Chapter 118: To Get Rich (2)
"The old mother of Wang, I will raise money for me and send my son to send me to give me wine and fragrance."
This is a sentence that the old man personally reposted, stood in the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, and was on the imperial tomb monument.
In the inscription of the imperial tomb with more than a thousand words, the old man mentioned three people.
"The landlord does not care about me, and shouts and shouts, and they are not with the ground, and their neighbors are sad. My brother is very generous and favors this yellow soil."
The first thing to mention is the landlord of the Zhu family at that time, Liu De, the owner of the Zhu family who farmed the land. He ignored the misery of the old man and his brother, not only did not lend a helping hand, but also scolded the old man.
The second one is the mention of Brother Yi, Liu Jizu, the brother of the landlord Liu De. Seeing that the old man was miserable, he gave the old man a grave so that the old man's parents and brothers could be buried.
Liu Jizu was Marquis of Yihui. Liu De, who was harsh to the old man, not only did not blame him, but instead generously gave him thirty acres of land.
Someone once submitted a complaint to the old man to punish Liu De for his disrespectful crime.
But the old man said, "There is no need to ask about the love of this world. When I was poor, how could he know that he is the emperor today?"
However, these two people just quipped their names in a vague way, without their last names.
On the inscription, there is only one person who solemnly expresses his name, Wang's mother.
Seeing that the old man was so miserable, the old woman took out her coffin book and helped the old man buy incense and candles to pay tribute to her parents. She also asked her son to escort the old man to the temple so that the old man could temporarily settle down after his family was destroyed and his people were killed.
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Before the old man became famous, he really called the old woman of the Wang family the godmother! The Wang family did have kindness to the old man.
After becoming rich, the old woman had already passed away, and the old man gave her gratitude to her descendants. The old lady posthumously named Mrs. Taigong, who is equivalent to a fourth-rank official, was hereditary General Mingwei as the commander-in-chief.
This is a hereditary official position of the fourth rank. You should know that even the son of the marquis of the founding Huaixi nobles was nothing more than that. For example, the son of Cao Zhen, the marquis of Jingchuan, was only a hereditary thousand households at the beginning.
"Wang family? Wang family? So arrogant and domineering, no one is arrogant!" The old man pursed his lips and muttered twice.
Then he asked loudly, "What other bad things have they done? Come on one by one?"
"Bullying men and dominating women..."
The man in the field was about to speak, but was suddenly stopped by the old man. Then the old man said to the Zhu family, "This is the only one who wants to work on farm work, so we should spend less time with you!"
He is not going to work on farm work, but he doesn't want to say more.
The old man stomped his feet suddenly, "How far is it from the village?"
"Six miles!" Li Jinglong finished his low voice and looked at Zhu Yunxi carefully.
"Let's go!" The old man waved his hand and got on the carriage directly, then remained silent in silence.
The Ming Dynasty ruled that riding a horse to destroy the farmland was a serious crime for one hundred disciples and three thousand miles. Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, this has been the case in all dynasties. On that day, Emperor Wu of Wei, Cao Cao, issued an edict, and those who trampled on fertile fields died. Then his war horse was frightened and trampled on the land, and was furious.
Then he killed his beloved horse.
People regard food as the most important thing, and the country regards food as the most important thing.
And in the words of the villagers, such things are not a big deal in the eyes of these emperors and my neighbors.
The six-mile area is just a blink of an eye. The official road outside Guzhuang Village is flat and open, not like a country road at all, but is comparable to the capital.
Because the old man sealed more than 20 households in the tomb guarding the tomb guarding, the village was full of vermilion gates, and all the tomb guarding the tomb guarding the tombs were occupied.
From a distance, the dilapidated villages in the past are now full of bunting houses, with extraordinary magnificence.
There is also the ancestral home of the old Duke Tang He and Changxing Hou Geng Bingwen in this village. However, the two of them have not lived here for the past few years because of their arbitrage. The old house is only used to worship incense, and they have not been well-built.
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I think this is one of the reasons why these two people have not had any accidents in the late years of the old man's rule. Thinking of Jiangxiahou Zhou Dexing, a good friend who lived opposite the old man, back then. Although it was eventually killed because he was involved in the competition between Zhu Yunyu and Zhu Yunwen.
, but he was in his hometown and his old house was comparable to a large palace.
Even if I didn't collude with the Lü family, I think the outcome would not be good.
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The village is not big, but it is extremely prosperous. There are all restaurants and shops outside the village.
There is nothing else, Zhuangzi has money.
The father-in-law's carriage was outside the village, and there were no guests in front of a restaurant with a small presence. The waiter was lying on the table and was napping. Seeing that there was a carriage, he hurried out to greet him.
"Several people, look at the face? But when you pass by here? What should you use?" the waiter smiled attentively.
"Just make some wine and food at will!" Li Jinglong walked in the front and threw two silver dollars over, "You don't need to find the rest as rewards!"
