Chapter 57: The stingy Zhou Kui and the atmospheric Wu Sangui
After getting out of the bun shop, the entourage of the palace maid Que'er waved her hand to the street, a green cloth sedan chair was quietly carried over, Princess Kunxing and Que'er got on the sedan chair, and the four men in strong suits lifted the sedan chair and headed towards Jiading Bofu.
Princess Kunxing sat in a sedan chair, excited and sad in her heart. Excited is that she has finally found a money-making business, which can relieve her father's worries, and the sorrow is that she needs the principal to do business, although she is a princess, Emperor Chongzhen's favorite daughter, but she can't take out such a large sum of silver.
Now that the royal poor Neku can run a horse, and his father's clothes are torn by the queen mother, how much private money can she have as a princess? But according to what Chen Yue said, there is no way to expand the business without the injection of principal, and how can she, a princess, do something that can't account for one or two pieces of silver but accounts for seventy percent of the business, isn't that plundering the people's wealth!
Oh, where to get money, the queen mother has some money, but if you ask her, the business will definitely be exposed, let alone make money in business in the future, I'm afraid it will be impossible to get out of the palace again.
Let's borrow it from my grandfather, my grandfather's family is very rich, and there must be no problem with a few thousand taels of silver, Princess Kunxing made up her mind in her heart.
Outside the Jiading Bo Mansion, there are more than a dozen tall horses tied to the horse pillar, and there are more than a dozen fierce soldiers in armor standing next to the war horses, Princess Kunxing glanced out from the gap in the sedan chair curtain, and was slightly surprised in her heart, and she didn't expect that her grandfather would still make friends with the generals in the army.
The sedan chair was carried into the Earl's Court and laid down outside the second gate. Princess Kunxing got off the sedan chair, and before she entered the moon gate, she heard the pleasant sound of silk and bamboo in the flower hall.
"The sparse plum blossoms with the rain, and the thin bamboo swings with the wind,
The rain and wind were kind and arranged for me.
The wind pities the residual incense, and who comes from the dripping cui in the rain.
Clear the void world, let the wind knock on the rain sieve;
Cover the firewood, thank him Meizhu for accompanying me in the cold study. ”
The tactful and melodious singing voice came out of the flower hall, the voice was soft, such as the empty valley orchid, soft people's hearts, such as clouds out of Xiu, such as beads on the plate, making people want to die.
Princess Kunxing couldn't help but stop and listen to the seductive singing. After singing a song, the aftermath lingered, what kind of woman is it, she can sing such a beautiful singing, Princess Kunxing was curious, and walked into the flower hall.
The two Zhou Mansion people standing at the door of the flower hall did not dare to stop them, so they could only watch Princess Kunxing break in.
Breaking into the flower hall, Princess Kunxing's eyes were immediately attracted by the woman who stroked the qin, and she couldn't care about anything else, it was a fresh and refined woman, just like a fairy descending to earth, although Kunxing was a girl, but she couldn't help but be attracted by her.
The skin is white and tender like a porcelain deception frost and snow, the body is graceful like a willow supporting the wind, the people are as beautiful as a flower, like a cloud out of Xiu, the warbler is singing, and the six horses are on their backs. Kun Xing is also conceited and beautiful, but looking at her face, he can't help but feel ashamed. But even so, there is no jealousy in Kunxing's heart, there is only an appreciation of beauty. The beauty that can be appreciated by women shows how beautiful it is!
In fact, not only Kunxing, but also everyone else in the flower hall was deeply attracted by the woman who was fuqin, and they all looked at the beautiful woman with a demented expression. Including Jiading Bo Zhoukui, who sat in the main seat, and a young and handsome general who sat in the guest seat.
"Master, Princess Kunxing is here." An old servant standing behind Zhou Kui gently reminded Zhou Kui in his ear, and Zhou Kui, the uncle of Jiading, turned his gaze with difficulty and looked at Kun Xing who was standing in the middle of the flower hall.
