Palace Flower as Employment [Red Mansion]

Jia Qi, who was in the cabinet, didn't know that Lin Daiyu liked Xichun, so she gave Xichun the pastel disc that she composed herself, and promised to give Xichun a set of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" copied by the painter of the court. He didn't know either. Out of etiquette, Lin Daiyu also prepared new tea sets as gifts for the other girls in the Grand View Garden. He didn't even know that after Shi Xiangyun returned to the Grand View Garden, the three sets of tea sets were not given to Yingchun Tanchun and Xue Baochai at the first time. , but brought them to Jia Baoyu.

In fact, Jia Qi has not been home for two whole days.

Last year, the snow was particularly heavy. In the entire North China Plain, and even the provinces in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, and Shandong, there were incidents of people being killed by houses collapsed by heavy snow, and more than one incident occurred in various state capitals.

At that time, the cabinet privately said that when helping the people, we should pay attention to this year's spring flood.

It is a pity that the Ministry of Households has no money, and the treasury has no money.

Since the beginning of spring this year, the entire Yellow River Basin has been sunny for more than ten consecutive days, and the temperature has risen rapidly. Even in the imperial palace, many palaces have stopped charcoal fires.

Because the weather was warm, the plum blossoms were in full bloom, and the green grass was growing green. The female relatives were still in the mood to enjoy the plum blossoms, but the ministers in the cabinet were all frowning, and the emperor did not see joy on his face.Finally, today, urgent papers from all over the world entered the palace.

The spring floods have finally begun!

The water conservancy project in Gyeonggi has been repaired very well, and the water conservancy projects in surrounding Tongzhou, Baoding, and other places are often inspected, but it is hard to say from the outside.

Although the spring rain in the capital has not yet fallen, it has already begun to rain in the Yellow River Basin and other places in the North China Plain.Flood disasters in different situations have occurred in various places, and the excerpts from the state capitals of various places flew into the capital like snowflakes.

This year's spring sowing is over.

Jia Qi is young, so naturally he can't see those excerpts, and the emperor and other ministers won't show them to him. These days, Jia Qi in the cabinet just sits with the sixth prince who is only six years old this year and eats snacks That's all.

The sixth prince is the son of the late imperial concubine. Of course, it is impossible for the emperor to hand him over to those concubines to raise him. However, the empress is weak, and even the palace affairs are handed over to the four concubines below. Naturally, the emperor can't force the empress. Bring it yourself.

Therefore, the sixth prince Cheng, who was only six years old, saw the emperor slamming the bookcase on the imperial case and said to the prime ministers with an unprecedentedly gloomy expression: "Now, what do the ministers have to say?"

The sixth prince was so frightened that tears rolled in his eyes, but he didn't dare to make a sound or fall down, so he could only pull Jia Qi's sleeves and wipe them away, and by the way, put his body behind Jia Qi Hidden.

All the princes are afraid of the cold face of the current emperor, and the sixth prince is no exception.

All the prime ministers, deputy prime ministers, and apprentices knelt down at the first moment of the emperor's questioning:

"The minister is guilty."

Jia Qi pouted, dropped the snack in his hand, and knelt down.

Looking at this group of veterans in the officialdom, the emperor became even more angry.

The emperor had also been in charge of six ministries, and he had also seen the ability of the officials below to shirk their responsibilities.That's why he was even more annoyed.

It is these officials who have borrowed the treasury and still cry poor!

Thinking back to the scenes of urging him to pay the shortfall at the beginning, and thinking that the court could not provide money and food at this moment, the emperor became more and more angry.

He was like a dynamite keg that was on fire, ready to explode at any moment.

Looking at the red-faced and gloomy emperor, King Yi and King Hu cried out inwardly.

Now is not the time to lose your temper, Your Majesty!

King Yi's eyes are sharp. As the current emperor's beloved brother, he is sitting on top, so he can see Jia Qi kneeling in the corner, and Jia Qi's grimace at a glance.

In order to prevent the emperor from getting angry, King Yi immediately interrupted: "Jia Shizhao, what do you have to say?"

Everyone present, including the emperor, focused their eyes on Jia Qi. The poor sixth prince immediately turned into a frightened little rabbit, not daring to move.

