Zheng Xian was promoted in the Imperial Academy because of King Fu's efforts, and Zheng Xian's daughter was King Fu's concubine. This is an indisputable fact.
Therefore, now that Zheng Xian has been arrested, the Zheng family is already in chaos.
In the past, Mr. Zheng Ge might have sent someone out to shock him, but now that he couldn't protect himself, how could he care about others?
Although Zheng Xian was his nephew, he was still separated from him. If Mr. Zheng Ge could try his best to save Zheng Xian's life, it would be an act of kindness and righteousness.
Before Mr. Zheng Ge was about to leave Beijing, he sent someone to Zheng Xian's house.
The person sent here was a confidant of Mr. Zheng Ge and an old housekeeper.
He forced his body to come out, looking forward to it: "But is there any news from uncle?"
"Madam, don't worry. My master has said that Zheng Xian is his nephew. He will not ignore it. He has tried his best. Zheng Xian will be released in ten days at most. But don't want the official position anymore. What does my master mean?" Yes, I want you to clean up as soon as possible. After Zheng Xian and his son are released, you will also return to your place of origin."
He's heart felt cold. Is this completely over?
The old housekeeper didn't say much anymore. Anyway, the words had been brought to them, and what to do was their own business.
Now there is only one female family member left in Zheng Xian's mansion, and all the men have been imprisoned. Fortunately, the He family has some means, so that they can frighten the whole family.
Now that he had the accurate information, He had an idea in his mind.
When the old housekeeper left, He sent someone to find Ren Yazi.
More than half of the slaves in the mansion were sold. He held the money in his hand and beat the people in each yard again. He only said that the master and the young masters would be back soon, and then gave up.
Mr. He also has some brains, otherwise he wouldn't have squeezed out the main wife back then.
Now that she is the mistress in charge of this house, she has to firmly hold the financial power in her hands.
When Zheng Xian didn't come back, she sent her personal maid to search every house in the courtyard, even the servants' rooms.
Then he disposed of a batch of items that were difficult to take away. After all this, He already had more than 6,000 taels of silver notes in his hand.
In the past, Mr. He would not have thought that six thousand taels was too much.
But things are different now.
The father of the family lost his official position, and his sons also lost their income. After they returned to their place of origin, they could only sit and eat.
Mr. He was very scheming. He knew what kind of qualities his master and son were, and expected them to put aside their status and become teachers after returning to their hometown. Oh, don't even think about that!
As for going into business?
That's even more impossible.
It would be safer to leave it to them than to a servant!
The He family also disposed of all their properties near the outskirts of Beijing. This was a big income, earning more than 40,000 taels of silver.
However, you can't keep this money in your hands forever. After returning to your hometown, you will always have to buy some more properties. Otherwise, will you just wait for food and drink?
The He family sent an old servant of the Zheng family to go back to her hometown first. This person was reliable. The lives of the whole family were in her hands, and she was not afraid that he would run away with the money.
Because it was not far from the capital itself, it only took two days by carriage to reach the place, so the old servant worked quickly and returned to the Zheng Mansion five days later.
"Madam, we have bought two farms in total, and also bought a house with three entrances in the county. We only found two suitable places for the shop, but the other party has rented out all the shops. We have to wait until next year to continue. Collect rent. I will ask the former head of the village to clear out our ancestral home. It will probably take five or six days to complete."
Mr. He nodded with satisfaction. Fortunately, he had spent money to renovate the old house a few years ago. It was quite luxurious to have a three-bedroom house in the countryside.
"You did a good job, go down and rest first."
He looked at the expense details handed over by the old servant. After such operations, more than 40,000 taels of silver were gone.
The main reason is that we need to buy more land. Farmland is the most expensive these days.
He has no plans to sell the shop in the capital. Shops are different from farm properties and require more worries.
But the shop was different. She just rented it out and sent someone over once a year to collect the rent.
However, she didn't want to sell it, and she couldn't help it.
Everyone knows that the Zheng family has fallen, who wouldn't want to come and get involved?
Just like those properties, if Mr. Zheng Ge is still there, not to mention those people who dare not take the idea of these properties, even if they want to buy them, they must pay higher prices than those on the market.
But in fact, although He's properties were handled secretly, she still recovered seven to eight thousand taels of silver less than the market price.
But it made her feel bad.
But there was nothing she could do.
She knew that Mr. Zheng Ge had retired and returned to his hometown, and Zheng Xian was still in there. The longer the delay went on, the less valuable the land would become.
Now people are interested in these shops. Although the He family insists on killing them and refuses to sell them, they can't stand it anymore. Some people even throw dead chickens and ducks into the Zheng Mansion. Isn't it because they know that they have no backers? Already?
It was not enough to live like this every day, so He still managed to get Zheng Xian out.
Zheng Xian also knew that his future was gone, as was his son, so he said nothing. After washing up, eating and drinking, he asked about the current situation at home.
He didn't hide anything from him and told him everything, but she didn't tell him how much money he got from selling his servants. Moreover, Zheng Xian didn't care about the small money and didn't ask at all.
Mr. He told the story about the land disposal and deliberately underreported two thousand taels of silver. He did not dare to overreport for fear that he would become suspicious.
Finally, Mr. He said that he spent more than 40,000 taels of silver to buy some properties in his hometown. At least after returning to his hometown, he would not have to be embarrassed and have no income.
This treatment is appropriate.
Zheng Xian patted her hand happily: "Well done, thank you for your hard work."
Mr. He had a wry smile on his face: "Why am I working so hard? It's the master who has been suffering inside. If my uncle hadn't sent someone over to inform me a few days ago, I probably wouldn't have been able to react so quickly."
Zheng Xian thought of his once glorious uncle and just sighed silently.
Finally, the shops were mentioned.
Zheng Xian also knew that the shop would definitely not be retained. He was once a nobleman, so he naturally knew the omnipotence of power.
"Let's deal with them all. We can't fight them."
He became even more sad when he heard this, and tears fell down.
Maybe because they felt a little embarrassed to see others, the Zheng family and his son stayed at home. He sent people to handle these things.
When I finally got it, I saw that for three shops, I only got 7,000 taels of silver. This was simply a steal!
But she had no choice. If she didn't sell it to them, others wouldn't dare to buy it.
When He bought these three shops, he spent more than 10,000 taels of silver. In just a few years, even with all the rent added, he still couldn't make up his money.
And she still doesn’t know who bought those three shops. Otherwise, she would probably be so angry that she would vomit blood!
