It is precisely because people in the mansion are increasingly aware of the current decline of Rongguo Mansion, and many people now have second thoughts. For example, Sister Feng also wants to leave because of her reconciliation with Jia Lian. The uncle probably feels that the old man
The ancestors were biased and had the idea of establishing their own business.
But there are thousands of people in the Rongguo Mansion. Once Sister Feng leaves, who will take care of the house? Should it be left to the Xing family?
That is even more unacceptable to Mrs. Wang.
But if it is pinched in his own hand, whether he lets Brother Zhu's daughter-in-law or Tan Yatou touch it, he will face the dilemma of having nothing to make ends meet. As the wife of the head of the family, she has to think about how to support herself. Once this master goes to Jiangxi, he may
For just a few years, she had taken Aunt Zhao out to live happily, but she had to bear such a heavy burden. Of course, Mrs. Wang had to think more about it.
Jia Zheng frowned.
Jia She stayed with Feng Ziying for dinner, but did not call him. It was obvious that he did not want his second wife to get involved. Although he did not know what the matter was, he could guess that it had something to do with the money business.
Thinking back to what the eldest brother and Brother Keng said last time, could it be that the house and shop were trying to make a living?
But those are all businesses that cost a lot of money, and there may not be so many suitable ones. How many can be done in such a short time?
What's more, now that the news of the Mongolian soldiers' withdrawal has spread, the opportunity for this kind of livelihood has long been gone. How can there be any need for such an eager brother to stay?
Jia Zheng recalled painfully, and it seemed that there was nothing more to talk about that day. So what else could the eldest brother do to make a living with Brother Keng?
No, there seemed to be more talk. Jia Zheng slowly recalled that the eldest brother seemed to be very interested in the fact that the generals in the Beijing camp were captured by the Mongols, and he specifically inquired about the negotiation between Brother Kang and the Mongolian noble chief. Finally, he asked
Does Brother Keng have a relationship with the Mongolian noble chief? Could it be...?
Seeing the hesitant look on Jia Zheng's face, Mrs. Wang knew that her words had an effect, "Did the master think of something?"
“That day, my eldest brother was very interested in the situation of the captured generals and commanders in our military service in Beijing. He also asked about the situation of Brother Keng’s negotiations with the Mongols. I wonder if my eldest brother...”
Jia Zheng was not sure. After all, he was a little distracted at the time and thought about whether Tan Yatou could be Feng Ziying's concubine. He didn't pay much attention to it, but he did hear some words in this regard.
Wang was not very knowledgeable about outside affairs, but she still knew that hundreds of people of martial arts were captured in the Beijing camp, and most of them had some contacts and friendship with the Jia family. "Sir, what about these captured martial arts generals?
The imperial court has no intention of redeeming it?"
“The imperial court now only intends to redeem the soldiers. The price for the generals to be sent to the Mongols is too high, and the imperial court is afraid that it cannot afford it, and there is also strong opposition within the imperial court.” Jia Zheng shook his head.
“Sir, do you think my uncle wants to help establish contacts in private and ask Brother Keng to help redeem some people who are familiar with our Jia family?” Wang is not stupid and can think of this.
Redeeming people is one thing. It involves so many people and such a huge amount of money. The uncle must be involved in it, using the reputation of Rongguo Mansion as a guarantee, using the relationship between the Jia family and Brother Keng as a favor, and making profits from it. This chain
You can understand it at once.
Jia Zheng and Wang looked at each other and immediately understood Jia She's plan. No wonder they wanted to avoid the second house. Jia She wanted to monopolize the proceeds.
Although he didn't know how big the profit was, or even the specific amount of the ransom for these generals, Jia Zheng remembered that Feng Ziying said at that time that the soldiers were redeemed for 200,000 taels of silver, but the ransom for several hundred generals was much higher.
Much more, it is estimated that it should be at least one to two million taels of silver, and even if Jia She has a little hand in it, it is estimated that he can get tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Although Jia Zheng is not too enthusiastic about money, he is also aware of the current difficulties in the Rongguo Mansion. Otherwise, he would not have killed the Lai family so much. Now such a sum of money is flowing in front of his eyes.
The reputation of Rongguo Mansion is the guarantee, and it relies on Brother Keng's favor. But Brother Keng's relationship is probably deeper with the second roommate, and how can he have anything to do with the eldest roommate?
Before Jia Zheng could figure it out, Wang had already thought it through: "Sir, I'm afraid this won't work. If you want to redeem people from the Mongols, you will definitely have to find a reputable guarantor for these martial arts. This uncle is holding
Our Rongguo Mansion's reputation is used as a guarantee, and on the other hand, it is the friendship between Brother Keng and the Mongols. This favor is equivalent to using Brother Keng's, but if we talk about public relations, it should be the relationship between the public and the middle school of our government.
To do this business, speaking privately, it is because our second wife has a deeper friendship with Brother Keng. Lin Yatou is the uncle and the master’s niece, and Bao Yatou is my sister’s daughter. The uncle hides his head and hides his tail.
It would be too unkind."
