Pang Yu stood in the courtyard of the medicine shop, raising his head and squinting, covering his heart with his left hand, and slowly opening his right hand diagonally upwards, with a look of intoxication on his face.
Pang Yu's mother, father, Zhou Yueru, and Pang Ding carefully looked at Pang Yu who was behaving strangely with eight eyes. Everyone looked very serious and did not dare to say anything, until Pang Yu put away his lyrical gestures and everyone
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, it turned out that Master Pang had become stupid again.
Both mom and dad were smiling again. After breaking off the engagement, Pang Yu acted like a magic trick and gave the family more than thirty taels of silver, which greatly eased the Pang family's capital chain crisis. The medicinal materials began to be recycled again. Pang Yu's father
Mom's face looks quite rosy.
And Pang Yu's own enlightenment is like God giving a big gift package to the Pang family. Even his parents look at Zhou Yueru not as an enemy, but a bit like a benefactor.
"Strange appearance and tune."
Zhou Yueru immersed herself in pounding the medicine with a stone medicine pestle, then raised her head and glanced at Pang Yu, "That day you said that the Zhou family ruined your marriage. If Aunt Liu agrees to you this time, should you give the slave family some money?"
"My daughter also took a break and came over to drink some water. She has been doing this for a long time since she came here."
After her mother said to Zhou Yueru, she turned to Pang Yu and said, "Then give your daughter less. This daughter is sensible and hard-working, so she can't treat others lightly."
"Mom, how can you turn your elbows outward? It's only been a few days, and you're just a daughter."
Pang Yu turned to Zhou Yueru and said, "A contract is a contract, not a penny less.
However, the young master has clear rewards and punishments. In view of your performance in the past two days, young master, I am still satisfied. You keep your word and will give you a bonus at the end of the month."
"How much is the prize?"
"One or two!"
Pang Yu said generously, "Starting tomorrow, if there is no scheduled errand at the Yamen, you will go directly to Mrs. Yu's house in the morning. You can go wherever she wants to go. Treat her as an injured person and take care of her."
, get two taels of silver first...forget it, I'll get it in a few days, Master, I don't have any money myself, anyway, you can't let her pay for any expenses, and buy some small things every three to five."
Zhou Yueru twitched her lips and smiled when she heard about the bonus of one tael of silver. She probably couldn't be happy anymore when she thought of the loss of ninety taels.
My mother rubbed her hands on her waist, turned to Pang Yu and said, "Let's talk about it, the Liu family cannot be married. If it weren't for that white-bearded god, we still don't know that the Pang family's fate was originally influenced by that person.
Pressured by the doorkeeper."
Pang Yu made some calculations in his mind. The Pang family's medicine store lost seventy or eighty taels of silver. He gave the family thirty taels, leaving a shortfall of forty or fifty taels. If Aunt Liu agreed to give the betrothal gift, she could basically make up for the loss.
return.
So he retorted seriously, "But the old man with white beard also said that it was because the betrothal gift was given incorrectly. As long as Aunt Liu agrees to give our family a betrothal gift, this marriage will not only not be a disaster, but will also become a blessing."
In life, it is important to do good deeds and accumulate virtue. If you can help the Liu family, everyone says that the old Pang family is generous, and you will be blessed.
So there is no need to discuss this matter, just listen to me."
Both parents frowned. They had lingering fears about the Liu family's marriage, and they were even more disgusted with Aunt Liu, the biological mother. However, Pang Yu controlled Grandpa Whitebeard's channels and was like the spokesperson of the Whitebeard God. No matter what he said, it made sense.
, even my parents don’t know how to refute.
While the two elders were still thinking about the reason, they heard someone shouting at the door.
"Is second brother at home?"
"He Xianya?"
Pang Yu was a little surprised. He Xianya met him several times in the Yamen during the day, and they were separated for less than half an hour. If there was anything he wanted to see him urgently at this time.
When they arrived at the front of the drug store, they saw a chubby man standing next to He Xianya, carrying large and small bags of things.
