After all, the Jia family still had no determination to break up with each other, and temporarily gave up the idea of attacking the Lin family. Without the Lin family, the construction of the Jia family's provincial villa finally started.
This behavior of the Jia family also indirectly helped the emperor.
In order to provoke comparison among those families, the construction department secretly leaked the expenses of each house.
Many people were looking at the Jia family, naturally with the idea of borrowing money from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Seeing that Lin Ruhai didn't even give Rongguo Mansion face, they could only turn around and think of other ways.
King Zhongshun said here at Wang Tingxuan: "The Rongguo Mansion has finally done something gratifying."
are you happy?
Not necessarily, especially for the emperor.
Anyone who sees one of his subordinates desperately currying favor with his concubine will not feel happy.
On this day, Miao Zhonglei brought several friends from the guard camp to Wang Tingxuan for a drink. After talking for a while, they also talked about the provincial villa. This matter is the biggest event in the capital, and it will be discussed at all gatherings there.
A few sentences.
Miao Zhonglei said: "Boss, you haven't seen that the Jia Mansion is working almost non-stop in order to make progress as quickly as possible. Those of us who live nearby are suffering, and there is no quiet time."
Wang Tingxuan smiled unkindly, saying that it had something to do with him. In later generations, transporting construction materials was mostly not allowed to enter the city during the day. In this era, there was no such rule. Who among the powerful would care about this.
As a result of King Zhongshun's words, the capital city came up with this regulation. The purpose was not to allow the empress' visit to visit relatives to disturb the lives of the common people.
For other empresses, this is not too much trouble. For example, Zhou Guiren, whose provincial villa is outside the city, this rule has no impact at all.
For the Jia family, this is a big problem. Ningrong Street is also in the center of the city, so all materials can only be transported at night.
There was a curfew in ancient times, and the yamen in Chu State that managed the curfew was the Wucheng Bingma Division. For this reason, the Jia family spent a lot of money to manage the Wucheng Bingma Division. That is to say, Jia Daishan's incense was still there, and the Bingma Division was still there.
The superior officer does not let his subordinates go too far.
The Jia family was already stretched thin, and the extra expenses came one after another, which was a bottomless pit.
In order to save money, we can only seize the time to deliver materials. Those workers who work at night are happy. They are not afraid of being tired, but they are afraid of not making money.
In order to express his apology, Wang Tingxuan said to them: "I remember that your home is near Ningrong Street."
Miao Zhonglei said: "Yes. My family is better off. It's on the road where Jia's family transports materials. Once the carriages and horses pass by, it won't be affected. My cousin's family is unlucky. It's just on the road.
Not far from the door where they came in and out, it was noisy all day long, and there was no time to relax. We couldn't afford to offend the Jia family, so my cousin had no choice but to send his newborn child to my house."
Wang Tingxuan said: "I have an idea to make money, are you willing to listen to it?"
Miao Zhonglei admired Wang Tingxuan's ability so much that they secretly called him the Midas Touch.
"Boss, tell me quickly, do you have any good ideas?"
Wang Tingxuan said: "You build a small restaurant near Jia's house and sell it specifically to the workers."
Can this make money?
You know, those poor people can break a penny in half and spend it. Who would be willing to go out to a restaurant?
"not understand?"
"I tell you, you don't need to prepare any fancy dishes, just prepare something simple. For example, just stew a pot of bone and radish soup with simple pickles. Most of the workers came with dry food and worked for a day.
Well, who doesn’t want to drink a bowl of hot soup?”
Miao Zhonglei said: "This can make money, but how can we guarantee that those workers will come?"
"I'll teach you another trick. Get a few empty rooms nearby and clean them. Tell the workers that if they spend four cents at your place during the day, they can stay there for free. They will come back
Resting at home will take at least one or two hours. Living there is different. After waking up and having a meal, you can go to Jia's house to earn money. This is equivalent to working for a few more hours every day."
"Yes, the Jia family pays high wages in order to rush the work. As long as those people know they can make money, they won't care about spending more money."
"Yes, we all live nearby. There is no need to spend money on the vacant house. Just let the family clean it."
"We can also get some wine and side dishes. Those foremen earn more and are willing to spend this money."
Everyone is not a fool, and they will soon understand the benefits of doing this. Although it is not much money, it can't support many people, and it doesn't cost much to do this, and it doesn't cost a lot of money.
People in the Jia family looked down upon this little money, and others couldn't make it even if they thought about it.
They are different. They have a place and connections, and no one dares to cause trouble for them, not even the managers of the Jia family dare to offend them.
Coming down in pieces like this, more than a dozen taels of silver a day is a small amount.
Especially the idea of accommodation. Many workers live on the streets or in abandoned yards, which is not safe. Nowadays, there is no need to spend money at all. That is, you can get a meal for four cents a day.
Who wouldn't want to live in a safe place?
It is said that you are looking for a house, but in fact you don’t even have to look for it, just put up a few sheds in the open space.
Wang Tingxuan said: "Don't be too stingy. It will take at least a year to build the provincial villa in Jia Mansion. Now they are all hard workers. They earn little and have to count their expenses. When those workers with higher wages come in, they will spend every day.
The more money you can make.”
Miao Zhonglei said: "Don't worry, sir. We still have to live there, so our reputation won't be ruined. I estimate that when the Jia family's garden is completed, there will be a small one of ten thousand taels."
profit."
As long as you understand it.
As long as those workers can live comfortably, there are many ways to make money. For example, clothes are very worn out by working every day. If they want to continue wearing them, they must be repaired quickly. In this way, the idle women from poor families nearby
People have also made a living. They wash, cook, sew, and mend, and they can earn some money for their families.
King Zhongshun caught Wang Tingxuan and said, "Do you know what Miao Zhonglei and the others did?"
"Aren't they just making a little money? Compared to you, the prince, it's nothing at all?"
King Zhongshun said with disgust: "There are times when you don't know. Let me tell you. Their small restaurants have played a big role."
Wang Tingxuan didn't understand how a small restaurant of their size could play such a big role.
King Zhongshun said mysteriously: "Those stewards of the Jia family, who wouldn't want to make money by building a villa for relatives? They were discussing business in a small restaurant, and the people I arranged discovered it. I asked people to talk to those stewards.
, provide them with access. Don't tell me, the managers of the Jia family are so courageous. When the good materials were transported to the construction site, they didn't even unload them. They just pulled them out and sold them. Then I put them at Miao Zhonglei's place.
Some time ago, I turned around and sold it to the Jia family."
Wang Tingxuan really had nothing to say, Prince Zhongshun would not let go of the little money those little stewards made from reselling materials.
King Zhongshun said: "Anyway, they have opened a restaurant, so they are idle. Helping me with this can be regarded as serving the emperor."
This chapter has been completed!