The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

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The man from Nanjing was Xu Enzhi, a young man in his 20s.

His ancestor branched out from the Xu family a hundred years ago, and it was like being kicked out at that time, which was quite embarrassing.

After arriving in Nanjing, the first few generations were unsatisfactory. Only Xu Enzhi's uncle Xu Guoying, in order to make a living, went to the palace and became a eunuch, and gradually became famous.

The elders of the Xu family in Songjiang saw it, and hurried to make connections again, and soon the two branches started to move again.

A few years ago, Xu Guoying went from Lijian to Nanjing as a defensive eunuch, which was equivalent to retiring to the second line and preparing to retire.

He has been taking care of the Xu family these years, and the Xu family is also flourishing in Songjiang.

This is why Mrs. Xu dared not to take Ding Yi's little guerrilla seriously.

Hearing that the visitor was not kind, Mrs. Xu could vaguely guess what was going on.

She kept her composure and quickly entered the mansion, Lian Er separated from her, as if something was going on.

There were several young ladies and servants following behind her one after another. She walked in front, striding like stars, not at all like the young lady of the Ming Dynasty who faltered.

Several girls had to run in small steps to keep up with her pace.

Butler Xu was trotting along while reporting.

"Liu's concubine from the prefect of Zhou's birthday is on the [-]th of this month."

"500 taels," Mrs. Xu said flatly.

"Yan Tongzhi's daughter is getting married in the middle of next month."

"300 taels."

"The uncle said yesterday that he wanted to add two young maids."

"Buy, but not more than 50 taels."

"The third master owes Lihai Casino 120 taels, and people from Lihai came to the door this morning."

Mrs. Xu stopped, with an angry expression on her face, butler Xu lowered his head, and everyone lowered their heads.

She hesitated for a while, and said sharply: "Give Li Hai 150 taels, and tell them, if you dare to let the third master in in the future, I will ask someone to smash their casino."

"I understand." Butler Xu lowered his head even lower.

Outsiders would never have guessed that at this moment, her appearance of being aggressive, domineering, and aloof is completely different from the gentleness she was talking about business with everyone in Yuchun Courtyard just now.

One can tell at a glance that she has the absolute right to speak in the Xu family and firmly controls the entire Xu family.

Not long after, she came to a house.

Two girls ran over quickly, bent over and lowered their heads, and opened the door one from the left and the other from the right.

Mrs. Xu stopped at the door, with a charming smile on her face, and cautiously took a step inside.

Squeak, girls, close the door quickly.

Everyone looked at each other, and at the same time let out a long sigh of relief, their expressions relaxed a lot.

Xu Enzhi looks young and handsome in his 20s. With his hands behind his back, he is looking at a picture on the wall.

This word is exactly "every time more dogs are slaughtered in righteousness, they are all scholars in their hearts."

The signature is Shicang Jushi.

This is written by Cao Xuequan, a layman in Shicang, to Mrs. Xu.

"Long time no see. I don't know what to do when En Zhi came to Songjiang Mansion this time?" Mrs. Xu greeted her with a smile.

Xu Enzhi turned around when he heard the sound of closing the door, and his eyes lit up when he saw Mrs. Xu.

Mrs. Xu is in her early thirties, and she is still so well maintained, so beautiful.

"Enzhi pays homage to my little aunt." Xu Enzhi also kowtowed politely.

"Sit down." Mrs. Xu said with a light smile, "You and I are a family, so why be polite."

She talked about the family, but she didn't take it seriously.

Their Xu family and Xu Guoying's branch were not directly descended a hundred years ago.

After it was passed to Xu Guoying, Xu Enzhi and Xu Guoying were also close relatives. Although the two families both had the surname Xu, they were actually separated by tens of thousands of miles.

In Xu Guoying's branch, there were also married people in the middle, so it's hard to say whether they are related by blood.

But now the two sides are cooperating and helping each other, so it is naturally better to have a family relationship.

