Chapter 47 Huang Laoxi's peach
And Zheng Guofan took the title deed handed over by the owner of Yan and Xiaoqian's papers, and was dumbfounded at first glance.
There is nothing wrong with Xiaoqian's paperwork, the key is the title deed, which shocked Zheng Guofan directly, yes, he was hacked by this old fox, and it was really a business!
If I change someone else, after reading this title deed, I am afraid that I will cry and shout to the owner of Yan to hack me! But the obedient official always feels a little frightened, the so-called nothing to be courteous or a thief!
On the top of this land deed, including the whole peach forest, that is to say, after turning in from the official road, you will enter a private place, and how big is this peach forest? One hundred acres, the Ming Dynasty has 47 steps on the side of one acre, one hundred acres, and it takes 4,700 steps to walk from one end to the other.
Not counting the value of peach trees, an acre of land in Zhejiang is about five taels to ten taels of silver, of course, ten taels is the price of a good paddy field, this peach forest must not be sold at that price, but how to calculate, it also has to be five taels of silver per mu, that is to say, the peach forest alone has to be five hundred taels of silver, which only counts the acres of land, not the price of peach trees.
Look at this peach forest has been planted for at least several years, entering the full fruit period, that is to say, from this year's Wanli ten years, in the next fifteen to twenty years, these peach trees will bear a large number of peaches every year, the peach on Peach Blossom Island Huang Lao Xie sold for money Zheng Guofan does not know, but these 100 acres of peach trees bloom in spring and bear fruit in summer, how much does this have to sell?
What was the current price of a pound of peaches in the Ming Dynasty? There is a story about the buying and selling of a merchant in the notes of the Ming Dynasty, saying that a merchant bought a lot of oranges for five cents and one hundred, and then used a small plate of four to pack them, put them in the market, and put them on the ship, and he sold them for 2 cents a plate, which was almost ten times the profit, and when he sold out, he accumulated a lot of money.
The notes don't say how much they sold, and the price of oranges is definitely different from peaches, but it can be inferred from this that when the 100 acres of peach trees bear fruit in summer, he hires someone to pick peaches and take them to the dock more than two miles away from here, and he also uses this method to sell them, how can he sell them for a thousand gold! The so-called thousand gold of the Ming Dynasty is one thousand taels of silver.
Of course, there is a profit conversion here, which does not mean that this hundred acres of peach trees is a thousand taels of silver.
In addition, the fine sand and gravel road paved from the door of the house to the official road, and the pavilion on the road, this is counted, how can it cost 3,000 taels of silver when it was purchased at the beginning!
But now! Four hundred taels, a land deed was stuffed to him Zheng Guofan.
Looking at Zheng Xiaoguan's sluggish expression, the owner of the Yan ship is so proud! The heart said that this peach forest and the house cost more than 2,000 taels of silver, I only said the house, and now I find that it is too late! He has the pride of Tang Taizong [the heroes of the world are all in my hands]: Boy, don't look at your cleverness, you still got into my trap.
In other words, the good official was still put on a show by the owner of the Yan ship, not to hack his money, but to deliberately give a big discount to the good official.
After being in a daze for a while, the obedient official grabbed the sleeve of the owner of the Yan ship, and said neerly: "Uncle Yan, this is ...... That's not right! ”
"What? Want to regret it? Ship Master Yan glared, "Didn't the virtuous nephew want to fight a lawsuit with me as soon as he arrived in Ningbo?" ”
, the good official can't cry or laugh, this is too bad!
Ship Master Yan said, patted the obedient officer's shoulder, and laughed twice, "Virtuous nephew, you must be cautious in signing and drawing in the future!" He went out with a smile, and said as he walked: "Xiaoqian's clothes and jewelry boxes in my house or something, I will send them later and say goodbye." ”
Seeing the old fox get into the carriage, He Maxiang nodded to him, "Little Xianggong, the villain is also gone." ”
The obedient official sent two steps, the little maid Xiaoqian followed him silently, watching the carriage disappear on the crooked road of the peach forest, the little maid suddenly burst into tears, anyway, she has been living in the Yan family for fourteen years, and from now on, she Nie Xiaoqian has nothing to do with the Yan family.
