The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 62 Precise Strike
The distribution of bonuses to people like Ping'er and Jiao Li caused commotion in the mansion, which was actually expected by Jia Min.

In fact, this is precisely his intentional move, the purpose is to achieve this effect.

The current order of the Jia Mansion is actually supported by two fulcrums.

One is personal attachment, and the other is hierarchy.

If we want to reform the Jia Mansion, we must leverage this order.Otherwise, even if there is a temporary change, after a while, you will return to the old way.

To achieve this goal, it is not enough to rely on money.

Yinzi may temporarily defeat a few opponents like Jia She and Wang Xifeng who came out to make trouble, but this order cannot be changed.

As long as the current personal attachment relationship, hierarchical system, and power structure remain unchanged, the Jia family's downfall will happen sooner or later.

If you want to reform, you must first make ideological preparations.

Ideological preparation can be public opinion propaganda and mobilization with great fanfare.However, under the background of this era, such an approach is obviously unfeasible, even outrageous.

Because doing so will impact and challenge the mainstream values ​​of this society.

However, it is another matter to distribute some dividends to some servants.

It's just a matter of money.

In other words, it is just some fine-tuning in the economic field, and does not involve sensitive issues such as the ruling order.

However, the effect of doing so is obvious.

Because it involves his own personal interests, it will definitely have an impact on the thoughts of every maid and master.

For the subordinates, it can let them see that their lives can actually have another way of living.In fact, they can get more rewards for their efforts.

What is a revolution? "Leather" means change. "Fate" is destiny and life.To put it bluntly, revolution means changing the way of life.

For the masters, this allows them to understand that their status and power are not inherent and unchangeable as they think.

If the servants are unhappy, they don't have to wait.If you do things yourself, you will have to pay the price.Don't think that there is nothing that will never change.

You must have a sense of crisis, otherwise, one day in the future, you may be your slaves as slaves.

Don't think it's impossible. Isn't there such a thing in history?The Great Wall is still there today, but Qin Shihuang is nowhere to be seen.Princes and generals, would you rather be kind?

In this world, although in the general environment of the whole society, it is a feudal social system.However, inside the Jia Mansion, there is still a small society of slavery based on personal attachment and hierarchy.

The maids and servants here have no social identity, no property, and no independent personality of their own.Not even his own life.

They are just a piece of property of the master, if you don't want them, you can sell them.If you are not happy, you can even be killed.

The root of this miserable fate lies in their lack of independent economic status and personal freedom.

With these two points, when they are treated unfairly, they can say: I will not serve you anymore!
But now they dare not.It's not that they don't want to, it's that they can't.Because they left Jia's house, they couldn't live.

Yuanyang, Qingwen, Jin Chuan'er, Siqi, and even such lively women as Miaoyu all died in such a heartbreaking environment.

Not to mention these servants, even those masters, how many of them have a good end?
Daiyu died alone in the despair of love, Qin Keqing died young, Li Wan was a widow, Baochai was a widow, Jia Yuanchun died early, Xichun became a monk, Yingchun was raped by a family, Shi Xiangyun was a widow.Tanchun married far away, sister Qiao was almost kidnapped, and Wang Xifeng died young...

Who is to blame for such a tragedy?
The servants don't know.The masters will never think it is their fault.

Actually, they are both right.It was the world that was wrong.

In order to compete for the orthodox position, the masters fight all day long.For the sake of his own glory and wealth, he can kill and seize the next life.Everyone wants the winner to take all, and no one wants to give others a way to survive, a living space.

What you play all day is a zero-sum game of life and death.

When he was exhausted and killed a bloody road, thinking that he could sit down and rest, a bigger enemy came - the emperor ransacked the house.

All original sin.They all got their reward at this moment.

Jia Min has no intention of overturning this order, he just wants to loosen this order, so that people here can straighten up and take a breath, and have a way to live and a living space when needed.

This is not only his compassionate heart, not only the flower-protecting spirit and chivalry, but also his instinct as a soldier.

Why do soldiers fight?Isn't it just to make people's lives better?
To survive in the struggle, to seek unity in the struggle, to seek progress in the struggle.That's how history works.

Regardless of difficulties and obstacles, if you fail to achieve your goal, you will never give up.

Although there are thousands of people, I will go!
Jiao Li accompanied Jia Min.Walking slowly around the construction site.

A newly built house, the frame has been completed and the walls are being laid.

The wall here is very thick, and it is a sandwich wall. The middle is hollow, but it is filled with a lot of ashes and straw.This is different from the work done in other places. This kind of work makes bricklayers, stonemasons and carpenters feel a little puzzled.

