[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Whether the second prince and Mr. Mu are troubled is not within the scope of Shen Yue's consideration. If he is really allowed to choose, he will make the second prince and the person who advises the second prince even more troubled.

At this time, Shen Yue was listening to the sixth prince's report with the eight princes.Although this figure is boring, everyone is excited to hear it when one thinks of the vain silver: "The construction of the printing library, including testing various utensils, engraving engravings, casting lead type, labor, etc., cost a total of 680 silver. Two taels." The sixth prince reported the amount of money spent with a blank face.

The excitement on the faces of the princes who were looking forward to it all faded away. After spending so much money, it seems that this year they will lose money.Even if Shen Yue said at the beginning that this printing house was a money-losing business, and now he also said that the Ministry of Household Affairs will take care of it, but who doesn't want to lose face?The brothers have been busy for more than half a year. As the princes, they actually did a business that lost money. In addition, the scene of bookstores and booksellers asking for money for reprinting was too enthusiastic. Didn't the princes have higher expectations?

It's really hard to feel the disappointment of expectations. Except for the First Prince, Ninth Prince and Shen Yue, everyone's mood is a little low.

The eldest prince cleared his throat and said, "Sixth child, don't be fooled, let's move on."

What else?The fifth prince muttered: "Anyway, it's a compensation, why don't you just go and explain to the father that the press has just started operating this year, and it will be fine next year."

The sixth prince glanced at his fifth brother with a half-smile: "Who said compensation?"

"Not compensated? After spending so much money, still not compensated?" The fifth prince's eyes widened in disbelief.Hearing the sixth prince's affirmation: "It is true that there is no compensation." His eyes looked down upon the brothers, and he was indescribably high-spirited: "With me in charge of the accounts, no one piece of paper or a piece of wood is wasted. pay?"

Several princes who didn't know about it became excited again, and urged the sixth prince to say quickly, and the sixth prince didn't want to keep it any longer: "3 copies of Grand Master Shen's anthology were printed, and 200 copies of Jinghua's poetry anthology were printed. In addition, someone paid 1 taels of silver to book next year's collection of Jinghua's poems. Excluding Mr. Jinghua's manuscript fee of 120 taels, the total income was [-] taels of silver!"

More than 7 taels of silver is really a lot.The princes are excited, excited, this is completely different from accepting other people's filial piety and salary, this is what they earn themselves!

"No!" The fourth prince, who has always been pragmatic, was the first to react: "It sounds like I have earned 8000 taels, but after the expenses you mentioned, how come I don't have anything left?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on the sixth prince again, and the sixth prince had no choice but to nod: "There are actually 430 eight taels left."

"Our princes have been busy for more than half a year, and only 400 taels of silver are left?" The fifth prince could not accept it: "Mr. Jinghua got 1 taels for dozens of poems alone, which is more than us Dozens of times!" When Shen Yue talked about the manuscript fee, why didn't he expect that there would be so much added up?If he knew, he would be the first to disagree.

The Sixth Prince's expression was not good: "I said that this year is the first construction, and the reason why I can't lose money is because Mr. Jinghua's poetry collection is printed in a large volume, and the bookseller's deposit is also for Mr. Jinghua's poetry collection. If not After reprinting the collection of poems a few times, it is really a loss of money."

The fifth prince was still dissatisfied: "That can't give him that much. One person can earn dozens of times what we earn. Even if we don't give it to him, would he still dare to come to our place?" The prince is the prince, and the prince wants Yinzi thinks that she is living too comfortably.

The eldest prince couldn't help but glanced at Shen Yue. Mr. Jinghua's poems were brought by Shen Yue to the printing house, and the characters on them were also copied by Shen Yue. The painting was accompanied by Shen Yue himself. Shen Yue's relationship is not good, the eldest prince was the first to not believe it.

