Chapter 23: Gentle Township (1)
Li Fei returned to the backyard where he lived with Lin Shiyue in depressed.
Li Fei took out a jade pendant from his arms, and he sighed. He had lost one or two taels of silver on his body, and only the jade pendant that he had pitted from Zhang Yuanming was worth at least 100 taels of silver. At least some of them were left, so he would not have been in vain for the past two days.
"Husband, you are back!" Lin Shiyue saw Li Fei's depressed look, so she put down her pen and walked towards Li Fei.
After Lin Shiyue had just walked a few steps, Huan'er suddenly quickly came to Lin Shiyue from outside and said something in Lin Shiyue's ear.
Lin Shiyue sighed slightly, and she knew that this would happen. Her father and mother did not allow Li Fei, a son-in-law, to be on the go, and would definitely suppress her.
"Husband, if you are really unhappy, Yueyue will go and tell your parents that you will get all your money back for your husband."
"Madam, you know everything." Li Fei looked at the beautiful wife in front of him, feeling very moved, at least on the surface, towards him.
Lin Shiyue nodded.
Li Fei said depressedly, "Thank you, my wife, but no need. If I really need it, I will ask you for it again." Although he earned the money, it was confiscated by his father-in-law and entered the warehouse. Even if he spoke to his wife Lin Shiyue and took it out, it would be meaningless.
After this time, he knew that in the Lin family, no matter how much money he earned, he could only belong to the Lin family. With Lin Siming, the county magistrate of Xunyang County, he could not use money to turn the tables. Thinking of this, Li Fei was a little excited.
"Husband, Yueyue will play a song for you." Lin Shiyue said, asking Huan'er to get the piano.
Lin Shiyue's piano sound is very good. Li Fei saw her play twice during the days when he was cured. Lin Shiyue not only sounds good, but also often practices calligraphy and is also very good at calligraphy, and can also draw, but she doesn't know if she can play chess.
"Madam, can you play chess?" Li Fei interrupted Lin Shiyue's piano sound.
Lin Shiyue was stunned for a moment and replied with a smile: "Yes!"
"Then let's take two games another day." Li Fei was satisfied, pressed his eyes on his face, stopped talking, and listened quietly to Lin Shiyue's piano music.
Lin Shiyue smiled and continued to play the piano.
Li Fei felt that he had made money by himself. His wife was not only as beautiful as a flower, but also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Where can I find such a woman?
"Huan'er, is there a bamboo flute?" After listening for a while, Li Fei felt that this situation should not be just listening, so he opened his eyes and asked Huan'er if there is a bamboo flute.
"Yes, son-in-law." Huan'er replied.
"Go and get one for me." Li Fei said with a smile.
Lin Shiyue looked at Li Fei in confusion, but the sound of the piano did not stop.
Soon, Huan'er brought the bamboo flute.
Li Fei smiled at Lin Shiyue and started to sing along with the sound of the piano. The song played by Lin Shiyue is mainly composed of tranquility and nobility. In addition, there is a plum blossom on the side, Li Fei blew a plum blossom three times to meet the scene.
The Three Plum Blossoms were born in the Ming Dynasty and are one of the top ten famous songs that have been passed down from later generations. Now they have been blown out by Li Fei in the Tang Dynasty.
Although Li Fei's flute art is not very proficient, and at most he can be amateur, this top ten famous songs that have been passed down from later generations is enough to make people shine.
Lin Shiyue was like this, her beautiful eyes flashing, both surprised and excited. The sound of the piano was specially matched with Li Fei's flute sound. The sound of the piano and flute sounded very beautifully for a moment. Even Zeng Aniu, who was not at all tuned, felt it was beautiful. Huan'er's eyes that were slightly tuned almost flashed with little stars.
In the front yard, Lin Siming and Mrs. Lin were also shocked when they learned that it was Li Fei and Lin Shiyue who were singing in the piano and flute. Lin Siming felt more and more that Li Fei was not simple, and felt the pressure. The ability shown by Li Fei was not as easy to control as he thought at the beginning.
"I didn't expect my husband to know the flute song. Yueyue had never heard of this flute song. If it was spread, it would definitely spread all over the world quickly. Yueyue wanted to record this flute song." Lin Shiyue was very happy, and then asked Huan'er to bring paper and pen. Lin Shiyue had a good memory, and she actually recorded it after hearing it once.
Seeing that Lin Shiyue had finished recording, Li Fei smiled and said, "Your husband knows a lot of things, you will know in the future."
In the next three days, Li Fei did not step out of Lin's mansion.
The Lin family has been developed in Xunyang County for decades. If we included the inheritance before its development, the Lin family has been in Xunyang County for less than two hundred years. Especially when we were struggling to Lin Siming's generation, Lin Siming also became the county magistrate of Xunyang County. Although by the time of Lin Shiyue's generation, the Lin family had only one daughter, but the family business accumulated in the past was already huge enough.
Li Fei specifically learned that the Lin family had a hundred hectares of fertile land, and because Lin Siming was the county magistrate, many of the merchants in Xunyang County had to rely on his care and gave him certain dividends every year.
Why do you say that you are an official and make money?
In the Tang Dynasty, the salaries of officials were not the main ones. Just like Lin Siming, a county magistrate, whose annual salary was only more than 100 taels, and Zhang County Magistrate only had about 200 taels. How could it afford the luxury of the entire family?
The reason is that they have additional income.
For example, in Xunyang County, the county magistrate is the top leader, the county magistrate is the second leader, and the county magistrate is the third leader. Merchants are rich, but if merchants want to do business well in Xunyang County, they must have a support. In Xunyang County, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, and the county magistrate are the biggest support.
As long as the magistrate Zhang County, Lin Siming and Cao County Magistrate sat down, businessmen would come to the door to seek their care. However, it was not that simple to get their care, and they needed dividends from their own business.
Why do scholars look down on businessmen? Because they do not need to work hard like merchants, but they can get the benefits of merchants for free.
The Zhang County Magistrate had just arrived in Xunyang County for only two years. The Lin family and Cao family, which had been operating in Xunyang County for decades or even hundreds of years, had become stronger. There were much more merchants who defected to Lin Siming and Cao County Magistrate than those who defected to Zhang County Magistrate.
This is also why the Zhang County Magistrate wanted to suppress the Lin family and the Cao family, and it is not to say that he wanted to die. As long as the Lin family and the Cao family were hit and the merchants knew that the Zhang County Magistrate was stronger than the Lin family and the Cao family, there would be merchants who would change to the Zhang County Magistrate. The so-called struggle was the filial piety of the merchants behind this.
Lin Siming's annual income is about two or three thousand taels.
This is just the income from the current bank. The Lin family still has a hundred hectares of fertile land? The annual land tax is another two or three thousand taels.
The Lin family's family business is destined to be passed on to Lin Shiyue. Even though in Lin Shiyue's generation, the Lin family did not have an official like Lin Siming, but they had already accumulated a large enough family business.
Li Fei and Lin Shiyue can be said to enjoy wealth and glory every day without doing anything.
Li Fei has been very leisurely these three days. In addition to eating and sleeping, he also accompanied his wife Lin Shiyue to practice calligraphy and play chess. Occasionally, the piano and flute ringing. From time to time, Lin Shiyue would pester Li Fei and ask Li Fei to tell stories. Huan'er and some maids in the yard also like to come to listen.
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Chapter completed!