My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 81 A piece of money

Looking at his two sons, one of whom was singing along with Jia Zhen, he seemed to be gloating about his misfortune.

The other one looked like he didn't know anything about it. Mother Jia felt extremely tired.

To be fair, she is a person who loves to enjoy herself. She also likes to be lively and is used to living a happy life.

But after all, he has experienced ups and downs with the previous generation Rong Guogong, and his vision and methods of dealing with people are much better than those of the two sons who grew up in the greenhouse and the descendants of the Jia family.

Seeing that the descendants of the Jia family were so unsatisfactory, she felt angry and worried.

After sighing, she said seriously to her eldest son and Jia Zhen: "She'er, Brother Zhen, the old lady knows that you are very dissatisfied with Brother Yu.

To be honest, the old lady also thought that he was too strong and did not know how to adapt, and she did not take my Ningrong Second Mansion seriously at all.

In addition, it made my Baoyu sick for several days, and I really disliked him in my heart.

This is also the reason why you two were silent when you went to Zhezi to join him, but it turned out that we were both wrong.

His Majesty has even issued an edict to reprimand us for this. Aren't you still vigilant?
Now that Brother Yu has been suspended, not only are you not worried, but you are still here to gloat about his misfortune. I ask you, what benefit does Brother Yu's suspension have to our Ningrong Second Mansion?Is it worth your gloating?

Fortunately, you are still big men, each of you is as petty as a needle's eye. If Daihua and Daishan were still here, would they break your legs? "

Mother Jia was really merciless this time. After her words, Jia She and Jia Zhen's old faces turned blue and red.

Although Jia Zheng is pedantic, he is still much better than Jia She and Jia Zhen.

Hearing this, he stood up and knelt down to Jia Mu: "Mom, please calm down. It's the child who is unfilial and fails to share the worries of the mother, which makes you worry and angry. The child will ask someone to inquire so that he can report to you as soon as possible."

Mother Jia looked at her youngest son and sighed: "Okay, Zheng'er, please pay more attention these days. Although Brother Yu is not from our Ningrong Second Mansion, his surname is Jia after all.

Now he is also the most popular person in our Jia family outside. It will not hurt us to get closer to him when we have time. "

Mother Jia's words made everyone's faces burn for a while.

Yes, when did the prestigious Ning Rong Second Mansion actually have no one person to support the scene outside?
The youngest ones here are already in their thirties, and to be outdone by a younger boy makes everyone feel ashamed.

Fortunately, this feeling of shame did not last long. A burst of voices came from outside. It turned out to be Baoyu and Wang Xifeng, Li Wan, Daiyu, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Xiangyun and other girls. Came in.

"Ancestor!"

As soon as Baoyu entered the flower hall, he ran to Jia Mu and sat down with his arms around Jia Mu.

When Jia Mu saw her beloved, most of her depression immediately dissipated.

He stroked Baoyu's head and said with a smile: "Baoyu, where were you playing just now?"

"Sister Lin is a host today. She invited her grandson, second sister, sister Tanchun, and sister Xiangyun to be guests. She has just come back."

Jia Mu pretended to be angry and said: "Oh...Daiyu is hosting today. Everyone has been invited, why didn't you invite me, an old woman? Is it because you dislike me, an old woman, who is getting in the way?"

Today, Daiyu is wearing a light green long skirt with butterflies embroidered on the skirt, as if she is dancing among the flowers.

With an emerald green shawl draped over his shoulders and a small hand warmer in his hand, he looked like a butterfly flying in the jungle.

After hearing this, she covered her mouth and smiled: "What our ancestors said makes no sense, it's not like the previous Koyu'er didn't mention this to you.

But you also said that you were afraid of disturbing Baoyu's poetry writing, so you didn't invite you. Why are you blaming Yu'er now? Jia Mu laughed loudly: "Then why are you coming here instead of Gao Le? Do you want me, an old woman, to compose poems for you?" "

Shi Xiangyun chuckled: "No, it's because we met Brother Lian just now when we were playing in the garden. Brother Lian told us about Brother Yu's stay in Shenjing, so we came here to ask our aunt. of."

"Oh... about Brother Yu? What do you know?" Mother Jia's eyes narrowed.

"It's nothing, I just heard that after Brother Yu was suspended yesterday, he got another discount today.

He said that he would levy sanitation fees on all merchants in Dongcheng, and many officials were scolding him for competing with the people for profit. "

"Charge health fees?"

People in the hall were startled when they heard this. It was obviously the first time they heard the term "sanitation fee".

Shi Xiangyun explained: "Brother Lian said, the sanitation fee that Brother Yu mentioned is a certain amount of money collected from each merchant every month based on the amount of land.

The Military and Horse Division will then use the money to hire people to clean all the streets in Dongcheng every day to remove garbage, cow and horse excrement and other filth in the streets and alleys.

Ensure the cleanliness and hygiene of the capital. "

"Hey……"

This was the first time that everyone heard the term sanitation fees, and they couldn't accept it for a while.

Jia Zhen snorted coldly: "It's simply ridiculous. Don't you think it's been said since ancient times that everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door and doesn't care about the frost on other people's tiles?"

How could he forcibly charge a fee and let people clean for him? Brother Yu's move was clearly an opportunity to make money. "

As soon as Jia Zhen's words came out, everyone fell silent. After all, Daxia has never collected any health fees since the founding of the country. It is hard not to think about Jia Yu's move.

Jia Mu thought for a while and sighed: "That's all, I was originally an old woman in the back house, and I didn't know much about the important affairs of the court.

This kind of matter should be left to the princes in the court to deal with, Zheng'er..."

"Mother, the child is here." Jia Zheng stood up quickly.

"The eldest girl wrote to the old lady last time, in which she advised me to get along well with Brother Yu.

But I was blinded by the lard at that time and threw the letter away, which earned me a reprimand from the emperor.

The eldest girl must be so sad that no one has ever sent a letter home these days.

Zheng'er, please ask someone to send some money and clothes to the eldest girl in the past two days. It must have been difficult for the eldest girl to live alone in the palace these years. As an old man, you should pay more attention to her, do you understand? "

"My child understands." Jia Zheng nodded first, and then asked: "Mother, how much money can we send in?"

Jia Mu thought for a while: "Let's give 5000 taels of silver first. This money will be paid out from the public. I'll ask Feng Yatou for the money later."

Jia She on the side couldn't help but show dissatisfaction after hearing this, but he didn't dare to say anything because of Jia's mother.

Unexpectedly, before he said anything, Wang Xifeng spoke.

(End of this chapter)