This wing is very large, fully equipped with all kinds of belongings, and the decoration is unique.
This is an independent courtyard with a main house and an annex. There are five main rooms and three annexes. Between the main house and the annexes, there are two suites connected to the main house and an aisle leading to the backyard. , and there are courtyard walls that separate the courtyard into inner and outer courtyards.
There are guest rooms here and there, clearly the owner's residence.
The housekeeper actually arranged for him to live in his employer's house, which was a disgrace to him. If it was before, such a place would be worthy of him, but it is different now. He is a down-and-out person and should not receive such courtesy.
This family is so polite.
Over the years, he has also realized that he is no longer the rich man he was before, but a person on the edge of a businessman and a farmer. Such a person has the least sense of existence.
If you have no sense of existence, you must have the consciousness of being an inferior human being.
Li Jinong was very uncomfortable with it and quickly refused, "No, no, no, Li is so virtuous and capable." He bowed and walked out quickly.
"Master!" The housekeeper became anxious and knelt down quickly, his arms bleeding from the blood. At this moment, if he doesn't call him 'Master', and if he doesn't try to keep him, if the young master finds out, he will be doomed as a housekeeper.
He didn't care whether the master liked this title or not.
"As a virtuous and capable man, you will definitely be able to live in such an elegant room. This is specially prepared for you by the young master."
Yes, when Li Zhao renovated the manor, he deliberately reserved two rooms. One room was reserved for his uncle, and the other room was naturally reserved for his mother.
However, the two men were never found, so they remained vacant.
The housekeeper naturally knows about this.
"Young master prepared it specially for me?" Li Jinong stopped and wondered. He was not familiar with his master's master, so why did he prepare it for him? Moreover, the butler called him 'Master', could it be that his master was his old friend?
You know, before the Li family went bankrupt, he had met many people of high status and naturally had many friends. He thought that his boss might be his friend.
An old friend! It was normal to prepare such a luxurious private room for him, so he asked:
"I wonder who the owner is?"
After hearing this, the butler's eyes widened with a strange expression. The master had been wandering around for a day, but he still didn't know who his boss was!
Didn't he come here to find the young master? Why don't you know?
"Oops!" The housekeeper slapped his head and thought clearly, the master must not know that the young master is the master of Chang'an Township! Just say that he is a servant.
It was his fault that he didn't explain clearly, so he quickly said: "My boss is the young master, your nephew Li Zhao."
"Li Zhao, Zhao'er?" Li Jinong's pupils dilated and he was filled with disbelief.
"Exactly, this place belongs to the young master. No, the entire Chang'an Township belongs to the young master. It was a personal gift from the emperor." The steward explained quickly.
"Given by the emperor himself?" At this moment, Li Jinong was completely unable to digest the news and was stunned on the spot.
It took him a long time to realize, "Are you serious? Is the young master really Zhao'er? Did he sow the rice ears? Was he also the one who produced the paper?"
A series of questions showed his disbelief, but the butler's expression showed that it was all true.
"Of course! In addition to these, the fertilizer workshop is also opened by the young master, but it is now in the preparation stage." Yes, fertilizer has not begun to be accepted by everyone. If it is mass-produced and sold, it will be a business. In addition to heavy taxes, there are also many risks, so output is only needed to maintain demand.
call! Li Jinong took a breath, and everyone could feel his shock. The owner was actually his nephew, the one who grew such ears of rice and made paper? How incredible.
Presumably, if the butler hadn't said it, he would never have guessed that his nephew was the boss.
Li Jinong was not interested in the fertilizer workshop. He pointed to the rice field not far away. He wanted to ask clearly whether this rice could really yield eight shi per mu.
"Is this rice really capable of yielding eight shi per mu?"
"Yes!"
"Is this paper really made by Zhao'er?"
"indeed!"
"How much money can a paper-making workshop make per month?"
"It's a few hundred gold for the time being, and it's still limited."
call! Li Jinong took another breath. Hundreds of gold, and he still hasn't fully exerted his power. What an astronomical figure this must be!
I think that when the Li family was prosperous, their monthly income was only this amount, but now my nephew only has a papermaking workshop and can make this amount casually. Then it will be better in the future. Don't forget that there is still rice in the fields that can yield eight shi per mu. ear.
He knew very well what eight stones meant in the agrarian Qin.
His nephew had changed into something that even he couldn't believe.
As he was thinking about it, Li Jinong's eyes suddenly turned strange. He pretended to cough twice and said, "Butler Xiao, how much money does the Li family have?"
"It's a lot. If necessary, I should let the master take care of the account. As for the cash, I have to wait for the young master to come back." The steward knew what Li Jinong was thinking and immediately said, of course, he couldn't control the cash and could only wait for Li Zhao.
"Very good, very good!"
Li Jinong was very satisfied. The next moment, he thought of a question and asked: "Steward, you said Chang'an Township was a gift from the emperor? Did Zhao'er make great contributions?"
"This." The steward couldn't figure it out. When the emperor gave them to the young master directly, he didn't know why. These days, he didn't ask, so he said, "I don't know either. I only know that the emperor named the young master the title of young concubine." .”
"Shao Nei?" Li Jinong was very surprised. His nephew turned out to be a Shao Nei. Although the Shao Nei was just an internal official and had no real power, he was better than a peasant. At least he was an official.
Of course, he is a bit lower than those powerful people.
"Hey! Considering how lonely my Li family is, Shaonei can do well. Of course, it would be better if Zhao'er can take a step further."
The housekeeper took a serious look at the master and knew that the master seemed to know nothing about the young master, but he soon felt relieved. Hearing that the master had fled Xianyang for a long time, he naturally did not know much about the young master, so he said: "Master, actually the young master has taken a step forward. "
"Oh! How do you say this?" Li Jinong became interested.
"The young master is already a general of a thousand men, leading an army of two thousand. He has real power, and he also has a second-level title."
"Thousand-man general? Second-level title?" Li Jinong's body trembled when he heard this, and he froze on the spot.
His nephew is actually a thousand-man general, or is he a second-level knight? This was something he couldn't even imagine.
Thousands of generals are already separated from the peasants and become members of the army! His nephew is promising, and he has a second-level knighthood, which is even more amazing.
You must know how difficult it is to obtain a title.
In their heyday, the Li family tried every means to obtain a title, even donating a large amount of money and silk, but failed in the end. He never thought that after the Li family fell into decline, his nephew could obtain it on his own. What a blessing for the family!
After obtaining the title, the Li family is no longer simply a family of merchants, but a family with status.
Indeed, in Da Qin, the status of merchants was very low, and some were even worse than farmers. But having a title was different. It had risen to the level of aristocrats.
Have a respected position.
Zhao'er has a promising future.
(End of chapter)
