[Red Mansion] Master Jia

Jia Lian glanced at Jia Amnesty in surprise, it was a reprimand in the open, but a defense in the dark.

Just as he was about to speak, a servant girl from Madam Wang's side came in to report. Mother Jia looked at it and asked what was going on. Madam Wang said that there were relatives of the village headmen's family and the boys and girls working in the mansion kneeling outside.

Jia Lian raised the corners of her lips playfully.

Jia's mother called a few people in, and they cried out for injustice, pointing out that it was Lian's second master who had wronged their family.

Jia Lian unhurriedly picked up an account book, only looked at the catalog and the source, and then closed the account book.He asked a boy who was kneeling on the ground: "Your father is in Zhuangtou, and the Zhuangzi he manages is not big, but only a hundred hectares of land. Not to mention the past years, this year he reported the account, saying that the grain harvest was not good, and he only sold five thousand shi of wheat." .”

"I've heard my father mention this. The harvest has not been good in the past few years..." The young man said and cried, "Even so, my family has had children with the old man's family, and he has been loyal from generation to generation. The situation is not good, and my father is secretly worried about it, but our family is a good family, and it is better than persecuting the tenants. The old ladies, wives, and grandmas have known about this in previous years."

Having said that, at the end, he kowtowed heavily to Jia Lian: "Second Master Lian, you may not be clear about this because you have never checked before, but don't wrong my father!" Then he turned his head and complained to Jia Mu: "I beg the old lady to be the master and find out the truth!"

Xing'er saw the property of the Zhuangtou's family with his own eyes, seeing him dare to accuse the master at this time, he couldn't help but want to say something, but because of his status, he opened his mouth and held back.

Mother Jia glanced at him, "Xing'er, tell me! Didn't you go out with your second master these days?"

Xing'er responded, and explained everything for the master, and also talked about the money obtained from the ransacking of the house...

"Hey, these slaves are richer than the old man!" Jia Amnesty's eyes widened when he heard this, and his heart was filled with anger.

Mrs. Xing's face changed when she heard that, the money is all hers but it's all good, she glanced at Jia Lian, planning to get some out of his hand later.

"Mother, these slaves, Lian'er, are right. If you want me to tell you, just beat them to death!" Jia Amnesty was still puzzled, he fanned the flames, and his face of gloating was slightly obvious.

Mrs. Jia glanced at him and snorted coldly. Mrs. Wang interjected, "Lian'er, I have also read this account book in previous years. Even if there is a slight discrepancy in the accounts of these village heads, it is not big. Why are you talking about it?" Li..." She didn't finish her words, but the meaning was obvious.

Jia Lian sneered, Second Aunt thought he couldn't see the tricks of the account.

Mrs. Wang was a little worried at first, but the large stack of accounts on the ground was only for the past two years, and it took less than three days for Jia Lian to read them all. He must have convicted Yu Zhuangtou and the others without reading them.

Mrs. Wang lowered her eyes. If Mother Jia didn't deal with it or interrogate her, people in the house would hum...

If you lose your horse, you know it's not a blessing, Mrs. Wang twisted the newly worn agarwood bergamot beads on her wrist.

Mother Jia heard Mrs. Wang's doubts, and shouted: "Lian'er? You said there is a problem with the accounts—" She looked at the account books on the ground, and she also believed that Jia Lian was arbitrarily copying the house. Do that.Mother Jia has a headache.

Jia Lian sneered again and again: "Boy of the Yu family, the master has not finished speaking, who allows you to intervene?"

Everyone was stunned, but it was true. Jia Lian was reading the account book just now, and said that Zhuangzi produced five thousand shi of wheat.

"Which Zhuangzi in Beijing does not produce nearly [-] shi of grain in one hundred hectares of land. This is still not very good for seeds, but most of the Zhuangzi's middle-level fields... Our Jia's Zhuangzi are all high-quality fields. It’s okay to produce at least one stone, two or three per mu. The year is not good? Haha.”

Then Jia Lian didn't wait for everyone to react, and commented on the accounts one by one, and even Jia Amnesty asked a few questions with great interest. Jia Lian didn't even look through the accounts, and said casually, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang and others looked at it. It's not that Jia's mother has never seen the account book. Holding the reading glasses in her hand, she flipped through a book and looked at it for a long time.

"Lian'er has a good memory."

Mrs. Wang's face was gloomy. She really didn't expect Jia Lian to read all the accounts. Even if there were problems in the accounts, Jia Lian had already marked them. Everyone looked through them, and everyone knew them at a glance.

Zhou Rui's family could hear it very clearly outside the door, and she couldn't help trembling her legs at this moment. Most of these things were done by her and Mrs. Ting Wang, who is in charge of her family... After doing it for many years, why did Second Master Lian see it from the accounts at a glance this year? Not much left?They specially invited Mrs. Wang to dowry the tents made by the old tents in the shop. No one saw anything wrong. Why did the second master Lian find out so much?

This... This is killing her!

Her face was pale, and her legs were so weak that Jin Chuan supported her.

Mrs. Wang was not in the mood to drink tea at this time, because Jiamu, Jia She, and Mrs. Xing were all looking at her. Jiamu asked her sharply: "The second family, since the death of Lianer's mother, you have been in charge of this family." What do you have to say?" A few days ago, her heart softened and let her out, did she really do something wrong?

Hearing Mother Jia's scolding, Mrs. Wang wiped her eyes with her sleeves, her eyes were red, but she opened her mouth and frowned for a long time, and only said "I don't know people clearly".

