Uncle Hong Lou Rong

Chapter 221

I haven't seen her for half a year, Lin Daiyu's figure is getting thinner and taller, and Anxian's expression is also adding a little dignified style.It's just that when Brother Rong saw the look on her brows, the light of joy was really obvious.

Jia Rong sighed inwardly, fortunately Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng both stopped in the inner room to talk hand in hand because they were pregnant.He hurriedly invited Lin Daiyu in, and asked, "Did you go to the old lady's place?"

"I just came back from the old lady. The wives over there are all here. I think Sister Feng and Sister Bao are here today, so I might as well come and have a look." Lin Daiyu said politely, "Brother Rong has returned to Beijing. , I didn’t go to each house anyway.”

Everyone?

Maybe it's because he didn't go to Lin's house.

Brother Rong scratched his head, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Aunt Lin, go into the room quickly, it's cold outside, don't freeze yourself. I'll go to the West Mansion first, and discuss with the masters of each room what to do. Discuss."

After the words were closed, Jia Rong hurried out of the yard.Lin Daiyu, who was leading the two servant girls Zijuan and Xueyan behind, wanted to stop him from speaking, but she could only look at the back of Brother Rong leaving in a hurry. He led the two servant girls into the main room.

Seeing Daiyu coming over, Wang Xifeng couldn't help joking: "It's the New Year's Eve, who is not open-eyed and offended our sister Lin."

Lin Daiyu sat down leisurely.Thinking of being happy to come here today, he finally saw Brother Rong, but he didn't say a word.He raised his eyebrows slightly, and said indifferently: "There is no one who is uncomfortable in the first month. I just came all the way, and I didn't look at the cat I knew back then. I don't know where it went to be lazy."

Wang Xifeng laughed and said: "So it's such a thing. The cats and dogs in the mansion have not been seen for a long time, and they are indeed a lot of friends. My sister still doesn't know the temperament of those cats and dogs, and they are not fighting under the eaves. It's stealing in the corner."

Xue Baochai secretly glanced at Feng girl, but the smile on her face became even wider.Said: "Cats and dogs are like this. You kiss them for a while and they will cling to you. After you leave for a while, the cats and dogs will go to others to be warm."

Wang Xifeng nodded in agreement and said, "My sister sees it the most clearly, and she can see its roots clearly. Now that Rong's daughter-in-law and I are pregnant with a child, it's a good thing that cats and dogs don't come to the scene."

Baochai's face gradually turned red, and she looked at the stomachs of Keqing and Xifeng.The corners of her mouth were raised shallowly, but what she showed was a mechanical smile.Stop talking about cats and dogs with them, and find Lin Daiyu whispering about Jinling Garment Factory.

Keqing and the others in the room really didn't understand the meaning of the cats and dogs. After talking for a while, Grandma Rong lay down to rest, and invited Youshi Bingruizhu and Baozhu to entertain the girls.

Besides, Jia Rong went to Xifu, met all the masters, and went to the old lady's yard to say hello.

The mandarin ducks opened the curtain for Uncle Xiaorong, and he entered the room gracefully.

On the old lady's side, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and Aunt Zhou and Aunt Zhao in the master's room, and Grandma Zhu Li Wan, Jia Lan, Baoyu, Jia Huan and others, and Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun and others. Miss Smith was there.

The room was very lively.

Jia Rong greeted the old lady first, and then asked the elders about their ages one by one.In the first month, although some people in the room did not like Jia Rong, they did not show any disgust. Even Mrs. Wang said to say a few words of encouragement to Jia Rong.

Brother Rong is thick-skinned, he talks and listens, and laughs cheerfully.The young aunts didn't feel bad for him. Yingchun was not good at talking, but Tanchun asked about Daiyu and Baochai's whereabouts.

Brother Rong replied: "The two aunts are busy in the East Mansion, and the second aunt is also there."

Tan Chunyuan and Daiyu are the most familiar, since Daiyu came back from Yangzhou, the two have not seen each other many times.After hearing the news, I yearn for it.I couldn't help asking the girls around me: "Let's also go to Dongfu to play. The plum blossoms are in full bloom there. It's also interesting to look for plum blossoms in the snow."

Yingchun has no idea.Xichun originally had a estrangement from Dongfu, but it also made sense, and now she is not as repulsive as before.They looked at Baoyu and Xiangyun.

Jia Baoyu wanted to go, but if he went there, he might see Sister Lin and Sister Bao.I just thought about how Baochai came back from Jinling a few days ago, although she treated him kindly, she always had a feeling of rejecting others thousands of miles away.Lin Daiyu even refused to talk to him directly, even if she saw him, what she talked about was Brother Rong's prestige when he was in Yangzhou.

Baoyu glanced at Jia Rong resentfully, feeling that all the things that belonged to him had been robbed by Brother Rong.Said: "I don't want to go to that lively scene."

Baoyu didn't want to go, and Xiangyun, who had been close to Baoyu since childhood and didn't know Dongfu well, didn't want to go there either.

