Chapter 23: People from Sheyang Mansion
Chapter 23: People from Sheyang Mansion
At this time, the door of the hall was slightly pushed open, and Wang An, who was wearing a green cloth robe, came in, holding a greeting card in his hand, and approached the two of them softly, "General, Young Master Biao, Sheyang The imperial servant order of the mansion is here, see you or not?"
"They are impatient." Zhou Bo sneered.
Taifuling, whose surname is Liu Mingjin, is Liu Minkang's third uncle, and he can be regarded as the most talkative person in Sheyang other than the old Marquis of Sheyang. Of course, the Sheyang family has a great career and few descendants are motivated. With Liu Minkang watching these businesses in Chang'an City for the past few years, it is estimated that they would have been lost after the death of Sheyang Hou.
I heard that in the past two years, Liu Minkang's elder brothers have been fighting openly and secretly for the position of marquis, and lost a lot of family property. This third uncle is supporting Liu Minkang, the eldest son of Marquis of Sheyang. It seems that today's visitors are not good ah!
Liu Minkang lowered his eyes, tapped on the case with two fingers, and then glanced at Han Lin. He didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly smiled: "Uncle, the third uncle came all the way to Chang'an, it would be rude if we didn't see each other! "
"You mean..." Zhou Bo could not help but sit up straight.
"Aren't they just going to separate?" Liu Minkang put one hand on his forehead, tapped the corner of his forehead lightly, and showed an inscrutable smile on his lips, "Then give it all back to them."
Han Lin was startled, but seeing Liu Minkang's smiling face, he knew that he must have made up his mind.
Now people from Sheyang Mansion came, and they were talking about their own people again, it was not easy for him as an outsider to be present, so he got up and left.
Knowing that Lin'er was still blaming him for what happened yesterday, Liu Minkang wanted to make it clear, but now was not the time, so he could only stare blankly at his back disappearing at the end of the corridor.
Ah Yi, who originally wanted to stay in the hall to watch the fun, was ordered by Liu Minkang to follow Han Lin out of the hall
But Ah Yi pouted, and the more he thought about it, the more unhappy he became, and he followed Han Lin around the chashou corridor. Suddenly, with a smile, he took Brother Lin's hand and turned back, hiding behind the main hall. under the window.
Han Lin immediately understood what he meant, but is it okay to eavesdrop so blatantly?
"Let's go!" Han Lin pulled Ayi's sleeve helplessly, but Ayi's head shook like a rattle.
"Brother Lin, are you really not curious at all?" Ah Yi lowered his voice, "Don't worry, the young master and the others are busy arguing and won't notice us!"
Sure enough, at this time, loud quarrels came from the hall.
"For the sake of our Liu and Zhou relatives, I call you Old General Zhou. Minkang is a member of our Liu family. I hope you will stop meddling with our Liu family's affairs." Liu Taibu's voice was old and clear With considerable dissatisfaction.
"Minkang is not only the son of your Liu family, but also my nephew of Zhou Bo, why? My nephew has been bullied, and I can't come forward to take care of it?!" Zhou Bo's voice was filled with repressed anger.
"How could we bully him!" After all, Zhou Bo was a man who had led soldiers before. Liu Jin was taken aback by such a roar, and his voice couldn't help but lowered a little: "We also act according to the ancestral system! Liu Minkang, as a shooter Yang Shizi, who is over eighteen years old and has not yet married a wife, was appointed to manage the business here when he came to Chang'an, and now that a new Lord Marquis is about to be elected, of course the property here must be managed by the new Lord Marquis."
"How dare you say that!" Zhou Bo grabbed Liu Jin by the collar and raised his hand to beat him, "When Minkang was driven out of Sheyang by his father, who of you said a word for him? In the past two years , He manages Chang'an's business in an orderly manner, and it grows bigger and bigger. At this time, you want to take care of him? Is this what you, an elder, should say?"
"Uncle, you have something to say, something to say!" Liu Minkang secretly laughed, but everyone didn't notice this expression, but Han Lin, who was peeking outside, noticed this expression. When he saw Liu Minkang again, he pulled Zhou Bo's hand hard hand, his face was full of anxiety, but Zhou Bo was so strong that he couldn't pull it at all.
There was chaos in the room, and Ah Yi chuckled tremblingly.
Han Lin shook his head helplessly, it would be hard for anyone to put such a mess in a family like this.
Liu Minkang inside the house, Ah Yi outside the house, both the master and the servant are a little careless, and they are still laughing at this moment.If you listen carefully, the fight did not come to fruition. Under Liu Minkang's mediation, the two sides actually sat down, chose a date, and divided the property!
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Han Lin looked at Liu Minkang who had recovered to a serious face in the room, and sighed secretly.
He thought to himself, now is the most critical time to expand Chang'an City, without the support of Sheyang Mansion, Liu Minkang alone, even if he wins this job, it will not be completed at all.
What happened next, Han Lin was completely uninterested, and he didn't care about Ah Yi.Turning around and walking out by himself, he went directly into the study, and then closed the door, so that it was finally quiet.
