He Chengcai, the youngest son of the county magistrate He Zhengci, and Wang Sidong, the only son of the wealthy businessman Wang Ye.
He Zhengci's official position is second only to Lu Liang, and Wang is also known as the richest man in Ningyuan, known as "Wang's Half City". He is also the patriarch of the Wang family, a large family in Ningyuan County. He Chengcai and Wang Sidong can be regarded as the dandies in Ningyuan County after Lu Fang.
As for the others, they are a little bit worse.
The corner of Lu Fang's mouth curled up in a meaningful arc, "Why are the brothers here?"
He Chengcai sighed softly, looked at the two martial arts masters, and said: "I invited Brother Lu for an outing at Qingyuan Temple yesterday. I never thought that something like this would happen and that Brother Lu would be affected. Chengcai would feel very guilty... If he didn't come...
Look at Brother Lu, is he still a human being?"
His facial features are actually pretty good, but the big mole with black hair on the corner of his mouth is a bit of a disgrace.
"yes."
Wang Sidong, who was standing next to He Chengcai, also continued: "I couldn't sleep last night, thinking that Brother Fang, it's really not a good experience for you to suffer here. Brother Fang, when your punishment is over, I will be the host."
, I need to invite you to Zuihua Tower to have a good time and get rid of bad luck, how about that?"
"Brother Wang, are you so polite today?"
Lu Fang grinned, but said in his heart: "I want to see what other tricks you two bastards want to play."
Wang Sidong smiled sarcastically, "Brother Fang, please don't make fun of me. Have I ever been rude to my brothers?"
"That is, that is."
Lu Fang smiled and said, "Brothers, go to Zuihua Tower and wait for me first? I will come over as soon as I regain my freedom. By the way, the little lady Youxi must be left to my brother."
All the dandies laughed.
He Chengcai said: "Brother Lu is still in the tree, but he still cares about Madam Youxi. It's really admirable. If Madam Youxi knew about it, I'm afraid she would be moved to tears!"
Zuihualou is the only brothel in Ningyuan County.
Lady Youxi is the oiran in Zuihua Tower. She is fair and tender. It is said that she was ostracized in Tanzhou Prefecture because she offended someone. With her beauty, she really stands out among others in Zuihua Tower.
Lu Fang said: "It's funny, it's funny."
He Chengcai looked at him meaningfully and said: "I heard that the princess and the crown prince planned to hang you up, Brother Lu, yesterday. It was Brother Lu who showed off your poetic talent and impressed the princess, so we were spared."
He was sentenced to death by hanging on a beam. Brother Lu is really hiding his secrets. How come he has never been exposed in front of his brothers before?"
Lu Fang chuckled and said: "It's just picked up at random. It's not worth mentioning. It's not worth mentioning."
All the dandies looked strange.
Easy to pick up?
Why don't you blow it to the sky?
They all knew Lu Fang's character. This guy was absolutely uneducated. He probably bought that poem from some scholar.
This kind of thing is not unfamiliar to people like them. I heard that there are not many young men in the county who spend money to buy poems because they are arty.
Although these people don't often need to be arty, they have done such things.
Lu Fang was lucky enough to be able to buy two such good poems. He didn't know how much money he spent on them.
After standing under the tree for a while, all the dandies really went to Zuihua Tower first.
Lu Fang hung on the tree alone until noon.
The two martial arts masters carried out the orders of the Crown Prince Liang Dong to the extreme, and when the time was almost up, they released Lu Fang.
Then without saying a word, he headed outside Ningyuan County in a arrogant manner.
Because Lu Fang was blessed by the golden monkey milk candy, although he could not move his arms, he was still in good spirits.
He rushed into the county government office and scolded: "Lu Liang, you have no conscience! I'm back to save you! You actually let me hang on the tree for a whole day, and you didn't even dare to give me saliva!"
Lu Liang appeared at this moment, and ran up to Lu Fang in his official uniform, "Erlang, don't be angry. Brother, there is nothing I can do about it. If I go to bring you water and food, I will anger His Highness again."
What should we do? Will he have to work harder to punish you?"
Lu Fang hummed twice.
In fact, he also knew that Lu Liang was not to blame.
Lu Liang grabbed his hand and said, "Come on, let's go in quickly. My brother has already prepared wine and food. The hot water is also boiled. Take a shower after eating, don't get cold."
Lu Fang was cramping in pain, "It hurts, it hurts, let me go quickly."
But my heart was secretly moved.
Although the unlucky guy has not caused any major troubles in recent years, he has always had small troubles. Lu Liang wiped his butt countless times, but he has always been very tolerant and caring towards his younger brother.
