Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 92: The thief without a trace returns to practice martial arts and comes to celebrate the wedding with gifts
Chapter 92: The thief without a trace returns to practice martial arts and comes to celebrate the wedding with gifts
Jia Lan was naturally a little angry that someone had robbed Dao for no reason, but since the thief was not found, he had no way of taking revenge and had no choice but to train his subordinates.
To build a strong army, not only must there be soldiers, but also sufficient logistics. Otherwise, even basic training cannot be carried out. The thirty soldiers in Beizhuang now only have rice, meat, salt, and oil.
The cost of vegetables, one day's food is equal to half a month for an ordinary farmer, and there are also miscellaneous expenses such as medicinal materials for injuries from injuries, clothing, monthly money, etc. A soldier's annual expenses are equivalent to fifty dan of a ninth-grade official.
Annual salary.
[Fortunately, the harvest this year is good. The rouge rice harvest is abundant. Coupled with the income from the publication of "The Condor Shooting", I have a lot of money and can increase the training of the villagers.]
On the way back to Jia Mansion, Jia Lan was thinking about his future plans.
The most serious financial crisis of the Jia family is now showing some signs of easing. The construction of the Grand View Garden has completely consumed the Jia family's middle income. Although the people who deal with it, such as Sister Feng, have a lot of food, the good times are not there for a few years.
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From this, it can be seen that Sister Feng is talented, but she does not have a long-term vision, otherwise she should have foreseen the risk of financial bankruptcy based on her talent.
She may have a gambling mentality, but it was beyond her expectation that the Jia family declined so quickly. Eight years later, Sister Feng was exhausted and her organs were exhausted, which ended up costing Qing Qing's life.
Even her only daughter was almost sold out. Fortunately, Ping'er and Grandma Liu came to the rescue.
Now that Sister Feng has been encouraged by Jia Lan several times, she has become more open-minded than she originally thought. In addition, she has indeed made enough money when building the garden. She is naturally smart and knows that she has blocked the way of many people, so she follows the trend and starts to delegate power. Thanks to Jia Qiang's troubles in Liaodong, not only did she find a lot of income for the Rongguo Mansion, but Sister Feng also sent out the old people in the mansion according to the method agreed with Jia Lan, and only after the village inspection next year, the able ones will be rewarded, and the mediocre ones will be rewarded.
, in this way, there will naturally be fewer people reaching out.
With one increase and one decrease, the Jia family's huge annual loss of 10,000 taels due to the construction of the Grand View Garden gradually began to move towards a balance of payments.
Of course, Jialan also provided some subsidies privately, otherwise it would have taken longer.
Naturally, it was a sumptuous meal when we returned to Jia's house. Even Mrs. Wang gave Jia Lan a few rare words of encouragement. However, the one who was most interested in it was none other than Jia Zheng. He pestered Jia Lan and almost asked him questions.
Ask about every brick and tile in the examination room.
It's no wonder that although Jia Zheng became a Ministry of Works bureaucrat based on Jia Daishan's legacy, he is still classified as a Yin official, which is undoubtedly a pity for him who has been interested in the imperial examination since childhood.
Listening to his grandfather's long sighs, Jia Lan had an indescribable expression. He recalled that his high school teacher before he time traveled often lamented that he skipped a grade and was recommended to enter the normal school without taking the college entrance examination. She lamented that it was a great regret in life.
This is really similar to the Jia Zheng in front of us, except that one is really a test master, and the other is a complete competitor.
But the emotion expressed by the two people was enough for Versailles.
After the dinner, Jia Lan naturally went to find Daiyu again, which made Baoyu jealous.
The next day, Jia Lan did not stay at home, but went out early in the morning, leading Qin Shi, Ban'er, Wu Gui, and Qin Zhong who came out of the Qin Mansion, to a house somewhere in the south of Shenjing City. p>
This is a very ordinary private house, similar to the small courtyard house that Jia Lan had previously suggested that Baoyu buy in his house. However, it has been decorated inside and out, and the outside is decorated with lights and colorful lights. It is obviously a happy event for the owner's family.
