"Bang, Bang, Bang!"

"The lord is resting, and his subordinate Li Xuan has something to report?"

At night, outside the door of the wing room where Li Li was temporarily staying, Li Xuan's voice came from it.

"Yuan Zhong, come in."

Inside the house, Li Li was lying on the couch and looked at the roof in a daze, and answered softly.

"Hehehe! What is the lord thinking? Li Xuan entered the door and closed the door casually, and asked with a smile.

"What else can I think, I'm pondering court etiquette. Today can make me tired, far more strenuous than the battlefield, exhausted, back pain! I can't figure it out, how can you say that getting married is so troublesome, my uncle left half an hour ago, and he watched me toss for most of the day, and he wants to die! Seeing Li Xuan come in, Li Li complained bitterly as if he had met a relative.

Li Xuan already knew a lot about his lord's informal character, and said with a smile: "Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, I have gone through four hundred years before and after the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty, and most of the sages and Confucian scholars have studied this way. However, the lord is in a high position now, so naturally there can be no rudeness, and what should be learned must be learned, so as not to be truthful and damage the reputation of the lord. ”

Li Li grinned helplessly when he heard this, and asked, "Uh, I almost forgot, Yuan Zhong, are you married?" ”

Li Xuan's rare old face was slightly red, and he said hesitantly: "My lord, I took a concubine last winter, and I haven't married yet." ”

"Haha!" Li Li said happily: "Accept the concubine, are you still unmarried?" In this way, you usually don't delay anything, and you still have the name of being single on your head? ”

Li Xuan didn't understand what Li Li was laughing at, and said matter-of-factly: "Single? The lord's words are also appropriate, and his subordinates are indeed still single. As for the concubines in the house. She just added a house, occasionally slept in bed, and before her subordinates officially married a wife, she was not a wife and concubine, no different from an ordinary maidservant. ”

Li Li was speechless for a while.

There are indeed many ills in this era, and polygamy is just enough. The world is in turmoil, men are killed and injured enormously, there are many women and few men, and polygamy is not indispensable. However, many dignitaries did not treat maidservants and concubines as human beings, and regarded them as utensils. When they are interested, they can let the maidservants and concubines warm the bed at will, and occasionally there are distinguished guests at home, and they can also let them accompany the distinguished guests to sleep. There are countless messy and smoky things like this, and over time. On the contrary, this kind of thing has become a common practice, and it has become the consensus of the upper class. Everyone followed suit. It has been used to this day and is used to it.

Just as Li Xuan has obviously accepted a concubine, he still keeps saying that he is not married and is still "single".

On the other hand, this kind of family support for the beautiful artist is actually to provide a way for some helpless women to live. Although it is filthy. But it's better than the women of the Qinglou, at least they still have roots, and with the power of the master's family, they generally won't be humiliated.

Slightly stunned. Li Li no longer mentioned this topic, anyway, he couldn't accept this kind of thing, and it was impossible for the maid in his house to accompany others to sleep.

"Yuan Zhong, it's so late, what's the matter?" Li Li asked softly.

Li Xuan suddenly came back to his senses when he heard this, and said with a happy face: "Lord, my subordinates are here to report the gift to you. This time, the father-in-law's wedding received a very generous gift, which shocked his subordinates! ”

"Oh? Could it be that the congratulatory gift exceeded expectations, and the gift money received exceeded 10,000 taels of gold? Li Li asked in surprise.

"Hehehe!" Li Xuanwei smiled and said with a smile: "The lord said it." As of tonight, the actual amount of gold received by his subordinates has reached 38,000 taels, which does not include rare antiques, utensils, gold, silver, jade jewelry, and various silk and satin. Those gifts are simply piled up, and the warehouse in our house is too small to hold so many things, and our subordinates also specially ordered people to sort out five side rooms to store items. Today, four of the five temporary warehouses are full, and only half of the fifth wing room remains. The subordinates estimate that on the day of the wedding tomorrow, they will have to vacate a few side rooms to store gifts, and it is expected that it will not be a problem to fill ten side rooms. ”

"With so much gold and gifts, where did they get so many good things? What's the matter, they don't plan to live anymore, so they all give it to me? Li Li asked inexplicably in astonishment.

