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Chapter 307 The So-called Arrears

Jia's mother had an idea in her mind, but she said: "I still remember that the Emperor Taizong gave about 30 taels of silver before the house was built. After so many years, even the interest is quite a lot. Look, father-in-law, the Rongguo Mansion has been for many years. After being eroded by these unreasonable slaves, there is not much wealth left in the family, and this includes interest, 50 taels is enough?"

Liang Jiugong's smile deepened, and he said to himself that the emperor didn't say how much he wanted the Rongguo Mansion to pay back. Now that Jia's mother said 50 taels, then he could have an explanation with the emperor when he went back, and said, "This has to be paid back." Go back and ask the emperor. Besides this, there are other things."

"Oh? What else is there? Father-in-law, but it doesn't matter."

Liang Jiugong thought in his heart, for the sake of the bag of gold just now, he kindly pointed out the old lady.

"Although this Rongguo Mansion was awarded by Emperor Taizong back then, the eldest man in the mansion now has the title of first-class general of the country. Does the plaque on the door need to be changed? Not only that, along the way, I have Many places in the mansion are also against the rules..."

This made Jia's mother startled.I am not afraid of anything else, but I am afraid that the emperor will be dissatisfied with Rongguo Mansion. If this is the case, then Jia Jing's practice of sacrificing Ningguo Mansion to preserve Rongguo Mansion will be a waste of effort.

Jia's mother said: "Thank you, Eunuch Liang, for pointing this out. This...we have neglected it. We really deserve to die. However, what irregularities need to be corrected?"

Liang Jiugong said: "Well, I think your mansion can ask the officials of the Ministry of Rites for advice."

When Jia Mu heard the words, she hurriedly said: "This is a good method. I really want to thank my father-in-law. If it wasn't for my father-in-law's suggestion, I'm afraid that the Rongguo Mansion will offend Long Yan without knowing it."

Liang Jiugong smiled: "The old lady is the most sensible person in this Rongguo Mansion. If you can see this clearly, then Rongguo Mansion can still be saved. I will talk to the emperor when I go back to the palace. Rongguo Mansion also has difficulties. Ah. However, you must also be clear in your hearts, if the emperor is really angry, it will be the father-in-law who sent the decree to confiscate the house instead of me."

After Liang Jiugong finished speaking, he took his apprentice and left. Anyway, the purpose of his trip has been achieved, and there is no need to spend more time in Rongguo Mansion.It's just that his words were like raging sea waves, causing quite a storm in the Rongguo Mansion.

When Jia Wang heard that he wanted to pay back the imperial court's 50 taels of silver, he felt extremely heartbroken: "This... old lady, my daughter-in-law has been here for so many years, but I have never heard of any arrears. Besides, we are now in the public house. On the account, you can't get so much money at once, look at this..."

Mother Jia looked condensed, and asked, "How much money is still on the books?"

When asked this, Jia Wang's heart "thumped" all of a sudden.Because the incident of punishing evil slaves just happened not long ago, and the property in the Rongguo Mansion has just gone through a major inventory. At this juncture, it is impossible for the Jia Wang family to report falsely even if they have the intention, so they can only answer truthfully: "It's 32 yuan. There's more than two denarii."

Jia Mu nodded her head in deep thought, and after thinking for a while, said: "Leave 2 taels of silver for daily expenses, the public will take out 30 taels, and the remaining 20 taels... I still have 1 taels." Two gold tickets, go to exchange, it is 10 taels of silver, and the remaining 10 taels, just look for those old and unused things in the treasury, if there are valuable ones, take them out and pawn a few. Oh, By the way, I remember that your grandfather once left a large box of ancient books. Although the books are not worth more than gold, silver and jade, those are precious orphans. I will show them to Uncle Lin to see if they are worth money. If they are worth it, sell them. It’s also made possible.”

Jia Mu doesn't care whether it is an ancient book or not. As long as it can be exchanged for money, it doesn't matter what it is.Zhang Lingxuan was very distressed after hearing this, and was about to say something to stop him. He felt a little relieved when he thought that Jia Mu had arranged for Lin Ruhai to check these ancient books.It's a big deal to say hello to Min'er, anyway, just don't spoil the wisdom passed down from the ancestors.

Because Jia's mother said that she would pay back the debt, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng also knew that this repayment was actually Kangxi's way of punishing the Rongguo Mansion.Rather than being condemned by the Holy One, it is better to spend some money to buy peace.Therefore, everyone had no objection, only Jia Wang was very angry after hearing this.

"What arrears? Where did the arrears come from? Why did the central government have some money just now, and then I paid back the arrears? I think this is why the old godly woman deliberately punished me! She thinks my housekeeper is not as good as that card Shi, I figured out a way to take away all the money from the family, and I'm still dreaming here!"

"Ouch, my wife, don't dare to say such nonsense."

Jia Wangshi was swearing in her room, her voice was a little louder, and Zhou Rui's family rushed to stop her in fear, for fear that her voice would reach the old lady's ears, wouldn't that cause trouble for nothing?
Seeing this, some people will ask, how come the family of Nanny Lai, whom the old lady trusted the most, was sold out, while the family of Zhou Rui, who has done a lot of evil, is fine?

There is a reason for this.Although Nanny Lai used to be Jia Mu's dowry girl, she was married to the housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion, so she was regarded as a domestic slave of Rongguo Mansion.As a domestic slave, he was naturally in the ranks of dismissal.But Zhou Rui was Jia Wang's companion, logically, it belonged to Jia Wang's private property, so naturally he was not included in the list of dismissals.Therefore, Zhou Rui's family was not implicated when Rongguo Mansion made such a fuss over slaves.

Jia Wang was also very angry.She can't be blamed for loving money. It's because she doesn't get the appreciation of her mother-in-law and the love of her husband in this Rongguo mansion. She can only amass money in order to make her children and grandchildren successful. Otherwise, she doesn't dare to think about what will happen in the future.Zhou Rui's family came over to persuade her, and then she remembered to maintain the image she had built up so easily.

Just sitting there holding a teacup, still can't restrain the anger in his chest.

Zhou Rui's family couldn't help persuading: "Madam, please listen to the old lady and don't be too angry. One, no matter whether the arrears are there or not, now even if the wife doesn't want to take out the money, she has to take it; two Then, even if the money is taken out, isn’t the Zhongfu still in the hands of the wife? In the past, the income from the mansion was so small, it didn’t delay the expenses of the whole family, and nothing was short. Now The income in the mansion has increased so much, but life is still the same as before. My wife thinks carefully, it doesn’t last forever, the benefits come in the future? If it is really impossible, the wife will sell a lot of the utensils in the mansion this time. Anyway, the old lady I don’t know exactly how much it sold, what do you think, madam?”

Jia Wang thought about it, and it really made sense.It's just that she can't wait for the future. Now that she has no money in her hands, her heart is always empty. Why don't she resell some antique utensils, the more money she has, the more secure she will be?

(End of this chapter)