However, because the Zheng family produced a noble concubine, the Zheng family reluctantly came down with a bonfire in this 'disaster'.

"Son, it's not the same time it used to be." In the lobby, Master Zheng was teaching his son, who was already over the age of doubt, "The emperor first looted a large amount of silver from the family, and then took away our land and gave it to the people. ”

"The current Zheng family can no longer rely on rent collection to maintain the operation of the family."

"Gone are the comfortable days when you didn't have to do anything."

"And the emperor is still engaged in equality and freedom recently."

"Let us Zheng family no longer be superior in the eyes of others. Walking on the street, no one will hug you back and forth, and you can no longer hold your head high and command. ”

"So you should change your previous problems with gentlemen, you are forty years old this year, and you are still the future head of the Zheng family. If we continue to be so unlearned, I'm afraid that within three generations, our Zheng family will completely decline! ”

"Alas!!" After Master Zheng finished speaking, he let out a long sigh, "If it weren't for your sister being the emperor's concubine, our Zheng family, I'm afraid it would be like other families, and now we have crossed." ”

"It's all to blame on that brute named Qin Yu!" The eldest young master of the Zheng family, Zheng Sanli, who was already in his forties, had a fierce look in his eyes and scolded viciously, "If it weren't for him, the emperor wouldn't have looted our silver." ”

"We hid it so well before, the government thought that we had no money after the war."

"If it weren't for him, the emperor would not have given our fields to those peasants. We will not advocate that those untouchables be equal to us, so that we now go out on the streets, and the people do not have the awe they should have in their eyes when they see us. ”

"yes." Master Zheng said, "If there is no Qin Yu in the world, with the good fortune of our Zheng family as a noble concubine, it will definitely rise unprecedentedly in the future and become a huge family for thousands of years." ”

"But it's useless to say anything now, the emperor trusts him and implements all the new policies he proposes."

"That Qin Yu is simply the disaster star of our family."

"Humph!" Young Master Zheng gritted his teeth with hatred, "Don't let him fall into my hands one day, if there is really that day, I will break him into ten thousand pieces." ”

"I can't wait to eat it and eat it!"

Some big families look glamorous on the surface, and there are even many champions in the family, which belong to the scholarly family. However, as soon as you walk to the dark corner of the compound, you will find out.

These families also had dungeons, as well as torture chambers.

I don't know how many unjust souls there are.

As long as it is a huge family, under the glamorous and glamorous, there are many sins hidden.

"Now that this has happened, what can we, the local gentry, do? The emperor trusted him. Master Zheng said, "In addition, you should speak quietly, he is now a big celebrity in the emperor." ”

"He is the savior of the hearts of the common people."

"If someone hears you scolding him, maybe something bad will happen."

"At the same time, you must not think about dealing with this person, do you know what happened in Yingtianfu recently? A marquis wanted to harm him, but he was exterminated by the emperor. And I heard that behind the Hou Ye, there is also the secret support of the prince. ”

"They all died miserably in front of Qin Yu, not to mention our small local families?"

"You remember it for me! Be patient when it's time to endure. ”

"Uncontrollable anger is the courage of the puppeteer, and the courage of the puppet will only bring disaster to himself. The only thing we can do at the moment is to be patient and act decisively when we find an opportunity, and then we are the ones who can really achieve great things. ”

"I see." Young Master Zheng said with an understanding, "And in the future, my son will not scold Qin Yu in front of people." ”

"Be Patient !!"

"Our task now is to endure the humiliation and wait for the times to change."

"Now we can't make ends meet with the money in our family." Master Zheng said, "You should also think of a way to make money to maintain the Zheng family's livelihood." ”

"Now the Zheng family has cut back on food and clothing, and has dismissed many family maids."

"But it's still not very useful, after all, the family's expenses are too big. If this continues, they have no choice but to sell their ancestral property and furniture, once the Zheng family begins to sell their ancestral business, the Zheng family will really decline. ”

To tell the truth, in order to live a life of drunkenness, Master Zheng has been hiding from his father and secretly selling things. Master Zheng has long seen it, but he just didn't demolish him.

"Only in and out, even if the Zheng family is a mountain of gold and silver, there will be a day when the mountain is empty." Master Zheng said.

"Dad, you let your son go out to make money? No, I won't! Young Master Zheng said.

"Alas!" Master Zheng let out a long sigh again, he also knew that he was a good man in his forties, and he had no ability to make money. Except for eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, there will be nothing.

And Master Zheng has never taught him how to make money since he was a child, and if he doesn't use the way of making money from tenant farmers, he won't be able to do it himself.

What Master Zheng taught him since he was a child was how to control those tenant farmers. How to put on the cloak of benevolence, righteousness and morality to exploit the tenant farmers, so that they will not rebel, and they must be loyal and filial to the master's family.

Teach him how to get in touch with local officials and how to coordinate all kinds of interpersonal relationships......

This is called aristocratic education.

But now the situation in the Ming Dynasty has changed greatly, and they can no longer rely on rent collection to make money to support their families. In order to prevent the Zheng family from declining, they had no choice but to think of another way out, that is, another way to make money.

"Now the imperial court is making firearms in large quantities, and it needs a lot of coal, and I am afraid that it will need even more in the future. And we are rich in coal in Shanxi, why don't you try to do coal business? Finally, Mr. Zheng came up with a way to make a living, "Many local vendors make a lot of money by digging coal, so you can't learn from them?" ”

"And it is said that some families in other places have started to get involved in the coal business."

"My Zheng family still has some capital that can be invested in this. If it can be done well, it may not be impossible to maintain the prosperity of the Zheng family. ”

"Dad, do you want me to be a coal boss?" Young Master Zheng's expression froze when he heard this, "The coal is dirty and smelly, how can this kind of business be done by a scholarly family like us?" ”

Master Zheng was speechless for a while,

Before, because of his self-owned status as a scholar, he did not catch up with the first wave of the coal business. Seeing that some families have made a lot of money by digging coal to support their families, the Zheng family is still selling their ancestral property.

"And it's dangerous to dig coal, and I've heard that a lot of people die in the coal mine every year." Young Master Zheng continued.

"It's not like you're going to dig it yourself!" Master Zheng reprimanded.

"Grandpa, there's a big news from Ying Tianfu...... " At this moment, the young master of the Zheng family, Zheng Sanchi, who was in his twenties, hurriedly barged in from outside the door and said.

(End of chapter)