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Chapter 28
"Tan Lang."

"Ok?"

"Do...do you have anything to say?"

"Is it that obvious?"

"What do you say?"

Zhen Shi put down the bowl, looked at Ouyang Rong across the table dumbfounded, he held one of the chopsticks upside down.

Speaking of which, Tan Lang has been a little unhappy for the past two days, it seems that it started when he came back the night before.

In the past two days, he only stared at the nearest dish in front of him when eating.At the beginning, Banxi ran over to announce the good news to Mrs. Zhen, saying that Mr. Lang liked to eat her special meat rolls made by Xinluo. As a result, Mrs. Zhen put a plate of clear water tofu in front of Tan Lang the next day, and he said, "I don't like it." "After eating, the chopsticks didn't even touch the characteristics of Silla... I just didn't know how to fix the Silla maid, and my little face was depressed for a long time.

Not only eating, Tanlang also walks in Meilu Garden with an absent-minded appearance. Sometimes Zhen calls him three times before he can answer, and his first answer is always "Ahh... yes".

Mrs. Zhen is a very traditional beautiful woman. She is a husband and godson who doesn't go out of the house and only concentrates on housework. She is also in Meilu Garden now. She is in charge of Ouyang Rong's three meals a day and washing up every day. When I sleep, I don’t have any social activities with girlfriends or shopping with my girlfriends in my free time, and I never show up in public.

When I have nothing to do, I just bask in the sun in the yard and eat melon seeds. I occasionally train the maids. I may sometimes recall the life of dancing with knives and guns when I was a girl. disgraceful thing.

As for the embroidery female red, housework and so on, I don’t need her to come now. The slightly more interesting thing is to go to Tan Lang’s private study to clean up personally. The important part of the study is not handed over to the servant girl. Take a look at his paper, ink, brush and inkstone, calligraphy and painting anthology and so on. Although I don't know a few words except her and Tan Lang's name Zhen Shi, I can't understand these things, but it doesn't hinder the woman's little fun.

In addition, when Zhen Shi is in the best mood and looks forward to the most every day, it is probably when he has dinner with Tan Lang, during which time he can listen to him talk about some novel things outside.

It's just that, except for the important matters of marriage, she doesn't care about any of Ouyang Rong's official or personal affairs. She just sits upright and listens quietly. expression.

This can be regarded as one of the few funs every day.

Therefore, Mrs. Zhen is very good at observing words and deeds, and pays most attention to this beloved nephew. No abnormality in him can escape these Danfeng eyes.So now the two of them sat around the table for dinner, seeing Ouyang Rong's hesitation, she immediately asked questions.

"Tan Lang can speak up if he has something to say, so he won't want to drive Auntie out, right?"

Zhen snorted, and stretched out her hand to correct the upside-down chopsticks in his hand.

Ouyang Rong was a little embarrassed and said, "I want to borrow some money from my aunt..."

"borrow?"

"Yes, my nephew must pay it back, and wait for the salary."

Zhen's smile is not a smile: "Isn't all the money here in this slave's house yours? You can just take it, whatever you want to borrow, your monthly salary is also sent by the yamen, and I will help you collect and manage the salary and job income. Tan Lang forgot?"

Ouyang Rong was taken aback, and immediately nodded, "Okay, nephew... take some, and my aunt will continue to hold the rest for me to manage the house."

"How much does it cost? I can't take all of it. I'm planning to go to Xishikou Mahang in a few days to pick a beautiful maid for you. It will probably cost a lot. Now the princesses of the Western Regions, Bodhisattva Man, and Silla maids are all It’s very expensive, and those brainless rich businessmen drive up the price.”

"What beautiful maidservant to buy? My nephew doesn't need it. Auntie, don't waste your money on keeping slaves. Those slaves are poor people."

Mrs. Zhen nodded: "It's poor people, so I have to buy a few more, let Tan Lang love them, and give them a warm bed."

"..." It's reasonable to ride a horse, but it's a bit useless.

"Let's talk about it later." Ouyang Rong was speechless, waved his hands in a perfunctory way, and then said seriously: "How about Auntie giving me ten pennies?"

