When Chu Nanzhu saw her eldest sister returning all the money Liu Shuyang had earned, she was a little worried and said, "Sister, you have a lot of money to spend in the palace now, so you'd better keep some with you."
"What do I keep so much money for?"
Chu Nanzhi covered her mouth and chuckled.
After all, I am now the queen of the dynasty, and I have a monthly salary. Although I cannot do whatever I want, I am still within the system.
"But you and your wife have to run the Chu family well. Although father and mother have been canonized, they cannot let future generations rely on the canonization. After the New Year, let Mu Ci enter the palace and follow Ruiwen and the others.
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Chu Nanzhi warned, and resolutely forced the banknote back into Liu Shuyang's hand.
Afterwards, I checked the rest of the accounts and found that there were nearly 70,000 taels left in dividends from several restaurants, nearly 40,000 taels in stock-holding income from Hongwen Medical Center, and profit sharing from the more than 500 houses sold in Jushengfang and the newly developed land this year.
Then it is 150,000 taels of silver.
She was thinking that at this rate, within a few years she would be able to realize her long-cherished wish and become the richest businessman in the Great Harvest Empire.
It's a pity that now that I have become a queen, I can no longer focus on amassing money.
She handed over the income of the restaurant to Chu Nanzhu and Chu Nanxiang according to their share. The remaining thirty thousand taels were divided equally into three parts and gave to Lin Jinhui, Lin Jinyun and Chu Nanxiang: "Although the palace has purchased a dowry for you,
, But now the court is full of waste and waiting for prosperity. It is not as rich and wealthy as the princesses, princes and grandchildren in the past. My money is just the icing on the cake. When I get to my husband's house, I have to rely on you to live a good life. "
"Sister-in-law, you don't have to worry too much about us. Now that we are canonized, we still have a salary even when we go to my husband's family. Our life will not be worse than before."
Lin Jinyun was the first to say: "It's true that the past two years have been bad, and the emperor's brother has been worried about disaster relief issues in various places. It's better for my sister-in-law to keep the money to share the worries for the emperor."
It was the first time that Chu Nanzhi saw such a broad-minded girl. She really felt a bit like a general's wife.
But among the three of them, Lin Jinyun's life experience is the most miserable now. Her father and brother are gone. If she doesn't worry about her, she will inevitably be ridiculed by her husband's family when she arrives at the General's Mansion.
These days, dowry is, after all, the foundation of a woman's life.
"Keep it."
Chu Nanzhi pushed the banknotes back into her hand, but Lin Jinyun only took one and said with a naive smile: "With my sister-in-law, this five hundred taels of banknotes is enough for me to establish myself in the Zhang family."
Even Lin Jinyun started to speak, and Lin Jinhui and Chu Nanxiang were naturally not to be outdone, and they all echoed: "So are we."
Chu Nanzhi nodded with relief.
She couldn't control the current attitude of those wealthy families, but around her, officials who had risen from humble backgrounds, and the determination of their wives to help the court tide over the difficulties proved that she was right.
She put the silver notes back into the wooden box, handed the remaining two hundred and twenty thousand taels to Tang Weiming, and said solemnly: "Spring has begun and spring seeds are coming everywhere. Manager Tang, please hand these silver notes to the new young master."
Although Hu Maoxi, the minister of government, has only a drop in the bucket, it is because of the kindness of our sisters-in-law that he can add it to the treasury that will be distributed to various states to provide relief to the victims in the coming year."
This was the first time for Tang Weiming to see such an open-minded queen.
During the late emperor's reign, the former empress ordered all palaces to cut down on food and clothing, and each time she raised money for disaster relief, it was only tens of thousands of taels. Today's empress spends hundreds of thousands of taels, which is simply not the same.
While taking the heavy wooden box, Tang Weiming couldn't help but sigh: "Having a queen in our empire is truly a blessing to all the people."
"go quickly."
Chu Nanzhi urged.
Who allowed herself to be the queen of the dynasty?
If you can't be generous and selfless, how can you convince those wealthy families?
Being in this position and having witnessed the rise and fall of countless dynasties, she now deeply understands that if the issue of land annexation and enclosure cannot be resolved, sooner or later everyone will have to play it out together.
If you start it yourself, even if the people below you can't follow suit, you should at least restrain yourself.
If she couldn't do this, she would have no choice but to stand in the same camp as Lin Jinxiao and strike hard for her own fate.
After settling the matter of the bonus, Chu Nanzhi told Liu Shuyang again: "Shu Yang, this is your first time in the capital. Today you will stay in the palace to have dinner and then go back home with A Zhu and A Xiang to wait for your brother-in-law.
After court, I will have people bring Rui Wen and the others back for a family reunion."
"I haven't seen Dabao and the others for a long time."
Liu Shuyang smiled and said: "Rigi, I didn't catch up with Ruisi when he was born. I bought many gifts when I was doing business in various counties in Pingning Prefecture, so I can give them to them later."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a group of palace attendants leading the quadruplets in.
A group of little ones all had mournful faces, and the palace people followed them cautiously, not daring to breathe a single breath.
"Hey, what's going on? Why do you put on such a bad face when you're so good?"
Chu Nanzhi glanced at the little ones with a blank expression, then looked at Abi and Achun.
Abi replied tremblingly: "Princess Wanying and the second wife of the Ji family entered the palace to meet the ancestors."
Hearing these words, Chu Nanzhi immediately noticed something.
"Auntie, that shameless woman went to my great-grandmother's palace again to beg her for canonization. This time she brought an old woman with her. We don't want to see them crying."
Er Baolin Ruixi pursed her lips and said angrily: "My brother and sister are still staying in my great-grandmother's palace. Auntie, please hurry up and pick up your brothers and sisters."
Sibaolin Ruijia also pulled the hem of Chu Nanzhi's clothes and begged: "Aunt Ji has harmed my mother-in-law and her second sister. We don't want her to stay with my father."
Sanbaolin Ruichong directly crossed his waist, glared and cursed: "The old lady of the Ji family is still trying to accuse grandma. She thinks it was grandma who spoke in front of her father, which made him refuse to let the Ji family's aunt into the palace.
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"So you just came back by yourself?"
Chu Nanzhi glanced at Abi Achun angrily.
If this is really unseemly, then I have to follow the facts and feel that I am incapable of discipline.
Abi quickly shook her head: "The ancestors told the slaves, it was the ancestors who asked the slaves to bring back the little highness and the little princess."
Chu Nanzhi then breathed a sigh of relief, took the little ones to sit down in the Nuan Pavilion, and pretended to be nothing, soothed him: "We don't have to worry about this matter, even if my mother blows the pillow wind in front of your father.
It’s also my mother’s skill, let them decide.”
After saying that, he immediately changed the subject: "You haven't seen your uncle for a long time. He finally came to the palace today. You should talk to him properly."
The little treasures were too angry. When Chu Nanzhi reminded them, they noticed Liu Shuyang's figure. They all forgot their worries and gathered around him to greet him and say:
"Uncle, where have you been these days? We didn't see you when we returned to Luyan Port?"
"Oh, uncle, you are getting old and you have a beard on your face."
Si Baolin Ruijia looked around, pulled Liu Shuyang and asked: "Uncle, why didn't you bring Mu Ci's brother into the palace with you? I haven't seen him for a long time."
Liu Shuyang patiently responded to the little treasures' words and asked someone to bring in the prepared gifts.
Only then did the tense atmosphere in the Nuan Pavilion relax again.