"Little demon, don't run away. Great and mighty heavenly dragon, great Luo magic spell, Prajna Buddhas, Prajna Bamahong..."
"You...you little idiot, just wait for me. I'll come back to settle the score with you later. Humph. You really piss me off."
"Ha ha...!"
......
"Why did Madam Xu leave?"
At this time, Gao Wenyin came over with a small basin of hot water.
"Oh, she went to find Buddha." Zhang Fei said with a smile.
"Buddha?"
Seeing his playful face, Gao Wenyin stopped asking questions, put the hot water on the table, and whispered softly, "Husband, wash your face first, and dinner will be served soon."
As she spoke, she soaked the handkerchief in water, wrung it dry, and handed it to Zhang Fei.
...
...
This service is comparable to superhuman intelligence.
How could Zhang Fei not love her? He really couldn't live without her. He took the handkerchief and wiped his face.
Gao Wenyin glanced at him secretly and asked in a low voice: "Husband, Madam Xu seems to be very happy today."
Zhang Fei handed the handkerchief back to her and said with a smile: "Of course she's happy to have such a handsome guy forced upon her!"
Gao Wenyin asked again: "That is to say, my husband has already..."
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded: "My wife will have a companion from now on."
“.......!”
.....
Xu Mansion.
“Daddy!”
Xu Zhiqian went straight into the hall and looked at Xu Zun with tears in her eyes, "You...you promised your daughter to...you..."
"Zhang San?"
Xu Zun told his daughter what she was thinking.
Xu Zhiqian nodded aggrievedly.
Xu Zun asked, "What do you think?"
"Of course not."
Xu Zhiqian immediately said, "Didn't my daughter tell daddy that there is nothing going on between me and Zhang San?"
Xu Zun said: "But Zhang San came to ask for marriage from Daddy early this morning......!"
"What?"
Xu Zhiqian exclaimed, "Zhang San proposed to Daddy?"
As soon as she said this, her cheeks flushed.
Xu Zun recalled Zhang San's "father-in-law" in the morning, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He nodded: "Yes! He also said that you and he have been in love for a long time..."
Xu Zhiqian spat and said angrily, "Who is in love with him? Daddy, please don't be fooled by that scoundrel. I have long seen that he has bad intentions."
"You have to make your own life decision, so how can your father make a decision so easily?" Xu Zun said, "I'll leave it to you to choose."
Xu Zhiqian snorted, "My daughter won't marry that pervert."
Xu Zun nodded and said, "Okay! Dad will ask your uncle Liu to help you find a good family."
"Ah? Still...still want to get married?"
Xu Zhiqian was dumbfounded again.
Xu Zun said angrily, "You will get married eventually! It's up to you whether you are willing to marry Zhang San or not."
Xu Zhiqian was extremely conflicted for a moment. The faces of those Beijing dandies flashed through her mind one by one. In the end, a face with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes shattered everything.
There is no harm without comparison.
Xu Zun looked at his daughter without saying anything, but his face was as red as the morning sun. He asked, "Qian'er, are you okay?"
"My...my daughter is fine."
Xu Zhiqian shook her head in surprise.
Xu Zun asked, "It's okay, why is your face so red?"
"Is there...?"
Xu Zhiqian subconsciously touched her cheek, only to feel it was very hot. She glanced at Xu Zun shyly, and saw that her father was looking at her with confusion. She thought, although that man has an abominable face and his words are irritating, he actually has a good heart and is much better than many hypocrites.
Xu Zunfuxu laughed.
Xu Zhiqian asked shyly, "Daddy, what are you laughing at?"
Xu Zun laughed and said, "You, I'm afraid you've already fallen in love with Zhang San."
Xu Zhiqian asked excitedly: "Dad, why do you say that?"
Xu Zun said: "During the lawsuit, your eyes never left Zhang San."
"Is there...?"
"Daddy is sitting right across from me, how could I be wrong?" Xu Zun snorted.
But he is a completely different person in real life than when he is involved in a lawsuit. Xu Zhiqian muttered to herself, but she defended herself by saying, "... that's because my daughter has to hand him documents at any time, so I have to keep an eye on her."
Xu Zun asked: "So how do you choose?"
“......!”
Xu Zhiqian hesitated for a while, her face flushed, and her voice was as soft as a mosquito's hum, "If I have to choose, then my daughter... my daughter..."
"Alright! Daddy got it."
Xu Zun smiled and shook his head, stood up, and walked out slowly, thinking to himself, although the call of "father-in-law" was a bit sudden, but... but it is also relatively pleasant to the ear!
In fact, he has always admired Zhang Fei very much. Although there are some differences between Zhang Fei and his Xu family, he himself does not care. Moreover, Zhang Fei is a person favored by the emperor, and his future will be limitless.
It depends on when Zhang Fei wants to take off.
......
"Qingmei, what should we do?"