Look, Shen Yue has already lost his face.Listen, Shen Yue has already started hitting people, right?The eldest prince took pleasure in other's misfortune, Shen Yue questioned the fifth prince sentence by sentence: "If we want this library to run well, it can last until the day when I can successfully compile a book, instead of just waiting around every day, we have to rely on our library to make money." Talented people keep handing over manuscripts to us for printing.”

"Fifth Prince thinks, if we ignoring Mr. Jinghua's manuscript fee this time, will anyone dare to entrust us to print the poems next time? What's more, at the beginning, Mr. Jinghua printed the book himself. It is absolutely possible to take back the manuscript. Waiting for the bookstore and bookseller to ask us to reprint it, and they agreed without any difficulty. We are not grateful to them, but instead deduct their manuscript fees. Does the fifth prince think it is appropriate?"

The fifth prince made Shen Yue ask silently, and the other princes followed suit.Shen Yue knew that everyone had been busy for half a year, but in the end they only made more than 400 taels of silver. This gap was a bit big, so he had to encourage him: "Actually, the sage doesn't know that it's not easy for us to keep the balance this year, and we will definitely make a lot of money next year."

"Big profit, Grand Master Shen's collection of essays and Jinghua's collection of poems, everyone in the capital is about to have a copy, can they print so many again?" The fifth prince felt that the situation was not as optimistic as Shen Yue imagined.

Shen Yue smiled confidently: "The fifth prince forgot that next year will be the year of the competition?"

The fifth prince didn't think this was anything to be happy about: "Even if everyone who goes to Beijing for the exam next year buys a copy of the two anthologies, how much can they sell?" Ask for more printing with silver.

For short-sighted people, you can only make things clear, don't point out that he can find business opportunities by himself.Shen Yue smiled mysteriously: "As long as the emperors work hard for a while, I guarantee that next year they will make a lot of money."

What do test takers need most?Naturally, it is the test materials!What's more, in this era of poor information, data collection is even more difficult.But it also depends on where you are, and who collects it. Why do some scholars come to Beijing half a year or even a year in advance? Isn't it because Beijing and China have more data to collect?

If it is a few princes who are collected, let alone the excellent answer sheets of the previous subject, even the ones from ten years ago can be found.The villain in Shen Yue's heart laughed wildly. How many people who have passed the college entrance examination have not been tortured by the three-year college entrance examination and five-year simulation?This time, Shen Yue also wanted to torture other examinees, just thinking about it made him very excited.

Thinking of being a scholar, and then thinking about preschool education, Shen Yue's whole body became excited. He wanted to divide the work among the princes, and he wanted the princes to sort out a set of teaching materials updated every three years. When the time came... Shen Yue couldn't bear it. Standing with his hands on his hips, he said boldly to the princes: "When the time comes, everyone will wait for the money to be distributed."

Unexpectedly, the princes all looked at Shen Yue with idiot eyes, which made Shen Yue feel a little frustrated for no reason: "You don't believe it?"

The eldest prince said lightly: "This Royal Press, all income goes to the treasury." The one who manages the treasury is your father-in-law, you try to share the money behind his back.

When Shen Yue returned to the mansion, he joked to Daiyu about the princes: "A group of bumpkins who have never seen the world, they edited the book, so naturally they can apply for the manuscript fee when it is printed."

Daiyu hit him directly: "The examination papers were all written by those who passed the imperial examination. Even if they applied for the manuscript fee, they should be handed over to the person who answered the paper."

Well, you are a kind girl.Shen Yue didn't dare to despise Daiyu, so he had to instill in her: "Even if the test paper was written by the person who answered it, if the princes hadn't discovered it, it would have to sink in the pile of old papers, so the manuscript fee for them cannot be compared with yours." The same, the princes can also get a commission. Besides, there are editing fees and design fees."

Daiyu confused him: "What are editing fees and design fees?"

The result of accidentally talking about the bald mouth was that Shen Yue tried his best to fool Daiyu, but she fell asleep when she heard it, and made him toss and turn for half the night.

It should be said that Shen Yue still understands the present very well.

