I was transformed in ancient aristocratic waste

Daxing has a well-developed north-south transportation, opened up trade, merchants, Persian merchants outside the customs, etc. all provide Daxing with extraordinary taxation, plus various head taxes, salt water, boat tax, carriage tax, and so on. A lot of money can be created, but as far as Gu Jinchen knows, the prosperity of Daxing is prosperity, but it has nothing to do with the royal family.

The people are rich in the south and poor in the north. Yangzhou alone in the south is often worth the combined tax revenue of all the states in the north. Therefore, the prices in the south are slightly higher and the north is slightly lower.

But even the largest Dafeng Escort in Yangzhou can only be divided into ten teams to transport the goods twice a year. The price of one shipment is 100 taels, and there is no upper limit. With such huge profits, last year's annual income was only 6000 taels , Excluding manpower and material resources, various tariffs, vehicles and horses, there are only 3000 taels in hand.

The 3000 taels can be placed in an ordinary wealthy family, and it can be used for three scholars to study in Nanshan Academy in Chang'an, and can buy a large courtyard with an area of ​​600 square meters in Chang'an, and the location can even be next to Zhuque Street in Chang'an. How much is 600 million taels? [-] million taels can buy [-] sets of such yards, which can almost give a corner of Chang'an to the pocket!

Gu Jinchen couldn't believe it, he and his Suijin kids spent at most 5000 taels a year on food and clothing, and that was because they bought Zhuzhu a beautiful hard-earned horse to reach this price.

What kind of gold swallowing beast does this Gu family raise?I have to ask the imperial court to ask for 30 yuan to celebrate the new year!Is it just Chinese New Year?

Both Gu Chenglong and his wife lowered their heads as if they had done something wrong, raised their eyes, and looked at the silent Fifth Uncle blankly and embarrassedly. Shrunken, Gu Chenglong couldn't even speak well, so it was his daughter-in-law Yuchi who spoke first, and cried, "Don't be angry, Uncle Wu, here, every year, there are hundreds of people who go up and down in the mansion, all of them have to eat and drink. Lazard wears it, even though I am in charge of the house, I can’t get a single word of the money left in my hand, if you don’t believe me, Uncle Wu will go check the account with me, it’s really all spent at home, no one is greedy.”

"Yes, yes." Patriarch Gu Chenglong continued to nod his head. He was glad that his wife had followed him. Otherwise, if he were to face Uncle Wu alone, his whole body would be covered with seams, and none of his mouths could open. Get these words.

Gu Jinchen can't see Gu Chenglong's timid look, but for so many years, this old nephew has come here like this, the old lady, the mother, doesn't think her son is useless, and he, as a brother-in-law, doesn't bother to care about it, it's just money Now it seems that it really needs to be checked carefully. Why do you need to spend 30 taels just for the Chinese New Year?Is this eating silver every day or eating dragon meat?

"Since Brother Long and his daughter-in-law have said that they need to check the accounts, I will take a look at them, but I am not in charge of the family. I also have the separate accounts on weekdays. Guo Guanshi is also in charge of it. Let Guo Guanshi go and check it. After the check, I will go back and forth. Yes." Gu Jinchen became majestic, refusing to comment, waved his hand, and said impatiently, "Okay, let's go down."

The patriarch and his wife left obediently, and took Mr. Guo, who was in charge of the fifth room, to the accounting room of General Zhen Guo's mansion. Mrs. Yuchi opened and locked the door of the accounting room, and sent a little girl to obey orders. , After Guanshi Guo has checked it out, he will release it. This is the rule of the accountant of the General's Mansion, lest someone come in and leave with something and spoil the account.

After finishing all these things, the patriarch and his wife returned to their Loyalty Hall worriedly.

The furnishings of the Zhongyi Hall are old, all of which are from more than 50 years ago, but each piece is a gift from the old emperor and cannot be easily replaced.

The right side of Loyalty Hall is connected to the Ming Garden, and the left side is connected to the ancestral hall of the ancestors. The front yard is a flat area, which was used by Gu Chenglong to dry books in the past. The back yard is the largest landscape garden in the whole prefecture, and there is a small Buddhist hall in the yard. Used for self-cultivation.

As soon as Gu Chenglong returned to the Zhongyi Hall, he was downcast and terrified. Seeing this, his wife, Yuchi, did not go to comfort her. Instead, she changed her understanding from the fifth uncle's place in Mingyuan just now, threw down her handkerchief, and purposely sat next to Gu Chenglong. He complained in a low voice: "The fifth uncle is also true. He is not in charge of the family and does not know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt. The money in the public house is not spent by our family. If he doesn't ask the fourth uncle who sleeps in the sky all day long, he treats us badly." The nose, the eyes are not the eyes."

Gu Chenglong sighed with a smile, patted the back of the old wife's hand, and said: "Uncle Wu's words are not very nice, but Uncle Wu understands the truth the most. It's definitely not that we think our eldest family spends a lot of money, but just discussing the matter. That's all."

"Even if it's just a matter of fact, it's not our turn to take the blame. Think about it, what is the status of our mansion in Yangzhou? How many wedding banquets, birthday banquets are held every year, and the old lady's birthday last year, we spent 50 taels, the grain donated by Zhuangzi in the mansion is sold for 5000 taels, what can it be used for?"

Yuchi was sobbing while pinching his sleeves as he spoke: "And our eldest brother Zhi, he's almost thirty, how many people have we met? The 20 taels spent back and forth, isn't it? Should it be spent? If he didn't save the third brother Peng, how could he be burned like that? Is it too much to spend some money on medical treatment and seeing girls? "

When Gu Chenglong heard his old wife talk about their poor eldest son, he also wiped away his old tears with watery eyes, and said, "Of course there are not many! Uncle Wu probably doesn't think there are too many."

