The thatched hall vestibule.

When Jia Qiang came in, she heard Li Xuan sitting on the main seat scolding, and when she saw him come in, she was even more angry: "What a nasty seed!" This king will kill you today! ”

When Jia Yucun and Chen Rong's son Chen De saw it, they all changed their faces in fright.

Qi Yun was also slightly stunned, with a solemn expression.

Jia Qiang didn't seem to see it, so she only shook the root and pointed it out, and asked Yin Hao, "Why is the fifth brother here?" ”

Yin Hao smiled and said, "You are busy with other things first, we are not in a hurry." He pulled down Li Xuan, who wanted to fight with Jia Qiang, and persuaded: "You can live in peace." ”

Jia Qiang nodded and asked Qi Yun, "What's wrong with De'ang?" ”

Qi Yun smiled bitterly: "There are a lot of new Yanai in the capital now, and the temper is not very good, and the price of pawning the treasure in Wanbaolou is too high......

Jia Qiang sighed and said, "I know about this matter, you go back first, Ming'er and I will meet them on Xixie Street, you come together, and solve it together." ”

Hearing this, Qi Yun clasped his fists and saluted, then turned around and left.

Jia Qiang looked at Jia Yucun again and asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”

Jia Yucun glanced at Li Xuan first, then muttered for a while, and said: "Ning Hou, Xia Guan came to visit this time, first, I heard that Ning Hou was framed by gangsters and fell into prison, so I ...... it."

"If you have something to say, you have nothing to leave."

Jia Qiang was impatient to listen to these halas and said bluntly.

Yin Hao twitched the corner of his mouth, and Chen Rong's son Chen De was even more dumbfounded.

Jia Yucun also knows that the Taifu Siqing, the dignified three-grade master!

Li Xuan thought it was funny, laughed a few times, and lived up to the name of absurdity......

However, although Jia Yucun's face turned red, he still did not leave with his sleeves brushed up, but sat up straight, and said bluntly: "Master Hou, in the past few days, Wuyang Hou and Sun have been forced too much, forcing them to ask for military horses!" But Xia Guan found in Taifu Temple that most of the military horses on the pastures outside the mouth in these years were given priority to the nine sides. Even if some are sent to Beijing, they will be divided up early. In addition, it is necessary to provide concubines, princes, princesses and court officials who should give them to the passengers, and they will be awarded according to their rank. Where is the supply of military horses at the moment? ”

Jia Qiang was puzzled: "What is Sun Wanqian in a hurry to do with the military horse at this time?" ”

Jia Yucun didn't know, Li Xuan sneered, and said: "It's not that your husband and Wei Yong went south, and they took too many cavalry with them, and they hollowed out the little remaining remnants of the military department...... Now that Wu Yanghou is in charge of the military department, the twelve regiments and battalions are looking for him to ask for horses, but he can't give it away, and this position is like sitting on pins and needles. Which of the twelve martial marquis and uncle is good-tempered, all of them are Qiu Eight Masters, and they almost broke the military department. My eldest brother couldn't even persuade him...... In short, it's not that I deliberately make it difficult for the Taifu Temple. ”

When Jia Qiang heard this, she knew what to say, and asked Jia Yucun: "Why does Taifu Temple even manage the military horse farm?" Shouldn't it be assigned to the military department? ”

Jia Yucun smiled bitterly: "If the lower officials can call the shots, let them take it a long time ago." Can ......"

Jia Qiangqi said: "Since the horse farm is in the hands of Taifu Temple, what about the horses on the horse farm?" ”

Jia Yucun still couldn't answer, but Li Xuan knew something, and laughed gloatingly: "The surname Jia is unlucky, the horse farm was fat back then, and now the people who are in charge of the horse farm outside the mouth are mostly people from various palaces, and most of them are relatives of the emperor." Which one does the Taifu Temple dare to keep? Which old kings of the clan did not break his head with a cane? ”

Jia Qiang had the heart to care about this mess, but Jia Yucun was the person Lin Ruhai wanted to use, so he couldn't push it out, so he said, "Okay, you go back." On official business, send people to the racecourse to strictly investigate. As soon as you check, those people will naturally be afraid, and find a way to search for Roman horses to deal with errands. You have passed this, go back and find a way to return the military horse farm to the military department, and let them take care of it themselves...... When the gentleman comes back, just find a way to do it. ”

Seeing that Jia Yucun was still a little uneasy, Jia Qiang said impatiently: "If someone really comes to the door, you send someone to look for me!" ”

Jia Yucun waited for this supportive sentence, and after thanking him repeatedly, he left in a hurry.

