Feng Ziying arrived at Baiyun Temple in advance.
Baiyun Temple is indeed magnificent. The screen wall is "Eternal Spring" written by Zhao Mengfu. The Lingxing Gate has a single eaves and glazed tiles on the top of the mountain. It has four pillars and seven floors. It can truly be called a first-class place in the capital.
There were crowds of people outside, and along the roadside you could see at least dozens or hundreds of carriages and sedans of various colors. They should all be from the capital city taking advantage of the good weather to go out and burn incense and pray for blessings.
For Confucian scholars, outings and travel are obviously the more important purpose. It would be a pity if they could not take a break during the twenty-day spring break.
Of course, this is also a social activity, but if you are bringing your family, unless they are close relatives, they generally will not travel with you.
Although Jia Lian wants to bring his family, since Feng Ziying has already mentioned to him that he has other friends, he will definitely not come with Wang Xifeng and Lin Yatou. It is more likely that he will come together, but they will go their separate ways. It won't be too far apart.
For Feng Ziying, this is the only way to go. During this spring break, you asked Lin Yatou to go out alone to burn incense and pray for blessings. It is obviously impossible. It is the peak season for outings and incense burning. What will happen if something goes wrong? It will definitely be a trip with a big family.
So in desperation, I could only come up with this solution.
"Ziying!" As soon as Feng Ziying arrived, Han Qi and Wei Ruolan arrived.
Wei Ruolan's carriage was too conspicuous. Although it did not have the identity of the Tian family, as the legitimate son of the eldest princess, at least he had to have enough momentum on the carriage.
The carriage that Han Qi rode was quite ordinary. His ancestor Jinxiang Marquis has now been demoted to the third rank of general. In terms of residence, it is still the Marquis Mansion of the past. It is majestic and majestic, but in terms of inner beauty, it is probably much inferior to that of the Feng family.
Feng Ziying also spent twenty years on spring break before gradually learning about some of her family's circumstances.
Before the end of the year, income from businesses in various places came back one after another. It was Datou who was in Datong and the Capital City. Feng Ziying didn't bother to ask, but his father, mother and aunt talked to him.
Datong has the largest income, close to 40,000 taels of silver, which mainly comes from several herbal medicine shops, gold and silver shops and Buxi. The income of the shops in Jingcheng and rented stores is about 30,000 taels, but the Zhuangzi on both sides does not earn much. , it’s just a rent of two to three thousand taels, plus some rice, flour, oil, meat, game and other specialties.
For example, the income from Linqing is only one or two thousand taels, mainly from the rented store, and not much from the hundreds of acres of land leased. The total here is basically supplied to the Linqing side. The expansion and renovation of the old house is not enough. It is estimated that several thousand taels of additional money will be needed to flatten it.
Feng Ziying didn't know that there were still two Zhuangzi in Liaodong, but those two Zhuangzi could only send some game back.
For example, two pickled wild boars, a dozen deer skins, five or six legs of venison, ten pairs of bear paws, two bear skins, fifty pounds of tiger bones, and some ginseng antler, but they are all considered authentic. They all went directly into the mansion's warehouse.
Feng Ziying calculated it and found that the Feng Mansion's annual income was currently between seventy and eighty thousand taels. As for the mansion's expenses, he didn't know much about it. Neither his mother nor his aunt had told him.
Between 10,000 and 30,000 taels, this still excludes some large expenses that are not included in daily expenses.
For example, my father's recovery this time is estimated to cost 30,000 to 50,000 taels of silver. Another example is that my mother is already considering starting a family and starting a business, so if she wants to buy two nearby private mansions and renovate them, the 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver will be spent.
Don't think about it.
Feng Ziying really didn't know how much money her family had, but she estimated that it was between one and two hundred thousand taels.
As a member of the older generation, there are obviously many things to consider. At least in this regard, Feng Ziying feels that the Feng family is much better than a family like the Jia family. They cannot make ends meet and do not know how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. They only care about appearance and do not have any serious income. This
The east wall was demolished to make up for the west wall, and it gradually declined.
Wang Xifeng, for example, will open up channels, use public funds to lend money, and handle lawsuits. These are all high-risk and even politically risky activities. If you walk at night for a long time, you will encounter ghosts, and you may become a disaster one day.
Of course, that was written in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions". At least now, Feng Ziying still has a good impression of Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng.
Jia Lian was a good character and could do something. Wang Xifeng took great care of Lin Yatou. Basically, Wang Xifeng satisfied Lin Yatou's suggestions to Lian's second sister-in-law. For this reason, Feng Ziying felt that she should
Give them a hand.
As for what happened to Wang Xifeng in the Jia Mansion, that had nothing to do with him, and what happened to the Jia Mansion in the future had nothing to do with him.
He is neither Jia She Jia Zheng nor an old lady. It is not his turn to worry about the rise and fall of the Jia family.
"Ziqi! Ruolan!" Feng Ziying was also very happy. She hadn't seen the two of them for a long time, and indeed she still missed them a little. She stepped forward and bowed her hands, and then exchanged affectionate greetings arm in arm.
