Huang Laoxie’s Peach

Zheng Guofan took the title deed handed over by the owner of Yan and Xiaoqian's document of relying on him. He was stunned when he saw it.

There is no problem with Xiaoqian's personal documents. The key is that the land deed was shocked directly by Zheng Guofan. As expected, he was vilified by this old fox. He was indeed a businessman!

If it were someone else, after seeing the land deed, I would probably cry and shout to the owner Yan and come and criticize me! But the good official always felt a little scared, so it was said that he would be either a traitor or a thief if he had nothing to do!

The land deed, including the entire peach forest, means that after turning in from the official road, you enter a private place. How big is this peach forest? One hundred acres, one acre of land in the Ming Dynasty is 47 steps long and one hundred acres. It takes 4700 steps from one end to the other.

Not to count the value of peach trees, one acre of land in Zhejiang is about 50 taels to ten taels of silver. Of course, ten taels are the price of good paddy fields. The peach forest will definitely not be sold at that price, but no matter how you calculate it, you will have five taels of silver per acre. That means that peach forest alone will have five hundred taels of silver. This only counts the acres of land, and does not count the price of peach trees.

It has been planted for at least several years, and it has entered its peak fruiting period. In other words, starting from the tenth year of Wanli this year, these peach trees will bear a large amount of peaches every year in the next fifteen to twenty years. The peaches on Peach Blossom Island are not sold for money Zheng Guofan doesn’t know, but this hundred acres of peach trees bloom in spring and bear fruit in summer. How much does it cost?

How much was the price of a pound of peaches in the Ming Dynasty? There is a story about a profitable businessman who bought a lot of oranges at a price of five cents and one hundred, then put four small plates in a place where the ship was located. The barbarians boarded the ship and sold them for 2 cents per plate, which was almost ten times the profit. When he sold them out, he would be tiring up a thousand gold coins.

The notes did not say how much they sold, and the price of oranges must be different from that of peaches. But from this, when the 100 acres of peach trees bear fruit in the summer, he hired someone to pick the peaches and take them to the wharf more than two miles away. He also used this method to sell them, and he could sell them for a thousand gold! The Ming Dynasty people called a thousand gold, which is one thousand taels of silver.

Of course, there is a profit conversion here, which does not mean that this hundred acres of peach trees are 1,000 taels of silver.

In addition, from the door of the house to the fine sand and stone road on the official road, the pavilion on the road, it was calculated that it would cost 3,000 taels of silver to be purchased!

But now! Four hundred taels, a land deed was given to him Zheng Guofan.

Seeing Zheng Xiaoguan's dull expression, Ship owner Yan was so proud! He thought to himself that this Taolin and the house cost more than 2,000 taels of silver. I only said that the house was, but now it was too late! He was quite proud of Emperor Taizong of Tang that "all the heroes in the world have entered my destiny": Boy, don't look at your intelligence, you will still get into my trap.

In other words, the good official was still put on by the ship owner Yan. He did not criticize his money, but deliberately gave him a huge advantage to the good official.

After a long time of dazed, the good official grabbed the sleeve of the ship owner Yan and said quietly: "Uncle Yan, this... is inappropriate!"

"What? Want to regret it?" Boat owner Yan glared, "Would you like to sue me and go to Ningbo lobby as soon as you arrive in Ningbo?"

Damn, the good official is so funny, this is too naughty!

As the ship owner Yan said, patted the good official's shoulder and laughed twice, "Nephew, you must be cautious when signing and sealing in the future!" He went out with a smile, and said while walking: "Xiaoqian's clothes, jewelry, cages and other clothes at my house will be sent by someone later and say goodbye."

Seeing the old fox get on the carriage, He Maxiang nodded and bowed to him, "Little husband, the villain is gone."

The good official gave him two steps, and the little maid Xiaoqian followed him silently. Seeing the carriage disappearing on the bent road in the peach forest, the little maid suddenly burst into tears. No matter what, she had been living in the Yan family for fourteen years, and from now on, Nie Xiaoqian has nothing to do with the Yan family.

After standing at the door for a while, the little white horse was tied to a place not far from the door, and shouted at him Yu Yu a few times. He walked over, stroked the little white horse's cheek a few times, and turned around and entered the door.

Dad Zheng was still resting inside, and Datou was too excited to look at the house. He didn't know where to watch the flowers and plants! Shan Chixia came up and said, "Young Master, what did you say?"

The good official handed the land deed to Shan Chixia. Shan Chixia took a look and was shocked. Although he had not returned to his hometown for 20 years, the price changes in ancient times were not like modern times. There would be no situation where 50 taels of silver to buy a house for 50 taels of silver in twenty years, so it is roughly guessed that it would cost two or three thousand taels of silver.

Frowning, Shan Chixia thought to herself that businessmen would not get up early without profit. The Yan family seemed to think that the young master had a bright future, so they sold it to the young master early. If it weren't for the young master's thirteen years old this year, they would probably have just started marrying their daughter.

