Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

"We are rich now, tell me what you want to buy, and I will pay for you." Li Baolu proudly took down nine silver tickets and eight large silver ingots.

Gu Jingyun picked out a denomination of ten taels from the silver bills, looked at the remaining eight hundred taels of silver bills, and raised his eyebrows: "Are you priced at a thousand taels?"

"That's right, the Qiongzhou Sunrise map is priced at 100,000 taels, and the price of the fairy sea map must not be too low."

"Who bought the painting?"

"Acquaintance, Baolai No. He's family."

Gu Jingyun nodded slightly, stopped asking, but looked up at her bulging chest, and asked, "What's inside?"

Li Baolu took out the cloth bag from her bosom, and said triumphantly, "Guess."

"Money." The tone was very affirmative.

Li Baolu pouted, "You can't guess something else first."

She opened the cloth bag, revealing a wad of banknotes. Gu Jingyun took them and took a closer look. They were all in denominations of one hundred taels, and there were about two hundred by visual inspection.

"Where did it come from?"

"The Ou family fell out with the Yuan family. The Ou family revealed the news that the Yuan family had a lot of wealth. Some people came to investigate in advance when they were tempted. Who knew that the Yuan family did not take the gold and silver with them, but deposited them in What's more unfortunate is that the people who stepped on the spot discovered the bank, and they robbed it." Li Baolu said triumphantly: "I went to the bank to exchange the silver, and the whole process was ugly, and I couldn't help it for a while. "

"What are you going to do with these banknotes?"

"Follow Master's rules, keep ten percent, and the rest will be scattered."

As a thief, Bai Yitang can be admired by Quan Wulin because of his principles. Unlike those chivalrous thieves who rob others of their wealth and help their own poor, what Bai Yitang steals is kept enough for himself to eat and drink, and everything else is scattered. to the poor people.

And this person loves to rob corrupt officials the most, otherwise he wouldn't have been plotted and arrested by so many people.

It is precisely because he loves to rob corrupt officials, and most of the money belongs to the common people, that someone speaks for him during the trial, and he is only sentenced to exile for the crime of theft. Those officials who wished to tear him into pieces could only stare.

Bai Yitang feeds the whole family without worrying about it. He doesn't leave much money every time. Even when he is the poorest, he only takes 10% of the stolen money.

Bai Yitang warned Li Baolu that stealing money comes too quickly, in order not to lose oneself in this trip, one must have principles and rules.

And Bai Yitang's rule is, don't take money unless it is ill-gotten, no matter how much money you take or how difficult you are, the money and things you keep should not exceed 10%.

So even if Li Baolu only stole ten coins, he could only keep one coin, and the remaining nine coins had to be distributed.

Distributing money is also a very troublesome thing. Li Baolu is not short of money now, so she feels annoyed for a moment.

"How do you get so much money out?"

Gu Jingyun has already counted the bank notes, a total of 180, that is, 18,000 taels.

"I bought all the money, rice noodles, linen, cotton and some common medicines, and sent them to the temple to let the monks help distribute them to the poor people in Guangzhou, especially Yushantang. It is less than 20,000 taels, which is not enough. How many things to buy." Gu Jingyun's mouth curled up and said, "I bought the linen from the Baolai, and according to the time calculation, they should have just returned from Qiongzhou, so they must have brought back linen."

This will also support their own business.

The two agreed, and Li Baolu calculated the quantity and approximate cost of each item to be purchased. As Gu Jingyun said, 18,000 taels is indeed not much, but it is enough to buy only a few things.

The two of them dispersed without leaving a penny. In order not to expose themselves, Li Baolu dressed up as a man and blackened his hands and faces. He took the money and went to various shops to buy things. After the purchases, people sent them to the temple and Yushantang.

So within two days, the people at the bottom of Guangzhou knew that there was a good man in Guangzhou who was distributing rice noodles, cloth and cotton medicinal materials to the poor people through the temple.

Everyone flocked to the temple.

The 18,000 taels of things just floated in a splash and disappeared, but those who didn’t get the things didn’t complain, but went to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. I hope they can catch up with such a good thing next time. By the way, I pray for the safety of my family and a good harvest of food.

Then I went home happily and contentedly.

The trial of the case that was dragged by Zhou Zhifu for a few days started again. The Ou family was willing to pay compensation, but they were not willing to pay that much. There was no way. Two, but the sum of several items is a lot. The compensation for each person is about three hundred and fifty taels.

Gu Jingyun's is the least, but there are as many as eighty taels.

Chang Kuan died the most. Funeral expenses, parents’ alimony plus wife and children’s support, all of which add up to 3,000 taels, not counting children’s education expenses, parents’ wife and children’s emotional damage expenses, etc., all added up A total of eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-five taels.

Among them, the children's education expenses are the highest, because Gu Jingyun directly counted all the expenses from his enlightenment to the Jinshi examination, until he was fifty years old.

When Ou Tongjuan almost vomited blood when he saw it, Gu Jingyun justified it very confidently, "If Chang Kuan survives, he can support his wife and children no matter whether he goes further or finds an official after he wins the imperial examination. He left behind a lot of family property. Now just asking Mr. Ou to compensate some education expenses is a step back for the sake of the same year. If Chang Kuan is alive, why should his wife and children worry about this?"

