On this day, the boat was abandoned and landed, and the people of the Jia family in Jinling were already waiting.

Before going ashore, Jia Hu said goodbye to Uncle Zhang Shi, caught a glimpse of a purple figure, and left without asking.

The steward of the old mansion in Jinling bent over and said flatteringly: "Uncle Hu, the old mansion has been cleaned." The sixth old lady, the third old man, and the fourth old man are waiting for you at night in the largest restaurant in Jinling, the guest house, uncle? ”

Jia Hu glanced at the number of people in this cold place, and didn't say anything, only called: "Lin Zhixiao!" ”

Lin Zhixiao is an old man in the Rong Mansion, if it weren't for the fact that Lai Da, the son of Mama Lai, who was brought by Jia's mother, couldn't get out, he wouldn't have been able to serve Jia Hu. He knew that his future would fall on the uncle's head, and when he saw that none of the clansmen from Jinling had come, only an old steward with a few inconspicuous carriages and few servants, he was furious.

He snapped and asked, "What's going on?" ”

The old steward looked at the battle and understood that the chief steward had kicked the iron plate this time. Who is Lin Zhixiao? He has a daughter who works as a maid in Rongfu, and he was born in a family in the capital, so how can he not know that he is the second housekeeper of Rongfu who is valued by the old lady. He said with sincere fear: "The little one is the second steward of the old mansion, and the big steward said that he is old and unsupported, so he is waiting for the uncle in the house." ”

Lin Zhixiao snorted, no matter how old you are, it's an excuse, this is not to take the master in your eyes.

He looked at his uncle inquiringly.

Jia Hu pondered for a moment: "When I came, my grandfather said that Steward Lin is quite familiar with Jinling?" ”

"Yes, sir. In his early years, the slave often followed the slave's father back and forth between Jinling and the capital, and acted on the orders of the grandfather of the country. ”

"Then you don't have to keep these moths." Jia Hu said casually, "Sixth old lady, you send someone to confess for me, and I won't go to the table and banquet in the guest house in the evening." First, the journey was tiring, and secondly, I had been taught by my grandfather to read, and I didn't know much about the imperial examination. ”

"Yes." Lin Zhixiao bowed his head deeply. Uncle hates those minions who don't know their duties the most, and his temper is not good.

The steward of Jinling didn't understand what Uncle Hu meant, thinking that Uncle Hu was showing weakness to many clan elders, and secretly thought that what the chief steward said was still reasonable. The old lady has never been waiting to see the big house, even if the big house is the master, there is nothing to do with us old ladies. Little did he know that a catastrophe was coming.

The steward brought from the capital, in addition to Lin Zhixiao, also has Lai Er, that's right, it is Lai Mama's second son.

In the Red Mansion, Lai Er is the chief steward of Ning Guofu, and the two brothers of the Lai family hold Ning Rong's two mansions in the palm of their hands.

At that time, Jia Jing was a monk, and Jia Zhen, a little bastard who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, saw that the people sent by the old Taijun of Xifu did not dare to control themselves, and they could deter the servants, so in order to show his recognition of the leadership of the old Taijun, he promoted Lai Er to the chief steward.

Now that Jia Jing is still there, what is the son of a woman's companion? Jia's mother dared to send it, Jia Jing thought that Jia's mother didn't take the people of Dongfu in her eyes, and the woman wanted to control Dongfu, so she didn't get angry. Therefore, Lai Da is in charge of the infinite glory of Xifu, but Lai Er still draws the camp and seeks the upper rank. This time Jia Hu went to Jinling, Lai Er's eyes lit up, so he invited his peers to serve Uncle Hu.

Lai Er's abacus is very good, and the old lady has no seat there for the time being, so he will go to Uncle Hu's side and make a name. On the old lady's side, it is in the name of "undercover", and on Uncle Hu's side, it is "abandoning the darkness and turning to the light", and looking back to see who wins, he will throw it to which side. It doesn't matter if Uncle Hu doesn't trust him for the time being, as long as things are done well, why worry about not being able to get into his eyes. Lai Er knows that Lin Zhixiao also has a stain on him, isn't it that the uncle saw that he had good ability and recommended it to the old lady?

After Jia Hu finished giving the order, he saw Lai Er coming over: "Uncle Hu, the slave has rented a few carriages nearby, you see?" ”

Lai Er's ability to do things is still good, Jia Hu nodded, and ordered: "Lai Er, you are here to watch people pack everything, and after the things are loaded, follow the second steward." Xia Yu cleaned up the ones to be used, Lin Zhixiao, led the way, and went back to the old house to repair. ”

Jia Hu arranged things in an orderly manner, and the rest of the people agreed and scattered.

Because Jia Daishan is not at ease, there is only one master of Jia Hu, except for Lin Zhixiao and Lai Er, the two stewards of the affairs, each with several small stewards, Xia Yu and Xuelian, the five big maids with a few second-class little maids, and the forty young strong men that Jia Daishan allocated to him.

