Chapter 39 Poor Friends
Zhuang Rou dragged the princess outside the door, let her go and salute, "Princess, please come back. Now that I have arrived outside the door, I will inform the little prince and the princess that the silver in the mansion will be delivered soon."
Princess Xian suppressed her anger, panted and gritted her teeth and said, "Very good, you did a good job. Princess Xian has recorded this debt."
"The princess doesn't have to worry too much. With a talented man like the prince, he can still be rich for several generations. After all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and no matter how it is, there will be no food to eat in the Xian Prince's Mansion." Zhuang Rou said with a smile.
Listening to her words, the Princess Frown, very puzzled that she was just a lie to arrest her, so why she was in conflict with the royal palace everywhere. She said one by one and another, and she was stabbing everyone in the heart, just like she deliberately wanted you to kill her.
deliberately……
The Princess Xian was shocked. It was indeed the case now. She repeatedly provoked her to completely destroy the Princes Xian’s Mansion!
She stared at Zhuang Rou and said, "I already know your conspiracy. No matter who your master is, I tell you that the plot will not succeed!"
Zhuang Rou looked at her for no reason, thought for a while and said seriously: "I don't know what the princess is talking about, but I just want to tell you that the ones in her own family are children and the ones in other people's families are too. Don't just want to fight for concubines all day long, and you should have a little kindness occasionally."
"I don't need you to teach me!" The Princess Wei shouted coldly, is there any discipline left?
"If you want to send someone to kill me, remember to bring a coffin so that you can collect the body of yours." Even if you don't listen, Zhuang Rou glanced at her, then walked down the steps and turned over and headed straight for the south gate.
Princess Xian stared at her leaving, turned around and met the King Xian who was following him, pulled him and said, "Prince, I have something to say, I found the problem."
The wise king frowned and took her to the study, wanting to listen to his beloved concubine's plan.
Zhuang Rou rode back to the county yard and tied the horse to the door and looked up at the dilapidated gate. It would be really bad if it was not repaired. It was not like a place that a yamen should have.
Walking in, she saw the little prince sitting on a rocking chair under the tree to enjoy the cool air. There was a stretcher on the ground, and an old man with white hair and a sleek hair was lying on it, and a fat aunt was standing next to him.
"What's wrong?" When Zhuang Rou started to ask what was going on, the aunt shouted at the top of her throat.
"Sir, my master is about to starve to death! He is also a great scholar. He has not saved half a tael of silver for decades of honesty. Now that he is bad, what should I do if I have such a crime!"
Zhuang Rou looked at the old man in a daze, and her heart skipped a beat. Could this person be the county magistrate of Douhu County, right?
When Chu Xia faced the loud voice of the county magistrate's wife, she shook it with a fan, and then pointed at Zhuang Rou leisurely and said: "Madam, don't worry, the salary owed by the county government has been asked to do. If she gets the money this time, the three years of money will be calculated to the county magistrate."
He completely forgot what the county magistrate’s surname was. He was so old that he could not do anything, so he might as well take some money to live a good life for a few days.
The county magistrate's wife turned around and looked at her fiercely, lifted her skirt and rushed over to steal the silver.
Zhuang Rou grabbed her hands violently and said excitedly and politely: "What a beautiful pair of hands, I have worked so hard like this, but please rest assured that my wife has already got the money."
"Is there really a silver?" the county magistrate asked in disbelief, tears gushing in his eyes. He couldn't live without silver and he could not live any longer. He had all his jewelry.
She had heard that when the new county magistrate came, she carried her master over and forced her to ask for her salary and money. The county magistrates of other families lived a glorious life, but this was a place where the powerful and powerful walked around the ground. Not to mention living a wealthy life, she also paid for her former property.
I used to think that I could get along with the relationship, so I spent a lot of money on socializing and gifts all day. Unexpectedly, I didn’t win over the relationship, and even the usual means of fishing and meat people were gone, and my family was defeated in an instant.
Generally, no case is found in this place, and no one can afford to offend a case. If the other party really wants to give you a silver, you dare not collect it. The most hateful thing is that the annual salary is only 300 taels of silver, which can save some money and support your life. However, I don’t expect that the county government has no money and even the salary is deducted.
Moreover, the county magistrate offended a powerful man and for no reason went back to his hometown to farm. The county magistrate was so scared that he fell ill in an instant. After taking a few more doses of medicine, all the money was smashed.
The county magistrate who was living a happy life and wanted to go further, let alone fish and meat every day, can’t even afford rice.
Now I heard that I had a salary of silver to take, that was nearly one thousand taels of silver. How urgent should I be!
Chu Xia looked at her with a smile, it seemed that the money was coming.
Ma Dezheng and the others were also shocked when they heard this. Their work and food were not much, ten taels of silver a year, but there were still thirty taels.
"I will hand it over to the master now. He will take care of the county's accounting for the time being. You can find him to collect the money according to the rules." Zhuang Rou let go of her hand and went to find the master to hand over the 20,000 taels of silver. Then he made the account and sent the salary out.
