Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 105 Lin Daiyu: Not bad, not bad
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Wang family.

Wang Ziteng trembled all over as he looked at the "petition" in his hand.

He was not only angry because the Jia family had taken advantage of his misfortune. After all, the two families had officially fallen out, and he also made some small moves in secret.

He is the ungrateful one raised by the Qi Wang family!
The Wang family raised Aunt Xue for sixteen years, arranged for her to marry into a royal merchant family, and let her enjoy all the wealth and glory. But in the end, she was stabbed in the back with a knife.

Two hundred thousand taels of silver, wouldn't that cost the Wang family their lives?

He even wanted to throw the two beasts, Wang Zisheng and Wang Ren, into jail regardless of the consequences.

But if he did so, he might be known as a ungrateful person, and even cheated his relatives and made the whole family rich. Once the reputation of this spread, wouldn't the Wang family be infamous? Who would dare to make friends with him?
So this money...

You have to take it whether you want to or not!

"Sir Wang, your Wang family only has two days to prepare. If you are late, the petition will be submitted to the Censorate. By then, hehe..." Lai Er said with a grin, and his words seemed a little frivolous.

Wang Ziteng was too lazy to show any good looks and sneered, "Someone, show the guest away!"

How dare a mere housekeeper be so presumptuous?

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"How much cash do we have in total, including in the treasury?"

In the inner study, Wang Ziteng asked while drinking tea.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng smiled and said, "There are 80,000 taels of silver and 3,000 taels of gold."

In recent years, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Feng have brought a lot of gifts to the family during the holidays. Although Aunt Xue could not attend due to the long journey, she also gave a lot of gifts and money. In addition, Wang Ziteng had the lucrative position of Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp, so he could make a lot every year. All in all, the Wang family was considered to have a considerable fortune.

"There is still a shortage of 90,000 taels..." Wang Ziteng muttered to himself.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng smiled and said, "Master, do you need money urgently? I can get 10,000 or 20,000 yuan from my mother's family." She knew that Wang Ziteng had been promoted to the commander-in-chief of nine provinces and would be patrolling the border, so he would definitely need a lot of money.

Wang Ziteng said happily: "You should go back to your parents' home right away and ask your father-in-law to borrow some money. The more the better. We will pay him back in less than a year or two."

Day two.

As expected, Liu brought back 20,000 taels of silver.

Wang Ziteng quickly calculated it carefully and found that the amount was far less than 200,000 taels. He would have to at least add a farm.

However, the Wang family cannot be compared with the Rongguo Mansion, which is rich and powerful and has been squandering for more than ten years. They only have three farms, one in the western suburbs of Kyoto, and two on the coast of the West Sea.

He was reluctant to give up the farm outside Kyoto, and the two farms along the West Sea were not worth much.

That's it!

After we go to the nine frontiers, it’s time to pay the military salaries.

Won’t there be money by then?
How many farms can’t be bought back?

"Somebody come!"

The housekeeper hurriedly walked in, leaning forward.

"Master, what do you want?"

Wang Ziteng trembled as he pointed at the land deeds on the table, the bank drafts, the boxes of silver and gold on the ground...

"Send it to Xue's pawnshop at the entrance of the alley!"

"And bring this letter along!"

The housekeeper was very puzzled.

"Master, this has been in our family for many years..."

"Just go when I tell you to go, don't ask any more questions!"

"Yes……"

The butler quickly agreed and led people to carry the gold and silver boxes out.

Wang Ziteng's heart was bleeding, and he finally closed his eyes.

Those who go today must come back twice as much tomorrow!
At this time, a personal soldier hurried in.

"Twenty personal soldiers have been assembled and are ready to go to war with you at any time!"

Wang Ziteng waved his hand and said, "We will set out on time at noon tomorrow. Order the soldiers to get ready!"

Originally, he was going to take at least two hundred personal soldiers to the border.

only……

I feel helpless and I really can't afford the money.

The personal guards are different from other soldiers. They are the confidants of the generals. Most of them are private soldiers. They follow the generals closely during promotions and transfers.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness is extremely high.

Correspondingly, the cost of training personal soldiers is far more than that of ordinary soldiers.

Not to mention the equipment, war horses, etc., just the monthly salary, two taels of silver a month is enough for an ordinary soldier during the war, and ten taels of silver a month for a personal soldier.

The imperial court cannot pay this money!

You have to pay for it out of your own pocket.

In theory, the imperial court prohibited military generals from maintaining private soldiers. Only a few meritorious families were allowed to have a very small number of private soldiers, and they had to report to the Ministry of War.

For example, the Ning and Rong families can legitimately have their own private soldiers.

But there are always more solutions than rules.

Private soldiers can be renamed as guards, escorts, bodyguards, or even servants, etc...

In fact, it is not just the generals. Even a small county magistrate can feel safe without 20 or 30 guards at home. Even the wealthy merchants without official positions can sleep peacefully without hundreds of guards.
It has become a normal practice for wealthy families to train private soldiers.

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Ningguo Mansion, Huiyuan.

The early autumn wind blew away the summer heat, bringing a slight coolness. Several bright and leisurely girls gathered in the stone pavilion, talking and laughing together.

"Other things are fine, but we have to talk about the issue of seniority first. Is Baochai Baoqin's niece? Then should she call me Aunt Lin?" Lin Daiyu said with a smile, holding Baoqin's arm.

Xichun had just been looking at Baochai for a while, and now she smiled with satisfaction and said, "I think I should call her aunt."

Baochai's niece looks to be in good health. She can work with Baoqin to expand the Duke's Mansion.

