Chapter 657 The follow-up matters of the E-character scroll sword roar West Wind

"Ziying, this is the list of gifts for each family when they came to mourn Uncle Lin. I have someone sort it out. You can take a look." Jia Lian, who was full of exhaustion, brought over a stack of papers, "I don't think Sister Lin has much thought. Asking about this, Ms. Miaoyu only cares about eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha, this thing..."

   "Second brother Lian, thank you for your hard work." Feng Ziying didn't read it, and it's not appropriate to read it now, so it should be Daiyu who should read it.

In addition, the issue of Lin Ruhai's two concubines has to be dealt with. Because they are not too old and have no children, Feng Ziying's opinion is to give a suitable gift and send them back. They can also arrange the rest of their lives by themselves. , Daiyu also agreed with Feng Ziying's opinion.

"Well, it's about the same, Ziying, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, I think it's almost time to leave for Suzhou in the next day, so you don't have to go, after all, you have to deal with official business, and I don't think it's necessary for the younger sisters to go Now, I will return to Yangzhou as soon as possible after I accompany sister Lin Fuling back to Suzhou for burial."

  Lin Ruhai III lived alone, so there are only some distant relatives left, and returning to Suzhou is also a matter of burial.

  After Lin Ruhai passed away, people have been arranged to go there to arrange the tombstones in the cemetery, so Jia Lian and Daiyu will not stay for too long, and it is not suitable for a large group of people to go there.

   "Well, that's fine. I'll let Yuchuaner and Zijuan accompany Daiyu and Miaoyu back to Suzhou." Feng Ziying nodded.

  Everyone has been exhausted these past few days. It is really not easy to organize a funeral and condolence event.

   It was also thanks to having a close relative and acquaintance like Jia Lian to take the lead. People like Wang Wenyan and Wu Yaoqing were not suitable to come forward, and Feng Ziying had no experience in this field, so it was all up to Jia Lian to handle these things neatly.

"The other thing is the disposal of the Lin family's houses, shops and fields in Yangzhou and Suzhou. Ten or twenty acres of land and an old house were left in Suzhou, mainly for the convenience of returning home to pay respects to ancestors and maintain the Lin family's ancestral hall. Yangzhou This is also Uncle Lin's opinion,..."

While cleaning up, Jia Lian reported the count, "In total, Lin Linzong has almost dealt with it. Now, after calculating it, the cash left by Uncle Lin and his cash is about 380,000 taels. The gift money received continued, except for some gifts that cannot be estimated for the time being, the amount of gold and silver is about 70,000 taels, so now the Lin family has about 450,000 taels of silver in cash, um, except for those lent to the mansion There are 150,000 taels, and there are 300,000 taels left, and there are some old things that Uncle Lin asked to keep, um, mainly for the two younger sisters Miaoyu and Daiyu..."

   This is to repay Feng Ziying, the future son-in-law. Feng Ziying didn't have much heart to listen to it, but she didn't like it.

  But it was not clear before, but this time, a real data is in front of us.

   Four hundred and fifty thousand taels, what concept?

  According to the current price level, one tael of silver Feng Ziying calculated by herself, and the purchasing power is roughly equivalent to between 800 yuan and 1,200 yuan when she traveled through time.

This is close to the twenty taels of silver mentioned by Grandma Liu in the book "Dream of Red Mansions" when the household income in the suburbs of Beijing was mentioned, but compared with the monthly rate of five hundred to one tael for ordinary maids in Jia's mansion, it seems a little bit lower.

   But considering that these maids are all attached to the Jia Mansion in life, and they are in charge of food, clothing, housing, and they can barely accept being a maid in Rongning Second Mansion with a considerable social status.

  So based on one tael of silver and one thousand yuan, the 450,000 taels of silver is equivalent to 450 million yuan, and the gift money received at a funeral is about 70 million.

   This is in line with the value of a lucrative position in this era, including the mainstream recognition of court officials. After all, Lin Ruhai has worked in this position for seven full years.

If you think of a top salt merchant with a family asset of around two or three million taels, it means that the people on the rich list in this era are probably equivalent to two or three billion yuan, which is about the same. After all, this is still an agricultural society, and it is impossible to Compared with the industrial age, let alone the information age.

"According to Uncle Lin's wishes, if Miss Miaoyu is willing to marry into your Feng residence together with Sister Daiyu, needless to say, if she is determined not to, he said that he has discussed it with you, so don't be too forceful, so let's start from now on." Of the 230,000 taels of silver, 120,000 taels were left as her dowry, and Ziying was entrusted to find a suitable family for her, and some other antiques and antiques also tried to meet her requirements. My aunt returned home to settle down as a dowry,..."

  Lin Ruhai has arranged for Miaoyu with the utmost benevolence. A concubine's daughter almost catches up with a concubine's daughter in dowry. This is unimaginable in other families, probably because Lin Ruhai feels that she owes Miaoyu's mother and daughter.

   This point was also mentioned in Lin Ruhai's letter to Feng Ziying, but it was not as detailed as in the letter to Jia Lian.

