Feng Ziying looked at Zhen Baochen who suddenly knelt down, and Zhen Baoyu who knelt down and kowtowed shortly after, and shook her head coldly: "This is not enough! Everything in the Zhen family has long been in the hands of the court, and there is no need for anyone to donate it. As for you two, what do you want?" "Serving the pillow mat, if I say a word, the Jiaofang Secretary will naturally send you two to my house, so Miss Zhen, what you said is not enough!"
Zhen Baochen and Zhen Baoyu almost collapsed to the ground, and Li Qi next to them was also trembling with fear.
Zhen Baochen put one hand on the floor and was breathing rapidly, but she just stared at Feng Ziying, wanting to hear what else would come out of Feng Ziying's mouth.
Feng Ziying walked two steps behind the bookcase with her hands behind her back, then walked to the two people kneeling in front of her, raised her hands to help the two girls, and said warmly: "For the sake of Bao Qi and Li Qi, I am willing to help you, but The premise is that if I can help you, you have to come up with something that allows me to convince Mr. Sun and even Mr. Gu Ge, and then I can help you."
Zhen Baochen no longer cared about Feng Ziying calling her sister "Baoqi" by her maiden name. At this time, her mind was completely focused on Feng Ziying, eager to get more valuable words from Feng Ziying's mouth.
"Everything you mentioned before was easily obtained by the imperial court, so how can it be the attitude of serving your Zhen family?" Feng Ziying saw that the two girls refused to get up and just sat on their knees like this, and was too lazy to support them. He just walked around the hall twice and said, "This is not because I want to embarrass you, but Li Qi may have told you that the Zhen family is the target of public attention and the target of countless people. Who are these people? Don’t you know who Miss Zhen and your father are? Don’t you know what they are going to do, or what they are already doing?”
Zhen Baochen's eyes were filled with fear, exhaustion and desolation. She knew that what Feng Ziying said was true, and she also knew what Feng Ziying's hints to her meant, but she also knew that taking this step would mean that the Zhen family would be cut off from the entire Jiangnan gentry. , there is no turning back.
Feng Ziying looked at Zhen Baochen's desperate and miserable eyes, and she couldn't bear it.
"Miss Zhen, people don't hurt tigers, but tigers can hurt people's hearts. When these people stabbed each other in the back, intending to step on the corpses of the Zhen family to get a piece of the pie, you are still struggling with whether to feel sorry for them. I mean you Are you too simple and kind, or are you pedantic and stupid? This is related to the fate of hundreds of people in your Zhen family, not the life or death of any two people. You have to understand that first you have to survive before you can say anything else!"
Feng Ziying's words finally made Zhen Baochen wake up. Yes, first of all, she had to let the hundreds of people in the Zhen family survive before she could talk about anything else. As for betrayal or betrayal, this is the time, not him. To betray you means that you betray him, or someone else kills you, it's as simple as that.
"But Mr. Feng, even if our whole family survives in the end, what will we do in the future? Will those people let us go?" Zhen Baochen couldn't help but murmured.
Feng Ziying originally thought that this woman was somewhat domineering and decisive, especially when she asked Li Qi to come back with a message, but at this time, she still exposed her weak side as a woman.
"Let's talk about survival after surviving. If they are all dead, what are you afraid of? Besides, the world is so big, there is no place to go? Does it have to be here in Jinling? Capital, Liaodong, Dongfan, Nanyang, wherever Can’t go?”
Feng Ziying said casually.
The capital must be risky and difficult, and the people in Jiangnan must be killed. The capital and Jiangnan are only separated by a canal, and it takes only a few days to travel thousands of miles. The Zhen family may not dare to settle in the capital. Dudu
But what about Liaodong? What about Dongfan? What about Nanyang?
They are all in another world. As long as you dare to go there, you can make a comeback and start over.
However, it is too early to think about these things now. Only by overcoming the current difficulties can we talk about other things.
Zhen Baochen was blocked by Feng Ziying's words.
I definitely can’t stay in Jiangnan, and I don’t dare to stay. I can’t stay in Nanjing, Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, which are the most suitable places for living. But what about the capital city?
At the feet of the emperor and at the root of the imperial city, these people might not dare?
Or, as Feng Ziying said, these people have been almost eradicated, how many people can still dare to act boldly? Dudu
This doesn't seem impossible. With this person's thunderous methods, maybe it's really possible to eliminate all those people?
No matter how unfavorable it is to go to other places, the bitter cold in Liaodong, the remoteness of the east, and the remoteness of the South China Sea are all difficult to accept. But when life is at stake, I am afraid we can only make a trade-off.
Seeing that Zhen Baochen was speechless, Feng Ziying said calmly: "Okay, Miss Zhen, I will show you the way, or do you want any more promises from me?"
Zhen Baochen then raised his head, hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "Mr. Feng, of course we hope you can give us the promise, but we also know that this is a bit excessive. We are not qualified, but after all, this is about our Zhen family. The lives of a whole family..."
