The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

As the saying goes, people are more popular than people.Although some slaves escaped from Yan Wang's residence, many of them were loyal after all.Ever since he left Sun Liang, the loyal servants of the whole family cursed him day and night that he might be caught by the government soon and hacked into pieces, or he would die without a whole body when he met pirates, or he would die after being hit by five thunders.I have been looking forward to it for so long, and I am looking forward to a photo in the newspaper: he has become a master abroad.And his family is rich and his life is leisurely.Is God blind?So I don't know how many people complain about the gods and Buddhas in the sky.With so many servants in King Yan's mansion, they naturally had wild thoughts.At first he didn't run away for various reasons, but now he saw the news about Sun Liang and couldn't bear it any longer.The number of fugitive slaves in Yan Wangfu immediately increased.

As soon as there were too many fugitive slaves in the mansion, it was as if the gates were opened to release water outside.Concubine Yan Lou suddenly panicked.The daily expenses of such a huge Yanwang Mansion are really quite a lot.Earlier, the entire Yan Kingdom belonged to the King of Yan, and the mansion did not have to worry about running out of money.Although the industry is all there now, many slaves have escaped.Zhuangzi didn't know how to find those tenant farmers for a while, and the land tax was imposed on the wasteland in the spring; there were managers in the shop who ran away together, and they couldn't even find the account books.The mansion is better, those who run away are the stewards outside, and most of the eunuchs and mothers who serve inside are still there.

The substitute of King Yan chose to live in a small courtyard in the southeast corner of the palace because he pretended to be sick all the year round.A door was opened facing the street, guarded by officers and soldiers, and his own wife and children were picked up.The court of Yan State only took care of that small courtyard, and ignored the rest.There were two times when the palace encountered thieves, and the officers and soldiers in the small courtyard looked like dead people.Although nothing important was lost at that time, at least there were many people in the house.In the future...it's hard to say.Lou thought for many days, and finally ordered someone to go to Rongguo Mansion to invite Jia Cong.

It's still the first month of the month, so Jia Cong can't be idle.After thinking about it for a long time, it still passed.Earlier when I saw Princess Yan, I had to go through the screen, but today I don't need it. Jia Cong stepped forward and cupped his hands: "Happy New Year, Princess."

Lou said coldly: "The Prince Regent is so imposing, I haven't seen you coming to the mansion for the Chinese New Year."

"I'm here!" Jia Cong yelled, "I came to pay New Year's greetings to King Yan with great fanfare on the first day of the new year. It's not convenient for you female relatives to see you."

"Where's the prince?"

"Didn't you take him to the prime minister's mansion for a while?" Jia Cong spread his hands, "I'm a little older, but I still want to go out for a drink."

Mrs. Lou endured it, and said with a sullen face: "I called you here today to discuss with you. You are pretending to be a prince outside and offering a substitute. Shouldn't the imperial court allocate some money for the women and children in our mansion?" Money."

Jia Cong was startled: "Huh?"

Lou said: "This is the country of Yan, shouldn't the country of Yan allocate some money to the Palace of Prince Yan?"

Jia Cong said inexplicably: "It's fine if others don't know, Wangfei, you clearly know that I have completely rebelled, and you still ask me for money? It's not bad if you didn't quietly send your whole family to go abroad! Find a few people to play the role of Wangfei It's not easy for princes and grandchildren."

"You!" Lou clapped the case, pointed at him and said, "You traitor!"

"Didn't you all know that I was a traitor?" Jia Cong spread his hands, "How could someone do such a stupid thing as asking a traitor for money?"

Lou's face flushed from choking, but his words were irrefutable.After a while, a sentence came suddenly: "So many people have escaped from the village, where can I find tenants?"

Jia Cong became more and more surprised: "Shouldn't you always discuss these things with your confidants, father-in-law, mother-in-law or your mother's family? I'm not someone older than you."

Knowing that he would not waive the land tax in the mansion, Mrs. Lou could not feel tears streaming down her eyes: "Your Majesty treats you well..."

Jia Cong immediately said: "That's why I didn't kill his son! I didn't kill any of them. You are always a person who has read history books. Is there any rebel who didn't kill the former prince? Yang Jian even killed his grandson."

Lou was dumb and didn't speak for a long time.

Jia Cong waited for a long time, and said, "Are you short of money? I have a few suggestions." Lou's eyes lit up. "Lack of money is nothing more than increasing income and reducing expenditure. Opening up income means increasing money. In fact, the Yan Palace has a lot of industries. It is better to hire some reliable shopkeepers than half-understood family members. To be honest, your family's business used to be good. , it’s not how capable you are in managing things, but the customer knows that this is the shop of King Yan’s Mansion and will take care of one or two. It’s nothing more than a few more wages. It’s impossible for people to work for you for nothing like before. Who wants to Ah!" Lou's face was as golden as paper.

"It's the same in Zhuangzi. You don't have to worry about the tenants. Wouldn't it be good to go to other countries to recruit some and ask for less rent? After all, it's the people who farm the land, and you get the money lying down. The worst thing in the world It is like 'there is no idle land in the world, and the peasants are still starving to death'."

