At this time, Mrs. Xing, who was sitting on the side and had never spoken before, spoke up, "Brother and sister, I am not talking about you. Although the eldest brother said he is not your biological child, he is still the eldest son of the second brother. You can't
If the outside world hears this, they will think that our family is abusing the bastard."
After hearing what Mrs. Xing said, Mrs. Wang was so angry that she even abused a concubine. With Jia Ke's current condition, could a human be capable of abusing him? Jia Zheng could beat himself to death if he even thought about it.
Mother Jia was not happy to see Mrs. Xing adding fuel to the fire. Although Mrs. Wang was a little stingy and selfish, she had not yet reached the point of abusing the concubine. Otherwise, how would the several concubine children in the family grow up?
"Shut up, all of you. Don't be like the mother-in-law outside, who can't control your mouth and talk nonsense. I have the final say on your elder brother's affairs. From now on, all expenses of Wuyang Hou Mansion will go to Gongzhong." Jia Mu sat down.
With the final word from above, no one is talking anymore.
But Jia She had no objections to these. No matter how hard he tried, these properties might not fall into his hands. Therefore, Jia She had been eating wildly over the years without any restraint due to the financial constraints in the government.
Jia Ke looked at this posture from the side and couldn't distinguish it clearly from Rongguo Mansion. However, Rongguo Mansion's current internal budget is indeed a bit empty. If he continues to bear all the expenses of Wuyang Marquis Mansion, he will probably have to eat a lot of food.
So Jia Ke stepped forward and said to Jia Mu and Jia Zheng: "The old lady and father said this, so I'm disrespectful. However, for such a big family like ours, the expenses in the house are indeed quite high. Starting from this year, every year
During the Chinese New Year, my son gave 50,000 taels of silver to the mansion. Firstly, it was a filial piety to the old lady, and secondly, it could also reduce some of the burden on the mansion."
When the old lady heard this, she thought it was still feasible. Now the government is really not well-off. The annual income is only 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver. It was a far cry from the previous income of more than 100,000 taels a year when Jia Daishan was around. Now it is just that
They are barely able to make ends meet, and this is because someone has given them ice cream and carbon wine in recent years. If the expenses of the Wuyang Marquis Mansion are added in, they will probably be unable to make ends meet.
Now that the family has not been divided, Jia Ke gives the government 50,000 taels of silver every year, which is considered appropriate. And with this money, the family will be rich. After that, everyone will be better off, and her grandson Jia Ke will be a year old.
It’s not like I can live with less than 50,000 taels of silver.
"Since you have such filial piety, I will accept it. To be honest with you, the house is indeed not well-off. This is because you have been promoted repeatedly in the past few years, and you have been granted the title of Marquis. From time to time, you have been given ice and carbon tributes from outside.
, If we didn’t even have these 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver before, our mansion would have been starved for food a long time ago." Jia Mu said sadly, she was born in a Marquis family, and when she first married, it was the time when Rongguo Mansion was at its peak.
Have you ever been in such a predicament?
Jia Zheng originally wanted to object, but seeing that Jia Mu had agreed. And it seemed that Jia Mu said that there were indeed some difficulties in the mansion. As his son, Jia Ke naturally had to share some of the burden with the mansion. It was understandable, so he stayed.
Mouth.
Mrs. Xing, who was sitting next to her, heard that every year Jia Ke would send 50,000 taels of silver to the house, and her eyes lit up. Thinking about the 50,000 taels of silver piled there, it would probably be like a small mountain. She felt in her heart
He changed his mind and thought about how to take the power of the housekeeper away from Mrs. Wang so that he could get some profit from it.
After Jia's mother saw that the family affairs were arranged, she asked everyone to go their separate ways. She only said that Jia Ke was tired today and would set up a few tables of banquets in a few days and invite relatives and friends to liven things up.
So this time everyone went back happily. At night, word had spread throughout Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion. Jia Ke was now the Minister of Military and Aircraft, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops inside and outside Beijing, so these slaves of the Jia family
Everyone started to tremble, and everyone was a bit more domineering and arrogant to the outside world than before.
It wasn't even the next day, but the news had spread to the outside world. That night, many family members of the perpetrators came to the door of the housekeeper of Ningrong's second house with lots of money in their hands, asking for convenience.
Give more preferential treatment to your relatives in prison, or make big and small problems disappear.
The Rongguo Mansion is not so bad. After what happened with Grandma Lai, the current chief housekeeper Lin Zhixiao is very versatile, and the stewards below are all smarter than monkeys. Now that their uncle has not taken up his post, where can he go?
Collect the money if you dare. Even the money collector has to wait until their uncle has secured his seat before he can do anything.
However, due to the lack of discipline in the Ning Guo Mansion, they no longer had these scruples. As long as they came to give money, they would not refuse anyone who came. They were so bold. I just don't know how they could understand this matter in the end.
Besides, when Mrs. Wang returned to her courtyard, she remembered that in Mother Jia's room just now, she was not only scolded by Mother Jia, but also snatched away by Mrs. Xing, whom she usually despised. She was so angry that she threw all the porcelain in the room.
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But after Mrs. Wang smashed things, things still had to be done, and Jia Ke was now the face of the house, so his matters were much more important than other people's matters.
So Mrs. Wang ordered someone to summon Zhou Rui's family. There must be someone to deal with these matters, and she also had to have someone to discuss them.
