my steam dam

Chapter 12 You have to be a rich woman!
On the road from the Imperial Palace to Liuxiang Lane, the steam locomotive of Huaininghou Mansion was galloping at a constant speed of fifty miles per hour.

Peng Ke, who was sitting in the car, was carefully looking up the information of the Mu family.

He had already returned from the imperial palace, and Emperor Hongwu didn't have any other tasks for him, just let him continue to clean up the errands of the rivers and lakes.

This matter has been done since Peng Ke took over as the commander of Jin Yiwei, and it is not something that can be done in a short while.

Daming is too big!
It took Peng Ke two years to wipe out the so-called "jianghu sects" and "heroes" who used martial arts to violate the ban in Liaodong, Guanzhong, Northwest, Southwest and other places.

At present, the heroes of martial arts in the south of the Yangtze River have not been taken down, which is a year and a half.

Originally, according to the plan, after returning to Beijing this time, he would continue to go to Jiangnan to oversee this matter, sweeping away the Hehuan Sect, Hualian Sect, Diancang Sect, Buyan Sect and other martial arts sects rooted in Jiangnan.

Now, however, Penk has changed his plans.

Before going to Jiangnan, he needs to meet the blind date that his father arranged for him.

"Tsk tsk tsk Mu's Weaving has twelve large silkworm farms, six large textile factories, two coal mines, one textile machine factory, and one ticket office!"

"Combined with the weaving shops all over the south of the Yangtze River and countless tenants offering mulberry, the entire industrial chain has been captured, from silkworm rearing to the final finished cloth, and even the ticket numbers for money exchange are complete."

Seeing the Mu's information collected by Ah Hu, Peng Ke was greatly surprised.

Where is this rich family?
It is simply a rich family!
No wonder he was able to contract the military uniform weaving work for the Ming army!
And Daming has two weavers as big as the Mu family!
The three companies are called the three major weaving companies in the south of the Yangtze River, and they almost monopolize the textile industry in Ming Dynasty!
The Mu family alone can pay 10 taels a year in taxes!
You know, the total tax revenue of Ming Dynasty is only 1000 million to 500 million taels of silver!
Among them, the Mu family contributed [-]%!

It might not be intuitive to say that.

To put it another way, Hyundai Huaxia's annual tax revenue is 15 trillion yuan, which is equivalent to a modern company's annual tax revenue of 500 billion yuan!

Although the tax ratios in the two worlds are different, and the money units are not so simple to convert.

But in any case, one can imagine how rich a family can contribute one percent of Daming's annual tax quota!

Such a wealthy family made Penke's mouth water!
The Mu family has no legitimate sons!
The contemporary head of the Mu family has only two daughters, one is 17 years old and the other is 14 years old.

It's not that I don't want to have a son, it's that the sons I gave birth died young and failed to grow up healthily.

According to the information obtained by Jin Yiwei, Lao Mutou is still trying to get the old clam to produce pearls!
Don't care whether Peng Ke, the prospective father-in-law, can give birth to a son in the future!
As long as he can marry the first daughter of the Mu family, then the old Mu family will be tied to the chariot of the Huaininghou Mansion!
Whether it is to integrate into this imperial power society, strive to climb up, or want to break this decadent society and start a revolution, Peng Ke's life path needs money a lot!

It has to be a rich woman!
After marrying such a rich woman, Peng Ke's life can directly enter the fast lane!
For the first time, Peng Ke felt that his father finally found the right way and did a great thing!

After briefly reading the information on the Mu family's property, Peng Ke couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear, making Ah Hu, who had been sitting by the side, feel a little uncomfortable.

His own son is such a black-bellied person, he has never seen such a lewd smile on his face, and from time to time he makes two hecks, it's really frightening to watch!
However, when Penke turned the information to the second page, the smile on his face quickly disappeared and was replaced by a dignified look.

"Mu Guoli, the head of the Mu family, has one son and two daughters."

"He had two wives, the first one was his wife Mu Jiangshi, who died of depression in Hongwu in 21 years."

