Since Lu Jie had this thought, he naturally had to think of ways to inquire more.

Xie Laosan went back to the house to sleep, so he sent his little servant to go around the house and come back with some news.

On the other hand, Lu Jie also called Xie Xiuran poor here.

"Big brother doesn't know, now my brother-in-law's property is not very good, and my monthly money is decreasing again and again. Now that it has been reduced to seven taels, and if it is reduced again, how do you say that our family can live? ”

Xie Xiuran nodded as he listened, but didn't speak.

He's not stupid, seven taels of silver a month is a lot!

How many peasant families may not be able to earn seven taels of silver a year?

Of course, you can't say this, it's easy to offend people.

"Well, I have a few children studying here. The eldest brother also raised a scholar before, and this ink, paper, and inkstone are all frighteningly expensive. There are also bundles, and there are three thank-you gifts a year, and nothing can be missing. I'm really counting my fingers every day. ”

Xie Xiuran took a sip of tea, stuffed a peanut into his mouth, and said slowly: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, there are indeed many people in your family." But I've heard that you're not the only one in your family who has an errand, and I heard that you're still working as an errand in the yamen, this is a fat difference, and you can make a lot of money just for oil and water a year, right? ”

Lu Jie smiled bitterly: "Big brother, this news is also outdated. Now the errands in this yamen are not easy to do, and my brother is only an errand boy now, and the monthly money is only more than 1,000 yuan a month, what is the use of enough in Fucheng? In addition, my father had a serious illness the year before last, and after a few months, this medicine with supplements consumed more than 300 taels of silver! ”

It's true.

Until now, when mentioning the more than three hundred taels of silver, Lu Jie felt distressed.

But no matter how distressed it is, it has to be spent.

Now the Lu family does not do business by himself, and the shops in his hands are all rented out, and he has changed his agricultural status, and he himself works for others as a shopkeeper, so that his son can have a head start when he studies.

Moreover, the reputation of the scholar is the most important, and this filial piety cannot be vain.

Fortunately, the money was spent, the old man's illness was cured, and life was finally able to go on.

A few years ago, Lu Jie himself could have one hundred and fifty taels of silver all year round, in addition to the monthly money, there were also the main family's bounty, other oil and water, and so on.

Now that he can't even keep a hundred taels of silver a year, can he not be in a hurry?

The main reason is that the family has a lot of expenses.

Even the master and the slave, more than 40 people, all of them have to eat and drink when they open their mouths, how can they use this less income?

The Lu family is not like the Xie family, and the fields are all tax-free.

Although the Lu family also purchased land, in addition to taxes and grain, the tenants had to set aside their own families, and what was handed over to them was naturally only about thirty percent.

In other words, the Xie family originally had a lot of fields, and later Xie Xiuwen mentioned that Grandpa Xie bought some fields, which are all public schools, and there is no tax, even if it is only 40% of the rent a year, it is a lot of income.

The main reason is that the Xie family has a lot of fields.

The Lu family is a little worse in this regard.

Otherwise, it has to be said that there are scholars, and there are officials and masters who are more confident.

In the evening, Lu Jie called the little guy to a corner, "What's wrong?" ”

"Back to my master, the little ones have inquired clearly. At the beginning of the year, the second master of the Xie family also specially purchased eighty acres of land for the Xie family, which fell under the name of the eldest man, and now all the industries in the second room are managed by the third master. ”

Lu Jie frowned: "Do you still need to say this?" I know it's the third child in charge, I'm asking if you can find out how much income this field can make in a year? ”

"It's hard to say, but I heard that there was another small hill under Xie Erye's name last year, because it is a mountain woodland, so the tax is originally low, and the price is also low. Nowadays there are mainly trees planted in that place, and I have heard that the main thing is to sell wood, and in spring and summer, some fruit is also sold, and occasionally people at the foot of the mountain are allowed to get some dead branches for firewood. ”

Lu Jie is called envy in his heart!

It's another mountain woodland, how rich does this Second Brother Xie have to be!

"I can't find out the specific number, and I can't find out an approximate one?"

"Hui Ye, the income of this shop is basically the same, and there can be nearly two thousand taels of income in a year, but we don't know how much the third master can take from it. I heard that the shop only gives Xie Jiagong 50 taels a year, but he eats braised vegetables for nothing all year round. ”

Lu Jie snorted coldly: "Stupid! That shop is Liu's dowry, even if Xie Laosan is in charge of it, there is also a Liu Laosan staring at it. That shop doesn't say that it is two thousand taels, but it is twenty thousand taels, and it has nothing to do with the Xie family. ”

The implication is that giving fifty taels of silver is also for nothing from the Xie family!

The little guy hurriedly said yes, not daring to refute.

What Lu Jie wants to know now is how much money the shop can give Xie Laosan in a year.

Since it is to help manage it, it is impossible for the white pipe not to give benefits.

In the city and county, what about the two shops, not to mention that you can't give ten taels of silver a month?

Lu Jie's eyes rolled quickly, thinking that after this year, Xie Laosan would almost be able to get two or three hundred taels of silver, which was really a benefit for nothing!

I have to say that Lu Jie really inadvertently told the truth.

It's just that Lu Jie didn't know that the expenses of several children of Xie Laosan's family in the capital were all from the second room.

Therefore, he felt that two or three hundred taels sounded a lot, but it was not very much.

If he were in charge, he would be able to get at least five hundred taels a year with a little manipulation of his hands and feet in the accounts.

Thinking of this number, Lu Jie felt that the hairs on his body were about to stand up.

I was so excited that I couldn't immediately go to Xie Laosan to ask for the right to take charge.

Calm down, you still have to think about it.

The two of them were lying on the bed, so they naturally had to discuss this kind of big thing.

Xie Xiuying mentioned the return gift given by Liu Ruolan during the day, and Lu Jie immediately grasped the point.

"I heard that the younger brother of Xu Shanchang of Mingshan Academy is surnamed Wang, and now he is a cabinet minister. It stands to reason that our second brother should call this old man Wang Ge as an uncle. This wolf hair, isn't it sent by Wang Ge Lao? ”

Elder Ge?

As soon as she heard this title, Xie Xiuying was so excited that she immediately sat up.

"Is it really Wang Ge's old?"

Lu Jie motioned for her to lie down, and said slowly: "Eight or nine is not far from ten." Now our second brother is a big official of the fourth grade, even when he arrives in our mansion city, the biggest official has to be respected. You said, the second brother is an official, although he has a son under his knees, and now he is also studying, can the third brother take care of all the properties in his hands? ”