After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 509 The Zheng Family
However, because the Zheng family gave birth to a noble concubine, the Zheng family reluctantly came down from the bonfire during this 'disaster'.

"Son, it's different today." In the lobby, Mr. Zheng was teaching his son, who was already in his prime, "The emperor first confiscated a large amount of money from the family, and then took away our land and put it away. All the property was given to the people."

"The current Zheng family can no longer rely on rent collection to maintain the family's operations."

"Gone are the comfortable days when you can live comfortably without doing anything."

"And the emperor is still talking about equality and freedom recently."

"Let our Zheng family no longer be a master in the eyes of others. Walking on the street, no one will hug you and fawn on you, and you can no longer hold your head high and boss you around."

"So you should change your previous problems of being a playboy. You are [-] years old this year, and you will still be the head of the Zheng family in the future. If you continue to be so ignorant, I am afraid that within three generations, our Zheng family will be completely destroyed. decline!"

"Ah!!" After Master Zheng finished speaking, he let out a long sigh, "If it wasn't for your sister being the emperor's concubine, our Zheng family would probably be like the other families, and we've already crossed over."

"It's all to blame for that bastard named Qin Yu!" Zheng Sanli, the young master of the Zheng family, who is over 40 years old, cursed viciously, "If it wasn't for him, the emperor would not have seized our money."

"We hid it so well before, the government thought we had gone through the war and had no money."

"If it wasn't for him, the emperor would not have given away our fields to those peasants. He would not have advocated that those untouchables should be equal to us. As a result, when we walk on the streets, the common people no longer have the awe they should have in their eyes."

"Yes." Mr. Zheng said, "If there is no such person as Qin Yu in the world, given the good fortune of having a noble concubine in our Zheng family, we will definitely rise up unprecedentedly in the future and become a huge family with a thousand years of history."

"But it's useless to say anything now. The emperor trusts him and implements all the new policies he proposed."

"That Qin Yu is simply the disaster star of our family."

"Hmph!" Young Master Zheng gritted his teeth in hatred, "Don't let him fall into my hands one day. If there is such a day, I will tear his body to pieces."

"My son can't wait to eat his flesh and skin!"

Some big families look glamorous on the surface, and there are even many champions in the family, who belong to the scholarly family.However, as long as you go to the dark corner of the compound, you will find it.

These families also have dungeons and torture chambers.

I don't know how many innocent souls there are.

As long as it is a huge family, there are many sins hidden under the glamor.

"The matter has come to this, what can we local gentry do? The emperor trusts him." Master Zheng said, "Besides, you should speak softly, he is now the emperor's favorite."

"It is the savior in the hearts of ordinary people."

"If someone hears you scolding him, maybe something bad will happen."

"At the same time, you must not think about dealing with this person. Do you know what happened in Yingtian Mansion recently? A Marquis wanted to harm him, but the emperor killed his family. And I heard that behind the Marquis, there is the Duke Secret support."

"They all died miserably in front of Qin Yu, let alone small families like ours?"

"You remember it for me! Be patient when you should bear it."

"Uncontrollable anger is the courage of the common man, and the courage of the common man will only bring disasters to ourselves. The only thing we can do now is to be patient. Once we find an opportunity, we will act decisively. Only then will we be the ones who can truly achieve great things."

"I got it." Young Master Zheng said if he realized something, "And from now on, I won't scold Qin Yu in front of others."

"Be patient!!!"

"Our current task is to endure the humiliation and wait for time to change."

"Now our family's money is beyond our means." Mr. Zheng said, "You should also think of a way, think about how to make money to maintain the livelihood of the Zheng family."

"Now the Zheng family has cut down on food and clothing, and has dismissed many servants and maids."

"But it still won't be of much use. After all, the family's expenses are too high. If this continues, we will have to sell the ancestral property and furniture. Once the Zheng family starts to sell the ancestral property, the Zheng family will really decline."

To be honest, in order to live a lavish life, Young Master Zheng has been secretly changing things from the seller without telling his father.Mr. Zheng has seen it for a long time, but he didn't expose him.

"Just going out but not going in, even if the Zheng family is a mountain of gold and silver, there will be a day of sitting and eating." Master Zheng said.

"Father, you let my son go out to make money? My son won't!" said Young Master Zheng.

"Hey!" Master Zheng sighed again, he also knew that he, a boy in his 40s, had no ability to make money.Apart from eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, they can do nothing.

Moreover, Mr. Zheng never taught him how to make money since he was a child, and he would not know how to make money without using tenant farmers.

What Master Zheng taught him since he was a child was how to control those tenant farmers.How to put on the skin of benevolence, righteousness and morality to exploit the tenant farmers so that they will not rebel and be loyal and filial to the host.

Teach him how to get in touch with local officials, how to coordinate various interpersonal relationships...

This is the so-called aristocratic education.

But now the situation in Daming has changed drastically, and they can no longer rely on rent collection to make money to support their families.In order to prevent the Zheng family from declining, they had no choice but to think of another way out, that is, another way to make money.

"Now the imperial court is manufacturing firearms in large quantities, and they need a lot of coal. I'm afraid we will need more coal in the future. And Shanxi is rich in coal, why don't you try to start a coal business?" Finally, Mr. Zheng came up with a profitable business. "Many local peddlers have made a lot of money by digging coal, so you can't learn from them?"

"And it is said that some families in other places have started to get involved in the coal business."

"My Zheng family still has some capital, which can be invested in it. If it can be done well, it may not be impossible to maintain the prosperity of the Zheng family."

"Father, do you want me to be a coal boss?" Young Master Zheng's expression froze when he heard the words, "Coal is dirty and smelly, how can this kind of business be done by a scholarly family like ours?"

Mr. Zheng was speechless for a while.

Previously, because of his status as a scholar, he did not catch up with the first wave of coal business.I watched helplessly as some families made a lot of money by digging coal to support their families, while the Zheng family was still selling their ancestral property.

"Also mining coal is very dangerous. I heard that many people die in coal mines every year." Young Master Zheng continued.

"It's not telling you to dig by yourself!" Mr. Zheng scolded.

"Grandpa, there is a big news from Yingtian Mansion..." At this moment, Zheng Sanchi, the young master of the Zheng family, in his twenties, hurried in from the door and said.

(End of this chapter)