Seeing that Wang Xifeng was about to leave, Jia Lian pressed his hand to ask her to calm down, waved to Xiangling next to him, and let her hold the fishing rod in his hand. Then he pulled Wang Xifeng closer and asked: "In our home,
Approximately how much cash is there?"
When Wang Xifeng heard this, she immediately turned around and looked around, and then said warily: "Well, why are you asking this?"
"Why, can't you ask? Or are you afraid that the three of them will cheat on us and expose us outside?
Don't worry, even if they spill the beans outside, who would dare to covet her? Now in this family, it's good that we don't worry about others."
Wang Xifeng blushed. Thinking about it, the three Ping'ers were all close confidants around them. Except for Xiang Ling, who was dull and didn't care much about money, neither Ping'er nor Qingwen were concerned about the family.
Fortune knows it well.
So he lowered his voice and said, "I haven't counted the exact number, but it's probably around 100,000. What do you want to do?"
In fact, she had counted more than one hundred thousand. It was her instinct not to say anything, even when facing Jia Lian.
Even so, Jia Lian was a little surprised. Thinking about how poor the official treasury of Rongguo Mansion is now, but his own small treasury is so full, this feeling is really... refreshing!
But think about it, under Wang Xifeng's management, it is basically impossible to get in or out of the house.
In the past few years since I started my career, I will not talk about the large and small rewards I have received, but I will talk about the inspection of Jingxu in Shuiyue Temple, the donation of money by brother Kang of the Zhou family in the Prince's Villa, the intimidation of domestic slaves to donate money, and the inheritance after the old man's death.
The intercepted part...
This one after another, didn't that time bring in thousands of dollars?
Not to mention, since he became the commander of the Military and Horse Division, he has relied on the management of the huge Xicheng and has paid tribute to people from all walks of life in Xicheng. However, Jia Lian did not completely hand over this part of the money to Sister Feng for safekeeping.
"Don't look at me so defensively, I have something I want to discuss with you.
You also know that two years ago, I had someone open a restaurant outside, specializing in all kinds of Jiangnan famous wines. After such a long period of operation in Beijing, it is now considered to be stable and profitable.
I thought, our family has a big business, a large population, and so many mouths to eat, but we only focus on the fixed amount of money from the official government every year to make money. As time goes by, it will inevitably become a situation where we sit back and have nothing.
Therefore, I want to expand some scale on the basis of Juxian Tower, and try to purchase some other industries, preferably integrated into a family business model.
Not to mention being on par with those big businessmen, at least our family can have some stable income every year, and finally form a virtuous circle."
Wang Xifeng is also an expert in economics and basically understood what Jia Lian meant as soon as he heard it.
Just because she understood it, she had more questions!
"Do you want to open more restaurants? Do you want to buy other properties? Do you want to follow the example of the screwdriver and start a business?"
Wang Xifeng is outspoken and has no scruples. She can say whatever she wants. Aunt Xue and her family are not around anyway.
Besides, the Xue family is an imperial businessman after all, with the title of emperor attached to it.
What do other merchants mean to them?
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, merchants are ranked last, this is not just a talk, this is a deep-rooted stereotype that has remained in people's hearts for thousands of years!
Very few of the princes and nobles in the capital end up doing business.
Not to mention princes and nobles, even high-ranking officials are ashamed to do business.
It's not that there are none, it's just that most of those families will be looked down upon by high-ranking families like the Jia family as people who have never seen the world!
In this world, wealthy families who live on thousands of acres of manor and ten thousand acres of farmland are truly rich and noble.
For example, the Jia Mansion, both Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion, has more than 100,000 acres of fertile land under its name. Some of these fertile lands were awarded during the Taizu period, and some were purchased by generations of princes.
This is also the basis for the Jia family and the two houses to be rich and prosperous for hundreds of years!
Now, guarding more than 100,000 acres of fertile land, Lord Cheng of the Rongguo Mansion, the then Marquis Jia Lian, actually told her that he wanted to start a business to support his family? When Wang Xifeng heard it the first time, she wanted to make fun of Jia Lian.
Seeing Jia Lian looking at her condescendingly, Wang Xifeng finally put away her smile and asked: "Why did you come up with this idea?
Not to mention that the art of Tao Zhu is not simple, but our family seems to be in such a state of poverty, right?"
Nowadays, the official treasury in the mansion is a bit poor, but that's not because of this garden. As long as this incident is over, with the massive output of the farm, in a few years, the mansion will be able to recover.
Already.
After all, if you only rely on hundreds of mouths in the house to eat, how much can you eat in a year?
Wang Xifeng's idea cannot be said to be wrong, but how did she know Jia Lian's plan?
If you want to develop your own power, you don't need money everywhere. You only rely on the output of your family's fields, the total amount is only a small amount, and you have to divide it among your family.
It would be enough to be wealthy and honorable, but obviously it could not satisfy Jia Lian's requirements.
