Chen Shuo said: "Now that Xianqing has not returned to Jiangning, we need to make a decision on the affairs of Lord Ningxin. What we have to consider now is whether to build the county lord's mansion or not, His Majesty only gave 50,000 taels of silver, and it is obvious that a three-grade county lord's mausoleum is barely enough to build. Wait for the hot samples and craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to come, let's make a preliminary calculation. ”

Chen Jingzhi nodded, looked at Dong Ruyi and said, "Sister Ru, tell me what you mean?"

In Chen Jingzhi's eyes, Dong Ruyi is much more reliable than his daughter and son-in-law.

Dong Ruyi smiled sweetly, "I think I'll prepare the silver for construction first, as for the wood and bricks, the people and craftsmen of the Ministry of Engineering will naturally deal with it... There are also funeral goods and the decoration in the county lord's mansion, I think I will also prepare them in advance, so as to save the time when it is too late, and..."

Dong Ruyi said a lot, and finally said: "I suspect that the 50,000 taels of silver given by His Majesty are not for the construction of a mausoleum at all, it is estimated that it also includes the furnishings in the county lord's mansion, and the necessities for the funeral, and perhaps also includes the officials of the county lord's mansion." ”

Chen Shuo exclaimed: "How is this possible?" Then he remembered the appearance of the Yuan Governor's Mansion holding the documents to him, and he felt a little strange at that time, according to the reason, the holy decree was not issued, how could he take the documents in advance for them to prepare. ”

Chen Mingyu said: "If this is all built, how much silver will it take? In my opinion, there is no need to build the county lord's mansion at all, and my aunt is not hereditary." And my brother-in-law has already entered the Hanlin Academy, and you will not go back to Jiangning Mansion in the future, even if you come back, you will sweep your aunt's grave, ten days and half a month, and then you will live in the Chen family, or you can buy a house at will, it will be easy to solve. That county lord's mansion is really unnecessary. ”

Chen Mingyu's voice fell, and Chen Shuo and Chen Jingzhi were silent.

Dong Ruyi looked at the three people in front of him with a smile and said, "Your Majesty seems to have a princess, right? Even if he doesn't have a princess, then it stands to reason that he should know what the county lord's mansion and county lord's mausoleum need in the third grade?

Dong Ruyi's series of rhetorical questions made Chen Jingzhi's eyes widen, and Chen Jingzhi said: "It won't be the one who wants us to give out the silver, right?" It's just that we just donated 75 million taels of silver, and then let us give the money to build the county lord's mansion and the county lord's mausoleum, which is too..."

Dong Ruyi answered: "It's indeed a bit too shameless, but there is no way, who makes the family heaven." Fortunately, Sister Ru originally planned to build the county lord's mausoleum and the county lord's mansion with her own silver, after all, my grandmother fell asleep in the ancestral grave of the Dong family, but because of me, she was troubled to open the grave and move her bones. Sister Ru now only hopes that Daddy won't blame me for causing trouble. ”

Dong Ruyi is telling the truth, as long as Dong Wende doesn't blame her, let alone a third-grade county lord's mausoleum, or a first-grade princess's mausoleum, she will still take the silver out to build it.

Chen Jingzhi said: "What about the county lord's mansion?

Dong Ruyi nodded and said: "Yes, that's the county lord's mansion of Zhengsanpin, when will people like us be able to enjoy the treatment of the emperor's relatives and relatives, so hehe, Sister Ru also borrowed the light of her grandmother." ”

Chen Jingzhi was speechless, and Chen Shuo said: "I think you just have too much silver and burned it." ”

Dong Ruyi nodded and admitted: "My great-grandfather knows me, but now I really don't want to say it, Sister Ru doesn't have much except for a lot of silver." ”

The ancestors and grandchildren of the Chen family were completely speechless, the emperor thought that she Dong Ruyi had a lot of silver, and Dong Ruyi himself also felt that she had a lot of silver.

Then Chen Shuo and Chen Jingzhi thought of the four treasures of the study room that Dong Ruyi used before, as well as all kinds of ornaments and objects, not to mention that they were really a bit of a royal family.

Chen Mingyu said earnestly: "Sister Ru, the eldest uncle thinks this is inappropriate, you said that you donated so much silver, and now you use the silver to build these, the one above doesn't have to think about it, in this way, how do you explain to the one above?"

Chen Jingzhi said: "I'm afraid that person has already thought too much." ”

Dong Ruyi said: "Then dare to ask my uncle, will the emperor believe that I donated all the silver?"

Chen Mingyu was asked, obviously not believing it.

Dong Ruyi asked himself and replied: "He definitely doesn't believe it, the best result is that he thinks that I will only keep a fraction, such as a few million taels of silver." So if I don't mean it, I mean it, and I spend some money, then he won't guess wildly. For example, is there anyone behind me, for example, what will I do with the rest of the odds? Master Tang and the second uncle said that they must be doing business, but what about what I have? ”

Chen Mingyu was in a cold sweat when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Are you afraid that the person above thinks you have done something with the rest of the silver......

Chen Mingyu closed his mouth, Chen Shuo's father and son looked at each other speechlessly, what Dong Ruyi said was exactly what they had just thought.

If it is said that the emperor is suspicious, it is better to use it all on the construction of the county lord's mansion and the construction of the county lord's mausoleum.

Chen Shuo nodded with satisfaction, he got up and said, "It seems that I don't need to worry about the future affairs of the Chen family." You know better than I can see. ”

He patted Chen Mingyu on the shoulder and said, "Learn slowly from your father, you are better than your grandfather." ”

After he finished speaking, he walked out of the house and went directly to the ancestral hall.

He wants to talk to his old wife and daughter, at least they can rest assured that Dong Wende can be reassured, and they can also be blinded.

As for the construction of the mausoleum and the lord's palace, it was easier to do it, and they prepared the silver and waited for the officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Works to come.

Regarding the construction of the county lord's mausoleum, Chen Mingxing was willing to bear some of the ingredients.

Dong Ruyi looked at Chen Mingxing and said: "Second uncle doesn't have to worry about the silver, if my sister is not so poor, she can't even afford to repair her grandmother's mausoleum." ”

Chen Mingxing is really worried that she doesn't have enough silver, he wants to launder his silver.

Chen Mingxing looked at Dong Ruyi, gritted his teeth and thought for a long time, and then suddenly realized: "Where am I afraid that you don't have enough money, I am because of guilt, if it weren't for the fact that I dragged down the Chen family, the Dong family was afraid that the Chen family would even connect with them, where would they really drive my aunt and eldest sister out of the Dong family, I just want to do my part." ”

Dong Ruyi said with a smile: "Since my uncle has this heart, my grandmother naturally laughs at it." ”

Chen Mingxing said: "You ghost spirit, don't you just want the second uncle to find an excuse to beat around the bush." ”

The paperwork of the Ministry of Industry came down first, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry also set off for Jiangning.

Chen Shuo became the shopkeeper, Chen Jingzhi saw it, so he handed over everything to Chen Mingyu, and he also sat up and shook the shopkeeper.

As the eldest son of the Chen family, Chen Mingyu didn't feel anything wrong with taking over such a thing, but he felt that these were what he should do.