Chapter 1013: An Extremely Elegant Incident (I)

Zhao Xing was disgusted for a while, suppressed his anger and said: "I also told you about Liu Lao's place of distress in the past few days, why don't you go to pick up the corpse, just ask Liu Lao how much money he brought - Miss Liu is still there, why didn't she come out, these packages were identified by her at the beginning, let her say...... Hmph, where is Uncle Liu doing business, when will the shop be closed, and how much silver will be sold, the government will leave a deed, if you can't trust me, why bother asking? ”

Jiao was reluctant: "If there were no Zhao officials to kill the bandits, your sister would have asked the bandits to be sold into a prostitute; If there were no Zhao officials who sent orphans thousands of miles away, how would you know the news of your father? Your father was killed, and there was no such thing as a lonely person when he was dying, Zhao Guanren had never seen it, but he was not ignorant of his wealth, how many people could there be in ancient and modern times? How is it that you are not ashamed? Aren't you afraid of the world's evaluation? ”

Zhao Xing just sneered and didn't interject. During this period, he suddenly remembered a similar legend - "Zhao Kuangyin Thousand Miles Song Jingniang", which is an excerpt from the Yuan and Ming dynasties, and after Zhao Kuangyin was sent back to Jingniang, he was also questioned similarly...... It seems that no good person in any era can do it!

In fact, because of Zhou Tao's existence, he didn't dare to publicize the matter of saving orphans. So these days, he didn't care about the snubbing and neglect of the Liu family, but felt that it was exactly what he wanted. But unfortunately, people always treat back down as cowardice.

Tigers don't wield, do they think it's cats?

Several old men of the Liu clan were also ashamed when they heard Jiao Yi's questioning, and they discussed in a low voice for a moment, and then solemnly apologized to Zhao Xing: "Zhao Daguan, the little nephew is ignorant and offended...... I wonder where those packages are now? ”

Zhao Xing asked rhetorically: "Where is Miss Liu now?" Since we entered this house, we have not seen Miss Liu again. She had counted these packages at the beginning, and now she was invited to come out and order them in person. ”

"That's how it should be", an old man nodded approvingly: "Liu Da, please come out of your sister." ”

Liu Da was a little embarrassed, and he replied after a long time: "...... In the nunnery, my sister-in-law is sad for her father and needs to enter the nunnery to meditate......"

Zhao Xing's eyebrows were already raised, Cheng Xia's face was flushed, and before the other party could continue, Zhao Xing scolded sharply: "Hello (pig), don't invite me yet!" ”

After a while, Miss Liu, dressed in a Taoist robe, appeared in the hall. After not seeing her for a few days, Miss Liu regained her frightened demeanor, Zhao Xing endured it, and asked sharply: "Wait, is this Miss Liu considered the bloodline of the Liu family?" ”

No, then the gold and silver brought by Zhao Xing do not belong to the Liu family; According to Song Law, Miss Liu has the right to participate in the division of family property.

How many family businesses can the Liu family have?

In the past few days, Zhao Xing has secretly investigated: the Liu family has 300 acres of land, plus some cash, and the property is worth about 17,000 yuan.

How many family properties did the Song people generally have-Cen Xiangqiu assessed during the Song Zhezong period: "1670,000 yuan, and the property of the Chinese family." This means that the average family wealth of the Song people is about 1,600 yuan. In the later period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Xie Yi, a native of Jiangxi, assessed: "One hundred thousand yuan is also the property of a Chinese family." That is, the average property of each family is 1,000 yuan. In the Southern Song Dynasty, due to factors such as price factors and economic development, the per capita household property was about 3,000 to 10,000 yuan.

As for the number of fields owned, the average of the Northern Song Dynasty people was 180 mu.

That is to say: if you have 180 acres of land and the total value of your family property is about 1,600 yuan, you can be regarded as a well-off family and middle class in the Song Dynasty.

Because of their business, the Liu family has a low social status, but the amount of family wealth is significantly higher than average...... However, this rich family property is the life savings of the deceased Liu Laozhang, and it is only more than twice as much as the money brought by Zhao Xing, and three times less than that.

One sister-in-law of the Liu family: Liu Da, two daughters-in-law; two concubines; With the addition of Miss Liu, there are three women.

Eight people share the property, and the concubine girl Liu can get far less than what Zhao Xing brought back. Therefore, the Liu family has no choice, and must recognize Miss Liu's status.

The Liu family bowed their heads, and Zhao Xing also took out the package and asked people to check it. The little girl timidly finished taking stock, nodded lightly, and didn't dare to look at Liu Da with her eyes. When the Liu family put away the package, Liu Da also lost his enthusiasm, he arched his hand coldly at Zhao Xing, and said, "Zhao Daguan invited ......."