Xu Enzhi sat down with a smile, his eyes moved up and down, looking at Mrs. Xu's graceful figure.

Like Mrs. Xu, he didn't regard Mrs. Xu as a real relative in his heart, after all, he and Xu Guoying were still far away.

At this moment, Mrs. Xu picked up the teacup on the table and started to make tea for him. She quickly made a cup of hot tea and brought it to him.

"Enzhi, try our Songjiang specialty, Shoumeichun—"

She just put down the teacup.

Well, Xu Enzhi grabbed her hand: "This is good tea."

A flash of anger flashed in Mrs. Xu's eyes, she quickly shrank back, and took advantage of the situation to sit on the other side.

Xu Enzhi chuckled, neither blushing nor out of breath, as if nothing happened just now.

"Enzhi this time, what's the matter?" Mrs. Xu also seemed to have nothing happened.

Xu Enzhi picked up the teacup, thought for a while, and said slowly: "It's like this, this time my uncle asked me to come to Songjiang, and I want to ask my little aunt for help."

"Say." Mrs. Xu said simply.

"Nanjing doesn't have much money. Uncle wants to go back to the palace in the capital. He has an acquaintance and friend, and he has already become the chief inspector of ceremonies."

"But if you want to go back to Beijing, you need a lot of money to operate."

Mrs. Xu's face remained unchanged, and there was fire in her eyes.

This Xu Guoying is greedy by nature. In order to maintain a good relationship with him, the Songjiang Xu family gives 2 taels of silver every year.

This is absolutely huge.

But this is not enough.

"How much?" Madam Xu asked without hesitation.

Xu Enzhi stretched out a finger and smiled.

"1 taels?" Mrs. Xu heaved a sigh of relief secretly, which was still acceptable.

"No." Xu En said with a straight smile, "It's 10 taels."

Hiss, Mrs. Xu took a deep breath, her expression changed drastically.

The Xu family sells about 5 catties of silk a year, and can sell it for about 15 taels. They also sell another 30 pieces of silk fabrics-[-] pieces. The annual income is about [-] to [-] yuan. Of the mu of land, [-] mu are used to grow grain and rice. After selling the grain and rice, the total annual income is about [-] taels, which sounds good.

But the Xu family has raised thousands of people, and they still have to manage Songjiang officials. After taking into account the cost of raising silkworms, the cost of farming, and the Xu family's own expenses, it is not bad if they can save 8 to [-] taels a year.

Every year, Xu Guoying was given 2 taels.

He worked hard to save some money, and now he asked for [-].

This is the deposit of the Xu family for two years.

Mrs. Xu took a deep breath, and slowly let it out again: "I can't take out so much money for a while—"

'Bang' As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Enzhi slapped the table heavily, with a gloomy face: "Little aunt, we are relatives, why do you say these things to me."

"The Xu family has a big business. They can earn hundreds of thousands a year selling raw silk, not to mention [-] mu of fertile land."

"That's hundreds of thousands—" Mrs. Xu said.

He was interrupted again: "Is it true that the 20 mu of fertile land is good? Each mu produces three shi of grain and sells it for two taels. That's [-] taels."

"How can it be calculated like this? All these fields are cultivated by human beings, and only [-]% of them are handed over to us, and we still need to take care of them."

"And some of them are planted with mulberry trees, and the annual maintenance costs a lot of money—"

Mrs. Xu still wanted to explain.

Xu Enzhi didn't listen at all. He stood up and said angrily, "This is what my uncle said, and it's not that I want money from your Xu family."

"You can do it yourself."

"Uncle said, 10 taels, not less than one tael."

"Otherwise, he won't be able to go to the capital, so he can only come to Songjiang." Xu Enzhi smiled sinisterly.

The last words are Chi Guoguo's threat.

After finishing speaking, he stood up in a huff, and when he was about to leave, he said that he would give her three days to think about it. After finishing speaking, he rolled his eyes, looked Mrs. Xu up and down, smiled strangely, and walked away.

(End of this chapter)