Chapter 5 Niu's martial arts and one hundred taels of silver
After only reading silently three times, Jia Yun successfully recited hundreds of words in "Spring and Autumn".
As he recited, Jia Zheng, Zhan Guang, and Chuntao were shocked again, dumbfounded...
Chuntao once again admired in her heart: "It turns out that this guy is not only very handsome, but also possesses divine power. He even has such a miraculous memory. Such a genius, he will probably become more prosperous in the future!"
Chuntao was already more fond of Jia Yun, but when she thought about her status and situation, her mood became depressed.
She knew that no matter how good Jia Yun was, no matter how much she liked Jia Yun, there would never be any fate between her and Jia Yun in this life.
She is Jia Zheng's maid, and Mrs. Wang has become disgusted with her recently. She has warned her not to seduce Jia Zheng in disguise, but to behave like a maid, and not to dream of climbing up a tree to be an aunt like Aunt Zhao.
For this reason, she has been very worried recently, fearing that Mrs. Wang will kick her out one day.
Not to mention Chuntao, Jia Zheng was once again surprised by Jia Yun.
The "Spring and Autumn" sutra may seem simple in text, but its language is extremely concise. Almost every sentence contains implicit connotations of praise and criticism, making it difficult to understand. It has been called "Spring and Autumn Writing Style" by later generations, "Small words and big meanings."
Jia Yun recited hundreds of words of "Spring and Autumn" just three times silently and immediately recited it word for word. This was a very difficult task, which proved Jia Yun's strong memory.
Unexpectedly, Jia Zheng was surprised and said excitedly: "Yun'er, you have such a strong memory, why worry about not being able to do well in the liberal arts examination? The glory is great, let alone the promotion of people, it is not difficult to get a Jinshi."
Jia Yun couldn't laugh or cry, but when she thought about Jia Zheng's character, she understood.
The reputation of the martial arts examination was not as good as that of the liberal arts examination, and Jia Zheng was an old-fashioned man. He had been fond of reading since he was a child, and he attached great importance to reading and progress, and returned to the right path.
Now that Jia Zheng saw that Jia Yun had such a strong memory and was suitable for studying, he naturally hoped that Jia Yun would take the civil service examination.
It is not convenient for Jia Yun to tell Jia Zheng that he is not interested in the liberal arts examination, nor is it convenient to say that there is little hope of taking power through the liberal arts examination. Even if he can do it, it will take too much time and energy, let alone say that he is eyeing Ning Rong.
The remaining martial arts of the Second Mansion...
Jia Yun responded: "Master, I have thought about this matter and feel that I am more suitable to participate in martial arts."
"Now I am physically strong and have a strong memory. If I take the liberal arts examination, I will waste the advantage of the former."
"Both, if you want to get high marks in the Liberal Arts Examination, you don't just have to have a strong memory. I have self-awareness. Even if I have a strong memory, it will be very difficult to get high marks."
"Third, I have always admired my ancestor's military style in the past. Now I have firmly determined that I will become a weapon through the martial arts exam. I believe that my ancestor's spirit in heaven will also be willing to see me take the martial arts exam."
Jia Zheng hesitated after hearing this, and after a while he sighed: "What you said still makes sense, that's all, just go and participate in the martial arts competition."
"As you said, you are a branch of our family, my relative and junior, sharing the same ancestor with me, and you lost your father early, so life with your mother is not easy, so I am naturally willing to help you."
"I will give you two hundred taels of silver, either as a loan or as a gift to you. In addition, I will recommend you to go to the Niu Family Martial Arts School in the Niu Family of Zhenguofu. This is a top-notch private martial arts school. You don't have to pay the tuition fee. Every year I
I'll pay it for you."
"It's just that the enrollment of Niu's martial arts is strict. Even with my recommendation, you still need to pass the exam. But you don't have to worry. With the magical power and memory you just showed, you should be able to pass the exam."
Jia Yun quickly bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will certainly not forget to repay you for your kindness if I succeed in martial arts in the future."
I was so excited that I really came to the right place for this trip to Rongguo Mansion, and I really found the right person!
Originally, he was worried that the trip would not go well, but the result was even better than he expected.
Originally he only expected to borrow one hundred taels of silver, but now Jia Zheng actually wanted to give him two hundred taels, arrange for him to go to Niu's martial arts school, and help him pay for the tuition.
In the world of Red Mansions, the annual consumption of an ordinary family is only more than 20 taels of silver, and the poverty-stricken families are even less. Bu Wuniang worked hard at needlework, but she could not earn more than 10 taels of silver in a year.
The eldest maids in the Rongguo Mansion each received only one tael of silver or even a sling of copper coins per month. The monthly money of the little maids was only a few hundred copper coins.
As for Jia Zheng's concubine, Aunt Zhao, her monthly income was only two taels.
Even Jia Baoyu, a rich man, only earns two taels per month.
Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang have the highest monthly income, twenty taels of silver each month.
Of course, the wives, aunts, masters, young ladies, and maids in the mansion do not just rely on monthly money to live. Food and clothing are all paid for by the family, and the monthly money is only equivalent to a subsidy.
But it can be used as a reference. Two hundred taels of silver is definitely a huge sum of money for Jia Yun now!
As for Niu's martial arts, Jia Yun knows about it.
When the Qing Dynasty was founded, twelve heroes of the opposite sex were selected and granted four princes and eight princes. The eight princes were Ning Guo Gong, Rong Guo Gong, Zhen Guo Gong, Li Guo Gong, Qi Guo Gong, Zhi Guo Gong, Xiu Guo Gong, and Repair Guo Gong.
Ning Guo Gong Jia Yan and Rong Guo Gong Jia Yuan are brothers. The Jia family is a family with two sons, which can be said to be the most outstanding family among the four kings.
