Yang Meng said very lightly at no expense, but what did Ding Taichen do? He is the one who controls the cost, Yiliang only can't go in and out, except for food, Yiliang is a fortune seller of the Yang family.

The new army in Yunnan, Yiliang, is out of the country, and it is out of food, clothing, shoes and hats. A soldier of the new army earns 60 taels a year, and he does his best to eat and clothing, which is almost 60 taels, and this is not counting the munitions, and the annual consumption of the 8,000-strong Yunnan New Army alone is about 1 million taels.

Minghu Academy is also hung in Yiliang, where the annual cost is also two or three hundred thousand taels, and on the other side of the manor, the cost of managing most of the Yang family's affairs, this amount is also around 200,000 taels a year, Yiliang also has a staff group, and the minimum annual salary of a staff member is more than 1,000 taels, plus the cost of the staff group, it also has to be about 100,000 a year.

Building water conservancy, digging rivers, and improving fields is easy to say, but it can cost at least about one million taels, and the third master will not hesitate to say it, doubling or quadrupling, it is a simple thing, not a superfluous expense, and Yiliang's annual consumption is about three million taels.

And the income of Yiliang Manor is pitiful compared to the cost of three million, even if the price of grain has rolled a few times in the past two years, the income of the manor is still only one million.

The Ma Gang has now been allocated to the Yunnan business, Ding Taichen, the big housekeeper of Yiliang Manor, who is thinking about how to open up sources and reduce expenditures every day. Ke Yiliang is a large agricultural county, and there is no way to open source at all, all he can do is to reduce expenditure as much as possible.

"Third master, Yiliang's annual consumption is too great, and the income is too small. I also know that your method is a good way to do it once and for all. But we can't do that!

Those you said. I just made a rough calculation, the cost is at least more than one million taels of silver, Yiliang started, and Western Yunnan will do the same, Yiliang is a county of one million taels, dozens of states and counties in western Yunnan, tens of millions of taels of silver, and the effort to raise your hand is gone. It can't be done!

Our family's income now depends on the Guangzhou trade route, and last year, there were more than 3 million taels of cash returned there, and the goods from all over the Qing Dynasty, as well as the foreign goods in the commercial port, the total amount was only five or six million taels, and all the goods were given to Yunnan merchants.

On the Yunnan business side, the trade routes of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet provinces are in charge, and the uncle not only has to buy fields and tea mountains. It also has to pay for the cost of the Wuzhuang in western Yunnan, and the balance of silver in the firm last year was less than three million taels.

and the goods of five or six million taels of silver. The profit alone is more than two million, and the uncle spent five or six million a year in western Yunnan! In recent years, our family's business has become bigger and bigger, but in addition to the cost, the surplus is about the same as before, these projects you said are inconspicuous, aren't we busy with it? ”

Not to mention that he was taken aback, not only Wei Zhiqing, who was listening, was frightened, but Yang Meng was also taken aback.

Yang Meng didn't know how much money his business could make, but he still had a lot of money to balance in a year, but he didn't expect the cost of western Yunnan to be so high.

But think about it, there are tens of thousands of new troops in western Yunnan! The 8,000 new troops under Bibi Wei's camels, the cost of western Yunnan is not too high.

"Zhilu said! Isn't there still a surplus? Do what I just said, spend more money, and spend more! To do such a thing in western Yunnan, we must prioritize it, do it first, and those who can make up the work will work first, but to do such infrastructure construction, I still have the same sentence, and we must spare no expense.

Your canal now looks at the investment is small, but twenty or thirty years, at least three or four times to rebuild, this cost is greater, and then do such a basic project in the future, the calculation cost is a reference, the service life is also a reference, such a repeated project, try to complete it at one time! ”

In the past, Yang Meng had also been exposed to projects such as road repair and building buildings, but at that time, it was only a three-story building, and the repair was nothing more than a cement road.

