After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 1041 Gentleman
After listening to Hai Jiao's words, Jin Jiashu was thoughtful: "No wonder... the palace suddenly issued an order to confer the title of Cheng En Earl on Wu Ke. I was wondering why this was so. It turned out that it was to give him an extra share of the Earl's salary, so that he would not have no money to spend before he completely recovered his property."

If the palace had intended to confer such a title on Wu Ke, they should have issued an edict long ago. It must have been issued now for another reason. Jin Jiashu had not entered the palace in the past few days, nor had he seen Wu Ke or Zhou Yijun. It was only now that he learned the answer from Haijiao.

He couldn't help but sigh, "Wu Ke is too stubborn. He has received the Zhou family's favor for so many years, so what's the harm in borrowing more money? It's not like he can't pay it back. At most, he can try his best to repay the Zhou family's kindness in the future. But he has to be so stubborn at this time that he is short of money, has no money to rebuild his house, and has to rely on the government for his sister's dowry. He can't even arrange his own wedding. What kind of thing is this?!"

Under normal circumstances, as the elder brother, Wu Ke should marry first and then send his younger sister to marry. His wife can also help prepare his younger sister's dowry and socialize with relatives and friends. Many things are actually more suitable for women to handle. As a man, Wu Ke always has some inconveniences. But now he has decided to send his younger sister to marry first, and then marry his own wife, and he does not plan to hold a big wedding. This not only wrongs his future wife, but also seems to be disrespectful to the emperor's marriage decree.

At this time, he really shouldn't be polite to the Zhou family for a little money. The Zhou family has helped him and his sister for so many years, and took such a big risk for them, so it doesn't matter if they help them again this time. If he wanted to owe a favor, he would have done it a long time ago. Could it be that if he borrowed less money this time, the debt would be reduced a lot?
Haijiao also felt that Wu Ke's behavior was very unwise. In front of Wu Ke, he had many things that he couldn't say, but now in front of Jin Jiashu, he had no scruples and couldn't help complaining: "Those of us who are familiar with him know that he doesn't want to owe the Zhou family any more favors and doesn't want to add burden to the Zhou family. But to those who don't know the inside story, it seems that he has just taken back the property and got the title, and he wants to be estranged from the Zhou family. Considering the money he has spent on the Zhou family over the years, what's the harm in borrowing more? As long as he returns the money in the future, it will be fine.

"The Zhou family knows that he has property and they will not refuse him to pay back the money if they can. He has to be polite at this time, which only makes people suspicious. I think that if he really doesn't want to cause trouble to the Zhou family anymore, he should quickly borrow some money to rebuild his house so that he can move in with his sister earlier. Otherwise, he will have to stay in the Zhou family for one more day until his house is built. Does he plan to marry a wife in Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion, or does he want his sister to get married in Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion? Wouldn't he still have to trouble the Zhou family at that time?!"

Jin Jiashu nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Brother Hai, you are right. Could it be that Wu Ke really didn't think of this?"

Hai Jiao sighed, "There are some things that we really can't say openly. The relationship between him and I is just like that. And the Zhou family also has many things that are not convenient to say directly, otherwise it will easily lead to misunderstandings that the Zhou family wants to drive him away."

In fact, Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian, the three elders, had hinted to Wu Ke, but Wu Ke didn't understand or for some other reason, and didn't take any action. Cao Gengyun felt that this couldn't go on, so he planned to make things clear to him. Wu Ke had been deeply indebted to the Zhou family for many years, and it was thanks to the protection of the Empress Dowager Zhou that he escaped the pursuit of the Sun family. If he now returned to Beijing and escaped from the predicament, but alienated himself from the Zhou family because of the great kindness of the Zhou family, it would be too much. If he didn't mean it, he shouldn't do anything that would cause misunderstandings from the outside world.

Jin Jiashu sighed, "Given Wu Ke's personality, he would never be an ungrateful person. He is truly grateful to the Zhou family, but sometimes he gets stuck in a rut..." He paused, "I'll go visit him tomorrow and persuade him not to be so stubborn. The Zhou family won't mind lending him some money, which will be convenient for him and the Zhou family as well, and everyone will be happy, so why not do it? If he still doesn't want to owe the Zhou family any more debts, then he can find another creditor."

Haijiao raised his eyebrows: "Why? Xiaojin, are you planning to be Wu Ke's creditor yourself? How much money can you come up with? Don't force yourself!"

"I don't feel reluctant." Jin Jiashu smiled, "I don't have much money, but I can still take out three to five thousand taels. Thanks to Ma Ma, she helped me to sort out the family business and sent a group of servants who were not very obedient but could not be returned to the farm. I don't know if the head of the farm misunderstood something, but he actually gave all the land rent and interest this year to Ma Ma and then to me. The money is not much, but it is nearly three thousand taels. Add to that my original savings, and the rewards and gifts I received in the palace in the past few months, and it's not difficult for me to get some money together to lend to Wu Ke."

Ma Shangyi chased a group of people to the farm, not only scaring the remaining servants in the house, but also scaring the manager of the farm. Jin Jiashu got the farm a little late. The autumn harvest this year had passed, and the head of the farm withheld this year's income and did not record it in the account. However, after seeing the group of punished servants, he became a frightened bird. Perhaps Ma Shangyi also saw that something was wrong with him, and after a few probing words, he honestly handed over the withheld income. Although he argued that the money had not been recorded before, so he had no time to report it, Ma Ma had already remembered him in her heart, waiting to free up her hands and find a suitable successor to remove him.

The money is now in the Jin family account. Jin Jiashu feels that he has never been so rich before. He is planning to build a villa and make it as comfortable as possible. But he is not in a hurry to use it. If Wu Ke is short of money, he can lend him some money to make ends meet. Anyway, when the Wu family's property returns to Wu Ke, the latter will have the money to pay back. He can afford to wait for a few months.

Hai Jiao was also happy for Jin Jiashu's windfall, but he couldn't help but advise him: "You should spend the money sparingly. You have plenty of other things to spend money on, such as building a villa and getting married. Wu Ke is just being too stubborn. If he is willing to lend you money, are you afraid that he can't find a creditor? Even if he doesn't want to ask the Zhou family for money anymore, King Kang still has money!"

Jin Jiashu was silent for a moment: "In fact, King Kang doesn't have much money... He has received a lot of rewards, but apart from the mansions and shops and other assets, the rest are antique paintings, silks and satins, jewelry, jade, precious medicinal materials and so on..." In short, King Kang's life is rich and comfortable enough, but he can't come up with much living expenses.

Huh? It seems that the cousins, Prince Kang and Wu Ke, are actually quite short of money...

Jin Jiashu suddenly thought of something: "Since Jiyuan lacks a backer, then this backer doesn't have to be me, right? Isn't Prince Kang more noble and powerful? Even Wu Ke is the only heir of Duke Wu Wen'an, the new Earl of Cheng'en, the only cousin of Prince Kang, and also related to the Empress Dowager. They all grew up in the Cining Palace, so they are actually more familiar with the old people in the Cining Palace, right? Jiyuan wants to find a backer and pay dividends to the backer on a quarterly basis, so why can't it be Prince Kang and Wu Ke?"

Hai Jiao couldn't help but look at Jin Jiashu in surprise. Is there anyone in this world who would push away the money he has earned? This is not some shady money, is it hot? It turns out that his future brother-in-law is such a noble and generous gentleman? !