Chapter 26 Marriage
On June 21, the first year of Jiading, two days before Zhao Jiaren got married, he finally got his own account, one thousand taels of gold and one thousand taels of silver. These two things look a lot, and they can be exchanged for 130,000 to 140,000 guan of copper coins.
The copper coins were 300,000 yuan rewarded by the official, but now they are 770 yuan, which is 400 yuan. In addition, there are 100,000 yuan of coins that were earned by selling cloth last year and this year's mosquito coils. I also earned by selling perfumes for 3,000 yuan. The total amount was only 110,000 yuan.
Zhao Jiaren dared not take all valuable things out of the Pu family, so he would not dare to take them all into his own pocket. He would have to die. Everyone carries the flower sedan chair, so how could Zhao Jiaren swallow the Pu family alone? The part that can be distributed to Zhao Jiaren in the future needs to be sold before it can be turned into money. Zhao Jiaren has more than 4,000 official subordinates to support him, and each person has an average of 50 jin a year. This is as much as 200,000 jin. In addition, there are more than 16,000 families, and each person needs a living allowance every month. This is another 80,000 jin. In addition, they also have to buy rice and other food, clothes and fuel for cooking.
On the settlement statement, Zhao Jiaren's money this year is reduced from the money he has to pay, and he needs to earn another 30,000 guan this year.
There are too many lice, no itch, no worries about debt. As the "big boast", Zhao Jiaren calmly accepted his destiny. Without any psychological burden, Zhao Jiaren happily went to the dock to greet his elder brother Zhao Jiaxin.
The two brothers were naturally happy to meet each other, and Zhao Jiaxin said, "Sanlang, Douzi succeeded!"
"Douzi?" Zhao Jiaren didn't understand what the eldest brother was talking about at the first time. It took a few moments before he remembered that the eldest brother, who loved gardening and cultivating new varieties, had been working on new soybean varieties for several years.
The eldest brother Zhao Jiaxin happily grabbed Zhao Jiaren's arm and whispered: "You talked to me the next year before yesterday that short crops have many benefits. I used a short bean from Liangzhe Road to breed them. I didn't expect that the short beans and the seeds that cannot be purified were actually a combination of nature. Good things were purified for two years in a row."
After saying that, Zhao Jiaren took out a paper bag and handed it to Zhao Jiaren. Seeing that his elder brother was so happy that he couldn't help but get home, Zhao Jiaren quickly opened the paper bag. There were more than a dozen soybeans inside, with full grains and much larger size than other beans of this era. He pinched it with his hands, and the dried beans were hard and not soft at all.
"Congratulations, brother." Zhao Jiaren said quickly. This is not a polite word. The eldest brother Zhao Jiaxin's six-year persistent attitude is already admirable. It is not waiting, but constantly facing failures and keep moving forward after failure.
Zhao Jiaxin's face was very simple joy, "Sanlang, you used to talk about genetic genes, but although I believed it, I was always worried. After this success, I felt that a heart fell back into my stomach. This is true. As long as there are enough good varieties, I can cultivate the best seeds. No regrets! No regrets! Haha!"
The eldest brother actually laughed happily, and Zhao Jiaren said with a smile: "Brother, let's laugh at you when you get home. These beans are good things, we must use them well."
The two brothers arrived at home and saw their mother before they talked about cotton. This time, Zhao Jiaxin looked a little unhappy, "Wang family saw you making money, and they wanted to increase the price of cotton by 10%. They obviously doubled the cotton floor, but they were still not satisfied."
Zhao Jiaren was not happy when he heard the price increase by 10%. But when he heard the Wang family doubled the land for growing cotton, Zhao Jiaren hurriedly asked: "Does their family have so much land?"
Zhao Jiaren shook his head helplessly, "It's not just the Wang family who is planting. Now Huating County and even Jiaxing Prefecture know that the income of growing cotton is twice as much as that of growing grain. Many families have started growing cotton. The Wang family took the opportunity to buy local cotton at a low price and sell it to you. They make another profit."
"Oh..." The three words "sheep eat people" suddenly popped up in Zhao Jiaren's mind. After growing cotton on a large scale, the land for growing grain will be compressed. This means that the price of grain will rise. Zhao Jiaren doesn't know if the farmers can make money, but the local people who need to buy grain will inevitably be impacted.