This debt of favor is hard to repay! Shan Chixia touched her chin, but she had no idea. The contract was signed and stamped. She had no place to regret it. She just took one step at a time! Fortunately, the young master finally had a future. No matter what, let others make great efforts to invest, which shows that the young master is a rough jade!

So he smiled and said, "It is better to help him in time than to add icing on the cake. This Master Yan is also a person! I will take this deed to the master to collect this deed! As for this favor debt, you must pay it back slowly by Master. It really doesn't work. Just marry his lady in two years."

"Uncle Shan, I'm only thirteen years old, okay?" The good official also felt helpless, but he was still a little proud in his heart. He asked others to rush to send fields, land and houses. This feeling of being recognized is actually very pleasant, just like a top scholar parading in the streets, which is actually a kind of pleasure of being recognized.

Now that we have a place to settle down and have a family, the Zheng family discussed in the lobby. First of all, the ones that need to be used at home are like tea and food, and the servants like the ones who clean up the house have to put them in. After all, the family needs to find reliable people, and they can't just buy two of them randomly. Next, the food, clothing and consumption must be calculated. With this hundred acres of peach forest, two farmers may have to be hired to take care of them.

"Big Head." Shan Chixia scolded her son, "You don't have to worry about serving the young master in the future. You can have Xiaoqian, but if you run around and don't do serious things..."

"Chixia." Dad Zheng sat at the top of the Eight Immortals table, waved to Shan Chixia, and said, "Bigou is still small. Besides, if you ask someone for a few taels of silver, wouldn't you finish everything he can do? Is my big head worth only a few taels of silver?"

The good official standing at the door of the main hall felt a little amused. His father was also quite energetic. The thirty tael wooden building had just been sold for less than a month! Now he lives in a villa of thirty taels, and his father looks down on a few taels of silver.

Of course, my father was stuck in a small room upstairs after he got sick. After a few years, his temperament may have changed a little, which is understandable. In short, it is urgent to make money to support the family. Looking at the situation in front of him, I am afraid that I can't afford to earn less than 1,000 taels of silver a year.

He also calculated that this hundred acres of peach forest would probably make a fortune next summer, but that would be next year. Now it is only the end of September, and there are still half a year left. It is estimated that the living silver will be only three or four hundred taels of taels of silver. This house is so big that at least four or five people will be hired to send it. If you have to eat and drink for a month, you will probably be able to last until the end of the year, three or four months.

However, I still have a notebook in my hand, and if I sell it, I will be able to write two more copies in the past three or four months!

As the saying goes, I feel unhappy when I have food in my hands. I just have a manor worth 3,000 taels to be managed. If I don’t have money, how can I keep it? For example, I will give a cruise ship worth 30 million to an ordinary white-collar worker, chop him up all over, and I can’t afford it!

After discussing the matter at home, the whole family knew something. At this time, the good official mentioned Xiaoqian's document of relying on his body, "Xiaoqian, you should just keep this document of relying on his body!"

He was quite concerned about Huafan's death in his heart. Of course, the difference between the five hundred years of gap and the difference in ancient and modern views cannot be explained clearly in one sentence or two sentences. Could it be that he would blame his father? Therefore, he would prepare for the future and give Xiaoqian's documentary to herself. No one can tell what happened in the future, just like Shan Chixia, even if he burned his documentary to his documentary, would he leave the Zheng family?

Xiaoqian took the document with her body in a daze, trembling lips, trying to speak, but she couldn't speak, and her heart was cold. Is the young master going to drive me away now?

Seeing her nervously tense and her shoulders shrank, like a kitten that was about to be abandoned, the good official smiled and said, "It's not that I want to drive you away, but my beliefs are different from others. I think the relationship between people is not determined by a contract to sell oneself..."

Xiaoqian cried out loudly and knelt on the ground, "Young Master, why are you so kind to Xiaoqian? Xiaoqian and the lady grew up together. The lady never said such a thing. Last year, the lady took me to a poetry meeting. A famous scholar asked the lady to ask for Xiaoqian. Although the lady did not agree, since then, every time she went out to attend the poetry meeting with the lady, Xiaoqian was worried, afraid that the lady would give Xiaoqian to others, and she was afraid that the lady would suddenly fall in love with the old famous scholars and would take Xiaoqian out of marriage. Xiaoqian didn't want to live like that, didn't want to attend any poetry meeting, didn't want to learn any poetry singing, and didn't want to marry a famous scholar with a lot of white beard..."

Seeing the little maid kneeling on the ground and talking with tears and snot, the whole family was a little silent. Dad Zheng was a little blamed by the good official in his heart. If there was no document between the master and the servant, what would it do? What if he encountered a bad slave bullying the master?

After all, I can't expect Dad Zheng to regard everyone as a person like Shan Chixia who has had a lifelong relationship with him. He talks about everyone equality. It was even more a joke in the Ming Dynasty. All he could do was to ask for peace of mind. When he was a fan of the painting, did he feel timid and fearful?

Dad Zheng coughed twice and said to him: "Okay, look at this girl, she is also well-behaved and honest. You can just take care of her own documents! You can do things well. In two years, when the good official becomes older, you will eventually be praised."

