Chapter Ninety-Four: Keeping Accounts
Seeing that Steward Li had just sat down and mentioned Mama Jiang, Jiang Long couldn't help but guess in his heart.
Could it be that Mama Jiang complained to Mrs. Jing in the mansion, so Mrs. Jing sent Steward Li to reprimand herself?
After thinking about it like this, I don't feel like it.
There are so many henchmen and assistants around Mrs. Jing, so she shouldn't send Steward Li, who is in charge of the money, grain and treasury in the mansion, to blame herself.
"To say that although Mama Jiang is a little stronger and more spicy, she is absolutely loyal to the old lady and the little master." Steward Li groaned for a moment and spoke.
Jiang Long nodded silently and lightly, noncommittal.
I want to see what Steward Li has to say.
Seeing that Jiang Long didn't answer, Steward Li could only open his mouth again and said: "The old lady said that Mama Jiang is indeed at fault, and she should not reuse the greedy bastard Hu Zhuangtou, but there are many things in the house, Mama Jiang is very busy, and she lacks skills, and sometimes it is inevitable that something will go wrong."
Moreover, the old lady has already reprimanded Mama Jiang in the house, and the little master should pass this matter. β
"Hmm." Jiang Long responded.
Steward Li was surprised to see that Jiang Long had not expressed his position, and had put on a mysterious and profound appearance.
Many people in the house said that after Jiang Long was attacked, he had changed his appearance, and he still didn't believe it.
The last time I saw him in the warehouse, didn't Jiang Long call him uncle and grandfather respectfully.
Now I have personally contacted him and discussed matters, and I feel that the rumors are true.
However, he knew the weight of Mama Jiang in Mrs. Jing's heart, in order to prevent Jiang Long and Mama Jiang from having any conflicts and the relationship was stiff, he helped Mama Jiang and said: "When the little master was still young, Mama Jiang would stay aside and take care of it whenever she was free.
Even sometimes a hug is a whole day, the little young master was not in good health when he was a baby, and he couldn't sleep steadily, so Jiang Mama was guarding while being a female celebrity, as long as the little young master moved slightly, he would pick up and walk around in the bedroom to comfort the little master. β
Even if Jiang Long didn't have a good impression of Mama Jiang, his heart warmed when he heard the words, "I understand what Uncle and Grandpa mean." β
"Okay, it's good that the little master understands." Steward Li stroked his beard with a smile, then took out a page of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Jiang Long.
Jiang Long looked like a silver ticket, stretched out his hand to take it, and looked at the back of his face in surprise, "Three thousand taels of silver tickets?" β
"Not bad." Steward Li nodded.
"Did the old lady ask my uncle and grandfather to send it over?"
"Well, but although it was on the orders of the old lady, the silver originally belonged to the little young master."
Jiang Long was puzzled when he heard this.
Steward Li opened his mouth to explain.
After listening to the ins and outs, Jiang Long was very surprised.
This silver ticket was indeed earned by himself, but although he wanted to get it back, he was very busy these days and he never found time to think of a way.
"Little master, that day, the little one went to the Huai Wang's Mansion with Steward Li to ask for accounts."
One of the guards who came with Steward Li said with admiration: "At first, a few guards guarding the gate of the palace just said impatiently that King Huai was not in the mansion, let us go another day, and didn't let us go into the gatehouse to wait, Steward Li stood at the door, as long as he saw someone passing by, he would take the initiative to come forward and say that he had come to King Huai to ask for debts." β
"As a result, it didn't take long for a few guards who guarded the door of the palace to stand it anymore, and took the initiative to ask Steward Li to wait in the gatehouse." Another guard couldn't help but interject, "But Steward Li didn't go against their wishes, and still talked to passers-by at the gate of the palace." β
The people who lived near the palace were quite identious, and they heard that King Huai owed debts, but they avoided the creditors.
Naturally, they are all teasing on their faces.
In this way, Steward Li was clearly smearing the reputation of King Huai, and the guards were going to draw their swords to scare and intimidate.
But the two guards who went with them were not vegetarians, and they also drew their knives to confront them.
Swords were drawn on both sides, and things got bigger.
So there were even more onlookers.
"We didn't expect Steward Li to rush up coldly at this time, put the knife of a palace guard on his neck, and said that if King Huai doesn't repay the debt today, he will always stand at the gate of the palace and not leave." The guard on the left admired Li for his courage and fearlessness, but he also had palpitations.
The cold and shining blade can cut the throat with a slight cut.
Another guard added, "Yes, we were scared and cold sweat flowed out, if something happened to Steward Li, how would we explain to the old lady?" β
"But the people in the palace recognized it, and a housekeeper came out and politely led us into the palace."
"King Huai personally met with Steward Li, but he still didn't want to pay back."
"Steward Li said that there are two kinds of money in this world that cannot be paid, one is the reward promised by the conditions, and the other is the prostitution of a woman."
After hearing the word prostitution, the women next to them couldn't help but blush.
also glared at Steward Li in secret, and scolded the old pervert in his heart.
"King Huai was full of anger when he was squeezed, and he pulled out a dagger and was about to stab Steward Li to death."
"The two of us are far away, and it's too late to rescue."
"But Steward Li didn't dodge or dodge, just shouted loudly, saying that if King Huai dared to hurt him today, he would not live, and let the two of us go back and tell the old lady, let the old lady spread the word in the capital that King Huai would not pay back the debt, and also kill people!"
As a result, King Huai's face turned pale, but he still returned the money.
