[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

Xue Baochai was originally a very smart girl, she naturally heard Jia Yan's dissatisfaction, after thinking about it, she immediately understood.

Yes, her mother must have said something wrong.

Among other things, it was Jia Amnesty's decision to hand over the affairs of the Rongguo Mansion to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Qin Keqing of You Shi.Aunt Xue just took advantage of Mrs. Wang's honor to live in this Huanghuang Duke's mansion. Their Xue family is not only a guest of this Rongguo Mansion, but also a guest of guests.Since she is an outsider, Jia Yan, as a daughter, is naturally not happy about the decision made by the head of the family.

This is one of them.

Second, since entering Beijing, when Aunt Xue mentioned Xue Baochai in public, she often said something like "My family is also thanks to my daughter for helping me".Aunt Xue's original intention was to make her daughter famous, to show that Xue Baochai was very capable, and when she said this, she mostly said it in front of Mrs. Wang, and the sisters talked more when they talked about themselves.This kind of words, in private, like Aunt Xue, Mrs. Wang, it is indeed okay to talk between relatives and sisters.But big families have their own rules, Aunt Xue said her daughter is capable

Thanks to Xue Baochai's help in the matter of their Xue family, it is the rules of a merchant like their Xue family, can it be the same as the affairs in the mansion of the Duke of the State?

In the past ten months, Xue Baochai watched coldly. Jia Yan hated the reputation of being capable and powerful. Others, such as being smart, successful, etc., are not involved at all.

Here her mother suggested that Jia Yan take over the housekeeping in the name of studying. I am afraid that Jia Yan will be famous when she is less than 12 years old!

Knowing that people are taboo, but still want to mention it, if people are not angry, they will be ghosts!

Since it was the mother who said the wrong thing first and was scolded so much by others, Xue Baochai did not dare to complain, not only did she not dare to complain, she even dared not to hold grudges.

She was thinking about how to round up the words.The last time Jia Yan was promoted to Junjun, her mother gave her a set of jewelry plus 5000 taels of silver. Now it seems that it is too thin.I don't know how much money the government still owes.If there are not many, it would be a good idea for their Xue family to come out.

Xue Baochai did the math, although their Xue family is depleted day by day, but the family property is still there, if it is [-] silver, their mother and daughter grit their teeth and give it to them.As long as he can live in this mansion for a long time, seven or eighty thousand silver is considered worthwhile.

But if there are more, I'm afraid the Yan family will be dragged down.

Xue Baochai was very thoughtful, so he told his mother that evening.

Aunt Xue was also taken aback, and said: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault. Knowing that the Eldest Master is the most taboo about these things, she still mentions these things out of nowhere! Look at me, I'm getting more and more confused!"

Xue Baochai couldn't help comforting her mother, saying: "Mom, there is one rule in my aunt's house, and another rule in the old man's house over there. Who would have thought that the rules of two brothers living under the same roof would be so different? It’s too late to make up for it.”

Aunt Xue frowned, thought for a while, and said: "I didn't say, Bao girl, look at your aunt. You really fell into the eyes of money! We have already sent congratulatory gifts to the second girl before, and if you give it now, you How does Auntie not know? If she makes a fuss, we may not be able to live in this mansion. You see, we asked your brother to tell the Yan family outside, and asked the Yan family to pay the money, what do you think?"

Xue Baochai knew at a glance that Aunt Xue felt sorry for Yin Zi.

Also, if it was 80 taels, their mother and daughter would naturally not feel bad, but now it is 8|[-] taels of silver!

To put it bluntly, even in Xue Pan's case, their mother and daughter only paid 5 taels of silver!

More importantly, Wang Xifeng saw that this had offended her father-in-law, mother-in-law, husband, and sister-in-law.If Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng still have a little affection, then they can continue to live in this Rongguo mansion with a smug face towards Wang Xifeng, but now, Wang Xifeng is definitely not going to be successful, and they can only live in the face of Mrs. Wang In this Rongguo Mansion.Therefore, Jia Amnesty can't offend, and Mrs. Wang can't offend either.

