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Thinking of this, she began to feel distressed even for the money Jia Lian had scattered.
"Don't bother me one by one. Go to Lian'er's place to receive the rewards. Call everyone in our yard and Cong'er's yard. Don't let those irrelevant people collect all the money...
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After hearing Mrs.
In the Ningguo Mansion, Mrs. You didn't have any big reaction after hearing the servant woman's report. She just smiled and told Yindie: "Go tell Laisheng's family and ask her to go to the accountant and pay three hundred guan to everyone in the mansion."
One point can be regarded as congratulations to Second Master Lian."
Youshi doesn't want the slaves below to think that her mistress is not interesting enough.
As for whether three hundred guan is too little...
Originally, the population of Ningguo Mansion was much smaller than that of Rongguo Mansion, especially after the Jia Zhen Jiarong incident, she sent out a lot of them.
So three hundred strings is enough to give everyone a sense of meaning.
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Inside the Rongguo Mansion compound, it was still very lively.
"Lin Zhixiao's family has a total of fourteen pieces. The other second master specially rewarded Lin Zhixiao with five taels of silver, Lin Zhixiao's family with five taels of silver, Lin Hongyu with one tael of silver, for a total of eleven taels of silver with seven coins."
As Lin Zhixiao's family and his two sons kowtowed to receive the reward, Lin Zhixiao, who was standing next to Jia Lian and read out, also put down the list and kowtowed hard towards Jia Lian.
Jia Lian waved his hand to let him get up and looked at Lai Da, who had been standing aside for a long time.
"General Manager Lai..."
Lai Da walked into the middle, knelt down and replied: "The slave from my family is now serving in front of the old lady. He cannot come to receive the reward. I can only accept it on my behalf. Please forgive me."
Jia Lian glanced at him and waved his hand casually, indicating that he didn't mind, but asked curiously:
"I heard that Manager Lai has three sons?"
"Second Master, I have three sons..."
"I heard that your eldest son Shang Rong has long been selected as a scholar and is studying hard to prepare for the provincial examination?"
"yes……"
"Oh, then I would like to congratulate you in advance. If he is really promising and can pass the provincial examination, it will bring glory to my Jia family."
Lai Dayi was very happy when he heard this, and he quickly laughed and said: "Second Master, you have promoted him. He was originally just a slave, Yangzi. If it weren't for the grace of the master who let him go from birth, he would never have had the chance to study.
Now that he has this opportunity to go to Gongyuan to see it, it is his good fortune, we never thought he would succeed."
Jia Lian smiled and said, "You don't have to be modest. There are many people in the world who have the opportunity to study, but not everyone can grasp it.
I'm not praising him. Just ask, in the whole world, which slave's family can have a scholar sitting in charge?
Not to mention the Master of Juren.
If he really succeeds, it will indeed bring honor to my Jia family, and I will have a reward when the time comes.
I'm just afraid... Manager Lai is used to being rich and he won't look down on my few copper coins..."
Lai Da's face changed slightly and he said hurriedly: "What did the second master say? The slave's family is what it is today, thanks to the grace of generations of masters.
As for my son Shang Rong, let alone he is not in high school yet, if he really gets hit one day, if he dares to be ungrateful and betray his master, I will be the first to break his legs!"
Lai Da was shocked by Jia Lian's words.
Although he has always been sure that based on the Lai family's achievements in serving the Jia family for several lifetimes and the old mother's dignity in front of Jia Mu, even Jia Lian cannot do anything to his family.
However, this does not mean that he dares to disobey Jia Lian.
This is still Jia Lian back then. Today's Jia Lian is even more respected as a marquis. If he breaks his face, even Jia's mother may not be able to protect their Lai family!
He was naturally cautious in front of Jia Lian.
Second, about my son Shangrong...
Not to mention that the son has not yet won the imperial examination, but if he does win the imperial examination one day and is qualified to be an official, he will still have to rely on the support of the Jia family.
As the general manager of the Duke's Mansion and serving Jia Zheng all year round, Lai Da also knew everything about officialdom.
With the foundation of their family, even if their son wins the election, he can only be assigned an official position by relying on the power of the Jia family...
As for becoming a Jinshi, they have never expected it, and they don't even dare to expect it.
You know, all Jinshi must go through the palace examination, which means they may have to meet the emperor!
If the emperor asked about his son's family background, what should the son say?
Father and grandfather are both slaves of Rongguo Mansion?
If that really happened, he could imagine how ugly the emperor's face would be.
Although the imperial examination in this dynasty was not as demanding as in the previous dynasty, all scholars, peasants, and businessmen could take the examination.
But this definitely does not include slaves!
Although his son Shang Rong has been freed by the Jia family since he was born and belongs to the common people, the emperor may not necessarily think so.
All Jinshi are bound to become imperial officials.
The so-called relationship between monarch and minister is actually equivalent to the relationship between master and slave.
The parents of a court official were actually servants of someone else’s family? What did the emperor think?
It's not necessarily that Lei Lei is angry, but he is definitely unhappy.
The emperor was unhappy, and the fate of the Lai family was doomed.
Therefore, the Lai family never planned to let Lai Shangrong pass the Jinshi examination. They only hoped that he would be able to win the imperial examination, and then rely on his connections with the Jia family to sneak into an official position. From then on, the Lai family would transform from a slave class to a scholar class.
As long as he doesn't fall into the emperor's eyes, no one will pursue him and stick to his family.
It can be said that Lai Shangrong is the only chance for the Lai family to make a comeback. They have carefully cultivated him since they were young and value him more than anything else.
How dare Lai Da make Jia Lian feel dissatisfied? If his son's future is ruined, then the entire Lai family will never be able to turn around.
