The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 131 Tit for Tat ([-])

When he got up in the morning, the ancestor sent someone to pass on a message, asking Jia Lian to go early to find out about the operation of the carriage today.Jia Lian didn't dare to neglect, and he wanted to know the result, so he went out.Just happened to meet Liu Changfeng and the others coming towards the east gate.

He knew they were coming to the mansion, so he followed.

Seeing Liu Changfeng's anger, Jia Lian's legs trembled a little.Xindao: It must be that the fourth brother Min's errands were not done well, and he came to Xingshi to ask the crime.

It's over now, the Rongguo Mansion is in great trouble.

Just when Jia Lian was at a loss, Jia Min started to fight back.At this moment, Jia Lian felt familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.

By the way, what I remembered was the appearance in Rongxi Hall that day.It was the situation where the fourth brother Min scolded all his masters like bloody sprinklers.

Oh my god, fourth brother Min, it's fine if you scold your family.Do you still want to scold the Admiral of Nine Gates and Governor Shuntian today?

When did this world become like this?
Jia Min doesn't know how to swear, she just speaks reason.

That day in Rongxi Yutang was just reasoning, not cursing.I won't scold people today, I'm just being reasonable.

Although you are playing hooligans with me, I am a person from the civilized world, and I will reason with you until you vomit blood.

According to the morning and evening rules of the Jia family, the juniors will come to Jia Mu's every morning and evening to pay their respects.In fact, this rule has been practiced all the time, and even Baoyu, who is so favored, is abiding by this rule.

When Jia Min entered the mansion, Jia's mother didn't want to see him. At that time, she said that Jia Min didn't have to abide by this rule. With this background, even if Jia Min came back now, she wouldn't take this rule seriously.

Of course, only Jia Min is like this, others still follow this rule.

Today is August [-]th, and it is the day when the bus and carriages are open again.Taking the opportunity of paying respects, the masters and sons of each house gathered at Jia Mu.One is to greet you, and the other is to wait for the news of the bus and carriage here.

After all, this project is related to the future of the Jia Mansion, so the top and bottom are still very concerned.

The news that the Admiral of the Nine Gates and Shuntian Fuyin brought people to the mansion aggressively soon reached Mother Jia.People suddenly felt bad, so they rushed to Donghua hall one after another.

When they arrived at the place, they found this surprising scene in front of them: Jia Min was standing, and the admiral of Jiumen and Shuntian Fu Yin and others were kneeling on the ground.Only Jia Min was speaking impassionedly, as if reprimanding them.

Isn't it because the errands were not done well, so they came to fetch people?Why did the one who took the person kneel down, but the one who was taken stood up?
Mother Jia has always planned to use Jia Min as a substitute for the dead ghost. Today, when she heard that the admiral of Jiumen was coming, she preconceived that he was here to arrest someone.

All the masters looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't know what was going on.The old friends and young friends were all shocked.

"Lord Liu, Lord Xiu, as soon as you came here, you fabricated that I was not doing a good job for the emperor. Do you know what the emperor's imperial decree said? Okay, I will tell you now how I did the job. Wait for me After finishing speaking, I will show you the imperial decree, so that you have nothing to say, so that no one can guess the holy decree."

These words are all lines prepared by Jia Min in advance.It seems that there is nothing dangerous, the key is a hidden purpose: don't show them the imperial decree now.

With the Holy Order in Jia Min's hands, the two had to kneel and dare not get up.

This is Jia Min's psychological tactics, first to overwhelm the enemy in terms of momentum.

When Yin Xiu and Gui from Shuntian Mansion came, they hadn't had time to speak yet.However, Jia Min deliberately assigned him to Liu Changfeng's group.

Since you came together, even if there are some differences between you, you are in the same group after all, and you are allies after all.Hitting one is fighting, and hitting two is also hitting. After disrupting your organizational system, we will attack you one by one.

"The emperor said that the operation will be resumed within half a month. The imperial decree was issued on the fifth day of August. Today is the fifteenth day of August. I resumed operation five days in advance. Isn't it fast enough? This is one of them."

"Secondly, what the emperor said was to resume operations. Didn't I resume? I put six carriages on the line, and you have counted the number. Not only have I resumed, but I have also returned to twice the original size, as you all know , why turn a blind eye?"

Even if the six cars resumed operation?

Not only Liu Changfeng and Xiu Tonggui couldn't figure it out, even the ancestors and other people in Jia's house couldn't figure it out.It turned out that Niu Jizong had prepared 120 carriages. Brother Min said that, but he was a bit of a rascal.

"I know you may not be convinced. Niu Jizong originally prepared 120 horse-drawn carriages. You have only put six horse-drawn carriages online, so it is considered to be resumed operation?"