Jia Qi raised his head calmly and said, "Does the lord want to hear the truth or lies?"

The emperor said angrily: "What trick are you playing at this time?" For a moment, the emperor wanted to ask the guards to drag this little thing down.

What time is it, this little thing dares to play tricks!

Instead, it was King Yi who comforted the emperor first: "Long live, this little thing has always been clever. There must be a reason for him to say that." Then he made a mouth shape, North Korea.

The emperor immediately remembered.

That's right, it's this little thing that makes them notice what's wrong with North Korea.

It is also because of this little thing that the imperial court has ships to go overseas to find food!

Thinking of those sea ships going south, a wave of hope rose in the emperor's heart.

That's right, as long as they survive these few months, as long as they survive this hurdle, those seagoing ships will definitely find food. It is said in the letters and old files of the Sanbao eunuch that there is food overseas!It's not far from Tian | Dynasty, five months is enough for these ships to come back.

Thinking of the [-]% chance of finding food, and thinking of North Korea, which had snuffed out the germ of rebellion, the emperor finally calmed down.

"Come on, what is the truth and what is the lie?"

"The truth of the minister is that the minister is still young, and has just entered the cabinet, and is in the learning stage. Every adult present is a senior of the minister. At this time, the minister only needs to listen carefully and study hard."

Is not this nonsensical?

The emperor immediately felt that Jia Qi was perfunctory.

Obviously he had restrained his temper a little bit, but after being stimulated by Jia Qi's words, he came up again.

The emperor was very uncomfortable, and his face became more and more gloomy.Anyway, the emperor still remembered that it was not suitable for him to lose his temper at the moment.

"What is that lie?"

Jia Qi said: "The lie is that although the country is very large, there is not much to do for Long Live. It is nothing more than resisting foreign troops and rectifying the administration of officials, building water conservancy, and preventing famines. There are four things. Last year, there were snowstorms in various places, and the country should consider The possibility of this year’s spring flood, now Long Live will be in a state of distress, it’s entirely because the relevant work of the imperial court was not done well last year. It’s not too late to make up for it. May I ask if it’s useful to be angry? If you get angry for good or bad, others will be happy.”

The emperor was shocked, and immediately thought of the Supreme Emperor in the palace, his bad brothers, and his few and useless sons.

The emperor broke out in a cold sweat and immediately calmed down.

King Yi and King Hu looked at each other, and King Hu suddenly said: "Jia Shizhao, I remember that last year, the Ministry of Industry issued a document to impeach you, which was suppressed by your brother."

Jia Qi said: "My lord, I don't deny that there is such a thing. Last winter, the middle reaches of the Yellow River, the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and the entire North China were full of rain and snow. At that time, the Ministry of Industry was worried that if there was more rain this year, the Yellow River embankment might be damaged. It’s about to lose it.”

The emperor jumped up when he heard it, and sent people to call the Minister of Yubu and Qin Tianjian repeatedly.

Then he asked He Baishi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was present.

He Baishi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, responded immediately: "Long live, what Jia Shizhao is worried about is also what I am worried about."

"you know?"

Minister of the Ministry of Industry He Baishi nodded, and said: "Yes, long live, I have read the excerpt. The governor of Henan and the governor of Henan Province impeached Jia Shizhao for allowing the slaves to destroy the Yellow River embankment."

The emperor was furious: "There is such a thing?!"

For a moment, the emperor wanted someone to drag Jia Qi down.

At any rate, he was still a little sensible, knowing that this book was read by He Baishi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, so he had to listen to the opinion of He Baishi, Minister of Industry.

He Baishi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, kowtowed immediately, and said: "Long live, in fact, within the Ministry of Industry, and even within the Ministry of Yu, there are disputes about which method should be used to control the Yellow River."

"What do you mean?"

After all, the temper of the current emperor is much worse than that of the Supreme Emperor.

Although he was slandering in his heart, He Baishi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, still wanted to say what should be said.

He Baishi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, replied: "Your Majesty, for many years, there have been differences between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Yu on the management of the Yellow River. When Master Yu became the Minister of the Ministry of Yu, he insisted that blocking is worse than sparse. Master Yu removed all the embankments built by He Shilang and planted trees on the embankments. Therefore, there are also many people in the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Yu Sigh, saying that He Shilang's efforts were in vain."