I worried about that person all night last night, but after listening to Zhou Bo's words today, I realized that that person used to be like this every day.
Playing songs every night, looking for flowers and asking willows, it is common to not return all night, the more I think about it, the angrier I get, or I can't see it.
When you first came to the Han Dynasty, if you want to understand the world, you have to start by reading books.
In fact, since he came back last night, he has taken a fancy to this study.There are many kinds of bamboo slips here, and the marks on them are a little old, and the appearance of these bamboo slips is quite old. Han Lin flipped through them one by one, thinking to himself, it turned out that Liu Minkang had worked very hard before, but In recent years, it seems that I have read less and less books. Is it true that I have entered the colorful world of Chang'an City, and I am so happy to miss it?
"Brother Lin, all the people in Sheyang Mansion have left. Just now, I took the time to ask Manager Wang." At some point, Ah Yi walked in lightly, and approached the desk with a smile.
"What did you ask?" Han Lin looked at him and smiled, rolled up the bamboo slips he had read and put them back in their original place.
"The young lady surnamed Du who the young master is going to marry has pockmarks all over her face," Ah Yi couldn't help laughing when he thought of Mr. Wang's disgusted expression, "and she has no father or mother, only an uncle who is the head of the pavilion, so There is not much power in the family."
Han Lin took a look at A Yiyong, and shook his head helplessly. He was obviously still a child who didn't know much about the world. Once he was infected in this deep mansion, he became a man of his own. He didn't know whether it was good or not...
"Besides, the young master only likes beauties. Even if this Miss Du really enters our Liu's house, she will not be favored by the young master." A Yi was afraid that Brother Lin would feel uncomfortable, so he hurriedly added: "The young master only cares about you now. one person."
Han Lin tapped Ah Yi's head with the bamboo slips in his hand, and said, "I've already said, it has nothing to do with your young master. Besides, people should not be judged by their appearance, sometimes what we see with our eyes may not be true." , that Ms. Du might be a great beauty."
"Ah?" Ah Yi shook his head in doubt, and according to Han Lin's instructions, he brought over the bamboo slips on the bookshelf one by one, "Brother Lin, what should we do, go and tell the young master not to marry Miss Du's family Bar."
"That's okay?" Han Lin laughed. If he did this, more bad things about Liu Minkang would spread soon. However, thinking of the intimate conversation between the two of them that day, he still felt very uncomfortable. If Shen'er hadn't caused any trouble, and Liu and Du were really married, it would be too hard for me to watch the two of them being intimate all day long.
The pretty brows were furrowed, and he casually opened the bamboo slips handed over by A Yi, and was stunned when he glanced at them casually. These scrolls were actually the detailed accounts of Liu Minkang's business in Chang'an for the past two years.
The records are very careful. Although they are not as scientific as the current financial books, the transactions are recorded very carefully.There is also a page of silk paper in the bamboo slips, which is Liu Minkang's budget for the expansion of Chang'an City. It roughly means how to mobilize his manpower, livestock, and purchase from nearby areas starting from the fifteenth day of next month. Necessary items such as raw lacquer and copper, one of which is how to recruit a large number of local farmers to excavate raw copper in Tongshan, Yandao County, Shu County, but some quantities are always inaccurate.
This Liu Minkang is really not as cynical as he appears on the surface. It takes a lot of thought and thought to just this piece of silk paper. Those numbers that have been changed, if you look carefully, are actually very simple for Han Lin who has mastered addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Seeing Han Lin's fascination, Ah Yi thought that he didn't take Liu Minkang's marriage to heart, and couldn't help curling his lips and said: "Brother Lin, the young master also has the difficulties of the young master. After all, he is the son of Lord Hou. He is definitely going to get married, if he doesn't have an offspring, this huge family business will be handed over to someone else."
Only now did Han Lin raise his head, and looked at Ah Yi again.Yes, leaving Liu Minkang's preferences aside, as far as his status is concerned, it is impossible not to marry a wife in this life, so what is he expecting?
A solitary soul from another world has gone back at some point, even if you can't find that loving soul here, is it enough to get a little concern from that person?
Looking down at the silk paper again, maybe I can help him, and when I really go back, will he still think of my own kindness?So he picked up a pen, and re-calculated these numbers in his own way on the silk paper with elegant and powerful fonts.
It was already dark when Han Lin finished writing and went back to the bedroom. Ah Yi took a shower first, and then changed into loose casual clothes.
As soon as he came out of the bedroom, he heard a vigorous and deep voice saying: "Master Biao, the general will lead the troops to Beiyan in the future, and he specially asked the young general to preside over the engagement ceremony for you when he returns to Chang'an. If the general can come back triumphantly in three months, he will officiate, and if not, let the major general officiate." After dinner, Zhou Bo, who received a formal order from the Ministry of War, ordered Director Wang to come over and give Liu Minkang some instructions.
"I see." Liu Minkang respectfully listened to Mr. Wang's instructions, replied a few more words, and sent Wang An out of the Liu residence himself.
After entering the bedroom, Liu Minkang stretched and wanted to lie down on the bed.
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