Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 303 He who is good at handling money is a great talent

Qiu Tong, a householder in Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town, has been a little anxious these days.

Due to the death of Zhao Jun and others in the explosion, Jin Yiwei was short of manpower, so the commander Tian Ergen had already let out the word that he would promote two people from the hundreds of officials in the three major yamen to the rank of thousand households.

Of course Qiu Tong wanted to be promoted to the official position of Qianhu.

Qiu Tong realized that with his methods and brains, he was fully qualified to serve as a Qianhu official, whether it was patrolling, arresting, or investigating crimes.

But Qiu Tong is short of money!

With the current market situation, if you want to be promoted to the official position of Thousand Households, you have to donate hundreds of taels of gold to Tian Ergen. How can ordinary people collect so much money?
  Qiu Tong's annual salary was only fifty taels of silver, and he had to pay for transportation, food and clothing, so there was no money left over at the end of the year.

On that day, when Zhao Jun died violently, Qiu Tong went to his house specifically to search for some extravagant wealth. What a pity, those commanders who cannibalize people without spitting out their bones had already wiped out Zhao Jun's net worth. Empty.

"Alas!" Qiu Tong sighed sadly as he sat by the window of the restaurant, feeling that he would never have a chance to be a Qianhu official in this life.

"Master Qiu, you're fine," Qiu Tong was lamenting when a strange man suddenly appeared in front of him. His tone sounded familiar.

"Well, you are?" Qiu Tong frowned. He didn't like strangers, especially strangers who approached him actively.

As a Jinyiwei, Qiu Tong is always vigilant about the surrounding environment.

"Li Qingsong, have you forgotten? Last year, at Chaoyangmen, in a tavern," Li Qingsong, with a face that is so forgettable that you can easily forget it after seeing it, sat next to Qiu Tong and made exaggerated gestures with his hands: "We also talked about Liaodong together. It’s Huang Taiji’s embarrassing incident.”

Huang Taiji?
  Qiu Tong seemed to remember that he had laughed at Huang Taiji with others.

I was hacked to death by Qi Guogong in Horqin. Is it normal to be laughed at?

Qiu Tong touched his short beard: "What's wrong with you?"

Hey,
  Instantly pulling the stool closer, Li Qingsong approached Qiu Tong: "I know that you are short of money recently. Just so, I also have an idea to make a fortune. Do you want to join?"

click!
  Subconsciously, Qiu Tong moved the stool further away. Qiu Tong had a natural sense of resistance and vigilance towards this kind of windfall that came to his door.

"Three hundred taels of gold," Li Qingsong stretched out three fingers and waved them in front of Qiu Tong.

Three hundred taels, gold?

Qiu Tong's eyelids twitched and he stared at Li Qingsong, sweat breaking out on his forehead.

Who is this person in front of me? How do you know that you are short of these three hundred taels of gold?
  "Why, is it just enough for you to do your work?" Li Qingsong retracted his fingers, put his right arm on the table, and said with a smile: "Qiu Baihu, you only have one chance to be promoted to Qianhu Official, it's a rare chance!"

"Who are you?" Qiu Tong stared at Li Qingsong and felt that he had better not get involved with this person, otherwise he would die without knowing how.

"If you agree, three hundred taels of gold will be delivered to the house tonight. If you don't agree, I think some of the other officials from hundreds of households will want to cooperate with me."

Qiu Tong twitched his eyelids and swallowed: "Do you think I will do things for you after receiving the money?"

"Don't worry, three hundred taels of gold won't cost you your life, and it's not worth fighting to death for." Li Qingsong smiled easily. At the same time, Qiu Tong noticed that within ten steps of him, he was surrounded by a group of strange men.

"The capital is located at the feet of the emperor. If I don't agree, do you dare to take action?" Qiu Tong's hand has already touched the Xiuchundao.

blah blah blah!
  Li Qingsong knocked on the table, spoke calmly, and said comfortingly: "What was the name of your colleague, the one who was responsible for executing thousands of households? Oh Zhao Jun, it was extremely painful when he died."

what?
  As soon as these words came out, Qiu Tong's eyes suddenly shrank!