Li Xuan reminded: "Aren't you afraid that he will mess around under your banner?" This forgetful eighth master doesn't look like a trouble-free one, don't pit you. ”

Jia Qiang shook her head and said, "He doesn't dare." ”

Jia Yucun knows Jia Qiang's attitude towards him, but he has big ambitions in his heart, how can he be willing to waste his future?

Jia Qiang was able to grasp this point and dare to treat each other like this.

And this person looks at the wolf, has a backbone in the back of his head, and keeps more grudges in his heart, waiting for the opportunity, and will not do things at this time ignorantly.

Li Xuan saw that he had a number, so he didn't say much, and looked at the last person.

This young man is as old as them, but in front of them, he is very restrained, and he can't let go of the rules.

Jia Qiang's attitude was much better than before, and said with a smile: "Ziduan, I've heard from my uncle about you a few times, you were not there in Yangzhou, and you were studying in Jinling." Now that you're in Beijing, you're just coming to see me at this time? ”

Chen De hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "My father has compared Hou Ye to a unicorn many times, and I have compared me to ...... Compare it to a mud pig and a dog, let me wait and not disturb Master Hou......"

"Poof!"

Li Xuan squirted out a mouthful of tea, and then burst out laughing.

He stared at Chen De and found that this person was indeed fatter, and when he looked at it again, it seemed that he was indeed a pig's head, which became more and more funny.

Chen De's face was red from laughter, and he was embarrassed.

Jia Qiang took a breath of cold air, stepped forward and picked up the handkerchief that Li Xuan had just put down from the table and said, "Lord Wang, wipe your saliva." ”

As he spoke, he blocked the mouth of the laughing man.

"Ahem, ahem! Stunned! ”

Li Xuan shut up and coughed a few times before retching, and rushed up to beat Jia Qiang, but was persuaded by Yin Hao again.

Chen De opened his eyes, but he didn't dare to relax at will.

It's not that he is full of rustic atmosphere and has never seen the world, but it is precisely because he has seen the world that he does not dare to mess around.

I think that at the beginning, as the prince of Yangzhou Salt Academy, he was definitely one of the best nobles in Jinling.

Especially when Lin Ruhai has no children, Chen Deneng and Jiangnan Zhen's son Zhen Fu sit and discuss!

Therefore, he couldn't be clearer that although there are no explicit regulations in the circle of the powerful in the yamen, there is actually a very strict hierarchy of what kind of people can be stubborn with what kind of people, and what kind of people are in their eyes.

This division is not unreasonable, if Jia Qiang is not the Hou Ye who was born in the founding wealth, if he is not Lin Ruhai's disciple and future son-in-law of Dongbed, he may not be able to be stubborn with Li Xuan.

At the beginning, Chen De, who could not regard any powerful son as an unattainable son in Jiangnan, plummeted after entering Beijing.

A Dali Siqing, of course, is an important minister.

But there is far more than one important minister in the court, and in addition to the courtiers, there are also the kings of the clan, the relatives of the emperor, the relatives of Wuxun and so on.

Not to mention the princes of the clan, any Hou Bo stands up, they are all super nobles, far above the three grades.

If he is allowed to choose, Chen De would prefer him to be the imperial historian in the Yamen of the Yanyuan for the rest of his life......

Chen Decheng stood and explained his intentions: "Father sent me to ask Master Hou, when will Lin Xiangye return to Beijing?" My father went out of the city to greet him. ”

Jia Qiang thought for a while and said, "It should be soon, I don't know the specifics." But after the wait came to report, I sent someone to tell Uncle Shi so that Uncle Shi didn't have to worry. Is there anything else to do? ”

Chen De shook his head and said, "Father knows that Master Hou is busy, so I will go back early to inform after I finish asking, and I won't disturb him too much." ”

Jia Qiang laughed and said, "When I look back and see my uncle, I have to pull his two beards!" ”

Li Xuan also laughed again, and said sarcastically: "People understand in their hearts, I'm afraid that people's sons will learn badly with you!" If you don't study well for a day, you still kill people on the street, tsk! ”

Jia Qiang didn't bother to pay attention to it, and said to Chen De: "That's it, after getting along for a long time in the future, you will know who I am." Teacher...... Uncle Shi was cautious when he was in Yangzhou, and everything must be done by himself. But because of this, Mr. is the most relieved person. I won't leave you today, and we'll get together again when Mr. returns. When the time comes, I'll ask Uncle Shi again why I offended him. ”

After Chen De hurriedly explained, he took his leave and left.

