Chapter 1122 Forced by the Gengzi Volume situation
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. Sister Feng, for example, has the intention of leaving because of her separation from Jia Lian. The uncle probably feels that the ancestors Eccentric and independent-minded.
But there are thousands of people in Rongguo Mansion. Once Sister Feng leaves, who will take care of the house? Should I leave it 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. The master may go to Jiangxi Just a few years later, Mrs. Wang had to think more about taking Aunt Zhao out to live happily, but she had to carry such a heavy burden.
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 some 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. I also asked Brother Keng about the situation of the 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 were captured in the Beijing camp, most of whom had some contacts and friendship with the Jia family. "Sir, what about these captured military officers and 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 and the Mongolians 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 have a hand 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 all 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 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 Jia She could probably get tens of thousands of taels of silver even if he had a little hand in it.
Although Jia Zheng is not too keen on 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 house, so how can he have anything to do with the eldest house?
Jia Zheng frowned, Wang's words are certainly reasonable, but you never thought of this 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 we recover some of the money from the Lai family, it can only last until the middle of next year at most. The master will go to Jiangxi soon, but there are still thousands of people in the house. How will we survive until next year? ?”
Jia Zheng was startled and felt a little ashamed in his heart. Wang had even expected that he would be indifferent 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. Just ask? I don’t believe that Brother Keng can do this to my uncle, but he still hides it from us." Wang’s somewhat thin face had a cold look on her 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, which immediately brought her closer to each other. Before, the relationship between the two families was actually Quite distant and cold.
Feng Ziying expected that being invited to a meal by Jia She would definitely attract some attention and even gossip, but she did not expect 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. .
"Well, the news coming out 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 smiled. .
“But didn’t Brother Feng say that he will return 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 that.” Zicuckoo hesitated to speak.
"What's the matter, sneaky?" Daiyu pouted slightly.
"My maid heard from Si Qi that when she met the third girl, she seemed to have gone 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 we didn’t get in in the end.”
"Oh?" Daiyu looked at her personal maid in surprise, "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. "No." 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 himself, is already over fifteen, and will turn sixteen at the turn of the new year. At this age, he 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 Master Huan has been complaining for the third girl, and asked the third girl to take the initiative to tell the master and his wife that she can't let the big girl do what the second girl 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 been really settled. However, 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 drinking. 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 highly respected by the eldest master now, maybe you can ask Uncle Feng to talk about it. The effect will be 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."
(End of this chapter)