But since the owner asked for it, and paid them, they had no choice but to abandon their habits and standards, and follow suit.

Many rooms don't have kangs, but they have fire walls. They understand this, and they are used for heating in winter.

According to this progress, it will be completed in another month or so.

As for what these houses will be used in the future, even Gioli does not know.He didn't ask, anyway, he believed that the master would not use the money for nothing.

Coming out of the construction site, Jia Min unlocked it and came to the garden.

Now, only he can enter this watermelon orchard and apple orchard.Although others know that this place is watermelon and apple, they only know that this place is watermelon and apple.

Although Jia Min has established his prestige through a series of things such as wine making, others still don't know how he can sell watermelons for 5000 taels of silver.

Someone asked Jolly, and Jolly said he didn't know.Someone asked Ping'er, thinking that Ping'er would also say that he didn't know.Who knows, this time Ping'er actually said he knew.

"Of course I know, he doesn't grow watermelons in his garden."

"It's not watermelon, what is that?"

"The money you planted, if you bury 5000 taels of silver, you can sell it for 5000 taels of silver."

This word spread outside somehow. A thief in a nearby village heard that 5000 taels of silver were buried in the garden, so he wanted to steal that day.

After finally climbing to the high wall, his hands and feet were scratched by those broken porcelain pieces, and Liu Cheng, who was on guard at night, was caught and beat him up.

It just so happened that someone went to the watermelon garden to steal money, and it was reported to the mansion that Baoyu knew about it.

Baoyu deliberately found Jia's mother, saying that Min Laosi was cheating by planting money in the field.So Jia's mother asked Yuanyang to send someone to tell them that there should be fair competition, and that directly planting money would not count.This made Jia Min dumbfounded.

However, when Yuanyang asked people to bring letters, they also brought some private goods.

These private goods are mainly to tell Ping'er that she should be mentally prepared to return home.Because when Jiamu's birthday came, they would probably have to send all the servants back home, and the property of Yeduju might also be taken back by the mansion.

At the same time, Ping'er was warned to keep a distance from Fourth Master Min.

Currently, Jiaoli and the others don't know the news, so Ping'er is still hesitating.

She didn't know why things changed again in just a few days.At the same time, she was also hesitating whether she should tell fourth master the news.

Jia Min didn't seem to care about all of this, and stayed in the garden.

Now, the watermelon is the size of a volleyball, and it will be on the market in a month or so.

In the next few days, he will start making a fuss about watermelons and apples.When the time comes, he will slap the big-faced cat in the face severely.

What he wants to do now is to anger Baoyu, increase the bet, and make him lose even worse.

Apples are already the size of goose eggs, and they will be available in early August.Jia Min decided that watermelons and apples would be on the market at the same time, and the date would be the third day of August—around the old lady's birthday.

Hmph, don't you guys want to make me look ugly that day, so I'll slap you in the face that day.

However, these people still have to be treated differently.Internally, they still need to be divided and disintegrated.

Sister Feng is a tough guy, we can't let her go this time.In the previous rounds, she didn't suffer much damage, so this time she jumped up and down, actively connecting.

Not only did she not appreciate the technology and let her build wineries to earn money, but she continued to fight against me.This proves that this person is indeed a person who has no bottom line in doing things.She doesn't know how to be grateful. In her eyes, everything others do for her is due.

Only by mercilessly beating such a person can she be honest.

This time, Jia Rong also played a disgraceful role, conspiring with Sister Feng.It seems that he hasn't learned the lesson from last time.This time, give him a big blow.

As for the others, although Jia Amnesty was planning behind the scenes, the bet was the knife hanging over his head, so he didn't dare to jump out in public, just hit him once.

Mrs. Wang's participation in this matter belongs to her instinct and the inertia of house fighting, so she will not be included in the focus of the attack this time.

Jia Lian didn't directly participate this time, which is considered to be an advantage to him, so as to see the effect later.

Baoyu followed the broken gong, and a bet was enough.

Therefore, this time, Wang Xifeng and Jia Rong, two vanguards, were taken as precise targets, and the two of them were beheaded.

It seems that the old lady is going to play in person this time, which is a bit interesting.

This is a person who is mature and sophisticated. Over the years, she has been firmly seated at the top of the two houses, and even a master of house fighting like Mrs. Wang can't be overwhelmed by her.

This time, will she listen to those people's opinions?
If so, what does she want?

If I give her what she wants, what do I get?

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