Seeing Mama Ma and Mama Liao standing there energetically, Qin Mingyue smiled slightly, and asked someone to bring a small pestle for the two Mammas to sit down, and then said slowly: "Two Mammas, I went to do a business some time ago and made a lot of money. There are about eleven thousand taels. Among them, 1,000 taels I asked people to get to the account room and put it in the public account for expenses. The remaining 10,000 taels want to discuss with the grandmothers how to spend it. ”

Qin Mingyue made money, Mama Ma knew a little, so it was not very surprising, but Mama Liao was busy with things in the house all day long, and she didn't pay much attention to things in the outside world, so she didn't know, and when she heard it at the moment, she was startled: "Miss, you've only been in business for a few days?" It's been less than a month, right? How did you earn so much silver? 10,000 taels? Oh my God, how long has it been since we have seen so much silver in the Liguo Mansion? ”

Qin Mingyue said: "These are not the silver of the Liguo Mansion, these are my silver." According to the law of the Great Zhou, an unmarried girl like me cannot have her own private property. But I'm different. When I was apprenticed before, the emperor had already set aside my household registration from the Liguo Mansion in accordance with the usual practice, and set up a separate household with an official body. became an official. So, I can buy private property. ”

"I earned the money myself. did not use a single penny of the Liguo Mansion. Of course, the money I earn is filial piety to my parents and relatives, so I plan to give this 10,000 taels of silver to my parents' mansion for use. As for how to use it, I naturally have the final say. So, I want to talk to the two grandmothers to see, what is the most urgent thing to add to our mansion first? ”

Only then did Mama Liao calm down. Yes, the Liguo Mansion is so embarrassed, how can it be possible to give the capital to the young lady to do business. These are the private property of the young lady. It seems that she wants to publicize this matter in the mansion, and the unsightly things that are saved, when she sees that she has money, she wants to come up and suck blood. Let's see who got the money first.

Mama Ma nodded and said, "There are too many places in this house that need money. In fact, the most important thing is that there is no fixed income in the house, and naturally people are panicked and have no rules. If you want to have a fixed income, it is nothing more than a few ways, one is to do business, just like the Hou Hua family in Jinyang, although his family has no power, but has a business, so he still has a few powerful in-laws and keeps a rich life. If you don't have someone in your family who knows how to run a business, it's safest to buy some regular income. There are two kinds of fixed income, one is the field and the other is the shop. ”

Mama Liao also came back to her senses: "Our Qin family was not so embarrassed at the beginning, back then, our Qin family, the Duke of Liguo, was full of fields, and one-third of the scores on the most prosperous West Street in the capital were our family. It's a pity that it's all sold. ”

Qin Mingyue couldn't help frowning: "I've also heard of this, but unfortunately, those properties have been sold." Moreover, they are all dead deeds of sale. It's easier to just pawn it, and now you can redeem it with money. I sold the deed of death, and I have been selling it for decades, how can I get it back? ”

"I also knew I needed to add something to my home. You can't always make up the money for me every month. However, I don't have much money right now. With 10,000 taels of silver, you can buy a lot of things, but at the price of fields and shops in the capital, I am afraid that you can't buy much. Besides, there are too many powerful people in the capital, and once the land is sold, it is rare to buy it back. Even if you have money, you may not meet the right one. ”

That's true. Mama Ma nodded and said: "If this 10,000 taels of silver is really in the capital, you can't buy any land shops, but if you let people take it to Qi Province, which is the closest to Zhili Province where the capital is located, you can buy a lot." I've heard that the land there is no less productive than in the capital, and even because the climate is a little warmer, the crops are more productive. The land is also very cheap, about a dozen or two acres of fertile land. The capital costs more than 20 taels of silver. It's better to take 5,000 taels of silver to buy land, and if you're lucky, you can buy a small village with hundreds of acres connected together. ”

Qin Mingyue thought for a moment and said, "This is a good idea, Qidi is indeed very suitable for growing crops and establishing a grange." ”

Mama Ma said: "It's just that in this way, we need some loyal servants who know how to farm and manage the grange for us." Speaking of which, after the young lady manages the mansion, she will be able to do business and make money quickly, and she will definitely be able to slowly restore the glory of the Liguo Mansion in the future. How could a real state mansion be just a dozen servants? At the very least, it takes four or five hundred servants to support a mansion and manage the various industries of the mansion. ”

Qin Mingyue nodded and said, "Mama Liao, before, I asked you to inquire about the slaves who read our Guogong Mansion and want to come back, have you inquired about the good character and ability?" ”

Mama Liao was neat, and hurriedly took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, which was densely packed with some names and said, "I have already inquired about this." After all, these are the old people in the house, and the servants in the house are all related to each other for several generations. So, a lot of them are still connected. I'm just picking a few competent, loyal names to write down. There were about seventy or eighty of them. In fact, back then, the slaves and maids who were sold added up to only thousands of people, but after a long time, many of these people have died and scattered. Staying in the capital, and loyal, there are not many who want to come back. Among these people, there are only a few people who are capable and have good conduct. ”

Qin Mingyue said: "Mama Liao, you are an old man in the mansion, so naturally you are more familiar with the situation in the mansion. You discuss it with Mama Ma and give this list to the Feng Tang Hall Master of the Star Washing Hall. Let him carefully investigate whether some of these people are reliable. If there is no problem, just buy it back. If these people wanted to buy it back, it was estimated that it would cost a thousand taels of silver. In this way, there are still about four thousand taels of silver left. ”

"Mama Ma, you say hello to Hall Master Feng, go to the market to buy some servants, both men and women, just be innocent. About 100 people. You don't need to buy it all at once, you can buy it in batches. Just guarantee quality and integrity. These bought people were trained together with the redeemed old people. In the future, it will be assigned to various houses as errands, and some will be trained, to be the head of the village, to manage the grange, and the Zhuangzi and shops that I will add in the future. ”

"In this way, it will probably cost about 1,000 taels of silver. and two thousand taels of silver remaining. ”

Mama Ma hurriedly agreed, she said: "There are so many people in the house at once, I'm afraid I can't live there." ”