[Chapter Word Count:3125Last Updated:2015-03-0402:03:13.0]

"Young master, forgive Shoucheng for taking the liberty of asking, why do you want to give a piece of cloth to each household?" Jiang Shoucheng was born in the Republic of China in the end, he has a little more backbone than his father, and he is a little bolder, so he doesn't open his mouth and call himself a slave. Of course, this is also due to the close relationship between him and Wang Shihua who grew up together.

"Why?" Wang Shihua's face was still not good, and his eyes showed yearning and a little anxiety: "It's rare to see people wearing patched clothes in Zhangjiabao, but there are still some people in Longtang Town who wear grass clothes." Although I, Wang Shihua, can't change much for the time being, it's still okay for them to wear a piece of clothing. ”

I understand, Wang Shihua is envious of Zhangjiabao and anxious to change the status quo.

Jiang Shoucheng was stunned, anxious, knowing that this was inappropriate, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Young Master, why did you get here today?" Uncle Jiang came in time, although he didn't hear Wang Shihua's words, but he still asked very accurately.

"Uncle Jiang, you came just in time, I plan to send these cloths to the Wang family. What do you think? ”

Uncle Jiang's body bent slightly, the corner of his eye aimed at his son, and when he saw his son shaking his head slightly, he knew it in his heart.

"Young master, send it all?"

"Give them all, one horse to each household that can't afford to wear clothes."

"Young Master, if it's a reward for a few or even dozens, it's no problem. But if you want to send them all, this can't be done. There has been no such rule since ancient times. ”

"Rules are dead, people are alive. Should my royal family not even be able to afford to wear clothes? The more Wang Shihua spoke, the more angry he became, pointing at Jiang Shoucheng and asking, "Shoucheng, how many households does our Wang family have?" And I mean everyone. ”

As the future steward, I still know this aspect by heart. Jiang Shoucheng opened his mouth and replied: "Young master, our Wang family currently has 1,433 households, of which there are 218 households surnamed Wang. ”

"And how many pieces of cloth are there?"

"Four hundred and thirty-one, of which twenty-nine were silks."

Wang Shihua was stunned, but he didn't expect to look at a room full of cloth, but it was not even one-third of his own population.

"How much does a piece of cloth cost on the market now?"

"About four oceans."

As soon as Wang Shihua calculated in his heart, he suddenly became cold: one horse per household, about 4,000 yuan. This money came out of the Wang family, but the problem is that suddenly such a large amount of money is added, which means that other places will intercept the flow.

"How many households are there who can't afford to wear clothes?"

Jiang Shoucheng smiled bitterly.

"Young master, as the old saying goes: don't suffer from widowhood but suffer from unevenness! If you want to reward a few people, it's okay to say, but if you don't have a big reward, you must be rewarded by every household, whether rich or poor, otherwise those rich people will think that the young master is deliberately currying favor with the poor and will snub the rich family. Young master, the gains outweigh the losses by doing this. "To put it bluntly, doing so is to find nothing to do, and deliberately provoke a fight between the two classes.

Ah Xia and Mother Wu also heard the noise and watched from the sidelines.

"Master, you have given Ah Xia a lot of things over the years, Ah Xia still has more than 200 pieces of silver on her, and if you sell some jewelry, you can make up 300 yuan. If the master is in a hurry, Ah Xia will go and prepare. ”

"Young master, you also gave a lot of it here, old mother, and it's useless for me to keep it as a lonely old woman, so I'll bring it all to you." There are some things that Ah Xia is not easy to say, as long as she is on the same front as the master, it is perfect, but Wu Ma, as a wet nurse, is an old man who is destined to follow Wang Shihua for the rest of her life, so she can say: "However, young master, Shoucheng is right." You think, you have a piece of cloth per household, which is a great good thing for those poor people, but for those rich people, it is dispensable, and maybe you will complain behind your back why you don't give them silk and scold you. But if it is only given to the poor, as Shoucheng said, it will cause dissatisfaction among the rich. Why are you bothering with this? ”

envied the wealth of Zhangjiabao, and was extremely dissatisfied with the poverty of the Wang family, so he thought of a shortcut to get rich by sacking Shendao Town; I thought about giving a piece of cloth to each poor Wang family first, but now it seems that it still can't be done. Seeing that the people close to him opposed it, Wang Shihua understood that he was too eager for quick success.

But Wang Shihua was unwilling, thinking of the family he saw just now, there were actually two girls who were busy making straw ropes to make straw clothes, how poor did they have to be? Which of my Wang family's sons is not brave in battle? My Wang family's wife, who can't endure hardship and cold? But why are they starving and poor, and they can't even afford to wear a single piece of clothing, how unfair is this world?

"I just want everyone to have clothes to wear, why are you all so against it? Alas~! Wang Shihua sat on the threshold depressedly, frowning and sighing.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time: as the future head of the family, they were not afraid that he would have all kinds of strange ideas, but that he would not listen to the advice and not be able to distinguish between right and wrong. As long as he can listen and know that he can correct his mistakes, he will be a good head of the family.

