At the end of the song, everyone dispersed, but no one stayed overnight, so they all walked back under the moonlight and lanterns. Qin Dewei declined Conductor Xu's invitation to return to the Xu Mansion together, and walked with Feng Xian Cheng in the car to Jiangning County.
The main reason was that Feng Xiancheng was a little drunk and wanted to walk in a daze, so the chief servant hired a sedan to follow him. If he couldn't walk anymore, he would just get on the sedan.
Thinking of tonight's expenses, Feng Xiancheng couldn't help sighing. He was still too thin-skinned. When Wang Lianqing came, he was too embarrassed to drive them away.
Originally, a good banquet for four people, plus the other things she brought to the party, probably cost only ten taels of silver. However, as soon as Wang Lianqing sat down, the bill doubled.
What makes Feng Xiancheng unhappy is that Wang Lianqing was clearly brought on by Brother Qin! In the end, he paid the bill himself and lived like a fool!
Forget it, forget it, don't think about it anymore, as the ancients said, if a thousand pieces of gold are gone, it will come back again. Feng Xiancheng forced himself to be a little happier. A real man will just scatter his wealth when he spends it. He regrets that he has a bird's feather to use it.
At this moment, Qin Dewei quietly took out a piece of silver and silently handed it to Feng Xian Cheng.
"What is this?" Feng Xiancheng asked doubtfully.
Qin Dewei replied: "Before leaving just now, Miss Wang secretly gave me this silver ingot, saying that she wanted me to return it to Mr. Feng. Apparently I have to keep it in the account, but I won't accept it in private."
Feng Xian Cheng reached out to take the silver ingot, but a look of anger appeared on his face, and he shouted softly: "You are the master, can't I afford it? Do you feel sorry for these ten taels of silver?"
Qin Dewei advised: "The second master is upright and has a clean sleeve. He is not good at amassing money, so he still needs to pay attention to frugality. Since others are willing to help the second master save money, the second master should choose the good ones and follow them."
"It makes sense." Feng County Prime Minister turned over his hand and rolled the silver ingot into his sleeve.
Qin Dewei reminded again: "Actually, there is one thing that has not yet come to an end. It is the matter where the county magistrate is asking for benefits. The county magistrate has already offered a price of two hundred taels. What do you think, second master? Opening a money shop is a long-term matter.
, but the request from the county magistrate is the most urgent need."
"Give it to him!" Feng Xiancheng said through gritted teeth without knowing what he was thinking of.
This answer was completely within Qin Dewei's expectation. Even if he had no money, he would have to find a way to give it, but the decision must be made by Feng Xiancheng himself.
As for how to give it, it will test the ability of the counselor. Qin Muxi has already planned for this, as the saying goes, things must be done before the superior.
He immediately suggested: "That would be great. Let the younger one come forward and find a merchant to borrow a loan of two hundred and two weeks to satisfy the county magistrate's appetite first."
The merchant in Qin Dewei's mind, of course, refers to the young widow Gu Qiongzhi. On the other hand, it may not be a bad thing for Mrs. Gu to lend money to the county magistrate.
"Why did you go to the merchant to borrow money?" Feng County Cheng asked in surprise.
Qin Dewei sighed helplessly. He was indeed a novice official, and he might not really understand the tricks of political and business collusion. He thought about it again, and it was still necessary to teach him carefully. After all, he would encounter things of the same nature in the future.
It was this staff member who was really worried. The humble staff member sighed with emotion and explained: "Second Master, you have to look at this matter this way..."
"You don't need to teach me how to do things!" Feng County Cheng, who was drunk, waved his big hand and said boldly: "I happen to have two hundred taels left in my house. I'll just give it to you. There's no need to go to others to borrow money!"
Qin Dewei suddenly got stuck and couldn't speak anymore. He stared in shock at Mr. Feng who was already 70% drunk. Could it be that he was talking nonsense after drinking too much?
You are a clean-sleeved, upright official who is not good at amassing money. You have only been working for four years, and most of your experience was in the garbage yamen pedestrian department. Your theoretical annual salary is 90 shi of rice. In fact, half of your actual annual salary may be in pawn paper after inflation.
Used treasure money!
So the question is, where did you, Mr. Feng, save the huge sum of two hundred taels of silver?
