The so-called annual money is the original form of red envelopes. In the era when there were no banknotes, they were often replaced by handkerchiefs or sachets.
Ordinary people choose a veil, such as Zhang Xianglian and Zhang Qiu'an, and it is a big deal to wrap it with some copper coins.
Those with some status, such as Shopkeeper Hao, choose sachets, but these are just ordinary sachets worth two cents each, and they only contain some broken silver, less than half a tael.
Looking at the sachet in Bian Wenxuan's hand, it is astonishingly exquisite. Not only is every stitch and thread on it embroidered extremely beautifully, the bulging wallet proves that the amount is not small.
Zheng Ruqian's eyes were bright, and he raised his right hand uncontrollably several times and pressed it down several times, leaving only transparent saliva snaking at the corner of his mouth.
Xu Mo was calm, but looked at Bian Wenxuan a little more carefully.
"If it's silver, there are fifty taels." Chang Yan observed and whispered in the ears of Wen Zhiyun and Jiang Sheng.
Both of them gasped and looked at Bian Wenxuan with strange eyes.
Xu Mo worked hard for a year and only got a hundred taels of commission. His move was only fifty taels of silver, which was really an exaggeration.
This is equivalent to your annual salary of 80,000 yuan, and your boss gives you 40,000 yuan as a new year's gift. Do you dare to accept it?
Fang Heng didn't dare.
He frowned at Bian Wenxuan and declined softly, "Your Excellency, the county magistrate is too polite. We are almost the same age. I cannot accept your annual payment."
Bian Wenxuan looked at himself, then at Fang Heng, and rolled his eyes.
He is the magistrate of Bian County, twenty-five years old.
He, Fang Xiaoheng, is twelve years old.
How come they are of the same age? How come they are so similar? Bian Wenxuan felt that he could give birth to Fang Heng if he worked hard.
"I didn't give it to you." The magistrate lost his patience and pushed it over rudely, "She gave it to you."
Fang Heng declined, and the heavy sachet fell into his arms.
This she must be the aunt.
I just don’t know why she didn’t give it to him in person or come to him in person?
Bian Wenxuan didn't stop for much, and got on the carriage after giving him the annual money.
Fang Heng still didn't ask what was on his mind.
When Bian Wenxuan left, Zheng Ruqian was the first to pounce, smelling the fragrance of Sichuan Brocade, his mouth watered, "Lao San Lao San, look at how much money is in it. I heard Xiao Wu said it was fifty taels."
The five hundred kilograms of dried beans in the two carriages only amounted to twenty-five taels, and this one purse contained a full fifty taels of silver.
Sure enough, this is a wealthy family?
For the first time, Zheng Ruqian hated himself for being of ordinary origin and for not having any wealth or destiny.
Fang Heng couldn't help but stretched out his hand to open it, and was blinded by the golden color inside.
Chang Yan frowned and realized that he had guessed wrong.
It’s not that the number was wrong, but the category was wrong.
This is not fifty taels of silver, but fifty taels of gold. According to the exchange rate, it is a full five hundred taels of silver.
It's worth Xu Mo's five years as a master, ten years of Wen Zhiyun's medicine, eight years of Zheng Ruqian's food, and ten years of food for Jiang Sheng.
This was also the first time the six brothers and sisters had seen such a large amount of gold.
Not to mention Zheng Ruqian, even Zhang Yan was shocked for a moment.
Fang Heng held it in his hand as if it were a hot potato. He hurried forward and wanted to return it to Bian Wenxuan, but found that there was not even a shadow of a carriage visible anywhere in his sight.
"The Bian County Magistrate seems to be afraid that you will come back, so he ran away." Xu Mo said softly.
Fang Heng put the gold back into the sachet, becoming more and more confused.
"Don't think too much, maybe it's your aunt who wants to support you." Zheng Ruqian patted him on the shoulder, regretting that he didn't have such an aunt.
"It's Third Brother. If you really have any questions, ask your aunt later when you meet her." Chang Yan also said.
That's all.
Fang Heng pursed his lips, and his desire to destroy the Sun family's position as the county governor became stronger.
They discussed it carefully and decided to stay in Fucheng for the time being and not return to Xieyang County.
Zheng Ruqian asked Pang Pangshan to deliver two pieces of new year's goods, one to Shopkeeper Bai from Youranju in Xieyang County, and one to Magistrate Pang of Yunshui County.
After observing for half a month, they figured out the situation of the Wang family.
There are two legitimate sons and daughters in the Wang family. The legitimate son is Fang Heng's deceased uncle, and the legitimate daughter is Fang Heng's biological mother.
It doesn't matter that all the concubines are married. What is worth mentioning is that the Wang family has three concubines.
At first, the legitimate sons and daughters were suppressing him, and the concubines did not dare to make any mistakes. They were obedient and obedient, and the whole Wang family was in harmony.
Later, their legitimate sons and daughters died one after another, and their hearts began to move. They believed that the Wang family must have men to support it. The Sun family (Mrs. Wang) and Miss Wang were both women's families and were not qualified to run the Wang family.
This is the contradiction of the Wang family.
In order to maintain the glory of the Wang family and suppress the concubines who were ready to take action, the Sun family would rather sacrifice Fang Heng's life to continue to receive the support of the Fang family.
But the concubines of the Wang family were not happy. They wanted the rights of the Wang family, so they couldn't watch the Sun family join forces with the Fang family, let alone watch the power of the Sun family's natal family grow stronger step by step.
In fact, the Wang family's concubine and the Sun family had been at war with each other for a long time. They just lacked an opportunity to ignite the gunpowder fuse.
After much consideration, this great and key candidate fell on Wang Mingyu, the eldest son of the Wang family who drove a carriage in front of Youranju last time.
He is the precious legitimate son of the second brother-in-law of the Wang family, and the hope of the second brother-in-law of the Wang family to "seize the legitimate son."
Most importantly, he is stupid.
Zheng Ruqian just pretended to be a small businessman who spent money like water. Because he accidentally met Wang Mingyu and accidentally revealed his "close relationship" with Youranju, Wang Mingyu regarded him as a good brother.
The two had a drink at Youranju and "accidentally met" Miss Wang. Zheng Ruqian encouraged Wang Mingyu to say hello to his cousin, and Wang Mingyu went.
Of course, I didn't get a good look, and I even got ridiculed.
Wang Mingyu was unhappy, and it was inconvenient to take action against his direct relatives, so he could only vent his anger elsewhere.
As luck would have it, there was a young cousin from the Sun family standing next to Miss Wang, and the nurse nurse was eager to say a few words.
As a result, a war started in Youranju.
When Wang Mingyu and the young master of the Sun family were pulled apart, both sides were bruised and swollen, and no one would let the other go.
"He was the one who bullied people first, but he is just a family that relies on women to suck blood. Who is afraid of whom?" Wang Mingyu shouted at the top of his lungs.
The concubine of the Wang family already despised the Sun family. Zheng Ruqian teased him a few words. It was not surprising that he had such thoughts.
Miss Wang and Young Master Sun looked livid and said loudly, "You were obviously the one who went crazy first, so we can't let this matter go!"
He hurried back to Wang's house to complain.
Among the crowd, Zheng Ruqian quietly slipped back to the private room, poured out the tea that could affect his anger, and retired with success, a perfect ending.