Feng Ziying laughed angrily, "Miss Zhen, it seems that I have really caused a problem for myself. So what do you think I should promise? Or if I promise and I can't keep it, what can you do? How?"
"As long as you promise, we will trust you. Whether we can do it or not is also your business." Zhen Baochen said every word.
Unexpectedly, this woman trusted her reputation more than she did. This surprised Feng Ziying and nodded: "Okay, what promise do you want me to make?"
"Just a word from your Majesty. After we have fulfilled everything we can do, your Majesty will ensure the safety and livelihood of our family. No matter how you arrange it or where you arrange it for us, as long as you make such a promise." Zhen Baochen had no choice. She could only choose to trust Feng Ziying.
Fortunately, this person is said to have a very good reputation, and even many merchants in Jiangnan highly praise him. They all say that he never fails to make promises, so it is worth a gamble to be recognized like this.
Feng Ziying took a deep look at the woman in front of her who was still kneeling and raising her head, her gaze gradually becoming firmer. Finally, after hesitating for a long time, she nodded: "Okay, I agree."
Hearing that Feng Ziying finally agreed, Zhen Baochen breathed a sigh of relief, then took out a thick piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Feng Ziying with both hands.
Feng Ziying took it and took a look at it. It should be a list of the Zhen family's properties. Starting from the mansion, shop, warehouse and farm, there were dozens of pages.
Feng Ziying was stunned by the first page alone.
There are two shops on Xi'anmenwai Street in Nanjing, three on Huapailou, two on Zhuque Street, and five on Xinjiekou to Gaojing Street. There are more than ten shops alone, and this is just in Nanjing. Of. Benedict
Feng Ziying flipped through the pages, and found that there were also those in Capital City, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Linqing. Although there were not as many as in Nanjing City, a rough calculation showed that the Zhen family had more than 40 shops alone.
Feng Ziying made an estimate and found that the shop floor alone was worth about three hundred thousand taels of silver.
There are also many mansions.
Feng Ziying looked through it and found that there were four mansions in Nanjing, almost all of which were large mansions. They covered a large area and were in good locations. Each one was estimated to be worth more than 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver.
There are three residences in the capital city, one each at Jiqingfang, Dashi Yongfang and Nanxunfang. Feng Ziying even has some impressions of one of them, because it is next to the Hanlin Academy and the one at the North Bridge of Yuhe River on East Chang'an Street. If the mansion were to be sold, it was estimated that the lot, area, and building would fetch sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver.
Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou each have two or three houses, and they are probably very expensive.
As for there are more farms, farms, and forests, Feng Ziying is not sure how to estimate them, but it can be seen that most of them are concentrated in Jinling, Suzhou, Huzhou, Changzhou, Songjiang, and Huizhou. They vary in size, with the big ones ranging from one to two thousand. There are also acres, as small as three to five hundred acres. After calculation, it is estimated that the area of these farms and farms must be at least four to five thousand acres. Although it cannot be compared with the Tao family of the New Four, it is only an asset of the Zhen family. It should be It’s a relatively small piece of assets. Du
For these three types of fixed assets alone, Feng Ziying made a rough guess, and they should fluctuate around 800,000 taels of silver.
As for other industries, Feng Ziying took a rough look at them and it was difficult to evaluate them.
Such as oil shops, spice shops, grain shops, silk and satin shops, pawn shops, jewelry shops, horse and carriage shops, boat shops, tea houses, Nan goods shops, there are dozens of them, dozens in total, either exclusive or large. shareholder.
Because we don’t know the scale of its business, we can only tell how much it cost when it was first established or invested in it. However, after so many years, it is difficult to judge how good the business is and how much it is worth.
But just for Taihe Silver Village, Feng Ziying thought that the equity value of the Zhen family's share would not be less than one million.
Of course, what Feng Ziying cares most about is cash.
The cash silver stored in the Zhen family's home was not too much or too little, 300,000 taels, and there were 20,000 taels of red gold, which was also worth 200,000 taels. What Feng Ziying didn't expect was that the Zhen family was still in Haitong. There were 300,000 taels of silver stored in the bank. This surprised Feng Ziying. She owned a bank, but she had to keep 300,000 taels of silver anonymously with a competitor. Dudu
As for other bits and pieces of various antiques, furniture, paintings, calligraphy, leather goods, and other items, there are also quite a few, but the price is hard to estimate, but at the low end, it is estimated to be worth 200,000 taels of silver.
This is one of the "sincerity" of the Zhen family.
Of course Feng Ziying didn't believe that the Zhen family would hand over all their belongings. How could such a wealthy family not understand this truth?
It is very rare to be able to hand over such a list to yourself under the last resort.
But according to Feng Ziying's estimation, this probably accounts for about 70% of the Zhen family's real wealth.