The next day, Qin Chong got up early. He did not forget that he was going to the academy today.
San Bao'er was left behind to take care of Gao Shixian.
Just as he walked out of the gate, he looked up and saw Qin Xiao, standing under the tree outside the door with his hands behind his back. Qin Zhong pondered for a moment and walked towards Qin Xiao. From San Bao'er, Qin Zhong had already learned that this time, Master Fan could make it
Going to the Yamen was actually the result of Qin Xiao asking for help. This gave Qin Zhong a new understanding of his elder brother.
"Brother." Qin Zhong stepped forward and greeted.
"Want to go to the academy? Let's go together." Qin Xiao turned around and said with a smile.
"Brother, are you waiting for me here?" Qin Zhong asked.
"Yeah." Qin Xiao nodded and said as he walked, "I have something to say to you."
"Brother, please tell me," Qin Zhong said. In fact, Qin Zhong also wanted to talk to Qin Xiao, but he didn't expect that he would be involved in A'e's case and went to the prison to meet him today.
"I can't control the elders' affairs, but I will advise her," Qin Xiao said.
"Yeah." Qin Zhong frowned slightly and said nothing, listening to Qin Xiao's words. He naturally understood that the elder Qin Xiao was talking about was Aunt Liu. It would be a lie to say that Qin Zhong had no resentment in his heart. After all, he understood
In the past few years, Aunt Liu had controlled the Qin family and was always mean to Qin Chong, so she had to be kicked out.
However, Qin Zhong really couldn't tell how much he hated her. Women in the inner house fight, either for their husbands or for their children. Guarding a sky as big as a palm is actually very pitiful. Today's Qin Chong is no longer the same as before.
Qin Zhong's knowledge, temperament, and methods are completely different.
It is true that the elders have nothing to do with their affairs, and Qin Xiao was right. No matter what, Aunt Liu is still Qin Yutian's concubine. She may be corrected one day, and Qin Zhong will also be called a big lady.
"Aunt Yun told me that Yu Qing was missing." Qin Xiao was a little nervous and didn't know how to continue.
"I know about this." Qin nodded and said, "His accounts have big problems."
Regarding this matter, Aunt Yun had already told him that many amounts of food in Yu Qing's accounts did not match up. However, Qin Chong now knew that most of the food that Yu Qing had embezzled was in the hands of the Langshan bandits.
The Qin family collects rent from farmers, but only 20% of the harvest is harvested every year. Of these 20%, less than half is taken away by Yu Qing. In the past two years, they have at least tens of thousands of kilograms of grain. Plus 30% of the private increase, it is even more
The whereabouts of the food is also a hidden danger for the Qin family. If someone finds out, there will be a big disaster.
However, Qin Xiao didn't know about these things and only thought that Aunt Liu was employing people inappropriately.
"My mother's negligence in hiring has caused such great losses to the family. She regrets it too much." Qin Xiao lowered her head and said softly, "From now on, I will have to rely on Aunt Yun for housekeeping matters."
As the saying goes, a child never speaks of his parents' faults. It was very rare for Qin Xiao to express his stance like this. When Qin Zhong heard this, he finally understood that Qin Xiao was expressing goodwill.
Indeed, after experiencing a horse theft incident, Qin Xiao finally understood what a brother is. At the critical moment, if Qin Zhong had not rescued him regardless of past suspicions, he would have suffered the same fate as Qiu Min. And similarly, Qin Zhong was arrested and imprisoned.
Qin Xiao was also running back and forth, bowing his head to beg for help. How could a blood relative be a legitimate concubine?
After figuring this out, Qin Xiao suddenly became enlightened.
In Aunt Liu's heart, she only had Qin Xiao. But in this incident, she almost lost Qin Xiao. The huge fear tortured her physically and mentally. In addition, Yu Qing's absconding was her fault of negligence. Therefore,
Qin Xiao persuaded her in time, and Aunt Liu gave up her housekeeping rights and entrusted everything to Aunt Yun, which was regarded as a reward for Qin Chong.
