Brother Rong of Red Mansion

Chapter 93 Jia’s financial resources

When Jia Rong moved into the old house of Ningguo Mansion, the most important thing was to arrange Jia Qiang's funeral.

Jia Qiang has been inactive for more than forty days, and even if there are ice cubes to hold her down every day, she probably smells bad. Jia Rong ordered the coffins to put the coffin into Yongchang Pavilion, and then asked Ge Ying to invite the Twelve Fangbang clan members who were staying in Jinling.

After a while, in the south-facing hall of the old house of Ningguo Mansion, Jia Rong changed into light mourning clothes, sat at the top of the hall, and chatted with the elders of the clan next to the twelfth room.

At that time, the Ning and Rong mansions moved into Shenjing, taking away the Bafang tribe members and leaving behind the Twelfth branch. These twelve-fang side branches stayed and developed in Jinling, living a life of farming, studying and passing down family traditions. It can't compare with the scenery of Ning Rongjia's mansion. As for the bloodline, it is much further away and has already been released on five servers.

So when they saw Jia Rong, they were all the elders of the branch clan, and they were all respectful and careful in their words.

Jia Rong invited the elders of the Twelfth Fang clan and several outstanding "masters" from the branch to sit down. He asked the young men to serve tea, and then asked about the life of the clan members, whether they had encountered any difficulties, what was the arrangement of Jinling's land industry, and what was the arrangement of Jinling's land industry in recent years. Annual income and expenses, etc.

This time, Jia Rong "helped the spirit go south", in addition to following the secular etiquette, he wanted to bury Jia Zhen. The most important thing is to visit the Jinling Twelve Fang clan members and select "fine and talented people".

We also sorted out Jinling's industries, re-planned and made arrangements, and integrated and unified finance.

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The economic sources of the Jia family generally include several aspects:

One is the rewards from the court. According to the ancestral system of the Zhou Dynasty, both the emperor and the court inevitably gave rewards during the holidays. Depending on the title and official position, the reward levels are also different. The most typical one is the "Spring Festival" held by Jia Rong at Guanglu Temple in Chapter 53 of the original work, "New Year's Eve Sacrifice at Ningguo Mansion".

And in Chapter 28, on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, Concubine Yuan asked the Jia family to hold a peaceful ceremony for three days and allocated 120 taels of silver as a reward. At the same time, she also gave the Dragon Boat Festival gift.

Of course, the heaviest and most numerous item is the emperor’s reward list in the 18th chapter of the Yuan Concubine’s wedding visit:

"Mother Jia's is a gold and jade Ruyi handle each, an agarwood walking stick, a string of Ganan rosary beads, four pieces of 'Wealthy Changchun' palace forged silk, four pieces of 'Longevity and Longevity' palace silk... There are clear (green) coins outside. Five hundred strings are for generals, actors, performers, and miscellaneous people."

This reward gift list covers all the masters and servants of Jia's family from Jia Mu down, including "cooks, actors, performers, handymen" and others. It is equivalent to more than 10,000 taels of silver, which is the largest amount of reward income.

The second is public salary income. There are not many officials in the Jia family. There are only Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian, Jia Zhen, and Jia Rong, who has just been awarded a reward.

Among them, Jia She and Jia Zhen hold the title of "First-class Divine Heroic General", with an annual salary of 410 taels of silver and 410 lumi. Dendrobium.

Now that Jia Zhen is dead, Jia Rong buries her. After Jia Zhen submitted a memorial to the emperor, he was demoted to the rank of fourth-grade general. Even the first-class treatment was only 135 taels of silver and 135 hu of rice.

In addition, there are the public salaries of Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and Jia Rong. Jia Zheng was a member of the Ministry of Industry of the fifth grade, with an annual "regular salary" of 80 taels, an "enemies salary" of 80 taels, 80 dendrobium of lumi (the price fluctuates), and "Yang Lian Yin", which is 2400 taels per year. The total is 2560 taels per year. The total income is 80 taels of silver + hulumi.

Jia Lian was a Tongzhi of the fifth grade who was bought with donations. He did not hold a real seal and had no salary.

Jia Rong was a guerrilla from the Beijing camp who was rewarded by the Supreme Emperor. He was a "hereditary official" with a third-grade military rank. Although he is still a candidate and does not have a real job, he still needs to receive his salary. The annual "salary silver" is 243 taels, the "vegetable candle charcoal silver" is 48 taels, the "light red paper silver" is 38 taels, and the "nourishing integrity silver" is 500 taels. The total annual income is 829 taels.

Of course, if Jia Rong's "title" is added to "official position", it would be 829 + 135 = 946 taels, and 135 dendrobium of lumi (prices fluctuate).

In addition, it is the "salary" of Mrs. Gaoming.

