marquis of jingan

Chapter 233 It's Inescapable!

Because it was too disturbing, in order to be able to read books for a few days with peace of mind, Shen Yi simply moved to the house of his third brother Shen Ling to live for two days, and finally he was able to read books for two days with peace of mind, avoiding those annoying "relatives and friends" pay a visit to.

And Shen Ling was also very happy.

After all, his brother is promising. Originally, he was worried that Shen Yi would alienate his elder brother, but now it seems that he was thinking too much.

For this, Shen Ling dragged Shen Yi to drink for several days, the two brothers chatted happily, and lived happily ever after.

That day, the two brothers were sitting together drinking. After drinking for three rounds, Shen Yi toasted Shen Ling with a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Third brother, when the new year is over, my friends in Jiankang will come back. There is a business for you to do, are you interested?"

Shen Ling frowned again, and said: "It's still the same thing last time? Didn't I tell you? Uncle Ni forbids me to do business. Besides, my family also has [-] mu of land in the countryside. Although it is managed by others, every year Your elder brother and mine are indispensable, enough money for me and your third sister-in-law."

He picked up the wine glass and laughed at himself: "Your third brother and I are not at the point where we need you to help me, Seventh."

"It's not helping."

Shen Yi explained with a smile: "Those friends and I are running a joint business together. We originally agreed to split the accounts [-]-[-]%. At that time, the scale is conservatively estimated to be more than [-] taels of silver."

"If you have more money, you will be more attractive."

Shen Yi's face was calm: "Those little guys have never seen a lot of money, so I want the third brother to help keep an eye on it. After all, this is our Shen family's business, isn't it?"

"Ten thousand…"

Shen Laosan swallowed: "Wan Liang?"

One tael of silver can be compared to a lot of money. As we all know, a lot of money is used to describe a person who is very rich.

In other words, the scale of transactions exceeding ten thousand taels of silver is already very large.

After all, when the Ministry of Household Affairs came to Jiangdu to buy grain last year, it only allocated 5 taels of silver. No matter how the Fuzun Chen Yu tried to do it, the biggest gain was only 2 taels of silver.

Even for the sons of noble families like Shen Ling who don't have to worry about food and drink, this number is already huge enough.

Shen Ling was stunned for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "It's really such a big deal, why don't you let Fourth Uncle look after it for you, it's easier for you to talk to your father and son."

"Father, I'm afraid he won't be able to turn the corner."

Shen Yi had another glass of wine with Shen Ling, and said with a smile: "Besides, I have a cooperative relationship with a few young partners. When my father went, he probably treated them as buddies. If one is not handled properly, it will cause unpleasantness. Third brother, your lazy temperament is more suitable."

"How can you be so hurtful?"

Shen Ling glared at Shen Yi, and then said helplessly: "Honestly speaking, I have failed in my exams these past few years, and I have been doing nothing on weekdays. I am really bored. Sometimes your sister-in-law wants to buy some expensive jewelry, and I also want to buy some expensive jewelry." I'm not willing to buy it for her."

Shen Ling's family is not poor. After all, his father is an official in other places, and he is the magistrate of the county. The family has a lot of land, but his family's land is also "sent" by outsiders. On weekdays, he doesn't care about it. He only collects money on time. , are all of the same clan, and when others say that this year's income is owed and less will be given, Shen Ling is embarrassed to say anything.

Although these land rents are enough for a small couple to eat and spend, it is impossible to live a good life. After all, the real big landlords are thousands of acres of land, and they are all their own. Hiring tenants to farm is much more profitable than collecting land rent after such trickery.

"but…"

Shen Ling changed the subject, and said: "However, this matter still requires father's approval. Father will return to his hometown this year for the Chinese New Year. When the time comes..."

He looked at Shen Yi and smiled embarrassingly: "At that time, Qilang will have to explain it for me."

Shen Yi is now one of the only two Juren in the Shen family, and the other Juren, Shen Hui, is already 50 years old.

In other words, Shen Yi is the rising star of the Shen family, and now he has a very important voice in the family.

Shen Yi was a little surprised and asked, "Uncle is coming back this year?"

"It's coming back."

"I just wrote a letter yesterday, saying that Qilang, you have won the Juren, and his parents should come back to take a look no matter what."

Shen Ling snorted and said: "I should have come back a long time ago. I spent money to fill an official vacancy. After so many years of hard work, I couldn't get promoted. I'm quite old. I don't know what to do outside. It's better to come back sooner."

Hearing Shen Ling's words, Shen Yi probably understood that the county magistrate of his uncle should have done it.

Although he has only met Shen Hui a few times, he still has some understanding of Shen Hui's character. His uncle, it can be said that he loves face like his life.

Otherwise, most of the family wealth would not be dispersed, and he would have to become this official.

As long as he can continue to be an official, it is impossible for him to return to his hometown.

"It's good to be back."

Shen Yi smiled at Shen Ling: "I haven't seen Uncle for several years. Uncle can come back and call the two elder brothers of the Second Uncle's family. Our family will have a good year in Jiangdu this year."

In this era, the clan bondage is very serious, and if Shen Yi wants to make a difference in the court in the future, it is not enough to fight alone.

His greatest support is of course his younger brother Shen Heng, and his brother Shen Ling who has the best relationship with him, but other tribesmen can also become his support sometimes.

The clan interest community is the most solid interest group in this era.

Even some clan children would rather betray the court than the clan!

Shen Yi grew up in this era, and sometimes he had to act in accordance with the rules of this era, and had to make some compromises with this era.

"That's how it should be."

Shen Ling smiled and said: "I will write to the two brothers of the second uncle's family today, as for the third uncle's family..."

The third child of the Shen family ran away from Northern Qi in his early years and never came back for more than ten years.

Shen Ling thought of this, and heaved a long sigh: "I don't know if our Shen family can truly be reunited in our lifetime."

Shen Yi patted Shen Ling's shoulder, lowered his eyebrows and said, "There will be such a day..."

The two brothers were drinking in the courtyard of Shen Ling's house at the moment. While they were talking, a little girl hurried in and came to the two brothers panting.

She first looked at Shen Yi, then at Shen Ling, she couldn't help panting, she should have run all the way here.

"Master, third son..."

It was Qing'er, Shen Yi's maid.

Shen Qilang stopped the chopsticks in his hand and asked, "What happened?"

Qing'er wiped off his sweat and said, "My lord, someone has come to our house and wants to see you?"

"No see no see."

Shen Yi waved his hands impatiently, and said angrily: "I have been hiding at my third brother's house for the past few days just to hide from those messy relatives and old friends. Why do I have no eyesight at all and come here to look for me?"

"Just tell them, I went to visit friends and I'm not at home, let them find my father."

Since Shen Yi returned to his hometown, he has dealt with countless guests like this, and he has never tires of it.

Qing'er finally caught her breath, she looked at Shen Yi, and blinked: "Master, he is from Jiankang, it looks like..."

Qing'er was born as a maid in the palace, so she can see some doors that others can't see.

She looked around and whispered to Shen Yi.

"It looks like someone from the palace..."

(End of this chapter)