Chapter Thirty-Eight: Ji Ji's Soft Power
85_85797 Have 3,000 acres of fertile land? Oh my God, her family actually has 3,000 acres of fertile land in a place like Jiankang! Ji Ji's eyes lit up, and she was so excited that she was about to fly.
Jingkong said: "It's just that the Liu Song Dynasty is newly established, and the 3,000 acres of fertile land on your mansion, together with the 5,000 acres of fertile land in our Baiyun Temple, have been confiscated, and in the end, it was the abbot of the White Horse Temple who went out to make His Majesty return 1,000 acres of fertile land to my temple. ”
Ji Ji was disappointed for a while. But in a blink of an eye, she also figured it out, so she politely replied: "This has nothing to do with the master, no one can stop the change of dynasty and re-measurement of the land." ”
I didn't expect Ji Ji to be so open-minded, the Zen Master of the Clear Sky showed a smile, and after he thanked him with his hands, he said: "Now that manor, because of the ability of the servants in your mansion, the position is only average, and it has been fortunately preserved to this day." The manor* has more than 30 acres of mountainous land, which can be regarded as solving the problem of the residence of the female benefactor in Jiankang. ”
With that, he opened a rotten wooden box from the side of the bed, and pulled out a well-kept, but yellowed deed paper.
Ji Ji took the deed paper.
Until she left Baiyun Temple, she also looked back frequently, and this trip to the crane leaning on the peak can be said to be surprisingly smooth. The ancestor who entrusted the wealth was indeed a wise man, because he believed in the Zen masters. It's been so long, except for these masters, no one else really can't believe it.
When Ji Ji was still a little disappointed in the harvest of this trip, Uncle Sun Fuli and others on the side were ecstatic one by one. They were so shocked by Jiankang's housing prices that they couldn't breathe, and when they heard that they had a small manor in Jiankang City, they were immediately going crazy.
Zen Master Jingkong said that the location of her family's manor was not good, but Ji Ji did not expect that this location would be so bad. Following the address indicated on the deed paper, Ji Ji was speechless for a long time when she saw that it was located in the depths of the alley, with a mountain behind it, although it was located in Jiankang City, it was actually far away from the city center, and it was located in the corner of Jiankang's poorest and least looked at by the scholars.
At this moment, an old man appeared, he looked at this luxurious team with good horses through the broken door, and asked vigilantly, "Where do the guests come from?" ”
Ji Ji stepped forward, she took out the contract, and said slowly: "My surname is Ji, and I came to receive the inheritance of my ancestors." ”
Ji Ji also thought that these servants had lived here in the past, and they had already made this place their home, how could they resist the entry of her master, but she didn't expect the old man to go in and say hello, and in a blink of an eye, more than thirty men and women stood in a row respectfully, and opened the door of the mansion to welcome Ji Ji to settle in.
The old man who appeared first looked at her deed paper for a while, and after looking at the several books that Ji Ji brought from Ji's mansion with her father's handwriting, he turned to Ji Ji and said respectfully: "The old servant Zheng Wu led all the servants to see the son-in-law. ”
Ji Ji hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.
Seeing her looking at her people, Zheng Wu snorted lightly and said, "Everyone, our son-in-law is back!" ”
Almost as soon as Zheng Wu's voice fell, whether it was him or the servants standing behind him, their momentum changed one by one.
It's really changed!
Rao is clothes are old, and Rao is still stains left by labor on many people's bodies, but at this moment, when these servants are standing upright, it makes Ji Ji seem to see those servants around Xie Shiba!
It's just that in a blink of an eye, the extremely inconspicuous Zheng Wu seems to have become a well-educated Confucian full of poetry and books, and that is the little maid who looks very immature, and even has a bookish atmosphere that cannot be seen in ordinary small clan girls.
All of a sudden, Sun Fuyuehong and the others, who were standing behind Ji Ji, actually felt a kind of self-defilement.