Standing silently at the door for a while, the little white horse was tied not far from the door, and yelled at him a few times, he walked over, stroked the little white horse's cheek a few times, and turned to enter the door.
Daddy Zheng is still resting inside, and the big head is too excited to see the house, and he doesn't know where to look at the flowers and plants! Shan Chixia greeted her, "Young Master, what did you say?" ”
The obedient official handed the title deed to Shan Chixia, Shan Chixia glanced at it, and was also surprised, although he did not return to his hometown for 20 years, but the price changes in ancient times are not like modern times, and there will be no 50 taels of silver to buy a house in 20 years, which will increase dozens of times, so he roughly guessed that it would cost two or three thousand taels of silver.
Frowning, Shan Chixia said in her heart that businessmen can't afford to be early, this Yan family seems to think that the young master has an unlimited future, so he sold it to the young master early, if it weren't for the fact that the young master is thirteen years old this year and is too young, I'm afraid he would have opened his mouth to marry his daughter.
This debt is not easy to repay! Shan Chixia touched her chin, but she didn't have any idea, the contract was also signed and drawn, and there was no place to regret it, just take one step at a time! Fortunately, the young master is finally promising, no matter what, let others be willing to invest hard, it can be seen that the young master is a jade!
Therefore, he smiled and said: "The icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow, this Master Yan is also a character!" I'll give this title deed to the lord and put it away!" As for this love debt, I want you to pay it off slowly, young master, it's really not good, just marry his young lady in two years. ”
"Uncle Shan, I'm only thirteen years old, okay?" The obedient official also felt helpless, but deep down he was still a little proud, letting others rush to send the fields and the land to the house, this feeling of being recognized is actually very refreshing, just like the middle champion hairpin flower parade street, in fact, it is also a kind of pleasure to be recognized.
Now that there is a place to settle down and have a home, the Zheng family discussed it in the lobby, first of all, the family needs to use such as tea and rice mother-in-law, sprinkle and sweep the mother-in-law, these subordinates, so they have to put it first, after all, the family has to find a reliable person, and you can't buy two indiscriminately and finish it, and then the degree of food and clothing must be calculated, plus this hundred acres of peach forest, maybe you have to ask two farmers to take care of it.
"Big head." Shan Chixia scolded her son, "You don't have to worry about serving the young master in the future, you can have Xiaoqian, but if you run around again and don't do business......
"Cabernet." Father Zheng sat at the top table of the Eight Immortals, waved his hand to Shan Chixia, and said, "The big head is still small, besides, if you invite someone for a few taels of silver, won't you finish everything he can do, is my big head only worth a few taels of silver!" ”
The obedient official standing at the door of the hall couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, his father was also quite high-spirited, and the thirty taels of wooden buildings had just been sold for less than a month! Now that he lives in a villa of 3,000 taels, his father can't look down on a few taels of silver.
Of course, my father has been trapped in a small room upstairs after his illness, and it is understandable that his surname may have changed a little over the years, in short, it is urgent to make money to support his family, look at the current situation, I am afraid that I can't afford to support this family if I can't earn a thousand taels of silver a year.
He also calculated that this hundred acres of peach forest is estimated to be able to make a fortune next summer, but that is next year, now it is only the end of September, and there is still more than half a year, and it is estimated that the living pan silver on hand is only three or four hundred taels, this house is so big, at least four or five people must be invited to send it over, and then a month of food and drink, so that if you calculate, it is estimated that it will be able to last until the end of the year, three or four months.
However, I still have a book in my hand, and if I sell it, it will be cash, so I have to write two more copies in the past three or four months!
The so-called food in hand is not panicked. I just have a manor worth three thousand taels to take care of, if I don't have money, where can I keep it? For example, if you send a cruise ship worth 30 million to an ordinary white-collar worker, you can't afford to chop him all over your body!
