My Daming New Empire

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Sunan is from Jingzhou, Huguang. Since he was a child, his family was poor, so he ran a boat with adults before he was an adult.

Later, he was recruited into the navy, and life was easier.

However, he left home since he was a child, so he was naturally not close to his parents.Behind him, his parents gave him six more siblings in succession.Maybe it was fate, but they all survived.

He was not close to his parents, but those few were spoiled by their parents.Before he got married, his parents had already arranged a marriage for his second brother.

It's not a big deal, and he didn't want his poor parents to arrange a marriage for him.

In the 14th year of Yongle, because of his meritorious service in the Eastern Expedition, he was awarded the Viscount of Huyang, the Captain of Zhaoxin, and was promoted to the Chief Qian of the First Fleet.In addition to various rewards, there are [-] acres of tax-free military meritorious land in his hometown.

The originally impoverished Su family became rich because of the [-] acres of land. Although his Viscount, Captain Zhaoxin is only a false title, his rank is higher than that of the county magistrate.

The Su family has really prospered, at least in the local area, his father, who was originally ignored by Li Zheng, can become a guest of the county magistrate.

The [-] mu of tax-free land is a reward from the court, and as long as he is alive, he will be exempt from tax.But it is still official land, not private land.

In the past few years, his parents have used all the harvested fields to buy private fields except for their own chewing. Sunan himself has never eaten a grain of rice.

He just came back, took his wife and son back to his hometown to worship the ancestors, and when he arrived, he brought his fourth and younger brothers who were not yet married.

He took great pains to find errands for them, not to mention spending a lot of money, and selling a lot of favors.

But people's hearts are always full of desires, and they are illiterate, so they can only work hard. In sum, it is better to toss those lands in their hometown.

But at his level, there were not only land rewards but also gold and silver rewards.He has a salary as a viscount, and he has another salary when he is a real boss.

Of course, the days of the two sides cannot be compared together.

The two younger brothers couldn't bear the hardships, and they didn't know what they said to their parents after resigning from work. After the summer harvest, they even called their parents from their hometown to the capital. They said that they wanted to buy property for the two younger brothers in the capital and marry them. And give them old age.

It seems that all of these are his own responsibility.

Sunan knew that they were living a tight life in order to buy the land.However, he doesn't want any of those land properties, he has donated to his family many times, and he also buys gifts during festivals and festivals. He has a family of his own, so he can't be satisfied without a bottom line.

However, his parents didn't listen to his explanation, they only thought that if his life was good and his younger brothers were poor, he should help them.

If these conditions are not agreed, the parents will make trouble.

There was a big fuss at home yesterday, and if he didn't pay the money, he would go to the navy to sue him for disobedience.

Disobedience is the number one felony. Anyone who has a connection with disobedience, once verified, not to mention an official position, will not even be able to save his life.

Sunan had no choice but to promise to build a courtyard of three large tile-roofed houses for each of his two younger brothers in his hometown.

This still couldn't satisfy the two younger brothers, and they also said that they would buy ten acres of private land for each of them.

Nowadays, the price of food is not high, and there are still many uncultivated fields in the government, because the government tax is too high.

There is a unified tax on the land distributed by the government. Although [-]% is collected, if the harvest is not good, [-]% to [-]% of the grain will be taxed.

But the private land is different. At most, [-]% of the tax is paid, and more than half can be left.

The price of grain is not high, but the price of private land has never been cheap. Jingzhou is a land of fish and rice, and one mu of land in the local area costs at least six taels of silver.

Calculated in this way, two hundred silver coins might not be enough for him to build a house and buy land.

Sunan's own expenses are not big, but Lian'er grew up in the palace and is used to being extravagant.

In fact, it's not just her, the wives of Duan Renzhi and Ma Dezhong also have this problem.

They are willing to be willing to themselves, and having children, they are even more willing to be willing to the children, and they don't have much savings at all.

If Sunan agrees to this condition and doesn't sell jewelry, he will have to live a hard life for a few years.