"Zhilu said! Third master, do you want those cattle and sheep, cloth, and salt, are you going to the farm? ”

"Yes! What's wrong? ”

"There is a Zhuangzi thirty miles away, and if you have a daughter-in-law today, go over there! There's a long table feast being prepared over there! If you pass, I'll call them. ”

As soon as Yang Meng heard that he had a daughter-in-law, his eyes immediately lit up, this is a good thing, just to stimulate the daughter of the Wei family.

Yang Meng walked up to Wei Zhiqing's ear and asked softly.

"Mrs. Zhiqing, admit defeat or not?"

"How many places have you just walked? Of course not! Third master, can you not call me Mrs. Zhiqing? ”

Wei Zhiqing is obviously a little lacking in confidence, just now he talked with these farmers and tenants for a while, and he can see their gratitude to the Yang family and Yang Meng, Wei Zhiqing has also seen the world, and knows which expressions and words are not fake, but once he admits defeat, he will lose his net worth completely.

And from her title, you can also hear it, Mrs. Zhiqing, it's still a little early to call it now, let's talk about it later!

"Zhiqing, there is a Zhuangzi in front, let's go over and have a wedding banquet?"

"Oh...... All right...... Can I go? After all......"

When she heard the wedding banquet, Wei Zhiqing's first thought was to refuse, but remembering the first time she was divorced halfway, she wanted to take a look. Over the years, the Wei family has also been displaced, and they can't live in one place for many years, and they always have to constantly change their address, plus Wei Zhiqing is a widowed woman, in the eyes of most people, I, a woman like Wei Zhiqing is unlucky, so even if there is such a thing, she will not be invited.

"You are the third master's Mrs. Zhiqing, who dares in Yiliang and who will refuse Mrs. Zhiqing to come to watch the ceremony?"

This time, Wei Zhiqing did not refuse this title, and nodded silently, which can be regarded as agreeing with Yang Meng's statement.

"Taichen, let's go to the wedding banquet, are you ready for this gift money or something?"

"It's ready when we come, then let's go over!"

Leaving some cloth and salt on the construction site, Yang Meng and his party continued to rush in the direction of Yiliang.

When I arrived at the place, the atmosphere of the whole farm was very warm, the bride and groom. are all waiting outside the Zhuangzi Gate. This scene is a bit big. Yang Meng thought about it slightly, and knew whose idea it was.

"The old man asked you to arrange it?"

"Hey...... I can't help it! The old man's instructions, Taichen didn't dare not do it, the old man said, whoever marries and has children in the future, Taichen will arrange for the third master to go and see. ”

This old man is too, he actually made such a crooked trick to deal with himself, isn't he the heir? If it weren't for the fact that Lian'er was too young. I already have it. Although Tang Meiyi said that she was old, she was not the main room after all, the world she was in was different, and her age was also not very old, Yang Meng deliberately dragged it out, but he didn't expect the old man to be able to wait.

"Don't make nonsense, it's okay for me to come when I don't have anything to do, and when I have something, don't bother me with these things."

This arrangement is good, if you are idle. It's a good thing to come and see, at least in the hearts of the people of Yiliang. I'll be more kind.

"From the province of Taichen."

A wine banquet was eaten from the afternoon to the evening, Yang Meng and Wei Zhiqing, the handsome little Langjun, became the most popular objects in the farm, and they were welcomed by the eldest girl and little daughter-in-law in the Zhuangzi.

And the handsome Xiao Langjun who followed the third master became the object of their attack, and they rushed up to toast, and took the opportunity to dig a few handfuls on Xiao Langjun's body, which can be regarded as staining the nobility of the third master.

Yang Meng's wine was dry, and Wei Zhiqing was a little drunk after three or five bowls, and she was teased by the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law, and the red cloud also climbed up her face.

"Take a walk outside Zhuangzi?"

Seeing that the daughter of the Wei family was overwhelmed with alcohol, Yang Meng made an invitation.

