Chapter 238 The human heart is dangerous everywhere
Yes!
That's right, Wang Xifeng first cried about poverty and then asked for money.
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In Jia Lian's view, it is normal to cry when you are poor, but it is abnormal not to cry.
Because the Jia family is really poor today.
After Yuanchun, the eldest daughter of the Jia family, was conferred as a concubine, although the Rong and Ning mansions seemed to be decorated with flowers and burning oil, they used to be the homes of heroes, but now they have become relatives of the emperor. On the outside, they seem to have received the greatest political support.
Backer.
But the actual benefits have not been seen even a dime, but the actual expenses suddenly increased by an unexpected amount.
Not to mention the huge amount of expenses for welcoming guests and sending them home, all of which have to be sent out in real money. Just for the two major events of building the provincial residence and welcoming the provincial relatives, the budget alone is already two million.
Two white pieces of silver.
Judging from Jia Lian’s engineering experience in his previous life, we know that all projects will eventually exceed the budget.
If the overrun amount does not exceed 10%, it will be considered an excellent project. Judging from the current situation of the Jia family, it may even exceed the cost by 50%.
In other words, it will probably cost 200 to 3 million taels of silver to build a guest house and welcome the imperial concubine to the royal family.
Jia Lian is the housekeeper in the Rongguo Mansion, and the bank is where he checks regularly. He knows better than others that the amount of silver currently in the Jia family's bank, together with the 50,000 taels of silver stored in the Zhen family in Jiangnan, only amounts to 2
One hundred and four hundred thousand taels of silver.
This face-saving project, even if it is done well, will completely wipe out the Jia family's wealth!
But at this time, everyone in the Jia family, including Jia Zhen, the patriarch of the Jia family, decided that they must build a separate courtyard for provincial relatives and welcome provincial relatives at all costs.
Even if all the family wealth is spent on the royal family, no matter how luxurious it is, it only adds luster to the royal family's face. It is just "taking the emperor's money to spend on the emperor."
When the time comes to please the royal family, as long as the emperor rewards the Jia family with a few fat jobs, it means that the wool comes from the sheep, and no matter how much money is spent, the money will be earned.
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At the beginning of the construction, Jia Zhen showed quite strong ability to do things.
For example, the garden between the two prefectures was used to save land, the original water source of Huifang Garden in Ningguo Prefecture was used to save water diversion, and the bamboo trees, rocks, pavilions and railings in Jiashe Old Garden in Rongguo Prefecture were used to save materials. Even taking away Lai Da
Together, we will count the number of people in the family, open registration books, supervise the work, and use the Jia family's servants and servants to save labor costs.
According to this method of saving money, construction has only started for more than two months. The original budget should only cost 300,000 taels of silver, but at this time, 670,000 taels have been spent, more than double the amount. Jia Zhen was so angry that she jumped up and down, holding the account book and checking it one by one, only to see that every project had overruns, and every overrun had its own explanation, and each explanation could not be refuted.
Jia Lian came to discuss with Wang Xifeng. Firstly, Wang Xifeng was only good at managing people but not good at checking accounts. Secondly, because he didn't want to offend others, he said he didn't understand.
Jia Zhen went to ask Jia She personally, and Jia Zheng came to check the accounts together.
Jia She said that she was not feeling well and could not get up from bed, so she avoided seeing him. Jia Zheng said that she was busy with official duties and was not accustomed to secular affairs, so she politely asked Jia Zhen to go back and work hard to check the accounts.
Jia Zhen had no choice but to ask Lai Da and Lai Er, the housekeepers of the two houses, to check the accounts. But if they let the thieves catch the thieves, they would naturally not be able to find any problems.
If Jia Zhen, whose claws were numb, were not the clan leader, he would have run away. However, everyone else could run away, but he, the clan leader, could not escape.
After gritting his teeth for a few more days, he gradually realized that the project was becoming increasingly chaotic and the account overruns were becoming increasingly serious. If this continued, the Jia family would be completely destitute before the provincial residence was built.
Jia Zhen was so anxious that she didn't sleep all night, so she came to Sister Feng again to discuss how to exchange some silver and valuables from Jia Mu's private treasury for use.
Sister Feng is someone who always only takes advantage of good things. Whenever she encounters trouble, she has to push Jia Lian out to block the gun.
So, in front of Jia Zhen, she asked someone to write this letter to Jia Lian who was far away in Yangzhou. The purpose was to tell Jia Lian that the Provincial Family Courtyard was really short of money and asked "Second Master Lian, the chief steward of Rongguo Mansion" to quickly provide it.
