old lady in red

Shi Mei bid farewell to Yikun Palace, looked back at Yikun Palace, thinking in her heart, there is really no simple person in this palace.

Shi Mei thought that she could learn some inside information from the queen.

As a result, the queen talked a lot in a cloud, but she didn't have a single useful word.

Then, Shi Mei ran into Dai Quan when she was leaving the palace.

Dai Quan is still only an eunuch in his thirties, and he does not have the power to walk in the six departments later.

Now Jia Amnesty's aura is in full swing, and he has the potential to catch up with his father Jia Daishan.

Moreover, Jia Amnesty has a relationship with Yanhou, so Yanhou has a party.

Yan Hou is not qualified to compete for the throne, but her status will definitely rise in a straight line in the future.

Returning to Beijing this time, I'm afraid he will be promoted and bestowed with titles.

A duke cannot escape.

In the future, no prince will be afraid of ascending the throne, but will only draw in this power.

Dai Quan was originally beaten last time, and he didn't want to say more.

However, people's desire to survive is greater than everything else.

Many friends and multiple paths are most suitable for them.

When Dai Quan saw Shi Mei, he was busy saluting and saying hello.

When Shi Mei returned the gift, Nanny Lai quickly stuffed Dai Quan with a purse, a hundred taels of silver and a piece of stamp material.

Dai Quan knew it at a glance, and said loudly: "The slave and maid send the Duke's wife respectfully."

Then, he quickly lowered his voice and said: "The president of Tirenyuan accepted a bribe of up to one million taels from a salt merchant, and it was Master Hou who handled it.

However, the Zhen family heard that they will bite, if something happens to your family, you should make plans early..."

Shi Mei bowed her head in return: "The manager is polite!"

Shi Mei got into the car and didn't say to Yang Shi until she got back to Rongning Street: "Go back and let Jing'er go to the house right away, I have something to ask."

Knowing that Concubine Zhen's words were inappropriate, Yang hurried back home.

In two quarters of an hour, Jia Jing and his wife arrived at Rong Mansion.

Shi Mei said: "The matter with Bafang has been handled properly, and the tail can be eliminated.

Has the debt of the Ningfu Household Department been exchanged? "

Jia Jingdao: "When I came back from Nanjing the year before last, I paid back 20 yuan, which should be regarded as the profit from selling salt tea at Bafang.

Last year, we repaid the remaining 15 yuan, and now our house doesn't owe anything.

If my aunt needs silver, I still have 30 snowflake silver in my treasury, and my aunt can just use it for emergency. "

Yang also said: "You are welcome, Auntie."

Shi Mei shook her head: "If you don't owe any more debts, I will feel at ease.

Now I'm worried that those three people from Bafang will come out to make trouble, they are people in the pit anyway..."

Jia Jing shook his head: "My nephew heard that Brother She squeezed the Zhen family out this time. The Zhen family wanted to bite us and try to negotiate terms with Brother She, but I didn't expect that the father and son had a stroke. , do not recognize people.

The young one had long been jealous and had been beaten to death.

There is only one blind woman left, and the clan is guarded day and night.

Moreover, the gates of the clan are all three-foot thick brick walls, unless the house is blown up, otherwise they will not escape.

And she is a woman, I have already wiped out the account book. "

Shi Mei said: "I'm afraid that someone in the clan will tear down the table."

Jia Jing said: "Now it's Jia Ban and Jia Bin who take turns to take care of the woman. Everyone has problems, and they won't have problems anymore."

Shi Mei nodded: "I feel at ease now.

Concubine Zhen said today that she couldn't care less.

It seems that there is something big going on.

Also, you have no contact with the Qin family anymore, have you? "

Jia Jing shook his head: "No more contact.

Only the adopted son died.

Now that Concubine Zhen is down, the Zhen family has nothing to rely on. "

Concubine Zhen Gui will live for more than ten years, so she won't fail this time.

Shi Mei said: "The relationship between Concubine Zhen and His Majesty for decades will not disappear overnight.

Let's not be this person who adds insult to injury.

However, if his Zhen family is guilty, there is nothing we can do to help. "

Jia Jing said angrily: "Poor third sister, such a transparent person, but not as ruthless as the eldest sister, alas, it is also because my uncle treats her too spoiledly, doesn't worry about everything, and ended up like this.

The collapse of the Zhen family was also their retribution. The 20-year-old girl died as soon as she said she was dead.Black-hearted, rotten beast! "

An idiot like Yang Qing'er walked out of Ning Mansion alive, even though he is not as good as a pig or a dog now, he still has a life left.

