On this day, a man in a short shirt arrived at Rongguo Mansion, and his head was simply wrapped in a brown cloth and used as a turban, not afraid of the cold of late autumn.

This person is the son of Rongguo Mansion, called Lin Kailu, who was released from the mansion in the early years, and was in charge of a fifteen-leaning small Zhuangzi outside Kyoto, and he had to come to Rongguo Mansion once a year to report the account.

Lin Kailu met Jia Yu first, because the Zhuangzi was half bought and half robbed by Jia Yu a few months ago, and it had already been from the mansion to Jia Yu's hands.

Jia Yu flipped through the account book sent by Lin Kailu, and the output of the Zhuangzi this year had been exchanged for silver according to his requirements, and the full silver was two thousand three hundred and forty-five twenty-two coins. Although Jia Yu had never been to that Zhuangzi, and he couldn't find any mistakes in the account books in his hand, he had the intention to deceive Lin Kailu and scolded:

"I'm sure you'll have at least three thousand taels of silver this year, and it's worth it! Tell you to sell all the game and livestock, and catch up with the year before, where can there be a reason why such fine things can't be sold at a good price! Not to mention that Zhuangzi has always produced good rice grain! ”

Lin Kailu hurriedly took two steps forward and replied: "Hui Ye said that this year's annual success is really not good, a puddle of sand came from the northwest three months ago, and buried hundreds of acres of land. ”

"Humph! If you bury it, you don't know how to dig it as soon as possible. Jia Yu put down the account book, and after scolding for a few more words, he asked Lin Kailu to go down. admonished: "Go to the treasury to find Wu Xindeng to reconcile the accounts, prepare me, if there is a mistake, be careful of your skin!" ”

Wu Xindeng is the treasury manager of Rongguo Mansion, and he is quite honest, and Jia's mother and the second room of the big house have always believed him.

Seeing that Lin Kailu was walking away, Jia Yu put down the teacup and still scolded: "This old slave who cut off his head, his ability to fight in the ring is getting stronger and stronger year by year......

After all, more than 2,000 taels of silver had arrived, Jia Yu turned to get up with a smile and went to the small courtyard to find his little wife to play.

Coming back to this, Lin Kailu walked out with a smile on his face, but he did not go to find Wu Xindeng to reconcile the accounts first as the eldest master Jia Yu said, but turned to find Jia Lian, the second master of the house.

Jia Lian was eating and drinking with Wu Yong, and now the bandages on his hands were removed, and it was the time when he was alive, wondering if he was going to find a teacher to learn art, but he was afraid that he would be deceived by some tricks, so he stumbled.

When he was talking about the rise of today, Jia Lian heard that someone was looking for him, so he left the table and sat down in the living room next to him.

Lin Kailu came in, kowtowed first, and then presented the account book and a money seal, and said with a smile: "Second master, this is the income and expenditure of the Zhuangzi this year, I just met the eldest master, I am afraid that I will be attacked by Steward Wu, and I ask the second master to help him." ”

The reason why Lin Kailu came to Jia Lian's place to give gifts was because that Zhuangzi and Jia Lian happened to be related.

Jia Lian didn't look at the account books and the bribes offered by Lin Kailu, and frowned, and his tone was not good. "Isn't your account book fake?"

How could Jia Lian not be angry, a few days ago he complained about the moths in the house, but he didn't expect others to treat him as a moth today.

Lin Kailu was stunned for a moment, and just when he didn't know what to do, a person had already turned in on the side, and said with a smile: "Brother, slow down, wait for me to see if it's true or false." ”

This person is Wu Yong, he stepped forward, but he didn't take the account book, he took the money and sealed it in his hand, and when he saw that there were three silver tickets of fifty taels, he smiled a little, and turned to Lin Kailu and said: "Your account book is true, just rest assured." ”

As he spoke, Wu Yong handed him the account book. Lin Kailu looked at Jia Lian's blackened face, and saw that Jia Lian didn't stop it, so he responded.

