Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 76 Buying Land
Jia Rui left Longshou Palace with Shang Fang's sword in his arms, and only woke up from the daze when he came outside the palace.

It seems that I have accepted a hard job, and I was fooled by the Supreme Emperor, so I took this job.

Jia Rui stood in front of the palace, turned his head to look at the majestic palace, raised his feet and took them back again, opened his mouth but could not say anything, and finally turned into a helpless sigh.

I don't know what the emperor said to the Taishanghuang yesterday, so that the Taishanghuang agreed to go to Shandong for disaster relief?

If it was an ordinary courtier, facing this situation, he would have thought that the two supreme beings were severely harming him, and he would have been scared out of his wits for a long time.

But Jia Rui knew that the Supreme Emperor had a [-]% affection for him and would never harm him.

So there must be some unknown deal in it?

What's more, in order for him to do things smoothly this time, the Supreme Emperor even gave him the Shang Fang Sword, asking him to kill first and then show off.

This is to make complete preparations to ensure that you are safe.

In this case, I can only bite the bullet and go.

Holding Shang Fang's sword in his arms, Jia Rui returned home unhappily.

After entering the house, I heard Xue Baochai discussing with the two servant girls, Yinger and Yingge, where to buy land this year.

"Grandma, I think it's better to go to the Northeast. The land there is fertile and cheap. At the same price, you can buy twice as much land as other places." Brother Ying said proudly.

"Forget it. You are the only smart one in the world. All other dignitaries are fools. Don't you know the land is cheap there?" Ying'er curled her lips and retorted.

"Then why?" Brother Ying was very unconvinced.

"Isn't it because of the chaos outside the customs, and there is a possibility of being attacked by the Tartars at any time. If you buy land there, the harvest may not be enough for the medical expenses of the farmers." Ying'er was very happy to know this. pride.

The reason why she knew this was because although Xue Baochai's family was in decline, they still traveled all over the country to do some business and knew more about the outside news than Brother Ying.

Brother Ying was speechless now and could only sit on the side and pouted angrily.

"When it comes to buying land, I have an idea." Jia Rui's words came from the door.

When Xue Baochai and others heard Jia Rui's voice, they hurried forward to greet him, and then waited for Jia Rui to change his clothes.

However, Ying'er got the upper hand this time. Brother Ying stood nearby and wanted to help but couldn't help, so he could only reach out to pick up the Shang Fang sword held by Jia Rui.

But Jia Rui avoided Brother Ying gently, and said to her: "You can't touch this thing, if there is any mistake, you will lose your head."

Xue Baochai was surprised when he heard it, and while wiping Jia Rui's face with a wet towel, he asked, "What is so important?"

"The Shangfang sword bestowed by the Supreme Emperor."

Jia Rui's words made the whole room quiet, and after that, several women started chattering about what Shang Fang's sword looks like?

Finally, they stared at Jia Rui again.

Looking at it like this, Jia Rui knew that he couldn't hide, so he had no choice but to gently put Shang Fang's sword on the bedside.

"Look quickly, there is no harm, and I will be confessed to the main hall in a while."

Under the leadership of Xue Baochai, the three women immediately rushed forward, opened the yellow cloth package, and carefully looked at the sword.

Soon there were sounds of disappointment from everyone.

"I thought it was something like that. It turns out it's no different from the sword we hang at home, except that there's an extra dragon."

"Yes, yes."

Jia Rui was very dissatisfied when he heard the two maids' discussion.

"What do you know? With this sword, your lord and my officials below the third rank will cut first and then play."

While speaking, Jia Rui stepped forward to wrap Shangfang's sword again, held it in his arms, and then left the bedroom and came to the main hall.

After coming here, he looked around, and then ordered the servants at home to vacate the table in the main hall, and then set up an altar, put Shangfang's sword in the center, and put an incense burner under it.

Then Jia Rui pretended to take three sticks of incense, lit them, kowtowed to Shang Fang's sword, and finally stuck them in the incense burner.

As soon as he finished all this, Jia Dairu hurried into the main hall.

It turned out that Xue Baochai had just received the news and went to the old lady's side to tell the story.

Jia Dairu was at Mrs. Wang's side at that time. Hearing Xue Baochai's words, he was very excited and hurried to the main hall.

After entering the main hall, he saw that the front had changed. An offering table was placed on it, and a sword wrapped in yellow cloth was placed on it.

Jia Dairu moved forward tremblingly, fell to his knees with a thump, and knocked on the sword.

Jia Rui quickly stepped forward to support his grandfather, "I think the old man is almost done. If you keep knocking like this, your head will be cracked."

"What nonsense?" Jia Dairu stood up with Jia Rui's support.

Then he scolded Jia Rui, "The emperor can give you the Shang Fang Sword, which is a sign of trust in you. You can't live up to the emperor's grace."

"Don't make any mistake, old man, this Shangfang sword was given to me by the Supreme Emperor."

"That's the same."

Jia Rui had no choice but to support Jia Dairu and sit on the side.

After Jia Dairu sat down, he asked: "Why did the Supreme Emperor give you the Shangfang Sword for no reason?"

Jia Rui could only tell Jia Dairu what happened in the Supreme Emperor's Dragon Head Palace today.

After hearing this, Jia Dairu stroked his snow-white beard and thought for a while, and then said: "Although I don't understand the intention of the Supreme Emperor, since the old man ordered you to help the disaster, you must do it wholeheartedly."

"Yes, grandson understands."

"As long as you know."

After Jia Dairu finished speaking, he stood up and wanted to leave, but he paused, turned to Jia Rui and said:
"Today, send more servants to be on duty in the main hall."

Jia Rui understood that Jia Dairu was worried about the safety of Shangfang's sword.

But Jia Rui thinks this is superfluous.

It's not that Jia Rui has no enemies, but that Jia Rui thinks that with his current skills, even the slightest change within a dozen feet cannot be hidden from his ears.

Others just wanted to use Shang Fang's sword, and he probably found out before they got over the wall.

However, in order to reassure his grandfather, Jia Rui ordered seven or eight boys to guard the main hall in shifts when he left, while the lights in the main hall were kept on.

After returning to the room, Xue Baochai immediately greeted him, "Master, you just said that the purchase of the land is on your shoulders. What is going on?"

Jia Rui sat by the bed, stroking Xue Baochai's jade hand, "The Supreme Emperor ordered me to go to Shandong to provide disaster relief, isn't this a god-sent opportunity?"

Xue Baochai was not a girl who didn't understand anything. With just these words from Jia Rui, she understood what Jia Rui was going to do. She wanted to take advantage of the severe drought in Shandong to make a fortune.

"Grandpa, aren't you afraid that the imperial censor will take a copy of this? It will not be worth the loss at that time."

"Don't worry, I'm not doing this kind of thing alone. Which high-ranking official in the court would not do it? If there is an imperial envoy who dares to expose this matter, it will really poke a hornet's nest."

After hearing this, Xue Baochai was relieved.

"In this case, let's buy more land this time."

As Xue Baochai said, she wriggled her fingers.Start to calculate how much money you have in your family, how much you need to keep for living, and how much you can spend to buy land.

At the beginning, I left three to four thousand taels of silver for the family, but later I felt that I was at a disadvantage. You must know that the land in Shandong must be very cheap. If you miss this opportunity, you will not have it.

In the end, Xue Baochai gritted her teeth and only left 1000 taels of silver for the family.

"Master, you still have 5000 taels of silver at home, you can take it and try to buy as much land as possible."

(End of this chapter)