"Lai Da spent 10,000 taels of silver to donate an official position for his son, and then spent almost the same amount of money to clear and fill the vacancy. Well, donating an official position and clearing the vacancies are not the turn of outsiders to say anything. I just don't understand.
, why is it that the chief steward of your Rongguo Mansion has such a rich income that he can easily spend 10,000 to 20,000 taels of silver to donate officials to fill vacancies? Then how rich is everyone's family? I'm afraid even one hundred thousand taels of silver can't be found out, right?
"
Feng Ziying smiled and patted Wang Xifeng's round and plump legs with her hands, but what she said made Wang Xifeng and Ping'er stunned. Twenty thousand taels of silver?
What a huge amount of money is this?! You must know that these days, twenty taels of silver can allow an ordinary farmer to live in peace and contentment for a year, and the monthly salary of an ordinary maid in the house is only 500 copper coins!
Even the most prestigious maids, who are like mandarin ducks, amber, colorful clouds, colorful clouds, and charming people, only have one or two pieces of silver. They are like precious jade's purple silk, Qixi, autumn patterns, Sheyue, a few big maids, and
The rhododendrons of Daiyu, the chess players welcoming the spring, the servant books exploring the spring, the green wisps of the Xiangyun, and the paintings celebrating the spring are just a drop of money.
Xiren and Ping'er are an exception. Xiren originally only had one tael of silver, but because he was combed with precious jade, it increased to two taels of silver. This is the standard for Tongfang's girl, and Ping'er also bears the reputation of Tongfang's girl.
Taking two taels of silver was the reason why Jia Lian was very dissatisfied at first. He kept talking about Ping'er's monthly practice of taking two taels of silver, but he couldn't get his hands on it.
"How many years has Lai Da worked as a housekeeper in your Rongguo Mansion? He is a son of the family, and Aunt Lai started with the old lady. How much is his monthly salary? Is it twenty taels? Including the year-end bonus,
Can Lai Da get three or four hundred taels a year?" Seeing that Wang Xifeng and Heping'er were so shocked that they dared not speak out, Feng Ziying asked again.
For example, Jin Chuan'er received one tael of silver per month from Jia's house, but it doubled when he arrived at Feng's house, and received twenty taels of silver.
Two and a half taels of silver, but later after both Jin Chuan'er and Xiang Ling were combed by Feng Ziying, Feng Ziying gave them both a monthly salary of five taels of silver. This was the standard monthly salary for the girl who was married to the Feng Mansion.
According to the money exchange of this era, one tael of silver can be exchanged for 1,200 copper coins, and 200 copper coins is the difference between a big girl with a card and an ordinary big girl.
Of course, in addition to these monthly payments, there will definitely be bonuses at the end of the year, and the amount is not small. Basically, it is distributed at about half of the monthly payments each year. Depending on the generosity of the host, of course there are also some red envelope rewards, which are the host single
There are individual rewards for pairs.
"How is that possible?!" Ping'er couldn't help but sneered and shook his head repeatedly, "My ancestors and my wife only had twenty taels per month. Although you don't know, Master Lian's monthly income was only fifty taels."
Well, the eldest master and the second master only have eighty taels at most. Although Lai Da is a housekeeper, he is not a master. How can he surpass the masters? But eighteen taels is already considered the limit? Then we still have to watch.
He has worked hard over the years and achieved great results."
Fifteen taels is indeed not too little. One hundred and eighty taels in a year? Including bonuses and rewards, the annual income is at least three hundred taels. But compared with 20,000 taels of silver, this is really a big difference.
Yes? This means that Lai Da used his sixty or seventy years of income to donate an official position for his son? But how many years has Lai Da been working as a housekeeper?
Even the food and clothing expenses in Jia's house are under the control of the house. In addition, Lai's family can probably earn one hundred taels of silver a year. Four hundred taels of silver a year, it takes no effort to save a penny.
Forty or fifty years? Is this possible?
And if Lai Dan can spend nearly 20,000 taels of silver to donate his son's official position, then the family's wealth will definitely not be limited to this. According to Feng Ziying's estimate, it will at least quadruple. In other words, the family's wealth is at least
More than seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver.
“Ping’er, where do you think this rich family background comes from?” Feng Ziying looked at Ping’er with a smile and asked.
Ping'er glanced sideways at Wang Xifeng, hesitated for a moment and then said: "Guan Lai's annual income must be more than three hundred taels of silver, but..."
"But what? Isn't it just that he is in charge of various daily chores in the house? Although Sister Feng is in charge of distributing money, she can only listen to the reports of people below on how to do it and how much it costs.
Come on, as long as it's not too outrageous, she doesn't have much energy to worry about it, right?" Feng Ziying smiled faintly, "Lai Da can use his hands to make a fortune, maybe this year he can make a fortune of eight thousand taels, right?"
Ping'er was startled and lowered his voice subconsciously: "Master, it's impossible? How can he be so bold?"
"Humph, how can he be so bold? I'm afraid he is more courageous than the sky. He didn't pay attention to the masters in the house at all. He thought he could fool you casually. It seems that he has fooled you for decades.