After discussing the things at home, the whole family had a number in their hearts, and at this time, the obedient official mentioned Xiao Qian's personal documents, "Xiao Qian, this personal documents, you should keep them yourself!" ”
He still has a lot of nostalgia for the death of the painting fan in his heart, of course, the gap of five hundred years, the difference between ancient and modern views is not a sentence or two sentences can be made clear, do you want him to blame his father. Therefore, take precautions and give Xiaoqian's personal documents to herself, no one can say for sure what will happen in the future, just like Shan Chixia, even if he burns his personal documents, will he leave the Zheng family!
Xiao Qian took the paperwork in a daze, her lips trembled, she wanted to speak, but she couldn't say it, her heart was cold, could it be that the young master was going to drive me away?
Seeing that she was nervously tensed, and her shoulders shrunk, like a kitten about to be abandoned, the obedient officer smiled and said, "It's not that I want to drive you away, it's just that my beliefs are different from others, and I think that the relationship between people and people is not determined by a deed of sale......"
Xiao Qian burst into tears and knelt on the ground, "Young Master, why are you so good to Xiao Qian, Xiao Qian grew up with Miss, and Miss has never said such a thing." Last year, Miss took me to a poetry meeting, and a famous scholar asked Miss to ask for Xiao Qian, although Miss didn't agree, but since then, every time I go out with Miss to participate in a poetry meeting, Xiao Qian is scared, for fear that Miss will give Xiao Qian to others, and I am afraid that Miss will suddenly fall in love with those old celebrities, and will take Xiao Qian to marry, Xiao Qian doesn't want to live like that, I don't want to participate in any poetry club, I don't want to learn what poetry to sing, and I don't want to marry a lot of white-bearded celebrities......"
Seeing the little maid kneeling on the ground and talking with tears and snot, the whole family was a little silent, Father Zheng originally blamed the good official in his heart, if there is no document between the master and the servant, then how can it be done, what if it encounters a slave who bullies the master?
After all, you can't expect Daddy Zheng to see everyone as someone like Shan Chixia who has had a lifelong friendship with him, talking about everyone being equal, it is a joke in the Ming Dynasty, and all a good official can do is to ask for peace of mind.
Father Zheng coughed twice, and then said, "Okay, look at this girl, she is also well-behaved and loyal, you can keep this paperwork yourself!" If you are a good student, you will be promoted after two years when you are older. ”
The obedient official hurriedly apologized to his father, this face still has to be given to Lao Tzu, no matter what, making decisions without consulting Lao Tzu is also a crime in the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing Xiao Qian kneeling on the ground and saying thank you, the obedient official reached out and dragged her up, although he was already trying his best to get used to this body, the habit of the entire Ming Dynasty, but watching others kowtow like pounding garlic, it was always very strange and felt unacceptable, perhaps, in a few years, he would slowly become a complete Ming person!
The big head next to him muttered: "Fortunately, the young master didn't force me to learn any poetry and singing, the young master often said that if you talk about shamelessness, the reader is the most shameless......"
"Big head." The obedient official glared, and said in his heart, can this be said casually, "When did I say this." ”
"What did Mr. Zhao say last time I wanted to buy your article, young master?" The big head stalked his neck, obviously feeling that he was not wrong, and the obedient official couldn't cry or laugh, "It's so difficult to let you learn two more words, what I'm talking about is that most of the negative people are scholars, and they slaughter dogs from every time." ”
"Isn't that the most shameless thing for a scholar." Big Head muttered. His father, Shan Chixia, scolded him, "It's unruly again, isn't it?" ”
"Okay, okay, you've been defeated." A good official can't be careful with an eleven-year-old head! I had to coax him with the words of coaxing the child with candy, "That's what it means, but what! You can't just say this, young master, most of the people I will come to in the future are readers, if you want to say this and be heard by others, don't you want to laugh at our lack of level, you just know it in your heart, if any reader dares to open his mouth to ask the young master to ask Xiaoqian in the future, you go up and give his boss a mouth, and then say a word of righteousness every slaughtering dogs, the negative heart is mostly a reader, so ashamed of others, but remember, you can't say that the reader is the most shameless. ”
The big head grinned when he heard this, first nodded, and then rushed to Xiaoqian, full of pride, "I saw it!" Our family doesn't want any poetry clubs, and we don't want any singing remuneration, just have a young master who understands it alone, anyway, those who show off their talents are not as good as the young master. ”
Xiao Qian finally felt a little calm when he said this, and cried again and again, Yan Qingwei was indeed good to her, and the gold bracelet was put on her wrist without blinking, but she never said like a good official that you should hold the document yourself, and don't sell the deed of life when you get along with people.