Jia Amnesty couldn't hold back anymore, and couldn't help but sneer and sneer for a long time. The more he spoke, the more out of tune he got, which caused Jia's mother to give him a few supercilious glances. After that, she punished Wang's confinement again in a deep voice, and temporarily asked her to stop housekeeping.Mrs. Xing on the side looked excited and was eager to try again, but Mother Jia thought about it for a long time, and actually called Sister Feng and Li Wan, and even Yingchun and Tanchun came. The four of them helped each other and took care of the house for the time being.

When Jia Lian left Jiamu's place, Jia She immediately called him to the study and dismissed everyone. Jia She asked, "Lien'er, how much did you get?"

Jia Lian was taken aback, the father... got into Qian's eye.

He couldn't help smiling, no one really took out money from him, he was always the one who robbed others, and there were many strange things when he came to Jia's mansion.

Jia Lian, who didn't answer his question immediately, made Jia She think that he didn't want to give him money, so he couldn't help saying angrily: "I don't care if you ask for money, how dare you say you don't have it? No ghost will believe it if you didn't get any money from the house raid!"

"If you want money, you can do it." Jia Lian sat down leisurely, and poured himself a cup of tea to moisten his throat. "Master, you can also steal the house!"

After hearing this, Jia Amnesty was taken aback. "Who do I copy?"

"Copy the big housekeeper in our house—— Lai Da." Jia Lian pointed casually.

In this way, he can also get rich, and counting the [-] taels of silver "saved" this time, it must be due to the housekeeper's wealth... Oh, so he can build several mage towers.

"Who... who are you talking about?" Jia Amnesty thought his ears were ringing.

"Butler Lai." Jia Lian didn't mind saying it again.

Jia Amnesty stretched out his finger and pointed at his son: "You are so bold!" He trembled all over, stood up involuntarily, and walked around the room.

Finally, he patted Jia Lian on the shoulder and said, "Good Lian'er, you are indeed my son. I have been displeased with that old guy for a long time! Well, let's raid their house."

……

Jia Amnesty has always been just a coward who can howl "injustice", make irresponsible remarks behind his back, and dare not confront Jia's mother head-on.

Therefore, Jia Amnesty only said that Jia Lian would be entrusted with the good job of raiding the house, and that he, the father, would support him behind the scenes.

Jia Lian gave him a sneering glance and left his study. Jia Amnesty deeply felt his son's contempt from the bottom of his heart, and depressedly called his concubine Jia Cong to teach him a lesson, showing off his prestige as a father.

Jia Lian got the money for a while, and he went back to his and Sister Feng's yard, treated her with respect on the surface, looked at the "son" in Wang Xifeng's belly, and went back to the house to calculate how much money was needed to build the mage's tower.

He thought about it for a while and drew a few more design drawings and magic circle diagrams. Now there is some money, although it is not too much, but when he takes control of the Rongguo Mansion, there is still money to build a three-story mage tower. of.

Jia Lian narrowed his eyes and calculated.

For a while, he thought about what his low magic power could do, well, Jia Rui had to go to see it from time to time, if he gave him a few blessings in a row in a few days, he would gradually recover, so that he would not be half dead like this now.As long as good things are done, it is best to let Jia Rui's family become his first believers.

Now there is a lack of land for Geta.

Jia Lian found this really tricky.

He just fell in love with the place in the Forbidden City. If it really doesn't work, the government office in the imperial city can give him a piece of land.

……

After pondering for a long time, Jia Lian came up with a reliable idea.

He has to work hard and strive to be admitted to the Qin Tianjian.

Qin Tianjian has land, and the official position is not coveted, and he can just make up a reason, watch the weather and stars, and get the emperor to agree to build a tower for him!

This is a good idea.It means that he doesn't have to pay for it himself!The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry can also provide skilled craftsmen, and he doesn't bother with any of them. He only needs to draw the formation diagram of the mage tower before and after building the tower.

But for these, first of all, he has to be the head of Qin Tianjian.Jia Lian flicked his fingers quickly on the table, and after a while, he called his follower Ban Xing'er out of the house.

"Where are we going to play, Second Master?" Three days ago, Second Master got 50 to [-] taels of silver. Xing'er knew it clearly, and he also got a tip of [-] taels.He guessed that the second master should also be dispatched. How long has it been? After getting angry with the second grandmother, the second grandmother is pregnant again, and his grandmother is so jealous that he can't help it. The second master has been guarding his body like a jade for several months.

The outside world is good, happy!

Xing'er couldn't help but be smug.

"Walk around casually," Jia Lian said.

Jia Lian and his follower, Xing'er, were wandering the streets. When he casually inquired about the location of Qin Tianjian, he was going to Zhengyangmen.

After walking for a long time, the second master's physical strength was unexpectedly good, but the soles of Xing'er's feet were almost blistered.

Looking at the master in front of him, Xing'er couldn't help but sigh.

"Hey, isn't this from the Rongguo Mansion!" Suddenly someone threw a ground of peanut skins from the air.

The strange thing is that the peanut skin fell on Xing'er's head, but Jia Lian, who was attacked in front of him, seemed to have a feeling in his head, and skillfully avoided it.

Brushing off the non-existent dust on his shoulders, Jia Lian feared that his clothes might be stained with other people's smell or dust, thinking that he would throw away the robe when he went back.

With a cold snort, he raised his head to look at his jacket, and couldn't help frowning, this person looked very familiar.

Seeing his expression, Yinzhen couldn't help laughing angrily: "It's only been a few days, and you don't know me anymore?"