Stargazing downstairs, the song ends and everyone disperses.
The Zhou brothers had long since escaped from the crowd's sight, but with the prince as a guarantee, Jia Lian was not worried at all that he would not receive the 10,000 taels of gambling money.
In this world, except for a few in the palace, no one dares to disgrace the prince!
He brought his white horse back to the camp. The people from the Prince's Mansion had already sent him the reward from the Prince.
As the crown prince, the prince is celebrating the imperial sister again today, so he is quite generous with his actions.
Five hundred taels of silver, a jade pendant, and a war horse.
The prince originally intended to give all the rewards to him alone, but Jia Lian thought that such monopolization of the limelight would inevitably make the villain jealous.
For one thing, today's limelight has been exhausted, and secondly, compared with the 16,000 taels of silver that is about to arrive, the prince's reward seems insignificant, so he politely declined and only received the share of the first name.
"Congratulations, sir. Congratulations, sir. The young ones have all heard about the great display of power and dominance in the cultural gathering today.
Hehe, I originally thought that the adults are just good at riding and shooting, but I didn’t expect that even the literary talents are rare in the world. The admiration of the young people for the adults is like the water of the Yellow River, which flows endlessly. The adults are like that..."
When the commander Xie Jun saw Jia Lian coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward and started to flatter him.
Jia Lian did not let him finish his work. He first asked about the cooking situation of the horse at the foot of the mountain, and then ordered: "You can take these five hundred taels of silver and divide them among the brothers who are on the mission this trip. Everyone has a share." ."
"This, it's not good, this is a special reward from the prince..."
Xie Jun pretended to decline, but seeing that Jia Lian really wanted to reward him, he immediately took the lead and thanked him.
The surrounding soldiers all showed joy, and followed Xie Jun in kneeling down to show their loyalty.
With a capable and generous boss, the future is bright!
…
Because we have to rush back to the city before dark, the cultural gathering is the last program of the day.
When all the nobles set out to return to the capital, what happened in the Royal Horse Garden today is destined to spread throughout the capital at the speed of the wind.
Zhou family.
"You traitor!!"
When Zhou Hongchang heard that his eldest son, Zhou Xing, had lost a total of ten thousand taels of silver in a bet outside, no matter how well-educated he was, he couldn't hold back any longer. He went into a rage and found the Zhou brothers who were hiding in the old lady's house. Let out a mountain-shaking roar.
Zhou Xing knelt on the ground obediently, with tears streaming down his face. When he saw his father coming over, he quickly went up and grabbed his grandmother's trouser legs, with a look of horror on his face.
Fortunately, the old lady of the Zhou family had already accepted her grandson's words and hurriedly defended her: "Xing'er told me what you are yelling about. Today, he originally wanted to help his younger brother stand up and vent the bad anger in the family.
Who knew that Jia Lian was so cunning and deliberately designed to trap him.
You, me, saw that they were being bullied and you didn't help them, why did you scare them like this? "
Zhou Hongchang was really angry and said bitterly: "It's their own stupidity, can they blame others?
They didn't even think about it. If they weren't completely sure, would they agree to make such a huge bet with him?
Ten thousand taels! Huh, how much is my annual salary? If this continues, the family won't need much, and it will be completely ruined by these two beasts! "
The old lady of the Zhou family snorted, if it were for your official salary, the family would have starved to death.
But when she thought that someone had harmed her precious grandson like this, and that it was the same person who harmed her two grandsons, the old lady of the Zhou family felt itchy with hatred.
"Humph, ten thousand taels? Why should I give it to him? Xing'er is just young and ignorant, so he was deceived. Isn't there no royal law in this world? I won't give it to him despite his noble family status. He, what can he do to me?!"
It doesn't matter the level of character, anyone who puts ten thousand taels of silver in it will want to cheat.
After all, Zhou Hongchang was right when he said that the annual salary of a fourth-grade official is only more than 150 taels. If you put it this way, 10,000 taels would take you six to seventy years of being an official to earn it!
Zhou Hongchang sighed helplessly: "I'm afraid it's not a matter of family status.
Before these two unsatisfactory beasts made a bet with others, they went to ask the prince to be a guarantee.
Old lady, think about it, although our family has the support of the empress in the palace, how can we dare to offend the prince? What's more, the Jia Mansion is now different from what it used to be. Concubine Jia in the palace is one of the four concubines, and her rank is higher than ours.
I'm afraid there's no way to fix this matter. "
"this……"
The old lady glanced at her grandson, knowing that her son was not lying, and she looked a little panicked.
Suddenly a thought came to him: "If so, let's use our connections to clear up the relationship and make the prince turn a blind eye, and this matter will be over. Otherwise, we can directly send the prince a thousand taels of silver?"
The old lady of the Zhou family was obviously reluctant to spend ten thousand taels of silver, so she wanted to calm the storm with minimal loss.
"I have no choice but to try this."
Zhou Hongchang sighed, but knew in his heart that the matter could not be solved so easily.
Since they even invited the prince, it was premeditated!
It's just that it's hard to argue with my mother about some things. After all, she is a woman, and some things don't make sense.
"You two, come out with me!"
Waiting for the two bastards to glare at each other, seeing that the old lady was anxious, she sighed: "My son asked them to go out, just to ask for details..."
Only then did the old lady of the Zhou family calm down and warned: "You have to ask for words, you are not allowed to hit them, and you are not allowed to threaten them!"
Zhou Hongchang: "..."
…
When Jia Lian handed over all the errands and returned to Rongguo Mansion, it was already time for the watch.
He rode straight into the East Crossing Courtyard and dismounted outside the stable. A young boy and others led the horses over.
Seeing Butler Liu coming out, Jia Lian casually asked him about the groundbreaking.
Not talking about the garden at the back, but the place he wants to build for his own martial arts practice.
There is one in the front yard and one in the backyard, respectively for the soldiers and for my own use.
In the middle, along the easternmost wall, a horse riding path about two miles long was built.
Due to the limited conditions of the East Crossing Hospital, we can only build it so long and it is barely used.
When he has free time in the future, Jia Lian will naturally build a village outside the city and build a spacious and complete horse racing farm.
After a year of fighting against the Tatars, Jia Lian naturally knew that riding and shooting on the battlefield was the sharpest way to kill the enemy.
After all, given his status, he actually had to fight the enemy head-on, which meant that the situation had reached a very unfavorable situation. At that time, no matter how well he practiced martial arts, he would always be unable to defeat the enemy with two fists.
"Second Master, you are back. Have you had dinner?"
Back at Sister Feng's Children's Hospital, Qingwen came over with her hands folded as soon as she entered the courtyard.
"I just had some food outside the city. Go to the kitchen and show me. If there's anything delicious, bring me some."
"Okay, Second Master, please go inside and wait."
Qingwen is still very sensible sometimes. For example, when she received the order, she immediately ran towards the big kitchen.
When I ran to the general house, I remembered that Jia Lian had come back from a busy day and needed to change clothes.
She didn't want Xiaohong waiting for other maids to get close to Jia Lian, so she circled back, ran to the west wing, banged the door a few times, and made sure to startle Xiang Ling before shouting: "Second Master is back, go quickly Wait in the main room for the second master to change!"
"knew."
The house girl Xiang Ling immediately put down the complete works of Wang Mojie in her hand and went out of the house to the main room.
