Tong Jia anecdote

<twenty seven>

Tong Jiu and Hua Jingfu returned to the main hall, where Ji Lan and all the maidservants stood up, looking at them worriedly.

"Sigh." Tong Jiu didn't have much energy and strength, and saw that the maids, big and small, who were usually beautiful and beautiful, were all dressed in plain clothes without makeup.Sighing, she said to Hong Xiao wearily, "Sister Hong, arrange a bedroom for Jing Fu to rest."

Ji Lan himself had breakfast first, "Didn't you sleep all night?"

"Take a break." Tong Jiu sat down.

"When I went there yesterday, I wondered why the Yangzhengtang used people from Dazhengchang to test the medicines." Ji Lan asked the maids to serve the dishes, and said puzzledly, "I wanted to ask you again today, but I never thought about it." , this stall killed people.”

"I wanted to tell you last night, but you stopped me." Tong Jiu picked up the chopsticks, glanced at the food on the table, flattened her mouth, and put it down again without appetite.

He took three teacups with a dull head, put them in front of Jilan one by one, and said, "The three businesses of Dazhengchang, Yangzhengtang, and Huizhengsheng now have nearly half a hundred shops across the country. If Huizhengsheng goes well in the customs, there will be more .This time the caravan found out that the goods were lost, and I have been thinking about it for a long time."

Seeing that she was planning to have a long conversation, Ji Lan looked at the food on the table and served her a bowl of porridge, "Talk while drinking, to warm up."

"If you lose goods today, you will lose others tomorrow. This kind of phenomenon must be prevented and eliminated from the root cause, and it cannot be tolerated. However, only you and I will come down to make regular inspections like this, plus the supervision of shopkeepers in various places. It’s just scratching the surface, without much effect. Therefore, we must have a sound supervision system.”

"I would like to hear the details." Ji Lan sat down and looked at her attentively.

"A shop is nothing more than goods and money. The selection and management of the shopkeeper and the accountant must be well controlled. Throughout the world, there is no king, but the monarchs of all dynasties have lived deep in the palace. And the people of Li As for the common people, they can perform their own duties." Tong Jiu expressed his opinion rationally.

Ji Lan thought about it, and felt that Tong Jiu's perspective of analogy from the country to his own business was very unique.

"It's because there are imperial examinations when selecting officials, and those who are good at learning can become officials. In terms of morality, there is the Inspectorate, which supervises the morality of all officials, impeachment and restraint." Tong Jiu took the bowl and drank the porridge.

"You mean, let's follow the example of the country. We need to take exams when selecting accountants and shopkeepers, and we need to build an inspectorate?" Ji Lan moved the pickles on the table to Tong Jiu, thinking about this in his heart feasibility of the idea.

Tong Jiu waved his hand, "Yangzhengtang and the Han family have always had their own set of standards for the recruitment of shopkeepers and accountants. It is understandable that this has been used for many years. Now that all the files have been stolen one after another, I mainly think about supervision. "

Chewing the pickles crisply in his mouth, he said, "We don't need to bother to build any inspectorate. First of all, in these stores across the country, the shopkeepers and accountants will also follow the way that state officials are appointed, and change positions every few years. In this way, the shopkeepers and accountants There is no extraordinary relationship between—."

Seeing that Ji Lan understood, Tong Jiu pointed to the three cups in front of her and said, "The accounts and goods of the three companies are cross-checked. That is to say, Yangzhengtang checks Dazhengchang, and Dazhengchang checks Huizhengsheng. In this way, It has played the role of mutual supervision and restriction.”

"Oh." Ji Lan understood her intentions completely now, and said, "Then I now understand why the porters of the Dazhengchang caravan died in the warehouse of Yangzhengtang."

"Speaking of which, this is me. I died before I left the school." Thinking of the corpse she saw yesterday, Tong Jiu felt sick again, patted her chest and struggled and said, "Unlucky——."

"What's the matter?" Ji Lan saw her suddenly vomit, patted her on the back, beckoned Fucha sisters to bring a spittoon and water, watched Tong Jiu retch, and rinsed his mouth.

Handing her a handkerchief, he comforted her and said, "These methods of yours are of course very good, but haste is wasteful. Even if you want to implement any new policies today, you will first try them out at the root of the imperial city, and wait for a year or two to see." If it works, it will be used by the whole Qing Dynasty. You are so anxious, you can’t eat by yourself.”

"Remove it, I don't want to use it anymore." Tong Jiu waved his hand and said regretfully to Ji Lan, "Ba Yin is a very good person, but he was only in his double tenth year, but he suffered such a disaster. There is no one in the family except his wife. Da Zhengchang has already been received, and he is in the back house. After a while, I will send a few maidservants with status over there to have a look, and we will try our best to deal with any requests."

"Don't worry about these things in the back house. You guarded her man all night, but she sent a few maids over there instead. How can you look good? In this case, I will go there in person." Ji Lan arranged.

Then he instructed Fu Chaqin in a low voice, "My uncle didn't eat anything this morning, I'm afraid there is a fire in his stomach. Go get someone to boil some goat milk and serve some fried rice."

"Drink some goat's milk." Tong Jiu also felt that his stomach was empty at the moment, but he couldn't see the color of other food. When Ji Lan mentioned goat's milk, he immediately responded with a smile.

"After you've eaten, go rest on the couch." Ji Lan got up Luoluo, let the maids help her put on her cloak, and said before going out, "Her wife's side, I think you'll be able to sleep when you wake up." Call back, don't hang up."

