Wen Hui also laughed and said, "Congratulations, Sister Mingzhu, this marks your smooth promotion from a girl to an aunt." ”

Mingzhu stretched out her hand and patted Wen Hui gently, and scolded with a smile: "But you have so many new words, what is Auntie?" Really, I'm like a yellow-faced woman. Okay, let's not talk about that, I'm going to get down to business with you. In addition to the 5,000 taels I gave to the hospital this year, I can also take out 20,000 taels, and you, in addition to the 10,000 taels I gave to the hospital, there are still 50,000 or 60,000 taels left in dividends. This adds up to a lot, even if you put in 50,000 taels a year, my 20,000 is 70,000, which is really a lot of money, and you can do something seriously. ”

Wen Hui also solemnized when she said this: "This is really a lot, in fact, I can take out another part of it at home, you know, my mother gives the hospital 20,000 taels of silver every year, and the harvest at home has been very good in recent years, a few days ago my mother also said that she wanted to do more good deeds, I said, it is estimated that I will take 30,000 taels, there is no problem, 100,000 taels this year can do big things." Do you have any plans? ”

Mingzhu said: "There are 100,000 taels in this way, and I am more sure." Actually, I wanted to build a Yangzentang that took care of widows and loneliness like the one in my clan, and now it has been established in the Gyeonggi area, and when I have money in the future, I will expand it to the surrounding states. It's best to have it in our Dachu in the future. Of course, this may not be easy to accomplish. ”

Chen Wenhui frowned and thought for a while and said, "Have you discussed this matter with Brother Liu?" ”

Mingzhu showed a sweet smile when he mentioned Liu Jingyuan and said, "After discussion, Jingyuan supports me very much in doing this." He said that since the establishment of Yangshan Hall in our clan, there have been many fewer disputes in the clan, and the clan has become much more stable, which is really a great thing. If the world could be like our clan, half of his life's wish would have been fulfilled. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Of course, it is a good thing that it can be built, but there are three problems in this. First. Management issues, this large amount of money, to whom to manage, if the money is not used in the right place. On the contrary, we were taken care of, and the officials in various places were corrupted, so we were wronged. Second, how to identify those who are widowed and lonely and need pensions. If the money, rice, grain, and medicinal herbs are all taken away by the rich, and the poor are not benefited, we will also be wronged. It's not like yours who have just a few people. Who's family and what the situation, everyone knows, you are not afraid that people will take it riskily. If this is extended to the whole country, how will we know which ones are true and which ones are false? Third. Is it allowed by the imperial court? Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Tian family of Qi State gave favor to the people and finally seized the rule of Qi State, and the imperial courts of all dynasties have been very strict with the people doing good deeds privately. Will we be suspicious of the imperial court? ”

This Mingzhu obviously hasn't thought about it yet, Mingzhu also thought for a while and said: "I'm going to go back and discuss this with Jingyuan, everything else is easy to say, and the last one must be considered." Otherwise, we were supposed to do a good deed, and then what are we trying to provoke suspicion for this? ”

Wen Hui smiled and was about to say something, Qiu Bi came in and said, "Girl, Mrs. Liu, the dish is ready." Isn't it time to go? ”

Wen Hui hurriedly said: "Well, I feel hungry, I have been eating in the mansion for so long, it is hard to eat, and I have long missed the delicious taste of Qinghe Building." Hurry up, by the way, you can also open a table. The two of us ate and talked at the same time, so we didn't have to wait. ”

Mingzhu laughed and said: "This time, my maids are happy, and the food in Qinghelou is known all over the capital." In the past, they followed me in Qingyang City and did not eat less, but now they haven't come out to eat for a long time. Hey, the newcomers have kept me busy, and there are too many things to deal with in this capital. ”

Wen Hui asked: "By the way, I wanted to ask you last time, did you quickly integrate into the circle of ladies and ladies in the capital when you came to the capital?" ”

Mingzhu said with a smile: "Originally, although we are considered upstarts, I am not from the capital, Jingyuan's official position is not big, we have no noble relatives, and my mother-in-law does not have such a social circle at all, so it is very difficult." However, my grandmother loved me the most, and quickly recruited me to set up several banquets at my grandmother's house, and my grandmother and aunts personally took me to socialize with the ladies, and introduced me to all the relatives and friends of the Hu family. Not to mention, every time my grandmother wants to go to a banquet, tea party or something, she will bring me, and my aunts and uncles will do the same, so it has been a few months, and I am already a familiar face of high society. ”

Wen Hui then remembered that Mingzhu was fortunate to have such a good foreigner. Just as I was about to say something, the wine and food had already come up. The maids all withdrew, and Wen Hui and Mingzhu chatted while eating. Mingzhu is also more curious about the things in Xinguang City. Wen Hui and Mingzhu say everything, for other relatives and girls, she just said the customs of Yizhou Island, although she also said these things for Mingzhu, but she will also say some special things, such as focusing on the Hei family, as well as the matter of the Hei family recognizing the master, as for what is the reason for recognizing the master, but she didn't say it, this is related to the treasures of all ethnic groups, it is inconvenient to reveal it like Mingzhu.

