The Red Mansions

Chapter 394 This is Jia Jiajin, need to add money!

Chapter 394 This is the daughter of the Jia family, you need to pay more!

Just when Jia Heng led Qin Keqing away from her mother's house, there was a black throttle mansion not far from Rongguo Mansion.

In the wing room, Jia Amnesty was talking to Mrs. Xing, with an expression of displeasure on her face. This state has continued since yesterday when she heard about Jia Heng's ennobling.

When Lin Zhixiao just came to inform Jia She that he was going to worship the ancestors in the Dongfu ancestral hall tomorrow morning, Jia She's dissatisfaction had already accumulated to the limit.

As soon as Lin Zhixiao left, Jia She's eyes flickered coldly, and he said coldly: "Tomorrow, I will worship my ancestors, this kid will become more and more proud."

The jealousy in my heart surged up uncontrollably, thinking that he is only a first-class general, how can the little boy be promoted to a first-class baron?

Mrs. Xing's fair face was also covered with frost, she sneered, and said: "The old lady is very happy now, my daughter-in-law is also joking around, saying that it is only necessary to invite half a month to the big show to be lively. Let Ping'er go find an opera troupe."

Jia She said coldly, "She's used to being tricky and obedient, and Brother Lian can't control her."

This is about Sister Feng. Because Jia Lian stole my aunt Yanhong, she was awarded Qiutong, and Qiutong entered the back house, and she was not an oil-saving lamp. It shows up in normal attitude.

When Jia Lian was mentioned, Jia She's eyes darkened. Although some things have passed for a while, but they are not carefully considered, they are like scars. Although they are healed, they will reveal bloody granulation when they are pulled.

Fortunately, Jia Lian has been quite capable recently, traveling to the north and helping him earn a lot of money.

It's just that Yan Hong is also rewarding that bastard.

Jia Amnesty took a deep breath, suppressed negative emotions, and said, "Lian'er went away to leave relatives, and she should be back at this time, so you can find time to talk to his wife."

Mrs. Xing responded.

As a mother-in-law, Mrs. Xing can handle Sister Feng even though she comes from a small family.

The couple chatted casually.

Mrs. Xing looked hesitant, and said in a low voice: "Master, my elder brother is in Suzhou, and life is not easy at home. A letter came the day before yesterday, saying that he wants to come to Beijing. Master, what do you think is the best idea?"

It turned out that Mrs. Xing's elder brother, Xing Zhong, had written a letter not long ago and wanted to go to Beijing. In fact, life at home was really difficult and he wanted to come and join Mrs. Xing.

But Mrs. Xing blindly flattered Jia She, for fear of offending Jia She, she dared not make her own decisions and wanted to listen to Jia She's ideas.

Jia Amnesty picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said impatiently, "You can decide on such trivial matters, you don't need to ask me everything."

Mrs. Xing heard this and said with a smile: "Then I'll let them come to Beijing."

Different from the original book, Xing Xiuyan's family only had to enter Beijing after the completion of the Grand View Garden. Now, because of the butterfly effect, this good friend of Miaoyu, a dignified, elegant, comfortable and self-sufficient woman, entered Beijing earlier.

While the two were discussing, a servant called out from under the eaves, "My lord, there is someone who calls Sun Shaozu, please hand over the greeting card and come to visit the lord."

Jia Amnesty frowned, and when he heard Sun Shaozu's name, he looked worried and snorted coldly: "Sun Shaozu, what is he doing here again?"

This Sun Shaozu was so tired that he knelt down in the ancestral hall for the first time, and he came again on the 29th of the year, and asked him to introduce Jia Heng’s child.

The servant said in a low voice: "I said I came to see the master, and I have a generous gift. This is the gift list."

Since Sun Shaozu visited Jia Amnesty last time, he didn't meet Jia Heng as he wished, so he was not very reconciled. He lingered in the capital for a while, but he still couldn't find a way to fill the vacancy. He waited like this until yesterday, after listening to Jia Heng. The news of being promoted to baron immediately revived his mind.

Spending another five or six hundred taels of silver, I bought some affordable gifts, and came to visit Jia Amnesty, intending to make some connections.

Jia Amnesty took the gift list from the servant, glanced at it, twirled his short beard with his hands, his face softened, and said: "Take him to the hall and wait, master, I will go there later."

Although I can't handle the matter of waiting for promotion, I still have to accept the gift. If I want to give the gift to others, I won't open my mouth to ask for the 5000 taels of silver.

In the flower hall, the layout is luxurious.

Sun Shaozu was dressed in a military officer's robe, with a majestic figure, sitting on a nanmu chair, with a bearded face, and a gloomy expression.

Holding the teacup, thinking about it.