Shi Mei went back and wrote a letter, the front of which was the same as before, Shi Mei wrote the letter, Jia Lian wrote, Jia Cong wrote, Zhang'er's small handprint.

Finally, Shi Mei told Jia She again:

Everything is fine at home, don't need to worry about it, do your job well, and repay the grace of God.

Jia Amnesty is a smart person, and he saw that the whole family was safe and sound.

Explain that the Second Rongning Mansion has nothing to do with the private salt, and I don't need to worry about Concubine Zhen.

There is no need to make any compromises with the Zhen family.

Repaying the Holy Grace means that everything is waiting for the Holy One to decide.

In mid-October, Shimei attacked Concubine Zhen again.

Concubine Zhen was said to be an in-law of the Rong Mansion, and all the other princes came to the palace to visit, if the Rong Mansion avoided seeing her, they would probably be talked about.

This time, Concubine Zhen no longer went on hunger strike, her spirits improved a lot, her complexion was rouged, but she couldn't hide the tiredness in her eyes.

Concubine Zhen looked at Shi Mei in private and smiled lightly: "Sister is really the husband of a woman. When she returned to her hometown to observe her filial piety, she not only put her two sons on the horse, but also eradicated all the insects in the clan. The tail was completely wiped out.

I also passed Ming Road in front of His Majesty, my sister admired her skills. "

Shi Mei smiled, and gave a jade pendant to Concubine Zhen: "No matter what the empress thinks about Rongfu, Rongfu's loyalty to the emperor and patriotism will not change.

The father-in-law lives like this, and the father-in-law is gone, and the two boys in my family will continue to do it.

As the saying goes, the rewards of eating the king and the worries of the king, the empress should not praise too much.

As for the empress talking about moths, when a family grows, there will always be good and bad.

As a member of the family, it is natural for the family to consider.

It's not that we are cruel, there are hundreds of people in a family, how can we lose the family because of a few greedy moths?

Who is not a blood relative?

Geckos know how to cut off their tails to survive, let alone humans! "

Zhen Guifei laughed at Shi Mei's vicious methods.

Shi Mei ridiculed Concubine Zhen Gui for not knowing her priorities.

Last time, without knowing the seriousness, he allowed his nephew to secretly raise the outside room, and the angry wife killed two people, and it didn't hurt or itch and it was over in a few words.

It's a good thing that Jia Daishan died, otherwise, the Zhen family would have died a long time ago, until today?

Of course, if His Majesty wants to protect it, the Zhen family can certainly continue to survive for more than ten years.

However, once His Majesty takes the Zen seat, what should he do?

What about raising the illegitimate son of the deposed prince?

Can the deposed prince recover?

The current situation is so fierce, the adult princes have settled in the six departments and set up separate hilltops, it is no longer a matter of abolishing the prince.

However, Shi Mei didn't know whether this emperor was suspected to be the fourth elder brother of Yongzheng, or the fifteenth elder brother who was suspected of being Emperor Jiaqing.

In the imperial court run by Duke Cao, the Ming and Qing dynasties appeared alternately.

Shi Mei couldn't figure it out at all.

The only thing to rely on is the half-assed qi technique.

But, you have to have a chance to see the princes?

In recent years, the emperor did not hold large-scale celebrations, and Shi Mei had nothing to do.

Fortunately, Jia Amnesty and Marquis Yan are currently on the line.

Emperor Jiahe would definitely hint to Marquis Yan that as long as Jia Amnesty followed Marquis Yan, he would definitely walk to the new court.

Thinking of this, Shi Mei felt a little relieved, feeling that her head was much safer.

At the beginning of winter, Yanhou Jia pardoned Lin Ruhai, and they generously sent various earth rituals to their families.

It was sent to Chaotianmen Wharf by the Wang family's ship.

Jia Xun went to Jiangnan in October, and told Jia Amnesty about the contest between his family and Concubine Zhen, as well as the arrangements of his hometown.

Jia Amnesty sent back half a boatload of New Year's goods to Rongfu.

Including the same pocket watch Jia Zhu and Jia Lian wanted from Jia Cong, and several boxes of bamboo root carvings from Jiangnan.

There are also half a boat full of southern fruits purchased by Jia Xun, as well as potted plants from the south of the Yangtze River.

All the fruits were robbed on the pier.

Fortunately, the fruits from Rongning and Ningfu were mixed in the New Year's goods, otherwise they would also be robbed.

At the beginning of the year, with Jia Xun's capital of 500 taels of silver, he went to the south of the Yangtze River three times this year, all with the Wang family's ships.

Both he and Shi Mei have made money.

Jia Xuan is also good, he does not open in March, but has been open for several years.

