On the occasion of the gathering of the officialdom and nobles in the capital, the news that Song Nan wanted to buy the stinky land of the white paper mill became a big talk. There are also many people who guessed that Song Nan wanted to use the land of the white paper workshop to make some articles, and some of them didn't think of this, but not to mention whether there would be a return, just the huge amount of money and silver consumed was unacceptable to the relatives. And more importantly, there are contradictions and restrictions on the policy of developing real estate and the imperial court, which is by no means a good area to make money.

The way to make money preferred by the nobles is the way to get more benefits with less cost and more stability. In addition to buying a large number of farms and estates as assets to preserve value, most of them choose industries that can be monopolized by using their power in business. For example, the carriage and horse shop in the capital was monopolized by the two marquis in Beijing, and the grain and materials transported to the capital by the Grand Canal were also contracted by the ship shop of the family of Xun Qi, and some people monopolized the industries of Qianzhuang pawnshop. In short, they are all industries that can be maintained by power, and they are also wells and rivers without committing crimes, each earning money in their own business, and everyone is safe. When private businesses enter the capital, these guys will jointly squeeze them out, or simply use their power to bring them down and get out of trouble.

The relatives have no opinion on Song Nan doing this, they are just waiting to see the joke, although they don't know how much Song Nan's family has, but even if it is a rich family, they are afraid that they will be tossed into poverty.

There are not a few people who have the same idea, it seems that Song Nan also seems to be aware of this, since the agreement with the imperial court, until mid-July, Song Nan has not made any action, and then the imperial court is a little anxious, Yang Tinghe ordered the head of the repair office to urge Song Nan to fulfill the agreement. If you want to buy land, you always have to measure the land, and give money according to the price, so what is the matter with dragging it silently?

Song Nan told the truth to the visiting lord, he really didn't have so much money on hand, and asked to pay Yunyun in installments, after the lord returned, Yang Tinghe quit, put down his words, if he wanted to buy it, he would give up with one hand of money and one hand, otherwise he would give up, how could there be any reason to owe the court money.

Song Nan didn't do it on purpose, but he really didn't take into account the problem of insufficient money and silver, when he made the budget, if he could really do it, he needed to pay three million taels of silver in advance to start, and there were 100,000 taels of Anhua's stealing silver in the warehouse of Jinyi Wei Yamen, and he secretly coveted hundreds of thousands of taels when he copied Liu Jin's house; In addition, the little grandfather Zhang Lun was willing to persuade the old man to lend him 500,000 taels, and the remaining part was only 1.23 million taels, and Song Nan planned to borrow money in the capital silver village.

I thought that with my own face, as long as I had a mouth, those silver banks would not properly lend the silver, but the fact is that all the silver villages said that the silver could not be borrowed, even if the Song Marquis gave high interest. Because all the silver villages believe that Song Nan's transaction is ironclad, and the silver lent out will not be returned anyway. Instead of turning the other cheek in the future, it is better not to borrow it at all now, maybe this is also good for Song Houye.

Song Nan was poured a scoop of cold water on his head, he could no longer reach out to the little grandfather to borrow silver, the British government was opposed to this matter, and the old and young grandfathers were not optimistic about Song Nan's ideas, thinking that Song Nan was whimsical. It was completely for the sake of Song Nan being the son-in-law of the Guogong Mansion that the little grandfather said that Zhang Mao took out 500,000 taels of silver to lend Song Nan, which was already a big face; And to be honest, the Guogong Mansion does have money, but most of it is fields, manors and businesses, and 500,000 taels is already the limit of the cash they can take out, and it is absolutely impossible for Zhang Mao to sell his property to lend Song Nan silver to toss.

After being refused to pay in installments, things suddenly came to an impasse, and Song Nan's original plan was to divide the renovation of the entire white paper workshop into ten phases of the project, complete part by part, and then use the return of funds to snowball and carry out later.

Originally, more than one million taels of silver per phase was absolutely more than enough, but the initial investment in the first phase was huge, and the payment for the land only needed 600,000 taels, but the problem was that the place of the white paper mill was special, and before the start of construction, it was necessary to move out and settle down dozens of papermaking workshops that made stinky water, and to empty all the stinky water and sludge in the workshop, and the deserted grave also had to spend silver to ask the grave owner to move away. These are things that cost a lot of money.