After the outsiders left, Jia Qiang exhaled, sat down to the sea and drank tea, looked at the two of them and said strangely: "What are you two doing so early in the morning?" ”

Li Xuan sneered: "There are so many rumors outside, Xiaosi and I naturally came over to check for Ziyu!" ”

Yin Hao hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense...... and then said to Jia Qiang: "That's the case, the speed of the carriage going out has increased greatly in the past few days, and the increase is a little abnormal. Besides, urge Caoyun to send more here. In addition, I heard that there are several carriage shops in the capital, and they began to touch the imitation carriages......"

Jia Qiang thought about it when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Expanding the scale and increasing production must be done." But don't expect it to expand in a while, it will take a few months...... As for why the speed of carriage sales has suddenly increased, and what is the set in the officialdom, you still don't know? ”

The two of them looked at each other when they heard this, and then they both became amused.

Li Xuan smiled and said: "No one shoots the sycophants of a prince, your husband has made a great contribution, as soon as the news came back, those people moved their minds and slapped it, where is the reason for this ball?" ”

Where is the reason?

In fact, the reason is very simple, Li Xuan's identity is naturally more valuable than Lin Ruhai.

But it's only precious, and when it comes to real power, it's far from it.

Lin Ruhai is the minister of the assistant who is the best of the hundred bureaucrats, how many people's fate does he hold? With a stroke of a pen and a slip, you can make chickens and dogs ascend to heaven......

Therefore, as soon as the momentum here has become a big boom, people in the officialdom over there have begun to post it one after another.

The low-level method of door-to-door gift-giving is naturally useless, because no one can enter the gate of the Lin Mansion.

And Lin Ruhai only has one daughter, and their fate is not qualified to please.

Fortunately, this hot Xiangye also has a disciple who is cultivated like a son.

The Jia family's carriage is unique, needless to say, taking such a carriage to let Lin Ruhai see it is a kind of kindness.

In officialdom, in fact, there is such a goodwill, and many times there are unexpected benefits.

Because of this, the business under the name of the Jia family will only get better and better.

Whether in the past life or in this life, the words power and profit have always been twins, otherwise they would not have moved if they understood why the king died......

After figuring out this truth, Li Xuan was quite happy and said, "That's it, this kind of good thing, I don't care if they have no eyes...... So, other people are not afraid of imitation? What if they sell at a reduced price? ”

Jia Qiang shook her head and said, "Where is this craft so easy to imitate?" There are a lot of famous, seemingly small halls, but they are actually very critical, and they don't want to figure it out in two or three years. I really want to figure it out, if I want to build a car on a large scale, I have to toss for two or three years, there are no guys, and I polish it purely by hand with the master, and the wages have to pay them to death. ”

Li Xuan calculated and said, "Two or three years, two or three years, two two or three years is four, five or six years...... And what about what if they made it after four or five or six years? ”

Jia Qiang said with a smile: "If we really earn four or five or six years like this, we would have earned a mountain of gold by ourselves, and we still want to eat alone forever?" Moreover, let's be generous to the master of the workshop, let them continue to study and figure out, and make the carriage more and more comfortable, so that this business can continue to be done. ”

Li Xuan looked at Jia Qiang and said, "There is no business in the capital, Jia Qiang, you are really traitor!" ”

"Is there anything else? It's okay to carry a basket of peaches back to the city! ”

Jia Qiang sent the guest off.

"The ball is grabbed!"

After Li Xuan scolded with a smile, he said: "That's the case, the ancestor of the Qiu family of this princess has passed away, and I want to invite you, a popular one, to have a ......."

Jia Qiang said "ouch" and said, "Unfortunately, I have something important to do tomorrow, and I really can't stand the princess!" ”

Li Xuan's face was not kind and said: "I don't know, what is important to you Ming'er?" With a group of relatives to be immortals here? ”

If it weren't for this, how could he have come here so early in the morning? I didn't expect Jia Qiang to not give face!

Jia Qiang replied: "Ming'er Zhuangzi kills pigs, good autumn fat...... me! ”

Before he finished speaking, Li Xuan came headlong, and Jia Qiang was almost knocked over.

Li Xuan scolded: "Okay, good! I don't care about it, now I will go back and tell the princess, you want to watch the pig killing in the Zhuangzi tomorrow, and you don't have time to give birth to her grandmother! By the way, it's the old sow that kills! ”

Yin Hao was so calm that he couldn't help but laugh when he heard the words.

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he felt speechless, and only squinted at someone.