Wu Yong knew Jia Lian's temper, so he hurriedly came out to seal the money, and drove Lin Kailu away, so that Lin Kailu would not be served by Jia Lian with a beating of Wang Baquan.

After Lin Kailu left, Jia Lian snorted coldly and said angrily: "Brother Pedant, don't you treat me as a villain like this?" Hurry up and give a chapter out. ”

Wu Yong said: "Brother doesn't know? I recently heard in the house that the Zhuangzi was originally an asset given by the old lady in the house to help my brother get married, so that my brother would not be looked down upon by the sister-in-law who brought the dowry. However, that Zhuangzi was finally forcibly occupied by the eldest master, and even so, what did it matter if the elder brother received the one hundred and fifty taels. ”

Seeing that Jia Lian's face was slightly softened, Wu Yong hit the railway while it was hot: "And I heard that a few months ago, the northwest wind and sand arrived, and tens of thousands of acres of land were buried outside Kyoto. Even if such a man is a slave, how can he be sent away with ten taels of silver a year, and make him eat dirt? ”

"That's it." Jia Lian propped his head, and waved his hand: "In the end, if the way is not right, let the pedant collect it, just use it to pay off Ni Er's debt, but it will not allow me to pawn the objects in the room again." ”

"It's not in a hurry to pay back Ni Er." Seeing Jia Lian's temperament, Wu Yong didn't want the two brothers to be estranged, so he stopped selling Guan Zi, and asked with a smile: "This money is not coming from the right way, but I still have the right way to make money, can my brother know?" ”

"Oh?" Jia Lian has been busy with money recently, and he only feels that there are expenses everywhere in the house, and suddenly heard that Wu Yong has a way to make money, and he can't help but be interested.

Wu Yong led Jia Lian back to the wine table and said with a smile: "What does my brother think of the slave Lai Da in the house? ”

Jia Lian's eyes froze, put down the wine glass, and didn't know what Wu Yong meant by pulling the words on Lai Da, frowning and thinking.

Lai Da, the general manager of Rongguo Mansion, is the son of the Rongguo Mansion, and is deeply trusted and valued by Jia's mother because his ancestors served the old man. Jia Lian and other jade-character Jia family members met Lai Da in their spare time and called him Grandpa Lai, and Lai Da also used it himself.

Now, Lai's family has already moved out of Rongguo's mansion and bought a five-in, five-out mansion to live in, which is called 'Lai's mansion' by others. And all the money he did was greedy from the Rongguo Mansion.

In the past, Jia Lian was naturally too lazy to care about Lai Da, but in recent days, his mind has changed, and he has lost a good face to Lai Da and other people in Rongguo Mansion.

However, because Lai Da has been the chief steward for many years, and his prestige is deepening, it is not so easy for Jia Lian to catch Lai Da's sore foot attack like that Wang Mama.

Wu observed his words and looks, knowing that Jia Lian was also dissatisfied with Lai Da, so he was sure in his heart at the moment, and said with a smile:

"When I was wandering around my brother's house these days, I heard that Lai Da had a son, called Lai Shangrong, because the old lady valued the Lai family, so that Lai Shangrong was exempted from slavery status and freed. Now Lai Shangrong is nearly thirty years old, and he has been walking around his brother's house every day, hoping to ask for the grace of the old lady and seek a term as the magistrate of Jiangnan. ”

Jia Lian heard about this for the first time, and sneered: "That Lai Shangrong is a greedy and unscrupulous person, and he also follows the Lai family, but he doesn't look at his own identity, and he dares to try to lack an official position, I'm afraid that if he doesn't go to Jiangnan, he will harm people and hang himself." ”

"The old lady has already answered."

As soon as Wu said this, Jia Lian's face changed, his eyes bulged, but he was shocked and angry.

"Lai Shangrong should be killed!"