Jia Xuan didn't know how to investigate, but he even took a fancy to a long-term follower of Jia Zhen in Zhongning Mansion.

Jia Zhen went to Mobei, and he lost his errand and stayed in the porter.

Jia Xun asked someone for help several times, so he called him.

Jia Xun's business here has opened up, and ordinary street children can be recruited to help.

Jia Xuan's antique shop needs proficient talents to succeed.

This Pan Ming, his ancestors used to serve in court, but in troubled times, his family business was ruined, and several antiques were also robbed by soldiers and ruffians, so he sold himself into slavery in desperation.

Seeing that what he said was sound, Jia Xuan asked Shi Mei for Pan Ming.

The servants of Rongning and Ningfu have been buying and selling together for two years, and there is no strict separation of families.

Speaking of it, whoever takes a fancy to it will follow him.

This is also the reason why the two brothers Lai Da are housekeepers in Rongning Second Mansion respectively.

One thing is that his father was Jia Daishan's cadre of profit, and he died because of the affairs of the house.

Second, the two brothers have roots of wisdom.

Jia Daishan was cultivated as soon as he was cultivated, and he became a talent.

Since this Pan Ming is a talent, the Rongfu needs it, so Jia Jing gave it without saying a word.

Pan Ming became the courtier of Jia Xuan's antique shop.

Jia Xuan himself crossed the river by feeling the stones.

I found a big court before, but the business did not complete a few pieces, and I had to process money in a different way.

Jia Xuan proposed a fixed monthly rule, and if people don't do it, they have to get paid according to the receipt and shipment.

Regardless of whether the boss's business is good or bad, he asks for money when he receives the goods, and he asks for money when he sells the goods.

This way of doing it means that the boss pays the capital and makes money for him.

The boss also paid the rent for free.

Pan Ming was different, he didn't have any demands.It all depends on Jia Xuan's expenses.

Jia Xuan said that the money should be calculated according to the rules in the market.

On weekdays, five taels of silver per month.

To make a profit at the end of the year, he will make [-]% of the business himself.

That imperial court can't come anymore, Pan Ming is actually a great court official.

However, Pan Ming only wanted one percent.

Pan Ming said that he is the son of a family.

Money given by the master is a reward from the master.

He used to follow Jia Zhen without a month or two, enough to support his parents and wife.

Jia Xuan said.

Your daughter-in-law can't do anything to raise a baby, and your old mother has to take care of the family, so she can't earn money.

It takes money to have a baby, and there must be some income!

Since you don't want this interest, let your father come to see the door, and put a curtain on the door when the guests come.

Two taels a month, is it possible?

Pan Ming agreed now, his father was no ordinary old slave.

His eyes are more poisonous than his son.

As a result, when I went shopping on Liuli Street with Jia Xun, I even picked up two leaks for Jia Xun, earning a net profit of a hundred taels of silver.

Jia Xuan immediately gave him ten taels of silver.

The old man only needs one or two.

Jia Xuan gave the old man a hundred taels of silver, and simply asked him to go out to pick up leaks.

This old man can always make two or three taels of extra money every month, and he doesn't brag, he quietly goes back to let his wife cook, and gives her a piece of silver.

After hearing this, Shi Mei felt that the happiness index of this family was really high.

It seems to be even more arrogant than Shi Mei, a super-grade imperial edict.

Shi Mei eats well, drinks well, and plays well, but one bad thing is that she is tired.

Always worried, a bad head is unstable.

Everything is good in this dynasty, but the common people have no human rights!

This is the most annoying.

Whenever at this moment, Shi Mei misses modern life and sings in her heart: Socialism is good!

It's a pity I can't go back!

Shi Mei thought, if she turned herself into a pickpocket on the street, she might not be able to survive for a day.

Shi Mei doesn't have that ability at all!

In a blink of an eye, it was Laba.

All kinds of fragrant Laba porridge are floating on the street.

The winter hunting feast continues, this year it has nothing to do with the Rong Mansion.

Jia Jing joined as usual, he is a noble and an official of the Ministry of War.

In addition to giving Laba porridge here, Shimei started to gather Jiazhu Jialian Baijintang after school, and there were seven or eight boys to help give New Year gifts.

This year's annual ceremony is well prepared.

They are all soil instruments from the south of the Yangtze River, which Jia She bought when he was bewildering those fools.

Things worth dozens of taels of silver were sent to other people's homes, and they liked it very much.

Especially children.

Shi Mei ordered that for families with children, a set of bamboo root carvings would be given to them, children would love that.

The annual gift from Jiangnan was distributed, and then it was time for the annual account reconciliation.

The fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

The annual ceremonies of Rong Mansion and other mansions are almost the same.

Jia Ban and Jia Shu of Jinling.

Zhang Juewu Jinzhong from Montenegro also arrived.

At the same time, Wu Jinxiao, the general manager of Heishantou in the Eastern Mansion, brought news of Jia Zhen.

(Wu Jinzhong and Wu Jinxiao are two people. Wu Jinxiao is the head of Heishantou in Ningfu, and Wu Jinzhong is the head of Heishantou in Rongfu.)

Jia Zhen asked Wu Jinzhong for half of the New Year's goods, and another five thousand silver.

These Jia Zhen have written letters, Jia Jing must recognize them.

But the Yu family did not go to Beijing, and Jia Zhen did not return to Beijing.

These things are for celebrating the new year with the Yu family.

Five thousand silver is to buy a house in Shengjing.

Since the Yu family accepted him as a son-in-law, he was unwilling to live in his father-in-law's house.

He emphasized that he is not a door-to-door son-in-law.

What Jia Zhen was talking about was when she became like a human being, or when the Yu family agreed to get married, and then she returned to Beijing.

Jia Jing Yang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he married a daughter-in-law and forgot his parents.

This is the one who forgot his parents before he married his daughter-in-law.

Mrs. Yang came to complain to Shimei, wiped her tears and said, "Zhen'er is a white-eyed wolf, I don't want my son, neither do my parents.

Auntie, I don't know how to raise a son, but I don't know how to raise a dog, and I can also look after the house. "

Jia Rong wiped his grandmother's tears, and comforted her with a smile: "Grandmother, don't be afraid, he doesn't want you. He will raise you when his grandson grows up."

Yang's heart was finally a little bit sweet, and he touched his poor grandson: "You idiot, your father doesn't want you, and your grandmother doesn't want you anymore, you're still happy!"

This kind of people who have not married into the family, just follow their daughter-in-law as one mind, not to mention that Yang's natives are a little anxious, even Shi Mei feels a little worried.

It's really better to raise a barbecued pork.

It's not the Yu family's fault.

They drove him home, but he was foolish and insisted on going with Miss Yu.

Jia Jing divided half of the remaining New Year's goods into three shares, kept one for himself, and distributed the rest to the tribe.

The Rong Mansion first asked Jia Zheng to take Jia Zhu and Jia Lian to escort [-] silver to the household department to pay off the debt.

After Du Shangshu accepted the money, he couldn't help but go to Emperor Jiahe to praise Rongfu: This old lady in Rongfu is really trustworthy.

This is not a fuss in Duchamp's book.

The household department comes to the door every year to collect money, and no one is willing to repay the debt.

Even if the debt is paid, 1 to [-] will be squeezed out.

This is still an ordinary family. Some families of royal families simply drive out the officials of the household department, and do not even open the door at all, treating the household department as a beggar.

What Shimei didn't know here was that Du Shangshu regarded herself as a role model and praised her again, and brought her grandchildren to write signatures, and gave New Year's goods to the clansmen in the back street according to the roster.

Jia Xun and Jia Xun are different now.

According to the people at the time, it was a change of shotgun and cannon, and a change of court.

Both of them now live in the house on the street, which is three deep and spans the courtyard.

There is no need to buy a house for the birth of two sons in the future.

The most eye-catching change is their clothes, which are completely in the style of young masters of Rongfu.

Shimei uniformly gave them custom-made squirrel fur cloaks, mink padded robes, and mink hats.

The style is the same as that of Jia Zhu and Jia Lian.

Walking out is a group of young masters in the gate of the mansion.

Jia Xun's daughter-in-law is dressed in pomegranate red satin and silver flowers, and a jacket and skirt made of white fox fur.

The Zhaojun suit of the same color complements her skin like snow, making her look as if she has overwhelmed the little daughter-in-laws in the backstreet.

Moreover, Shi Mei returned one hundred mu and two fields to each of the two nephews, which have already been transferred to the government.

These two are now small landlords in the suburbs of Beijing.

Moreover, the big guys also know that they don't get paid according to the shopkeeper when they do business.

Instead, all profits, excluding expenses, are divided equally with Lizhi.

You don't have to worry about paying taxes, you don't have to worry about the gangsters on the street making trouble, there is the censor who patrols the streets, and the old guard of Jin Yiwei Jia She.

Respect them with a feast every month, and a New Year's goods on New Year's Day, to ensure that you will be safe and sound throughout the year.

These are all being handled by Tochie.

Comparing this level, many people's eyes are red.

First of all, Jia Daixiu, Jia Jing's concubine uncle, felt unbalanced.

