Chapter 274: Council Member 2
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Looking at Xi Ningyu's obviously wrong demeanor, the steward in charge of the 'Tailong Antiques' shop, didn't need Xi Ningyu to ask anything more, he made his own origin and family history clear.
Although he may not be convinced by Xi Ningyu in his heart, at least he understands that this will be eating the rice bowl of other people's mansions, so he naturally has to be more respectful on the surface, and the way Xi Ningyu is so good at handling things also makes this Jia steward, who is in charge of 'Tailong Antiques', feel a little awe-inspired.
"How long has Steward Jia been in the house, you just said that you have been in charge of the shop for seven years, but I don't know about you who have been in the house for a long time." Xi Ningyu held a white jade cup in his hand and played with it, and asked while looking at Steward Jia.
"Mrs. Hui, it has been almost fifteen years since the little Son of the Afterlife. Counting up, the youngest one is sixty out of fifty this year, exactly when he was forty-one years old, and he entered the Shizifu and took charge of the shop seven years ago! Steward Jia replied respectfully, with sincere words and respectful demeanor.
Xi Ningyu didn't speak when she heard this, but nodded slightly, muttering in a low voice: "Fifteen years, speaking of which, it's not too short." After a pause, I saw Xi Ningyu then said: "But if you are just allowed to continue, or just let you leave, I feel that it is unreasonable!" ”
Xi Ningyu turned his head and suddenly asked Steward Jia: "Steward Jia, do you think I should follow the rules to deal with you, or just let you go?" ”
Xi Ningyu's move made most of the people present stunned for a while. How to say it well, suddenly it's time to do someone!
Jia Hao also paused slightly, although he was a little surprised in his heart, but he quickly calmed down the tremor in his heart.
Then pretending to be unclear, he glanced at Xi Ningyu twice, "Madame, what she said, the little one doesn't understand." ”
When Xi Ningyu heard this, she didn't argue with Jia Hao. Instead, he continued to play with the white jade cup in his hand, and the voice in his mouth was not small and muttered: "Yes! It is said that this antique line, it is not open for three years, and it is open for three years. Therefore, if there is a business, it is thousands of dollars of silver.
But I see that in our shop, although there has been no particularly large trading, the small shares of objects are usually different from month to month. But why did I look at the books of your shop, except for a rough record of the amount, I didn't see much profit, and most importantly, why did you have nearly a thousand taels of silver every month on the books of your shop, and a few hundred taels of silver that could not be reconciled? Also, some of the wages and monthly silver of Gu Gong's servants did not write a detailed account on the books, what is going on?
And as far as I know, we have to pay taxes when we do business. But there is not a penny of tax expenditure on the books, I want to ask, what about the money? Besides, this is the livelihood of the Shizi Mansion, and there is no one who dares to swallow up the things in our shop without giving silver, right? ”
Speaking of this, I saw that Jia Hao, who was still trying his best to maintain a calm appearance, was already sweating slightly on his head at this moment.
The originally respectful and obedient expression also became a little pale, and his lips also changed color due to the tension. The whole person looks as if he is stretched, which makes people look strange and uncomfortable.
Xi Ningyu didn't see it, stopped talking, took a few sips of tea and drank it before continuing: "This is not a tax, and no one dares to swallow up the antiques and treasures in the shop, so I wondered, why didn't there be much profit in the shop, and there was so much silver missing." Steward Jia, do you have any explanation? ”
After speaking, Xi Ningyu looked at Jia Hao fixedly, a master and a servant just looking down at the sweaty minions. A servant who kept wiping the sweat from his head, not daring to look up.
Steward Hao only understood the taste at this time, and when he heard Xi Ningyu, he saw that the silver in the treasure shop was not counting. After rubbing, he ran down and grabbed Jia Hao's collar and didn't let go.
"You shit, where the hell did you get the money? If it weren't for the bright-eyed eyes of our princess, who actually let someone like you manage the shop for seven years, you would have told me how much money you have swallowed up in our prince's mansion over the years! Steward Hao grabbed Jia Hao's collar back and forth, shaking Jia Hao like a thing!
"What, go get them out of the way, I haven't finished asking yet!" Xi Ningyu glanced at Qing Qiong, and then spoke.
Seeing Qingqiong and Steward Hao and Jia Hao separated, Xi Ningyu looked more pleasing to the eye, otherwise he would be embarrassed to ask a question.
Looking at Jia Hao now, he has completely lost the calm and humility just now. The whole person exudes a bleak and decadent demeanor.
But Xi Ningyu didn't care, after all, he did it himself. If he hadn't been able to suppress his greed, he wouldn't have come to this point and let himself find out the omissions in his account book!
"Jia Hao, Jia is in charge. You still have to keep silent, waiting for the prince to come back and talk to you. Hurry up and tell me the truth, I don't have time to waste time with you here! Xi Ningyu was a little impatient, so she did it. It's just a corruption, anyway, you've been so greedy for ink, you must have enjoyed a lot, even if it will kill you, there's no regret.
