Chapter 23: Brother and Brother
Sure enough, just like in his previous life, the eldest brother Zhuge Jin still thinks about his younger brothers like this!
Zhuge Liang said that he was not moved, it was fake.
"Actually, big brother doesn't have to be so compromised." Zhuge Liang propped his hands on the desk and stared at the eldest brother.
"Now, the foolish brother has opened up the sea of knowledge, and what he pursues is the way of immortality, and the wealth in the red dust is just a floating cloud for me. Besides, with the wisdom of a foolish brother, it is not difficult to earn a family business. ”
"Therefore, the eldest brother does not have to wronged himself in order to leave this little bit of family wealth to his younger brothers."
"Besides, according to the arrangement of the master, the younger brother will have to sharpen himself in the red dust in the future, and assist the master to regain the Han family. At that time, a family business of 100,000 yuan will also be at your fingertips. ”
"As for the third brother, the eldest brother doesn't have to worry, after we become the elder brother's family, his share of the family business is naturally indispensable!"
Zhuge Liang said whatever he wanted, but he was also clear.
In his previous life, the eldest brother was so compromised that he went to Jiangdong alone to get married, and since then he has lived in the shadow of his sister-in-law.
After all, the eldest brother got married in Jiangdong, and he had no money to spare, and after marriage, he bought a family business and property, all of which depended on the dowry of the sister-in-law. The man has nothing, and after marriage, he depends on the woman, and the right to speak in the family is naturally not very tough.
Even, the sister-in-law Bu Shi once complained about the two of them as younger brothers.
This also led to the fact that after the eldest brother's marriage, their brothers did not see each other for nearly ten years.
In this life, Zhuge Liang is not ready to let his eldest brother compromise again.
Looking at the second brother again, Zhuge Jin was a little surprised.
More than ten years ago, although the second brother Zhuge Liang was extremely smart, he never asked about the family's affairs, and he didn't care about the family's harvest, but now he threatened that the family business was just a trivial matter for him.
However, Zhuge Jin did not doubt what the second brother said.
With the wisdom of the second brother, as long as he pays a little attention to the way of economy, the family business of 100,000 yuan is really not a difficult thing for him!
"Jiangdong, you have to go through it for your brother, not only to go and marry your sister-in-law." Zhuge Jin said with a smile.
"Previously, when the eldest brother and his three or five friends traveled to Jiangnan, he had an appointment with Sun Quan, the second son of the Sun family in Jiangdong, and when he became an adult, when he was in charge of a county, he was the elder brother and those friends, and they were all born in the second son."
"Today, the second son, Sun Quan, is sixteen years old, and it will only be three or four years before he becomes an adult."
"After the eldest brother goes to Jiangdong to get married, he can just go out under the second son's account."
Zhuge Jin explained with a smile.
Sun Quan, the second prince of the Sun family in Jiangdong, is also unparalleled in intelligence, otherwise when he was in the Tiger Prison, Cao Cao would not have sighed: "Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou."
Of course, when Cao Cao said this, Sun Quan was not yet an adult, and he had not yet written a word.
Now, although Sun Quan is only sixteen years old, he is already helping his eldest brother Sun Quan deal with Jiangdong's internal affairs.
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Zhuge Liang didn't expect that the eldest brother had already made an appointment with Sun Quan.
From this point of view, even if the eldest brother marries his sister-in-law back to Longzhong, I am afraid that he will still have to be Shi Jiangdong in the future. In this era, the promise of scholars is not something that can be understood by the deceitful people of later generations.
Zhuge Liang didn't want his eldest brother to go out of Soochow.
After all, he Zhuge Liang is about to go out of the mountain to assist Liu Bei, and he is also confident to assist Liu Bei in rejuvenating the Han Dynasty. In this way, sooner or later in the future, he will have to fight against the Jiangdong Sun family; At that time, the eldest brother was in Soochow, and I was afraid that it would not be easy.
It's just that, thinking about the eldest brother's promise to Sun Quan, as a younger brother, Zhuge Liang is not easy for the eldest brother to regret his promise.
Moreover, even if the eldest brother doesn't come out of Dongwu now, will he be able to become a master under Uncle Liu Huang in the future?
If they really want to do this, wouldn't their Zhuge family have to occupy two high positions in Uncle Liu's group?
It is easy to shock the lord with high merit, and the family power is too large, and it is also easy to be suspicious of the lord, which is what the wise do not do.
Zhuge Liang pondered for a long time, kept his eldest brother, and did not let him go to Jiangdong, but when it came to his mouth, he still didn't say it in the end.
Everyone has their own chances, according to the analysis of historical materials in later generations, the fate of the eldest brother Zhuge Jin is really in Soochow.
According to historical records in later generations, in his later years, Zhuge Jin was basically in power in Eastern Wu. Although his family was finally liquidated, Zhuge Jin made his branch glorious in history after all.
"Since the eldest brother insists on going to Jiangdong to complete the marriage, the foolish brother doesn't have to say much."
Zhuge Liang sighed, and then said: "There are thirty hectares of fertile land in the family, and there are still twenty gold left, more than 600 stones of grain, and some cloth, which is almost all the wealth of our family." ”
In his previous life, Zhuge Liang didn't care much about the financial situation of his family. When the eldest brother is at home, the family business is handled by the eldest brother; After the eldest brother went to Jiangdong, he Zhuge Liang married Sister Huang again, and the family business was handed over to Huang Yueying.
In this life, some time ago, when he wanted to go to Xuzhou, he needed money, and Zhuge Liang knew how much money was left in his family.
"Those thirty hectares of fertile land must be provided for the third brother and the younger brother, and they cannot be sold. In addition to leaving enough food to eat, most of the grain can be pulled to Xiangyang City for sale, and according to the current grain price, it can almost be converted into ten gold. ”
Zhuge family's thirty hectares of fertile land were all cultivated by tenants.