"Kunxing, why did you come in, didn't you see your grandfather feasting?" Zhou Kui was a little displeased, and he was also a little ashamed because his granddaughter saw his gaffe, but after all, where Kunxing's princess identity was, he did not reprimand.
"Grandpa, I have something to ask you!" Kun Xingqiao walked to Zhou Kui's seat with a smile, gently lifted the wine jug, and poured Zhou Kui a full glass of wine.
"Can't you talk about it later? Didn't see me at the banquet. Zhou Kui said helplessly, and then apologized to the young general in the guest seat with a smile.
"Just a small thing, don't delay my grandfather's time." In addition to being surprised by the beauty of the singer, Kun Xing didn't care about the other people in the living room, and as for the young general, he didn't even look at it.
"Okay, okay." In the face of Kunxing, Zhou Kui was very helpless.
"Grandpa, I need a sum of money now, and I want to borrow three thousand taels of silver from my grandfather." Kun Xing said softly, looking at his grandfather Zhou Kui expectantly.
"What?" Zhou Kui was stunned, "You are a little girl, a child, where can you use so much silver?" ”
Zhou Kui's mind turned sharply, Princess Kunxing borrowed money from him and surprised him as usual, he naturally had three thousand taels of silver, but he was always greedy and regarded money as his life, but he was not willing to lend it at all, besides, where does a little girl in Kunxing need to use so much silver? Could it be that the emperor wants to test himself through Kunxing? I want to donate my silver to the imperial court.
In recent years, with the thieves abusing the Central Plains, the income of the treasury has plummeted year by year, and this year it is even impossible to issue the salary of the border soldiers.
The court has never had money, so Emperor Chongzhen hit the idea on the ministers of the court, and secretly signaled the ministers to donate silver taels to the court many times, so that the court could tide over the difficulties, but Zhou Kui has been pretending to be deaf and dumb. Could it be that the emperor sent Kun Xing to test himself this time to see if his family had any money?
"Three thousand taels of so much money, where does my grandfather have it, Houjin has been plundered in the customs for many years, and the Zhuangzi outside the city are in tatters and have no income at all, and my grandfather's family is now living on that little money." Zhou Kui cried to Kun Xing, and secretly made up his mind in his heart, he must not lend silver, otherwise there will be another one, and the little money he has saved with great difficulty must be borrowed by the emperor!
Seeing her grandfather crying to herself, Princess Kunxing was full of disappointment, she was a princess, and she couldn't do anything with dead skin and bad face, so she turned around and left the flower hall stupidly.
The young general on the guest seat looked at the singer of Fuqin, but his ears had been eavesdropping on the conversation between Zhou Kui and the two, and when he saw Kun Xing leaving, he hurriedly called the soldiers who were waiting on the side, and gave a few low orders.
As soon as Kun Xing came out of the flower hall, the soldier chased after her and stuffed a stack of silver tickets into her hand.
"The general of my family is Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of the Liaoxi Regiment, and he ordered the villain to give this bit of silver to the son." The soldier left a word, and then went back to the flower hall, leaving Kun Xing outside with a stunned face.
"Mr. Wu is so generous!" Zhou Kui looked at Wu Sangui with a smile, but his heart was dripping blood, the three thousand taels of silver should have been given to him, but now it is in the hands of his niece.
"It's right to share the worries and solve problems for the uncle," Wu Sangui smiled humbly, and through the eavesdropping conversation, he had already identified Kun Xing's identity.
Kun Xing held the silver ticket in his hand and cried and laughed, his grandfather refused to lend him money, but a general soldier he didn't know gave him silver. What should I do with this silver, should I take it?
Forget it, anyway, the whole world is not the king's land, the shore of the land is not the king's minister, and the courtiers should be filial to themselves, as for the favors owed, let the grandfather pay it back, who made him so stingy and refused to lend himself silver! As for this person named Wu Sangui, he is a good person!