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

Song Wen said angrily: "Why should I give it back? What should I take back? What he gave me was an empty box! Tomorrow, I will just give him an empty box and be done with it!"

Cao An sneered: "When you print the box tomorrow, he will definitely open it in front of everyone. Once it is an empty box, you have lost the official seal."

"When the time comes, you may lose your official position, or you may lose your head! Do you want to pay it back or not?!"

Song Wen said angrily: "Is there such nonsense in the world? What he gave me was obviously an empty box? Why should I change the official seal? What if I didn't steal the official seal? Where can I get the official seal for him? Go back?"

Cao An sneered and said, "It would be great if you could return it. If you still don't, then the crime of losing the official seal will fall on you."

"Who told you that you have been against the new county magistrate since he arrived! If they don't use you as a raft, who will they turn to?"

Song Wen was unwilling to accept it. He couldn't help but said: "If the official seal is lost, it means I am at fault. Is he not guilty at all? Even if I am dismissed from office, as long as I can pull him down, I will admit it."

In Song Wen's opinion, if he could trade with that dog official, he would not lose.He has the Song family as his back. Even if he loses his official position this time, he will be able to make a comeback in less than two years.

Then I heard Cao An sneer and say: "Nowadays, the current Holy Emperor really cares about his tightness. Do you think His Majesty will deal with him or you?"

Hearing this, Song Wen couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.

Over the years, he has become accustomed to following Cao An.

Relying on the fact that he is a local snake and a piece of meat, no one takes him seriously.

The previous magistrate of Ping'an County was deposed by them together.

The new county magistrate was just a young boy, whom he had never paid any attention to before.

And now, how many days has the new county magistrate been here?
What he does is always unexpected.

This time the official seal was stolen, and the method of using him as a scapegoat and making him take the blame was so skillful that it chilled him.

At his age, he is still a child who is not as good as a weakling!This is his first time as a local magistrate!
Are the children of princely families really that outstanding?

For the first time, Song Wen personally experienced what it meant to crush someone to death at the first level of an official university.

After getting off duty, Song Wen took the printing box and went home gloomily.

After returning home, after much thought, he finally found an official seal in a secret compartment in the study and put it into the seal box.

……

Cao An guessed well, Jia Huan was indeed avoiding Song Wen.

But Jia Huan didn't really hide in the nook and cranny where Song Wen couldn't find him. Instead, he went directly back to the county government house.

He was the magistrate of the county, and by avoiding him for a little bit, he gave Song Wen a little face.

Why do you need to seriously avoid him?
Jia Yun also followed in.

In the study, Jia Yun couldn't help but ask: "Third uncle, what else do you need your nephew to do next?"

"Second Brother Ni's people are currently keeping an eye on the Cao Mansion and the Song Mansion, and are ready to listen to Third Uncle's orders at any time."

Before she even gave instructions, Jia Yun arranged for Ni Er to keep an eye on the Cao family and the Hou family.I have to say that Brother Yun is really a useful person.Jia Huan couldn't help but said to Jia Yun: "Brother Yun, I want you to find an open space in Ping'an County. It needs to be large, close to water, and somewhere convenient for travel."

"Then buy it and build a workshop for making carriages. We will recruit people in Ping'an County, mainly from the common people. The wages will be twice the price, and we will have to keep up with the three meals a day."

Jia Yun nodded and said: "Okay, Third Uncle. However, Third Uncle, my nephew has a question. Is what Third Uncle wants to make the four-wheeled carriage that Princess Zhenzhen gave to His Majesty?"

"The craftsmanship requirements for a four-wheeled carriage must be extremely high. When recruiting people in Ping'an County, they may not have such skills, right?"

Hearing Jia Yun's doubts, Jia Huan couldn't help but smile and said: "Brother Yun, you have thought very carefully. Those farmers have no skills. But when the time comes, I will send some Mohist disciples here to be masters. Those farmers just need to do some physical work.”

Jia Yun was still a little confused and asked again: "Third uncle, isn't there already a carriage workshop built in Xiaoqingshan Village? Why do we need to build another one here?"

"This place is only a few dozen miles away from Xiaoqingshan Village. In my nephew's opinion, it is really unnecessary."

Jia Huan smiled and said: "Brother Yun, do you know that the factory built in Xiaoqingshan Village actually mainly produces the steering system of the four-wheeled carriage chassis. That is the core and essence of the four-wheeled carriage."

"The workshops built here are actually mainly producing carriages and tires, which are parts that do not require high craftsmanship."

"When I built a factory here, I didn't consider transportation costs. First, I wanted to benefit the people."

"If I build a large carriage workshop in Ping'an County, it will recruit a large number of workers and make many people rich."

"Once the people are rich and have money in their hands, they will have purchasing power, which will further promote the commercial development of Ping'an County."

"Secondly, the profits of four-wheeled carriages are extremely high, and it can be said to be a hugely profitable industry. The gentry in Ping'an County, especially the four major families, can they not be tempted when they see such a hugely profitable industry?"

“And they can enter if they want to, but the prerequisite is to pay enough taxes first.”

"And the taxes they pay are far less than the benefits that their investment in the horse-drawn carriages brought them. In this case, do you think they will happily agree to pay the agricultural tax in full?"

"Brother Yun, think about it, His Majesty sent me to Ping'an County as the county magistrate, isn't it just to implement the new law reform? And the key to the new law reform is taxation, isn't it?"

“As long as taxes are collected, doesn’t it mean that the implementation of the new law has been successful?”

Hearing this, Jia Yun couldn't help but feel enlightened and enlightened.

He couldn't help but said: "The third uncle is indeed the most clever, he actually thought of such a clever way."

"I'm afraid that Third Uncle will already be confident when he leaves the capital, right?"

Jia Huan smiled and said: "In my opinion, it is not difficult to implement the new law. I just didn't expect that the officials below would have so many tricks."

"Brother Yun, from now on you will devote all your efforts to the construction of the workshop. By the way, take back all Ni Er's manpower to ensure the safety of you and the workshop."

Jia Yun hurriedly said: "Third uncle, nephew, please be careful. It doesn't matter. If we take back Brother Ni and the others, we won't know the tricks of the four major families. These people are very bad. It's really... You must be on guard against it.”

Jia Huan said with a smile: "Brother Yun, just don't worry, you just do your best to do the things in the carriage workshop. I'll just send another man to keep an eye on them."

Hearing this, Jia Yun hurriedly responded: "Yes, third uncle, my nephew has written it down." (End of Chapter)