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Zhao Dian lowered his head and said: "In the past, the income from the shops, farms and caravans in the mansion were all put into our public account. In addition, you can provide subsidies from time to time, so even if the income and expenditure are uneven, we can make up for it. But since we have followed When your Majesty comes to Yuncheng, you will no longer put money into the public account."

That part was the inheritance left to him by Zhao Changyu. When he left Luoyang, he consciously prepared to die. Naturally, he could not take his family fortune with him, so he gave all the money to Zhao Hanzhang.

"A year ago, you told me to let the stewards divide the property. Except for the house, shop and farm you bought yourself, the rest of the property was handed over to the fifth master. You even sent back the account books and seals."

Oh, Zhao Zhongyu remembered. A year ago, he was so angry because of Zhao Ji's stupidity that he knew from the bottom of his heart that it was impossible for the clan to be handed over to Zhao Ji's hands.

Therefore, in order to avoid future feuds within the clan due to disputes over property, he specially asked people to divide his private property, and the portion of the assets that should be taken by the clan leader was temporarily handed over to Zhao Song for management.

In the future, whether Zhao Yi becomes the clan leader or Zhao Erlang's son becomes the clan leader, he can get the assets directly from Zhao Song.

That was the accumulation of the Zhao family over the years. In the family inheritance, 70% can be divided by the eldest son, and the remaining 30% will be inherited by other descendants. In this way, 70% and 70% are passed down from one son to another. Only now can we have such a family business.

In this way, the family can be immortal, and a strong direct branch can protect the family.

Therefore, this family property belongs not only to the patriarch’s family, but also to the clan.

It was also for this reason that Zhao Changyu handed over most of his property to Zhao Zhongyu for inheritance. Even if Zhao Zhongyu was unwilling, after seeing his son's stupidity and short-sightedness, he could only reluctantly hand it over to the clan for his future heirs. Pay for a more competent patriarch.

"So... after losing that asset, I have no money?"

Zhao Zhongyu couldn't believe it.

Zhao Dian lowered his head and whispered: "Master, most of the houses, shops and farms you bought in the past were in Luoyang. Luoyang has only received sporadic income this year. We have been relying on the two villages and fields in Xiping to support us."

"Why do I only have two villages in Xiping? I remember there were several shops and fields."

Zhao Dian's voice became even softer, "Check the account book, I found out that you gave it to Sanniang four years ago. It was the shop and farm in Luoyang."

Zhao Zhongyu stopped talking completely. He was in a daze, and he didn't react until now, "Tell me, when she gave me the shop and farm in Luoyang four years ago, did she for sure that Luoyang would be in war?"

Zhao Dian lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

Zhao Zhongyu felt very complicated. He was not very angry now, and was still a little proud, but more sour. How come his eldest brother always had better luck than him?

Born to the same parents, the eldest brother is smarter than him. He gave birth to a smart son, but weak. Although his son is not as smart as Zhao Zhi, he is strong and strong;

In this regard, the two of them are evenly matched.

But he has a grandson who is smarter and healthy.

Isn't it because of Zhao Yi that Zhao Changyu chose Zhao Ji to inherit the title?

So Zhao Zhongyu felt that God was fair to the two brothers, at least compared to his grandson, he won.

But after going round and round, he still lost. His granddaughter was much better than his grandson, even better than him.

If she could foresee Luoyang's fall four years ago, her vision would be no worse than her grandfather's.

"Master, what should I do with this money?" Zhao Dian's question brought Zhao Zhongyu back to his thoughts.

Zhao Zhongyu came to his senses and asked: "Have you found everything? Can't you squeeze out the money?"

"The little one only left the money that is necessary for daily use. Everything else has been calculated, but it's just not enough."

Zhao Zhongyu stretched out his hand to take the account book, flipped through it, pointed at one and said: "If you take this away, the family will be in such a difficult situation, why should we eat sheep and scorpions?"

"This is for the master. He is recuperating from his injuries. He said he wanted to use the form to make up for the form..."

"It's all a fallacy to use shape to complement shape. He's not a sheep, so what kind of shape should he complement?" Zhao Zhongyu paused and said, "If he really wants to eat, go back and ask someone to go to the market to see if there are any clean shaven ones." Just take two pieces of the lamb bones and make soup."

Zhao Dian agreed.

Zhao Zhongyu turned around and frowned more and more, "Why did he spend so much money and still drink even though he was hurt? Go and collect all his wine and ask the restaurant if you can refund it. If you can't refund it, You can find someone to sell it anyway."

"There are still these medicines." Zhao Zhongyu paused, but endured it, and did not deprive his son of the right to take medicine. "Next time, don't ask the doctor to come to the house. Have someone take him to the drug store for consultation. It just so happens that he can also take the medicine." Take some time to relax.”

The doctor's visit requires transportation fees, so you can save whatever you can.

Zhao Zhongyu is worthy of being Zhao Changyu's younger brother. It's okay if you didn't pay attention to it in the past, but once you pay attention, he is still very frugal like his brother.

Turning over the ledger, from time to time cross out one or two unnecessary expenses, or replace them with cheaper expenses.

Even for vegetables, he did not allow his servants to go to the Dongshi market anymore. Instead, he asked to go to Nanshi, preferably to the small market not far from the city gate to buy them, where farmers from outside the city would pick some from time to time to sell. Yes, because it is not large-scale and the price is very arbitrary, you can cut it off with just a few cuts.

Zhao Zhongyu even lowered his standard of living. This way he could squeeze out a lot of money from the savings, but it was still not enough.

Zhao Zhongyu frowned and asked, "Is there anything in Jizhi that can be quickly converted into cash? Some gold and silver jewelry, or jade will do."

Zhao Dian didn't know much about Zhao Ji's things, but Zhao Zhongyu had it here, "There is a gold-inlaid hair crown in the grand master's warehouse."

Zhao Zhongyu wore it when he was young and he liked it very much. However, because he got older, he no longer wore it with gold inlay and changed it to jade.

Zhao Zhongyu just pretended not to hear, thought about it carefully and said: "I remember that he has a saddle with jade pieces inlaid on it. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. You can find it tomorrow. Many generals have arrived now. This Things are easy to sell.”

Zhao Dian agreed and retreated silently.

Zhao Ji hadn't ridden a horse for a long time, and since he was locked up to recuperate, he didn't know about it at all. Zhao Dian went to the warehouse in his yard and rummaged around, found the saddle and took it away.

He only went out for a short time, and then came back with a bag of golden beans.

Zhao Zhongyu handed these golden beans and the money he had scraped together to Zhao Hanzhang, and said calmly: "Tell me if it's not enough."

Zhao Hanzhang took it and agreed happily, not knowing how difficult it was to get the money. After all, in her memory, several elders were very rich. There should be no one poorer than her in the Zhao family now. ?