Going through the Red Mansions quickly means going against the system.

You can't send her away.

Jia Zheng originally just wanted to take the opportunity to win over Mrs. Wang's heart, but he didn't want to hear such words.

Mrs. Wang's tone was full of sincerity, trying to save a woman who was trying to steal her husband from her.

Jia Zheng didn't know what the original owner would think of Mrs. Wang if she knew everything.

Praise her for being "generous"?

But Jia Zheng only saw that Mrs. Wang really didn't love the original owner, and that the feudal ethics were really cannibalistic.

In his memory, Mrs. Wang was still bright and flamboyant when she was young. Sister Feng looks very much like her when she was young, but now, Mrs. Wang has become a withered skeleton and a wooden Buddha in the Jia family. This is really ironic.

He felt that the seat was suddenly very uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but stand up, thinking of running away like the original owner.

"I still have government affairs to be busy with..."

Mrs. Wang's eyes dimmed instantly, and she felt a trace of care and respect from Jia Zheng. He was about to leave again just like before.

"I'll see you off, Master."

Jia Zheng couldn't see her being so humble, especially after comparing it with the lady in his memory, he found that the original owner had had many opportunities to have a sweet and affectionate relationship with Mrs. Wang, but they missed them all unexpectedly.

He could have made Mrs. Wang happy.

"...Well, I'll be back after dinner."

Mrs. Wang's eyes suddenly lit up, and the sudden blooming light made her glow with the charm of her youth again.

Returning to the outer study, Jia Zheng sighed when he thought of this moment.

Why doesn’t the original owner know how to cherish it?

Fortunately, he is really in trouble now. Lin Ruhai's side is not just a child's illness.

Jia Zheng remembered that Lin Ruhai had already launched an investigation into Jiangnan's finances before he was specially appointed by the emperor to patrol salt.

He was formerly the doctor of Lantai Temple and the emperor's trusted secretary. He was originally in charge of the speeches of the officials.

Later, there was news that there had been corruption in the Jinling small court recently, and because of the proximity to his hometown, he was sent back by the emperor.

Unexpectedly, it happened that the old lady of the Lin family died of illness, so she simply took the family's children back.

That monk also went to see Xiao Daiyu at that time.

What Lin Ruhai faced was that the big salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River colluded with the court officials to sell salt privately.

All the country's financial and tax revenue goes to corrupt officials and big salt merchants.

When salt merchants got rich, they bought land privately, which led to more and more local land annexation. They were not only businessmen, but also large landowners.

Coupled with the previous earthquake and drought, a large number of people were displaced. In desperation, they had no choice but to sell themselves as slaves and work as tenant farmers, which made the poor poorer and the rich richer.

In this, the imperial merchant represented by Xue Baochai's father was also involved, so he died helplessly.

Fortunately, it's still not too late.

Jia Zheng roughly smoothed things out based on what he remembered, and then found a servant who often went out for shopping to arrange things.

Of course, you have to avoid Qian Hua and other people. He decided that in the future, whenever there are complicated relatives in the family, he should use it sparingly.

The disturbances on Jia Zheng's side are the weather vane of the Jia family.

Originally, Lai Da and other servants went out of their way to find in-laws in the Jia Mansion. Now, seeing that marriage affairs would affect their careers, more and more of them went to get married outside the manor.

This was originally Jia Zheng's plan.

After finishing his career, Jia Zheng started to deal with the personnel changes at home.

There are only a dozen masters in the entire Ningrong Mansion, but there are more than 800 servants.

Most of them are old people from the Jia family, and some of them are dowries brought by their wives.

The servants used by people like Jia Mu who have worked in the Jia family for many years have gone into the sea.

And because the emperor moved to Kyoto, the Jia family also moved here in a hurry. In addition to the old servants of the Jia family, many girls and servants were also bought in the capital.

Nowadays, many of the girls taking care of Baoyu were bought from outside and given to Jia Mu for training.

I can't blame my family for being like a sieve, and the staff is too messy.

"How many purchasing managers are there in the mansion now?"

"As for the master, there are now eight. Four are in charge of the men's affairs, and four are in charge of the affairs of the ladies in the inner courtyard. Among them, there are only two for the old lady, and they are also brought from Jinling."

When Jia Zheng asked, Lai Da took out a booklet and reported them one by one.

Lai Da is worthy of being the chief steward of the mansion, and all the staff are clear about it. Whatever Jia Zheng asked, he could answer it.

This business ability is very good, but also this moral character... After Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion re-employed his brother, both Jia family's houses were controlled by their brothers, and their attitude became increasingly arrogant.

But now the money that the Lai family can greedy is limited. What he can greedy is the money that Jia She robbed for Jia Zheng when the family business was divided in the Rongguo Mansion.

The brothers did not want to be bullied by outsiders, and the Rongguo Mansion divided the family. Because Jia Zheng had to support Jia's mother, he took up most of the family's money.

However, Jia She was also missing from the real estate shop outside.

It's just that Jia She also likes to raise a little wife, and he is more luxurious than Jia Zhen, so he spends the majority of the public account. After the family business was actually divided, Jia She had his own account book, which is now smaller.

"Purchase eight..."

Jia Zheng originally wanted to lay off employees, but after calculation, no one could be laid off.

Purchasing requires dealing with finance, and it certainly cannot be done by just one person.

When you go out to buy things, you need two parties to supervise, plus a deputy purchaser, plus a carrier, an accountant, and a security guard. Each trip requires twenty or thirty people.

Traveling in ancient times was inconvenient. People would spend a lot of money eating horse chews!

And the human exchanges in the Duke's Mansion are not just about visiting relatives. All officials, colleagues, classmates and close friends who come to visit need to be invited to communicate.

If calculated according to modern times, even for a large and medium-sized company, eight purchases are just enough.

Jia Zheng combed through the staff in the government and found that there was no way to save money. If he cuts off such a person, the family will not be able to make ends meet tomorrow.

Since reducing expenditure is useless, we can only increase revenue.

After thinking for a long time, he could only think of ways to deal with basic necessities, food, housing and transportation.

The Jia family has a house given by the emperor, so they don't have to spend any money. They only need to make daily repairs. If we don't build a provincial residence, this will really save a lot of money.

OK, there are carriages and sedans coming in and out. The Jia family came from a military background and had no shortage of horses. In order to raise horses, all the farms that the Jia family wanted were located close to the outside of the Great Wall.

Because the family is in charge of building sea boats, they only have two boats.

Um? ! Have two boats of your own? !

Only then did Jia Zheng realize the generosity of his family. No wonder Jia's mother was worried about Daiyu when she could send men and women's ships to Yangzhou. Rongguo Mansion also kept two ships alone and parked them at the dock for ready use.

"It's too ostentatious for our two boats to be parked at the dock all the time. Since there are two boats, we take turns running the ship."

Jia Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Even if I can't run a long way, I might as well run to Lu Di!"