Jia Rui hesitated.

Of course, this is a fake hesitation, he has to show his fear of the Lai family, which can make Jia's mother unhappy, and at the same time arouse the dissatisfaction of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang.

"Rui Ge'er, in this Rongguo Mansion, is there anyone else who makes the Jia family jealous and afraid?" Jia Yu said coldly.

"Master Hui, the matter is too big, the scope is too wide, and my nephew is worried about causing a commotion in the house,...... Jia Rui hurriedly bowed, "And this matter is not a day or two, or even a year or two, but now that the garden has been repaired, the house is difficult, so I poked it out,......"

Jia Yu sneered, "Everyone knows it, and you also know that the house is in difficulty now, and now even the people's monthly money can't be paid, and there is still a lot of money owed outside, and a lot of shops and Zhuangzi can barely get by, but what should I do in the second half of the year?" What about next year? But there are still people doing such things inside, and even hollowing out our family to fatten up their own family, hehe, and donating officials, it's really lacking, Lian'er and Baoyu don't have this treatment yet. ”

Seeing that his brother said this, Jia Zheng was also very unhappy, Jia Lian is now going to Yangzhou, although Baoyu is now studying and writing at home, but Jia Zheng also knows that he will definitely have to donate an official body to Baoyu in the future, otherwise it will be difficult to find a good family to marry in the future, but now Rongguo Mansion is so difficult, and there are people who hollow out the Jia family like this, which is really unbearable.

"Brother Rui, it's all at this time, what are you still hesitating about?" Jia Zheng said with a calm face: "Do we have to spread these jokes outside to everyone, and we still don't know anything, so let's lose face in front of outsiders?" ”

Jia Rui's face twitched, his expression was very in place, and then he bowed his head and said: "My nephew doesn't dare, although the shopkeeper of Zhu Ji Coal House is surnamed Zhu, but he only accounts for twenty percent of the shares, and the remaining eighty percent of the shares are Lai's housekeepers, and my friend also said that the Li family, who settled all the bills, is actually a partnership with the Lai family, and if you want to calculate it, it is three percent higher than the market price,......

Jia Yu gritted his teeth and gurgled his teeth, holding the armrests of the official hat chair with both hands, and just snorted heavily, but he didn't speak.

But Jia Zheng couldn't help but ask: "Jia Rui, what you said is true?" ”

"Back to the second master, how dare my nephew lie about such a thing? Everyone knows the relationship between the owner of Zhu Ji's coal house and Lai's housekeeper, and they have to pay dividends every year,......, and the Li family and the Lai family partner in the garden, didn't the eldest master also settle accounts for them? More than 30,000 taels of silver, my friend said, at most, 25,000 taels of work, will definitely be able to do better than them,......"

Jia Rui seemed very calm and indifferent at this time, "As for those shops that send vegetables, eggs, meat and fruits, these nephews now will definitely not be able to ask anything, but those in the past few years, such as the Zhao Granary in Xianyifang, the nephew of the shopkeeper also knows, and the nephew also asks when he eats wine, he said that Lai's housekeeper is too thick-hearted, and he originally said that he would give a rebate of one percent every year, but it would rise to one and a half percent three years ago, and the price was unwilling to rise, how can this kind of business last?" ……”

Jia Zheng couldn't listen to it anymore, and Mrs. Wang on the side couldn't help but slap it the coffee table.

Thinking about it, Wang Xifeng has tried to cut the number of people in each house in order to save some money, and even plans to resell a bunch of small dramas that Yuanchun Province bought back, if it weren't for the news that spread, he would feel that the Jia family can't sustain it now, and those little dramas will be sold to King Lu's mansion, but now there are still people sucking blood in the mansion every day and every month, which is simply unacceptable.

"No wonder Jia Zhen also came to me to complain, saying that life in Ning Guofu is a little unbearable, fighting famine and borrowing debts everywhere, hum, look at this Lai Da and Lai Sheng are playing very smoothly in this way, but what has become of our Jia family? Suckers? Jia Yu snorted angrily and said: "Jia Rui, who is the Lai family donating for, but Lai's eldest son?" ”

"Exactly, it is said that it cost 10,000 taels of silver to donate officials, and then in order to fill the vacancy, it took 8,000 taels of silver to open up all aspects of the joint, so that it can be filled this year, and the old men also know that it is difficult to fill the vacancy without three or five years, but you are willing to spend 8,000 taels of silver, then it is not impossible to fill the vacancy that year, it is said that it is to go to a county in Jiangxi as a county order,......"

Jia Rui's words shocked everyone, including Jia Mu.

Of course, Jia Yu already knew about it, but it was still a little unbearable to say it at this time.

Eighteen thousand taels!

Even a huge Jia Mansion can be used by hundreds of people for half a year, right?

How can a slave donate casually, so how many belongings do they have in their family?

Eighty thousand taels, or one hundred thousand taels, or even more?!

"Hehe, it's really dumbfounded, this eldest son has studied for a few years, I'm afraid that even Brother Lan reads more than him, right? Lai Da can actually be so willing to spend 10,000 or 20,000 silver to donate a real shortage of county orders to her, master, how much is Lai Da's monthly money a year? Mrs. Xing sneered.

