Until he got out of the gate of Caofu, Wei Wenjie's expression was a little trance.

The uncle left 300,000 taels for their brothers, divided into three parts, which was also 100,000 taels each.

300,000 taels!! 100,000 taels!!

Before this, the silver left by his uncle, plus the one Cao Hao gave to their brother here, did not add up to more than 100,000 taels of silver.

Now, the value of each of the three brothers has increased by 100,000 taels.

The annual income of Qipinzhi County is only forty-five taels, and one hundred thousand taels is two thousand years of Zhixian Yulu.

In the past two years, the imperial court has had a rich treasury, and there have been no external donations, but the children of the powerful can spend some silver to buy a future.

Wei Wenjie complained that he had a vacancy in the same year, saying that he really couldn't wait for a vacancy, so it was better to find someone to buy the vacancy. There is a shortage of counties, more than 2,000 taels of silver; There is a shortage of prefects, 10,000 taels; If you want a platform, it will cost nearly 20,000 taels.

Of course, this kind of buying shortage, not everyone can buy it, in addition to silver, the key is that there must be someone behind it.

100,000 taels of silver, 50 counties that are really lacking, 10 prefects, and 5 Taoist platforms.

Wei Wenjie only felt that his heart was like grass had grown, and he couldn't make trouble.

However, Wei Wenzhi has never paid attention to the money, except for the initial joy and shock, he felt a deep sense of guilt, sighed for a long time, and said, "Big brother, it seems that we misunderstood the uncle." I didn't know this in the early years, and my back didn't say that the uncle was not, even in person, he was not so respectful. I didn't expect that Uncle has a large number of them, and he doesn't care about us, and he plans for us like this. ”

Hearing his younger brother say this, Wei Wenjie only felt that the fire in his heart was "rising": "Hmph, are you confused?" Don't forget, the silver was left by the father, and the uncle was just the custodian. Isn't it the right time to return to Zhao now? Not to mention, everyone knows that this is not 'complete' at all, the Wei family in Jiangning has added thousands of hectares of land in the past 20 years, who doesn't know? Where did you get those lands? ”

Wei Wenzhi was dumbfounded by what he said, and after a long while, he swallowed a mouthful of spit and said: "Parents are not separated, and children have no selfish wealth...... In the early years, my father had not separated from my uncle, and it was reasonable for the money to be returned to the public school......"

Although Wei Wenzhi also knew that the 300,000 taels of silver left by the uncle to their brother would not be the entire net worth of his father, he could be sympathetic.

Uncle is just an ordinary person, no matter how good he thinks about his brothers, no matter how much he pities his nephews, it is impossible to go beyond his own flesh and blood. Besides, not all those lands were owned by the uncle, and the head of the Wei family was his grandfather in the early years.

Moreover, 300,000 taels of silver is not a decimal number.

My father was doing business in Guangzhou back then, after all, he was not the owner, he was the shopkeeper, how much silver could he accumulate?

Uncle's 300,000 taels of silver, no one knows. Even if they don't leave it to their brothers, who knows?

The wealth is moving, and even he just heard about 300,000 taels of silver, and his brain was congested for a long time, as if he was in a dream, let alone in his hands.

No matter how the uncle treated them before, he can choose like this, and he can be a gentleman.

Wei Wenzhi was thinking about it, so he heard Wei Wenjie grit his teeth and say: "The Wei family has more than 10,000 hectares of land in Jiangning, even if the five rooms are divided equally, each room has more than 2,000 hectares, worth one million taels of silver. Now that you and I have started a family, can the uncle have the meaning of dividing the property? It is disgusting to send us away with the money left by our father, and to make a kind face. ”

Wei Wenzhi heard that something was wrong, and said: "The Wei family is not only the patriarch of the house, the Wei family has lived in Jiangning since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, more than ten generations down, thousands of clansmen, and those fertile fields are shared ......by the clansmen."

