a corrupt official can at least knock on the door with money.Yin Su handed over the greeting card, but after waiting for two days, he couldn't see the other party, and his spirit, which was still a little excited, began to look sluggish.

Xie Chen didn't want to see him suffer setbacks, so when Yin Su went to see him again on the third day, he followed him, stuffed a coin in the janitor's hand, and asked him to bring a message to Zhifu Nie.

"Please tell the magistrate of your family that there is an old man surnamed Xie who wants to meet him. By the way, do you still have pain in the back molars of the magistrate?"

After the gatekeeper went in to report, Yin Su looked at him eagerly, and asked, "Chen'er, are you an old acquaintance with this magistrate? What does his back molar mean?"

Xie Chen looked at the closed gate of the mansion, and explained with a smile: "Didn't I tell you before that when I was young, I fell into the trap of the fifth prince, and the martial spirit rioted, and beat up both the prince and the fifth prince. There were several other companions present at the time, including Nie Kongming, the eldest son of the Nie family in Yanzhou. I was still young at the time, and I couldn’t control the martial soul, so I also knocked out his back molars.”

The Nie family in Yanzhou is a powerful family, and almost every generation will have first and second rank officials in the court. The most promising member of the current generation is Nie Kongming.Long before Xie Chen left the capital, he had heard that the emperor was very satisfied with his achievements in Yuhang City and intended to transfer him back to the capital.

As the magistrate of Yuhang City, many people wanted to visit Nie Kongming every day. He was impatient to socialize, and many people were dismissed by the porter. It was difficult to see him if he was not on official business.

The gatekeeper thought that today the master would still send the visitor away, but out of the morality of collecting money to do things, he honestly conveyed what Xie Chen said.

After he finished speaking in one breath, Nie Kongming, who was casually looking at the official business, frowned, and said hesitantly, "You said the person's surname is Xie, and you mentioned my back molars? What does he look like?"

"It's a head taller than the little one, very handsome..." Before the gatekeeper finished speaking, he saw the magistrate of his family walking towards the door briskly, his back was full of joy and joy.

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Beggars are going to get rich!