Chapter 47: Wooing from both sides
Until he sat in the innermost box on the third floor, the prince of Beijing was still a little incredulous.
He asked, "Brother Jia, you?!" ”
Jia Hu said calmly: "This is the private property of my grandfather, and it was given to me later. ”
Knowing that Jia Hu and Rongguo Gongzu Sun had a deep relationship, Shui Rong said apologetically: "It's me who is abrupt." ”
Jia Hu shook his head and didn't say anything.
It seemed that Jia Hu's weight was about to increase, and Shui Rong smiled, completely unable to see his previous surprise. He took the initiative to ask, "Since you are the owner of this house, is that method your handiwork?" After Jia Hu responded, he asked: "In this case, it is rumored that its owner is short-sighted, and it seems that it is not credible?" ”
Jia Hu said: "Love and benefit are clear, they can still remember my goodness; If you are forced by love, not to mention that you must not be looked down upon, let alone what can I ask them for in this restaurant? ”
"The restaurant can't ask for anything, but the owner asks for something."
"What kind of good person can be a person who can rise to the top? Huan Hai survivors, isn't the name of Rong Boyan's eldest son enough for them to cling to? ”
The water is soluble and seems to have an understanding. Yes, scholars are most afraid of getting caught in the smell of copper, and they will be hated with money to support their friendships when they are poor. In this way, the two are clear, but the two sides are cheap. He looked at Jia Hu with admiration and sighed, "I was wrong." ”
Jia Hu laughed in his heart. In the final analysis, it's just the human heart, and the water is in the palace, and you can't think of anything. Both of them are good at acting, and Jia Hu is ashamed to bear it.
After a while, the shopkeeper personally brought someone over with wine and food, and Jia Hu said, "You go down first." Don't let people in without my orders. ”
The shopkeeper wanted to speak and stopped, but when he saw that there were guests here, he still retreated, and only quietly found Hegui to say a few words.
Shui Rong observed the words and looks, and was afraid of many twists and turns, so he said bluntly: "Don't hide it from Brother Jia, I came to you this time, but it was out of the will of that adult." As he spoke, he pointed to it.
Jia Hu remained silent and asked, "I don't know how much that adult has done?" ”
The water soluble ratio is a "seven".
Could it be that the Seven Princes are the ones who have the last laugh? Jia Hu shook his head in disbelief and said, "With all due respect, this ...... The background is a bit low. ”
It's not just low!
There are eight sons under the knees of the saint, all of whom have grown up, and the first few fought fiercely, but no one put the seven princes in their eyes, because the seven princes were born the lowest, they were born to palace maids, and they were raised under the knees of Concubine Hui, but Concubine Hui had parents and daughters, so naturally she would not waste the support of her mother's family on the Seven Princes.
Shui Rong also whispered: "That's true, and that's what I like." ”
The eldest prince was born by Concubine Jiang, and he was the eldest son, good at martial arts, and he made a contribution in the battle with the small country in the south the year before last, and most of the nobles stood behind him; The second prince is the son-in-law, and now he is in the ministry, and there is no shortage of supporters; The third prince died young; Although the four princes were also born noble, and were influenced by their mother, Concubine Hui, they were indifferent to fame and fortune, and only talked with literati every day; The fifth prince was born by Concubine De, and in the household department, the errand of the household department was not easy to do, and he was reprimanded by the saint several times.
The six princes are from Concubine Rong, and they can't tell whether they are good or bad yet, and they look like they are on the side of the eldest prince; The Eighth Prince and the Ninth Emperor are still young, and their biological mothers are the daughters of petty officials, and they are now living in the position of concubines.
No matter how you look at the throne, it is not the turn of the seven princes.
Jia Hu's puzzled eyes fully expressed this meaning.
Shui Rong sighed faintly, and said in his heart: "Brother Jia, our four kings and eight princes, now you Ning and Rong Erfu have not yet stood in line." "Ningfu is because Jia Jing is eager to become a monk, and he naturally respects and stays away from the assistant prince; Rongfu is Rong Guogong went, and Jia Yu's family kept filial piety before returning.
Shui Rong then shook his head and sighed: "We have always been both prosperous and lossy, united, not to be underestimated." Now it is mostly divided into its own affairs, like a plate of scattered sand. ”
Jia Hu was silent. One thing is the same thing, a good friendship does not mean that the team is also on the same side, not to mention that it is also the friendship of the older generation, and the younger generation is more intimate with the same position.