"Also, there are quite a few concubines of the prince who have not given birth. They should be sent to become monks in Buddhist temples and Taoist temples." Lou raised her head suddenly, her eyes lit up.Jia Cong shook his head secretly in his heart: For a man like Situ Pan who doesn't care about the backyard, his wife still cares about the concubines. "The prince who has been around for three to five years may not come to pick you up. Even if he picks you up in the future, the concubine Ji who has no children will not be favored again. Baba will just take care of you. To put it bluntly, these women are useless Yes." Jia Cong said indifferently, "Sending it to the temple will save the Fuzhong a lot of money."

Lou thought for a long time: "The palace also dealt with it in the same way earlier."

Jia Cong nodded: "What happened to the empress dowager back then is similar to what happened to the princess now. You are better than her, and you have property in your hand. She sent the concubines who had no children to become monks first, and then released the maids and maids to let them go on their own. Disperse. Since there are fewer masters, the remaining eunuchs are enough. The eunuchs in your mansion are probably enough." He paused, "Actually... I think, only the princess was born, but no prince Yes, you can also return to your natal family. In the future, when the prince comes to pick up the family members, he probably won't pick them up either."

Lou looked at him and said, "You keep saying that the prince will come to pick us up in the future, do you know where the prince is now?"

"A year ago he was still in Guangxi." Jia Cong said, "After the New Year, he is going to go to sea, to Java in the South Sea. The first son, Situ Yue, is in Java."

Lou was shocked: "Yue'er is in Java?"

"Well, I heard it's settled. The prince wants to visit him, so maybe the father and son have to discuss some things." Jia Cong said with a smile, "I don't know if he will become a big boss in Southeast Asia in the future." Nai paused, "Go back to Beijing." The possibility of it is basically gone. In other words, except for Xiao Shizi's own mother, you can kick any vixen out of the house if you want."

Lou did not hide it: "Really?"

"Really." Jia Cong said seriously, "But you can't abuse them, you can only kick them away. Let them become monks or find an excuse to send them back to their natal families, or throw them out to fend for themselves."

Lou thought about it, and said slowly: "It still won't work. What should I do if the prince blames me in the future."

Jia Cong blinked: "The lord only cares about the heirs, not their mothers. It's not surprising how many people died of illness during such a long time. In this way, there will be many fewer masters in the palace. With fewer masters, there will be fewer servants. You don’t need that much. Either sell or sell, and the expenses of food, clothing and monthly money are all saved.”

Lou's breathing suddenly sank.She wished she could kick all these women out!Every day I can only cry and complain about the sky and the earth, and there is no one who can do anything.Since the prince will come to pick up his family after many years, these people are really useless.What the traitor said was not bad, it would be good to tell the prince that they died of the disease.After thinking for a long time, Lou said: "Forget it, the New Year's Eve, thank you Prince Regent for a trip."

Jia Cong stood up with a smile, made a bow, and got up to say goodbye.

A few days later, the Lou family really released the concubine Ji who was not born in the mansion.Only three days later, several princesses and their mothers were also driven back to their natal homes.King Yan had eight sons.Except for the youngest son, there are three more.Lou hesitated for two days, but did not move the 13-year-old fifth child, and drove away the sixth child, the seventh child and his mother.Turning around, I sold many servants who were useless and could not be seen as loyal and traitorous. Only the Princess Lou, the pair of sons and daughters left by His Highness the Second Highness, His Highness the Fifth Highness and his mother and five masters remained in the entire Yan Palace, and the expenses suddenly decreased a lot ; Those two will be kicked out of the house in two years at most, and the ears of the serious ones will be clean.Thinking of this, Lou suddenly felt much relieved.

It's just that she still doesn't want to hire shopkeepers outside, and entrusts the loyal servants to take care of the shops in the mansion, and she doesn't care about the princess's dignity and often goes out to check the accounts.Zhuangzi had no choice but to lower the rent and rent it to tenants for farming.After a few days like this, he felt quite at ease, even more comfortable than when King Yan was around.Jia Cong heard and clapped his hands and said: "I told her to hire a capable shopkeeper. If she refuses to listen, she can't blame others." This is a later story.

Because the regent's daughter was young and did not dare to let her bump on the road, she was still raised by Dajiala in the past year.In the new year, she was almost two and a half years old, and Jia Cong wrote letters every day complaining that she missed her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, so Chen Ruijin set off from Taiwan to return to Beijing after the next year.Jia Cong has been busy tidying up the house since years ago, setting up some children's swings, seesaws, slides and the like in the yard.Many people in Beijing also know that the princess regent is coming.

This day is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and everyone is preparing for the Lantern Festival, and there are large groups of snow falling from the sky.Enthusiastically, Jia She and Jia Zheng went to Jia Lan's house to force a marriage - Jia Lan hadn't married a wife for a whole year, and this year he just pretended to be sick and spent the new year at home.Jia Cong is fine today, sitting leisurely in the room drinking tea and thinking about his wife and daughter.