"This is..." "Second brother, this is Brother Yuan, the warehouse ambassador of the reserve warehouse. He heard about your injury and came here to visit him."
After He Xianya finished speaking, he winked at Pang Yu. Pang Yu immediately thought that the ambassador must have gotten the news and knew that Pang Yu was going to participate in the inspection of the warehouse and was here to connect with each other.
In fact, Tongcheng County does not have a warehouse ambassador. The manager of the reserve warehouse is just a warehouseman, and his apparent status is similar to that of a yamen servant.
Because the reserve warehouse ranked first among the county warehouses, He Xianya called him with the official title of warehouse ambassador, which was regarded as an honorific title in informal situations.
"Oh, Brother Pang."
As soon as Ambassador Yuan came up, he took Pang Yu's arm affectionately and said, "I just heard about your injury. Unfortunately, I have been busy recently and haven't spared any time. It's a coincidence that I got off duty early today and went to Zaoli's room to look for you.
, I happened to meet Brother He, and then I found Brother Pang’s residence. I came here to express my friendship as a colleague. Please don’t blame me for disturbing Brother Pang’s rest.”
"What are you talking about, Ambassador Yuan? Please sit down in the room."
"Brother Pang please come first."
Ambassador Yuan kept declining and pushed Pang Yu into the main room.
After Ambassador Yuan entered the room, he placed the large and small bags in his hands on the wall behind him. What Pang Yu saw was at least one pig leg.
"Yuan is responsible for guarding the warehouse every day. He is mostly absent when he is promoted to court. He still listens to the brothers in the yamen talking about Brother Pang's knowledge. It is really remarkable that he can get into the eyes of the county magistrate."
Ambassador Yuan smiled and said, "These are all produced by my wife at home, to replenish brother Pang's health."
"Brother Yuan can't do it. They are all yamen servants. It's not easy for everyone. How dare we let Brother Yuan spend money?"
Of course, Pang Yu was not prepared to go back, and without waiting for Ambassador Yuan to be polite, he said to Zhou Yueru in the courtyard: "You don't even have some rice soup, you don't have the eyesight to pay, do you hear me!"
Zhou Yueru was looking at the gifts on the ground in a daze when she was startled when Pang Yu yelled. She glared at him and then patted the medicine residue on her waist and prepared to go to the kitchen.
Ambassador Yuan thought she was Pang Yu's daughter-in-law and quickly stopped her, saying, "I won't work, sister-in-law. Yuan came to visit Brother Pang today. He only heard about this a few days ago. He was worried about Brother Pang's injury and couldn't sleep at night."
I am relieved to see Brother Pang is fine today, but Brother Pang has only recovered from his injury soon, so it is not inconvenient for me to disturb you."
After Zhou Yueru heard the word "sister-in-law", she stopped biting her lip and stared at Ambassador Yuan with an unfriendly look. Ambassador Yuan felt strange in his heart that what he just said was not inappropriate, so why did he seem to have offended Sister-in-law Pang.
Ambassador Yuan had no time to think about this matter, so he turned to Pang Yu and said: "Brother Pang is recuperating in peace. I also heard that it was done by Zhouji Paper Shop in the south of the city. The shopkeeper is a guest from Shaanxi. He is not a good person on weekdays.
He specializes in bullying men and women, who does he think our Tongcheng is..." Pang Yu saw Zhou Yueru clenching his fists from the corner of his eyes, and quickly stretched out his hand to stop Ambassador Yuan, but Ambassador Yuan moved quickly and stopped him with both hands.
Pang Yu stretched out his hand and continued: "Brother Pang, don't try to persuade me. I know Brother Pang is generous, but brother, I am not that good at cultivation. Anyone who offends my Brother Pang must not be allowed to escape easily. I don't say that I have any reputation in Tongcheng."
, but it’s just a matter of saying hello to twenty or thirty people. Brother, I’m telling you this. I will definitely kill all Zhou Ji. The only daughter of the Zhou family will be left. For no other reason than to send her to the land of hooks and throw her away.
The faces of the ancestors of the Zhou family..." Zhou Yueru bit her lips, her face turned cold, and squatted down to get a wooden stool. Pang Yu estimated that the wooden stool would fall on Ambassador Yuan's chattering head in a few seconds. Fortunately,
He Xianya saw the opportunity quickly and grabbed the leg of a stool first. Zhou Yueru dragged it for a few times before grabbing it, so he threw the stool away and turned around to get the medicine knife from the door of the medicine warehouse. He Xianya hurriedly stopped him again.
Ambassador Yuan had no idea what had happened behind his back and was still spitting.
Pang Yu quickly grabbed Ambassador Yuan's left hand with both hands, dragged Ambassador Yuan around half a circle, and then walked quickly outside. As he walked, he said: "The Zhou family is indeed not a good person, but the brother is also a good man, so he said
If he let them go, he would be like a nail in the mouth, so he asked Brother Yuan to spare the Zhou family.
But I accept Brother Yuan’s intention. I have no preparations today. I will make a special banquet for Ambassador Yuan the next day. I must ask Brother Yuan to show his respect."
Ambassador Yuan looked in admiration. He raised the thumb and little finger of his left hand, straightened the four fingers of his right hand and held them with his left hand. He made a cross-hand salute, "Magnificent! You are worthy of our Tongcheng poetry and calligraphy etiquette. I am ashamed, brother. Today
I have learned a lesson again! In the future, I will ask Brother Pang to give me more opportunities. We brothers should get together more and interact more. Please Brother Pang, please do not dislike Yuan. In this way, we will become brothers in the future..." Ambassador Yuan's deliberate cross-hand gesture was
The courtesy for a humble person to meet an honored person is a very formal etiquette, and it is also a secret flattery. But Pang Yu knew nothing about it, and Ambassador Yuan's eyes were thrown at the blind man.
Amidst Ambassador Yuan's attentive flattery, Pang Yu finally sent Ambassador Yuan out of the door, thus allowing the warehouse to escape disaster.
Pang Yu pretended to be at the door and watched Ambassador Yuan leave. Ambassador Yuan walked a few steps and then turned back, looking reluctant to leave. Pang Yu had no choice but to bow again. When Ambassador Yuan disappeared at the street corner, Pang Yu felt his waist
I'm almost so sore that I can't stand up straight.
Pang Yu rubbed his waist at the door and wondered why Ambassador Yuan, who was just a warehouse, could handle people so well and his flattery was not obtrusive at all. No wonder he could get the preparation among so many people in the yamen.
The warehouse of the warehouse.
It seems that there is a real crouching tiger, hidden dragon in this yamen. My level of shamelessness is probably above the average level in the county yamen.
The reason why Mr. Yu was able to gain public relations this time was because Pang Yu's speech at Yimen Yongdao was exactly what the county magistrate needed at this time, so Mr. Yu just followed the trend, not because Pang Yu really had high public relations skills.
So it was quite a bit of luck that I got this job of patrolling the warehouse.
After Pang Yu warned herself in her heart, she quickly returned to the main room. Sure enough, her mother squatted on the ground with excitement and counted the gifts. Zhou Yueru looked unhappy and stood aside silently.
"One pork leg, two kilograms of tung oil, ten...fifty...sixty candles, five kilograms of mutton, two pieces of Songjiang cloth, one kilogram of tea..." "Don't you have any money?"
Pang Yu interrupted.
Zhou Yueru interrupted coldly, "What are these things if they're not silver?"
"Then you calculate with the young master. Young master, I don't know the price."
Zhou Yueru rolled her eyes at him, squatted down and counted, "This pig leg is at least ten kilograms, which is three or four cents of silver. This bag of white flour is probably thirty kilograms, which is three cents of silver. Two kilograms of tung oil is five cents."
Silver, a chicken costs five cents, two pieces of Songjiang medium-grade cloth cost six cents, sixty sticks of medium-grade wax cost six cents, tea leaves cost one tael... and all these millet and other things add up to a total of more than three taels of silver.
How long does it take for my shop to earn three taels?"
"It's only three taels of silver for such a large amount. It's not too much. That's why I gave you so little."
