Jinling, Dapingfang, Zhen’s family.

In the morning, the weather was clear.

Zhen Li was drinking tea in the open room, waiting for Jia Qiang to come to visit. His father Zhen Yingjia went out to meet.

The slaves of the Zhen family who were guarding the Jia Mansion had already reported that Jia Qiang and others had arrived at the Jia Mansion in Jinling. His expression seemed to be calm, but in fact he was waiting anxiously. The court investigated the deficit, and the arrears were getting stronger and stronger. There were already rumors of sending people to investigate the deficit of Jiangnan weaving. The Zhen family looked prosperous and the trees were deep, but in fact the situation was quite bad.

At this time, a servant came in and said respectfully: "Uncle, the brother of the Jia family has gone to He'an Street."

Zhen Li's face suddenly became a little ugly. He waved his hand to let his servants go out, and finally showed a helpless and bitter smile. Jia Huan lived in He'an Street. He was not a person who was easy to talk to. He had a premonition that he was likely to deal with Jia Huan next.

…

In mid-spring, birds sing and flowers scented in the courtyard, and the sound of a piano came faintly. Su Shishi came this morning.

Jia Huan sat on the chair, took a sip of warm tea, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and turned the sweetness and longing into his heart a few times, and said happily: "I understand."

The marriage with Sister Bao was decided to be expected. However, when he heard the exact news, his mood was still a little excited. He just didn't know how Sister Bao was in Beijing? There were also the third sister, Aunt Zhao and the others.

Jinling and the capital were thousands of miles away, and the letters were not transmitted through the post station. He had not received a letter from the capital for a long time.

Jia Qiang was nineteen years old, with a handsome and handsome appearance, wearing a silk blue shirt, and the outfit of a rich young man. He was handsome on the outside and smart on the inside. After studying in the clan, he became convinced by Jia Huan and worked hard. At this time, seeing Jia Huan in a good mood, he echoed for a while and said festive words, "Uncle Huan and Miss Bao are a match made by heaven. There is also an imperial concubine as a matchmaker. My nephew can already imagine the grand occasion of the wedding..."

Jia Huan smiled and waved his hand to stop Jia Qiang's flattery. He asked Qian Huai, Shan Qun and others to go down, "Qian Huai, go to the kitchen and say, "Let Brother Qiang and the others have dinner at home at noon." Then, he carefully asked about the situation of everyone in Jia Qiang's family.

In fact, Jia Huan just thought that no one in the Jia family would miss him, but he just refers specifically to Mrs. Jia, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and others.

Qin Keqing must have missed him once. He had a good personal relationship with Qin Keqing. The young woman had a very gentle temperament. She had a gentle charm and charm of "the rain of apricot blossoms wet when she was wet with clothes, and the wind of willows when she was blowing on her face."

Wang Xifeng probably would have said a few words to him. Because, before leaving, Wang Xifeng made a deal with him, saying that he would help him beat the drums in front of Aunt Xue to ease Aunt Xue's hostility towards him. In exchange, he asked him to help integrate the rouge and water powder business and increase profits. He was busy studying in Jiangnan and had not thought about this at all.

Li Wan may think about his itinerary in Jinling, after all, he helped Li Wan bring a letter from his family. Moreover, he promised to recommend Jia Lan to study at Wendao Academy after Jia Lan was a little surprised. I wonder how good Lan Ge'er's level of classics is? It should be no big problem to have Mr. Luo stay in the school in the clan school.

As for whether Youshi, a widowed person in the East Mansion, would pay attention to his situation in Jiangnan, he would not know. His intersection with Youshi was limited to his prohibition of Jia Rong from causing civil unrest in Ningguo Mansion.

He had a good relationship with the girls in the Jia family, and Daiyu was by his side. When he was thinking about Sister Bao, Second Sister, Third Sister, Yun, Fourth Sister, and The Fourth Sister, they would definitely talk about his situation in Jinling when they chatted and sneered.

Jia Baoyu must not pay attention to him, but only thinks about Lin Daiyu.

Jia Qiang is a close branch of Ningguo Mansion, so he must not know the situation in the inner house of Jia Mansion. Jia Huan did not ask Jia Qiang about Baochai, Tanchun, Aunt Zhao and others. I believe Tanchun should have a letter for Jia Qiang to bring it here.

Jia Huan asked about Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian, Jia Rong and others, clans, managers, and foreign exchanges between the Jia family.

"Ha, I almost forgot. The letter I asked me to bring to Uncle Huan in the mansion." Jia Qiang hurriedly took out a few letters from the package to Jia Huan. The cover of the letter read the sender. Tanchun, Xue Pan, Jia Lan, Jia Lian, and the top one was Jia Zheng's letter.

Jia Huan knew it in his heart. Tanchun was his own sister, so it was reasonable to write to him. If others wanted to write to him, they had to borrow the name of their family members.

For example, if Xue Pan, Jia Huan was beaten to death, he didn't believe that Dai Ba Wang had the intention to write a letter to him. It was written by Aunt Xue and Sister Bao! Jia Lan's letter was probably from Li Wan. Jia Lian was afraid that Sister Feng was urging him. However, Jia Zheng's letter made him confused.

Facing Jia Huan's puzzled gaze, Jia Qiang explained solemnly: "Uncle Huan, the second master asked me to bring a message to consult your opinion. The Zhen family lost a lot of money during the Jiangnan weaving office. The court is investigating it. He brought Mr. Zhen's handwritten letter to the second master, wanting the imperial concubine to help the Zhen family in the palace. The second master discussed it several times, but it has not yet been decided." This is an important task for him to come to Jinling south.

