23. Dowry
?? After a long time, Yao Pu reacted quickly, pulled Mao Song's sleeve, the two knelt down together, kowtowed to Yao Keqing in the screen, and said in unison: "How can the minions damage the reputation of the master, the minions will do a good job for the master wholeheartedly, and will never embarrass the master! I will not dare to be greedy for the master's penny!"
The tall and strong steward also came to make a kick, "The servants are naturally loyal, and they will definitely keep the master's property in order and not let the master worry about it." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
Suddenly, all the stewards below ran out to show their loyalty, and the meeting room was lively for a while, seeing this situation, the old lady was so angry that her whole body was trembling, but Yao Keqing said unconsciously: "Grandmother, you see, they are very loyal!
Looking at Yao Keqing's ignorant face, Miao was even more angry, he had seen stupid people, but he had never seen such stupid ones! He said coldly: "Since they are all loyal, it is naturally good, since you believe in them, then let them help take care of it!"
"The granddaughter naturally believes in them, and even the grandfather believes in them!" Yao Keqing looked innocent.
Hearing this, Miao choked again, felt a pain in his brain, and pushed Yao Keqing away from Yao Keqing in his arms, "I'm a little uncomfortable, I'll go back to Shou'an Hall first!As for your mother's dowry...... Since you can trust these minions, give them them!"
Yao Keqing didn't let go, and the Miao family was helpless, she didn't dare to force Yao Keqing to hand over Fang's dowry to her in front of many stewards!
Seeing that Miao stood up, Xiao Miao hurriedly stepped forward and carried the old lady away, regardless of how Yao Keqing behind him wanted to deal with this matter.
"Pomegranate, remove the screen!" Yao Keqing thought, he was still young, so he didn't have to pay attention to the big defense of men and women, and he took advantage of the fact that he had those people in his hands who could be used. Pomegranate thought that Miss was only six years old anyway, and there was nothing to worry about, so she removed the screen, and according to Yao Keqing's instructions, she and Peaches made hot tea for the stewards.
Yao Keqing roughly flipped through the ledger and was suddenly startled. In her past life and present life, she lived two lives and didn't take it seriously to see that this son used to be her mother's, and later became her own dowry, she only knew that it was very rich, but she didn't know that it was so rich, even if she was a person who didn't value money, her heart jumped, and it was no wonder that in her previous life, Xiao Miao's family would do it to herself for this dowry. Not to mention the various ornaments she had seen, which filled several warehouses and Fang's full boxes of jewelry, as well as priceless antique jade, just the wedding Zhuangzi and the shop were enough to make people's hearts beat.
The Fang family's dowry is not too much in terms of quantity, but the quality is really a bit high, even with the Fang family's thousand-year-old inheritance, it is a bit too rich.
Most of Fang's dowry land is in the south, in Fuzhou, there are 200 hectares of paddy fields and a 50 hectares of mulberry garden, that paddy field is a ripe field that has been cultivated for many years, and two seasons of rice can be planted every year, and the mulberry garden is an old manor that has been passed down for hundreds of years, and it is very famous in the south; in Tongzhou, there is a 30-hectare orchard, and the fruits produced every year are all offered by the emperor; in the capital, in addition to the 800-acre hot spring village in Wulizhuang, like the Yao family, there are several other small villages, among which there is also a Zhuangzi that relies on the royal forest garden and repairs the summer resort. The hot spring Zhuangzi built a greenhouse to grow vegetables, so every time it was cold and there was no fresh food to buy outside, the Zhuangzi would send a cart of fresh vegetables every few days, in addition to some fragmented fields, but they added up to hundreds of acres.
There are also a number of shops in the dowry, there is a jewelry shop, Yixing Building, which has opened many branches in the country; a silk shop: Shijin Cloth Village; a restaurant: Yuweiju, which is a time-honored brand in Beijing, there are only two shops in Beijing, one in the east of the city and one in the south of the city; there is also a general store in the north and south that is said to be given the name of the founding emperor: one in the world, and the branches are also all over the world; a bookstore: Mingde Bookstore, there are two shops in Beijing, one next to Taixue, one next to Guozijian, and the last one is a printing company: Mingde Printing Company, which is also in Beijing。 In addition to these famous shops, there are dozens of shops, although the reputation is not as good as the previous ones, but the business is also very good, and there are some arms such as fat powder shops, ready-to-wear shops, dim sum shops and other small shops scattered in the capital and the capital.
Yao Keqing just took a cursory look, and found that most of these Zhuangzi and shops are extremely profitable, and the geographical location is good, no matter what you do, you can't lose money. She was silent in her heart, the output of these places added up to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but she still had to leave some money for the emergency use of the shop, in case of emergency, but the rest was at least 300,000 taels, which was not a small number, the most of the women in the Jingzhong family were only 50,000 or 60,000 taels of silver, and most of them were 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver; 。 The mother's dowry doesn't matter how much it was worth at the beginning, just look at the annual income in this dowry now, which is enough for a first-class famous family to marry several daughters in style......
Xiao Miao in the previous life was probably fattened by his mother's dowry, and he also fattened his guts, and finally poisoned himself. Thinking of this, Yao Keqing secretly gritted her teeth, in her previous life, she was not only greedy for the harvest, but also used her dead mother's silver to pave a green road for her biological child, and finally even took possession of the property, people are really insatiable. In this life, she doesn't want to take a penny from herself and take advantage of it.