Did he kill Zhao Jun?
  wouldn't that
  "Behind you..." Qiu Tong just started, but before those three words were spoken, he was stopped by Li Qingsong.

"You don't need to know my master's name now," Li Qingsong said with a smile, "You only need to answer, will you accept these three hundred taels of gold?"

Taking a deep breath, Qiu Tong turned his head and looked to the northwest, where was the inner courtyard of the palace.

After a while, Qiu Tong's tone became solemn and firm, and he said word by word: "Three hundred taels is not enough."

Hey!
  interesting.

Li Qingsong likes greedy people, such people are easy to control.

Moreover, Qiu Tong must also know that how much he takes now will be how much he will repay in the future. "How much do you want?" Li Qingsong looked at the chubby Jinyi Baihu.

"One thousand taels, gold!" Qiu Tong pursed his lips: "One less word, no need to talk!"

"Tonight, one thousand taels of gold will be placed on the stone table in your courtyard. Don't forget to pick it up." Li Qingsong smiled, stretched out his hand to pick up the wine glass he had brought, filled it up, and then saluted: "Cooperation joy."

Just looking at Li Qingsong, Qiu Tong did not pick up the wine glass.

Not paying attention to Qiu Tong's reaction, he drank all his wine. Li Qingsong wiped his mouth and said, "See you later, it's Qiu Qianhu. Congratulations first!"

After saying that, Li Qingsong stood up directly and walked away without looking back.

Looking at Li Qingsong's quickly disappearing back, Qiu Tong sat blankly in his seat and did not move for a long time.

"Master Qiu!"

At this time, a group of Jinyi guards suddenly broke in outside the door. After turning around and seeing Qiu Tong's position, they hurried over: "Sir, Commander Tian summoned all Jinyi guards from more than 100 households in Beijing to gather at Zhenfusi Yamen!"

"What's the matter?" Qiu Tong, who was still immersed in shock just now, was suddenly summoned by Tian Ergen, and felt a little flustered for a moment.

"I don't know, I heard it has something to do with the palace!" the subordinate whispered back, obviously not knowing the inside story.

hiss!
  Palace?

Li Qingsong's harmless face suddenly appeared in Qiu Tong's mind.

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The main hall of Fusi Yamen in Beizhen.

Tian Ergeng sat in the top position and looked at the officials from thousands and hundreds of households gathered from all over with a smile.

Qiu Tong was one of the last ones to arrive, but it seemed that Tian Ergen was in a good mood and did not scold him.

After everyone sat down, Tian Ergen stood up from his chair and said slowly: "I came to you today because there is an important task in the palace that needs you to handle."

Qiu Tong sat on the chair, looked at Tian Ergen, and twisted his body uneasily.

"One month later, Princess Ningde will get married. The emperor wants to build three giant ships as a wedding gift to congratulate all the officials! Eunuch Wei is worried that someone will cause trouble at this time, so someone needs to be responsible for guarding and supervising the factory."

"Who among you is going to do this?"

Supervise the factory?

This is fat difference!

As soon as Tian Ergen finished speaking, there was a buzz of discussion in the hall.

"Sir, I am willing to go!"

"Little ones are always willing to share their burdens with adults!"

Everyone wants to take this job.

"Sir!" Qiu Tong suddenly stood up and bowed to Tian Ergen: "Yesterday, I happened to receive a five-hundred-word sutra book. I happen to like to study Buddhism, so I specially offer it to you. Please accept it!"

Scripture?

Five hundred words?

Is a supervisor worthy of a bribe of five hundred taels of gold?
  Qiu Tong's words silenced everyone in the hall.

Only Tian Ergeng, who was standing on the stage, smiled happily when he heard this: "How did you know that I like to study Buddhism? Yes, I have a good eye!"

(End of this chapter)