The good official quickly apologized to his father, and he still had to give me this face. No matter what, making decisions without discussing with me was also a crime in the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing Xiaoqian kneeling on the ground and saying thank you, the master, the good official reached out and pulled her up. Although he was trying his best to get used to this body, the habit of the entire Ming Dynasty, he was still very strange and unacceptable to others' kowtows. Perhaps, in a few years, he would slowly become a complete Ming Dynasty person!

The big head next to him muttered: "Fortunately, the young master didn't force me to learn any poetry and sing rewards. The young master often said that if you talk about shamelessness, scholars are the most shameless..."

"Big Head." The good official glared, thinking that he could say this casually, "When did I say this?"

"What did Mr. Zhao say to you who wanted to buy your article for five cents last time?" The big head stubbornly felt that he was right, and the good official couldn't laugh or cry. "It's so difficult to let you learn two more words. What I mean is that most of the unfaithful scholars are scholars, and they always follow the dog slaughterer for righteousness."

"Isn't that the most shameless scholar?" Big Head muttered. His father Dan Chixia scolded him, "Is there no rules again?"

"Okay, okay, you've defeated." The good official can't care carefully about the eleven-year-old big head! He had to use the words of using candy to coax the child, "That's it, but! You can't just say this casually. Young Master, most of the scholars I have in the future are scholars. If you say this and are heard by others, wouldn't you laugh at us for being incompetent? You just need to know it in your heart. If any scholar dares to open his mouth and ask the young master to ask Xiaoqian in the future, you will slapped him, and then say a word that every dog ​​slaughtering generation is often a scholar, and you are very embarrassed by others. But remember, you can't say that scholars are the most shameless."

Datou grinned when he heard this, first nodded, then laughed at Xiaoqian, full of pride, "I saw it! Our family doesn't want any poetry lessons or singing rewards. Just have a young master alone to understand. Anyway, those scholars and juren are not as good as the young master."

Xiaoqian finally calmed down and cried after he said this. Yan Qingwei was indeed nice to her. She picked up the gold bracelet and put it on her wrist without blinking. However, she never said like a good official that you should hold the document by yourself. If you get along with others, don’t sell your body contract.

You know, who is willing to be a slave for others? I treat you well for you all my life and do everything for you. But signing a humiliating contract to sell your body is another matter, although being a dog for you may be much more comfortable than being a human being.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty had two more extreme views on personal transactions. One was to die. You were slaves all your life, and your son and grandsons were slaves. Even if you were beaten to death, you would only be a disciple of two years according to the law. The other was equivalent to the nanny, confinement nanny, auntie, who would give you money and work for you, I would still call you master, but we have no master-servant relationship. Judging from the laws of the Ming Dynasty, I am still a good citizen, and my descendants would still study and take the exam for scholars and juren. If you beat me, I am sorry, we will see you in court and will still sue you for bankruptcy.

Like Xiaoqian, I am a standard servant of the Death Demon family. I treat you well. I take off my clothes and wear them and push them to eat them. It’s like raising a dog. I like it so much that I have to carry them to bed and sleep together every day. I eat a piece of chocolate, and I bite half of it and half of it for you to eat, but this cannot change the current situation of human beings and dogs still being dogs. After you eat half of the chocolate I lick, I still still being dogs.

But when the good official gave Xiaoqian the contract to Xiaoqian, Xiaoqian's identity changed from a legal perspective. She was a good citizen rather than a slave, a human rather than a dog. It can be said that at this moment, Xiaoqian began to do anything to the good official. And how much does that document on her body cost? It was only six taels of silver. This contract was in the hands of others, and Xiaoqian could not change the fact that she was only worth six taels of gold and silver. This contract was in Xiaoqian's own hands, and Xiaoqian was priceless.

This is the difference between the good official who has a five hundred years of vision and the female disciple of Mr. Qingteng.

"Okay." Shan Chixia glared at Shan Sinan fiercely. This brat is eleven years old and has a bad temper. "Feel the horse, don't wander around in front of me." Datou stuck out his tongue when he heard this and went out honestly.

The good official next to him laughed secretly, no wonder Jia Baoyu's father couldn't stand his son. The father and son's relationship with his son was indeed not as harmonious as the mother and son's mother!

Shan Chixia chose the master's wing room for Dad Zheng and helped him in to rest. Xiaoqian was swollen with her eyes and looked for a broom around and said she wanted to clean it. The house was actually very clean. When the owner of Yan built it to give his daughter Yan Qingwei in the future. He was also a scholar and had some goods in his belly. The Taolin and the house were quite like Tang Yin and Tang Bohu, who were "Taohua Temple in Taohuawu, and Taohua Fairy under Taohua Temple". Every once in a while, there were always people from the Yan family to clean it.

Now that the peach forest has changed its owner, Zheng Guofan naturally wants to change his style and drag Xiaoqian to find the study, "Come on, let's write a couplet first."

After Xiaoqian grind the ink, Zheng Guofan pulled the paper, licked the brush, and wrote a familiar couplet:

The shadow of peach blossoms falls and the flying magic sword.
Chapter completed!