Jia's mother hurriedly said to Jia Zheng: "Even if you become Brother Yun's subordinate in the Yamen now, but you are Brother Yun's elder and you are kind to Brother Yun, I don't think Brother Yun dares to be with you."
Come to Canada."
Jia Mu wanted to comfort Jia Zheng, and there were so many female relatives in the hall. Jia Mu didn't want Jia Zheng to be embarrassed in front of the female relatives today.
After all, Jia's mother actually knew that even if Jia Zheng was Jia Yun's elder, she had to listen to Jia Yun in the yamen, not only because Jia Yun was Jia Zheng's boss, but also because Jia Yun was an imperial envoy and a representative this time.
The emperor is on business!
Jia Zheng just said that when it comes to matters related to the Coal Mine Department, even Xiao Fu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, has to listen to Jia Yun's orders. How can Jia Zheng, a junior member of the fifth rank, not listen to Jia Yun on official matters?
Jia Zheng continued to sigh: "Yun'er is indeed very capable, not only in martial arts, but also in business. Today I listened to colleagues discussing that Yun'er's proposal of vigorously mining coal mines and manufacturing briquettes is indeed
They are all good ways to make a lot of money, but the briquette recipe was Yun'er's own idea."
"Yun'er also proposed a method to attract investment this time. Mr. Xiao, our minister from the Ministry of Industry, praised this method as very good."
“Investment promotion means that the mining of coal mines and the manufacture of briquettes are not handled by the government, but by merchants’ investment and participation. The merchants apply to the Coal Mine Department for approval, and after approval, a license will be issued. The merchants who have obtained the license can mine coal mines and manufacture briquettes...
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Mother Jia didn't want to hear this kind of thing anymore and interrupted: "Stop talking about it. What's the use of telling this kind of thing to all the women in our room? You've been busy all day, so go have dinner."
Jia Mu looked at Mrs. Wang: "You go and serve me, I don't need you to serve me here."
Mrs. Wang said "yes" and left immediately with Jia Zheng.
Mother Jia didn't like to hear about investment promotion, but there was one person at the scene who not only listened carefully but also cared about it very much. She was Xue Baochai!
"Invite investment? Merchants invest? Maybe our family can participate in this matter!"
Xue Baochai thought quietly in his heart.
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In an alley in the west city of Shenjing City, there is an old second-entry house, which is Qin Ye's home.
Qin Ye was only a small official in the Ministry of Industry, and he had been an honest official for many years. His family did not have much property.
That evening, Qin Ye returned home from get off work and told Qin Keqing in detail what happened to Jia Yun today.
Qin Keqing was also surprised when he learned about it.
I secretly sighed in my heart: My father has become Brother Yun’s subordinate!
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That evening, Jia Yun returned to her house and told Bu Wuniang, Xiren, Zijuan, Qingwen, Xiangling, Liu Wuer and others about today's events in detail.
After Bu Wuniang and the maids learned about it, they were naturally proud of Jia Yun.
And that night, Jia Yun sent someone to call Cheng Huanian to his house and talked about investing in a coal mine factory together.
Jia Yun herself doesn't want to invest a lot of time and energy in this matter, but she still plans to cooperate with Cheng Huanian. The two of them have been very happy working together and trust each other very much.
Cheng Huanian was pleasantly surprised by this. He knew how profitable coal mining was. He also felt that the idea of briquettes was very reliable. Moreover, he now trusted Jia Yun, a talented merchant. Jia Yun was the Imperial Envoy to the Ministry of Industry Coal Mine this time.
Among the doctors, Jia Yun is under the official care, and it is difficult for the coal mine factory they jointly work to make money!
After discussion, Jia Yun and Cheng Huanian decided to invest 10,000 taels each, each holding 50% of the shares. Cheng Huanian was responsible for the management of the factory.
Originally, Cheng Huanian proposed that the two of them contribute 10,000 taels each and let Jia Yun hold 60% of the shares, because Jia Yun's official status was very important this time.