Wei Wenjie sneered and said, "Even if there are many clansmen, do you think that those fertile fields are shared by the clansmen?" The Wei family in Jiangning, originally an ordinary squire, began to provide mulberry hemp for the weaving house when he was his great-grandfather. Thousands of acres of fertile land, most of which have been placed in the past hundred years. Do you think the great-grandfather who is known as the 'Zhongxing Ancestor' of the Wei family is a good man? Or do you think that your grandfather and uncle are good people? What the clansmen share is only dozens of hectares of clan land and sacrificial fields, and other fertile fields, except for a few uncles and ancestors who divided their families in the early years, most of them are still held in the line of the Changfang branch. ”

Wei Wenzhi frowned when he heard this, and only felt that something was wrong.

If the uncle really had the heart to bully these nephews, why did he come out with 300,000 taels of silver?

Seeing that his younger brother still couldn't figure it out, Wei Wenjie was secretly annoyed in his heart and said, "Still don't understand?" Uncle's move is to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle. He knows that you and my brother are young and have no foundation, and the only one who can rely on is Cao Fu. Now with this trick, he has become a good person in front of the Cao family. With this, how can the Cao family speak for you and me? If there is no such trick, when Wenying grows up, the two of us will unite and let the uncle re-separate, can the uncle still be able to stop it? ”

Wei Wenzhi shook his head after hearing this, and said, "No, no, the eldest brother must be thinking too much...... Even if the uncle is really so calculating, he can't hide it from Uncle Shi. Who is Uncle Shi, how can he be so easily deceived? ”

Wei Wenjie turned his head, looked at the gate of Cao's Mansion in the distance, and said quietly: "Who knows if you really don't understand, or if you are confused with understanding...... I heard that Tobe raised several million taels of silver in the south at the beginning of the year......"

When Wei Wenzhi heard this, his face was solemn, and he looked straight at Wei Wenjie.

Wei Wenjie's face was full of mockery, and his eyes were complicated.

Wei Wenzhi's heart sank suddenly, and he said, "What do you mean by big brother saying this?" ”

Wei Wenjie straightened his chest and said with a firm face: "There is always a saying, no one can deceive me!" You and I deserve it, and no one wants to lose a point. ”

The two brothers grew up together, Wei Wenzhi knew his brother's temper, and he didn't listen to persuasion.

He sighed and said, "Since the uncle didn't mention the division of production, there must be the uncle's difficulties...... I'm content, I don't want to bother about this anymore, big brother doesn't have to count me......"

Wei Wenjie said angrily: "Okay, I didn't expect you to be so selfish!" Now that you have a prince's master, you are happy to be a slave, forgetting your father who was forced to leave her hometown, and forgetting Wenying, who was young and helpless? ”

Don't speculate for more than half a sentence, and this street corner is not a place for quarrels.

Wei Wenzhi glanced at Wen Jie coldly, and said, "I can't compare to my eldest brother Gao Yi, so I won't be in the way of my eldest brother......" After that, without waiting for Wen Jie to speak, he got on the horse and rode away.

Looking at Wei Wenzhi's back, Wei Wenjie was so angry that he trembled, and his face was so dark that he couldn't do it...... * On the side of Cao Fu, since the Wei brothers left, Cao Hao's heart couldn't calm down for a long time.

Wei Wenjie's strange appearance before leaving, Cao Hao could see clearly.

There was no joy and gratitude on his face, but his mind was heavier.

Maybe in his opinion, if the uncle can take out 300,000 taels, he can keep 700,000 taels secret, and the resentment is even heavier.

It's just that there are some things that he has to think about himself.

On the side of Wutong Garden, Chu Yu also listened to the visit of the Wei brothers.

When her husband returned, she had to ask.