You know, who is willing to be a slave to others! It's one thing for me to be good to you and do anything for you all my life. It's another thing to sign a humiliating contract of sale and make you a dog, although it is probably much more comfortable to be a dog than to be a human.
In fact, Da Ming has two more extreme views on personal trading, one is a dead contract servant, you are a slave all your life, your son and your grandson are all slaves, even if you are beaten to death, it will only be two years in prison according to the law. Another kind of equivalent to the nanny, confinement sister-in-law, aunt of later generations, you give me money and I will work for you, I still call you master, but we have no master-servant relationship, from the perspective of the Ming law, I am still a good citizen, my children and grandchildren still study and take the test to take the exam, if you beat me, I'm sorry, let's see you in court, and sue you for bankruptcy.
Like Xiaoqian, it is a standard death contract servant, I am good to you, undress, push food, just like raising a dog, I like it very much, I have to hug me to bed and sleep together every day, I eat a piece of chocolate, bite half and half for you to eat, but this does not change the status quo that people are still people and dogs, you eat half of the chocolate I licked and still be a dog.
But when the obedient official gave the deed of sale to Xiao Qian, Xiao Qian's legal identity changed, she was a good citizen rather than a slave, a person rather than a dog, it can be said that it was at this moment that Xiao Qian began to be willing to do anything for the good official. And how much is that supporting paper! It's only six taels of silver, this contract is in someone else's hands, Xiao Qian wearing gold and silver can't change the fact that she is only worth six taels, this contract is in Xiao Qian's own hands, Xiao Qian is priceless.
This is the difference between a good official with more than five hundred years of vision and Yan Qingwei, a female disciple of Mr. Qingteng.
"Alright." Shan Chixia glared at Shan Sinan fiercely, this stinky boy is eleven years old, and he still has a small temper, "Feed the horse, don't dangle in front of me." The big head stuck out his tongue when he heard the words and went out honestly.
The obedient official next to him laughed secretly, no wonder Jia Baoyu's father can't get used to his son, the father-son relationship between this father and his son is really not as harmonious as the mother-son relationship between mother and son!
Shan Chixia picked the main wing room for Father Zheng, and helped him to go in to rest, Xiaoqian red and swollen with two eyes, looking for a broom everywhere and saying that he wanted to clean it, this house is actually very clean, when the owner of the Yan boat built it was for his daughter Yan Qingwei in the future, he was also born in Xiucai, and there is still a little color in the belly, this peach forest and house are quite Tang Yin Tang Bohu [Peach Blossom Nunnery in Peach Blossom Dock, Peach Blossom Nunnery under Peach Blossom Nunnery] feeling, every once in a while, there are always people from the Yan family to clean.
Now that this peach forest has changed owners, Zheng Guofan naturally wants to change his style, and dragged Xiaoqian to find the study, "Come on, let's write a couplet first." ”
When Xiaoqian grinded the ink, Zheng Guofan dragged the paper, licked the brush, and wrote a familiar couplet:
The peach blossom shadow falls and flies the sword.
The blue sea tide is born according to the jade flute.
ps: Although it's 2 more, it's a lot of words! More than 9,000 words, almost 10,000 ...... How wood someone praises the pinch!
In addition, each character in our book has his own surname and temperament, and maybe the pen is not good enough, but I try to describe their own taste. If you want to see that kind of [no more, I said, I will solve it alone, and if it is a brother, don't interfere. Feeling the domineering spirit of the pig's feet that are not angry and self-threatening, there is a faint look of surrender in the eyes of the younger brothers, [Boss, we all listen to you. This type of book, please click on the fantasy channel, there are more books of this type in it.