A roaring charcoal fire burned in the brazier, with a cheerful popping sound from time to time.

"Young master, everyone has been sent away."

Jia Quan'er opened the thick curtain with a cold breath and came in and rubbed his frozen hands.

"What about the things they brought?"

Jia Rudao raised his hand and handed Jia Quan'er a few red envelopes, rubbing his brows, well, it seems that I drank a little too much last night.

The red envelopes that the servants in the courtyard should give Jia Quan'er, the big housekeeper, arranged them single-handedly, and Jia seemed to say that these red envelopes were for Jia Quan'er, Xiaocui, Chun Tao and Green Pearl. On the first day of the new year, these things should be taken care of by Xu Ruoxi, the hostess, on weekdays, but now Xu Ruoxi is not in good spirits every day, and Jia Rudao can only come by himself now.

"The small ones have been put away, do you want to take a look? Thank you for the reward. ”

Jia Quan'er smiled and took the red envelope handed over by Jia Rudao.

"You don't have to look at it, you look at the arrangement, you know better than me how to return the gift, and you will send a return gift back to each family later."

"Young master, these gift lists, I think you should always take a look, otherwise this ...... I really don't know how to return the small gift. ”

Jia Quan'er didn't lie, he really didn't know how to return the gift today, it has always been someone else who gave gifts to Jiafu, and Jiafu rarely had a return gift, and those who needed to return the gift were either at the same level as Jia Yidao, such as Yu Tianxi, Shi Songzhi and others, but what they gave each other was generally elegant things in the study, such as pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., and it was really rare for Jia Quan'er to give gifts like Su Qinghao and others.

Take Feng Xiping, who sent his son directly to the Yamen of the City Division, the gift he gave was only the jade red coral screen, which was converted into silver, and it was not less than tens of thousands of taels, not counting other things, and the rest such as Su Qinghao and others, although the things sent were not real money, but those antique calligraphy and paintings of gold, silver and jade were probably much more valuable than silver. Jia Quan'er really didn't know how to return the gift. However, this is the New Year's Day, and I am afraid that it will not be reasonable if I don't return the gift.

Jia Rudao took the gift list handed over by Jia Quan'er, swept his eyes, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

The value of the things he can roughly estimate at a glance on this gift list is probably as much as 100,000 taels of silver, and some celebrity calligraphy and paintings, jade, antiques and other things are not counted at all.

"Young Master, do you really plan to let their juniors enter the Yamen of the City Division?"

Jia Quan'er looked at Jia Yidao's face and said cautiously.

"Or else? Could it be that you are still going to put up notices outside to recruit people? Jia Rudao flicked the gift list in his hand, "It is said that the Qing Governor's Mansion for three years, 100,000 snowflakes and silver, it seems that it is far more than that." You'll return all these things in their original form later. By the way, tell them that after the eighth day of the new year, let them all come to the house, and you can choose. ”

"All...... All back? I'll pick ...... They? ”

Jia Quan'er looked at the gift list that Jia Nidao threw on the table, and stammered.

"What? Then I started to worry about not being able to control those people? With these things, I'm afraid you won't be able to control those people even more. I can warn you, after I leave, if you can't control your hands in this Qingyuan Mansion, stretch out your paws to collect the money, see if I don't chop off your two hands for you to feed the dogs. ”

"Uh...... How dare you, young master. ”

"I don't think I dare, but I don't want to."

Jia Quan'er hung his head and didn't dare to answer.

Although Jia Quan'er's temperament has only been together for a year or two, Jia Rudao thinks that he still knows it very well.

It is undeniable that Jia Quan'er is indeed very good at managing money and handling things, but obviously because of his more than 20 years of servant career, Jia Quan'er has been in a hurry and has limitations.

Even Jia Yidao was not worried, but he was sure that when the silver appeared in front of Jia Quan'er, he would definitely not be able to control his hands. And this is exactly what Jia Yidao is most worried about.

"The Yamen of the City Ship Division, it is related to my big plan, Su Qinghao, Ge Ming, Feng Xiping and others sent their own juniors to the Yamen of the City Ship Division, in addition to the fact that the Yamen of the City Ship Division is a real lack of grades, the more important thing is to want to have a relationship with me, what are their juniors, I don't know, this can only be screened by yourself whether it is available or not. When they were there before, I had already made it very clear that I only used the available people, and if I couldn't afford to send them to the Yamen, I would be kicked out.

You are the person next to me, even if I am not here, but others will not think like this, others will only think that your every move represents me. Today they didn't know that you would be in charge of the Qingyuanfu City Bosi Yamen before they came, and I am sure that when they go back, the first thing they will do is to give you, the newly appointed Jia Da Da Deacon Jia, a piece of silver, especially after learning that you will be there to choose who can enter the Yamen of the City Bo Division.

A gentleman loves money in a good way, whether it is Su Qinghao, or Ge Ming and others, do you think that such an expensive thing can be given away just by relying on those Yulu? Of course, I don't care how much money they collect, but you have always been by my side, but I know very well what the Jinyi Wei Yamen does, and I don't want you to be the first person to be sent to the Jinyi Wei prison. You...... Can it be clear? ”

Jia Rudao's seemingly bland words made Jia Quan'er break out in a cold sweat in an instant.

Although Jia Yidao said very simply, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, Jia Quan'er knew very well that this was a harsh thing that his young master had never had.

"The little one remembers the young master's orders."