If you don't just come here, how else can you explain that you took out these 20,000 silver so casually? As far as I know, Lai Shangrong seems to have been raising him like a young master outside the house since he was a child.
Don’t you need to spend money every year?” Feng Ziying snorted coldly.
While Feng Ziying was talking to Ping'er, Wang Xifeng was already pondering the mystery behind it. She was much more calculating than Ping'er.
If the Lai family can easily spend one to twenty thousand taels of silver, the property must be more than fifty thousand taels of silver. Even this bottom line is too low. It might be more than eighty thousand taels. In addition, the Lai family is repairing the garden this time.
They snatched food from the tiger's mouth and took away a lot of work from Jia She and Jia Zhen. Wang Xifeng estimated that they made at least one to twenty thousand taels from this business. Maybe the money Lai Shangrong donated to fill the vacancies came from here.
Come.
I didn’t say it before, Grandma Lai had her ancestors to rely on, and the Rongguo Mansion was doing well. Even if she was a little greedy, everyone didn’t care about it for the sake of the ancestors’ face, but this time the situation was different.
The Jia family spent all their money building this garden, and they still owe a lot of debt. They will have to live a tight life for a long time in the future. Moreover, the Lai family also robbed Jia She and Jia Zhen of the meat in their mouths. It's evil.
With the exception of Jia She and Jia Zhen, the two leading figures in Rong Ning's second house, it can be said that the right time, right place and right people are no longer with the Lai family.
He made so much money from repairing the garden, and secretly spent 10,000 to 20,000 yuan to donate an official position to his son to fill his vacancy. If this news came out, the whole house would explode.
Wang Xifeng has been the head of the Rongguo Mansion for so many years, and she still has some calculations in her heart.
Even if the Rongguo Mansion is tighter on food, clothing, and favors, it would be impossible to survive without twenty-five thousand taels of silver a year, especially after the garden is repaired, and these expenses will still have to be paid.
Go up, so if you throw it a little bit, you have to go to more than 27,800 taels.
Now, in order to build the garden, the Duke of Rongguo has to pay off 30,000 to 40,000 taels of foreign debt, in addition to borrowing money from relatives such as the Lin family and the Xue family.
Twelve thousand taels of silver.
In other words, according to a rough estimate, starting from the eighth year of Yonglong, in the next three years, the Rongguo Mansion will not be able to survive without forty thousand taels of silver each year.
But what about the income of Rongguo Mansion now? The combined salary of the two masters is only more than one thousand taels and less than two thousand taels, which is a drop in the bucket. The annual income of the Zhuangzi shop in the mansion is about 21,200 taels of silver, depending on the harvest.
The situation fluctuates, but after selling some Zhuangzi shops to build a garden, the income may have dropped sharply to only about seventeen thousand taels.
Calculated in this way, the deficit in the past three years will be 70,000 taels. Where will these 70,000 taels of silver be obtained? This does not include the fact that if Jia Yuanchun needs to manage things in the palace, the amount will be insignificant.
As for the money Wang Xifeng borrowed from relatives, he didn't dare to include it. No one knew how to pay it back.
It’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Wang Xifeng was reluctant to give up the power she had in her hands. She also knew that her tens of thousands of taels of private money could not withstand much trouble. She also had to make plans for her future.
What are you planning to do? Now that Feng Ziying has singled out the Lai family’s affairs, does Wang Xifeng understand that it’s time to kill the pig, otherwise the master’s family will have nothing to eat?
"Brother Keng, the Lai family is not that restless. Not to mention that Aunt Lai is very affectionate to our ancestors, and Lai Da is not an easy person to get along with. The relationship is deep-rooted in the house, and even the two masters are not willing to do it easily.
Provoke him."
Wang Xifeng's focused expression when thinking about the problem made Feng Ziying very eye-catching, especially the pair of bare feet that unknowingly stretched out from the skirt. The white and red toes smeared with impatiens flower juice were really confusing and made him a little bit confused.
Trance.
Didn't hear Feng Ziying's reply. When Wang Xifeng saw it, he quickly took back his foot in embarrassment and kicked Feng Ziying again, almost knocking Feng Ziying out of bed. "Death! I want to talk to you about business."
“Huh?” Feng Ziying staggered and quickly sat down.
Ping'er also quickly turned her face away. The scene between grandma and Uncle Feng was so eye-catching that she didn't dare to look at it.
"It is true that the Lai family is not easy to move, but do you, the Jia family, have any good choices?" Feng Ziying sneered, "A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist, Sister Feng, please first tell the two aunts about the current situation in your house.
As soon as they heard this, they knew what to do. If they want to ask you how to do it, just tell them about Lai Shangrong's donation. I think they will understand. For the time being, ancestors will not mention it clearly. They will act first. If ancestors ask, they will understand.
, let me explain again, all she can understand is nothing more than leaving some dignity for the Lai family in the end..."
Seeing that Wang Xifeng was silent, Feng Ziying smiled again and said, "Don't worry, as long as you tell the aunt, I think Uncle Shi Shi will take the initiative to come to you to discuss it. Well, you might as well let him take the lead. The old lady will also
You can let him take the lead first, he is the most serious head of the family..."
This chapter has been completed!