After killing all the men in the Xu Mansion, Ma Cheng looked at the female dependents who were crying faintly in front of him, and asked with a smile: "That is the female dependant of Xu Wenjue Xu Jiujue?" ”

Ma Cheng is now like a devil, and the lady of the Xu Mansion dares to answer him, so she sees Ma Cheng stepping forward and retreating one by one.

Seeing that no one was talking, Ma Cheng pointed to a person in the family who looked like a housekeeper and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The middle-aged man was the housekeeper of the Wei State Mansion, seeing Ma Cheng ask himself, he hurriedly stepped forward and said tremblingly: "Little. The villain's name is Chen Qi, and he is a housekeeper! ”

Ma Cheng nodded, seeing that this old guy was scared enough, he comforted him: "Don't worry, if you are not the Xu family, they will naturally not kill you, but you have been rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor to Lao Tzu as a domestic slave!" ”

Hearing that he didn't have to die, Chen Qi quickly knelt down and kowtowed to thank Ma Cheng for his grace.

"Okay, you get up, tell Lao Tzu who these Xu Mansion ladies are and what their identities are!"

With Ma Cheng's assurance, Chen Qi quickly stood up and began to identify the female dependents of the Xu Mansion. Needless to say, the Deng family who was paralyzed on the ground was the old lady of Xu Mansion, and the other middle-aged women were Xu Hongji's little wife, and they were also the old wives of the young men who were killed by Ma Cheng.

Behind the Deng family, several young women led the current Duchess of Wei Liu, that is, Xu Wenjue's wife, and the daughter of Liu Zuochang, Marquis of Anyuan. Another young woman in her twenties is Xu Jiujue's wife, Zhao.

In addition to these adult women, there are also several underage girls, led by a twelve-year-old girl who is Xu Jiujue's daughter-in-law, Xu. The other girls are all daughters of Xu Hongji's concubines, but their status is much lower.

After hearing what Chen Qi said, Ma Cheng pointed to the two fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls and said, "You two will be Gu Yong's concubines in the future!" ”

Gu Yong was overjoyed when he heard this, this kind of girl from a big family has a good upbringing, although she is a concubine, but it is not something that he can worry about, now if the Xu family hadn't made a big mistake and was raided, he Gu Yong would not have been able to reincarnate ten times.

Gu Yong was overjoyed when he heard Ma Cheng say this, and quickly knelt down and thanked: "The last general, thank you for the reward from the military gate!" ”

Ma Cheng patted Gu Yong's shoulder and said, "Your kid has been following Lao Tzu for more than a year, and he hasn't given you any reward, this time I'll give you two beauties, but be careful with your body, don't overwork!" ”

Ma Cheng's words caused a burst of laughter, Ma Cheng saw that his own soldiers were full of envy, knowing that these guys were basically not married, and at the same time, being a soldier in the Ming Dynasty was not a good profession, and the income was not high.

Seeing this, Ma Cheng thought about it, and then asked Gu Yong: "Gu Yong, how many of Lao Tzu's personal soldiers don't have wives?" ”

Gu Yong is Ma Cheng's actual pro-soldier captain, he thought for a while and said: "Lord Junmen, there are a total of 1,000 people in the Admiral Town, and there are about seven or eight hundred without wives!" ”

Ma Cheng didn't expect that most of his personal soldiers were singles, so why didn't he find them a wife, so that he could not only reassure them but also buy them.

Ma Cheng thought for a while and said: "Since this is the case, Lao Tzu will do good things to the end, this time the daughters of the twenty-five lords and ministers will be sold into slavery, and Lao Tzu will buy them for you to be wives, what do you say?" ”

Of course, the twenty-five nobles did not have many young dependents, but the emperor's holy decree was to punish the nine clans, so it was done

After all, these 25 families have lived in Nanjing for more than 200 years, and there are many relatives in the family, and it is easy to select a thousand young and beautiful women from these relatives.

Ma Cheng's personal soldiers heard Ma Cheng say this, and Ma Cheng thundered with joy one by one, in order to buy these guys to strike while the iron was hot, give each of them a property and a hundred taels of silver, of course, this is also paid by the twenty-five nobles.

Looking at these ecstatic Qiu Ba, Ma Cheng smiled and said, "Everyone will hand over your birthday to Gu Yong, and then Gu Yong will distribute your wives!" ”

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, Gu Yong became a celebrity, and those Qiu Ba surrounded Gu Yong and shouted one by one: "Gu Yong, I am your cousin, leave me a young and beautiful one!" ”

"Gu Yong, I'm your second uncle, leave me a fart * stock to give birth to!"

Ma Cheng looked at the pro-soldiers who were in a mess, pulled up the Deng family who was sitting paralyzed on the ground, and said to Chen Qi beside him: "Lao Chen, go find a secluded room for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu wants to check the body of this old slut!" ”

Chen Qi didn't know what Ma Cheng wanted to do, he didn't expect this Ma Cheng to be so old, the Deng family was forty-five years old, and it was completely an elderly woman in the Ming Dynasty, Ma Cheng still liked this kind of goods, it seems that the news that the Ma family's father and son are perverted should not be fake.

Chen Qi didn't dare to bring it out on his face when he thought about it like this, so he quickly nodded and said, "I know, I know!" Please lord inside please! ”

Ma Cheng turned his head to look at Xu Wenjue and Xu Jiujue's wife, and said to Chen Qi: "Go, bring the Liu family and the Zhao family with you, by the way, and Xu Jiujue's eldest daughter!" ”

You must know that Xu Jiujue's daughter is twelve years old this year, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the later generations, she is a minor, and Ma Cheng can even do it, she is really a brute.