In Lin Ruhai's view, some simple money is no longer enough to impress someone like Feng Ziying. Lin Ruhai's heart for Feng Ziying is that he always transfers some of the contacts and information of the Salt Envoy Siyamen to Feng Ziying, so that they can be used in the future. superior.

   "Well, Second Brother Lian, let's do it according to what Uncle Lin arranged before he died. You also asked the two aunts, their attitude...?"

"I was a bit reluctant before, but I explained the whole story to them, and I also mentioned Uncle Lin's arrangement. Probably they also considered that Sister Lin had to observe filial piety first, and might live in the capital's city mansion. After the filial piety period expired, she would marry The situation after your family finally accepted this arrangement, and after they plan to go to Suzhou with us, they will not come back." Jia Lian's arrangement was very appropriate.

   "That's all." Feng Ziying also breathed a sigh of relief.

  Jia Lian is the most comfortable handling such trivial matters involving the family, and his identity is also the most suitable. He can say anything with confidence, but if it is him, if there is a dispute, it will be a little embarrassing.

"Not necessarily." Jia Lian smiled mysteriously, "You have to talk to Ziying by yourself about how Miss Miaoyu will arrange it. She has a weird temper and doesn't want to pay attention to me, so let's get rid of this matter." You still have to tie the bell, only you can handle it yourself."

Although Feng Ziying met Miaoyu a few times after returning to Yangzhou, she didn't have the time and energy to negotiate with this girl, but according to Daiyu and Xiangyun, Miaoyu was not as cold and withdrawn as imagined, and she was still willing to get in touch with her , but it is of course unrealistic for you to say that you can achieve the harmony of other sisters in Jia's mansion, maybe it will take some time.

   "Well, I see." Feng Ziying felt a little headache, but knew that this matter could not be avoided.

  Lin Ruhai had talked to him before, but facing such a stubborn and eccentric concubine daughter who felt owed by her family, Lin Ruhai had no choice but to wrong Feng Ziying to take care of her.

"There is also the remaining property and accounts, Ziying, sister Lin's temperament, I guess it will not be able to take care of this situation for the time being, even that Miaoyu girl seems to have never been exposed to such things. As for the matter, I’m afraid you have to take over and touch it first,…”

   Jia Lian glanced at Feng Ziying.

Hundreds of thousands of taels of goods, apart from the 150,000 taels lent to the Jia family, there are still 300,000 taels of gold and silver, plus a large number of other goods, antiques, calligraphy and painting decorations, all of which require a fine person to handle. Take care, don't ignore it.

   Moreover, it is not suitable for an outsider like Wang Wenyan to come, even he is not suitable, but Feng Ziying has not married yet, so it is really troublesome.

  Feng Ziying is also considering this matter.

  Duan Xigui is busy with the preparations for Haitong Yinzhuang now, and he doesn't have the energy to ask these questions. If he had known, he would have taken Jin Chuan'er with him.

  But if Jin Chuaner is a maid, if she assists the head of the house to take care of it, it can barely be justified, but it is obviously impossible to take charge of it alone.

   "The second brother thinks I'll let my younger sister Bao take care of it first, and ask my third younger sister to help me, what do you think?" Feng Ziying thought for a while before asking.

"Sister Xue and Third Sister?" Jia Lian was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, it seems that there is really no other suitable person around Feng Ziying. Yingchun and Xiangyun are not the kind of management, and Baochai and Tanchun are meticulous in their work. , although he is still young, but the status of relatives is there, and there is a scene of Feng Ziying's son-in-law town, which makes sense.

   "Well, second brother, what do you think?"

   "I think it's okay. The younger sister of the Xue family works calmly. It turns out that she is also the one who decides in the Xue family. The third younger sister is clean and neat. It is appropriate for her to assist the younger sister of the Xue family."

  The more Jia Lian thought about it, the more she felt it was appropriate, and she gave Feng Ziying a thumbs up with a slight smile.

"Ziying, it's because you have more ideas. Fortunately, the Xue family sister and the third sister are here. This is also good. Let the second sister, the Shi family sister and the fourth sister stay with the Lin sister more, and the Xue family sister and the third sister will worry more about the Lin family. There is a strategy for how to deal with the goods left here, and how to deal with the servants of the Lin family, what should be kept, and what should be left,..."

There is still a lot of chores left, especially in this chaotic time, it is most likely to be taken advantage of by those cunning servants in the mansion, taking advantage of the fire and robbing them with their belongings and running away, only to be caught later, the belongings It has long since vanished.

  So the more you wait, the more you need a fine person to take charge.

It's just that Baochai and Tanchun are both girls who have not left the court, and their identities are a little bit of a hindrance, but through Lin's family, there are two capable maidservants, the mother-in-law, Yinger, and Shishu, and Feng Ziying sits in the town to help Jia Lian, so they can barely support them. have to come.

   "Ah?!" Baochai and Tanchun were invited by Feng Ziying and Jia Lian to sit down in the quiet room, and when they heard Feng Ziying's intentions, they were both stunned and couldn't help but look at each other in disbelief.

   Today, Lao Rui is fighting for the fourth watch. Brothers, can you give me 500 monthly tickets? Now 2489 votes, can it reach 3000 votes by night?

  

  

  (end of this chapter)