He finally understood that this old bastard Jia She belonged to Pixiu, he could only get in and out.

This 5000 taels of silver is probably not easy to ask for.

"Since this is the case, it's not a bad idea to be the son-in-law of this old man. I heard that he has a concubine daughter who is twelve or thirteen years old. Let's make a marriage first, and you can get married after a year or two. Becoming in-laws will elevate my grandson's family status, and it will be much cheaper to make do with that Lord Jia at that time."

Sun Shaozu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, thinking so.

He hadn't been idle during this time, and inquired about the situation in the east and west mansions. This Jia Amnesty and that Lord Jia, when the latter was not prosperous, seemed to be difficult to deal with. Later, because they were both the Jia family's east and west mansions The official, maintaining a posture of discord between face and heart.

But he just borrowed a raft to cross the river, the rest still depends on his means.

Sun Shaozu's eyes flickered coldly, thinking about how to deal with Jia Amnesty later.

After a while, I saw a fair-faced middle-aged man in Sujin robes, enter the flower hall through the curtain, and said with a smile: "Nephew."

"Shibo, Shibo is always nice, and my nephew is very polite." Sun Shaozu got up quickly, bowed his hands and saluted.

The two exchanged greetings, and again divided the guests and hosts into seats.

Jia She took a look at Sun Shaozu, smiled and said: "Your nephew, come as soon as you come, how can you get a gift?"

Sun Shaozu's face was serious, and he said seriously: "Come to see Shibo, why come empty-handed? Besides, today is the second day of junior high school, and relatives should come and walk around."

Jia She picked up the teacup, took a sip, concealed the weird thoughts in his heart, smiled, and took the initiative to bring up the past, saying: "Nephew, something happened last time, originally I wanted to introduce Brother Heng to you son."

"Uncle, I'm awake. Lord Jia has high eyesight. Maybe he can't see Sun Mou." Sun Shaozu smiled.

When Jia She heard this, he nodded his head, and said: "It's almost the same meaning. After all, Brother Heng is young, successful in youth, and somewhat arrogant."

Sun Shaozu secretly thought that sure enough, the two of them just wouldn't deal with each other, otherwise, how could they go along with it instead of defending it in front of a foreigner?

After pondering for a moment, he smiled and said, "My nephew came here because I actually have a heartfelt request."

Jia She's complexion froze, he forced a smile and said: "Nephew, I'm thinking of a way to raise the matter of waiting for Que'er, so don't be impatient, nephew."

Sun Shaozu paused for a moment, and said with a smile: "Shibo misunderstood, waiting for the child to be promoted, my nephew has some ideas, now I heard that Shibo has a daughter, the country is beautiful, and it is suitable for an IKEA. My nephew admires it very much. Can the author and your family form a good relationship between Qin and Jin? I don’t know what Shi Bo wants?"

He asked a calligraphy seller for advice on this passage, and he memorized it several times in the past two days.

Hearing this, Jia She was startled, looked at Sun Shaozu, scrutinized him carefully, squinted his eyes, and asked, "I do have a daughter in my boudoir, but where did my nephew hear about it?"

"To tell you the truth, the last time I invited the second master Lian to have a drink together, we had a good conversation with him and became a confidant. When I learned that he also has a beautiful girl, my nephew paid attention. My nephew has the audacity to ask for marriage." Sun Shaozu seemed to have a shy expression on his rough face, and he sold Jia Lian backhandedly.

When Jia Amnesty heard this, he knew it was Jia Lian who revealed it, but he was not annoyed, but frowned, his eyes rolled, thinking about the pros and cons.

The 5000 taels of silver definitely cannot be returned. If Yingchun betrothed to this Sun Shaozu, it seems... not bad?

A concubine's concubine's daughter can't marry a good family.

And this Sun Shaozu is also a senior military officer, let alone the 5000 taels of silver, if he doesn't give an explanation, it seems that he can't justify it.

Jia She thought for a while and made up his mind, but his face showed a look of embarrassment on purpose, and sighed: "Accordingly, my nephew is also from a military background, from a famous family, but although my girl has a bit of a hard life, she is just a concubine, but I The daughter of the Jia family is virtuous and virtuous, with a dignified appearance, regardless of her concubines, she cannot be easily adapted to others, and besides, she is still young, so it is too early for such an engagement."

The implication is that this is the daughter of the Jia family, and you need to pay more!

Sun Shaozu hesitated for a while, stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Uncle Shi, my nephew has a strong intention to marry Shibo, and I ask Shibo to make it happen."

After thinking for a while, he said: "Although my grandson's family doesn't have much property in Beijing, they still have a small amount of wealth. They will never treat Miss badly. As for their young age, my nephew would not be too late to pass the family in two years."

