A scholar becomes a landlord

As soon as the little wolf came, Xiaoxue knew that she was greedy for meat, so she immediately took out the fresh meat she had prepared and put it on the ground, and brought a piece of fruit for the parrot, and put it on the ground to have breakfast with the little wolf.

A wolf and a bird get along harmoniously, one eats meat and the other eats fruit, and of course there are melon seeds after meals. Parrots like to crack melon seeds.

For breakfast, Wei Le took care of and accompanied the two senior brothers to have a vegetarian meal in the room. After the meal, the two senior brothers continued to practice, and Wei Le went to the study to deal with some chores and practice calligraphy by the way.

Most of the time Wei Le practiced calligraphy by silently writing down the books in his mind one by one. Now there are six or seven hundred books in his study, which are all his hard work in recent years.Of course, among the six or seven hundred books, there are also books he bought, but the number of five or six hundred books is also quite a lot, and they are all written down by him alone, which scares me to death.

"Master."

Zihao brought up the ledger from Wei's house, and stood in front of the desk sweating profusely, waiting for Wei Le's next task.

"Go and rest first, I will call you if something happens."

Wei Le picked up a ledger and flipped through it. All the earnings for the first half of today are here.

"Yes."

Zihao backed out and was not in a hurry to go back to his room, but went to the kitchen and asked Lixia for a bowl of mung bean soup.

Wei Le looked at the account book, and it was naturally ice that made the most money. This year, he and Yi Feng earned about 2 taels of silver from the ice together, and the expenses were basically not much. Apart from ice, he and Yi Feng had other income , the expenditure on both sides is completely surplus.So the income from this ice cube is all pure profit. It is no wonder that many people specialize in the ice cube business every year. It is really a huge profit!

The sum of his and Yi Feng's money in the past few years is almost [-] yuan. Of course, compared with those families in the capital who can easily have millions of households, his little money may only be their annual expenses, but for him Compared to Yi Feng, it was a huge family fortune, and the two had no children, so they had already discussed the final destination of the money.

As for why Wei Le has no children and still wants to make money, he said that this is his pleasure, and ordinary people can't understand.

Wei Le and Yi Feng will definitely be able to earn their first one million taels of silver in their lifetimes. The two of them now have a big business, but they did not continue to buy land, but made money elsewhere.

For things like shops, although Wei Le didn't let Steward Jin buy them, but as the steward Jin of Wei Zhai, he was able to spend part of the amount, so he bought them intermittently on the shops in the county town and in surrounding counties and towns, even in prefectural and provincial capitals. Some shops, although they spent a lot of money all at once, the annual rent is also very considerable, and they can earn back all the money they spent within ten years, and at the same time they got a lot of shops that can be owned by Wei Le.

In ancient times, there was no age for property rights. As long as you bought them, these property rights will always belong to the buyer.

Therefore, Wei Le now not only depends on the income of each village, but also whether these shops have sent the rent.The store Wei Le did not do business, but rented it out directly, which saves trouble and does not need to worry about the backlog of goods that cannot be sold.

To Wei Le's surprise, after the housekeeper Xiao Jin took over Wei's house, he actually let go of two courtyards in the provincial capital. They were not very large, and they were all secondary courtyards. literati.

Qiuwei is held every three years, but there are always people who fail the ranking.After failing the exam, he was ashamed to go home, so he looked for a house to live in the provincial capital, and tried to win the next Qiu Wei, so the butler Xiaojin rented the yard to these talents who failed the exam. The rent is not cheap, but there are still many people rushing to rent. .Who made this place so close to the Gongyuan!

Wei Le flipped through the books, all of which were profits, without any losses.Seeing this, he was a little puzzled. Could it be that his Zhuangzi's shop and yard are so good, and the Zhuangzi's income is good, but this shop and yard were rented out on the first day when they were released for rent. And the tenant is very generous, one payment is a whole year's rent.

"Master."

When Wei Le saw the proceeds from a copy of Yi Feng Zhuangzi, the butler Xiao Jin was knocking on the door outside.

"Come in."

Wei Le put down the ledger, and the doubts on his face deepened.

"Master, this is the proceeds from the stewards in the first half of the year, all of which have been exchanged for bank notes."

Because it is inconvenient to transport gold and silver, all the proceeds sent by the stewards are silver bills. Wei Le checked that it matched the amount on the general ledger, so he didn't care about it anymore. Half of the working capital of the house is exchanged for gold and silver and placed in the treasury.

In order to deceive others, Wei Le will only hide the full amount of the income from ice cubes, and he will selectively hide some of the other income, but most of them will be stored in the treasury after being exchanged for gold and silver.

For this reason, the warehouse of Wei Zhai has been remodeled, and not even a mouse can get in.

"You came just in time, I have something to ask you."

Wei Le took out his ledger and Yi Feng's ledger and showed it to Butler Xiaojin.

"Master, this is exactly what the subordinates want to tell the young master. The subordinates have also discovered this problem. It would be understandable if it was just once or twice, but the output of the young master's Zhuangzi is better than that of everyone around him every year. It is reasonable to say that the income of the same place should be similar, but the general and the young master’s Zhuangzi are not far apart, and the planting methods are the same, but the income is slightly worse than the young master’s Zhuangzi.”

