Qixuan Extra Episode (2)

These years, Yuxi didn't say anything about Qixuan taking concubines, but Qixuan himself felt a little guilty. Every time I go to see Yunqing and Yuxi, I feel uneasy.

Qi Xuan said: "Then I'll send someone to investigate!"

Dai Yanxin hummed and said: "This Min family can't stay in the palace, let's send her to Huangzhuang first! After checking it out and confirming that she is a decent woman, then take her back to the palace."

"good."

After talking about the Min family, Dai Yanxin asked Shanzha to fetch the account book. Putting the ledger in front of Qixuan, Dai Yanxin said: "My lord, the mansion is already struggling to make ends meet."

Qixuan has never worried about money in these years, he was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Isn't the pawn shop and calligraphy and painting business always good? Also, the future of Huangzhuang and the dividends given by Qiyou are also very important. It’s impressive, how can the mansion be unable to make ends meet?”

Dai Yanxin said: "My lord, the monthly expenditure of the mansion is 12,000 taels. Adding in your annual expenditure, the income from several shops and Huangzhuang is not enough at all, so we rely on the dividends given by King You to make money." Barely maintain." Qiyou's annual dividends to each family are more than 20,000 taels.

Qi Xuan was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Why is the mansion spending so much?"

Dai Yanxin said: "The mansion spends more than 10,000 taels of rouge and water powder every year, and more than 20,000 taels of clothes and jewelry."

"What did you buy? It cost so much?"

Dai Yanxin made a calculation for Qixuan: "Mrs. Yu and the eldest girl have a total of twenty-six people. On average, each person spends more than two thousand taels of jewelry and gouache every year. This figure is not too much." Dai Yanxin Xin has never treated them harshly in terms of food and clothing, but there are definite numbers for these. For example, there are eight sets of clothes and one set of jewelry in a season. If you want to buy new clothes and jewelry, you have to pay for it yourself. If this is the case, there are too many people, and the total number of aunts and concubines in the house is twenty-six.

It is precisely because of this that Dai Yanxin opened a silk shop and a rouge and gouache shop in the third year of her marriage. As far as Xuan Wang Mansion buys from two shops every year, it can pay all the expenses of the shop. Everything else is earned.

After a pause, Dai Yanxin said again: "The monthly bills of the aunt, girl and brother in the house are more than 1,800 taels, and the monthly bills of the guards and family members in the mansion are more than 2,000 taels..." These are all Rigid expenses, as well as expenses such as food and illness. Twelve thousand taels a month is the result of her careful calculation. Otherwise, more expenses will be incurred.

The more Qi Xuan listened, the more ugly his face became: "So the mansion doesn't have a penny in the balance?" In these years, he either went out to play or buried himself in writing books, and he didn't care about the property in the mansion at all, and he didn't know the financial situation in the mansion. It's so bad.

Dai Yanxin shook his head,

Said that he didn't save any money: "My lord, my elder brother is already sixteen years old, and he has reached the age to talk about marriage. My lord, I have been so worried about this matter recently that I can't eat or sleep." These words are completely foolish. Qixuan's. The palace has no money, but Dai Yanxin's private house is very rich.

When Dai Yanxin married, there were only two shops, and the location was not very good. Later, under her management, there are now ten shops, five of which are self-employed. The business of these five shops is very good, with an annual income of 40,000 to 50,000. Including the leased shops and real estate, there are 70,000 to 80,000 taels of income every year. Accumulated over the years, the amount is very impressive. However, Dai Yanxin was unwilling to use the money to organize the wedding for his son. After being married for so many years, she knows Qixuan's temperament too well.

In Qixuan's mind, all the concubines are his children, and he treats them equally. Only Yuxi was pressing on it, and he didn't dare to overstep, otherwise Prince Xuan's mansion must be in chaos.

However, since Qixuan felt that the concubine and concubines were all his children, he naturally felt that Dai Yanxin should be the same. Once Dai Yanxin uses her private money to organize a wedding for Brother Mo, she will definitely make up for the marriage of the concubine's children in the future. So even if he subsidizes Brother Mo, Dai Yanxin will only subsidize it secretly. On the surface, Brother Mo must use money from the public to get married.

Brother Xuan thought for a while, and said, "Starting tomorrow, reduce the expenditure in the mansion."

"If you want to reduce it, you can only reduce it for us and the aunts. The monthly regulations of the guards and servants in the mansion cannot be reduced." The monthly regulations of the guards and servants in Prince Xuan's mansion are the same as those of other palaces. To shrink, the face is gone.

Qi Xuan nodded and said: "From now on, I will control my annual expenses within five thousand taels. My brothers and their expenses will all be halved." In this way, no matter what, I can save two to thirty thousand taels of silver a year.

Thinking of this, Qixuan asked: "Brother Min will get married when the time comes, how much will it cost?"

Hearing that it was asking for four to fifty thousand taels of silver, Qi Xuan frowned and said: "Back then when my second brother and Qi You got married, the total cost was only four to fifty thousand taels of silver."