Jia Huan's eyes flashed, and he refused without hesitation: "Absolutely not possible! The Zhen family is really funny. He actually wants the eldest sister to plead for such a ghost thing. It's a pity that they thought about it. Are we all fools in the Jia family?"

Jia Yuanchun supported the Jia family. How could he use the emperor's favor in such a place to plead for the Zhen family? With the emperor's nature, pleading with him will probably plant a thorn in his heart, and the consequences will be very serious.

Jia Qiang smiled apologized.

He was not a man in the Jia family. These words were explained in person by the second master in front of Li Jing. Of course, he knew so clearly that he asked Brother Rong to ask the details and said them all in front of Uncle Huan.

"Uncle Huan, I will go to the Zhen family to pay the money later. They will definitely ask about this. I have servants sent by the eldest daughter of the Zhen family along the way."

Jia Huan said firmly: "Just say it's what I mean. I will reply to my father after lunch, and you can send someone to send a message back in the afternoon. You must not agree to this matter." Fortunately, Jia Zheng had not agreed to the Zhen family. But he still wanted to pass his opinions back to the capital as soon as possible.

Jia Qiang smiled and nodded. With Uncle Huan taking charge, what is he afraid of?

After drinking a little tea, Jia Qiang continued to report: "The family has deposited 50,000 taels of silver at the Zhen family. This time, I plan to take out 30,000 taels of silver for me to hire a teacher in Suzhou, buy girls, and buy musical instruments and outfits."

Jia Huan waved his hand and said, "You go to the Zhen family to withdraw the silver as planned. They dare not deduct the silver in the mansion. It is best to find a reason to raise the remaining 20,000 taels."

Jia Yuanchun is now a virtuous concubine and will be promoted to the imperial concubine before the first month of next year. He has a prominent position. Although the Zhen family, which takes the royal route, is a top-notch family in Jiangnan, they will definitely not dare to stand up with the Jia family. It is not that the Jia family asks him to borrow money, but just take away their own money.

Jia Qiangjun had a smile on her face and said, "Come on. Uncle Huan said this, and I have a clear idea. Please don't worry, I will bring up all the money."

After Jia Huan explained the matter of the Zhen family, he looked at Jia Qiang with a smile and said, "Brother Qiang, how much money do you plan to greek for the theater troupe this time?"

…

Jia Qiang came to Jiangnan to buy it, and Jia Huan had known for a long time. The troupe of the 12 girls in the Grand View Garden: Fangguan, Lingguan, etc. were bought by Jia Qiang. This is a very important event. Anyone who has seen the Red Chamber will have an impression.

However, after comparing the prices of Jia Huan in the Zhou Dynasty, he knew how much money he had been greedy for. The price of a popular famous prostitute was only between 3,000 taels and 5,000 taels. Famous prostitutes are proficient in both chess, calligraphy and painting.

The twelve young girls who perform operas do not require appearance (you can tell from the appearance descriptions of Fangguan, Lingguan and 12 people, that is, these two are the best ones), how much money can they cost? Jia She failed to marry Yuanyang, and it only cost 800 taels to buy a beautiful concubine in the capital.

Jiangnan has a rich culture and a prosperous culture. There are many people who listen to music and sing. It is not difficult to choose 12 girls who can sing and sing well. It is not difficult to form a full set of opera troupes for 30,000 taels of silver, which is at least ten times the premium.

This shows how serious the waste of the project of Jia’s construction of the Grand View Garden is! Of course, this money was not swallowed by Jia Qiang alone. In the original book of the Red Chamber, Jia Qiang went to Suzhou to do business and brought Lai Sheng’s two sons. The one who proposed to spend 30,000 taels of silver to purchase Lai Da, and the tricks inside were unspeakable.

The Lai family, a blood-sucking insect and rat that depended on the Jia family, has now been cleaned up for Jia Huan, and the whole family is farming in the Jia family's farm outside Jinling City.

In fact, it is not that it is impossible to spend the troupe when purchasing a opera troupe for 30,000 taels of silver. Add one to the qualified personnel: they are beautiful. This is very difficult. Add another one, and it is even more difficult to have the same height, the bust circumference.

Zhen Li of the Zhen family pleaded for the Zheng family last time and asked Jia Huan to sail on the Qinhuai River. The opera troupe he raised, four girls, were selected according to the highest standards. They were all slender and graceful, beautiful in appearance, exactly the same height and bust. They probably spent a lot of money to collect.

Jia Huan's words were abrupt, and they were a bit like turning a flip. They scared Jia Qiang and smiled embarrassedly, and said with little confidence: "Uncle Huan, use the amount to calculate the amount, I will take the balance back to the capital."

Jia Huan smiled "hehe" and said, how could he believe such nonsense? "Brother Qiang, who will do it without any benefit? It is not humane! But the key is how much reasonable it is. If you go back to the capital, please help me bring a message back. Whoever reaches out to more than 10% of the project is responsible for the project? When I go back to the capital, don't blame me for turning against me and searching my house."

The labor cost of the Grand View Garden is 100,000 taels for 1 million taels of silver.

Even if the money is equally divided by about 1,000 people in the Jia family, each of them will have to pay 100 taels. In this era when ordinary middle-aged families spend only 20 taels of silver a year, if they are not satisfied with this, don’t blame him for being rude.

Jia Qiang felt relieved. At least 10% of the hard work. The idea of ​​Mr. Dan sending his son is about to fail. Although Uncle Huan is not old, the whole family probably is not afraid of him.

When this is said back, I am afraid that the whole mansion will be silent and dare not make a fool of himself in the project of visiting the villa. All the servants are from the mansion, and they will not ask if they are beaten to death. Uncle Huan can make the decision in the mansion.

Jia Qiang smiled apologized and said, "Uncle Huan, I understand. I will definitely bring the words."
Chapter completed!