dream of red mansion

Chapter 398 Bankruptcy Crisis
Not long after returning to Ning'an Hall, another very young messenger boy came in and said that Lai Sheng asked to see him.

"They have too many things to do, and they don't want to let Master rest for a moment!" Pei Feng pouted her mouth, quite dissatisfied.

While tidying Jia Qing's clothes, Xie Luan said with a smile: "You, you, if they have nothing to do, how dare they bother the second master?"

Jia Qing didn't speak, but looked at Peifeng meaningfully, and didn't stop until she blushed and lowered her head.

Xie Luan raised her head and looked at her suspiciously, not understanding why she suddenly lost her temper.
After tidying up Jia Qing's clothes and sending Jia Qing out, Xie Luan suddenly remembered something and said to Jia Qing: "Second Master, just now Grandma came to you and said that she had something to discuss with you."

"understood."

Seeing Jia Qing waving back with his back turned, Xie Luan smiled brightly, and suddenly turned to look at Pei Feng who was out of his mind.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Pei Feng was distracted, but suddenly saw Xie Luan's eyes, and asked vigilantly.

Unexpectedly, Xie Luan just looked at her with a slight mocking smile in his eyes, which made Pei Feng more nervous.

"What the hell do you want to do?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted to ask you, there was a rat noise in the house last night, did you hear it?"

"Rat, what rat? Why don't I know?"

Peifeng said incomprehensibly.

"Last night, I kept hearing the sound of rats gnawing at the foot of the bed. Since you didn't hear it, maybe I heard it wrong."

As Xieluan said, regardless of Peifeng's sudden embarrassment, she passed her into the room.

"Second Master, I have placed Mr. Yu in the front yard according to your instructions, not far from Mr. Du."

After hearing Lai Sheng's reply, Jia Qing nodded.Mr. Yu is Yu Yuanchen, he was invited by Jia Qingzhi to Jia's mansion years ago, but unexpectedly Jia Qing was ordered to go out of Beijing suddenly, so he missed it.

"How is Du Feng's injury?"

"It's almost healed. According to the second master's order, the old slave has always used the best medicine. Mr. Du was able to get out of bed and walk around by himself a few years ago." Lai Sheng said.

Just don't talk about it, as soon as these things are mentioned, Jia Qing wished he could arrest Xue Pan and beat him again.

If it weren't for the wealth and power of the Jia family, in this era of poor medical care, Du Feng would have been disabled if he died. Fortunately, there is no serious problem now.

"Also, have the things from the Xue family been delivered?" What Jia Qing asked was that he asked the Xue family to purchase stones from Jiangnan.

Lai Sheng hurriedly said: "Just about to talk about this with the second master, Xue's work is still very fast, and a whole six ships of stones have been transported in time for the year. Moreover, the old slave has also seen it, and they are all on board. Good rockery."

"How much silver in total?"

Lai Sheng said: "The total is 900 taels. The silver hasn't been paid yet. The old slave sent someone to ask Aunt Xue for instructions, but Aunt Xue said that there is no need to be busy. The old slave thought that these things will wait for the second master." Come back and make a decision.”

Jia Qing frowned and said, "Since they are all high-quality, there are six boats in total, how can they be so cheap?"

Lai Sheng said: "That's right. In fact, the old slave has also quietly found someone to confirm that the price given by the Xue family is probably only the original price of those stones, and the boat fee may not even be included."

Jia Qing understood that Aunt Xue was clearly giving her a favor.

No more talking about this matter, and after listening to Lai Sheng's report on a few small things, Jia went to the cashier, ready to withdraw money and send it to Xue's family.

Although Jia Qing himself had money, he still didn't confuse his internal treasury with the treasury of Ningguo Mansion with the attitude of distinguishing between public and private.

"Second Master, here is 3 taels of silver."

Jia Qing took the box that Li Yan personally brought over, and was about to leave. Seeing Li Yan's hesitant expression, he asked, "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't hesitate."

Seeing that Jia Qing saw his thoughts, Li Yan could only say: "Second Master, there is almost no money in the warehouse."

"Ok?"

Jia Qing frowned and said, "It's gone so soon?"

Li Yan smiled wryly and said: "Recently, there are too many places where money is used in the mansion. Since the beginning of building the garden, in addition to the 10 taels of silver given there, there are nearly 10 taels of cash spent from us alone. The money is gone, and the second master sent people to go to the south of the Yangtze River to buy wood and stone alone. The sum of these two things is tens of thousands of taels. Also, before the second master left, he asked him to give 3 taels of silver to Mr. Chao It was used to start the winery, and a few days ago, Leng Zixing spent another 5000 taels of silver to open the Zuiqingfeng restaurant that the second master had explained earlier, and the income in the mansion was only 3 taels of silver. , so now there are only tens of thousands of taels of silver in the warehouse, and almost all of them have been budgeted into the garden project by Mr. Shan Ziye, and they will come to withdraw at any time. When the time comes, there will really be no pennies."

Jia Qing said with a smile: "Okay, you don't have to complain anymore. Although you have invested a lot now, it won't take long before you will return twice as much."

The industries of wine shop, restaurant, and Xunfeng, all of which Jia Qing put into the account of Ningguo Mansion.Now the wineries in the capital are being put into production on a large scale, and the restaurants are also being renovated. This is a hard initial investment.

As for the output of Xunfeng in the second half of last year, Jia Qing has directly allocated it to Jia Yun for the production of Jiangnan Distillery.
Adding up these few times, it is no wonder that Ningguo Mansion is facing bankruptcy crisis.

"I also know that I will come back twice in the future, but second master, how can we live now, the empress's garden can't be delayed at all. It's also second master. It's obviously a matter between the two mansions. Why doesn't second master let that Money is coming out of Bianfu."

"You know shit!"

Hearing Jia Qing's foul language, Li Yan suddenly didn't dare to speak again, and shut up embarrassingly.

"How far is it from building the garden as originally planned?"

Li Yan's eyes lit up and said: "Now the garden's major items are almost ready, and with the tens of thousands of taels in the mansion, there is probably a shortfall of 6 to [-] taels."

Li Yan only counted until the garden was completed.As for the later things, after the garden is built, the income of many industries in the mansion can come back a lot.

Furthermore, in Li Yan's mind, when the time comes for concubine Yuan to visit her relatives, Rongguo Mansion must go. She doesn't believe that Rongguo Mansion has the nerve to let Ningguo Mansion pay for the money.
"Come to me tomorrow, and I will give you 10 taels of silver for emergency."

After thinking about it, Jia Qing said.

Li Yan was overjoyed.He knew that Jia Qing had "private money", but he never expected there to be so much! 10 taels of silver, you can take it out if you say it!
"But I can tell you, if this sum of money can't support the income of the mansion, let's stop eating, and pack up our bedding and go to the street to drink the northwest wind!"

Seeing Li Yan looking at him as if he was looking at the God of Wealth, Jia Qing felt that it was necessary to warn him that he must be diligent and thrifty in housekeeping
"Second Lord, don't worry, with this amount of money, there will be no problem at all, and I will definitely not let Second Master and the children go to drink the Northwest Wind together." Li Yan also laughed.

"It's good if you know what to say, kid. If you don't do it by then, I'll be the first to let you sleep on the street."

(End of this chapter)