Why is Song Jiang so rich? To say who has the most money among the 108 generals in Liangshan, I am afraid the top three will be Chai Jin, Lu Junyi and Song Jiang. Chai Jin is rich, and on the surface, he specializes in recruiting heroes from all over the world. One person raises thirty or fifty of them at home, which is a bit like the Fourth Young Master of the Warring States Period. Not to mention, he even told the owner of a nearby hotel, "If there is a homeless prisoner, he can vote for me and I will support him myself." Lin rushed over, opened the shackles, and gave He Xue Ba ten Two silver coins to fight Hong. Make a bet, twenty-five taels of silver; before leaving, give Lin Chong and two workers thirty taels of silver. Chai Jin's home is near Cangzhou. At that time, Cangzhou was a "military town" and was still far from a military country. There are many people who have committed crimes and served in the military here. Chai Jin is a "loud voice" in the world. Who doesn't come here just for a lamp? Who would dare to boast of such a promise if they were not really rich? But one thing is that this Chai Jin is a well-known Chai official. "He is a descendant of Chai Shizong of the Zhou Dynasty." Although he is not a royal family or a powerful person now, "Emperor Taizu Wude swore an oath to him at home", saying that he was also a nobleman and originally had royal blood. It doesn't make sense to say that he is a rich man.

Lu Junyi’s family is rich, but it’s only on the surface. However, no rich list published his wealth at the time. We can only see how rich he is through some descriptions by the author of Water Margin. Wu Yong wanted to make money from Lu Junyi, a hero from Liangshan, so he took Li Kuai to do divination in front of Lu Junyi's house. Before divination, he must pay one tael of silver. It makes people laugh because "no one wants to do this." Lu Junyi was willing to give up. He felt that the more he dared to ask for money, the more it showed that this person had real ability. When telling fortunes, what did Lu Junyi mean when he said to Wu Yong, "A gentleman seeks disaster rather than wealth, but seeking wealth is not as good as the Tao"? It means that the family is very rich. If you tell them something about getting rich, they won't be interested. There is a man named Guli in the family. "He has forty or fifty financial managers under him." Wu Yong said there would be a bloody disaster within a hundred days. He is going to Dongyue Mount Tai to burn incense and ward off disasters. It was a temporary thing and he had to bring ten cars from Shandong to load the goods. His wife advised him not to go because he didn't want to "leave a wealthy family." If these descriptions seem too empty, look at the actual ones. After Wu left, he turned his back on the poem and sued Lu Junyi when he returned. In order to become a permanent couple with Lu Junyi's wife and thus possess all of Lu Junyi's property, Guli wanted to bribe Cai Fu, the jailer of both houses, and kill Lu Junyi in prison. Cai Fu asked for 520 gold, and Gu Li immediately agreed without hesitation. Judging from Cai Fu's description of collecting gold, this Guli went with 520 gold. With 500 taels of ready-made gold, how much money should this family have?

However, Lu Junyi is not a rich man. Lu Junyi is a rich man. He has accumulated wealth from generation to generation. For him, it is already the fifth generation. When I got to him, I didn't know much about business, so I had to take Guli with me when I went out to do business. His mind was only focused on practicing martial arts, because too many "hard fights and dislike of women" gave Guli an opportunity to hook up with his wife, and finally took the opportunity to sue him. Lu Junyi grew up in a "rich family". His family is in Daming Mansion, Beijing, and their wealth was accumulated through business. So you can call him a rich man, not a rich man.

Song Jiang is very rich, and Song Jiang’s money is not obvious. Because of this, people only saw his chivalry but ignored that he was a wealthy master. Song Jiang "I have to meet a hero in the world of martial arts in my life, and someone comes to him. If he is high and low, and takes everything, he will stay in the village, chase him all day long, and never tire of it; he will work hard to support himself when he thinks of it, and he will spend money. He treats money as dirt. He doesn't hesitate to ask for money; it's time-consuming and convenient, and he just cares about people's lives. He is very famous in Shandong and Hebei for helping the poor and those in need. "Look carefully at this passage, Song Jiang's timely rain is full of money! Only money can pile up into thick clouds and the rain can fall in time. Otherwise, like the Shi Jin family, one rain will be enough, but two or three rains will not be enough. As for Taigong Liu of Taohua Village, although he is also a wealthy local landlord, he can only have a few rain stars.

In terms of specific behaviors, Song Jiang also showed money.

