Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 199 Borrowing Money

Xiao Jin once told Wen Qingwan that the wounded people he sent to the border areas of Lingnan were all people who had been abandoned by their families.

Because they are disabled and unable to work, their relatives regard them as redundant, and some of them are orphans themselves.

Xiao Jin wanted to use his military merits to exchange for the emperor's permission to guard the barren mountains on the northern border, but the emperor directly gave him a small town on the Lingnan border covering an area of ​​ten thousand acres.

There are few people there, it's very hot in the summer, and there are many mosquitoes, but it's much better than being homeless.

What's more, the emperor announced to the prefect of Lingnan that those villages were the fiefdoms of marquises, and the villagers living there did not have to pay taxes to the local county government.

The local county government did not dare to intervene in the fiefdom of Marquis Wanhu, and all the villagers living there were under the jurisdiction of Marquis Wanhu.

Whether they are farming or doing business, they only have to pay taxes to the Marquis Wanhu.

And Xiao Jin would give some of the rewards he received in the past one or two years to the injured person as capital to buy farm tools and seeds.

Later, he himself was injured and naturally had no reward to receive since he did not go to the battlefield, but those people were almost able to be self-sufficient.

Although they are all disabled soldiers retreating from the battlefield, those who can survive the battlefield must be full of tenacity and courage in their hearts.

The disabled soldiers are not born with disabilities, they are just traumatized in the war.

Most of them are still willing to get married and have children, which shows that they are indomitable people, and the children they have after getting married are also healthy.

They may not have as many limbs as ordinary people, but they have not lost their love for life.

If they have a good living environment, they will also educate their children carefully, and after a dozen years or so, they may be able to resist foreign enemies in southern Xinjiang.

This shows how far-sighted the emperor is, and it also proves that the emperor has high expectations for Xiao Jin.

Xiao Laoqi's maternal grandfather was a civil official. Ten years ago, the emperor exiled the entire Xia family to the border area of ​​Lingnan.

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, but Wen Qingwan had an idea. She planned to let Xiao Laoqi and Su Xiaomin learn how to farm and raise crayfish.

Then send him to the border area of ​​Lingnan to guide them, and he can also take care of his grandparents' family at the same time.

Xiao Laoqi and his friends have been saving money desperately, and he also hopes that he will be able to help his grandparents' family.

Wen Qingwan decided to let Xiao Laoqi go to Lingnan. If it was Xiao Laoqi who went, it would definitely not arouse the suspicion of the Third Prince.

After all, Xiao Laoqi had never interacted with outsiders, and even many people in the capital didn’t know that he was the half-brother of Marquis Weiwu.

Even if the Third Prince's spies learned that someone from Shangjing City was going to Lingnan, they would just think that he wanted to make a fortune there.

Although Xiao Laoqi is not very old, he is calm and steady, and has some cleverness, which can actually lower other people's vigilance.

Wen Qingwan has been secretly developing many industries, and she never shows up in person. The Xiao family's apparent industries were all deceived from the Ye family.

Everyone in the capital city knows that the Xiao family is extremely poor. If they didn't have any visible assets, that would arouse suspicion!

Not only did the emperor send people to monitor the Xiao family, the third prince also sent people to monitor the Weiwu Marquis Mansion.

It’s not that they value Marquis Weiwu that much, but Xiao Jin recently captured two cities in Beidi without any military pay.

This made those in higher positions mistakenly believe that Xiao Jin not only had real abilities but was also very rich. People who were both capable and rich were very important to those in higher positions.

So Wen Qingwan caused a big fuss when she extorted 50,000 taels of silver from the youngest son of the Shen family.

The silver she sent to the border to Xiao Jin was all extortion money, and the money in Yunjin Store was only enough for the Xiao family to have snacks and drinks at best.

After dinner at the Xiao family, Wen Qingwan put down Wan and still sat in the main seat without moving. Everyone knew that she had something to announce. So everyone ate faster. Wen Qingwan waited until everyone had finished eating, "Seventh brother, how much money have you saved in the past few months?"

"In reply to my eldest sister-in-law, my seventh brother saves nearly one thousand taels a month, and now it is about three thousand taels."

"That's great. When do you plan to go see your grandfather?"

"This...Seventh Brother hasn't decided yet, maybe before the Chinese New Year at the latest!"

"Are you afraid that you will leave and worry about your dozens of milk tea shops and snack bars?"

"Not really. After all, I just went to meet them and didn't plan to stay there for a long time. I just felt that the money was not enough."

"My eldest sister-in-law happens to send you to Lingnan on official business. I will lend you 5,000 taels, and your eldest brother will reimburse you for the round-trip fare."

"Sister-in-law, if you need anything, just tell me. Master Zhong can just lend me some money. You don't have to ask Brother for the round-trip fare."

"Your eldest brother wrote to say that a group of his wounded soldiers are from Lingnan. Because they have broken arms and legs, they can no longer go to the battlefield.

You also know that the weather in Lingnan is bad and the yield of rice is low. Your eldest brother is worried that the yield they produce on their own will not be enough.

My sister-in-law is thinking of letting you learn farming and raising crayfish from Su Jiu and his sister. Once you have learned, you can go over there and guide them for a while."

"Okay, farming. I learned some of it when I raised rabbits before. But, can I raise crayfish?"

"Sure, you already know how to operate the process after raising the animal."

"As long as there are crayfish, hehe, I can do the rest. I can also make spicy crayfish. I can do all these."

The sixteen-year-old boy smiled happily as he spoke, revealing a row of white teeth. He raised his hand and touched his head, imagining what his relatives far away looked like.

The brothers and sisters of the Xiao family had no objection to the eldest sister-in-law lending the money from Duke Zhong to the seventh brother (seventh elder brother).

After all, borrowed money has to be repaid. For example, their second brother and fifth brother got married on September 1st, and the betrothal gift was the money borrowed from Zhonggong.

You can give as much betrothal gift as you want, but you have to pay for it yourself. If you don’t have enough, you can borrow from Zhonggong.

After all, their father didn't have a penny, and the aunts of the second and fifth brothers were no longer around.

All the money everyone earned every month was given to the mistress of the house, who then distributed it to them according to their work.

Wen Qingwan called the money earned by everyone public property, and the money each person received private money, which was a clear distinction between public and private.

In the Su Mansion, because the Crown Princess died suddenly, Old Madam Su gave up the idea of ​​killing Su Xiaomin.

The old lady hated Su Xiaomin because she was the granddaughter of her most hated enemy.

After Su Xiaomin traveled through time, she hid for two months. Seeing that her cheap grandmother no longer targeted her, she became active again.

She dragged her ninth brother to the Weiwuhou farm to study farming all day long, and Duke Su turned a blind eye to the accurate information about his daughter.

Others may not know Marquis Weiwu, but he knows that Marquis Weiwu Xiao Jin is the fifth prince’s cousin.

The emperor said that he would reserve a concubine position for his granddaughter, but that's because he is still alive.

What if he is gone after a few years?

Since Duke Su didn't care about her, Su Xiaomin let herself go even more. Besides being able to and enjoying farming, she also liked raising animals.

That day, when Su Xiaomin arrived at the farm, she did not expect to be greeted by a young boy.