Chapter 702: Hit someone instead of slap in the face
Wei Zi nodded: "I don't rule out this possibility. Let me talk about the second point, Feng.
"Although she doesn't know who I am, she does know that I am from Prince Yan's Mansion. But any normal person would not provoke Prince Yan's Mansion, right? She treats Princess Yan respectfully, but judging from her attitude towards me,
It is not difficult to see that she is not afraid of Prince Yan's Mansion, or in other words, she does not feel that there is any threat from Prince Yan's Mansion. This is quite strange.
"As for the third point, it's Feng's dress. Is the salary of the left minister of household department very high?"
Wei Zi was asking about Feng Danyuan.
Feng Danyuan hesitated slightly and replied to her: "Probably twice as much as the imperial doctor ordered."
Wei Zimoran is also a fourth-rank official, and the salary ordered by the imperial doctor is really hard to describe...
Forget it, let’s focus on the key points.
She continued: "But the headdress she is wearing today is worth at least ten thousand taels. What she is wearing is the finest Sichuan brocade, and the embroidery uses gold thread. The pattern on it will take an embroiderer to work for more than half a month. The materials and craftsmanship
, a rough estimate would be no less than 2,000 taels. Is Mr. Zuo Shilang of Hube so rich?"
Feng Weihuan couldn't help but look down at his clothes, and said depressedly: "You are better dressed than me, but I don't have more than three thousand taels of head and face."
Feng Danyuan said: "The land, money, grain, and tribute of the Yun Kingdom are in charge of the Ministry of Hubu. It is clearly in charge of the Secretary of the Ministry of Hubu, but in the past two years, it has been handed over to the prince. The emperor has already cleared up this matter before handing it over to the prince.
"There may be corruption and bribery by officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the amount is certainly not large. It is not easy on the one hand, and there is no money on the other."
Feng Weihuan stared: "The household department doesn't have any money?"
Feng Danyuan glanced at her: "If the household department is rich, you can also wear the title of Wanliang."
Feng Weihuan: "..." This seems to be the truth. The prerequisite for my father's salary increase is that the treasury must have money.
Feng Danning thought about it and said: "Huang Ze was born in a family of officials, but all his family members were junior officials of seventh or eighth rank, and their family backgrounds were average. Feng's mother's family was the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and it was just an ordinary official family.
.....Oh, Feng’s mother was a merchant, and she seems to be in the spice, tea and restaurant business——”
At this point, he suddenly realized something: "What a coincidence?!"
"The business you do is similar to Third Brother." Feng Weihuan blurted out.
Wei Zi raised another question: "Huang Ze is the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He first married the legitimate daughter of the minister of the Ministry of Works, and then married the concubine of the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Why are there so many marriages between officials of the six ministries?"
Feng Danning's mind quickly turned around the interpersonal relationships in the imperial capital's officialdom, and suddenly slapped his thigh: "Sister-in-law, don't tell me that I haven't noticed it yet. It's true. Huang Ze is not the only one who is related to each other among these six tribes. They are related to each other.
It’s better!”
As he said this, he listed the marriage relationships among them one by one.
Feng Weihuan was speechless: "Third brother, why do you know all these things?"
Feng Danning said: "What do you rely on to do business? Two words: news! What's this? I'm not bragging. I have knowledge of all the three religions in the imperial capital."
"If you are so knowledgeable, why are you so overwhelmed by others? The restaurant is about to close down." Feng Danyuan complained.
"Brother, this is not a slap in the face. People make mistakes and horses make mistakes."
"You can't blame Dan Ning for not being careful. It was originally a big trap that directly trapped people. Now, the trap is slowly starting to close." Wei Zi's eyes were solemn.
"Sister-in-law, what do you say?" Seeing this, Feng Danning also lost his joking expression.
