After listening to Qin Keqing's words, Jia Ke carefully calculated in his heart, isn't that all. He snatched up nearly 100,000 acres of land in Xuanfu Town. Coupled with the 35,000 acres that the emperor rewarded when he was a marquis, as well as the 100,000 acres of land and various shops rewarded by the emperor when he got married, as well as the filial piety of the Eight Banners and Tang Kuo, isn't it so much? I'm afraid it's just a little more.

Jia Ke lightly touched Qin Keqing's nose with his finger, "Don't be afraid of wasting it now, this money is not enough for you to eat." ”

Qin Keqing opened Jia Ke's finger with his hand, and said dissatisfiedly: "I am a diligent and thrifty housekeeper, and I am afraid that your extravagant style will bring the family to ruin." ”

"Okay, you're right, everything in our family will listen to you in the future." Jia Ke is still very fond of Qin Keqing, and she is obedient to her in family affairs.

Qin Keqing was able to spare him when he heard Jia Ke's softness, leaned his head on him, and let out a soft snoring sound after a while.

Jia Ke was enjoying this warm moment, and suddenly remembered that he had promised Rongguo Mansion to send 50,000 pieces of silver to each person, and he hadn't told Qin Keqing about this matter yet.

Jia Ke shook Qin Keqing to wake her up, Qin Keqing looked at Jia Ke because he was sleepy, as if asking him what was wrong.

"It's me who was confused, and I forgot to tell you something." Jia Ke felt that he should have made this matter clear to Qin Keqing a long time ago, so he blamed himself a little.

"What's the same now, what else can I do to you?"

"My good lady, I did have some negligence in this matter, before I married you, I promised the Rongguo Mansion to send them 50,000 taels of silver every year. It can be regarded as a filial piety to the old lady and the old man. Jia Ke hurriedly told Qin Keqing about the cause and effect of this incident.

Qin Keqing listened to Jia Ke's story about Rongguo Mansion and didn't believe it, "It's impossible, no matter what we say about Rongguo Mansion, we are also a princely family, is it embarrassing to this point?" ”

"It's more serious than you think, I'm afraid that the silver stored in the treasury has been moved by the Rongguo Mansion now." Jia Ke has long been dissatisfied with the deceitful minions in the Rongguo Mansion, but he does not have the power to move these minions, after all, it all depends on the old lady's intentions.

"There are a lot of industries in the government over there, how can it be so embarrassing?" Qin Keqing still didn't believe it.

Jia Ke replied helplessly: "Those granges suffer disasters every year, and all the shops are losing money, how much money do you say they can rent to the house." ”

Qin Keqing frowned after listening to the lecture, and said helplessly: "This is also a bad time, no wonder the mansion, but those shops, if they really lose money, they should be rented out." Anyway, there can be some progress. ”

Jia Ke looked at Qin Keqing like a fool, but after thinking about it, Qin Keqing has always been in the deep boudoir, and no one in the family taught her to be in charge of the family business, and she can now be in charge of the Wuyang Marquis Mansion, all thanks to her own ingenuity and unremitting efforts. But it's really not clear about the private deeds of these subordinate minions, because there are no such bold minions in the Wuyang Marquis Mansion.

Jia Ke explained to her one by one, "Where is the bad time when the dealer is not in charge, it is clear that the steward of the village deceived the owner and embezzled the master's rent." How can Zhuangzi suffer disasters every year, these Zhuangzi leaders, one by one, live better than the master in Zhuangzi. And also buy the pre-land and hang it in the name of the master, and there is no need to pay the field tax. ”

Jia Ke told Qin Keqing about his personal feelings, and after finishing speaking, he also began to sigh, if he hadn't made a quick decision back then, I'm afraid that Wang Jiatun'er wouldn't have been able to send much silver now.

"As for those shops, those shopkeepers have long regarded the shops as their own homes, and it would be good not to ask the master for money every year, where would they make offerings to the master. As soon as you say that you want to rent out the shop, they dare to cry poverty to you, and then send all the minions in the shop to you and let you dispose of it. Jia Ke's experience over the years has long seen them clearly, and he was afraid that Qin Keqing would suffer a loss in the future, so he told her all these things.

Qin Keqing was young and had never experienced such a thing, so at this time, he grabbed Jia Ke's arm with a nervous face and asked, "What if something like this happens in our house?" ”

"What else can I do, cold salad, you will hand over to me if something like this happens in the future, if the production of Sangzao is reduced, the shop will lose money, if they dare to deceive the superiors and subordinates, I will sell their family to the black coal kiln." Jia Ke has become a little ruthless over the years at the border, and he is not as soft-hearted as those masters in Rongguo's Mansion.

Qin Keqing was relieved, and at the same time expressed concern about the recent situation of Rongguo Mansion: "There are so many masters in the mansion next to that, how can hundreds of slaves live." ”

"Do you think that those village heads and shopkeepers are fools, and they still have to pay some of the annual rent, relying on this money, they were able to barely maintain the balance in the past few years, but in recent years, these minions have become more and more unscrupulous, so there have been losses again." Jia Ke thought that he copied Lai's grandmother's house, and no matter how he could, he could maintain the balance of Rongguofu, but he didn't expect that after only a few years of hard work, Rongguofu would lose money again.

He really has nothing to say about Mrs. Wang's housekeeping ability, the only thing he hopes for now is that Wang Xifeng will enter the door quickly, with this phoenix, these minions can also be more restrained, with the family business of Rongguo Mansion and his name, he can make ends meet and not eat too much.

As for Li Kun, I don't know why, Mrs. Wang has not let her participate in the housekeeping until now, only saying that she should take good care of Jia Zhu and not be distracted by other things.

