Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 528: Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem
Since Yuanchun left the palace on the Flower Festival on February 12 and attended Daiyu's coming-of-age ceremony, she went to live in the garden and enjoyed a period of carefree and comfortable life.

Unfortunately, the Ning, Rong and Jia families had no free time in the past six months. One month after Daiyu came of age, on the third day of March, Tanchun also came of age.

Following the same pattern, after completing the coming-of-age ceremony for Tanchun, the family was busy preparing for Tanchun's marriage, as well as Xiangyun's coming-of-age ceremony and her wedding to Baoyu.

Xiangyun's birthday is April 27th, the day of Grain in Ear. In order to take Lin Bo's age into consideration, Tanchun's marriage cannot be delayed too long.

For this reason, after obtaining Yuanchun's approval and the calculation of the Imperial Observatory, Baoyu will marry Xiangyun on the eighth day of May.

And on May 22nd, Lin Bo and Tanchun got married.

Poor Jia Cong waited a long time, and Mr. Lin finally agreed. On the sixth day of June, Daiyu will move back into Rongguo Mansion as a bride.

A series of major events almost emptied the public treasury's cash, even though the Rongguo Mansion was not short of money.

Fortunately, Master She had previously "picked up" several carts of gold, silver and treasures from the south. When he heard that his son and nephew were short of money for their weddings, he simply had someone push a cart of gold and silver and dumped it on the open space outside Rong Xi Hall.

"Take these and use them first. Tell me if you don't have enough! We must not be vague about important matters for brothers and sisters. And this..."

Master She handed a brocade box to the old lady mysteriously, and whispered in her ear: "The second son doesn't have much money, and it's not right for a son to take over. Mother, please help add half of the things in this box. Yun's parents passed away early, and you are the person closest to her. Find a reason to give her the remaining half, and say that it was left to her by her parents."

Although Master She usually looks like a greedy and lustful old playboy, he is actually the one who understands the ways of the world the most among the writers.

Master Jingda is a cold and aloof person. For the sake of his family, he is willing to give up even his own son. When it comes to his descendants, he cares more about a few promising brothers.

Not to mention Master Zheng, who has been buried in the books of sages all his life and cannot get out. He is a typical feudal patriarch.

Even with the old lady's gift, Tanchun's dowry was much less than that of her other sisters. Although Xiangyun seemed to have more things than Tanchun, many of the things that the Shi family returned to Xiangyun were hastily taken to make up the number and were not worth much money.

On the contrary, Xichun, the youngest, although ranked fourth in the Jia family, is the eldest daughter of the Ningguo Mansion.

With the dowry left by her mother, the things prepared by the Ningguo Mansion, and the gift from the old lady, little Xichun was worth no less than a princess of the royal family.

When a woman gets married, no matter what her husband's family is like, the more dowry she has, the more confident she will be.

When she and Yuanyang were the only ones left in Rong Xi Tang, the old lady opened the brocade box given to her by her eldest son.

Silver notes worth one thousand taels, which could be redeemed on sight, lay neatly in the brocade box.

It was a thick stack, and after careful counting, there were actually 40 pieces. In other words, the silver notes in this brocade box were worth 40,000 taels of silver.

"Madam, there is more below..."

At Yuanyang's reminder, the old lady picked up the two paper rolls at the bottom.

These are two land deeds. According to the address above, they are located next to the hot spring villa of Rongguo Mansion in the west of the city.

"Although the area is only a hundred acres, it's all good farmland. And it's next to our home, so it's convenient to take care of. The boss is very thoughtful!"

The old lady rarely praised her eldest son and stared at the banknotes and land deeds in her hands for a long time without saying a word.

If she remembered correctly, when Yingchun got married, the eldest brother added a farm to the dowry list. It was not big, but it was right next to his own hot spring farm.

"The eldest master must have prepared a portion for the fourth young lady as well. I guess he will find an excuse to take it out and give it to the fourth young lady when the time comes."

Yuanyang is a smart person and has a thorough understanding of the affairs in the mansion in recent years.

The Second Master is obsessed with books of sages and court affairs, the Second Master Lian is determined to make a good career, and the Second Master Bao...it's better not to mention him.

Only the eldest master and the third master Cong take care of both public and private affairs and pay more attention to family matters on weekdays.

The old lady couldn't help but believe Yuanyang's words. The eldest son was a smart man and was already good friends with his nephew Jia Jing, so how could he miss the fourth girl?

"Grandma... Grandmother..."

Baoyu's voice came from outside the door, interrupting the old lady's sigh.

But Baoyu ran in hurriedly with a pale face, holding a wooden box inlaid with gems.

bang~
When the box was opened, the old lady was shocked.

