Chapter 17 Wei Zhongxian, give me money! Don’t think you don’t need to pay for sending a maid!

"This Uncle Zhang Guo is really a nuisance. He has nothing to do with industrial products and handicrafts. Because of this, His Majesty has decreed that our family will be his purse strings from now on. If our family doesn't give it, we can't stay in the Bureau of Ceremonies."

.What’s the difference between this and our family marrying a wife and letting her into the bridal chamber?!"

Because of Tianqi's decision, the more Wei Zhongxian thought about it, the more he felt at a loss. After returning home, he couldn't help but complain to the Hakka family.

Keshi laughed after hearing this: "You said you can really enter the bridal chamber?"

"It's just a metaphor."

Wei Zhongxian replied.

Keshi added: "Then what can we do now? The emperor's order cannot be violated. Weren't you quite smart in the past? There should be a way, right?"

Wei Zhongxian sighed: "What can I do? Now I can only ask him to be gentle."

At this time, the Ke family suggested: "Huo Weihua, who always came to the house before, sent two stunning maids. Why don't you send them to the uncle first, so that he can indulge in women's sex, so as not to have to spend every day with them?

Thinking of coming to you to ask for money."

Wei Zhongxian nodded: "Madam said yes, then let them send it."

…

Zhang Gui also didn't expect that Tianqi suddenly decided to ask Wei Zhongxian if he needed money for steelmaking in the future.

This also means that Wei Zhongxian will become his cash machine.

Moreover, as far as he knew, this nine-thousand-year-old man was quite good at making money in history.

In Zhang Gui's view, it is actually good that Wei Zhongxian is now making money so that he can spend it unconditionally on research. After all, making money is also taking money from other people's pockets, which is not easy. Now that Zhang Gui does not need to make it himself, it will undoubtedly be less

Saved a lot of trouble in making money for the sake of spending it.

"who are you?"

However, what Zhang Gui didn't expect was that as soon as he came back from Xiyuan, he found that there were two more beautiful girls in his house, both of them so tender that they could squeeze water.

"Slave Autumn Tea."

"Slave Qiuchang."

The two girls folded their hands on their waists and bowed in reply.

Xiaochan replied at this time: "Master, they were sent by the old man from Xiaoge who came today."

"Why is this little Ge Lao sending this woman to you to test me?"

Zhang Gui asked.

Xiaochan shook her head: "My little maid doesn't know either."

Then, Xiaochan asked again: "Sir, the question now is, how are you going to sleep tonight? There are only two beds in the house."

"How to sleep? Sleep together! By the way, we can also check their health."

Zhang Gui exclaimed: "The life of these ancient powerful people is really worthy of criticism!"

"Xiaochan! Master asked you to go there."

At this time, a nanny came outside and gave some instructions. Seeing that Zhang Gui was there, she hurriedly gave Zhang Gui a gift.

Zhang Gui therefore asked: "What does the master want from Xiaochan?"

The nanny replied: "In the front hall, Eunuch Wei sent two maids. He said that as a young master, he should be treated as a cat and a dog to play with. There is no use in leaving him with him."

Zhang Gui was speechless after hearing this: "Why is this bitch Wei Zhongxian sending the maid away? This is asking me to be Ximen Qing, and then I have no intention of asking him for money. This is a vicious move, but I am not Zhu Changluo!"

Zhang Gui said and gave Xiaochan a wink: "Go and get it."

"yes!"

Xiaochan then walked out.

After a while, Xiaochan brought two maids.

Zhang Gui looked at it, nodded, and asked seriously: "What are your names?"

"Slave Qiucao."

"Slave Qiurun."

When Zhang Gui heard this, he looked back at the two maids sent by Mr. Xiao Ge and thought to himself: "I'm afraid they were trained by the same mother. The names are very meaningful."

In the late Ming Dynasty, there were specialized merchants who would raise a group of little girls and teach them music, chess, calligraphy and painting. When they got older, they would select those with good talent and appearance and sell them to powerful families as maids and concubines.

