Lai Da watched his young man sneak into the corner door quietly, expecting that he would soon let Wu Xindeng's family get the information.
As long as Wu Xindeng's family goes to Zhou Rui's family for help, then Mrs. Wang will naturally know.
Lai Da's heart suddenly moved, and he felt that today should be more than that. He hurriedly called a boy over and told him to go to his house and tell Aunt Lai. Just as the boy ran away, he heard something coming from the door.
Someone shouted:
"Second Master Lian is here."
The servants who were swaying around in the crowd immediately found a place to kneel down. You stepped on my shoe, I bumped into his waist, and we were in a mess for a while.
Lin Zhixiao and Shan Daliang were deputy housekeepers, and they both looked rude, but they were not the chief housekeepers after all. Lai Da was silent here at this time, so they had no choice but to keep silent.<
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Jia Lian came to the door of Yi, and Xing'er quickly moved a chair over and asked Jia Lian to sit down.
Lai Da, Lin Zhixiao, Shan Daliang and other very discerning men, as well as Jia Lian's other seven servants, immediately knelt down and said loudly:
"I've met the second master."
Jia Lian didn't ask them to get up.
Jia Lian's brows slowly furrowed as he watched the servants making a fuss with cold eyes.
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According to Jia Lian's long-awaited plan, as long as he becomes the head of the Rongguo Mansion, he will legitimately regulate the Jia Mansion.
When he becomes the patriarch, he will legitimately regulate the entire Jia family.
Wait for him...
Don't go that far, just say that now, he has completed the step of "becoming the head of the family", and he has to take action when it is time.
The problems in Jia's mansion are both political and economic.
Politically, as long as the emperor did not confiscate his family and punish crimes, it would be fine, but the Jia family's economic problems had reached a point where there was no need to delay.
The so-called economic problem, in short, is "less money coming in and more money spent".
The problem of income is because the descendants of the Jia family have no future and are sitting on their hands, waiting to die. This is not something that can be solved in a short time.
But the problem of spending more money is much easier to solve.
The first thing is to get rid of the "vampires" and "worms" among the minions who seek power for personal gain and are corrupt and derelict in their duties.
If you fail to fulfill your duties, you will be a slave, you will bully your master, and your family will be empty. This is still a light thing.
They even specialize in intrigues, stirring up dissension among the masters and making them fight among themselves. They like to fish in troubled waters and benefit from it.
What's even more frightening is that they, a group of unscrupulous slaves, are colluding with their interests at all levels, coercing their masters, and plundering from others, making the Jia family bear the charge of "conniving evil slaves".
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When the others saw the cold expression on Mr. Lian's face, they couldn't care less about anything. They all crowded together and knelt down. They shouted "I've seen Mr. Lian" one after another, making it difficult to hear clearly. p>
Jia Lian glanced sideways at the three housekeepers kneeling on the ground with their heads lowered, and said leisurely:
"Butler, butler, do you want me to manage this house like this?"
As the general manager of Rongguo Mansion, Lai Da actually managed all the internal affairs of Rongguo Mansion. At this time, he was very dissatisfied when he heard Jia Lian's responsibilities:
Humph, didn't you Jia Lian ask my deputy Lin Zhixiao to organize the call? Things are going crazy right now. Instead of asking Lin Zhixiao, why don't you ask me? I don't even dare to be rude to me, who are you! p>
But the strength of the Lai family has always been their soft bodies. No matter how hard they gnaw at the Jia family in private, they must do enough on the outside.
So Lai Da coughed twice on purpose and then replied calmly:
"My servant is getting older, so I always have headaches and fever, and I have less control over the affairs of this house. Today I even got phlegm, and I coughed until I felt dizzy. It's my fault that I neglected my duty."
After that, he coughed twice, indicating that he couldn't take care of it because of his poor health, so don't come to me if you need anything.
Jia Lian took a serious look at his glossy face, which was more rosy than his own. Where could he see any signs of illness?
So Jia Lian nodded and said:
"Since you are sick, I can't blame you too much."
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When Lai Da heard what Jia Lian said, he even sneered in his heart:
Blame me? You deserve it!
I am serving the master, can it be your junior’s turn to make the master behave in front of me?
Brother Rong and Brother Qiang in Dongfu must politely call me "Grandpa Lai" when they meet me. According to the rules, you should also call me "Uncle Lai" like Baoyu. When you meet me, you must stand still.
How dare you sit down while talking?