Although both He Shilang and Yu Shilang had served as Yubu's ministers, and although these two were famous officials in the world, and they were also famous officials who governed the Yellow River, everyone in the world knew that these two had been at odds for many years.He Shilang was in favor of it, Yu Shilang was against it, and He Shilang was in favor of it.

If it wasn't for He Baishi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, to point it out today, the emperor wouldn't know that these two are still at odds with each other on such a big matter as the Yellow River, and even have been poisoned to this day.

"What does this have to do with you helping this little thing to press down that book?"

He Baishi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, replied: "Long live, because Jia Gongbu and Jia Shizhao brothers proposed divisional governance, and I think what they said is very reasonable."

The emperor was stunned.

Makes sense?

King Yi reacted very quickly, and immediately said: "He Shangshu, you just said, Henan?"

"Yes, Henan." He Baishi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, replied: "The Yellow River's dike bursts often occur in the lower reaches. Unless the embankment is in disrepair for a long time in the middle reaches, it is rare to have a dike break, unless there is a rare event in a century. Great flood."

Hu Wang was also annoyed: "Then why are you covering up this little thing?"

It's okay to dig up the embankment!

He Baishi said: "Because the river embankment that was removed is located less than twenty miles downstream from Yumen Gate."

Yu's door?

King Hu was taken aback for a moment, and the emperor and King Yi quickly turned their minds.

Jia Qi suddenly said: "The Yellow River flows out of the Shanxi-Shaanxi Gorge. The river surface is suddenly open and the water flow is gentle. From Yumenkou to Tongguan, the river course is about 250 miles long, and the drop is not big. The valley is six to thirty miles wide. The surface is wide, the beach area is 90 mu, and the beach surface is two feet to six feet above the water surface. This section of the river has drastic changes in erosion and siltation, and the mainstream swings frequently. There is a saying of "30 years in the East, 30 years in the West", which is a wandering river. . . . ”

A series of data spit out from Jia Qi's mouth, the emperor and King Yi and King Hu were all dumbfounded.

Obviously, to be able to say such a thing, Jia Qi must have done a lot of homework in advance.The emperor had never received the Ministry of Industry, nor the Ministry of Yu, but the emperor could tell that the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and the Minister of the Ministry of Yu were convinced by this data.Even if this data is different from the real situation, Jia Qi can speak so clearly, it can be seen that Jia Qi would not act recklessly to open the embankment of the Yellow River.

The emperor immediately pointed at Jia Qi and said, "You, come up and explain in detail."

"The minister obeys the order."

Jia Qi gently broke away from the sixth prince who was pulling the clothes on his back, walked in front of the emperor, knelt down behind the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and then began to explain various situations of the Yellow River.

Jia Qi said: "The diversion of the Yellow River and the bursting of the embankment of the Yellow River rarely occur in the upper reaches, mainly in the middle and lower reaches. Among them, the middle reaches from Yumenkou to Tongguan show a very obvious wandering river course, while the downstream, due to a large amount of sediment Due to siltation, the river course is raised year by year, and the riverbed is one to six feet higher than the ground of the back river. Some river sections, such as near Caogang in Fengqiu, Henan, are as high as three feet higher, thus forming a special "hanging river above the ground". Spectacular."

The emperor said impatiently, "I know all of this."

Jia Qi said: "The main source of sediment for the Yellow River comes from the Loess Plateau. According to records in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, this land was lush with green trees, but now, there is only loess and barrenness..."

"Are you trying to say, personnel changes?"

"Long live, what I want to say is that when the Loess Plateau was full of green trees, the Yellow River never flooded, and after the Loess Plateau turned into yellow sand, the Yellow River also flooded."

"Ok?"

"Long live my lord, please don't forget the Loess Plateau when governing the Yellow River. If this land can be turned green again, it will only benefit China."

"Are you trying to say, let people plant trees?"

"You can grow grass without planting trees, such as alfalfa, but I implore Long Live to issue a decree to prohibit raising sheep on the Loess Plateau, or directly impose heavy taxes on those who raise sheep."

The Minister of the Household Department immediately refused to obey: "Long live, I have something to say, I want to impeach Jia Shizhao..."

