Jia Cong pretended to be curious and asked: "Is this the Xue family who is known as 'pearls are like earth, gold is like iron'?"
"Third brother, have you heard of the Xue family's reputation as a wealthy family?"
Jia Lian was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "It is this Jinling Xue family!"
"Shit pearls are like earth and gold and they are like iron, they blow really loudly!"
At this moment, the eldest master Jia She's disdainful and sarcastic voice came, and the two brothers hurriedly came forward to greet them.
The elder entered the room and sat down. Jia Lian and Jia Cong stood at the bottom. The atmosphere was quite tense and dull.
"Don't take the Jinling Xue family too seriously!"
Staring at Jia Lian fiercely, the elder sneered: "Look at the way you look at losing money. If the Xue family comes out with a large sum of money, will you still have to lower your head and bend down to help run errands?"
"Don't dare, don't dare..."
Jia Lian's face turned pale with fright, and he was obviously very afraid of the old man.
"Don't listen to his nonsense about 'pearls are like earth, gold is like iron'!"
The eldest man looked at Jia Cong this time and sneered: "If you are so capable, why would you bring your whole family to the capital and not even give up the foundation of Jinling?"
Jia Cong was slightly stunned and quickly reacted.
Obviously, the eldest master has seen through the nature of the Xue family's decline, otherwise he would not comment in such a tone on the youngest of the four major families in Jinling.
Come to think of it, no matter how bad the eldest master is, he was trained strictly by the public heir. Even if he ends up becoming an old man, it can't be said that he doesn't know these things.
No wonder, in Dream of Red Mansions, the intersection between the eldest master and the Xue family is pitiful, or it can be said that there is no intersection at all.
It's probably because the eldest boss looks down on the Xue family, which has no other resources except money.
The hierarchical principle of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce is no joke. Once the Xue family declines and even the qualifications of imperial merchants are no longer guaranteed, no matter how much money they have in the Daqing Dynasty, they are just big fat sheep that can be taken away at any time in the eyes of the powerful.
In A Dream of Red Mansions, this is the ending of the Xue family. They were still defeated by the second brother of the Rongguo Mansion, which was in rapid decline. No wonder the eldest boss didn't like it at all.
"Okay, okay, you two, don't be an eyesore here. If nothing happens, get out of here!"
I don’t know whether he meant to make a point or not to despise, but after severely criticizing the Jinling Xue family, the elder waved his hand and drove Jia Lian and Jia Cong away.
The two brothers walked out in despair, but they seemed to be sympathetic to each other's problems.
"Brother Lian, let me ask you something!"
Seeing Jia Lian taking steps to leave, Jia Cong's heart moved and he hurriedly spoke.
"What's up?"
Jia Lian stopped, glanced back at Jia Cong, and said directly: "If you have something to say, just say it?"
In other words, although this man is a playboy, he is responsible for the general affairs of the entire Rongguo Mansion. His ability is not bad, but he is restricted by the structure of the manor.
He was obviously the legitimate heir of the first-class general's palace, but he ended up becoming the foreign affairs steward of the Rongguo palace, or the second-class housekeeper. It makes me suffocate just thinking about it.
Another good thing about this guy is that he is smooth and has no airs. At least he didn't show any obvious disdain towards Jia Cong, his concubine, which is enough.
"In the mansion, to put it more clearly, among the properties of the General's mansion, are there any bookstores or printing workshops?"
Jia Cong didn't hesitate and said directly: "It's best to have an industry like this where Brother Lian can make the final decision!"
"Hey, why are you asking about this?"
Jia Lian narrowed his romantic eyes, looked Jia Cong up and down, and asked curiously: "This doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, kid, does it?"
There is no doubt that Jia Cong has ambitions to seize the family. The age gap between the two brothers is too big. No matter how hard Jia Cong tries, he cannot get around his legitimate son.
Unless Jia Cong becomes Dafang's phoenix egg, this is impossible.
"Brother, aren't you short of money?"
Jia Cong smiled bitterly, and Qing Jia went to the small garden of the general's mansion to talk.
Just seeing the small garden that was bare and without a single flower, Jia Lian couldn't help laughing, with a hint of disdain on his face.
With a smile, Jia Cong naturally had no intention of explaining for Mrs. Xing.
Besides, with Jia Lian's shrewdness, he might not be able to see the huge benefits of making toilet water, and might want to take action to get a share of the pie.
With Mrs. Xing's stinginess, she might become arrogant with Jia Lian, which would not be fun.
If the old lady is called, and the second lady knows about making flower dew, it may involve huge profits of tens of thousands of taels, and probably nothing will happen to Madam Xing and Jia Lian in the end.
If such a situation really happens, Mrs. Xing is afraid that she will completely turn against Jia Lian and fight to the death.
Cutting off people's money is like killing their parents, it's not a joke.
So from the very beginning, Jia Lian didn't want to get involved.
"Brother Lian is like this..."
Jia Cong didn't hide anything. He directly recounted what he had done in clan studies and his thoughts on children's books, and said with a smile: "I also want to give it a try. Maybe I will make a living from this in the future!"
"You're so good, you actually know how to win people's hearts!"
Jia Lian was a little surprised, but also a little amused. He really didn't expect that his younger brother was still a caring person.
Of course, he doesn't have any bad thoughts. Although he is not a well-connected person, he has a rough idea of the situation of the Jia family's eighth house in the capital.
Blindly relying on Ning Rong and the Second Mansion for survival, he basically lost control of his own financial power.
If you know how to live, or if you have a small family, your life will be easy, and you can be considered a wealthy person.
If you don't know how to get by, or if you have a lot of children in your family and are unwilling to seek a living outside, your life will be quite embarrassing.
Naturally, the family situation of the group of ambitious students mentioned by my concubine would not be too optimistic, otherwise they would not be so eager to do such hard work as copying books and selling them for money.
It can also be seen from this that the concubine has vision and ability.
As for publishing children's books, it can be considered a good way to make money.
Jia Cong casually told a few inspirational stories, such as Kong Rong giving pears, Sima Guang smashing a vat to save people, and Gan Luo becoming prime minister at the age of twelve. Jia Lian also listened with interest. If he turned it into a story book and sold it,
There may indeed be some markets.
Of course, Mr. Lian doesn't like this little money.
What's rare is that my concubine's desire to proactively find ways to make money is much better than the entire Rongguo Mansion's habit of just sitting back and having nothing to do.
"Don't tell me, the General's Mansion does have a bookstore and a printing workshop!"
With a thought, Manager Lian quickly went through all the properties in the house, and said with a chuckle: "When you get these children's books out, let me take a look, and I'll help you print them and sell them!"
"Thank you very much, Brother Lian!"
Jia Cong hurriedly thanked him without saying anything in return. He didn't like the lack of money, so he just had to be respectful enough. I guess this person lacked this...