This was the first time Jia Hu went to the study of Lixiangyuan after returning from Jinling.

After listening to Jia Yu and Jia Mu's argument for a long time, Jia Hu came a little late.

It's still quite cold in winter, so I took off my coat outside and went inside, only to feel warm like spring.

Jia Hu looked around, and it turned out that there were charcoal basins in the four corners of the house, and the fine silver bone charcoal was burning in them. Silver bone charcoal comes from the Xishan kiln in near Beijing, its charcoal hoarfrost, smokeless, incombustible, not easy to extinguish, choose its best storage pot order full, reuse ash grits its gaps, cover it with copper wire, and support it for a day and night.

Jia Hu was stunned, and couldn't help but think of his mother in his ear in the past, and sighed a lot of laments that the house was spending a lot of money, and the public school couldn't make ends meet, which can be seen from this detail. This silver bone charcoal is used by the emperor and concubines in the palace, and the princes and nobles in the capital have speculated the price to a high level in order to flaunt their value.

Didn't he say that his grandfather shouldn't have used such good charcoal, and with the respect of the country, he couldn't even afford to use silver bone charcoal?

It just reminded him of another thought.

After a while, Jia Daishan, who had punched and bathed again, came over.

As soon as he entered the door, he said, "Hu'er, why are you here today?" Didn't I say that you should have a good rest these days? ”

Jia Hu hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "Grandfather is kind. It's just that the grandson woke up early and came to talk to his grandfather. ”

Jia Daishan listened to this, and his heart was very happy. In the old days, Jia Zhen and Jia Hu studied here, after Jia Zhen went, he rarely came over, this year just started spring, Jia Hu went to Jinling again, no one visited Lixiangyuan for a long time, Jia Daishan couldn't help but be a little lonely.

Jia Daishan sat down in front of the case and asked about Jinling.

Jia Hu sent a few letters in Jinling, talking about the old house and Zhuangzi in Jinling, and the letters were not detailed, and Jia Daishan had time to ask at this time.

Jia Hu thought about it for a while, and then came one by one.

Hearing that Zhuang Tou was raising the rent from the people of Rongfu in the capital, Jia Daishan's brows furrowed.

Originally, the family's chores outside should be taken care of by the masters, but Jia Yu was fun, and how many family businesses could be ruined by him, Jia Zheng was devoted to studying again, and Jia's mother took over.

The Jia family in the capital will send people to Jinling every year, and the Jinling people also take care of it.

Thinking of this, Jia Daishan was a little dissatisfied with Shi.

This time Jia Hu said in great detail, after all, it was the first time for him to do things alone, and Jia Daishan was not at ease, and it was also a matter of course.

"The method of raiding the house is too simple and crude," Jia Daishan shook his head.

Jia Hu lowered his head in shame and said, "I just want to complete my grandfather's task quickly." ”

Jia Daishan smiled at him and said, "I didn't mean to blame you. You have to take exams and go to the academy again, which is really the fastest way. ”

Seeing that his grandfather really did not have an unswerving color, Jia Hu raised his head embarrassedly.

A teenager can do this, and there is nothing to be harsh about.

However, Jia Daishan clearly thinks that Jia Hu can be better.

He taught: "Hu'er, the art of the royal majesty lies in the combination of grace and power, and it is not possible to blindly use heavy canons. If the people under your command do good things, but there is no reward, and if they do bad things, there is only a dead end, who will dare to do things for you? ”

Jia Hu nodded thoughtfully, and he couldn't help but ask: "It's just that, grandfather, most of the people in our family are born to the family, and they are servants and slaves, so isn't it natural to obey the orders of the master?" ”

Jia Daishan said vigilantly: "Hu'er, but someone is angry with you? ”

Jia Hu made a reminiscence and said slowly: "When I was six years old, I was still an old lady's housekeeper. The old lady does not want to see the people in the big house, and the big house has to add food, and she has to give some money to the people in the kitchen. ”

Facing Jia Daishan's puzzled expression, Jia Hu explained: "At that time, there were rules for meals everywhere, and if you wanted to add vegetables, you had to give some money to the people in the kitchen. ”

Speaking of this, Jia Hu laughed and said, "I have never seen the old lady, second uncle and second aunt don't give money, and the kitchen won't serve food. Only large rooms...... No, it's just me and my mother. ”

Jia Daishan shook his head and said in a deep voice: "We, the masters, have always wanted to eat something, so we ordered the kitchen to make it. Statutes or something, it's all for the people in the same room. ”

If the subordinates can eat whatever they want, is Jiafu raising a master or a slave?

If the subordinate wants to eat something else, he will either ask for the unfinished meal of the master above and reward them to eat, or he will take his monthly money to buy it from the kitchen, which is also one of the legal sources of the chef in the kitchen, and the master above is acquiescing.