Soon the Zhou Rui family came to Mrs. Wang's room. They bowed to Mrs. Wang first, and then asked: "Madam summoned me, what do you want to do?"
"What else can happen? Isn't it just the trouble caused by Aunt Zhou? The old lady asked me to clean up Wuyang Hou Mansion, arrange manpower everywhere, and let him move there tomorrow, saying that he is still crowded with Aunt Zhou.
It’s too shameful to live in a small courtyard.” Mrs. Wang said without anger.
"What does the madam mean?" Zhou Rui's family asked cautiously. She did not dare to offend Jia Ke now. On the way here, she heard that Jia Ke was promoted and is now one of the prime ministers of the dynasty.
, as a little minion like her, if she offends Jia Ke at all, she will immediately be sent to hell by those who flatter Jia Ke.
Mrs. Wang said angrily: "What else can we do? Just send some people to fill up the yard for him."
When Zhou Rui's family heard what Mrs. Wang said, they suddenly felt that their young lady was so stupid. She only saw one-third of an acre of land in this family, and she couldn't see well even these lands. Now she had to explain to her herself, otherwise
When she offends Jia Ke, as long as their uncle is a little more cunning, it will be enough for Mrs. Wang, and she may even be hurt.
"Ma'am, as a slave, this is a good thing. Madam doesn't need to be so angry."
"It's a good thing. Why don't I think this evil obstacle is almost overwhelming us?"
"Madam, you can't think like this. Think about it, as long as the uncle moves to the Wuyanghou Mansion, not all the furniture in the Rongguo Mansion will belong to the two brothers. Moreover, with the uncle taking care of him in the future, the two brothers will definitely be able to
It’s a meteoric rise.” The Zhou Rui family’s efforts explained to Mrs. Wang.
After hearing what Zhou Rui's family said, Mrs. Wang's heart began to change. Isn't that the case? Now if Jia Ke goes to Wuyanghou Mansion and says that there is no family separation, it is actually almost the same as a family separation. Moreover, Wuyanghou Mansion still has to pay
The 50,000 taels of silver here, after deducting the expenses of Wuyang Hou Mansion, can still leave 20,000 to 30,000 taels. Thinking about Jia Ke’s current status, I don’t think he will compete with his two younger brothers for the family property. In this way, Jia Ke
There is really no conflict with him. On the contrary, Jia Lian will also have certain inheritance rights to the Rongguo Mansion in the future. He must find a way to win him over, and not because he will cause trouble in the future.
After Mrs. Wang understood this, she felt much more at ease, and then said to Zhou Rui's family: "I understand what you said. In this case, let's make things more beautiful. You choose a few good cooks and send them over there.
Go, there are also Jia Ke's personal maids, and the little maids who are cleaning around. You can just pick some of these people, as long as they are not too crooked and can account for him. As for the other slaves, you can see
Just choose, but you can't choose those who are unreasonable. Don't arrange any important affairs in important places. In the end, these people will have to be arranged personally by the eldest brother and his wife."
Zhou Rui's family listened to Mrs. Wang's instructions and hurriedly agreed. She must handle this matter beautifully, hoping to show her face in front of Jia Ke and get his protection in the future. As for Mrs. Wang,
Now it's just a matter of perfunctory her. Who doesn't know now that the uncle is the pillar of the Jia family. If you don't flatter him, who else will you flatter?
Mrs. Wang didn't know what she was thinking, but now she was thinking about how to please Jia Ke. She thought she understood what she meant, so she asked her to go out to do things.
As soon as Zhou Rui's family came out of Mrs. Wang's door, she ran forward as fast as she could. She went to find Lin Zhixiao and asked for a list of various people in the mansion, so that she could choose from them the candidates for Jia Ke's mansion.
When she arrived at the room where Lin Zhixiao was handling matters, she found that Lin Zhixiao had just entered.
It turned out that as soon as Jia Ke left Jia Mu's room, he sent someone to find Lin Zhixiao, and Jia Ke was waiting for Lin Zhixiao in the small study specially prepared for him in Jia Mansion.
Now Jia Ke's status in the Jia family has even surpassed that of Jia She. Only Jia Mu and Jia Zheng can surpass him. Therefore, no one dares to delay what Jia Ke has ordered. Soon Lin Zhixiao appeared in front of Jia Ke
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"Uncle, the slave is here. Do you have any orders?" As soon as Lin Zhixiao entered the door, he first saluted Jia Ke, and then asked Jia Ke what his orders were.
"It's nothing big, just a few letters asking you to send someone to Xuanfu Town. I have a few concubines there, some of whom you know, namely Chuncao and Qiaolian, and another one in Xuanfu
The name of the town Xinna is Lanxiang. I am going to take them back. Send one of the letters to Huang Baifeng, who is now in charge of the affairs of Xuanfu Town. He will naturally know what to do. The other letter will be given to Chuncao and the others.
Let them be prepared. My housekeeper in Xuanfu Town is a money trader. Please ask him to take care of these things." Jia Ke thought that he would rarely go to Xuanfu Town again in the future, so he thought about taking care of the people in Xuanfu Town.
The relatives brought him back, and after saying these words, they gave Lin Zhixiao the two letters he had prepared.
"Don't worry, uncle, I'll do it right away. Let them set off early tomorrow morning, and we will definitely pick up some aunts this morning, so that I don't have to worry about it." Lin Zhixiao immediately gave Jia Ke a guarantee.