Chapter 138

Weiyuan Marquis mansion in Beijing.

"Six masters, letter from Cangzhou!"

Zeng Shaoqing, who rushed back to the capital from Cangzhou with a large number of goods, finally caught up with his old father and elder brother's second brother's expedition. Before they left, they repeatedly told him to find Yan Shengrui as soon as possible, otherwise the court and the border would inevitably have changes. Some things were not obvious when Yan Shengrui was there, but once he disappeared, the ugliness hidden under the surface would be The reason is that the Emperor himself has ordered to block the news of Yan Shengrui's disappearance. Only his bodyguards and Zeng Houfu's house, as well as the emperor's people, know that he is missing. If one day it is exposed, not only the enemy country will take advantage of the opportunity to enter, but also those uneasy princes will cause civil strife.

Therefore, Zeng Shaoqing ordered his subordinates to find Yan Shengrui even if he turned Cangzhou over. However, the reality is not optimistic. So far, he has not received any good news.

Hearing the letter from Cangzhou, Zeng Shaoqing, reclining on the reclining chair, held out her hand. The woman in green, who was waiting on the side, took the letter and handed it to him respectfully. She opened her eyes and looked at Xinyuan's special-purpose lacquer. Her eyes quickly slipped through her disappointment. If it was Yan Shengrui's news, the lacquer on the envelope must be the special seal of the royal palace or his personal guard.

"Ha ha This Ling Jingxuan is interesting. "

After reading the contents of the letter, Zeng Shaoqing turned over and sat up. The letter was sent by Cangzhou general manager, but the content was written by manager Zhang of Datong town. The general meaning of the letter is that Ling Jingxuan provided them with some novel menus, and they were highly praised after trying to sell them for several days. Manager Zhang originally wanted to buy out the prescription for Yinzi, but he didn't want any silver. However, the lion opened his mouth and proposed to him He would take 20% of the profits from the menus and dishes he sold, and he also promised to give them one or two new menus every month in the future. This is too big, not to mention that shopkeeper Zhang can't make decisions, even the general manager of Cangzhou can't make decisions. The profit of 20% doesn't sound like much, but Xinyuan restaurants are all over the country, with scattered branches added up There are hundreds of stores, and the net profit of each month is calculated on the basis of ten thousand gold. If his dishes are really good, he must distribute more than one million silver a year. When there is no way out, the general manager of Cangzhou sent the letter of manager Zhang to Zeng Shaoqing, asking him to make a ruling in person.

"Kuiying, let people check his details. The more detailed, the better."

This time, he kept a quarter of the jam and wine he had brought back from Datong town. All the rest were sent to the palace and earned more than 100 times. The emperor also rewarded him with a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. It turns out that Ling Jingxuan is indeed a talented man. He really wants to cooperate with him.

The man named Kui Ying bowed down. Zeng Shaoqing took the writing paper and lay back again. The more he looked at the contents, the more interested the fox was. Ling Jingxuan's name was undoubtedly gradually imprinted in his mind.

At this time, he is really at ease. I wonder if he can be so calm when he finds out the background of Ling Jingxuan and thus finds out the whereabouts of Yan Shengrui?

Lingjia village, Datong town.

After handing in the jam, the family had a good rest for a day. The next day, they were busy again and again. Because they didn't have to rush the goods, Ling Jingxuan was lazy and gave Ling Jingpeng the job of making jam. On the contrary, Yan Shengrui didn't go to the mountain either. The two of them stayed together when they were free all day long, or simply went to the house of songs of Chu to accompany the children to read books And loose.

"Dad, are we going to the county tomorrow? I haven't been to the county yet. What's there? Is it the same as the town? "

After class in the afternoon, Xiao baozi was lying on Ling Jingxuan's legs and asked curiously. Two days before the fight, Ling Jingxuan told them that he would take them to the county town, and their emotions had been kept in a high pitched state. In particular, xiaobaozi kept asking whenever he got the chance, as if the people in the county were all three headed and six armed.

"Ha ha Why do you ask so many questions? Don't you know then? "

He asked so many questions over and over, and he didn't know how to answer them.

"But I just want to know earlier."

With his mouth pouting, the little bun held his arm and shook it with coquetry. Ling Jingxuan shook his head helplessly, reached out to pat his little buttocks, and nuogled to Yan Shengrui on the other side: "go, ask your father. My father went to the county when he was taking the children's entrance examination. How can you remember so much?"