Jia Yun declined the proposal.
Once Jia Yun did this, it would be seeking public benefit for personal gain, at least it couldn't be written like this in the contract, otherwise he might be impeached in the future, and Emperor Tianzhi might blame him.
Cheng Huanian knew what he was doing, and thought that he could not do this openly, but that he could privately provide more benefits to Jia Yun through other methods.
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It has been three months since the Xue family lived in Rongguo Mansion.
In the past three months, Aunt Xue would go to chat with Jia Mu or Mrs. Wang almost every day.
Xue Baochai also often spent time with Lin Daiyu and Sanchun, reading, playing chess, or doing acupuncture.
Lin Daiyu was depressed because of Xue Baochai's beauty, dignity, reserve, and open-minded behavior. He followed the times and was less aloof than Lin Daiyu. Therefore, Xue Baochai was more liked by the people in the Rongguo Mansion than Lin Daiyu. Even Jia Baoyu liked to be close to Xue Baochai.
Compared to Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai, Xue Pan is more chic!
Originally, Xue Pan was afraid of being disciplined and restrained by his uncle Jia Zheng, so although he lived in Rongguo Mansion, he planned to move out after living in Rongguo Mansion for a while.
As a result, Xue Pan has been very handsome in the past three months.
Jia Zheng did not discipline Xue Pan. After living in Rongguo Mansion for three months, Xue Pan got acquainted with many incompetent members of the Jia family, drinking, gambling, and looking for flowers. Under the influence of these incompetent members of the Jia family, Xue Pan became even more useless than before.
Yes, it was an unbecoming act.
Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai were both worried about this. Originally, mother and daughter expected that Xue Pan would become a mature man after moving into Rongguo Mansion. However, it turned out to be exactly the opposite of what they expected.
Xue Baochai was helpless.
Firstly, her family was living in Rongguo Mansion, so it was inconvenient for Jia Zheng to help discipline Xue Pan, and Jia Zheng himself was unwilling to discipline him; secondly, Aunt Xue really doted on Xue Pan, and although she did discipline Xue Pan, her discipline was really limited.
That evening, when Xue Baochai heard Jia Zheng talk about Jia Yun in Rongqing Hall, she was very concerned and even had an idea to let the Xue family participate in this investment.
That night, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai returned to Lixiangyuan, and Xue Baochai told Aunt Xue this idea.
Aunt Xue wondered: "Why did you suddenly make such a suggestion?"
Xue Baochai said: "Mom, this has two benefits for our family."
"It can make money. Although my daughter is not proficient in business, she also knows that coal trading is very profitable. And today I heard the second master of the house talk about the briquettes. I also think this product will sell well. Our family's
Money is just for display at home, why not take some out and invest it to make money."
"Secondly, I can let my brother interact more with Brother Yun through this investment. Even if we can't get along with him, we can ask Brother Yun to discipline him."
Aunt Xue's eyes lit up when she heard this: "My daughter is really wise. I will ask your aunt to help tell Brother Yun about this tomorrow."
Xue Baochai said: "We are already disturbing our aunt by living in this house. It's better not to bother her about this kind of business. Mom can invite brother Yun to come to our place for another meal and let him accompany you. Then you can
Tell Brother Yun about this yourself. If Brother Yun wants to do it, that's fine. If he doesn't want to, just fine."
Aunt Xue nodded.
Immediately, the mother and daughter sent people to ask Xue Pan to go home.
Xue Pan was taking several members of the Jia family to look for flowers and willows. When he saw Aunt Xue, Xue Baochai sent someone to call him back to say that he had business, but he rushed back home immediately.
Although he was incompetent, he was filial to Aunt Xue and loved Xue Baochai.
After Xue Pan came back, Aunt Xue told him the matter, and Xue Pan was willing after learning about it. In fact, he also wanted to make money, and he admired Jia Yun and wished he could deal with Jia Yun more.