"Not only is the account wrong, but there are also a few valuable things missing from the collection in the library, and who are you selling those items privately? I don't see you putting half of the money into your account, but you are not small, you eat the bowl, and even the pot is staring at you! Xi Ningyu shouted loudly, pushed Jia Hao's question step by step, and finally sat directly on the ground, unable to get up for a long time.
Xi Ningyu looked at Jia Hao, who was sitting on the ground, his face as pale as a dead man. There is no compassion at all, because such people do not deserve the sympathy of others. "Don't think that if you don't speak, I can't do anything about you. If you get the money, you can either spend it at home or outside, and I just need to have someone check your whereabouts on weekdays, so that I don't have to worry about not finding where your money is.
Those at home will be compensated with the lives of your family, and those outside will be better said, and all the fields and houses will be collected. As for the people, kill what should be killed, and sell what should be sold! "Xi Ningyu will now also use the methods of those officials and wives, coercion and temptation, plus selling people as slaves at every turn. Although this method is not very humane, for people like Jia Hao, there are not so many considerations!
"Don't, don't. Madam, the little one is wrong, the little one knows it's wrong! Those, those with small silver, bought some land, and also bought two concubines, back, come back to pass on an incense to my Jia family...... "Good guy, Jia Hao's explanation, a lot of things were involved at once."
He has been in charge for so many years, and the silver he has been greedy for ink before and after is more than 20,000 taels. Including the few valuable antiques that were missing in the library, he also sold them to merchants who came and went to the imperial capital at a low price.
The family bought a new house, as well as more than 200 acres of land, and welcomed into the door with two concubines. Tsk, Xi Ningyu sat on it and listened, and admired Jia Hao a little in his heart.
If this is put in the court, I am afraid that it will be another 'good meeting' official.
Seeing that Jia Hao was almost done, Xi Ningyu instructed Steward Hao to bring him a blank piece of paper, and then asked him to write down the piles and piles, a lot of them.
After Jia Hao wrote it, Steward Hao handed it over to Xi Ningyu. "Okay, since you've said it all, then I'll follow the rules of the Shizi's Mansion and you'll do it. It's just that I don't quite understand how to deal with people like you in this mansion, it's better to wait for Moying to come back and let him take the guards to watch it! "Xi Ningyu doesn't know all the rules of the Shizi Mansion very well, and he doesn't know anything about these laws that punish foreign affairs managers, so he can only deal with them when Mo Ying is there.
But unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice outside the door, "Don't be, it's so troublesome." That's it, it's done, what are you waiting for! ”
As he spoke, Ling Xuanyi, the prince of Zhaojun, walked in outside the door. He was followed by Fuqin and Moying, and this time the hall was blown up, and one by one they hurriedly got up and knelt down to kowtow to greet them, and the whole thing became a mess.
And that Jia Hao was in charge, and he was completely paralyzed on the ground, and he couldn't move anymore.
Ling Xuanyi just ignored it and walked straight to Xi Ningyu, and when he came to him, he leaned down slightly and said, "According to your rules, your rules in the future will be the rules of this world's mansion." There is no need to ask Moying and the others, there are some things, you see how to do it, just do it according to your heart! ”
It's just a sentence, but Ling Xuanyi's sentence is something that no matter how many people ask for it, they don't even have a chance to ask for it.
It's as simple as that, in front of everyone, it can be regarded as handing over all the execution rights of the subordinates in the Zhaojun Wang Shizi's Mansion to Xi Ningyu.
Although Mo Ying and the others, including Steward Hao, knew in their hearts that the woman in front of them would be the heroine of the Shizi Mansion in the future. But being able to see it with their own eyes and hear Ling Xuanyi say these words with their own ears still shocked their hearts one by one.
"Do you have any money? I've helped your house so much today, and I've offended people everywhere, have you ever given me a penny and a half? However, although Xi Ningyu's heart was as sweet as honey, she still pretended to sneer at it on her face, and dared to ask Ling Xuanyi for wages in front of many people.
At this moment, many people were frightened, for fear that Ling Xuanyi would go crazy on the spot. But what they didn't expect was that they saw Ling Xuanyi looking left and right, and then after seeing Steward Hao standing aside, Ling Xuanyi said directly: "Cough, Steward Hao." The title deeds of the houses in the mansion, as well as the deeds of the various manors and houses, were all handed over to the princess to take charge of. By the way, there is also the future of the prince, but if you send it, you will hand it over to the princess, and you don't need to give it to me again! ”
After saying this, there was a brief silence in the hall.
This time, including Steward Hao, everyone was stupid in place as if they had been hit with a mallet.
Especially Fuqin, looking at Ling Xuanyi's face that was still smiling at Xi Ningyu, he muttered to himself in his heart. Is he really so afraid of his daughter-in-law, is this still the god of war who kills people like mowing grass on the battle array!
Ling Xuanyi was afraid that this would not satisfy Xi Ningyu, so he leaned into Xi Ningyu's ear and said, "Is this okay, I will have this robe left on my body, I can't take it off in front of so many people, and take it off for you to take care of!" In the future, I will also find you to get my daily flowers, can you rest assured? ”