The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 153 It's all up to you

Rongguo Mansion's bus and carriage business has suddenly turned from a bottomless pit of money to a golden rooster of money, deeply disappointing those aristocratic families who were waiting to see the joke.

In the midst of this kind of discussion of envy, jealousy and hatred, most of these aristocratic families received the emperor's military training decree.

This time, they were no longer interested in caring about the affairs of the Jia family, and began to face their own problems.

For the vast majority of families who received the imperial edict, this imperial edict is a problem.And it's a big problem.

Now they find that they are facing a situation similar to that of Jia's before.They are also facing a big pit of filling money.

This big hole is the government soldiers.

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Conversely, the more established it is.

Unhappy families are all alike, but happy families are happy in their own way.

These families are all facing similar misfortunes: lack of people and money.

The lack of people, one is the lack of talents, and the other is the lack of soldiers.

Lack of money means lack of everything.Without money, talking about anything is empty talk.

Among the four major families, Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion of Jia's Mansion were allocated 300 soldiers each.The Wang family was apportioned 300 people.The Xue family didn't assign tasks, so it was the easiest.Because the historians are young and their families are in decline, they still take good care of them, and only allocate 100 posts.

However, even these 100 people are too heavy for historians to bear.

The servants of the historian have already been reduced to the minimum, just to maintain a facade.Even the needlework at home was done by the hostesses themselves.Where is the spare money to raise soldiers?

In desperation, Shi Ding and Shi Nai bit the bullet and came to Jia's mansion to ask their aunt Jia Mu to borrow money.

Even for big families, raising soldiers is actually a bottomless pit.It is a huge burden for everyone that a young and strong laborer does not have to do production, but has to go out of production to train soldiers.

Mother Jia naturally understood this truth.

Although Jia's family still has some family background, it is difficult to spend a large amount of money at once.The other businesses didn't make much money. Although the scorpion business and the bus and carriage business made money, they had just opened and their income was limited.

In addition, if such a large sum of money was borrowed, will the historian be able to repay it in the future?How did Mother Jia explain to the Jia family?
These are all problems.

Mother Jia was in a dilemma for a while, but she stopped.Not only was it not embarrassing anymore, but it became easier all of a sudden.

Because Yuanyang gave her an idea.

So he smiled and told the two nephews, you go back, this matter is on me.

Seeing that the aunt agreed, Shi Ding and Shi Nairu went back happily after listening to Lun's voice.

Everyone in the house was surprised that Mother Jia had taken care of this matter.What can the old lady do to agree to such a big matter so easily?
Mother Jia did contract out this matter, but she subcontracted it out casually.Who was it subcontracted to?Naturally, it was subcontracted to Brother Ming.

It turned out that when Jia's mother was at her wit's end, Yuanyang leaned on her ear and told her a word.

This saying was recently circulated among the servants in the mansion, it is called "If you have any difficulties, go to Fourth Master."

Mother Jia encountered difficulties, so she went to Jia Min.

Jia's mother did what she said, and immediately sent Li Gui, Baoyu's chief follower, to Yeduju, saying that the old ancestor wanted to discuss with him about raising funds for military training, and told Jia Min to go back to her house immediately to see her.

Jia Min is also working on the military budget, and he was very happy to hear that the ancestor wanted to discuss money with him.I thought it was a matter of discussing how much money to give him, so I hurried back with Li Gui.

After hearing what the old lady said was about the Shi family, she was dumbfounded.

"What the ancestor said is not true, right? There is no money, no people. How can I bring him 100 people?"

"Of course others can't do it, but Brother Min is an exception. It doesn't cost much, and you know their family background. If they find me, how can I ignore them?"

How much money can't you spend?
Food and clothing, housing, wages, weapons, war horses, horse feed, grooms, cooks..., plus one piece, even if calculated according to the minimum standard, a person can get at least more than 100 taels of silver a year.

It is said that when the cannon is fired, the gold is ten thousand taels.Do you know what this means?

It's not that once the cannon is fired, you can get ten thousand taels of gold.But once the cannon fires, it will cost ten thousand taels of gold.

"Since the ancestor agreed, this matter has to be done. But where will the money come from? How much money can the government give?"

"How can there be any money in the mansion? You are in the three-person team. Aren't you in charge of the major affairs in the mansion? You don't know if there is any money?"

"Then how much will the 600 people from our two prefectures pay?"

"Over there in the East Mansion, I told them to pay 5000 taels a year. In our house, you have the final say. You can pay as much as you want, as long as it doesn't delay the expenses of the mansion. , everything is up to you. Besides, if others can make money difficult, can you still make money difficult?"

