Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 56: After the completion of the Wuzhuang, many achievements were made, and the master went to Heishui to object.
Chapter 56: After the completion of the Wuzhuang, many achievements were made, and the master went to Heishui to object.
On the way out of the small villa, Master Zhao raised his hand to Jia Qiang with admiration on his face: "Young Master Qiang's plan to trick Chen Cang in secret is really a clever one! I have been a shopkeeper for half my life, so I have gained a lot of experience!"
Jia Qiang's face was also full of smiles mixed with excitement. He was excited about the victory in the first battle of the small villa, and he felt even more happy after hearing Master Zhao's compliment.
But after taking a look at Ni San beside her, Jia Qiang quickly woke up and said humbly: "I don't dare to take credit for this. It's the trick that Brother Lang asked Ni San to bring."<
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Jia Lan really wanted Jia Qiang to help him with some practical work, not that he wanted him to eat and die. Jia Qiang left, and Jia Lan wrote a letter and sent it to Leng Zixing and Ni Er.
, and asked Ni Er to send a few capable men among his subordinates to escort Jia Qiang all the way.
In fact, even if Jia Qiang's efforts were in vain this time, Jia Lan felt that it was not a loss. At least the local people along the way were naturally recorded by the accompanying recorders and reported together.
However, Jia Lan still wrote some methods based on his own observations and those of later generations for Jia Qiang to try.
Unexpectedly, the results were not small.
Jia Qiang was very happy along the way.
Starting from Guangning Guard, we went all the way east, passing by Yingzhou Guard and Haizhou Guard. We inspected five Zhuangzi in total, and Jia Qiang actually found a deficit of two to thirty thousand taels.
This is just money. If you include the concealed population, stolen land, privately mined mines, and over-concealed and under-reported harvests, this number will go up.
"I really didn't expect these people to be greedy for so much money. Those village bosses are so rich."
Jia Qiang said bitterly. Compared with later, the head of Xiaoshan Second Village was already clean at the beginning. At most, he only underreported a few hundred taels of income every year. The head of Yingzhou Guard even dared to hit Jia Qiang.
The name of the government sold Liaodong's specialties by sea to Shandong at high prices, completely concealing the report, and then used the proceeds to buy two more Zhuangzi.
Those days, chichi, the days before Jia Qiang built the Grand View Garden were not as good as theirs.
After checking the Haizhou Guard, Zhuangzi was about to leave when Master Zhao suddenly said: "Master Qiang, I have something to say, I don't know whether I should say it or not?"
"Master Zhao, if you have something to do, it's okay to say it." Jia Qiang knew that this person was also a capable person under Sister Feng, so she didn't dare to neglect him.
Master Zhao stroked his beard: "Mr. Qiang, we have gained a lot during this trip. Further north are Liaodong Dusi and Shenzhou Wei. There are a total of eight Zhuangzi between the two places, which were inherited by Rongguo Mansion in Liaodong.
Wu Jinyong, the second master of the Wu family, who is the head of the general village, takes charge personally. This Wu family is different from the previous village heads. The ancestral brothers were the soldiers of the first generation Rongguo and Ningguo, and were ordered to guard the inheritance of the second Rongning family.
, so we can’t use such vigorous and resolute methods, because we are afraid that someone will hurt our feelings.”
After hearing this, Jia Qiang hurriedly asked: "Master, can you teach me how to deal with it?"
Master Zhao glanced at Ni San, but saw that he was standing nearby, looking like he had nothing to do with me, and said: "Look, let's divide some people to transport the property we found earlier back to Shenjing, and then to Liaodong.
After Dusi settled down, he first asked his subordinates to deliver the post to the second master of the Wu family in accordance with the ceremony. This way, it would not be a loss of etiquette, and it would not make the other party think that we were waiting for a surprise attack, so that both parties would be dignified."<
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Jia Qiang nodded slightly, and Master Zhao continued: "As for arriving at the village, Mr. Qiang only needs to linger for a few days as usual to take a look at the scenery of the village. If he can find any flaws, he will tell them to his face to show the glory of Rongfu.
