Chapter 520 Ransom
Master Ma was arrested, Young Master Ma is still unconscious, and the eldest son of Magistrate Guo's family was also beaten to death. This case shocked the entire Huaihe City.
Mrs. Ma wanted to sell her land and shop in Zhuangzi to prepare money to redeem Mr. Ma. In order to make the redemption smooth, Mrs. Ma specially prepared two thousand silver to give to the wife of County Magistrate Guo, so that Mrs. Guo could redeem her husband. Please speak more kind words in front of Magistrate Guo.
Mrs. Guo was married by Magistrate Guo. The deceased eldest son, the eldest son of Guo, was the legitimate son of Magistrate Guo’s first wife. He was also a thorn in Mrs. Guo’s side and a thorn in her flesh. Mrs. Guo hated the eldest son Guo for occupying her son’s eldest son. location.
After the eldest son died, Mrs. Guo was happy.
She was just happy when Mrs. Ma came to give her money. Two thousand taels of silver was not a small amount. Mrs. Guo's blood was boiling. She happily accepted the money and blew the pillow for Magistrate Guo all night. wind.
People cannot be resurrected, so since they can blackmail the Ma family, County Magistrate Guo thought about it carefully and felt that it was feasible.
However, he wanted the Ma family to pay a ransom of 400,000 taels of silver before he would let him go.
This is the lion's opening, but the Ma family's family fortune...
The most prosperous street in Huaihe City has a total of 168 shops, all of which belong to the Ma family.
In addition, the Ma family also has ten large estates, each of which has ten villages, and each village has thousands of acres of land.
Among these manors, there are a hundred Zhuangzi alone. In addition, the Ma family has opened more than ten profitable shops...
In short, all the properties of the Ma family together were worth more than 900,000 taels of silver. The county master asked for 400,000 taels of silver, but he only took away a small half of the Ma family's property.
Mr. Ma is the spiritual support of the Ma family. It is not too much for the county master to take away a small half of his property, at least leaving more than half of the property to the Ma family.
After thinking about it, Mrs. Ma decided to sell her property to redeem her husband's life.
However, the Ma family's properties are all in large tracts. If they want to sell them, they must sell them together. A large manor with a house costs 50,000 to 60,000 taels of silver, and in Huaihe City, people who can afford this large manor It wasn't much, but Mrs. Ma didn't want to take it apart and sell it. Besides, this murder case was related to the county boss, so some people didn't dare to intervene.
The Ma family's property couldn't be sold for a while.
This matter was encountered by the second steward Cui. Unfortunately, the second steward Cui only had 50,000 taels of silver in his hand, which was enough for him to buy a large manor.
The second housekeeper Cui thought of Xia Zihan. Xia Zihan had always wanted to buy a property, but unfortunately he couldn't find a suitable one.
Butler Cui thought this was an opportunity, so he hurried back to the capital and told Xia Zihan about it.
Xia Zihan also felt that this was an opportunity, but the silver she had on hand was not enough for 400,000 taels, but only 300,000 taels. Adding in the 50,000 taels of silver that Butler Cui had on hand, she still had a shortfall of 50,000 taels.
Xia Zihan tapped her fingers on the table, and after some thought, she decided, "I'll go tell my grandmother and ask her to spend another fifty thousand taels of silver to buy property for the Chu family."
In fact, she wanted to borrow 50,000 taels of silver from her grandmother, but then she thought about it. The Chu family's property was really not much. With these properties, when Chu Yuexi and Princess Qinghui gave birth to a child, they would be divided among the children in the future. Family, these industries are not enough. If they are divided, the family fortune will be thin.
Xia Zihan thought about it and decided not to borrow it, but to let her grandmother buy more properties for the Chu family.
Xia Zihan sent Chu Lin to rush to Zhuangzi to inform the head of the farm to come over, and at the same time went to tell Mrs. Zeng about the matter in person.
Mrs. Zeng said, "I will give you 50,000 taels of silver to buy a manor. You don't want to give me this manor. Just treat it as the dowry your grandmother bought for you."
"How can that be done?" Xia Zihan jumped up, "Grandma, I want to marry into the Chu family. The Chu family's property, uncle has a lot of it, Aqi has a lot of it, Aqi is the eldest son, these properties , I will leave most of it to my heirs in the future.”
"And I have so much property on hand. Even if I give birth to three sons, it will be enough for them to spend three lifetimes. But the Chu family's family background is weak. In the future, Qinghui will give my brother a few more sons. This family , it will be divided sooner or later. The family’s foundation is thin. No matter how they divide it in the future, once it is divided, the family’s foundation will be even thinner.”
"It's not like you don't know about my brother. He's just a money spender, not a money earner. Qinghui, let alone Qinghui, spends more money than my brother, but only has a penny. I can’t make money. I’m different. Grandma, I can make money. Even though I don’t have a penny or property right now, I can still earn a large property for my children. I have this confidence. What’s more, the property I have now is more than There are more from the Chu family.”
"Grandma, I know that you are afraid of losing me. You love me. I know your intentions and I understand. However, I can't take these fifty thousand taels of silver. Grandma, I can't be selfish. Give it to me. ’
"Grandma, don't let my brother go wrong. Since my brother has been adopted into the Chu family, he is the first male heir of our Chu family. Grandma can't just think about me, but also think about your great-grandson and your great-grandson's grandson. ”
Xia Zihan tried his best to persuade Zeng.
After taking 50,000 taels of silver from Mrs. Zeng, the 50,000 taels of silver that Butler Cui had on hand, and the 300,000 taels of silver that she had on hand, Xia Zihan took a box full of silver notes like this. On the road.
It attracted attention, not many people went there, only the head of the farm, the second steward Cui, and six young servants followed. The four people who came back were Chu Cong, Chu Fei, Chu Lin, and Nuanyu, plus Xia Zi. Han himself.
Silk grass and vanilla were left to look after the yard.
Zeng originally wanted her to take He Donglin with her, but Xia Zihan was worried about keeping He Donglin and protecting Chu Yuexi, so she didn't take him with her.
"Grandma, there are ten secret guards around me. It will be fine. Don't worry." Xia Zihan advised Zeng.
But Mrs. Zeng was still worried. She had been worried about it ever since Xia Zihan left. Grandma Zeng came to talk to her. Mrs. Zeng’s eyebrows didn’t even open. Grandma Zeng noticed something was wrong and said worriedly, "Old lady, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Xia Zihan left quietly, and the Zeng family didn't know it. Mrs. Zeng didn't want to tell Grandma Zeng, so she said, "I didn't sleep well last night. I wanted to eat the plums on the farm. I thought the plums were ripe. No, Yu Niang went to Zhuangzi and said she was picking plums for me.”
"Oh, they say that when old, this person is just like a child, easy to be greedy. It seems that this is really..." Grandma Zeng San laughed happily.
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