Chapter 19 Cutting Meat with a Blunt Knife (Four Watches)
It is said that as soon as the 100-day banquet of the two children passed, Xiao Han put the situation of the Zhao family in front of Xin Yao.
Xin Yao is a diligent and good classmate, and after locking herself in the study for half a day, she finally figured out the relatives and relatives of the Zhao family.
The origin of the wealth of the Zhao family lies in following Taizu to fight in the south and the north, to the east and the west, and to be loyal in the rain of bullets.
At the end of the war, Zhao Jiajia was rewarded for his meritorious deeds, and he was awarded the title of first-class loyal and brave marquis. Taizu was very favored by him, which gave the Zhao family the honor of being extremely honored later. The title passed to Zhao Zhengxin's father, Zhao Jizu, and this generation has been three generations.
Zhao Jizu is the grandson of the Zhao family, and has two brothers, namely Zhao Jiye and Zhao Jiye, who are twins. There are many other brothers and sisters, so I won't be tired of talking about them one by one.
Zhao Jizu has a wife and a concubine, his wife Li was born to everyone, gave birth to a son Zhao Zhengxin, and gave birth to a daughter Zhao Qiuxia;
Concubine Lu had three sons, the eldest named Zhao Zhengli, and the other two sons were twins, namely Zhao Zhengzhong and Zhao Zhengyi.
Back then, in order to successfully inherit the title, Zhao Zhengxin did what he liked, first married Xiao Jingya, the person favored by the old lady of the Zhao family, and then abandoned him as childless. He did everything possible to marry Su Ruyu as his wife, that is, he successfully attacked the title, and he has not yet been demoted, and he is still a third-class loyal and brave marquis.
Now the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion not only lives in the Hou Ye Zhao Zhengxin's wife, concubines, children and daughters, but also lives in three brothers with a total of four rooms. Coupled with Zhao Zhengxin's two uncles, there are more than 100 people in the mess.
Zhao Zhengxin's wife, Su Shi, is the cousin of the current Queen Mother Su Ruyan. Su married into the Zhao family and gave birth to two daughters, namely Zhao Wenjing, who was already married, and Zhao Wenying, who had just turned fourteen.
Concubine room. is the daughter of Li's sister-in-law's family, and Zhao Zhengxin is a cousin. gave birth to two sons, Zhao Junwu and Zhao Junwei.
The concubine Liu, who was originally the personal maid of the Li family, was rewarded by the Li family as a concubine to her son because of her outstanding appearance. This Liu also gave birth to a pair of twins. Names Zhao Juncai and Zhao Junxiu.
There are also two maids who have a room, because they are afraid of the Su family. It has not been straightened yet, and it is still in the dark.
The Zhao family's vigorous reproductive ability has made the Zhao family give birth to a large number of children and grandchildren in several generations, although it is said that they have many sons and many blessings. The branches are luxuriant, but the quantity is inevitably poor, the quality of the children is uneven, and the output value is not high, which led to the Zhao family after several separations, when it was passed to Zhao Jizu's generation, there was already a deficit in the house.
The Zhao family is a hereditary landowner, and the industry is based on granges and acres. It has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and its income mainly depends on land rent. The other part of the income comes from opening a few shops with the Su family.
The Zhao family has many descendants, men and women marry. Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, birthday celebrations, festivals and rituals, all of which are for silver. Fortunately, Zhao Zhengxin is a capable person, and the two wives he married have a lot of dowries, and the Su family's family is even stronger. The deficit in the house was only slightly made up, but there was no surplus.
Zhao Zhengxin climbed to the Su family in this way. With his back against the big tree, he enjoyed the shade with peace of mind, and lived a stable and comfortable life for more than ten years.
Overnight, the Su family was raided, King Han was imprisoned, and the shop was sealed, and the Zhao Mansion, which had some economic ties with the Su family, suddenly lost half of its economic resources.
And among the tens of thousands of acres of fertile land of the Zhao family, Xiao Han secretly investigated that at least nearly 1,000 acres of fertile land was illegally obtained. In the second half of the Zhao family, there were three marriages in the mansion alone. The new emperor has just issued an edict ordering all localities to thoroughly investigate corrupt officials and corrupt officials A few days ago, if these thousands of acres of fertile land were confiscated again......
When Xin Yao saw this, she understood why Zhao Zhengxin was willing to throw such a piece of pie to Xiao Han. She closed her eyes and thought for a long time before leaving the study and going to the west courtyard to see the children.
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The palm lamp was divided, Xiao Han returned home, the couple accompanied the old lady to dinner, and teased six taels, three taels, seeing the old lady looking at it from the side, Xin Yao gave Xiao Han a look, and the two left the west courtyard and went to the study.
In the study, Xu Hongyuan was already waiting. After the uncle and nephew discussed the matter of the household department for more than half an hour, Xu Hongyuan quietly left.
The couple went back to the room, and after each washed up, they leaned on the bed and whispered for most of the night, until they hugged each other and fell asleep.
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Early the next morning, Xin Yao called Sun Jinghui to him, asked Danyue to hand him the paper in his hand, and told him bluntly that within half a year, find a way to make the sixteen shops on the paper unable to operate.
Sun Jinghui took a closer look, what kind of business the sixteen shops are engaged in, who is the proprietor, who is the shopkeeper, who is the buddy, where to buy, how many times a month to buy goods, how much is the purchase price, how much is the gross profit in a month, and what are the main customers...... It is clearly written in black and white.
Sun Jinghui understood that this matter was extremely important at the moment, and he did not dare to be careless at the moment.
Xin Yao also said, if you need external assistance, just tell her, you must have one, you can only use yang schemes, and you need to cut meat with a blunt knife.
