Chapter 62: Starting with Salary

"Welcome to our distinguished guest." Although the Fan family and Shen Qingzhou did not get along, they still had to show proper courtesy and the door was open.

"Greetings, My Lord." After walking a few steps, Liu Ruyu was already waiting in the courtyard. It was normal that she didn't see Fan Jian. Even if it was a day off today, the other party didn't want to see her at all. He would definitely have objections to dragging his daughter to a brothel.

"Madam Liu, there is no need to do this. I came here only to express my gratitude. Just call me Qingzhou." Shen Qingzhou said.

"I have come to your house formally and have prepared some gifts. Madam, you must not refuse. A small amount of external wealth is not worth even half of my safety." The guard handed over the gift list.

"It's too expensive." Even though she was the daughter of a duke, born rich, she was still a little surprised when she saw the gift list.

Tea sets, wood carvings, fans, silk, everything is available, and they are all specialties from all over Qing State. There are also the latest glass from the inner treasury, embroidered dairy products, which are definitely expensive gifts.

Shen Qingzhou was definitely willing to do so. He hadn't even spent his own money when tributes came from all over the country. Although he was not in front of them, they would not have any bad thoughts when they thought of him. They wiped out countless mountain bandits. As everyone knew, this group of people played with cash flow.

Excluding what the brothers kept for themselves and what was donated to the Six Gates headquarters as activity funds, 35% was Shen Qingzhou's personal property. Perhaps no one else in the world had done this before. Anyway, before he knew it, Shen Qingzhou's personal assets had increased by another 5 million taels.

Confiscating property and destroying the entire family is definitely the fastest way to make money. It feels a lot faster than doing business in the inner treasury.

"This visit is to thank Madam Liu for her kindness back then. I hope you don't mention anything about the Fan Mansion and me." Shen Qingzhou said after sitting down.

"Qingzhou, let me just say this, is the matter between you and the Fan family really irreconcilable?"

"That's fine." Shen Qingzhou said. He heard two groups of breathing behind the screen. They must be Fan Ruoruo and Fan Sizhe.

"What conditions?"

"First, get engaged." Shen Qingzhou said.

"Shen Qingzhou, you are so despicable, I will not marry you." Fan Ruoruo jumped out directly. She didn't want to do it. She hated this man so much. He tricked her into going to a brothel and wanted her to give birth to a child for him. He was dreaming.

"Ruoruo." Madam Liu was actually a little embarrassed. She actually felt that it was quite a good deal. The other party was young and promising, the third-ranked figure in the military, and he was well-matched with the most talented woman in Kyoto.

"Qingzhou, this matter needs to be considered carefully." Liu Ruyu is more realistic. She is not pushing Fan Ruoruo into the fire pit. Shen Qingzhou is really good.

"I didn't expect that Madam would be so generous and not refute me." Shen Qingzhou suddenly said.

"Matters between men and women are matters of ethics, why refute them?" Liu Ruyu was puzzled. What was there to not say? If you are willing, then you are willing. If you don't want to, you can just decline politely later. You want me to decline politely in person.

"I didn't expect that Madam would be so generous and willing to sacrifice herself for the Fan family. I admire you." Shen Qingzhou said with a smile.

"Stop, what do you mean by sacrificing yourself?" Liu Ruyu had a bad idea, but it shouldn't be like that. She could be his elder, so he must have heard it wrong.

"So that Madam can know, I was dragged to the barracks at that time, and I was extremely nervous along the way. Later I learned that nothing went wrong on the way, all thanks to Madam. I may not have been mentally sound at that time, and I unconsciously regarded Madam as someone I depended on.

Although I know this is impossible, I am willing to mention it. Maybe Madam and Miss Ruoruo have misunderstood that the person I am seeking to be engaged to is not Miss Ruoruo, but Liu Ruyu. "Although Shen Qingzhou thinks that the other party is quite charming, it does not mean that he is horny. He is using this way to tell the other party that reconciliation is not so easy.

"How bold." Liu Ruyu slammed the teacup in her hand directly on the table and looked around guiltily. Fortunately, the servants were not there because she was afraid that her attempt to reconcile would be known to others.

The same was true for Shen Qingzhou. Once Fan Ruoruo and the other person left, there was no one else here, so he had the ability to hear.

"It seems that Madam is unwilling. That's fine. From now on, the entire Fan Mansion, except Madam, will be the enemy." "Do you know what you are saying? If this matter is made public, you will be ruined."

"Madam, you are joking. I am a ninth-rank master. The worst that can happen is that I resign. But this incident will hurt your madam more." This is the feudal society. Women have to abide by more rules than men. Even if she doesn't take the initiative, if she tells others about it, her reputation will be ruined.

"Is this how you repay your benefactor?" Liu Ruyu's face turned red with anger, which made her look even more beautiful.

"This is the first condition. The second condition is that if Fan Sizhe or the descendants of the Fan family are sent to join the border army, the Fan family will not help."

"Shut up and get out of here." Liu Ruyu didn't want to listen anymore. It turned out that she was not good enough and her son had to go to the military camp as well.

"Madam, you will always be my benefactor. I just want to tell you how difficult it is to reconcile. I was only ten years old when I was sent to the border army by the Fan family. I went through mountains of swords and seas of fire and survived many deaths before returning to Kyoto. It is not something that can be reconciled with just a few words from you.

To be honest with you, Madam, I am seeking to be engaged to you out of revenge. I want to make the head of the Fan family look bad and make him feel more miserable than dead. Only then can I get rid of the hatred in my heart. I am leaving now."

Shen Qingzhou felt happy. He finally realized that he clearly had the invincible power of the ninth rank. Wuzhu was most likely not in the Fan Mansion. He could massacre the people in the Fan Mansion. He was not afraid of death, so why didn't he do it?

He doesn't just want to kill people, killing people is too satisfying, and he feels sorry for all the hard work he has put in over the years. Although he has a legend, if he didn't have one, wouldn't he have been tortured to death? (The reason is fine, don't always ask for killing people directly, and there is no plot after killing people. Do you think it's interesting?)

At that time, they didn't kill me directly, but attacked my mind. Now, I am the one who is attacking my mind.

Liu Ruyu watched Shen Qingzhou leave and pushed the box he brought aside. The dirty man was so disgusting.

However, she has realized that the other party did not like her, but was just seeking revenge. In fact, she was wrong about this, and Shen Qingzhou was not unwilling.

……

"Master, this boy's words are frivolous. It seems that it will be difficult to reconcile them." Liu Ruyu was not stupid, so she naturally would not tell the truth to Fan Jian.

From her vague conversation and Fan Ruoruo's complaint, Fan Jian guessed that it was Marquis Shenwu who deliberately proposed this condition in order to get engaged to Fan Ruoruo.

If it were just this matter, it would be fine, but if we also have to send Fan Sizhe to walk the same path as Shen Qingzhou, that would not be acceptable.

"I understand. Be careful about everything at home," said Fan Jian.

……

The day of salary payment has arrived.

Many officials happily went to Zhengcang to collect their salaries, but not all of them were wealthy.

"Privy Council, which department are you from? The stable? Oh, where is the receipt? Okay, take this and go inside to get your things." When the clerk from the Ministry of Revenue heard about the Privy Council, he became alert. After seeing that it was not one of the three departments, he let the other party get the things.

"The post office, right? Oh, where's my pen? We're closed here today. I'll go get my salary from them."

Then, everyone discovered a strange scene: the salaries of Guangxi, the three northern houses, and the other three families were all rejected with excuses, and everyone knew something was wrong.

(Please give me monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, and help the children, it’s too difficult)

(End of this chapter)