To get rich quickly, you need to be simple and rough
Chapter 23: The Red Mansion's Master's Rise 9
Jia She doesn't care about Xue Pan's dire straits, but the eldest master is now having a great time, achieving success and fame, and having many children and grandchildren.
But the retired emperor was in poor health and his end was near.
The powerful and wealthy families are busy getting married, and now that the emperor has died, all the ministers have to stay at home to observe national mourning. The child's flowering period is approaching and they cannot afford to delay.
Jia Lin avoided the fate of working in the palace and married the second son of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery.
The marriage was a respectable one. Jia She gave ten sets of dowry, and Shi and Wang Shi both contributed their private savings. Jia Lin was married off in a respectable manner.
Jia She discovered that ancient handicrafts and textiles were truly ingenious, and he collected a lot of exquisite fabrics, jewelry and furniture.
Occasionally, he and Zhang would take a group of younger people to the farm to escape the summer heat and stay healthy.
The retired emperor finally did not survive the winter, and all the men and women of high rank in his family had to go to the palace to mourn him.
It would not do if there was no one to look after the house, so Jia Hu's wife had to sign up for a maternity and childcare job to take care of the house.
Jia She finally achieved the status of a highly respected person and followed a group of princes and dukes to offer sacrifices to the emperor.
The new emperor's method was simple and crude. After the mourning period, the concubines came to visit their parents. In Jia She's words, this was a lack of vision.
How much money can you make from selling that little bit of sand and gravel? If you lift the ban on sea trade for a year, you'll make a fortune.
If you only collect wool from your own one and a half mu of land, you won't make much money even if the sheep become bald.
Jia She is now standing on the shore watching the fun. He doesn't care about the emperor's trifles. Just through this secret maritime trade, Jia She can make one million to eight hundred thousand taels of silver a year.
This was the result of Jia She's deliberate suppression. Now the Rong and Ning mansions were extremely low-key. Even when Shi went to Qingxu Temple to hold a ceremony, Jia She did not allow them to open all the ceremonial equipment.
Travel light and keep a low profile. When a flood hit Zhuozhou County, Jia She responded to the court's call, and the Ning and Rong mansions donated 100,000 taels of silver to the court for disaster relief.
Many servants were released for the Ning and Rong mansions. Jia She felt that those who were difficult to deal with and talked too much should be dismissed directly. It would be troublesome to let them go, and they would not only save their status but also gain a good reputation.
The new emperor was also satisfied with Jia She's attitude. He saw that the Rongguo Mansion and the Ningguo Mansion were very sensible and would rather cut spending than support him.
During the Chinese New Year, Jia She and Jia Jing were given a table full of feasts as a reward from the palace.
Other families only have one or two dishes, and a whole table of food is used to worship ancestors, which is quite decent.
The new emperor was very stingy with rewards, but was willing to give empty honors.
Jia She was now wearing a fine cotton gown, with only a few embroidered patterns on the cuffs and hem. The silk was just so-so.
Jia She was not used to wearing it at all. If he was not careful, it would get wrinkled and easily scratched. It was also cold and uncomfortable to wear.
Soft fine cotton cloth is Jia She's favorite. The eldest master likes to wear cotton cloth. If the leader likes something, the subordinates will like it even more.
Servants like Lin Zhixiao would never dare to wear silk and satin. Everyone in the family also wore cotton, and only wore brocade clothes when visiting guests.
The reputation of the Ning and Rong families for their simple family traditions spread quickly.
Shi was grumbling at home, and the ungrateful man was always pretending. He was not simple and honest at all.
Jia She didn't like the smell of incense and felt that his house was suddenly filled with smoke and fire.
The fruits and vegetables from the greenhouse would be distributed to each master's room. Daiyu especially liked the ones from her uncle, as the fresh fruits had a sweet fragrance.
Keep it in the house for two days and then replace it with a new one. The old one will be eaten and there will be no waste.
Without the smoky aroma, I felt much fresher. My clothes were also scented with fruits and flowers.
When my sisters go out to visit others, many people ask me what I use to fumigate my clothes.
My father's term of office is up this year and he will be returning to Beijing. Our family will be reunited soon.
Lin Daiyu used to be a crybaby, but this habit has improved on its own since she started living with her uncle.
Lin Ruhai finally returned to Beijing and was promoted to Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
The Lin family also returned to their house in the capital. Shi Shi wanted to strengthen the relationship between the two families and wanted to betroth Lin Daiyu to Jia Yu.
However, Jia Min disagreed, and Wang was also unhappy.
Jia Min, I just don't like my second sister-in-law's petty nature. I only have one daughter, and I can't bear to see Yu'er living with her.
The Xue family sent palace flowers, what kind of filthy thing was this? Zhou Ruijia sent two flowers from the circle and gave the remaining two to Yu'er. The second sister-in-law acted as if no one could see it.
