Chapter 240: Stingy
Only then did Chen Wenhui understand why the Chen family sent these companions to marry her. It's still so fanfare. They were probably afraid of sending this Jeju Island to Chen Wenhui alone, but Chen Wenhui did not accept it. Therefore, in this way, Chen Wenhui had to accept it.
Speaking of which, the 100,000 taels of silver, the silk and satin that filled the yard, ginseng, Dongzhu, and mink were all just additives, just to let Chen Wenhui accept the bribes from Jeju Island.
Chen Wenhui and his father Chen Yuanheng, eldest brother Chen Wenjun, and second brother Chen Wenlin glanced at each other, and Chen Wenjun looked at Chen Yuanzhi with a smile.
Chen Yuanzhi was a little embarrassed in such a gaze. The purpose was discovered, and it was really embarrassing, and it was really not good to use such a method to calculate other little girls.
Chen Wenhui understands in her heart. That Jeju Island is on the edge of the newly occupied Goryeo Peninsula in the land of the Chen family. The island is very small, the scenery is good, but the land is barren and there is no production. Therefore, for the Chen family, it is a place like chicken ribs. If it was given to Chen Wenhui. Chen Wenhui will definitely invest in the construction of this island. After the construction of this island, because it is close to the Goryeo Peninsula, it will naturally become a foreign trade port-like place, which can pull some of the trade of Chen Wenhui's Nanyang cities to the Goryeo Peninsula.
Chen Wenhui couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart, these onlookers still envied her for getting so many things and silver taels from the clan land, but how did they know that the Chen family land was just something that gave her more than 100,000 taels of silver, but how much did she have to invest in Jeju Island to build it well? After the construction of various infrastructures, it will cost three to five million taels of silver. I don't know. After those onlookers knew this number, would they envy the things she got.
Obviously, Chen Yuanzhi is still clear. Therefore, he didn't have a shelf at all, and after Chang Sui read out the gift list, he affectionately followed Chen Zhaonan and the others into the hall to sit and drink tea.
Chen Wenhui returned to the backyard with her mother. On the way, Chen Wenhui bowed her head and said to her mother: "Our clan is too calculating, and it is really insincere to take such a small thing and want me to invest in a broken island for them." ”
Bai smiled and said, "Then what should I do?" Who made you the daughter of the Chen family? The daughters of the Chen family all want to contribute to the Chen family. Look at your aunts. More than you give. You're just paying a few hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver. If it's built, it's still worth earning back. However, what about your aunts, they have paid for their lives. Especially your eldest aunt, the queen mother. How much does it cost? I have suffered all my life in the palace. Also paid a prince. ”
Chen Wenhui thought about it too. He smiled and said, "Okay." I don't complain, just accept it. After all, I am also the daughter of the Chen family. A few hundred taels of silver is really not a problem for me. Besides, the people in their land probably think that Jeju Island is a barren place. It didn't hurt me at all. After I build this island and start making money, I guess they will all have to regret it. ”
In his previous life, Chen Wenhui did not travel to Jeju Island, and he probably knew more about that island than the elders of the Chen family. When she thinks about it, she still remembers the beautiful scenery of Jeju Island, the sweet oranges, and how valuable it is as a honeymoon island. Not to mention, it seems that the Chen family land wants to build Jeju Island into a trade island connecting the Goryeo Peninsula and various cities in the South Seas, can it not make money?
Chen Wenhui smiled slightly.
When the Bai family saw it, they could only pray for the Chen family in their hearts, the Bai family had already been infiltrated by Chen Wenhui to make money because of the fact that they wanted to defeat the Wang family's bank, and it seemed that the Chen family land would also face such a situation. As the daughter of the Bai family, as the daughter-in-law of the Chen family of the Chen family, she does not sympathize with these two clans at all, as long as her baby daughter can make money, how about managing the land of the two families.
Bai also smiled slightly, and continued to greet those official eunuchs and their dependents.
I thought that after this day was disrupted by the Chen family, I would be able to return to normal, but unfortunately, the Chen family's efforts were in vain, because another group of uninvited guests came.
First of all, the harem concubines who have made friends with Chen Wenhui include Chen Guifei, Chen Shufei, and Zhao Defei, who have become monks, and sent a congratulatory gift to the box. Then there is the most favored Shihuang concubine in the palace who sent a generous gift to add boxes. In the end, the queen also officially issued a decree and gave Chen Wenhui a batch of rich gifts, of course, most of these are tribute silk and some exquisite jewelry made by the Internal Affairs Office. The kind jewelry was placed in the tray, which once again made the ladies excited.
And that's not all.
Then the emperor's will made everyone excited.
The emperor sent someone to read out the official decree. The Chen family had to line up the incense case, and those guests who remained in the Chen family, and those who had official bodies also knelt down, which was a sign of respect and obedience to the imperial power.
Chen Wenhui also came out of the boudoir again, knelt there, and listened to the eunuch who announced the decree read out the holy decree. The belly slander that does not listen to the heart. The emperor issued a holy decree at this time, but he did not send anything substantial, so he must not have any good intentions.