Jia Quan'er didn't dare to smile anymore, and bowed down solemnly.

At this time, the door curtain was lifted, and Shi Zhenxiang helped Xu Ruoxi into the living room with a cold air from outside the door. Seeing this, Jia Rudao hurriedly went up to support Xu Ruoxi and said, "On such a cold day, why don't you stay in the room and come out to do something?" ”

"The room is too stuffy, the concubine wants to walk, and I heard the doctor say that walking more is good for the fetus."

Xu Ruoxi stroked her belly, which was already extremely bulging, and said with a smile.

Shi Zhenxiang on the side looked at Xu Ruoxi, who had a happy face, and there was a bit of envy in her eyes.

Xu Ruoxi sat down on the chair, looked at Jia Quan'er who was hanging his head next to him and said with a smile: "Xianggong, this early in the morning, Jia Quan'er made you angry again?" ”

Glancing at Xiao Cui, who was waiting behind Xu Ruoxi, Jia Rudao knew that it should be Xiao Cui who heard him reprimand Jia Quan'er and went to Xu Ruoxi for help, so Xu Ruoxi would come so coincidentally.

"Well, you can take a look."

Jia Rudao said to the gift list on the table.

Xu Ruoxi hadn't moved yet, Shi Zhenxiang had already quickly taken the gift list on the table in her hand.

"Jade coral screen, Huaisu's "Tibetan True Post", Wow and Yan Qingchen's calligraphy and painting, Zhang Bogao's "Four Ancient Poems", Su Zizhan's calligraphy and painting ......"

While looking at Shi Zhenxiang, she kept exclaiming. Obviously, Shi Zhenxiang, who was born in the Shi family, is also very aware of the value of these antiquities. Otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to call out the words of Yan Zhenqing and Su Shi.

"This is the New Year's gift that your father-in-law received early this morning, and the white flowers were sent to the door early in the morning of the first day of the new year, and it seems that this year is going to be promoted and make a fortune."

Jia Rudao saw the meaning of inquiry in Xu Ruoxi's eyes and said with a smile.

"Xianggong...... Why do they give such valuable gifts? Could it be ...... Xiang Gong really plans to stay? ”

Xu Ruoxi blinked her eyes, took the greeting note in Shi Zhenxiang's hand and looked at it carefully and asked.

"Haha, joking, gentlemen don't take people's favor, these things are all heirlooms in the homes of Su Qinghao and others, I have ordered Jia Quan'er to return these things later. Besides, I think there are some things that were not on the prayer post originally, but they haven't arrived in the house yet. I don't need them to send it. Did these gift slips just be delivered to the house? ”

Jia Rudao said, turned his head to Jia Quan'er and asked.

"Young Master is wise, the previous few adults handed over just a greeting post, and after the small ones sent a few adults out of the house, these gift lists were sent by Master Su and others."

A sycophant was sent.

"And such a thing?"

Xu Ruoxi's willow eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she said suspiciously.

"Ruoxi, I think you also know that Jia Quan'er will not go south to Guangzhou with the outside after the Lantern Festival, but will stay in Qingyuan Mansion to preside over the affairs of the city's Yamen......"

Jia Quan'er...... Presiding over the Yamen of the City Division? ”

When Shi Zhenxiang heard Jia Nidao's words, she looked at Jia Quan'er with wide eyes, and then looked at Jia Nidao.

"This is also a way to do it, you know, I don't have many available people under my command now, the Yamen of the City Ship Division, the Jinyi Guard Command Envoy, and the people are needed everywhere, even the Guangdong Pacification Envoy Yamen is now just me as a light pole commander, and the Qingyuan Mansion City Ship Division Yamen is very important. Fortunately, when I was in Beijing, I had already asked the saint for Jia Quan'er to ask for a shadow official body, but I can still talk about it. ”

Jia Rudao touched his nose and said helplessly.

If he had a choice, he didn't want Jia Quan'er to stay in Qingyuan Mansion, after all, Jia Quan'er's original identity was just that Jia Mansion was a servant, even if he Jia Xiangdao was behind him, even if no one would say anything on the surface, there would definitely be people who sneered at Jia Quan'er secretly.

This is also one of the reasons why he asked Su Qinghao and others to recommend the juniors of their respective clans.

"In order to allow Jia Quan'er to gain a firm foothold, I have to ask Su Qinghao and others to fill the vacancies in the juniors of their respective clans and enter the Yamen of the City Ship Division, so that there are juniors in the Mansion Division Yamen, and I think Su Qinghao and others will not be too embarrassed by Jia Quan'er. It is estimated that it is precisely because of this that there will be a gift list sent later. ”

Shi Zhenxiang looked at Jia Rudao and opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end she didn't speak again.

She is also a smart person in Bingxue, and originally wanted to say that Shi Songzhi would arrange some of them to go to the city to help Jia Yidao, but after thinking about it, what would Jia Quan'er think when she said this? Not to mention, these things obviously Jia Nidao has already had an idea, and the people who are waiting for the real shortage in the ministry are like carp crossing the river, as long as Jia Nidao opens his mouth, I don't know how many people will squeeze their heads, Jia Nidao naturally has his intentions in this arrangement.

"Today, on the first day of the new year, I heard Su Qinghao say that there is a temple fair in Liangshan Temple outside the city, if you feel a little bored in the house, why don't we go around?" Cat flutter Chinese