"Raising will even eat the grass roots! The poorer the place, the less hope the people see, the more lazy they are! How easy it is to raise sheep. Once you drive outside, the sheep will eat themselves at night After returning home, I can still get seven or eight catties of goat milk! Wool can be exchanged for money! It can also be used as a mattress! But who cares, the sheep will eat the grass roots! Without the grass, the yellow sand on the Loess Plateau has entered the Yellow River , the people downstream can only die!"

"Then let the people on the Loess Plateau starve to death?"

"Then, would you allow the people on the Loess Plateau to climb mountains every day to pluck grass and feed them to the sheep? If it weren't for the fact that tens of millions of tons of sand are poured into the Yellow River every year on the Loess Plateau! So much sand can turn the middle and lower reaches All of the people were buried alive! There are only so many people on the Loess Plateau now!"

"you……"

"Lord Qian Shangshu, Xiaguan forgot to tell you that last year, Xiaguan's family just bought 90 mu of river beach land from Yumenkou to Tongguan, just to release sand!"

As soon as Jia Qi's words fell, the cabinet was silent, and the emperor who was about to explode after being stimulated by Jia Qi's words was stunned:

"Jia, Jia Shizhao, what did you say?"

Jia Qi knelt down again and said to the emperor: "Long live, this is the reason why the Minister of the Ministry of Industry chose to protect the minister. The minister borrowed 300 million silver from the Ministry of Households in his own name, and agreed to return it after 15 years. , with an annual interest rate of 15%. And for the 300 million taels of silver, I bought the river beach in the area of ​​Yumenkou and Tongguan in the name of my father. Since my elder brother entered the Ministry of Industry, my family has been very concerned about the Yellow River. Heart. The 90 mu of land, the minister's family is planning to dig an artificial lake to discharge sand for the Yellow River!"

Both the emperor and King Yi and King Hu were dumbfounded.

The emperor was stunned for a while before he said: "So, the chief envoy of Henan and the governor of Henan impeached you for this?"

He Baishi kowtowed his head immediately and said, "Long live, most of the sediment in the Yellow River comes from the Loess Plateau. Most of the reason for the flooding of the Yellow River is due to the sediment. Although the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Yu have objections to the specific means of controlling the Yellow River, However, this cognition is generally recognized. Therefore, after investigating Jia Shizhao’s behavior, the Ministry of Industry unanimously voted to suppress the Henan chief envoy and Henan governor’s paper.”

The Minister of the Yu Department also said: Jia Lian is from the Yu Department, and he was instructed by the Yu Department when he dug the embankment.In order to prevent the sandy river water from the Yellow River from spilling into other people's fields, the Ministry of Yu sent people to investigate at the Yumen Gate.

The emperor said: "You guys are so courageous."

By this time, the emperor was no longer angry.

Not only was he not angry, but he felt much better.

It's all for the sake of the country and the people, and Jia Qi is already in debt of 300 million yuan. Why doesn't the emperor express that.

For the first time, the emperor decided to exempt Jia Qi from taxes and land taxes on the 90 mu of river beach land.At the same time, it also exempts Jia Qi from borrowing money from the Ministry of Accounts.

But Jia Qi refused.

Jia Qi said this: "Long live, when I borrowed money from the Ministry of Households, Mr. Qian was hesitant because of the huge amount. This interest is the condition that I persuaded Yin Shangshu. The condition was proposed by the minister. Once the agreement has been made, there is no need to change it. Similarly, according to the laws of the country and the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Household Affairs, beach land is considered third-class land, and that land is on the wandering course of the Yellow River. For the land tax of one hundred wen per mu, the minister will hand in a lot of penny."

Hearing what Jia Qi said, Qian Ruling, Minister of the Household Department, immediately cursed in his heart.

This brat has turned into a ghost!

Who doesn't know, Long Live has been planning for a long time to pay for the land, and for the officials and gentry to pay the food for a long time?It's just that the Supreme Emperor is still here, and the court is in such a pattern now, so it hasn't been implemented.The boy now said that he would hand in the land tax with a penny, but didn't he put the 9 taels of land tax into the heart of the emperor? !

Is this kid short of the 9 taels of silver?

