Jinling, Dapingfang, Zhen's house. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the morning, the weather was clear.

Zhen Li was drinking tea in the open room, waiting for Jia Qiang to come to visit. His father, Zhen Yingjia, went out to meet guests.

The servants of the Zhen family who were guarding Jiafu had already reported that Jia Qiang and the others had arrived in Jiafu in Jinling. His expression seemed to be calm and light, but in fact, he was waiting anxiously in his heart. The imperial court has made more and more efforts to investigate deficits and arrears. There have been rumors in the court that people have been sent to check the deficit of Jiangnan weaving. The Zhen family looks prosperous, with big trees and deep roots, but in fact, the situation is quite bad.

At this time, a servant came in and said respectfully: "Uncle, the brother of the Jia family has gone to He'an Street." ”

Zhen Li's face suddenly became a little ugly, and he waved his hand to let his subordinates out, and finally showed a helpless wry smile. Jia Huan lives on He'an Street. That's not a good talker. He had a hunch that he was likely to deal with Jia Huan next.

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In the middle of spring, the birds and flowers in the courtyard are fragrant, and the faint sound of the piano is heard. Su Shishi came over this morning.

Jia Huan sat on the chair, took a sip of warm tea, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, turned the sweetness and longing in his heart a few times, and said happily: "I know." ”

It is expected that Sister Bao's marriage is finalized. However, when he heard the exact news, his mood was still slightly agitated. I just don't know how Sister Bao is in Jingzhong? There are also three sisters, Aunt Zhao.

Jinling and the capital are separated by thousands of miles, and the transmission of letters through the post station is not smooth. It had been a long time since he had received a letter from the capital.

Jia Qiang is nineteen years old, with a handsome appearance, wearing a satin blue shirt and the outfit of a rich son. He is handsome on the outside and smart on the inside. After studying in the family studies, he became convinced of Jia Huan and did his best work. At this time, seeing that Jia Huan was in a good mood, he echoed and said festive words for a while, "Uncle Huan and Miss Bao are a match made in heaven." There is also a princess as a matchmaker. My nephew can already imagine the wedding in full swing..."

Jia Huan smiled and waved his hand to stop Jia Qiang's sycophancy. Let Qian Huai, Shan Qun and the others who were waiting go down, "Qian Huai, you go to the kitchen and say something, and leave Brother Qiang and them to eat at home at noon." Then, he carefully asked about the situation of everyone in Jia Qiangjia's mansion.

In fact, Jia Huan just thought that no one in Jiafu's family would miss him, but he just referred to Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and others.

Qin Keqing will definitely miss him once. He has a good personal relationship with Qin Keqing. The young woman had a very gentle temperament. It has the gentle charm and style of "wet apricot blossom rain, blowing face without cold willow wind".

Wang Xifeng is estimated to say a few words to him. Because, before leaving, Wang Xifeng made a deal with him, saying that he would help him beat the side drum in front of Aunt Xue to ease Aunt Xue's hostility towards him. In exchange, he was asked to help consolidate the rouge gouache business and increase profits. He was busy studying in Jiangnan and didn't think about it at all.

Li Kun may think about his trip in Jinling, after all, he helped Li Kun bring a letter home. Moreover, he promised to wait for Jia Lan to study at Wendao Academy after he had a little bit of an eyebrow in his studies. I don't know how Lan Ge'er's level of scripture and righteousness is? With Mr. Luo sitting in the museum in the family studies, it should not be a big problem.

As for whether the widowed You family in Dongfu will pay attention to his situation in Jiangnan, then he doesn't know. His intersection with You was limited to his forbidding Jia Rong to mess around in the Ning State Mansion.

And he has a good relationship with the girls in Jiafu, and Daiyu is by his side, thinking about Sister Bao, Second Sister, Third Sister, Sister Yun, and Fourth Sister, they will definitely talk about him and Daiyu's situation in Jinling when they chat and laugh.

