In the blink of an eye, it was Layue, and the Chen family began to take stock again. The Chen family's industry is now growing steadily. Most of the money from selling technology was given to the emperor and the family, but the Chen family also got some, opened a restaurant and shop in the capital, and also bought a grange and shops in the capital, which are now profitable, so the Chen family's assets have increased a lot this year.

It was warm outside, not at all like the weather in the wax moon, Chen Yuanheng came into the house and saw that the Bai family had finished the accounts and was drinking tea. Now the Bai family is not as busy as before, because in the past few years, the Bai family's maids have grown up and are very capable, helping the Bai family share a large part of the affairs.

Chen Yuanheng smiled and said to Bai: "Madam, the situation is good this year, right?" ”

Before Bai could speak, Chen Wenhui had already said crisply: "Yes, father, I have a lot of income this year." ”

Bai also said: "Master, take a look at the general ledger." ”

After speaking, he handed the account book to Chen Yuanheng, Chen Yuanheng looked at the account book, his smile became bigger and bigger, and he finally finished reading it. Chen Yuanheng said: "Our grange has the least income. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Father, I told you a long time ago, agriculture can only solve the problem of eating, it is not possible to get rich, to get rich or to rely on business, it is all made by those rotten Confucian strange doctrines, everyone only attaches importance to agriculture, not to commerce, or our Great Chu Dynasty can be more prosperous." ”

Chen Yuanheng said with a smile: "My daughter is getting older, and she is getting more and more amazing, and she even looks down on the theories of the Confucians." ”

Bai Shi smiled and said: "Hui'er, you are also old, pay attention, you have to remember that you are a famous lady." ”

Wen Hui stretched out her little pink tongue and didn't say anything.

Chen Yuanheng smiled and said, "Okay, madam, Hui'er is still young, besides, this is in her own home." Afraid of what. However, what Hui'er said also makes sense. If you look at our business, the winery has the highest income. Now Qingjian has expanded the winery, storing more and more grain, brewing more and more wine, and naturally selling more wine. In addition, in this year, some of the wine that was stored three years ago was sold partly, and the price was double that of ordinary wine, and there were more buyers. This profit is naturally high. ”

Bai said: "Yes, the income of the winery is the highest. A distillery alone brings us a net profit of 150,000 taels of silver a year. ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "Yes. Qingjian did a good job. ”

Hui'er hurriedly said, "Since my father." Mother thinks Qingjian is doing a good job. Why don't you reward the green sword? ”

Chen Yuanheng smiled and said, "Yes, Hui'er is right, madam, do you want to reward the green sword?" ”

Bai said: "Because the business of the winery has been very good in recent years. Qingjian's year-end rewards are all according to five hundred taels, and even one thousand taels. Now Qingjian is not short of money. He has ten taels of silver every month, and at the end of the year, he has a bonus of hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver, where can he spend it? I was also going to reward him with a year-end bonus of 1,000 taels of silver. But think about it, let's add one more item, I want to give Qingjian the identity of a good citizen. ”

Chen Yuanheng frowned and said, "Most people are afraid of leaking secret recipes, so the winery has to use their own family to have children, but I don't think so." I'm very optimistic about Qingjian. Besides. Qingjian is Qingshuang's elder brother, they have followed us since the capital, it can be said that they have shared hardships, and after coming to Jiangnan, they helped us develop our family business. I think that since we want to give the status of good citizens, it is better to give these few meritorious people the status of good citizens. Also, Qingjian's age is also older, is it a daughter-in-law? ”

Bai said: "I have been paying attention for a long time, and I asked Qingshuang in private, and Qingshuang said that Qingjian belongs to Bishui." ”

Chen Yuanheng laughed: "This kid has a good eye, these maids we brought seem to be the most beautiful in Bishui, the sons of the housekeepers in the mansion have all taken a fancy to Bishui, and they have offended the housekeeper for this lady." ”

Bai Shi laughed: "Bishui used to be my personal maid, how can my own people spoil that gentleman?" However, although Bishui is soft and weak, his temperament is fierce, and he once thought about disfigurement. ”

Chen Yuanheng and Wen Hui didn't know about this, and they were taken aback when they heard this, and said: "There is such a thing, it can be seen that this autumn water is a good one." ”

Bai Shi nodded: "So, I didn't dare to assign someone to Bishui casually, so I asked Qingshuang to ask her, but I didn't expect that she also liked Qingjian." I think it was when we served Lin'er together and established a relationship. ”

Wen Hui likes this kind of gossip the most, and listens to it with relish: "Okay, so good, the talented and beautiful woman, hurry up and give them a marriage." By the way, there are also Li Huan and Sister Ziyu, it is time to get married. ”

Bai Shi smiled and said, "Also, there are Yin Hong and Chen Qing, Feiguang and Chen Fu, these four couples will simply marry them this year." ”

Wen Hui immediately cheered: "Okay, yes, hurry up, mother, you want to reward them with a few dowries, just set it in my master's wedding shop." ”

Bai laughed: "You little monkey, you have a good relationship with Master Wu, and you thought of giving Master Master a strong business so quickly." ”

Wen Hui grinned.