600 people, at least 6 taels a year, 300 people in Dongfu, you just ask them to pay 5000 taels?Where did the remaining 5000 taels come from?
Now that you keep saying that I'm in charge, I can spend as much as I want?What kind of flowers do I take? There is less than 1 taels of silver left in the library. The whole family is still waiting to eat and drink. Where is the money left?

Why can't I be stumped by the money?My money came from the wind?What a tael of silver is not the hard-earned money I racked my brains to earn.

"That's right, brother Ming, you can make money, that's obvious to all. From now on, you don't need to tell me what to spend in this mansion even though it's up to you."

This time, Mrs. Wang looked very kind, as if she really looked like a loving mother.

"That's right, fourth brother Min, everything is up to you. If you need sister-in-law to do something, just say no to it. If there is any major event in the future, sister-in-law will discuss it with you in advance."

Terrible, who said that these scumbag teammates are stupid, the most stupid person is me.Just because I didn't make a budget last time, I didn't talk about money, which made them take advantage of the loophole.

I used to rush to manage the money, but this time it's good. I know that managing the money is a tricky job, so I just ignored it and pushed it all to me.

It’s okay if I have money, but the key is that I don’t have money, I have to earn money now.

Well, well, you guys are ruthless.I owed you all in my previous life, so I traveled over here to pay back the debt.

This time travel was really too unsuccessful, too unsuccessful!
And you, Wang Xifeng, the old lady and his wife just dropped their trust, you came up to assist again.Okay, didn't you say that I just say what I need you to do? No matter what happens, you will never answer. When the opportunity arises, I will take you down. Let me see if you will answer or not?
Seeing Jia Min go out angrily, Yuanyang finally calmed down a little.

"Old ancestor, please don't say that this is my idea. If Fourth Master Min finds out, I'm afraid he will kill me."

"It's okay, brother Min is a generous person, even if he knows, he won't be offended. Of course, I won't say it."

After Jiamu finished speaking, she seemed to have more to say, and went on to add.

"Brother Ming distributed all the shares to the girls, which shows that he takes good care of the girls. In this regard, he is very similar to Baoyu. He is kind to the servants, so what are you afraid of?"

Although Yuanyang felt that what the old ancestor said was reasonable, he still disagreed a little.

Fourth Master Min is kind to the girls, but his kindness is different from that of Second Master Bao.

The fourth master Min is good to the girls, that is really good for the girls.The second master Bao is good to the girls, it is for his own good.

The difference here is huge.

A soldier's budget of 100 taels a year is actually not that high.This is calculated based on the level of only equipped with cold weapons.

Today, the army of the Dade Dynasty has been equipped with some artillery and firecrackers.It's just that the equipment is not so popular yet, and the level of firearms is not too high.

According to Jia Min's plan, he planned to equip his soldiers with firearms, or at least some of them.

If this is the case, the military expenditure will be even higher, and 200 taels of silver a year for one person is considered a small amount.

Jia Min was clear about the situation of historians, they really couldn't afford to support an army of soldiers.It is also understandable to find Jia Mu.

Although this matter added burden to Jia Min, he quickly figured it out.Not only did I figure it out, but I also regarded it as a good thing from another angle.

The 100-member staff of the historian was given to him, and in the future the historian will be nothing more than a name, and he will be able to report to the emperor at that time.

These 100 people are trained by him, and he spends money to support them. In the future, they will basically belong to him, and in fact they will become part of his army.

Generally speaking, the tradition of an army is closely related to the style of its founder.Jia Min established this military army, and his loyalty to him in the future must be very high.From this perspective, it is very meaningful for Jia Min.

The examples of historians are actually of universal significance.

Many aristocratic families today, although they are still known as aristocratic families, still have various titles.In fact, many have declined.

In the final analysis, the training of military soldiers still comes down to money.With money, people can be recruited, and soldiers can be provided with living security, proper equipment, and adequate training.

In fact, although wars are fought on the battlefield, in many cases the outcome is decided from the rear.

Wars are essentially about money and economic strength.Whoever has a strong economic strength can train high-quality soldiers, equip them with advanced weapons, and provide stronger logistical supplies.

In many cases, this is the key factor that determines the outcome of a war.

From historians, Jia Min thought of Feng Ziying's family.

I don't know if they have a role this time. If they do, it would be a good choice to follow the historian's model for their military training tasks.

(End of this chapter)