"Yeah." Tong Jiu followed her while answering, sent it to the door, and stopped her, "Jilan, that——."

"What?" Ji Lan saw her hesitate to speak.

"I'm a widow now, don't be too—" Although Tong Jiu didn't understand the temperament of Bayin's daughter-in-law, she really knew her wife's temper.

Anyone who gets involved in this matter is like a bolt from the blue.How can there be someone who doesn't cry, make trouble, shout or scold?At that time, if the second aunt gets impatient again, throwing a cold face and making harsh words or something, wouldn't it add fuel to the fire.

Ji Lan saw through her intention to treat a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart, put one hand on her shoulder and squeezed it.

Some self-mockery said in a long voice, "Oh, I'm afraid there is no one in this room who knows what a widow is better than me, don't worry—"

"Some things, it's enough to do it once." Tong Jiu looked at her hand on her shoulder from the side, rubbed it with her chin indistinctly, raised her eyebrows with a teasing smile, and said leisurely, "Isn't it? "

"That's up to you." Ji Lan patted her on the face, turned around and walked out the door in a charming manner.

"Did you forget something?" Ji Lan walked out a few steps, seeing Fuchami still standing there in a daze at the door, she turned around and asked in confusion.

"Oh, no, no." Fuchami regained his senses, his ears were red, and hurried to the front of the sedan chair, lifted the curtain of the sedan chair for Ji Lan, and said in a low voice, "I just think that since my uncle was hit by a demon last time, After that, both the young lady and the uncle have changed."

Ji Lan smiled faintly, lowered his head and got on the sedan chair, and said, "Why, it's not called dog skin plaster, but uncle? Then you can tell me whether it has changed for the better or worse."

"Of course it has changed for the better." Fuchami said bluntly, "I think both the lady and the uncle have become more interesting. Judging from this incident, although the uncle is young, he is still quite considerate. Anyway, I think So, compared to the time when we borrowed money from us, we have grown a lot."

"Really?" Ji Lan didn't take it seriously, and said without realizing it, "No, I'm still in a daze, how can I improve?"

"I'm not talking about business, but his attitude towards you." Fuchami tried to explain, "Before, he and us only had money in his eyes. Now, he has you in his eyes."

After hearing what she said, Ji Lan fell silent, remembering what Tong Jiu said before going to bed last night, she frowned.

Caressing the warm finger on her thumb, she said to herself, "It's just a joke, how can it be taken seriously. She hasn't weaned her milk yet, and she keeps saying that she loves her. She knows what love is?"

While Ji Lan scoffed at the fact that Tong Jiu hadn't been weaned yet, Lord Jiu was indeed drinking goat's milk and chewing fried rice with relish.Afterwards, she still didn't forget to pat her belly with satisfaction, thinking about her little things about business.

After a while, the small pot of goat's milk was drained, and Tong Jiu went back to the bedroom, threw off his boots and fell on the bed comfortably.

Stretching out his arms to hug Jilan's quilt, he smelled the familiar fragrance of medicine, and smiled involuntarily.

I still didn't forget to lower my head and smell myself, thinking in wonder, since I participated in the business of Yangzhengtang, I have been in contact with traditional Chinese medicine, so why doesn't my body smell so good?Could it be that the fragrance is also divided into people?

Jilan's sedan chair arrived at Dazhengchang's rear residence and entered the Nuan Pavilion, and the sister-in-law of the Jin family came to salute.

"How's it going?" Ji Lankuan lowered his cloak and asked in a low voice.

"Ma'am, it's strange to say that Mrs. Wu has not seen a trace of crying since I got the bad news." Sister-in-law Jin was puzzled, and said deeply, "At first I thought I was fascinated by anger, but now I look at it." , people are also clear, not like it."

"How is their relationship?" Fu Chaqin asked after her husband died suddenly without crying or fussing. It is really rare in the world.

"This—Ms. Wu is a Han from outside. I heard that her mother's family used to be a liquor maker. During the festivals, they will send some liquor to our relatives and friends. As for the young couple, they don't talk much. Although they don't have children, they can It looks quite harmonious." The sister-in-law of the Jin family didn't understand the rest, so she didn't dare to talk nonsense.

Ji Lan nodded, somewhat understanding, but criticizing others behind her back is not her style.So he said, "Okay, let's go in."

"This is Madam, and this is the Wu family from Bayin's family." Everyone went inside, and the sister-in-law of the Jin family introduced them.

Seeing Mrs. Wu, Ji Lan was slightly taken aback.She was born in an aristocratic family since she was a child, and later became a member of the emperor. She has never seen such a beautiful woman, and she has seen countless people.But the wife of a porter, with such a beautiful face and refined temperament, really surprised her.

When Mrs. Wu heard about Ji Lan's identity, she took a look, came over and greeted him dignifiedly.

"Please take your seat quickly." Ji Lan stopped her salute, pulled her to walk in together, and said comforting and reassuring words.Wu Shi just responded politely and politely, as expected, she didn't cry or make trouble.

Ji Lan sat down for a while, and said, "When we come, the master will give you thousands of instructions. He said that Brother Bayin was lost because of the Han family. If there is any difficulty in the family, we will do everything we can. can."

Mrs. Wu shook her head, and said unhurriedly, "I want to meet Han Dong's family."

Hearing her request, Ji Lan didn't express his opinion immediately, nor did he say anything.

The sister-in-law of the Jin family came out to smooth things over and said, "You may not know the details of Bayin's family, but Madam is the owner of Yangzhengtang. If you have any requirements, Madam is in charge."