The Eldest Daughter is Beautiful and Saucy

Chapter 101 Hai Han

"It's natural!" Bai Qiyun's face paled.

Bai Qingyan nodded and looked at Dong Shi: "A few days ago, my grandmother told me that she wanted me to return to my ancestral home, Shuoyang, after the grand funeral at the Duke's Mansion. Originally, my grandmother and the old man planned to do this for a few days. I will talk to you today about renovating our ancestral home in Shuoyang. My daughter asked Housekeeper Hao about this in private. Butler Hao said that my grandfather had this idea long ago, and ordered the ancestral home to look after the house half a year ago. The old housekeeper sent the repair drawings. Our ancestral house is big. If we want to repair it properly, it will cost about 180,000 to 90,000 taels of silver. If the government can't get it out for a while, the matter will be shelved."

Bai Qiyun's heart skipped a beat, thinking that Bai Qingyan was going to use the matter of repairing the ancestral house, so why not give him any money!

Bai Qiyun's face turned livid.

It was he who just said that the female family members of the Duke's Mansion wanted to go back to their ancestral home in Shuoyang. If they want to go back, it must be important to repair the ancestral house first. He felt like shooting himself in the foot with a stone.

Bai Qiyun couldn't help but sneer: "The family of a hundred-year-old military general in the Duke's Mansion can't spend 180,000 or 90,000 taels of silver to repair the ancestral house. Who is the cousin and daughter kidding?! The Duke's Mansion just takes the military rations and salaries...with your fingertips There is more than this number in it!"

Her eyes darkened: "Uncle Tang, be careful! You are a man of old age, and you are so careless when you speak. Embezzling military rations and salaries is a serious crime against the nine clans. Uncle Tang dares to say... our government dare not accept it. "

Bai Qiyun pursed his lips, he was indeed out of words in a moment of anger.

After taking a deep look at Bai Qiyun, she then said to Dong: "Buying land for the family, building ancestral temples, building ancestral halls, ancestral tombs, and schools, etc., since grandfather promised, even if grandfather is gone now, we have to Let’s do it, the family needs 450,000 taels, and 200,000 taels for repairing the ancestral house, so it’s 650,000 taels!”

Bai Qiyun frowned, this is indeed not a small sum.

"Mother, the dowry of you and your aunts must not be moved. Even if it is to build the Bai family's ancestral temple, ancestral hall, ancestral tomb, school, and buy land for the clan, no matter where you go, there is absolutely no reason to move the dowry of your daughter-in-law! The daughter thought about it, so she would sell all the shops and houses in the Duke's mansion! The farms and fertile land in the suburbs of the capital city were also sold to collect money. Anyway, the widow of the Duke's mansion will return to Shuoyang to rely on the clan. Just leave cleanly, don't leave any troubles in the capital..."

Bai Qiyun and Shuoyang's two concubine masters were stunned. They didn't expect that Bai Qing said so much and didn't want to refuse in the end, but just came up with this sentence.

Mrs. Dong looked at her daughter suspiciously, only to see her daughter smiled and nodded at her, Mrs. Dong frowned and calmed down, raised her teacup and said, "These family properties can't be sold just by selling them."

Bai Qiyun was deeply moved, these properties of the Duke's Mansion are the top earners in the metropolis, if the Duke's Mansion sells the shops on Long Street in order to raise money, he can quietly let Guanshi Wu buy one or two of them , I won’t worry about it in the future.

"I know Uncle Tang is in a hurry, and he said that he must prepare it tomorrow!" She sneered, turned her head to Dong and said, "Mother, the richest businessman Xiao Rongyan is still in Dadu City. It just so happens that Chen Qingsheng and Xiao Rongyan in our house The Housekeeper is very familiar with him, so he can ask Housekeeper Hao and Chen Qingsheng to inquire together, in the whole world, I am afraid that only Xiao Rongyan can come up with such a large sum of money in a short time."

"Actually..." Bai Qiyun opened his mouth, swallowed the words, and said, "Actually, Qingyan is right!"

He originally wanted to say that he was not in a hurry, and even wanted to persuade Dong Shi and Bai Qingyan to sell at a good price slowly, so as to give him time to profit from it.

But as soon as these words came out, it was contrary to what he was anxious to ask for tomorrow, so he could only swallow the words back.

"Now that we have agreed, please ask the three cousins ​​to put incense on my grandfather and father in a serious manner, and tell them about the clan affairs. Our Duke's Mansion has accepted it. Let grandfather and father know that the clan has inherited our Duke's Mansion. In the future, the clan will take good care of the widow of the Duke's Mansion, or... let my grandfather and father rest assured!"

Bai Qingyan's words are very reasonable, if he can't even give a single promise after taking money from other people's family, that would be too shameless!

Seeing that Bai Qiyun hadn't said a word, the two Shuoyang lords gently tugged at Bai Qiyun's sleeves, and said in a voice that they could hear: "Cousin, this makes sense...the Duke's government has taken care of the clan all these years. There are quite a lot, and you were too anxious just now, and you told Mrs. Shizi about it as soon as you entered the door without offering incense, many people have seen it, just to save one or two, you really should burn incense well."

"That's right! The Duke's Mansion has given out money, and the clan has received benefits. What their orphans and widows want is nothing more than face. It is worth offering incense sticks and saying a few words of the widow of the Bai family to keep their promises in front of the guests who came to express their condolences." Yes! Besides... If you say this in front of the guests, the Duke's Mansion can no longer rely on being orphans and widows to make excuses and refuse to give money!"

Bai Qiyun was too anxious just now, he wanted to talk about this matter before his two younger brothers bid farewell, and he didn't intentionally not offer incense.

Now that the goal has been achieved, he doesn't have to put on a condescending look anymore, the Duke's Mansion is always holding funerals.

"I didn't intend to offer the incense, but I was just a little anxious!" Bai Qiyun cleared his throat after finishing speaking, "Now that this matter is finalized, let the Duke and the Shizi tell the incense to let them know! Mrs. Shizi... look at Haihan if you offend me!"

Dong turned her head to Nanny Qin and said, "Mother Qin, take the three masters to offer incense."

"Yes!" Nanny Qin folded her hands in front of her lower abdomen, saluted respectfully to the three masters of the Bai family in Shuoyang, and made a gesture of invitation.

Seeing the three people leaving the hall, Mrs. Dong asked impatiently, "A Bao, what kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?"

The Duke of Zhen's mansion could afford the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but the clan's way of doing this was too irritating, even if they wanted to give it, how could they give it so happily? !

"Auntie..." Bai Qingyan took Dong's arm and said as he walked towards the mourning hall, "Since we are going back to our ancestral home in Shuoyang, rather than being exploited by the clan all the time, it's better to be clean and tidy this time." He sold all the properties that were on the bright side! Taking advantage of the fact that the grandfather’s mourning hall was set up outside the courtyard, Jin Zhi and Jin Tong made this matter a big deal, so that the clan and the world would know that we were forced to help Helping the clan... Even the properties in their hands are sold off. After the people of the clan have taken the money this time, they will no longer be able to ask us orphans and widows to help the clan because of fearful words. This is one of them."

"The second... is to make a gesture of withdrawing from the capital, so that the emperor can feel at ease?" Dong asked.

Xiao Rongyan: Well, my daughter-in-law wants to ask me for help, and here is my chance again...