"Ziying, this is the gift list when each family comes to mourn Uncle Lin, I have people sort it out, you can take a look." Jia Lian, who was full of tiredness, took a stack of papers, "I don't think Sister Lin has much time to ask about this, Miss Miaoyu also only cares about eating vegetarian and reciting Buddha, this thing is ......"

"Second Brother Lian, thank you for your hard work." Feng Ziying didn't look at it, and it is not suitable to look at these now, and the reasoning should also be seen by Daiyu.

In addition, he has to deal with the problem of Lin Ruhai's two concubines, because they are not very old and have no children, Feng Ziying's opinion is still to send a suitable gift and send it back, or let the family arrange the second half of their lives, Daiyu also agreed with Feng Ziying's opinion.

"Well, it's almost, Ziying, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, I think it's almost the day after tomorrow to leave for Suzhou, you don't have to go, after all, you have to deal with official business, and I don't think I have to go, I will accompany Sister Lin Fuling back to Suzhou for burial, and I will also return to Yangzhou as soon as possible."

Lin Ruhai III passed on alone, so there were only some relatives who were far away, and returning to Suzhou was a burial matter.

After Lin Ruhai passed away, someone had already been arranged to go over there to arrange the tombstones in the cemetery, so Jia Lian and Daiyu would not stay too long in the past, and it would not be appropriate for a large number of people to go over.

"Well, it's okay, I'll let Yu Chu'er and Zijuan accompany Daiyu and Miaoyu back to Suzhou." Feng Ziying nodded.

Everyone has been tired enough these days, and it is really not easy to hold a funeral and condolence event.

is also thanks to a close relative and familiar hand like Jia Lian to pick the head, people like Wang Wenyan and Wu Yaoqing are not suitable to come forward, and Feng Ziying has no experience in this area, so it is all up to Jia Lian to carry it, so it can be regarded as a neat handling of these things.

"In addition, the disposal of the Lin family's house shops and fields in Yangzhou and Suzhou, one or twenty acres of fields and an old house are left in Suzhou, mainly to facilitate the return to the province in the future to worship ancestors and maintain the Lin family's ancestral hall, Yangzhou here will be all disposed of, this is also Uncle Lin's opinion,......"

Jia Lian cleaned up while reporting the number, "The total Lin Lin has almost been dealt with, and at present, the cash realized and the cash left by Uncle Lin is about 380,000 taels, and in this condolence, the gifts received one after another, except for some gifts that cannot be estimated for the time being, the gold and silver are discounted at about 70,000 taels, so now the Lin family has about 450,000 taels of cash, well, in addition to the 150,000 taels lent to the house, there are still 300,000 taels, In addition, there are some old and antiquities that Uncle Lin asked to stay, well, mainly for the two younger sisters of Miaoyu and Daiyu,......"

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

But it wasn't clear before, but this time it's a real data in front of you.

Four hundred and fifty thousand taels, what is the concept?

According to the current price level, one tael of silver Feng Ziying calculated by herself, and her purchasing power was about equivalent to between 800 yuan and 1,200 yuan when she crossed over.

This is close to the income and expenditure of the Zhuang households in the suburbs of Beijing mentioned in the book "Dream of Red Mansions" when Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden at 20 taels of silver, but compared with the 500 yuan to 1 tael of silver per month for ordinary maids in Jiafu, it seems to be slightly lower.

But considering that these maids are all dependent on Jiafu, and they are in charge of eating, wearing, and living, and they have a considerable social status as a maid in Rongning's second mansion, they can barely accept it.

Therefore, according to one tael of silver and one thousand yuan, these 450,000 taels of silver are equivalent to 450 million yuan, and the gift money received for a funeral is about 70 million.

This is in line with the value of a fat position recognized by the mainstream of court officials in this era, after all, Lin Ruhai has been working in this position for seven years.

If you think of a top salt merchant's family assets of about two or three million taels, it means that the person on the rich list of this era is about equivalent to two or three billion yuan, which is about the same, after all, this is still an agricultural society, which cannot be compared with the industrial age, let alone the information age.

"According to Uncle Lin's meaning, if this Miaoyu girl is willing to marry into your Feng Mansion with Daiyu's sister, needless to say, if he resolutely refuses, he said that he has also discussed with you, so he doesn't have to be too reluctant, so he left 120,000 taels from the 230,000 taels of silver as his dowry, and entrusted Ziying to find a suitable family for her, and some other old antiquities also tried their best to meet their requirements,......, took out 30,000 taels as a dowry for the two aunts to return home and settle down,......"