He just used Jia's family to improve his family status and matchmaking, and he didn't even care about beauty or ugliness.

Jia She touched the green wrench in his hand, and said: "Nephew, let me think about this matter. My girl is actually young, so I'm not in a hurry."

Since Sun Shaozu wanted something from him, he would let it dry first, maybe he could squeeze out more oil and water.

Hearing this, Sun Shaozu felt a little dissatisfied with Jia Amnesty's displeasure, but the smile on his face remained undiminished, and he bowed and said, "Then my nephew will wait for the good news of Shibo."

Saying that, he didn't stay any longer, took his leave and left.

Jia Amnesty nodded, and smiled at the servant beside him, "Send it for me."

Sun Shaozu came out of the black oil gate, stood on the street, his big face darkened, and he spat secretly, "Old bastard, you want money!"

How could he not know what Jia She's claiming, this is Te Niang's and wants to take money from him!

"Come on, let's go, let's settle the marriage first."

Once such a rich and powerful family has made a marriage agreement, it is hard to go back on it, and wait for him to get the marriage certificate.

"But at least another 2000 taels of silver must be brought out, but now I am in a hurry, where else can I get the money?" Just when Sun Shaozu was struggling with the money, he suddenly saw three riders coming from the end of Ningrong Street, and the leader sat On the saddle, there is a young knight in fresh clothes and angry horse, with his toes high and his nostrils upturned, and two knights follow behind him.

Sun Shaozu frowned, unable to grasp his identity for a while, but looking at the military uniform, he was a small banner officer in the Beijing camp.

In front of the Rongguo Mansion, a servant who was sweeping the floor approached and asked with a smile, "Uncle Qin, where did this come from?"

Jia Qin slowed down a bit, snorted, and said, "Can you control it?"

He whipped his horse and led the two knights towards the entrance of the alley.

The servant of the Rong Mansion, with an angry expression on his face, spat and scolded: "What's the air, it's because Uncle Heng raised his hand and became an official of Sesame Mung Bean in Beijing."

Another young man in a cloth robe just came out of the corner gate of Rongfu with a cloth bag in his hand.

At this time, the boy said: "Hey, Brother Fen, it seems that Uncle Heng also asked you to serve as a soldier in the Beijing camp, why didn't you go?

Another boy who was sweeping up the debris of firecrackers with a broom said with a smile: "Yes, I heard that the worst in the Beijing camp is also a small flag officer. Second Master Yun in the corridor. The autumn wind is blowing at home, and I heard that he is now well-off, and he bought more than ten catties of meat during the New Year, and pulled them home, which made his old mother very happy."

The young man in the starched, semi-new and unworn clothes listened to the two young men's narration, his face was not good-looking, and he was even a little ashamed.

The person was Jia Fen, when Jia Heng summoned the Shuzhi people to go to the capital camp, Jia Fen thought he was weak and did not go, at the beginning Jia Heng even took half a piece of ginseng to recuperate his body.

Now Jia Fen doesn't want Brother Yun and Brother Fang, who grew up together in the past, to be the most promising, but he can only go to Rongguo Mansion to play the autumn wind. He is both envious and regretful.

"I regret it." Jia Fen's face turned pale, and he sighed inwardly. With his sleeves in his hands, he picked up his cloth bag and left Rongguo Mansion.

Sun Shaozu listened to the conversation of the two servants in front of the Rongguo Mansion, and looked at the tall horse disappearing at the corner of the street, with a thoughtful look on his rough face.

"A member of the Jia family? I heard that Uncle Heng asked the children of the common clan to serve as generals in the army. I think he will be promoted and reused in the future. If I have a good relationship with the Jia family, I should be able to take care of him."

Thinking of this, my heart became more and more burning, and the matter of marrying Jia's family became more urgent.

"It's just that it's still silver..."

Sun Shaozu led the horse, thinking about where to raise money, walked quickly to the street, and suddenly saw three or four horses coming towards him, stepping on the bluestone slabs, making a rattling sound.

The man sitting in the saddle, dressed in a blue shirt and long robe, has a well-proportioned figure and a handsome face. Under two thick eyebrows, a pair of peach blossom eyes are looking passionately, and there is a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Seeing the person coming, Sun Shaozu's eyes lit up, but he recognized him. He approached, clasped his fists together and smiled, "Second Lord, Mr. Sun is here to invite you."

Jia Lian pulled the reins to stop the horse, and looked at the prestige, and saw Sun Shaozu who was waiting with the horse on the side of the road, with a smile on his handsome face, and said: "So it's brother Sun, where did this come from?"