Butler Xiao Jin didn't know why his father concealed this matter, but in his opinion, this matter was extremely unusual.So he asked Zihao to mix the young master with the ledger and the general's ledger and send it to the young master so that he could have an intuitive comparison.

"Is it all like this?"

Wei Le scratched his head, if it was all like this, he seemed to understand a little bit.

"Yes."

Butler Xiaojin nodded.

"...I see, you just need to know about it, don't tell anyone else."

Wei Le thought of the messy things he often encountered, and realized that he was God's son again.Although he doesn't understand why God treats him so favorably, Wei Le has no intention of letting everyone know about it.

"Yes, my subordinate understands."

Butler Xiaojin agreed, he didn't even mention Qingxi about this matter.As a housekeeper, he can clearly distinguish what can be said and what can't be said. Even if it's someone he likes, he won't say what he shouldn't say.

"Okay, back off!"

Wei Le continued to look at the account books. Now that Yi Feng's steward knew that Mr. Wei was reading the account books of the Yi family, let alone how honest he was.The stewards will come to Yi's house and Wei Zhai every year for a summary, so the stewards also know each other. Similarly, the stewards of the Yi family are especially afraid of him after being publicized by the stewards on Wei Zhai's Zhuangzi about Mr. Wei's methods. , so no one dares to make a move, wishing to make the income better and leave a good impression on Mr. Wei.

However, their hard work was not in vain, the annual rewards were quite generous, so they worked very hard, and the income from the Zhuangzi was getting better and better. Wei Le gave them a lot of bonuses every year.

It took Wei Le two days to complete a pile of ledgers, and he also summed up all the ledgers. In fact, the income from grain is the least, but grain is hard currency. Besides grain, he tried not to sell grain.Store what can be stored as much as possible, one is that there are a large number of people in the family, and the other is just in case.

Like this year, Wei Le also raised a lot of pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep, etc., all of which were eaten by the people in Wei Zhai, and the veterans of Cheng Zhai would occasionally give them some to taste.

This was bought by Cheng Yong with money. In fact, Wei Le didn't want to accept his money, but Cheng Yong said that this was his wish. It's not good if he doesn't give money every time, it will only form a bad habit, so Wei Le Let the housekeeper Xiaojin collect the money, and send the pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep, etc. to Cheng Zhai, and let the veterans handle it by themselves.

Anyway, some of these people know how to butcher pigs, chickens, ducks and goats, and they are not worried at all that they will not open after sending them. Besides, after these people get married, their food and clothing have taken a big step forward compared to before, and everyone's face is full of red. , I heard that they even made a bet to see who would be the first father.

Wei Le didn't pay much attention to the lives of these veterans, he did everything he could, and had to rely on them to live the rest.Everyone is divided into a house. The house is not big, but it is the wishes of several masters. They are not slaves. This is really the best of benevolence.

"Papa~~" There was a scratching sound on the study door, Wei Le put down his pen, walked to the door and opened it.

"Little wolf, what do you want to do?"

Could it be that when he calmed down to practice calligraphy, the little wolf was scratching the door outside, and Wei Le narrowed his eyes when he saw the door with traces of scratches from her scratching. If he didn't give him a good explanation, the little wolf would have a bad ass today .

"Woooo~~"

The little wolf compared his paws, and she seemed to be talking about something outside, Wei Le became suspicious and followed her out.

"Where's the parrot?"

Why isn't that kid on the little wolf's back?

"Ow~"

fell asleep.

Parrots have injuries and are easily tired, so they usually sleep most of the time.

"Is this what you brought me to see?"

Wei Le stared at the little wolf, this girl actually took him to see the snake, it was a big boa constrictor.Wei Le was almost made to cry by this daughter, a big boa constrictor thicker than his thigh, Wei Le was a little limp, especially now that he was being stared at by the boa constrictor, spitting out its core right at him!

"Woooo~~"

It's very powerful, I can't beat it, daddy, beat it up for me.The little wolf didn't know where he provoked the boa constrictor, and let it run out of the mountain to make trouble for the little wolf. Seeing how fierce it was staring at the little wolf, it must have been caused by this girl.

"Sorry, I can't beat your little daddy."

Wei Le patted the little wolf on the head a few times, and then raised her ears.

"Go to your elder father, and then invite my two senior brothers. If I am swallowed by a python, you, little wolf, are ready to be beaten to death by your elder father!"

This cheating girl, Wei Le was almost made to cry by her.

"woooooooo~~"

Hearing what Wei Le said, the little wolf immediately let go of his feet and ran into the villa. She was going to rescue soldiers.Fortunately, the villa is next to it. This is the junction of the back mountain and the villa, and the two are not far apart.

"Okay Brother Python, the little wolf is not here now, can you stop spitting your core at me, the chicken skin is getting up."

Wei Le rubbed his hands, and to his surprise, the boa constrictor stopped spitting out its core at him, and even put its upturned head on the ground.

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