Jia Hu continued: "Children don't like to eat at meals, and they often cry out when they are hungry after meals, and I am the same. When my mother wasn't there that day, I snuck into the kitchen and heard Mama Lai instructing Chef Wang to make Ulva whitebait soup. ”

"I was hungry for a moment, so I walked over and ordered Chef Wang to make more. However, he said that the number of ingredients in the kitchen is counted, and what you want to eat, you have to decide the menu yesterday. My meal for today has been delivered to the yard, and there is no such thing as my rule in the kitchen. ”

He didn't know what was going on at the time, but he also saw that the two were working together to fool him, so he pretended to run to the big house, and then slipped back quietly.

"Mama Lai scolded me for not sneaking out, and ordered a little maid to send me back. I was halfway there, and the maid was called away, so I touched it back again, and in an inconspicuous place in the corner of the wall, I saw Chef Wang asking Mama Lai to drink the remaining lettuce whitebait soup. ”

"At that time, I was thinking, because I am still the grandson of Rongguo's father-in-law, I can't even compare to an old mother."

Jia Daishan's face changed, what a Lai Mama!

Is this the reason why Hu Ge'er has never been waiting to see his subordinates?

Where he doesn't know, how many minions are riding on the head of the master?

What disappointed him the most was that if there was no indication from Shi, who would dare not take the eldest grandson of the long house in his eyes?

Jia Daishan's temperament was condensed, and many thoughts popped up in his mind, and there were also things he ignored.

There is him in charge of the capital, and there are still old people around the Shi family who coax Jia Hu and bully him when he is young and ignorant, what about those people in Jinling who have been under the control of the Shi family?

Jia Hu seemed to see his grandfather's thoughts, and said something else.

"Grandfather, when I went to Jinling this time, I found that many of the clansmen over there couldn't afford to pay the restraints, so I took a dozen teenagers back to Beijing." As he spoke, he handed over the information of Lin Zhixiao and these dozen people.

This incident immediately diverted Jia Daishan's attention.

He looked at the information of these people roughly, Lin Zhixiao looked at the level of people, Jia Daishan was still trustworthy, even if these teenagers only produced one or two people and jinshi, Yu Jia's family was also a great help.

"You did a good job in this matter," Jia Daishan couldn't help but praise, "Previously, most of the people who came to the Jia family to study were the sons of the side branch Shu clan who lived in the back streets, separated from the Ning and Rong mansions, and the servants and slaves. ”

The son of the servant slave is talking about the two companions assigned by Shi to Jia Zhu, one is Lai Shangrong, the grandson of Mama Lai, as soon as Mama Lai landed, she begged Mama Shi to release his deed of sale, and the other is Zhou Rui's son.

These two people, relying on the old lady's handpick, did not give the students who lived in the backstreets angry.

Jia Daishan also heard about this, and called someone to reprimand him, and the two of them were honest.

"Over there in Jinling, I ignored it."

"However, I remember that there are rules in Jinling. Most of the income from the sacrificial fields in the clan is used to fund the clansmen's schooling, how? Has there been a shortage of production over the years? ”

Jia Hu was puzzled and asked what the rules were, Jia Daishan suddenly remembered, but he was afraid that no one would tell him this, so he came for him one by one.

"Since the two old fathers made a fortune, for the sake of their descendants, they have built a clan school in the capital, and all the tools needed are produced and supplied by the sacrificial fields in Jinling. Jinling is very close to Jiangnan Academy, so the clansmen go there to study, and the bundles also come out of the clan. Why, you took these people, didn't the sixth old lady tell you? ”

Jia Hu shook his head and told him about the fact that the sixth old lady had blackmailed him for 30% of the money he had obtained from the house.

"It's all recorded in these account books, and I don't think the sixth old lady is seeking personal gain for himself?"

What are the benefits of doing this for the six old ladies? Jia Hu habitually analyzed in his heart: Although the sixth old lady got a silver coin for nothing, this money was shared by everyone in the clan.

Jia Hu was not afraid that he would take it for himself, because he had already taken precautions and informed the parents and families of the dozen teenagers who returned to the capital with him that there was such a sum of money. It's about themselves, and those people will definitely shout for everyone to know.

In this way, not only was it impossible for the sixth old lady to monopolize the money, but it exposed the lack of money in the clan. He knew that it was impossible for his grandfather not to ask, so he was not afraid that his grandfather would suspect him of being greedy for ink?

Unless, the money in the clan is not his greed.

Jia Hu squinted and denied it again.

With his experience in shopping malls for more than ten years, I bet that those old people are not honest people who are not greedy for money. When the water is clear, there are no fish, don't be too excessive, and the patriarch will not pursue it on the side of Ningfu.

So, is there someone else who has moved most of the sacrificial fields?

Jia Hu was stunned, not daring to think deeply.

Jia Daishan didn't think about it.

People like them have always only bought sacrificial fields inside, and they have never heard of anyone selling sacrificial fields.

