The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 272 Inside Story
After listening to Qin Keqing's words, Jia Ke carefully calculated in her heart, but it wasn't all that much.He snatched up nearly [-] mu of land in Xuanfu Town.Adding in the [-] mu granted by the emperor when he was made a marquis, and the [-] mu of land and various shops bestowed by the emperor when he got married, as well as the filial piety of the Eight Banners and Tang Kuai, isn't that much?I'm afraid it's just too much.

Jia Ke tapped Qin Keqing's nose lightly with her finger, "Don't worry about wasting it now, the money is not enough for you to eat."

Qin Keqing opened Jia Ke's finger with her hand, and said dissatisfiedly: "I am diligent and thrifty in managing the family, and I am afraid that your extravagant style will lead the family to ruin."

"Okay, you're right, our family will listen to you in everything from now on." Jia Ke still dotes on Qin Keqing very much, and obeys her in family matters.

Qin Keqing let him off when she heard Jia Ke subdued, leaned her head on his body, and let out a soft snoring sound after a while.

Jia Ke was enjoying this warm moment when he suddenly remembered that he promised the Rongguo Mansion to send each person [-] pieces of silver. He hadn't told Qin Keqing about this.

Jia Ke shook Qin Keqing to wake her up, Qin Keqing looked at Jia Ke with sleepy eyes, as if asking him what's wrong.

"I was confused. There is one thing I forgot to tell you." Jia Ke felt that he should have explained this matter to Qin Keqing long ago, so he blamed himself.

"It's the same if you say anything now, what else can I do to you?"

"My dear wife, I was indeed a little negligent in this matter. Before I married you, I promised Rongguo Mansion that I would give them 5 taels of silver every year. It is a filial piety to the old lady and the old man. Jia Ke hurriedly told Qin Keqing the ins and outs of the incident.

Qin Keqing couldn't believe Jia Ke's story about the Rongguo Mansion, "Impossible, our Rongguo Mansion is a family of dukes and lords anyway, so it's so embarrassing?"

"It's more serious than you think. Now the Rongguo Mansion may have moved the silver stored in the warehouse." Jia Ke has long been dissatisfied with the bullying minions in the Rongguo Mansion, but he hasn't The power to move these slaves, after all, it all depends on the old lady's will.

"There are a lot of properties in the mansion over there, how can it be so embarrassing?" Qin Keqing still didn't believe it.

Jia Ke answered her helplessly: "Those farms suffer from disasters every year, and all the shops are losing money. How much do you think they can rent for the house?"

After listening to the lecture, Qin Keqing frowned, and said helplessly, "It's not the right time, no wonder the mansion, but those shops, if they are really losing money, they should be rented out. At least they can make some money."

Jia Ke looked at Qin Keqing like a fool, but after thinking about it, Qin Keqing had been in her boudoir for a long time, and no one at home taught her how to manage the family business. She is now able to take charge of the Wuyanghou Mansion, all thanks to her own ingenuity and tireless efforts.But I really don't know about the private activities of these servants, probably because there are no such bold servants in Wuyang Hou Mansion.

Jia Keyu explained to her one by one, "What's wrong with the weather and the farmer's failure to harvest? It's clear that the stewards of the village cheated and hid the rent from the corrupt master. How could the village suffer disaster every year? , All of them lived better than their masters on Zhuangzi. They even bought front-end land and put it under their master’s name, so they didn’t have to pay land taxes. When the time came to steal the name of usurpation, they would all be recited by the master.”

Jia Ke told Qin Keqing her personal feelings, and after she finished speaking, she began to sigh, if he hadn't made a quick decision back then, Wangjiatuner might not be able to send much money now.

"As for those shops, those shopkeepers have long regarded the shops as their own. It's good not to ask the master for money every year. How can they give money to the master. When you say you want to rent out the shop, they dare to cry with you , and then send all the servants in the shop to you for you to dispose of." Jia Ke has seen their way clearly through these years of experience, and loves Qin Keqing's fear of losing money in the future, so she treats these things with her Fifty and ten have been said.

Qin Keqing was young and had never experienced such a thing. At this moment, she grabbed Jia Ke's arm nervously and asked, "What if something like this happens in our house?"

"What else can I do, cold salad, if something like this happens in the future, you will leave it to me. If Zhentianzhuang reduces production, it's fine if the shop loses money. If they dare to lie, I'll sell them all. Go to the black coal kiln." Jia Ke has become a bit ruthless in the past few years at the border, and is not as soft-hearted as those masters in the Rongguo Mansion.

Only then did Qin Keqing feel relieved, and at the same time expressed concern about the recent situation of Rongguo Mansion: "There are so many masters in the mansion next door, how can hundreds of slaves live?"

"You think that those bosses and shopkeepers are fools, and you still have to pay some rent every year. With this money, you can barely maintain a balance in the past few years, but these slaves have become more and more unscrupulous in the past few years, so that's why I don't know what to do. There was a loss again." Jia Ke originally thought that he would be able to maintain the Rongguo Mansion's balance of payments no matter what, but he didn't expect that Rongguo Mansion would suffer another loss in just a few years.

He really has nothing to say about Mrs. Wang's housekeeping ability. The only thing he hopes now is for Wang Xifeng to come in as soon as possible. , at any rate, it can make ends meet and not eat enough food.

As for Li Wan, I don't know why, Mrs. Wang hasn't let her participate in the housekeeping until now, she only said that she should take good care of Jia Zhu and not be distracted by other things.

"Then I'll carry the silver to them tomorrow, what do you think?" Qin Keqing was not unhappy because she wanted to send 5 taels of silver to the Rongguo Mansion.

