The destiny of all heavens begins in the Red Chamber

Judging from his staggering posture, he really looked like a stray dog!

Soon, Zhao Guoji said goodbye to the third-class maid who had been beaten black and blue, and hurried back to the carriage to explain the situation.

The two brothers were speechless for a while; it was indeed not appropriate for outsiders to interfere in such matters.

That's right, the boy who ran away and the third-class maid were siblings.

The young man couldn't get a job in the manor and spent his days idly and without any seriousness.

So, the boy was short of money and wanted to ask his sister for some help. His sister didn't have any money either and said a few unpleasant things, which enraged the boy, and he started a fight...

I'm still not used to it; there's not even a word count display. Sorry it's so late.

Chapter 24 There are too many smart people (Please continue reading)

Every family has its own problems!

Even in modern times, the preference for sons over daughters was quite prevalent, let alone in the present day.

Let alone a third-class maid, even a first-class maid, despite her prestige in the mansion, would still be marginalized if the family favored sons over daughters.

However, cases like the one just now, where people resort to violence when they don't get their money, are still in the minority.

It's impossible for Jia Huan to teach the fleeing young man a lesson just because he couldn't stand it.

Who knows, after the beating, that third-class maid might complain that he was meddling.

However, upon seeing the third-class maidservant, a sudden inspiration flashed in his mind.

Have you been worrying about finding new ways to make money lately?

Jia Huan suddenly realized that Rong Mansion was a huge consumer market and also a very strong production base!

Simply acting as a proxy buyer for the young ladies and maids in the mansion, selling rouge and face powder, is a lucrative business.

It's not just cosmetics; he can also help buy small items from outside, earning only a delivery fee.

Of course, things are not that simple.

It was just helping to buy cosmetics, yet it caused such a huge uproar.

If the number of items purchased through a proxy is too large, even bigger problems will definitely arise.

How could those managers who monopolize external procurement business possibly agree so easily?

If we compare Rongfu to a state-owned enterprise, the manager in charge of procurement is like the head of the supply and marketing cooperative within the state-owned enterprise. Goods purchased from outside will be allocated in a unified manner according to regulations.

If you want goods or services beyond your quota, you'll have to pay for them yourself.

Jia Huan's joining will not disrupt the existing procurement system.

But what he earned was the extra money.

When the quantity is small and the product is limited, there are naturally fewer stakeholders who will be offended.

But once the items he helped purchase expanded from cosmetics to hair accessories and other similar items, the situation changed drastically.

Do you really think those old women who help with shopping outside the mansion are all simple-minded?

They themselves had relationships, whether deep or shallow, with the stewards in the mansion, especially the steward in charge of purchasing, and could be considered allies of interest.

If Jia Huan were to threaten their interests, the person in charge behind the scenes might just step forward.

He wasn't afraid, but he felt it was too much trouble.

If things really get out of hand, Jia Huan will at most be punished with a beating and forced to kneel in the ancestral hall, but the steward in charge of purchasing will no longer be able to leech off the Rong Mansion.

But Jia Huan discovered an even better way to make money.

The original novel of Dream of the Red Chamber states that the Rong Mansion had a population of nearly a thousand.

Of these, the number of masters was no more than thirty, while the number of servants and attendants reached an astonishing nine hundred or more.

If the ratio of men to women is equal, there would be nearly five hundred women!

This doesn't even include those who failed to get a job in the Rong Mansion; the total number would probably be even more staggering.

These women all possessed excellent needlework skills. It's likely that these were the essential life skills they received focused training in after entering the Rong Mansion.

What Jia Huan valued was their needlework skills!

Items like purses and handkerchiefs can generate considerable profits if managed properly.

What Jia Huan needed to do was to set up a shop outside the mansion, specializing in selling needlework such as purses and handkerchiefs.

If it succeeds, not only will he gain an even greater source of wealth, but the maids in the mansion will also have another way to earn money through their labor and skills.

In any world, resources are always concentrated in the hands of a few.

