"Well, in fact, Lu San has sold off a lot of his ancestral property, and I am responsible for two of them. Of course I know it best."
Butler Feng raised his neck to drink the wine at the bottom of the glass, and Lu Qiuwei quickly poured wine for him.
"I remember one time, Lu San's wife complained to him that her grandson's food, clothing, housing and education were far inferior to those of the patriarch's children. Lu San replied, of course Xia Taibao's grandson is valuable, how can we
Compare?"
The phrase "Xia Taibao", of course, refers to Lu Zhensheng's in-laws, Xia Pei, the Taibao of the Crown Prince Mou.
"Then what's the crux?" Lu Qiuwei was a little impatient, "How can the Lu family be poor?"
"It's all because of the in-laws!" Steward Feng poked the table to emphasize his tone every time he said a word, "The second son Lu Qinglin was smart and promising, so the old Lu family devoted all their efforts to cultivating him. They worshiped him in the Qianyuan Valley and spent a lot of money.
"Enter Mou Wangting and spend a lot of money. You look at Lu Qing and Lin Feng walking up the stairs, but in fact every step is paved with money, so that the road can be wide and straight."
This is Blade Port. Only on Bailie's land can Butler Feng dare to call the Lu family by their first names. He doesn't plan to go back anyway.
Lu Qiuwei played the role of a rustic and took a sip of wine: "Qianyuan Valley has such a great reputation. I heard that you can't get in just by having money."
"Just money? How can many rich people enter this first-class sect? The key is that you have to find the right person and you have to build relationships. Favors in this circle are very expensive!" Butler Feng sneered.
, "I heard from Lu San that Lu Zhensheng asked two elders from Qianyuan Valley for help, and gave each of them red envelopes of at least this amount——"
He held up two fingers.
"Two thousand taels?"
"Lift it ten times."
"Twenty thousand silver?!" Twenty million dollars is too expensive! Does it count as a huge bribe? "The elders of Qianyuan Valley only need to use their mouths, right?"
He Lingchuan next to him pressed his temples as he heard this. What is the concept of twenty thousand silver?
He Chunhua has worked hard to manage Hongya Road in Heishui City for more than ten years. His administrative level and governance ability are far beyond those of ordinary officials, and he manages the border area like the capital of a state. Even so, Hongya Road's annual revenue is only fifteen
Ten thousand taels, after deducting various expenses, the balance is still tens of thousands taels.
Based on this level of profit, Hongyalu became the cash cow favored by the Rongshan Sect, and was qualified to be used as collateral for the Yuan Kingdom.
As a result, thousands of miles away, Lu Zhensheng bribed two elders of Qianyuan Valley, spending 40,000 taels of silver in one breath!
Is it because Lu Zhensheng is stupid and has too much money, or is the quota in Qianyuan Valley too expensive?
"Do you think this is over?" Seeing that he had never seen the world, Butler Feng was in high spirits, maybe because he was drunk, and his voice was louder, "Where are the middlemen before and after, there is no need to deal with it? Do you think Lu Zhen
Can you find the two elders with the first call?"
"Also, once you enter Qianyuan Valley, is it done? No more care is needed?"
"Ah? You've already joined the Qianyuan Valley, what else do you need to do?"
"Why don't you donate money? Of course, it's called a 'praise fee' in Qianyuan Valley. You don't need to spend money to build such a magnificent palace? There are so many highly respected and famous teachers teaching you, and you don't need to pay for it?" Butler Feng said leisurely,
"If you don't donate money, how will you have the chance to be sent to Bejia by Qianyuan Valley to travel to the country of Mou? If you don't donate money, how will you have the chance to train with military generals and high officials? Those are all sent by Qianyuan Valley!"
"You have to spend so much money to go to Qianyuan Valley, and you haven't even mentioned entering the officialdom later!" He held a piece of pig head meat, "There are so many talented young people in Mou State, why can Lu Qinglin be noticed by Miss Xia family at a glance?
In addition to being handsome, can his bearing, self-cultivation, and conversation be like those raised in an ordinary little lord's family?"
"So this is how the proud man of heaven is trained?" Lu Qiuwei glanced at He Lingchuan subconsciously. The young master has achieved what he has today, and it doesn't seem like he spent a lot of money, right?
He Lingchuan understood the look in his eyes and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Yes, he didn’t spend much money growing up.
It's just a waste of life.
I narrowly escaped death several times, but if my luck was even slightly worse, I would be dead.
Lu Qinglin's "flat rise" is the normal way for children of aristocratic families to make progress.
Safe and efficient, mass manufacturing.
"That's all. The Lu family can still afford it." After all, there is such a large territory left by our ancestors and the products are rich. "But in order to please the in-laws, the Lu family spends a lot of money."
"Not to mention anything else, the most beautiful garden in Qucheng is in Lujia, covering an area of twenty hectares. It was built six or seven years ago because Mrs. Xia said, 'There is really nothing interesting in Qucheng.'"
Butler Feng shook his cup, "Do you know how much it cost to build this garden? I've seen the account book, it's a total of 667,300 taels!"
"Six hundred and sixty thousand..." Lu Qiuwei clapped his fingers, a little confused.
For He Lingchuan, it was much more intuitive. Anyway, it was enough to cover the taxes on Hongya Road for more than ten years.
"Six hundred and sixty thousand taels, just to get Mrs. Xia's satisfied smile."
"Not to mention, whether it's the Xia family paying tribute or the Mou State sending troops, they all find various excuses to get the Lu family to pay. If they don't pay, they will send people. It's the same for the small countries around Mou State." Steward Feng shook his head, "
These two items are bottomless pits, do you understand?”
Lu Qiuwei nodded: "War is indeed very expensive."
No matter how rich Bailie is, it has limited area and limited financial resources. It can't survive if people come to kill it every two days.
"So, to outsiders, it seems that Bailie is prospering and is on the high branch of Mou State; in fact, their belts are getting tighter and tighter."
Otherwise, the Lu family is just a small lord, why should Mou Guo support it?
"I heard that Yaguo in the east is also very bad?"
"Ah, that's a bunch of hungry wolves, eating meat from Bailie's body every two days!" Butler Feng couldn't help but sigh, "Mou Guo always taught it a lesson in the past, borrowing the road from Bailie to march several times, Ya Guo
I just hate Bailie and I always make trouble for him."
There is a Bailie between Mou and Ya. If it wants to teach Ya a lesson, of course it has to use Bailie.
"Now that Mou Guo and Bejia are having sex, and there is no time to look around, Ya Guo takes the opportunity to invade Bailie." Manager Feng asked Lu Qiuwei, "At the end of last year, Ya Guo also initiated the matter, and it ended with Bailie losing money. Ha,
Do you know how much Bailie lost?"
Of course Lu Qiuwei shook his head.
"Three hundred and fifty thousand taels!" Manager Feng shook his head, "This is still the result of Bailie's bargaining. Yaguo initially asked for 400,000 taels. In order to make up the money, Bailie sold two mines and a mine east of Blade Port.
land."
"It's convenient to ask for money like this. I'll give you whatever you want."
Butler Feng talked about a lot of trivial matters about the Lu family, and I don't know if he added any fuel or jealousy. He Lingchuan had already heard the information he wanted, so he let Lu Qiuwei and Butler Feng continue to argue, stood up, paid and left.