"The second wife, Mu Fang, was originally Mu Jiang's dowry maid. After Mu Jiang's death, she was promoted to be the main wife."

"The eldest son, Mu Ziyan, was born in the second year of Hongwu. His biological mother was the wife of Mu Guoli. In the 20th year of Hongwu, when he was inspecting Mu's textile factory in Suzhou, he met a thief and was assassinated to death."

"The eldest daughter, Mu Xiyun, was born in Hongwu in the 11th year, and her biological mother is the official wife of Mu Guoli."

"The second daughter, Mu Yunwen, was born in Hongwu in 14th year, and her biological mother is the second wife, Mu Fang."

Just looking at the information of the family members of the Mu family, it is actually quite normal.

But Peng Ke, who had watched a lot of soap operas in his previous life, subconsciously felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the Mu family.

With his rich experience, he has already made up in his mind a grand palace fight drama in the Gaomen mansion!

The dowry maid secretly murdered the eldest son born to the main wife in order to get the upper hand. The main wife was hit by this, devastated, and died of depression.

The dowry maid was successfully upright and became the wife of a wealthy man in the south of the Yangtze River, enjoying the glory and wealth!Therefore, one's own daughter can become a legitimate daughter and enjoy the same inheritance rights as the only daughter left by the main wife.

Even because the main wife has passed away, I can still blow the pillow wind continuously, making the master prefer the younger daughter more and neglect the eldest daughter!
Damn, what a "Mu Family Courtyard"!

This is made into a series, enough for forty episodes, right?

But, this is just Penke's joke.

His probable father-in-law, Mu Guoli, was obviously not a fool to manage the Mu family to this point.

Such an obvious conjecture, even Peng Ke could think of it, but Mu Guoli couldn't think of it for no reason.

And since he still supports Mu Fang as his wife, Mu Guoli must have done a very detailed investigation after his son's accident, and determined that Mu Ziyan's death was really an accident and had nothing to do with Mu Fang. .

Otherwise, Mu Fang could still have a good life now.

Peng Ke quickly put his joking thoughts behind him, and began to look at other bits and pieces of information about the Mu family.

However, there is not much valuable information, at most it is some big business moves of the Mu family in the past two years.

After all, Jinyiwei is not an intelligence agency that faces ordinary people.

Emperor Hongwu singled out Jin Yiwei from the twelve guards of the pro-army in order to let them monitor the officials and keep an eye on the ministers of the DPRK and China, and they were specialized in anti-corruption work.

Occasionally, they also do some spying work on the military situation. There are scattered spies in Beiman, Nanyue, Western Regions and other places, doing some work such as collecting military information and instigating enemy generals.

Jin Yiwei's torture scope was only aimed at officials and scholar-bureaucrats.

So even though Mu Guoli is one of the best weavers in Daming, Jin Yiwei usually doesn't pay much attention to him, and just makes a summary record.

This is because Mu Guoli is really too rich. Maybe one day the emperor may feel that the treasury has no money, and he needs to kill a few fat pigs for the New Year. In order to ensure that the emperor can choose someone at any time, Jin Yiwei will take care to record some information. .

After all, the status of businessmen in feudal society was low, and it was common for them to be used as fat pigs and slaughtered to enrich the treasury at any time.

That's all there are so many records related to Mu Guoli.

After roughly reading all the information about the Mu family, Peng Ke also had a preliminary understanding of the Mu family.

He is very satisfied!

Except that the Mu family is too rich and there is a risk of being slaughtered by the emperor, other aspects are a good match for Peng Ke!
And the only risk is actually not unavoidable. As long as the whitewashing work is done well, it is not a problem to become an imperial businessman stamped by the state in minutes.

At a time when Peng Ke desperately needs to accumulate strength, the richer the Mu family, the better!
Although it is shameful to eat soft rice, it is delicious!
"Ah Hu, turn around and help me to send a greeting card to the Mu family. I will visit tomorrow."

　In the early Ming Dynasty, the purchasing power of silver was really high.

　　One tael of silver is roughly equivalent to 1000 yuan in today's money.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)