Officials of the seventh rank and above in the Great Zhou Dynasty can apply for "gaoming" and rewards for their mothers and wives. However, only those with grades one to five above can be called the "Mrs. Imperial Lady", receive the "salary" issued by the court, and enter the palace with the court to meet the Queen Mother and the Empress as a "married woman".

In Ning Rongjia's house, there were only such women as Jia Mu, Xing family, Wang family, You family, plus the Qin family who had just been awarded a reward. Although Wang Xifeng was also the "Mrs. Gaoming", she was "donated". He was only qualified to wear imperial robes, but he was not eligible to receive a salary, and he was not qualified to visit the palace. Even the details of the "capital uniform" are different from traditional clothing. It is a set of "fake imperial attire".

And this is also the reason why Sister Feng, who has been married to Rong Mansion for two years, is envious of Qin's imperial edict.

The third is acres of real estate. Ning Rong, the Second Duke, has followed Emperor Taizu for many years and has been in charge of Jingwei and Jingying for two generations. The Jia family has been rich and prosperous for hundreds of years. The number of acres of real estate they have accumulated is an astronomical figure, relying solely on the spring and autumn rents of tenants. , will generate a large amount of income, which is also an important economic pillar to maintain the operation of the two national palaces of Ning and Rong.

The most typical performance is the 53rd episode "Wu Jinxiao's Bill".

"Thirty deer, fifty deer, fifty roe deer, twenty Siamese pigs, twenty soup pigs, twenty dragon pigs, twenty wild boars, twenty domestic pigs, twenty wild sheep One... The outer sect is devoted to the brothers and sisters: two pairs of live deer, four pairs of live white rabbits, four pairs of black rabbits, two pairs of live golden pheasants, and two pairs of Western ducks."

This rent bill reveals the "tip of the iceberg" about the production materials of Ningguo Mansion's Zhuangtian and the "Spring and Autumn" rent, allowing people to clearly calculate the approximate annual income of Ningguo Mansion.

"Wu Jinxiao's bill" brought 2500 taels of "silver for selling grains and livestock", as well as "Select 1000 jins of silver frost charcoal for fine quality, 2000 jins for medium quality, 30000 jins of firewood, and 2 shi of imperial rouge rice." , 50 dendrobium of green glutinous rice, 50 dendrobium of white glutinous rice, 50 dendrobium of pink glutinous rice, 50 dendrobium each of variegated grains, 1000 shi of ordinary rice, etc., and "20 pairs of bear paws, 20 kilograms of deer tendons, 50 sea cucumbers" Jin, 50 deer tongues, 50 pairs of large prawns, 200 kilograms of dried shrimps" and other high-end physical items.

The total value is at least tens of thousands taels (the physical value should be around 8000 taels).

Jia Zhen was still disgusted by this and said, "I have calculated that at least 5000 taels of silver will come. What is this enough?"

It can be inferred that Guangwu Jinxiao's family can pay at least 5000 taels in cash (in the case of disaster reporting) and about 8000 taels in kind (in the case of disaster reporting), for a total of 13000 taels of "rent."

As for Ningguo Mansion, there are actually eight or nine Zhuangzi like Wu Jinxiao. Even if there are eight, the total output is 104000 taels per year. The silver alone costs 40000 taels. Grain in kind supports the operation of Ningguo Mansion. It is a "self-sufficient" small farmer economic model. There is a high probability that it will not be sold again, so Ningguo Mansion basically does not spend money on "eating and drinking".

Wu Jinxiao's brother is from the Rongguo Mansion. "Now he is in charge of eight farms in that mansion, which is several times more than what I have here." That is to say, the farmland in the Rongguo Mansion is larger, at least more than that in the Ningguo Mansion. "Several times".

I don’t know exactly how many times it is, but even if it is 3 times, the total output is 312000 taels per year, and the current silver alone must be 120000 taels.

Note that Wu Jinxiao paid the rent "before New Year's Eve" and only supported the "autumn rent" of Ningguo Mansion's expenses from the first month to September.

The remaining three months of "spring rent" are not included.

Calculating based on the ratio of the number of spring rents to about "three to one", the total output of spring rents in Zhuangtian, Ningguo Mansion is about 35000 taels, and the cash amount is 13300 taels.

故而，宁国府每年庄田“春秋两租”总收入是104000+35000=139000两，大概14万两左右。现银是40000+13300=53300两，大概五万五千两左右。

Note: This is Wu Jinxiao’s advance disaster report. Jia Zhen has already learned that Wu Jinxiao’s farmland was “disaster-affected” and her total income is based on her psychological expectations. If the climate is suitable and the farmland has a good harvest, this number will increase.

As for Rongguo Mansion, if we calculate it as "three times more than Ningguo Mansion".

每年春秋两季总产出是312000+104000=416000两，其中现银是120000+40000=160000两。同样是报灾情况下的数字。

(End of this chapter)