He showed his majesty, and then asked the second master of the Wu family to rectify it himself to make him look decent. In this way, Mr. Qiang will be able to do business more easily."
"Master, these are wonderful words!" Jia Qiang praised, and looked at Ni San. The latter said solemnly: "I am only ordered to escort the young master and the master and his party, and I don't care about the rest."
Jia Qiang knew that Ni San was sent by Jia Lan, so she naturally didn't dare to believe it. However, she also believed that what Master Zhao said was the safest way. After careful consideration, she decided to first let Ni San send someone to pretend to be a merchant to the Wu family's village to inquire about the news.
, the rest will be implemented according to Master Zhao’s method.
After the verification was completed, Jia Qiang ordered people to capture all the village heads and stewards of the five previous villages and send them to Sister Feng, along with the latest information on the land cleared by Master Zhao.
There are three new villages in Rongguo Mansion. The newly added fields alone total 20,000 acres, as well as a small coal mine and a small iron mine. There are even more newly occupied forest farms and hunting grounds.
After this year, the annual income will increase by about 4,000 to 5,000 taels.
This is already a lot. Even Jia Mu, who is a first-grade imperial concubine, only earns twenty taels per month.
Ten days later, a group of people arrived at Wujiazhuang.
Wu Jinyong, the second master of the Wu family, who had received Jia Qiang's post early, led a group of stewards and a group of villagers to greet him outside the village.
Ni San, who was a little careless along the way, saw the villagers of the Wu family, his eyes suddenly condensed, he patted his horse and said in the ears of Jia Qiang and Master Zhao: "Be careful, you two, these villagers are not simple, they have seen blood.
Of!"
Jia Qiang and Master Zhao looked at each other with surprise.
Zhuangzi is not close to the border. It is surrounded by hundreds of forts and guard posts. How can there be any blood?
Taking a closer look, Jia Qiang saw that Wu Jinyong, the second master of the Wu family, was over sixty years old, but his face was as black as iron, his curly hair and white beard, he was eight feet tall, and he stood like a big horse with a golden sword. He did not look like a villager.
The head looks more like a general.
For a moment, Jia Qiang felt a little ashamed of herself. The momentum she had finally brought up was gone, and she shrank back.
When Wu Jinyong saw it, he burst out laughing, but when he saw his movement, the Zhuang Ding beside him all followed him and stepped forward, standing in front of Jia Qiang like a military formation. Then he looked at him, and all the stewards and Zhuang Ding joined forces.
Wu Jinyong knelt down. Wu Jinyong glanced at Jia Qiang, and slowly knelt down to say hello.
Jia Qiang looked at Master Wu with his head lowered and was frightened for a while, as if he was a ferocious beast, not bowing to herself or the Jia family, but crawling down, preparing for a fatal blow.
There was deathly silence all around, and the people in Zhuangzi didn’t even dare to make a sound.
It was Ni San who tugged at the corner of Jia Qiang's clothes that made him react, pretending to smile and chatting with Wu Jinyong.
"Third Master, look!"
At this time, one of Ni San's men poked him and pointed at something.
When Ni San saw it, his hair and beard were all frothy.
It turned out that there was a row of people hanging on the tree next to the entrance of Zhuangzi. Each of them was beaten until their faces were blue and their noses were swollen. Ni San recognized at a glance that these were the people he sent to find out the news.
When Wu Jinyong saw Ni San's expression, he laughed proudly again. He enthusiastically took Jia Qiang's hand and dragged him to the front of the village. He pointed to the row of Ni San's men hanging on the tree: "Qiang Qiang."
Brother, how can I not sweep up my bed to welcome my brother? Although Heishui Village is among the defense lines of the border army, Beidi Rangers have invaded all year round, and there are also the snowfield horse bandits. No, it has only been given up in a few days.
I caught a group of suspicious people!"
He glanced at Ni San, with a hint of ridicule in his eyes, but still smiled: "But look at the face of this strong man, what? Brother Qiang seems to know these people?"