Of course, this was a pretense of hesitation. He had to show his fear of the Lai family, which would displease Jia's mother and at the same time arouse the dissatisfaction of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang.
"Brother Rui, is there anyone else in this Rongguo Mansion that makes even the Jia family fear him?" Jia She said coldly.
"Back to the eldest master, this matter is big and involves too many areas. My nephew is worried about causing a commotion in the house..." Jia Rui quickly bowed, "And this matter does not happen in a day or two, or even in a year.
Years ago, it’s just that the garden was built and the house was facing difficulties, so it was revealed..."
Jia She sneered, "Everyone knows it well, and you also know that there are difficulties in the government now. We can't even pay people's monthly payments. We still owe a lot of debt outside. We have to sell many shops to make money."
To live a good life, what should we do in the second half of the year? What should we do next year? But there are still people doing such things, and even hollowing out our family to enrich their own family. Haha, they even donated their official positions. There is a real shortage. Lian'er and
Baoyu has not received such treatment yet."
Seeing his brother talking about this, Jia Zheng was also very unhappy. Jia Lian has gone to Yangzhou now. Although Baoyu is now studying and writing at home, Jia Zheng also knows that he will definitely donate an official status to Baoyu in the future, otherwise he will
It is difficult to find a good family even for marriage, but it is so difficult in Rongguo Mansion now, and there are still people who are hollowing out the Jia family like this, it is really unbearable.
"Brother Rui, it's already this time, why are you still hesitating?" Jia Zheng said with a stern face: "We have to make these jokes known to everyone outside. We still don't know anything about it, which makes us embarrassed in front of outsiders.
Have you lost enough?"
Jia Rui's face twitched for a while, his expression was very accurate, and then he lowered his head and said: "My nephew doesn't dare. Although the manager of the Zhuji Coal House is named Zhu, he only holds 20% of the shares, and the other 80% belongs to Butler Lai.
In addition, my friend also said that the Li family who paid all the bills actually contracted this business with the Lai family. If calculated, it is 30% higher than the market price..."
Jia She gritted his teeth and held the armrests of the official hat chair with both hands. He just snorted heavily but said nothing.
But Jia Zheng couldn't help but ask: "Jia Rui, is what you said true?"
"Back to the second master, how can my nephew dare to lie about such a thing? Everyone knows the relationship between the owner of the Zhuji Coal House and the housekeeper Lai. They have to pay dividends every year..., the garden is jointly owned by the Li family and the Lai family.
Didn’t the great master also pay their bills? It’s more than 30,000 taels of silver. My friend said that it’s only 25,000 taels of work at most, and I can definitely do better than them..."
Jia Rui seemed very calm and indifferent at this time, "As for those shops that sell vegetables, eggs, meat, and fruits, my nephew will definitely not be able to ask anything about these shops now, but those shops in the past few years
, for example, at Zhao's Grain House in Xianyifang, the shopkeeper's nephew also knew him, and he asked about it when we were having a drink. He said that Butler Lai was too generous, and originally agreed to give him a 10% rebate every year. Three years ago,
It will rise to 15%, and the price is not willing to rise. How can this kind of business last long?..."
Thinking of this, Jia She, Jia Zheng, and the Xing family and the Wang family subconsciously exchanged glances, and then looked at Jia Mu, who was sitting at the top.
Mother Jia felt tired for a while, but when she saw the changes in the expressions of her son and daughter-in-law, she secretly sighed, "I'm tired, I'll leave this matter to you. Don't lose face, don't lose face."
Properly..., Yuanyang, help me go back to my room to rest."
Jia Sheng, Jia Zheng, and the Xing family and the Wang family all quickly stood up to see him off.
When Jia's mother disappeared, Jia Zheng hesitated and said to Jia She: "Brother, this matter..."
Jia She also knew Jia Zheng's worries and snorted in his heart, but Feng Ziying had already greeted him, and he also knew that there was a huge gap in Jia's family. If he didn't make up for this matter, he would probably
The Jia Mansion is really about to be unsustainable.
"Second brother, I should take the lead in this matter, but let Lian's daughter-in-law and Jia Rui handle the details. Lin Zhixiao, Wang Shanbao and Zhou Rui will assist..."
Lin Zhixiao is the housekeeper, Wang Shanbao and Zhou Ruize are servants of the Xing family and Wang family respectively, and they are their respective confidants. This can be regarded as a balance.
Hearing that Jia She asked Wang Xifeng to handle the details, Jia Zheng and Wang both nodded. This is the safest way, so that there are people in each room, and Jia Rui, a "new and cutting-edge" force who obviously also wants to overthrow the Lai family, can be used just in time.
stand up.
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As soon as Wang Xifeng returned to the room, she couldn't help but collapsed on the bed. Ping'er quickly spread the quilt for her, ordered her to lie down, and then squeezed her shoulders and rubbed her back.
"Ping'er, what time is it now?"
"Grandma, it's already past Haizheng." Ping'er looked at the self-ringing clock placed in the corner, "Grandma, don't tell me, this thing that Uncle Feng gave you is really useful. I heard that it is in Guangzhou.
It would cost several hundred taels of silver to buy it from the Xiyi people."
"Hmph, I heard that there are craftsmen in Guangdong and Macau who are already learning to imitate, but I don't know if they can succeed." Wang Xifeng lay lazily on the bed, not even wanting to say a word. It was a tiring day, but it was really hard on her.
It's really annoying, I haven't worked like this for a long time.
"I heard Uncle Feng say that we Han people don't need the arms and legs of the Xiyi people, let alone the foresight. As long as we are willing to learn and drill, we can imitate it in a short time. But if we want to reach the standard in terms of accuracy,
You have to take your time.”
A blush flashed across Ping'er's face, obviously remembering that Feng Ziying pinched her cheek when she said this. How long has it been since she was so unstable, which made Ping'er feel moved but also complained.
"Okay, that's not what we worry about. Has Lin Zhixiao made proper arrangements? Hasn't Lai Da been clamoring to see his ancestors? Shut him up. If he makes any more noise, he will be sent to see an official!" Wang Xifeng gritted her teeth and said:
"Who would have thought that he could hide more than 20,000 taels of silver in his house. What about Lai Sheng?"
"Uncle Zhen has also locked up Lai Sheng a long time ago. It is said that Uncle Xiao Rong also whipped Lai Sheng so hard that two whips were broken..." Ping'er was also a little sad. On this day
Suddenly, the wall fell down and everyone pushed back. There were more than 20 people in the mansion who came to report and expose the Lai family overnight, which made Ping'er tremble with fear.
"That's what Lai Er deserves! Youshi came to me and said that Lai Sheng earned two thousand taels of silver just from collecting the rent of Zhuangzi's shop every year. He has been suffering for fifteen years, and this should be thirty thousand taels of silver.
"It's gone!" Wang Xifeng said angrily: "The two men in Dongfu will never let go until they drain Lai Sheng dry. They are even more embarrassed than us now. All the heads and faces that Mrs. You brought to marry her are gone."
You resisted and got out, now that you have this opportunity, why don't you take the opportunity to get it back?"