The same applies to the maids in the mansion. The senior maids are very prestigious, while the junior maids are unknown and rarely have a chance to stand out.

Having more money in hand would make life much easier, both at home and in the mansion.

Having made up his mind, Jia Huan quickly took action.

The first thing to find out is whether the old women in the mansion are running such a business in secret.

He now dares not underestimate the old women in the mansion at all.

These women have connections, resources, and rich life experience. With the help of a large platform like Rongfu, it's quite easy for them to run some small businesses.

Without even disturbing Aunt Zhao, they easily won over Aunt Zhao's two maids, Xiao Jixiang and Xiao Que, with a few snacks bought from outside, asking them to help gather information.

The maids also had their own little circle, and they were quite well-informed.

Sure enough, only three days had passed, and the two maids had already gathered most of the information, which surprised Jia Huan, who had gradually gotten used to the slow pace of life.

Sure enough, there are quite a few clever people in the mansion.

After listening to Xiao Jixiang and Xiao Que's explanation, Jia Huan quickly grasped the key points.

Inside the manor, some old women are already doing this kind of business, but it's not on a large scale.

It seems that they themselves are just middlemen, without their own shops, and because they have high standards for the needlework skills of their partners, their businesses simply cannot grow big.

Jia Huan was finally relieved!

The investigation was not limited to the government offices; the investigations conducted outside the government offices were even more thorough.

After school, I would personally visit several famous embroidery shops in Beijing to learn about the types of embroidery and their prices, so that I would have a clear understanding of them.

Not only for embroidery shops that specialize in mid-to-high-end business, but also for street vendors who do low-end business, Jia Huan asked the elementary school students from the clan school to help him conduct a survey to find hidden gems.

Then, he saw the huge business opportunity in it!

The demand for purses and handkerchiefs alone in the capital was astonishing.

As long as you occupy a small market share, you can make a fortune.

With the number of maids and needleworkers in the Rong Mansion, and possibly the Ning Mansion in the future, as well as their output, they will be able to seize a portion of the market!

Jia Huan still has that much confidence!

Because of market research, some of the primary school students in the clan school were being directed by Jia Huan to wander around aimlessly.

Far from being dissatisfied, they were quite excited, wishing there were as many such things as possible, and were even willing to skip class to do them.

There was no other way; Jia Huan always paid for the errands he ran.

Meanwhile, some clever elementary school students realized that Jia Hua → Jia Huan, the academic tyrant of the family, might have found a new way to make money.

Jin Rong, who had just become the top lackey, even showed a somewhat abnormal excitement.

Every day when I see Jia Huan, the first thing I always say is, "Brother Huan, do you have any errands to run today?"

Anyone who didn't know better would think he was an incredibly obsequious sycophant.

In fact, this kid is quite clever and wants to get involved in the business that Jia Huan is stirring up!

Jia Huan didn't care. He even thought that if Jin Rong had the ability to organize a stable supply of goods, it wouldn't be a big deal to let him get involved.

Once the investigation results were released, Jia Huan had already decided to expand and strengthen this business to create even greater success.

Of course, this is all predicated on him being able to persuade Wang Xifeng to help. If that's the case, then there won't be any problems at all...

Chapter 25 Seeking a Partner with Feng Lazi (Please continue reading)

Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian's residence was not located in the main house.

It was Jia Huan's first time here, and he felt quite unfamiliar with the place.

The weather was still fine; although the sun had already set, its afterglow still illuminated the sky brightly.

The maids and servants he encountered on the road were somewhat surprised, wondering what he was doing there.

What's so strange?

Whether you look at it from Wang Xifeng's side or Jia Lian's side, Jia Huan is a fairly close relative; it's just that they didn't have much interaction in the past because he was too young.

It is said that Wang Xifeng was also exhausted.

He was busy all day long, either dealing with trivial matters in the mansion or staying in Rongqing Hall playing the role of entertaining his relatives.

The only real free time was the period between serving Grandmother Jia her dinner and returning to her residence to eat and rest, during which she also had to deal with some unexpected situations from time to time.