Daughter's Poisoned Wife

Chapter 250 The first income (2)
Qingfen picked up the bowl of ginger soup and put it in Du Zhong's hands, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Du warms his hands first, Madam will be here in a while."

Du Zhong agreed with a smile, stood up and bowed in the direction of the upper room, thanked him, then sat down and held the bowl, sipping sips while warming his hands, his heart and hands were warmed up.Du Zhong secretly said with emotion: "Madam looks cold-tempered, but she really knows how to hurt people!"

Du Zhong didn't finish a cup of tea soup, so Du Heng came in with his maid, Du Zhong hurriedly put down the ginger tea bowl in his hand, knelt down to pay his respects, and said: "Old slave, madam, please..."

Du Heng smiled lightly and said, "Qingfen, quickly help your Grandpa Du up."

Qing Fen went to help Du Zhong, but Du Zhong insisted on kowtowing before standing up. Du Heng knew that Du Zhong was the most respectful person, and if he was not allowed to kowtow, he would have a hard time with it, so he took Du Zhong's head, shallow He smiled and said, "Sit down and talk."

Du Zhong sat down on the bottom chair with an oblique sign. Seeing that he was sitting awkwardly, Du Heng ordered, "Qin Fang, bring an embroidered pier and let your Grandpa Du sit down and answer slowly."

Shaoqing Qinfang brought the embroidered pier, and Du Zhong thanked him for his seat again. This time he just sat down firmly, and his old cold legs will not be too hard to suffer.

Du Zhong took a peek at Du Heng once, and saw that the young master's face was ruddy and his clothes were bright, as if his face was a little rounder than when he was in General Jianwei's mansion, and Du Zhong could feel that the young master had more aura, which made him Du Zhong felt much more at ease, it seemed that the young master had a better life in Prince Ning's mansion than in General Jianwei's mansion.

"Ma'am, now that it's the end of the year, the general ledger in the shop has come out, and all the rent on the Zhuangzi has been collected. It's just that it's inconvenient to send it directly to the palace, so the old slave put most of the things in the Zhuangzi on his own initiative. On the way, I only brought four carts of silver bills, seasonal fruits and vegetables, and various mountain delicacies for my wife to use."

Du Heng nodded and said: "That's good, you have worked hard, and you even ran for a while in this cold weather."

Du Zhong quickly shook his head and said: "It's not hard work, it's the old slave's job. Ma'am, here are the account books, bank notes, and the entry list. Please look over them." The account book and a gift list were taken out, Qingfen quickly took them and handed them to Du Heng.

Du Heng didn't look at the account book first, but asked Du Zhong: "This year's weather is very cold, and there have been several heavy snowfalls. How is the situation in Zhuangzi? Is there any disaster?"

According to Du Zhong’s factual report: “Mrs. Hui, there are houses that have been crushed by snow in the three villages, but not many. There are more than [-] households in total. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and there are neighbors. As a help, all the things in the house were snatched out, and there was not much loss. They lived with relatives and friends for a while, and they will rebuild the house when spring begins."

Du Heng nodded and said: "Well, since this is the case, the rent of the disaster-stricken families will not be collected next year, and each family will be given another five taels of silver, so that they can build their houses stronger and prevent them from being crushed by the snow."

Du Zhong hurriedly said: "Madam is merciful, I will tell the news as soon as I go back, and distribute the money, so that everyone can feel Madam's benevolence."

Du Heng sighed lightly: "The feeling of being cold and hungry is not good, and it is not easy for anyone to live."

Du Zhong felt relieved, if the little master hadn't suffered all those years, how could she have said such a thing.

Du Heng calmed down, and asked again: "How much is the rent from Zhuangzi now?"

Du Zhong hurriedly replied: "Returning to Madam, according to the usual practice, I will charge [-]%."

Du Heng nodded lightly, and said to Du Zhong: "Is the remaining [-]% of the grain enough for the tenant's family to chew?"

Du Zhong thought for a while before he said: "If you live frugally, it's fine. Speaking of which, we don't charge much. Many houses charge [-]% of the rent."

Du Heng said indifferently: "How much other people charge has nothing to do with us. The tenants have worked so hard all year round, so we can't let them have enough to eat." As he spoke, Du Heng flipped through the account book and made a calculation in his heart. So he said to Du Zhong: "Let's reduce the rent to [-]% next year. A [-]% reduction in rent will not have any impact on us, but it will make the tenants more or less full."

Du Zhong didn't expect that the young master's first decision would be this, he was stunned for a moment, then suddenly fell to his knees with a plop, and kept shouting: "Madam is merciful, madam is kind..."

When Du Zhong was young, he also worked as a tenant farmer. He knew the hardships of being a tenant farmer. He worked so hard to plant the land for a year, but in the end he could only eat half full. If the family has a large population, it would not even be half full. , The life of the tenants is hard!
Du Heng glanced at Qing Fen, Qing Fen hurried forward to help Du Zhong up, Du Zhong raised his sleeve to wipe away his tears, and said a little embarrassedly: "The old slave has lost his composure."

Du Heng said lightly: "It's nothing, you must have rushed into the city early in the morning, have you eaten?"

Du Zhong hurriedly replied: "I had breakfast at Zhuangzi."

Du Heng nodded, looked at the wall clock on the wall, and said to Qin Fang: "Quickly pass on a table of guests, so that your loyal grandpa can share it with the people who come."

Du Zhong stood up to reward, Qingfen led Du Zhong out.Du Heng didn't go back to his room either, he just quickly read the account book on the kang in the east room, took out the bank note and handed it to Yang Mei, ordering her to keep the account.Seeing that the denomination of the stack of bank notes was not small, Yang Mei secretly calculated in her heart that there were as much as 6000 taels of silver. The income is really quite a lot.

Yang Meiji stopped the account, and Du Heng ordered: "Take out 500 taels of silver bills and hand them over to Du Zhong later. The three villages will reward 300 taels for each tenant farmer, and the shop will reward 200 taels of silver. Reward according to level, no one will be left behind, let everyone have a good year."

Nanny Li, Yang Mei and Hongling hurriedly knelt down to praise Madam's kindness. Du Heng said lightly, "How come you have learned this, get up, whoever it is, is mine. As long as you do things well, I won't treat anyone badly." .”

"Ma'am, the third master is back." Du Wen was about to say something more when Qin Fang came in from the outside and hurriedly replied.

Du Heng frowned lightly, and said lightly: "Got it, Nanny Li, I'm afraid I won't be able to see Du Zhong when I turn around, just tell him the bank note and what I mean, and let him do as it is." " Nanny Li hurriedly responded, Yang Mei handed the banknote to her, and Nanny Li went to look for Du Zhong after collecting it.

(End of this chapter)