Beijing, Wei Zhongxian's private residence

Wei Zhongxian walked around the room full of doubts.

As he turned, Gu Bingqian, Feng Quan, and Cui Chengxiu's eyes kept rolling around.

Regarding the fact that the Lin family only copied 180,000 taels of silver, Wei Zhongxian has always felt unrelieved.

has been in power for 3 years, and after excluding the struggle with the Donglin Party, the operation of the court under the control of Wei Zhongxian has always been quite smooth.

But this winter, Ning Yuan's drastic increase in military spending has made the operation of the imperial court a little sluggish.

The tax money sent by the tax supervisors in various places is no longer enough to support the operation of the imperial court.

Now it costs money to repair the three major halls, it costs money to maintain the normal operation of the imperial court, and Liaodong needs more money to build a new Jinyou defense line.

Money is essential if you want to make a difference.

In order to maintain his position in the eyes of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian urgently needed to open up new sources of wealth.

Seeing Grandpa Wei spinning around irritably, Cui Chengxiu couldn't help it. He resolutely opened his mouth under the angry eyes of Feng Quan and Gu Bingqian.

"Dugong, the most valuable thing in the Lin family is actually those fields and shops!"

Among the people present, only Cui Chengxiu was born in a small family, and only he tied his net worth and life to Father-in-law Wei.

Because Cui Chengxiu clearly knows that he is nothing without Father-in-law Wei.

What's more, Cui Chengxiu is now seeking the position of secretary of the military department, and he needs the support of Gonggong Wei.

After being reminded by Cui Chengxiu, Wei Zhongxian suddenly realized.

I said, "Miscellaneous always feels that something is wrong."

It is normal that the Lin family does not have much cash, but what the Lin family is worth is those real estate.

How much did those properties sell?

"Chengxiu, you go and bring the detailed accounts of the sale of the Lin family's land and shops."

Raising his head, Wei Zhongxian glanced at Cui Chengxiu approvingly, his eyes full of appreciation.

Seeing Cui Chengxiu happily go out, Wei Zhongxian glanced at Gu Bingqian and Feng Quan coldly, and then said viciously: "The miscellaneous family wants to see, who dares to grab food in the mouth of the miscellaneous family?" That's a lot of guts! ”

Seeing Wei Zhongxian's eyes, Gu Bingqian and Feng Quan only felt a chill on their bodies.

The thick account book was brought by Cui Chengxiu, and Wei Zhongxian asked with a cold face: "Chengxiu, how much did the Lin family's land sell?" ”

In the angry eyes of Feng Quan and Gu Bingqian, Cui Chengxiu replied without hesitation: "Back to Dugong, all the real estate owned by the Lin family was sold for a total of 100,000 taels of silver. ”

"Only sold for 100,000 taels?" Wei Zhongxian's voice involuntarily rose.

"Chengxiu, you report it to the miscellaneous family one by one, and the miscellaneous family wants to hear how much they are greedy."

As soon as he heard the amount reported by Cui Chengxiu, Wei Zhongxian's heart was cold.

He thought about what the problem was.

It is the local gentry of Gangnam.

Raiding the Lin family, Wei Zhongxian was airtight and successfully concealed the Jiangnan gentry.

can realize the Lin family's property, and Wei Zhongxian can't get around them.

Without the Jiangnan gentry to buy, the Lin family's real estate could not be realized at all.

How much money did these greedy Jiangnan gentry greed for miscellaneous families?

Wei Zhongxian's hands were tightly squeezed together.

"There are 3,000 acres of mulberry fields, and 10,000 taels of silver are sold, and one mu is about 3.5 taels of silver."

Hearing the first transaction price quoted by Cui Chengxiu, Wei Zhongxian felt a little dazed.

This is different from Wei Zhongxian's imagination, and this transaction price seems to be quite reasonable.

The Ming Dynasty bought and sold fields, which was generally about 10 taels of silver per acre.

In comparison, 3 taels more than one mu is a bit less, but Wei Zhongxian is not unreasonable, it is impossible to sell stolen goods at the original price, and it is common to discount the price to three to fifty percent.