Sun Jinghui understood that the eldest grandmother wanted him to bring down these sixteen shops openly, and he couldn't do it quickly, so he needed to make them unable to support it a little. Sun Jinghui is the smartest person, and when he saw the owner of this shop, he had a number in his heart, and he only said that he needed to plan carefully. Xin Yao nodded in response.
As soon as Sun Jinghui went, Lu Chenxiao, the head of Qingfeng Hall, who was waiting outside, entered the hall. Xin Yao also asked Danyue to send the paper prepared in advance to Lu Chenxiao.
As soon as Lu Chenxiao saw that the surname on the paper was Zhao, he immediately understood that the uncle, the eldest grandmother was afraid that she was going to do it, so she didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and thought about it carefully.
After a long time, Lu Chenxiao raised his head and asked, "What does grandma mean, how does this Zhao Zhengli plan to move?" ”
Xin Yao pursed her lips and smiled: "I discussed this matter with my uncle, and you can come over with your ears......"
As soon as Lu Chenxiao left, Xin Yao called Xiao Ji again, turned her face sideways and whispered in her ear. Xiao Ji's face changed a few times, and then he nodded emphatically.
Xin Yao said with satisfaction: "This errand will be rewarded if it is done well, but if it is not done well, it will be handled by yourself." The silver money is paid to the light moon. This matter goes from my mouth to your ears, and it stops. ”
Mother Li and the others left, and then said in a low voice: "Isn't it inappropriate for grandma to hand over this errand to Mr. Ji!" ”
Xin Yao took a sip of warm tea, and then said slowly: "This Xiao Ji is very slippery, and he can do things best by looking at people's faces. Mom, you also have something to do, find a good day in October, and do the happy event of the two maids in a beautiful way. ”
Mother Li's face was overjoyed, and she said with a smile: "Grandma, these two maids are out of the door, who are the big maids?" ”
Xin Yao hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's better to let Xiaorong, Xiangzhi top up the lack of these two people, what does my mother think?" ”
Mother Li said with a smile: "Grandma said yes, naturally it is good." ”
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It is said that Jiang Xinyu waited at the gate of Xiao's Mansion for an hour that day, and she couldn't even enter the gate, so she couldn't help but return to the house in frustration.
Seeing that Miss came back with a pale face, Qingfeng hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and said distressedly: "Miss, haven't you seen anyone?" ”
Jiang Xinyu's face changed slightly, and she forcibly covered up calmly: "Today, my sister is back home, and the second uncle has a guest again, so I must think that I am not free." ”
Seeing that the young lady's words were far-fetched, Qingfeng sighed slightly, and quickly unloaded the pearl hairpin for her, and fetched water to calm the face.
Jiang Xinyu leaned on the collapse tiredly, and said lightly: "Where did you go?" ”
Qingfeng beat the legs for the young lady, and replied, "I went to the house with my grandmother." Today, my grandmother paid another hundred taels of silver from the slave maid, saying that she wanted to buy some medicinal herbs for the eldest lady. Aunt Sanqiao also went along. ”
Jiang Xinyu touched a nose of ash at her mother's house, and she was already upset, as soon as she heard this, where would she have a good face, she waved her hand and said angrily: "Don't spend silver all day long, it's annoying to death, if she wants it, let her take it." ”
Qingfeng pursed his lips aggrievedly, and only swallowed the words in his stomach.
While he was talking, Sun Jingyao opened the curtain and came in with a happy face, and said with a smile before he changed his clothes: "Xinyu, the eldest brother has found a livelihood." Father's place is finally settled. ”
Jiang Xinyu sat up from the collapse and said with an unnatural face: "It's really a good thing." ”
Sun Jingyao didn't notice the embarrassment on Xinyu's face, and said to himself: "It's not a good thing, it's just to be the manager of your fourth sister's shop, I heard that there are at least a few hundred taels of silver a year, which can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need, otherwise, the old and sick in the house will cost a lot of medicine every month." ”
When Jiang Xinyu heard that it was the fourth sister's shop, her face became more and more ugly.
Sun Jinghui smiled and said: "Let's go back and beg the fourth sister, although I can't compare to the eldest brother, it's more than enough to be a little housekeeper, I am glad that you say it's okay!" ”
Jiang Xinyu heard that Xin Yao actually let that waste man be the manager, but she avoided and refused to see her, and it was really not a taste for her to have mixed tastes in her heart, but she still insisted and said: "Naturally, it is good, people come and go in the house today, and I haven't talked to my wife and sister, and I will go back to Xiao Mansion to intercede for my master." ”
Seeing this, the breeze retreated silently, but the gloom in his eyes remained undiminished.
No matter what the seventh master asks, his own young lady would rather swallow it in her stomach, and she has to bear it hard, and in the long run, there will always be a day when she can't bear it, and when the time comes, how will it end......
Sun Jinghui happily stepped forward and hugged him, his slender index finger gently touched Xin Yao's slightly yellowed face, and said softly: "If I can get a good job, I can also share some of it for you." The whole house is worried about you alone, I feel distressed, Yu'er, thank you for your hard work! ”
Jiang Xinyu only felt that her heart was appropriate, so she leaned into the man's arms and sighed: "What is bitter or not, follow you, I am steadfast, and I am happy no matter how bitter I am." ”
Sun Jingyao said movingly: "Yu'er, don't worry, I will let you live a good life." I won't let my father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister-in-law look down on me. ”
Xinyu stroked the man's handsome face, and said in a somewhat choked voice: "Hmm! ”
Sun Jingyao's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth rose: "When I go back today, my father doesn't scold me anymore, and he still looks at me fixedly." (To be continued) (Miss Jiang Si.. /0/602/)--
( Miss Jiang Si )