Meng Changqing walked in front of him with the little girl, scanning all the way.
Chu Mufeng listened to her questions, asking how much the mule cost, and whether the mule cart was for sale.
"Mr. Meng, do you want to buy a mule?" Chu Mufeng asked.
"I won't buy it." Meng Changqing said, "You're here, let's take a look."
"I thought you were here to buy cattle."
"I came here to ask about the price of cattle, and I also wanted to see the livestock market in Liangzhou. It seems that you can't buy good cattle here. I'll go to the government office and ask." Meng Changqing planned to stop by the government office to ask about the funding.
When they arrived at the government office, Wei Fangyun was not there.
Li Ting heard the announcement and quickly greeted Meng Changqing, "Mr. Meng, Mr. Futai has gone to Weishan County and won't be back for a while. You can wait at the back office."
"What time do you want to come back?" Meng Changqing asked.
"I didn't say that, but I think you're going to visit the military camp. You won't be back early. If you have something urgent, I will send someone to find you."
"No, it's not an urgent matter." Meng Changqing helped the child down on the horse, "If the master in the government office is not here, who is in charge?"
"It depends on what you want to do." Li Ting said.
"I want to ask about the appropriation for building a government office."
"Master Futai has already told Sun Tongsuan about this, you can just go to him directly." Li Ting led Meng Changqing inside, "He is in the yamen, I will take you there."
The child quickly followed behind Meng Changqing, looking at everything around him in confusion.
"Tong San." Li Ting stood outside and knocked on the door before walking in. "Mr. Meng is here to ask about the government's appropriation."
"Master Meng is here!" Sun Xiang stood up from behind the desk, "Please come in quickly."
He came to the door and met Meng Changqing, "The funds needed to build the Yamen have been prepared. If Master Meng doesn't come, I will send someone to deliver it in two days."
"Then I'm lucky."
"Exactly." Sun Xiang looked up Wei Fangyun's instructions, "It's two hundred taels in total. Please understand, Mr. Meng, that everything in Liangzhou is not more expensive than in the capital. Labor and bricks are much cheaper here. Two hundred taels can completely After the county government office is built, if you think something needs to be added to the government office, you will have to spend your own money."
"I know this."
"There is one more thing." Sun Xiang said, "Although this line has been approved for 200 taels, the money for the government office's external branch has been set earlier, and it is really impossible to move out these taels for a while, so it is divided into two months, each month Give you some."
"Monthly payment?" I came to her to pay the monthly payment.
"Yes, I will give you fifty taels of silver today. You can take it back to buy bricks and pay part of the wages first. When someone comes to buy seeds for replacement in April, the yamen can collect part of the money, and then the remaining one One hundred and fifty taels for you."
This was the method of payment determined by the government. She was not discussing it with Meng Changqing, so she had no choice but to agree.
"Then I will go get the silver for you now. You guys wait here for a moment."
After Sun Xiang left, Li Ting came in with tea. Seeing that there were not enough chairs inside, he moved a few chairs from other rooms, "Everyone, please sit and wait. The procedures for entering the bank are complicated, and Sun Tongpan won't be able to get out for a while." .”
"Thanks for the reminder." Meng Changqing waited for more than half an hour before Sun Xiang came out with the money under the escort of the Yamen servants.
"This is fifty taels." Sun Xiang opened the red cloth covering it, revealing five large silver cakes inside, "Please let Master Meng check it out."
The yamen servant held a small scale in his hand and asked Meng Changqing to weigh himself on the spot.
"There will be a lot of official silver from the government." Meng Changqing said this, but the weighing action on his hand was very smooth. After confirming the weight, he said: "There is no mistake."
Meng Changqing gave the money to Bafang, said a few polite words to Sun Xiang, and then got back to the topic, "Sun Tongpan, I want to ask you something. I want to buy a few cows in my county. Where can I buy them?"
"Cow." Sun Xiang thought for a while, "You might be able to buy good cattle in Shangluojiang County, but now that spring planting is around the corner, there won't be many people selling cattle. I'll ask someone to help you find out."
"Thank you Sun Tongpan. After all, you know more people in Liangzhou City than I do. Please take your time." Meng Changqing emphasized, "I also buy cattle for spring breeding."
"Then I'll send someone over to ask." Sun Tongpan went to the door to find the yamen and asked them to go to Luojiang County immediately to find out who had cattle for sale.
This kind of inquiry would not yield results for a while, so Meng Changqing returned to Beishan County on the pretext that it was dark.
After arriving at the place, Bafang went to put some silver coins, while Meng Changqing handed the child to Wenshi.
Wen reached out and touched the child's hair, "I have long heard that this child cannot speak. He is really a pitiful person. Since we are going to live in Beishan County for a while, we must hire people, so we will keep this child by our side. I will help you when I grow up."
"That's fine." Meng Changqing left her to Wenshi and was about to leave, but Wenshi stopped her, "I don't know what her name is yet."
"Doctor Hu called her mute."
"This is not a serious name." Wen squatted down and asked the child, "What is your name?"
The child didn't respond and just looked at Wenshi blankly.
"How about giving her a name." Liang Jiujiu suggested, "Looking at her like this, even if she had a name before, I'm afraid she has forgotten it now."
"Okay, mother, take one."
Wenshi said, "Since this is the child you brought back, you should naturally name it. The name Bafang Laicai was given by your father."
"Is it your father?" Meng Changqing was surprised. She could only learn about Meng Sixing from other people's mouths.
Hearing others say that he was powerful and brave, and his tactics were changeable, I thought that this person must be a well-connected person. Such a person would actually be named after money coming from all directions.
"You can also give this child one."
Meng Changqing thought for a while, "Now that the wasteland has been cleared, spring planting will begin, so let's take it as a good sign."
"what is it call?"
"How about a full warehouse?" Meng Changqing said, "I hope the warehouse will be full of grain during the autumn harvest."
"Okay." Wen said, "You are much better than your father."
"Father either did it on a whim, or he said it casually."
"You don't know him." Wen said about Meng Sixing, looking into the distance, as if she could still reappear that person's appearance. "He just likes money. He fought tooth and nail to kill the enemy on the battlefield because he could exchange a Yanjun head for one tael of silver."
"One Yanjun for one tael of silver?"
"There is no such rule now. Your father killed too many enemies and the court couldn't afford it, so they simply promoted him and canceled this rule." Wen said, "He loves money very much. No matter how much money goes into his pocket, he can't even think about taking it out. Even if he spends a penny to buy a meat bun on the street, he has to think about it for a long time.
The most expensive thing in his life was to make five swords.
If you follow someone like him, you're just going to get hurt. Fortunately, when Jiujiu came into the house, he didn't care much about the family's affairs. "