Ah Xia walked over, pinched his shoulder and said with a smile: "Master, Ah Xia knows that you are a kind heart, and you can't see our Wang family being poor, so you want to do your best to bring a good life to everyone." Didn't you often tell Ah Xia before: Everything in this world must have a degree, and after that, it will backfire. You want our Wang family to be rich, this is a great thing, Ah Xia is proud when she hears it, but this matter is not an overnight effort, you can't be in a hurry, you have to take your time. Although I have never been to Zhangjiabao, I have heard Uncle Jiang say that they have also been carefully accumulated for generations, and they have never been highly oppressed by the government and looted by bandits, so they are now rich. ”

"You're right, I'm too eager for quick success." Wang Shihua nodded slightly, patted the back of Ah Xia's hand, and smiled at Jiang Shoucheng: "Shoucheng, you go and get ten pieces of cloth and reward them to the poorest ten families, including the one I met before." ”

Somehow, Wang Shihua's mind always flashed that the two girls were slick and slippery, without the slightest lustful thoughts, but a deep self-blame, as if laughing at himself for being so ambitious and unrealistic: if he didn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt were expensive, when he was managing his father in the past, he seemed to have endless money, endless food, carefree, and thought that others could not compare to themselves, but at least they could have food and clothing, and now they had just taken over, and they felt that everything was difficult, and they couldn't bear to witness it everywhere, and they were unsatisfactory everywhere.

"Okay!" It's just ten pieces of cloth, not to mention rewarding, even if the young master burns it and plays with it.

"Send someone to keep an eye on these ten families, I think...... Forget it, you go and send it, I'll quietly follow and take a look. ”

Wang Shihua originally thought that after these ten poor families got a piece of cloth, how could they be one person and one dress, he just wanted to see the smiling faces on other people's faces, which was a kind of happiness.

But the result of waiting made him depressed and wanted to vomit blood.

The object of observation is still the family that begged for water and drink before: after getting the cloth, this family is very grateful to Jiang Shoucheng, but when Jiang Shoucheng leaves, in less than half an hour, the housewife of this family closes the door, takes the two daughters who just have grass clothes to wear, and takes the cloth that has not yet been covered with hot cloth to the town, and pawns it in the pawnshop opened by the Wang family. Then they bought a bag of rice, two bags of grain, and a piece of salt, and the three of them were full of happiness and went back happily.

Wang Shihua looked at them with tears and laughter.

Entering the pawnshop, touching the cloth that had just been given to them and now turned back to his hand, Wang Shihua frowned after a long sigh.

"Young master, they deserve to die." Death: It is not intended to be redeemed. Judging from their behavior of turning around and eagerly buying the necessities of life, that is to say, they have no ability to redeem, how poor they are! No wonder Ah Xia is reluctant to be kicked out, and is willing to pay for this: she has been by her side since she was a child, and the life of the maid's body is the life of the young lady, once she loses her protection and is kicked out, the pressure of life alone will torture her to death.

Wang Shihua nodded slightly, silent, as if he had settled down.

Jiang Shoucheng accompanied him silently at first, and after waiting for a while, he saw that Wang Shihua was still stunned, so he asked the shopkeeper of the pawnshop to go out. Soon, seeing the shopkeeper waving outside, he quietly walked out, and when he returned, he held a cup of hot tea in his hand.

"Young Master! Master! ”

Wang Shihua was awakened and looked at him.

"Young master, the news just came that the other nine households also took the cloth to death." After speaking, seeing Wang Shihua's brows, he hurriedly smiled and said, "But they all know the rules, and they should all be in their own shops." They also said: You can't be cheap outsiders. ”

When Wang Shihua heard this, he sighed again: "What a good person~!" ”

"Shoucheng, there are no outsiders here, you can also sit and chat with me. We don't talk about identity today, just like when we were kids, it's just small talk between friends. ”

After Jiang Shoucheng sat down, Wang Shihua handed him the cup of hot tea, but he took a sip of herbal tea and said, "Shoucheng, your father asked you to take over the affairs of the family, you must not be used to it, right?" ”

"Young Master, I'm ......"

"I've told it all, don't call me young master, let's chat as friends now."

"Yes!" Jiang Shoucheng smiled bitterly and said: "Shihua, I don't have any hands on things, after all, I have known what I want to do in the future since I was a child, and under the cultivation of Daddy, there is no difficulty now." It's just, Shihua, let me tell you the truth: we haven't suffered anything since we were children, we think we are much better than Daddy's generation, and we even look down on some of the things they do. But when we were in charge, we found that it was difficult. Alas~! I didn't expect our Wang family to look good on the surface, but in fact they are so poor. Every time I see the account books, I want to yell: What is worse than others in my Wang family? But they are so poor, and there are still a large number of people who are not well fed and clothed, why? It's fucking unfair! ”

Wang Shihua nodded in agreement and said, "I thought about it for a long time just now, and finally figured it out: food, clothing, housing and transportation!" The first thing to pay attention to is 'eating', and only when the stomach is full, can there be anything else. ”

"That's right! I think so too. Jiang Shoucheng nodded in agreement, and then frowned: "But now in this world, there is the oppression of other families outside, and the shackles of clan concepts inside, Shihua, if you want to change, you must have the great determination to break and stand up, otherwise, in essence, you still can't change the status quo." ”

"Well spoken!"