A hint of disappointment flashed in Shui Solu's eyes, and he stopped bringing up the topic. He said, "Brother Jia, you also know, they," he pointed to the top, "They all have their own team, and I can't go over anymore to add to the icing on the cake, but the Seven Princes are different." ”
Jia Hu objected, "Eight or nine are fine. ”
Shui Rong pursed his lips and said, "The seventh prince already has a son-in-law, and the eighth and ninth are not yet married. ”
Jia Hu nodded. I thought of the concubine in the original book, and when I read it, I felt that the emperor's pattern was too small, and he only focused on the women in the back house. Now I don't dare to look at people with inherent impressions, and I am busy asking about the temperament of the Seven Princes.
Shui Rong was secretly happy in his heart, but Jia Hu was moved, and picked up some things that he usually got along with and told him.
The more Jia Hu listened, the more he confirmed the guess in his heart.
On the surface, the Seven Princes, like Shui Rong, are easy-going and tolerant people, and Corporal Lixian has a lot of respect for people with real talents and learning, but Jia Hu feels very disobedient. But seeing that the Seventh Prince is respectful to his elder brothers on the surface, and secretly ambitious, he knows that he is a person who is inconsistent with his appearance.
Shui Rong didn't care, and said very objectively: "Which prince is not a fuel-efficient lamp, or a Wei Wang who is indifferent to fame and fortune, doesn't he also frequently intersect with well-known students?" "It is estimated that when Jia Hu wins the Jinshi, the fourth prince should come to the door.
Jia Hu was silent. His real reason is not this, in the final analysis, Jia Hu feels that the methods of the Seventh Prince are too low-level, his vision is too narrow, and he is lenient on the surface, and he still doesn't know how to hate those people in his heart, which does not meet his expectations of the feudal monarch.
That's right, Jia Hu came to this world, and at first he wanted to rely on the plot to hug the golden thigh of the future emperor and go to the peak of his life. However, as he grew older and more experienced, he had new doubts about it.
"When it comes to marching and fighting, it should be His Royal Highness the King of Martial Arts; On governing the country and economics, the first prince of reasoning. Besides, one of them is the eldest son, the other is the son-in-law, and they are each very talented, what do the seven princes have? "If one of them wasn't the bad Prince Yoshitada.
Water-soluble language plugs. He couldn't help but doubt his original choice.
No, no, he quickly shook his head, and was almost surrounded by Jia Hu. "His Royal Highness King Wu has an upright temperament, although he is interested in the throne, he can't change his dislike of civil officials; Because Prince Li is the concubine of the middle palace, he has not been able to be named the crown prince, and in recent years, it has become more and more uncertain, and the queen also ...... "water-soluble shaking his head, which is a pity."
The queen originally sat firmly in Diaoyutai, and no matter who became the emperor, she had to respect her mother-in-law. As the battle for the heir became more and more intense, the second prince did not have any other advantages except for the name of the son-in-law, and because the name of this son-in-law was targeted by various princes, the queen was anxious, and her actions became more and more out of order, and she made faint moves in the harem.
Both Jahu and Shui Rong are well aware of this.
Jia Hu has also collected a lot of information over the years, knowing that the Seven Princes are not the Ming Lord he wants, and what Shui Su can promise on his behalf, Jia Hu can also get it on his own. To put it bluntly, others seek to follow the dragon's merits for the sake of glory and wealth, but Jia Hu is confident that he will be able to revive the Jia family with his own ability, and he does not have to wade into this troubled water at all.
Therefore, he only shirked and said, "How can I wait for the affairs of heaven?" We only do things for those on the throne. I think it's better not to fall too deep into the world, it is true that it is a moment of glory, but if you lose, you will lose your own king. ”
I don't know where this sentence touched the water-soluble nerves, and he was a little distracted for a while.
Jia Hu shook his head, and it was not easy to block the Qingyun Road of others, so he took his leave.
Who knows that things in the world are often unsatisfactory, Jia Hu wants to avoid the whirlpool of seizing the heir, but he is always approached.
As soon as he came down from the third floor of the Zhuangyuan Building, he was blocked by a young man.
The young man grinned and asked, "Are you Jia Hu?" Without waiting for him to answer, he said, "My fifth brother wants to see you." "Turn around and leave, leaving no room for refutation.
