Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 58: Shocking turn of events, real profits, chaos in the space between fires
Chapter 58: Shocking turn of events, real profits, chaos in the space between fires
It was night, Jia Qiang stayed in the guest house arranged by the Wu family, and drank a small drink in depression.
Although I am very unhappy, I still have to admit that the old beheader of the Wu family is indeed a very wise man. He considers everything to death, and even the hospitality is so considerate.
Jia Qiang looked at the small table in front of her, which contained fine wine, venison, and mountain delicacies, and she felt even more depressed.
In the afternoon, Mr. Zhao reported back that he had inspected the warehouse of Heishui Village. Except for some reasonable losses, the rest was no different from what was recorded in the books. Mr. Zhao admitted that the shopkeeper in an ordinary big shop, no matter how honest and honest he was, would at most be
For this reason, it is impossible to do anything else.
Moreover, Wu Jinyong went all out. Not only did he expose the entire Zhuangzi to let Jia Qiang's people move freely, he also planned to ask Jia Qiang to directly help bring back all the silver coins offered this year.
There are simply no flaws.
Since there was nothing to do, Jia Qiang didn't want to be embarrassed by staying here, so she directly told Wu Jinyong to leave early the next morning.
It's not like he hasn't thought about staying here to see how deep the water in Heishui Village is. He simply doesn't believe that there is no airtight wall in the world. After experiencing the huge project of building the Grand View Garden, in a sense, Jia Qiang can be regarded as a pioneer.
As you can see, when it comes to greed, there are many different methods. Although most of them are ordinary and clumsy behaviors, there are also some wonderful and hidden ways to make money.
Jia Qiang firmly believes that the Wu family is not greedy, but they are not as lowly as the previous five village heads, who take advantage of the land.
Giggle!
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.
"Brother Qiang, it's me!"
Jia Qiang recognized Ni San's voice and hurriedly lowered her head and opened the door. However, she saw Ni San leading the two of them into the house without being polite.
"Brother Ni San is here? Come and have a drink together! I'm so bored right now!"
"Brother Qiang, I came here to report something big!"
"What are you..." Jia Qiang woke up a little, and then she saw clearly that one of the people brought by Ni San seemed to be a tenant of the village, and the other one had his hands and face bandaged, just like the one who was hung up in the morning.
One of the people.
Ni San gave his men a wink, and the two of them carefully observed the surroundings outside the house, one on the left and the other on the wall. After confirming that no one was watching, they emphasized again: "Major discovery!"
This sound made Jia Qiang sober up from her drink. Seeing Ni San pointing at the tenant, the man immediately bowed his head and bowed, calling himself Jiao Qing, the farmer, and begging Jia Qiang to make the decision for him.
But as she listened, Jia Qiang became confused.
What is this talking about? The Wushi family enforces lawlessness, runs rampant with drugs, and is looked down upon by everyone. They also forcibly recruit laborers, disturb the local area, and behave in strange and unpredictable ways?
He also said that the two sons named Wu, Wu Xingwei and Wu Xingwen, were both well-dressed beasts. Jiao Qing had an unmarried wife, Ye Erniang, whose parents had been married for generations. She was quite beautiful, but she was attracted by the Wu brothers.
On the night of your wedding, you sent the bride to the Wu family courtyard and took her back at noon the next day.
Oh... Jia Qiang finally understood it now and said: "Such bad habits in the countryside are indeed despised. You said that every incident committed by the Wu family is only your family's fault. My men asked for a day,
Not even a shadow was seen, and he was injured all over his body." He pointed to the subordinate who was still showing off at the side, "How can anyone believe this without any evidence?"
"The villain has evidence!" After saying that, Jiao Qing took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Jia Qiang with both hands.
Jia Qiang took it and after reading a few pages, her expression suddenly changed. She looked at Ni San and saw that he was nodding towards her with a solemn expression. Jia Qiang held the booklet in her hand and asked Jiao Qing tremblingly: "
Is what this booklet says true?!"