Of course, if it hadn't been like this, I probably wouldn't have developed the heartless and arrogant character of the unfortunate guy.
Lu Liang quickly let go of Lu Fang's hand and said, "Brother, I will find someone to help you later. Alas, you have suffered."
"No."
Lu Fang said: "My brothers have already held a banquet waiting for me at Zuihua Tower. I will have a cup of tea and leave."
After more than a hundred pull-ups and hanging for a day, he figured it would be useless even if he asked someone to look at him. After a few days, he would be fine.
Lu Liang looked at him, as if he wanted to say something, but when he came to his mouth, he just sighed, "You'd better be careful when playing with them in the future."
Lu Fang nodded, "I know."
Lu Liang couldn't help but look surprised, "Do you really know?"
Lu Fang said: "If those two bastards hadn't encouraged me, how could I have been so frivolous as the princess?"
He walked toward the house.
Lu Liang looked at his back and was dumbfounded.
Could it be that after such a disaster, my stupid brother suddenly became enlightened?
When we got inside, the food had been prepared and placed on the table, and it was quite rich. There was a pretty maid waiting on the table.
Lu Fang was secretly surprised.
Lu Liang is just a county magistrate, and his annual salary is less than fifty taels of silver. But in recent years, his monthly expenses alone have been about ten taels, plus a few maids in the government office, and those
For the handymen who need to receive salary from the government, Luliang's monthly expenses are at least thirty taels, but Luliang never seems to be short of money.
And then there’s that Grandmaster Lao Wang…
It seems that my cheap brother also has a big secret.
He sat down on the chair, opened his mouth, and said to the maid next to him: "Give me some water."
He tried his best to imitate the behavior of the unlucky people in the past and did not want to arouse suspicion.
The maid Mei'er is from Ningyuan County.
After listening to Lu Fang's words, Mei'er obediently picked up the teacup and fed Lu Fang some water.
After drinking a few glasses of water, Lu Fang finally felt much better.
Lu Liang also followed in at this time.
Lu Fang glanced at him and said with some resentment, "Give me some money."
He never wanted to experience the feeling of having nothing in his pocket again.
Lu Liang was stunned, "How much do you want?"
Lu Fang said: "Just give me five hundred taels casually! I want to have some fun today."
"hiss……"
Lu Liang took a breath of cold air, "Erlang, it's not that my brother is reluctant to part with it. It's just that my annual salary is only forty-eight taels. Although I have a hundred taels of silver to support me, I can't bear your squandering!"
Yanglianyin is a kind of pension provided by the Chongqing Dynasty to officials in addition to the salary. For officials with higher rankings, there are other benefits, and the income is quite considerable.
Judging from the average household in Ningyuan County, the annual income is only around 30 taels, without deducting expenses.
Lu Fang ignored Lu Liang's complaints and said: "Just these five hundred taels, I will never ask you for money in the future."
In the past, unlucky people often came to Lu Liang to ask for money, but they were always in small amounts.
These days, one tael of silver can buy nearly 200 kilograms of rice. It’s quite a sum.
Lu Liang was extremely surprised, "Are you serious? You won't ask me for money anymore?"
Lu Fang glared and said, "Why did I lie to you?"
He asked Lu Liang to get the money because he wanted to do something on his own. After traveling to this world, he couldn't keep asking Lu Liang for money. How carefree could he be?
He already has a small goal in mind, which is to become a rich man in this world.
With the memory of his past life and the bug-like system, this should be something that can be easily accomplished, right?
"That...okay then!"
Lu Liang saw that Lu Fang didn't think it was a joke, he turned around and walked out again in a bitter tone.
When he came back, he had a banknote in his hand with the words five hundred taels written on it in traditional Chinese.
The Chongqing Dynasty did not allow private minting of coins. Whether it was gold ingots, silver ingots or copper coins, they were all minted by the court's "Qian Supervisor". The same was true for the silver banknotes.
One tael of gold is equal to ten taels of silver, and one tael of silver is equal to one hundred copper coins. One copper coin can buy nearly four kilograms of rice.
So Dayu Dynasty issued another half-month coin, which was a small copper coin like a crescent moon.
This is the lowest value currency in circulation in the Chongqing Dynasty.
The most widely circulated items in the market are copper coins and half-money coins.
Luliang's five hundred taels of banknotes were enough to buy a huge house in Ningyuan County.
Lu Fang ignored his heartbroken expression, walked directly to him, asked Lu Liang to stuff the gold ingots into his purse, and said, "Then I'll go."
After that, he hummed a little tune and walked outside.
He already had a preliminary plan to make a fortune in his mind.
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