Chapter 46 My Qianlong (2)
Jishui County.
Wang Hongyi took Song Xinyou and Zhao Wan on a big boat and floated on the Jishui River.
On the deck, the sun is bright and the September sun is still a little hot, but sitting under the covered shed, the sun shines through the panes and sprinkles on the utensils, making it look romantic.
The light green wine was poured out of the silver pot by the maid, making the wine glass green. Wang Hongyi sipped a sip of wine.
The two women were looking at Wang Hongyi with their eyes waving.
After a few months, the women at home also knew Wang Hongyi's habits and could drink some wine, but the wine must be low-grade. According to Wang Hongyi's inner thoughts, it should not exceed the degree of beer and the taste is sweet.
However, the maids and mother-in-law who were not in trouble with the Song family soon came up with a sweet wine.
Wang Hongyi was served on the table, which was a fried chicken with some braised pork ears and some vegetables. It was enough. His wife could order the dishes himself, but there were only five or six.
If outsiders know this, it is simple. But now the two women already know it. It’s just that Wang Hongyi is afraid of trouble and never likes to make seventeen or eighteen dishes.
The three of them gathered together and had a meal together. Wang Hongyi looked at Song Xinyou and Zhao Wan. Seeing that Song Xinyou was laughing at Wuji, his eyebrows and eyes turned into a crescent moon. Zhao Wan sat upright, with a slight smile on her lips, which made her look a little shining, and she couldn't help but smile.
Wang Hongyi understands it very well. Song Xinyou is confident in himself, confident in his family background, and has his own style in every move. Naturally, this is not needed. Zhao Wan was originally from a small family. Although she is strong inside and soft on the outside, she is smart and wise, this connotation and confidence cannot be achieved every day or two, so she naturally has some craftsmanship.
However, for Wang Hongyi, they were all good. Even though they knew that they were intrigues inside, at least on the surface, they were harmonious, which made a kind of happiness and satisfaction fill Wang Hongyi's mind.
Wang Hongyi is still very willing to be confused in this regard, although some people may feel that it is a little bit amiable.
At this time, Song Xinyou was reporting on the situation at home.
When the family grows up, there are naturally rules. Now we are talking about the most important level and monthly rules. Many people always think that in ancient times, there was a wealthy family of 100,000 silver dollars. It was actually a very wrong thing to use the hostess as she wanted. Song Xinyou said: "The old lady has a monthly routine of 20 taels, and there are eight maids in the room, two big maids one taels a month, and six maids have five hundred coins a month. How about it?"
"Yeah, it's right. You are the same as the old lady. Wan'er is a little inferior, eighteen taels, six maids, and two foreman maids." Song Xinyou is not easy to say about the treatment of herself and Zhao Wan. If she is the right wife, she has no other wife, so she can decide for a moment. Of course, there is some trouble at this time, so Wang Hongyi directly told her.
Song Xinyou's eyes lit up like Qiushui, and her eyebrows and smile spread out bit by bit. This is not for this treatment, but for Wang Hongyi's understanding and distinction.
Twenty taels and eighteen taels, eight maids and six maids, seem simple, but they are just a matter of status.
Just like Li Cunyi and Li Chengye, although they are powerful, they are suppressed everywhere. Is this a matter of talent? No, this is just the power of the status of the king and the minister.
"The housekeeper sets it to be five taels per month, and the mother and servants below also count it... and roughly calculate it, the monthly expenses in the mansion are 150 taels, and the others are 300 taels."
Twenty taels of silver are enough to live a family without worries. Wang Hongyi suddenly felt a little ridiculous, and the expenses were already very luxurious.
However, Shuzhong is a country of Tianfu, with a mild climate, developed water conservancy, abundant resources, and few natural disasters. If it is either war or chaos, it is a prosperous place.
Of course, this leads to unique relative conservatism and closure, and this expense is really not too luxurious.
"You decide all these, let's talk about more important things." Wang Hongyi waved his hand and said.
"My husband, please tell me."
"The family is 300 taels a month, and 3600 a year. With the rewards and rewards of guests during the holidays, it is no less than 400 taels of silver, so you can support the upper half of the army."
"Husband, do you think it's too much? Then I'll take the lead in cutting some..." Song Xinyou stood up and wanted to say.
"...I'm not refuting your intentions. Family needs decentness. I know that I mean, I must find a way to open source." Seeing that Song Xinyou was about to speak, he waved his hand and said.
"Open source? How do you want to open source?"
"There are 200,000 mu of land in Jishui County, but only about 40,000 mu of me really belong to me. And these 40,000 mu are the fields that will be rewarded to the heroes in the future. I have ordered Lai Tongyu to divide 4,000 mu of land as my family's private land, and this is the first source of income."
"Four thousand acres, every five hundred acres of farms is six. The old lady mainly enjoys her happiness. It is enough to take care of one. Zhao Wan, you also take care of two, and there are three more to take care of Song Xinyou."