Could it be that the Jiangnan gentry gave face to the miscellaneous family this time and didn't make a move?

Looking at Father-in-law Wei's confused eyes, Cui Chengxiu repeated again: "Dugong, this is the price at which the Lin family's 3,000 acres of mulberry fields are sold." ”

Choi Chengxiu deliberately accentuated Sangtian's pronunciation.

"Kuwata?" Wei Zhongxian repeated it.

Sangtian, not an ordinary field, Wei Zhongxian understood.

"Chengxiu, what is the price of mulberry fields in Jiangnan?"

Hearing Wei Zhongxian's question, Gu Bingqian looked at Cui Chengxiu's eyes, and now he was about to burst into flames.

Gu Bingqian is from a big family in Jiangnan, and his relatives and friends are all in Jiangnan. Jiangnan's various inside affairs, how could he not know.

It's just that Gu Bingqian is too deeply entangled with Jiangnan's interests, and he really doesn't want Wei Zhongxian to know too much about Jiangnan.

Although they also don't speak, Feng Quan and Gu Bingqian are still different.

Feng Quan is neutral, but he doesn't want Gonggong Wei to know too much.

Because although Feng Quan is a native of Zhuozhou, Hebei, he is now a cabinet scholar.

As the new cabinet scholar of the court, the main members who are attached to Feng Quan are still officials from Jiangnan.

Feng Quan always has to think about one or two for his younger brothers.

It is also Cui Chengxiu who was born in a small family, his official position is not high, his family is in the north, and his reputation is not good (the godson of Gonggong Wei).

Therefore, most of the officials attached to Cui Chengxiu in the court are just his northern township party.

In Jiangnan, Cui Chengxiu does not have any entanglements of interests, so he is so unscrupulous and opens the inside story of Jiangnan directly in front of Gonggong Wei.

"An acre of mature mulberry fields can generally be sold for 30-40 taels of silver in Jiangnan. The Lin family's 3,000 acres are connected into a piece, and the price should be higher. ”

Cui Chengxiu sold Jiangnan's internal affairs very simply, obviously doing his homework.

Now that he has made up with Father-in-law Wei, Cui Chengxiu will no longer waver. What's more, now is a critical moment for him to go further.

"An acre of mulberry field costs at least 30 taels!"

Hearing this price, Wei Zhongxian's face turned a little white with anger.

I am afraid that the local government of Haining bullied Dongchang Fanzi and did not know the difference between Jiangnan mulberry field and ordinary farmland, and sold the mulberry field at the price of ordinary farmland.

Judging from the price of this mulberry field alone, the Lin family's wealth has shrunk by at least more than half.

Is this bullying miscellaneous people who don't understand the market?

"I see, I see! Is it the same for other sales? ”

Knowing the trickiness in it, Wei Zhongxian didn't show any anger, and his questioning became indifferent.

This Haining magistrate, the miscellaneous family should also be rectified.

Seeing Wei Zhongxian's indifferent expression, Gu Bingqian and Feng Quan couldn't help but feel cold in their vests.

Xinwangfu

Looking at the three smiling faces on the table, Zhu Youzhen regretted it.

blamed himself for his brain and made mahjong for the three princesses.

Why did he forget that this mahjong needs four people to play.

Now it's okay, and the three princesses have been taught.

Concubine Zhou is no longer a female celebrity, Concubine Tian is no longer noisy to ride a horse, and even the most quiet Concubine Yuan is no longer going to paint, they are all obsessed with mahjong.

Zhu Youzhen really underestimated the power of mahjong.

Three princesses, three missing one!

How do you fight with one less?

In this way, Zhu Youzhen was forcibly tied to the mahjong table by them.

It's terrible, how can they have such a big addiction to playing mahjong?

The fragment of Tang Bohu's autumn fragrance (Stephen Chow version) in his previous life flashed through his mind, and Zhu Youzhen fell into deep self-blame.

It's a pity that his three gentle and graceful princesses were ruined like this.

Knowing this, they should have taught them to fight the landlord.

Fighting the landlord, isn't the three of them just right?