There was another thick stack of silver bills, the denominations of which were not as large as the ones given to Tanchun and Xiangyun. There were some 100 taels, some 500 taels, and a few 1,000 taels.

But the total amount is a bit scary, worth a full 80,000 taels of silver.

"I was just about to go to bed when my uncle suddenly came over and stuffed a box of banknotes into my hand. He also said some confusing things to me..."

……

"Dad, why are you giving these to your son? Your son has money!"

Master She was like a boy giving away money tonight. He first took a whole cart of gold, silver and jewelry to the public palace, which was roughly estimated to be worth 100,000 taels.

Then he gave the old lady a brocade box. Others didn't know what was inside, but Jia Cong knew exactly what was inside.

Those land deeds were purchased by him personally.

When they returned to Dongyue, Master She pulled out several small wooden boxes from the secret compartment, and took one of them out to Baoyu's yard...

"This is yours. As for the rest, one for your second brother, one for your second sister-in-law, one for the fourth girl, one for you, and one each for Huan'er, Rong'er, Qiang'er, and Lan'er..."

Jia Cong felt something was not right as he listened. It sounded like instructions for his last affairs.

"Dad, what are you..."

"Don't interrupt me, your father!"

Master She knocked Jia Cong on the head, picked up the wine pot on the table and took a big gulp, saying in a nagging voice: "Son, the most difficult thing in the world is to have no money, but money is also the most useless thing. If it were in the past, let alone 100,000 or 80,000, even if it was 3,000 or 5,000, I would hold it tightly in my arms, and no one would think of taking a penny from me..."

Snap, snap, snap...

All the wooden boxes on the table were opened by Master She, and each of them contained a thick stack of silver bills.

Jia Cong was unable to estimate the total number at the moment, but it was definitely not less.

I saw Master She laughing heartily, his laughter was so loud that it almost shook the dust off the beams.

"Son, what our Jia family lacks the least right now is money and officials. I, your father, can no longer provide you with any help. The only thing I can do now is to maintain good kinship for you. Your brothers and sisters, no matter if their future titles are higher than yours or if they will surpass you, as long as they are there, you will have a group of people behind you who will always support you!"

When the Jia family was in crisis, the founding duke's mansion could not find a few families that could support it.

The second brother is useless, and his brother-in-law Lin Ruhai is stuck in Jiangnan and can't take care of himself. It's already very good that the two guys in the Shi family didn't add insult to injury.

The only person that Master She could rely on was his cousin Jia Jing.

Having suffered this pain himself, he would never let his son suffer the same pain again.

In addition, he himself values ​​his brothers at home, so he will not be stingy with the "useless" money...

A problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.

Fortunately, he was generous and sold half of the gold, silver and jewelry he had "picked up" from the south in the past few years. He exchanged them for silver bills and land deeds, divided them into many parts, and gave them to his nephews, great-nephews and nieces one by one.

In the words of Master She, each of his nephews has a promising future. For example, Baoyu has a very good reputation among the officials and has a great potential to become the second Hai Bijia.

Jia Rong and Jia Qiang are both military generals. With their connections in Ningguo Mansion and the planning of their cousin Jing, the former East Palace think tank, their future will not be bad.

As for the nieces, the third girl married into the Lin family, the Yun girl took over the Shi family's connections, and the fourth girl's future in-laws would definitely not be lower than her sisters...

An amazing network of relationships can be built with money. Master She felt that his plan would definitely bring great help to his youngest son, whom he loved the most.

Master She's actions and words made Jia Cong laugh and cry.

Jia Cong was deeply moved by such fatherly love. Even though he did not agree with Master She's views, he did not say a word of opposition.

First, fatherly love is as strong as a mountain. What qualifications does he have to refute his father?

Secondly, Jia Cong did not value money very much. He gave it to his family anyway, so it would be a pity to let the meat rot in the pot.

Looking at Master She who was a little tipsy, Jia Cong was moved beyond words.

"I feel a little overwhelmed by the blessing that my father has taken the trouble to plan for me..."

Master She rubbed his youngest son's head with his big hands for a long time, then he smiled and said, "God has been very kind to me. He has given me a child prodigy like you as my son. This is my blessing. I have been walking on thin ice for the first half of my life..."

Looking at Master She who fell asleep and even snored, Jia Cong smiled bitterly.

He took off Master She's shoes and socks, covered him with a quilt, and then quietly put away the boxes of various sizes on the table.

When he carefully closed the door and walked out of the room, he saw his second brother sitting on the stone steps under the eaves, looking up at the crescent moon in the sky that was shining with bright white light.