Seeing that all the stewards were respectfully half-bowed and sat on the chairs, without squinting, Yao Keqing was secretly satisfied, there is still a reason why his grandfather's family has been heirloom for thousands of years, and even the stewards are so good, compared to Yao Pu and Mao Song, the two well-informed stewards who followed their grandfather, they are not inferior. Such people are capable and faithful to the Lord's house, because they know very well that their present dignity is given by the Lord's family, and although they can be rich and prosperous for a while by turning their backs on the Lord's house, once they are discovered by the Lord's family, it will affect future generations, and they have calculated this account very clearly.
"All of you have worked hard! Many of you are from other places, and it is not easy for you to travel so far in the cold winter. ”
"Miss is polite! This is the duty of a slave, and it is not worthy of Miss's hard work. Seeing Yao Keqing say this, the people below waved their hands again and again.
"This 'hard work' must be said, but since all the stewards have worked hard for a whole year, and they are all in a hurry to pay the accounts and go home for the New Year, then I will make a long story short!" Yao Keqing looked at the stewards below and heard this, they all cheered up, took a sip of tea, and continued: "Judging from the books, this year's total harvest is about the same as last year, except for the income of the mulberry garden, which is a few percent less, and the other places are more or less gained. He flipped out the account and handed it to Yao Mao and the others who were standing aside.
Seeing that Yao Ke counted his name, the steward of Mulberry Garden was shocked and hurriedly stood up, he didn't expect the owner to be able to read the accounts at a young age, but he could write it down after a few rough glances, but he didn't mean to deceive the past, "The rain came late this spring, and the mulberry leaves in the garden were not enough, although when I first found out, the small one brought someone to collect a lot of mulberry leaves, but it was still not enough, and a lot of silkworms starved to death, but fortunately, there was no delay in the order that had been received a long time ago, but there were also several large orders that were not connected." ”
Yao Keqing glanced at Yao Pu, Yao Pu nodded, "This year's spring rain is indeed late, and even the yield of early rice has been reduced, but the autumn rice harvest is more, making up for the shortage of early rice." As he spoke, he handed the account book of the paddy field to Yao Keqing, Yao Keqing saw that it was really the case, he didn't find this just now, but Yao Pu saw it, it seems that there is a reason why the grandfather values their husband and wife, such a capable person can use it for himself, and he and Shen'er will have a better way to go in the future.
The steward in charge of the paddy field hurriedly stood up, and it was actually the tall one, "It's still the steward Yao's sharp eyes, and the minions are planning to fool the past!" said the steward with a smile. Yao Pu knew that he was joking, and he didn't care, so he pointed at Mao Song and said: "It's not a good thing for you to fool me, if you can fool the abacus in his hand, I admire you!"
"Oh, then I don't have the skills!" the steward laughed. Yao Keqing secretly glanced at Mao Song, who was concentrating on the plate, Mao Song was very silent, but he was a good hand at doing accounts and settling accounts, and even the gold medal shopkeeper outside couldn't match him, he was pulled by the old lady, and he was loyal to the old lady, because he didn't talk much, and people didn't often appear in front of the old lady, Yao Keqing had no impact on him, but thinking that he was a person that his grandfather could trust, even Yao Pu admired it, and he couldn't be worse.
This account can not be checked in one day, Yao Keqing is young in the end, her body is a little unbearable, but she is still holding on, she just relied on her ability to never forget to turn over all the accounts in half an hour, and then showed her hand, shocking all the people, she is actually not proficient in the accounts, she was really a layman to this in her previous life, and now she has the opportunity to learn, with her strong temperament, even if she is tired, she will never give up easily.
Yao Pu looked at Yao Keqing's face was a little pale but stiff, and he only felt distressed, every year when the accounts were reconciled, they adults couldn't stand it, but she was a child who had been staying up for a day, where could she stand it, so she quietly asked someone to call Yao Mama to come, seeing Yao Mama coming to call herself, Yao Keqing still didn't want to leave, knowing that Yao Pu whispered to her that when she was busy for a while, she would let Mao Song teach her in person, and she was willing to leave.
Looking at Yao Keqing's back, Yao Pu made up his mind to pay attention to the fact that tomorrow he would let his mother-in-law find a way to trip her, and he would definitely not let her get tired anymore, she couldn't stand on her feet just now. But before he could come up with a way, Yao Keqing fell ill the next day, but her illness didn't attract much attention in the house, because the old lady was also sick.
When Yao Keqing was lying in bed to recuperate, he only secretly hated his body for not being angry, and when he was cured, he must make up for his body, and thought about whether he should learn from Anping Junjun in his previous life, and also go to practice martial arts, I heard that she has not been very sick since she practiced martial arts, and even giving birth to a child is smoother than others, and she gave birth before she had time to enter the delivery room. Although she had this idea in her previous life, she did not implement it in the end, and she could try it if she had the opportunity in this life.
Since Yao Keqing was sick, Yao Qishen gathered around her bed, serving tea for a while, pouring water for a while, and occasionally endorsing to Yao Keqing, looking at his younger brother's small figure doing this and that for himself, Yao Keqing couldn't help but think of the tragic death of his younger brother in his previous life, Xiao Miao's killed so many people at once in order to kill his younger brother and clear his suspicion...... You have to let Shen'er have the ability to protect herself.
After Yao Keqing recovered from his illness, the accounts had been checked, Yao Keqing took the accounts sorted out by Mao Song, and had to admire the old lady's vision of knowing people, she was a layman who was clearly organized, and she didn't regret missing the accounts in the past few days, and only pestered Mao Song to teach her.