Chen Yuanheng said: "Hui'er's idea is good. I think the restaurant business managed by Chen Qing and Yinhong is also very good, it is our second most profitable business, a total of eleven restaurants, and the net profit alone is 80,000 or 90,000 yuan a year. ”

Bai said: "Yes, the average restaurant in the county is about 5,000 taels a year, the provincial capital has 7 or 8 thousand taels, and the best is the capital, with an income of 40,000 to 50,000 yuan a year." It's not in vain to invest so much money in the first place. ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "There is also a very good business in Cuijin Building. Eleven stores pù, a net profit of 30,000 or 40,000 taels a year. Moreover, Cuijin Lou employs the most people, and it is said that this is the most beneficial to the people, and many families can support their families because they come to our workshop to do needlework, and even gradually become richer. “

Bai said: "Yes, especially this year, Hui'er has reformed a little, and we have divided some work, so that a few small workshops around have also made money, and our orders can be done more." ”

Chen Wenhui said: "In fact, the most profitable is Sister Ziyu's farm, just selling technology, we sold more than 10 million taels of silver, which is almost catching up with the annual income of the state treasury." It's just that all of this money didn't fall into our hands, and most of it went to the emperor and the clan. But Sister Ziyu and Li Huan still made great contributions. ”

Chen Yuanheng nodded.

Bai said: "Since the master also agreed, simply let these eight people and four pairs out of slavery and marry them." When they become good citizens, they also serve as treasurers for us, but future generations do not need to be slaves, and they can become good citizens. Now they have made so much money that they can be rich enough. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "It's a pity, Sister Qingshuang has also contributed a lot, her perfume workshop has made us a lot of money, and I haven't heard that she has a relationship with anyone, what should I do?" ”

Bai said: "The matter of marriage is not in a hurry, and when Qingshuang finds the person I like, I will give her a slave status and marry her in the same scenery." ”

Chen Wenhui listened to it and felt that this was good.

Chen Yuanheng said: "In fact, there is another person, Chen Cai, he is a big housekeeper, he worries about every business, and he also worries a lot about things in my yamen, but as a housekeeper, he can only be a slave, so it is not easy to do." ”

Bai said: "Yes, Chen Cai's family has also contributed a lot to the family, but there are a lot of things in the inner house." But she is indispensable. Besides, the two of them are used to staying in the house, and I once asked them, and neither of them wants to leave this place, nor do they want to be good citizens. But I hope that my son and daughter will be released from slavery. ”

Chen Wenhui was a little incomprehensible, and asked, "How can there be anyone who is willing to be a slave?" In the past few years, we have given them two rewards, which is enough for them to be rich men, don't they like to be rich and slaves? ”

Chen Yuanheng laughed: "Hui'er, no matter how smart you are, you are still young, how do you know the sinister nature of this world." As the internal and external stewards of our house, everyone takes a look at them when they go out, not to mention that the ruffians and hooligans dare not provoke them, but the ordinary officials still nod their heads when they see them, calling them brothers. If he is just an ordinary rich man, rich but not powerful, just a ruffian and hooligan, corrupt officials and corrupt officials can kill them. They're all smart. They are different from those four pairs of people, those eight people are our shopkeepers, even if they are out of slavery, they are still our shopkeepers, of course, they can enjoy a rich life, and no one dares to provoke them. ”

Now Chen Wenhui understands, but she still doesn't know much about this privileged society.

Chen Yuanheng continued: "Then so be it, give the children of Chen Cai and his wife out of slavery as a reward." ”

Bai Shi hurriedly agreed.

Chen Wenhui said again: "You still forget about Jì alone, and Sister Biwen who used to serve the eldest brother." In the past few years, the big girls in the house have gone out, and she and Sister Bishui are left, and they have taken on all the responsibilities of teaching the little maids, and they also help those few take care of the business, how can they leave her alone? ”

Bai said: "Where will I forget jì, but Biwen didn't find a good family, like Qingshuang, when she found a good family, I also gave a slave dowry." ”

Chen Wenhui agreed with a smile.

Bai said: "I know that you, a little monkey, are very attentive to my maids. It's like me. The people we use for us, who were born and died for us, we must also be worthy of them. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded.

Chen Yuanheng said: "Thinking that these people were all brought out of the capital by us, and now we can have a good result, and I feel happy in my heart, so it is better to get married before the year." It's also festive. ”

Bai Shi smiled and said, "I'm afraid there is not enough time, it's only a few days, and it's not enough to get a dowry." ”

Chen Wenhui hurriedly said: "I said that I bought it in the master's wedding shop, which is very convenient." ”

Bai and Chen Yuanheng both laughed. Chen Wenhui knew that her parents were teasing her.

ps：

I hope that the people around Wen Hui will be happy.

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