Li Xuan was stunned when he heard this, and explained: "The lord doesn't know anything. Now Chang'an City is where Gyeonggi is located, and one of the civil and military officials in the court is not well-off, with countless fertile fields under his name, and even many officials are still running shops in secret, and the caravans under their names are all over the states and counties, which ones are not full of money. Don't look at the chaos today, but the princes of all walks of life do not dare to touch the food of these officials of the DPRK and China, and every three months or half a year, the property of these food and yi will be sent to Chang'an one after another and enter the pockets of the officials of the DPRK and China. In addition, most of the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China are family members who have been inherited for hundreds of years, have accumulated over the years, have abundant financial resources, and have protégés and former officials all over the world, and in a year, they receive many valuable gifts.

Therefore, the congratulatory gift of the lord's wedding is a drop in the bucket for these people. ”

"I see. Before, I was still wondering, the people in the world are so poor, Yi Zi cannibalism, where did all the gold, silver and jewelry go? It turned out that it was all concentrated in the hands of these people, and the people were so poor that they fled everywhere for refuge, but they fed these famous families! Li Li suddenly said.

Before the words fell, Li Li then asked, "Yuan Zhong, what is the specific situation of the congratulatory gift received this time?" Let's get to the point, so I know what to do. ”

Li Xuangong reported: "My lord, the general situation of the congratulatory gifts received this time is: almost all the generals of the Xiliang Army have sent a congratulatory gift from the military marquis and above, and the value is more than one or two gold, and some people have even got rare treasures and sent them to our house. There are thousands of generals in the army, the military marquis is more than one tael of gold, the lieutenant is more than three taels of gold, the captain is five taels, and most of the battalion commanders and lieutenant generals are more than ten taels of gold??????"

"Wait!" Li Li interrupted Li Ru's words and asked in surprise: "Yuan Zhong, do you mean that the commanders of the battalions in our army also gave me gifts?" ”

"Uh, this?????? At that time, the commanders saw that everyone else had sent it, and they also sent a copy. However, the subordinates did not dare to accept congratulatory gifts from the generals below the deputy commander, and only accepted the congratulatory gifts from the commander and the deputy commander. Li Xuan hesitated and told the truth.

"Bang!" Li Li angrily slapped the case and said angrily: "How can this be reasonable! Ben is going to get married, who allowed them to send congratulatory gifts? What is this system? Ben will be their lord. Most of the generals of our army were from poor backgrounds, and they had few money and rewards, but now they wanted to give me gifts. So who will Ben become? As soon as this example is opened, the upward and downward effects will be effective, and our Wuwei army will completely collapse, and who will fight to the death in the future? Whirring ??????"

Li Xuan looked at Li Li and panted with anger, so frightened that he was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out. He could see that Li Li was really angry this time, and he was so angry that he was thunderous. I can't get out of my anger!

"The lord is angry, this matter is all the fault of his subordinates, please punish the lord!"

Li Li tried his best to calm his breath, and said in a deep voice with anger: "That's it, this matter was not considered by Ben Jiang in advance. I can't complain about you. Li Xuan, you remember, and then you brought me the list of congratulatory gifts sent by our generals. Then only 500 yuan per person was collected. Other gifts are converted into military salaries and distributed to all soldiers on a later date! In addition, all the generals of our army who gave me gifts were fined and confiscated for half a year, and the whole army was informed of this matter, and this wind cannot be long!

And also. After this was reported to the whole army, I converted their gift money and returned it to them in my own name. And he gave each of them a tael of gold, and ten horses of silk. Remember, I must personally warn them that I have received their intentions this time, but only this time, if there is a next time, I will definitely punish them severely! In the future, the civil and military affairs at all levels of our army will be simple for happy events or funerals, and the gift money shall not exceed 1,000 yuan. ”

"No, my subordinates have all remembered it." Li Xuan said in response.

