The seeds you plant will germinate at the right time and bloom and bear fruit at the right time.
The harvest season and the day of getting rich arrive at the right time and naturally.
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In the next two days, Jia Lian was busy finishing the cases of Shan Ziye and Ye Qiming in the Yamen.
According to the agreement with the emperor at that time, Jia Lian sent all the people involved in the case to far away places, and also formally inspected Shan Ziye's home and Wanfang's pawn shop.
Arresting people is not a day to get rich, but raiding homes is.
This is a time when people in the yamen are known to get rich together.
Among Bi Shaogong's family properties in Shanziye, the one hundred thousand taels of silver belonging to the corrupt Jia family must of course be returned to the Jia family according to law.
Prince Zhongshun calculated the Jia family's 10,000 taels of silver for Shan Ziye Bi Shaogong, but could not report it to the government. Naturally, no one in the Bi family dared to tell the story, so they had no choice but to ask Jia Lian to "help Prince Zhongshun deal with it" in private.
In addition to the 110,000 taels of silver, Jia Lian also unexpectedly found five large boxes of precious calligraphy and paintings by famous celebrities in Shanziye's home.
It turns out that although Shan Ziye lost his fortune in his early years, he later became famous for his calligraphy, painting and gardening, and was able to visit the houses of various high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen. After accumulating over the past few decades, he still made a lot of money. This man became obsessed with calligraphy and painting, and used most of the money he earned to buy famous calligraphy and paintings for collection and appreciation. Although these collections cannot be compared with those before he lost his fortune, Shan Ziye's own discernment was so sharp that he did miss a lot of them.
Few good things are in hand.
How can you not take advantage of such a huge advantage?
So when I entered the account, the five large boxes of paintings and calligraphy naturally turned into the five large boxes of clothes.
Xing'er had already followed Jia Lian's instructions and exchanged bundles of clothes for bundles of famous calligraphy and paintings.
Jia Lian has already thought about it. When Mr. Shuyou comes to the capital, he will pick out a few good paintings from this pile and give them to him. In addition, using the "Grand View Garden" that is half the size of Lai's "Grand View Garden" as an academy, he will definitely be able to
Mr. Shuyou will be so happy that snot bubbles will come out of his nose.
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As for Wanfang and the pawnshop, after Jia Lian got back all the property deeds of his house, he should also confiscate them according to law.
During the publicity period, if someone wants to redeem the pawn, they will naturally redeem it. Anyone who has not come to redeem the pawn after the publicity is publicized will be dealt with accordingly.
There were a lot of definitely valuable things in this pawn shop. Of course, Jia Lian had to take a look at them and picked out more than a dozen antiques and thirty-five gold and silver jewelry to keep for himself.
As for the rest, the servants in the yamen can naturally take it as they please. Anyway, in the end, all they have to do is match the remaining items that no one wants with the final accounts. This is what any yamen does if they return the items to the public.
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Shan Ziye's one hundred thousand taels of silver and the Jia family's real estate deed were naturally sent back to the Jia family. However, Jia Lian did not take the rest of the extra income home for Sister Feng to keep, but instead sent it to Fushui for cooking pots.
Qin Keqing's office.
At this time, Fushui Shaoguo had doubled in size, and more than a dozen employees were added.
Both Qu Siping and Qin Keqing are cautious people, and neither of them is willing to blindly increase manpower. The waiters used in the pot cooking are all selected over and over again.
Every clerk must be a local, well-informed, and must have a guarantor.
Newly recruited workers who have not worked seriously at cooking pots for a year can only do menial work in the outer yard.
The courtyard where Qu Siping's family and Ke Qing live has now been renovated. It is still inconspicuous from the outside, but inside it has been transformed into a three-entry courtyard with high and thick walls.
When Ke Qing and Jiu Hua, who live in the innermost room, entered the courtyard, although they were still wearing embroidered masks, it was clear from their chatter and laughter that they had become a lot more cheerful.
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After chatting for a while, Qu Siping and his wife asked their daughter Jiu Hua away with a wink, and asked Jia Lian to talk to Ke Qing.
Jia Lian briefly told Ke Qing many things that happened after they left, and Ke Qing was amazed:
"Second Master Lian's experiences are enough to write a book."