Xue Baochai thought about it carefully, and said: "I'm afraid it won't work. If the Yan family didn't mention us in front of the Elder Master, wouldn't the Yan family get all the credit?"

Aunt Xue said: "Then tell me, what should I do?"

Xue Baochai thought for a while, and said: "Mom, do you think this will work? Anyway, brother is not good at studying, and there are still two months before the Chinese New Year, so let him go to the south for a walk, and there is no need to go there. Going south, just let my brother go to the nearby state capital to buy some earthenware and some rare gadgets. It doesn’t need to be expensive, as long as it has never been seen in this mansion. Then I will share it Give it to all the sisters. It’s just that the box for the second sister’s share was tampered with, made a sandwich, and then stuffed the silver ticket inside.”

Aunt Xue suddenly said: "Baby girl, tell me, did the second girl find the bank note in the mezzanine for the previous congratulatory gift?"

Xue Baochai thought for a while, and said, "I'm afraid the second sister didn't pay attention. Why don't you open a little more space in the interlayer this time? Another note?"

If Jia Yan found out about the 5000 tael bank note, would Jia Yan be so mean to her?

It was impossible for Xue Baochai to think about it.

Aunt Xue thought about it, and there was only one way.

No way, who told her to be Mrs. Wang's younger sister? Except for the two lines of Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng, it has nothing to do with Mrs. Jia Shexing's side?

Xue Baochai figured that this matter should be done quickly and within a month, so she let it go.

But she never thought that Yan Biju had already known about it from Third Sister You a few days earlier than her. Even before she told her mother, Aunt Xue, Yan Biju had already informed her natal family.

But Yan Ruoshan said that after sending his daughter out, he was ready to go home.After all, his daughter is a concubine, and there is no custom of returning home, and he did not expect his daughter to have the dignity of returning home.It's just that the shipping schedule hasn't arrived yet, so it looks like they still need to stay for five or six days.

But who would have thought that the day after his daughter was carried in, the son-in-law's sister would be promoted!Became a county lord!I heard that another member of the Jia family got an official position!

Where is Yan Ruoshan not curious?Immediately postponed the trip, and sent someone to inquire about the news with her daughter.

This push is one month.Seeing that the capital started to snow in October, Yan Ruoshan decided not to go back to the south, and only sent a letter back.

Jia Yan was promoted to the throne, Jia Yun was promoted to the official position, and it took half a month for the members of the Jia clan to make it right. By the time Yan Ruoshan found an opportunity to meet Jia She, it was already October [-]th, and his daughter's second The news was also delivered.

Yan Ruoshan also found out that Jia's family was in short supply and owed money.

It has to be said here that Yan Ruoshan was so rich that he went directly to the household department to pay back the shortfall, then took back the IOU and presented it to Jia Amnesty.

When Jia She saw it, he frowned: "I said, Lao Yan, I consider you a friend, but you make it difficult for me."

Yan Ruoshan said: "Master Hou," seeing Jia She frowned, he quickly changed his words and said, "General, you are a villain and a friend, and a villain can only repay you with sincerity. The villain knows that you are short of money, but what about the villain?" , so poor that only money is left. The villain also heard that this shortfall is related to the future of the son. The villain dares to make a high-level statement here, so that the son is also the son-in-law of the villain. The villain only hopes that he will be well! If the villain doesn't know about this, it's fine, but if the villain knows, how can he sit still?"

Having said that, Jia Amnesty was filled with emotion, and stretched out his hand to help Yan Ruoshan stand up, saying: "That's not what you said! We are all at this age, and we have been fighting all our lives, and it's not for our children."

It's about their children's future, and Jia Amnesty has a lot to say.

"It's just that you don't know, my girl is very arrogant. She knows that the family is difficult, but she still wants to help me share my worries. For this reason, she even begged Wanzai to give him two years of grace..."

Yan Ruoshan said: "Ah! After all, it is your daughter, the empress of the county conferred by the imperial court. She is very benevolent and filial."

Of course, this sentence is a polite one.

Yan Ruoshan didn't think Jia Yan, who was only 11 years old, would have so many thoughts.

No, he heard Jia She said: "Do you still remember the sugar cane and wine I asked you to help?"