Here's an idea, get some money back to save the day.
At the end of the letter, Wang Xifeng seemed to say intentionally or unintentionally:
"My wife has already mentioned to the old lady about the marriage between Baoyu and Miss Xue. Although the old lady hasn't said anything yet, she hasn't said that it will definitely not happen."
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Jia Lian threw the letter on the table.
Wang Xifeng is such a fool!
What I said to her before leaving was completely disrespectful!
In order not to complain about herself, she wrote such a letter to Jia Lian. In a few words, she pushed all the problems and troubles to her man.
She never thought about how much money there was in the bank. If Jia Zhen, the patriarch, knew, how could Jia Lian not know?
And besides those bank vaults, where else can there be money? If Jia Zhen, the patriarch, cannot find it, can Jia Lian find it?
At this time, the project budget was out of control, and a dozen of them, who were at the construction site every day, didn't know where the problem was. How could Jia Lian, who was thousands of miles away, know where the problem was? p>
And even if Jia Lian knows what the problem is, why should Jia Lian write a flimsy and useless letter back? Or should he just abandon his own affairs and rush home to clean up the mess for others without being justified?
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I once made it clear to Wang Xifeng that she, Wang Xifeng, is qualified to be a director in Jia Mansion only because she is Jia Lian's wife. Once Jia Lian is cheated, she, Wang Xifeng, will be nothing.
How could this stupid woman decide that selling Jia Lian first would be the most beneficial way for her?
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Looking at the last sentence, it already shows that Wang Xifeng’s crisis has begun.
Mrs. Wang is about to take action.
Obviously, as soon as Jia Lian left the capital, Mrs. Wang had already planned to assassinate Jia Lian on the way.
But later there was no news about the killer sent by Mrs. Wang, so Mrs. Wang decided to kill Wang Xifeng first and use Wang Xifeng to attack Jia Lian.
Mrs. Wang is a very experienced person, and she understands that she must lay the groundwork first. The first step is to solve the problem of the serious "Second Grandma".
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Ever since she brought Daiyu to Beijing, the old lady had been determined to bring Baoyu and Daiyu together so that her most beloved grandson would marry her most beloved granddaughter, thus getting the best of all three worlds.
Originally, with the authority of the old lady, Mrs. Wang could not object to this matter. After all, mother-in-law has an absolutely overwhelming advantage over her daughter-in-law.
But Mrs. Wang had already taken the initiative and asked the virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun in the palace to be her spokesperson. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the reward, she only said that Baoyu and Baochai were the same, and made it clear to everyone: Concubine Jia Yuanchun
It means that I am attracted by the marriage between Baoyu and Baochai.
No matter how old the old lady is, she is never too old.
The emperor is heaven, the royal family is heaven, and the royal wife is also heaven.
The virtuous concubine wants Baoyu to match Baochai, how dare the old lady go so far as to let Baoyu match Daiyu?
The old lady didn't express any objection, but she had no choice but to acquiesce.
Fortunately, Yuanchun was not really favored in the palace. Otherwise, if she really acted like a baby in front of the emperor, and the emperor acted impulsively and gave the little round-faced son a "marriage", then Mrs. Wang's face would be in jeopardy.
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As soon as Baoyu Baochai's marriage enters the formal process, Mrs. Wang will definitely spare no effort to speed up and speed up. She does not have to wait until she marries Xue Baochai before she can officially launch the plan to kill Wang Xifeng.
Something happened to Wang Xifeng, and in an emergency, "replacing the phoenix with a hairpin" was a matter of course.
Moreover, while Wang Xifeng became the biggest sinner of the Jia family, Baochai became the great hero of the Jia family, and Mrs. Wang also became the person in charge of killing relatives and turning the tide, severely attacking the old lady who supported Wang Xifeng.
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Just as I was thinking of this, Lin Pingan's voice came from the door:
"Second Master, there is a Taoist nun outside who wants to see you."
Jia Lian is upset:
"Alchemy is not accepted."
Lin Pingan was more honest than Lin Yongan and continued to behave:
"She said there was something important."
Important thing?
Damn it, the most important thing for a woman to ask me for is money.
Jia Lian is even more annoyed:
"Tell her, no money!"
Lin Pingan responded and was about to turn around and go out. Xing'er, who had been lying on the ground blowing stones, suddenly raised his head and said: