Really, there are a lot of weird things happening in Rongfu.
How long has it been since Qin Keqing got married, and she has already heard many strange things about Rong Mansion?
Sometimes, I feel really baffled.
There was obviously a better choice, but the old lady of Rong Mansion simply ignored it.
Rong Mansion gave her the feeling of being in a state of forced balance, with severe internal friction.
It is really speechless to talk about it. It seems that the right to speak in Rongfu is in the hands of three women.
The second master Zheng didn't care about the affairs of the house, but the first master was powerless.
The two brothers Jia Zhu and Lian were not qualified to participate at all.
As for the younger Jia Baoyu, he was having fun with the old lady all day long.
It feels like the entire Rong Mansion has a strong stale atmosphere. If nothing changes, it’s hard to say how it will develop in the future.
After talking about the Rong Mansion, the next step is the Ning Mansion.
After several rectifications within the Ning Mansion, the atmosphere and style of conduct at this time were very different from those in the past.
Less laziness and perfunctoryness, more crispness and efficiency.
If nothing else, at least there won't be any chance of having a baby in Canada.
If such a situation does arise, we will deal with it together as soon as we find it. We will never tolerate it.
It's funny to say that the former butler Laiji wanted to make a comeback. When Jia Zhen came back, he was jumping up and down quite a lot.
The old lady of the Rong Mansion also helped negotiate peace, as if she wanted to directly contract the position of the Ning Mansion's housekeeper to the Lai family.
As a result, Jia Zhen was married to Jia Rong and Qin Keqing at the wedding, and was quietly sent to Zhuangzi to recuperate.
As for Lai Er, who was jumping around so much, there was no need for Jia Rong to take action. Jia Fu, the current chief steward of the Ning Mansion, could not spare him.
The details inside are not clear, but it is said that Laiji's family has been having a very difficult time recently.
The inner house of Ning Mansion is peaceful, so naturally there are not so many things to say.
What Qin Keqing was talking about was not about the things in the inner courtyard of the Ning Mansion, but about the situation of that guy Jia Qiang.
Because Jia Rong often sits in the clan's teaching building, it is often difficult for Jia Qiang to meet him.
He has a mission, which is to inform the news as soon as possible about the news he has learned from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Instead, the people to whom Jia Qiang reported the news were basically Mrs. Zhao and Qin Keqing.
As for You, he may have some ability and skills in handling internal affairs, but he has a dark eye on the situation outside.
Even if I tell her, she won't understand.
Mrs. Zhao is well-informed, has experienced too many things, and has a good family background and has read many books, so she has her own understanding of some situations outside.
As for Qin Keqing, after receiving strict education in this area, it can be said that he has extraordinary abilities both internally and externally.
When Jia Rong has time, he will listen to it. If he doesn't have much time, he will read the relevant briefings specially compiled by Qin Keqing.
Speaking of which, Xiang Daiquan in the Daming Palace was very powerful. With the money, he not only sent Jia Qiang to the Ministry of Internal Affairs smoothly, but also served as the fertilizer department that dealt with the imperial merchants.
Let's put it this way, although Jia Qiang is only a low-level official from the ninth rank, he can deal with all the imperial merchants in the world.
Through the imperial merchants directly managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Jia Qiang was naturally able to know a lot of information.
Some of the information he sent back was that Jia Rong was very interested in it.
In particular, the information on the imperial merchants directly managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was, in his opinion, the absolute core secret of the Daqian Dynasty.
Imperial merchants are beings who can trade around the world.
In this regard, it is quite remarkable.
You must know that even with the momentum and influence of Ning Rong's second house, if they secretly set up a trading company, they would not be able to do business with the world.
Even the powerful cabinet bosses have many difficulties if they want to support the family caravan to trade around the world.
From this point alone, Huangshang's advantage is quite astonishing.
Apart from anything else, with the advantage of being able to do business all over the world, with the help of one or several imperial merchants' stores in various places, it is possible to establish an intelligence network covering the entire world.
At this time, only the royal family and the government had such strength to collect intelligence covering the entire world.
Xue, the king of Jia Shi, one of the four major families in Jinling, how can the Xue family be ranked as high as the other three families in military merit? Is it just because of the title of the first generation head of the Xue family, Ziwei Sheren?
Of course not, but because the Xue family is the spy leader placed by the royal family in Jiangnan, and controls the espionage power in the entire Jiangnan region.
After Jia Rong became the head of the Jia clan in the capital, she gradually learned some unknown secrets.
The Xue family also took this opportunity to expand their business almost nationwide.
Not to mention the Xue family's own identity as the royal spy leader, it made King Jia Shi and the other three families fearful, and their family's money made the other three families jealous.
As far as Jia Rong knows, every few years, the Xue family has to take the initiative to pay protection fees to the other three families. On the one hand, it ensures the safety of the family, and on the other hand, it ensures that it continues to be a member of the four major families in Jinling.
The amount is absolutely astonishing, reaching nearly one million vehicles!
As the head of the four major families in Jinling, the Jia family can get at least half of the protection fee, which is definitely a huge number.
Even with the background of Ning Rong's second house, it is impossible for them to despise this amount of money.
It's not a one-time deal, there is one almost every few years.
Just for the sake of money, it is impossible for the other three families to specifically target the Xue family.
This is why Jia Rong believes that it is absolutely a failure for the Rong Mansion to use its valuable military connections to pave the way for Prince Teng.
In the story of "Red Mansions", the prince Tenggui became the governor of the Beijing camp, and at the same time boosted the reputation of the Wang family and became the head of the four major families in Jinling.
Then, the protection money that was supposed to be given to Ning Rong's second mansion was taken away by the palace, leaving him with only normal protection fee income.
That's a difference of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. If we can make good use of it, how many great things can be accomplished?
As a result, after the Wang family obtained it, they naturally spent it all on Wang Ziteng and the Wang family.
As for the Rong Mansion, it was a waste of money. Although it could barely maintain the political alliance of the four major families in Jinling, it actually did not gain much benefit.
Of course, the current situation is very different from the story of the Red Mansions. Anyway, Wang Ziteng was not successfully promoted to the Beijing Camp Jiedushi, but was instead driven to a local post.
The brands of the four major families in Jinling are still there, and Ning Rong's Second Mansion is still the boss of the four major families, and can continuously obtain massive amounts of money and supplies from the Xue family.
Only after the Xue family received the support of the other three families could they become the dominant force in Jinling.
At the same time, the family business can still be spread throughout the country, and even in the imperial business system, it is one of the best.
It can be said that the Xue family can mobilize the most physical resources among the four major families in Jinling, and it is also the most ignored...