The news that Pei Changhao returned to Peijiazhuang finally spread.

The entire Peijiazhuang is still quite peaceful.

The patriarch's request immediately spread in the manor. No public publicity was allowed to be made about Pei Changhao's return to Peijiazhuang, and it was enough to know about it in the manor.

In fact, it is unlikely that Pei Changhao will keep it completely confidential when he returns to Peijiazhuang.

The Peijiazhuang outside Jiyuan County covers an area of ​​even larger than that in Jiyuan County. Most of the shops in Jiyuan County belong to Peijiazhuang. As the largest family in the river, the amount of arable land occupied by the east family of the Pei family is also huge, which makes the children of the Pei family not have to worry about farming and livelihoods, and can concentrate on studying.

Peijiazhuang is the core of the east family's family's family. There are also some families of the east family's family who do not live in Peijiazhuang and are scattered around. Of course, these scattered children are basically not the core children of the family.

All the legitimate children of the east family of the Pei family live in Peijiazhuang.

The family members of the Pei family are not allowed to do business in the east, including those born in the illegitimate family. Anyone who violates this rule must be expelled from the family. Of course, the servants in the mansion can do business. After all, doing business can bring a lot of income to the family.

Pei Changhao, who returned home, was flipping through the account books.

The account books are a bit complicated, but Pei Changhao can still easily understand them.

"One hundred hectares of fertile land, that is ten thousand acres. There are so many fertile land in the family. The tenants pay two hu of wheat every year for one acre of fertile land. Wait, I will calculate that one stone is ten hu, and twenty thousand hu is two thousand shi. The price of wheat is one tael and two qian silver per stone, and the total is two thousand four hundred taels of silver. Well, it is not cost-effective, it is better to have grain. It is settled like this. In the future, the grain paid by the tenants will be stored in the warehouse, so don't trade it..."

"There are 27 shops in Jiyuan County, and 23 shops are rented out. Each shop can get 30 taels of silver a year, with a total rental fee of 690 taels of silver. The annual income of four shops in Beijing is about 150 taels of silver. In this way, the income is not much different from that of renting out and operating it..."

"There is a restaurant called Juxianlou and a gambling house. How come there is a brothel? Interestingly, let's see what the income of the restaurant and brothel is. The annual income of the restaurant is 2,000 taels of silver, the annual income of the gambling house is 10,000 taels of silver, and the annual income of the brothel is 15,000 taels of silver, and the total income of the brothel is 2,700 taels of silver..."

"It seems that this money is not easy to make. It is a bit different from what I thought before. With such a large family property, the annual income is only about 30,000 taels of silver..."

When he put down the account book, Pei Changhao was a little confused. In his impression, the gentry family mainly annexed land. As for the matter of interfering in merchants, it seemed that it was not particularly obvious during the Tang Dynasty. The situation in this aspect of the Ming Dynasty was the most common. However, the Tang Dynasty was very tolerant of merchants and allowed to do business freely, and the status of merchants was not particularly low.

It was faintly understood that Pei Changhao had some understanding of why the Pei family could stand for thousands of years without falling. The emergence of talents in the family was one aspect, and there was another crucial reason, that is, the family was quite wealthy and had a lot of money.

Why did Zhu Wen attack the Pei family after taking control of power? It seems that the reason is clear. What Zhu Wen is focusing on is the huge wealth owned by the Pei family. People don’t care how profound the Pei family has.

When he picked up the account book again, Pei Changhao felt a little confident. Since he had so much wealth, he could do a lot of things.

When he turned to the inventory, Pei Changhao was a little stunned.

"Four thousand taels of silver, one hundred stones of rice, two hundred stones of white flour, and in addition, it is silk and satin. What's going on? So much income every year, how can the final inventory be so small, and where does so much money be used?"

Pei Changhao thought of the gold and silver left to him by his father Pei Che, which was equivalent to 3,500 taels of silver. Adding them to the two sides, the total amount was less than 8,000 taels of silver, which was less than one-third of the annual income.

Putting down the account book in his hand, Pei Changhao picked up the account book that was spent on the table.

"There are 20,000 taels of silver allocated to the capital every year. Oh my god, why do you need so much money..."

The expenditure items on the account book subverted Pei Changhao's perception. In his opinion, his father Pei Che, as the prime minister in the court, had no problem with the cost of the capital. Not to mention transporting money and grain to home, at least he did not need to take out the money and pay it out.

Could it be that the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty were so honest and needed to use money from their families to subsidize their families?

This is impossible. Being an official for thousands of miles is just for wealth. If you are an official in the court and your family cannot support you, then why are you still an official?

Pei Changhao could not know the expenses of the capital and could not be clarified in a short period of time, but this became a mystery in his heart.

