Chapter 12                                                             �

Zhou Mengchen felt a little worried. He said, "You don't have to worry about this kind of thing." Zhou Mengchen suddenly stopped and said, "It's here."

There is a street in front of me, and the population is dense. Zhou Mengchen doesn’t have to worry about Miss Li’s safety. He can’t leave together.

There was a hint of melancholy in Miss Li's eyes, she saluted gently, and said, "Just leave here." She brought her maid into the crowd on the street.

Zhou Mengchen vaguely heard the conversation between her and her maid.

"Miss, we won't go in the future. It's so dangerous. If the master finds out, he will beat me to death."

"You are so stupid, don't let him know. That's fine."

"But, Miss -----"

"No, but."

Zhou Mengchen smiled lightly and took Zhou Dazhuang home.

Shortly after returning home, Huang Zhubo came over. His mother cooked a few dishes. After dinner, Huang Zhubo avoided his mother and said to Zhou Mengchen: "I have inquired about the meaning of the county lord, at least 500 taels. I can avoid this matter."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Uncle, you know, my family doesn't have this money."

Huang Zhubo said: "I know, but this is the case, and it will be difficult to handle. No matter what you do in the yamen, it is difficult to talk about without money. The county magistrate obviously wants money. I'm afraid there is no way."

Zhou Mengchen was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled, stood up and saluted, and said, "Thank you for these days. Let's stop this matter, isn't it just a sanitary school? I'm going to go."

Huang Zhubo said: "Don't be loyal. This is a mess from many years ago. What kind of thing can you create?"

Zhou Mengchen said, "In the current situation, either pay for some county magistrates? Or run the Yangjianyuan. Not to mention that my family has no money, even if it is rich?" Zhou Mengchen also sneered a sneer on the corner of his mouth and said, "I don't want to give this county magistrate. I just need to run the Yangjianyuan so that the county magistrates can't make any mistakes."

Huang Zhubo smiled bitterly and said, "Silly kid, in the officialdom, you always say you are, you are, you are, you are not, you are not, there are no errands that can't be wrong. If you really want to choose, don't pick bones in eggs, you can pick oil even in water."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Please rest assured uncle. I always have a way. You must know that this is Wuchang City, not Jiangxia County."

Huang Zhubo understood this sentence.

If it is Jiangxia County, it is naturally the county master who covers the sky with one hand. However, there are many Bodhisattvas in Wuchang City. As long as any of the Bodhisattvas above says the next sentence, the county master will naturally not dare to touch Zhou Mengchen.

But Huang Zhubo didn't think Zhou Mengchen could do this. He thought to himself: "Young people are like this. Let's just let him go and have a little trouble. I'll think of a solution here."

Thinking of this, Huang Zhubo won’t say much.

After Zhou Mengchen sent Huang Zhubo away, he returned to his room and thought carefully.

He carefully analyzed the matters of the Yangshiyuan.

In the end, it all fell on one money.

The Yangjiyuan is only left with a dilapidated large courtyard. Whether it is to maintain the livelihood of these more than 100 elderly children or to carry out the most basic renovation of the Yangjiyuan, it requires money.

And this money is divided into two types.

One is emergency money. Judging from these elderly and children, they don’t even have the money for the next meal. Zhou Mengchen must take out a sum of money immediately. Otherwise, they will be out of stock. Second, the funds for the Yangyuan to maintain for a long time. After all, it is impossible to support so many people. It needs to be a hammer business.

When he met this county magistrate, Zhou Mengchen did not expect to get money from Jiangxia County.

Zhou Mengchen just needs to find a way to make a living for the Yangjian Academy and support these young and old people.

Zhou Mengchen also had some ideas in his mind for the second sum of money. Although he had not made a decision yet, Zhou Mengchen never doubted that a person with modern thinking would not be able to make money in ancient society, let alone an official of his size. Although he was a ninth rank official, he was much taller than ordinary people.

As long as you are not as guilty as a treasure, you just need to focus on making money itself.

It's just that distant water cannot quench near thirst.

The first emergency money was released from somewhere.

Zhou Mengchen thought about it all over the place. There was only one source.

Zhou Mengchen found Zhou’s mother the next morning and said, “Mother, there is one thing. Child------”

All the money at home is in the hands of Zhou’s mother.

Zhou Mengchen wanted to get all the savings from his family, but could only ask his mother for money.

Seeing Zhou Mengchen like this, Zhou's mother said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "The child needs some money."

Zhou's mother pondered for a moment and said, "My son has grown up and has some social engagements. And after you ascended the post, you will also send you more than a dozen taels of silver to you. This is how you can take this amount of money. Remember, it's not as good as before, you need to save some money."

