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Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue brought Jia Cong here, not to the three small main rooms under the East Corridor, nor to Mengpo Zhai, but to Rongxi Hall!
This is the main hall of the Rongguo Mansion. Unless you are an important guest, or it is an important event in the clan, you will not use this hall easily.
Rongxi Hall is located behind the southward hall, in the large courtyard inside the Yimen Gate. There are five main rooms above, and the wing rooms on both sides are surrounded by deer-topped ears.
When I raised my head, I faced a large red gold plaque on the green ground of Kowloon. On the plaque were written the three characters of Douda - "Rongxi Hall", followed by a line of small characters: "On a certain year, month and day, a letter was given to Jia Yuan, the Duke of Rongguo", and another line of small characters: "Treasure of tens of thousands of people".
On the large red sandalwood carving chi table in the hall, there is a green bronze tripod about three feet high, hanging to be leaked with a large ink dragon painting, with gold and Yi on one side and glass on the other. There are sixteen nanmu chairs in two rows underground, and there is another couplet, which is an ebony couplet, inlaid with chiseled silver writing:
"The sun and moon shine brightly on the seat, and the haze glows in front of the hall."
There is a line of small words below: "My fellow countryman and disciple Xun Xi, King Mu Shi of Dong'an County, pays homage to the handwritten letter."
??Here, it was supposed to be inherited by the Dafang family
After Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang took their seats on the main seat, they asked Aunt Xue to take a seat on the left hand side, and asked Jia Cong to take a seat on the right hand side.
A serious and solemn look.
After the four people were seated, the maids Caixia, Caiyun, Jinchuan and others beside Mrs. Wang served the fragrant tea and then left silently.
Mrs. Wang invited everyone to have tea, but she only took a sip.
It¡¯s just for the sake of courtesy.
After the foreplay was done, Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Cong and said with a smile: "Good boy, last time you told your aunt about taking over Feng Zihao, and you also explained the reason. Your aunt is very grateful to you."
Jia Cong bowed slightly and said: "I don't dare. To be honest with you, my wife and my aunt, taking over the Feng brand will be good for me and Jin Yiwei. It is a matter of public and private convenience, so I don't deserve a thank you."
Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "You kid, you are still a heretic. Your aunt has also found out clearly. If you really want to find a business to pair up with, there are many businesses in Shenjing who want to please you, and there are even more in the south. Can you keep it in mind? Her family also wants to help you, Brother Xue, just for the sake of relatives. Your aunt has decided to do as you say. No, even the master has taken the trouble to come today. "
Jia Cong looked at Jia Zheng and said with a smile: "My nephew is ashamed when I come forward."
Jia Zheng looked kind and smiled warmly: "How serious is this? Cong'er is different from those useless beasts at home. You have always been diligent in studying and making progress. If the family were full of children like you, no matter how tired I am, it would still be worth it. ."
These words made Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue feel uncomfortable. Children who are good at studying are other people's children, not born by them.
The two looked at each other, shook their heads slightly, and then heard Jia Cong say: "Then please ask the master to be a middleman and write a document. The Xue family will hand over the Feng brand to their nephew to take care of it, and they will receive 150,000 taels of silver every year." The dividends will be settled every year before the twelfth lunar month. It lasts for three years. After three years, the Xue family can take it back on their own. Inspect the shops and goods in due course, and if there is any shortfall, compensate according to the price. "
Hearing this, Jia Zheng smiled and took out a piece of paper from his sleeve pocket, handed it to Jia Cong and said, "Cong'er, take a look, is this good? Mr. Su Hong'an is proficient in this, so he asked him to write a copy."
Jia Cong stood up and took it, and saw that it was not different from what he said. Except for the annual dividend to the Xue family, the contract stated that it was one hundred thousand taels, which was fifty thousand taels less than what he had to give.
Jia Cong looked up at Aunt Xue and said, "Auntie, there is no need to reduce the dividend. One hundred and fifty thousand taels is not a difficult thing, and it is what the Xue family deserves."
Aunt Xue smiled kindly and said: "That's all. It's already taken advantage of you. Now we only collect one hundred thousand taels every year. Not to mention how much trouble we have caused after we came to Beijing." Reply? I never had a chance to say thank you. Although you did it for my wife¡¯s sake, we also need to be aware. Now that I can finally help my brother, I am actually receiving a favor, so I don¡¯t have to worry about it in the end. Whether it¡¯s 150,000 or 100,000, I can¡¯t spend it all.¡±
Hearing this, Jia Cong thought for a while, nodded and said, "Thank you very much, aunt."