Zhenshi just hesitated, then nodded immediately, "Okay, I'll get it for you after eating."

At this time, there was very little silver in circulation, and most of the transactions in the market were made with copper coins and silk. The usual money was equivalent to one thousand Wen, and the purchasing power was already very strong.

A middle-aged slave in Kou Ma Xing is about six or seven guan. Of course, the value of the local disaster year must be depreciated now, and ten guan can buy nearly [-] shi of rice before the flood. The elegant Meiluyuan is only forty or fifty pennies.

However, there is no concept of real estate speculation at the moment. Buying a house depends on household registration and identity.

As for Ouyang Rong's salary, because Longcheng County has a population of more than [-] households, it is an upper county, and he is the county magistrate of the seventh rank, and his monthly salary is more than two guan.

However, the salary of an official is not only a salary, but also includes salary and assigned positions.

Generally speaking, the salaries of officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty were not bad, but if they lived in Luoyang and Chang'an, it was not enough.

Ouyang Rong dipped his fingers in water to write and draw on the table, bowed his head and did some calculations.

After thinking about it, Zhen asked, "Why does Tanlang need so much money?"

The young county magistrate said without raising his head, "Go to Yuanming Tower."

Mrs. Zhen was taken aback, and the waiters beside her also had weird eyes. They had lived in Longcheng County for a while, and they knew that Yuanminglou was not only the largest restaurant in the area, but also a place for targeted poverty alleviation. A place for sweet girls.

Well, it is actually a brothel, but in the current Zhou Dynasty, the brothel is still a relatively formal place, there are quite a lot of performers without selling their bodies, and looking for flowers and willows does not occupy the main business. It is mainly an elegant place for literati, gentry and wealthy businessmen to socialize. The world is very popular.

But... the gentleman's Tan Lang is going to the brothel?
Zhenshi and Banxi recalled Tan Lang's strange hobby that was accidentally "exposed" that day.

The beautiful woman said solemnly: "Tan Lang, it's better not to go there, Auntie will give you some more money, and go to the West Market tomorrow to buy a docile and beautiful maid, you can pick whatever you want, the more expensive one is more expensive, some things... Auntie understands, I can't hold back."

"???" Ouyang Rong.

……

The next morning.

Longcheng County Government.

A certain young county magistrate with a bulging pocket straightened his back, walked into the county magistrate's hall in Xitang with his hands behind his back, and knocked on the table at Diao Xiancheng, who was dozing off at work early in the morning.

"Ah... why did the Ming Mansion come here? It's a crime, and I'm a little sleepy when I'm old." Diao Xiancheng hurriedly got up to greet him.

"It's okay, it's just a small matter, let's go after finishing talking." After a pause, Ouyang Rong nodded again: "But Mr. Diao is really strong, come early in the morning to catch up on sleep."

"..." Diaoxian Cheng helplessly said: "Don't make jokes about taking down the official in the Ming government. The lower official is just a wife who is a mess, and there are only five sets of regular clothes for four seasons... By the way, what does the Ming government want to explain, please tell me."

Ouyang Rong said calmly: "In the day after tomorrow, Master Diao will call all the gentry, wealthy businessmen and famous scholars you know in this county for me. It is best not to miss any of them."

Diaoxian Cheng was only stunned for a while, and then he said happily: "Okay, okay, the officials will arrange it now, let them go to set up wine quickly, and make up a banquet for Mingfu, haha ​​Mingfu, they have respected you already It's been a long time, I've wanted to meet my parents for a long time, and I've entrusted my subordinates for a long time before, I saw that the Ming Palace was inconvenient, so I pushed back a lot..."

Ouyang Rong who turned around and was about to go out suddenly interrupted:

"You made a mistake. It wasn't them who invited me. It was the official who invited them with wine. Go ahead and call them all over. Well, they are all citizens of this county. This official can't favor one person over another. You have to take good care of them."

Diaoxian Cheng, who could only wear five sets of regular clothes for four seasons, paused.

……

(End of this chapter)