Xu Zhiqian returned to her boudoir, put her chin on her hand, and asked Qingmei with a sad face.
She can only ask Qingmei for this matter.
Qingmei wondered, "Sister Qian'er, didn't you choose it yourself?"
"Which one did I choose?"
Xu Zhiqian glared at Qingmei fiercely: "Daddy forced me to choose."
Qingmei said: "Then Qingmei doesn't understand."
Xu Zhiqian asked: "What don't you understand?"
Qingmei replied, "If we ask the master to help find him, the other party's family must be at least a fourth-rank official. Why did Qian'er choose Zhang San?"
"I...."
"It can be seen that Sister Qian'er still likes Zhang San."
"Shut up."
Xu Zhiqian glared at her fiercely.
"oh."
Qingmei shut her mouth in grievance.
Xu Zhiqian held her face with both hands, thinking, am I really in love with Zhang San? Impossible, impossible, how could I like that scoundrel?
But seeing Qingmei's suspicious eyes again, she snorted to herself and said, "I'll look for my father now and find someone else to marry."
She stood up suddenly and said, "Qingmei, you are right. What's so good about Zhang San? I will go to my father and ask him to help me find a good family."
The greengage chick nodded like pecking at rice.
Xu Zhiqian glanced at her again, "Do you hate Zhang San?"
Qingmei said: "I...I follow Sister Qian'er. If Sister Qian'er is annoying, Qingmei will be annoying too."
Xu Zhiqian gave her an approving look, turned around and walked towards the door.
Qingmei hurried over and helped her open the door.
As soon as he stepped out of the room, Xu Zhiqian's face showed confusion again.
Qingmei whispered, "Sister Qian'er."
Xu Zhiqian glanced at the sky and said, "It's getting late. Daddy should be resting. I...I'll talk to him tomorrow."
"ah?"
Qingmei said, "It's just night time, the master must not have rested yet."
Xu Zhiqian glanced sideways.
Qingmei immediately said, "But the master has been busy with official duties recently, so he should have rested."
"I'll go tomorrow."
Xu Zhiqian closed the door.
......
The next morning.
"Master, take care."
"Um."
Xu Zun hummed a little tune and walked out of the door with brisk steps.
"Good morning, benefactor!"
I saw Zhang Fei running towards me.
Xu Zun just gave him a meaningful look.
Zhang Fei understood what he meant and said, "Good morning, father-in-law."
Xu Zun glared at him again, then sighed, "After thinking it over, I realized that you are right. Only you can withstand Qian'er's torture. Qian'er is now in your hands."
I'm afraid she can't stand my torture. Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Father-in-law, please rest assured that I will never let Xu... Zhiqian suffer any injustice."
Xu Zun said cautiously: "We still have to take care of this and not let her do whatever she wants."
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "My son-in-law was just being polite." He was secretly proud of himself. Girl, now the offense and defense have changed. I will go back and establish the family rules later.
Xu Zun shook his head and asked again: "What about your wife?"
Zhang Fei's smile gradually froze.
Xu Zun asked, "Why don't you speak?"
Zhang Fei blinked and said carefully: "They... one of them is responsible for the interior, and the other is responsible for the exterior. There is no conflict, and they can both have a companion."
Xu Zun said: "I am asking about status."
"Name?"
Zhang Fei asked in surprise: "What title?"
Xu Zun said: "Why? Are you planning to marry two wives?"
Zhang Fei suddenly realized that in ancient times, there were three wives and four concubines, but in fact, there could only be one wife, and the rest were concubines. He hurriedly said, "Of course, Zhiqian is the principal wife."
There is no way around it. Xu Zun couldn't possibly let his daughter be a concubine.
Zhang Fei doesn't care about these titles and will definitely treat everyone equally.
Xu Zun asked with a hint of worry, "Will Madam Gao agree?"
"She!"
Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I don't think she would care about this."
Gao Wenyin and he only had a contractual relationship, and whether she was his legal wife or not was not determined, because the two of them did not hold a formal wedding. He did not feel that he owed Gao Wenyin anything, and his kindness to Gao Wenyin was as great as a mountain, enough for her to repay him for ten lifetimes.
Xu Zun nodded and said, "But you must also handle these things well."
Although he, like Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, had only one wife, they would never use this to demand the same of others.
Today's morality also allows men to have one wife and multiple concubines, but they themselves don't want to.
Zhang Fei nodded.
Xu Zun said: "Then I will leave first."
"Father-in-law, wait...wait a minute." Zhang Fei suddenly seemed to remember something, "Father-in-law, it seems that the summer tax will start to be collected."
Xu Zun nodded, "It's still a while, why are you asking this?"
Zhang Fei said: "I plan to help those farmers calculate taxes."
Xu Zun hesitated for a moment and said, "I have also heard Qian'er mention this. I am very much in favor of it, but you should also be careful. This may cause a lot of trouble."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Isn't this the reason why my father-in-law chose me as his son-in-law? Apart from me, who else would dare to let Zhiqian do this?"