Looking at the account of the sixth prince with a clear income and expenditure, and looking at the sons who have been hit by the same frost, I am very satisfied now: very good, it is very rare to be able to know the insufficiency and shame, instead of shirking responsibility.

"You don't have to be so discouraged. I thought you would have to pay some money this year, but you actually made a few hundred taels of silver. It's really hard for you. This is the first time you earned it yourself, and I won't keep you. Eight of you Share it with yourself, show it to your own mother and concubine, and let them follow suit."

Really let yourself divide?The eldest prince had some confidence in Shen Yue's words, and asked tentatively: "Then next year if you make money again?"

Now suddenly alert, these boys are working with Shen Yue, and Shen Yue's idea rarely fails: "You go discuss this with Lin Ruhai yourself."

The few princes who watched Shen Yue's jokes yesterday finally understood what it means to be unhappy with retribution.Anyway, the eldest prince himself would not discuss with Lin Ruhai - his son was still studying with Lin Ruhai, although he didn't look as knowledgeable as Shen Yue, but he knew much more than he did at his age, which showed Lin Ruhai's ability to teach.He is so short of money that he wants to delay his son.

The third prince is a literati at heart, the fourth prince has no shortage of money in his own house, the fifth prince is used to following Shen Yue, the rest of them admire Shen Yue very much, Shen Yue dare not breathe loudly in front of Lin Ruhai , They have always respected Lin Ruhai.

Several people each brought 50 taels of silver to their biological mother's palace, but unexpectedly they all received the same praise.All the concubines never imagined that their son would still have the day when he would earn money by himself, and he would still earn it. They wished they could give up the 50 taels of silver, so that they could see their son's ability every day.

Except for the queen, the mothers and concubines of the seven princes all said one thing: Follow your elder brother and do well.This time, if he doesn't take a dime more than himself, he won't treat you badly in the future.

It’s not that these concubines have no ambition to make progress. In fact, when you think about it, many people have no choice but to fight: If you don’t fight, the sons of high-ranking concubines want to fight. When they need your help, if you don’t help, you are the enemy. It's life and death.At that time, instead of making wedding dresses for others, it is better to fight for it yourself.

What's more, after all the successes and defeats, the princes who survived so many battles were either imprisoned or could only entertain themselves with wine and sex, just like Prince Zhongshun used to, and their lives were as short as two and a half hours a day. The life of the walking dead.They are all men with ambitions, and not everyone would like to live such a life.If you don't want to live like that, you still have to fight.

It's different now, not to mention that each prince entered a department, the eldest prince didn't feel suppressed or excluded because he didn't enter a specific department, and he was able to coordinate the conflicts between brothers.The brothers promoted high-yielding crops together, built a printing library together, and finally made money. The eldest prince, the person in charge, was the most exhausting.

But in the end, like everyone else, he only allocated 50 taels, and he didn't rely on being the elder brother or worrying about getting more points - the remaining 38 taels are now decided by Shen Yue - it can be seen that he is a fair person .

Those who have other intentions will think that it is because of the lack of money that the eldest prince will act like this.But don't forget, today's press is valued not because of how much money it makes, but because of the role the princes play in it.The report was given by the Eldest Prince. He explained every single prince's contribution in detail, instead of just showing credit for himself. This is what the seven princes are most grateful for.

The empress is more capable of being a man. She summoned the mothers and concubines of several princes to Kunning Palace and told them: "These children actually made money. I think it makes me happier than giving me anything. Thinking about this world My parents have the same thoughts, and the Empress Dowager has the same expectations for the children. I just want to share half of the 50 taels to honor the Empress Dowager, what do you think?"

Who would be stupid to have a woman raised by a prince?The empress didn't tell them, and directly took the eldest prince's share to honor the empress dowager, which would only make the empress dowager value the elder prince even more.So they didn't have to go back to their respective palaces, and the concubines jokingly "borrowed" money from the queen, and went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to honor the queen mother together.