Jia Zheng frowned. Of course Wang is right, but you never thought of this happening before. Now I'm afraid that the eldest brother has made a lot of preparations in the early stage, and then suddenly started to cooperate with Brother Keng. You now
If you want to make a cross, I'm afraid that the two families will fall out immediately.
Jia Zheng was the one who was most afraid of trouble. He hesitated for a while and then said: "Madam, I'm afraid I've been planning this for a long time. We haven't thought of it before. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to say anything now, or...
…”
"Master, I'm afraid not." Mrs. Wang said with a rare resolute attitude, "I'm afraid you don't know the current situation in our house. The master is busy with official duties outside, so I and Feng Yatou didn't bother the master. But
The situation is very bad now. Even if some money is recovered from the Lai family, it can only last until the middle of next year at most. The master is going to Jiangxi soon, but there are still thousands of people in the house. How will he survive until next year?
?”
Jia Zheng was startled and felt a little ashamed in his heart. Wang had even expected that he would turn a blind eye to the affairs of the government after going to Jiangxi, so why was he so anxious and thought of something else?
"What do you mean, Madam...?" Jia Zheng pondered for a moment before asking.
"Master, go ask the uncle. If you can't ask directly, then at least find a way to find out what the uncle and Brother Keng are doing. If the smell doesn't smell good to the uncle, you can always ask Brother Keng.
Let me ask you a question? I don’t believe that Brother Keng can do this to my uncle, but he still hides it from us." A cold look appeared on Mrs. Wang's thin face, and she said every word: "What my uncle can do, we can do the same.
Can."
Wang has even thought about how Jia She persuaded Feng Ziying, or Er Yatou, or Xing Xiuyan.
Feng Ziying's character is well known to everyone. While eating Lin Yatou, she was still thinking about Bao Yatou in the bowl. She gave him two sisters, Jin Chuan'er and Yu Chuan'er, and they suddenly became closer to each other. Before, the relationship between the two families was actually
Quite distant and cold.
Feng Ziying expected that being given a meal by Jia She would definitely attract some attention and even gossip, but she never expected that even someone like Wang, who had never cared about worldly affairs, would join in so enthusiastically.
"Brother Feng was given a meal by his eldest uncle?" Daiyu was particularly surprised when she heard the news. As far as she knew, the relationship between Brother Feng and his eldest uncle should be very normal, and the meal should be given by his second uncle.
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"Well, the news from the kitchen is that the eldest master specially ordered the cooking to be more delicate. In addition, the servant heard from Siqi that the eldest master is in a very good mood and is singing while walking." Zijuan covered her mouth and laughed.
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“But didn’t Brother Feng say that he is going back to Yongping Mansion tomorrow?” Daiyu frowned slightly and gently put down the brush in her hand, “Why are you here again at this time?”
“I don’t know about this.” Zicuckoo was about to speak but stopped.
“What’s the matter, sneaky?” Daiyu pouted slightly.
"My maid heard from Siqi that when she met the third girl, she seemed to go to the eldest master's place for a walk. She must have heard that Uncle Feng went to the eldest master's place." Zijuan's round face showed a look of thinking.
“But it seemed like I didn’t get in in the end.”
“Oh?” Daiyu was surprised and looked at her personal maid, “Zicuckoo, what do you want to say?”
"The servant heard Caixia from the second wife's side saying that the second grandpa and the second wife had also talked about the third girl's marriage, but it seemed that there was no news after just talking about it. But considering the age, the third girl should also be talking about marriage.
"Yes." Zicuckoo bit her red lips lightly and sighed softly, "I guess it's not very suitable."
Daiyu frowned, of course she knew that it was time to talk about marriage in Tanchun. Generally speaking, ladies should consider marriage when they reach fourteen. Generally speaking, they should get married when they reach sixteen.
It is relatively rare to be unmarried at the age of eight. Tanchun, like herself, is already over fifteen, and will turn sixteen at the turn of the new year. At this age, she should at least be engaged.
Seeing that Daiyu was thoughtful, Zijuan said again: "My slave also heard Ji Xiang from Aunt Zhao's side saying that Third Master Huan has been complaining for Third Miss, and wants Third Miss to take the initiative to fight with the master. Madam said, we can't let the big girl do what Second Miss did."
The master is so careless about marriage..."
"Why did the second sister get married? Although the eldest uncle has that intention, it has not really been settled, but the Sun family is indeed not a good match." Daiyu pondered for a moment before saying: "If there is a chance, I will also marry the eldest brother.
My uncle will talk to my eldest aunt. I heard that the man from the Sun family has a violent personality and likes to drink. If my second sister is married to someone with that temperament, I'm afraid she will suffer a lot."
Zijuan nodded slightly, "Actually, this is what I mean, but as a junior, you are not allowed to say these things to the eldest master and his wife. However, since Uncle Feng is so respected and valued by the eldest master, maybe you can ask Uncle Feng to talk about it. What will happen?"
It’s much better.”
Daiyu laughed and said: "Zicuckoo is really attentive, but I don't know why my uncle would treat Brother Feng like this? I have never seen my uncle care so much about anyone."