Now many years have passed, the Jia family has fallen behind, and the strongest one in the eight kilometers is the Niu family in Zhenguofu.
Niu's martial arts is a private martial arts school established by the Niu family, and it was also one of the best private martial arts schools in the Qing Dynasty.
Almost all the martial arts students in the Niu Family Martial Arts School are of extraordinary status, either rich or noble, which means that by entering the Niu Family Martial Arts School, you can not only learn martial arts very well, but also get to know this group of martial arts students who are rich and powerful.
Tuition fees for Niu's martial arts are naturally expensive, costing fifty taels of silver per year, and you don't have to be rich to get into it.
The Ning Rong family and the Niu family were family friends, and the two families had close ties with each other. Under this premise, Jia Zheng recommended Jia Yun to Niu's martial arts school. Jia Yun still needed to pass the exam, which shows that the enrollment of this private martial arts school is indeed strict.
Two hundred taels of silver, Niu's martial arts, and paying tuition for Jia Yun...
Jia Yun, who was originally despised by Zhan Guang, now makes Zhan Guang envious.
Zhan Guang knew that he was just a guest of the Qing Dynasty. He had been slapped in the face by Jia Yun again and again in front of Jia Zheng today. If he still dissuaded Jia Zheng from arranging for Jia Yun to go to the Niu family martial arts school and prevented Jia Zheng from cultivating the children of the family, Jia Zheng would not
Overjoyed.
Although Jia Zheng was old-fashioned, ignorant of the world, and easily deceived, he was not a fool.
However, Zhan Guang couldn't help but said: "Old man, is this too much? Forgive me for talking too much. Although Brother Yun is a capable person, he is indeed qualified to take the martial arts examination."
"It's just that the old man introduced him to the Niu Family Martial Arts School and paid the tuition for him. He has already done his best. If he were to give him another two hundred taels of silver, it would be superfluous and self-defeating."
"Brother Yun is young after all. Suddenly he has a lot of money, so he will inevitably indulge in pleasure."
"Both, there are many side branches in the old man's house, and there are not many rich ones. You gave two hundred taels to brother Yun today. The other side branches will inevitably be jealous, and they will also follow suit and come to the old man for money.
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"Old people have always hated this kind of trouble, so why bother asking for trouble?"
The Jia family has a large population and is divided into twenty houses. Twelve houses are in Jinling, where they are from, and eight houses are in Shenjing City. Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion are just two of them. The other six houses are indeed very wealthy.
Hearing this, Jia Zheng frowned and hesitated again, and quickly said: "Yun'er, two hundred taels of silver is indeed too much. I didn't think carefully, so I'll change it to one hundred taels."
"Yes, it all depends on the master." Jia Yun bowed again.
He wanted to refute Zhan Guang and get two hundred taels of silver, but he knew that it was not convenient for him to bargain in front of Jia Zheng about such money.
He is a junior with a "grass" prefix and a minor blood relationship. If he bargains in front of Jia Zheng, it will inevitably make Jia Zheng think that he is rude and greedy for money, which will ruin the good impression left by him.
In this case, let alone two hundred taels, maybe not even one hundred taels.
Now that she can still get one hundred taels, Jia Yun is also very satisfied.
He is not a contented person, but he knows when not to push beyond the limits!
but……
When Jia Yun finished bowing and stood up, he glanced at Zhan Guang. If just now he just hated the Qingke husband, now his dislike has risen to the level of hatred.
Jia Yun considers himself not a very greedy person, and he is not the kind of person whose rule is to "cut off people's wealth, like killing their parents", but he is not a good person either.
Zhan Guang despised him today, he could tolerate it, and he could tolerate targeting him, but after several consecutive attacks and cutting off his 100 taels of wealth, and almost 200 taels, Jia Yun couldn't bear it anymore.
Again, in the future he should make Zhan Guang regret what he did to him today.
Zhan Guang was not satisfied at this time. He wanted Jia Zheng not to give Jia Yun even one tael of silver, but he failed to achieve his goal. Jia Zheng just changed the two hundred taels to one hundred taels.
Zhan Guang didn't talk any more, knowing that Jia Zheng would become displeased with him if he talked any more.
He didn't want to damage his good image in Jia Zheng's heart for a mere young man Jia Yun, let alone suddenly lose his great career.
As a Qingke husband who was highly valued by Jia Zheng, he wanted status and money. For him, although the world was big, there was no better career than this.
Continuing the imperial examination, passing the imperial examination, passing the imperial examination, becoming an official... This is of course a good future, but Zhan Guang no longer feels that he is the material, and now he can't stand the hard work of studying hard, like hanging on the beam.
"You write a receipt for him." Jia Zheng told Zhan Guang.
Zhan Guang smiled bitterly, and had to write a ticket for one hundred taels of silver to Jia Yun. Jia Zheng signed the ticket, handed the cards and the ticket to Jia Yun, and asked Jia Yun to go to Gongzhong.
Take silver.
In terms of money, Jia Zheng was really upright. He could not even afford a hundred taels of silver as a private person. His daily expenses usually came from his father-in-law.
You know, among Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and even Wang Xifeng in the future, who didn’t save a large amount of money? Even Jia Lian had a lot of private money.
Looking at the masters of Ning Rong's second house, Jia Zheng is the only one who is incorruptible in this regard.
Jia Zheng couldn't come up with one hundred taels of silver personally, so he had to ask Jia Yun to get the one hundred taels from his father-in-law.
Taking the cards and tickets given by Jia Zheng, Jia Yun walked out of the study room and found to her surprise that her disciple Qin Xian was still standing outside the door waiting...
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