Chastity Layman

  Chapter 1177 Rich as an enemy

Back then, the queen gave Qin Lang the thousands of acres of land and some money prepared for the princess, saying that Qin Lang had just separated from Qin Qiong's family and had no property, so she gave Qin Lang the daughter's dowry in advance, which was also considerate. It's not easy for a son-in-law to be young.

Who knew that Qin Lang didn't embezzle half of this money, and even deliberately took out the money and arranged for people to manage it. Over the past ten years, the value of these dowry assets has continued to increase, and now it is indeed worth more than ten million yuan, which can be called a fortune huge fortune.

   It's just that Qin Lang has always kept the accounts very strict, without any embezzlement, even if he gave a large sum of money to the princess every year, he never touched the money.

   Now that the princess is officially married, Qin Lang still said the same thing, the money is still the princess’s dowry, it is her personal property, and it will be left to the children born to the princess in the future.

In fact, Qin Lang is not only like this to the princess, the other women who marry him, no matter whether they have their own private money before, Qin Lang will give them a sum of money every year, and then arrange people to help them manage the business, money begets money, Earning interest at a high rate, buying land and buying shops, after many years, each concubine has a large amount of private money under the name of the concubine, which is counted as their dowry.

  Even if the wives and concubines are all rich and big, Qin Lang will still pay for the household. In addition, from wives to concubines, to the stewards and servants below, everyone still has a monthly allowance.

  They receive money on a monthly basis according to their level.

  Food and clothing are all covered by the family, and the money is paid on a monthly basis. There is also a saving money during the holidays, and there is no need to move their private money at all.

   "Then why don't I pay for the family's expenses in the future, including the monthly expenses of the whole house!" The princess proposed with Qin Lang in his arms.

   "It's been rumored that I, Qin Lang, have a net worth of over 100 million, and I'm as rich as a country. How can I use the princess and lady to help with the family? Besides, the government's expenses are actually not much."

"Let me do it."

   "In this way, you will be responsible for all the household expenses in our mansion, including the monthly bills of superiors and subordinates, but I will put the money into the cabinet in the mansion regularly, and you will be responsible for managing it."

  Since the princess is now the head of the house, Qin Lang feels that she should be respected. Of course, letting her manage the money is only to show that she is the head of the house.

   "Well, I'll arrange someone to manage the accounts, and Saburo will arrange someone to manage the money."

   "You can arrange it together, remember to separate the money account, it is not easy to make mistakes."

The princess smiled and kissed Qin Lang, "I think the monthly money should go up, Sister Yuxiao and the others only have 50 guan a month, and some other concubines only have 30 guan, and there are still 20 guan, too few It's a little bit. And the young ladies in our family only have ten monthly money, which is too little."

The Qin family's concubines are also classified into ranks, such as Yuxiao, Yu Xuanji, Yang Chongniang, Princess Tuyuhun, and the two twins of Yifu's family are of higher status, and the status of giving birth to a son for the Qin family is higher. The status of a daughter is inferior, if it is a childless status, it is of course even lower.

  One more thing, those who had a high status before marriage will of course have a higher status when they come in, while some who were originally prostitutes, maidservants, or slaves will have a lower status after they come in.

  If the official etiquette system of the imperial court is followed, the highest status of the female family members of the Qin family is of course the first wife Li Lizhi.

  She goes down, there are several concubines, that is, the concubines, the sisters who were married by the princess, the daughters of the eldest grandson Wuji, the daughter of the eldest grandson Shunde, the daughter of Gao Shilian, the daughter of Li Daozong, all the daughters of princes.

For example, the famous Miyue in history, she was a princess of Chu State, and later married into Qin State, but in fact, at that time, it was the princess Mi Shu who was born as a descendant who married King Huiwen of Qin, and then Miyue, a princess who was born as a concubine, married as a dowry of the same clan , married and became a concubine.

  The concubine has a higher status, because the family background is generally higher, the system in the pre-Qin period, the concubine is generally a sister of the same clan, or the daughter of the monarch married, and the scholar-official dowry the daughter as a concubine, so after the death of the concubine, the concubine can be a substitute.

  The concubine is followed by the concubine. The concubine is usually a concubine married to a woman from a good family. The laws of the Tang Dynasty strictly stipulated that the good and the poor should not marry, that is, a good man cannot marry a bitch, but he can be bought as a concubine. At the same time, a concubine cannot become a wife. Even if the wife dies, the most favored concubine is not qualified to be a wife. If she violates the law, it is invalid and will be severely punished.

  Of course, a concubine is higher than a maidservant, even if the maidservant is lucky, she cannot be a concubine.

  The servant girls who serve the bedroom in the whole room are often called maidservants and concubines, but their official status is still maidservants, and they can be bought and sold.

  Below the maidservants, there are also prostitutes. A wealthy family has domestic prostitutes at home. These prostitutes are not only used to serve the master, but also to entertain guests.

   Therefore, in a wealthy family, the order of status of women in the backyard is wife, concubine, concubine, maidservant, and prostitute.

  For example, Yuxiao was originally a well-known girls' school secretary in Chang'an, a red-haired person who sold her skills but not her body. Later, Qin Lang turned her around and accepted her as a concubine. Later, she gave birth to a son for Qin Lang, who was a concubine. Then because Qin Lang was favored by the emperor and made great achievements repeatedly, his concubine son was also favored and made a nobleman.

