Near the door, Xu Xun stopped, but did not immediately turn around: "Aunt Dai has probably never asked about my character? I have never been a person who can be threatened! I think back in Nanjing,
I can donate all the land left by my father to build tribute courtyards and water conservancy projects, but I will never make it easier for that hypocrite Zhao Qin. Now that my father has inherited the title, do you think I will still be subject to it?
Those little tricks of yours?"
As he spoke, he turned around and saw that Aunt Dai's face on the bed was extremely ugly, so he smiled and said: "To be honest, I don't like to attack unrelated people for nothing, so Auntie doesn't have to worry about Ling Qianjin's behavior."
Anyway, after all, she can be regarded as my cousin. If the deed is destroyed, it will be destroyed. There are archives in Xuntian Palace. At worst, I will ask Eunuch Xiao, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, for help. As for the other Sitian, go
The yamen will check the old files carefully, and they can always get back more than half. It doesn't matter if you lose some, and it doesn't matter if you give some away for the sake of management. Anyway, we, father and son, are already very poor, and the worst thing we can do is not show off the ostentation of Xing'an Bo Mansion in the past."
"you you……"
Aunt Dai had also heard a thing or two about Xu Xun from Xu Yi. But after hearing about it, when she really saw this kind of determination, she could only feel a kind of panic and despair that she couldn't resist. If she were Xing'an
Mrs. Bo, a serious top interrogator, might be able to suppress her because she is an elder, but now the result of her persistence is very likely to be a mess. So, she clenched the bed sheet underneath her into a ball.
It took him a long while to choke out a sentence.
"What do you want!"
"Auntie, is this the wrong question? You stabbed our father and son behind our backs before, and I can let it go, but you didn't bother with taking poison on the first day we moved here, and now you want to ask us what we want?" Xu
Xun Xun suddenly raised his voice, and his tone suddenly became colder: "If you are not Mrs. Xing'an according to the rules, no matter who seizes the title, there is no reason to support you! This noble family has supported the previous generation.
The master has concubines, some of them send people to temples where they live forever, and some of them sell people directly to get rid of them all!"
Seeing that Aunt Dai's face turned pale, he softened his tone and said: "Since you gave birth to a daughter for my late uncle, if you take out the land deed, I will give you a piece of land for retirement. This is
This is the last chance, otherwise I would rather go to various yamen and struggle than step here again and let you fend for yourself!"
The reason why Aunt Dai was willing to follow Xu Yi in planning for the title was because of the benefits that the other party would bring. When she heard that Xu Xun had proposed this method, she immediately seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and said hurriedly: "Okay, I agree.
I promise you everything! But if you take something and regret it..."
"If I were more cruel and turned your fake poisoning into real poisoning, do you think you would still be alive?"
Aunt Dai, who was so fussy and mean about herself, was so frightened that her face turned even paler. After a long while, she finally stretched out her hand to touch her arms. After a while, she said coquettishly: "I have sewn all the things on my body, Sir, can you...
"
Hearing this, Xu Xun immediately walked out of the door without looking back. When he got down the steps in front of the door, he couldn't help but feel angry and funny. He knew that such a greedy and short-sighted woman would never dare to hand over anything to her.
Others, even their biological daughters and sons-in-law, are the same. They can't leave the house casually. Most of them just hide their things close to their bodies. They don't think about it. If he is really cruel, wouldn't it be convenient to do anything after death?
Xu Xun stood outside for a long time. The yard was always empty, and there was no movement in the wing. It seemed that there was no one, let alone anyone who dared to come up to show his courtesy. Until he stood there and gradually became impatient.
After a while, the sound of the door curtain being opened was heard, and then Zhu Ying walked forward with a pile of crumpled things in her hands.
"Master, this was made from my aunt's clothes. I counted it with Mother Cui and found that there are 800 acres of Wuqing farmland, 600 acres of Tongzhou farmland, and 800 acres of Miyun farmland..."
Listening to Zhu Ying reporting the numbers, Xu Xun secretly calculated in his mind and found that the total number of acres exceeded eight thousand acres, which was very different from the miserable situation of the remaining silver in the books of the uncle's house. He couldn't help but smack his lips.
No wonder that even though the nobles of the Ming Dynasty later only received empty posts and lived in vain, their families could still be so wealthy because they had so many things. In addition to Kinki, there were also many fields near Xuanfu Datong. It was obvious that they were from that time
It was left behind when Xu Heng was the chief military officer.
After listening to Zhu Ying finish reading, he took the pieces of paper and scanned them casually. When he saw that in addition to the Xing'an Bo Mansion, there were also property deeds for a total of twelve shops in Xisi Archway and Dengshikou Hutong, he rolled them up casually.
piece.
"In addition, my aunt still had a land deed in her hand, and she refused to take it out no matter what. The slave girl and Cui's mother took a look at it. It was a land deed for about 500 acres of land, not near Gyeonggi Province, but in Jurong.
My aunt said that if the young master keeps his word, he will transfer this land to her."