Mrs. Shi was furious with her daughter. "What sin did I, an old enemy, have in some past life to have to meet these two troublesome little enemies? They keep me worried every day. It's true what the saying goes, 'Enemies always come together.' When I close my eyes and breathe my last, let these two enemies make a fuss in heaven. I won't see it, and I won't be bothered by it, but I won't let this anger go."
Jia Min hugged Shi and acted coquettishly, and the matter was over.
What Wang Shi originally said to Lady Jia was that Jia Yu had been feeling unwell for the past two days, and she had consulted Master Zhang, who said that the boy was not destined to get married early.
Shi was so angry that her teeth were itching, but Wang, who was short-sighted, only remembered to compete with her sister-in-law.
Lin Ruhai returned this time and was promoted to the position of Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Jian was in the emperor's favor. The Lin family was about to prosper, but who was he doing this for? Wang Shi still didn't appreciate it.
The Xue family is strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Xue Pan is not a man who can get things done. It's good enough that he doesn't cause trouble. How can the Xue family, which consists of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, compare with the Lin family?
Shi was also heartbroken and didn't care about these trivial matters. She had several legitimate grandchildren and there was no need for her to worry so much about Jia Yu.
Jia Zhu, the second son of the second wife, also passed the imperial examination and established his own family. Jia Yu and Jia Huan were also good students. Mr. Jia Yu said that their writing skills were good enough and they would definitely pass the imperial examination this year. Jia Huan was still young, so there was no need to worry too much.
Although the wolf cub is extremely bad, he is far better than Zheng'er in educating his children.
Even Xue Pan, the devil of the world, has become a new man.
Xue Pan, who knows how hard I've been. Last time during the holiday I went out to drink and some wicked person reported me to the school.
My uncle Jia Zheng personally supervised me. I was beaten with 30 sticks in school. I couldn't sit on a stool for several months and had to sleep on my stomach. I stood up in class for a month.
Xue Pan has been beaten so hard that he has become obedient. In Jia She's words, he deserves a beating!
Xue Pan really put some effort into his business. Although he couldn't be considered as pioneering and enterprising, at least he was able to protect the family business.
Aunt Xue was so happy that she kept praying to Buddha. She thought it was the right decision to come to the capital. Her son, a lazy and ignorant playboy, could now live a decent life.
If Baochai could marry Jia Yu, she would have fulfilled her wish and would have been worthy of the ancestors of the Xue family.
Xue Baochai wanted to enter the palace to gain wealth and status, but Aunt Xue advised her daughter earnestly that life in the palace was not easy, and that the emperor, who was a royal merchant at home, now found even an egg too expensive, so she should stop talking about that and it would be boring.
However, the Imperial Household Department was also quite unethical, charging the emperor 20 taels of silver for an egg. The emperor, dissatisfied with the high cost of his wife, wanted to patch up his trouser legs and continue wearing them, but the Imperial Household Department quoted him 100 taels of silver.
The emperor was so angry that his nose was crooked. He arrested many people from the Imperial Household Department. These people were so bold that they insisted on pretending that the newly-delivered tea was aged before giving it to the emperor.
The emperor cannot see the first-class items because they have all been divided up by the Imperial Household Department.
Just by searching the homes of those in the Imperial Household Department, the emperor seized 20 million taels of silver and countless fields and shops.
The emperor made a fortune in a down-to-earth manner.
While others were building gardens, Jia She was busy planting crops in every corner of the mansion.
In Jia She's words, people only plant flowers and plants when they have nothing better to do. That is something only prodigals would do, and agriculture is the foundation of the world.
Any son of the Jia family who does not know how to farm is not worthy of standing in the temple. Go and wait outside the temple to offer sacrifices to the ancestors. The ancestors do not want to see you unworthy descendants.
This sentence caused a huge uproar. The family garden was filled with fruits and vegetables. All the rhododendrons and crabapples in the yard were pulled out and replaced with vegetables. There were even two watermelons planted in the goldfish tank.
When this matter reached the ears of the emperor, he praised Duke Rong as a pillar of the country and his integrity and simplicity.
The plum blossoms are in bloom in the capital, and these powerful people can use this as an excuse to hold a flower viewing banquet. They are simply bored.
Duke Rong wears plain clothes and doesn't grow flowers at home, but vegetables.
The ladies in the palace were unlucky, as all the flowers and plants in the yard turned into radishes, cabbages, wheat and rice.
Jia She lived to be ninety-six in this life and survived five generations of emperors.
After Jia She died, the emperor sent the crown prince to offer sacrifices on his behalf and to be enshrined in the Taimiao.
Jia She returned to the system space exhausted.
Tongzi shook his little head and said, "You've made a fortune this time. Heaven has rewarded you with points. Just look at your own merits and golden light, you can't even count them."
Li Yujin asked the system to help him clear his emotions and return to the modern world.
He wanted to take a few days off this time. His parents were back from their missions, so the family could go out and have some fun.
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