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "I remember, the father of the princess is the Guangchu Shilangzhong of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Fat shortage. What kind of gifts should I bring? ”

Li Xuan's face softened a little when he heard this, and he snorted: "Don't consider the dignity of the master, but how can you say that you are also rich, you just received a million taels of silver from the queen mother, in addition to the master's, you are also a first-class huge rich." If the courtesy is light, it doesn't matter, I'm afraid that you will lose your dignity. ”

Jia Qiang laughed and said, "The prince doesn't care, then I don't care." Fifth brother, are you going? ”

Yin Hao was a little happy and said: "I will go to Cangzhou in the afternoon, let the workshops there increase production, and in addition, let people pay attention to prevent someone from stealing the teacher." ”

Jia Qiang was quite envious: "You save a lot of money, at least thirty taels!" ”

Li Xuan folded his face, and looked into the distance with a sorrowful and angry gaze......

Yin Hao persuaded Jia Qiang: "You don't mess with him less, it's better to send a carriage to Old Madam Qiu." ”

Jia Qiang nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, just give the prince a decent look." ”

When Li Xuan heard this, his eyes became a little smarter, and he looked at Jia Qiang and raised his eyebrows and reminded: "Our original rules, except for my father, queen mother, maternal grandmother, eldest aunt, second aunt, and a few close relatives of the Lin family and the Jia family, the rest will be sent, and whoever gives the gift will pay the silver!" ”

Jia Qiang laughed and said, "It's just a few hundred taels of silver...... But I can't stay long after eating, and I have to go to the ring in the guild hall, and I will meet the heroes of Yuanping. Among the new arrivals in Beijing, there are a few who don't know the height of the sky, and Ming'er will teach them the rules of the capital. ”

When Li Xuan heard this, his eyes lit up......

Are you really willing to go to Qiu's house to eat the Laoshzi banquet? The officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are, in the final analysis, just domestic slaves of the heavenly family.

If it weren't for Mrs. Qiu Jiatai combing the Queen Mother's hair for ten years, the Qiu family would not be qualified to marry the palace at all.

"That's okay, Master Ming'er won't eat the banquet anymore. If you don't look at you, I don't want you to kill again, this is a big deal! ”

……

Rongguo Mansion, Rongqing Hall.

Mother Jia, Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang, and Aunt Xue are all there, and Baoyu is also there.

There was a person standing in the hall, but it was Jia Rui, the grandson of Jia Dairu.

Jia Mu looked at Jia Rui and said, "Brother Rui, it is impossible to let you go south to Shandong this time." Brother Qiang and the adults in the family were angry, and we said that we couldn't stop him, so we could only ask his husband to discipline him. Now that your second brother Lian is not at home, Baoyu is still young, and there are many people in the clan, and you are the only one. Would you like to run this time? ”

When Jia Rui heard this, he laughed dryly, and wanted to say no, but when he saw the five silver-shining ingots placed a few days ago beside Jia's mother, after swallowing his saliva, he still hesitated after all: "Grandson is naturally willing to contribute to the old lady, but I am only worried that the patriarch will be blamed and blamed after he knows about it......"

Jia Mu smiled: "You ran an errand to deliver a letter, what is the responsibility?" Besides, your grandfather taught him, and if he is considered Mr. Enlightenment, it always depends on your grandfather's thin noodles. And you don't know what is written in the letter, so it doesn't matter. The two hundred and fifty taels of silver are your entanglements. If you can't spend it, it will also belong to you, and you won't be allowed to run in vain. ”

When Jia Rui heard this, after thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "Okay, the old lady opened her mouth, I can't help but agree." ”

With that, he stepped forward to take the letter from Baoyu's hand, and then took the five silver ingots that made his heart move.

Seeing that it was difficult to hide his greedy appearance, Baoyu couldn't suppress his disdain.

After Jia Rui took the silver and the letter, he immediately took his leave, led the horse from the front, went home and told Jia Dairu, and then went out of the city under the gaze of Lin Zhixiao and others.

On the Rongqing Hall, Jia Mu sighed, looked at Jia Zheng, who was in a trance, and said a little distressed: "You don't need to think too much, although I am a little biased towards you, do I really not know the severity?" The reason why I have always let you live in Rongxi Hall is because your eldest brother ...... It's really not a thing! If this family business is handed over to him, sooner or later it will cause a big disaster! For the sake of this family business, I have wronged you. ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up.

She thought about it for a day and a night, but she didn't come up with a way to break the game, but she didn't expect Jia Mu to be able to theorize from this point!