Yan Po’s family went to Yuncheng County, and Song Jiang helped her bury the man. In order to have a permanent support, she gave her daughter to Song Jiang, who asked to buy a house and buy things. There is no need to calculate. Needless to say, it's all small money. Tang gave him one hundred taels of gold, but Song Jiang didn't care at all.

If you kill Yan Po, the lawsuit will be brought against you, and Song Jiang's money will have a place to go. On the surface, Zhu Tong placed the money on the mat. In fact, Zhu Dian was just a cash cow, and Song Jiang provided the money. Song Jiang was preparing to flee. Before leaving, he said to his father: "My father can secretly send some gold and silver to Zhu Tong, asking him to use it up and down, and give some silver to Yan Po, so that his boss will not bother him. "There is a saying in ancient times called "The county magistrate who broke his family", which means that if a murder occurs, no matter how big his property is, you will lose everything. Judging from Song Taigong's reaction: "You don't have to worry about this at all." It was like taking it for granted.

The two brothers, Song Jiang, fled to Chaijin Village. There are also people who come to take advantage of the autumn wind. Only Song Jiang did not see Chai Jin give him money, but instead gave money to Song Wu. After going back and forth at home, Song Jiang was arrested and went through another lawsuit. Other people's lawsuits may have destroyed their families, but Song Jiang's two lawsuits were not broken. When I was serving my sentence in Jiangzhou, my life was very comfortable, and I was having a banquet all day long. Even if someone asked, the people in Jiangzhou's prison cell would treat him like distinguished guests, but they would settle the matter entirely in silver. And Xue Yong, Li Kuijy and others gave one or two taels of silver whenever they made a move.

Where did Song Jiang get his money? On the surface, the Song family owns land, but judging from the size of their land, they should be an ordinary large family, and it is impossible to support Song Jiang in two lawsuits. Here are two comparisons. One is classical. If he had as much money as Song Jiang, he would definitely not commit such beheading actions as grabbing the birthday card. Second, Shi Jin, his family's land size will definitely not be less than that of the Song family. He rescued Chen Da and others, and people gave him a lot of gold and silver. However, when he embarked on the road to escape, he quickly spent all his money and ended up becoming a robber. Therefore, there should be other routes for Song Jiang’s family fortune. This is his heroic side. Needless to say, his family wanted money in lawsuits, he knew how to use it while in prison, and he knew how to make money as a pawn.

Song Jiang is a rich man, because Song Jiang only knows people who make guns and clubs. He doesn't take any chances with some literati. For example, Wu Yong lived not far from Chao Gai. Song Jiang could get to know Chao Gai but not Wu Yong. Is Wu Yong ignorant? But everyone knows that he is a scholar, especially Liu Tang, who can tell at a glance that he is a scholar. Is that because Wu Yong is not well-known enough? Gongsun Sheng from other places knew about it. He said: "Many people in the world say that Teacher Jia Liang is very famous." It wasn't just polite words, because when Classical introduced him, he only mentioned his last name, nickname, and occupation, but did not introduce his name. Gongsun Sheng was able to speak Wu Yong's words, which shows that Wu Yong is indeed somewhat famous. So, is it Wu Yong who doesn’t want to see people? Definitely not. Wu Yong had contacts with Chao Gai, Lei Heng, and the Ruan brothers, so he was not the kind of person who only knew how to immerse himself in study. It can only be said that Song Jiang does not make friends with people like Wu Yong. It can also be seen from the people I met before going to Liangshan in Songjiang that they were all scholars. This fully illustrates Song Jiang's status as a rich man.

Later he was forced to go to Liangshan, and he came up to give Chao Gai a face. It was Song Jiang who went up to Liangshan and wanted to go home to pick up his father. What Chao Gai meant was that the people in Liangshan had just finished fighting and had a short rest for two days before sending out a large group of troops. If Song Jiang fails to do it, then he will try his best to do it. Chao Gai was afraid of making mistakes, but still advised him. Song Jiang immediately said: "If you were my father, you would die without any regrets." This was a reflection of his violent and domineering character. Later, whenever Chao Gai's soldiers went down to fight, Song Jiang would replace his "big brother", which also showed that such a powerful man would never settle down.

So, what kind of people do wealthy people admire? They are only persuaded by those who cannot be swayed no matter what. Song Jiang only opposed corrupt officials but not the emperor, and he wholeheartedly tried to win over him, which also shows that he was just a local emperor.