"It's absolutely true!" Jiao Qing kowtowed and swore that it was absolutely true.
Jia Qiang stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but Ni Sanyan quickly caught him.
"I didn't expect..." Jia Qiang murmured: "The Wu family's people are so well hidden. I didn't expect that their heel would be here, and what's more, I didn't expect that they would dare to collaborate with the enemy!"<
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Wu Jinyong didn't need to enrich his own pockets by exploiting Jia's real estate. He was engaged in a bigger business - the tea-horse trade.
From the account books given by Jiao Qing, it can be seen that the Wu family comes to Shenjing every year in the name of paying tribute, but actually to purchase tea from the south. Since their motorcade carries the flag of Rongguo Mansion, most of the checkpoints along the way are ignored.
Don’t ask.
The Wu family purchased about 15,000 kilograms of tea each time in the name of tribute, and then traded the tea for horses, trading privately with the Meng Yuan and Beidi people, and each time they obtained 150 good horses, which they then transported back quietly.
For sales within the customs, after deducting the expenses incurred during the process, there will be a net profit of at least tens of thousands taels in a year.
Therefore, they simply looked down upon the income that the five villagers of the Jia family paid to the Jia family every year, which was only 3,000 taels.
Jia Qiang asked Jiao Qing to go back first and have a one-on-one conversation with Ni San: "Is what this person said true?"
"It's true. I personally went to look at the address provided by this person. There are indeed traces of a large number of horses."
Jia Qiang had no luck, but suddenly it was hard for him to make a decision.
Seeing his hesitation, Ni San clasped his fists: "Young Master Qiang, thanks to the Young Master's intervention today, the lives of some of my men were saved. As long as the Young Master gives the order, I, Ni San, and all my brothers will be killed in a mountain of swords and a sea of fire.
You can make it!"
Although she admired Ni San's arrogance very much, Jia Qiangsi still couldn't make up her mind, so she had to call Master Zhao and the three of them to discuss it together.
Master Zhao had previously been in charge of affairs under Sister Feng and had traveled extensively, so he was naturally more knowledgeable than the two of them. When he saw the brochure handed over by Jia Qiang, he was so frightened that he almost jumped up. His whole hand was trembling, and even his voice was trembling. p>
"Qiang, Mr. Qiang, if what is said in this account is true, we must first think about how to escape!?"
Seeing that Jia Qiang had not yet reacted, Master Zhao raised his hand and patted the account book, and said anxiously: "How could a transaction of this scale not attract the attention of the border army? But what the Wu family has done over the years has been unheard of in the capital. It can be seen that the Wu family has
We have already taken care of the border troops. If they find out that such an account book falls into our hands, our lives will be in danger!
With these more than a hundred horses, how many horses must the Wu family raise in order to avoid being cheated? When I came here, I saw that there were only dozens of string control people behind Master Wu. Now it seems that the Wu family must have at least three hundred people.
!Master, we have to escape quickly!"
After hearing this, Jia Qiang and Ni San's expressions suddenly changed, and they even broke out in cold sweat.
"It's gone!"
Suddenly, a loud shout came from outside the house, and the three of them looked at each other with something bad in their eyes.
Jia Qiang opened the curtain and went out, only to see a huge fire burning in a corner of the village, lighting up the sky.
Ni San stopped a person at random and asked about the fire in the tenant's house in the village. Master Zhao heard this, his legs shook uncontrollably, and he couldn't help but murmured: "Kill to silence, this is to kill to silence."
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Jia Qiang and the other three were even more frightened after hearing this.
"May I ask if this is Mr. Qiang from the Jia Mansion in Shenjing?" A timid female voice came from the blind spot of the light next to the house, and Jia Qiang and the other three turned around sharply.
The voice saw it and said hurriedly: "Master, please look back quickly! Otherwise our conversation will be discovered!"
Jia Qiang pretended to look around and asked casually: "I am Jia Qiang, who are you?"
"The slave family is Jiao Qing's fiancée Ye Erniang!"