The Ring of the Red Chamber and the Nine Heavens

A month later.

Jia Huan counts the silver in the government office's silver vault.An ingot of snow-patterned silver was put into a brass-bound camphorwood box, locked, and then the boxes were neatly stacked.

With his hands behind his back, Qi Qian looked at Jia Huan, who was dressed in a silver-white background with cranes, auspicious grasses, five bats and cloud patterns, tilting his head, counting boxes of silver taels with his thin white fingers in the air, his face full of color. With a small appearance, he started to think wildly in his heart for no reason: What is this little guy doing to be the prime minister of Dali Temple?Don't frighten him with the messy corpses there, it's better... to take care of the money for this king!Seeing his smiling face while counting the money, he became motivated to earn money...

After Jia Huan finished counting, he reported the number to Qi Qian in a crisp voice: "The second phase of banquets received a total of 51 taels of silver, Tesco will auction off 75 calligraphy and paintings, and 67 items of various kinds, with a total of 40 taels of silver. Adding in the 1508 taels of the first banquet, the total is [-] million taels of silver."

After finishing speaking, Jia Huan came up and said with a smile: "It seems a little too much. Will His Highness fill his own pocket and embezzle a fortune?"

Qi Qian patted him on the head amusedly, and said, "Am I that kind of person? Naturally, every penny is handed over to the state treasury."

"However," Qi Qian's face darkened, and he said, "I don't want to take the money, but it's hard to keep someone from taking it. Hmph, all the money I have worked so hard to get must be used to resettle the victims, but I can't. Tell someone to use it to build some kind of temple!"

Who and who?To build a temple with the money raised by the King of Qin through all kinds of painstaking efforts?Jia Huan, whose gossip soul was burning, hurriedly asked what happened.

Because the matter involved Concubine Hui, Qi Qian couldn't say much, so he let it go. Jia Huan was very dissatisfied, and said angrily: "Forget it if you don't tell me, and don't ask me for anything in the future!"

Qi Qian said helplessly: "I will not hide anything else from you. Firstly, this matter has nothing to do with you, and secondly, it involves the palace, so you really can't let me know."

Jia Huan blinked and asked, "You said that! I can ask you what you mean by anything else?"

Qi Qian said, "Ask whatever you want."

Jia Huan smiled lightly, and said: "Don't be in a hurry today, I'll talk about it after I finish my work here."

Qi Qian grabbed Jia Huan's arm and asked, "I have something to ask you, that..."

Qi Qian took two steps and stood squarely in front of Jia Huan.

Then, he lowered his eyes, looked at Jia Huan seriously, and said, "How did you think about the matter I asked you last time?"

Jia Huan faltered and said, "Well...these days are too busy, how can I have time to think about those?"

Qi Qian's bright eyes darkened again: That's right.

Qi Qian would never think that Jia Huan forgot that day because he was busy because he proposed to ask Jia Huan to do the work of Dali Temple Cheng, because no matter how busy they are, most people always put the future and the future first. .How could it be possible that he was so busy that he didn't even have time to think about it, not to mention Jia Huan's age is the time when he is full of longing for the future?

Then, there is only one conclusion: in fact, it is rejection!It's just that Jia Huan didn't want Qi Qian to feel ashamed and refuse to speak out!

It is impossible to tell Qi Qian not to be upset.As Qi Qian, ordinary people would have readily agreed to such appreciation and flattery, but is Huan'er an ordinary person?

Qi Qian has always thought that Huan'er is very special. If you want to say that Huan'er is smart, Qi Qian has seen many talented scribes, who can write sentences, write poems in seven steps, or compete with Confucians. They are different: they are confident and straightforward, and they speak smartly and decently. However, Huan'er's intelligence is very special. There is a hint of cunning in his intelligence, which makes people feel real and cute. Moreover, Huan'er's way of dealing with people and things They are all very enthusiastic and active, and they can make a group of friends wherever they go, and live a chic and wanton life, which makes Qi Qian somehow think of the famous poem "Red apricot branches in spring". Qi Qian was attracted by life and death.

If others were so ignorant of flattery, Qi Qian would have been angry a long time ago, but it was different when facing Jia Huan, Qi Qian himself was making excuses for Jia Huan: Huan'er is so smart, he can't become famous all over the world in one fell swoop It seems a pity to know, besides, he is young, maybe he doesn't want to be an official so early, or, he...

Moreover, as Huan'er said just now, he hasn't had time to think about it yet.Since there is no complete rejection, there is still room for maneuver, so... maybe I... can try harder?

At this time, a guard came in, bent down to salute Qi Qian, and asked: "My lord, I have already packed the [-] shi of food and grass, and besides, the boat is also ready, and we can set off just waiting for the lord's order."

Qi Qian said indifferently: "Okay, let everyone stand by first, I still have some things to do, and it may take a few days."

Jia Huan was a little surprised, and asked Qi Qian why he was still in Yangzhou.

Although Jia Huan felt a little bit reluctant, but the long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain. Anyway, if he refuses to be the prime minister of Dali Temple, it is better for him to leave now, and those words that hurt people's face are not used. I said it.

Qi Qian took out the sheet from Jia Huan's hand that counted the donations of merchants in Yangzhou and nearby cities and counties, pointed to the names of the people on it and said: "These people have tens of thousands of dollars, but they don't have a cent, how can this be tolerated? "

Jia Huan curled her lips and said, "Yeah, I haven't even participated in one of our activities. It's really an iron rooster. However, donations are based on the principle of voluntary, but there is nothing they can do about it."

Qi Qian's sword eyebrows twitched slightly, the corners of his lips raised arrogantly, and said: "That's not necessarily the case. If they are iron cocks, this king will be sugar cocks this time, and I must stick a few hairs off them."

As soon as Jia Huan heard that someone was going to be punished, he got excited, and hurriedly approached, asking: "How to do it? How to do it?"

Qi Qian leaned back on the chair, and said leisurely: "Why should I worry about this kind of thing? Just let a few people do it on Friday."

Friday is one of Qi Qian's personal bodyguards, because Qi Qian was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Industry and Dali Temple when he was in the capital. Merchants are nothing to worry about.According to Qi Qian's words, he decided to ask these people to fine each of them 1 taels of silver. Merchants must have done some illegal activities to collect money. If they are accused of crimes, just follow this standard. It's very simple.

Jia Huan sighed and said: "These people are too unlucky. They have nothing to eat and play. They will be fined and confiscated 1 taels of silver, and they will also be detained in prison for a few days."

Qi Qian smiled slightly and said: "So, I have to delay for a few days before I can leave. In these few days of waiting for them to get things done on Friday, you and I have nothing to do anyway, so why not go to Jinling and Gusu for a few days?" God, I'm afraid it will be rare to come here once in the future."

Jia Huan: "..." You didn't do it on purpose, did you?

Didn't Qi Qian do it on purpose?He deliberately found out something and delayed it for a few days, just to understand Jia Huan's true thoughts and try to persuade him.This is the first time that Qi Qian puts his heart and soul into treating a person. Those iron cock salt merchants are not important at all, they are just excuses.