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Chapter 33 Inquire

Yangzhou is very close to Nanjing. Jia Lian and others rode fast horses and set out in the morning, but arrived at Jinling City in the afternoon.

Walking along the spacious and quiet avenue of Stone City, it took less than half a stick of incense to arrive at Ning Rong’s old house.

"Who dares to trespass here!"

The sound of galloping horse hooves by Jia Lian and others woke up the two sleepy doors at the door of the old house of Rongguo Mansion. When they looked up and saw the person coming, they immediately scolded him.

"Jia Lian!"

Jia Lian reined in the horse, and after the horse's hooves landed on the ground, he calmly uttered two words.

"Lian...Second Master Lian...!" When the two disciples saw the person clearly, they were all shaken up and hurriedly paid their respects.

 "Don't open the door yet."

 "Yes, yes, yes..."

 ...

"Gold Uncle, Uncle Jin~!"

Jin Cai was still sleeping in the steward's room when he was woken up by the boys outside. He felt very unhappy and cursed a few words.

The two boys pushed the door open and rushed towards them: "Oh, my Grandpa Jin, why are you still sleeping? Second Master Lian is here!"

"Who? Which Mr. Lian?"

Jin Cai thought for a moment that he had heard wrong.

"Where is the second Mr. Lian? The old man, Mr. Lian, has come down from Beijing. He just arrived, and now he has gone straight to the counting house with his people!"< br />
Hearing this, Jin Cai almost fell down from the bedside. He hurriedly put on his shoes, didn't even bother to put on his clothes, and ran outside with the two boys pulling him.

When I came outside the accounting room, I saw that it was quiet here. A dozen servants who were always on duty in the outer courtyard all gathered in the small courtyard here, and they all peeked in secretly.

Jin Cai slowed down, straightened his clothes, and then walked carefully into the hall.

Sure enough, after that big case, who else was sitting upright and looking through the account books, not Mr. Lian?

Jin Cai couldn’t help but panic, wondering what happened. Second Master Lian came all the way to check the accounts? They actually didn't receive any information in advance!

Seeing that Jia Lian also noticed him and looked over, Jin Cai hurriedly bowed and stepped forward: "I have seen the second master..."

"It's Butler Jin, Long time no see."

Although Jia Lian was very polite to him, it made Jin Cai even more uneasy and he didn't dare to do anything else. He just curled up and waited for Jia Lian's next move.Show me step by step.

"Is this this year's general accounts?" Jia Lian put down the account book he had roughly flipped through, picked up the new one next to him, and asked the old accountant standing beside him.

The old accountant was obviously frightened by Jia Lian’s surprise attack. He couldn’t help wiping the cold sweat from his head and nodded: “Go back to the second master, this is exactly this year’s account book...”

Jia Lian also flipped through it casually, and finally asked: "According to the accounts you reported, you should have more than 22,000 taels of cash left here. Why is there so little in the account now?" How many more?"

Jin Cai said hurriedly: "Back to the Second Master, there are a few things that happened later and have not been reported, such as the gifts sent to various families during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the elders of the Zhen family. The birthday gifts prepared for my wife’s seventieth birthday, and the congratulatory gifts prepared for the birth of Governor Zhang’s eldest son... These are all recorded in the account book at the back, and the second master can check them."

Jia Lian Nodding, he was not here to help Jia Zheng check the accounts. If it was roughly correct, he didn't want to care about it. He just remembered their reaction when he came over just now, and smiled again: "In other words, this account The number recorded above is correct. Is there enough cash in the treasury now?"

"This..." Jin Cai's expression immediately became troubled.

If it were normal, he would definitely have accepted it and not reveal anything unusual. But today, the master's family suddenly attacked, and he still can't figure it out. If there is something wrong in it, and the master's family is angered, wouldn't it involve all the old faces of several lifetimes?

Sure enough, Jia Lian knew something was wrong as soon as he saw his appearance, and immediately said coldly: "Take all the money out of the library and let me count it on the spot."

Jin Cai immediately knelt down in fright, "The slaves are guilty, please spare your life, Mr. Lian!"

Seeing Jin Cai like this, other people in the hall either turned pale or looked gloating. expression.

Jia Lian looked at the neat and tidy Jin Cai and asked with a smile: "I just want to count the treasury silver, and I don't want to kill you. Why did I scare you like this? Could it be that , has all the money in this treasury been stolen by your steward Jin?"

Jin Cai carved several heads with bang bang, "How dare I, my slave... I dare not deceive the second master, now in the treasury Most of the silver in the warehouse has been lent out by the gentlemen in each room. Now there are only a few thousand silver in the warehouse..."

" Jin Cai said, while detailing the matter. "Dao Lai.

It used to be that there were twenty members of the Jia family, but now there are still twelve members of the Jia family left in Nanjing, but they are all tributaries and concubines, with basically no basic family background. Relief, the life is worse than that of ordinary people!

There are many such people, not to mention the Twelfth House in Nanjing, even among the other Six Fangs who followed the Ningrong Second House to the capital.

Since life can no longer survive, we need to find relief from the two governments.

In the past, the housekeeper reported to the capital, and only then did he dare to borrow the money if the other party agreed. Later, he started to get this idea, and he also wanted to get this, and he also wanted to get that. The heads of the Ning and Rong mansions Stop their thoughts. Except for preparing some money and food for those who are really lonely during the New Year, no other borrowing is allowed.

But the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and there is no serious master in the two houses staying in Nanjing. There is money in the warehouse. If there is collusion between inside and outside, there will always be a way to get some out...

Of course, according to Jin Cai, they agreed to lend it out because they saw that the "masters" were really miserable and couldn't stand their begging.

