Chapter 201 Tonight, I will make your box of silver disappear
Jizhou government office.
When Fan Qijun learned that Jiang Ruo and the other two had arrived, he quickly put down the documents in his hands and went out to greet them.
The moment he saw Jiang Ruo, he said in a fawning manner, "Mrs. Xiao is here, please take a seat."
Xiao Chengjin: "......"
Am I being ignored?
Lord Fan is a dog!
Accustomed to flattery.
Fan Qijun glanced at Xiao Chengjin secretly, and pretended to raise his hand and pat his head.
"Oh, look at the look in your eyes. Master Xiao is such a grown man standing here, but you didn't even notice him."
"Come, Master Xiao, please take a seat."
Xiao Chengjin turned his head and glared at Fan Qijun, then raised his feet and sat down next to Jiang Ruo.
Fan Qijun laughed and said, "Master Guo, the tea is excellent."
Seeing Mr. Xiao's fierce look, it seems like he has something against me?
"Yes, sir."
After Master Guo responded, he bowed to Jiang Ruo and the other two and said, "I'll take my leave!"
Jiang Ruo thought about the purpose of coming here and said with a smile: "Master Fan, we are here today to handle the land deeds and house deeds."
"Tell you something in secret, we got a great bargain today."
Upon hearing this, Fan Qijun twitched his lips.
It seems that something big has happened again that he doesn't know about.
"Mrs. Xiao, I wonder whose family wants to sell off their land and property?"
Jiang Ruo smiled proudly, "It's the Zhou family."
"This morning, news suddenly spread that Mr. Zhou was going to 'move his family to Beijing.'"
"Then, we bought his family's thousand acres of fertile land."
Fan Qijun scratched his head and said, "It turns out to be the Zhou family!"
Tsk tsk, right after Prime Minister Jiang arrived, they were already so impatient to go to the capital.
The key point is that Prime Minister Jiang "lost" the disaster relief grain, and after returning to Beijing... he will be punished!
While they were chatting, a yamen runner came to report.
"Sir, Mr. Zhou is waiting outside. He said he is here to process the land deed."
"Let him wait outside for a moment."
"You should withdraw!"
"I'll take my leave!" The bailiff bowed to Jiang Ruo and the other two, then turned and left.
Fan Qijun glanced at Xiao Chengjin stealthily.
Sir, please give us some advice!
Xiao Chengjin glanced at Fan Qijun, then turned to Jiang Ruo and said, "Ruoruo, we've finished the process. Let's go back early."
Jiang Ruo stood up and said, "Let's go. Don't keep Mr. Zhou waiting anxiously."
Haha, probably, possibly, Mr. Zhou and his family will leave Jizhou tonight.
My rebellious son caused trouble, so I filled the hole overnight!
When Jiang Ruo and the other two arrived outside the government office, they saw Mr. Zhou standing beside the carriage in a daze.
First the granary was robbed, and then the secret room was robbed. It was really bad luck.
Alas, how should we deal with the concubines in the mansion?
Forget it, just give each of them a letter of release and ten taels of silver and send them away.
Alas, I have to save money in the future. These are my only assets.
Mr. Zhou looked at Jiang Ruo and the others and quickly collected his thoughts.
"I greet Lord Fan, Mr. Xiao, and Mrs. Xiao."
Fan Qijun glanced at Mr. Zhou with disdain, covered his lips with his hands and coughed lightly, "No need to be polite!"
You bastard, there’s such a grown man standing here, you should greet him first, no, you should greet Madam Xiao first.
If you are so clueless, how can you survive in the capital?
Jiang Ruo looked at the wooden box in Mr. Zhou's arms and said, "Mr. Zhou, since Mr. Fan is here, please count the silver in front of him!"
"There are five shops, and the market price is exactly one thousand taels. If we take 66% of it, that would be six hundred and sixty taels."
"Including a thousand acres of good farmland, the total is seven thousand two hundred and sixty taels."
Mr. Zhou listened to Jiang Ruo's words and his brain started working quickly.
After he calculated the amount in his mind, he nodded hurriedly.
“Just do as Madam Xiao says!”
Oh my god, Madam Xiao’s brain works so fast!
Xiao Chengjin waved to An Er not far away like a tool.
An Er received the order and drove his carriage to the gate of the government office.
Fan Qijun called two yamen runners to move the wooden box off the carriage.
"Mr. Zhou, please take a look." Jiang Ruo said, and An Er quickly opened the wooden box.
Mr. Zhou looked at the silver ingots stacked in the wooden box with shining eyes, and bent down to count them.
One ingot of silver weighed one hundred taels, and Mr. Zhou counted it carefully twice.
After confirming the amount was correct, Mr. Zhou carefully closed the wooden box.
He said to Jiang Ruo with a big smile on his face, "Madam Xiao, let's go in and get the land deed done!"
I never thought that this gentleman was still so rich even after being demoted.
Looking at the silver ingots in the wooden box, Fan Qijun couldn't help but sigh: Mr. Zhou really worked hard to get into Beijing.
Originally, he had purchased this thousand acres of fertile land for eight thousand taels of silver...
Tsk tsk, they are indeed a wealthy family with plenty of money.
Fan Qijun glanced at Mr. Zhou, who was worried, and said to the two yamen runners, "You stay here and guard."
"As you command!"
"Mrs. Xiao, Mr. Xiao, please come in!" After Fan Qijun finished speaking, the three of them took the lead and entered the government office.
Mr. Zhou, who was one step behind, looked around vigilantly.
He lowered his voice to the two "bodyguards" and said, "Keep an eye on the money and don't let anyone cheat you."
"Master, don't worry!"
An Er: "......"
Cheating?
Tonight, this box of silver of yours will disappear without a trace.
Inside the government office.
With Fan Qijun's personal efforts, Jiang Ruo's land deeds and house deeds were quickly completed.
Jiang Ruo stuffed the deed into his sleeve and put it directly into the space.
"Lord Fan is busy with official duties, so we won't bother you."
"Your humble servant respectfully sends Madam Xiao and Master Xiao off." Fan Qijun said as he personally escorted the two out of the government office.
At this moment, a sweaty man named Zheng jumped off the carriage and ran over hurriedly, "I greet Master Fan."
"No need to be polite!"
After watching Jiang Ruo and the other two leave in their carriage, Fan Qijun said seriously, "Come with me!"
"Yes, sir."
......
Inside the carriage.
Jiang Ruo looked at the land deeds and house deeds in his hand and said happily, "Go back to the village."
"Yes, Master."
Xiao Chengjin looked at Jiang Ruo, whose eyes sparkled, and couldn't help but teasing, "So happy?"
Jiang Ruo snorted softly, "Of course I'm happy. Owning a house and a field is my dream."
“Where does human happiness come from?”
"I just want to find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and live a free and easy life like a wild crane."
Xiao Chengjin stared at those eyes that were as bright as stars and responded in a low voice: "It sounds good."
Ruoruo, what you said is exactly what I yearn for.
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