Conditions were not negotiated yesterday. Xiamaqiao Farm is the place where Daming has the strictest management. They can't live here at night, so they live outside the village.

Came here again this early in the morning, and asked him to pick up someone and sign.

After freshening up in no time, Sunan went to the kitchen to have a look. Xiao'e was not a parent, and his younger brother's breakfast. He thought that if they didn't eat, he would go to Zhuangzi to buy some food and come back later.

Before going out, Lian'er called Su Nandao: "Husband, with such parents, we can only accept our fate. Their conditions can be agreed, but we must have our own conditions. In addition to the parents' hundred years of consumption, other times , I can no longer give money for my brothers. After all, we also have our own children."

Sunan took the basket from the kitchen windowsill, and said sadly: "I know, I will invite Commander Qian to be a witness in a while, and my heart is also broken by them."

Sunan walked quickly to the entrance of the farm. His parents and two younger brothers were waiting outside the entrance. When he asked, he did not have breakfast.

He said he was going to buy some food, not only his parents, but even his two younger brothers didn't move, looking at him with cold eyes.

He sighed, walked east for a while, bought some buns from a roadside stall, and put them in a basket.

When he came back, he remembered that his parents made a big fuss yesterday while he was away, causing Lian Er to suffer a lot of grievances, and almost snatched Lian Er's jewelry box away.

Bring them in now, and I will invite the commander to be a witness later, so it is better to invite people first.

Back at the entrance, his father was displeased and said: "We came all the way to the capital, and we can't even live in your house, and now we have to wait for such a long time..."

Sunan explained: "Father, this is the court's law. Who would dare to violate the order issued by His Royal Highness? What's more, the house was given to us by His Highness, which doesn't mean it's my house. Speaking of which, apart from this house, I don't even have a house of my own."

He must have found out everything, and he just took this opportunity to show his father's majesty.

Seeing that he stopped talking, Sunan handed the basket to the younger brother beside him and said, "You carry it first, and I have to ask my superior commander to come and give us a testimony..."

When his father heard the command, he shouted in a panic: "What do you want to do? Why did you invite the officer?"

Su Nan said: "Yesterday I talked to Lian'er for a long time, and she also agreed, willing to buy property for the two younger brothers. But this time, my family is empty. The children also have wives and children, and they will also start a family in the future , How can I do without any savings in my hand? I agree to such a thing this time, but it is only this time, and I will have nothing to do with them from now on."

The Su family turned from mud-legged to a wealthy family at the squire level, relying on this eldest son. Hearing what Sunan said, Su's father panicked.

He was not close to his elder son, and wanted his elder son to subsidize the younger ones, but he didn't dare to force his son to deny him.Without this eldest son, what are they!A small official of the county government can make them never live.

But in front of his son, he still used to use anger to cover up his panic. "You're disobedient, I'm going to sue you!"

The two younger brothers had long been somewhat dissatisfied with him, and when they came to take refuge in him, a thousand boss even arranged for them to work as coolies at the grain shop, without caring that they were his own younger brothers.

Hearing their father scolding, they glanced at each other, and the sixth child smashed the basket in Sunan's face. "How dare you make dad angry!"

And the fourth child also slapped him with a slap. "Don't say that you became President Qian, even if you become a commander, you still can't disobey father!"

Sunan grabbed his hand, glared at him and said, "Who gave you the courage to do anything to me?"

The fourth child dared to bluff only because of his father's face, but when he was glared at by Sunan, the elder brother who had killed several people with his own hands, he immediately felt guilty.

Su's father saw his eldest son playing cruelly, and was so angry that he went up and slapped him. "So what about the courage I gave him?"

Su Nan was slapped and turned his face away. Only then did Su's father realize that the other side of his face should have been cut by the bamboo strips of the basket, and a lot of blood flowed down his cheeks, soon staining the skirt of his clothes red.

Seeing this scene, Mother Su burst into tears. "Don't fight, speak well."