Honglouchun

Seeing that his expression was not quite right, Li Jing asked, "What's wrong?"

Qingwen said in a muffled voice, "Miss Xunlin."

Daiyu said from behind, "Let her come in and talk."

Li Jingfang let Qingwen in, Qingwen glanced at the river map on the wall, she didn't care much as if she was looking at a ghost drawing talisman, she said to Daiyu in a muffled voice, "Xiangling woke up crying from sleep last night."

Daiyu was taken aback when she heard this, and said, "Is this a nightmare?"

Qingwen said: "It's a dream. I dreamed that my father was hungry and cold at home. He had no food, no clothes, and no one brought tea at night..."

As she spoke, she also pursed her lips, Tao Hua's eyes were watery.

Daiyu laughed angrily, "You two silly girls! Come on, I'll go and have a look."

He stood up and took Li Jing and Qingwen to Xiangling and Qingwen's bedrooms.

On the way, I met Sister Feng and Heping'er. Seeing Daiyu, Sister Feng smiled and said, "I just went to your room, and that girl Zijuan was there. Why didn't you see anyone?"

Seeing that Sister Feng was only wearing magnolia-colored pajamas, Daiyu frowned and spat, "What are you wearing? Can you come out to meet people?"

Ping'er hurriedly said: "Grandma, go back and change it, you won't listen to what I told you."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "There is not even a male fly on this upstairs boat. They are all girls and maids. It's so hot, so I can't do it for a while? I'll go back to sleep in a while. It's strange to say that in the past When I was in Wang’s house, I never lost sleep, and it was difficult to get up early. What day did I not sleep until the sun was up? After I arrived at Jia’s house, I never had a good night’s sleep. I don’t want to sleep well after getting on the boat!”

Ping'er looked at it distressedly, and Daiyu said in a bad mood: "Forget it, you can do whatever you want, but you are so pitiful as you say, who will show your appearance?"

Sister Feng laughed and said: "Ping'er and the others have a shrewd grandma like you, life will be difficult in the future!"

Daiyu spat at her, but ignored her. Ping'er asked Daiyu, "Where are you going, Miss? Me and Er. Grandma was only on the boat for two days. She was worried that there was something that would not be useful, so she looked around. I just went to the girl's room, but the girl wasn't there."

Daiyu said with a smile: "It's hard for my sister to be so careful, she really thought about it. No, Qingwen said that Xiangling had a nightmare last night and cried all night..."

Ping'er was taken aback, and quickly looked at Qingwen and asked, "What's going on?"

But Sister Feng refused to ask any more questions, and said: "Let's go and have a look together, that one is Qiang'er's heart, and if something happens, I can't explain it when I go back!"

The group followed Daiyu into Xiangling and Qingwen's room, and saw Lingguan sitting by the bed, talking softly to Xiangling who was still sobbing.

Seeing Lingguan, Sister Feng and Daiyu laughed and said, "It seems like I saw you two years ago..."

Daiyu ignored her, stepped forward to size up Xiangling, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiangling pursed her lips, frowned, tears streaming down her cheeks, her voice became hoarse, and said, "Girl, I want to go home."

Qingwen yelled in a low voice with her hips crossed behind her: "You should go to Taoyuan Zhuangzi, and go home when you say you want to go home? This is hundreds of miles away from home! Look at others, who is crying like you? Little Auspicious little corners don’t cry!!”

Xiangling tried her best to hold it back, but still couldn't hold back, she cried out with a "wow", and said, "I want to go home, I want to go home to find my master..."

Later, Li Jing told Sister Feng and Ping'er why Xiangling was crying. At first she laughed at the silly girl's bubbling, but when she heard it, it turned out that she was so worried about Jia Qiang that she couldn't sleep. Sister Feng, Ping'er and Wen Tanchun, Xiangyun, Keqing and others who came here were greatly moved.

It is really rare for a loyal servant girl to be like this.

Daiyu glared at Qingwen, saw that she was also crying, so she didn't scold her, and when she turned around, she heard the senior officer whisper softly: "Before you left, didn't you specially entrust Grandma You's younger sister, Have you entrusted Yinger, they will take care of Lord Hou."

Xiangling's tears fell down like she didn't want money, she shook her head and said, "I don't like them, I won't let them serve me."

Ling Guan's speech was stagnant, Daiyu said: "You are worried about these things, even the old lady of Xifu will not let him be unattended in front of him, and the mandarin ducks can't pass? Sister-in-law You will also send someone over. Your master You came here to take care of me and Xiaojing, and now you are making a fuss, and you are not living up to his entrustment?"

Xiang Ling felt ashamed when she heard the words, and lowered her head, "Young lady and sister Xiao Jing are surrounded by so many people, and there is no one around me..."

Sister Feng laughed and said, "You're just thinking wildly, and there's no one around Qiang'er? Maybe Bao girl is taking care of her in the house right now..."

