Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 315 Relief
Jia Rui knows a little bit.

He knew all this from Wang Xifeng's nagging.

Corruption is rife in the Rongguo Mansion. The heads of the outside shuangzi report various disasters to the shuangzi every year, but they just don't want to pay money to the government or pay less money.

As a result, Rongguo Mansion could not make ends meet, and the head of Rongguo Mansion did not have the courage to carry out drastic reforms, which made Rongguo Mansion trapped.

Jia Rui thought for a while while holding the tea cup, and finally said to Brother Ying: "Go over and receive the Yuanyang in person. No matter what they treat, you will accept it at double the price."

Xue Baoqin on the side asked a little strangely: "In this case, wouldn't our family lose money?"

Xue Baochai tapped Xue Baoqin's forehead with her hand, and then taught her: "There are so many pawn shops in the capital, why do people have to come to us."

"What's the point? Isn't it because we are well-known and have a solid foundation, so we won't trick people?"

Jia Rui smiled beside him, and then said: "Think about it, if you were too poor to survive and wanted to pawn something, would you go to a relative's pawn shop to pawn something? Have you announced to everyone that your family is poor? Don’t you feel embarrassed that you can’t live any longer?”

Xue Baoqin opened her big eyes and nodded innocently, "If I want to be used as something, I naturally don't want my relatives to know, otherwise it would be so embarrassing!"

"Yeah, if that's the case, why do they have to come to our pawn shop to pawn their things?" Jia Rui smiled on his face and stretched out his hand to pinch Xue Baoqin's cheek.

Xue Baoqin clapped Jia Rui's hand unhappily, "That's because their family is stupid."

Xue Baochai shook his head gently, and then said to her: "They came here specifically to fight against the autumn wind."

When he said this, Xue Baochai also sighed.

When their family came to Jincheng from Jinling to join the Rongguo Mansion, the Rongguo Mansion was so prosperous at that time. In just a few years, it had reached the point where it was being treated as a thing.

Besides, Brother Ying, after hearing Xue Baochai's words, hurriedly left Dingxihou Mansion, and then rode a sedan to the door of his pawn shop.

She got off the sedan with the help of the maid, and when she took a quick look, she saw only a carriage parked in front of the pawn shop.

Since Dingxihou Mansion and Rongguo Mansion were very close, he had seen this carriage in Rongguo Mansion.

Brother Ying glanced at the carriage, and then entered the pawn shop with the help of the maid.

When the boy at the pawn shop saw Brother Ying come in, his eyes immediately lit up, he trotted to Brother Ying and gave her a thousand dollars.

"Brother Ying and Miss Ying are here."

Brother Ying nodded noncommittally, and then asked: "Where's your shopkeeper?"

"Back to Brother Ying, Miss Ying, our shopkeeper is behind to receive the nobles from Rongguo Mansion!"

"Take me there."

After hearing this, the young man immediately led the way in front of him. With the help of the maid, Brother Ying followed the young man to the elegant house at the back.

As soon as Brother Ying entered the door, the shopkeeper inside immediately came forward to salute Brother Ying.

"Auntie, you are here."

Hearing the name "aunt", Brother Ying had a smile on his face, and then he started to become friendly towards the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper Wang, I haven't consummated my marriage with the uncle yet. It's a bit too much for you to call me that now." Brother Ying said reservedly.

"But, isn't it only a matter of time before you become a member of the uncle's house?" the shopkeeper said flatteringly.

Yuanyang, who was sitting nearby, felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this conversation.

When the shopkeeper spoke to me just now, although his tone was quite good, he had a condescending tone.

At this time, facing a little girl like Brother Ying, she was so humble.

However, Yuanyang maintained his identity and sat there without speaking.

Brother Ying dismissed the shopkeeper, walked up to Yuanyang with a smile, and said a thousand blessings.

"Sister Yuanyang, how do you have time to take care of our family's business?"

After Yuanyang stood up and returned the gift, he said with a somewhat depressed look on his face: "I have some money that I can't spare at the moment, so I came to you to raise some for the time being."

Yuanyang knew that this was the real owner, so he clapped his hands after finishing speaking.

Immediately after that, two boys came over carrying a wooden box.

Yuanyang stepped forward to open the lock on the wooden box with the key in his arms, and opened the box himself.

"The old lady asked me to send these items over for you to estimate their value."

Brother Ying took a few steps forward to the box and took a look inside, then said to the shopkeeper nonchalantly: "Come over and estimate the price."

The shopkeeper hurried forward, got to the box and looked inside. It turned out that there were three coral trees, both large and small.

Then the shopkeeper took out the corals one by one and put them on the table. After that, he started observing the coral trees.

After a while, the shopkeeper walked up to Brother Ying and said in a low voice: "Brother Ying, these three coral trees are in very good condition, but unfortunately they are a little smaller. If we want to collect them, we can get a total of 6000 taels. "

Although the shopkeeper's voice was low, Yuanyang not far away could still roughly hear it.She breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the number 6000 taels.