He found Jia Jing: "Nephew, why don't you learn from such a good thing?"

Jia Jing spread his hands: "Fifth Uncle, you speak with conscience!

At the beginning, my nephew tried my best to persuade Jia Huang, Jia Xia's nephew to come out to do business, but you always hesitated at that time, and never replied.

Jia Xun and Jia Xun were originally persuaded by their aunt, so they naturally followed their aunt.

This incident caused the nephew to lose face in front of his aunt.

The nephew's charisma is still much worse than that of the aunt.

The people in the West Mansion are willing to share the worries for Yizhi, but no one on our side will reach out.

Alas, the nephew's prestige is not enough! "

Jia Daixiu also blushed.

His three sons are useless.

Everyone eats and waits to die. The only advantage is that each person will give him a few grandchildren.

Jia Daixiu said: "Nephew, I will leave Jia Huang and Jia Xia to you, you can make arrangements."

Jia Jing said, "Didn't you hear that Jia Xia's nephew is determined to go to school? Why doesn't he study?"

Jia Daixiu waved his hand: "You also know that his father is a sick child, and now he is paralyzed on the bed all day long, and his mother is taking care of him.

Two children, the youngest one is still young, if Jia Xia can't come out, who will be called?

Besides, your sixth uncle also said that he will have no hope of taking the exam for another ten years.

So did Jia Juan.

Forget it, we didn't get that life.

I heard that the clansmen in Jinling's hometown have sons who are all in the fifteenth team, so they go to the streets to beg for life.

This time I went to the south of the Yangtze River, and the children from Jinling's hometown are more brilliant than our children from Kyoto.

My face is so dull.

Jia Huang is also seventeen this year, and Jia Xia is sixteen.

According to the rules of Jinling, we should have found our own way, we are spoiled.

You see, Jia Ban, Jia Shu and Jia Mei are all promising.

Jia Dun has become Mr. Private School, big nephew, look, what kind of things we have raised here.

There are three scholars in Jinling, but we have none here.

Alas, let’s not talk about it, from now on, whoever says that life is not secure and needs money and rice, the eldest nephew can just tell the uncle, and I will slap him. "

Jia Jing said: "How about this, this eighteenth, my nephew serves wine, let's discuss and see if anyone else in the other family is willing to help.

As soon as the shop opened and one hundred acres of fertile land, my nephew would transfer the ownership right away without delay.

But, Uncle Wu, we have an ugly saying in our heads, this one hundred mu of land can only be passed on to the family, not monopolized. "

Jia Daixiu was about to add [-] acres, and he was elated: "It's natural, I'll tell you where your sixth uncle is."

Jia Jing said: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose a day, so my nephew will go with Fifth Uncle to pick up Sixth Uncle himself.

It's just that Jia Qi in Uncle Six's house seems to be in poor health.

Sixth Uncle has only one son. Although there are associates in the business, Jia Xun Jia Xun always buys goods by himself. Finding the source of goods is not an easy task, is it? "

Jia Daixiu said: "I am not looking for him to let Qi'er participate, but to ask your sixth uncle to persuade other tribesmen, even if he does not come out, you must show support."

Jia Jing nodded: "You two are the only remaining elders in the clan, so you should be the leader!"

Jia Dairu was indeed frowning.

This Jia Qi's daughter-in-law gave birth to a son, who was only two years old.

But Jia Qi was sick and crooked, and he didn't feel better.

Jia Dairu also had three sons, the first two of whom were

Died, only this, and so on.

The fifth wife and daughter-in-law wiped away tears all day long.

Jia Dairu was also very anxious.

Jia Jing touched his grandson Jia Rui.

Jia Rui embraced Jia Jing's leg and said, "Uncle!"

Jia Jing hugged Jia Rui: "Good boy, he looks very strong."

Jia Dairu said: "Uncle is thinking about this."

Jia Jing went in to visit Jia Qi with Jia Rui in his arms, and said a few words before going out.

Jia Jing told Jia Dairu about finding food for the clansmen: "Our two families can afford to support them, but it's just a mouthful of food, and we won't be rich if we don't starve to death.

Now that Aunt Xifu has proposed this strategy, my nephew thinks it is feasible.

It's just that the nephew recommended it three times last year, but the clansmen misunderstood it, thinking that the nephew was shirking responsibility.

In desperation had to stop.

You have also seen the achievements of Jia Xun and Jia Xun's two nephews this year.

Uncle Wu meant to ask his nephew to give the tribe another chance.

The nephew still said the same thing, as long as whoever comes forward to share the worries of the aunt, the nephew will immediately offer a hundred acres of fertile land. "