Chapter 14 There are also those who fish in troubled waters
Jia Rui stayed at home for a while, and then walked towards Ning Guofu.
Jia Zhen specially asked him to pick up some New Year's goods and come back, and he couldn't go either.
Jia Zhen is the patriarch, and it is not enough to eat, drink and have fun by herself, and she must also take proper care of some of the widows, old and weak in the clan.
Except for Ning Rong's Second Mansion, the rest of the Jia clan did not have any particularly wealthy families. What Jia Zhen can do is to take out some of her own things, Zhou Ji people.
Not to mention, it's always a little bit of the New Year's intention and the patriarch's expression.
When he arrived at Ning Guofu, Jia Rui couldn't help but jump.
I saw a long convoy, lined up from the front of the main house to the gate, and when I looked out from the door, it extended to Ningrong Street, and I couldn't see the end.
Seeing Jia Rui coming, Jia Qiang hurriedly greeted him.
"Uncle Rui, you're here."
Jia Qiang already knew about instructing Wang'er to beat the stuffy stick, and he was very glad that he was not involved in this matter at this time.
"Brother Qiang, there are so many cars."
"Uncle Rui, where is this? There were a total of 220 carts, which had to be discharged for at least five miles. The car in front is here, and the car in the back is still outside the city. ”
The cart is a large cart with wooden wheels, and the wheels are wrapped around a circle of iron sheets, and some iron nails are punched on the wheels.
A car is more than a zhang long, pulled by two horses, extending more than ten meters, plus the gap in the middle, more than 200 carriages, really have to continue about five miles long.
Such a large-scale convoy is only for Ning Guofu to pay annual rent, which shows how powerful Ning Guofu is.
On the side of Rongguo Mansion, the strength is similar to Ning Guofu, and when the two mansions are added together, you can imagine what kind of existence Guogong Mansion is. It's no wonder that Jiafu dares to spend all day drinking and enjoying himself, it turns out that it is supported by strength.
"Hey, there are so many cars, and there are a lot of people delivering goods alone, right?"
"Of course, one car with one handlebar, plus eighty martial artists, a total of more than 300 people."
"And the Wu Yong escort?"
"There is no way, in the past few years, there have always been disasters, and there are more people who have not been able to eat. Along the way, there are mountains and rivers, thieves are everywhere, if there is no military escort, you can't ask someone to rob them all? Uncle Rui, I have to go over and help Zhang Luo, so I won't accompany you. ”
The convoy had been on the road for a month and two days, and the food and lodging of the more than 300 people and their cattle alone had to pay a lot of money.
"Okay, go ahead, leave me alone."
Because they were in a hurry to unload the car, the people from Rongguo's Mansion also came over to help. The housekeepers and decent mothers-in-law also came over to help direct the unloading of the trucks, count the goods, and register the accounts.
Jia Rui returned to the main hall, and Jia Zhen saw him and beckoned Jia Rui over.
"Brother Rui, I called you here, one is to take some New Year's goods back, but to ask you to come and help, keep accounts, I don't know ......."
"Needless to say, Brother Zhen, I don't have anything to do at home, I just want to find something to do, and I'll leave the bookkeeping to me."
"Then it's hard work, Brother Rui."
"You're welcome."
Jia Rui picked up the account book, immediately entered the role, and began to follow the car, counting the goods and keeping accounts together.
When it was dark, they lit the lantern and continued to do it, and it was not until the beginning of the hour that all the goods were unloaded, and the handlebars and the livestock were arranged, and the housekeepers began to settle the accounts.
The housekeepers reported the numbers one by one, the bookkeeper planned to take the plate, and the big housekeepers Lai Er and Jia Rui counted the numbers.
It took half an hour, two counts, and the same number before it was over.
In the end, Jia Rui and Lai Er checked the numbers again.
Jia Rui reads the number, and Lai two is logarithmic.
"30 deer, 50 roe deer, 50 roe deer, 50 Siamese pigs, 20 soup pigs, 20 dragon pigs, 20 wild boars, ......."
In addition, there are sheep, chickens, ducks and geese and other live animals and dry goods, pheasants, hares, bear paws, deer tendons, venison, deer tongues, hazelnuts, pine nuts, and peach kernels. Almonds and other mountain delicacies. All kinds of miscellaneous fish, sea cucumbers, dried razor clams, prawns, dried shrimp and other seafood.
There are three kinds of charcoal, a total of more than 30,000 catties.
There are six or seven kinds of rice, a total of more than 1,000 stones. Ten carts of all kinds of dried vegetables.
There are also two pairs of live deer, 4 pairs of live white rabbits, 4 pairs of black rabbits, 2 pairs of live golden pheasants, and 2 pairs of Western ducks for the little masters.
In addition, there were 2,560 taels of silver.
The most special thing is the two big sturgeon, each of which weighs eight or nine hundred catties.
In Jia Rui's previous life, these two sturgeon fish alone were worth tens of millions.
Fish roe, in particular, is hard to buy even if you have the money.
These things are only in the black mountain village of Wujin Xiao, and in Ningguo Mansion alone, there are still six or seven such Zhuangzi.
Jia Rui matched with Lai Er, and then reconciled with the bill sent by Wu Jinxiao.
Reconcile accounts here, and then move things into the warehouse there. On the other hand, they began to distribute things to their clansmen.
Jia Zhen personally supervised the scene, and distributed and received it according to the list listed in advance.
The vast majority of people follow the list, and there are a few people from better families, who are not on the list, and they also come to fish in troubled waters and want to take advantage of it.
Among them is Jia Qin.
"What are you doing here?"
Jia Zhen shouted.
"Hehe, Uncle Zhen, this is not the New Year, the family has no money, and I haven't prepared any New Year's goods, so I'm just waiting for you to give you some rewards."
"Hmph, you bastard, a few days ago, you and Jia Yun followed Brother Rui to tinker with that Wenchang Xingjun sentence reading. I asked Brother Rui, and he said that you two alone earned more than 20 taels of silver. Usually you also have income, but you are confused and don't know anything? ”
"Although there are a lot of things here, but these three or four hundred people in the house, one outside the house today, one from the left and one from the right, are either courteous or need to be touched. You don't see how much you take out, but everyone else sees it. ”
"This year, there have been disasters everywhere, and the harvest has been reduced by almost half. I don't know how I'm going to cope with the rest of this year, and those in my clan who are in dire need of relief to survive. ”
"You obviously live a very nourishing life, and you go to the poor to grab food, you also have this face?"
When Jia Zhen said this in front of everyone, Jia Qin's face was cold and hot, and she regretted coming to join in the fun.
"Uncle Jane, I won't take it, I'll go."
"Hmph, since you're here, how can you go back without getting something? I won't give you anything else, I'll give you twenty boards, and go home for the New Year." Come and beat him on twenty boards. ”
Everyone had already seen that Jia Qin was angry, and as soon as the patriarch spoke, five or six people rushed up and knocked Jia Qin to the ground.
said that it was twenty boards, but people hated him, and it took more than forty boards to stop.
"Get out, go home and have a good New Year."
Where did Jia Qin dare to say a word, and slipped out with a rolling belt.
As soon as he got out of the crowd, he met Jia Rui.
"Brother Qin'er, what's wrong with you for the New Year?"
Jia Qin was embarrassed to say, and someone on the side said the general experience.
When Jia Rui heard it, he was also amused and angry.
"You deserve it, you're not bad for this thing, come here to join in the fun."