King Yi was also very surprised: "You child, do you know what you are talking about?"

Jia Qi said: "My lord, I know. Compared with what I will do next, the annual interest of 15 yuan and the tax of [-] yuan are just a drop in the bucket."

"Huh?" The emperor was curious, he winked at his two younger brothers, and King Yi said, "What do you want to do?"

Jia Qi said: "My lord, if you want to manage the Yellow River well, you must manage it in sections. On the Loess Plateau, you must control the number of sheep and encourage the people to raise other livestock instead of letting them raise sheep. Therefore, the minister's family Textile workshops will buy rabbit fur from the local people, and at the same time, they will also buy alfalfa and other forages from the people. As long as they can exchange money for money and grain, the people will naturally notice alfalfa, and then they will start wrapping mountains and planting grass.”

King Yi nodded secretly, this is indeed a good idea.

As for the products produced, if the Jia family can't sell them, he can also suggest to the emperor to buy rabbit fur fabrics from the Lin family's workshop as military supplies.

All kinds of military supplies at the border are insufficient, and the soldiers are starving and cold, King Yi is still aware of it.

"As for the middle reaches, I plan to use the beach from Yumenkou to Tongguan to discharge sand for the Yellow River. Therefore, I need a lot of money and food to hire enough people."

Only then did the emperor come to his senses: "So you have no money, is that so?"

Jia Qi said: "To be more precise, I have a way to get enough money, but without Long Live, I dare not earn this money."

"Ok?"

The emperor exchanged glances with his two younger brothers again, and said, "Then tell me, how much money can you earn?"

Jia Qi said: "Excuse me, long live, how much money did you spend on that big full-length mirror outside?"

What Jia Qi was talking about was the large floor-to-ceiling mirror in the Qianqing Palace. This is the full name of the mirror. , It was added in the 23rd year of the Supreme Emperor, and it cost 47 taels of silver at that time."

This glass mirror in the Qianqing Palace is nearly one foot wide and eight feet high, with a base made of purple gold nanmu, 47 taels of silver, which is a trivial matter at all.

In fact, many people know that this kind of mirror may not be bought by others with 70 or [-] silver.

Jia Qi immediately said: "Actually, I can also make this kind of mirror, but it's not as big. My lord, you said, it's only two or three feet wide and five feet high, and the frame is made of red sandalwood or huanghuali. Embedded with jewelry, how many people in Beijing do you think would be willing to buy it?"

Neither the emperor nor the king of Yi and the king of Hu are the kind of people who don't know the people's livelihood, especially the emperor, who has been a confiscated prince for many years, and is very familiar with the extravagance in Beijing.

The emperor immediately said: "Civil and military officials may not be able to get so much money, but if I don't include this in the regulations, there should be many merchants who will buy it..."

Jia Qi immediately said: "No, long live, you should classify it as a ban, but you only stipulate the size. Those above this size are exclusive to you, and those below this size are not limited to subjects. , and also limited to decorative patterns. In this way, luxury merchants will flock to this glass mirror."

The emperor was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed: "What are you talking about, there is no such thing as a horoscope."

Jia Qi immediately said: "Long live, give me three months. In just three months, I can get you 300 million taels of silver. If you give me another three months, I can get you at least 500 million taels." Silver. Six months, that is, half a year later, I will also give the prescription of this mirror to Long Live."

The emperor was stupid.

Hu Wang said: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"My lord, of course I know what I'm talking about."

If you go through a journey without touching the glass and mirrors, you will definitely be sorry for yourself.

"My lord, to make this mirror, you need glass. I have a recipe for making glass, but I dare not do it without a long live guarantee. If I don't get this, I don't have enough money to manage the Yellow River. Long live, it only takes three months You can see the result within a short time. On the glass, the minister is willing to use [-]% of the selling price as a tax, and another [-]% for Long Live as dry stock! As long as Long Live gives the minister three months!"

Hearing this, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice immediately stuffed the folds in his sleeves into his secret pockets.

How short of money the imperial court is, the Ministry of Punishment Minister clearly knows.Therefore, now is definitely not a good time to impeach Jia Qi.If Jia Qi doesn't get 300 million silver after three months, it won't be too late for him to impeach him.