Xu Zun smiled and then left slowly.
After he left, Zhang Fei thought that it was still early, so he might as well go and tease Xu Zhiqian, so he knocked on the door, and Rong Bo opened the door, "It's Sanlang, please come in quickly."
There was a hint of surprise in his tone. When has Zhang Fei ever been so polite when he came to our house?
After entering the courtyard, Zhang Fei said to Uncle Rong, "Uncle Rong, I'm looking for Madam Xu."
Rong Bo nodded.
Then the two of them were embarrassed.
After a while, Zhang Fei saw that Rong Bo didn't move and was looking at him in surprise. Suddenly he realized that he had been shouting at the door, "Oh, then I'll go find Madam Xu."
"Go ahead. Go ahead."
Rong Bo nodded.
This is how you improve your character!
When he arrived at Xu Zhiqian's courtyard, he happened to meet Qingmei. Before Zhang Fei could speak, Qingmei exclaimed, "Zhang San."
You little girl, you can be my maid in the future, hehe. Zhang Fei secretly laughed and said, "Qingmei, is your sister Qian'er at home?"
Qingmei nodded first, then shook her head.
"Whether he is there or not, never mind, I'll go check it out myself."
"Wait a minute!"
Qingmei rushed to the door, stopped Zhang Fei, and said in a panic: "Sister Qian'er...she hasn't gotten up yet."
"Not up yet?"
Zhang Fei said: "The sun is shining on my butt."
"You still love to say vulgar things." Qingmei muttered, and then said, "If you have something to say, just tell me."
Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment, "Okay, tell your sister Qian'er that I need to discuss with her about promoting tax calculation in the suburbs."
Qingmei nodded, "I...I'll remember it. I'll tell Sister Qian'er later. You...you go back."
Zhang Fei glanced towards the door, chuckled a few times, then turned and left.
In fact, he had never thought about marrying Xu Zhiqian before, but when Xu Zhiqian told him that she was going to get married, he was very sure that he absolutely did not want Xu Zhiqian to marry someone else.
......
A small tavern in front of the imperial city gate.
It was still morning, and the tavern had just opened. There were two people sitting inside, but both were dressed in official attire. ..
"The court is about to start. If you have anything to say, can't you wait until the court is over?"
The man who was speaking was about 40 years old. His name was Deng Wan and he was currently serving as the Yuanwailang of Zhifang, which meant he was in charge of maps.
The person sitting opposite him was named Lu Yi, who was the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Revenue.
Lu He waved his hand and said, "The emperor has a court meeting today, so it doesn't matter if we go later."
Deng Wan smiled and said, "That being said, it's not the time to drink so early in the morning!"
Lu Yi said, "I have something to discuss with Brother Deng."
Deng Wan asked, "What's the matter?"
Lu Yi said, "Brother Deng is familiar with that Lu Xiaokan, right?"
Deng Wan's expression changed, he stroked his beard, and there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes.
Lu Di said, "Lü Xiaokan has already taken up his post in the Department of Regulations of the Two Prefectures. It won't be long before he is promoted. But he is also in charge of the Municipal Taxation Department, which is a lucrative position. Brother Deng, why don't you try to get it?"
Deng Wan smiled bitterly and said, "You also know that it is a lucrative position, and there must be many people vying for it. Although I am familiar with Hui Qing, I am not the only one who is familiar with him. And you also know that many officials are trying to curry favor with them now."
Lu Yi said, "I have a plan. Brother Deng, can you present it to Lu Xiaokan? Maybe you can get this lucrative job."
Deng Wan asked anxiously, "What's the plan?"
Lu Yi opened his mouth and said, "If it works, Brother Deng, don't forget me."
Deng Wan said anxiously: "Don't worry about this. I, Deng Wan, am not an ungrateful person."
Lu Yi said: "Brother Deng, do you know that Zhang San, the ear pen, earned thousands of strings of cash from a loan contract?"
Deng Wan nodded and said, "Of course I have heard of this."
Lu Yi said, "Although the contract was signed by Zhang San, it was guaranteed by the government. Why don't the government do it themselves?"
Deng Wan was confused by what he said, "You came to talk to me about this?"
Lu Yi said hurriedly: "Don't worry, listen to me. I have studied Zhang San's contract and it can be used universally. If the government asks Zhang Fei to design this contract, with this universal contract, the Municipal Taxation Bureau can stipulate that any transaction must spend money to buy a contract from the Municipal Taxation Bureau. Otherwise, the government will not guarantee this contract.
In this way, merchants will have to pay the deed tax, which can earn a lot of money for the country and expand the power of the Municipal Taxation Bureau. Isn't Wang Daxueshi's reform also to enrich the national treasury and make up for the financial shortfall? Therefore, Lu Xiaokan will definitely agree. "
Deng Wan nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
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