But this idea just flashed, and Zhao Jiaren put it aside. If the Wang family could provide twice the cotton, Zhao Jiaren could get twice the income. The cotton cloth's income last year reached 120,000 guan, and another doubled it to 240,000 guan. With mosquito coils, the money to feed 20,000 guan finally came out.
Thinking of this, the Wang family's price increase requirements became acceptable. Zhao Jiaren said relaxedly: "Brother, tell them that we promised them to increase by 10%, no matter how much it is, it will not work. If the Wang family is insatiable, we will find people to grow cotton elsewhere. In addition, you buy more land in Qingyuan Mansion and plant beans well. The beans will be of great use to me."
On June 23, the first year of Jiading, Zhao Jiaren's wedding began. The wedding did not use too many people, and Zhao Jiaren did not like to play this kind of show. Six large Kongming lanterns that rose into the air lined up along the wedding road. When the normal number of wedding carts passed by, petals floated down like flowers like scattered by the heavenly girl.
When the car arrived at the door, Zhao Jiaren lifted the curtain of the car, and Miss Qin walked out of the car with a gauze veil. Her dignified appearance and demeanor made a sound of praise around her. After "scattering beans" for good luck, Zhao Jiaren walked towards the main hall with Miss Qin's long sleeves. At this time, the whole yard was covered with clear water mixed with perfume, and the petals of flowers flew like rain. In addition, the large number of flowers decorated in the yard, the yard was like a field with flowers blooming in an instant.
The main hall door was wide open, and Qin Tidian and Mrs. Zhao were sitting upright. Watching a couple walking calmly in such a beautiful scene, Mrs. Qin's smile was filled with joy and regrets brought by memories, while Qin Tidian and Mrs. Zhao were wiping their tears while laughing.
The marriage ceremony went smoothly. Both families were considered middle-level officials, and even if they were in a bridal chamber, nothing out of the ordinary happened. After the candle was turned off, everyone else got out. Zhao Jiaren did not hurriedly knock down Miss Qin. He took the bride's hand, walked to the back window, and opened the window door.
Miss Qin shyly lowered her head and said nothing, but suddenly heard a muffled sound, and then she felt the sky bright. When she looked up, she saw a gorgeous fireworks bursting out in the night sky. There were fireworks in the Song Dynasty, but they were all placed on the ground, most of which were sparks. The fire trees and silver flowers never night sky refers to this.
Now the gorgeous fireworks can bloom in such a high sky, which was something that Miss Qin never expected. The first fireworks bloomed, and Miss Qin was speechless. The fireworks burned out and the black sky faded again. Miss Qin sighed softly. Just when she thought there was only one firework, with the sound of bang bang, fireworks bloomed one after another in the air. The night sky was immediately colorful and gorgeous. Miss Qin put her hands on her chest and couldn't help but exclaim.
Zhao Jiaren felt a little regretful about Miss Qin's subconsciously pulling her hand out of Zhao Jiaren's hand, but she didn't care too much. After the fireworks were put out, Zhao Jiaren smiled and asked Miss Qin, "I prepared this for you, do you like it?"
Miss Qin lowered her head gently and was silent for a while, then stretched out her little finger with her left hand and gently hooked Zhao Jiaren's little finger. She raised her head and said to Zhao Jiaren, "I like it." After a moment of silence, Miss Qin spoke again, "Thank you!"
In the years that followed, the high-tech marriage model developed by Zhao Jiaren became the standard process for the marriage of wealthy families in Quanzhou, allowing Zhao Jiaren, who provided the equipment, to make a lot of money. At this time, Zhao Jiaren didn't know this. He just hooked his wife's slender and smooth fingers and stood shoulder to shoulder at the window to look at the fireworks. He felt very simple joy in his heart.
At this time, on the pleasure boat in Lin'an West Lake, the evening breeze blew through the window with warm water. Sitting among a group of officials, Bu Ruyan calmly sang softly: "The east wind blooms thousands of flowers and trees at night. It blows down even more, and stars are like rain. The fragrance of BMW carvings is everywhere. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dances overnight."
Chapter completed!