Tanchun asked Grandma Zhu Li Wan again, but Li Wan shook his head and refused.He looked at his younger brother Jia Huan again, and when he got to the point of speaking, he was afraid that Brother Huan would go to the East Mansion and make trouble, so he didn't ask any more questions.

The matter fell into Aunt Zhao's eyes, and Tanchun glanced at it with resentment.It's just that there is no room for Aunt Zhao to talk in this room. Watching Tanchun lead the other Erchun away, Baoyu and Xiangyun leave the room again, and only Jia Huan stands there alone.Aunt Zhao felt even worse.

Jia Rong asked Ann, and it was time to go.The old lady stopped him, "Your aunt of the Lin family is visiting the garden at the back, brother Rong should go and accompany her."

After hearing this, Brother Rong wanted to go and see what the legendary Grand View Garden looked like.

The servant girl led her out of the old lady's yard, passed through a gate of ceremonies, and came to the edge of Sister Feng's yard. It turned out that the corridor behind Li Wan's room had been built into a wall.A door was opened between Sister Feng's courtyard and Li Wan's courtyard. Jia Rong passed through the gate and entered the other courtyard built for Yuanchun's provincial relatives.

When they got inside, they changed to a young man to lead the way.Brother Rong looked around. Although the other courtyard has a preliminary appearance, it has not yet been completed.There are still bricks and tiles parked in many places, but all the roads in the other courtyard are perfect.

Following Lin Ruhai and the others who were found by the boy, it turned out that Jia Zheng, an idler in the mansion, led a group of clean men and was taking Lin Ruhai to visit the unfinished courtyard.When Jia Rong passed by, Jia Zhengzhang preached about his seniority.

Brother Rong got a headache for a while.

After swimming with a group of elders, he also had a calculation in his mind.It is estimated that the family's other courtyard will not be fully repaired until spring and summer.Calculated in this way, the time in this world is very different from his fragmented memories of the story of the Red Mansion.

It doesn't match up at all.

At nightfall, Jia Rong came back from Xifu.

Manager Lai Sheng came over again, and said awkwardly: "Wuzhuangtou is making a fuss and wants to see the uncle."

Jia Rong asked suspiciously: "Why is Mr. Lai so concerned about this matter? Could it be that he took advantage of the Wu family?"

Lai Sheng trembled, fearing that Uncle Rong would misunderstand, he said anxiously: "Uncle Rong is very careful. Wuzhuangtou did intercede with the old servant, but the old servant is really thinking about the house. Wuzhuangtou said that he is willing to put everything to rest. I've explained it, I'm afraid it will be delayed later."

"Delay, what can we delay?" Jia Rong laughed coldly, and said dissatisfied: "Can't he still dream of going back to Heishan Village to reunite with his wives?"

Lai Sheng replied in a low voice: "According to what Wu Zhuangtou said, most of the Wu family's greedy money has been used to run business these years. Now that the Wu family has no head, if you don't return for a long time, I'm afraid all the business will be delayed go."

"Yo, I'm still thinking about business." Brother Rong couldn't help but smile in his heart after snorting softly, and said with a sneer, "Since he's not used to staying there, bring him here, I really want to hear about him." something to say."

Lai Sheng got the order to go out.

Jia Rong turned around and went to the study, sat for a while, and Lai Sheng brought Wu Jinxiao over.

"My lord, Wanfu Jin'an."

Wu Jinxiao bowed his body and sang a word of auspiciousness respectfully.Looking up and seeing Uncle Rong's stern face, his heart sank.Secretly thinking, this time is the doom of the Wu family, an inescapable doom.

He couldn't figure it out, that such a person would suddenly appear in Ningguo Mansion, and would copy someone's house.

Ugh……

Uncle Rong said: "Tell me, what do you have to explain?"

Wu Jinxiao also knows that now he and his son are under house arrest in Shenjing, and the estate in Heishan Village is also under surveillance.How can they resist as servants.As long as the Hubu's lowly status does not disappear for a day, the Wu family will be the Jia family's slaves for a day.

The master can have the ownership of the slaves.

Wu Jinxiao was afraid.Heishan Village is far away from Shenjing, and they will not know what happened to the female family members of the Wu family in Heishan Village.The longer time passed, the more afraid he became.There is also business outside, if the businessman takes the money and runs away if it is delayed for too long, he will not even have the money to accompany the Ningguo Mansion.

Slowly knelt down, kowtowed and said: "I beg the uncle to give the old and young of the Wu family a way out, the old servant is willing to explain everything."

life?

Jia Rong never thought of Wu Jinxiao's death, or the death of anyone in the Wu family.Even if the Wu family had embezzled a huge amount of money, Jia Rong would not let them die.This is not to say that he has a heart of a saint, and he would let such people go, but he knew that it would be better for the old and young of the Wu family to go to Shenjing Manor to do coolies if the members of the Wu family died.

Jia Rong was not in a hurry at all, and said politely: "Wuzhuangtou lives in Ningguo Mansion. Although the conditions are not as good as Heishan Village, the mansion did not make things difficult for Zhuangtou. Jia's family is a family of good people, but they can't do harm to others. A matter of life."

