1825 My New Daming

Chapter 43 Really Fragrant
Zhuge Weidao used to have a carriage, so instead of driving it himself, he hired a big man from Shandong named Wang Wen as his driver.

This Wang Wen was originally a low-ranking naval officer, and a classmate of Zhuge Weidao at the Naval Academy.But the reincarnation was not good, he is not the "king" of Wencun, Guangdong (Zhennan Wang's family), but the "king" of Langya, Shandong.Not only is he not a member of the Eight Great Aristocratic Families, he is not even connected to the Xunchen family, but he is an aspiring young man who was born as a commoner and entered the navy.As a result, he became an early bird and a scapegoat in the Java Incident, and became one of the few officers who were forcibly retired or demoted.

And it was Zhuge Weidao who arranged Wang Wen's retirement - he was an investigator of the Ministry of the Navy at the time, and was directly responsible for investigating the truth of the incident.Otherwise, how to make a difference?

Those who have a backer can't hand it in, and those who don't have a backer but are more obedient can't wrong them. This Wang Wen has no backer and is a leader, of course he is unlucky.

However, Zhuge worked for Dao, and even though Wang Wen retired, he recruited him under his own sect and made him a well-paid chauffeur—the chauffeur is only temporary, and one day Zhuge will become Dao Tengda Now, for example, after taking down the position of military adviser of Zhuge's family, it is only a trivial matter to arrange for him to return to the navy to serve as an officer.At that time, Wang Wen will be Zhuge Weidao's direct descendant in the army. Of course Zhuge Weidao doesn't remember this matter. When he was sitting in the carriage and heading to Wuxianghoufu, Guo Xiaobao and He Tianran said something. I told him in one language.

After hearing what they said, Zhuge Weidao also admired his original self a little bit-look at this skill, he obviously used others as a scapegoat, but in the end he accepted him as a confidant!

This EQ is at least 180!

"Brother Daozi, this is the account book I sorted out for you overnight. The movable property, real property, and various income and output accounts under your name are all on it." The good account book is handed over to Zhuge.

The original Zhuge Weidao of these accounts is naturally very clear, but isn't he losing his memory now?It's such a pain not to remember how much money you have!

And after he read the account book that He Tianran gave him, he felt even more painful-he seemed not as rich as he thought, and he spent a lot of money!

Of course, Zhuge Weidao must be a rich man. The real estate under his name includes a house in Goulan Hutong, a pasture outside the mouth, a mansion in Nanjing City, a villa in Beijing Xishan, and Beijing Dongcheng Outside Chaoyang Gate. One floor in the business district, a mansion in Borneo, and a mansion in the Mountain Resort of Yanshan Prefecture. There are seven real properties in total!

However, except for the one floor of the business district outside Chaoyangmen, these real estates can receive some rent, and the rest are only expenses without income. The property tax and maintenance costs alone cost five to six thousand a year!

Zhuge Weidao also owns shares in two companies, one is the Suez Canal Company and the other is the Sakhalin Oil Company.The former is a company listed in London, Shanghai, and Paris. The stock has risen very well, and there are more than 1 silver dollars in dividends every year.And the latter is still a money-losing product. It looks for oil everywhere and keeps raising funds, but so far it has found nothing, and Zhuge Weidao has continued to increase investment for several years.

In addition, Zhuge Weidao still has more than 4 but less than [-] deposits in Changjiang Bank's account to meet daily turnover.

If you only look at these, Zhuge Weidao's financial situation seems to be okay.But Zhuge Weidao's income and expenditure account looks very bad!
The income items in the income and expenditure account are salaries, dividends from Suez, rent of real estate outside Chaoyangmen, and some bank interest. The annual "recurring item income" is almost [-] to [-]—[-] silver dollars!
The item of expenditure is the expenditure of various properties, including the expenditure of "retainers" including Yu De, He Tianran, and Wang Wen, as well as the expenditure of Zhuge Weidao himself-Zhuge Weidao's own expenditure seems to be not small, and he eats well. Yes, good use, good drinking, and all kinds of communication expenses. Spending money like running water probably means a person like him!
And these various expenses added together are actually several thousand more than Zhuge Weidao's current project income. If you count the additional investment in the Sakhalin Petroleum Company, Zhuge Weidao has lost money every year in the past few years. "Compensation" goes in for a small [-]!
"Mu Ru," Zhuge Weidao put away the account book, and looked at his "financial manager" a little puzzled, "This account loses tens of thousands of silver dollars every year. Will it go bankrupt if this continues?"

