Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Chapter 315 The Four Great Families
Now there is not even a master around Jia Huan, not even a concierge.

He took Jia Yun with him first.

Jia Yun is doing all the little things.

Jia Yun is a smart person, and he can learn all these things easily.

In the evening, Jia Huan checked the wounds of Mo Zhu and Mo Mei again.

Only mild symptoms of inflammation were found, which were not serious.

This was normal, and Jia Huan felt relieved.

These two girls were covered in blood during the day, and after being injured, they were so weak that they looked like they might die at any moment.

In fact, although their wounds were deep, fortunately they did not hurt their bones.

The reason for being so weak is mainly due to excessive blood loss.

After the wound is bandaged and sutured, you only need to keep up with nutrition and patiently rest for a month, and you will be able to fully recover.

This can be regarded as the greatest fortune in misfortune.

Jia Huan ordered the cook to make chicken soup for the two of them.

Just after dinner, someone else came to visit.

Jia Yuntong reported: "Sir, Sir Xia wants to see you."

Jia Huan said impatiently: "Didn't I tell you that I won't see anyone here today."

Jia Yun whispered: "Sir, this Master Xia is the inspector of the Inspection Department of Ping'an County."

As soon as he heard about this position, Jia Huan reacted immediately.

This person is a standard one of his own, sent by Emperor Chongkang specifically to protect him.

He has five hundred soldiers in his hands, and these soldiers are not ordinary inspection department soldiers, but eight hundred formal Forbidden Forces mobilized.

Everyone else could not see him, but Inspector Xia had to see him.

So Jia Huan said: "Please invite Xia Xingjian to come to the study to talk."

Jia Yun said: "Yes, sir."

Jia Huan went to the study first, sighing in his heart at Jia Yun's rapid transformation.

When we met this morning, he still called him uncle, but now he calls him "adult."

The roles change quickly.

Soon, Xia Qing was invited in.

Seeing Jia Huan, Xia Qing apologized and said, "Xia Qing, the last general, pays homage to your lord."

"I heard that your Excellency was assassinated today. The general did not rush to help and almost caused your death. Please punish me."

Jia Huan stood up, helped Xia Qing up and said, "Xia Xingjian, I came to take office today, and you didn't know about this beforehand. How are you guilty of this?"

"However, according to the inferences of my men, these assassins are most likely from the Jin army. The Jin army can actually come to the capital of our country, as if they are in an uninhabited land. I have to say, this is the shame of my country!"

"During this period, I would like to trouble Inspector Xia to conduct a search in our Taiping County to see if any of these Jin soldiers are hiding in our Taiping County."

"However, this matter must be carried out secretly to avoid alerting the enemy."

Xia Qing said quickly: "Yes, sir, I will obey your order."

After pondering for a moment, Xia Qing added: "In order to protect the safety of your Excellency, I have decided to arrange for two hundred-man troops to be stationed near the county government office."

"This way they can be close to protect the adults, and if anything happens, they can also accept the adults' orders at any time."

Jia Huan couldn't help but ask: "In Xia's inspection, is there a garrison near the county government office? If not, it will disturb the people, but there is no need for this."

Xia Qing hurriedly said: "Sir, there is a place to station."

Jia Huan nodded and said, "That's fine, we can station two hundred-man troops."

Jia Huan had no idea of ​​being a hero and not wanting to garrison for protection.The most precious thing for a person is life, which comes only once.

It would be a great thing to have an extra layer of protection.

In this way, with the protection of the garrison outside, the Mohist disciples inside, and the protection of two personal maids, it would be absolutely foolproof.

The plan was decided, Xia Qing stood up and left.

Jia Huan personally sent her out. Xia Qing repeatedly said several times, please stay, but Jia Huan still insisted on sending her out of the hospital.

Jia Huan has always respected people who can protect his own life.

Moreover, when Inspector Xia paid homage to him as a subordinate, he didn't even bring a gift. This shows that this person has an upright character and is truly capable.

Otherwise, how could he be so inflexible and still be reused by Emperor Chongkang?

After Xia Qing left, Jia Huan called Jia Yun into the study.

Half a month ago, Jia Huan sent Jia Yun to Ping'an County to investigate various situations in Ping'an County.

Now that he had just arrived in Ping'an County, his eyes were darkened, so he wanted to find out about the situation from him.

I just don’t know how much Jia Yun has learned in just a few days.

The time was too short, and he might not be able to find out many secrets.

Not long after, Jia Yun came to the study.

Jia Huan asked: "Brother Yun, you have been here for more than ten days, tell me what you have discovered."

Jia Yun said: "Third uncle..."

Well, we were talking in private at the moment. Just now, I called him brother Yun again, and he immediately called me uncle again.

This identity transformation is smooth and smooth!

Just listen to Jia Yun say: "Third uncle, my nephew has been here for more than ten days. Because the time is still short, he has only found out some things that everyone knows. Those private matters are still being investigated."

Jia Huan nodded and said, "Just tell me what you know, so that I can have a general understanding of Ping'an County."

Jia Huan nodded and said: "Yes, third uncle. Let me start with the county government office. The magistrate of Ping'an County is called Cao An, who comes from the Cao family, a prominent family in Ping'an County. This man is smooth and well-rounded. He can't offend anyone, and he can With ease.”

"The chief secretary, Song Wen, belongs to the Song family in Ping'an County. This person is greedy by nature, but the county prime minister, Cao An, is the one who obeys him."

"Dian Shi Lu Liu, a person from Gusu, took office last year. Because he refused to agree with the county magistrate and the chief registrar, he was completely ignored by them."

"This is the situation of the county government. There are four major families in Ping'an County, namely the Cao family, the Song family, the Bai family and the Huang family."

"These four major families are all married to each other, and their relationships are intricately intertwined. One is prosperous and the other is devastated."

"Among these four families, the Bai family is the most respected. Many of the descendants of the Bai family are officials. It is said that the one with the highest official position is the fifth-grade Beijing official."

"These four major families bully the market, bully men and women in Ping'an County, and have a very bad reputation. The worst is the Bai family, which is the leader, and is despised by the people."

"The other three are actually better."

"The land owned by these four families accounts for almost 22% of the total land in Ping'an County, about [-] acres. And these lands are not taxed."

Four families?

Let me go, how does this look like the four major families of Jia, Wang, Shi and Xue?
They have all become blood-sucking silverfish.

It seems that if you want to implement the new law, you cannot avoid these four major families!

These four major families occupy a total of 22% of the land in Ping'an County, a total of [-] acres of land.

For these lands, even if you pay one tael of silver per acre of land, that would be 22 taels of silver.

And how many taels of silver is the annual tax revenue of Daxia?Jia Huan also spent time in the Hanlin Academy, so he naturally knew this number.

Daxia's annual tax revenue is only seven or eight million taels of silver.

(End of this chapter)