Chapter 599: Kill the chicken with a borrowed knife to scare the monkey
However, it is said that there were originally four daughters-in-law of the Prime Minister's family in the Rong Mansion. Now the Lai family and the Wu Xindeng family have been dealt with. Among the remaining two, the Lin Zhixiao family is older and more senior than the Shan Daliang family.
It’s not even a little bit stronger.
It's a pity that when Jia Lian was gambling, Lin Zhixiao's family was clever and did not step up to take charge of the affairs immediately. She missed the good opportunity to be promoted to the leading housekeeper's wife.
Now among the three housekeepers and daughters-in-law, Lin Zhixiao's family, Shan Daliang's family, and Shan Daliang's niece Qianxue, Jia Lian deliberately remained noncommittal, seemingly letting them perform their duties, but in fact he was observing secretly.
The maid Qianxue, who was originally kicked out by Baoyu, has now married Li Gui, the comprador manager of Rongguo Mansion. At the age of eighteen, she became one of the four wives of housekeepers in Rongguo Mansion. I don’t know how many maids are jealous of her. p>
What makes the maids even more envious is that the current head of the family, Jia Lian, has told everyone to still call her "Qian Xue" instead of "from the Li Gui family".
Such an honor made Qianxue, the housekeeper, even more unique, and Jia Lian looked at her with special eyes.
Qianxue and Li Gui are naturally very grateful to Jia Lian for being able to sit in their current positions, and of course they are extremely serious about their work.
The reason why Jia's previous procurement was a fat one is because there were all kinds of kickbacks and corruption in the procurement process. Unwritten rules abounded, and everyone was greedy and greedy.
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Jia Mu is old and has retired from taking care of things.
Jia Zheng has a "naturally free and unrestrained nature and does not care about worldly affairs." Apart from reading and playing chess, he also chats with Qing guests. He is a standard "hands-off shopkeeper".
Mrs. Wang is incompetent and has hidden selfish motives. She only trusts her roommate. Earlier, she collaborated with Wang Xifeng to use her monthly money to loan loan sharks privately, and even took bribes and perverted the law in order to save her private money.
The Jia family set up a comprador in order to reduce the trouble of individual purchases through centralized purchasing. At the same time, centralized purchasing is large and facilitates bargaining. It is originally a good method that is both efficient and economical.
But the problem lies in the Jia family's management.
Once the person in charge of the comprador becomes a slut, he will use his power for personal gain, pass off inferior goods, and make profit from the price difference.
In the Jia family, not only the masters were pampered, but the maids also followed suit, causing "leakage" everywhere in the Jia family, until the family's capital was almost eaten up.
Until now, Jia Lian has become the head of the Rongguo Mansion.
Jia Lian understood the big problems in Rongfu's financial management and directly grasped the key of "managing money first and managing people".
Li Gui, who worked conscientiously and methodically and was grateful to Jia Lian, became the comprador general manager. With the endorsement of the head of the family, Jia Lian, Li Gui first took drastic measures to plug various purchasing loopholes.
The Jia family went through Jia Lian's "corruption investigation" and almost all the "rat's nests" were dug up. The slaves who dared not confess completely were sent to Western Liaoning to reclaim wasteland. The slaves of the Jia family were frightened.
Do you still dare to confront Jia Lian?
So now the Jia family's comprador affairs are doing better than before, and the expenses are much less than before. When I reimburse Jia Lian in one month, it is less than one-third of the previous one.
But even so, Qian Xue always told Li Gui to keep an eye on the people under his command and remember what Jia Lian said: "Supervision must be strengthened, good things must be rewarded, and bad things must be punished."
Li Gui was very satisfied with Qianxue, who was gentle, considerate and well-managed. Every time he heard her talk, he not only did not feel nagging, but felt that Qianxue was a grateful person.
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Qianxue had just finished counting the gold and silver in the gold and silver utensils warehouse, when she met Jia Lian who came out of the Grand View Garden, and hurried forward to salute.
Jia Lian was hurriedly walking away with his head lowered, and all he could think about was finding a mandarin duck to rescue Jin Chuan. In "A Dream of Red Mansions", it is said that Jin Chuan'er jumped into a well and died after being chased out by Mrs. Wang, but it did not say that Jin Chuan'er was rescued by Mrs. Wang.
How long after the madam was kicked out did she jump into the well and die? One day? Two days? Or how many days?
When he saw Qian Xue, Jia Lian immediately laughed and said:
"Okay! It's you!"
Qianxue told him that it was incomprehensible. She was stunned for a moment before saying:
"What orders does the second master have?"
Jia Lian asked urgently:
"Do you know where Jin Chuan'er's family lives? Take me there quickly."
Qianxue was also surprised:
"Have you heard about my wife's pursuit of Jin Chuaner? Why are you going to her house now? Just ask me to go if you need anything."
Jia Lian waved his hand and left:
"Since you know her family, then take me there quickly. If you have any questions, we can talk about it along the way."
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Qian Xue was originally a warm-tempered person, but following Jia Lian's footsteps, she couldn't help but walk very fast.
But she was a little confused:
Jinchuan'er being kicked out is indeed a bad thing. Jinchuan'er, who has always been lively and strong-willed, will inevitably feel sad. And her wife, Bai Lao'er, is a particularly arrogant person. Her daughter was kicked out by her master, so she naturally feels embarrassed.
, it is rare to complain and scold Jin Chuaner.
As a close friend who grew up with her, it was right for me to go to her house to persuade her. But why did Second Master Lian rush to her house in such a hurry? This...
After exiting the back door of Rong Mansion, turn to the west corridor. The journey is not that far.
Unexpectedly, just after entering Shuijing Alley, I saw a petite girl with her back to the alley entrance, standing next to the well platform, seemingly looking into the well.
Qianxue recognized it as Jin Chuaner at a glance.
He couldn't help but murmured in a low voice:
"This girl is playing by the well, how dangerous it is..."
Before she finished speaking, Jia Lian covered her mouth and whispered in her ear:
"Don't make a sound! Once you startle her, she will be in trouble if she falls."
Others didn't know it, but Jia Lian knew that Jinchuaner really wanted to jump into the well.
Seeing Qian Xue nodding her head repeatedly, Jia Lian let go of her hand, stepped lightly, and cautiously approached Jin Chuan'er.
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Seeing that he was only a dozen steps away from Jin Chuan'er, he suddenly heard an older woman's voice coming from a nearby house:
"Jinchuan'er! Where did you die!
If you don't stop even after asking your master to drive him home, where are you going to seduce men?
Look at your sister Yu Chuan'er, how can she be as shameless as you?
Tell me about you. When you were not living a good life, you actually asked your master to slap him in the face and call him a "little whore". Where did you tell me to put my old face?
I have been a widow for ten years, and I am clean and well-connected. How could I raise a slut like you!
My wife is like a Bodhisattva. She eats fast and chants Buddha's name every day. She always cherishes the old and pity the poor. She either burns incense for the Buddha or adds sesame oil to give alms. Such a good master can't even tolerate you. Tell me how low you have to be.
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Jin Chuan'er was so frightened by the scolding that he trembled all over. Suddenly he covered his face with his hands and plunged into the well!