The county magistrate's wife and Ma Dezheng followed her, fearing that the silver bill would be gone in a blink of an eye. She felt relieved when she saw that she had really taken out a few silver bills.
The master glanced at them, stood up and said, "Come on, come and go to the money house to get the money."
"I'll go!"
"I have great strength and can carry a lot of money!"
Several arrestees raised their hands and grabbed them instantly, and there was no more pleasant work than carrying silver. If the county magistrate's wife hadn't known her identity, she would have wanted to go with her.
The master took people out to carry the silver. Twenty thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, and it is not enough to have fewer people. The little prince also looked at the county magistrate's wife. Now he has the silver demeanor, but he doesn't want to offend the adult who has received the salary as soon as he comes. He quickly asked his master to carry the county magistrate back.
But it won't take long to go, she will definitely put on clothes that she can't bear to wear under the box and come over to get the money.
The entire yamen was filled with joy because of the 20,000 taels of silver. Even the officials and servants were very happy and had some income.
Chu Xia touched the cat lying on her body, looked at Zhuang Rou with a smile and said, "I can't tell, you have to pay a lot of money. I'm not worried about the money from the princess's mansion, but I'm worried that the Xian Prince's Mansion will not give you this face."
"Sir, you are wrong. The princess's mansion is difficult to get, and I won't give you a chance at all. The wise king is good, so I took out 20,000 silver and said that I was incompetent in teaching my children, so I naturally had to pay the money for the princess. Especially the wise princess, who personally sent me to the gate, which was so approachable." Zhuang Rou smiled.
Before she could, she was sentenced again, "I really didn't expect that such two good people would give birth to a beast."
The wise king is approachable?
Chu Xia smiled and asked curiously: "Why is it difficult for the princess to have it?"
"I can't even squeeze out a thousand taels," said Zhuang Rou.
Although he knew a lot of things, Chu Xia was really stunned. He lived such a life without worries about food and clothing. How could he know that a princess didn’t even have a thousand taels of silver? No matter how small her fief was, she could live a luxurious life. There were royal rewards during the Chinese New Year and the holidays.
Seeing his stupidity, Zhuang Rou smiled and said, "Actually, the fiefs of the past years have been taken away by the Xianwang Mansion, and I am just waiting for the princess to take them out when she gets married. Isn't this a decision to take out the 100,000 taels of silver today and return it to the princess for a few shops."
Chu Xia looked at her in a daze, and after a while he leaned on the recliner, he couldn't speak, "You are such an excessive amount, a fief of 100,000 taels of silver!"
Zhuang Rou glanced at him disgustedly, "That was taken by the wise king himself, who could force him?"
"The killer he sent out these days should attack you. Should you live in my house? It's okay to sleep on my couch. I can protect you." Chu Xia asked while smiling.
"Sir Xie, but if he really sends someone over, it wouldn't be just right, so he would just save himself from a title." Zhuang Rou refused directly. Who wouldn't see his bullying intentions?
Chu Xia said regretfully: "Then take care of yourself. You discuss with Ma Dezheng about repairing the county government. If you go out and earn enough money, you will be enough for fifty or sixty thousand taels."
Zhuang Rou asked inexplicably: "Where to make money?"
"Of course it's Douhu County. I know that the streets are full of money when I sit here. I think it's necessary to get enough money in just a few days." Chu Xia grabbed the cat's paw and started playing with it, and said carelessly.
This man really didn't say anything about the truth. What does it mean? 50,000 or 60,000 taels of silver!
Zhuang Rou gave him a blank look. She couldn't grab so much money even when she went to grab it. She felt in her heart that she saw a chair moved out next to her, which looked pretty good, so she sat up directly.
With a bang, the chair flashed instantly, and she sat on the ground, completely confused.
"I said it long ago and I need to repair it." Chu Xia saw the cat being scared away by the sound, so she stood up and shook her head, took the guards out to digest food with her hands behind her back.
Zhuang Rou stood up and patted the dust on her body and the wooden scraps hanging on her clothes. When she looked at the broken county government office, she felt that she could not pass like this again. Anyway, there are many powerful people here, and all industries have backends, so it doesn’t matter if you want fish or meat.
Thinking of this, she hung up her sword and ran to the gate to wait for Ma Dezheng and the others to come back. These guys rushed to move the money, but now there was not even a helper except her.
After waiting for a while, Ma Dezheng and the others came back with their master. The expression and momentum seemed to be like the groom. The 20,000 taels of silver bills were exchanged for silver, and they had a full ten large boxes. They worked very hard to pull them back in a carriage.
Along the way, it attracted countless people to watch, and Ma Dezheng and the others were afraid of being poor. When they saw someone watching, they patted the box and shouted proudly: "See, there is no, it's all filled with silver. Our yamen has money!"
The other people were also showing off. Zhuang Rou saw that the master was hugged in the middle, her whole face was almost blushed to the point of being embarrassed. She was so ashamed!
Seeing that they were almost at the county government office, Zhuang Rou immediately slipped away along the wall, so she didn't want to be held by those people like her master and do such embarrassing things.
Chapter completed!