"At that time, Steward Li was almost stabbed."
The two guards, you and I roughly told you about the experience of going to the Huai Wang's Mansion yesterday to ask for debts.
Yes, Steward Li went to King Huai's mansion to ask for the bounty promised by King Huai in the apricot forest that day.
After Jiang Long heard what had happened, he was first surprised.
But then, I took it for granted.
Mrs. Jing is not simple, she can choose to let Steward Li manage the financial power of the house, this Steward Li is naturally outstanding.
It will never be said that Steward Li is just good at bookkeeping and financial management.
At this point, in Jiang Long's eyes, Steward Li is not only slamming the door, vain and good face, but also flexible and thick-skinned and bold!
"This time it's thanks to my uncle and grandfather."
Jiang Long hugged his fists, "But King Huai owes his little nephew a thousand taels of gold, that is, ten thousand taels of silver." β
"I know that."
Steward Li coughed lightly, "But recently, there has been a shortage of silver in the house, so I took matters into my own hands and left seven thousand taels in the house." β
Jiang Long was stunned when he heard this, and then felt a little painful.
It must be a guy who picks the door and is afraid that he will lose money, so he deducts it privately.
If I knew this, I might as well not let him collect the debt.
With his own ability, when he has time, he is afraid that he will not be able to think of a way to collect debts?
But the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to think about it anymore.
And he also knew that if he wanted to get the seven thousand taels from the stingy Steward Li, it would be difficult to get them!
Steward Li turned his head away, his little eyes rolled, and after a while, he saw that Jiang Long still didn't ask for money.
I was relieved.
At this time, Mrs. Jing took away several large amounts of silver taels, and she didn't know what to do, although the mansion was not poor, but it was not as loose as before.
When she came here this time, Mrs. Jing originally planned to ask him to send five thousand taels of silver tickets to Jiang Long.
It was he who privately withheld another two thousand taels.
If Jiang Long was dissatisfied and really wanted to speak, he would bargain with him again, planning to make another concession.
Give Jiang Long another five hundred taels of silver tickets.
Now that Jiang Long didn't speak, he was naturally happy in his heart.
"I heard that the little master has made a lot of noise in the farm these days?" Steward Li talked about another purpose of coming here this time.
Jiang Long was still a little worried about the silver at this time, so he just nodded casually and said, "I want to build a large farm in the farm." β
"It would cost a lot of money, wouldn't it?"
"You can make money, too." Jiang Long replied dissatisfiedly.
Steward Li is tempted to say that you haven't done anything before, and this is purely a waste of money.
But the old lady who came to the prospect specially talked to him and told him not to interfere too much in Jiang Long's work.
So even if I feel sorry for all the money and am afraid that it will all be wasted, I can't bear to say it.
Steward Li changed the subject, "I don't know who is in charge of the accounts these days?" β
"Ya'er."
"Oh, it's fitting that the young lady is in charge of the accounts." Li Guan nodded in advance, but then continued to speak: "However, the young lady has a noble status, and she only needs to sit in the courtyard, so it is better to let me stay and assist the young lady." β
Jiang Long wanted to say no.
But Steward Li obviously didn't mean to ask for his opinion, and he was in charge.
"Is the ledger also on the young lady's side?"
Steward Li said as he stared at the silver ticket in Jiang Long's hand.
Jiang Long just felt that the silver ticket was a little hot, but he was unwilling to give Li to manage it like this.
"Hmm." Jiang Long deliberately didn't look over, as if he didn't see Steward Li's gaze.
But he obviously underestimated the thickness of Steward Li's face.
The person directly stretched out his hand and snatched the silver ticket, and said: "It's useless for the little master to bring so many silver taels on him, so it's better to hand them over to me for safekeeping."
Well, if the little master wants to engage in breeding, then he must buy cows, sheep and pigs?
Who is responsible for the acquisition?
From tomorrow, I will go out with him. β
Jiang Long's fingers tightened tightly when Steward Li reached out to grab the silver ticket, but Steward Li didn't achieve his goal and didn't die, so he could only let go helplessly.
"Tian Dazhuang, this is Steward Li, in the future, you will take him out to buy cattle, sheep and pigs."
Jiang Long's voice landed, and Tian Dazhuang stepped forward to say hello.
Steward Li immediately began to inquire about the market situation, and he asked very carefully.
It was getting dark, but Steward Li still didn't mean to stop, and Jiang Long felt hungry and could only interrupt.
"Let's go, I'll take you to Ya'er."
Jiang Long felt that it was necessary to have a good relationship with Lin Ya, otherwise according to Steward Li's temper, the two would have a conflict.
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Steward Li let Tian Dazhuang go.
So Tian Dazhuang, Tian's wife, Yang Haibo, and Zheng Zhi and others all retreated home together.
Lin Ya has been very busy these days, she is in charge of the money, but if she wants to do things well and not be deceived by the people who do things under her, so as to secretly deduct the money, she has to go out to inspect the goods in person, and ask about the market situation.
Running down these days, tired hands and feet hurt.
But there are serious things to do, unlike in the past, when she always put her mind on intrigue, which makes her feel that her life is very fulfilling.
Jiang Long sometimes took the time to visit her these days, but he didn't eat with her.
Lin Ya lives in the small courtyard next to her, and there are many mothers-in-law and maids who come with her in the courtyard.
At this time, in the main hall, Lin Ya was already sitting at the dining table to eat.
Suddenly, Du Juan ran in with a gust of wind on her face with joy, "The little master is here!" β
Lin Ya stood up suddenly.