Xiao Rui is still in the capital, and there is no news about whether he has been knighted. If in the end, he couldn't even seal the title of county king, then the Xie family would have to prepare a wedding dress for Xie Mulin on their own.

If he successfully won the title of county king or even the prince, Xie Mulin would not have to worry about the clothes at the wedding. But where can such a thing be said with certainty?

Considering the time it takes to set a wedding dress, and the fact that Wen Shi found the best weaving and embroidery workshop in Beiping City in advance to customize the gorgeous wedding dresses for the two eldest daughters and had already been half done, Xie Pu hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Even if Chonglin has the prince with him, the Ministry of Rites and the Zongren Mansion may not be able to issue him and his future wife's crown clothes on time, and our family should make preparations early." Otherwise, on the day of the wedding, the real sister did not go out in a decent wedding dress, then we would have to let the people of Beiping see our Xie family's jokes. ”

Wen also said: "A set of wedding clothes is only a few hundred taels of silver, so be prepared." Even if it doesn't work in the end, it doesn't matter. ”

Xie Xianzhi no longer dwelled on this issue.

The dowry of the two daughters of the Xie family has basically been made clear, and the personnel are counted separately, and the matter has not yet been finalized. Now Xie Pu took the completed account list to the two eldest sons to take a closer look, and made sure that they had no objections, and did not object to the sisters going out with a rich dowry, and the matter was over.

Xie Xianzhi didn't attach much importance to money, he took a cursory look and felt that his sister's dowry was more generous than he imagined, which made him feel a little uneasy, but because Xie Mulin's dowry was also very rich, and he surpassed Xie Yinghui in the number of births, he felt better. Even so, he asked Xie Pu again and again: "Can you add some more to the second sister?" ”

Xie Pu laughed when he heard it: "Okay, that's enough!" The dowry of the real sister has exceeded 50,000 taels! This is not counting small items such as jewelry, clothing, medicinal herbs, and furs, which are decent enough to take out. Yan Wangfu will not care about these mundane things. If I add more things to the top, others will have to wonder how rich our Xie family is, and how much money can be earned in just four years? Even if my official position is not low, and I still have the palace as an in-law, it is difficult to guarantee that there will not be an unsophisticated Geng Jie's imperial history, and he will refer to me in the court and accuse me of competing with the people for profit! ”

The Yan Wangfu still can't stop the imperial history from picking thorns all year round, not to mention that he Xie Pu is just a political envoy of Beiping? Even if he asks about his innocence, he will be involved in the imperial history a lot, and his reputation will be affected. He has a good career and may not have no hope of entering the cabinet in the future, so why should he have a bad reputation in this kind of thing? Anyway, as long as Yan Wangfu knew how much his daughter's dowry was worth, he didn't plan to show it in front of people if he pressed the box of silver or something. All he wants is to support the dignity and pomp of the Xie family, and he doesn't plan to let everyone know how rich their Xie family is!

Xie Xianzhi sighed and said no more, but once again deeply realized in his heart how much evil his biological mother Cao Shuqing and the foreign Cao family had done four years ago! If they hadn't swept away the Xie family's millions, today, the Xie family wouldn't have to worry about their daughter's dowry. Whether it is sister Yinghui or cousin Yingzhen, there will only be a richer dowry, and no one between the government and the opposition will question whether the Xie family is qualified to have so much wealth, and then some imperial history or something will come out to participate in this and that, and ask his father Xie Pu to do things and tie his hands.

But no matter what, their Xie family is a scholarly family in the end, and they don't have to pay attention to these virtual pomp.

Xie Xianzhi sighed again.

Xie Jinzhi looked at him from the side, smiled slightly, turned his head and asked Xie Pu: "Father, the dowry list of the eldest sister and the second sister is here, what about the third sister and the fourth sister?" In addition to the six thousand taels of silver, what else do you plan to prepare for them? ”

Xie Pu talked for a long time, he was already a little thirsty, picked up the tea bowl and drank tea, and motioned to his wife Wen to answer instead of him.

Wen said to Xie Jinzhi and Xie Xianzhi's brothers: "Sister Rong and Sister Fen are the same, and there are six thousand taels of silver. In addition, the clothes, jewelry, clothing, books, medicinal materials, furs, etc., are basically similar to those of Sister Hui and Sister Zhen. The furniture of the two of them is made of high-quality beech wood, and the wood has been prepared for a long time, and they are now in their hometown, and Sister Fen'er has not started construction yet, but Sister Rong'er's share has already found a craftsman to make a part, and it must be done before this autumn.

"It's just that I discussed it with my lord and felt that Sister Rong would go to Beijing with her son-in-law next year to live in Beijing for a long time. If the furniture she married was transported to Beiping by ship this autumn, and then transported to the capital by ship in a few months, it would be too troublesome, so she simply prepared a small house for them in Beijing at that time, and the furniture was pulled over for storage first, and when Wan Long took Sister Rong to Beijing next year, it would be good to live directly in that small house. ”

The dowry given to Xie Yingrong, in addition to those valuables, is a small house in the capital and a small grange in Huzhou, which is about 100 acres in size. It sounds like a small scale, but Huzhou is also a rich place, and it is difficult to find good land here, and it takes a lot of effort for the stewards of the Xie family to find such a grange, and the fields in it are at least above the middle field. Xie Pu still relied on the relationship of the clansmen to get this grange!

At that time, I got two adjacent granges, one for Xie Yingrong and one for Xie Yingfen. Considering that Xie Yingfen is likely to stay in Xie Jiajiao for a long time after marriage, even if Yang Chun will come out after high school in the future, some of her servants will be left in Huyin, and they happen to take care of her Xitian nearby, and they will also take care of Xie Yingrong by the way. This is a precautionary measure that Xie Pu came up with when he was worried that after Xie Yingrong married into the Wanjia family, he would be calculated by his mother-in-law's family. It's not that he can't trust Bandung, but Bandung is just an unappreciated concubine in the Wanjia family, and sometimes he may not be able to resist his family, let alone protect his wife's dowry. With the Xie family watching from the side, they can also beware of someone in the family who has the cheekiness to encroach on their daughter-in-law's property.

For Xie Yingrong, in addition to the small house and the grange, there are also two shops in Huzhou City. Xie Yingfen is the same, but her shop is in Suzhou City. These shops are located on the busiest streets in the city, and they have long-term contracts with reliable shops.

For Xie Yingrong, in addition to the small house and the grange, there are also two shops in Huzhou City. Xie Yingfen is the same, but her shop is in Suzhou City. These shops are located on the busiest streets in the city, and they have long-term contracts with reliable shops.

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