In the later generations' "Teacher Table", it was said: "The ministers are clothed and ploughed in Nanyang", which just shows that their Zhuge family is indifferent to fame and fortune, not that they really have to cultivate it themselves.
In this era, the yield of grain was very low, and the yield of rice per mu was mostly about one stone, but the yield of wheat was only six or seven buckets. The spring and autumn harvests were abundant, and the total output of their family's 30 hectares of fertile land was only 900 stone of grain.
The tenants cultivated, and after the harvest, they paid half of the grain as tenant rent, which was only four or five hundred stones.
This year's grain has been put into storage, plus the remaining grain from last year, the Zhuge family has more than 600 stone of grain.
According to the price of grain at this time, the 600 stone grain can be sold for about 150,000 yuan.
The official exchange price of Dahan is worth 10,000 dollars. But now in troubled times, the people like to store gold, so the price of gold has risen, but 150,000 yuan can only be exchanged for about 10 gold.
There are also some cloth at home, but they can only be sold for 20,000 or 30,000 yuan at most.
The eldest brother went to Jiangdong to get married, and this cloth can be used, but it doesn't have to be sold.
"Since the eldest brother insists on going to Jiangdong to complete the marriage, the thirty gold must be brought."
"With these thirty gold, the eldest brother can also buy a family business in Jiangdong, and he won't look at Bu's face after marriage."
In his previous life, the eldest brother went to Jiangdong to get married empty-sleeved, although he and his sister-in-law were harmonious after marriage, but in the end they lacked confidence, many times, it was inevitable to look at the sister-in-law's face. Otherwise, the three brothers would not have seen each other for nearly ten years.
In this life, Zhuge Liang is not ready to let his eldest brother go to Jiangdong to get married empty.
Although it is said that in a hurry, he Zhuge Liang can't turn stones into gold.
But this bit of family background in the family can be taken away by the eldest brother.
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Zhuge Jin was a little moved, a little moved by Zhuge Liang's proposal, but more hesitant and worried.
The younger brother asked him to take away all the money in the family and get married, which really moved Zhuge Jin.
If his Zhuge family is rich and does not need to be arranged by his second brother, Zhuge Jin will bring some money to Jiangdong to get married. After all, as a man, he doesn't want to get married empty-handed and see the face of his wife.
However, who told them that the Zhuge family was so wealthy?
Once he Zhuge Jin takes away the only bit of money in the family, how will the three younger brothers live in the future?
What's more, the second brother is about to get married, and he needs money!
"The second brother is about to get married, so let's leave the thirty gold for the second brother."
Zhuge Jin thought about it, but he still didn't want to take away the only money and food at home.
Zhuge Liang interrupted the eldest brother's excuse and said, "The eldest brother still listens to the foolish brother!" ”
"The eldest brother's marriage has to be at the end of the year at the earliest, so that the younger brother's marriage will go to the beginning of spring next year. For such a long time, with the intelligence of the younger brother, as long as you pay attention to the way of economy, it is not difficult to earn some money for getting married in the coming year. ”
"Besides, the wheat will be planted soon, and the next summer harvest will bring more than 100 stones of grain into storage."
"That's enough for our family."
Zhuge Jin knows that the second brother's intelligence is really unparalleled in the world, if he puts a little effort into the economy, he will not dare to say that he is rich and rich, but it is okay to be rich and secure.
In the end, Zhuge Jin accepted the kindness of his second brother the most.
"Okay, that's it, let's go to Xiangyang City in a few days to sell the grain. When the filial piety period expired, he went to Jiangdong to get married. Since then, Longzhong's family business, the third brother and the birth brother, there is a lot of trouble for the second brother Lao. ”
Just like in his previous life, the eldest brother is still ready to go to Jiangdong alone to get married.
The only difference is that in this life, the eldest brother went to Jiangdong, and after all, it was no longer a breeze with two sleeves!
The eldest brother's wedding, the Zhuge Liang brothers, and the two elder sisters were basically unable to attend.
In later generations, not to mention the marriage of brothers, it is the marriage of friends, and there are people who have traveled thousands of miles to attend weddings.
However, at present, it is in the Han Dynasty, or in the period of war and chaos, three to five thousand miles of dry roads and waterways, and the roads are not necessarily unimpeded.
It's very likely that it will never go back, and it will be harmed by bandits, water thieves or something.
Therefore, the eldest brother's wedding in Jiangdong, Zhuge Liang and they were basically unable to participate.
Besides, Zhuge Liang's marriage is imminent, so it is really not appropriate to travel far to delay.
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Brothers, friends, and brothers, are rarely heard of in later generations, but in this era, they are common.
After arranging the affairs of the eldest brother, Zhuge Liang felt a sense of relaxation. He knew that this might be cause and effect, and through this arrangement of brothers, friends, and brothers, he Zhuge Liang finally did not owe cause and effect in the marriage of his eldest brother.
Always being taken care of by the eldest brother, always being humble by the eldest brother, is not necessarily a good thing.
It was night, the stars were dotting, and Zhuge Liang finally had the mood and was able to cultivate with peace of mind.
As a traverser, he knew that this world had a cultivation system, and he could live forever if he cultivated to the extreme, and he Zhuge Liang had also stepped into this threshold, he had long wanted to sink his heart to cultivate and pursue the way of immortality.
It's just that before, because he was in a hurry to Xuzhou to rescue Lu Qiling, he didn't have time to cultivate.
And although he was relatively free on the way, Zhuge Liang was worried about being noticed by his master, so he didn't dare to cultivate.
Now that he is back at home, he has nothing to do, and he is finally able to cultivate with peace of mind.