The Red House of the Concubine of the Jia Family

The draft, which was happy and sad for several companies, finally came to an end. With the success of one family after another, a shopping frenzy was once again set off in the capital.

During this time, Jia Xuan began to join the ranks of shopping. After all, Qi An was going to get married next year, and Cen'er was going to get married next year. The wedding bed, screen decorations, furniture and other large items had to be prepared.Good wood is often hard to come by. Although the Lu family has accumulated some before, it is still a bit worse. It is not said that Tongzhou has just shipped a ship of good wood from Jiangnan, and Jia Xuan just got it. After leaving, regardless of the hard work, he came over in a carriage by himself.

"Look, ma'am, what a magnificent ship?!" Jia Xuan was accompanied by Qian Erliang who came here today.Qian Er's family has been living inland with Jia Xuan, and has never seen a boat at all. At first glance, they were shocked when they saw such a high and big boat.

"Yeah." It's really grand, Jia Xuan nodded, the ship looks like it's almost catching up with modern cruise ships.However, Jia Xuan, who has seen the "big world", is not very concerned about this boat. What she cares about is whether she can buy suitable wood.

"Qian Er, go over and ask, has the wood been shipped? Where is it traded? Who is in charge? What are the prices?"

"Madam asked clearly." Jia Xuan stood at the pier for a while before Qian Er came back, "The wood in the boat is being transported down, and there is still a little bit of wood that has not been transported. All the wood that was transported off the ship has been transported there. "Qian Er pointed to an open place next to the pier. There are indeed some logs piled up there now, but there are not many. "I heard from the boatman that this time they brought a lot of huanghuali, nanmu, rosewood, and golden nanmu...you can trade directly here, and after paying the money, they will help transport it to the place. The price is higher than that in the capital. A little cheaper, one huanghuali... The person in charge is that person, the big man with the blue cloth scarf around his head..."

After inquiring about the situation, Jia Xuan asked Qian Er to go directly to the person in charge. She didn't go forward, but walked around the pier. The freight here is very developed, and the flow of people is like weaving. Snack bars, tea sheds and the like.

"The proprietress, here are three bowls of wontons..." Jia Xuan randomly found a small shop that was fairly clean and walked in, and ordered a bowl of wontons for herself and Er Qian. It was time to work again, and there were no customers in the shop.Jia Xuan chatted with the proprietress.

From the boss, Jia Xuan heard a very unexpected news: Recently, there are many refugees and beggars on the pier...

Normally, this is almost impossible. Unless there is a major disaster in some place, few people will leave their homes and abandon the land they have finally obtained to settle down.

"Where does the lady boss sound like they have an accent?"

"It sounds like the accent of the north, it seems that the north is making trouble again..."

"North?"

"What's wrong? Hey, we have to make trouble like this several times a year. Logically speaking, most of the previous years were after autumn, but this year it's not so peaceful. I guess it's because the winter in the north is not so good."

After chatting with the proprietress, Jia Xuan took a special look at it. There are really many beggars on the pier, but Jia Xuan doesn't stay here often, so she can't tell the difference from the past.

When I said this, Qian Er had already negotiated with him, and this time I bought some good wood, which is enough for the time being.

On the way back to Beijing, Jia Xuan kept thinking about refugees.

Back in the capital's Lu Mansion, Lu Yan had already returned from duty, and the whole family was waiting for her to have dinner together.

After dinner, the children went back to their rooms to read and rest. Jia Xuan first asked Lu Yan if there was anything wrong on duty today, before talking about the refugees.

"Are you saying this is true? If it is true, why is there no movement in the court?"

"This matter should be true." At first, Lu Yan wondered what the meaning of what Master Huang left him to say when he was on duty today, but now that he thinks about it, could it be that the emperor intends to let him be responsible for the food and grass for this war? "I may be going away soon."

Sure enough, when he went to court the next day, the emperor brought out the matter in the north. Throughout the morning court, everyone was arguing about how to fight this battle, who would be the coach, who would be the vanguard, and who would be in charge of food and grass... Finally, as expected , Lu Yan won the important task of escorting grain and grass.

For Lu Yan, who didn't want to fill his own pockets from the military rations, this job was really not a good job, and he might have to face the battlefield directly.

After the court, the emperor left several of their main responsible persons to discuss the details in detail.It was only then that Lu Yan realized that the north side had already been fought for a long time, and the battle had been fought for more than half a month...

"There is not enough money, food and grass in the national treasury. Lu Qing needs to pay more attention to raising food and grass. The soldiers on the front line use their lives, and we have to protect the soldiers in the rear. You have a great responsibility, Qing Lu."

Is it not important?As the saying goes, "before the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first." It doesn't take much time to assemble the soldiers and horses, but the food and grass are troublesome. In the end, there is no other way, but to send 20 stones of food and grass to open the way. Afterwards, Lu Yan will find a way to raise money Then personally escort the past.

In order to help Lu Yan, Jia Xuan had to hold a flower viewing feast in the suburbs of Beijing to raise money.For this reason, Jia Xuan specially searched for some fresh flowers...

In order to be able to raise more donations, this time Jia Xuan not only invited many colleagues and wives who were close or not close, but also invited some relatives and friends, including Xue's family from Ziweishe.

At this time, Xue's father has passed away, Xue Pan's killing of people for Xiangling has not yet happened, Xue's family business is supported by Xue's mother and daughter. It is certain that it is a good thing for Xue's mother and daughter to keep the Xue family's family business, so she posted a post to Aunt Xue through Mrs. Wang.

Aunt Xue did not disappoint Jia Xuan. Apart from the 10 taels she donated on the spot, she and Wang Xifeng encouraged all the wives present to donate in various ways. The number has already exceeded Jia Xuan's estimate...

A total of more than 80 taels were sent to the present, and the present was silent for a long time without saying a word, and then bestowed the four characters of "House of Benevolence" on the Xue family...Of course, Jia Xuan was also ordered by the queen and queen mother because of "with the state-owned palace" The other wives who participated in the donation also received material or verbal rewards.

For a while, the trend of donation prevailed among the wives, which greatly improved the current situation of the empty treasury.

After solving the problem of money and food, Lu Yan immediately packed up and personally escorted the food and grass to the battlefield.

Swords have no eyes on the battlefield, just in case, Lu Yan went to Jia's house to visit Jia Amnesty.

"This time, I need to ask my brother-in-law to help me borrow a few people. My little brother, I am just a scholar, and I have no strength to restrain a chicken. I am really scared to go to the battlefield..."

Jia Amnesty waved his hand, "Don't worry, I've prepared everything for you." This time Jia Xuan hosted a flower feast, and Wang Xifeng went to help. Well, the Jia family has accepted the Lu family's love, so they have to pay back some of this matter.

Jia Amnesty prepared thirty men for Lu Yan, all of whom were brave veterans. Not to mention one against ten, one against three or four is still possible.