When Xiao Jingyun heard the letter, he was no longer in the mood to care about the ancient sword and quickly got up and went to the study.
What was delivered was a thick stack of letters, which were the results of investigations from various places. Xiao Jingyun looked solemn. He dismissed the servants and sat there by himself, reading.
He used many of the connections left by his grandfather to find out all the places his seventh brother had been to and what he had experienced over the years. Of course, there might be some discrepancies between the content and the truth, but it should be generally correct.
Xiao Jingyun was stunned as soon as he started to read.
This first part describes the situation of the Xiao family’s industry!
There are indeed quite a few clan members in the clan territory, but they are all side branches and are not too close to the main family. They respect the direct branch, so they generally do not pry into the affairs of the direct branch. As long as the direct branch provides enough resources to the clan every year, they will not actually interact with each other often on weekdays.
Furthermore, there is a status gap between the direct branch and the side branch, and the side branch dares not get involved in the direct branch's business!
This also led to the fact that neither the side branches nor he himself ever knew how much property the fifth house had!
But if we calculate based on what my grandfather left behind, if he doesn't have a fortune of one million or two taels, then he should have at least several hundred thousand taels. Moreover, even if the business of those lands and shops is not good every year and he only brings in a hundred taels of silver, adding up all of that should not be a small amount!
However, it turned out that the fifth room was... extremely poor!
Xiao Jingyun didn't dare to believe what he saw.
Except for the two farms and three shops under the eyes of the clan members, everything else is gone!
After all, the farm and the shop are on the clan's land, and almost all the income has to be given to the clan members to support the students in the clan middle school. The remaining money is used for the clan members to help look after the old house and for dredging. This part of the income is almost untouchable!
As for the houses and properties in other places, they were gone long before my seventh brother was born!
Fifth Uncle...
His fifth uncle left almost an empty shell to his seventh brother!
Even the private collections that my grandparents left to my fifth uncle had long been sold out. Although the remaining ones were enough for my seventh brother to have enough food and clothing, that was only compared to ordinary people!
But his seventh brother is the grandson of the general's family, so he really deserves to be treated so unfairly! ?
The letter also wrote that the seventh brother seemed to be short of money during the years he was in the clan land, and the few things left by the fifth uncle were gradually sold out by her.
After observing mourning period, he left the clan territory directly, saying that he was going out to study with his guards, and his clan members did not know where he went.
My seventh brother has been to quite a few places.
Jincheng, Yuzhou, Nanlancheng, Panyunbao, Tongshuicheng...
The seventh brother was almost running for his life, and was on the road almost all the time.
Once I arrive at a place, I will stay there for a month or so at most and then leave immediately!
However, although he did not live in a place for a long time, he made friends with many people, including farmers, businessmen and even local officials.
The letter also said that it was easy to find out about Xiao Qilang because he would be particularly conspicuous wherever he went. A little child dressed in silk and satin and carrying a priceless sword would be very conspicuous.
Because of this, many evil people targeted him, including those who kidnapped children and kidnapped people, and I don’t know how many of them hid.
During the years that Xiao Qi had been "wandering" outside, apart from the clothes he wore and the sword, everything else he owned was extremely ordinary. He often slept on the streets, finding a place to stay like a beggar, or he would stay at the homes of his "good friends" for a couple of nights to save some money...
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