Sure enough, with this step, Jia Zheng's face looked much better, but after thinking about it, he still shook his head and said: "It's just like this in the past, now the eldest master is going to Gansu, and there are only Feng girls and Brother Cong in the big house, and there is a mother in charge of everything." In short, the second room can no longer live in the Guogong Mansion no matter what. ”

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Wang began to cry, and Mother Jia waved her hand and said: "I have my own reason for this matter, and I also explained it to Ruhai in the letter." It is precisely because the eldest lord and the eldest lady are going to Gansu Town that you can't leave. Otherwise, who will be in charge of this country's government? ”

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was moved, and the dissatisfaction with her mother-in-law that she had suppressed in her heart was also dissipated, and she said to Jia Zheng: "Master, it's not me who is greedy for the wealth of the Guogong Mansion. It's just that we have served the old lady for so many years, and the old lady also said that she must live with us. Could it be that the old man still wants to watch the old lady grow old and move away from the Rongqing Hall that he has lived all his life? Even if the old lady stays here, but the Guogong Mansion is empty, and Baoyu will go with us, how can the old lady have no children and grandchildren under her knees? ”

When Jia Zheng heard this, he was embarrassed and speechless, only his mouth trembled, and yesterday's humiliation made him almost unable to live.

He really couldn't think of what courage he needed to live here, and how he should face Jia Qiang......

Seeing that Jia Zheng's tears were falling, Jia's mother said distressedly: "Don't worry, Brother Qiang is not afraid of heaven and earth, and he is always in awe of his husband." Ruhai is a clear reason, can he really see that the son of the grandfather of the country can't live? Never, it won't. ”

Jia Zheng shook his head painfully and said, "Even so, that ...... In this matter, I may not listen to my sister-in-law. If you don't give him a bad breath, he will never give up! ”

Jia Mu guaranteed: "Don't worry, I have my own plans for this matter." In short, you moved from Zhonglu Courtyard to Xilu Courtyard in the future, but in fact, you lived in Zhonglu Courtyard, and you never lived in the Rongxi Hall. Baoyu hasn't his mother spent every day in the three small main rooms on the east side of Rongxi Hall? There are suites in the West Road Courtyard, and they are empty there, so it is perfect for you to live in. ”

Mrs. Wang was thinking about what Jia Mu said about her own plan, and what to do to dispel Jia Qiang's anger, and suddenly heard this, and hurriedly said: "Extremely, it is not a luxury day, don't say that the three small main rooms, when the master is not there, I am resting in the east ear room." ”

Jia Mu smiled and said to Jia Zheng: "After this experience, I think that in the future, no one will have a dirty relationship with that evil obstacle, he is so decent, will he bully people again?" Don't be in a hurry to move, I have my own reasons. ”

When Jia Zheng heard this, he let out a long sigh, shook his head, and then turned around and went out......

After Jia Zheng left, Jia's mother asked Mrs. Wang, "What is the matter with my uncle's master, can I send someone to deliver a letter?" ”

Mrs. Wang's face was a little uncomfortable, and she shook her head and said, "Just ask me if I want to go back to the Wang family, and I won't go back." I am the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, how can I go back to the Wang family? ”

Jia Mu smiled: "It should be like this." ”

Looking at Jia Mu's smile like this, Mrs. Wang always felt that something was wrong......

She became more and more curious, what did Mother Jia write in the letter to Lin Ruhai?

……

After Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue stepped back, the mandarin duck helped Mother Jia back to the Bisha cupboard to rest.

Last night, Jia's mother didn't sleep all night.

Jia's mother was crooked on the kang, and the mandarin duck took the beauty to beat her legs gently, and after a while, she thought that Jia's mother had fallen asleep, but she didn't want to hear the old lady suddenly say: "Girl, you say, I treat Baoyu and his mother like this, and when Baoyu is sensible, will I resent me?" ”

Hearing this, the mandarin duck's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "No!" ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she didn't believe it, slowly opened her eyes, and said, "Why not?" If it were me, I would hate it! ”

Seeing the sadness in Jia's mother's eyes, the mandarin duck thought about it and hesitated for a moment before saying: "Old lady, maybe I want to be left, but the slave maid looked at the second master of Bao over the years and felt that although he was filial, this filial piety ...... As long as his wife has been living well, there is no shortage of food, clothing and chewing, as for where he lives, he may not care. After all, for the second master, as long as he is accompanied by his sisters, he will not go out for the rest of his life, and he will not see anyone, but he will be happy. ”

“……”

After a moment of silence, Jia Mu made up her mind and nodded: "In this way, you can only wronged Baoyu and his mother......"

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