The sugarcane for making wine was bought by Yan Ruoshan for Jia She, several large boats.

There is also wine.

Jia She was originally from the aristocratic circle, and Yan Ruoshan was a big businessman. If Jia She knew everything about the elite circle, then Yan Ruoshan knew everything about the business world like the palm of his hand.

Winemaking starts in May, and by August, everything is ready.Jia She was very lucky. For the first time in large-scale wine production, less than one fifth of the wine was spoiled.

Before the Double Ninth Festival, he used his influence to promote the wine he brewed in the aristocratic circle, while Yan Ruoshan used his influence in the business world to push those merchants to hoard a large amount of wine, causing the price of this kind of domestic wine to rise. , has approached imported Western wines.

If Jia Yan knew the behavior of these two, she would definitely say that they are not selling wine, but frying wine.

Whether it is selling or speculating, their actions are not over yet, but a large amount of income can already be seen.

Yan Ruoshan did a rough calculation, and the 10 tanks of wine, after deducting the cost and the portion reserved for aging, he and Jia She could definitely earn [-] taels of silver this year.

Although compared with the deficit of the Jia family, it is still nearly half.But as long as wine is opened, even if there is not so much in the future, it will still be an annual income of at least [-].

Abandoning one or two years of income, as long as the cooperation with the Jia family continues, the Yan family will definitely make a profit!

This is one piece.

The second thing is Jia She's attitude.

It's not that Yan Ruoshan said that, like Jia She, the formula and wine are all produced by Jia She, and he just frys these wines to a high price, and then they share the money equally. This is the first time Yan Ruoshan has met such a powerful person. .

He always said that Yan Ruoshan felt guilty for taking this money.

Therefore, trying to put up 10 taels of silver to pay back the deficit of the Jia family, this is Yan Ruoshan spending money to buy peace of mind.Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to sleep at night!

Now when Jia Amnesty mentioned sugar cane and wine again, Yan Ruoshan's heart skipped a beat.

He whispered: "Could it be that this is the princess of the county..."

Jia Amnesty nodded and said, "I don't know how she came up with the recipe, but it's also thanks to this recipe, as well as fresh fruits and vegetables such as cucumbers. I originally estimated that by the end of next year It’s time to repay this shortfall.”

Yan Ruoshan repeatedly kowtowed to make amends: "It's all about the villain's ignorance and ruining the general."

Jia She said: "It's okay, it's okay. After all, we can be regarded as relatives. And Wansui is also worrying about the treasury now. It would be good to pay back the deficit earlier. You have helped me so much, I should thank you, how could it be a mistake?"

Yan Ruoshan thanked again and again, thanking Jia Amnesty for his generosity.

"What is the general talking about? The general was originally relying on his own ability to pay back the deficit of the national treasury. Instead, I acted rashly, for fear that the superiors would misunderstand the family. See if this works, the 17 silver is considered a The deposit I gave to the general. After all, the general entrusted me with full powers to represent the sale of this wine. I should pay a sum of money, which is also my duty."

Jia Amnesty is a first-class general appointed by the imperial court, so naturally he cannot do business.Therefore, after he obtained the recipe for making wine, he entrusted the Yan family to help sell it, which was as it should be.Of course, in order to prevent the Yan family from selling the wine at a low price and harming his interests, it is also in Jia Amnesty's interest and in line with business procedures for the Yan family to provide a huge deposit.

More importantly, when he signed such a contract with Yan Ruoshan, he didn't want to go to the government to ask the dental office to be a witness.As long as both of them hold such a contract, then everything is reasonable, even if the emperor investigates it in the future, it will be justified and justified.

That night, in Jia She's study outside, Jia She signed a contract full of loopholes with the Yan family.

Putting it outside, a seasoned businessman can find a lot of loopholes properly, causing Jia She or Yan Ruoshan to lose tens of thousands of dollars.

But because Yan Ruoshan is a businessman, and he is a businessman from the south, and Jia She is a dignitary, so this contract was finalized in this way.

It was because of this contract that the Jia family and the Yan family had a happy cooperation for decades to come.

Of course, along with this contract, the economy of Yazhou and Qiongzhou took off. Hundreds of years later, when the dynasties changed, this contract was exhibited and even got an alias:

Qiongya Alliance.

