The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 58 Platonic Love
According to the knowledge Jia Min obtained from the Red Chamber, the three women, Miaoyu, Baochai and Qin Keqing, actually have their own characteristics.

Miaoyu is cold on the outside and fragile on the inside, so she often needs to be coaxed.Her highest pursuit is probably nothing more than finding a man who loves her and loves her, and has a comfortable nest where she can read books, write poems, drink tea, and live a leisurely life.

On the surface, he looks high and cold, but in fact it is just a petty bourgeoisie.

Baochai lived affluently since she was a child, but she was deeply scheming.Strong-willed and ambitious.Be clear about your goals and know what you want.

Therefore, when doing things, make plans and move, knowing that you can't do it.To achieve the goal, even without compromising the means.

What she wants from her family is a wealthy family.For the husband, it means constantly becoming stronger and stronger.

Compared with Miaoyu and Baochai, getting along with Qin Keqing is the easiest.

She has a temperament like water, gentle and pleasant.Although it is also very knowledgeable and strategic, it will not put a lot of pressure on men.Like a clear spring, slowly nourishing the man's heart.

She is an ideal example of a wife who is gentle, courteous, thrifty, and a husband who teaches her children.

In fact, getting along with Qin Keqing is indeed what Jia Min feels most at ease.

Men should need the flower-protecting spirit and chivalry, but why don't they need the gentleness of women?The so-called wake up and control the power of the world, and lie drunk on the lap of a beauty refers to a woman like Qin Keqing.

However, Jia Min and Qin Keqing are currently doomed to maintain this ambiguous, platonic love.

First of all, Qin Keqing has made the king married, and she is still Jia Rong's wife.

Secondly, there is the generational difference between the two.

Such a difference in generation, if it is in modern times, there is no legal obstacle.In terms of ethics, although there will be some criticisms, there is no insurmountable red line, but I need to face some gossip.Over time, people will gradually accept it.

However, in this day and age, it is a huge obstacle.

Therefore, although Jia Min often had the urge to meet Qin Keqing in his heart, he held back.

Once the matter between the two is exposed, it will certainly be a scandal for Jia Min, but it will be Qin Keqing who will hurt the most.

In this era, the moral requirements for women are extremely high, even demanding.Many times, even if it is a man's fault, it is finally pushed to the woman's body.

Baoyu molested Jin Chuan, Mrs. Wang did not say that her son harassed the female subordinates, but said that Jin Chuan seduced Baoyu, and Baoyu played hooligans, but said that it was taught by the maids.

Such logic has nothing to do with right and wrong.It's just a matter of voice.Power equals justice, and whoever talks loudly is justified.

Or to put it another way, when I am reasonable, I will reason with you.When it is unreasonable, I will not reason with you and play hooligans with you.

Therefore, the current relationship with Qin Keqing can only maintain the status quo.You have me in your heart, and I have you in my heart.

If one crosses the bottom line, Qin Keqing's reputation will be ruined, as she said, when the time comes, there will really be no way out.

Jia Min is well aware of the current situation.Although he has basically gained a firm foothold now, there is still a long way to go before he can control the overall situation and control his own destiny and that of Qin Keqing.

Not only there are powerful hostile forces inside Jia's mansion, but there will also be more and more hostile forces outside as he grows stronger.And, the farther he goes, the more enemies there are.The higher you go, the stronger the enemies.

However, it is impossible to ask him to give up Qin Keqing.He was waiting for a turn when he was strong enough.

If none of these works, he still has one last resort, which is to abduct Qin Keqing at the risk of the world's displeasure.

In the eyes of the people of the Dade Dynasty, only the middle land is the state of etiquette, and the kingdom of the heavens, and the surrounding and overseas are all barbaric lands.

However, Jia Min knew that the truth was not like this.Overseas European civilizations are now more advanced than those in China.

Therefore, he would rather take Qin Keqing to hide his name and go overseas, than leave her to be buried with Jia's mansion.

He believes that he has the ability to give Qin Keqing a happy future.

When Jia Min was digging a well in Qin's house, an event that he had expected, but did not expect to happen so soon, happened in Jia's mansion.

This matter is about his distribution of dividends to Ping'er and Jiao Li.

Ping'er and Jiao Li got 200 taels of silver, and even Ning'er, Feng Hua, and Xueyue got a hundred taels of silver. This matter inevitably spread to Jia's mansion, and immediately spread among the maids and servants of Jia's mansion. There was a reaction.

Although no one dared to discuss this matter publicly, compared to the monthly rate of one tael or half a tael each of them, the contrast was undoubtedly huge, and it was impossible not to arouse some people's psychological imbalance or even jealousy.