Facing Lai Da's humble look and words, Jia Lian didn't feel any disturbance in his heart.
To be honest, if he hadn't just returned to Beijing and there were a lot of things going on at home, he would have really wanted to take this opportunity to uproot the Lai family.
It's not that the Lai family is very important in his heart, he just doesn't want a family that is not loyal enough to keep biting the Jia family.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As for why the Lai family is not loyal enough...
In fact, many facts have shown it.
The biggest point is that the Lai family trained Lai Shangrong to study and take scientific examinations!
When Jia Mu was still in charge of the family, she released her eldest grandson from slavery for the sake of her old sister, Aunt Lai. This was a sign of favor.
At least, Jia Mu at that time must have never thought about letting the Lai family train an official!
Let me ask, for an official, which family other than the Tian family is qualified to be his master?
For another example, since the eldest brother Lai was promoted to the two brothers, the Lai family has never let their children do hard work in the two houses...
This is completely different from Lin Zhixiao who had arranged for his son and daughter to enter the mansion early and started as a third-class slave.
Therefore, many things are not traceable, but Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and others cannot see them.
Of course, with the smoothness of the Lai brothers and Aunt Lai, it is not surprising that Jia Mu and others cannot see clearly. After all, they are in the game, and they even feel that the Lai family is extremely loyal, and many important matters are left to them.
They called for peace of mind.
From this point of view, the Lai family is very successful.
If he had not come from a humble background, it would have been possible for the Lai family to develop into a big family, or even become an aristocratic family, based on the abilities of the past few generations.
Jia Lian is still very sure about the abilities of the Lai family.
However, who said that when he gave Lai Da the opportunity in the first place, he couldn't seize it?
Since he did not surrender at that time, he was destined to perish.
From the funeral of Jia She and others last year to the construction of this huge provincial garden, although the Lai family was cautious enough, under his careful surveillance, he had already mastered sufficient evidence of their corruption.
As long as he wants, he can eliminate the Lai family at any time.
Just don't be in a hurry.
In today's Lai family, even Lai Shangrong has not yet been elected as an official, and it is impossible for him to dare to betray the Jia family.
"That's all Lai Shangrong, where are your other two sons? I rarely see them a few times this year."
Jia Lian asked again casually.
Lai Da's heart moved slightly. Could it be that this made the second master unhappy?
"Second Master, please forgive me. A few years ago, because they were too young, my servant did not arrange errands for them in the house.
In the past few years, there have been no changes in the personnel in the house, so I let the two of them run errands with me all the time.
Since the Second Master asked about them, how about I ask for mercy and let them work under the Second Master?"
"That's not necessary. Since they are following the master, let them follow me all the time. There is no shortage of people around me to help me.
Okay, you go and get the money."
After dispatching Laida, the entire reward session is over.
It seems that the effort is huge, but in fact, all the slaves put together did not spend enough one thousand taels.
Originally, there were more than 600 people in Ningrong's Second Mansion, but now there are a little less, and there are still more than 500 people.
On average, each person only has about one tael of silver, including all the housekeepers and housekeepers' wives. In fact, most people only have about the same amount of money.
He waved his hand to Lin Zhixiao and then gave Zhao Sheng and others a look.
Zhao Sheng understood and immediately attracted a group of people in the corner of the hall.
Most of these people were women and children, and everyone wore a filial piety belt on their forehead.
When Jia Lian saw them, his face turned serious.
Before these people could kowtow to him, he had already stood up and faced the group of servants who had not dispersed yet.
"Many of you must have heard that I left Beijing on orders this time and experienced many life and death crises.
So, if I can come back today, it’s a lucky chance that I can save my life!
However, I came back alive, but many people who followed me to Oara failed to come back.
It can also be said that my life was saved by those who did not come back alive!
There is no resurrection after death. Although I am heartbroken, there is no way to save it.
But I can guarantee one thing, that is, take care of their wives, children, and children on their behalf! Don’t let their blood flow in vain, let alone let them feel cold under the influence of the Nine Springs.
Therefore, I have called you here today. In addition to giving you some rewards along the way, more importantly, I want to tell you something.
The sons, husbands, or fathers of these people in front of me died for me, Jia Lian.
Therefore, I do not hope that one day in the future, I will hear someone say that any of them have been bullied by others.
I don’t want any of them to point their finger at me, Jia Lian, and call me an ungrateful person.
Wait, do you understand?"
Although Jia Lian's words were spoken calmly, the meaning made everyone in the courtyard look strange.
Those who were kneeling all looked sad and grateful, and couldn't help crying again.
They all knew that with Jia Lian's words, no one would dare to bully them in the Jia Mansion in the future!
They are grateful and excited.
"Second Master~ I can't bear what Second Master said. Sanwa, Sanwa can die for Second Master. He deserves to die!"
An old but energetic old man raised his head and shouted loudly.
"Exactly, my pillar is the same. Let me thank the second master for his kindness..."
Sounds like this made Jia Lian feel a little uncomfortable.
It was obvious that the person closest to them had died, but now they were kowtowing to him in gratitude.
Jia Lian spoke loudly to comfort them, and when they were quieter, Jia Lian said: "There is not much I can do, but I am showing kindness to the family members of loyal people.
Well, everyone who follows me on this expedition will be rewarded fifty taels of silver.
Among them, those who are seriously injured and disabled will receive an additional 120 taels of pension.
Those who died in battle will receive a pension of one hundred and eighty taels.
Wang Teng has been with me for many years. This battle was the most heroic, and he was especially rewarded with three hundred taels of silver.
That's it, each of you send two people up to get the money."