The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 179 Military Expenditures ([-])

The East and the West are added together.Only 2 taels of silver were paid out, which is really not much compared to the amount of 7 taels.

However, Jia Min thought it was a lot.

Now he is not afraid that they will pay less, but that they will pay more.It's best if they don't pay a tael of silver, that's fine.

If the government doesn't pay any money, he has to solve the problem of military expenses by himself.Once he solves the military expenditure problem by himself, he doesn't need to communicate with the government at all about how he spends the money.

According to Jia Min's plan, his army of 1300 people will spend an astonishing amount in the future, and the money spent will make people in the house dumbfounded.

Therefore, the most important thing is that no one else interferes with his spending of money.

However, since the two governments have contributed money, there is no need for him to be polite, and he will accept what should be accepted.

It's not enough just for the two governments to express their views, and the old lady needs to express their views before the procedure can be considered complete.

"Old ancestor, both the East and the West have said that, what do you mean?"

"Well, I'm getting older, and my spirit is not as good as it is every day. I can't care so much about the affairs of the younger generation. Now that they have said so, I can't say anything more."

Little bastard, if you can't tell them to pay more money, just ask me to be a bad guy, so I won't be fooled by you.

"Brother Ming, you are very talented. They asked you to raise the remaining military expenses, which is exactly what everyone expects. It is because you have both ability and political integrity that they return to the world. You must not make everyone feel cold."

Old lady, count yourself as ruthless.You shouldn't be living at home.If someone dies in the future, you should play the trumpet.You are the best trumpeter, you can't even find me.

When it comes time to make money, they lift me up to the sky.When the money is distributed, I will lose my share.Fortunately, I hid some private money, otherwise...

"Since my ancestors, mother and brother Zhen have all said so, it would be bad if I refuse again."

Jia Min felt that the time was ripe, and it was time for him to ask for a price.

"It's just that making money is not an easy task. There are certain conditions before it can be done. The first thing is that you need a name and a place."

This little bastard is indeed not so easy to be fooled.

"Tell me, what do you need from the mansion? As long as it's not about money, everything else is negotiable."

Mother Jia kept her mouth shut about the money first.

"It's not about the money. I want to study the place, and I want to use the name of the study to make a living. The first is to rectify the study. If there are a few scholars in the future, we will The glory of the house."

"Second, in the name of ethnology, do some business to make money, which can also be used for military expenses."

"What business are you going to do with ethnology?"

Mother Jia is more cautious.

"It is to use ethnology to recruit some Mongolian children and teach them how to read. If they are too old to pass the exam, teach them a skill of digging wells, so that they will have a skill in the future."

The reason why Jia Min wants to take over the ethnology is not only to make good use of this brand for vocational technical training, but also to use the century-old brand of Jia Mansion to compete with Luo Hanlin's Ludong Academy.

Nowadays, when doing business here, we often have to pay attention to the backing and background.

Luo Hanlin had already shown hostility to the teaching of Chinese Pinyin, so Jia Min had to guard against it.

The implementation of the Chinese Pinyin program is a major impact on the current enlightenment education.

It is not only a competition for the enlightenment education market, but also an impact on the cultural monopoly of scholars.

The so-called ten years of bitterness, once became famous.Scholars have paid a high price to achieve today's status.Now that Jia Min wants to use Hanyu Pinyin, in a short period of time, a large number of people can read and write, which is undoubtedly an erosion of their interests.

In such a short period of time, you have taught people to read.What about us?It took us ten years.This shows what?Doesn't that mean we are stupid.

There are more literate people, how can we fool those illiterate people in the future?What if they come to grab our jobs?
Therefore, once Jia Min officially launched the Hanyu Pinyin scheme, it will definitely attract opposition and even strangulation from many people.Luo Hanlin is just one of them, and there will be more people joining him in the future.

At this time, the brand of Rongning Second Mansion is very important.

Jia's mansion belongs to the founding hero of Gen Hong Miaozheng, and his rank is high enough. Anyone who wants to challenge him has to weigh it.This can save Jia Min a lot of trouble.Spend time doing serious things.

At the same time, Jia Family Studies is also a private aristocratic school. To a large extent, it is the guarantee of credibility, brand awareness and reputation, which are very attractive.

"Well, that's a good idea. I heard that the atmosphere of ethnology is not very good. Brother Ming always strikes hard enough when doing things, so I entrust the ethnology to you. It is not only for making money, but also taking the opportunity to make money. Ethnology should be rectified."

Old lady, you can't talk like that.What do you mean I am ruthless enough?I am a very kind person!
"The second thing is that training requires some weapons, firearms, armor and helmets. These things are very expensive to buy outside. In order to save money, I want to make them myself. If there is a war in the future, the consumption of these things will be very high. Big ones. If we buy them all from outside, the cost will be too high, and we cannot afford it.”

"Our family can save a lot of money by making these things by ourselves, and sell the excess to others, and there will be some money left over. It's just a weapon workshop, and it doesn't work without the permission of the court."

"So, I thought, let our two houses come forward, join forces with historians, Feng family, Chen family, Wei family, five families and six houses to apply to the imperial court to set up this weapon workshop."

"As for the money, of course, I don't need to worry about the house. I went to tell Feng Ziying and the others that it might be enough for everyone to join in. However, we are still young and our words have no weight. We still have to invite uncle, brother Zhen and everyone else The elders of the family came forward to do this."

The elders of each family still have some contacts and energy in the government.

These are all big families, and they can be regarded as the court's own people. Now they just caught up with the opportunity of military training, so they have an appropriate excuse.Therefore, the chances of doing this are still great.

"Brother Min, don't worry, this matter is on me and your elder brother Zhen, and we will help you."

Seeing that Jia Min didn't ask for more money, Jia Amnesty was very happy.I also felt that this matter was not difficult, so I took care of it.After Jia Amnesty said this, others followed suit, and no one came out to object.

"The third thing is specifically for the ancestors."

As soon as Jia Min said it, the old lady became vigilant.

This little bastard, what kind of tricks is he going to play again, why did he focus on me?

However, she is a mature figure, and she is still calm on the surface.

"Oh? There is still my business here?"

"This matter must belong to the ancestors. I think that the popcorn business in the east and west prefectures is managed by Brother Rong's daughter-in-law and Miss Bao. Although they are both capable, they are still a little young, so it is always better The elders are well-informed."

"I thought, let the ancestors take the lead, invite the elders of our family to form an elders' association, and supervise the business affairs of the two of them at any time. If there is any mistake, point it out in time. "

"In this way, one is to alert them from time to time, and to prevent erroneous things from happening. The other is to make small mistakes and correct them in time, so as to save them from making big mistakes in the future. It also prevents them from making big mistakes in the future and making them irreparable."

"It's not just the two of them who need to be supervised, even I need to be supervised by the elders."

Mother Jia was not very interested in this clan elders' association at first, and held a dispensable attitude.

However, as soon as he heard that Jia Min said that he also wanted to supervise his own place, he immediately became interested.

That's right, little bastard, I'm worried that I won't be able to control you, and now you put a magic spell on yourself, it's not my fault.

"Okay, brother Min has done a good job. It seems that brother Min is only thinking about the house and has no selfish intentions. This matter is settled, who has anything to say?"

Except for Qin Keqing, they all had the same thoughts as Jia's mother, so how could they object?So they all applauded.

"It's rare that everyone is so united, and this matter is settled like this. Apart from supervision, this old society has another major task to do."

"Oh, brother Ming, what's the big deal?"

"This important event is to ask the clan elders to compile the family history. This family history is different from the genealogy. It is the history of our Jia family. After being compiled, one is to pass down the achievements of the ancestors, and the other is to pass on the achievements of the ancestors. Let the younger generation know that it is not easy for the ancestors to start a business, remember the kindness of the ancestors, and alert the future generations. As for the money, I will bear it."

The reason for writing family history is justified, and you don't have to pay for it yourself, so no one can object.

"The third thing this clan elders will do is to supervise."

It's still supervision, what is it to supervise this time?Isn't it the one who supervises you, Miss Bao, and Brother Rong's daughter-in-law?

Seeing that Jia Min mentioned the supervision matters again, everyone was a little confused.

"As I said earlier, the clan elders want to supervise us. However, if we only supervise a few of us and let others see it, it will be bad. If it spreads to the eyes of outsiders, there will be some gossip."

"At that time, outsiders would say, oops, the elders of this clan thought these people were bad people in advance. So many people didn't go to supervise, why did they just supervise a few of them? They are the most capable, Those who can make the most money for the mansion. Therefore, those who are capable will have no good end. On the contrary, they do nothing all day long, have nothing to do all day long, and are at ease."

"Brother Ming is right, the elders' association should supervise everyone."

Mother Jia didn't want Jia Min to continue playing.If you let him, maybe you will say something ugly.

Little bastard, count yourself as cruel!

(End of this chapter)