He Tianran was taken aback, "Bankrupt? Dong Weng, how could you be bankrupt? Take a closer look at your account at the Changjiang Bank. There will be two large sums of income every year, enough to offset all your expenses."

"How many large sums of income?" Zhuge Weidao picked up the ledger and looked at it carefully, and there really was it!
"This is." His complexion changed, and he asked in a low voice, "Isn't this corruption and bribery?"

"No, no, you are an upright official!" Guo Xiaobao said with a smile, "Brother Daozi, don't worry, although you will have two huge incomes from unknown sources every year, you are definitely an upright official, I can guarantee it!"

It turned out that Zhuge Weidao was an upright official with a huge fortune of unknown origin!
He was still a little worried, and looked at He Tianran again. He Tianran said with a smile: "Dong Weng, the more of these two incomes was given to you by the Queen Mother! How can the money given to you by the Queen Mother be regarded as corruption and bribery?"

"This really can't be regarded as corruption and bribery!" Zhuge Daoxin said: "This is eating soft rice, right? Eating the Queen Mother's soft rice is not against the law, right? But then again, the Queen Mother's soft rice is really delicious!"

Zhuge Weidao asked again: "Who gave the other sum? Could it be some rich widow?"

After hearing this, Guo Xiaobao and He Tianran had strange smiles on their faces, and they even provoked Thumbs up.

"You are wise," He Tianran said with a smile, "it was given by a rich widow."

Come on, this Zhuge Weidao's soft rice is more than one family!
Guo Xiaobao's next words were even more beyond Zhuge Weidao's imagination.

"Brother Daozi, that widow is my aunt, your stepmother!"

Zhuge Weidao couldn't believe his ears stepmother?Did the soft meal hit the stepmother?This is too bottomless, right?
Zhuge thought about it, but felt wrong, "Baozhi, I, my stepmother is rich?"

"Of course!" Guo Xiaobao nodded and said with a wry smile, "Daozi, don't think I have much money, but my aunt is very rich! My aunt and my father were not born by the same mother. My aunt and her mother are Japanese children of the Zheng family. The eldest lady of the Zheng family in the Zongqian seat gave 200 million silver dollars as a dowry when she married my grandfather. The money plus the later value-added part belonged to my aunt, and my aunt took the money to marry your father. Your father helped my aunt to invest the money in the Suez Canal. So now my aunt is rich, a rich woman!"

"But why did she give me money?" Zhuge Weidao frowned. Although the queen mother's "rice" is very delicious, this kind of "rice" cannot be eaten too much, and this is a stepmother!This is going to be eaten, isn't it a cuckold for Zhuge Youde's spirit in heaven?
"I don't know about that," Guo Xiaobao shook his head, and then added, "Although my aunt is a generation older than you, she is about seven or eight years older than you. know."

Zhuge Weidao heard beads of sweat on his forehead, where did he hear this story!
When he was thinking about asking more, the carriage he was riding in had already stopped outside the gate of a mansion on the Shicha Seashore in the north of the city.Zhuge Weidao opened the curtains and took a look, well, this mansion is a large area of ​​darkness, the front door is extremely wide, and the horse posts at the door are row after row, all polished smooth.How could Zhuge Weidao's mansion in Goulan Hutong compare to that kind of aura of wealth?

He hurriedly asked, "Is this the Marquis' Mansion of Wuxiang?"

Guo Xiaobao nodded: "Yes, this is Wuxianghou's Mansion. Opposite Shichahai is Wuwangfu, which is bigger than Wuxianghou's Mansion! To the west of Wuxianghou are Lingwugongfu, Xingwugongfu, Wanlinghoufu and Yangdu Hou Mansion! The kings, dukes and three princes are all from your Zhuge family."

(End of this chapter)