"My father has passed away for nearly a year. It should be said that there is still some income this year. Why is the amount of money and grain in stock so small? Where did the income go..."

When Pei Changhao put down his account book again, he fell into deep thought.

The state has national laws and the family has family rules. If the family's affairs cannot be figured out, how can we deal with the outside affairs? However, Pei Changhao, who just returned to Peijiazhuang, is unlikely to make a big fuss, but he must figure out the expenses in terms of money. Only by straightening out the affairs at home can Pei Changhao go out to do things without distraction.

The butler must be aware of all the overhead.

The panting butler entered the study.

Pei Changhao looked at the butler and spoke with a happy look.

"Butler, I just returned home. I need you to take care of a lot of things. Thank you for your hard work."

The housekeeper looked at the account books on the table and hurriedly saluted Pei Changhao.

"Langjun, this is what the servant should do. Tomorrow's banquet has been arranged. The servant has already listed the menu. Please check it out. After you have decided, you can prepare it."

When the butler was about to take out the menu from his arms, Pei Changhao waved his hand.

"You can confirm the menu matters, butler. I don't need to check it out. Tomorrow's banquet is very important. All the banquets are arranged in the wing room. The person who serves the food is determined and leaves immediately after serving the food. Do not stay. Other people in the mansion should not pass by at will. You are responsible for pouring the wine..."

The butler nodded.

"Okay, remember."

Pei Changhao looked at the butler with a calm expression and spoke again.

"Butler, I have read the account book. From now on, I need to know that the annual income of the fields, shops, restaurants, gambling houses and brothels in my home is equivalent to 30,240 taels of silver. In the past, I had to transport 20,000 taels of silver to the capital every year, but now I don't need it anymore, so I can still make some money and grain every year..."

The housekeeper looked at Pei Changhao, not particularly surprised, but Pei Changhao took half an hour to see the two thick books, and it was not simple.

"Mr. Langjun's instructions are known. Langjun just returned home. After dinner, he went to the clan leader's place. He didn't have time to report the expenses of the mansion. Last year, his family sent Wang Chongrong five thousand taels of gold. At that time, he couldn't get so much gold at once. The clan leader helped him take out some of it. Most of the income from last year to this year was returned to the clan leader. The clan leader had specially ordered this matter not to tell the clan leader."

Pei Changhao's face changed instantly.

"What, did you send five thousand taels of gold to the bastard Wang Chongrong?"

The housekeeper nodded, with a look of grief and anger on his face.

"The person who sent the gold was also killed by Wang Chongrong..."

Pei Changhao nodded, which could explain why there was not much money and grain in the warehouse, why did it not be seen in the income book last year, and gave Wang Chongrong five thousand taels of gold. Such expenditures would not be recorded in the book.

Pei Che is the leader of the East Family Room and was caught by Wang Chongrong. It is normal for the family to be anxious. However, with a little analysis, you will know that Wang Chongrong would never miss such an opportunity to attack the East Family Room. The patriarch decided to give Wang Chongrong five thousand taels of gold with the purpose of saving Pei Che, but this decision prompted Wang Chongrong to take action without any scruples.

Sending money is to show weakness. Wang Chongrong is the governor, how can he not understand the truth?

This is a typical case of seeking medical treatment in a hurry.

Fortunately, Wang Chongrong was killed by Luo Wenhua's righteous brother Chang Xingru, otherwise Pei Changhao, who had traveled through time, would have to find a way to kill Wang Chongrong.

"Okay, butler, I won't mention the past. I don't know if my family still owes my uncle the money. If I haven't paid it back yet, I will definitely pay it back all this year."

"Report to Langjun, all of them have been paid off, but the restaurant, gambling house and brothel are a bit difficult to maintain. The servant is still thinking that if Langjun has not come back, he will ask the clan leader to send someone to help manage it. Now that Langjun is back, these things will be easier..."

Pei Changhao nodded.

"Well, try to avoid trouble for the family affairs. We can do what we can do as much as possible. After the family changes, many people in the mansion have left. From tomorrow, the housekeeper, you can arrange some arrangements. Those who are willing to come back to do things can still come back. As for the business matters of restaurants, gambling houses and brothels, I will think about it."

The butler's face turned pale in an instant.

"Langjun, you can't directly interfere in the business of restaurants, gambling houses and brothels..."

Pei Changhao smiled.

"Butler, don't worry, I know the family rules, I won't go directly to run them."

The butler nodded and his face gradually returned to normal.

"Butler, you have encountered such a big thing at home. You have been helping with it. I won't say thank you anymore. These are five golden leaves. You must accept it. Don't refuse..."
Chapter completed!