At this time, Bai Zhiyue was sorting out the properties under her name. She had been trapped in the mansion for these years, and all her properties were handed over to the manager outside. She would report the accounts twice a year, once in the middle of the year and once at the end of the year.
There are more than twenty shops in total, three of which are in the capital, and the others are distributed in prefectures and counties near the capital.
There were three businesses in the capital: a silver shop, a cloth shop, and a bookstore. They usually printed books on imperial examinations and enlightenment books, and also compiled and copied exam questions from previous years for students or candidates coming to Beijing.
I usually hire people to copy some storybooks, ghost stories, and unusual events to sell, and also sell some stationery products. Business is pretty good.
The miscellaneous businesses outside are average.
There are six farms, big and small. The big one has a thousand acres and is also in another county. The small one has only 120 acres and is in the suburbs. There is no way around it, farms in the capital are very hard to find. They are usually in the hands of royal families, aristocratic families and nobles. Occasionally, if someone sells them or the government confiscates their property and sells them off, the nobles will buy them first, and they never fall into the hands of outsiders.
This small farm came into her hands because they looked down on it. The farm's profits have been getting worse in recent years, so there must be something wrong.
I was given 10% of the shares of a shipping merchant ship at the beginning, but unfortunately it was only given for one year and it was not given after that. This must be divided up to avoid being involved when the emperor takes action against the Bai family.
These were the only assets they had. Bai Zhiyue took out the share deeds of the shipping merchant ship and had someone return them to the Bai family, not wanting the profit herself.
She needs to sort out the rest and check it carefully when she comes to file accounts at the end of the year.
You can go and take a look at some of the shops in the capital. I have never been out since I came to this other world.
"The income from my mother's farms is very small. The average income per mu of land is only about one tael. In a bad year, there is even no income. There are more than 2,000 mu of land in total, and the total income is only more than 2,000 taels. It is not enough to cover the expenses of the mansion for a month. It is useless."
"Zhuangzi's contribution to these families wasn't just to generate income, but primarily to provide food. In those days, people depended on the weather for their livelihoods. Rich families, with their large populations, consumed more. To avoid food shortages during years of famine, they would often store enough grain from their own fields to last them two or three years.
I only sell what I have left. Basically, every year I store new crops to sell as battle crops. Of course, if I have a lot of land, I don't have to go through so much trouble."
"So that's how it is. Having a farm can provide me with food and clothing, but income is secondary to some people. Our income mainly depends on the shop."
"Yes, I was thinking that since I haven't learned how to farm, and I don't have any high-yield seeds stored in my space, I can only farm this way for now. As for shops, I'll go look at a few in the city and see if there are any ways to increase my income.
If you want to live a good and comfortable life, you need money. I don't have much cash left. Even if I get some back from the Zhang family and Su Chengang, I can't just sit there and eat up all the money."
"Alas! There's not a single usable species in the experimental base. These people spend all their time researching how to become stronger, mutate, and stay on top of the world. They're just messing around with all sorts of stuff, and they don't do anything truly useful to society."
"Don't even think about the stuff in the lab. There are a few species there that have been bred through more than a dozen generations of mutations. They can spray poisonous pollen that will leave nothing but themselves within a five-meter radius.
There is also a kind of carnivorous plant that has really mutated into a flower that can eat people. It can wrap people in its huge flower bag. The juice it secretes can make people lose consciousness, and then slowly melt the flesh and blood, leaving only bones.
There are several similar ones, none of them are normal. Such things are strange, and there will inevitably be people who like to buy them at a high price, but how can they be taken out? These must never appear in this world!
Imagine that over time, these unique plants will slowly take over the world, destroying existing ecological chains, encroaching on the living environments of native plants and animals, and even occupying human territory."
Doudou shuddered
"Hiss, it's scary just thinking about it. Let's use our brains to figure it out. It's just making money, it shouldn't be that difficult."
The mother and son were discussing how to increase their income and planned to visit the shops in the city to see how they were doing.
Ever since the Rong family got into trouble, Rong Yang's official position was demoted to a sixth-rank official. Even though he was ridiculed by everyone and was troubled by his former subordinates every day, he had to endure it and go on duty.
After years of planning, his son became like that again. There was no one to take his position, and he was too embarrassed to go back.
He is the only one in the family who still has a job. If he is kicked out again, he will have no future.
It was another tiring day. Not only did he have to deal with the orders of his superiors one by one and work hard to do every job well, but he basically had to work like six or seven people.
They now drink tea and chat in the Ministry of Revenue every day. He is responsible for almost all the calculations. He also sorts out the documents sent from below, picks out the important ones, and hands them over to his superiors for review.
Even so, you still have to find fault with me and give me a hard time, and listen to all kinds of ridicule and indirect criticism.
In the past, because of the relationship with the Marquis, even if someone looked down on him, they would not show disrespect to him. Now, everyone can look down on him. But he can't resist now, and he dare not make mistakes.
When he returned home and had to face his son who went crazy from time to time, he really hated Su Chengang and Bai Zhiyue, mother and son.
"Get out, get out, no one is allowed to come in."
There was another crackling sound in the room. Since waking up the next day, the noise has been going on every day. The people serving around me have changed seven or eight times, and I don’t know how many times the things in the room have been changed. What will happen if it continues like this?
"Jinghe, open the door, it's Dad!"
The room was quiet for a while before the door was opened.
"Dad, I want revenge~ You said you would avenge me!"
"Revenge must be taken, don't be impatient!"
"Why are you in such a hurry? I want them dead!"
"Jinghe, the Marquis has always been surrounded by guards. Our men have no chance of killing him. Bai and that evil son are always in the mansion, so we can't get in."
"I don't care, we have to kill them. Why don't you contact them? Why don't you come and help us!"
"Jinghe shut up"
Rong Yang looked outside nervously, and when the servants were far away, he said again
"Do you want to be wiped out?"
"What's the difference between this and being wiped out? Don't they have manpower? Why can't we touch them?"
Rong Yang was a little unconvinced. What did he mean by "it's no different from exterminating the whole family?" "Your father is not too old to have children. Maybe he can even have a few more."
It's all that old bitch Huang's fault. When she was young, she kept a tight control over the backyard. Whenever a concubine became pregnant, she would either have a miscarriage or die in an accident. Later, she simply gave all the concubines contraceptive drugs.
She couldn't lay many eggs, only one son and one daughter. Her daughter had long been married and moved away to another place, becoming someone else's family, as if she didn't exist. If it weren't for her, how could the Rong family become like this? Not to mention having many children and grandchildren, having three or five sons would not be a problem, so why did it end up like this?
Huang's life was too good. It would be hard to get rid of the hatred in her heart if she had to endure more torture and suffering.
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