Sure enough, after listening to the holy decree, Chen Wenhui generally understood, and this holy decree said that Chen Wenhui's three cities and three acropolis in Nanyang were given to Chen Wenhui as Chen Wenhui's dowry, and Chen Wenhui's children and husbands could inherit Chen Wenhui's three cities and acropolis in the future.
Chen Wenhui couldn't help laughing, isn't this equivalent to rewarding her with her things? Poor her, she still has to be grateful to Dade. This emperor is really as stingy as ever. In comparison, the Chen family is quite generous. However, with this holy decree, presumably those people in the Zhao family will have a lot of ideas.
Sure enough, my father went to greet the palace envoy, and when the palace envoy left, the Bai family whispered to Chen Wenhui: "Originally, those cities were yours, but the emperor gave it to you justifiably this time. ”
Chen Wenhui nodded and said: "I won't give less, if I can't satisfy me, then I won't give anything." ”
Bai Shi looked at his daughter, and felt a burst of comfort in his heart, her daughter has been smart since she was a child, and she is not an ordinary weak female streamer, and she will definitely not be able to suffer losses in her husband's family in the future.
The people of the Chen family were still calm, only Chen Yuanzhi, the elder of the Chen clan, pursed his lips when he heard the content of the holy decree and said, "Stingy." ”
However, the visiting guests, relatives, were completely boiling. It turned out that marrying Chen Wenhui not only got a lot of property, but also got three overseas cities and three acropolis. What does this mean, it means to have a kingdom of its own? In the future, it is conceivable that the Zhao family is no longer an ordinary nobleman in the capital, but a prince, and in time, it will become the fifth family in addition to the four major families. The situation in Dachu has also changed. In the future, the top forces will no longer be the four major families, but the five major families.
These small families in the capital, the eunuchs, all regret it, they knew that marrying Chen Wenhui could get such a big benefit, and there were many young people of the same age in their own family, why didn't they seek it? Now I can only watch as such a big benefit falls on the head of the Zhao family. Compared to this, even the dazzling 100,000 taels of snow silver ingots of the Chen clan were dimmed.
Xiao Chen's house is still lively, and the ceremony is ongoing. Zhongyi Mansion, the old Zhongyi Mansion, who had been away from the capital for a long time, also returned to the capital, because his son was going to get married, he naturally did not want to live in seclusion outside the city, and returned to the mansion to preside over the overall situation. At this moment, I heard what happened to Xiao Chen's family. When he knew that the Chen clan sent an elder to marry Chen Wenhui, Lao Zhongyi said to Mrs. Zhao, Zhao Chongli, Zhao Chongyi, Zhao Chongxin, Zhao Yufei, and Han: "See, there are always some of you who think that I value the county lord of Wenhui too much, do you understand now?" Even the old fox Chen clan sent someone to marry the county lord of Wenhui, and he also sent an elder. When the queen mother entered the palace, she didn't have it, and neither did the current crown princess get married. ”
Mrs. Zhao gasped, and the daughter-in-law became more and more prickly. Originally, Xiao Chen's family was rich, and the dowry must be ten miles of red makeup, and the more dowry the daughter-in-law has, the more difficult it is for the mother-in-law to deal with the daughter-in-law. It's good now, not only the Xiao Chen family bought a dowry for Chen Wenhui, but also the Chen family came to join in the fun. This shows that not only the Chen family gives Chen Wenhui as a backer, but also the Chen family gives Chen Wenhui a backer, and her marriage specifications are higher than when the queen mother entered the palace. Isn't that a prick? Not to mention the silver that the 100,000 taels of the people in the capital have seen. In the future, everyone knows that Chen Wenhui's dowry is rich, she is really difficult to handle, and if she is not good, it is easy to be criticized for saying that her mother-in-law wants to plot her daughter-in-law's property. Mrs. Zhao secretly hated in her heart.
Zhao Chongxin exclaimed and said, "Oh my God, the Chen family is really a big deal. actually gave the second sister-in-law an island as a dowry, compared with her, those people in the capital who bought land and shops for their daughters were far behind. Think about it, in the future, this island era will be the second brother's industry, and in the future, the second brother's son will be an island owner, how free. ”
Zhao Yufei is not angry, his dowry has been purchased, Mrs. Zhao spared no expense, the purchase is very rich, in addition to the silk silk, gold and silver, there are three large farms, one is 2,000 acres of land on the edge of the capital, one is a 5,000 acres of land in the south of the Yangtze River, and the other is a 10,000 acres of farmland in the northwest. In addition to these, the capital also bought six shops for her, all of which were in good geographical locations. I also bought two shops in Shanghai City, both of which are very good. It is conceivable that after she gets married in the future, she will not have to worry about money.
However, in the mouth of her brother, her dowry became a bad dowry. She couldn't help but say: "It's just a broken island, and it's far overseas, who is rare?" Isn't being a remote poor island owner the same as a rich man in the countryside? Hum. ”
Zhao Chongyi's color changed, this Zhao Yufei is really a hateful master. (To be continued......)