Niu Chengzhong did not let his mind wander too obviously. He quickly broke away from missing his mother. Shi Shiran inserted the riding crop into his belt and raised his hand to Qiu Wanliang: "Thank you, brother."
Qiu Wanliang pursed his lips, with a look of amusement on his face: "Brothers came to call me just now, saying that you were looking for bad luck with Ah Liu. My eldest brother knew that you must have fallen in love with this little girl, so don't let anyone else do it, haha. "
Niu Chengzhong smiled and his tone became warmer: "Brother, I really used the stove cover as a mirror - I can see through it at a glance. Little brother, I really think that little girl looks special. She should be married to a man, but she still acts like a girl. Very lovable."
The two of them didn't say a few naughty words before the mother-in-law pushed Miss Han out of the stable.
Han Ximeng bit his lips tightly and frowned together.
She didn't make any sound in the stable, but it was really humiliating for a lady from an aristocratic family to have her private parts inspected by a woman who worked in a gangster's den.
The mother-in-law reported to Qiu Wanliang stammeringly: "Master, she is indeed here for trouble and is dirty."
Qiu Wanliang didn't have any regrets about spoiling the fun. He just said "Huh" and said: "In that case, I will send them to the second lady's courtyard and let the second lady take care of them first."
However, Niu Chengzhong came closer and suggested softly: "Brother, I can't be the groom's husband these days. How about locking them in the back of the kitchen for two days, so that they don't have to be worshiped like queens, so as to wipe out the whole family." The nobility and arrogance of the eldest lady of the aristocratic family?"
Qiu Wanliang took another long puff of hookah, nodded and said, "That's right. Tie him to an animal, work hard for a few days, and give him a comfortable bed. I'll definitely be more honest."
Suddenly remembering something, he frowned and said, "Hey, isn't there a Jinshi locked up there?"
Niu Chengzhong didn't take it seriously: "I'll hand it over tomorrow for money. A nerd wearing iron shackles is not as capable as those pigs."
Qiu Wanliang laughed out loud at what he said, and said narrowly: "That's right, I dislike these bullshit scholars and ladies the most. They talk about benevolence, righteousness, morality, and the differences between men and women. What dirty things have you never thought about behind your back? Okay, Just as you said, let's spend the night together in a pen. I'm no different from a pig or a dog, so how can I be so decent!"
When Niu Chengzhong heard this, the strange color in his eyes disappeared fleetingly.
He walked up to the mother-in-law and ordered: "Take them to the animal shed and lock them up. You can tell the brother who is guarding them clearly that these two little ladies are the ones that my eldest brother and I want to keep in the house. They are not allowed to touch or act in any manner." .Be diligent in giving food and emptying toilets, and don’t mess around with people."
"Chui Huayemi" is a dialect in Suzhou Prefecture, which means doing things to fool people. Zheng Haizhu's previous life in modern times lived in a Wu-speaking area, so her soul traveled to the late Ming Dynasty. Even though her original identity as a girl from the Zheng family in Zhangzhou allowed her to speak Hokkien, the memory of Wu dialect in her previous life still remained. She came to stay at the Han family in Songjiang Prefecture for half a year, and she quickly picked up the dialect in Susong.
At this moment, Zheng Haizhu was already certain that the first and second bosses in this bandit den, including the leader Xu Aliu, all spoke a mixed version of Wu dialect. No matter how similar their vocabulary was, their accents were still wrong.
This is quite strange. The leaders of such a large bandit camp are not local aborigines?
"Miss, and this girl, please come with me."
The mother-in-law picked up the luggage on the ground and said to Han and Zheng, her tone much softer. She knew in her heart that as long as the two little ladies didn't seek death, they would be considered half-ladies of the village in a few days, and she couldn't afford to offend them so cruelly.
After the figures of the three women disappeared behind the gate of the front yard, Niu Chengzhong withdrew his entourage, approached Qiu Wanliang again, and whispered: "Brother, I just returned to the village and was about to report to him. Today, brother I met Mr. Cui's people at Zhenhaiwei. He said that the newly appointed military officer will be assigned to Wang Xuan's supervisor, and the emperor has approved it. The 30,000 taels of silver will definitely be sent to South Zhili before the Double Ninth Festival."
The flesh under the bags under Qiu Wanliang's eyes trembled slightly, and he seemed a little disappointed: "Only thirty thousand taels? I don't want to be a good official in the capital. I just want to let the capital spend its days of debauchery and be a bandit by this smelly pond, next to a noble concubine. Everyone is coaxing you, and you only got 30,000 taels for me this year?"
Niu Chengzhong continued to remind: "Brother, 20% of the 30,000 taels will be collected from the Ministry of War. Another 20% will be collected when we go to Nanzhili. Some more will be collected from the Suzhou Prefecture and the Guards Station. In the end, it will be in our hands, about 10,000 taels." Get ahead.”
Qiu Wanliang was stunned for a moment, and then became even more angry: "Damn it, how are you going to raise people with this little money? How are you going to raise horses? How are you going to recruit more young men? The noble concubine and the prince can't have horses running at the same time. I want the horses not to eat grass!”
Niu Chengzhong said quietly: "Brother, listen to what they are saying. In order to force the court to allocate money to Nanzhili for the bandit suppression, we must have hid some of the Hangzhou brocade and Huzhou silk and satin robbed in the past few years before sending it to the prince." It belongs to the vassal territory, so the imperial concubine probably feels that we have some leeway..."
"Please give me some mercy!" Qiu Wanliang cursed.
But no matter how angry he was, he did not lose his head and remained vigilant towards Niu Chengzhong.
He stared at Niu Chengzhong and smiled sinisterly: "It's been almost a year since the second brother came to my village, right? We did several big business, and the second brother also went together. Brother, do I have these claws? Stretching into the prince's bowl, can't my second brother see it?"
Niu Chengzhong met Qiu Wanliang's gaze, sighed, and said helplessly: "I told Husband Cui's people, brother, how could you be like those bastards in the Ministry of War, plucking the hair of geese? How much robbery was done in each business trip, Nanzhi I also reported to the capital. How could Mr. Cui fail to find out the amount? Just check it with the goods received from the prince, and you will know that we have no secret. I also complained that there are more and more people in our village and there is not enough food and grass. , forcing us to take up the business of seeking revenge for others."
Qiu Wanliang's expression softened when he saw that Niu Chengzhong had no intention of lying to him.
He greedily took two more puffs of water pipe and patted Niu Chengzhong on the shoulder: "By the way, when the Shen family's servants come to pick up the unlucky Jinshi tomorrow, you can personally contact Master Shen and ask for an extra thousand taels of silver."
"Temporarily doubled? Brother, is it too much?"
"What a fart!" Qiu Wanliang spat on the ground, "That Yangzi is a new scholar and has just been awarded an official position. Can the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty be touched casually? Besides, this is not a job assigned by the palace. , if it is really shaken out, will the imperial concubine and the prince carry it for me? Add one thousand taels more, not a penny less, otherwise I will stab Mr. Shen out. That female rice plant of the Han family in Songjiang Prefecture is worth one thousand five hundred taels, I You don’t have to pay anyone, you can just sleep with that little girl.”
Niu Chengzhong held up his hands and said in a low voice, "I understand, little brother."
Qiu Wanliang glanced at him and snorted secretly in his heart.
Maybe I think too highly of this person named Niu.
Mr. Cui "sent" this man to Suzhou to work with him, maybe just because this man is handsome but has a straight heart. In a place like the capital where undercurrents are surging, this boy named Niu is not worthy of being treated. .