People in this era regard farming and farming and relying on the sky as the only and legitimate way. But Jia Lian naturally knows that the only way to accumulate wealth that is far greater than that of an ordinary family is through business.
Jia Lian did not want to become as rich as Shen Wanshan, but he felt that with the power of the Jia family and his status, as long as he got involved in some suitable businesses, without going too far, those businesses would obediently take over the market.
Spit some out to him.
What is this called, money that is not earned in vain.
Anyway, the dynasties of the country have never prohibited nobles from doing business. Even in those dynasties that prohibit it, there are always princes and nobles who let their slaves or in-laws end up doing business.
"Our family is not in dire straits, nor is it in dire straits. We have borrowed 80,000 silver from Dongfuzhi. We still don't know when this 80,000 silver will be returned to others."
Hearing what Jia Lian said, Wang Xifeng couldn't refute, so he asked with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that people will laugh at you if you go to do this?"
"I am a military commander, not a civil servant. What do I need to do to clear my name?"
Jia Lian was very straightforward. Nowadays, the only two people Jia Lian is really afraid of are Emperor Ningkang and the Supreme Emperor.
I have never seen the Supreme Emperor, but I heard that he also liked luxury in his later years. As for Emperor Ningkang, although he is more diligent and hates mediocre ministers, he is not a harsh person, but he is more majestic. Such an emperor is easier to talk to.
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As long as you are useful to him and loyal, he will not hesitate to give you some benefits.
Therefore, as long as it does not make these two people dissatisfied with him, Jia Lian will not feel pressure when doing it.
Wang Xifeng was sure that Jia Lian was serious about Jia Lian's behavior, and it was not easy for her to object, because she always felt that every decision Jia Lian made today was not a mistake. If it was really like what Jia Lian said, it would be possible
She will naturally be happy if it brings income to the family.
She is the head of the house, and she also likes to be the head of a wealthy family, and does not like to be the head of a poor family.
"If you really want to try it, I won't stop you.
It's just that you should discuss this matter with the master and wife first. And since it is a family property, even if you need to raise the initial money, you should draw it from the official. Why do you want us to take the money ourselves?
work?"
Wang Xifeng said half as a reminder and half as a complaint.
Her former son Jia Lian spent so much money to reward domestic slaves and build a second ancestral hall, which made her feel distressed for a long time.
But Jia Lian rolled his eyes at her: "Do you really want to live with the ladies for a long time?"
"What's the meaning?"
Wang Xifeng was secretly startled and glanced around.
This is the pavilion in the lake. When they were talking about business, Ping'er led Qingwen and two others to guard the bridge.
"You can slowly understand what I mean. Don't worry, I eat my food one bite at a time. I'm not going to set up a family business all at once.
What I mean is that we should first spend less money and go out to test the waters, firstly to avoid risks, and secondly, to avoid you feeling too distressed.
When these industries grow in the future and the time is ripe, we will discuss the establishment of a family business.
At that time, no matter whether we are separated from the master or the wife, as long as the money is in our own hands, it is you and me who have the final say in the family, do you understand?"
Wang Xifeng is very clear. Although she doesn’t know what economic base determines the superstructure, she naturally understands this truth.
In order to build this garden, the official bank account was almost exhausted, and Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang were asked to use a lot of their own money to subsidize it.
He even owed Dongfu 80,000 taels of silver. With this hole in his mouth, it was unlikely that the officials would be well-off for at least ten years.
In this way, as long as the industry mentioned by Jia Lian can successfully bring huge income, who in the family will not flatter them and point them to a life of wealth?
Moreover, the reason why she advised Jia Lian was that she was afraid that Jia Lian would be hot-headed and invest all the family assets accumulated at once. If he lost money, it would be difficult to recover.
She was relieved to hear that Jia Lian meant to take things slowly, so she nodded and agreed and hurriedly asked Jia Lian about his specific plan.
While the couple were busy discussing their plans to make a fortune, a servant girl from the Xue family came from the Rongguo Mansion. Jia Lian ignored Wang Xifeng's advice and would discuss it in detail when they got home in the evening, and then invited the lady into the pavilion.
"This slave has met the Marquis. Our wife said that she is grateful for the help that the Marquis has given to our uncle. She specially prepared drinks at home for me to ask. If the Marquis is free in the evening, please come over and have a drink.
The same goes for Second Grandma Lian, please come over if you have time."
Wang Xifeng only saw that the woman invited Jia Lian first, and then changed her mind when she saw her, and knew that the Xue family mainly wanted to invite Jia Lian.
The purpose is easy to guess. It was just a thank you for the help. I am afraid it was to ask Jia Lian how he planned to deal with Liu Xianglian who hit someone.
So he smiled and said, "Thank you aunt for me, and tell me that I still have something to do. I won't bother my sister Baochai again when she gives birth to her baby some time later."
With that said, Wang Xifeng greeted Ping'er and went.
Jia Lian originally decided to visit the Xue family tomorrow, so he said to the old woman: "Go back and tell your aunt that I will visit later."