"Brother Yejun didn't come?" Feng Ziying didn't see Chen Yejun.
Han Qi and Wei Ruolan were a little embarrassed and shook their heads. Han Qi said again: "Brother Yejun has something to do at home, so he may have to come later. He didn't say he would die."
"Oh?" Feng Ziying chuckled in her heart. She invited her two days in advance. She didn't refuse at the time, but now she was uncertain. Either there was something really going on, or there were other special reasons, and it seemed that these two people were...
I also vaguely know something.
"If you're not here, then you're not here. Maybe Brother Jun is really busy and has something to do?" Feng Ziying waved her hand carelessly, "Wait here for a moment, there is a friend."
"Oh? Maybe Ziying wants to introduce us to the talents in your academy, but we can't afford it." Wei Ruolan joked.
The students of Qingtan Academy and those who had been hanging around in the Imperial College would definitely not be able to get together. They had no common language at all. Feng Ziying was a special case. The other poor students from small families had to
It will definitely be difficult for them to get along with people like him.
"Haha, if Brother Ruolan and Brother Ziqi really have this idea, then of course I can introduce them on their behalf. There will be no problem with Han Jian or Xu Zixun." Feng Ziying also laughed.
Now Han Jing and Xu Xie, especially Xu Xie, are the most famous scholars in the capital city at present. No matter the dignitaries, scholars or civil servants, they are all very willing to get to know such a promising talent.
Maybe in a few years, he will be able to get a position in the Hanlin Academy or even the Sixth Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he will not look up when he looks down, but he is young.
"No, Ziying, they are different from you. They have no friendship with us and cannot afford that friendship." Han Qi was still very self-aware and waved his hands, "Tell me, who else is there?"
"Well, the second brother Lian, Ziqi and Ruolan of Duke Rongfu should know each other, right?" Feng Ziying didn't hide anything.
"Jia Lian?" Han Qi was surprised and glanced at Wei Ruolan.
They are all from the Wuxun family, how could they not know each other, but they are obviously not very familiar with Jia Lian.
"What? Do you know Zi Qi?" Feng Ziying looked over.
"Well, Ziying, it's impossible to say that you don't know the people from the Jia family. You can't see them when you look up, but we are more familiar with Brother Zhen and Brother Rong of Ningguo Mansion." Han Qi said with a smile: "
Brother Rong is also in prison, but he often joins us for banquets and banquets. His father, brother Zhen, is also an interesting person, so we talk about our own things, make friends with each other, and often stay together..."
Feng Ziying didn't expect that these two guys could actually get together with Jia Rong and Jia Zhen. It seemed that they had a good relationship with each other. She frowned. She had never heard of these two talking about each other before.
"When did you get together with Brother Rong and Brother Zhen again?" Feng Ziying couldn't help but ask.
"Brother Rong is familiar with us. You didn't know it. But didn't he want to get married the year before last? So he didn't come out much at home. In the past six months, he seems to have started to come out again." Wei Ruolan said nonchalantly:
"As for Brother Zhen, he is more playful than Brother Rong. Sometimes Brother Rong even brings his father with him when he comes out..."
Feng Ziying was stunned. He really didn't know that Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, the two fathers and sons, had such a tacit understanding of each other. But the father was already having fun with his son, so how could he discipline his son?
Could it be that the treason mentioned in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions" is still true? Isn't it right? Didn't this Jia Rong just get married? Why did he start hanging out again?
"I remember Brother Rong just got married the year before last, right?" Feng Ziying had the impression that it was Qin Keqing.
Although I visited Jia's Mansion several times, I always went to Rongguo Mansion instead of Ningguo Mansion. That time when I had wine with Jia Lian, although I called Jia Rong over, I only met Jia Rong, so naturally it was impossible.
Meet Qin Keqing, the rather mysterious character in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions".
"Well, the year before last, you haven't come back from Datong yet." Wei Ruolan nodded, "I heard that you often visit the Rongguo Mansion. Do you still have no friendship with the Ningguo Mansion? How about Brother Yu and Brother Zhen are reunited someday?
Call Brother Rong out and have a drink together?"
"Brother Zhen and Brother Rong also know each other, but I am more familiar with Rong Guofu. The second brother Lian and the younger brother are very close. In addition, second sister-in-law Lian, you should also know..."
"Why don't you know? She's the niece of Wang Shilang, the Wang family in Jinling, and Wang De is quite familiar with us. You should know." Han Qi asked, "Isn't she also in the Imperial College? It's just that she doesn't come here often."
Wang De is the second son of Prince Teng, and his eldest son Wang Zhong also spent two years in the Imperial Academy and is now working as a sinecure with Long Jinwei.
Feng Ziying had been in the Imperial College for half a year and had never seen Wang De studying in the prison, but he knew that this dandy from the Wang family seemed to have a close relationship with Chen Yejun.
From this point of view, it can be seen that the Wang family has no heirs, and the two sons are not as good as the other. I don’t know how Wang Ziteng’s family education is done. From this look, it seems that the Jia family really has a sense of superiority.