Honglou: This bastard is too persuasive.

Chapter 21 The first step: Finding out that Lin Daiyu is rich

Several old women and two bearers gathered around and listened.

Jia Qi looked around and after making sure there was no one around, he whispered.

"I don't know who you heard from, but you actually said that the Lin family is in ruins."

"You should know that my wife's sister is married to the Xue family, right?"

Several people nodded.

Jia Qi continued.

"Then do you think the Xue family has money?"

An old woman said without hesitation.

"Then he must be rich. It is said that the Xue family is an imperial merchant. After all, they have been imperial merchants for so many years. The family must have at least 1.8 million taels of silver."

"Yes, yes, and the Xue family is also one of the four major families. It is impossible to have no money."

"I heard that the Xue family has more than one million taels in cash, and with various shops, they have at least two million taels of silver. Those are the real rich people."

Jia Qi nodded, then shook his head and said amidst the doubtful eyes of several people.

"What you guys said is correct. The Xue family is indeed rich. As one of the four major families, it is normal for the Xue family to own one to two million taels of silver."

"But you don't know that the Xue family, even if they are Huangshang, are not as rich as our Uncle Lin's family."

When several people heard this, their eyes suddenly widened.

"how is this possible?"

"That's right, Mr. Qi, please stop joking."

"Sir, this is too much of a joke. If the Lin family is rich, how can they send just such a few people here?"

Jia Qin laughed dumbly.

"Do you think any family is as flamboyant as our Jia family?"

"Our Jia family is a noble family, so we have the capital to make publicity. But Mr. Lin is now the Salt Patrol Censor, and many people are watching. If he dares to make publicity, won't he wait to be prosecuted? It will affect his official career. .”

"Of course you don't understand this, so I'll just ask you a few things and you'll understand."

Several people all acted as if they were listening, looking forward to what Jia Qi would say next.

"You should be out of the house often, and you should have heard a lot of rumors about things, and even a lot of story novels."

"Then I will ask you a few simple questions."

"First, do you know what our Aunt Lin's identity as Salt Patrol Censor is?"

"Second, do you know what the princes of the generations represent?"

"Third, when Aunt Jia Min married Uncle Lin, my Jia family was in its heyday, and the red dowry was obvious to all. I heard that at that time, Uncle Lin's dowry doubled again based on the aunt's dowry standard. .”

"Now these should all belong to Miss Lin. How many do you think there will be?"

A few old women and bearers were somewhat knowledgeable.

They didn't think much about it before, but now after this reminder, some people reacted. An old woman frowned and said.

"Although I don't know what the salt inspector does, nor do I know what the four generations of princes represent?"

"But I know that Shili Hongzhuang is said to be worth 100,000 taels of silver. If the Lin family fills in 100,000 taels of silver, it will be 200,000 taels of silver."

"And it's been more than ten or twenty years since Miss Min married into the Lin family. Even if these properties don't double, can she still earn another ten or two hundred thousand taels of silver?"

"So now this Miss Lin, who only brings a little maid and an old mother, her dowry alone is worth 50 taels."

"this.."

At this moment, the old woman didn't know what to say. For such a person, some people actually say that he is a broke person.

Where is this broken settlement? This is the God of Wealth!

Nowadays, even if a girl from the Jia family gets married, she can only have a dowry of eighteen thousand taels at most, which is considered good.

And Miss Lin's mother's dowry was only 50 taels, not counting other things.

Others also reacted.

For a moment, their eyes shone a little.

One of the bearers couldn't help but said.

"This Miss Lin is really a God of Wealth. I actually wanted to ask before, why is Mrs. Lin also the Salt Patrol Censor? How could it be possible that she has a broken household?"

"Now I think it's clear. Someone must be talking nonsense."

"I've heard from the book before that this so-called Salt Patrol Censor is different from ordinary Censors."

"The Salt Patrol Censor takes orders directly from the emperor, which means that he can speak and have a say in the entire salt administration in Jiangnan."

"Who doesn't know that the salt merchants in Jiangnan are the most profitable, and the Salt Patrol Censor is in charge of these salt merchants. Do you think he can make money?"

"I remember that Mr. Lin has been the salt inspector for almost ten years, right?"

"If nothing else, even if I just accept the filial piety from these salt merchants, I'm afraid I can get him 1.8 million taels."

"Is there anyone who dares to say that this person's household is broken?"

After hearing what he said, the women and another person became even more silent.

None of them expected that Miss Lin was so rich.

Yes, Miss Lin is rich, because they all heard that Uncle Lin is not going to continue to marry a wife.

So the Lin family's money will eventually go to Miss Lin.

In other words, when Miss Lin got married, in addition to the dowry of 500,000 taels, there was also at least 1 million taels of silver earned by Uncle Lin over the years.

At this moment, Jia Qi continued to speak.

"You are right, Miss Lin is indeed rich, but you made a mistake in your calculation."

"First of all, you must remember my second question. The Lin family has been a marquis for generations."

"You must first understand the meaning of the princes of this generation."

"To put it simply, they have been wealthy and prestigious families for many generations."

"Let's not talk about how much money such a family has. It is no problem to accumulate at least 1.8 million taels."

"Secondly, the dowries of generations of grandmothers in these families will eventually belong to Miss Lin."

"No matter how small the dowry of these generations of grandmothers is, it should be hundreds of thousands taels by now, right?"

"In addition to Miss Lin's own dowry, her dowry alone is worth about one million taels."

"Similarly, you underestimate the importance of the position of Salt Inspector."

"Salt merchants in the entire Jiangnan region cannot do without it if they want to make money. He is the link between the salt merchants and the emperor. It is unjustifiable not to earn him three to five million taels a year."

"So for all his years in Jiangnan, he must have earned at least two to three million taels of silver."

"So the girl from the Lin family is said to be a rich person with at least four to five million taels of silver in the future. Since you are saying that she is broke."

"Although I don't know how much money Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion have, I'm sure that the two mansions combined don't have four to five million taels of silver."

"So, even if my Jia family is compared with others, it can only be regarded as poor."

(End of this chapter)