Moreover, the land that belonged to the imperial court was sandwiched between many private residences, although they were all low thatched huts and shacks, but the people also had land deeds, negotiated the price, and it was also a lot of money to spend a lot of money to demolish and resettle the people in these white paper mills. If all the 600,000 taels of silver are rashly invested, the subsequent relocation, dredging, grave relocation, demolition, and even the cost of hiring workers, preparing building materials, etc., will not be enough at all. Do you buy those lands and leave them idle? Song Nan would never do this.

Song Nan frowned all day long thinking about raising silver, he was in a very bad mood, and the Song Mansion was also sad and sad under the influence of his feelings, and the little county lord even secretly ran back to the British Mansion to ask Zhang Mao to borrow silver, but Zhang Mao scolded him: "The Guogong Mansion is not as brainless as him, spending money to go to the white paper mill to make fools, what is the future there except for stinky water and sludge?" If there is a future, it will be his turn Song Nan? Nor do I pinch my legs. Go back and tell Song Nan that if he wants to get some industry, it is serious to honestly buy manors and acres outside the city, and I can also give him part of the business of the Guogong Mansion, but if you want to get these crooked and evil ruins, then don't implicate my country's government. ”

The little county lord came back in a gloomy manner, and he didn't dare to tell Song Nan the truth, and secretly persuaded Song Nan: "This thing is not easy to do, it is better to change to another business, with the wisdom of the husband, I am afraid that I will not find a way to make money?" ”

Song Nan shook his head and said, "No, I must do it, they will all regret it." ”

The little county lord was speechless, and when he told the rest of the family, the others were also speechless; It's still Ye Fanggu who said the truth: "You can't do it without money, don't mess with him, just stop it after a while." ”

If so, it has been a stalemate for more than ten days, seeing that July is coming to an end, and the matter of Song Nan spending money to buy a white paper workshop has already become a big joke, and the court officials and nobles also have a trace of disappointment, they could have appreciated Song Nan's embarrassment of wasting money and indebtedness, but now they can't see anything, and can only occasionally mention this matter to laugh at Song Nan.

Song Nan himself seemed to have given up on this matter, and he no longer mentioned it, and the family breathed a sigh of relief, and life gradually returned to normal.

On July 28, this is an auspicious day, the Song Mansion held a wedding for Li Daniu and Xiao Ping'er, and Song's mother had already accepted Xiao Ping'er as her goddaughter, and the Song Mansion became Xiao Ping'er's maiden family. The officials all knew about the relationship between Li Daniu and Song Nan, but they all came to the Song Mansion to give gifts, and the commotion did not subside until the afternoon.

Song Nan was a welcome guest for a day, standing with a sore back, and was sitting down to take a breath and drink tea, when he saw a small servant enter the hall to report: "Master, someone in front of the door is coming to visit." ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "Who is so ignorant of the rules that they still come to give gifts after noon?" Isn't that bad luck? ”

The little girl said: "It doesn't seem to be a gift, it's a girl with a half-sized child." ”

Song Nan was stunned for a moment and said, "The girl has half a child? ”

"Yes, I said by name that I wanted to see the master, and said that the old man came to visit."

The women in the hall looked at Song Nan suspiciously, and couldn't help but think in their hearts, did Song Nan provoke flowers and plants outside, and now people have come to the door with their sons to recognize their relatives?

"I'll take a look." Song Nan got up and walked out of the hall, walked through the courtyard to the front of the mansion, stepped on the steps and looked out, only to see that there were two people standing at the bottom of the steps, one high and one boiling, the two of them holding hands, standing with their backs to the door of the mansion, as if admiring a few giant willows in front of the gate of the Song Mansion.

The tall figure was obviously a woman, dressed in a dark green skirt, holding an oil-paper umbrella to shade the sun, slender and exquisite, round and graceful, and standing next to her was a teenage child, and the clothes on her body were also very bright.

"Excuse me, what are you looking for me Song Nan?" Song Nan arched his hand and said loudly.

The woman holding the umbrella slowly turned around, and tilted the oil-paper umbrella to reveal half of her charming cheeks, and Song Nan's mouth was open, and he exclaimed, "Why are you?" ”

The woman smiled slightly, "Why can't it be me?" ”

Song Nan laughed and said: "What a surprise, hurry, please come into the house, I didn't expect you and I to meet, this is too unexpected." ”

The woman smiled and said, "Are you surprised?" I'm not surprised, but I remember what you promised me. ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Remember, remember, how don't you remember, Uncle Zhong, order the hall to watch and prepare tea." ”