Yes, we are just not convinced, how can this be considered a recovery?
Even Jia Mu and others thought so.

"Let me tell you, the key here is the word 'restoration'? For example, I have torn down the house behind me now, and after three months, I built the house again. This is restoration and reconstruction." Yes, isn't it?"

How did it get involved in the house again?The house was demolished and then rebuilt, so it was naturally restored.

"So, let me ask you, is the house I restored today the house?"

Yes, if it is not this house, which house is it?What do you say these are useless?
"Let me ask you again, my house was built 100 years ago, and now that it has been restored, is it still the same house 100 years ago?"

Of course not.

"Now that you understand this truth, let's get back to the errand of the bus and carriage. When they asked us to take over this errand, Niu Jizong and the others only had three carriages operating online. The emperor asked Rongguo Mansion to resume operation, so why don't we just resume these three carriages?" The size of the station? I told you that day that I wanted to double the size, but now I have invested in six units, is it doubled? I have exceeded the double size, and you dare to say that I am fooling the errand? What is this? Home reason?"

God, it turns out that the account can be calculated like this?Yes, isn't it twice the original size?

"Some people say that Niu Jizong used to have 120 cars? Then, let me tell you, how many cars does he have? I borrowed all the carriages and made up 1200 of them, but put them all at home, is this also called operation?"

This tactic, Jia Min was purely taking advantage of the imperial decree's loopholes.

In fact, everyone including Jia Min himself knew that the imperial decree meant to restore the scale of 120 units.

If like Jia Min, only get 6 cars to go online, and the feudal kingdom is coming, what are you looking for?Obviously it's a shame.Is there still a need for the next imperial decree, which is so solemn, to be handed over to the Rongguo Mansion?
However, in this era, we don't care much about the accuracy of data and the precision of technology.When the emperor speaks, he often leaves room.He probably didn't expect that someone would find loopholes in this regard.Those who drafted the purpose would never have thought that there would be someone here to find fault here.

Including the people in the Jia Mansion, they all acquiesced to the scale of 120 units, let alone others?
If it is really the six stations, even if it loses money, the Jia family can fully afford it, so how can they be so troubled?
"I was 5 days ahead of schedule and reached twice the original size. Should I be rewarded for overfulfilling the task? Okay, even if there is no reward, it's for the emperor's business, and I admit it. But, where is there any reward?" The reason for the accusation? How can it not be chilling if there is no distinction between right and wrong, and unclear rewards and punishments? Who will serve the emperor loyally in the future? The two adults are both high-ranking and respected people in court. Do you not understand the simple truth?"

Brother Ming is right, but I always feel that there is something wrong there. The scale of 120 units, I will teach you to say that it is 3 units. I think it is too much for me to reward myself after completing the errand. , isn't it a bit rascal?

Mother Jia pondered in her heart.Looking at the relatives around him, they all looked at a loss.

"I'll talk about one of them first. You all think about it for yourself. I'll talk about the second one later."

As Jia Min spoke, he glanced at everyone in Jia's residence.That means, you should also think about it carefully, see how I do things, and learn a little bit.

Having said so much, is it just one of them?And second?
Of course there is.Now it is just the conclusion, the evidence and the argumentation process are not there yet, so it can be convincing?
So, let's talk about it.I don't know why.

"The second thing is about taking over the bus project. Please note that in the imperial decree, it says 'take over', not 'receive'. Although these two words have similarities, they have great meanings. Different."

"What is 'receiving'? It means taking over the bus project and Niu Jizong's assets together. This is called receiving. The key here is the word 'accepting'."

"As for 'taking over', it is to take over this project, and our Rongguo Mansion will start to operate it. As for Niu Jizong's assets, we can take over if we want to take over, and if we don't want to take over, we don't take over. They can make horse-drawn carriages, and we own Wouldn’t they do it? They can find people, but we can’t find them ourselves? Is there any law that stipulates that we have to buy those things from them? The emperor’s imperial decree didn’t say anything. Brother Niu, do you think so? This reason?"

It turned out that Niu Jizong and others also came out early this morning, just to see what kind of tricks Jia Min wanted to play when he resumed operations today?
After finding out that only six carriages were on the line, and hearing that the admiral of Jiumen and Shuntian Fu Yin had come to Jia's mansion to inquire about their crimes, they hurried over.

Just came here to see, it turned out to be the case.Although it was embarrassing at this time, but I also wanted to know how Jia Min would explain in the end, so I stayed and observed together, thinking about it, catching Jia Min's faults and forcing him to submit.

Unexpectedly, Jia Min began to chew on words, and began to explain the difference between "receive" and "take over".

At this time, Jia Min asked a question, which made him speechless.Looking at Liu Fang, his think tank, he also looked surprised.

You Jia Lao Si, when did you change your career to become a teacher?

(End of this chapter)