"I'll send it to them tomorrow, and I'll give it in a big way. It's best for everyone to know about it. We don't want to lose the reputation of not caring about the old people when we give the money." Jia Ke didn't care about the money, what he really cared about It was the mouths of these servants in Rongguo Mansion. These servants in Rongguo Mansion have been with their masters for several lifetimes, and they can say whatever they want to arrange for their masters. If they were in Wuyanghou Mansion, he would have beaten them to death long ago.

Qin Keqing lay next to Jia Ke thinking and asked, "Don't madame know these things?"

Jia Ke pondered for a while and said, "I'm not very clear about the details, but in my opinion, it's impossible for Madam not to know about this matter. The matter of Nanny Lai who was copied back then, all these tricks in Jia's mansion It's all been uncovered. I don't believe it if she doesn't know."

Qin Keqing sat up from the bed, looked out of the window, frowned and thought about the reason.This is her first contact with the Duke's House, so she really wants to understand the inside story.

Jia Ke looked at her expression and smiled, "Don't think about it, what does this have to do with us? As long as we don't have these things, everything else will be fine."

Qin Keqing shook her head and said: "I don't think so. If Madam is not too merciful, then there must be something wrong with her housekeeping methods. If things go on like this, the family tradition will be ruined."

Jia Ke stood up from the bed, walked on the ground a few times, and then said to Qin Keqing: "There may be some things in what you said, but the most important thing is that these slaves have worked in the mansion for several lifetimes. Madam may not Besides, there is still the face of the old lady at the top, so there is no rectification." The meaning is already very clear, those who are in charge of the farm and the shop are all under the old lady's staff, and Mrs. Wang knows that they are tricky, so she doesn't care about it. It's easy to start to rectify.

After listening to Jia Ke's words, Qin Keqing said with a frowning face, "Will the mansion be unable to make ends meet from now on, let us add to him?"

"Don't think about these useless things. After a while, when Lian's second daughter-in-law enters the door, I think the old lady should rectify the family business." Jia Ke thought that in the Dream of Red Mansions, as soon as Wang Xifeng entered the door, Mrs. Wang was killed by the old lady. The wife deprived the housekeeper of her rights.It seems that the old lady also has doubts about Mrs. Wang's housekeeping ability.

"How do you know this? You seem to know Lian's second daughter-in-law very well." After hearing Jia Ke's words, Qin Keqing focused on Lian's second daughter-in-law who was about to enter the door.

After listening to Qin Keqing's words, Jia Ke knew that she was a little jealous, and hurriedly returned to her side to explain, "I just heard my father say occasionally that this Lian's second daughter-in-law is not an ordinary person. She was raised as a son since she was a child." , so it’s very pungent, but I don’t know the rest.”

In fact, Jia Ke had slipped his mouth just now, and now he can only use Jia Zheng as a shield.

Qin Keqing just asked casually, she knew that Jia Ke had been out of town and had never met Lian's second daughter-in-law at all, and now she heard Jia Ke explain to her, so she let him go.But in my heart, I had an impression of Lian's second daughter-in-law who didn't come in.After all, it is not an ordinary person who can make the old lady think about handing over the housekeeping to her before she even enters the door.Little did they know it was just a beautiful misunderstanding.

The next day, Jia Ke went to the Infantry Commander's Yamen to arrange patrols during the Chinese New Year and to be on duty during the Spring Festival.

Although the emperor has sealed the seal and all the yamen are closed, this period of time is the busiest time for the infantry to command the yamen. The current infantry is in charge of the yamen, and even concurrently holds the post of Shuntian Mansion. It can be said that it has completely taken over Everything in the capital.Therefore, Jia Ke was very busy during this time, leaving in the morning to go home at night.

After Jia Ke left, Qin Keqing asked people to order 5 taels of silver from the warehouse, and asked them to put them in large red-painted boxes. They filled more than a dozen large boxes, and then recruited dozens of Jia Ke from the front yard. Qin Keqing led these people personally with her servant girl, and entered through the side corner gate of Rongguo Mansion through Ningrong Street.

Then let these people carry the silver directly to Rongxi Hall, because a maid had already notified Mrs. Wang.

Before Madam Wang knew about it, the servants in the mansion had already inquired about the matter clearly, and they all knew that Jia Ke ordered Qin Keqing to send 5 taels of silver to the mansion.

When Mrs. Wang came to Rongxi Hall from the inner house, the outside of Rongxi Hall was already full of slaves, big and small, talking a lot. It seemed that everyone knew what was in the box.

As soon as Qin Keqing saw Mrs. Wang, she immediately came to her and blessed her.

Mrs. Wang saw the mess outside and wanted to ask, "What's wrong with you? You have attracted so many people."

"Yesterday, the renter came from our village. My uncle asked me to send [-] silver to the mansion. He said it was to honor the old lady, his master and his wife." Qin Keqing said with a cute face.

Mrs. Wang remembered what Qin Keqing said.At that time, at the old lady's place, Jia Ke promised to give fifty thousand silver to the mansion every year. He had forgotten about it for such a long time, but he didn't expect that Jia Ke would actually send someone to deliver it today, so a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.She and Jia Ke were nothing more than trivial conflicts. For the sake of the money, the previous incidents could be uncovered in her opinion.

Seeing the smile at the corner of Mrs. Wang's mouth, Qin Keqing immediately ordered his soldiers to open more than a dozen boxes, and for a while the entire Rongxi Hall was gleaming with white light.

(End of this chapter)