Jia Hu had no choice but to follow him to an inconspicuous small box at the corner of the second floor. Along the way, the young man said a different word, he commented on the surrounding environment, and at the end, he said: "Jia Hu, aren't you the queen of the country?" Where to learn the art of Tao Zhu, it is really incomprehensible. ”
Jia Hu broke out in a cold sweat.
Entering the box, King Cheng looked at it for a while before saying, "Farewell to Jinling, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
Jia Hu saluted in a proper manner, "The student has seen His Royal Highness King Cheng, and he has seen His Royal Highness. ”
The Nine Emperor Princes entered the box, ignored it, sat on a chair, and began to drink. King Cheng had no choice but to smile bitterly and said, "This is my eighth brother." ”
Jia Hu wondered in his heart, but he didn't know that the relationship between these two was so good.
King Cheng said straight to the point: "Jia Hu, I came this time, but I asked you for something. ”
Jia Hu was stunned for a moment, thinking of this person who was working in the household department, and had a guess in his heart.
Unexpectedly, King Cheng handed Jia Hu an account book, and Jia Hu took it and saw that it was the new bookkeeping method he had taught his subordinates. Now he ignored it, this accounting method has been implemented in the property under his name for several years, Jia Hu forgot it for a while, and thought that King Cheng was going to ask about the Jade Building.
This was not his invention, and he didn't have the idea of hiding his secrets, so he explained it to King Cheng in detail.
King Cheng listened to it again and again.
At the beginning, his subordinates presented this account book modeled on the bookkeeping method of the Jade Building, and King Cheng only felt that it looked clear at a glance, and the accounts were clear, especially the various statistical statements, from which the annual changes in numbers could be clearly seen, and there were many corroborations of the whereabouts of the money, such as the current prices.
Now, after Jia Huyi's explanation, King Cheng only feels open and cheerful. Slowly, seeing that Jia Hu was talking longer and longer, the more he explained, and the more he introduced many concepts and principles, King Cheng was also a little big.
He stopped the enthusiastic Jia Hu and said in a deep voice: "In this way, you write a charter, and in a few days I will send someone to pick it up and present it to the Holy One." "The reason why Jia Yu was not allowed to send it was that King Cheng also had his own considerations.
After finishing the business, there was silence in the box for a while, and the two of them were silent and did not move, only the eighth prince kept pouring wine and drinking.
In a moment, Chengwang's knuckles buckled the table, and smoothly reported the names of a series of shops, which operated a wide variety of shops, and the names were also very ordinary, mostly in Yangzhou, Jinling, and Beijing. If there is anything in common, it is that some of them were once poorly managed, some were tepid, and some were financially promising, but now they have more than doubled in size.
These are all the properties in the hands of Jia Hu.
Jia Hu's expression became serious.
When King Cheng reported the name of the last shop in a certain place, he couldn't wait to open his mouth and asked: "I rarely change the original business of these shops, nor do I use any unified logos, let alone open branches everywhere, and the shopkeepers of these shops don't know who does things, how did Your Highness find them out without missing anything?" ”
In Jia Hu's view, wealth is not exposed, especially when the treasury is empty, and when the emperor is suffering from war and has no money, revealing his business talent will only be remembered.
Private property can not be guaranteed here, and a holy decree can fill these into the treasury, and the emperor does not know what it means to dry up and fish, after all, there are many people in Dazhou, and there is no shortage of people who are skilled in making money.
If you are afraid of being told that the food is too ugly, then there is no need, after all, the Jia family is in officialdom, and the whole family is imprisoned if they are not careful, and the raid is just incidental, and no one can think of this aspect. Like the concubine in "Dream of Red Mansions", who would have thought that this was just a cover for the emperor to find out the family's background?
King Cheng was silent, and only raised the account book in his hand.
Jia Hu understood.
As for how they got the real account books in the hands of the shopkeeper, Jia Hu no longer delved into them. These princes are all hand-eyed, who knows what hole cards they have.
The eighth prince drank a lot of wine, his eyes were still clear, and he poured himself a glass of wine in his hand, and said, "It's not just the two of us, we know everything we should know." He added: "Since the eldest brother checked the background of the Jade House out of curiosity. ”
Jia Hu lamented in his heart, the eldest prince, you don't play cards according to common sense.