This kind of money is as mentioned before. Merchants buy more service quotas. Unless they have fame or official status, the people of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably serve. Moreover, the political politics at the beginning of the country was clear and the management of taxes and service was relatively good. It was within the scope of the people's burden, and the people did not feel the hardship. However, now, the tax and service system has begun to become chaotic, and when faced with heavy service, the family may be destroyed.

Therefore, they would rather pay for money and serve nearby.

But these ten taels of silver are also a one-year money.

In other words, Zhou Mengchen's monthly income is only one tael of silver, regardless of extra money. He is not as much as Miss Li's pocket money. With the salary of the government and other benefits, he is only two or three taels of silver.

This money is enough for a family.

Ancient cities are different from modern cities.

Even Wuchang City is actually just a big rural area. Zhou’s mother still opens vegetable fields at home and raises some chickens. The daily expenses are not much.

But these dozen taels of silver were far from enough for Zhou Mengchen.

Zhou Mengchen said cautiously: "This is not enough."

Zhou's mother said: "Not this is enough? How much do you want?"

A dozen taels of silver can already buy a maid. If it is just pocket money, or even Zhou Mengchen has any social relationship, it will probably be enough.

Zhou Mengchen was not willing to make Zhou's mother worried, nor did he want Zhou Mengchen to know about the matter in the stewardship house. He was confused and suddenly said, "Mother, I look like a girl."

A bright light burst out from Zhou's mother's eyes and said, "Oh, where are the people, who are their parents? What do I do? Have I seen them?--------" My mother's words were like a cannon, which made Zhou Mengchen feel a little overwhelmed. He said, "Mother, there is no sign of her horoscope. If there is hope for success, I will tell you, but you have to give me some money so that I can please the people in her family."

Ancient and modern times are different.

Girls themselves have no right to decide.

Therefore, if you really like a girl, the fortress you want to conquer is not the girl himself, but the girl’s father and brother.

But Zhou's mother didn't believe it.

After all, Zhou Mengchen was not eager to talk about marriage before. One suddenly appeared here, which was naturally a bit suspicious.

Secondly, according to the rules of this era, if you really like it, you should ask your parents to come to the house and ask the matchmaker to marry the matchmaker. This is the normal rule. How can he say that he will handle the other party’s family by himself?

This is not in line with the rules.

When Zhou Mengchen saw that Zhou's mother didn't believe it, he immediately said, "Mother, if you don't believe me, you can ask Dazhuang." He called Dazhuang over and said, "Dazhuang, did we meet a lady yesterday?"

Zhou's mother also looked at Dazhuang.

Da Zhuangmeng took a breath and said, "Yes, yes----"

There is one that's over.

After hearing this, Zhou's mother said, "Okay, no need to say it. I understand."

Zhou's mother knew that Dazhuang was an honest child and she would never lie to her. Although she still didn't believe Zhou Mengchen's statement, she also said, "How much do you want?"

Zhou Mengchen stretched out a finger and said, "One hundred taels."

Zhou's mother frowned immediately and said, "No, I don't care what you do, I can only give you seventy taels. There is still a lot of things at home. Logically speaking, your father has gone. You should be the one who should be the one who is here, unless you marry a wife and come in, I will take care of Zhou's family's account this time. seventy taels. Do you want love?"

Zhou Mengchen said, "If you want it, why don't you?"

When Zhou's mother returned to her room, she opened the big wooden box in the corner of the room, took out a red cloth package from the bottom of the box, and saw that it was five taels per ingot of silver, and twenty were neatly arranged. Fourteen were taken out from it, wrapped in red cloth, and said, "It's good to use it."

Zhou Mengchen also knew that this little saving was already the last little foundation of the Zhou family.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely get it back, and more will be brought back."

Seventy taels of silver weigh several pounds. It is actually very inconvenient to carry it on your body. Generally speaking, only so much money can be carried by one person. If you have more, you have to think of other ways. Hundreds of silver have to be packed in small boxes.

Zhou Mengchen did not hold dozens of taels of silver himself. He felt heavy, but put the silver in a wooden box and let Zhou Dazhuang carry it on his body.

But I still feel heavy.

It seemed that the money was still on his body and he did not leave.

He knew that this was not the weight of silver, but the responsibility of a man.

He first went to the bell and drum tower, looked at the operation of the lotus leak, and looked at the Sun Zan. This is an older timekeeping instrument, which is a wooden stick on a disc. It is placed under the sun according to the corresponding inclined surface. The movement of the sun will cause the shadow to move and point to different scales, which is time.

The principle of estimating time is the same as that of ordinary people looking at the sun.

It is only limited to larger ones, and can only judge the time when it is sunny during the day. But it is also an effective supplement to leaks.
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