Old lady, sir, my wife is still polite when she sees me. Who are you to dare to stand up to me?
I'll give you the excuse "I'm sick" anyway, just to give you face.
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Jia Lian knew that Lai Da was deliberately trying to get Da Da, but he only asked Lin Zhixiao:
"What about you?"
Lin Zhixiao hurriedly kowtowed:
"The slave has no excuse. The slave has indeed neglected his duty."
He asked another steward, Shan Daliang, who also kowtowed and said:
"The slave has no excuse. The slave has indeed neglected his duty."
Jia Lian nodded and said:
"Since you two have no excuse, you still have to be punished."
He coughed lightly and ordered:
"Lin Zhixiao and Shan Daliang did not manage well, and they were in charge of everything themselves."
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Lin Zhixiao and Shan Daliang have both been housekeepers in the mansion for many years. They have never been so shameless. When they saw Jia Lian's cold face, they couldn't help but sigh:
It turns out that Second Master Lian is even more sad and hard-hearted than Second Grandma Lian, and it seems that life will not be so easy in the future.
The two of them were unsure, but they didn't dare to neglect, so they had to draw their bows from left to right and slap their own mouths.
When the rest of the people saw that the housekeeper was beaten in public, they couldn't help but feel frightened.
What’s more, the boy who had caused the most serious trouble just now knew that even if Jia Lian didn’t pursue him, the two housekeepers who were beaten in public would not let him go afterwards, so he began to tremble with fear.
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Lai Daben was watching the show, laughing in his heart:
Lian Er is young after all, and he doesn’t understand anything about human nature.
Beating and punishing people as soon as they come up. Although it scares people for a while, everyone must be annoyed with you. Who will do a good job for you in the future?
Besides, which of the slaves in this mansion has not been serving the whole family for several lifetimes? Who doesn’t have a close relative who can talk to the elders in the mansion? I’ll leave it to you at that time.
You say some unpleasant things here, let’s see how you behave in front of the elders in this house!
He was lowering his head and secretly feeling proud, but unexpectedly Jia Lian turned around and waved to Xing'er:
"Butler Lai said he is sick and can't do anything, so don't ask him to do it by himself, otherwise he will get tired and you can go over and slap him twenty times in the mouth."
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Lai Da almost jumped up when he heard this.
What?
What!
I bet Jia Lian is holding back and wants to deal with me!
It was embarrassing enough for those two people to hit themselves; but when they came to my place, he actually let Xing'er, a puppy, hit me in the face?
Hundreds of people were watching eagerly, he was stomping my old face on the ground!
Seeing Xing'er rolling up his arms and sleeves and about to walk in front of him, Lai Da shouted in panic:
"I am an old man who has served in this mansion for decades!"
What he meant was to show off his seniority and remind Jia Lian of the respect the family had for the "old man".
Little did he know that what Jia Lian hated was this group of "senior old worms". Hearing this, he smiled coldly:
"Eh? What you said reminded me.
You have served in this mansion for decades, and with the grace of the Jia family, you were promoted to be the general manager of the Rong mansion, and a prime minister's room was set aside for you to use.
You have eaten a lot of fat in the Jia family, and now you have become a rich man, but you don't want to serve the Jia family wholeheartedly, and you only create trouble for the Jia family.
We will settle other accounts later, but let’s just talk about the ‘Trouble in Heaven’ in front of us. You, an old man who has been serving us for decades, don’t know how to deal with it?”
Chao Xing'er ordered:
"Since the old man who has been serving for decades deliberately broke the rules and twenty mouths are not enough, I will slap forty mouths instead.
Give me a good beating, boy, don't be lazy!
Forty mouths, at least two molars will be lost."
Xing'er, the bad boy, grinned and deliberately showed a bitter look on his face:
"Back to the second master, the little one is born with little strength. I'm afraid...I'm afraid that I won't be able to knock out the two molars."
Jia Lian scolded:
"You loser who wants to be lazy!
If you can't get two molars out of forty mouths, you can't stop beating until two molars fall out!"
Xing'er understood what Jia Lian meant, and laughed secretly in his heart, but his face showed a forced and helpless virtue, and he muttered to Lai Da with a bitter face:
"Butler Lai, can you open your mouth and show me first? Let me see if you have two molars in the back?
Don't come back and I'll slap the mouth a hundred and eighty times until I'm exhausted. As a result, you'll only have one molar in the back, and you won't be able to spit out two molars, so we'll be in big trouble."<