Pang Yu was a little dissatisfied and rummaged through a pile of things.
"That's not enough. You haven't done anything. You accept gifts from people like this... Don't make a mess and it's hard to clean up. Look at you, the mutton fell on the floor."
At this time, Pang Ding entered the main room and saw the two of them rummaging through things, so he did not go over to join in the fun. When he glanced around, he saw a small bag placed on the chair at the back of the east side.
"Master, someone's wallet fell."
Pang Yu turned around and saw that his right hand flashed like lightning. The money bag was already in his hand. It was naturally Ambassador Yuan who put it there.
"How many?"
Zhou Yueru reached over to see.
"Wait a minute, let me weigh it."
Pang Yu weighed it gently to calculate the weight. He was practicing this skill recently. After weighing it for a moment, he estimated that it was about twelve or three taels.
Before Pang Yu could confirm the weight, He Xianya's voice sounded in the medicine shop again: "Second brother, Brother Peng from Fengyucang is here to visit you."
Pang Yu looked through the crack in the window and saw that He Xianya was leading another person. The man had a chicken in his left hand and a duck in his right hand. He had a grain bag on his back. He Xianya also helped to get some things.
Pang Yu quickly turned around and said to Zhou Yueru: "Put your things in quickly, someone else is coming."
"Ah, here we go again, what on earth did you do?"
"Don't talk back, put your things away quickly."
What came was the warehouse of Fengyu warehouse. Pang Yu had just accepted the gift from the reserve warehouse. Comparing the scale, the reserve warehouse had twenty-four warehouses, and Fengyu warehouse had thirteen rooms, which was about half the size.
Pang Yu calculated the base numbers in his mind, patted his clothes and went out.
…When Feng Yucang left the warehouse, it was already time to turn on the lights. Because of these two people’s visit, even Zhou Yueru hadn’t left yet and kept peeking outside the main room.
Pang Yu's mother was a little excited, so she lit an oil lamp for the first time tonight, but she only lit a bigger flame because her mother set the wick very short, which saves fuel.
Except for the father, the family once again counted the gifts. The total value in the reserve warehouse was around fifteen taels, and in the Fengyu warehouse was around seven taels. The two families had a total of more than twenty taels.
Pang Yu just talked a lot and got more than 20 taels after delivering two speeches, which was more than the Pang family's intangible assets could be realized. The cost of recruiting secret friends had been recovered. It seemed that all the vanity fairs in ancient times were in the yamen.
Pang Yu thought about it, although he had gained power through flattery, his position was still low after all. The main person to take care of this time should be Tang Weimin, the magistrate.
On weekdays, Cangzi has to take care of the county magistrate, household clerks, clerks and clerks. In fact, he also has to send some office supplies such as incense and candles to other houses. When the branch patrol and Anqing Prefecture come to inspect, Cangzi also has to come together.
elements.
According to what Pang Yu thought, Cangzi had to deal with a lot, but Pang Yu didn't know how much the Cangzi's income would be, and there was a serious lack of information in this area.
"Why did they give you so many things?"
Zhou Yueru asked while counting.
"They are all warehouses, why do you think they are?"
Zhou Yueru suddenly said: "Is it about the warehouse inspection? Then they don't want you to check it carefully?
Then why didn't they say anything?"
Pang Yu laughed and said: "This kind of thing requires tacit understanding. How can you say it in public? Do you think everyone is as stupid as you?"
"Who can know if there is something wrong? But if someone finds out about it, I heard that you will be beheaded!"
"behead?"
Pang Yu was startled and felt something cold on his neck, but when he lowered his head and thought about it, he realized that he was just a slave, checking the warehouse and being led by Tang Weimin, the clerk, he was not afraid, so he had nothing to fear.
After thinking about it, she scolded Zhou Yueru: "You don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Do you want me to behead you so that you don't have to pay back the mortgage?"
"It's too easy for you slaves to make money."
Pang Yu looked up and saw Zhou Yueru still standing, staring straight at something on the ground.
Pang Yu generously grabbed the mutton on the ground and said, "Take this piece back."
"For me?"