The sacrificial field is the public property of the clan, even if it is a raid, it is not a raid on the clan's property.

Every year, Rong Mansion has 100 taels of silver sent to Ningfu, and another 100 taels are added by Ningfu and sent back to Jinling to buy sacrificial fields. In Jia Daishan's heart, the number of sacrificial fields, even if there is no suitable land in Jinling to buy in these years, if it does not increase, it will not decrease.

What's more, only the patriarch can buy and sell the sacrificial field, and even if the Shi family has a heart, he can't move it.

In the end, Jia Daishan changed the topic and asked, "Where are the dozen or so people settled?" ”

Jia Hu was no longer entangled, and replied, "Temporarily live in the guest house in our house. ”

"This is not a long-term plan, not to suffer from widowhood but unevenness, the original people in the clan study saw them live such a good life, I am afraid that there will be disputes in the future."

Jia Hu nodded, even if it was the person he had personally chosen, there was a possibility that he would be blinded in the rich township, causing Shengmien to fight against Mi. What's more, there is a mixture of fish and dragons in ethnology, and everyone has it.

Jia Daishan pondered, the house in the capital is in short supply, and the house that can accommodate so many people cannot be too small.

He has a headache, how can there be a large-scale house in the capital that is not too extravagant?

"Grandfather forgot? There are several Zhuangzi in the suburbs of our house! ”

Jia Daishan shook his head, "Those Zhuangzi are not large in scale, and they can't accommodate so many people." What's more, living in the suburbs, it's too far away, and there aren't so many carriages in the house. ”

Jia Hu smiled, "Didn't grandfather treat them as honored guests?" In my opinion, they don't have to, they're here to read, not to be guests. ”

As he spoke, Jia Hu said the concept of dormitory and school bus, and said: "I also live like this in Jiangnan Academy, and students from good families can also pay fees in exchange for better courtyards." As for the carriages, we can make a deal with the place where we rent them, when they will pick them up and when they will send them back. ”

Jia Daishan was happy, so he handed over this matter to Jia Hu.

"However, there is no hurry, after the New Year, the home school will start. Now, the dozen or so teenagers are living in the mansion first. Tomorrow, I will ask Lin Zhixiao to accompany you to the Zhuangzi in the suburbs and cooperate with you to renovate the Zhuangzi. ”

Jia Hu's eyes lit up, and he was a little eager to respond.

After talking about Jinling, Jia Daishan talked about the affairs of the mansion again, and he asked: "Hu'er, what did your father find out about Ying'er's incident?" ”

As a father-in-law, it is not easy to enter the courtyard of his daughter-in-law, so he has to ask about some things through Guò Jiahu.

Jia Hu thought for a while and said, "The mother-in-law who killed her mouth in the middle of the night was recognized by Zhu Ye, and the two mothers-in-law who deliberately led Ying'er to the rockery were also investigated. ”

Jia Ying still didn't slow down, she didn't sleep well all night last night, and she recognized people or something, so she handed it over to Zhu Ye.

Of course, since Jia Hu was suspicious of Zhu Ye, he wouldn't just listen to her.

Ying'er also confirmed that it was the two mothers-in-law who spoke. They are rough women in the little garden, and they haven't asked anything yet. ”

"As for the one who attacked Zhu Ye, it was a little maid who had just left her head. The maid denied it. Zhu Ye led people to find the bloodstained stone and a handkerchief, and the person who was in the same room with the maid recognized that it was the maid's handkerchief. ”

"What else?" Jia Daishan saw that he wanted to speak and stopped.

Jia Hu said hesitantly: "On the rockery, my mother found out that it may have something to do with Lai Da. My father wanted to go to Lai Da, but the old lady said that the end of the year was so busy, and the affairs of the house could not be separated from Lai Da, so she stopped him. ”

"It's only related to Lai Da?"

Jia Hu shook his head and said a few names in one breath, "These people have a chance to do it." Among them, there is Zhou Rui.

Grandfather naturally doesn't pay attention to who his daughter-in-law is marrying, after all, Mrs. Wang is Jia Hu's elder, he can give Mama Lai eye medicine in front of his grandfather, but he can't arrange the elders, so he didn't specifically explain it.

Anyway, his father will definitely not let go of this Zhou Rui.

Jia Daishan's eyes sank, and he said, "Lai Da, I will interrogate it personally." So saying, he called the little servant from the outside, and ordered his own soldiers to go and fetch the men himself, along with the two rough maids and the maid.

He said, "Your mother is still pregnant with the daughter-in-law of Rongfu, and asked your father to take good care of her." I'll ask about this matter, under Miki, there's nothing I can't ask, I will give Ying'er an explanation! ”

Jia Daishan's expression was solemn, obviously moved by his true anger.

For a moment, Jia Hu seemed to see the general who fought out of thousands of troops on the battlefield.