As Zhu Ying spoke, she couldn't help but curl her lips quietly, thinking to herself that Aunt Dai was really stupid. She handed over the big head to keep the small head, but now it was already a piece of fish on the chopping board. How could it be so easy. However, what she didn't expect was that
, Xu Xun smiled suddenly, and said in an understatement: "If she wants to keep it, let her keep it. Tell her, if she wants to transfer these lands to her own name quickly, she should transfer the land to her as soon as possible."
Clean it up. When she can go to the ground, I will naturally send someone to clean up this crop and send her out to rest in peace!"
After Xu Xun said this, he walked straight out. Naturally, he didn't see Zhu Ying standing there with a shocked face. Of course, even if he saw it, he wouldn't take it to heart. If a mere Aunt Dai took her things and left,
He doesn't mind letting things go, at least he can publicize his father and son's righteousness outside, but if he plays any tricks again, even if he transfers hundreds of acres of land, he will still have plenty of ways to make people beat him up.
After leaving the courtyard, he went straight to the main room, which was now renamed Cuizhuyuan. As soon as he entered the house, he saw that there was no one in the room. He had to go straight into the east room, but as soon as he opened the curtain, he saw Xu
Liangzheng was sitting at the desk, concentrating on writing. Two girls were standing next to him with their hands down. When he saw this, he laughed and waved his hand to move the people away, and then he tiptoed forward.
He walked around Xu Liang and watched for a long time. Seeing that his father didn't notice at all, he coughed dryly: "Dad is so excited!"
Xu Liang's hand shook, and a drop of ink immediately fell on the paper, and it suddenly smudged. He turned his head and glanced at Xu Xun angrily, but his old face turned slightly red. He put down the pen and complained: "What interest is there?"
, this is not just in case. If you really have to go to the Yamen, there will always be time to write. I haven’t touched a pen in many years. If I rush to write, I can’t make people laugh. I must practice first.
Those common ones.
The so-called common thing is Xu Liang's own surname. Xu Xun looked at the neat characters "Xu Liang" on the small piece of paper and smiled again. Xu Liang casually took the piece of paper
He crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the paper basket next to him. Then he glared at Xu Xun with some annoyance and said: "Okay, don't laugh. You didn't just know that your father has been better at pushing a paddy wagon than holding a pen these years! But you, just
It’s not enough to read without practicing calligraphy. I’ll go back and buy a knife or two of paper to practice and meditate.”
"Okay, okay, I listen to daddy!"
Only then did Xu Xun stop laughing, and then he flattened the things in his hands and put them on the desk: "Dad, I got this from Aunt Dai. In the past, I only thought that the rich Liu family now looks at my own home.
I accidentally became a nouveau riche."
When Xu Liang saw a pile of land deeds on the table, he realized that Xu Xun had actually asked for something from Aunt Dai. He stayed for a moment and then said with a smile: "Okay, you are indeed the strong one. You can let her do it easily and skillfully."
Take out these things." After reading them one by one, he started counting with his fingers, and frowned at the end.
"This number is wrong, it's too different."
He originally thought that the amount of eight thousand acres was scary enough, so although Xu Xun also thought that he would have to check again to see if there was any concealment, Xu Liang's sentence was so wrong that he was still greatly surprised.
Xu Liang casually counted the land deeds in front of him, and it didn't take long before he divided them into several piles. He looked at them again, then shook his head and said: "These should be land grants from past generations. Even if she doesn't hand them over, she can still pass them."
I looked up the old archives and found that the missing fields should be those in Xing'an Bo Mansion. In the early years, the imperial court encouraged nobles to reclaim wasteland, and my grandfather went out to town many times. As far as I know, Xing'an Bo Mansion was recruiting people.
The land cultivated from wasteland must not be less than 600 hectares, which is 60,000 acres! Although you are smart, you don't understand the reputation of these aristocratic families, let alone Aunt Dai, a housewife."
Sixty thousand acres! Is this how much the nobles of the Ming Dynasty were able to live happily despite not doing anything?
Xu Xun couldn't help but take a breath: "There are so many? What do you mean, dad..."
"Not much. You know, in order to subsidize the general soldiers who leave the town, the imperial court will give them 150 hectares of land for each term to collect rent, and it is public land. After all, nowadays, those general soldiers rarely let nobles work as soldiers.
Yes. But in the early years, when your great-grandfather was in Beibian, it was almost normal for him to let military households and tenant farmers clear up wasteland. He often went out to control Beibian. My father had no other talents, but he was very good at managing accounts.
If you have a hand, this number can be counted. However, these fields were collected by the family stewards in the past, and they know exactly where they are than the owners. Since Aunt Dai can't take them out, it shows that my eldest brother died suddenly that day, and there was no time for all this.
Explain. In short, you don’t have to worry about these things. As a father, I can’t do anything else, but the boss has more ideas than you in this matter!"
Xu Xun had no experience with this kind of trivial household chores. His father was willing to take part in it, so he was naturally happy and relaxed. He immediately smiled and said: "Well, father, you can take part in the task, one can take care of the other, not to mention there is a monk."