Chapter 024 Receiving

In the evening, Lin Zimo entertained Wang Pengfei in the form of a family banquet, and the main purpose was to subdue him. He soberly knew that he needed to be properly appeased. After all, cats and dogs could get a piece of the pie from this city defense incident. If he gives up the powerful Wang Pengfei and doesn't get any benefits, the relationship between the two will not be maintained harmoniously.

For this, it is impossible for Lin Zimo to listen to this and honestly win the trap arranged by Zhang Chi. In his previous life, he was a successful businessman, and naturally knew how to give up pearls for agate. The change of the situation stimulated his further desire for power. After all, men have a natural love for power.

Wang Pengfei and Lin Zimo, who arrived at the appointment on time, sat down as the guests. A whole table of good wine and good dishes can only be enjoyed slowly by two people. What they talked about was not suitable for a third person to be present, which made it inconvenient for Yang Mengqi and Chu Hanlu to participate. Lin Zi knew that he was bold and did not have the habit of drinking in a small glass, so he used a large bowl of wine. I believe that as long as the two of them drink happily, the problem will be solved.

Lin Zimo, who had drunk three bowls of wine, said heartfeltly: "On that day, since you already know that Zhang Chi led his family to escape, why not take his family away with you? The risk of staying is much greater than the risk of escaping at that time.

Wang Pengfei, who put down the wine bowl in his hand, said quite seriously: "It's not that I haven't been moved to take my family to escape, but I can't make up my mind when I think of the life and death of tens of thousands of people in the city."

Lin Zimo smiled and said, "If you come to know me, aren't you afraid that I will learn from our county magistrate?"

Wang Pengfei shook his head vigorously and said, "From my observation to you, you are not like him. You can offend Zhang Chi and Li Renjie for a childhood sweetheart, which shows that you are a bold, knowledgeable and affectionate man. At that time, I thought it would never be wrong to find your leader. After all, you will not escape alone regardless of the life and death of the people in the city.

"Then you are not afraid that I am a lustful man." Lin Zimo made a funny joke.

"How is that possible?" Wang Pengfei laughed and said, "If you are really such a man, then I really made the wrong friend."

Lin Zimo picked up the wine bowl on the table, touched one with him, and then drank it all. After putting down the wine bowl again, he slowly took out a 500 taels of silver ticket from his sleeve pocket and put it in front of Wang Pengfei.

"What do you mean?" Wang Pengfei's face showed surprise.

"I'm really sorry for you." Lin Zimo said in apologeticly, "I'm afraid you can't get the due promotion for your contributions to the court this time."

Wang Pengfei, who was clear in his heart, pushed the silver ticket in front of him and declined kindly: "You are so polite that there is no need to spend so much money. My relationship with you is too raw to say this. I have a good heart to know what Zhang Chi is like.

"This is the money you deserve." Lin Zimo pushed the silver ticket in front of him again and said, "In my personal opinion, I don't give you 50,000 silver for your contribution. Although we are all working for the court, we have to live a hard life without drinking.

"This...this..." Wang Pengfei still said, "If this money is Zhang Chi, I will accept it. However, I think this silver should be yours. Hey...what do you want me to do?"

"Ha ha... you think too much." Lin Zimo didn't say the origin of the silver and said, "I won't hurt you. Just accept it." This time, without your cooperation, I'm afraid I wouldn't be in today's situation. As for the 500 taels of silver, you take the flowers first. If you don't take it, I think you think it's too little, so I have to add another 500 taels of silver to you.

"Well, since you have said this, I am ashamed." After thanking Wang Pengfei with his fists in his hands, Wang Pengfei received the 500 taels of silver ticket in front of him in his arms.

He has been in public for decades, and this time's income is the largest. After all, these 500 taels of silver are enough for his family to go up and down without worrying about eating and drinking for a lifetime. Although he is the leader of fast-catching, there is not much silver falling into his pocket every year, and he faces a lot of risks. With this large amount of silver, Wang Pengfei's heart is much more solid.

Catching quickly belonged to the "bare industry" in ancient times, and it was strictly stipulated that their descendants could not take the imperial examination to avoid humiliation. Even if they leave the fast-catching industry, their descendants must be qualified to take the imperial examination three generations later. The detection tasks they undertake are time-limited, called "comparity limit". Generally, 5 days is a "comparity" and 3 days is a "comparity" for major murders. If you pass a "comparity limit" and can't solve the case, you will be beaten.