Although he didn't make things difficult, but Wu Jinxiao lived with the servants of the Jia family, so he could not avoid being isolated, abused and blackmailed by other servants.A house slave who committed a heinous mistake was still the head of a village in Heishan that was once glorious. There were always servants in the Ningguo Mansion who wanted to trample on the village head who had fallen from above.

If the members of the Lai family went to the village, other people would still look at Lai Nanny and Lai Sheng, so they wouldn't be too harsh on the Lai family.

But the Wu family, even Wu Jinxiao has been suppressed, so there is no other backer.Those who used to envy and envy the Wu family took advantage of this opportunity to bully the Wu family as much as they wanted.

Wu Jinxiao only felt bitterness in his heart.At the beginning, he watched the Ningguo Mansion let go of Heishan Village's governance step by step, so he thought about withholding rent and selling mountains, trees, medicinal materials and wild animals.

In a defeated Ningguo Mansion, how could there be such a nosy Jia Rong.

I really don't understand.

This kind of mundane affairs is not something that a brother from a wealthy family should take care of.

Wu Jin said filially: "Master is kind-hearted, so he won't kill anyone. It's just..."

"Don't waste my time with other gossips. If you don't want to explain, go back to your room."

Brother Rong waved his hand, he really didn't like the way he hesitated to speak.He made up his mind, no matter whether Wu Jinxiao confesses or not, let Lai Sheng lead a large team to raid Wu's house in the spring of next year, and every few years after that, he will change people to Heishan Village to take turns as the head of the village.Then push all the Wu family members back to Shenjing, send them all to Shenjing's village, and the matter will be over.

"Master, tell me, this old servant." Seeing that Jia Rong didn't give him a chance to intercede, Wu Jinxiao hurriedly knocked his head again, and hurriedly said: "Over the years, the old servant has secretly deducted 5 to [-] taels of rent from Tianmu Villa and sold it secretly. Trees in the mountains, ginseng, deer antlers, deer whips, bear paws, mink fur, etc., cost more than one hundred thousand taels of silver."

Jia Rong was not satisfied after hearing this.Qian Qian said: "Could it be that you heard the number from Mr. Lai and then started to make up nonsense. The rent is three to fifty thousand taels, and the medicinal materials and wild animals are more than one hundred thousand taels. Are you still thinking about fooling around now?"

"The old servant dare not, it is indeed the truth."

"Hey, to tell the truth? Wuzhuangtou don't say I'm a wicked person. Your behavior is at least a crime of confiscation and exile in the court. We don't embarrass you. Since you don't want to explain, you don't need to say more. I thought about it. It seems that there is no need to pick it up for your female relatives, and you can directly exchange and sell the silver at the border of Beiliao to make up for the loss of the Ningguo Mansion."

"Ah?" Wu Jinxiao was taken aback for a moment, betraying the female family members of the Wu family?Being hit like this, Wu Jinxiao was horrified.He muttered: "I hope that the uncle will show some kindness for the sake of the Wu family's hard work for the family."

Jia Rong took a sip of hot tea, and asked unhurriedly, "If I show affection, what benefits can Ningguo Mansion gain?"

This is what Jia Rong has always cared about.Even in his eyes, Wu Jinxiao in front of him can be regarded as a talented person with a flexible mind.In just a few years, more than [-] taels of wealth can be accumulated, which is much more profitable than cement.

Wu Jinxiao said anxiously: "The old servant has been in Beiliao these years, and has often done business with the overseas island countries of Dabazhou, Li Chaoguo in the east, and Eros in the northwest. Dayan medicinal materials, porcelain, silk, and tea are sold in Dabazhou, Lichao , Eros and the Three Kingdoms are very popular, and the medicinal materials in Heishan Village are sold more in these places. If the uncle increases his business, Heishan Village will definitely have a steady stream of copper and silver in the future."

Jia Rong said: "Beiliao and Li Dynasty are separated by Changbai Mountain, and Dabazhou is separated by Li Dynasty Peninsula. Could it be transported from the Bohai Sea? It seems that Wuzhuangtou is very capable."

Wu Jinxiao replied: "The Northern Liao region can go to sea from Vladivostok, go south to Li Dynasty, and reach Dabazhou in the east."

Just now Jia Rong suddenly realized that she almost forgot about Vladivostok.What a place, he suddenly became interested.Asked: "How far is Heishan Village from Vladivostok?"

Wu Jinxiao replied: "It's not far away. Ninggu Tower and Vladivostok are all south of Heishan Village."

Jia Rong had some ideas in mind.At the moment, he didn't care too much about Tanmo, and instead asked about Wu Jinxiao's trade with Da Bazhou, Li Chao, and Eros.

Wu Jinxiao replied: "Heishan Village is far away, and the east is barren. Although the imperial court has set up a customs in Vladivostok, it does not have much control. Now in Heishan Village, businessmen from various countries often stay. Although there are not many people, there are transactions. A lot of silver."

(End of this chapter)