Chapter 316: Relatives
Three days passed.
Wen Manshan and others, for the prosperity of Huai'an City, on the surface, do not particularly care, but must like it in their hearts, after all, everyone wants to be able to live in a place with good conditions, Huai'an Mansion City is so prosperous, no matter what you buy, it is very convenient, and wandering on the street, it is also an unusual feeling, such an atmosphere is not in Xi'an City.
Zheng Xunrui does not object to his family living a rich life, he does not have much money, if he relies on money to support his family, it is a big joke, but he did not stretch out his hand, he will never exploit the people, greedy for ink and silver, and the silver taels that the family needs to spend are all sent by Zheng Kaihua of Jiangning County, and more than 100,000 taels of silver are sent every year.
It's a joke, Zheng Xunrui gets a lot of silver from the mutual market every year, the most is close to three million taels a year, all of which are used for Zheng Jiajun's expenses, and the scope of the mutual market has covered the Ordos tribe, the Tumut tribe, the Yarkand tribe, the Turpan tribe, and even the Tatar tribe and the Khalkha tribe, and even the Chahar tribe and the Horqin tribe who submitted to the Qing Dynasty, also secretly sent people to the Yulin mutual market to trade, you must know that the grain obtained from the mutual market can strengthen the power of the tribe, This is a great temptation for the steppe tribes, who have always been short of food.
Zheng Kaihua of Jiangning County has been familiar with the matter of seed production, which is like a cornucopia, the number of seeds needed by the outside world every year is too much, Zheng Kaihua is not busy at all, and some businessmen have found Zheng Kaihua, willing to take out a million taels of silver, to buy seed production technology, some local businessmen, have also tried their best to produce seeds. It's a pity that no matter how hard you try, the seeds can't compare to the Zheng family, but fortunately, with the support of Zheng Xunrui, no businessman dares to covet the Zheng family, which ensures that Zheng Kaihua can have the patented technology of seed production.
Zheng Fugui, Ma and Sun in the capital lived a prosperous life as well. Zheng Kaihua will send someone to send silver taels every year, Zheng Kaihua once thought that let the eldest sister Zheng Lingli and the eldest brother-in-law Sun Jinru go to the capital to open a shop, on the one hand, expand the seed business to the capital, on the other hand, to accompany his parents, but this construction was denied by Zheng Xunrui.
The three sisters, Zheng Lingli, Zheng Yuhua and Zheng Xiaoling, take their children to the capital every year to visit their parents. And stay in the capital for a while, so that Zheng Fugui and others will not be lonely in the capital.
Sun Jinru and Zheng Lingli's shops in Nanjing are getting bigger and bigger, and they are no longer just doing seed and grain sales, but also getting involved in salt, tea, silk and porcelain, of course, their biggest reliance is Zheng Xunrui, after all, Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun's fame. It is famous in Nanzhili, and no one dares not to buy it. Now Zheng Xunrui is the governor of Caoyun. Sun Jinru is even more gearing up and ready to do a great job.
Zhao Danyu and Liang Xingli, Chongzhen went to Jurong County and Lishui County respectively in July of the eighth year to serve as the chief secretary, although they were only officials of Zhengbapin, but Jurong County and Lishui County were both Gyeonggi County, and the conditions were good. The two often received letters from Zheng Xunrui, and they did things according to Zheng Xunrui's requirements, but they were all right.
It should be said that after so many years of struggle, Zheng Xunrui has arranged his family very well. They all live a rich life, and their status is also very good.
However, as soon as he took office in Huai'an Fucheng, the problem came.
Zhao Danyu and Liang Xingli have already written a letter, the implication is that they hope to do things in the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun, of course they want to do things under Zheng Xunrui, so the status must be different, and the silver they get is also a lot, and they can be promoted to the Governor of Caoyun, any errand, at least the rank is different, they have been in the officialdom for a long time, and it is fake that they don't want to be promoted, with their status as prisoners, they can only rely on Zheng Xunrui.
Sun Jinru also wrote a letter, saying that when it comes to doing business, if you can rely on Caoyun to do a grain business, including tea, silk and porcelain, salt and other transportation, it will be equivalent to a rolling source of wealth.
Zheng Kaihua also wrote a letter, not talking about his own affairs, but talking about the eldest uncle Zheng Fulu, the second uncle Zheng Fushou and the fourth uncle Zheng Funan, Zheng Xunrui used to do things in Shaanxi, which is very far away from Jiangning County, except for the third uncle Zheng Fuhai who sent his youngest son Zheng Kaitao to Shaanxi, the rest of the elders are not willing to leave so far, but Zheng Xunrui became the governor of Caoyun, the situation is different, they all hope that some children and grandchildren in the family can come to Zheng Xunrui's side to do things.
