Chapter 96

Chapter 96

The weather was sultry, and after a set of punches, the whole body was sweating. Very uncomfortable.

The old eunuch He Yi came from a distance, entered the pavilion and greeted Marquis Juan, and said with a smile, "Is the master free now?"

Han Ruzi hurriedly sat down He Yi and invited him to eat melon, "Look at my memory, several times, you said you wanted to talk to me, but I forgot."

"The master is busy, and sometimes I can't remember it for a while."

Juan Hou is indeed very busy. Every day, he is busy going to Guozijian Dianmao and practicing at home. In the rest of his time, he wanders around and buys whatever he likes.

"It's just idle now, you can talk about it if you have something to do."

"Uh..." He Yi hesitated.

Du Motian observed his words, got up and said, "I'll go back to my room to sleep, Chuanyun, come with me."

Du Chuanyun was enjoying his meal, hummed, not willing to get up.

Han Ruzi took Du Motian and sat down, "Don't worry, I still want to hear some anecdotes from the old instructor. It's all my own family, no need to avoid it, Lao He, you can talk about it if you have anything."

Du Motian didn't move, Du Chuanyun continued to eat the melon, the old eunuch He Yi smiled, no matter whether there were outsiders or not, he had to talk to the master, this was the duty of the accountant.

"That... Master, we... have a little..."

"What's missing? I'll go buy it."

He Yi smiled and shook his head, "There are only a few things in the house, but one thing is missing."

"what?"

"money."

"Money?" Han Ruzi smiled and turned to Du Motian, "There are times when the prince's family is short of money."

Du Motian smiled without saying a word, Du Chuanyun wiped his mouth, "What's the matter, I heard that the emperor is still in a hurry."

In the Marquis Mansion, "emperor" was an outdated word, and only Du Chuanyun said it if he wanted to.

He Yi smiled embarrassedly, "Well, the manor is not only short of money, it's a little bit more than enough to make ends meet."

"How is that possible?" Han Ruzi put away his smile, and was a little surprised, "Don't I have thousands of households' annual income? Zongzheng's mansion also regularly rewards a lot. There are a hundred people in the mansion, so it won't be used so quickly. Bar?"

He Yi scratched his head, "Things are different from what the master thinks."

"Tell me."

He Yi coughed a few times, "The Hou Mansion has a lot of income, but also a lot of expenses. Basically, 30% to 40% is used for ancestor worship, several times a year..."

"so much?"

"The master's position is higher than that of princes and princes. When worshiping ancestors, you should naturally have the same standard as princes and princes, but they have state-owned land and their income is much higher than ours..."

"Understood, then there are still 60-70% left, which is not a lot."

"There are still 30 to 40% of the income to be used for personal exchanges between the clans."

"Hey, I have never communicated with other princes."

"Yes, but people don't come and go, but gifts come and go. It's customary. For example, last month when the Prince of Jinan got married, we gave ten catties of gold, ten pieces of silk and satin, and ten pairs of jade..."

"Why didn't I hear about this?"

"I put the gift list on the host's table, and the host wrote 'read'."

"Oh, maybe I didn't take a closer look. Can I not give it? I don't even know who the King of Jinan is, let alone his son."

He Yi scratched his head again, "I'm afraid it won't work. The rules are set by Zongzheng's mansion, and each one has a precedent, which cannot be violated."

Han Ruzi also scratched his head, "Then I'll buy less things in the future."

"There are enough things in the house, the master really doesn't need to buy any more, but it won't save much. It's better that we can have a few weddings and funerals... Wrong, wrong, look at my broken mouth, fined It... punishes it..."

"Take it for a day not to drink alcohol." Han Ruzi smiled and patted it on the stone table twice, "I understand, I'll take care of the money thing, you just need to manage the accounts."

"That's good, master, you are busy, I won't disturb you." He Yi resigned.

Zhang Youcai said while chewing the melon: "There are also difficulties in daring to love princes. There are many human relationships, and I can't refuse. The key is that we have exchanges and no contacts. No wonder we can't make ends meet."

"Not all princes are so tight. Others either have state land, or they are officials, and there is always a way to make money." Han Ruzi knew very well that he was not as good as an ordinary prince who was tired of princes and kings. County lords and township lords are wealthy.

"What should I do? Also go to buy land and lend money?" Zhang Youcai didn't forget to eat melons and fruits, and it was like a competition with Du Chuanyun.

"Hey, don't worry, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, and I won't be hungry anyway."

Du Chuanyun had had enough, burped, and wiped his juicy hands on his clothes, "You're so poor, you always give rewards to our grandfathers, it's so generous, we still have a dozen or so left. Two pieces of gold and dozens of taels of silver, grandfather, return it to Marquis Juan first."

Du Motian smiled and scolded: "That little gold and silver is not enough for the Hou Mansion to go to a favor."

Zhang Youcai is still chewing on the melon, "The master has given you a lot of rewards, and I haven't seen you buy anything back, so why is there only so much left?"

"Humanity is more important in the rivers and lakes. There are brothers all over the world. Of course, if you have money, you must spend it together. Is it possible to keep the cubs?" Du Chuanyun is very disdainful. In his eyes, accumulating wealth is a shameful act.

Han Ruzi didn't like to talk about money either, so he waved his hand and said, "Stop talking about these disappointing things, Mr. Du, I have always wanted to ask you, if I believed in Lin Kunshan and went to the Dark Fragrance Garden in Xiaonanshan, what would have happened next? ?"

"It's hard to say, the tricks are ever-changing, and people who often go to the rivers and lakes have their eyes on it..."