It has to be said that Jia Amnesty was educated by the heirs after all. After getting the IOU from Yan Ruoshan's Rongguo Mansion in the Ministry of Households, the next day he made a secret decision, and the wine, sugar cane and the return of the deficit were related to the debt. The emperor reported.

In the excerpt, Jia Amnesty also listed his own strategy for governing Qiongzhou and Yazhou.

The emperor laughed when he saw it, and then circulated the booklet to the cabinet ministers and deputy prime ministers.

The left and right prime ministers didn't speak, but Shan Ruling, Minister of the Ministry of War, spoke first: "Long live, this Marquis Jia En is a wonderful man."

"Where is the magic?"

"Of course he is asking for an official for his son."

The emperor laughed loudly and said, "If this Jia Amnesty is a good one, I don't mind letting him go to the south."

Shan Ruling said with a smile: "Long live, I'm afraid that your will is not what Jia Enhou wants to see. If he goes to the south, I'm afraid his family will be in chaos."

The emperor stared at him for a moment and said, "Extremely true."

Gu Zhizhang snorted coldly, and said, "I think that Marquis Jia En is asking Long Live for a title!"

Shan Ruling said: "Hey! Master Gu is demanding. General Jia Enhou Jia has never been an official, and it is true that he is immature about certain things. Otherwise, why should we sit in the cabinet? Isn't it assistant Wansui, Cha Missing addendum? The hustle and bustle is all for profit. If this sugar cane can make Qiongzhou and Yazhou the world's granary, wouldn't it be a blessing for all people in the world?"

Gu Zhizhang said: "The meal needs to be eaten bite by bite. A person who has never been in practice, how can he understand so many things?! It is related to the people's livelihood, how can we not be neglected? Even if Qiongzhou Yazhou is far away from the capital, it is not because someone invites you chips!"

Everyone knew that Gu Zhizhang was a deadhead in this regard, and they all shook their heads.

Right Prime Minister Liang Erming suddenly said: "Yazhou and Qiongzhou are poor, and the folk customs are tough, and there is a lot of miasma, so there are many vacancies in the local county magistrates and county chiefs. Otherwise, the local people build Shenming Pavilion by themselves, Solve big and small matters. Therefore, there are a lot of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases in the local area. It is not something ordinary people can accomplish.”

The emperor nodded.

The emperor has seen Jia Lian's performance, and it can be said that Jia Lian can definitely succeed in dealing with interpersonal relationships.But when it comes to doing things, Jia Lian lacks courage.Such a person is, at most, just an old man in the officialdom.

For such a person, the emperor did not have much favor.

Of course, the emperor was unwilling to just give Jia Lian the position of prefect of Qiongzhou or prefect of Yazhou.

However, Jia Amnesty's excerpt gave the emperor a little impression.

If sugar cane can make life easier for the people in Yazhou and Qiongzhou, then he can also turn a blind eye to such things as giving a little convenience and allowing Jia She to sell wine through the Yan family.

As for this note, it was archived by the cabinet.

Jia Amnesty entrusted his old relationship, and when he knew that his notes had been archived, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He was with the old Prince Yizhong back then, so he naturally knew his current temper.Although there was no reply, and the booklet was not sent back, but being archived meant that there was a door.

Jia Amnesty was afraid.

He is very clear that the current emperor is a bit narrow-minded: tossing about wine with the Yan family, in the hands of the Supreme Emperor, is at most a nonsense, but in the eyes of the current emperor, if one is not careful, he will compete with the people for profit and exploit The crime of Xiaomin, when the emperor is in a bad mood, may be punished by the court.

It's just that he didn't have much personal friendship with the Ninth Five-Year Lord back then, and he was an old acquaintance of the old Prince Yizhong, so he could only give the emperor a discount.

Although it is a bit suspicious of cutting first and playing later, it is much better than saying nothing and making the emperor feel unhappy.

Now that it was over, Jia She was really relieved.

In fact, Jia Amnesty was worrying too much.

In fact, the emperor had arranged for spies by his side long ago, and he had been thoroughly investigated.