{"id":2760,"date":"2021-02-16T08:53:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T07:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2021-02-16T08:53:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T07:53:06","slug":"tofuh-chapter-102-2-jiang-zhen-got-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/2021\/02\/16\/tofuh-chapter-102-2-jiang-zhen-got-rich\/","title":{"rendered":"TOFUH – Chapter 102.2 – Jiang Zhen got rich"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

\u201cWhere are all the villagers?\u201d Zhu Xiucai looked left and right, puzzled.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d Zhu Shufen was also puzzled. At this time, the village should be making fire. Was everyone eating breakfast? Why is there no one out at this moment?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThis matter will not run away, will it? Uncle, let\u2019s go and see the Jiang family\u2019s house!\u201d someone said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The group of people quickly ran towards the Jiang family\u2019s house and then blocked them all in.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The other day, the Jiang family was blocked by Jiang Zhen, and this day, they were blocked by the Zhu family. The chair that Jiang Zhen sat on yesterday was also brought out for his father-in-law by Jiang Chengxiang at his own initiative.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A one-sided negotiation began.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The people in Hexi village knew nothing about the Jiang family situation. They were still in shock. However, they could at least speak at the moment . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThis Jiang Zhen is really something!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cYeah, he\u2019s only been out for a few months, but he\u2019s brought back ships this big.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cHe\u2019s definitely blessed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cIt\u2019s true that old lady Jiang had been treating him unfairly. If the Jiang family had treated him better, they might have become rich a long time ago.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

. . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The second uncle of the Jiang family was also there and was furious when he heard these words. He became angry. He felt that Jiang Zhen was not ambitious enough. If he were so capable, why would he lower himself to marry into someone else\u2019s family? Wasn\u2019t it good enough to start your own household? He could marry a wife and have four concubines and open branches and scatter leaves for the Jiang family . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The second uncle of the Jiang family thought like this and wanted to talk to Jiang Zhen again, but his son, seeing this, quickly grabbed him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen was so powerful now; it would be stupid to offend him again!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Meanwhile, Zhao Fugui had boarded the ship to help Jiang Zhen move things.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As a matter of fact, Jiang Zhen had no shortage of people to do this, but Zhao Fugui was so happy, he insisted on moving them, so Jiang Zhen let him. However, he asked him to only move what he had brought back for him and Zhao Liu and not carry too much.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Like so, Zhao Fugui moved a little each time, back and forth.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cMother, ask Dad to come back.\u201d When Zhao Jinge saw his father running back and forth. He felt a little distressed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cYour father is showing off. Don\u2019t mind him,\u201d Zhao Liu said. In fact, she also wanted to go down there and move things! But the plank was too narrow, so she didn\u2019t dare to go there.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Liu\u2019s eyes turned to look at the people from the village not far away.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A few people who often spoke with Zhao Liu and had a good relationship with her immediately came over to her and boasted, \u201cI told you that Jinge has been blessed since childhood! I was sure he could marry well!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cZhao Liu, you have been waiting for good days!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cYou have the best life in our village.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

. . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Liu was praised without having to take the initiative to show off, so she was very happy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At this time these people began to inquire, \u201cHow was Jiang Zhen suddenly able to have such a ship?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Liu froze when she heard this question. She also didn\u2019t know!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Liu immediately looked at Zhao Jinge.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Jinge coughed twice. \u201cJiang Zhen . . . He\u2019s very good . . . Well . . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He wanted to show off like his mother, but he didn\u2019t know what to say. If he praised Jiang Zhen too much, wouldn\u2019t other people want to rob him?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThis child mouth is really clumsy!\u201d Zhao Liu said. He didn\u2019t know where Jiang Zhen\u2019s ship had came from, but it did not affect her boasting. \u201cJiang Zhen has always been a capable man. What are a few ships for him?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe master of the Zheng family appreciates him!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cBut he\u2019s not always good at everything\u2014No, he\u2019s too clingy. When going out to do business, he always takes Jinge with him. Jinge is pregnant, but he still travels outside.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cOf course, he has such a big ship, so Jinge won\u2019t be tired.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThey are such a sticky couple, so sticky . . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If his mother said so, and people knew that Jiang Zhen liked him very much, then they wouldn\u2019t think of stealing Jiang Zhen from him. That\u2019s great!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cMadam, Old Madam.\u201d At this time, Cook Li came with Ruo-er; their accent was a little different from the Hexi one. However, because they learned from Zhao Jinge, their accent was not too difficult for Zhao Liu to understand.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThis is . . .\u201d Zhao Liu didn\u2019t know who these two people were, and . . . This was the first time someone called her Old Madam . . . It was really strange. Even Zhao Dahu\u2019s mother wasn\u2019t called that.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cJiang Zhen asked them to take care of me,\u201d Zhao Jinge said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cOh, you see, this Jiang Zhen is really good at spending money. My Jinge is so sturdy. Why would he need someone to take care of him?\u201d Zhao Liu immediately said, \u201cBut I don\u2019t have to worry about how to take care of the child. Someone can help!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The people of Hexi who failed to get a word in: \u201c. . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Suddenly, they all wanted to smack Zhao Liu . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Jinge smiled reservedly and suddenly understood why his mother liked to show off to people like this.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Fugui ran back and forth more than a dozen times before he finished unloading all of the things. Then Jiang Zhen found a man and asked him to help deliver the things to Zhao house.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The man took a load and picked up all the things Zhao Fugui had carried for so long, leaving only a few small baggage for Zhao Liu and Zhao Fugui to take.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As a matter of fact, this baggage was originally intended to be carried by Ruo-er, but Zhao Liu wanted to take it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cSuch good material, but it\u2019s used to wrap baggage.\u201d Zhao Liu\u2019s expression was a bit tangled as she stroked the baggage in her hand.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Because Jiang Zhen came over, all the people around scattered. Seeing the situation, Zhao Liu pulled Zhao Jinge over quietly and said, \u201cMother just said some words you should not listen to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d Zhao Jinge was puzzled.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThat is to say, it is too sticky for you to follow Jiang Zhen out . . . Mother thought about it. You\u2019d better go with him in the future so that Jiang Zhen won\u2019t be taken away!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When the Zhao family was still doing well, even the honest Zhao Fugui was targeted by a widow who wanted to get money from Zhao Fugui and let him help with the work. Now that Jiang Zhen was rich . . . She thought it would be better if her son followed Jinag Zhen all the time so that even if some goblins wanted to stick to him, her son could beat them away!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Jinge solemnly nodded. He also felt that, as long as he could follow, he must follow.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

With Jiang Zhen walking in the front, he brought the people of Hexi back. Everyone was so dizzy that no one noticed the movements within the Jiang family. Especially after Jiang Zhen put down his things and went to the river again. Everyone yelled, and then followed after him again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen had calculated to himself that he should have more than two hundred thousand silver in cash, which included all the real estate, like his ship.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If he really wanted to talk about silver . . . after he bought a lot of goods in the capital, there was only about twenty thousand silver left. This twenty thousand silver was what he planned to hide at home as emergency funds.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Twenty thousand taels of silver weighed two thousand jin (1,000 kg), which was one ton in modern times. It looked like quite a lot, but if you put it together, it wasn\u2019t much.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This ten thousand silver, when put into the box, would fill only four boxes, and it was only because the shape of the silver was not regular.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

These boxes were previously locked on the ship by Jiang Zhen, but Jiang Zhen had personally led people to carry them back to the Zhao family. After that, he would arrange some of his own men to serve as guards.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At the same time, there was also another urgent matter. That was to build a house.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen hadn\u2019t been in a hurry to build a house before, mainly because he didn\u2019t have the money on hand, but now that he was rich, he must build a good house. Even so, he did not want to build just any house.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen remembered that Li Mingzhe, who was engaged in the silk business in Lijia Village, not only built his house by the river, but also built a small dock to make it convenient for people from various region of the country to dock their boats and sell their cocoons to him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Should he also buy a piece of land and then build docks as well as a house?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Speaking of which, although there were all kinds of difficulties in ancient times, there were also some aspects that Jiang Zhen liked very much. For example, when you buy a piece of land these days, you can do anything you like with it. Unlike in the modern times where you needed to build it according to the higher-up\u2019s approval.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If a person wanted to build a dock for personal use, it would be even more troublesome, and he may not even be able to get approval at all. If he could, he would build a big dock in Hexi Village and build the house next to it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen took out a piece of paper and drew the topography of Hexi, and then he began to pick the place.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At this time, Zhao Fugui and his wife opened the boxes that Jiang Zhen brought back. As soon as they opened the box, they were surprised. There was so much silver in this box!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Liu covered her chest and felt that she could not breathe.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cFuck! You can\u2019t talk about this outside.\u201d Zhao Fugui gulped and said, \u201cI\u2019ll go kill a chicken.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cDon\u2019t just kill a chicken, kill a duck too . . . Jiang Zhen likes to eat braised duck meat,\u201d Zhao Liu said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

