In the Ming Dynasty, the private property between husband and wife was separated, such as the wife's dowry, and the money in the box, which belonged to the wife's wealth.

In the family, the wife's wealth is protected by law.

For example, in Lin Yanchao's family, Lin Gao presided over the overall situation with the old man, and now the family has not been separated, the long house, the second room, and the three rooms live together with the same wealth, and all the expenses of the family are taken from the public middle school.

However, the wives and daughters-in-law of several houses belong to private property and are not included in the same wealth, and even if the family divides the property in the future, the wife's wealth should belong to whichever family belongs to which family, and it is not divided equally.

At that time, the eldest mother was arrogant in the Lin family, not only because his father was the chief A, but also because she brought five acres of land from her mother's family.

broke up with the uncle, and the old man Lin allowed the eldest lady to take back the field she married, but she was not allowed to take away the property of her husband's family, which was absolutely legal in the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Qianqian has been in the Lin family for many years, and Mr. Lin almost treats her as his own granddaughter.

In ancient times, when a woman married into her husband's family, the more dowry she carried, the richer wife's wealth, and the higher her status in her husband's family.

In the past, why was it difficult for concubines to shake the status of their main wives? Because the concubine is bought, and the wife is married, and enters the door with the dowry, before the family is separated, all the husband's private money is equal to the wife's.

Besides, when Lin Yanchao and Qianqian got married, they were Xie Yuan, and they are likely to be nominated by the gold list in the future and become an official in the court. At that time, the Gong family came to propose marriage, and immediately reminded Mr. Lin that from ancient times to the present, marriage is a good thing.

Although there is a saying that the high door marries a woman and the low door marries a woman, but the two sides cannot be too different, so in order to harmonize the relationship between the shallow and Yanchao, Mr. Lin also put a lot of thought into it.

Therefore, Lin Qianqian married into the Lin family that year, and in addition to the marriage, he also gave two shops in the prosperous area of the provincial capital. This was originally given to the Lin family, but Old Man Lin didn't ask for it. Now these two shops are managed by the Cheng family and the third uncle, and Mr. Lin is in charge, and the annual dividends of the silver shop are given to Lin Qianqian, which is counted as his wife's wealth.

Therefore, the 30,000 taels of silver belong to Lin Qianqian, and Lin Qianqian has the right to dispose of property.

Lin Qianqian has such a sum of money invested in the farmer's bank, and she is not completely helping the public, because she also has a unique business vision in the eyes of today's people, and she can make three times as much money by speculating on land. Lin Qianqian also took a fancy to the business opportunities of the farmer's bank.

Lin Qianqian took money to smash it on the one hand, and begged softly on the other hand, Lin Yanchao had to agree if he didn't agree.

It was already March, Lin Yanchao went to Xiayi to travel, half a month ago, he came to Xiayi County once, when the people were in rags, the land was barren, passing by by car, a curtain was lifted, it was a yellow sand pavement, full of gray and dilapidated scenery.

In less than half a month, Xiayi County has improved.

Lin Yanchao's carriage traveled along a river, the river was clear and clear, and the cool breeze blew, which made people wake up.

A keel waterwheel probed into the river near the river, and the people stepped on the waterwheel to lead the river water to the high fields and irrigate the acres of fields.

On the other side of the river, on the lowlands below the embankment, dozens of ordinary people with hoes in their hands are digging canals to divert water from the river to the fields for irrigation.

The acres of fields in the distance are also being cultivated, and there is a paddy field, and even a small inch of green seedlings is exposed.

The common people are busy farming, and there is a scene of diligent farming.

On the side, the county magistrate of Xiayi County accompanied Lin Yanchao on his trip and told him: "In the past half month, the people of Xiayi County have borrowed 13,000 taels of green seedlings from the farmer's bank. ”

Lin Yanchao asked, "How do they use this Qingmiao money?" ”

The county Cheng said with a smile: "There are a lot of places to use, and many people take the money of green seedlings, not only buy spring seeds, but also rent ploughing cattle, iron plows, and even hire people to dig wells." With oxen and iron ploughs, labor can be saved, and the most important thing is that agricultural time can be grabbed. ”

"For example, this keel waterwheel for taking water, is the people of Xinjiazhuang in Hedong Province bought a co-owner with seedling money, as long as two or three people tread, this keel waterwheel can be used to irrigate at least 20 acres of land, how much labor is saved here. As long as there is water, if all the rivers here are reclaimed, it will be fertile land in the future, and rice can be planted."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Good, Jin Xiancheng, do you think this year will be a good year?" ”

Jin Xiancheng patted his chest and said: "Please rest assured, I have been in Xiayi County for 30 years, Jin guarantees with his life, this year must be a good year, if the embankment can be held and the river does not flood, I guarantee that the people of these seven counties and one state can live a good life this year." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded when he heard this, this Jin County Cheng was born as a clerk.

Jinshi, lifting people, third-class officials, the worst officials, and the most looked down upon.

Although Jin Xiancheng has a poor background, he has been in the local area for decades and has rich experience at the grassroots level. Lin Yanchao visited Xiayi County twice and benefited a lot from talking with him.

Jin Xiancheng also admires Lin Yanchao very much, generally speaking, the Zhengyin officials are in the palace and do not go out of the gate, and the second door is not stepping.

But Lin Yanchao is different, he runs to the place all day long, not to mention the place, that is, he ran twice in half a month in this Xiayi County. Jin Xiancheng also objected to it in his heart, and Lin Yanchao built a hundred miles of embankment, thinking that it was completely a great achievement, and it would become a mess sooner or later in the future.

But whether it is successful or not, Jin Xiancheng feels that it is too rare just because Lin Yanchao is a personal attitude. There are so few officials who are diligent in political affairs, and there are really too few in the Ming Dynasty now.

After inspecting Nongsang, Lin Yanchao was not satisfied with the wind and dust, and went to the embankment to inspect the embankment work.

A total of 20 miles of embankments will be built in Xiayi County, and there will be breaches to be blocked.

Before the break, Lin Yanchao and five or six old river workers took the drawings to discuss the break.

The breach is more than a mile wide, although it is not the flood season now, the breach is already silted high, there is no river irrigation, but if the embankment is not repaired, the flood season will come in the future, and Lin Yanchao will see that the fertile land that has been reclaimed will be submerged.

Several old river workers said to Lin Yanchao: "Qiqi Sima, it's not that we don't make up this embankment, but this is the bend of the river, if the water is together, the river is difficult to control, if the water potential is rushing through the embankment, there is a chance that the embankment will burst, even if we build a thick and high embankment at the breach, it is useless." ”

Lin Yanchao asked Huang Yue on the side, "What do you say?" ”

Huang Yue said: "This is not difficult, in this dangerous or thin section of the embankment, we are building a January embankment on the back of the embankment for the purpose of the big water, if Sima is not at ease, we can build the moon embankment into a stone embankment, which is foolproof." ”

Lin Yanchao remembered what Huang Yue said, such as the embankment, the remote embankment, the grid embankment, and the moon embankment. This moon embankment is built on the back of the embankment, which is equivalent to a double embankment, in case the remote embankment is washed by the river, then the moon embankment can still be used for protection.

After Lin Yanchao discussed with several old river businessmen, he immediately made a decision to build a remote embankment and a moon embankment to plug the gap.

Just as he was speaking, a person hurriedly came and said, "Sima, the big thing is not good, the river yard in Shangqiu has been burned by fire. ”