  Then the imperial court granted Qin Jun's biological mother, Yuxiao, a royal order. Yuxiao has a formal rank of foreign married woman, and of course her status is also honorable, so she also became a concubine.

  The imperial court has strict regulations on the number of wives for noble officials, and there can be a corresponding number of wives for corresponding grades. Qin Lang has a lot of wives because he has a high status and is favored by the emperor.

  His previous five sons all obtained the title of Duke Marquis and the title of Inspector. Therefore, the concubines of the five concubine sons and their mothers were also granted the title of concubine.

  Princess Tuyuhun, the two princesses of the Yifu tribe, and Princess Futu, etc., also received concubine and edicts from the imperial court because of their original noble status.

   Those who have no imperial orders are still concubines, those who were originally slaves are concubines, and those who are born as kabuki and dancers are concubines.

   "Sanlang, I plan to raise monthly money for everyone in the mansion, starting with Sanlang."

   "I don't need it."

   "Saburo is the head of the family, of course I have to. I've made up my mind, 1,200 per month."

   "This is equivalent to the property of a middle-class family, isn't it too much?"

   "Not much, our family has a big business, and Saburo must have a lot of expenses, so let's set this amount first, and if the expenses are not enough, we can just pay extra."

   "Mrs. Cui of the Eastern Mansion, pay a monthly tribute of one thousand guan."

Qin Lang didn't expect that she would still want to go to the Duke of Qi's mansion. The Cui family is the successor of Qin Qiong. money. But the princess still wants to go there, one thousand guan in a month, twelve thousand guan in a year, this is a lot of money.

   But the princess said that although there is no shortage of money over there, this is the wish of the younger generation after all.

   "Brothers and sisters of Sanlang, as long as they are not married, they should also be given a monthly payment. How about Xiaolang's 600 guan per month and Xiao Niang's 500 guan per month?"

Qin Xun now inherits the Dukedom of Qi, and also welcomes the eldest grandson Wuji's daughter, while the fourth son Qin Li married the daughter of the eldest princess consort Feng Shaoshi, and the sixth son married the daughter of the warrior Xun. The younger brother was not married, and among the younger sisters, Wu Niang who was born on the first line married into the East Palace as Prince Liang Di, and the rest of the grown-ups were all married to noble relatives, and there were also a few who didn't get married.

   "Those aunts in the Eastern Mansion, give 600 guan to concubines, 500 guan to concubines, 400 guan to maids and concubines, and 300 guan to concubines, what do San Lang think?"

After Qin Qiong passed away, Qin Lang divided the family on behalf of the brothers and sisters. Each of the brothers and sisters had a share. Those concubines also made proper arrangements. Those who had children were divided into at least a few thousand money and some land stores. Those who had no children, Qin Lang who was willing to leave also gave a sum of money to send, and those who were willing to stay also Also divided some money and farmland for the elderly.

  Based on these, they don't have to worry about food and clothing at all, not to mention that the Duke of Qi's government will still give them some support, but the princess is also filial, Qin Lang is of course willing to support.

   As for giving too much, Qin Lang didn't care too much. A few hundred coins can be equivalent to a family property of an ordinary wealthy farmer, but for the Qin family today, this is nothing.

Li Zhi was born in the imperial palace, and the emperor's internal treasury has been full these years, so the palace expenses are also very generous. For example, when the Supreme Emperor was still alive, Li Shimin gave the emperor 12,000 guan a month, and the sheep, cows, and pigs were returned. There is a special quantity supply, not to mention silk cloth, etc.

  The Ouchi and the Eastern Palace also have their own fixed amount of money. The empress, concubines, princesses, and princes each have corresponding money according to their grades, and they are all quite a lot.

  Princess has set this now, considering that it cannot be surpassed, so she has set less.

   "What about our house?"

"Here in the West Mansion, I think so. Yuxiao, sister Youwei and other wives who have children will also be given 600 guan a month, and then a subsidy of 200 guan will be given to each child. Those who have no children will be given 500 guan per month."

   "A concubine will be given 400 guan per month, and a child who has children will get an additional 100 guan."

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  The monthly payment is the same as that of the aunt in the East Mansion, but those who have children will pay more.

   "What about yourself?"

   "I'll be fine with 800 guan per month."

   "You are the head lady of the West Mansion, so you can't be less than Mrs. Cui of the East Mansion. At least you have to pay a thousand per month."

   "Miss Cui is an elder, I should be a head lower than her."

   "No, listen to my one thousand one month."

  After a long fight, Qin Lang suppressed the princess, and she gasped for breath and had to surrender.

  Finally, the husband and wife lay on the bed and chatted carefully, and set a new standard for the monthly money in the mansion. From now on, Wei Guogong's mansion will not only distribute it to the people in the mansion, but also send a copy to Qi Guogong's side. But over there, it is only sent to Cui Shi and concubines, as well as young lords and young ladies who are not married, and the servants don't care.

  On the side of Duke Wei’s mansion, not only concubines, young men and women have increased their monthly payments, but also the stewards and servants under them have also increased their monthly payments accordingly.

  The lowest monthly salary for handymen has risen to three guan, and food, clothing, shoes and socks are also included. It can be said that the salary is quite good, even better than ordinary frontier soldiers.

  A simple calculation shows that the monthly payment is nearly 20,000 guan.

  (end of this chapter)