Rongguo Mansion, Rongqing Hall.

The white-haired old lady Jia Mu looked at the people around her with a smile and said:

"It's rare that everyone gathered together today to discuss the matter of the concubine's relatives, although you are all sisters, but the rules and etiquette are indispensable."

As he spoke, he tightened the fluffy mink fur he was wearing on his body, and said to everyone:

"Concubine Yuan entered the palace, it has been several years since then, and now she has been named a concubine by the Son of Heaven, which is unspeakably expensive."

"The Minister Dai in the palace has also spread the news, saying that Concubine Yuan will go home in the spring next year to save her relatives."

"Yuan Guifei, the granddaughter is the concubine of the Son of Heaven, and everyone in our Rongguo Mansion will be regarded as the emperor's relatives from now on, and their status is very different from the past."

"If it is because of the poor hospitality of our Rongguo Mansion and the neglect of Yuan Guifei, it will be in vain to provoke the laughter of others, and it will be in front of many powerful people in Shenjing, lose all their face, and they will not have a good face."

"Even as the maiden family of Yuan Guifei, naturally they can't fall into the lintel and glory of our Jia clan, so that the saint will have a displeased mind!"

"Therefore, I gathered you here today to discuss the matter of welcoming Yuan Guifei to return to Ning."

"I want to build a provincial villa for the future Yuan Guifei to go home and save the relatives as a place to welcome her."

Mandarin Duck took a drawing from behind him and handed it to Jia Yu and Jia Zheng, and then heard Jia Mu say: "I have already ordered someone to invite Lord Shangshu Wang of the Ministry of Industry, and entrusted the master craftsman Wang Shi in the Ministry of Industry to conceive and plan for this big garden, and let him carefully design this big garden." ”

"Although the cost is a lot of money, it doesn't matter if we spend a little more money on this matter."

"This is the glory of our Jia clan and Rongguo Mansion, and the old man is here to hope that everyone who can contribute will have to contribute some strength, and those who can't contribute can also contribute some silver to raise money."

Under the soft couch on the high platform, Jia Yu and Jia Zheng sat on the left and right sides of Mrs. Jia's mother, and after the two of them listened to Mrs. Jia's words, they said with a smile: "This matter is a great celebration in our Rongguo Mansion, if we really build such a big garden, as a villa to welcome the concubine's relatives, it should be a reasonable and proper idea and thought." ”

Next, Jia Zheng turned his head to look at Wang Xifeng, and asked, "Is the silver expenditure in the treasury of this Rongguo Mansion enough?" Can such a large garden be built? ”

In Rongguo's mansion is Wang Xifeng's housekeeper, and how much silver is in the treasury, only Wang Xifeng and the housekeeper who manages the treasury are clearly aware of this matter, so when Jia Zheng asked about Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng pondered for a moment, and then replied with a smile: "There are still one or two million taels of silver in this treasury, and it should be enough to build such a big garden." ”

Immediately, Wang Xifeng smiled again: "It's not in the way, it's just a little bit of a flower in the future." ”

"How can you let the big matter of the concubine's relatives be delayed because of these things of Xu Yinzi?"

"If it's because of the matter of silver, you snub the concubine Niangniang, and anger the Son of Heaven Long Wei, then it's a disaster!"

How could Wang Xifeng not know how much silver there was in the treasury of Rongguo Mansion, but after building this big garden, there was not much money left.

I'm afraid that the girls, wives and slaves in the Rongguo Mansion will find it more and more difficult to maintain a long-term luxurious and wealthy life in the following days and expenses, but it is really not worry-free.

Although Wang Xifeng's nature is greedy, it is also difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Wang Xifeng thought that if she married into the Rongguo Mansion as Jia Lian's eldest lady, she would be able to enjoy a long period of glory and wealth, and the luxury and good life of a generous wife from now on.

But when Wang Xifeng was really in charge of the financial treasury of Rongguo Mansion from Mrs. Wang, she found that the expenses up and down of Rongguo Mansion and the entry of the treasury were not easy to maintain long-term luxury and wealth.

First, the expenses in the Rongguo Mansion are large.

Second, there is a small amount of income in the Rongguo Mansion.

In this way, the accounts in the Rongguo Mansion have become, how can they maintain a long-term if there are more out and less in and less in?

Now, to build this large garden, it must be a large consumption of millions of silver.

Wang Xifeng couldn't help but have a headache.

The reason why she is interested in usury, commonly known as Yinzi money, is also because Rongguo Mansion is really not as rich as it was back then, and in the long run, there is a risk of lack of silver, so she has to do it.

What's more, for a spicy woman like Wang Xifeng, who lives in the boudoir and has been raised by the Wang family as a boy since she was a child, the high interest and high return of Yinzi money are like a tiger released from a cage, and the door can no longer be closed.

Seeing Wang Xifeng, he said that the silver in the treasury of Rongguo Mansion was enough to build such a big garden.

There was no rebuttal from the crowd.

After all, Concubine Yuan's relatives not only represent Jia Yuanchun himself, but also represent the dignity and decency of the emperor.

If Jiafu does not receive it ceremoniously, I am afraid that it will make the emperor angry, and it will make the concubine feel cold.

Today's people in Rongguo Mansion seem to be living a prosperous life of cooking oil with fire, showing a prosperous life full of flowers, but in fact, there is no successor, and no one can become a great tool and establish a great cause.

Once Jia Yu, who inherited the title, arrives at Jia Lian's generation, I'm afraid that he will really be down.

The pinnacle of Rongguo Mansion is also the beginning of a prosperous curtain call.

All this is not clear to everyone in the Rongguo Mansion, but they are addicted to the world of joy.

Only Wang Xifeng was happy on the surface, but his heart was gloomy again.

Sewing and mending to maintain the wealth and dignity of the Rongguo Mansion, is the amount of silver spent a small amount?

However, Wang Xifeng has no choice.

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, no one objected, and said to Jia Zheng:

"This matter will be left to you to handle, and it must be done properly and smoothly, and there must be no mistakes."

When Jia Zheng heard this, he immediately responded obediently.

Next, Jia Yu and Jia Zheng left Rongqing Hall with Mrs. Wang and others and went to their respective mansions.

After these people left, they saw that Mrs. Jia's mother had invited Aunt Xue to come in alone to discuss the construction of the big garden.

Seeing Aunt Xue coming, the old lady Jia's mother looked kind and peaceful, and after saying hello to Aunt Xue, the old lady Jia's mother said softly: "Your eldest girl of the Xue family came from Jinling Mansion, and our Rongguo Mansion still lives in the habit?" ”

When Aunt Xue heard this, she only felt her heart skip a beat, and hurriedly asked, "Why did the old lady say this?" ”

"But what happened to the daughter?"

The eldest girl of the Xue family in the mouth of the old lady Jia's mother is Aunt Xue's daughter Xue Baochai, the sister of Xue Pan, in the early years, because of the battle between Jinling Mansion and Jia Yun, and the participation in the selection of concubines by the Son of Heaven in the palace, now she follows Aunt Xue to live in the Lixiang Courtyard of Rongguo Mansion.

After seeing Aunt Xue's nervous and surprised face, Mrs. Jia smiled and said, "It's not that this is the case, but our Rongguo Mansion wants to build a big garden, I don't know if you intend to support one or two?" ”

"I have also seen your girl, I like it very much, and I can be a family member of my children in the future..."