Lin Ruhai can be regarded as having done his best to arrange Miaoyu, and a concubine is almost catching up with a concubine to marry, which is unimaginable in other families, probably because Lin Ruhai feels that he 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 opinion, some simple silver is no longer enough to impress a character like Feng Ziying, Lin Ruhai gave Feng Ziying more of a heart or he transferred some of the resources and news of the Yamen of the salt envoy to Feng Ziying, so that it can be used in the future.

"Well, Second Brother Lian, let's do what Uncle Lin arranged before his death, you also asked the two aunts, what ......is their attitude?"

"I was still a little reluctant before, but I explained the reason with them, and also mentioned Aunt Lin's arrangement, probably they also considered that Sister Lin should first keep filial piety, and she might live in the Jingshi City Mansion, and after the expiration of the filial piety period, she will marry into your family, and finally accepted this arrangement, and they plan to go to Suzhou with us, and they will not come back." Jia Lian's arrangement is very appropriate.

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

Jia Lian is the most handy in handling such trivial matters involving the family, and his identity is also the most suitable.

"Not really." Jia Lian smiled mysteriously, "How to arrange Miss Miaoyu, I have to ask Ziying to talk about it yourself, she has a strange temperament and doesn't want to ignore me, so this matter must be tied to the bell person, and only you have to deal with it yourself." ”

After Feng Ziying returned to Yangzhou, although she had seen Miaoyu a few times, she didn't have the time and energy to negotiate with this girl, but listening to Daiyu and Xiangyun, Miaoyu was not as cold and withdrawn as she imagined, and she was still willing to contact her, but if you want to say that it is not realistic to achieve the harmony of other sisters in Jiafu, maybe it will take a while.

"Well, I see." Feng Ziying had a headache, but she knew that she couldn't avoid it.

Lin Ruhai had talked to him before, but in the face of such a stubborn and eccentric daughter who felt that he owed something, Lin Ruhai didn't have much to do, so he could only grieve Feng Ziying to take more care.

"There are also the remaining goods and accounts, Ziying, Sister Lin's temperament, I estimate that I still can't pick up this mess for the time being, even the Miaoyu girl seems to have never been exposed to such things, I'm afraid you have to take over and touch the ,...... first"

Jia Lian glanced at Feng Ziying.

Hundreds of thousands of taels of goods, in addition to the 150,000 loans to Jiafu, there are also 300,000 taels of gold and silver, plus a large number of other treasures, antiquities, calligraphy, paintings, ornaments, all of which need a fine person to manage, and cannot be ignored.

And it's not suitable for outsiders like Wang Wenyan to come, even he is not suitable, but Feng Ziying hasn't married yet, so it's really a troublesome thing.

Feng Ziying was also thinking about this.

Duan Xigui is now busy with the preparations of Haitong Yinzhuang, and he no longer has the energy to ask about this, so he already knew that he had brought Jin Chu'er with him.

But Jin Chu'er is a maid, if she assists the lady in charge to take care of it, it is barely reasonable, but it is obviously impossible to take charge alone.

"The second brother thinks that I will let Sister Bao help take care of it first, and ask the third sister to help assist, what do you think?" Feng Ziying thought for a moment before saying.

"The younger sister and third sister of the Xue family?" Jia Lian was slightly surprised, but after thinking about it, it seems that there is really no suitable other person around Feng Ziying, Yingchun and Xiangyun are not such managerial temperaments, Baochai and Tanchun are meticulous, although they are still young, but the identity of relatives is there, plus there is Feng Ziying, the son-in-law of the town, it is reasonable.

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

"I think it's okay, the younger sister of the Xue family is calm, it turns out that she is also a master in the Xue family, the third sister does things cleanly and neatly, it is just right for her to assist the younger sister of the Xue family."

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

"Ziying, you still have a lot of ideas, and fortunately the younger sister and third sister of the Xue family are here, so it's okay, let the second sister, the sister of the Shi family and the fourth sister accompany Sister Lin more, and the younger sister and third sister of the Xue family will worry more about the disposal of these goods left by the Lin family, and how to deal with some of the servants and family members of the Lin family now, what should be stayed, what should be left, there must be a strategy,......"

There are still a lot of miscellaneous jobs left, especially in this chaotic time, which is most likely to be taken by those slippery servants and servants in the house.

So the more times like this, the more you need a fine person to be in charge.

It's just that Baochai and Tanchun are both girls who have not left the cabinet, and their identities are slightly hindered, but through the existing mother-in-law and Ying'er and the two right-hand men of the Lin Mansion, as well as Feng Ziying and Jia Lian to help, they can barely support it.

"Huh?!" Baochai and Tanchun were invited by Feng Ziying and Jia Lian to sit down in the quiet room, and when they heard Feng Ziying say what they meant, they were all shocked, and they couldn't help but look at each other in disbelief.