Immediately, after seeing Li Li's expression softened slightly, he brushed his sleeves to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and paid attention to Li Li's expression with palpitations. In fact, he also felt that this matter was inappropriate before, but he felt that it was difficult to be gracious, so he accepted the congratulatory gift from the general. Unexpectedly, this matter actually aroused the monstrous anger of the lord, and the thunder was furious!

As soon as he thought of this, Li Xuan couldn't help but secretly complain to himself: being smart was mistaken by being smart, making his own decisions to attract evil consequences, and regretting not being at the beginning.

Later, Li Xuan continued to explain the gift money to Li Li one by one. Judging from the gift money he reported, there was almost no omission from the hundreds of officials in the court, and all of them sent congratulatory gifts, 30 taels of gold for each of the officials at the Jiuqing level, 50 taels for the third duke, and all the congratulatory gifts for the relatives of the Dong family were more than 10 gold.

They're all rich!

Thinking back then, Li Li defeated Zhu Jun's army in Zhongmu County and almost died, and Niu Fu only rewarded him with ten taels of gold, a Dawan horse and a few silk horses.

Compared with the past and the present, the gap is so big, it is simply a world of difference!

Zuihou, Li Xuanyu reported: "My lord, in the past two days, the shops and fine works placed in Chang'an by the princes of all walks of life in the world have also sent congratulatory gifts to the lord on behalf of their respective masters. Perhaps this was just a temporary decision on their own initiative by the leaders of the craft, but the names registered were their respective lords. Nanyang Yuan Shu sent a gift of 100 gold, Yanzhou Cao Cao 100 gold, Jizhou Yuan Shao 200 gold; Gongsun Zan of Beiping sent people to send 100 gold and 200 war horses, Gongsun Du of Liaodong sent 100 gold and 300 Liaodong war horses, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian sent 300 gold and 10,000 stones, Jingzhou Thorn Shi Liu Biao sent 300 gold and 200 silk horses, and Xichuan Liu Yan sent 300 gold and 200 Shu brocade??????。 These congratulatory gifts were all sent by officials of the DPRK and China.

In addition, Xiliang Ma Teng, Han Sui and the surrounding counties of Chang'an all sent congratulatory gifts, and the wealthy merchants in the city also donated generously, and many of them offered gifts that were not inferior to the three princes and nine kings.

It is worth mentioning that Wenhou Lu Bu also sent people to send 50 taels of gold and 100 war horses, Situ Wang Yun sent 100 gold and two carts of goods, and Li Ru, the middle attendant, sent gold armor and 100 gold gifts loaded with ten carriages. ”

After listening to Li Xuan's report, Li Li couldn't help but sigh: "The strong in troubled times are respected, but I didn't expect them to move so fast and shoot so generously!" If it weren't for a fierce battle between our army and Lu Bu's army, I am afraid that these princes would not take me Li Li in their eyes, let alone spend a hundred gold without being stingy. 30,000 gold is millions of copper coins, and the taxes of my Wuwei County for three years are not as good as the congratulatory gifts of this wedding!

Well, the more the merrier. If they want to send it, we will take it all. Yuan Zhong, sort out the valuables as soon as possible, let Xin'er and the others take a look first, leave what they like, and start disposing of what they don't like as soon as possible, and exchange all of them for food and ordnance, and temporarily store them in the Dongyang Valley camp. In addition, all the gold, silver, and money should also be transferred out as soon as possible, and these things should be done well within half a month, and the personnel in the army will be at your disposal. In short, within half a month, we are very likely to leave Chang'an, so this matter is sooner rather than later, the sooner the better! ”

"This ?????? No, the subordinates immediately started to handle this matter! Li Xuan replied in surprise. (To be continued)(To be continued......