Jia Baoyu definitely didn't pay attention to him, but only thought about Lin Daiyu.

Jia Qiang is a close branch of Ning Guofu, and she must not know the situation in the house in Jia's mansion. Jia Huan didn't ask Jia Qiang about Baochai, Tanchun, Aunt Zhao and others. I believe that Tanchun should have a letter for Jia Qiang to bring over.

Jia Huan asked about Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian, Jia Rong and others, ethnology, stewardship, and the situation of Jiafu's foreign exchanges.

"Ha, I almost forgot. The letter that the house entrusted me to bring to Uncle Huan. Jia Qiang hurriedly took out a few letters from the package and gave them to Jia Huan. The sender is written on the cover of the letter. Tanchun, Xue Pan, Jia Lan, Jia Lian, the top one is Jia Zheng's letter.

Jia Huan knew it in his heart. Tanchun is his own sister, and it is reasonable to write to him. If someone else wanted to write to him, they had to borrow the name of a family member.

For example, Xue Pan, Jia Huan didn't believe that the Dull Overlord had the intention to write to him, it was written by Aunt Xue and Sister Bao! Jia Lan's letter was probably Li Kun's. Jia Lian was afraid that Sister Feng was urging him. But it was Jia Zheng's letter that made him scratch his head.

Facing Jia Huan's puzzled gaze, Jia Qiang explained solemnly: "Uncle Huan, the second master asked me to bring a message to ask for your opinion. The Zhen family lost a large amount of money in Jiangnan weaving, and the imperial court was investigating. asked someone to bring a handwritten letter from Master Zhen to the second master, wanting the imperial concubine to say a word to the Zhen family in the palace. The second master and the eldest master have discussed it several times, but it has not yet been decided. This was an important task for him to go south to Jinling.

Jia Huan's eyes flashed, and he refused without hesitation: "Absolutely not!" The Zhen family is really funny, they want the big sister to intercede for this kind of ghostly thing. It's up to them to come up with it. Are all my Jia family fools? ”

Jia Yuanchun supported Jiafu. How could it be possible to use the grace of the Son of Heaven in such a place to intercede for the Zhen family? With the temperament of the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that interceding will plant a thorn in his heart, and the consequences will be very serious.

Jia Qiang smiled.

He is not a master in the Jia family. These words were confessed to the face of the second master before leaving Beijing. Of course, he knew so clearly, he asked Brother Rong for details. Say it all in front of Uncle Huan.

"Uncle Huan, I'll go to Zhen's house to exchange money later. They're going to ask about it. I was accompanied by a servant sent by the eldest girl of the Zhen family. ”

Jia Huan said resolutely: "You just said it was me." I'll reply to my father after lunch, and you'll send someone to deliver it in the afternoon. This must not be promised. "Fortunately, Jia Zheng has not promised the Zhen family. But he still wanted to send his opinion back to the capital as soon as possible.

Jia Qiang smiled and nodded. With Uncle Huan in charge, what is he afraid of?

After taking a sip of tea, Jia Qiang then reported: "The family has deposited 50,000 taels of silver in the Zhen family. This time, I plan to give 30,000 taels of silver to Suzhou to hire teachers, buy girls, and buy musical instruments. ”

Jia Huan waved his hand and said, "You go to the Zhen family to withdraw the silver as originally planned." They didn't dare to withhold the money in the house. It's best to find a reason to bring out the remaining 20,000 taels. ”

Jia Yuanchun is now a virtuous concubine, and she will be promoted to a noble concubine before the first month of next year, and her status is prominent. The Zhen family, a family that takes the royal route, although it is a top family in the south of the Yangtze River, will never dare to stand up with the Jia family. It's not that the Jia family asked him to borrow money, they just took their own money.

