Chapter 18: Taking the Opportunity to Inquire

"The Xue family?"

Jia Cong pretended to be curious and said, "Is that the Xue family, known as 'pearls like earth and gold like iron'?" ”

"Third brother, even you have heard of the Xue family's rich reputation?"

Jia Lian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "It's this Jinling Xue family!" ”

"The pearls of bullshit are like earth, gold and iron, and they blow really loudly!"

At this moment, the eldest lord Jia Yu's disdainful ridicule came, and the two brothers hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

The eldest lord entered the house and sat down, Jia Lian and Jia Cong stood honestly, and the atmosphere was quite tense and dull.

"Don't take the Jinling Xue family too seriously!"

glared at Jia Lian fiercely, and the eldest man sneered: "Look at the look in your eyes that dropped money, if the Xue family comes out with a large sum of silver, do you still have to bow your head and bend down to help run errands?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare ......"

Jia Lian's face turned pale with fright, obviously afraid of the eldest master.

"Don't listen to his nonsense about 'pearls are like earth and gold is like iron'!"

The eldest lord looked at Jia Cong this time and sneered: "If you are really so capable, why bother to come to the capital with your family, and you don't even want the foundation of Jinling?" ”

Jia Cong was slightly stunned, and quickly reacted.

Obviously, the eldest master saw through the essence of the decline of the Xue family, otherwise he would not have evaluated the eldest and youngest of the four major families in Jinling in such a tone.

Come to think of it, no matter how unbearable the eldest lord is, he has also been cultivated by the heirs of the strict public mansion. Even if he ends up being an old gentleman, it can't be said that he doesn't know these ways.

No wonder in the Dream of Red Mansions, the intersection between the eldest master and the Xue family is pitiful, or it can be said that there is no intersection at all.

It is estimated that the eldest master can't look down on the Xue family, which has not much resources except silver.

The hierarchical principle of Shinong industry and commerce is not a joke, once the Xue family declines, and even the qualification of the imperial merchant is not guaranteed, no matter how much money there is in the Daqing Dynasty, it is just a big fat sheep that can be cleaned up at any time in the eyes of the powerful.

In the Dream of Red Mansions, the Xue family ended like this, or it was defeated in the hands of the rapidly declining second room of Rongguo Mansion, no wonder the eldest master didn't look down on it at all.

"Okay, okay, you two don't get in the way here, if it's okay, get out of here!"

I don't know if I have the intention to mention it or have no intention of despising it, in short, after criticizing the Xue family in Jinling, the eldest master waved his hand and directly drove Jia Lian and Jia Cong away.

The two brothers slipped out of the door, but they also had a bit of a sympathetic posture.

"Second Brother Lian, I want to ask you something!"

Seeing that Jia Lian was about to leave, Jia Cong's heart moved and he hurriedly spoke.

"What's the matter?"

Jia Lian stopped, glanced back at Jia Cong, and said directly: "If you have something to say?" ”

In other words, although this is a playboy, he is responsible for the affairs of the entire Rongguo Mansion, and his ability is not bad, but he is limited by the pattern of the mansion.

is obviously the heir to the first-class general's mansion, but he turned out to be the foreign affairs housekeeper of the Rongguo Mansion, or the second room, and he is holding his breath when he thinks about it.

This guy is also a good thing, that is, he is slippery and has no shelf, at least he does not show obvious disdain for Jia Cong, the younger brother, which is enough.

"In the mansion, to put it more clearly, is there a bookstore or a printing workshop in the industry of the General's Mansion?"

Jia Cong didn't say anything long-winded, and said directly: "It's best to be the kind of industry that the second brother of the chain can call the shots!" ”

"Yo, what are you doing asking about this?"

Jia Lian's merry eyes narrowed slightly, looked Jia Cong up and down a few times, and said curiously: "This seems to have nothing to do with you kid, right?" ”

didn't suspect that Jia Cong had the ambition to win the property, the age gap between the two brothers was too big, and no matter how much Jia Cong tossed, it was impossible to bypass him, his sister-in-law.

Unless Jia Cong becomes the phoenix egg of the big house, this is an impossible thing.

"Isn't my little brother short of money!"

Jia Cong smiled bitterly, and Qing Jia Lian went to the small garden of the General's Mansion to speak.

Just seeing the small garden that was bare and without a single flower, Jia Lian couldn't help but burst out laughing, and his face showed a little disdain.

Hehe smiled, Jia Cong naturally didn't have the heart to explain for Mrs. Xing.

Besides, with Jia Lian's shrewdness, he can't see the huge benefits of making flower dew, and he can't help but get a piece of the pie.

With Mrs. Xing's stinginess, maybe she will be proud of Jia Lian directly, which will not be fun.

If you call the old lady, and the second wife knows that making flower dew may involve a huge profit of tens of thousands of taels of silver, it is estimated that in the end, there will be nothing to do with Mrs. Jia and Jia Lian.

If such a situation really happens, Mrs. Xing is afraid that she will completely turn against Jia Lian and never die.

Cutting off someone's money is like killing your parents, but it's not just a joke.

So from the beginning, Jia Lian didn't want to participate.

"Second Brother Chain is such a ......"

Jia Cong didn't hide anything, and directly recounted what he did in the family studies, as well as his thoughts on children's books, and said with a smile: "The little brother also wants to make a try, maybe he will rely on this to eat in the future!" ”

"You kid, you even know how to buy people's hearts!"

Jia Lian was a little surprised, but also a little funny, he really didn't expect that his cousin was still a caring person.

Of course, he won't have any bad thoughts, although he can't count the situation of the eight rooms in the capital of the Jia family, he also knows about it.

blindly depended on Ning Rong's second mansion to survive, and basically lost the control of his own financial power.

If you can live, or if you don't have many people in your family, your life will naturally be better, and you can be regarded as a rich person.

If you don't know how to live, or if you have a large number of children in your family, and you don't want to go out to beg for a living, your life will be quite embarrassing.

The group of students with a heart in the mouth of the younger brother will naturally not be too optimistic about the situation at home, otherwise they will not be eager for the hard work of copying books and selling them for money.

It can also be seen from this that the younger brother has vision and ability.

As for the publication of children's books, it can be regarded as a good way to make money.

Jia Cong casually said a few inspirational stories, such as Kong Rong let pears, Sima Guang smashed the cylinder to save people, and Gan Luo was twelve years old for the appearance, Jia Lian also listened to it with relish, if it is made into a storybook for sale, there may indeed be some market.

Of course, the second master of the chain can't look down on this bit of silver.

What is rare is that the younger brother's mind of taking the initiative to find a way to make money is not a little better than the atmosphere of the entire Rongguo Mansion.

"Don't say it, there are indeed bookstores and printing workshops in the General's Mansion!"

With a turn of his mind, the chain steward quickly went through the work of the house, and chuckled: "Wait until you get these children's books out, let me take a look, and then help you print and sell them!" ”

"Then thank you Second Brother Lian!"

Jia Cong hurriedly thanked him, and didn't say anything to repay, the other party couldn't look down on the lack of silver, so it was better to be respectful enough, it is estimated that this person lacks this ......