Of course, Qin Xiao and Aunt Liu didn't know Qin Zhong's actions in this matter.
"I would like to thank you for Aunt Yun." Qin Zhong was not pretentious. Aunt Yun is someone he is close to and can be trusted completely. Aunt Yun is a housekeeper who knows how to handle a bowl of water and will not embarrass Aunt Liu or treat their sisters harshly.
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As for Aunt Liu, whether this transfer of power is true or not will be revealed in the future. As long as she does not look for trouble, there is no need for Qin Zhong to make things difficult for him. Quan should have experienced the suffering he has suffered.
After Qin Xiao finished talking about this, he obviously breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed completely. To be honest, he was really afraid that Qin Chong would hold a grudge and not let go of the past. Now it seems that he has thought too much. Look again
Xiang Qinzhong couldn't help but feel more proud. His younger brother had a bold personality, how could he be so petty?
"Brother, I want to thank you very much for stealing the horse." Qin Xiao approached Qin Zhong and lowered his voice and said.
"Don't mention this again." Qin Zhong looked around and said cautiously.
"My eldest brother was confused and almost harmed our family." Qin Xiao said at this time, still a little scared.
"It's over." Qin Chong also felt scared.
"No." Qin Xiao suddenly stopped, stared at Qin Zhong and said, "It's not over yet."
"Huh? What do you mean it hasn't passed yet?"
"Do you know why the Qiu family was raided?" Qin Xiao looked serious.
"Wealth and silk touch people's hearts." Qin Zhong said lightly.
"Oh?" This time, Qin Xiao was surprised. He never expected that Qin Zhong, at such a young age, could explain the details in one word. Even he himself had to get advice from an expert before he understood the pros and cons.
"The Qiu family became extremely rich but did not know how to restrain themselves. This is the way to death."
"The third brother is indeed wise." Qin Xiao praised happily, "That's why the Qiu family is too flamboyant, but has no foundation. The overwhelming wealth has long made countless people jealous, and they all want to pounce on it and take a bite."
Listening to Qin Xiao's words, Qin Chong was slightly surprised. He could see through joints because of the knowledge of later generations. But Qin Xiao, who was not yet twenty years old, actually had such insights, which was really admirable.
"Big brother is really wise." Qin Zhong praised sincerely.
"Where, where." Qin Xiao became embarrassed, blushed, and waved her hands repeatedly, "Brother, I don't have such knowledge. It was only after receiving guidance from an expert the day before yesterday that I suddenly realized it."
"Oh? Who knows?" Qin Zhong became curious and asked.
"This person's surname is Liang Mingzheng, and he is a clerk in Cao County, Dali County." Speaking of Liang Zheng, Qin Xiao was quite solemn.
It turned out that after Qin Chong was arrested and imprisoned, Qin Xiao went to visit him, but was not allowed. In desperation, he went to see his arithmetic teacher, Liang Zheng, a clerk in Hu Cao. Liang Zheng was good at arithmetic, and
Qin Xiao was very talented, so he liked him very much. Liang Zheng was well versed in the affairs of the yamen, and he advised Qin Xiao to move to Master Fan.
Sure enough, with Fan and Liu in the hall, and the people in the yamen waiting, no one could give Qin Chong a hard time. The county prime minister Wang An, who jumped out, was severely slapped for singing "Lime Song". So he said
, Qin Zhong was able to escape so smoothly, and Fan Fuzi was indispensable. Liang Zheng, who guided Qin Xiao, is indeed a knowledgeable person.
"Thank you, brother, for running for me." Qin Zhong stopped and saluted with clasped fists.
"We are brothers, let's say thank you very much." Qin Xiao waved his hand and said.