Sun Shaozu smiled and said, "I just came to visit Uncle Shi, where did Second Master come from?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Today is not the second year of junior high school, so I went to visit some old relatives. I just came back."

As he said that, he got off his horse, threw the reins of the horse to the boy beside him, and said with a smile: "Brother Sun, I haven't thanked you for being so kind last time. It's getting late, how about a few drinks in the humble house?"

Jia Lian said, looking at the tall and bearded young man in front of him, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked away.

Secretly, what a hero!

The Sun family is a family of military generals in Datong, and many clansmen are generals in border towns, and their forces are intertwined. If a trade route can be opened from there, leading directly to the grassland, he can bypass the old man and create a source of income on his own.

Thinking of all the advantages of having money in hand, Jia Lian's eyes were a little lost.

Seeing Jia Lian's warm smile and friendly attitude, he hit Sun Shaozu's arms, pretending to be heroic and said with a smile: "Second Master Lian is open-minded, so it's better for Sun to be respectful than obey his orders."

As he said, he followed Jia Lian to Huazhi Lane, Rongning Street.

After Jia Lian had enough money, he bought a mansion in Huazhi Lane and used it as a separate residence (soliciting prostitutes). Of course, it was also because of the disharmony between the husband and wife. His mind was shaken, but when Jia Lian stole Yanhong and was awarded Qiutong again, his heart couldn't let go, and he would never let Jia Lian touch it again.

Jia Lian was so happy, because she thought Sister Feng couldn't let go of the matter of the bed, so the husband and wife "cold war" went on like this, but Sister Feng suffered.

Jia Lian led Sun Shaozu to the courtyard.

Jia Lian asked Zhao'er to lead Sun Shaozu to wait in the courtyard, and then turned to go to Jia's amnesty courtyard. After returning to the relatives, he was scolded, and returned to the Sanchong courtyard in Huazhi Lane as if nothing had happened.

At this time, the servants had already prepared the banquet, and there were two brightly dressed women who were beautifully dressed to accompany the wine.

Jia Lian invited Sun Shaozu to sit down, drinking wine and chatting about other things instead of talking about smuggling.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Jia Lian asked with a smile, "I just heard from the old man that Brother Sun wants to marry my younger sister Yingchun?"

Sun Shaozu took a sip of his wine, and said with a "sincere" smile: "I'm not going to hide it from the second master, I have such a meaning, I don't know what the second master's idea is?"

Jia Lian picked up the wine cup, took a sip, and said with a smile, "What can I propose? I just listen to the arrangement of the Elder Master, but if it succeeds, you will become my brother-in-law."

Sun Shaozu smiled and said, "That's the reason, why don't you call me uncle."

That in itself is attitude.

After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Sun Shaozu's red face showed a bit of distress, and he said: "Second Master, according to Shibo's intentions, I am afraid that it will take a lot of money to betroth your sister, brother. I'm ashamed."

Jia Lian's eyes flickered, and he thought to himself, what I was waiting for was your words, and he smiled and said, "Brother Sun, his family is also a prominent family in Datong, so there should be a lot of work in the family, right? Don't you mean you are too shy?"

Sun Shaozu smiled wryly and said: "Since the second master is one of his own, let's not hide it from you. The store business at home has been in chaos for the past two years, and the business is not very good."

Jia Lian nodded and said: "Business is not easy to do, but Brother Sun is clearly guarding a way of making money, so why don't you see it?"

Sun Shaozu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Second Lord, did you make me confused?"

But Jia Lian smiled and kept secret.

It's not easy to talk about the smuggling of the grassland directly.

At this moment, Sun Shaozu came back to his senses, looked at those eyes, seemed to realize something, and said in a low voice, "Second Master, did you mean the business going to the grassland?"

Jia Lian smiled and said nothing, which was a tacit consent.

Sun Shaozu paused in the wine cup, and said in a low voice: "Second Lord, as far as Sun knows, there are quite a few people doing this business in Datong."

In fact, he didn't tell the truth just now, there were smugglers in the grasslands in his clan, and he had some cooperation with the Fan family, but he didn't intervene much.

Jia Lian said in a low voice, "Brother Sun's family is in Datong. Didn't you try this way?"

Sun Shaozu waved his hand and said in a low voice, "But this is a beheading business, it's too risky."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "You can't say that. There is a mutual market in the border town of the imperial court, but the tax is too heavy, and the things that are easy to sell are not allowed to be sold."

At this moment, Sun Shaozu was somewhat moved, and said: "I will consider the second master's proposal."

Jia Lian smiled and said, "Drink, drink, let's not talk about this first."

The two of them were staggering again, but one had a handsome face and the other had a rough face. In the twilight light, there was a strong contrast of beauty.

(End of this chapter)