There is no salary for fast arrest. The annual food subsidy, that is, "work and food silver", is only about ten taels of silver. It is difficult to support the family, so extortion has become a trend. They often set up various names to collect benefits, and even cooperate with state and county officials, or create unjust and false cases, or levy violence against the people. Restrain and arrest arbitrarily.

Although Wang Pengfei is not so immoral, he always has to spend every day. In the Ming Dynasty, treasure money was popular on the market, but the inflation of that thing was too strong, and it was not as good as cash. Therefore, Ming Dynasty people still like to use silver in private. At that time, the annual fiscal revenue of cash silver in the Ming Dynasty was only 2 million taels of silver, and it was not until Zhang Juzheng's reform that it increased to a maximum of 4.5 million taels of silver, making the purchasing power of cash at that time very strong.

Wang Pengfei, with a smile on his face, picked up the wine bowl with both hands, paid tribute to Lin Zimo, and said respectfully, "I will take the lead by an adult."

In the past, Wang Pengfei thought more about saving his only son's life. Now Wang Pengfei feels that his future will be bright if he follows him.

Lin Zimo was very happy and accepted him as his own humane: "Zhang Chi is not a good bird, so we can't let him dom over the land of Pingnan County."

"I'll listen to your orders." Wang Pengfei suddenly got up and once again showed his determination to follow him.

Lin Zimo, with a bright smile, greeted him to sit down and talk. The two drank three times and served five flavors until Wang Pengfei couldn't stand it. Lin Zimo in his previous life has long been a warrior of the alcohol test, so it's easy to take him down. Because it was too late, I had to send my mother to find an updater to send him back.

Lin Zimo, who drank red and ears, returned to the north room in a good mood and saw Yang Mengqi, who was embroidering with the help of candlelight. Her attentive and handsome appearance showed another charm of half-cooked and half-life. Yang Mengqi was so focused on the embroidery in his hand that he didn't notice that he had quietly walked to his side.

"The wife is indeed a beautiful woman." Lin Zimo, who exuded the atmosphere of alcohol, praised with a smile.

Stop the embroidered Yang Mengqi in his hand, so he raised his head and saw some unstable people and said, "Don't make fun of your father-in-law."

"I'm laughing at you, but telling the truth." Lin Zimo, who sat down slowly, took the embroidery from her hand and looked carefully and said, "My wife is really skillful. The two mandarin ducks are embroidered vividly."

Yang Mengqi, who blushed slightly, got up from the edge of the bed, went to the side to pour him a cup of tea, then returned and handed it with both hands. Lin Zimo took the tea and took the opportunity to eat the tofu of her small hands.

"The wife's hands are not only clever, but also white and slippery." After drinking the tea in one breath, he handed over the empty teacup and joked, "How about I show you my wife's palm?"

Yang Mengqi knew that he was obviously making a bad thing, but he was not angry at all and was very happy. Lin Zimo gave her the feeling of flirting with her. Now that he has married him, what does he like? Yang Mengqi believes that this should be the joy of the boudoir between husband and wife. After putting away the empty teacup, she returned to Lin Zimo's side and obediently handed over her right hand, showing shame on her face.

Lin Zimo didn't want to show her at all, but put Yang Mengqi's hand on his lips and kissed it, and then put it in his hands to gently touch it. The bottom of his heart suddenly came up with an idea to help her grow up. After all, the two were already a legal couple in the Ming Dynasty. If they do this for a long time, a nameless couple will be laughed at.

Lin Zimo's prestige is getting higher and higher in Pingnan County. In the eyes of the people, he is a good official who loves the people like a son. Some of their hired mothers are honored to go out to buy vegetables. I even guessed that someone would listen to him in an all-round way to show off and make profits like paparazzi.

16-year-old Yang Mengqi, in her own era, would not be a big deal if she did that with the boy she likes. After all, it is already a relatively common social phenomenon. Thinking of Lin Zimo here, the moral shackles and guilt suddenly disappeared.

Yang Mengqi, who was in love for the first time, seemed to understand it. On the one hand, he was very curious about the wonderful feeling. On the other hand, he wanted to relieve his inner doubts and said, "On that day, when his father-in-law left, he once said that we were just a nominal couple. The slave family is incomprehensable. So what kind of husband and wife are real husband and wife?

"Do you really want to know?" Lin Zimo's eyes stared at her charming appearance.

"Ye, I still hope the officials will teach me." Yang Mengqi's expression showed the desire for knowledge.