Little people generally react in two ways when they see others succeed.One is to regard successful people as inspirational models and strive to catch up.The other is the attack of jealousy, trying to slander the successful people and bring them back to the same starting line as themselves.

The maids in Jia's mansion are actually a profession that eats youthful food.As they get older, except for a very small number who can be taken into the house by the master as concubines, the rest will be sent to be married.

If it is good, maybe I will ask for your own opinion and try to match you with a suitable one.In most cases, it is just to match a boy casually, or simply take it out and sell it.

At this time, if you can have some private money for yourself, it will undoubtedly be very helpful for your future future.

Even for people like Jiao Li and Ning Er, having money in their hands is good for their future.

So, this thing started to ferment.

Of course, this is limited to private discussions between them.No one has dared to stand up and discuss this topic openly.

The reason is very simple. If it is made public, it is tantamount to expressing dissatisfaction with the salary to the boss and asking for a raise.

Others dare not, but the silly elder sister dares.

The silly eldest sister is the rough envoy in Jia's mother's room. Because of her strength, she is responsible for cleaning and fetching water, and belongs to the cleaning staff.

Because of some mental retardation, I often make some immature jokes, so, being left behind by Jia Mu, one is to work, and the other is to make fun of her.

Others didn't dare to stand out, so a woman secretly tricked the silly elder sister to come forward and ask Wang Xifeng for a monthly increase.The silly big sister has gone up, and the others have followed suit.

The logic of the little people is so simple and naive in many cases.

Even a fool is not stupid when he sees money, so the silly elder sister went to Wang Xifeng and asked for a monthly increase.

Wang Xifeng was naturally furious, so she began to investigate in the mansion, who was bewitching the silly eldest sister.

Her judgment was accurate. With the IQ of the silly elder sister, she really couldn't ask such a sharp question.

Naturally, no one dared to admit it.According to Wang Xifeng's intention, the instigator, silly elder sister, was going to be kicked out.However, because she belonged to Jia Mu, she did not dare to make decisions privately, and finally the silly elder sister was saved by Jia Mu.

This salary increase storm ended without a problem, but the deep-seated reason that caused this storm can be traced back to Jia Min.

This matter is related to the ruling order in the mansion and the interests of the masters, so this matter has inevitably attracted the attention and discussion of the masters.

The problem focused on several aspects.

First of all, does Jia Min have the right to distribute dividends to his servants?
The final conclusion was unprecedentedly consistent.no power.

If according to Jia Min's model, except for the [-] or [-] masters in the mansion, if the servants all share the dividends, what will be left of the masters in the end?If the servants have money, will they still listen to their master?
Secondly, who owns the money in Jia Min's hand?Is it from the official, or Jia Min's private money?
The conclusion is also unprecedentedly consistent, and it is official.Even the little masters who are underage, Yingchun and Tanchun.Xichun, Jia Huan, etc. all share this point of view.

It can be seen that although they are minors when it comes to doing things, they are all thinking like adults when it comes to their own interests.

Third, it is not impossible to give rewards to servants.In the past, there was also the habit of giving rewards to servants.However, a reward of 200 taels of silver is unacceptable.

The ancestors, Mrs. Wang and Baoyu only had 20 taels of silver a month, while Li Wan, Jia Lan, Aunt Zhao, Jia Huan and all the girls had 2 taels a month and 24 taels a year.The big maids are only one tael a month, and only 12 taels a year.

Ping'er, Jiao Li and the others not only received the monthly payment from the mansion, but Jia Min also added another point to the monthly payment, as well as dividends.

On this point, the master and the servants surprisingly reached a consensus.

The subordinates reached a consensus with the master on the issue of unfair distribution, but the master did not agree with them on whether to give the subordinates a monthly salary increase.

If there is a consensus, it is only the consensus among the masters, that is, no price increase.This consensus is much stronger than the consensus of the people.

I can reward you and treat you well, but you have to know that the boss will always be the boss and can never be the same as the employees.It is impossible to enjoy equal status and power like the boss.

The consensus among the masters was gathered together through Wang Xifeng's connection.

Although Jia Min gave her the recipe for making wine, her wine shop is now profitable.

Although she had been grateful to Jia Min for a period of time, this gratitude quickly disappeared as the wine shop made money.

Now, without Jia Min, Sister Feng can still make money.

Therefore, Sister Feng can ignore Jia Min's feelings now and take action against him.

Sister Feng started from the outside.

The so-called periphery refers to the marginalized masters such as Jia Huan, Li Wan, Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun.

Except that Li Wan has always been wise and safe and didn't express any opinions, Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun all have basically the same views.

Among them, Jia Huan's point of view is even more intense-it's better to drive Jia Min back to the countryside, or find someone to do him.

However, Sister Feng also knew that the opinions of these people were not very important.

The opinions of other masters are the most important.

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