"That's what the elder brother said." Qin Zhong chuckled and continued on his way. "However, I can't help but express my gratitude to Secretary Liang for his help. I would like to ask the elder brother to introduce him someday and express my gratitude."
"This is what it should be." This time, Qin Xiao did not refuse.
That's not what Qin Xiao wanted to say. He took a few steps forward, considered his words for a moment, and then slowly said, "Just now I said that the Qiu family matter is not over yet, and it was also Mr. Liang who gave me guidance."
"Why do you say it hasn't passed yet?" Qin Zhong was puzzled.
"Third brother, do you know if I can buy official salt?" Qin Xiao asked.
In today's era, salt has always been a monopoly of the court and is an important income for the country. For this reason, the Song Dynasty court established a special agency called the Salt Affairs Department to implement the salt banknote law and manage salt affairs.
Under the government, there is an office called Jiaoyinku, which is responsible for the printing and issuance of salt banknotes. Except for this agency, no other organization is allowed to print and issue salt banknotes at will, let alone private individuals.
The salt banknotes received will be marked with the name of the merchant, the amount of salt purchased, the serial number, the date and the location where the salt was picked up. With the salt banknotes, the merchants can go to major salt fields to collect salt. After the merchants receive the salt banknotes, there will be a record of the goods.
, called the contract number book, records the amount of salt in the person's portion. After the merchant receives the salt, the salt branch will check and compare the salt note record with the contract number book to see if it is consistent with the contract number book. If the verification is correct, the salt note record will be
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And buying banknotes is not available to everyone. Before being qualified to buy banknotes, businessmen must submit a written application and find someone to guarantee it, or they need to attach mortgage materials to the written application.
The guarantor cannot be found at will. We have summoned two people from the property tax and shop business in the city to appoint the guarantor. After filing a petition at the office, we went to the office, inspected the evidence, and registered it with a thousand-character inscription.
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It can be seen that the guarantor must be a person with good reputation and a family background. After this application is verified, the businessman can register with the relevant organization, and then he will be qualified to buy banknotes with money.
Now that the Qiu family has committed a crime, the guarantor must also be convicted. The problem is that the guarantor of the Qiu family has a close relationship with Tongzhou Tongxuan. A piece of pleading was handed over to the Tongzhou government office to sue Dali.
The county's crime of arrogance framed the Qiu family for embezzlement of property. The Tongzhou government office actually accepted the case and sent a special person to investigate the case.
This was the revenge of Tongzhou Tongpan Li Tongwen.
The daughter of the Qiu family married Li Tongwen as a concubine, and she became qualified as a salt merchant of the Qiu family. How could Li Tongwen not know that Dali County, together with Shayuan Supervisor, had people imprisoned and divided up the Qiu family's property? It was just a crime committed by the Qiu family.
Due to his sensitivity, Li Tongwen did not dare to come forward to rescue him for fear of being implicated. However, this holiday was settled.
The guarantor came forward to complain, which gave Li Tongwen an excuse.
After listening to Qin Xiao's explanation, Qin Chong finally understood the link. Li Tongwen's excuse to investigate the case may very well lead to the Qiu family retracting their confession. It's really hard to say what the final outcome will be.
In other words, Qiu Min is an unstable variable.
Qin Xiao said this out of emotion about the ups and downs of the world. However, when Qin Chong heard it, it sounded an alarm. When Qiu Min was arrested, he was deceived by Qin Zhong into making a living. When he was contacted by internal agents,
He was captured in one fell swoop by Xiaoqiying. During the subsequent interrogation, Qiu Min was deliberately induced by Xiaoqiying, and Qiu Min ignored Qin Xiao.
However, after such a long time, will Qiu Min understand?
Qin Zhong had a headache.
How can one's own safety rest on luck?
"When will the investigators come?" Qin Zhong asked.
"Mr. Liang said it's only for a day or two," Qin Xiao said.
"A day or two." Qin Zhong nodded slowly, but his eyes became cold and stern.