Right now, the Yellow River was swearing by the officials as if it was about to break its embankment, behind it was an empty treasury where horses could ride, and in front of him was a book asking for relief from everywhere. The emperor still couldn't bear the temptation in the end.

"I, that's right!"

Western-style mirrors of equal height.

The entire capital was shocked. An auction, five full-length glass mirrors of the same height, soon set off a trend in the capital.

The salaries of the officials of the Great Wei are not much, but there are many wealthy merchants in the Great Wei. For those wealthy merchants, it would cost 80 to [-] taels of silver to knock down the garden at home and imitate a famous garden to build a small garden for their own family. Concubine happy, that is very common.

Not to mention a glass full-length mirror?

Before this, it was not necessarily available to the rich and powerful.Take the Grand View Garden as an example. In the original book, Lin Daiyu’s property of 200 million yuan was used as a base, so Jia Baoyu’s house has a revolving door made of glass mirrors. But now, the total project cost of the Grand View Garden is only 83 taels of silver, so Now Jia Baoyu's house does not have such a big glass mirror.

However, there has never been a shortage of people who like to fight and show off their wealth.

These people, either knew that this mirror was short of money, so they took it out and sold it, or they didn't know it, and came here to buy it purely to show off their wealth.

Anyway, let’s forget about the first mirror, and the deal was worth 7000 taels of silver.

The second side rose to 14.

The third side is 17.

The fourth side is 19.

The fifth side is 21.

Of course, the mirrors that Jia Qi asked to sell were not only the five-sided full-length mirrors, but also many mirrors that were about the size of books, packed in extremely exquisite red sandalwood or huanghuali wooden boxes.

More than 100 of these mirrors were also sold that day.

On the day when the auction ended, Jia Qi placed 310 million taels of silver in front of the emperor.

In the next two months or so, the three glass mirrors of the same height every ten days at Liulichang were sold out at the very beginning.

As for those glass mirrors that are similar to books, they are only opened every day, and they are sold out in less than an hour.

Even before the three months expire, 500 million taels of silver will be available.

How could such a big matter be hidden from Mrs. Wang, a greedy money python.

Mrs. Wang naturally mentioned this matter in front of Jia Mu:

"Old lady, do you know that our brother Qi is getting more and more capable! He alone, in less than three months, has earned 500 million taels of silver for the court with his lightness and ingenuity."

Mother Jia still doesn't know what's going on outside: "What five million taels of silver? You're not talking about Miss Lin's dowry, right? But that's not right, Miss Lin's dowry is only 500 million. By the way, if you add these years The income of 400 million is definitely there."

"Old lady, that's not what my daughter-in-law said. If you don't believe me, ask Baoyu his aunt."

When Aunt Xue heard Mrs. Wang calling her name, she couldn't help saying: "Yes, old lady, when the old shopkeeper on our cabinet told me, I was shocked. I heard that the things are made by Brother Qi. Fang Zi also belonged to Brother Qi. It’s a pity that Brother Qi didn’t want a penny and gave it to the court for nothing.”

Jia Mu's expression was not good at that time, she held back for a long time, but still couldn't hold back, she cursed in a low voice: "Prodigal son."

In Jia's mother's view, Jia Qi is her grandson, and Jia Qi's things are naturally Jia Amnesty's.Such a money-making thing, Jia Qi gave it to the court but did not keep it at home, what is it if it is not a prodigal son?

Thinking that Jia She would rather return the money and land that the slaves picked up from where the slaves were in deficit than give it to his younger brother Jia Zheng, Mother Jia's mood became even worse.

Mrs. Wang has been a daughter-in-law in front of Jia Mu for so many years. How can she not know Jia Mu's temperament? Seeing this, she quickly said: "Old lady, it's not that the daughter-in-law has shallow eyelids, it's because the daughter-in-law is upset and doesn't complain. Madam is Raised by the old lady, she entered the palace with the family's expectations on her back and gave a lot for our Jia family. When the garden was repaired, the daughter-in-law said that there was something missing in the garden. Now, Brother Qi is taking care of it. This, so what if he missed one or two? The result? He refused immediately, and gave his wife a big shame. When he turned around, he gave the half-way sister Yue a piece of glass mirror to make it. Dowry."