The two of them finished the meal with a smile and a good mood, and after a while, the maids took out the leftovers, replaced them with refreshments, and then withdrew.

Mingzhu said: "It turns out that the overseas is so vast, and from then on, we should not worry about running out of food." Anyway, Da Chu doesn't have enough food, can he still get it from overseas? The value of this land is getting lower and lower. ”

Wen Hui said: "That is, I advise you, if you have spare money, send more people to buy land overseas, which is very cheap and produces a lot of money." The price of buying one acre of land in Dachu can buy a hundred acres overseas. ”

Mingzhu was taken aback: "So much, it's really unexpected to me, I think it's already amazing to buy five or six acres overseas at the price of one acre of land." ”

Wen Hui said: "Overseas land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are not many natives in the first place, so we can occupy the land as much as we want, and fight what we can't buy, anyway, we want to get that vast piece of land in our hands." Most of those natives are lazy and lazy, and they have no morality, and they are accustomed to revenge, so we are now appeased, and we will kill the restless and mercilessly, and after they are killed, the land of their tribe will be owned by us. It's a pity that although our armed forces are invincible, our people are too few, and in so many places, there are only a few people in Dachu, and they really can't be developed. Therefore, we gave the price of the land low, which is almost equivalent to giving it away for nothing, just to attract the people of the Central Plains, rich merchants, and families to invest more in it, to move the people there, and to send family members and slaves there to manage the fields. That's how you can really master that land. ”

Mingzhu glanced at Wen Hui and said, "You don't look like a boudoir girl at all, you are more bloodthirsty and killing, and more ruthless than a big man, how can you be so hard-hearted?" No, you were still talking about doing good deeds before, why are you going to kill people again in the blink of an eye? ”

Wen Hui smiled: "My good sister, of course I want to do good deeds to the people of our Dachu, why should I be kind to those people who are not foreigners?" Haven't you heard that the hearts of those who are not of our race must be different? ”

Mingzhu laughed and said, "You really know what you do." Forget it, I don't know any of this, what you're doing must make sense. I have one more thing to tell you. My mother is still in Qingyang City. Originally, she couldn't rest assured that her hospital would be in her hospital, but now that her hospital could be managed by the former vice president, she wanted to live in the capital with me again. In this way, she can see me often and be filial to my grandparents. However, I thought that if I asked my mother to live with me, my mother would not want to, because I lived with my in-laws. My grandfather and grandmother would be happy if they stayed at my grandfather's house, but after a long time, I was afraid that my aunts would not be happy. This relative used to be fragrant, but recently it stinks. Now I treat my mother very well, but if I live for a long time in the future, there will be contradictions, and it will not be beautiful. It's better to buy another house for my mother to live in. Anyway, I'm not short of money now, and my own private money is enough to buy as much house as my mother wants. Don't spend the Liu family's money. ”

Wen Hui said with a smile: "Aunt Hu has been devoted to you all her life, so you should naturally let her come and be with you, so it's good to give her a separate house." She can stay with you for a few days, stay at Hu's house for a few days, and then live in her own house for a few days, so that she is comfortable and not annoying. ”

Mingzhu said: "Actually, I don't think you live comfortably in the mansion. The stepmother, who has been the master of the house in Huzhou in the past few years, is now a daughter-in-law again, and she will naturally not be happy if she is restricted. I heard that you are also looking for a house everywhere? ”

Wen Hui said: "Yes, my father is in the Ministry of Engineering now, although he doesn't care about these civil projects, but he is all in the same department, and his colleagues are all helping to find it, which is more convenient." Originally, even this is not easy, but recently there happened to be a few cases involving the former prince in the capital, and something bad happened, some were confiscated, and some were sold to property, so there are really a lot of things to choose from, we have already looked at a few of them, so we will wait for the selection and move after the festival. ”

Mingzhu said: "Look, I know that my stepmother has a way to have a son with my father-in-law, can I ask my mother-in-law and my father-in-law to help my mother find a smaller one, close to my home, and have a delicate house?" Silver is not a problem. ”

Wen Hui said: "This is easy, I will tell my father when I go back, if my mother knows that Aunt Hu can come, I don't know how happy she will be." ”

Mingzhu said: "I know this is good." This is still a trivial matter, I thought, mother, a person is very lonely, and it is not possible to leave the hospital, is it possible that we will also open a hospital in the capital? I also have to ask my father-in-law to plan for this matter. ”

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