False Eunuch: With Many Children, I'm as Happy as a Fish in Water

Today's magistrate of Yangzhou is called Wang Qizheng. 6̾̾

He was able to obtain the important post of governor of the wealthy and luxurious land in the south of the Yangtze River. He also came from the imperial examination and spent a lot of money to follow the path of Heshen and adults.

in this way.

Naturally, he wants to get back the money he spent while in office.

I had heard that Yangzhou was prosperous, but after taking office, it was an eye-opener for Wang Qizheng.

Don’t say anything else.

When he took office, the gifts that the six major salt merchants brought to his door in the name of visiting were worth thousands of gold!

You should know that receiving gifts is also very particular.

Wang Qizheng boasts that he has read all the books of sages, so his appearance must not be too ugly.

So every time, I would receive gifts on my own birthday, my father’s birthday, my mother’s birthday, and my concubine’s birthday.

Even so, after learning about those cases, Wang Qi immediately panicked and didn't know what to do.

To some extent.

Lin Ruhai, the salt patrol censor, would not listen to him, the governor of the state.

The two are of the same level.

He could only sit in the government office and wait for Lin Ruhai to finish suppressing the salt bandits.

The hustle and bustle in Yangzhou city lasted all night.

Waiting for dawn, the officials from the prefectural government received orders to clean up the streets and collect the corpses.

Look at the Xuanjia soldiers patrolling along the street, full of murderous intent.

Suddenly, the petty thoughts of some people who planned to fish in troubled waters were eliminated.

As for the local gangsters who took the opportunity to cause trouble last night, the end will not be good.

Didn’t you see the bodies of these guys still lying on the ground?

"They say the salt merchants are extremely rich, and this is true." Lin Chen looked at the account book and said in wonder.

without any exaggeration.

The expenses of these salt merchants are all worth a hundred taels.

There are also all kinds of rare treasures, which are rare even in the palace.

For example this.

【Barongjiao】

[Introduction: It is the horn on the head of Barong, which feeds on poisonous insects and beasts. Wearing it with you can invigorate your blood and strengthen your body]

【Fish bone】

[Introduction: The inner bones of deep-sea fishmen are made into incense and have the effect of aphrodisiac and fertility]

"Huh……"

Lin Chen took another look at the ordinary jade-colored bone and quietly put it into his sleeve.

"Master Lin, General Lin, we've found out!"

A clerk came to report and inspect the amount of property of the salt merchant.

According to what he said.

The total amount of silver found by these salt merchants is eight million!

Not to mention valuable treasures, antique calligraphy and paintings, and other things that are inconvenient to discount.

Including the real estate properties of these companies in Yangzhou City, the total value is probably not more than 10 million taels!

This number is almost comparable to most of Li Tang's annual treasury income!

Lin Chen fell silent after hearing this.

It is true that the Li Tang court was poor, but the local wealthy families were not poor, but rich enough to rival the country!

Just like that in the late Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen was so poor that he could no longer maintain his dignity as an emperor, so he had to wear patched dragon robes.

In order to raise food and wages, he asked his father-in-law Zhou Kui to take the lead in donating wages.

But what?

Zhou Kui reluctantly donated a hundred taels of silver on the grounds that his family was poor.

When Empress Chongzhen learned about it, she gave her father some jewelry and asked him to sell it and donate it.

The funny thing is that this week Kui sold jewelry for 10,000 taels, but in the end he only took the lead in donating 3,000 taels.

It wasn't until Li Zicheng came to Beijing that he tortured these people and found out a total of fifty million taels of silver!

And the so-called poor Zhou Kui's family also had millions of property taken away from him, which is really ridiculous.

That's too far.

Back to the present.

Even Lin Ruhai was shocked by so many possessions.

"Put it in the treasury first. No one is allowed to touch it. Violators will be severely punished. Do you understand?!" Lin Ruhai ordered in a serious tone.

As for the other two major salt merchants in Yangzhou who were not involved, they were looking for connections everywhere, hoping to meet Lin Ruhai.

From the looks of it, he was planning to spend money to eliminate disaster.

Although they were not involved in the poisoning of Lin Ruhai, they were still guilty of not reporting the matter.

If they were really investigated, it would be a disaster of confiscating the house.

However, the Lin Mansion always thanked guests behind closed doors and ignored anyone's invitations.

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Lin Mansion.

Without the poisonous insects sucking life away, Lin Ruhai's health improved a lot.

If you take good care of yourself, it will only be a matter of time before you regain your strength.

Lin Ruhai's attitude towards Lin Chen, his savior, was not very kind.

"I heard from Yu'er that General Lin composed a poem that day?" Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Chen with an unkind expression.

This made Lin Chen almost choke while drinking tea.

Good guy.

Did Lin Daiyu tell Lin Ruhai about this?

"That poem was something Ben Jiang saw unexpectedly."

Lin Chen defended himself, "A certain family is a martial artist who doesn't understand poetry."

after all.

The first sentence of this poem sounded really frivolous to Sister Lin.

It’s not surprising that Lin Ruhai was like this.

If it were placed in modern times, any father would have a similar reaction when he heard that his daughter was being molested.

"Since General Lin is here to read it, do you know who wrote this poem?"

"Du Mu."

Lin Chen sighed.

"Absurd, the last line of this poem does have some artistic conception, it's not something that an unknown person can create." Lin Ruhai commented.

of course.

The works passed down from generation to generation by the poet sage are naturally extraordinary.

etc!

Lin Chen suddenly reacted.

According to Lin Ruhai, does he think that this poem was written by him under the guise of Du Mu's name?

The reason is simple. There is no Du Mu in this world yet.

That's why Lin Ruhai suspected that Lin Chen had bad intentions and had other thoughts about his daughter.

Whatever.

Lin Chen felt a little tired.

Open.

Lin Chen, who originally expected to be scolded by Lin Ruhai, heard the other party change the subject.

"Does General Lin have any words?"

"Um?"

Lin Chen was startled when he heard this.

"Words?"

It is true that people in ancient times had words.

But Lin Chen thought of something and shook his head.

"I was born an orphan."

The implication is that no elders gave me the words.

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

"In this case, can Lin ask me to choose a name for General Lin?"

ah?

Lin Chen was dumbfounded.

What expansion is this?

You must know that giving words is not a simple matter.

Either someone close to him or a master or elder.

"correct."

Lin Ruhai was about to choose a name for Lin Chen. Seeing the ghostly look on Lin Chen's face, she was a little dissatisfied and said, "Good man, why do you use a mask to hide your true face?"

Lin Chen's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he had no choice but to use his usual excuse.

"I look ugly down there, but I'm afraid..."

"You're so cunning, but you don't tell the truth."

Lin Ruhai interrupted, but there was no trace of anger in his tone. Instead, he asked with a smile.

"Did you know that I learned the art of understanding people in the academy a few years ago?"

"The art of recognizing people?"

Lin Chen was startled.

"Looking at you, your eyes are as clear as flowing pine trees, your temperament is indifferent, and you don't look like someone with an ugly face."

"Is there still such a thing?"

Lin Chen suspected that Lin Ruhai was deceiving him.

only.

All right.

Lin Chen shrugged. If they meet in the palace later, Lin Yushi should not be frightened.

Lin Chen took off his ghost mask and looked at Lin Ruhai.

Just look at the man in front of you. He is not too old, and he is handsome without losing his masculinity.

"She looks a bit like she did when she was young." Lin Ruhai praised.

Lin Chen: Haha.

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