The Rebirth of Han Yuxi - Chapter 1844

[Chapter 1844 Qi Xuan Fanwai (2)]

Yuxi didn’t say anything about Qixuan’s concubine these years, but Qixuan himself was a little guilty. Every time I go to see Yun Qing and Yu Xi, I feel uneasy.

Qi Xuan said: “Then I will send someone to investigate!”

Dai Yanxin said: “This Min family can’t stay in the palace, let’s take her to the palace first! After checking it out and confirming that she is a serious woman, take her back to the palace.”

“good.”

After talking about the Min family, Dai Yanxin asked Hawthorn to come over with the ledger. Putting the ledger in front of Qixuan, Dai Yanxin said, “Your Highness, the manor is now unable to make ends meet.”

Qi Xuan has never been worried about money in these years. He was shocked when he heard this, and asked quickly: “Isn’t the business of pawnshops and calligraphy and painting always good? There is also the prosperity of Huangzhuang and the dividends given by Qiyou. Very impressive, how could the manor not make ends meet?”

Dai Yanxin said: “My lord, the mansion now spends 12,000 taels a month. In addition to your annual expenses, the income from several shops and Huangzhuang is simply not enough, so it is only by the dividends given by You Wang. Barely maintained.” Qiyou’s annual dividends to each family are more than 20,000 taels.

Qi Xuan was taken aback and quickly asked, “Why is the government’s expenses so big?”

Dai Yanxin said: “The manor’s annual rouge gouache is more than 10,000 taels, and the clothes and jewelry also cost more than 20,000 taels.”

“What did you buy? It cost so much?”

Dai Yanxin calculated an account for Qi Xuan: “Mrs. Yu and the eldest girl have a total of 26 people. On average, each person’s jewelry and gouache money is more than 2,000 taels per year. This number is not too much.” Dai Yan Xin has never treated them harshly in terms of food and clothing, but these are all fixed numbers. Like eight sets of clothes per season and a set of jewelry, if you want new clothes and new jewelry, you have to pay for your own house. Rao is so, can’t stand the crowd, the aunt and the concubines in the house add up to twenty-six.

It is precisely because of this that Dai Yanxin opened a satin shop and a rouge gouache shop in the third year of his marriage. As far as the things that Xuanwangfu buys from two shops every year, they can pay for all the expenses of the shops. Everything else is earned.

After a pause, Dai Yanxin said again: “The concubine’s concubine, the girl, and the brother’s monthly bills together add up to more than 1,800 taels per month, and the palace guards and the family’s Ding have more than 2,000 taels of monthly bills each month…” These are all Rigid expenses, as well as expenses for food and illness. Twelve thousand taels a month was the result of her careful planning. Otherwise, it will cost more.

The more Qi Xuan listened, the more ugly his face became: “So you don’t have any money left in the palace?” Over the years, he has either gone out to play or immersed himself in writing books. It’s so bad.

Dai Yanxin shook his head and said that he hadn’t saved any money: “My lord, Brother Min is already sixteen years old, and he is of age to talk about marriage. My lord, I’ve been so worried about this lately that I can’t eat or sleep.” The words are completely fooling Qixuan. The palace has no money, but Dai Yanxin’s private house is very rich.

When Dai Yanxin got married, there were only two shops, and the location was not very good. Later, under her management, there are now ten shops, of which five shops do their own business. The business of these five stores is very good, with an annual income of 40,000 to 50,000 yuan. In addition to the rented shops and real estate, there are 70,000 to 80,000 taels of income every year. Accumulated over the years, the number is very considerable. However, Dai Yanxin was reluctant to take out the money to arrange a wedding for his son. After being married for so many years, she knew Qi Xuan’s temperament too well.

In Qi Xuan’s mind, both the descendants and the concubines are his children, and he treats them equally. It was Yuxi who was pressing on it, and he didn’t dare to overstep it, otherwise, Prince Xuan’s mansion would definitely be messed up.

However, since Qixuan felt that the descendants were his children, he naturally felt that Dai Yanxin should do the same. Once Dai Yanxin uses her own private house money to hold a wedding for Brother Min, she will also be asked to subsidize the marriage of her concubines in the future. Therefore, even if he subsidizes his brother, Dai Yanxin will only subsidize it secretly. On the surface, he must use Gongzhong’s money to get married.

Brother Xuan thought for a while and said, “Starting tomorrow, we will reduce the expenditure in the house.”

“If we want to reduce it, we can only reduce the number of our concubines and concubines. The guards and servants in the mansion cannot be reduced.” The guards and servants in Xuanwang’s mansion are the same as other palaces. To shrink, the face is gone.

Qi Xuan nodded and said, “From now on, my annual expenses will be controlled within 5,000 taels. Brother Min and the others, all their expenses will be halved.” In this way, they can save 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver a year.

Thinking of this, Qi Xuan asked, “Brother Min, how much will it cost to get married?”

Hearing that it would cost 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver, Qi Xuan frowned and said, “When my second brother and I got married to Qiyou, we spent a total of 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver.”

Dai Yanxin said: “It cost 40,000 taels of silver to get married to the prince of the British government. When our elder brother gets married, we can’t even compare to the prince of the UK, right?” The prince of the UK here refers to Brother Hu. .