"In addition to the old lady's Zhuangzi, Zhao Wan, you should take care of it, and you should report to Song Xinyou at the end of the year."
"My family rules are different. Women are in charge of the inner and men are in charge of the outer. For me, this military and political affairs are in charge of the outer space. The land rent in the farm is in charge of the house. The serious and well-known women in the family must be managed. In the future, as the cultivation expands, the private land in the family will also expand. This is a large part. Whether the management is good or not, I will make a decision after checking the plan at the end of the year."
"Husband..." Song Xinyou changed her color a little, which was very contrary to the current common sense.
"... After hearing what I said, this land is just one piece, and there is another piece of commerce, restaurants, caravans, fleets, money houses, etc. You will build it and you will manage it. I only have one requirement - that these family businesses are the wealth of private businesses and cannot hinder the great cause. Don't make me complaints about heaven and others, and take over the powerful."
"I know these things, and it is inevitable that the business and family business are big. I just have to grasp the right position. I know that for the sake of the great cause, I can only deal with it strictly."
Both girls stood up and bowed and said, "Yes, husband."
As soon as this Taoist law was released, Zhao Wan's eyes finally lit up. She was originally from a farmer and loved the fields very much. With these two farms under her control, she had a clear mind and had arrangements for her family to surrender.
Song Xinyou felt a little uncomfortable, but she thought that she was in charge of the business and that she would review it at the end of the year. In addition, she thought about it and did not give any comments.
After solving these family affairs, Wang Hongyi breathed a sigh of relief, savored a sip of sweet wine, hung it in his throat for a while, and then said: "It's not just that, there are some property in the future. I guess it will take half a year. Cui Chengyu will be assigned to me in my name from now on, and I will do something directly. I want him to do something."
"Husband, I've already married. The people I bring are naturally my husband's. You can use it... Sister, I've eaten almost the same lunch. Let's go down!"
Seeing them go down, Wang Hongyi sighed a little. Zhao Wan doesn't say anything now. This is actually not that she is not smart, but that she has no confidence.
The wealth, knowledge, manpower and status brought by family background are very heavy, just like the same difference between Wang Hongyi and ordinary Wang family members now.
If Wang Hongyi didn't care about it like this, Song Xinyou would sooner or later swallow the family, suffocating Zhao Wan.
Giving her two farms is to give her a foundation for breathing and growth.
No matter what, Zhao Wan can't let her down, she always has to prepare for her silently and leave a pure land.
What is home? It is a private and self-owned space.
No matter how depressed you are outside, your home is a pure land. In your previous life, you are not even a small house on the earth. Wang Hongyi was actually full of depression and dissatisfaction.
If you do not have the sovereignty of the small homeland, even in the small residential area, you will not be able to breathe and relax freely, and your heart will be uneasy.
It is precisely because of Wang Hongyi that he wants to leave a piece of soil for Zhao Wan that allows her to breathe freely.
Even a small piece.
Just as he was thinking, a man in green had already come up. The man was wearing green clothes. He was not old, his hands and feet were slender and strong, and his skin had a long-lasting color.
Only when Wang Hongyi was about to see his eyes shrank, and he bowed and said, "Son-in-law, oh, no, lord."
This person is Cui Chengyu.
"I have something for you." Wang Hongyi said, "Let me find someone who specializes in mine digging."
Cui Chengyu didn't expect the new owner to ask for this. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "If it's only within a hundred people, the villain can get it."
"A hundred people are enough, but this matter cannot be disclosed. You know the consequences of the leak." Wang Hongyi said lightly.
Cui Chengyu responded sternly: "Yes!"
"Also, you are a businessman, and you send people everywhere to slowly collect the map."
"promise!"
When he took his leave, Wang Hongyi spread out a picture. The ancient map was really not satisfactory, but at least a few counties were still marked.
There is iron, gold and silver in Shu.
In Jishui County, there is sand gold, sand gold, which originated from mines. The gold ore is weathered and cracked by wind and rain. The rocks are weathered and broken. The gold breaks away from the ore veins and goes down the water with the mud and sand, and naturally settles in the stone sand. It is deposited into the bottom layer of the river or under the sand and gravel, thus forming sand gold.
It is difficult to get out of sand gold, but it is actually not worth it.
But Wang Hongyi knew that Changding Town, which is Shunyi County next to Taisu County, had a golden vein upstream of Jishui. This golden vein was not big, but it was almost equivalent to open air. In terms of mining, Li Chengye in his previous life had obtained this mine, so he had the capital to rebel or even unify Shu.
This mine is not big. It is said that it will be opened after seven years of mining, with 5,000 taels of gold each year.
It was the secret at the beginning. The specific situation was still the case. When the mining was completed, there was no need to keep it confidential, Wang Hongyi, who was imprisoned by chance, knew about it.
Five thousand taels of gold every year, which is fifty thousand taels of silver, can do many things.
At least the early expenses will make up for a large amount.
When the golden veins were exhausted, half or the entire Shu area had already been occupied by that time, so there were naturally many financial sources.
Chapter completed!