Mrs. Wang knew that what Jia Mu hated most in her life was being swept away.Jia Yuanchun was brought up by Jia's mother, but Jia Yue was adopted halfway, and has nothing to do with Jia's mother.

Now, Jia Qi flatly rejected Mrs. Wang's request, but gave the glass mirror to Jia Yue. It's no wonder that Jia's mother would be happy.

Sure enough, Mother Jia's face darkened just as Mrs. Wang expected.

However, Mother Jia still has some sense.

Who asked Aunt Xue to be there?No matter what, Aunt Xue is also an outsider and a businesswoman. How could Mother Jia be willing to embarrass her own grandson in front of these people?At any rate, Jia Qi is also the imperial servant of the fourth rank, and he is the grandson who gives Jia Mu the most face!

Confused by Mrs. Wang's words, Mother Jia threw the leaf card in her hand casually, and sent Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and sisters away by the way.

After the two left, Mother Jia said to Yuanyang: "This second old daughter-in-law is becoming more and more outrageous."

Yuanyang thought for a while, and said: "Old lady, you are not the temperament of the second wife. Although you said you got 83 taels of silver when you repaired the yard, there are still so many people who brought their family fortunes to invest, but when the family is separated, The silver that the second master gets is really not much, even the dowry of the second wife is also wasted a lot."

Mother Jia nodded and said, "Yes, the second child is wronged. Fortunately, the eldest brother is generous. After a hundred years, my dowry will be given to the second child, so the second child will not be so wronged."

Yuanyang said: "Old lady, who in this house doesn't know how much you love the second master? It's just the temperament of the second wife, not a maidservant talking right and wrong, it's really... After all, the elder master and the second master have separated. It's two families, and the second wife is still thinking about these things. That's Brother Qi's job."

When Jia Mu heard this, she also nodded.

She originally wanted to call Mrs. Xing over for questioning, but at this moment, she also felt that it was unnecessary.

Just as Yuanyang didn't say, Jia She and Jia Zheng's brothers not only separated, they also separated.Not in the same clan anymore, Jia Qi called Mrs. Wang, called aunt, called Second Wife, and was being polite.What position does Mrs. Wang have in asking Jia Qi to give her something in vain?

Mother Jia didn't think Mrs. Wang would give money.

"Yuanyang, do you know the glass mirror that the second daughter-in-law mentioned?"

Yuanyang hurriedly told Jia Mu that Jia Qi got a dressing box with a glass mirror as a dowry for Jia Yue, and the mirror inside the dressing box was slightly smaller than a book.But the mirror Mrs. Wang wanted Jia Qi to get for her was a large full-length mirror of the same height.

Yuanyang said: "Old lady, I heard that there are quite a few large full-length mirrors of this height, and there are only three pieces every ten days, and they have to be ordered in advance. The people who handle them are also people from Xuanhui Mansion. The second wife wants this Isn't it embarrassing for others?"

Although Jia's mother loves Jia Zheng and Jia Baoyu, although many people on Jia's side praise Jia Zheng and Jia Baoyu, Yuanyang doesn't look down on Jia Zheng and Jia Baoyu, and Jia's mother also has a lot of dissatisfaction with Mrs. Wang. Yuanyang naturally wouldn't speak for Mrs. Wang.

When Jia Mu heard what Yuanyang said, she nodded and said, "It's strange. Brother Qi's hands are loose, and his father loves him again. If it's something worth eight thousand, Brother Qi will give it if he can't say it." But the second daughter-in-law..."

Mother Jia put it down quickly.

However, the Grand View Garden soon found out.

Before, because of the three sets of tea sets, Shi Xiangyun had a rift with Yingchun Tanchun and Xue Baochai. Now that he heard about this, how could Shi Xiangyun not be jealous?

Shi Xiangyun said in public: "Sister Lin will definitely have a full-length mirror of the same height."

Bisheng Jia Baoyu didn't hear Shi Xiangyun's subtext, but said with emotion: "Sister Lin can only use that kind of thing."

Shi Xiangyun said: "Then you know, Sister Yue also married a mirror."

Jia Baoyu was stunned for a moment, and said, "Come on, sister Yue is also brother Qi's sister, so brother Qi will naturally do his part."