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Chapter 209 Extravagance
But now Shen Junjiu is telling her that Tianyu Trading Company belongs to Shen He.

Shen Xinruo was stunned.

"You... Could it be that you made a mistake, this, this is too bizarre..." Shen Xinruo stammered a little.

Shen Junjiu shook her head: "Sister, do you know how the Song family got rich?"

Shen Xinruo said, "Song Xuanrong became an official through the imperial examination?"

Shen Junjiu looked at her: "The Song family was originally from Beijing, but their family background is not obvious. Among Song Xuanrong's parents, the tallest one is a bachelor from the fourth rank of the cabinet, and has no real power in his hands."

"Song Xuanrong is not proficient in the classics and righteousness. The year he was admitted to Jinshi, he was ranked outside the top ten, and he was over 25 at the time. He is a Beijing official from the third rank."

"Song Xuanrong does not have the blessing of his family background, his talent is not particularly outstanding, and he has not made any great achievements."

"Why did he sit firmly in the position of Minister of Rites at the age of less than forty?"

Shen Junjiu looked at Shen Xinruo's stunned expression, and said softly:

"That's because someone behind him opened the way for him with money, and someone took the money to help him clear the relationship between the court and China, make good friends with the important officials in the court and China, overcome obstacles for him, and use the money to smash a road to success for him."

"The annual salary of the second-rank officials in the imperial court is less than [-] taels, and the sum of the official farmland, shops, rice grains and other things is quite a lot, but sister, can you see what kind of life the Song family lives?"

"Abalone's winged belly, unless it is the essence, it cannot be eaten."

"Silks and satins must be the best to be worn."

"The Song family raised nearly a hundred servants, and there were more than a dozen relatives in the mansion."

"The sons and daughters of the Song family can easily sell hundreds of taels of silver, and as the eldest wife of the Song family, Mrs. Ye can write down 20 taels of IOUs casually, and can take out tens of thousands of taels of silver at any time. .”

"My sister thought, where did these things come from?"

When Shen Junjiu talked about those things about the Song family, her expression was full of sarcasm:

"The ancestors of the Song family were just a poor family, living in a courtyard with three entrances and exits, but the current Song family, the house is bigger and more luxurious than the Princess Chang's mansion on the adjacent street, the land held by the Song family , Zhuangpu, I'm afraid it can't even compare with those aristocratic families that have been passed down for hundreds of years."

"Does my sister think that with Song Xuanrong's little salary and the things left by their Song family ancestors, they can be so extravagant?"

Listening to Shen Junjiu's words, Shen Xinruo clenched her fists tightly, her face turned livid from the initial shock.

Shen Junjiu said in a low voice:

"Back then, Song Xuanrong borrowed money from his father to clear up the relationship, so that he could rise to the top in the court. Later, for the sake of his mother, his father also treated the Song family very favorably."

"Father is cautious. He was afraid that too much wealth would bring disaster to the family, so he has never disclosed his identity to the public. It only makes people think that he is a relatively well-off businessman in the family. However, the Song family has been helped by Daddy for many years. Back then, Song Xuanrong had a good relationship with him. That sum of money is even more astonishing, so he is very clear about his father's family background, it is definitely not just superficial."

"Or I'm worried about the unpredictable situation in Tianxin, or I'm afraid that one day my identity will be revealed and I will be assassinated."

"Father left a message very early on, if something happens to him and mother, whoever takes care of the three of us, brother and sister, will get a huge sum of money every year."

(End of this chapter)