"Good!"

Wei Zhiqing, who drank the wine, was very free, took Yang Meng's hand, and walked outside the Zhuangzi.

Yang Meng's guards were just about to get up, but they were stopped by a gesture from Ding Taichen, for most of the day, Ding Taichen could no longer see that Wei Zhiqing was a woman disguised as a man, so he was the son of Ding Baojun, the one-eyed falcon, and it seemed that there was another lady in the manor.

"How? To admit defeat or not to admit defeat? ”

"You're amazing! From the beginning, you and your parents were scheming against me! ”

Wei Zhiqing is not a fool, not only is she not stupid but also quite shrewd, but she was forced by the situation at the beginning, and she had to do some things.

"I'm calculating that you're good, but your parents are for your own good, and you're a daughter who hasn't left the cabinet, and you're stupid at home, so what's the trouble?

Zhiqing, remember! It's not your father who hurt you, but the way of the world that hurts you, the third master originally wanted to live a good life in accordance with the way of the world, but this way of the world is pressing! He doesn't want me to live well, so the third master can only figure out his own way.

Lao Tzu can't live in vain, since this world persecuted me, I want to overturn this world, are you willing to follow me to see if the world wins, or Lao Tzu wins? ”

In a word, the twisted melon is not sweet, and you can try to use it if you look good in your previous life, but in this Qing Dynasty, grab a handful of them, Yang Meng also began to change his mind, and physical and mental gain is the king!

"Do I have a choice? From the moment you step through my door, you've won! Whether there is a gambling contract or not, I have to follow you obediently, and I can't survive or die!

Even if I am not happy, I have to obediently listen to your orders, the life and death of the Wei family are in your hands!

Why do you bother to do something superfluous! Zhiqing's temperament is like this, you have taken my family, and I can't give up them, my parents think too much, even if you don't use these tricks, no matter how you beat me, scold me, and insult me, I will obediently follow you.

However, as long as Zhiqing seizes the opportunity, Zhiqing will make your life worse than death, but it's a pity ......"

Looking at the blurred starlight in the sky, warm tears crossed Wei Zhiqing's face, and I don't know whether it was sadness or happiness?

"What a pity?"

Wei Zhiqing's previous words can still be heard, but the latter ones are very scary, although Yang Meng has placed a shadow in Yunnan, but people's hearts are unpredictable! I'm afraid that Wei Zhiqing will bury her hatred in her heart like this, such a person will not have a trace of harm if she doesn't have a seizure, and once she has an attack, it will be a fatal trick.

"It's a pity that you have nothing to do, and I can't hate."

"Then you are a willing and sacrificing thief?"

"Humph......"

"Lean over and have something to say to you, listen to this, you may be ......"

In the hazy night, a white shadow slowly leaned towards Yang Meng, but after a while, the white shadow jumped away again.

"What a thief, he used such indiscriminate means to deal with my aunt and grandmother, I said why have you been upset and irritable lately, and it is difficult to calm down!

Hit! ”

With a 'snap', Wei Zhiqing's fist hit Yang Meng's chest.

"Is this flirting?"

"Thief, dare to keep your mouth open, fight again!"

Looking at Wei Zhiqing's appearance, this level is over, but how to place her is also a problem. For more than a year, Lian'er has become more and more powerful in the manor, and Wei Zhiqing is a strong and unwilling to admit defeat.

"Zhiqing, do you want to live in Yiliang Manor in the future?"

The women of the Wei family are strong, and Yang Meng is not easy to say directly, so he can only test it a little.

"Nope! I'm going to follow you, didn't you say there was a lack of a scholar? I'm going to wear this outfit from now on, I've been at home for more than ten years, and I don't want to be alone anymore. ”

Wei Zhiqing has no affection for Yang Meng, but through the admiration of the people of Yiliang, he has turned him into an approachable person, nothing more than to be together, it is better to be free. (To be continued......)