Suddenly a doorman came in and replied: "My lord, the Qi State Mansion sent a post, saying that they want to invite the lord to visit the mansion."

Jia Cong was startled.Among the dignitaries in Beijing, the Qi State Mansion is the most special.They are Chen Ruijin's natal family, but they treat Chen Ruijin very badly.Although Jia Cong firmly stood on the wife's side and did not give Chen Ruiwen any face, he still had to take into account the elders and wives of the Chen family - after all, he was the father-in-law and mother-in-law.So he took the post and worried.

The door stood still in the house.Jia Cong suddenly looked up and saw that he was still there, so he looked at him.Menzi hurriedly said: "The people in their family are still waiting outside, saying whether to go and ask the prince for a word."

Jia Cong breathed out, and circled the room with his hands behind his back: "Forget it, let's go. Zuo is just pretending to be deaf and dumb." Then he changed his clothes to go out, put on a bamboo hat, and put on a big cloak and went out.

There are also many fugitive slaves in the Qi State Mansion.Although there are still lights and festoons, because there are few people, it is very deserted.When Jia Cong arrived at the gate of their house, Mr. Chen greeted him personally.Jia Cong smiled and clasped his hands in greeting, Elder Chen laughed heartily, took his hand and walked inside.Jia Cong couldn't break free, and he had already guessed countless thoughts.

When they arrived at the main hall, the two sat down as guests and hosts, and the servants brought refreshments.After only two sips of tea, Mr. Chen began to complain about the escaped slaves.Jia Cong breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body became lighter.He hurriedly put on a face full of smirks, no matter what he said to Yan Wangfei Lou back then, he also said to him now.Anyway, the land tax will not be reduced, and the fugitive slaves will not be arrested.After complaining for a long time, Mr. Chen saw that Jia Cong didn't eat oil and salt, and began to cry about being poor and saying that life was hard.Jia Cong pretended to think about it for a long time, and said: "The price in Beijing is indeed more expensive. Since your mansion has worked hard, why don't you go back to your hometown? Why don't you go back after repairing the mansion?" Mr. Chen was dumbfounded.

Suddenly, a woman turned around from behind the screen, holding a plate in her hand, on which were several snow-white bunny-like snacks.This woman was wearing a goose yellow soft satin jacket, with her head slightly lowered, her steps were graceful and her figure was elegant, she walked up to her and said, "Madam asked the Prince Regent and Master to bring some snacks."

Grandpa Chen nodded: "Let's put it on the case."

The woman gently placed the plate in front of Jia Cong, raised her eyebrows to look at him, and then lowered her head again.Yingying eyebrows are worthy of "even if it is ruthless, it is touching".

Jia Cong couldn't help but laugh, he didn't expect a girl to seduce him many years later.This is a textbook-level classical beauty, but her appearance is at least 100% similar to Chen Ruijin's. She is [-]% her sister, but she is raised by her wife or aunt.In addition, the Concubine Chen of the Wu Kingdom... I thought earlier that all the beauties in this time and space came from Jia's family, but in fact there are quite a few of them in the Chen family.

It's just that his demeanor is far from Chen Ruijin's.If it were an ordinary ancient man, [-]% would like this hanging; but Jia Cong is a monster from later generations, and his aesthetics is different from the current world.So he pretended to be nothing, and didn't even pretend to cough, so he just picked up a piece of snack and tasted it.It tastes really good!Sweet but not greasy, fragrant and glutinous.Jia Cong unconsciously praised: "It's delicious!"

The woman breathed a sigh of relief, smiled sweetly, and turned around while holding the plate, not talking to Mr. Chen.Grandpa Chen laughed and said, "Of course it's delicious. Don't underestimate these dim sums. It takes four or five days to make them."

Jia Cong said: "Although it takes a lot of effort, it's worth it. By the way, didn't Chen Shibo say that the family is a little bit short of money? Since there is such a good dim sum chef, why not open a dim sum shop? The business is booming and the price is more expensive." It doesn't matter, look at how expensive the Su family chocolates are, or is it that a batch of goods will be out of stock in a few days."

Grandpa Chen was stunned, and sighed: "My lord doesn't know something. This dim sum is not made by ordinary dim sum masters."

"I guessed it." Jia Cong said, "Your daughter did it."

There was a hint of surprise in Mr. Chen's eyes, his face was still sad, and he sighed: "My child's life is hard. When she left the cabinet, her family was too difficult, and she couldn't afford any good dowry, so she had to betrothed to a sick and weak husband." Naisan sighed, "I never thought that her husband didn't live up to expectations, and he disappeared the year before last. My daughter was left as a young widow. The family complained that she didn't leave a root for their son, so they didn't divorce her."

Jia Cong clapped his hands and said, "Why don't you agree? It's great, you can marry a good man. If you don't have a dowry, you can open a snack shop and make money by yourself. What are you afraid of if you have craftsmanship? Right, sister-in-law?"