The Empress Dowager was really overjoyed, and she directly asked the princes and concubines to come into the palace, held a family banquet in the Palace of Compassion, and invited Jinjin to accompany her: "This is my grandson's filial piety to me, I think Only you are the reason why they are so filial and sensible, so I let you have this honor." This sentence made everyone happy.

As soon as he entered the palace today, he found that the second prince, his wife and concubine Shu were missing, but would he say it?As a filial son, he has been singing with the queen all the time, and has a good time with the queen.

Because the queen mother held this banquet on a temporary basis, even though Shen Yue had a share of the money, he didn't have a share.On the second day, when he saw the princes all showing off in front of him, Shen Yue sent a soul torture to them: "Do you have any private money?"

The princes looked at each other in blank dismay, private money, what is that?You must know that in this era, the so-called housekeeper's wife is only in charge of the money allocated to the inner house, and the rest of the money is held in the hands of the head of the house for daily communication.

As the princes who have established their own mansions, they also hold the right to distribute the income in the mansion. They can't add a piece of jewelry to their favorite concubine, and they have to ask the concubine for money, right?Even if she wants it, can the concubine give it?

Is the income they control counted as private money?

Seeing their expressions, Shen Yue knew that it is better to have no books than to believe in books!When I read the original book, I still felt that the housekeeper's wife and the housekeeper's grandmother are so powerful, they control the economic lifeline of the whole family, and the men of Jia's family only know how to eat, drink and have fun.How could he have forgotten that the men of the Jia family were notoriously useless, that's why they let a group of women play around with applause.

As the elder brother, the eldest prince who also serves as the cheapest brother-in-law asked the hearts of all the princes: "What are you going to do again, but you don't have enough money?" Don't think about leaving us, why do you say it, everyone up.

Shen Yue was a little lonely and embarrassed: "It's almost New Year's Eve, I thought I'd have to give the two mothers and Yu'er some presents, but..." There's really no money.

The princes all knew that Shen Yue served his mother-in-law like his own mother, and Mrs. Lin Hou was indeed worthy of Shen Yue's treatment, but the majestic Imperial Academy serving a bachelor didn't even have the money to prepare the annual ceremony. Who would believe it?

What about his salary, monthly payment, and income from Zhuangzi's shop?And they all know that the illustrations in Jinghua's poetry collection are all drawn by Shen Yue, so he also has a manuscript fee, where did the money go?

"Before I got married, I transferred the Zhuangzi and the shop to Yu'er. Shouldn't the salary be handed over to Yu'er for safekeeping after receiving it? There is also a monthly case. Yu'er wants to socialize, and the monthly case in our yard is all in her hands." Keep it." Shen Yue answered the eldest prince's question as a matter of course.

Isn't it normal to hand over your salary to your wife?

But the princes all looked at him like fools, what's the matter?Shen Yue, who has always used his IQ to crush all the princes, felt extremely upset, and looked at the princes with particularly unkind eyes.

The youngest Ninth Prince felt that his three views had collapsed: "Brother, can you tell the queen mother, don't propose marriage to me in the next draft?" The Ninth Prince felt that he would definitely not be able to live with the days in his hands.

The eldest prince ignored this stupid brother, and asked Shen Yue cautiously: "Then how much money do you have now?" If it's not too much, you can subsidize him by yourself. Among the people who want to give away are his younger sister and younger sister mother.

Shen Yue himself didn't feel embarrassed: "38 taels."

The eldest prince sat down directly and poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip to calm his shock: "Is it the 38 taels that were distributed yesterday?"

Shen Yue hurriedly explained to him: "It's not that I want to keep my own private room. I went home yesterday and explained something to Yu'er, but I forgot all of a sudden and didn't have time to hand it over to her. Don't worry, I will hand over a lot of money to the office today. Yu'er." But in that case, I would have no money, where did this gift come from.

"Brother, the Ministry of Rites has a lot of things to do during the Chinese New Year, so I'll go back to the Ministry first." The Ninth Prince felt that he could no longer stay in the Imperial Academy.

