The Zhu family's fleet soon arrived in the capital, and Wushuang was quite curious about this place.
After arriving in the capital, Chu Yunyi separated from the Zhu brothers and sisters. Of course, he left behind his right-hand man to protect Wushuang's safety.
Chu Yunyi knew very well that the situation in Jiangnan had not been settled yet. Why were the people in Jiangnan so unscrupulous?
Isn’t it because they have the protection of Beijing?
So Chu Yunyi had to go back to clean up the mess, but he sent people to protect Wushuang and Zhu Weiyi.
In fact, he also sent people to protect the Zhu family in Hangzhou, for fear that after he and Wushuang left, those people would become desperate and attack the Zhu family.
Wushuang did not try to keep Chu Yunyi, but followed her elder brother.
Before arriving in the capital, Zhu Weiyi had already sent his confidants over and spent a huge amount of money to buy a five-story house in the capital.
If some houses could not only be inhabited by the powerful, such as those in royal palaces or those only inhabited by officials of the first or second ranks, Zhu Weiyi would have spent a huge amount of money to buy them.
When the brother and sister came to Beijing, Zhu Yunfeng and Ling Xiu gave Zhu Weiyi two million taels of funds, and 300,000 was donated to Wushuang in exchange for the title of a princess.
The other one million or so will be used to buy property in Beijing. Whether it is for Wushuang or for the Zhu family to keep, it must be managed well.
The house with five courtyards was sold by a prodigal son who had squandered all his family fortune and could no longer afford it.
There were quite a few prodigals like this in the Dayan Dynasty, and the reason why other dignitaries in the capital were unable to snatch Zhu Weiyi away was because they did not have as much money as he did.
Less than three days after the house was purchased, the plaque was replaced with two large characters "Zhu Mansion".
Everything inside the house looked brand new. If you have money, you can do whatever you want. If you have money, you can renovate such a big house in less than half a month.
"The person who bought the Ling family's house is here?"
After knowing that someone had moved into the Zhu Mansion, everyone in the capital who was paying attention to the Zhu Mansion got the news.
The Zhu family was really high-profile. They spent such a huge sum of money to buy the Ling family's house, and then spent money to renovate it in a short period of time, and bought all kinds of precious things to decorate it.
Such lavish behavior attracted the interest of the powerful people in the capital.
They really wanted to know where this family came from.
"Someone has moved in," the servant who inquired for the news replied, "A brother and sister from that family have moved in. I heard they are merchants from Hangzhou in Jiangnan."
"Merchant?" The head of a certain marquis's mansion was very surprised when he heard the news. It turned out to be a merchant family?
The head of the Marquis's residence was stunned when he heard the news. "Are the merchants in Hangzhou really so wealthy?"
You have to know that the Zhu family spent at least two or three hundred thousand taels of money in a short period of time. Such a huge amount of money must be watched by those families in the capital who seem rich and prosperous but are actually unable to make ends meet.
"Master, merchants are rich, especially those from this dynasty," said the servant.
The Dayan Dynasty did not emphasize agriculture over commerce. Rather, it should be noted that the Dayan Dynasty attached great importance to scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans.
After the policy was opened up, merchants made more money, and there were a lot of wealthy people in Jiangnan.
So it’s really not surprising that merchants are so rich.
"I heard that he is from the Zhu family in Hangzhou. The Zhu family is also one of the top three richest businessmen in Hangzhou." The servant explained to his master.
"The Zhu family..." The head of the Marquis's Mansion became interested when he heard this.
"Is it the Zhu family that is said to have a daughter who is so beautiful that she can topple a country?"
"Yes."
The head of the Marquis's residence said excitedly, "If this Marquis marries the daughter of the Zhu family, then the Zhu family's wealth..."
Isn’t the daughter of the Zhu family just a merchant girl?
He has the title of Marquis.
So if he took the daughter of the Zhu family as his concubine, could he get some of the Zhu family's property?
Just the dowry of the Zhu family's beloved daughter when she gets married is enough to bring their mansion back to life.
The servant looked up at his master, then lowered his head silently.
Their master is already in his forties or even fifties this year. He is an old man who knows his destiny, but he still wants to take a young girl as his concubine?
And he had such an idea because the girl was beautiful and rich.
Even though the servant was the old marquis's slave, at this moment he felt that his master was just daydreaming.
In addition to this old marquis, some families that were already strong on the outside but weak on the inside also became interested in the Zhu family after learning about her situation.
"Mo'er, what do you think about pursuing that girl from the Zhu family?" The old lady from the Yuanjiang Marquis Mansion in the capital said to her grandson.
Su Mo, whose eyes were filled with unbridled romanticism, lazily raised his eyelids and looked at the old lady after hearing this and said, "You are just a business woman, why should your grandson worry about you?"
"But Mo'er, our family is already struggling to make ends meet." The old lady said earnestly, "That girl from the Zhu family only has two children, herself and her brother."
"She is still the favored one in the family. If you can marry her, her dowry will be generous, and you can..." The old lady didn't say the rest of the words, but Su Mo understood.
Su Mo smiled, his handsome face tinged with cynicism, "Grandma is right."
"And Mo'er, it's not a grievance for you to marry that girl from the Zhu family. Don't you like pretty girls?"
"I heard that the girl from the Zhu family is a famous beauty in Hangzhou..." When she said this, the old lady of Yuanjiang Hou couldn't help but frown.
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