Seeing Ji Ji surprised, Zheng Wu stroked his long beard and smiled slowly: "The son-in-law may not know that although we are domestic servants, we are the first family in the world that has ruled the world for more than 800 years, and the domestic servants of the Ji family. ”
When Ji Ji heard this, she exclaimed: "Uncle Zheng is saying that you have been following our clan since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty?" ”
Zheng Wu nodded and said, "Exactly." He continued: "Over the years, the world has changed, and my Ji clan is no longer majestic. But in three hundred years, your ancestor left his last words, he said, the change of royal power is irresistible, but the country changes, and the family style cannot change. He said that the future generations of the Ji clan, regardless of master and servant, must all study. ”
After making a weekly salute to Ji Ji that he could never see again in this world, he said respectfully and proudly: "Don't look at the old and weak of me, but over the years, we have always kept in mind the teachings of Lin Xingong, and whenever we have leisure, we will entertain ourselves with poetry and books. Therefore, although people in the world say that Wang Xie is the first family, Wang Xie's domestic servants will definitely not be like us, proficient in Zhou music, and full of poetry and books. ”
Zheng Wu looked at Ji Ji proudly, and said: "There is a so-called century-old aristocratic thousand-year-old family, son-in-law, no matter what occasion you go in and out in the future, we will not let you lose half of your face!" ”
In this era of treating face as a qiē and attaching great importance to inheritance, Ji Ji did not expect that overnight, she would have a group of servants who were proficient in Zhou Le, who had been lost for many years, and were full of poetry and books! At the same time, these servants also have unparalleled loyalty to the Ji clan!
Seeing that Ji Ji was satisfied, Zheng Wu called the servants to introduce her one by one.
These servants are the surnames of Zheng, Qi, and Qin, which happen to be the surnames of the three princes and kings during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Next, Ji Ji was busy learning about the recent situation of the manor. For example, Zheng Wu and others have guarded this manor over the years, relying on the more than 30 acres of mountainous land in Zhuangzi, sewing and mending to live, but even if the location of the manor is not good, over the years, they have experienced several waves of explicit or implicit calculations against the manor.
What Ji Ji didn't expect was that the study room in this manor actually contained tens of thousands of books from hundreds of schools of the pre-Qin period.
Such a rich collection of books and such a learned servant are enough to prove her family heritage to anyone.
At this time, Sun Fu, who had circled around the manor, came back and said, "Girl, although this manor is not small, it is too poor. "Ever since he saw the Erjin house with a price of 5,000 gold, Sun Fu felt that this manor covering an area of forty or fifty acres was very large.
Indeed, the estate was too poor. Ji Ji looked at the dilapidated and dilapidated houses with holes everywhere, looked at the half-collapsed walls, looked at the old clothes on the servants, and the appearance of yellow muscles, and thought secretly.
However, it's no wonder that they, the good land was collected, and these servants of them can stick to the manor, waiting for the Ji family to have an heir, which is already supreme loyalty.
At that moment, Ji Ji ordered: "Uncle Zheng, from today on, you will be the chief steward of my Ji Mansion, and Sun Fu will be the second steward." After the two thanked them, Ji Ji turned to Zheng Wu and said, "I brought three carts of gold and silver this time, you can spend it first." This Zhuangzi has a master, so it can't be so dilapidated. ”
Zheng Wu replied loudly: "Yes!" ”
Ji Ji nodded, and said, "I also bought those eight horses, and all the family trips will be replaced by donkey carts in the future." ”
Again, the servants replied, "Yes." ”
"I heard that the price of Jiankang grain is not expensive, so buy more."
"Yes!"
Ji Ji remembered something, and said: "I heard that among the grains, rice can make people white and shiny the most, and in the future, regardless of men, women, old and weak, all the staple food in the family will be rice." ”
As soon as Ji Ji's words came out, the servants around were silent, seeing that they were so silent, Ji Ji was about to ask, and when she turned her head, she saw behind Zheng Wu, and several servants had red eyes.
Suddenly, she understood that rice was only eaten by nobles in this era, and looking at the appearance of the people in the manor, I was afraid that it would be difficult for them to even eat chestnut rice, but Ji Ji's decision completely moved these people.
However, although eating rice would be a huge expense, no one, including Zheng Wu, said no.
…… It's not because the rice is delicious, they don't refuse, but because even though they are full of poems and books, even though they are the only people in the world who know ancient musical instruments such as ritual music chimes, as long as their faces are yellow and thin, they can't even see the faces of nobles!
It can be said that in this era when they are handsome and can even become officials directly, no matter how talented they are, no one believes the way they look now.
At this moment, Ji Ji said again: "In addition, I must eat a meal of minced meat every two days until I am full!" ”
After a long while, Zheng Wu's voice was hoarse due to excitement, "It's just that in this way, the cost is too great." ”
Hearing this, Ji Ji smiled leisurely, and she said softly: "Don't worry, make money, it's easy!" As soon as she said this, more than fifty servants raised their heads and looked at Ji Ji in surprise.