"Then I'll carry the money to them to-morrow, what do you think?" Qin Keqing was not unhappy because he wanted to send 50,000 taels of silver to Rongguo Mansion.

"I'll send it to them tomorrow, and it's going to be a big deal, and it's better for everyone to know about it. We can't afford to leave the old man's reputation behind when we give away the silver. Jia Ke doesn't care about this silver, what he really cares about is the mouths of these minions in Rongguo Mansion, these minions in Rongguo Mansion have been with their masters for several lifetimes, and they can say whatever the master says, if it was in Wuyang Hou Mansion, he would have beaten these people to death.

Qin Keqing lay next to Jia Ke and wanted to ask, "Doesn't Madame know these things?" ”

Jia Ke pondered for a while and said, "I don't know the specific situation, but in my opinion, it is impossible for Madam not to know about this matter." The incident of Mama Lai, who copied it back then, has already revealed all the cats in the entire Jia Mansion. To say she doesn't know, I don't believe it. ”

Qin Keqing sat up from the bed, looked out of the window with his face, and frowned to think about the reason. This is the first time she has come into contact with the Prince's House, so she wants to understand the inside story.

Jia Ke looked at her expression and smiled, "Don't think about this, what does this have to do with us?" As long as we don't have these things, nothing else is a problem. ”

Qin Keqing shook his head and said, "I don't think that's the case, if it's not that Madame is too compassionate, then there must be something wrong with her housekeeper's methods." If this goes on for a long time, the family style will be damaged. ”

Jia Ke got up from the bed, walked a few laps on the ground, and then said to Qin Keqing: "You may have some of these things, but the most important thing is that these minions have been working in the mansion for several lifetimes. Madame may not be too affectionate, and besides, there is still the face of the old lady above, so it has not been rectified. "The meaning is already very clear, these people in charge of the grange and shops are all people under the old lady, and Mrs. Wang just knows that they are tired, and it is not easy to start rectifying.

After listening to Jia Ke's words, Qin Keqing said with a frown: "Will the mansion be unable to make ends meet in the future, let us add it to him?" ”

"Don't think about these useless things, after a while, when the second daughter-in-law of Lian enters the door, I think the old lady should straighten out the family business." Jia Ke thought that in the dream of Red Mansions, as soon as Wang Xifeng entered the door, Mrs. Wang was deprived of the right to be a housekeeper by the old lady. It seems that the old lady also has doubts about Mrs. Wang's housekeeping ability.

"How do you know this? You seem to know this second daughter-in-law very well. After listening to Jia Ke's words, Qin Keqing focused his attention on the second daughter-in-law of Lian who was about to enter the door.

After listening to Qin Keqing's words, Jia Ke knew that she was a little jealous, and hurriedly returned to her side to explain, "I only occasionally heard my father say that this second daughter-in-law of Lian is not an ordinary person. She has been raised as a son since she was a child, so she is very spicy, but I don't know anything else. ”

Jia Ke actually said it just now, and now he can only move Jia Zheng out as a shield.

Qin Keqing just asked casually, she knew that Jia Ke had been out of town all the time, and she had never met this second daughter-in-law at all, and now when she heard Jia Ke explain to her, she let him go. However, I had an impression in my heart of the second daughter-in-law of Lian who did not enter the door. After all, it is not an ordinary person for the old lady to think about handing over the housekeeper's affairs to her before she enters the door. didn't know it was just a beautiful misunderstanding.

The next day, Jia Ke went to the infantry commander Yamen to arrange patrols throughout the New Year, as well as to be on duty during the Spring Festival.

Although the emperor has now sealed the seal, and the various yamen are no longer working, this time is the busiest time for the infantry to lead the yamen, and the current infantry to lead the yamen, and even take the post of Shuntianfu, it can be said that he has completely taken over everything in the capital. So during this time, Jia Ke was very busy, leaving in the morning and returning home in the evening.

After Qin Keqing left, he asked people to take out 50,000 taels of silver from the warehouse, and let them be packed in a large box with red paint, which was enough to contain more than a dozen large boxes, and then recruited dozens of Jia Ke's personal soldiers from the front yard.

Then let these people carry the silver directly to Rongxi Hall, because a maid had already informed Mrs. Wang.

At this time, Mrs. Wang didn't know that the servants in the mansion had already inquired about this matter clearly, and they all knew that Jia Ke ordered Qin Keqing to send 50,000 taels of silver to the mansion.

When Mrs. Wang came to Rongxi Hall from the inner house, there were already many small and small minions in the mansion standing outside Rongxi Hall, and they were all talking about it, and it seemed that everyone knew what was in this box.

As soon as Qin Keqing saw Mrs. Wang, he immediately came to her and gave her a blessing.

When Mrs. Wang saw the mess outside, she wanted to ask, "What's wrong with you?" Recruit so many people. ”

"Yesterday, our family sent a rent from Zhuangzi, and my uncle instructed me to send 50,000 silver to the house, saying that it was for honoring the old lady, his lord and his wife." Qin Keqing said with a well-behaved face.

When Mrs. Wang heard Qin Keqing say this, she remembered. At that time, Jia Ke promised to give the house 50,000 silver every year at the old lady's place, and he forgot about it for so long, but he didn't expect Jia Ke to really send someone to send it today, so the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile. She and Jia Ke are just trivial little contradictions, for the sake of these silvers, the previous things can be revealed in her opinion.

Qin Keqing saw the smile on the corner of Mrs. Wang's mouth, and immediately ordered his own soldiers to open more than a dozen boxes, and for a while, the entire Rongxi Hall was white and shining.