Zhao Xing cut off the other party's words: "There is one more thing...... My apprentice is a branch of the Jiangxia Cheng clan, and he is also a big family in Huangzhou, the apprentice and Miss Liu are in love, my teacher is in charge, and I propose to your Liu family, how about it? ”

Liu Da wanted to urge Zhao Xing to leave, but Zhao Xing's words frightened him, he looked at Cheng Xia dressed as a scholar, and then looked at Zhao Xing's aggressive gaze, and felt a little timid: "Jiangxia Cheng clan...... I haven't heard of it, this girl is still ...... young."

Zhao Xing once again unceremoniously cut off the other party's words: "How about the Jiangxia Cheng clan, your family background is small-go to the big families in the city to inquire." I am a small apprentice with excellent character and learning, and I will participate in the tribute this year, once the tribute is passed, I will hire the Liu family, and the gold is one hundred taels - if there is no objection, this family matter is so decided, take Geng Tie, I will go and ask the big families in the city to do the felling. ”

Zhao Xing seems domineering, but this marriage is obviously good for the Liu family. The only thing the Liu family has to worry about is that they will have to raise Miss Liu for several years. As for the family property, a concubine's share is not much, plus the dowry - whoever feeds her is a very profitable thing...... If you add Cheng Xia's future development, this marriage will be even more profitable.

Several people surnamed Liu discussed a little and immediately agreed to the marriage. Liu Da was not at ease, and quietly sent the servant out of the hall, but soon, the servant inquired about the news that he came back, so he was really relieved, and he enthusiastically handled the marriage.

Although the Song Dynasty did not pay attention to the gate valve, a merchant can climb a big family, and the other party is still a scholar who is about to participate in the imperial examination, which is a great honor. The Liu family, who decided to come down, was afraid that people would not know, and held a wedding banquet in the city for a few days in a row, and Miss Liu took this opportunity to improve her status.

After a few more days, Zhao Xing said goodbye. This time, the Liu family came forward to hire a boat for Zhao Xing and loaded the books they purchased into the ship, the Cheng family's purchase of books in Fuzhou made the scholars in the city feel quite glorious, and the Liu family also accounted for a lot of cultural energy, Liu Da simply gave another generosity and sent several family members to accompany him all the way......

When boarding the ship, Zhao Xing took the anxious touch of waiting at the dock.

Jiao Touch is obviously waiting here, his goods have already been sold, and the goods needed to return to the city have also been purchased, and he has stayed in Fuzhou for a few days, on the one hand, to wait for Zhao Xing to settle the affairs of the Liu family, and on the other hand, to accompany his son Jiao Zuo.

After the ship lifted anchor, Zhao Xing called Jiao Touch, he drew a simple map on the paper with a pen, pointed to a few points on the map and introduced it to the other party: "You see, this is Huangzhou, through Pengli Lake into Wuyang Water to Fuzhou, there are two roads from Fuzhou, one by water to Jinxi, one to Jianchang...... Lo and behold, you don't have to change boats along the way.

Then you have to take the overland, a short overland route to Shaowu, and then all the way down the Min River to Fuzhou. The Liu family is a business family, and Liu Da once followed his father in business, and I took their ship to Shaowu this time, which is to know the way.

My ship can send the goods to Jianchang, or Jinxi, the Liu family can pick up the goods from Shaowu and send the goods to Fuzhou, now I need a person who connects at both ends, you are familiar with geography, and your home is in that area, if you deliver goods at both ends, how much are you willing to be employed? ”

Jiao Ji hesitated and said: "There are a lot of bandits along the way......

"It's okay", Zhao Xing said lightly: "I have killed all the way, and if I kill back, I believe that the bandits will know my reputation for arrows...... In addition, in the future, my Cheng clan will also send people to deliver the goods, you only take care of the transportation, and we will be responsible for the escort. ”

This is easy, Jiao Touch has always done just a small business, the customs along the way will take away all the profits, and the profit is only a small profit, and now he is only responsible for transportation, he can support his family, how do you not want to. The two sides then negotiated a price.

Under the leadership of Jiao Touch, he was familiar with the road when he went back, and rushed back to Huangzhou in more than ten days.

Zhao Xing went out this time, not only brought enough books back, but also opened up a business route for Cheng Jiaao, Cheng Jiaao had a new goal, suddenly, the boys read aloud from early morning to night, the hands of women and old people are not idle every day, and the things produced are piled up in the house, and everyone is waiting for autumn to come with the greatest eagerness.

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