Cao Hao said about Wei Wenjie's release, and Chu Yu couldn't help frowning: "Will you leave Beijing in a few days and take your family with you?" ”

Cao Hao nodded and said: "Gui Niang is not a serious mother-in-law, so the He family doesn't have to wait, so she naturally follows her husband to take office." Didn't you treat Ho Shi very well, how did you think to ask this? ”

Chu Yu said: "It's just a junior, can I still deal with her?" I just thought that Wen Jie knew that he had to fill the gap, so why didn't he want to think about his sister's family. In the past three years, hasn't Wen Qiang been delayed? Although Sister Ping is also a sister-in-law, it is not easy to go over the long room. ”

Cao Hao listened and said, "I'm afraid that Wen Jie doesn't have the heart to take care of this now, so let's wait and talk about it......."

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

On this day, it was time for Wei Wenjie to take up his post in Beijing.

In addition to Tianyou coming to see him off, Jiao Wen, who had a friendship with Wei Wenjie in the same year, also came to send Wei Wenjie to the city.

Although Wei Wenzhi broke up with his brother before, now he also let go of the mustard, changed shifts with his colleagues early, and planned to send his brother and sister-in-law to Tongzhou.

Jiao Wen was admitted to the Jishi Academy, and now he has entered the Hanlin Academy, and his future is very good.

What is rare is that his relatives withered, there was no suppression by his elders, and no relatives were holding back. If you can get married, you will be able to take care of each other in the officialdom in the future.

Thinking of this, after Wei Wenjie greeted him, he asked with a smile: "Licheng, if I remember well, it seems that you haven't decided to marry yet, right?" ”

When Jiao Wen heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then his face turned red, showing a few rare shyness.

Seeing this, Wei Wenjie smiled reluctantly: "Could it be that Licheng is going to get married?" ”

He regretted it very much that he didn't speak sooner; But he is not surprised, there are many capable people in the capital, Jiao Wen is a Shujishi, and he is not the only one who knows the pearls.

Jiao Wen nodded and said, "I have changed the Geng post, and I will make a ......decision at the end of the month."

Wei Wenjie laughed twice and said: "Then I want to congratulate Licheng first, I don't know which lady it is, so blessed to match Licheng?" ”

Jiao Wen's expression had returned to normal, and he said, "Speaking of which, Brother Wei should also know that he is the cousin of Aunt Chengyi's family. ”

When Wei Wenjie heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Chengyi's cousin? ”

Cao Hao's aunts, except for the one in the Shisun family, all married into the clan.

Even if it is the Sun family, they are also banner people, and the flag people are not married, could it be that Jiao Wen is also naturalized?

Seeing Wei Wenjie's doubts, Tianyou explained on the side: "It's the Jiang family, the daughter of the aunt of the Han family. ”

Before Wei Wenjie could react, Wei Wenzhi had already begun to say happy loudly.

Jiao Wen smiled and thanked him, Wei Wenjie had already thought of which aunt of the Han family was.

Merchant Girl!

Wei Wenjie had a deep disdain in his heart.

I thought that although Jiao Wen was from a poor family, he was arrogant, but he didn't expect that in order to climb the Cao family, even a merchant girl would be willing to marry.

Immediately, he understood.

The world is like this, for Jiao Wen, marrying the daughter of a small Beijing official is not as affordable as Cao Fu, the titular "niece".

Understands is understood, he underestimated Jiao Wen a little in his heart. At the same time, there is one more complaint against Cao Hao.

Cao Hao kept saying that he treated them as nephews, why did he see a candidate like Jiao Wen, but he didn't expect Wen Qiang. Whether it is background or appearance, Wen Qiang is much stronger than the Jiang family.

Fortunately, the carriage and horses are ready, and they are about to set off, so there is no need to greet everyone anymore, Wei Wenjie said a few polite words, and even Wei Wenzhi stopped him, and he took his wife to drive to Tongzhou.

Wei Wenzhi left Tianyou and Jiao Wen and asked the two of them to go to the restaurant.

Tianyou said: "What's good in the restaurant outside, if you want to eat the eggplant puree pickled by my little aunt, I still eat it at home." ”

Jiao Wen didn't want to be disappointed and looked at Wei Wenzhi.