Jia Lian smiled and said:
"Then I'll tell you, you can write to me later.
Don't worry about the random fabrications made by those people on the market today. What's in the bookshelves is "The Legend of Niehai Bailian Chu Liuxiang", "The Case of Niehai Bailian Jia", "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang Jia", "Lian Ye Jiangnan Journey", listen
Each book is more mysterious than the next."
Keqing pursed her lips and smiled:
"It's a pity that I can't go into the city, otherwise I would have to go to every bookstore to listen to it."
Jia Lian also smiled and said:
"Then what's the difficulty? One day I'll find someone who knows how to disguise myself and help you change your appearance. Then you won't be able to go anywhere you want?"
But Qing shook his head and said:
"No need. As a dead person, I have no reason to go to the mortal world to cause trouble to the second master. I might as well think about how to make the wine taste better.
We made more than a dozen jars of the recipe for ‘Winter Brew’ that Erye gave me last time, and it was indeed good.”
When it comes to wine, Keqing is as obsessed as hops:
"Although this 'winter brew' is good, it is for southerners' taste. It is a bit too sweet, and the fragrance of osmanthus and gardenia is also a bit greasy. I'm afraid northerners are not used to it.
Uncle Qu, the hops and I adjusted it several dozen times, and added lotus stamens instead, using the method of extracting the dew in sections, and added a little angelica, rehmannia root, astragalus, amomum villosum, polygonum multiflorum, patchouli, clove,
I used Chuanxiong and other medicinal materials to make a new wine. It tastes good to me. I will let the second master taste it later.
Also, I tried adding the flower dew I made into the wine, and created a few new ones, which I think some people will also like.
By the way, last time the second master said that the floral dew can be made into incense that can be smoked in an incense burner. You can also add fragrant rouge, or directly make it into snacks. I have tried them all one by one. Today, the second master suddenly suddenly
Time comes and I don’t have time to make snacks. For the rest, I have a few samples I made before.”
"You are working too hard. But please, don't tire yourself out."
Jia Lian really felt a little sorry for Ke Qing. After saying a few words to her, she immediately started working overtime on research and development. Isn’t this too oppressive? Do she look like an unscrupulous capitalist?
But Qing smiled:
"Second Master, doing this made me understand one thing."
"What?"
"When you do what you like, even if you are tired, you feel comfortable in your heart.
When I was working hard to manage the Ningguo Mansion, I felt physically and mentally exhausted every day. Many things were entangled in my mind, and I often fell ill.
The doctor said that I have a strong mind and am too smart. Because if I am too smart, unsatisfactory things often happen, and unsatisfactory things often happen, I think too much. Worry hurts the spleen, the liver wood is too strong, and the body becomes worse every day.
Now I realize that when the doctor said that I was ‘too smart’, he actually meant that I ‘pretended to be smart but was actually stupid’.
At that time, I had to think carefully in all directions every day, lest someone would be even remotely dissatisfied with me, and the result would be nothing more than teasing myself. Even without Jia Zhen’s coercion later, I’m afraid I wouldn’t live long.
But now, I have found something I like, and I feel at ease. Even though my body is a little tired, my life is much better than that time."
A woman who is good at reflection is definitely a smart woman.
Jia Lian looked at Ke Qing and suddenly said:
"Oh, I'm confused!
Why do you still use Yi? Except for the people in the inner house of the Jia family and Jia Zhenjiarong, not even the servants of the Jia family have seen you. So what if you go to the capital?
If you like it, you might as well go to the capital and open what we call the ‘Green Lotus and Hundred Flowers Fragrance Shop’ someday.
In order to avoid messing up the account of the pot cooker, the money for opening the fragrance shop comes from the 10,000 taels of silver I brought. You can take as much as you need. I am the owner and you are the shopkeeper."
Keqing was obviously very moved, but she was cautious, so she still lowered her head:
"Second Master, give me a few days to think about it carefully."
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When Jia Lian, who was in a happy mood, rushed back to Jia Mansion from the suburbs of Beijing, it was already dark.
He made up his mind not to go to the Yamen tomorrow, but to settle the affairs of the other slaves in the government who were greedy for ink. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the gate, his family members rushed to and fro:
"The chief historian of Prince Zhongshun has been waiting for Mr. Lian in the Hall of Rongxi for half a day."