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Chapter 158: Moving is Better than Not Moving

158 Moving is better than not moving

"Grandma Pei, then I will really leave it to you." Hua Lei narrowed her eyes and smiled.

"Okay, as long as you are willing to pay the storage fee." Old Madam Pei also smiled.

After a pause, he continued, "Look, Lei'er, this is what I think. If you only take 20% of the profit, there will be 80% left. I want to put 50% of it in Jin'er's name. From now on, this will only be Jin'er's personal assets. Except for himself, his grandfather, father and mother cannot touch it.

I'll give the remaining 20% ​​to the public. After all, the winery is approved by the government and it's in the name of the Marquis's Mansion, so it's reasonable to give 20% to the public.

The remaining 10% will go to Jin'er's grandfather and me. For more than ten years, Jin'er's grandfather has given 3,000 taels of silver to the soldiers who retired from the battlefield in Mobei and their families every year, and he will give it this year as well.

All of this used to come from Jin'er's grandfather's personal name. After so many years, he is now running out of money, so this 10% will be able to make up for the shortfall starting this year."

"Grandfather Pei gave silver to the retired soldiers? Why? Wouldn't the government give silver to the retired soldiers when they retired? Why do they still need Grandfather Pei to give it?" Hua Lei asked curiously.

Madam Pei sighed and said, "The Ministry of War will indeed give some, but it's not much, at most twenty taels of silver per person, and some even less than twenty taels.

If you are in good health, it would be fine. You can find a job and support your family.

If someone is missing an arm or a leg, the twenty taels are far from enough. If you can't find a job, you still need to eat and wear clothes, plus you need to see a doctor and treat your injuries. Where can you use the twenty taels? Many people don't treat their injuries in order to eat and wear clothes. Those who can recover on their own are lucky, and those who are unlucky will eventually die of infection.

Jin'er's grandfather couldn't bear it, so he gave a sum of money to these soldiers every year to help them treat their injuries and illnesses. He also opened a pottery workshop and a blacksmith workshop in the northern city to accommodate those who couldn't find a job.

They can do whatever they can, and if they really can't do anything, they can just guard the gate. They are given some money every month so that they can live. This is still good, no matter what, they are still alive.

The most miserable ones are the soldiers who died on the battlefield. Grandfather Jin'er can only give some money every year to support the families of these fallen soldiers so that those orphans and widows can survive. "

Madam Pei sighed, "I don't object to Jin'er's grandfather doing these things. After all, they are all soldiers who defend their country and have fought in the battlefield together. They may have protected Jin'er's father and uncle in some war. Moreover, these people deserve to be treated well. They are not like those lazy people in the southwest courtyard of the Marquis' Mansion who only know how to lie around and suck blood from the Marquis' Mansion."

Maybe Madam Pei really felt that she was too humiliated and bullied, or that no one had been able to talk to her about these things for too long, so she talked on and on for a long time, and in the end she scolded all the guests living in the southwest courtyard of the Marquis' Mansion one by one to vent her anger.

Hualei couldn't help but respect the old Marquis Pei whom she hadn't met yet. How broad-minded must he be to take care of disabled soldiers for more than ten years? And he wasn't just taking care of one soldier.

I heard from Zhenzhu before that Grandfather Pei particularly liked silver, and all his grandsons were named with the word "Jade" in their names, and his granddaughters were also named after gold, silver, and jewelry, such as Zhenzhu, Ruyi, and Agate. When I heard this, I secretly laughed. It seems that I really misunderstood Old Marquis Pei.

After thinking about it, he hesitated for a while whether to speak or not, and finally spoke, "Grandmother Pei, I think there is a way to deal with the person who is staying in the southwest courtyard of the Marquis's Mansion?"

Madam Pei's eyes lit up. "Lei'er, do you have any good ideas? Tell me quickly."

"I think Grandmother Pei can find an excuse, such as renovating the house they live in or something like that? Send these people to six or seven slightly remote farms in the east, west, south, and north of the Marquis's mansion, two or three families in each farm, and then find someone to watch over them.

If these people come to the village and work hard and turn over a new leaf, then let them stay there to work, provide them with food and shelter according to the rules of the village, and pay them monthly wages. If they are still lazy and unwilling to repent, or even steal, then just seize this point and drive them back to their hometown, and I think they will have nothing to say.

The reason why they were sent to the manor separately was to prevent the other dozen families from standing together and forming an alliance when you sentenced one family. Although the Marquis' Mansion was not afraid, it would also be disadvantageous to the Marquis' Mansion if a bad reputation was spread.

If you send them separately at the beginning, it will directly destroy their possibility of forming an alliance, and one or two of them will not be able to cause any trouble. Then you can find their faults and defeat them one by one.

Although it might take a little longer to do this, maybe one or two years, it's better than staying in the mansion like now, right?" Hua Lei stopped talking.

"Great, this idea is feasible. Let me think about it and find an excuse, then I'll do it. Send them away first to avoid being upset. Lei'er, you are so smart." Old Madam Pei was a little happy.

Hua Lei smiled shyly, "Grandma Pei, whether this will work or not is up to you. But it's better to do something than nothing." Hua Lei paused, then continued, "In fact, the clan studies can also do this, as long as it is slightly modified."

"Oh? How to do it?" Old Madam Pei became interested.

"Grandmother Pei can first find a house outside the Marquis's Mansion, and find an excuse to renovate the house or something, and move the clan school and the girls' school to that house. Let's see, is it better to put the clan school and the girls' school in one place or in two places?

If you have to put it in one place, find a bigger one. It's better to find one to the east of the mansion, because the west of the mansion is getting closer and closer to the imperial city, and the courtyard is expensive. It's mainly for those who live in the mansion to study in the family school. Most of them live to the east of the mansion. In this way, they go to their own homes to go to school in the morning and evening, which is closer than going to the mansion. It's always embarrassing to find an excuse to go to the mansion to live far away, right?

Then make the clan school similar to the private schools outside, and find a woman to cook lunch for them, thus saving them the money for morning and evening meals.

As for the monthly salary, you can just not pay the monthly salary to everyone in the month when they move out, or delay the payment for ten days or half a month. You can even not pay it to the grandchildren in your own mansion. As outsiders, they will feel embarrassed to ask for it, right?

After one or two months of implementation, make up the monthly salary for your grandchildren, take care of them, and don't tell anyone for the time being.