Because it was really unbearable, in order to be able to study in peace for a few days, Shen Yi simply moved to his third brother Shen Ling's house for two days. Only then was he finally able to study in peace for two days, avoiding those annoying "relatives and friends" pay a visit to.
And Shen Ling was also very happy.
After all, his brother has become successful. Originally, he was worried that Shen Yi would alienate his brother, but now it seems that he is overthinking it.
For this reason, Shen Ling took Shen Yi to drink for several days. The two brothers drank and talked happily, and they lived happily.
On this day, the two brothers were sitting together drinking. After three rounds of drinking, Shen Yi toasted Shen Ling with a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Third brother, when the new year comes, my friends in Jiankang will come back. There is a business for you to do sometime, are you interested?"
Shen Ling frowned again and said, "It's the same thing last time? Didn't I tell you about it? Your uncle doesn't allow me to do business. Besides, my family also has 200 acres of land in the countryside. Although it is managed by others, every year Your brother and I are indispensable for your money, which is enough for me and your third sister-in-law to spend."
He picked up the wine glass and laughed at himself: "Your third brother and I are not yet at the point where I need help from you, Seventh Brother."
"It's not charity."
Shen Yi explained with a smile: "Those friends and I are running a business together. It was originally agreed that we would split it 50-50. This year, the business has already reached a certain scale. Next year, I will be planning to do some new business. By then, the scale is conservatively estimated to be more than 10,000 taels of silver."
"More money will be charming."
Shen Yi looked calm: "Those little guys have never seen a lot of money, so I want the third brother to help keep an eye on it. After all, this is our Shen family's business, isn't it?"
"Ten thousand…"
Shen Laosan swallowed: "Ten thousand liang?"
One tael of silver can make a lot of money. As we all know, having a lot of money describes a person who is very rich.
In other words, the scale of a transaction of over ten thousand taels of silver is already very large.
After all, when the Ministry of Revenue came to Jiangdu to buy grain last year, it only allocated 50,000 taels of silver. No matter how the government official Chen Yu manipulated it, the maximum benefit would only be 10,000 to 20,000 taels of silver.
Even for a nobleman like Shen Ling who didn't have to worry about food and drink, this number was already huge enough.
Shen Ling was stunned for a moment, then whispered: "If there is such a big deal, why not let your fourth uncle look after it for you? You are father and son, so it will be easier for you to talk."
"Father, he won't be able to turn around for a while."
Shen Yi clinked another glass of wine with Shen Ling and said with a smile: "Besides, I have a cooperative relationship with several young friends. When my father goes away, he will probably treat them as associates. If one of them fails, it will cause unhappiness. On the contrary, Third brother, your lazy temperament is more suitable."
"How could you be so harmful to others?"
Shen Ling glared at Shen Yi, and then said helplessly: "To be honest, I have failed to study in the past few years and have been idle on weekdays. I am really tired of it. Sometimes your sister-in-law wants to buy some expensive jewelry, and I also I’m not willing to buy it for her.”
Shen Ling's family is not poor. After all, his father is an official in other places and is a county magistrate. The family has a lot of land. However, his land was obtained by outsiders through "conspiracy". On weekdays, he has no control over it and only collects money on time. , they are all from the same clan, and when others say that the harvest is poor this year, they should give less, and Shen Ling is embarrassed to say anything.
Although these land rents are enough for the young couple to live comfortably, it is a fantasy. After all, the real big landowners have thousands of acres of land, and they all own it. Hiring tenants to farm is much more profitable than collecting land rent after paying rent.
"but…"
Shen Ling changed the topic and said, "But this matter still needs my father's approval. My father will return to his hometown during the Chinese New Year this year. When the time comes..."
He looked at Shen Yi and smiled sheepishly: "When the time comes, I'll need you, Qilang, to explain it to me."
Shen Yi is now one of the only two candidates in the Shen family, and the other candidate, Shen Hui, is fifty years old.
In other words, Shen Yi is the rising star of the Shen family and now has a strong say in the family.
Shen Yi was a little surprised and asked: "Uncle is coming back this year?"
"I want to come back."
"I just wrote back yesterday, saying that it was Qilang who won the election, and his parent must come back to take a look no matter what."
Shen Ling hummed and said, "I should have come back a long time ago. I spent money to fill an official vacancy. I have worked hard for so many years and still can't get promoted. I am already very old. I don't know what I am doing outside. I will live better if I come back early."
Hearing Shen Ling's words, Shen Yi probably understood that his uncle's county magistrate should have reached his end.
Although he has only met Shen Hui a few times, he still has some understanding of Shen Hui's character. His uncle can be said to love face as much as his life.
Otherwise, I would not have lost most of my family wealth, and I would have to become this official.
As long as he can continue to be an official, it is impossible for him to return to his hometown.
"It would be nice to come back."
Shen Yi smiled at Shen Ling and said, "I haven't seen my uncle for several years. If my uncle comes back, I will call the two brothers from my second uncle's family. Our family will have a good New Year in Jiangdu this year."
In this era, clan ties were very serious, and if Shen Yi wanted to make a difference in the court in the future, it would not be enough to fight alone.
His biggest helpers are of course his brother Shen Heng and his brother Shen Ling who has the best relationship with him, but other clan members can also be his helpers sometimes.
The clan interest community is the most solid interest group in this era.
Even some clan members would rather betray the court than the clan!
Shen Yi grew up in this era, and sometimes he had to act according to the rules of this era and had to make some compromises to this era.
"That's how it should be."
Shen Ling smiled and said: "I will write to the two brothers from my second uncle's family today. As for my second uncle's family..."
The second eldest son of the Shen family left Northern Qi in his early years and never came back for more than ten years.
Thinking of this, Shen Ling let out a long sigh: "I wonder if our Shen family will be able to truly reunite as a family in this lifetime."
Shen Yi patted Shen Ling's shoulder and lowered his eyebrows: "There will be such a day..."
The brothers were drinking in the courtyard of Shen Ling's house. While they were talking, a little girl hurried in and came to the brothers panting.
"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"
She looked at Shen Yi first, then at Shen Ling, panting, she must have run all the way here.
"Young Master, Third Young Master..."
It's Shen Yi's maid Qing'er.
Shen Qilang stopped the Kuaizi in his hand and asked, "What happened?"
Qing'er wiped her sweat and said, "Sir, someone has come to our house and wants to see you?"
"See you, see you."
Shen Yi waved his hands impatiently and said angrily: "I've been hiding at Third Brother's house these days just to hide from all those messy relatives and friends. Why are you here looking for me when you don't have any eyesight?"
"Just tell them that I went to visit friends and I'm not at home, so they can just look for my dad."
Since Shen Yi returned to his hometown, he has dealt with so many such guests that he has never tired of them.
Qing'er finally took a breath. She looked at Shen Yi and blinked: "Young master, he is from Jiankang. It looks like..."
Qing'er was born as a palace maid and could see some things that others couldn't.
She looked around and whispered to Shen Yi.
"It looks like it should be someone from the palace..."