"What's wrong, no matter how many tricks there are, it boils down to three tricks." Du Chuanyun didn't know what modesty was, and when he talked about the deeds of the rivers and lakes, he continued, "It's not money, it's sex, then it's power, what kind of transformation is it? Copper to gold, lead to silver, gambling games, secret techniques in the room, assignment as an official, etc., see what you are interested in."

"If it were me, I would definitely be interested in turning copper into gold." Zhang Youcai finally had enough, looking at the few pieces of melon left on the plate with reluctance.

"If you are an eunuch, you can also be interested in gold and silver." Du Chuanyun said coldly, and then said to Juan Hou: "I have inquired, Lin Kunshan is not a simple person, with a lot of names, the most commonly used is Lin Beiyou, who understands yin and yang, knows fortune-telling, and can watch qi, the people he targets, in all likelihood, will be destroyed."

"I have no money and no power. Why is he staring at me?"

"Then I don't know. If I guess, I think the person he will deceive in the end may not be you, but use your status and identity to deceive the real rich people. Anyway, the purpose of the liar is always the same, that is money."

"Go, you know more." Du Motian shouted, pushing his grandson away from the stone bench, "Don't take it to heart, the matter has been solved, as long as the two of us are still in the mansion, no liar dares to target you."

Han Ruzi smiled and talked about other things, but he did not forget this topic in his heart.

Studying in the Guozijian was not at all difficult as imagined. It was nearly ten days after entering the school. Han Ruzi had never met other disciples, and had never sat down to listen to a class. He showed up every day. , and then Han Ruzi can go home.

At first, he thought that Guozijian was unwilling to accept the abolished emperor. Later, he learned from the government officials that Guozijian had always been like this. Many noble children sent servants to Dianmao. Only when the Ministry of Rites inspected, I would go there myself. Up to ten times a year.

Han Ruzi felt that it was really unfair. When he was the emperor, he listened to lectures every day, rain or shine, but Xungui in the court was relaxed and comfortable.

So he stopped going to Guozijian and let Zhang Youcai go to Dianmao alone.

The day after the accountant He Yi reported the matter, Han Ruzi was thinking about how to turn the topic back to "deception" when Du Chuanyun came to the door first.

Zhang Youcai happened to go to Guozijian, Han Ruzi was reading a book in the study alone, Du Chuanyun knocked on the door and came in, looking at the books in the room vigilantly, trying to avoid bad luck as much as possible, "I want to discuss something with you."

"Yeah." Han Ruzi put down the book.

Du Chuanyun stared at Wan Hou for a while, and then asked directly, "Do you want to make a lot of money?"

"I'm not a businessman..."

"But you're short of money." Du Chuanyun's eyes widened. He always called himself "Old Jianghu", so he couldn't hold his breath when persuading others.

"Tell me what's going on first."

Du Chuanyun pulled a stool and sat opposite the desk, looking straight at Hou Juan, "In Xian Vegetable Alley, in order to pass the level of the fifth master of the monkey, I said that our masters are also lying to you, Bilin Kunshan. early."

"I was next door and heard."

"Master Hou Wu believed it. According to the rules, Lin Kunshan can no longer contact Marquis Juan. The gold and silver you rewarded, our masters actually took them out and shared them with fellow people in the rivers and lakes. We told them that this was a scam."

"Isn't the money enough? How much is needed, you can speak up."

Du Chuanyun kept shaking his head, "If we take money from you, we're not really liars anymore? I have an idea. Without your money, I can still give an explanation to the people in the world."

"you say."

"Lin Kunshan can get money through you, why can't we ourselves?"

"How can I get money from myself?"

"Lin Kunshan must know, I will go and catch him, and the interrogation will be clear."

Han Ruzi shook his head, "No, I can't take any more risks, let me think about it."

"People like Lin Kunshan live from all over the world. They are still in the capital today, and they may go to Jiangnan tomorrow. As soon as he leaves, the secret of cheating money will be taken away."

Han Ruzi knew in his heart that Lin Kunshan's "secret" was to lure Hou Juan to reveal his ambition to become emperor. After pondering for a long time, he said, "Do you want to design a real deception to stop the lingering crowd of people in the world?"

"That's right, otherwise they would say that the Du family is a liar." In Du Chuanyun's thinking, cheating princes and generals can make a name for themselves, but it is a shameful act to cheat people in all corners of the world.

Han Ruzi pondered again, "What did Old Instructor Du say?"

"I told him that he wasn't interested. Anyway, it was I who lied to Lord Houwu, not him."

"But he didn't stop you either?"

"Grandpa never stopped me from doing things. He often said that he could save me for a while, but not for the rest of my life. Jianghu broke out by himself, not by grandpa."

Han Ruzi felt the same way, and Yang Feng did the same to him.

"I have an idea, I can get some money without Lin Kunshan."

"You?" Du Chuanyun didn't believe Hou Juan could also cheat.

Han Ruzi actually thought about it for several days. If Du Chuanyun came a little later, he would take the initiative to find Du's grandson, "You can gamble?"

"Of course, grandpa said that I haven't learned to walk yet, so I will roll the dice."

"Then you must be great."

"It's not me who blows it. In terms of Qinggong and swordsmanship, I'm at best second-rate, and playing dice is first-rate. How many heroes of the arena lost their pants in front of me."

Han Ruzi raised his hand and patted the book case lightly, "That's easy. I know a few Xungui who are both rich and gambling, why not make a fortune from them?"

What Du Chuanyun wanted to fish was gold and silver, but Han Ruzi's goal was a big fish.

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