At the end of each year, students from almost every town gather in the county and open the annual children's examination under the leadership of the county master. Those who have passed the examination are eligible to take part in the county examination at the beginning of the next spring, that is to say, only those who have passed the examination can be regarded as scholars with real fame. According to Ling Jingxuan's own understanding, the scholar is equal to the imperial court's sending to the world learning A student's card, with it, the students who study hard in the cold window can participate in the once-in-a-three-year autumn Wei. If you are successful, you will enter the officialdom with half a foot, and then you will be the Enke of Chunwei. Only those who have won the Jinshi can be regarded as the real national civil servants, which means that they have graduated from university. In a simple summary, children are equal to modern primary school graduates, and scholars are middle school graduates At that time, lingjiacun did not say that he was a Wenqu star? But now Ling Jingxuan is sneering at him. When he graduated from primary school at the age of 13, he is the star of Wenqu? What about the 12-year-old college student? If we put aside the modern age, let alone a little boy, even an old scholar is not a fart.Xiao baozi turns to Yan Shengrui in a sullen mood, and his ears are finally quiet. Ling Jingxuan just wants to talk about going out and walking around. The corner of his eye accidentally sweeps into the closet and shows only a big bun with a small buttock shaking outside. He can't help climbing up a little curiosity and walks unconscious.

"What are you doing? In the daytime, I'm going to rummage

"Ah? Dad, I'm looking for the piggy bank you asked Uncle Wang to make for us

With that, Ling Wen took out a pot about the size of a pot from the closet. It was specially made by Ling Jingxuan to burn it for them. Each of the three children was a cute little pig. His big belly could hold at least thousands of copper plates. It must have saved a lot of money?

Out of curiosity, Ling Jingxuan follows him all the way to the small tea table in the room. Ling Wen carefully puts down the money jar, buckles the wooden plug under it, and shakes the piggy bank.

"Hula --"

countless copper coins mixed with silver ingots clattered on the tea table, and soon formed a hill. Among them, there were some silver notes. Ling Jingxuan took a look at it. In addition to the one thousand taels of silver notes left after the first land purchase, there were also two hundred taels and several tens Liang coins. With those silver spindles and copper coins, there were at least some on the tea table About 1500 taels. For this reason, Ling Jingxuan didn't feel ashamed. When did his steamed buns save so much money?

"Ten liang? No, it's better to take a few silver spindles. No, no, No. what if it's not enough? Is it always good to bring more money? But "

he didn't notice his father's abnormality at all. Ling Wen put the huge piggy bank on the chair next to him. His hands kept searching through the piles of copper coins. For a moment, he picked up the ten Liang silver note and put it back with pain. Several times, he seemed to whisper something in his mouth. Ling Jingxuan crouched down strangely:" you have nothing to turn over so much money What are you doing? Don't you say you want to deposit them full? "

I remember when he brought the piggy bank back, the three steamed stuffed buns were excited to say that they wanted to save it full. How long did it take for him to make a mess of it? It's not like the stingy style of his steamed buns, isn't it?

"I want to buy something when I go to the county tomorrow, but I put all my money in it. If I don't take it from here, I will have no money."

Speaking of this, Ling Wen is also all kinds of depression. Usually, he is full of money and can't bear to spend any money. As a result, he only has three emergency copper coins in his purse. This is not true. His father said that he would take them to the county, so he was anxious to turn out the bank.

"Ha ha It's rare that you have something you want to buy. What do you want to buy? Tell Dad, I'll buy it for you

The first time I heard that he would take the initiative to buy things, Ling Jingxuan sat down on the chair next to him with interest, and sat down with his legs on the chair next to him. Did he finally want to learn to spend money? Is his plan to cultivate them into the second generation of dandies a successful first step?

"Well, I have to buy it with my own money."

He looked at the pile of copper money and silver ingots and silver bills in agony: "Dad, do you think I'll take ten Liang silver notes or a few silver spindles?"

The round big eyes are playing up the tangle of naked. He would have inquired about the price of those things.

"It depends on what you want to buy."

It's not his style to use silver spindles. Ling Jingxuan can't help being more excited. Who else's parents don't want their children to develop a good habit of saving money? Even if it is a rich aristocrat, even if it is few people hope that the offspring of luxury into sex? However, Ling Jingxuan is different. He wishes his little bunny can spend his money. Even if he spends all his money, there is no one in the world.

"Me?? I tell you you promise not to tell anyone else. "

Ling Wen's face turned red. Ling Jingxuan picked his eyebrows and made a gesture that you could say. Just as he was about to say what he was going to buy, Yan Shengrui came over with a bun in his arms: "what can't you tell others? Can we know? "

Sitting down next to Ling Jingxuan, Yan Shengrui put down the bun and glanced curiously at the copper plates on the coffee table. He came here after hearing their conversation. To be honest, he was also very curious about what he wanted to buy.

"Brother, why did you take out the money? Didn't we say we'd like to save together and see who will deposit first? "

Ling Wu is full of doubts. However, compared with Ling Wen, he doesn't care much about money. As for how much money he has saved, it is estimated that he is similar to Ling Wen. When Ling Wen handed over the financial power, Ling Jingxuan did not take back the silver note in his hand. Later, he gave Lingwu the same amount of silver in front of him to show that he did not have any bias towards their brothers Ren, no matter which time he gave them money, the brothers and iron wagons were the same. Besides, Ling Wu was not a child who would spend money recklessly, so his money would never be less than that of Ling Wen.