Qin Dewei quickly turned around and waved to his long follower Feng Yuan, who was a few steps behind: "Hurry up and help your master get into the sedan! He really drank too much, and he has actually started to hallucinate about getting rich."
Feng Yuan looked at Feng County Cheng in embarrassment, and then whispered to Qin Dewei: "Our Feng family is a big family in Songjiang, and our family has thousands of acres of fertile land."
Jiangnan Susongchang, one Suzhou, two Songjiang and three Changzhou, the most fertile land in the world, with thousands of acres of fertile land...
Holy shit! Is it true? Qin Dewei was shocked and looked at Feng County Cheng again.
Feng Xian Cheng waved his hand and said calmly: "Some family matters are of no importance. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. Talking too much about money becomes tacky."
Qin Dewei couldn't help but question: "Young man has little education, don't lie to me. If you really come from a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, why do you only have two hundred taels of silver on hand?"
Prime Minister Feng County sighed and began to reminisce: "When I went to Beijing to take the exam, my mother gave me the 2,000 yuan she had saved at home."
Two hundred taels is a huge sum of money in Qin Dewei's eyes, let alone two thousand taels, but this number is worthy of the status of a wealthy owner with thousands of acres of fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River.
"When I was in the capital, I got drunk and made trouble, so I lent one thousand five hundred taels to someone else. It seems that I won't come back." Feng County Prime Minister sighed with emotion, and he couldn't bear to look back on the past.
Qin Dewei was speechless. Mr. Feng, you drank too much today. Why don't you lend me one thousand five hundred taels? And I can't afford it either.
Feng Xiancheng continued: "Then I went to Nanjing to serve as an official. I spent a lot of money in the past few years. Now I only have the last two hundred taels left. I didn't expect to leave me. I'm so sad!"
Qin Dewei could finally understand why Feng Xiancheng behaved like an unreasonable rookie.
It turns out that this is a young man from a wealthy family who has never worried or done anything. He still has a sense of justice in his heart, and he was lucky enough to get a top three-level Jinshi to become an official.
After the trial became tense, the young master got angry and beat the government servant with a stick...
Qin Dewei felt deeply sorry for the fifteen hundred taels of silver. If he lent it all to himself, he would have no pressure to buy back a few talents.
"Who is so hateful!" Qin Dewei gritted his teeth and asked, "How dare you borrow one thousand five hundred taels without paying back!"
It's not that he hates that he can't take advantage, but as a staff member, he hates someone who deceives his employer!
"Hey, it's Xia Yanxia's relics that I told you." Feng Xiancheng sighed, and helped explain: "It's not that he deliberately cheated, he really can't afford it. But you said that he has really paid off in the past two years.
Can he join the cabinet?"
Qin Dewei: "..."
Feng Xiancheng was very sensitive to the fact that although Qin Dewei did not speak, his eyes flashed with contempt, and he couldn't help but said angrily: "What is that look in your eyes?"
Qin Dewei shook his head and said: "I always thought that you and Xia Shiyi, the second master, were like-minded and congenial, but it turns out that you have such a dirty money relationship!
I always thought that, Second Master, you have a pure character and noble aspirations, but I didn’t expect that, Second Master, you would also bet heavily on the potential stocks of North Korea!”
Feng Xiancheng said sadly and angrily: "I really drank too much back then, and then I got drunk and lost my temper! How can you slander my moral character like this!"
"Then why should we open a money shop?" Qin Dewei's anger came from unknown sources, "Does the second master still need to make money? Why don't you just ask for money from your family?"
The chief follower Feng Yuan answered on his behalf: "If the family sends money, I'm afraid the mistress will come with her, and the master's temper will not be restrained."
Qin Dewei didn't want to talk, so he left Feng Xian Cheng and walked quickly, worrying so much about what he was doing, it was all a waste of time!
Feng Xiancheng felt confused and asked Chang Sui: "Why is little brother Qin suddenly in a mood?"
Chang Sui thought for a while and then replied: "I heard that teenagers often have erratic tempers. Brother Qin is probably at that age as well."
"Brother Qin is the teacher's guest after all, so it's better to be tolerant to him!" Mr. Feng County Prime Minister said generously.
