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. However, the government still has to send people to the north to buy some property. For example, the shop and Zhuangzi 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 the children and grandchildren.
Zhang Fu nodded: "Mother is very worried. My son will send someone to the north to buy some properties."
Looking around for a while, he smiled again: "Your old man still has fifteen grandchildren who are not married. This property is less, and I am afraid that they will not be able to move."
Mrs. Tai saw it, it was not, the hall was full of children and grandchildren.
It is said that she is very lucky. A man was posthumously made a prince and deserved to enjoy the imperial temple. She herself was named a wife, her son is also a prince, her only daughter is a noble concubine, her two sons are also high-ranking officers in the army, and her grandchildren are also promising.
But this house full of children and grandchildren cost a lot of money.
Mrs. Tai smiled and shook her head, "Then I don't care, and each of you can worry about it."
"Mother, you can't ignore it. You have seven grandchildren in our second room." Hou joked.
After Hou finished speaking, his eyes widened. What about his seven children? Are you still waiting to get married?
Thunderbolt 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 throw you away."
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
Zhang Fu laughed and scolded Zhang for being 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 use, 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 family, and there are quite a few members.
Huo Xi thought about ethnology, and reminded: "Father will buy another house for ethnology."
"Nannan is right, I wrote it down for my father."
Everyone chatted about some homework, having fun.
Before lunch, Huo Nian and Huo Xi were hanging out in the mansion, whispering: "My sister helped me buy a lot of property in the north, should I tell my father? Let him take it out to resettle the clansmen?"
Huo Xi was very pleased to see him, 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.
"It's up to my father. It's just started now, and I have to look at the thoughts of the tribe. When they really need it, you can resettle them. It will be more popular. Everything is like this. It's easy to add flowers, but difficult to give them. You 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 smiled and wanted to pat his head, and saw that the child was taller than her. Although he is only fifteen years old, he has already become a hundred household of the sixth rank of the Beijing Guard by his own ability.
"Follow my father to learn skills so that we can support the family in the future."
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, and there seemed to be light in his eyes.
Looking closely, it seems that the tears shed by Xiao Yuer are the same. 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.
Xiao Yuer shut his mouth when he saw it. 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 corners of Mu Yan's mouth twitched.
"The son-in-law said, do you have something to discuss with your father?" Zhang Fu collected his emotions, walked up to Huo Xi with Xiao Yu'er in his arms.
Huo Xi glanced at his son, saw that he was obedient, and smiled at his son.
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, but Xiao Yuer didn't feel any pain when he pulled his beard.
Mu Yan reached out and took Xiao Yuer over.
Zhang Fu looked at his empty arms and glared at Mu Yan.
Looking at Huo Xi, he sighed: "A few years ago, I also thought about using military merits in exchange for your grandfather's family being 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."
Perseverance, the emperor has not picked up on him.
As a subject, he also knew that the emperor hated those old officials from the previous dynasty. 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 replace 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 Dong Xue appearing on the road ahead, he said to Zhang Fu: "My sugar-making method is very beneficial, and my father will know it when he sees it. Of course, this alone is not enough."
Over the years, my grandfather’s family took the overseas high-yield seeds she sent and planted them with the exile village and nearby villagers. After cultivating the local soil in the past few years, the seeds have adapted well, without acclimatization to the soil and water, and have been producing high yield year after year.
Emperor Yongkang wanted to move the capital and build the city of Beijing, with millions of people, plus so many people in the military camp in the north had to eat and drink, which cost a lot of money and food every day. If there is high-yield 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, the things are here."
Huo Nian knew about his 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 that she saw the jars that Qiushuang brought, she knew what was in them.
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 world.
"Ten years?" What a good thing, earning money for ten years?
(end of this chapter)