Jia Lian looked at the gold cai and said jokingly: "Oh, they just borrowed it. You slaves, why don't you also borrow some and get some interest or something?"

"This, there is something..."

Cash has extra value, and people in this era also understand it.

With so much money, it’s strange that they don’t think wrongly. Jia Lian could even see through it at a glance. These minions were probably the masterminds of this matter. He only wanted to drag those people in the twelfth room because he was afraid that the master would deal with them if the incident came to light in the future!

After all, although the people in the Twelfth House are poor, they are the same clan in the two houses. For the sake of the same clan, they have to show some mercy.

Jia Lian said: "Since you said that, show me the list of IOUs and the like. It can't be done. You have lent us all the money, and we don't know what we owe. Debtor?"

Hearing that Jia Lian might get angry at any time, Jin Cai was worried, but immediately asked someone to go to the general manager's room to get the list.

Jia Lian took it in his hand and took a look, then looked at Jin Cai and asked curiously: "Oh, is Butler Jin's family also short of money? What should I borrow these two hundred taels of silver for?"< br />
Jin Cai smiled: "I will return the money tomorrow..."

"Today."

"Yes, I will pay you back later." Just go home and make up all the money you owe..."

Seeing that Jin Cai is so sensible, Jia Lian doesn't plan to attack him. After all, he is Jin Yuanyang's father, and he is somewhat decent. .

After accepting the list, Jia Lian looked at the slaves around him: "Before the second watch tonight, I will make up for all the silver you borrowed from the treasury. One or two silvers are missing...gold Butler, please tell me, what should be done according to the law if the master's property is stolen and misappropriated and sent to Yingtian Mansion?”

Cold sweat broke out on Jin Cai’s head, but he still didn’t dare not answer: “The lightest case... the lightest case may be to cut off one’s hand, the worst case to death with a rod...”

Law vs. How harsh are slaves? If they pay more than a few taels of silver, they should be beaten to death!

Of course, if a wealthy family encounters such a situation, they will not really report it to the official for punishment. It would be too embarrassing. , they are fully capable of dealing with their own slaves!

There were several people around who were also on the list. After hearing this, they immediately knelt down and said that they would definitely return the money today.
< br />"As for the money borrowed from outside..."

Jia Lian looked around and said to Jin Cai and several stewards: "Since the money was borrowed from you, it's time to It's up to you to get it back.

I’ll give you three days. If you can’t get it back, you guys can make up for it. Do you think it’s reasonable or not? "

Several stewards who came after hearing the news suddenly turned pale as bitter melons. How could they recover it in three days...

Jin Cai immediately said: "Two Don't worry, my slaves will get back all the money they owe within three days. "

Jia Lian then smiled and said, "In addition to the cash, do you also make the decision to help us move out and sell off the old objects left by our ancestors? "

When Jin Cai heard this, he was even more frightened and kowtowed hurriedly: "How dare you slaves do such unlawful things? Second Master, you can go in and take a look, but there is one less thing." , this slave’s life, let the second master take it! ”

Jia Lian nodded and said nothing more.

In fact, from the moment he entered the mansion, he noticed that the pavilions, flowers, plants and trees in the mansion were all under guard. It is well taken care of. I think Jin Cai and others are careful in looking after the house.

On the other hand, although they are far apart, Jingzhong will send stewards down every year to check, so I am not worried. They have made a big mistake here.

As for borrowing money privately...

This mistake is neither big nor small. But, after all, he is still He is not the head of the Rongguo Mansion.

He is not like Wang Xifeng, who is so heartless that he helps others with the housekeeping and offends the whole family. In the end, he doesn’t get anything out of it but gets into trouble. !

Therefore, as long as he can establish his prestige, it is enough for him to go to war over these things now.

"I will stay here for about a few days, you Help me pack up a house in the front yard. ”

Seeing Jia Lian’s calm demeanor, Jin Cai finally breathed a sigh of relief and suggested that Jia Lian live in the main hall.

Jia Lian didn't accept it and asked all the extra people to go down. He wrote a list to Jin Cai and ordered: "According to the specifications of the Mid-Autumn Festival, prepare another one for me. Starting tomorrow, I will personally visit the boss." Several families."

Jin Cai looked at the few families, nodded, and said: "Although there are only these few families, I'm afraid they won't be able to prepare everything in one night. We still have to go out to buy things."

Jia Lian said: "Then it's a little lower, just do your best to prepare, I'll come back and see."

Jin Cai Yes, go down and arrange everything.

Jia Lian saw that it was still early, so he summoned Zhao Sheng, Wang Teng and others, and ordered: "Go to Yingtianfu Yamen and ask if any of the Yamen and servants are from Suzhou. The young monk."

Zhao Sheng and the other two were surprised and said with a smile: "The second master is confused. Why is there a young monk in the yamen? If you want to find a young monk, you have to go to the temple."< br />
Jia Lian glanced at them, shutting them up, and then said: "He has had his hair renewed. You just inquire in secret, and if you find him, bring him to see me."

Jia Lian only vaguely remembered that there was a well-informed young novice monk in Shuntian Mansion who seemed to know the whereabouts of Xiangling.

I just don’t know if Xiang Ling and the kidnapper had arrived in Jinling at this time, or if they had met the young monk.

We can only wait until we find someone.

Note: In order to facilitate everyone’s understanding, let’s talk about the concept of time in this book.

One breath ≈ two to three seconds;

One cup of tea ≈ ten minutes;

One meal ≈ twenty minutes;
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One stick of incense ≈ thirty minutes.

One quarter is fifteen minutes, four quarters is half an hour, and eight quarters is one hour.

There is no need to be precise, you can have different opinions, but this is not allowed in this book.

 

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