Zhou Yueru pointed at herself carefully, she was afraid that Pang Yu was teasing her again.
Sure enough, Pang Yu said, "Bring it back to me after it's cooked."
Seeing Zhou Yueru's almond-shaped eyes widening, Pang Yu smiled and said, "It's just a joke. Go back and cook it to replenish your father's health."
"real or fake?
If the mutton is exchanged for the bonus, I won’t want the meat, I will still want the silver.”
"Of course it's true. It's in addition to the bonus. I told you, Master, that I'm a good person."
Pang Yu thought about Zhou's daughter's performance in the past few days. She had done everything she was told to do very well. She had to pack medicinal materials when there was no errand in the Yamen. Mrs. Yu's errand yesterday was also done well.
Although he often complains, he is generally a qualified employee.
Thinking of this, he casually took a silver ingot of about one tael and handed it to Zhou Yueru. When Zhou Yueru took it, Pang Yu pointed to the flour bag on the ground and said, "I'm also bringing five kilograms of noodles back to make some flat food for your father."
"Thank you, Master!"
Zhou Yueru was afraid that Pang Yu would regret it, so her mouth suddenly became sweet and her skills became extremely strong. She ran into the kitchen as fast as the wind carrying the mutton, and quickly found a cloth bag and put a few kilograms of white flour in it.
When Pang Yu saw her again, Zhou Yueru had already arrived at the door. Pang Yu looked up at the top of the patio. It was almost dark. Thinking that a woman was not safe, she quickly shouted: "It's too late, why don't I send her away..." before he finished speaking.
As it fell, Zhou Yue disappeared like a line of blue smoke into the vast night outside the door, leaving only a puff of powdery mist floating in the courtyard of Pang's house.
Pang Yu felt that Zhou Yueru was like a martial arts master who knew Qinggong. He even thought that he had an illusion. He quickly blinked his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he saw another figure appearing in the pink mist, and it was He Xianya.
When he left Fengyu Cangcangzi just now, Pang Yu specially told He Xianya to come again in the evening.
"Why is there so much white dust?"
He Xianya stretched out his hand and waved it in the air a few times.
Pang Yu handed over a piece of Songjiang cloth, and He Xianya quickly thanked him.
"Third brother, please estimate how much wealth Yuan Cangzi has had over the years."
He Xianya blurted out, "He has been greedy for ink for at least three or four hundred taels in the past few years."
"How much is left from three to four hundred taels to divide between Shangguan and each room?"
"Second brother, what I'm talking about is that he divided the rest. He has bought two houses in Tongcheng and a store in Chaoyangmen. He just married his third concubine in June. Those days were better than mine.
You can live comfortably while you wait.”
"A warehouse is so rich!"
Pang Yu was surprised. Zhou Yueru's family had been doing business for so long and only had more than fifty taels of cash. Ambassador Yuan, who was just a warehouse guard, actually made three or four hundred taels in a few years.
I don’t know how many invisible rich people there are in China.
"Second brother, you asked me to ask why the warehouse is being inspected at this time, and I also asked."
Pang Yu hurriedly asked, and He Xianya whispered: "There is not a grain of grain in each warehouse. The county magistrate and the household know it all. Mr. Yang Fangqian is just an agent. I don't know how he handed over to Mr. Gu in front of him, but behind him
When the county magistrate comes to sit in court, Mr. Yang must give an explanation.
I inquired about it in Chengfa's room in the afternoon, and found out that a letter came from Susong yesterday, and I'm afraid it was about this matter.
The confidants in the county magistrate's office all sent good errands yesterday and went to the countryside to compare money and food, and then they were handed over to you, second brother.
So, second brother, you are inspecting the warehouses on behalf of the county magistrate, so you can’t let these warehouses get around you easily."
After Pang Yu got the news, he felt more confident than before. At this moment, he was shaking his hands and weighing the money bag, feeling that the money bag was light and airy.
You must seize the opportunity that you have worked so hard to gain.
"Third brother, please tell me more about the situation in each warehouse in detail. Speak slowly and in detail, especially the reserve warehouse."