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Sitting in the depths of the dark ancestral hall, Lu Shi'er thought to herself, her life may end like this!
Looking at the beams above her head with blank eyes, she thought desperately: What an unwillingness.
Thinking of her Lu Shi'er, she was the third-room concubine of Lu Mansion, in the past, she was delicate and cute, and everywhere she went, there was a voice of flattery, and everyone often said that her only bad thing was that her mother died early.
But for Lu Shi'er, what does it matter if her biological mother dies early? Her aunt treats her better than her own daughter. I think she didn't know how many good things she said and how much effort she did in front of her grandmother and father in order to put her aunt on the throne.
She just didn't expect that people's hearts are so terrible, and some people will never know that she is a snake until they show their fangs.
For a long time, my aunt spoiled her and let her go, she used to think it was love, but today she understands that it is called "killing". That wooden box, when she moved that day, there was obviously no embroidered screen in it, but as soon as she turned around, the charge of destroying the embroidered screen of the back pattern was really smashed on her, even though she tried every means to justify, but because of her arrogant behavior, no one believed it!
Thinking about it, Lu Shi'er closed her eyes, and two tears slowly appeared in the corners of her eyes.
Just as tears were pouring down into the floor beside him, suddenly, in front of the ancestral hall, which was so dark that ghosts could be seen everywhere, there was a sound of footsteps.
She will soon become a ghost, and even if she is a ghost, she is not afraid......
Just after Lu Shi'er laughed at herself, suddenly, her best friend Wei Jin said softly outside: "You stay here, I'll go talk to Shi'er." ”
Lu Shi'er hurriedly opened her eyes.
Just as she staggered to her feet, Wei Jin's figure appeared at the door.
Seeing the emaciated Lu Shi'er at a glance, Wei Jin's eyes quickly turned red, she rushed over, held Lu Shi'er's hand, and choked up: "It's only been ten days, Shi'er, why did you make yourself like this?" ”
Lu Shi'er saw Wei Jin crying, and she also choked up, "Ah Jin, are you here to say goodbye to me?" Is it that I'm going to die of old age here for the rest of my life, so you're going to see me for the last time? ”
"Of course not." Wei Jin remembered the task of this trip, she hurriedly leaned into Lu Shi'er's ear, lowered her voice and said, "Shi'er, do you still want to go out?" ”
Get out? Lu Shi'er was excited, she said with tears in her eyes: "Ah Jin, I want to go out even if I dream." ”
Wei Jin nodded, and she whispered, "I think it's the same." So saying, she took out a handkerchief from her bosom.
Wei Jin handed the handkerchief to Lu Shi'er and whispered, "This thing was delivered to me by an unknown person this morning. Take a look. ”
Lu Shi'er was stunned, she glanced at Wei Jin, took the handkerchief and looked at it.
After just one glance, Lu Shi'er seemed to be crazy, and suddenly rushed to the skylight, and looked at the light carefully.
Seeing that Lu Shi'er's hand holding the handkerchief was trembling, Wei Jin said, "You also see it, right?" The lotus embroidered on this handkerchief is embroidered with back lines! ”
Wei Jin walked in front of Lu Shi'er, glanced left and right again, turned his head and whispered: "The person who gave me this handkerchief told me, you only need to take out a set of two courtyards on the main street, and his master is willing to help you repair the broken screen as before, and it will definitely not let people see the slightest trace!" ”
After a brief pause, after letting Lu Shi'er digest her words, Wei Jin said again: "That person also said that there are only more than 20 days before the Queen Mother's birthday, and you will give up a set of yards and get the opportunity to turn the tables, are you willing?" ”
In fact, for a concubine like Lu Shi'er, her deceased mother had already left her an extremely rich dowry. It's just a yard located on the main street, how could she not want to? At such a price, it is far from taking advantage of the fire!
Biting her lip, Lu Shi'er resisted the urge to cry with joy, and said in a trembling voice: "When will she want it?" ”
"The man said that the sooner the screen was handed over to her, the better, and as for the yard, the screen would be handed over with one hand and delivered with the other."
"Good!" Lu Shi'er burst into tears, she sobbed and said: "That person can really help me repair the screen, not to mention that as long as there is a courtyard, let me Lu Shi'er provide her immortal monument every day in the future, and I have no regrets!" How frightened and desperate she was in the past ten days, at this moment, she was so grateful to the person who took the initiative to help, after saying this, she said like an oath: "You sue that person, no matter who she is, her life-saving grace to my Lu Shi'er, I will remember it in my heart and never forget it!" ”。