Jia Daishan's side raised more than 100 veterans, they were originally from the capital, after being discharged from the army, they were disabled, unable to make a living, and barely survived in a few Zhuangzi allocated by Jia Daishan. There are many maids in Jiafu, and these veterans married maids as wives, and after so many years, the sons they gave birth to were also raised. Jia Daishan had a mind and ordered them to teach some kung fu on the battlefield, and they were well fed and fed, all of them were strong and loyal, and the nursing home of Rongfu was selected □□ from them.

At this time, these men claimed to be the sons of the Rong Mansion, Jia Hu got into the front carriage, his clothes and so on were the first to be packed, Xia Yu and the others sat in the back of the carriage, and Lin Zhixiao took half of the people to escort the convoy. Lai Er forced the remaining half of the people to load the remaining carriage in the back, so as not to miss anything.

Back at the old mansion, the chief steward was waiting there with someone.

He was a little arrogant, and after saying hello, he nagged that he was personally promoted by the old lady and had been taking care of the old mansion for many years.

Lin Zhixiao looked at him, not understanding what gave him the confidence to dare to pose in front of his master.

As a competent steward, he decisively interrupted the words of the chief steward, and said with a little toughness: "The grandfather of the country has an order, the old mansion has no master for many years, and the servants are uncontrolled. ”

As he spoke, the guards pushed the chief steward to the ground.

Although the chief steward did not go to the shore to pick up the master and give him a dismount, he did not dare to really ignore him.

He is here as the steward of the Jia family in the capital, not only in charge of the old mansion, but also in charge of all the Zhuangzi in Jinling, and can be described as the soil emperor of the servants in the old mansion. In recent years, the old lady has sent people here, and the old lady is not very in charge of things, even the clan elder has to give him some face for the old lady's henchman. Therefore, this time, the chief steward said that he would not go to the port to pick up Uncle Hu from the capital, and these clan elders were quite resentful of the old lady in the capital, and they were too happy not to go.

But the people of the old mansion still gathered to wait for the arrival of the master, and the chief steward did not dare to be absent at this time.

Unexpectedly, in front of all the subordinates, the steward around Uncle Hu gave him such a face.

The chief steward blushed angrily, and couldn't help shouting: "After all, Uncle Hu is young and ignorant, and you minion dare to follow suit!" The old lady didn't receive my letter this year, and asked if Uncle Hu could afford it? ”

At this time, Jia Hu spoke, and he said coldly: "It's just a slave who deceives the master, if the old lady is dissatisfied with my treatment, she can go to her grandfather to seek justice." ”

The chief steward's face was like ashes, and he almost forgot that the old lady had always been decisive in killing, and he could not tolerate such a slave bully. I thought it was just a teenager, and I could bluff it by moving out of the name of the old lady, but I didn't expect this son to look like Grandpa Guo, so I didn't eat this set.

Jia Hu looked around at everyone and said unhurriedly: "The master will live here for more than half a year, during which everyone will obey the dispatch of the housekeeper Lin Zhixiao and the lord's eldest maid Xia Yu. If there is anyone who disobeys discipline, Lin Zhixiao, you can sell it directly. ”

"Yes, uncle." Lin Zhixiao asked, "Then how to deal with this chief steward?" ”

"Throw it to the yamen, close it first, and wait for you to take your grandfather's name to the yamen, and ask them to go to check if the Jia family and the subordinates have any violations of the law, if there is, sue the prefect to deal with it impartially." That's right, Jia Hu has a killer feature, that is, before leaving, Jia Daishan gave him a name post, telling him to use it carefully.

I heard that the clansmen of the Jia family in Jinling relied on the prestige of the two princes of the Jia family in the capital, and did a lot of immoral things that bullied men and women and cut off people's financial routes.

However, Jia Hu thought about it, he came to the imperial examination, and he couldn't be distracted by this. Besides, he is not the patriarch after all, so it is not good to deal with the clansmen by crossing Uncle Jing. Moreover, he also has to visit Dean Wang, so it will inevitably leave a bad impression on him.

"Forget it, don't go to the yamen, and don't worry about the affairs of the clansmen. Use the people we brought first, and if you don't have enough, you will go to the tooth people to buy them. These people in the old mansion were all locked up and all of them were checked. Then back and forth to me. ”

Jia Hu brought a lot of people from the capital, and he had enough to serve his master. Only Lin Zhixiao was worried that the master would not be used to Huaiyang cuisine, so he couldn't decide whether to buy a chef who was good at Beijing cuisine.

When Lin Zhixiao came to ask, Jia Hu had just finished bathing. He sat on the couch and said lazily: "No need, I have been eating Huaiyang cuisine with my grandfather since I was a child, and now I am used to eating it." The cook at noon is very good, is it new? ”

"If you go back to your grandfather, that cook is the one we used on the ship."

"Oh?" Jia Hu looked away from the book and asked, "The one that the old lady gave me?" ”

"Yes."

Old lady. Jia Hu thought for a while and said, "If I go buy a local chef again, I will say that I want to try what the locals make, and I don't know what the difference is from my grandfather." Don't be lazy with the people the old lady gives, the meals he sent are all for Xia Yu and them. ”

Uncle, is this someone who suspects the old lady to send it? Lin Zhixiao was puzzled, if the uncle could pass the exam, but how could the old lady be about the glory of the ancestors?

Jia Hu waved his hand, not intending to explain, only asking him to pay attention to the servant woman who was not his own.