Baochai naturally noticed Xichun's look, but she didn't think much about it. She pointed at Baoqin with the beauty fan in her hand and said with a smile: "She is lowering her generation. We are talking about our own things. Otherwise, what will the people in the other house say? Are my mother and Baoyu the same generation as the maids?"

Baochai certainly wanted to be of the same generation as Jia Rong. She couldn't sleep last night and even thought about some other shameful things. But she knew better that her identity was doomed to have no hope at all...

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "That's such a pity. Rong'er originally thought that a younger sister had come. He probably loved her so much that he couldn't sleep last night. When he woke up this morning, he found that his younger sister had become an aunt. Who knows how sad he must be."

Chi Chi!

Lin Daiyu laughed in her heart: Fortunately, fortunately, she is also an aunt! We are all aunts.

Xichun did not give up, and continued to smile at Baochai, "You can talk about sisters with us, and you can talk about your own with Rong'er."

Lin Daiyu glanced at Xichun and bit her red lips lightly.

Girl, what are you thinking?

Xichun looked at Daiyu and blinked.

I am naturally worried about my eldest nephew. We have the Ningguo Mansion and only one nephew, so we must have more branches and leaves!

Baochai saw that the two of them were a little strange. She had just arrived and didn't understand what they meant, so she smiled and said, "People with the same surname only pay attention to that etiquette. People with different surnames don't need to care too much about it."

Lin Daiyu smiled and asked, "So is Sister Bao an aunt or a younger sister?"

Baochai: "Of course..."

"Of course it's my aunt!" Xue Baoqin laughed and said, "It will save me from having to compete with me for Brother Rong's favor."

Baochai stepped forward and pinched Baoqin's pretty face, saying with a smile: "Zhenzhen is crazy. She has no shame and dares to say anything."

"Hate it, sister, you pinched my face again!" Xue Baoqin started to act coquettishly.

Lin Daiyu said, "Baoqin, go and get him back. Your brother Rong will back you up. Your brother Rong said that anyone who recognizes him as a brother can walk around in most of the capital."

"it is good."

Xue Baoqin rolled up her sleeves and said, "There's no need for Brother Rong. Aunt Lin's support is enough."

After saying that, he reached out and pinched Baochai's face.

"You really……"

Baochai didn't expect that Xue Baoqin, who had been obedient to her since childhood, would actually rebel, so she quickly took two steps back and hid behind.

At this time, three more people came outside.

It was the sisters Yingchun, Tanchun and Xiangyun who came to play.

"Ouch!" Tanchun covered her mouth and laughed, "Why are sisters fighting?"

Baochai laughed and said, "Someone is instigating this. Baoqin, stop right there!"

Baoqin indeed stopped.

After all, she has always respected her cousin since she was a child.

Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "What are you afraid of, niece Baoqin? Come on, you haven't twisted it back yet. It's me. I can't stand it."

Xiangyun stepped forward and held Baoqin, saying with a smile: "Don't listen to them bullying you. Sister Lin is being naughty and causing you sisters to quarrel. She is here to watch the fun."

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "What are you talking about, girl Yun? One loves three, four, and five?"

Shi Xiangyun laughed and said, "He loves three, four, five, and six wives. Brother-in-law Lin is a tongue-biter. Haha, ha..."

"You damn Yun'er! Stop right there!"

"Cuckoo..."

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Rongguo Mansion, small Buddhist temple.

Mrs. Wang sat upright on the cushion in front of the Futang, holding Buddhist beads in her hand, her face calm and muttering to herself.

half an hour.

Mrs. Wang finished her homework, stood up from the futon, sat on the chair, took a sip of tea and smiled: "You know, I am different now than before."

Aunt Xue said angrily, "It's all my brother's fault. He made my sister suffer here."

Madam Wang gritted her teeth and said angrily, "It has nothing to do with my brother. It was the head of the Jia family who abused his power. Zhou Rui just committed a small crime, but he raided Zhou Rui's house and even locked me up in a small Buddhist temple. Tell me, is this hateful or not? Is there any justice in the world?"

Aunt Xue smiled awkwardly.

The punishment was indeed excessive...

But she had just received Jia Jing's favor yesterday and found a way to save her son. How could she say bad things about Brother Jing now?

"Maybe there's some misunderstanding?"

Mrs. Wang slammed the table!
"Bullshit misunderstanding!"

"He is just an evil man with evil intentions. He wants to take advantage of this opportunity to kill our Wang family and the Xue family so that he can take over the assets of our two families!"

"Luckily, I have my brother here. Sister, you have to help him. Only when my brother is successful can we protect our Wang and Xue families!"

Aunt Xue: "..."

She had just stabbed her brother, and now he was probably going around the world to raise money and sell off his property.

But, she also did it for Pan'er.

"Sister, I have something to do at home. I will come to see you next time."

Madam Wang asked, "Is it about Pan'er? Is there any solution?"

Aunt Xue said, "There is a way. I heard that the crime can be reduced by one level and the sentence can be changed to exile for 3,000 years. If you make arrangements well on the way, you can save your life after all."

Mrs. Wang laughed and said, "I told you, it has to be my brother!"

Aunt Xue: "..."

"Sister, I'm leaving now. I'll talk to you later."

“Remember to come often.”

"I know."

Aunt Xue hurried out of Rongguo Mansion.

She regretted not agreeing to stay in Ningguo Mansion for a while yesterday.

Who could have thought that the mistress of the Duke's Mansion, whom she envied so much a few days ago, would move into a small Buddhist temple to worship Buddha overnight?
And all this is because of that person!
The patriarch of the Jia family!

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(End of this chapter)