"But look at what Uncle Wu is like. I don't know where he heard such a thing. He opened his mouth and asked the whole family to pay 600 million taels to pay back the money. How can we have it? Is it possible to use my dowry to fill this? hole?"

Gu Chenglong immediately waved his hand and promised: "Hey, the more you say it, the more shameful it becomes. How can you take the dowry of a woman like you? We are shameless if we say it? Just put your heart in your stomach, our eldest wife is cautious, The second bedroom, the third bedroom, and the fourth bedroom should have some spare money, so it would be good to let them pay the big bucks? Besides, I don’t think Uncle Wu will really want to pay it back, and Uncle Wu and Brother Zhu should have saved a lot over the years, so don’t worry about it. .”

As soon as Yuchi heard that his master wouldn't touch his dowry, he didn't say anything, rolled his eyes, wiped away his tears, and asked: "Hey, master, how do you think Fifth Uncle knew Mr. Wu? I have never heard of it before, and Uncle Wu never goes out to go out and walk with the officials of various prefectures and counties in Yangzhou, so it is really unexpected that such a big man appears out of nowhere."

Gu Chenglong was also indescribably happy, while stroking his goatee, he smiled and said: "Uncle Wu can be patient, I probably met him when he was young, but Uncle Wu can no longer be an official after he gets married, so he shouldn't move around. , this time it was Master Wu who had to find Brother Zhu because something happened to him."

"Hey, the same goes for Fifth Uncle. If he had said earlier that Mr. Wu is good friends with him and that I am in the magistrate's yamen, why would he have persuaded Fifth Uncle? Wasn't he afraid that Fifth Uncle would hit a wall and embarrass Song Zhifu?"

Mrs. Yuchi nodded, and there was a smile on her face. Although she is a woman, she also understands how glorious the Huainan Jiedushi is. More than half of the money in the tax revenue is used to raise soldiers. The winter clothes, cloth, hay, and leather purchased every year are also supplied by special people. If they only do one of the purchases, they can get a lot of money.

Yuchi was thinking about her mother's family business, her heart moved, she couldn't help but said: "Actually, my brother of my mother's family has long been thinking about doing business with Mr. Wu, but it's just that he has no connections and no one to recommend him. Mr. Wu is so old. The official, with 600 soldiers under his command, distributed [-] to my younger brother to supply winter and summer clothes. First, it could help our family owe the [-] million yuan, and second, my natal family was originally a silk The layout, which can supply the clothes for the palace, is absolutely guaranteed to be better than those kittens and puppies outside, and it is also good for Master Wu."

When the patriarch Gu Chenglong heard this, he slapped his thigh without even thinking about it, thinking that this is a good way to kill two birds with one stone: "Oh! Why didn't I think of it? Good! Good! I'll go tell Uncle Wu right away, let's be Wei Chi The introducer of the family can also get a fortune from it, such a good thing that has the best of both worlds, it is really beautiful!"

As he said that, Gu Chenglong was really going to head to the Ming Garden of Fifth Uncle Gu Jinchen.

"Hey, master, you are confused." Yuchi hurriedly grabbed her master, and gently reminded, "Did you forget? Right now your little brother Zhu is still asleep. Fifth uncle also said, don't bother you if you have nothing to do. So empty-handed, it’s no wonder that Uncle Wu didn’t give you a cold stare. You go to the family school first to find a few children with good looks and good conduct, or let the gentleman in the classroom recommend two, don’t want too many. Brother Na Zhu loves to play, but he is very delicate, so he can't really find too many monkey-like playmates for him, find a big one, and then find a small one. "

Gu Chenglong patted his forehead immediately, and said with a smile: "Yes, why did I forget this? Ma'am, what virtue can I do... Whichever is the case, what else can I ask for? I will go quickly to find it, let's investigate In two days, take it to Brother Zhu. Hey, my brother Zhu is also the heart of our old lady. This time he really suffered. Well, as an old brother, I have to find him a fourth wife. Gu Qiaoran, a better boy, go there!"

After finishing speaking this time, the patriarch Gu Chenglong walked swiftly, took two or three young servants, and went there in a small sedan chair, full of desire to find an obedient and sensible playmate for the little brother Zhu, who had to sacrifice his life to protect him at critical moments, after all. Brother Zhu's life is much more expensive than the lives of other children in the clan. If they are not careful, they will not be able to explain to their superiors.

Here Gu Chenglong closed his eyes in the sedan chair and rested his mind. Not long after, he arrived at the family school outside the mansion, and before he got off the sedan chair, he heard noisy laughter inside.

"Damn it, can you do it? You didn't hit even once!"

"Look at me! I throw the thief accurately!"

"Hahaha, Feng Yan, just you? If you can hit that little mouse, I'll give you three bangs!"

"That's what you said, everyone will remember it for you, look at me!"

Gu Chenglong was stunned for a moment, got off the sedan chair in doubt, and peeked into the window of the school secretly, and saw that in the huge school, the desks were tilted here and there, and there was no gentleman sitting on the stage. Playing dice on the ground, yelling to buy and leave, a group of teenagers tied a thinly dressed child to a pillar. The child had a dusty steamed bun stuffed in his mouth, his head was hanging down, and mud was all over his body. The traces of the past, and the bruises from the stone...

Seeing that a tall and big boy was about to hit the embarrassed child with an inkstone, Gu Chenglong immediately shouted: "Stop it! You bastards!"