"Second brother?"

"sit."

Jia Lian simply wiped the stone steps beside him with his sleeve, and a pair of sons guarding the door appeared outside Master She's house.

"Your sister-in-law is carrying a boy this time!"

Ah!
"That's great. I'm afraid my second brother has been looking forward to having this son for a long time."

Jia Lian is almost 30 years old, and there are several young masters in Beijing who don't have a son. If Wang Xifeng can safely give birth to a boy, she will give birth to the future heir of Rongguo Mansion.

Master Lian raised his lips at first, then said to Jia Cong solemnly: "Third brother, no matter who father gave his things to, I hope you don't mind. Of course, I also know that you are not a person who values ​​money, but I am worried about you..."

Jia Lian suddenly didn't know how to explain it, mainly because Master She had always favored the third son. Suddenly doing this, he was worried that the third son would not be able to accept this sudden sense of disparity for a while.

"Ah, so second brother knows everything? I don't mind. This is Dad's own thing. He can give it to whoever he wants... Huh? I see!"

Jia Cong suddenly remembered his father's abnormal behavior today, and he understood everything at once.

The sudden change in Master She was because his eldest grandson was about to be born.

The future of Rongguo Mansion has already been decided, so Master She feels that he must arrange everything in advance to avoid future conflicts between the brothers Jia Lian and Jia Cong and even the second house.

Jia Cong slapped his head and smiled bitterly: "The East Palace incident was really a concern for Dad. It has been more than ten years, and he is still worried that my brother and I will make a similar joke."

"Don't even mention my father, I'm afraid of my brother!"

Jia Cong may not have much impression of what happened back then, but Master Lian knows it clearly.

He raised his hand and patted his brother's shoulder, saying earnestly: "Let's not talk about what happened that year. Just look at the noble families in the capital. Which one of them has not had brothers killing each other for profit? Brother Cong, your heart is pure, but your brother's is not. I am used to seeing brothers almost killing each other for titles and money... Father is right to do this!"

For example, the Liu family of the Duke of Liguo's Mansion, there are endless disputes between legitimate and illegitimate children, brothers, uncles and nephews.

The Liu family was torn apart by the quarrel, and it was only after Liu Xianglian returned to the Liu family that the Liu family was prevented from complete destruction.

Jia Lian was very sensitive about these things because he always believed that a harmonious family brings prosperity.

"What Second Brother said is right, and what Dad did is right!"

Jia Cong naturally would not refute his second brother's opinion. He nodded and replied solemnly: "Don't worry, second brother, there will never be brothers killing each other in our family. If anyone dares to do so, I will kill him with a knife."

"Then you don't have to do anything. Even if you need to kill someone, I, as your brother, should be the one to stand in front of you! Oh, right, there is one more thing you can help me with..."

After the two brothers talked it out, the atmosphere in the yard became relaxed.

Mr. Lian even lowered his voice and told Jia Cong about something he had just learned, which he didn't know whether it was happy or sad.

"Ping'er is pregnant, I dare not tell your sister-in-law..."

……

The next morning, Jia Cong was about to go to the yamen to perform his duties, but was invited into the garden by someone sent by Yuanchun.

In March, the scenery in the garden is just perfect.

Accompanied by the fragrance of flowers, Jia Cong came to the water pavilion outside the main hall.

Yuanchun raised her hand to motion Jia Cong to sit opposite her, and pointed at the brocade box on the stone table, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"This was sent by my uncle last night. What is my uncle going to do? Why did he give me so much money all at once?"

what?
Jia Cong opened the brocade box on the table and saw a note that could be exchanged for 10,000 taels of silver.

When he opened one, there was another huge silver note of ten thousand taels underneath, and he opened another one...

A total of fifty of them, all worth ten thousand taels of silver.

hiss~
How much silver had Dad "picked up" over the years? Adding the things he found out last night, the total value was almost over one million taels.

I remember that when the Ningrong Jia family built a garden, it took the whole family a long time to pool together 300,000 yuan.

Is dad so rich now?
"Look at that letter..."

With Yuanchun's reminder, Jia Cong saw that there was a letter in the brocade box.

Jia Cong recognized the manic handwriting at a glance as the handwriting of Master She.

"Yuan girl, our family was short of money before, and I, as your uncle, was useless and couldn't help you much. Now that our family is rich and your brothers are doing well, it seems that I, as your uncle, still can't help you much..."

"There are many places in the palace where silver is needed. Don't save money on things that can be solved with money. Don't worry about not having money to spend. Your uncle is born with good fortune and can pick up silver wherever he goes. If you don't have enough money, just send someone to get it from your uncle..."

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　I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)