prosperous age

Chapter 128 Chapter 127
In the evening, after a sumptuous welcome banquet, Father Wei came to the courtyard of the Wei family led by the Zhang family.

Wei Guangde asked the soldiers to help his father into the backyard, put him on the bed, and asked Uncle Lin to arrange a place for the accompanying soldiers to live in. They all came from Bengshanbao and knew each other.

Wei Guangde asked Aunt Lin to clean the main yard in the backyard two days ago.

"Zhang Ji, you sleep here tonight, call me if you need anything."

Seeing that his father had fallen asleep, Wei Guangde smelled strongly of alcohol, probably because he drank a little too much at the banquet, so he ordered Zhang Ji to wait on him here, and went out of the house to his yard.

Dad is drunk, he can't hear anything right now, let him have a good night's rest.

The next day, Wei Guangde got up much earlier than usual, and got up to the main courtyard at Maoshi.

Looking at Zhang Ji who was yawning, he asked, "How was my dad's rest last night?" '

"Master got up twice last night, drank some water and fell asleep again."

Zhang Ji immediately replied.

"Work harder today and take good care of my father. You will go to the front yard to find Aunt Lin later and ask her to prepare more meals."

Wei Guangde ordered to go down, looking at his father who was still on the bed, Wei Guangde went to a chair and sat down and closed his eyes.

When Father Wei woke up, it was already the end of the hour and the beginning of the hour, that is, nine or ten o'clock in later generations.

Wei Guangde waited for Father Wei to wash, Zhang Ji informed Aunt Lin to bring the food, and the two father and son sat at the dining table and talked.

"Take me around the house in a while, and when Wei Li's work is done, I'll go back to Bengshan Castle to pick up your mother."

"Father, I heard that Commander-in-Chief wants to be promoted?"

Wei Guangde asked in a low voice after taking a bite of his meal.

"You know it all?"

Father Wei was a little surprised when he heard his son say this, but then shook his head, "At first there was such a rumor, but Master Zhang asked someone to inquire about it later, and the news was not true."

"Oh."

Wei Guangde nodded upon hearing this.

Since what the old man said was a rumor, it can basically be ruled out, and the fight in the guard will not happen, and the old man can only be his guard in peace.

"By the way, dad, the Zhang family sent over 1000 taels of silver a few days ago, saying it was the first distribution of dividends. The batch of goods is almost sold out, and we will wait for you to come back."

Wei Guangde remembered that when he first moved here, the Zhang family sent a box, and he opened it to see that it was a box of silver.

"Well, you can keep the money as it is given to you, and spend what you want. I heard that scholars spend a lot of money, and don't be stingy with your classmates who are studying in the government. Who knows what their future will be."

Father Wei took a sip of porridge and said casually, "I'll go back to Bengshan Fort after I'm done here. I picked up your mother a year ago. This year our family will celebrate the New Year in Jiujiang."

"Hongfu said, this time you should be able to share 1 taels of silver."

After thinking about it, Wei Guangde revealed to his father the news he had heard from Zhang Hongfu. He must be clear about what he had gained in Zhejiang. Knowing what he had gained, he didn't know whether it was less or more.

After Wei Guangde finished speaking, he stared at his father without blinking.

I haven't seen him for more than half a year. After going out this trip, my father feels a little older when he comes back.

Before feeling too much, Wei Guangde noticed that the expression in his father's eyes was a bit unusual, he just smiled and shook his head.

It's really too few points, the Zhang family is really black-hearted.

Seeing his father's smile, Wei Guangde guessed that maybe 1 taels of silver was too little, that's why his father behaved like this.

At this time, Old Wei raised his eyes to look at Wei Guangde, and suddenly asked blankly, "What did you find?"

For Wei Guangde's question, Wei Guangde didn't know what it meant.

"The Zhang family, have you spent a lot of money lately?"

Wei Guangde found that when his father said this, although his face was still expressionless, his eyebrows frowned slightly.

"The Zhang family doesn't seem to have any. It just feels that Hongfu has been loose recently."

Wei Guangde hurriedly said that the Zhang family seemed to have not changed much in his impression during this time, except for the box of silver that Uncle Zhang sent.

But even if there was, Wei Guangde probably didn't know about it. The only person who had a lot of contact with him was Zhang Hongfu, and that guy was really rich recently.

"You boy, what do you mean by that, you just want to know if the 1 taels of silver is too much or too little? Hehe."

At this moment, Father Wei laughed, and Wei Guangde bowed his head a little embarrassed.

Indeed, he was a little narrow-minded, after all, his father's official position was so great, and it was best to be handled.

Putting down his chopsticks, Father Wei wiped his mouth with the handkerchief next to him, turned his head and looked outside the door, there was no one outside at the moment, and only their father and son were in the room, so he said, "I know what kind of temper you are, yes, Very well observed."

Then he rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "When you get the silver this time, I will give you 1 taels for your study. Before you become an official, you don't even want to get a tael of silver from me.

Of course, the proceeds from the [-] mu of paddy fields I asked your brother to buy for you in the last letter are still yours, and no one wants them. "

"Hongfu doesn't know that batch of things?"

Wei Guangde was keenly aware of something. Last time Zhang Hongfu quietly told him that the things were sold for more than 4 taels of silver, and the profit was about 1 taels from the family, which seemed to be less.

"Originally there were only so many of them, and all the good things were taken away by Japanese pirates. However, we found a warehouse of private salt dealers with a lot of salt in it, so we called Fugui to find a way to sell them."

Father Wei only planned to mention it casually, he knew that his son's tongue was very strict, and he knew the seriousness.

"how many?"

Wei Guangde didn't think too much, and asked directly.

"It's none of your business. You just study hard now, and try to get me admitted to Juren in three years' time, and then dad will buy you land."

After hitting a soft nail, Wei Guangde rubbed his nose and stopped asking. If he found the salt, there should be a lot of money.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, several products were officially operated or strictly controlled, namely salt, iron, and tea.

Iron is easier to understand. The border troubles in the Ming Dynasty were constant, but most of these enemies were backward in production and could not produce enough iron materials to make weapons. Therefore, controlling the iron materials can suppress the border troubles, at least so that the enemy does not have enough weapons to attack the border.

The function of tea is similar. Nomadic people have a strong dependence on tea, even reaching the level of "I would rather go without food for a day than tea for a day".

As a necessity in every household, "salt" plays an important role in daily life. It is self-evident that there are huge benefits in it, which makes countless people crazy about it.

The Ming Dynasty implemented the official salt system, and there was a special "zaohu" who was registered to produce salt, which was purchased and sold by the government.

Merchants bought salt from the government by obtaining salt and selling it everywhere.

This system played a very positive role in the early days of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. However, with the development of the times, especially the disgraceful role played by nobles, the salt government was completely ruined, and private salt was rampant, even surpassing official salt.

(End of this chapter)