Jia Yu snorted lightly, "One hundred and eighty taels, the old lady is preferential, and at the end of the year, he will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver." ”

"That's a lot, plus everyone's, I'm afraid I can have an income of five or six hundred taels of silver a year, but this eighteen thousand taels, how many teenagers can save enough?" Mrs. Xing unceremoniously mended the knife: "Thirty years." ”

How is it possible to save this official money for 30 years?

Jia pardon, Jia Zheng and even Jia's mother know very well in their hearts, this is just on the surface, Lai Da is the chief housekeeper, so he won't pick out something from his hands? A thousand taels a year, that's also a little bit.

But these words can only be swallowed in the stomach, like Jia Lian, a serious master of eight hundred taels, only fifty taels a month, only six hundred taels a year, and the wives are only twenty taels a month, when will the masters be a lot less than the minions?

But this donation is 18,000 taels, which is too unacceptable.

This means that Lai's family has at least made no less than 70,000 taels of silver in the Jia family in the past few decades, so that they can donate money for their son so generously, and 70,000 or 80,000 taels of silver is enough for the current Jia family to spend worry-free for two or three years.

Thinking of this, Jia Yu, Jia Zheng and the Xing Wang family subconsciously exchanged glances, and then looked at Jia Mu who was sitting at the top.

Mother Jia was tired for a while, but when she saw the change in the expression of her son and daughter-in-law under the seat, she also sighed secretly in her heart, "The old body is tired, this matter will be left to you to deal with, don't lose face, don't lose proportion,......, mandarin duck, help me back to the room to rest." ”

Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, and the Xing Wang Clan all hurriedly got up to send them off.

When Jia's mother's figure disappeared, Jia Zheng hesitated and said to Jia Yu: "Brother, this matter is ......"

Jia Yu also knew Jia Zheng's worries, and snorted in his heart, but Feng Ziying had already greeted him, and he also knew that the gap in Jiafu Gongzhong was too big now, and if he didn't make up for it in this matter, he was afraid that Jiafu would really not be able to sustain it.

"Second brother, I'll take the lead in this matter, but let Lian's daughter-in-law and Jia Rui handle it specifically, and Lin Zhixiao, Wang Shanbao and Zhou Rui will assist,......"

Lin Zhixiao is the housekeeper, and Wang Shanbao and Zhou Rui are the servants of the Xing family and the Wang family, respectively, and they are their own confidants, which can be regarded as a balance.

Hearing that Jia Yu asked Wang Xifeng to handle it specifically, Jia Zheng and the Wang family both nodded, this is the safest, so that there are people in each room, and Jia Rui, a "cutting-edge" force who obviously wants to overthrow the Lai family, can just be used.

……

As soon as Wang Xifeng returned to the house, she couldn't help but collapse on the bed, Ping'er hurriedly spread the quilt for her, asked the other party to lie down, and then pinched her shoulders and rubbed her back.

"Ping'er, what time is this?"

"Grandma, it's over." Ping'er looked at the chiming clock placed in the corner of the wall, "Grandma, don't say it, this thing that Uncle Feng gave you is really useful, I heard that it costs hundreds of taels of silver to buy it from the Xiyi people in Guangzhou." ”

"Hmph, I heard that there are craftsmen in Guangdong and Macao who are learning to imitate, and I don't know if it can be successful." Wang Xifeng was lazily prostrate on the bed, not even wanting to say a word, this tiring day, but it really tossed her enough, she hadn't worked like this for a long time.

"I heard Uncle Feng say that we Han people don't have to lack arms and legs in Xiyi, let alone lack of hearts and eyes, as long as they are willing to learn and drill, it won't be long before they can be imitated, but if you want to reach the level of accuracy, you have to take your time."

A flush flashed across Ping'er's face, obviously remembering that Feng Ziying pinched her cheek when she said this, what time was it, they were all so unstable, which made Ping'er feel excited and complained.

"Okay, that's not something we have to worry about, Lin Zhixiao's side has not arranged it properly, hasn't Lai Da been clamoring to see the ancestor? Let him shut up, and if he makes any more noise, he will be sent to see the official! Wang Xifeng gritted his teeth and said: "Who would have thought that he would be able to hide more than 20,000 taels of silver in the house, what about Lai Sheng?" ”

"Uncle Zhen has already locked up Lai Sheng, it is said that Uncle Xiao Rong also beat Lai Sheng with a whip, and the whip broke two ,......" Ping'er was also a little embarrassed, during this day, the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and there were as many as 20 people in the house who came to report and expose the Lai family overnight, and Ping'er was terrified.

"That's Lai Er's deserved! You Shi came to me and said that Lai Shengguang could eat 2,000 taels of silver in the annual rent collection of Zhuangzi Shop, and he had suffered for 15 years, which should be 30,000 taels of silver! Wang Xifeng said stupidly: "The two men and sons of Dongfu will never let go if they don't squeeze Lai Sheng dry, they are even more embarrassed than our side now, and the You family has already resisted the few heads she married, and now that you have this opportunity, don't you take the opportunity to get it back?" ”