[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

Mother Jia almost scooped up all her savings and raised 50 taels.

Baoyu didn't know where he put it together, so he also took out 50 taels.

Jia pardoned 15 taels and Jia Lian 20 taels.

They originally planned to ask Dongfu to borrow money, but Jia Zhenjiarong looked at the plan of Rongguo Mansion and was also discussing whether to pay back the money owed to the court, so they didn't lend them money.

Because Xue Pan was still in the south and did not come back, Aunt Xue lent 30 taels of silver after Jiamu and Baochai's persuasion.

As for the Wang family, the servant who delivered the letter brought back a message from Wang Xifeng's elder brother Wang Ren, saying that his father, Wang Ziteng, was seriously ill, his family was in dire straits, and he had no money to borrow.

When Mrs. Wang heard the news, her heart suddenly turned cold.But Wang Xifeng is recuperating due to miscarriage, so she is temporarily hiding it from her.

Bao Cong added the 50 taels of silver that he should pay, and after calculation, there are 2105 million taels in total, which is quite a lot.

When Jia Mu saw that Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian had paid little money, she suddenly thought of the money in Lin Daiyu's hand.

The 100 million dowry silver, Lin Daiyu must have been pressed at the bottom of the box, and she didn't spend any of it.

Embarrassed to ask Lin Daiyu directly, Jia's mother called Bao Cong, and asked privately, but just as soon as she revealed her meaning, Bao Cong was so upset that she pushed her back.

"The old ancestor missed the silver, so why did he return it to Sister Lin? It's better to pretend to be deaf and dumb at the beginning, and don't have to come and go now!" Bao Cong held back his anger.

Mother Jia also knew that what she said was wrong, her wrinkled old face turned darker, and she said awkwardly: "How do you say I miss you, I just thought of it and asked."

Bao Cong said mercilessly: "Old ancestor, don't ask. Anyway, it's useless to add one million taels. If you don't get it, you still don't get it."

"That's good or bad..." Mother Jia wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Bao Cong: "Don't think too much about the old ancestor, the grandson is busy with paying back the money, so go back first."

As he spoke, he saluted Jiamu, turned around and left.

When the mandarin ducks served the tea, Mother Jia asked her rather anxiously, "Did I make Bao Cong angry?"

What can a girl like Yuanyang say about other people's grandparents and grandchildren?

She could only coax Jia Mu with a smile and said: "The third master is young and energetic, but he is in a hurry when things happen, how can he be really angry with the old lady?"

When Jia Mu heard this, she felt a little more at ease, and felt tired again. After drinking two sips of tea, she asked Yuanyang to support her again, and went to take a nap on Wai Xiaota.

Bao Cong went back to the other courtyard first and returned Lin Daiyu's dowry silver to her.

Lin Daiyu was still very surprised, she pulled Bao Cong straight and said, "If you are really short of money, don't hide it from me!"

Bao Cong could only reassure again and again, explaining: "Anyway, the family can't make up as much as 560 million taels, and now it's pretty good to be able to pay back half of it, why bother to fill in your dowry money for nothing?"

As he said that, he joked, "The Jia family's money is gone. In the future, I will have to rely on you for food. If you use the dowry money for me now, then we will have nothing to eat!"

Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes when she saw his playful smile, and said angrily, "You're thinking about Changyuan, you don't listen to me like this, and you still want to have something to eat?"

Bao Cong's eyes widened immediately, and he said innocently, "When did I stop listening to you? Can't you find a better-behaved husband than me in the whole capital?"

Lin Daiyu pinched the handkerchief, chuckled, pointed to the brocade box on the table where the banknotes were placed, and said cheerfully, "I told you to take the silver, why don't you take it? This is also called listening to me." ?”

Bao Cong looked at the brocade box, then at Lin Daiyu's mock show, and could only smile wryly: "This is embarrassing for me."

So, she obediently spread out her palm, stretched it out in front of Lin Daiyu, and said tentatively, "Why don't you make a hand?"

Even though he is an adult, he is still an official of the court, but he has the cheek to act like this child...

Lin Daiyu was both angry and happy, she just felt that she must have been fooled by anger since she was a child, otherwise how could she be with this fool now?

Shaking his head helplessly, he can only admit that it is not a family, and he will not enter a family.

So, she held back her smile, tried her best to keep her face sullen, and solemnly held Baocong's folding fan, and lightly slapped the palm of her hand twice...

The next day, Bao Cong took Wu Hui, cash and banknotes, and went directly to the household department to ask to see Shangshu Zhang Yun.

The household department is getting angry because of the lack of money.Baocong also came in more than 200 million taels at once, which was just solving the urgent need of the household department.

With the money, the preliminary plan for disaster relief can be actually implemented. Think about the victims, how many people have an extra chance of survival because of this!

"Great kindness! Great kindness!" Zhang Yun patted Bao Cong on the shoulder and praised him straight away.

But Bao Cong was ashamed and dared not accept it: "The debt is in the first place, and the money has not been repaid. How can it be a great kindness? Zhang Shangshu really made the officials ashamed!"