Wei Wenzhi touched his chin and said "hehe" twice: "Since Chengyi wants to go to the house for dinner, shouldn't he change his words?" As he spoke, he tilted his shoulders and squeezed his eyebrows in a "loving" gesture.

Jiao Wen was beside him, and when he saw him making trouble, he couldn't help but laugh.

Tianyou glanced at Wen Zhi and said, "When Second Brother Zhi changed his words in front of his father first, I naturally changed my words." ”

Wei Wenzhi was dumbfounded, and said half-loudly: "The second brother will be the second brother, wait until you have more little cousins." ”

This title is really a bit messy, but if Wei Wenzhi really wants to change his mouth and call Cao Hao his brother, he is not used to it.

The three of them entered the city with a smile and went directly to Wei Wenjie's house.

Niuniu was overjoyed when she heard that God had blessed.

Tianyou is not an outsider, Jiao Wen is about to become a relative, there is nothing to avoid, Wei Wenzhi asked someone to ask his wife to meet guests in the front hall.

Jiao Wenchun had borrowed Cao's mansion before, and Niuniu had also met twice, and when she heard that he was going to marry Jiang Hui, she had to congratulate him. Then, Niuniu asked if the Cao Mansion was healthy or something.

She is already married, even if she is not restrained by her elders, it is not good to return to Caofu often, so she is concerned.

Tianyou went back one by one, and said that he came to satisfy his hunger.

Niuniu responded with a smile, asked her husband to accompany the guest, and took someone to the Zhang Luo banquet by herself.

When the table comes up, half of them are God-blessed.

Tianyou glanced at Wei Wenzhi proudly and lifted the chopsticks beautifully.

Wei Wenzhi was angry, but when he saw that the few dishes in front of him were all Huaiyang dishes that he loved to eat, his heart immediately calmed down.

Jiao Wen looked at the two of them and smiled.

When he lifted the chopsticks and looked at the Huadiao chicken and mixed pear shreds in front of him, he couldn't help but praise the virtuous in his heart.

Wei Wenzhi was careless and didn't see the clues, but his wife didn't pull herself down in addition to taking care of Tianyou; Tianyou saw that Jiao Wen was in front of him with Zhili-style dishes, and he was a little proud.

The little aunt has a delicate heart, which can be a virtuous helper.

He looked at Wei Wenzhi critically, except for being bold and bold, straightforward and honest, this "little uncle" really has nothing to praise...... Niuniu listened to the matter of Jiao Wen and Jiang Hui, and was curious.

After Tianyou and them finished eating, Niuniu found an opportunity and asked Tianyou in private: "Tell Jiang Hui to Jiao Wen, is it what your father and mother mean?" Your Aunt Han is upright? ”

In her opinion, Han Jiang is a person with great ideas, and she loves Jiang Hui, her adopted daughter, and she will definitely choose every choice for marriage.

"It's Brother Jiao's own meaning. When Brother Jiao was in Caofu, he met Aunt Han and her cousin, so he paid attention to it at that time. But thinking that the flag people are different, I didn't dare to think about it; When he passed the Gujishi exam, and heard me inadvertently mention that my cousin was not naturalized and was looking at others, he told me first. I thought it was good, and I asked my parents, and they didn't object, so I became a matchmaker. Tianyou said with a smile.

Niuniu laughed when she heard this, and said, "How old are you to be a matchmaker?" ”

Tianyou said unconvinced: "Little aunt, my nephew is already on an errand." ”

Niu Niu stopped laughing at him, and her heart returned to her stomach.

Knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, with Jiao Wen's current identity, he has every chance to find better relatives.

Niuniu was still worried that he was going to Cao's house, but thinking about Tianyou's young age, his brother and sister-in-law are both wise people, and since he didn't object to this matter, there is nothing to worry about Jiao Wen's character......

(To be continued)