dream of red mansion

Chapter 645
After chatting for a while, Jia Qing asked Li Yan to go down to discuss with Lai Sheng about collecting dirty evidence from the Wu family.

But Li Yan confessed: "Second Master, the treasury in the house has run out of money again."

Jia Qing was taken aback, and said, "Didn't the Shen family just bring over the dividends from the soap industry?"

Li Yan said with a wry smile: "Second Master, you forgot, you asked Leng Zixing to build two restaurants in Beicheng and Nancheng, and he came to transfer half of the money a while ago, and handed over the rest to Erye Yun. went south."

"What about other income in the family?"

"Others, where is there any other income. According to what you said, the car and horse business does not pay much money for income. It only needs to pay [-]% of the income every year, and the rest is reserved for expansion and development. But since last year, you have ordered that even the [-]% of the silver They were also dispatched as they were, and were used to expand the personnel of the Chariot and Horse Carrying Dark Hall...

The wine industry is quite successful now, but Er Ye, you have never stopped spending money to expand the winery and recruit people.Therefore, not only is the wine industry not making any profit at present, but the government has to pour money into it every year.This year, even the income from the mansion's annual rent and shopfronts has been included.

Fortunately, Leng Zixing's antique shop has developed relatively well in the past two years. We have divided tens of thousands of taels of silver. We thought we could survive this year. The army took it to the south.

Therefore, there is really no money at home.Such a big family burns money every day, how can we do without money in the treasury..."

In fact, Li Yan still had something to say in his heart, that is, Jia Qing was too generous to his subordinates. Among other things, just the repairs and daily use of the two gentlemen in the family school cost 1000 taels of silver a year... He felt that there were still a lot of unnecessary expenses like this, so he thought that he must find a way to let Jia Qing cut it if he found a chance!
Jia Qing was slightly surprised, looked at Li Yan, and confirmed: "It's really gone?"

"There is really no money left!"

Li Yan is about to cry, is it possible that he can still hide it?
Jia Qing touched the corner of his mouth, he thought he was a rich man.As a result, the person who managed his money actually cried to him that he was poor.

Yang Xu watched from the side, feeling a little funny.He also had a calculation in his heart, knowing that what Li Yan said should be the truth.The Lord he followed was indeed very generous with his silver.

Working with such a master, the people below are naturally loyal, but as a counselor, he also takes it as an appropriate amount of advice: "Second Master, since this is the case, why don't we suspend the expansion of the wineries in the northern and southern capitals? The scale of this winery is by no means comparable to any other winery in Dachu!"

Jia Qing thought for a while and said: "No, I'm not afraid of investing too much, but I'm afraid that the people under my command will not do well! Since they are spreading themselves out and dare to ask me for money, I dare to give it!
I want to make the entire Great Chu land, whether it is a century-old family or a thousand-year-old family in the liquor business, live on our breath within three years...

Without such shocking pressure, how could they give in so easily? "

Jia Qing knew very well that what he wanted was not just to make money.If it was really just for making money, the dividends from the soap and the ancestral property of Ningguo Mansion alone would be enough to spend.

In terms of economics, if you control the lifeline of the economy, you will control all the network of relationships below it, including manpower, material resources, and financial resources!These are all strengths!
The white money is like a pile of scrap iron at home.

Yang Xu was shocked when he heard this.It seems that both he and Chen Shou guessed wrong. What the second master is going to do is to integrate and monopolize the entire wine business?
What a big ambition!
However, wouldn't there be more opportunities to follow such an ambitious and courageous person?

Yang Xu thought of this, and said: "In this case, I heard that the second grandma's natal family is a generation of imperial merchants, and her family is worth millions. The second master might as well get help from the Xue family, or borrow, or invite Xue's family to buy shares, and then you can buy a share." Solve the urgent need."

Seeing Jia Qing's hesitation, Yang Xu said with a smile: "Second Master, those who achieve great things don't stick to small details. Second Master, don't be embarrassed to speak."

He thought Jia Qing was embarrassed to ask the woman for money.

In fact, Jia Qing was really embarrassed!
He almost denied the idea of ​​borrowing money from Xue's family as soon as Yang Xu said it.As for letting the Xue family take a share in the wine business...

Thinking about Xue Pan's dog virtue, he still thinks that in order to avoid trouble, it is better to have less involvement with such a person, especially in the industry.Although Aunt Xue is shrewd, she is a woman after all. From now on, the Xue family will still let Xue Pan be the master.

"Forget it, a mere few taels of silver can't trouble this young master. As a matter of fact, this young master has to use some of his own private money to support it for a while."

Li Yan and Yang Xuqi were stunned.

Yang Xu was the most astonished.

The master of the dignified Duke's mansion actually hides his private money?Judging by Li Yan's reaction, he, the head accountant, doesn't know either?

Jia Qing was a little embarrassed to be looked at by them.It's not because he was found hiding private money, in fact he didn't hide private money either.

Although the trip to the south of the Yangtze River received a lot of benefits, it was "deceived" by Li Yan before, or it was given to Wu Xian'er, a prodigal bitch...