Standing under the hall is a juren, twenty-three scholars, even an as dull as Qiao Xu can debate clearly, let alone Gu Jingyun and Wen Sheng?

A pair of twenty-four, Ou Tong was completely defeated!

He also knew that he could not argue with them, he could only refute those items that he thought were unreasonable, but since Gu Jingyun dared to list them, he was not afraid of his refutation.

The two sides fought with each other in the courtroom until the mouth was dry, and finally ended with the failure of Ou Tong's judgment.

In the end, Ou Tong was awarded 16,995 taels of compensation to twenty-five people, including Chang Kuan.

Even though Ou Tongpan has a lot of family business, he still feels distressed beyond measure.

Li Baolu calculated in her heart, based on the current calculation of 12 to 15 yuan per catty of rice, one tael of silver is equivalent to 225 yuan in her previous life, and Ou Tongpan will pay 3.8 million yuan about.

It looks like a lot, but it’s not much for each person on average.

And seeing that although Ou Tongjuan felt distressed, he still quickly paid out the compensation, so he couldn't help but leaned into Gu Jingyun's ear and whispered: "The compensation is less."

Gu Jingyun knocked her on the head with a fan, and said with a smile: "It's quite a lot, three hundred and fifty taels, if you spend fifty taels a year, it will be enough for seven years."

Their family's life is considered exquisite, and they can spend less than a hundred taels of silver a year, while an ordinary family of five can live comfortably on twenty taels a year.

Although the amount he gave was not enough to bankrupt the Ou family, it still hurt their family. If it was too harsh, Ou Tong would definitely fight back fiercely.

When the time comes, he will procrastinate against the verdict, and it will be these frail scholars who will suffer.

Because Ou Tongpan's home is here, he has a lot of time and people to consume, but these scholars are different. Their home is not here, so one more day here will cost more, and they can't afford to waste their time.

If they don't study for a day, they will become rusty. How can they study for the imperial examination if their energy is always on the lawsuit?

Gu Jingyun didn't have much friendship with them, but since he was on the united front, he had to think about them.

Gu Jingyun thought clearly in his heart, and Wen Sheng naturally understood his intentions, and recognized this affection from his heart.

While the others received the compensation money, a big stone fell from their hearts, and they bid farewell to their partners one after another, and made an appointment to reunite after three years.

The family already knew that they could not take the imperial examination, so they had to go back as soon as possible. Now that they have money, they are not afraid that they will have no travel expenses in three years.

In the end, only Wen Sheng and Qiao Xu were left behind. They were the leaders of this rights defense incident. Chang Kuan’s compensation was held by them. His parents, wife and children had already received the news and rushed to Guangzhou. They had to wait for them to arrive in Guangzhou. Give them the money, and then escort them back to their hometown with their coffins.

The two were very grateful to Gu Jingyun, and they both felt that the other was a good friend, so they exchanged posts.

Gu Jingyun said: "The two seniors have enough knowledge. If you want to go out and travel, if you go to the capital, I will do my best to be a landlord."

Wen Sheng laughed, "Brother Gu is fully sure that he can enter the palace examination?"

Otherwise, how dare you talk about the friendship of the landlord?

Gu Jingyun smiled, "Although I was born and raised in Qiongzhou, my ancestral home is in the capital. Even if I fail the palace examination, I can still do my best as a landlord."

The two were slightly surprised, why did the people from the capital go to Qiongzhou to settle down?

The difference between the two places is more than one hundred and eight thousand miles?

Gu Jingyun didn't explain, but gave Wen Sheng the eighty taels that he had just received, "This is a funeral ceremony for the Chang family, and I'm leaving tomorrow, so I don't wait for the Chang family to arrive, so I would like to say my condolences to them. "

Wen Sheng took the money bag, sighed, and patted Gu Jingyun on the shoulder as a response, "Brother Qiao and I will send you off tomorrow."

Qiao Xu watched Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu walk away, then turned his head and said to Wen Sheng: "Brother Gu has a narrow mind, so we can be friends."

Vincent nodded.

Gu Jingyun, who walked away, looked at the setting sun and sighed slightly, "Yesterday, Chang Kuan's book boy packed up his belongings, and I accidentally saw the annotations in his book, but he is a broad-minded, resolute person, what a pity. "

"Are you regretting?"

"You and I both knew that this matter was Ou Dunyi's scheme, and we both figured out that there were other victims, but at the time, in order not to cause trouble, and to catch him, I just let it go. I always thought last night, if I Maybe Chang Kuan won't die." He didn't feel sorry for Wen Sheng and the others, they were still alive, but three years too late.

But what a pity Chang Kuan, he died. A person dies like a lamp that goes out and ceases to exist.

Li Baolu thought for a while and said: "In the future, I will help his family more when I have a chance."

Gu Jingyun nodded, he just doubted for a moment, suppressed the pity in his heart, held her hand under the cover of his wide sleeves, and walked slowly towards the house in the sunset.