The waiter immediately smiled. He didn't have the same amount of salary for most of the year.
Zhu Yunxiu looked down at the restaurant. It was not very good but not bad. He said, "Why are there no customers?"
The waiter smiled and wiped the table, then pulled open the chair, "Our small shop is leaning against this farm. We usually take on banquets, but there are not many individual guests!"
The old man sat down and asked, "Does there be many banquets in the village on weekdays?"
"More!" the waiter smiled, "This farm has been born with the emperor. Now every household has money, and you can't lose your pomp in daily life."
"The emperor's relatives have money?" Zhu Yunxiu smiled with a little knowingly asked, "They used to be farmers, where did they get the money?"
"You don't know this. Each family has hundreds of acres of land and there are mountains. You will naturally be rich if you don't have to pay grain and taxes!" The young waiter was talking and smiled, "Besides, they are not just like this.
When farming, each family has planted 100 acres of mulberry trees, why don’t you have money?”
Sang, it is much more valuable than Tian.
Zhuge Liang once told the postmaster of Shu Han, "There are eight hundred mulberry trees in Chengdu, and 15 hectares of thin fields. Children have their own spare time to eat and wear!"
Mulberry trees are full of treasures, not to mention that they can weave cloth and make clothes, the roots and leaves are all the best medicinal materials. Moreover, mulberry trees themselves are the more valuable they grow older. They can be used as musical instruments, furniture, and carriages, or even good bows.
"Besides, people do not pay taxes or labor service!" The waiter continued to smile, "Many large households in the surrounding counties and townships have put the fields under their names..." As he said that, he gave them to Zhu Yunyu.
A meaningful look.
Anyone who is not a fool understands this.
To put it simply, it means being affiliated. In the name of these tomb guards, the grain tax that should be paid to the court will be saved. Then, everyone will share as much as they should.
Local officials cannot not know about this kind of thing. I think it is because the old man said "kinship and neighbor" in person and gave him many privileges, so he closed his eyes and acted as if he couldn't see it.
"Who is the richest family in this farm?" the old man asked with a smile, "But the Liu family of Marquis of Yihui?"
"Well... no!" The waiter thought for a while, "Their family doesn't live in the village, they are all in the city!"
Zhu Yunsheng, the Liu family of the Marquis of Yihui, knew something about it, because Liu Nianen, the son of the Liu family, had participated in the imperial examination, and because the imperial examinations were all from southerners, he took the lead in causing trouble and even found Guo Yingna.
The Liu family has a very good reputation in Fengyang. I haven't heard of any bad deeds in recent years, nor have they become arrogant because they are the benefactor of the Zhu family. Instead, they have devoted their efforts to cultivate their children in their families to study, which is a good family called by the government.
"I heard that the Liu family is the benefactor of the royal family, and his family is not the richest?" Zhu Yunxiu continued to ask with a smile.
Then I saw that the waiter seemed to feel that he had said too much, and he didn't want to speak anymore and continued to laugh, "We are passing by here, and we have nothing to do to chat. If you want to say it, let's just listen to it as a joke!"
Maybe it was because of the two silver dollars that the waiter thought about it and whispered, "Would you like to say that the richest and most glorious person is the Wang family?"
"Oh? I haven't heard of it!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "Don't just talk nonsense if I'm a foreigner!"
"Why are you talking nonsense?" The waiter was anxious, "The Wang family, the ancestors of the Wang family were the godmother of the old man Hongwu, and there were a lot of hereditary positions in their descendants." As he said that, he lowered his voice, "Do you know last year's last year?
How much does his family get by just having other people's land free from taxes?"
Then, stretch out three fingers.
Zhu Yunxiu deliberately cliched and opened his mouth wide and looked surprised, "Thirty?"
"Tsk..." The waiter curled his lips.
"Then, three hundred?" Zhu Yunxiu glared and made an incredible statement.
"Three thousand!" said the waiter, "A total of three thousand silver dollars!"
"Good guy!" Zhu Yunxi was really shocked this time.
"Who told you?" the old man spoke next to him.
"The young master of the Wang family often comes to drink, and I hear it when I am serving him!" The waiter said seriously, "Tsk tsk, it's not just money, but people want money and people. Last year, the young master of the Wang family was in a brothel in the city.
A woman who fought with her broke her legs directly!”
"The person who was beaten is also a rich young master. He refuses to sue the official, but guess what?" The waiter kept silent. "When the Bingma Si heard that he was the young master of the Wang family, he was stunned.
I didn't dare to arrest him! In the end, the prefect came forward and asked Mr. Wang to accompany him to make the matter go to justice!"
"Hmph!" The old man snorted heavily, "Why did Mrs. Wang, such a kind person, give birth to such a bunch of ignorant descendants!"
At this moment, a sudden sound came from outside the door.
Immediately afterwards, several rich slaves surrounded a swinging young man in fur.
Chapter completed!