"Brother Lan!" Ni Er and Ni San, two brothers of the same race, came out and said, "It's really a blessing to have you here."
Jia Lan pointed at the two of them with squinted eyes, and laughed: "That's a big mistake!"
After saying that, he took the thing from Qin Shi and handed it to Ni San: "Congratulations to Brother Ni San for holding the beauty back."
Ni San hurriedly stepped forward and took it from Jia Lan's hand. Three boxes of gifts were packed in two small and two large brocade boxes, "How can Ni San be so virtuous? He will be appreciated by Master Menglan in this life!" p>
The heavy betrothal gift made his heart heavy, and he was very grateful to Jialan.
"I'm going to call Er Niang to come out and give the young master a gift!"
"No!" Jia Lan quickly stopped Ni San, "How can the bride come out on today's big day?"
Ni Er laughed loudly and waved his hands: "We are from a small family and a vulgar family. How can we have so many things to pay attention to?"
Jia Lan couldn't resist, so he had to enter the main hall.
The furnishings of Ni San's family are very simple, with only a set of simple furniture. The bride is sitting aside, with only a maid beside her. Jia Lan recognizes that this belongs to Ni Er's family.
"My brother left after his parents were little. Every family in the clan and the neighbors are helping to raise the older one. He has feelings for this place and is unwilling to leave. Anyway, after today's ceremony, the bride and groom will set off." p>
Ni Er briefly introduced Ni San's family to Jia Lan, and just then someone walked in carrying a congratulatory gift.
"Lange'er arrived first?"
"Brother Qiang, you are just too late." Jia Lan smiled and said, this person is Jia Qiang.
Today is the wedding of Ni San, who escorted Jia Qiang to visit the village in Liaodong, and the bride is the second mother of the Ye family who saved the two of them in Wujia Village.
When she was escaping that day, Ye Erniang sprained her ankle before she could go far. Ni San persisted in carrying Ni San and fled all the way until Wu Xingwen caught up with him. Er Niang didn't want to be a burden, so she jumped down the mountain by herself. Fortunately, Jiao
Ting Ling's people appeared in time and rescued her.
Since then, Ni San has been even more attentive to her.
The second mother was cheerful and satisfied with the former's heroic spirit, and the two of them accomplished a good thing.
The Blackwater Village suffered a great disaster. Sister Feng and Jia Lan discussed that they would definitely need to send someone else to rectify it, but she did not have a suitable person at the moment.
Jia Lan thought about it and recommended Ni San to take care of him for a year or two, and then change him back when Sister Feng finds a good candidate.
Ni San has some tricks up his sleeve, and his wife Ye Erniang is from Heishui Manor and is familiar with the local customs. Sister Feng thinks about it and thinks this is not bad, at least she can stabilize the situation first.
Looking at the bride and groom being sent into their new house, Jia Qiang sighed: "It's so good..."
He leaned against the door, his eyes showing longing.
A famous saying suddenly came to Jia Lan's mind, and he looked at Jia Qiang and joked: "Marriage is a besieged city. People outside the city want to get in, and people in the city want to get out. Does Brother Qiang have someone he likes?"
Hearing this, Jia Qiang laughed loudly, "What Lan Ge'er said is extremely subtle!" He looked at the bustle in the room and kept nodding: "Everyone is in his own siege, you and I are like this, I envy you
Ni San enjoys life, but if he really wants me to live in the ice and snow for the rest of my life, I don’t want to!"
"Brother Qiang is a sensible person." Jia Lan nodded.
"It's not easy to be an understanding person. It's even harder to understand and then pretend not to understand." After saying that, Jia Qiang looked at Jia Lan seriously: "Brother Lan, thank you for letting me understand.
Many things."
Jia Lan was slightly startled.
"If Brother Lang hadn't woken me up, I wouldn't have known that there were such deep troubles hidden under the glory of our two mansions, Ning and Rong. I thought that the East Palace couldn't rely on it, but I didn't expect that the West Palace would also have nothing to lose. But either side is just pretending.
People who are deaf and mute are either scheming people who follow others' influence, or even more terrifying are those who have evil intentions and bring trouble to human relations!"