So much silver, ah . . . All the chickens and ducks they raised could indeed be eaten by themselves . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Liu and Zhao Fugui went to cook, but Zhao Jinge came to Jiang Zhen\u2019s side.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He now had a little knowledge, so when he saw Jiang Zhen drawing, he could guess it at a glance, \u201cAre you mapping out Hexi Village?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cMm-hmm,\u201d Jiang Zhen said to Zhao Jinge and then pointed to the drawing to show it to Zhao Jinge. \u201cWhat do you say we build a house here?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cGood!\u201d Zhao Jinge immediately said. He was worried that his house was too small for all these people to live in!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After all, he might have two children in three years, right? Maybe after five years, there would even be three children!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen didn\u2019t know that Zhao Jinge’s thoughts were not about building a house.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAlthough using mud walls to build a house saves time, it has many defects, and it is still damp. I want to change it and build a brick house, but the layout of the house cannot be like this. Every house should be well planned. I will design a house first . . . Better to build a building . . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cBuilding?\u201d Zhao Jinge looked at Jiang Zhen in surprise.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cYes, building. Even if the floor could be paved with bricks and tiles, the ground floor would be too humid, so it\u2019s better to build a building and live upstairs,\u201d Jiang Zhen said. \u201cDo you think I should get a brick kiln and bake bricks first?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen didn\u2019t know how to burn glass, but he roughly knew how to bake bricks. After all, burning bricks was simple . . . Wasn\u2019t it just to make some molds with clay and bake them? In addition, there were already brick kilns in ancient times. He might as well recruit some brick-baking master and solve this matter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen quickly made a decision, and Zhao Jinge, after he made this decision, immediately agreed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

They would go to buy the land tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While Jiang Zhen was thinking about how to buy land, the Jiang family was taken by the Zhu family to the country town to sell land. Then they went to pay the debt and separate the family along the way.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Jiang family still had eleven acres of paddy fields left, ten acres of mulberry land, and ten acres of dry land. This time, in order to pay off the debt, they sold three acres of paddy fields, two acres of dry land, and two acres of mulberry land.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After Zhu Xiucai came forward, Jiang Chengwen owed all the debts, so after the separation of family, Jiang Chengxiang rightfully got more things. He got five acres of paddy field, five acres of mulberry land, and five acres of dry land. However, even so, Jiang Chengxiang\u2019s share had become much less than he had expected.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At present, if he worked hard in the field for a year, he would only be able to get enough for food and clothing. It would be difficult to have a surplus.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Chengwen was even worse; he only got a total of three acres of paddy field, three acres of dry land, and three acres of mulberry land. Even if each piece of land was used well, he would hardly have enough to eat . . . After all, he would be having another child soon.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moreover, he and Jiang Chengxiang made a deal that old lady Jiang would follow him and Butcher Jiang would follow Jiang Chengxiang. That meant his family had three adults . . . It was a good thing that old lady Jiang could raise silkworms to help support the family.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As a matter of fact, the amount of land that the Jiang brothers had was not small. There were still many people in Hexi who were poorer, but transferring from extravagance to frugality was always a bit hard to swallow.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And only when the land was planted would they have a harvest! However, they didn\u2019t know how to farm. The Jiang family looked at each other in disagreement as they hung their heads low when they returned to Hexi dejectedly and only to find out that . . . Jiang Zhen had unexpectedly earned a lot of money!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cWhere are all the villagers?\u201d Zhu Xiucai looked left and right, puzzled. \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d Zhu Shufen was also puzzled. At this time, the village should be making fire. Was everyone eating breakfast? Why is there no one out at this moment? \u201cThis matter will not run away, will it? Uncle, let\u2019s go and see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tofuh","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/14193s.jpg?fit=200%2C280&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2761,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760\/revisions\/2761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}