Aunt Xue did not expect Jia Cong to be so "refreshing". She was startled and then smiled and took out a pair of silver cards and a seal from her sleeve pocket. The front of the card was engraved with the word "Feng" and the back was engraved with the word "Xue".
She smiled and said: "With these two things, Brother Cong can take over all the stores of Fengzihao. There is also a roster at home. On it are the names of the shopkeepers and senior clerks of Xuejiafeng's shop in the six provinces of Jiangnan and Duzhong in Daqian. , I didn¡¯t bring it right now, I¡¯ll ask someone to bring it to you later.¡±
After Jia Cong took it, he said: "Don't worry, aunt, there is 'Jingying Snow' snowflake candy. Three years later, the safekeeping will return the Xue family to a prosperous place."I started writing letters when I got back. "
"No need!There's no rush."
Maybe her change of words was too ugly in an instant. Mrs. Wang put on a forced smile on her pale face and said: "I didn't know the secret behind this, but I understood it after listening to you, Brother Cong. Since these favors It¡¯s so valuable, it wouldn¡¯t be appropriate to lend it to your uncle.¡±
Although she was a person who cared deeply about her family, and Wang Ziteng was very kind to her and Baoyu, all of this was really insignificant compared to Baoyu's life.
She was willing to help the Wang family because she expected Baoyu's mother clan to protect him in the future, but not to let the Wang family steal Baoyu's way of survival. This was absolutely not possible.
Hearing what Mrs. Wang said, Jia Cong nodded slightly and said with a smile: "In this case, it is as Mrs. Wang wishes."
Mrs. Wang hurriedly responded, and Jia Zheng nodded slowly, deeply convinced.
Aunt Xue, who was only a bystander, watched with cold eyes and saw all this from beginning to end. Her surprise was beyond words.
He is still a young man, he is clearly a genius!
If Jia Cong felt something, he glanced sideways at Aunt Xue and smiled slightly, but he paid no attention to it and sighed to himself.
Wang Ziteng has some means and is shrewd enough, but he does not have great wisdom.
"I still want to open a hole from Mrs. Wang like before, and then let Mrs. Wang come to discuss with the Jia family, so as to gain the Jia family's political wealth."
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Even if you can get a high position for a while, it will never become a great thing.
If he came directly to discuss matters with him, Jia Cong might look at him differently.
Of course, this matter is not that easy to resolve.
Only Wang Ziteng is easy to deal with, but there are people behind him.
Because the person who reused Wang Ziteng was the one in the palace.
What matters most is the connections of the Jia family in the military behind Wang Ziteng.
These personal connections are actually useless to Jia Cong. After all, he does not want to develop in the army.
Even if you develop in the military, your passion will be reduced to second-rate status.
But it is extremely important for Wang Ziteng who wants to capture the fifth regiment camp, or Emperor Chongkang behind him.
Because they really don¡¯t have any military personnel available.
Therefore, Emperor Chongkang would not allow Jia Cong to refuse. Otherwise, if he did not value these things, why would he repeatedly show favor to the Jia family?
Jia Cong knew this very well, and he could not refuse the Wang family's request.
But he didn¡¯t want to hand it over so easily.
The Wang family must offer a good price!
He also needs a foothold in the Beijing camp.
At least, he has to control one city gate
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Behind Jia¡¯s mother¡¯s courtyard, there is a small courtyard of the Jia family¡¯s sisters.
Everything in Daiyu¡¯s room has been replaced with new ones.
Perhaps in order to make up for the previous abruptness, Baoyu was so busy that he lost his smile.
It¡¯s a pity that the harvest is not good
After Daiyu greeted the sisters to sit down, under the urging of Tanchun and others, she talked about things in the south.
However, perhaps in order not to irritate Baoyu too much, Daiyu did not talk about Jia Cong, but talked about Xing Xiuyan.
After praising her like a flower, Baochai smiled and said, "I'm going to go and see what kind of person she is, even a pretty girl admires her like this!"
Baoyu can't wait even more. He is the most curious woman in his life. According to Daiyu's description, isn't Xing Xiuyan a fresh and refined girl like a wandering cloud and a wild crane?
Looking at Baoyu¡¯s shining eyes, everyone laughed.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: Jia Cong comes in, and sit down for a while. The sky gets dark, and everyone goes to Rongqing Hall to have a meal together to wash away the dust for Daiyu.
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