But Zhang Yun stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Nowadays the floods are serious, but the national treasury is in a hurry. Your Jia Mansion paid back the more than 200 million taels in time. It really saved the victims from the fire and water. It is not a great charity, but a kind deed."

During this period of time, the officials of the entire household department visited the families who owed money to the court, but they were either rejected, or they were welcomed in to listen to those families crying poor and playing Tai Chi.

In fact, Zhang Yun also understood that the money owed by those families to the imperial court basically had no repayment.If it weren't for the severe floods this time, Emperor Zhao would not have asked the Ministry of Households to secretly force debt collection.

After all, the relationship between officials in the DPRK and China has always been complicated, and moving several families at a time is likely to cause shocks in the court and instability of the society.

Bao Cong didn't care much about what Zhang Yun was thinking at this time, but shook his head in shame, and said: "The rest of the silver taels, the lower official's family must find a way to return them as soon as possible."

After bidding farewell to Zhang Yun, Bao Cong silently glanced in the direction of the Jinluan Hall.

Others don't know, but he can't help but understand in his heart.

He had promised Emperor Zhao before that he would pay back the money he owed as soon as possible.But the word "as soon as possible", he has dragged it until now.

If it weren't for the flood in the Yellow River, he didn't know when he would actually pay back the money.

Although, it is not he who owes money, but the Jia family.

But in the eyes of Emperor Zhao and the world, what is the difference?

Jia Zheng is now in Jiangxi. Although Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian have titles, they are both vain.

Only he actually served in the Hanlin Academy.

Unless he is expelled from the family, whether it is honor or disgrace, he and the Jia family are one.Whether Jia's mansion is good or bad, he has to continue and support it now.

But he couldn't control those people in Jia's mansion.

I just hope that he and Lin Daiyu can avoid the huge waves as much as possible in the vortex of Jia's mansion...

Back at the Imperial Academy, Bao Cong looked at those old maps again, and suddenly thought of an idea.

If he just finished painting these old maps, for Emperor Zhao, he had just completed his duties.

But if he can draw a finer and more accurate map, then...

In ancient times, maps were very important military secrets!

If he drew the map according to the modern map and used a more rigorous proportional algorithm, would he still have to worry about being suppressed by the Zhongshun King Party forever?

Would Emperor Zhao ignore him and let him be buried in the Hanlin Academy?

Obviously not possible!

Become a courtier that Emperor Zhao has to rely on!In this way, no matter what happens to Jia's mansion in the future, the safety of him and Jia's mansion will be protected again, right?

Bao Cong's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and his heart became hot. He quickly dug out all the maps kept by the Imperial Academy and studied them carefully.

For the first time after his business trip, he didn't go back directly to the other courtyard. Instead, he rode a horse and wandered around the streets and alleys of the capital, silently remembering the general direction and road in his heart.

When it got dark and went back to the other courtyard, Lin Daiyu asked the reason, and Bao Cong honestly confessed his idea of ​​drawing a map of the capital.

When Lin Daiyu heard this, she was not surprised at all. Instead, she took out two books from the study and gave them to him.One is about mathematical surveying and the other about geographical charts.

When Bao Cong saw these two books, his eyes lit up, and he said to Lin Daiyu, "It's a pity that you are not a man. If you are a man, you will surely achieve great achievements through the ages!"

Lin Daiyu leaned leisurely on the porch, and said with a smile: "What's wrong with women? Reading books only cultivates one's temperament, so as not to be like a man, taking the imperial examinations, circling in the court, exhausting, and changing his temperament. "

Hearing her words, Bao Cong suddenly remembered what happened when he was a child.

At that time, when he advised Lin Daiyu to study, he was talking about cultivating her temperament. Unexpectedly, Lin Daiyu said this suddenly today, so she shook her head and smiled, saying: "I am indeed not as good as you."

Lin Daiyu looked proud and smiled even more happily.

I can't see any grievances and unwillingness at all.

But looking at that smiling face, Bao Cong still planted a seed in his heart.

If there is a chance, he really wants to give Lin Daiyu a world where she can truly display all her talents no matter what...

Lin Daiyu looked at the night sky, thought of something, turned her head and smiled at Baocong, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Qingwen.

"Third Master, Chen Ping is here and said he has something important to report." Qingwen said.

Bao Cong glanced at Lin Daiyu, Lin Daiyu had obviously swallowed back what she was going to say before, and just smiled at him and said: "Go and do your work, I'll sit here and rest for a while."

Bao Cong had no choice but to purse his lips, stroke her hair, reluctantly: "Don't be cold, I'll be back when I go."

Lin Daiyu just laughed and said nothing.

It was so late, and Chen Ping suddenly said something, it must not be a trivial matter, where can he go and go back?

Bao Cong also knew that "going back immediately" was a bit unrealistic, but after dawdling for two seconds, he finally hurried to the study in the front yard.

I thought it would really take a while.

Both Bao Cong and Lin Daiyu guessed wrong, this time they really went and returned.

Chen Ping just told a piece of news: Jia Zheng will be impeached for accepting bribes, embezzling public funds, and selling Jiangxi Liangdao without authorization, because he kept the grain for emergencies.

In other words, in Jiangxi, the food that should be used for disaster relief is gone.