This remark immediately aroused criticism from the crowd, and Tan Chun spat: "Second sister-in-law is still drinking, why is she talking nonsense?"

Xiangyun was also annoyed: "You dare to say it in front of Sister Bao, and I'll put you down!"

How could Sister Feng be afraid, she laughed loudly and said, "Just wait, I will tell you something in front of her later, so that you know what I can do!"

Daiyu stepped forward and said to Xiangling: "Did you hear that? Sister Bao is the daughter-in-law of the princess, she is talented and kind. She will not let Brother Qiang have no reliable people to take care of her, and she also has uncle's family. You go out Being able to take good care of yourself is serving him when you are outside. There are letters sent home every day on this boat. If you let Brother Qiang know that you are making trouble on the boat, he will be disappointed. If you really think about it, you can write a letter Give the letter to Sister Xiaojing, and she will arrange for someone to send it back."

These words are more effective than anything else, Xiang Ling turned upside down when he heard the words, excitedly said: "Really?"

Daiyu didn't speak, just looked at her, Xiangling laughed apologetically, and said, "Good girl, don't tell me about it, or the master will know, and I will only say that I am disobedient and can't do anything about it."

"Pooh!"

……

Shenjing City, Ningguo Mansion.

lobby.

Jia Qiang got up early, dressed properly and had breakfast under the service of Third Sister You, when she heard that ten families, including Niu Jizong of Zhen Guogong Mansion and Liu Fang of Li Guo Gong Mansion, had come, so she came to meet her.

After seeing the ceremony one by one, he asked about the ambush and killing. After a long period of anger with the enemy, Jia Qiang told the story of the bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Finally said: "I won't say much about the internal benefits. The benefit of being closely connected with the Tian family and the emperor is worth everything. Not to mention, this is a real cornucopia of family heirlooms! The clan kings have a total of It's only 1% of the money. I fought for it in front of the emperor, and Xungui also got 3%. You try your best to collect money, and it is best for each company to get two points of shares. You can get back the [-] taels with interest within ten years. This is the lowest algorithm. If you can’t eat, I will take the rest. "

When Niu Jizong heard this, he was naturally moved, but...

"Ninghou, it's not that we don't know what is good or bad. Such a good thing may happen once in a hundred years. However, it is true that we can't get so much money. Last time, we just put it into the family property in the canal, and now the family's New Year's money is all Pointing to Wanxianglou's dividend. What's more, Zhuangzi can still make some income until the end of the year, but he is full of money, and I'm afraid it won't reach 5000 taels. But most of this money will be distributed to the clan..."

Niu Jizong's words resonated, and Liu Fang and others also complained.

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "Then sell the land, why do you need so much land?"

This remark made everyone jump, and Hu Shen of the Marquis of Anding scratched his head and said, "Ninghou, this place is fundamental! Besides, it's all ancestral property... When I was still short of money, I sold the gold and silver utensils. I have already been scolded by the tribe as a prodigal son for forgetting my ancestors. If I even sell the land, I am afraid that someone will poke my spine, and the elders of the tribe will be bumped to death in the ancestral hall..."

Jia Qiang said in a deep voice: "Then sell all the land in the pass, and go to Liaodong to add a few big villages. Whoever loves the land will be sent to farm. This is what the Jia family does. The current situation in the court is unpredictable. The wind is surging, if you don’t keep up with the general trend, the ship will capsize sooner or later! Who dares to hold back at this time, don’t keep any sympathy. At most ten years, they will know that their persistence is outrageous! Uncle Hu, don’t fall behind.”

When Hu Shen heard this, his complexion changed a few times, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, you go crazy every time you go crazy! Our old Hu Xinning Marquis, did it! When I turn back, I will send the steward to sell the land, and I will sell it clean!"

Jia Qiang nodded and said, "Uncle Xie is in Shandong now, and I will temporarily pay his share of the money on his behalf. After he comes back, let him sell the land."

Liu Fang smiled and said, "Ninghou, how can I look at it? The shares of the Household Bank are second. Why do you seem to want us to sell the land early? Is there any reason for this?"

Jia Qiang smiled softly, and said: "I can't say too much. In short, I won't harm you. If you sell it early and exchange it into shares, the annual income will be more than ten times better than the little grain dug out from the ground. Uncles Just look at the Jia family, except for those Zhuangzi in Liaodong, I have dealt with all the big Zhuangzi in Jia’s capital and Jiangnan. Not only Jia’s is like this, but Lin’s is also like this.”

Hearing this, Niu Jizong slapped the table and said: "The world has changed. Although we can't figure out what it has become, since there are people who understand in front of us and are willing to take us with us, if we continue to push back, then we don't know what to do! Sell ​​it, let someone sell it when we go back today! Damn, with a living God of Wealth like Ninghou, how can we still be hungry?"

……

in the afternoon.

Stone Stele Alley, Zhao Guogong Mansion.

Jingyi Hall.