Even Wen Manshan's brother Wen Kun, Zheng Xunrui's brother-in-law who has not met several times, also wrote to Wen Manshan, hoping to go to the Caoyun Governor Yamen to seek an errand, Wen Kun is the warden of the Suzhou Mansion Ya Torture Room, probably because of the identity of the warden, has not been treated by Wen Zhenmeng, the relationship between grandchildren is very indifferent, Wen Zhenmeng is the champion of the palace examination, the leader among the scholars, but unfortunately among the younger generations, none of them can be lifted, and the grandson Wenkun actually became a clerk, This also leads Wen Zhenmeng to not be very interested in his son Wen Qiankang and his grandson Wen Kun, but he looks at Wen Manshan, who is quite outstanding in writing.
However, Zheng Xunrui has a very good opinion of this brother-in-law who has not met a few times, at least he does not rely on his grandfather's reputation, since the imperial examination is hopeless, then do things honestly in the yamen, compared to those children of the gentlemanly scholar family, wandering around all day long, pretending to be high, and people who die studying all their lives and become wastes in the end.
The so-called poor in the downtown area no one asks, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains, and it is not uncommon for such a situation to occur.
Zheng Xunrui, whose mind was full of things, returned to the backyard.
The backyard of the Governor's Mansion Yamen, there are 100 houses, occupying nearly half of the entire house of the Governor's Palace, the backyard design is very elegant, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, exquisite gardens, compared to the backyard of the Shaanxi Governor's Yamen, I don't know how many times stronger, the backyard is also divided into two parts, the front part has 30 houses, that is where some officials of the Governor's Mansion live, and the remaining 70 are where the Governor himself and his family live.
Zheng Xunrui brought not many families, but it is not small, especially after the three daughters were born one after another, they need to be taken care of, so the seventy houses are also full of arrangements.
While eating, Zheng Xunrui was still thinking about many things, and he was a little absent-minded.
After eating, Zheng Xunrui still accompanied Wen Manshan, Dongmei, Lotus Leaf and Yang Aizhen to take a walk in the back garden, this is his fixed action, at this time of the day, he can talk with his family, Zheng Hanyu, who is more than two years old, is naturally accompanied by walking, Zheng Xunrui has a request, when Zheng Hanyu walks, he must walk by himself, unless he is tired and can't walk, he can be held.
Wen Manshan walked beside Zheng Xunrui, holding Zheng Hanyu with her right hand, and Dongmei and the others were slightly behind.
Seeing such a situation, Zheng Xunrui was a little strange, in the past, everyone was around him, talking, and it seemed very lively.
"Ma'am, is there anything to say?"
"Husband, there is indeed something in the slave family, my brother is going to come to Huai'an in three days, the slave family doesn't know what to say, after the death of my grandfather, the family is a lot quieter, my brother said that doing things in the government is not very smooth, and I have always had the idea of quitting my errand, but my father disagreed, doing things in the government, there is always some income, this time my brother told my father, I want to do things in Huai'an, and my father agreed."
Zheng Xunrui looked at Wen Manshan and spoke very seriously.
"Manshan, you and I have merged together, when I talk about these things in the future, I don't need to explain so much, just ask for it, my brother came to Huai'an, just thinking about entering the governor's yamen to do things, you just say what you think, how to arrange, if I can do it, I will do it, if I can't do it, I must explain it clearly."
"The slave family understands, the slave family sees that the husband has worked too hard these days, and he can't bear to bring it up."
Zheng Xunrui nodded, of course he knew the care of his family.
"The slave family thinks that when my brother comes to Huai'an, he must be adding trouble to his husband, and the slave family is not very clear about the affairs in the officialdom, and my brother said in the letter that he was doing things in the torture room of the government office, and he is familiar with this aspect of things, and after coming to Huai'an, he also wants to do this kind of thing."
Zheng Xunrui could only smile bitterly, it seems that Wen Kun has been doing things in the yamen for many years, and he is well versed in the affairs of officialdom, not to mention the rules of the six rooms of the yamen, but the inside of the yamen of the governor of Caoyun, it is divided into five parts: patrolling, supervising, escorting, warehousing and punishment, and the first four responsibilities are almost all separate, each unrelated, each doing its own thing, and is directly responsible for the governor.
Wen Kun turned out to be a warden of the Suzhou Mansion Punishment Room, so he was naturally familiar with prison matters, and what Zheng Xunrui was going to focus on was also in the area of punishment.
Once the official in charge of the prison colludes with other officials and businessmen, it is a big taboo and will have a huge impact on the entire Cao Yun.
Wen Kun is Wen Manshan's own brother, and it is not bad to come to the governor's yamen to engage in matters related to punishment, but if you want to get benefits from it, you definitely can't.
"I know, since my brother wants to do things in the governor's yamen, after coming to Huai'an, he won't live in the governor's palace, find a place to live outside, all the expenses and expenses, Mrs. arranged, the family can entertain for a day, I will also ask for it."
Wen Manshan nodded, a smile appeared on her face, Zheng Xunrui said this, which means that Wen Kun has officially entered the governor's yamen to do things, as for the specific arrangements, then she doesn't need to ask. (To be continued......)