They also often give the beautiful maids they bought as gifts to others.

Among them, Yangzhou Shou Ma is the most famous.

What Zhang Gui didn't expect now was that the minister Han Xu and the eunuch Wei Zhongxian would also give him beautiful maids, and their names would actually have the word "Autumn" in them.

Zhang Gui called all four of his beautiful maids to stand in front of him and asked, "How much money does it usually cost to raise you for a month?"

Although Zhang Gui admitted that these four beauties were indeed good-looking, he still wanted to ask about the cost of keeping them first.

The four beauties looked at each other.

Qiu Cha first replied: "It all depends on how much grace you give me."

Zhang Guidao: "Let's just give you a number."

Qiu Shang replied at this time: "I am in the Han family. My monthly money is one tael. I also have two taels of rouge and gouache money every month. I have five taels of clothing for all seasons. I have five taels of custom-made jewelry every year. I have four treasures in my study and two taels of silver."

"This month will be fifteen taels. Four will be sixty taels. Add Xiaochan. If the standard is the same, it will be nine hundred taels a year. As a first-class official, my annual salary is only more than a thousand taels.

Shiliang, the cost of raising these four beautiful maids is almost a year’s salary!”

Zhang Gui suddenly felt that what Mr. Xiaoge and Wei Zhongxian had given him were four big money-losing items.

"According to the rules of the Han family, sir, if we have your flesh and blood, we will have to match two maids. The maids will be halved according to the grace given to the slaves. The two together will be fifteen taels."

Qiu Cha took the initiative to remind him with a shy smile.

Zhang Gui smacked his tongue after hearing this, and said in his heart that he couldn't afford it.

But suddenly Zhang Gui realized that he had an authorized cash machine.

"Xiaochan! Please arrange for them to go to the left and right rooms. Tonight, you will sleep outside me."

Zhang Gui said suddenly.

Xiaochan asked: "Don't you want to sleep together?"

Zhang Gui waved his hand: "I can't sleep for the time being, and I don't want to use the swim bladder, sir! I'll wait until your son and I go to ask for the money tomorrow morning!"

"oh!"

Xiaochan took the four beautiful maids to the side room.

…

Early the next morning.

Zhang Gui came to Xiyuan.

As soon as he arrived at Xiyuan, Zhang Gui saw Wei Zhongxian and Han Xu walking towards Qinzheng Hall in Xiyuan.

Wei Zhongxian and Han Xu also saw Zhang Gui.

The two couldn't help but look at each other.

Wei Zhongxian recently got acquainted with Han Xu because they were on duty together in Xiyuan Imperial Palace, so he took the initiative to say to Han Xu: "Uncle Guo was admitted to the imperial examination last night, and he is young and strong. Logically, he should have gotten up at three o'clock in the morning. Why so early?"

Han Xu said: "This is too short for Uncle Guo. I must not be able to appreciate the joy of it. You can't just send beautiful maids. You should send some medicine to Uncle Guo."

Wei Zhongxian nodded.

Zhang Gui had already walked over at this time.

Both of them smiled and greeted: "Uncle Guo!"

Zhang Gui also returned the gift, and then looked at Wei Zhongxian: "Eunuch Wei, give me the money!"

"Please let me know how much money you want to give me."

Wei Zhongxian replied.

Zhang Gui said: "Why are you pretending to be confused? Of course, regarding steelmaking, have you forgotten the emperor's order?"

Wei Zhongxian smiled sheepishly and said: "How dare we forget, how much does Uncle Guo want?"

Zhang Guidao: "Let's allocate fifty thousand taels first."

After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian complained: "Uncle Guo, our family has not been in the Lijian for long, and we really don't have much money. To be honest, we borrowed the five thousand taels we gave you last time."

"What are you talking about?"

Tianqi appeared in front of the three people at this time.

"His Majesty!"

The three of them were busy meeting each other.
To be continued...