Qi Xuan said: “What is there to compare with? Besides, we have nine sons. If each marriage costs 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver, then it won’t be 30,000 to 400,000 yuan. Where can I get so much silver? ”

Dai Yanxin looked at Qi Xuan.

Qi Xuan was stunned: “What’s wrong? Did I say something wrong?”

Dai Yanxin said, “Brother Min is the heir, so it will cost him 40,000 to 50,000 yuan to get married. In the future, for the three of them, about 20,000 yuan will be enough.” It is also normal for the younger brother to be the first grade.

When Qi Xuan heard this, he immediately asked, “What about Tai’er and the others? How many marriages did they have?”

Dai Yanxin said, “It’s up to you. However, the cost of their marriage must not exceed the three brothers Asr.” The standard of marriage for a concubine must not exceed that of a direct son.

Qi Xuan wanted to object, but Yu Xi’s face flashed in his mind, and he swallowed all the words in his mouth: “Then this matter, you decide!”

Dai Yanxin said, “My lord, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. I don’t know where I got the money for my brother’s marriage. So now I don’t dare to show him.”

These words are completely fooling Qixuan. In fact, the girl, she has long been in love with, is the eldest granddaughter of the Minister of Rites. This girl has a good character, outstanding appearance and talent, and her scheming methods are not bad. He secretly let Brother Min meet and got his son’s nod, so Dai Yanxin gave it to the Wen family. Now, the two have reached a private agreement. Only when the eldest girl of the Wen family is finished in October, she will come to propose a marriage.

Qi Xuan said: “The money thing, I will solve it.”

Does Dai Yanxin know how much Qixuan weighs? Nine times out of ten, he went to King You to borrow money. However, as long as Qi Xuan can get the money, it will do. The rest, she doesn’t care.

Qi Xuan really went to find Brother You. However, he came to ask Qiyou for a way to make money.

Qiyou asked in surprise: “Third brother, are you short of money?”

Qi Xuan snorted, and said that there was no such thing as a penny of the palace’s silver balance: “Brother Yan and Brother As are about to get married. There is no money in the palace, how will you get married then?”

Qiyou asked in disbelief, “Impossible. The property of Prince Xuan’s mansion has an interest rate of 70,000 to 80,000 yuan a year, and plus the dividends I give, how can there be no money in the income account of 100,000 taels of silver a year? “Qiyou knows exactly what property Xuanwang’s mansion has.

With a wry smile, Qi Xuan gave a rough overview of the manor’s expenses.

After listening to Qiyou, he said, “There are only three masters, Si Ling and Xu Ge’er in our house, and we have to spend more than 3,000 taels a month. There are more than 30 masters in your house, but the expenses are only ours. Four times, this is also because the third sister-in-law has a good housekeeping. Otherwise, 30,000 will not be enough. ”

Qi Xuan hummed: “Your sister-in-law is indeed a good housekeeper.” This wife should have taken care of the household affairs in the first place.

Qiyou frowned when he heard this: “Third brother, you haven’t taken care of the affairs in the Xuan family’s mansion these years. It’s the third sister-in-law who is taking care of it. The third sister-in-law has worked so hard, so treat her better.”

Qi Xuan said: “I have always been good to her.”

When Qiyou heard this, he was speechless. I am away from home for half of the year, and every time I go out, I bring a beautiful woman back, which is also good for my wife.

“Ayou, do you have any good way to make money quickly?” The pawnshops and calligraphy and painting shops in the past were very profitable. Qi Xuan believed that as long as Qi You gave him a good idea, he would definitely make money.

Unfortunately, this time Qi Xuan was not able to do his best. Qiyou shook his head and said: “Third brother, my energy is now on errands, where can I still focus on business.”

Qi Xuan was a little disappointed, but he also knew that Qi You was very busy after taking over the punishment department.

After thinking for a while, Qi Xuan said, “You, then you lend me 30,000 taels of silver first. When the dividend is distributed at the end of the year, deduct it from it.”

There are only jewelry shops and rouge gouache shops under the name of You Wangfu, but these two shops are making money every day. For these two shops every year, there are more than 100,000 in interest after dividends are removed. In addition to this, there is also a property shop and a house. Brother You is the richest of the siblings. Of course, Qi Hao is not one of them.

As usual, Qiyou would definitely agree without shaking his brows. But this time, he didn’t agree: “Third brother, I have the money, but I won’t lend it to you.” Even if he said he had no money, Qi Xuan would not believe it.

“Why”

Qiyou said: “Mother said that if you ask me to borrow money, you are not allowed to lend it to you.”

Qi Xuan’s eyes widened: “When did it happen?”

“Last year. Mother probably knew that your house was not making ends meet, so we were not allowed to borrow money.” In fact, Yuxi didn’t say this at all, but Qi Xuan’s attitude towards Dai Yanxin just now annoyed Qiyou.

Over the years, Qixuan has been at ease by himself, and has never cared about family affairs. That’s fine, he even went out to bring back a beauty. Dai Yanxin never complained to Yuxi in front of him, and he was filial to Yuxi and Yunqing for him. At this point, Qiyou regarded her as his own family. But Qixuan was not even half grateful, which was too unconscionable.

Brother Xuan doubted whether Yuxi was really his mother. Normally, when parents know that their son has no money to hold a wedding for their grandson, they will subsidize it. Even if he doesn’t subsidize it now, his brother is not allowed to give it to him. How can there be a mother, such a pit son pit grandson.