Jia Qiangjun had a smile on his face and said, "Come on." When Uncle Huan said this, I had the bottom in my heart. Please rest assured, Uncle Huan, I will bring out all the money. ”

After Jia Huan finished explaining the affairs of the Zhen family, he glanced at Jia Qiang, who was happy, with a smile, "Brother Qiang, how much silver are you going to be greedy for this time?" ”

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Jia Qiang came to Jiangnan to procure, and Jia Huan knew it for a long time. The troupe of the 12 girls in the Grand View Garden: Fang Guan, Ling Guan, etc., was bought by Jia Qiang. This is an important event. Anyone who has seen the Red Mansion will have an impression.

However, Jia Huan has lived in the Zhou Dynasty for several years, and if you compare the prices, you can know how much silver has been embezzled. The price of redemption for a popular prostitute is only between 3,000 taels and 5,000 taels. Famous prostitutes are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Twelve little girls who sing opera, do not require appearance (from the description of the appearance of 12 people such as Fang Guan and Ling Guan, the most outstanding are these two), how much can it cost? Jia Yuqiang couldn't marry a mandarin duck, and it only cost 800 taels to buy a beautiful concubine in the capital.

Jiangnan is full of humanities and culture. There are many people who listen to and sing music. It's not hard to pick 12 good girls who can sing and sing. 30,000 taels of silver to form a full set of theater troupes, at least ten times the premium.

It can be seen from this that the project of building the Grand View Garden in Jiafu is very serious - pollution and waste! Of course, this money is not for Jia Qiang to swallow alone. In the original book of Red Mansions, Jia Qiang went to Suzhou to run errands, taking Lai Sheng's two sons with her. And it was Lai Da who proposed to spend 30,000 taels of silver to procure, and the doorway inside was self-evident.

The Lai family, a bloodsucker and rat attached to the Jia family, has now been cleaned up by Jia Huan, and the whole family is farming in the Jia family's Zhuangzi outside Jinling City.

In fact, 30,000 taels of silver to purchase a troupe is not impossible to spend. Add one more item to the personnel qualification conditions: long and beautiful. That's hard. Add one more, and it is even more difficult to get the exact same height and chest circumference.

Zhen Li of the Zhen family interceded for the Zheng family last time and asked Jia Huan to take a boat on the Qinhuai River, and the troupe raised by his family, the four girls, were selected according to the highest standards. He is slender and graceful, with a beautiful appearance, exactly the same height, and chest circumference. It is estimated that it cost a lot of money to collect.

Jia Huan's words were very abrupt, and he turned his face like a book, which made Jia Qiang laugh in fright, and said very unconfidently: "Uncle Huan, count as much as you want, and I will take the balance back to the capital." ”

Jia Huan smiled "hehe", how could he believe this kind of nonsense? "Brother Qiang, come out to do something, who will do it if there is no benefit? It's not close to people! But the key is how much to take reasonably. You go back to the capital to help me bring a sentence back, who reaches out more than one percent in charge of the project, and when I return to the capital, don't blame me for turning my face and copying my home. ”

One million taels of silver in the Grand View Garden, one percent of the labor cost is 100,000 taels.

This money, even if it is divided equally among about 1,000 people in Jiafu, each of them will lose 100 taels. In this era when ordinary middle-sized families only spend 20 taels of silver a year, if this is not satisfied, then don't blame him for being polite.

Jia Qiang breathed a sigh of relief. It's good to have a hard fee. The idea of a single butler sending his son is about to fail. Don't look at Uncle Huan's age, but it is estimated that there is no one in the family who is not afraid of him.

When these words came back, I was afraid that the whole house would be silent, and they would not dare to make a ghost on the project of the provincial villa. All the minions' net worth is in the government, and they won't ask the government if they kill them. And Uncle Huan can call the shots in the house.

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "Uncle Huan, I understand." Bring the words by all means. ”

At this time, the housekeeper Yuanbo came over and asked, "Third master, it's time to set lunch." (To be continued.) )