Chapter Thirty-Six Landlords and Old Wealth
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In the hall of Chen Dexing's mansion, it was the sunny noon. A family dinner was already full of wine and meals.
Chen Dexing only has one feeling about his family background in this life - good!
Not only is the house spacious, but it also has delicious food. There are two beauties, one big and one small, and two beauties in the family... Unfortunately, they can only be viewed from a distance and cannot play with them. Moreover, Chen Dexing has many industries. In addition to this house, there is also a smaller house in Yangzhou City. Now it is free for Monk Liu's family to live in for free. Monk Liu is not a real monk, of course he has a wife, and a pair of children in his teens. In addition to the family house, Chen Dexing also has a pharmacy shop called Bencao Tang, and there are more than a thousand acres of good paddy fields on the east bank of the canal outside Yangzhou City... It is considered a big landlord! Of course, these fields were left by his grandfather Chen Hushan, but they were not bought but occupied!
Well, it is not to drive away the original landlord, but to occupy the land without a single land. The surrounding Yangzhou City has experienced wars over the years, and after every war, there will always be a landlord. The original landlord either died in war or fled with his family. Their land was occupied by the generals of Lianghuai for free, which is the value of an official!
Today, Yangzhou, and even the entire Lianghuai River, almost no class of self-cultivation farmers. Only large landlords occupying large tracts of land and tenants who can live without inches of land. The former is either a veteran or a general. If one or two generations cannot get an official, the family will decline. The Chen family has no real-time heads to support the family after Chen Hushan and Chen Huaian and his son were killed. In the past ten years, land has been decreasing. However, now that Chen Dexing is about to rise, the family should naturally be revived.
After confirming that his son had no intention of the imperial examination, Guo Fuer covered his mouth and chuckled, "That's right. We Huai people cannot compare to scholars from Jiangnan. The farming and reading family near Yangzhou has withered in recent years. This time, the northern enemy invaded the south, and there will not be many farming and reading families. It is better to wait until the military disaster is over, and then find a master and polite person for the second brother, preferably one that has been broken by both the parents and the brothers."
Guo Fu'er is indeed good at calculating. The daughter of a well-educated and well-off daughter is definitely not the farmer's daughter, and there must be land in the family. If all parents and brothers were killed by the Mongolians, this land would naturally be inherited by the son-in-law of a military officer... This is also a way for the generals of the two Huai Rivers to embezzle the "borderless land"! That is, Guo Fu'er himself, was once the target coveted by others! It was just that he had an adopted son who could redeem the official position and a eldest son who was a civil servant in Lin'an, so he was able to preserve his family business.
Now, with Chen Dexing's status improving, Guo Fu'er has also transformed from prey to hunter! She has begun to have the idea of others' land.
Chen Dexing shook his head slightly and said, "Mom... there is no hurry to do this. The child is busy at the moment. In a few months, he may have to lead troops to Jinghu. After the river water rises next spring and summer, he will go to Sichuan to fight with Beilu!"
When Guo Fu'er heard that he was going to Sichuan to fight, she frowned slightly, "I still have to go to Sichuan to fight the Northern Territory? I heard that the Tartars in Sichuan were their Khan's personal rule. There were tens of thousands of Tartars alone! I'm afraid it would be another hard battle..."
Chen Dexing's pretty mother is a wife of a general. Most of the people who interact with each other on weekdays are women of similar identities. She knows a lot of military and national affairs.
Chen Dexing lowered his eyes and looked at the hardwood table in front of him that was evident and said, "There are many northern enemies in Sichuan and many opportunities to make contributions. If the child wants to be promoted to a straight-up shift and get married again, he may be able to become a high-ranking family."
After walking a few times on the verge of life and death, Chen Dexing has already thought about it. Since he has come, he will be at ease. The fact that soul rebirth is an irreplaceable fact, so finding a way to live a good life is the most important thing. A good marriage will inevitably be of great help to your future career. You can't just marry a wife casually...
Guo Fu'er smiled and said, "Second brother has great ambitions and doesn't want to rush to get married. You might as well take a concubine first. Look at Rong'er... how about it?"
Wang Rong'er was serving in the hall now. Hearing this, the little girl quickly looked at Chen Dexing with her lips pursed, her big eyes were watery and full of expectation.
This second brother Chen had been salivating at himself before, and he was waiting for him to touch the door every night!
"Mom, Rong'er is too young." Chen Dexing shook his head.
"Rong'er is too young?" Guo Fu'er was stunned for a moment, "It's not too young anymore. Rong'er is already thirteen. After the New Year, she will be fourteen. She is only so old when she married your father."
Chen Dexing thought to himself, this pretty mother is so pitiful. She married a military man in her twenties at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and soon she became a widow! Now she is obviously a blooming peony flower, but no one can pick it, so she can only stay at the empty room every night...
Wang Rong'er looked like she was about to cry. Where was she younger? Isn't thirteen or fourteen years old a good year to be a concubine? This second brother thought the thirteen or fourteen girl was young, so could he like the half-old Xu girl in her twenties?
"It's better to wait a few years later, wait until Rong'er grows up." Chen Dexing gently turned the cup in his hand, but his eyes were attracted by Guo Fu'er. Although he had the memory of the ancients, his aesthetic and consciousness were still modern. Guo Fu'er's appearance looked too fat in the Southern Song Dynasty, which was a woman who was weak and could not help but look like a half-old woman in the Song Dynasty. However, in Chen Dexing's tears, he was graceful and charming, and could not be seen...
Guo Fu'er was looked at by Chen Dexing's burning gaze, and her cheeks suddenly turned pink, but she was reluctant to scold her, as if she was enjoying the gaze. After a while, she coughed lightly: "Second brother, it's not too early today, so why not take a rest first."
As he spoke, Guo Fu'er got up and moved her lotus and escaped.
Chen Dexing was reluctant to withdraw his eyes, and turned to the monk Liu who sat opposite him and just kept his head eating and drinking - this old Liu was a tactful person.
"Monk," Chen Dexing said lightly, "It's getting late, so you should go back early, and go to Wurui's military camp tomorrow to claim a leave for me."
"I understand." Monk Liu stood up, gave Chen Dexing a gift, and then left. When he walked to the door, he was stopped by Chen Dexing.
"Monk, thank you this time. When your official comes down, I will be the one who is the deputy general for you." Chen Dexing said.
Monk Liu had not even had a miscellaneous official before, but only had a role in his own right. Although the contribution of the battle the day before yesterday was quite good, his foundation was there. He had been promoted to Chengxinlang and transferred nine officials. Among Chen Dexing's twenty-one righteous brothers, several officials were older than him. However, the civil and military missions of the Song Dynasty did not necessarily correspond to the official rank. Those with lower official ranks can get a larger assignment, and those with higher official ranks may also serve as smaller assignments.
After sending away the monk Liu, Chen Dexing attacked Wang Rong'er and said, "Rong'er, take a ruler, a few feathers on white goose wings, and gold millet paper to my study in a stack of time."
The little girl was stunned, blinked her big eyes and asked, "Erlang, do you want... goose feathers?"
"It's goose feathers," Chen Dexing nodded and said, "It's the long feathers on the white goose's wings. It's okay if there are long feathers on the crow's wings. I'll be useful to send them to the study tomorrow morning."
Chapter completed!