He dared to say that he was rich at this moment because he hadn't touched the 50 taels that Lin Ruhai gave him.Because he once swore to Lin Ruhai that he would use this money as Daiyu's dowry silver, not only that, but he would also add 50 to make up 100 million taels, and let Daiyu be the dowry of the entire Dachu. The bride with the richest silver.

Now it seems that it is necessary to secretly take part of it first.Hehe, it feels really cool to steal my sister's dowry money.

"Second Master, I did a rough calculation. It's still a long time before the next time our family's property comes in. Hundreds of taels of silver are not worth it."

Li Yan reminded.

"Fart, since the young master dares to promise, of course it is more than that. Let's do it, 10 taels, is it enough? Hmph, I don't have any more. If you lose all the flowers and put the family in financial crisis, I will I'll take your skin off!"

"Enough is enough, enough!" Li Yan was overjoyed.If you are not in charge of your family, you don’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are!After becoming a family, he wished he could spend a penny in half.Every time Jia Qing waved his hand to ask someone to go to the account to collect the money, his heart was bleeding...

but……

"Second Lord, I remember the last time the family ran out of money, you said that when you took out the silver pad? From this point of view, Second Master, do you still have private money hidden in your hand? Just take it out and let Xiao I'm here to help you keep it... It's not a little greedy, it's the second master who spends money lavishly, I don't worry about you holding so much money in your hand..."

Li Yan didn't know which tendon was wrong, so he licked his face and questioned Jia Qing.

"I beat you to death, you bastard!"

Jia Qing jumped three feet, and immediately kicked Li Yan who got up in fright, kicking him to the point of crap.

Jia Qing was still cursing until Li Yan disappeared.This little bastard, his feelings want to rebel!
Yang Xu laughed and said: "Director Li is really the second master's right-hand man. He has devoted himself to the second master's affairs, which Xu admires."

"Think about it! Every time I know that I want money!"

Although Jia Qing was scolding, the smile in his eyes could still be seen, he was satisfied with Li Yan.

Yang Xu couldn't see it, he knew that Li Yan grew up with Jia Qing just like Wang Shun, and his feelings were different from others.The envious thought was fleeting, and he turned to say: "There is a strategy for clearing the name of the second master in the West Mansion."

This is his duty.

"You said."

Speaking of business, Jia Qing also became serious.

"The Second Master's matter started with the Princess Mansion, and we should also start from the Princess Mansion. They grasped nothing more than two points. One is that the Princess Mansion is different from other princes' mansions and princess mansions in the imperial city. Slandering the second master for disrespecting the ancestral system, acting recklessly, and building a princess mansion without royal dignity, the princess cannot be allowed to stay, and should be punished.

The second point is to expand the behavior of the subordinates to take kickbacks and entrust relationships, to slander the second master for conniving his subordinates and breaking the law for corruption.It is even speculated that the second master was greedy for huge project funds, which caused the Princess Mansion to fail to meet the regulations, which is entangled with the first point.

Therefore, Xu believes that the easiest way is to prove that there is nothing wrong with the Princess Mansion and that it is in line with the royal dignity, so that these two points of criminal evidence will immediately become insufficient criminal evidence, and even self-defeating. "

Jia Qing nodded. Speaking of which, the drawings of the Princess Mansion were modified by him.I knew someone would make an argument for this.However, this is the case with court battles. The focus is not on the matter itself, but on how to fight!

Even if the princess mansion is well built, others will still find fault if they want to find it.Therefore, escaping is useless, if someone else finds fault, either you admit defeat, or you will fight him back!
"How to prove it?"

Yang Xu said with a smile: "I heard that the second master and Princess Xingyue have a good relationship, why not ask Her Royal Highness for help. As long as the Princess goes to see the Princess Mansion and expresses her satisfaction with the Princess Mansion, this is enough to prove that the two The master's job is completely in line with his wishes. If others dare to talk nonsense again, they have to think about whether he can withstand the whip of His Royal Highness..."

Yang Xu smiled triumphantly.It can be seen that he also deeply knows the name of Princess Xingyue.

"As for the crime of corrupting ink, according to the second master, the allocation for the construction of the Princess Mansion was 80 taels, but because the blueprints were changed, it only cost less than 70 taels. In this case, you only need to invite Mr. Wang from the Ministry of Industry and Mr. Lin The two lords of Shang Shu helped out during the court meeting, and there are facts to testify, right and wrong are self-evident. Even if they have evidence in their hands, it can only show that the second master's subordinates are cheating, and they have nothing to do with the second master ? No way, it can also cure the other party of a crime of slandering and rebelling."

Jia Qing twitched the corners of his mouth, but what Yang Xu said was simple, the key point was that his first plan would not work!Ask Xingyue that wild girl to help?Forget it, Jia Qing suspected that before he could open his mouth, he gloated at Convenience's misfortune, and maybe he would make trouble...

This is in line with her temperament!
"This, let me think about it again."

Yang Xu seemed to be able to see what Jia Qing was thinking, and said with a smile: "Second Master, don't worry too much. It is said that Princess Xingyue's birthday will be three days later, and Second Master may start from here."

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(End of this chapter)