The three, four, five, seven, and eight princes also left together on the grounds of the ninth prince, especially the three, four, and five who were already married. He wondered if he, like Shen Yue, would prepare some gifts for the concubine Zheng after he went down to the Yamen today.

If you have a concubine, you can't forget that your mother and concubine are not, and there is also a queen, and your mother and concubine live under the queen.These are all there, and the queen mother is also indispensable. I just had a banquet yesterday. Forget about the queen mother and wait for the anger of my father.

Thinking about it this way, the three of them also felt that their wallets were not big enough, and they only hoped that the printing press would earn money next year, as Shen Yue said, and that the father could still agree to share the money earned with their brothers.

The first prince and the sixth prince didn't expect that their money would have a place to go. What they were thinking about was whether to persuade Shen Yue not to hand over the money to Daiyu, or to give him an idea to earn money at once.

Advise him not to give all the silver to Daiyu, that is his sister in name.Shen Yue trusted and valued her so much, but the elder brother tried to dissuade her, which was a bit unreasonable.Give Shen Yue an idea to make money, can you make money better than Shen Yue?They all know that before Shen Yue got married, he bought Zhuangzi every year, and the money was earned by himself.

"That," the eldest prince took another sip of water to make his words smoother: "My income from Huangzhuang this year is pretty good, first take [-] for you, and then give it to me next year, if not, forget it. "Shen Yue has always been impartial to his brother on the surface, but the emperor knows in his heart that he benefits the most, even if he gives the money to him for nothing.

In the heart of the sixth prince, the admiration and respect for Shen Yue prevailed, and he tentatively asked him: "There are three festivals and two longevity every year, you can't worry about this every time. Why don't you pay the salary and ice cream from various places next year?" Jingtanjing keep it for yourself, right?"

Shen Yue looked at him with the eyes of a sixth prince like you: "Three festivals and two birthdays, I and Yu'er will pick gifts together, and I don't need to pay money. It's just Yu'er's birthday. We need money only when we prepare something for Yu'er and the two mothers alone during the New Year's Eve."

Although he didn't know the term "Three Different Views", the Sixth Prince found an old saying that could be substituted: Different Taos do not conspire with each other!Who are you all for?It's not so that you don't have to worry about money.I didn't ask you to take back the big money from Zhuangzi's shop, but just kept some salary and ice charcoal for respect. Why do you seem to be heinous?

The eldest prince also made Shen Yue's theory amused: "Then you can't set up a stall on the street to sell calligraphy to earn this money?" It's only a few days before Chinese New Year, even if you sell calligraphy, how much money can you sell?

"Good idea!" Shen Yue actually felt that the eldest prince's idea was good.

"A gentleman is ashamed of profit!" The eldest prince had no choice but to remind Shen Yue that a dignified Imperial Academy student studying for a bachelor, setting up a stall on the street to sell calligraphy, just thinking about it would be detrimental to the country, okay?

However, Shen Yue's eyes were blank, and he waved his hands at the two noble princes who didn't know how expensive they were, not knowing what he was planning.

Daiyu, who had attended the grand princess' banquet, was a little depressed.

It is said that today is the grand concubine's feast for the sisters-in-law. Because Daiyu is her nominal sister-in-law, she also received the post.At that time, Daiyu was a little strange, probably because most people set up wine, and they always had to post a few days in advance.However, the eldest concubine, who is always very polite, sent Daiyu a post in a hurry last night, as if the banquet was too busy.

What's even more strange is that, except for the second prince and concubine, the three princes and concubines who participated in the banquet together were all attached to the first prince and concubine. For a social gathering, you should leave some money on hand for emergency, and you can't let him lose face outside...

The strangest thing is that in the end they all have to look at themselves ambiguously and say something like "Isn't this money going to be spent on you in the end?" If the keen Daiyu can't find out that they are actually talking to herself Yes, I can't bear the word "smart".

Now that they all talked about men, she could ask her own man: "Brother Ai, are you short of money? I remember you should have some money in your hand. Where did it go?"

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