Zhan Zhumen

Chapter 708 Why

Although the British government does not have to worry about housing, it also has to worry about food and drink.

"Every house wants to buy private property, and each house has to discuss it on its own. But the government still has to send people to the north to buy some property. For example, the shop Zhuangzi, you have to pick some servants to take care of it first. Otherwise, how will the family eat and drink? I'm afraid that the property in Nanjing will be sold or disposed of, and then send someone over to take care of it, it will be a long and inconvenient journey."

Mrs. Tai said to her children and grandchildren.

Zhang Fu nodded: "Mother is very worried. My son will send people to the north to buy some properties today."

After looking around for a while, he smiled again: "Your old man still has fifteen grandchildren who are not yet married. This property is less, and I'm afraid they won't be able to move around."

Mrs. Tai saw it, it was not, the hall was full of children and grandchildren.

It is said that she is very lucky, the man was posthumously made a prince to enjoy the imperial temple, and she herself was named a wife, her son is also a prince, her only daughter is a noble concubine, her two sons are also senior members of the army, and her grandchildren are also promising.

But this house full of children and grandchildren cost a lot to throw away.

Mrs. Tai smiled and shook her head, "Then I don't care about it, you each have to worry about it."

"Mother, you can't ignore it. You have seven grandchildren in our second room." Hou joked.

After Hou finished speaking, Zhang's eyes widened.What about his seven children?Are you still waiting to get married?
Come on, thunder struck him.

Huo Xi smiled and said to his cousins ​​Jing Wan and Jing Xian, "Look at your father, I'm afraid he wants to abandon you."

Everyone laughed when they heard it.

Zhang Fu laughed and scolded Zhang as worthless.Only his eldest house is now the same as the third house, and there are still four children waiting to be married, so the pressure to buy property in the north is not small.

"Father-in-law and two uncles can send people to buy more farms. If you are not satisfied, you can go to the counties and towns around Beijing to find them. You can keep them for your own family, or resettle your clan members. If it is later, I am afraid that you will not be able to buy suitable ones. of."

As soon as Mu Yan finished speaking, Zhang Fu nodded, "Exactly, we should buy more land, and we should also buy more family land."

The Zhang family is such a big clan, and there are quite a few clan members.

Huo Xi thought about the ethnology, and reminded: "Father will buy another house for the ethnology."

"Nannan is right, I wrote it down for my father."

Everyone chatted about some homework and had a good time.

Before lunch, Huo Nian and Huo Xi were idle in the mansion, and whispered: "My sister helped me buy a lot of property in the north, should I tell my father? Let my father take it out to resettle the clansmen?"

Huo Xi looked at him very relieved, now that Nian'er is also a qualified heir, she has matured a lot in dealing with others, and always considers her family and clansmen.

"This matter is up to my father. And it's just started now, and I have to look at the thoughts of the clansmen. When they really need it, you can resettle them. It will be more popular. Everything is like this. Only when others really need your help can you reflect your value and let others remember your goodness.”

"And many clansmen are used to living in the south of the Yangtze River, so they may not necessarily move back to the north."

Huo Nian nodded: "Well, I will listen to my sister."

Huo Xi wanted to pat his head with a smile, and saw that the child was taller than her.Although he is only 15 years old, he has already become a hundred households of the sixth grade of the Beijing Guard by his own ability.

"Follow my father to learn skills so that we can support the family in the future."

"Well, Nian'er remembers, to be my sister's support."

Zhang Fu and Mu Yan walked over slowly, just in time to hear the conversation between the siblings, Zhang Fu couldn't help feeling comforted.His two sons and daughters are really well raised, they are his seed.

Xiao Yuer was hugged by his grandfather, and felt that his grandfather was a little strange, as if there was light in his eyes.

If you look closely, it seems to be the same as Xiao Yuer's tears.As if he had discovered something strange, he looked at his father who was a step behind, and wanted to share this good news with him.

Mu Yan shook his head at him.

When Xiao Yuer saw it, he shut up.Wrapping around Zhang Fu's neck, she lay down on his neck, and patted Grandpa's head with her little hands to comfort him.

The corner of Mu Yan's mouth raised.

"The son-in-law said, do you have something to discuss with the father?" Zhang Fu calmed down, and walked up to Huo Xi with Xiao Yu'er in his arms.

Huo Xi glanced at his son, saw him obediently, and smiled at him.

He replied: "Yes. The emperor wants to build the Forbidden City, and the treasury will consume a lot of silver. I have a sugar production method in my hand, and I want to dedicate it to the emperor in exchange for my grandfather's family being exonerated."

Zhang Fu was stunned, Xiao Yuer didn't feel any pain when he pulled his beard.

Mu Yan stretched out his hand and took Xiao Yuer over.

Zhang Fu looked at the emptiness in his arms and glared at Mu Yan.

Looking at Huo Xi, he sighed: "A few years ago, I also thought about exchanging military merits for your grandfather's family to be exonerated. Even if you can't leave the place of exile, it would be fine if you exonerated your family and turned into ordinary people."

However, the emperor has never accepted his fault.

As a subject, he also knew that the emperor hated those former officials.As long as they are there, they will always remind him how the throne came.Nowadays, the literati in Jiangnan are still criticizing him verbally and in writing.

"What kind of sugar making method can you exchange for your grandfather's family?"

The Li family now has more than twenty people.What kind of secret method can exonerate so many people.

Huo Xi turned her head to look, just now she asked the maid to fetch the things she brought.

Seeing the figure of Dong Xue appearing on the road ahead, he said to Zhang Fu: "My sugar-making method has a lot of benefits, and my father will know it after seeing it. And of course this alone is not enough."

Over the years, my grandfather's family took the overseas high-yielding seeds she sent to plant with the villagers in the exile village and nearby. After cultivating the local soil in the past few years, the seeds adapted well, did not acclimatize to the soil and water, and continued to produce high yields year after year. It was just the right time.

Emperor Yongkang wanted to move the capital and build the city of Beijing, with millions of people. In addition, there were so many people in the military camp in the north who needed to eat and drink, which cost a lot of money and food every day.If there is a high-yielding grain, coupled with the sugar-making method that can generate money, it should be possible to make a deal with the emperor and exonerate the grandfather's family.

Zhang Fu heard that high-yield grain is good, but it is not enough, not enough to make the emperor's heart.

"Girl, here are the things."

Huo Nian knew about her sister's sugar workshop.Over the years, he secretly ate white sugar and wanted to share it with his father countless times, but his sister repeatedly ordered him not to disclose it, so he never told his father or family members.

I feel uncomfortable.Now seeing the few jars that Qiushuang brought, she knew what was in them.

His eyes lit up: "Father, this is really a good thing. With this, my sister has earned a lot of money in the past ten years!"

The newly opened Sihai Bank in the capital, which provides convenience for businessmen on the go, is opened by my sister because of its good service, timely exchange of money, and many outlets, which attract businessmen from all over the place.

"Ten years?" What kind of good thing has earned money for more than ten years?
(End of this chapter)