Chen Qi scolded Ma Cheng in his heart that he was not a thing, and he wanted to play with the three generations of his ancestors and grandchildren, but he Chen Qi was also a slave, he dared to say anything, but he had no choice but to follow Ma Cheng's instructions, and found a few family members to send these women into the house.

Half an hour later, Ma Cheng walked out of the room satisfied, and the three generations of his ancestors and grandchildren were really enjoyable. Ma Cheng went out and saw that Chen Qi was still standing respectfully at the door waiting, Ma Cheng stepped forward and patted Chen Qi on the shoulder and said, "Yes, Chen Qi, how many years have you been a housekeeper for the Xu family?" ”

Hearing Ma Cheng say this, Chen Qi hurriedly bowed down and replied: "The villain has sold himself to the Xu family since he was eighteen years old, and it has been thirty years now!" ”

"So you're familiar with the Xu family's industry!"

"Yes, the industrial villains outside the city of Xujia know very well that they have always been taken care of by the villains!"

Ma Cheng nodded again and again after listening to Chen Qi's words, this time the emperor rewarded Ma Cheng with the entire Wei State Mansion to him, and naturally all the properties of Wei Guo Gong belonged to Ma Cheng. According to Ma Cheng's personality of licking his fingers after, he naturally has to ask his own industry clearly.

"Okay, Chen Qi, from today onwards, you will be Lao Tzu's housekeeper, and now you will explain Lao Tzu's industry in detail!"

Chen Qi had already prepared, just now when Ma Cheng entered the house and insulted the Deng family, he had already found the Xu Mansion industry directory, and now when Ma Cheng asked, he quickly took it out of his arms, and then read carefully: "Master, Xu Mansion has 26 properties in the city, two other courtyards in Suzhou, three in Hangzhou, one in Yangzhou, one in the northern capital, and three houses in Guangzhou and Chengdu!" In addition to these properties, there are also fertile land, with a total of 16,000 acres of high-grade fertile land

60,000 acres of field, 8,000 acres of mulberry field! ”

Chen Qi explained in detail all the industries of the Wei State Mansion, and this time it took an hour, which was longer than the time for Ma Cheng to plague the three generations of his ancestors. After hearing this, Ma Cheng deeply felt the words of the later generations, which was really shocking! I didn't expect that the Duke of Wei had so many industries, just grain, and more than 70,000 stones of rice were harvested every year, not to mention other miscellaneous grains.

You must know that the Duke of Wei is a hereditary duke, and their whole family does not pay taxes, according to the regulations of the imperial court, in addition to the regular endowment, they also have to pay three major salaries, Liao pay one dollar and two cents of silver per mu, one dollar and four cents of silver per mu, and four cents of silver per mu.

The productivity of the Ming Dynasty was very backward, and the yield per mu of good paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River was about one stone, and according to the grain price of Chongzhen for three years, two taels of silver per stone, one-ninth of the annual harvest was taxed. You must know that this is just an increase, not counting the official endowment of the imperial court, plus the unreasonable fees of 7788, as well as all kinds of apportionments and fire consumption of local officials, etc., two-thirds of the income must be handed over to the government.

Of course, this is all the money that those yeoman farmers have to pay, if you have a lifter or jinshi in your family, then it is awesome, not only do you not have to pay money, but there are also many local yeoman farmers who come to the door to contribute, after all, the tax paid to the government is much less than the rent paid to the landlord.

According to the 80,000 acres of fertile land in the Wei State Mansion, he will have to pay more than 24,000 taels less in taxes every year. And a small landlord like Wei Guogong is nothing in the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention the Xu family, the big landlord of 200,000 mu of land in Songjiang Mansion, and even the Qian Qianyi family also has more than 100,000 mu of fertile land, so you can imagine how much tax is lost every year because of this situation.

Ma Cheng didn't listen carefully after listening to Chen Qi's words, but calculated in his heart how many big landlords in Jiangnan who did not pay taxes. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, land annexation was serious, and if you want to really create a new dynasty, then land annexation is a problem that must be solved.

Thinking of the headache, Ma Cheng waved his hand to interrupt Chen Qi, and then said: "Okay, leave the book, and talk about it when the governor is free, now you send someone to the governor's house to pick up a few ladies!" ”

Chen Qi nodded hurriedly, thought about it and asked, "Master, what about the Deng family and the Liu family." ”

The three generations of the Deng family have been occupied by Ma Cheng, and their identities have become a problem. In the Ming Dynasty, the status of this kind of concubine was very low, and life and death were between the thoughts of the head of the family. But fortunately, although Ma Cheng is not a human, he is not a ruthless person, and the woman he has played with doesn't want outsiders to get involved, so Ma Cheng thought about it and said to Chen Qi: "The four of them are arranged according to the concubine, you can ask the eldest lady what to do!" ”

Chen Qi bowed down and retreated after hearing Ma Cheng finish speaking, Ma Cheng stood up and scolded the inner room: "Have you cried enough, come out and pant to dress the master!" ”

A few poor people in the house heard Ma Cheng say this, and quickly stopped crying, and the young Liu and Zhao came out to dress Ma Cheng.

Liu is Xu Wenjue's wife, Zhao is Xu Jiujue's wife, Zhao feels sorry for his daughter who has just been broken, and asked in a low voice: "Master, Hui Niang is still young, can I sleep with my concubine at night?" ”

The Zhao family is relatively old, twenty-eight years old this year, and it is the age of running in the later generations, Ma Cheng saw that the Zhao family was pitiful, and said with a smile: "Yes, you and your daughter are in the same room, and wait for the master to come back and serve the master together!" ”