Dai Yanxin said: "The prince of the British government spent 40,000 taels of silver to get married. The elder brother of our family got married, so we can't even compare with the prince of England?" The prince of England here refers to Brother Hu .

Qixuan 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 is not three to four hundred thousand taels of silver. Where can I get so much silver? "

Dai Yanxin looked at Qixuan.

Qixuan was looked at with trepidation in his heart: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Dai Yanxin said: "Brother Mo is the eldest son, so he only spent 40,000 to 50,000 yuan to get married. In the future, Brother Mo and the three of them, about 20,000 yuan will be enough to get married." It is normal for the younger brother to be the first class.

Hearing this, Qixuan immediately asked: "What about Tai'er and the others? How much are they married?"

Dai Yanxin said: "It's up to you. However, the cost of their marriage must not exceed that of the three brothers. The standard of a bastard's marriage must not exceed that of a legitimate son.

Qixuan wanted to object, but Yuxi's face flashed in his mind, and he swallowed all the words: "Then you decide on this matter!"

But Dai Yanxin said: "My lord, it's hard for a good woman to cook without rice. I don't know where I got the money for my brother's marriage. As a result, I don't even dare to visit him now."

These words were completely fooled by Qixuan. In fact, the girl has already met her, she is the eldest granddaughter of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. This girl has a good character, outstanding appearance and talent, and her scheming skills are equally good. Secretly let Brother Mo meet, and after getting his son's nod, Dai Yanxin gave the Wen family a chance. Today, the two have reached an agreement in private. Just wait for the eldest daughter of the Wen family to finish her tenth month, and then she will come to her door to propose marriage.

Qixuan said, "I'll take care of the money matter."

If Dai Yanxin didn't know how much Qixuan weighed, it was most likely that he went to ask King You to borrow money. However, as long as Qixuan can get money, it will be fine. She doesn't care about the rest.

Qixuan really went to look for Brother Yu. However, he came to discuss with Qiyou how to make money.

Qiyou asked in surprise: "Third Brother, are you short of money?"

Qixuan hummed, and said nothing about poisoning the surplus of a penny in the palace: "Brother Min and Brother As are about to get married. There is no money in the mansion, how will they get married then?"

Qiyou asked in disbelief: "Impossible. How come the property of Prince Xuan's Mansion earns 70,000 to 80,000 taels of interest every year, 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 the Prince Xuan's Mansion has.

With a wry smile, Qi Xuan gave an overview of the expenditure in the mansion.

After listening, Qiyou said: "There are only three masters in our mansion, Si Ling and Brother Xu, and we spend more than three thousand taels a month. There are more than thirty masters in your mansion, but the expenses are only ours. Four times, this is also how the third sister-in-law manages the family well. Otherwise, 30,000 would not be enough."

Qi Xuan hummed and said: "Your sister-in-law is really good at managing the house." This wife should have taken care of the household affairs.

Qiyou frowned when he heard this: "Third Brother, you have never cared about the affairs of Prince Xuan's Mansion these years, and it was Sansister-in-law who took care of it. Sansister-in-law has worked so hard, you should treat her better."

Qixuan said: "I have always been nice to her."

Hearing this, Qiyou was speechless for a while. Half of the year is away from home, and every time I go out, I bring a beauty back, which is considered good for my wife.

"Ayou, do you have a good way to get money quickly?" The pawn shop and calligraphy and painting shop before were very profitable. Qixuan believes that as long as Qiyou gives him a good idea, he will definitely make money.

It's a pity that Qixuan didn't get what he wanted this time. Qiyou shook his head and said, "Third brother, my energy is all on errands now, so I don't have the energy to focus on business."

Qixuan was a little disappointed, but he also knew that Qiyou was very busy after taking over the Criminal Department.

After thinking for a while, Qixuan said: "Ayou, then you can lend me thirty thousand taels of silver first. When the dividend is distributed at the end of the year, deduct it from it."

There are only jewelry shop and rouge and gouache shop under the name of Prince You's Mansion, but these two shops are making money day by day. Every year, these two shops earn more than 100,000 yuan in interest after excluding dividends. In addition to this, there is a field shop and house, and Brother Yu is the richest of the siblings. Of course, Qihao was not among them.

If it was usual, Qiyou would definitely agree without frowning. 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 that he had no money, Qixuan would not believe it.

"Why"

Qiyou said: "Mother said that if you ask me to borrow money, I am 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 unable to make ends meet, so we were not allowed to borrow money." In fact, Yuxi never said this at all, but Qixuan's attitude towards Dai Yanxin just now angered Qiyou.

All these years, Qixuan has been out on his own, and has never taken care of the family affairs. Forget it, he even went out to bring back a beauty. Dai Yanxin never complained about him in front of Yuxi, and even showed filial piety to Yuxi and Yunqing for him. Because of this, Qiyou regards her as his own family. But Qixuan was not even half grateful, which was too heartless.

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. Now it's fine if you don't subsidize it, but your brother is not allowed to give it to him. How can there be a mother who cheats her son and grandson like this.