This number is similar to what she expected, and even a few hundred taels more than she expected.

Brother Ying turned his head and glanced at the shopkeeper, with a sharp look in his eyes.

The shopkeeper was startled when he saw Brother Ying's eyes, and quickly explained: "Rongguofu is different from others, so the small ones are charged at the actual price, and there is no profit in this."

It turns out that the shopkeeper is quite discerning and knows that this is something belonging to the Rongguo Mansion, so he has no intention of making money on it.

After hearing this, Brother Ying nodded with apparent satisfaction.

It turns out that Brother Ying is no longer the little girl who knew nothing.

What hasn't Brother Ying seen or eaten in Jia Rui's house now?

There are dozens of these small corals in Jia Rui's warehouse, and even Brother Ying has one in his own room.

Therefore, Brother Ying also has some understanding of the value of these things.

Because of this, Brother Ying stared sharply at the shopkeeper just now. She thought that the shopkeeper was working with Yuanyang to defraud the government of money.

"This price is good, just pay this price." Yuanyang said quickly because he was afraid of long nights and many dreams.

The reason why Yuanyang agreed so quickly is because when pawning things, no matter how good your things are, people will find all kinds of problems. If they want to accept the original 1 taels, they will give it to you. 2000 taels is considered conscientious.

This time, the pawn shop gave me a real price of 6000 taels, which was beyond Yuanyang's psychological expectations, and it could be regarded as some care given by Dingxihou Mansion to Rongguo Mansion.

At this moment, Brother Ying spoke again, "Let's do this. Rongguo Mansion is no better than others and pays the bill at 1 taels of silver."

The shopkeeper was surprised when he heard this.

But he didn't say anything. After all, this was a matter between their master and the Rongguo Mansion, and there was no need for him, a servant, to intervene.

After hearing this, Yuanyang felt a little red on his face. It was obviously a reward from Dingxihou Mansion to their Rongguo Mansion.

So the shopkeeper came to Yuanyang's side and said with a smile: "Miss Yuanyang, do you want to die or live?"

Yuanyang blinked and said with a smile: "It's a good job!"

Yuanyang is looking for the last moment of face.

If he was cheated, and others heard about it, they would all know that it was the Dingxihou Mansion that was giving alms to the Rongguo Mansion.

But if it is a living thing, then it sounds much better. At most, it can only be regarded as money borrowed by Rongguo Mansion from Dingxihou Mansion, and it may have to be repaid in the future.

"Okay, Miss Yuanyang, please wait a moment, I will issue a pawn ticket for you." After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper nodded to Brother Ying and left the private room.

This time, only Yuanyang and Brother Ying were left in the private room.

Although the two people said they had met, they were actually not familiar with each other, and now both of them felt a little embarrassed.

In the end, Yuanyang had more experience and started to talk to Brother Ying when he had something to say.

To say that Brother Ying was still far behind Yuanyang, it didn't take long for Brother Ying to regard Yuanyang as a good friend and began to treat her heart and soul.

Just when the two were chatting happily, the shopkeeper came back with a pawn ticket in his hand.

"Girl Yuanyang, this is a pawn ticket. You should keep it. I will give you a grace period of one year for the pawn ticket. If you don't come to redeem it after one year, these three corals will belong to our family."

Yuanyang took the ticket and looked at it carefully, and saw that it said 1 taels for three corals.

"Miss Yuanyang, do you want to receive a check or cash?"

Yuanyang put the pawn ticket in his arms and said with a smile: "I can't move the cash, so give me the banknote."

The shopkeeper hurriedly agreed, then turned around and walked out. After a while, he handed a stack of banknotes to Yuanyang's hand.

"Miss Yuanyang, please be careful. If you come out of our door, if you are short of money, we will not recognize you." The shopkeeper said seriously.

It's not that the shopkeeper doesn't give Yuanyang face, but that this is the rule in this industry.

Yuanyang was not polite and counted the banknotes carefully in front of the shopkeeper and Brother Ying.

Each of these Tazi banknotes is 1000 taels, exactly twelve, totaling 1 taels.

Yuanyang smiled and put the banknote in his arms, and then said to Brother Ying: "Brother and sister Ying, I have something to do and I have to leave first. Come to Rongguo Mansion to play with me when you have time."

"Sister Yuanyang, please go slowly." Brother Ying said, and personally sent Yuanyang out of the pawn shop, watched Yuanyang get on the carriage and leave, and then came back.

"Reinstall these three corals. I will take them away later." Brother Ying said to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper quickly agreed, and after a while, the three corals were put back into the box, then he found a lock and locked it, and handed the key to Brother Ying.

"Brother Ying and Auntie, you took this coral away, but how are you going to settle the account?" the shopkeeper said in a dilemma.

(End of this chapter)