Zhan Guang was a little embarrassed.
"Didn't catch him? I remember that the old lady sent twenty generals from her hometown who were still in their prime to my second uncle, right? They didn't even catch a weak scholar?" Jia Hui looked at Zhan Guang in surprise.
"It is true that we didn't catch it, but according to the investigation of those military officers, Shan Pinren did not go back to the south. Instead, he ran to Tianjin Wei first and pretended to go back to Jiangnan by sea. He even He also hired a wharf coolie of similar stature to take his place on the ship, and several military officers were lost because of this."
Zhan Guang began to tell Jia Hui the story of the arrest from beginning to end.
Shan Pinren hired a coolie at the dock to board the ship for him and go to the south of the Yangtze River. In addition, he also gave the coolie a total of twenty taels of silver as payment, and the coolie readily agreed.
He fled to Jinmen and had no father, mother, wife or children. Even his wife might not be introduced to him. He would just work as a coolie in Jinmen until he died. But with these twenty taels of silver, that would not be the case. , enough for him to have a new start in Jiangnan. If it doesn't work, he might as well leave the ship money and come back.
Then he was caught by the generals of the Jia family who were chasing him on the boat. Not only was he beaten and he revealed the information about his employer, but eighteen taels of the twenty taels of silver were confiscated, and the remaining twenty taels of silver were confiscated. That’s just for medical expenses and lost work expenses.
What else can a coolie say? Six or seven burly men with fleshy faces and steel knives around them were glaring at me fiercely, and whatever they said was what they said.
After watching the coolies board the ship in a corner of the dock, Shan Pinren breathed a sigh of relief and left Jinmen.
Shan Pinren's whereabouts were lost after that. We only know that he probably ran to Liaodong or Shanxi. Due to lack of manpower, Jia Zheng was not qualified to let Xiuyiwei help him, so he could only find this kind of information. reached the point
However, Jia Zheng still sent people to Liaodong and Shanxi to investigate, believing that Shan Pinren would be found. After all, he was just a down-and-out scholar who had been working as a guest for others. He suddenly had such money and refused to spend it. Can you live there?
But even if we could catch him, it would be of no use. After all, the acceptance inspection would take place in two days, but now the river is only a little more than half repaired. It's really...
As a last resort, Jia Zheng had no choice but to send Zhan Guang to Chang'an to seek help from Jia Hui.
"Zhan Guang, although you are a Qing guest, you have also stayed in my Jia family for many years, right?" Jia Hui put the tea bowl back on the table and looked directly at Zhan Guang.
"Exactly! The student has failed in many examinations since he was admitted to the scholar examination. Since he failed in the last provincial examination in the first year of Yonglong, he has been working as a guest beside Ming Gong. It has been more than nine years now." Zhan Guang also felt a little emotional for a moment. Unconsciously, I have been with Ming Gong for nine years.
"Yes, it's been nine years, so you should be aware of the relationship between my first wife and my second wife, right?"
Zhan Guang fell silent. Indeed, this was the biggest difficulty of this trip.
Since the birth of the child, those who came to flatter the prince began to target the family, making the family's recent business more and more difficult. Many shops have closed, and even the shops brought by the wife's dowry have had a great impact. , they can only close their doors and rely on rent collection to survive.
However, the rent collected cannot support the family's life, especially since Ming Gong spends money like water. He suddenly spent 100,000 taels to repair the other half of the river and the 100,000 taels as a fine for delaying the construction period. It's so painful!
Although the court allowed some less important projects to be delayed, this was only due to force majeure such as natural disasters. Like Ming Gong, who just repaired the long-standing river channel, and didn't suffer any natural disasters but still had good weather. Do you think the construction period calculated by the Ministry of Works is inaccurate?
No need to investigate, just pay the fine!
One-half of the total project cost!
This river was built by that bastard Shan Pinren from one hundred thousand taels. No, it could be done with only sixty thousand taels, but he had to get two hundred thousand taels to complete it.
Two hundred thousand taels! The Taiwei's annual salary is only at this level.
It’s fine if you don’t pay, but if you don’t pay, go to jail!
It's just that the fine is increased by one year for every three thousand taels of silver, up to ten years, which is thirty thousand taels of silver. If the penalty exceeds 3,000 taels of silver, the person will be beheaded.
And Ming Gong will have to pay a fine of one hundred thousand taels!
well.
"Of course this student knows, but Lieutenant, Ming Gong, he is your uncle after all!" Hearing Jia Hui's words, Zhan Guang realized that he had made it clear that he didn't want to get involved in this mess, and he understood , this is obviously incompetent after all, but
But he, Zhan Guang, had accepted bribes from Shan Pinren. When the time comes, an accomplice will not be able to escape, but he will also be beheaded!
He must get the money together this time!
"Taiwei, you brought back tens of millions of taels of silver from Jiangnan. These two hundred thousand taels are like a drop in the bucket to you. Please, for the sake of Xianrong Guo, please help me." Ming Gong!" Zhan Guang knelt on the ground and started crying towards Jia Hui. He started crawling around the hall table with his hands and feet, intending to climb to Jia Hui's side.
"Yes, I am rich, but you have spent all the property that your second wife received before? Can't you make up two hundred thousand taels?" Seeing Zhan Guang crawling towards him, he immediately took out the dagger from his waist and pointed it at him Suddenly, Zhan Guang was so frightened that he lay on the spot and could no longer move.
"Besides, the old lady has already said that after a hundred years, all her body will belong to the second room. Rounding it off, the old lady's body will be the property of the second room. If you don't go to the old lady and cry for money, you can come to me. ?Ridiculous!"
If it exceeds one million taels, he will definitely pay to save others. Zhan Guang was right just now. Jia Zheng is his second uncle after all, but... two hundred thousand taels!
It's not that Jia Hui doesn't look down on the money, but it's clear that both the second room and the old lady who favors the second room have more than 200,000 taels of silver. After his own investigation, the second room has probably saved 300,000 taels of silver over the years. the property of.
As for the old lady, there are even more. After all, she has been a great-grandson's daughter-in-law. No, there is no great-grandson's daughter-in-law yet, but she has been a housekeeper for at least 30 years. According to the investigation, Jia's mother has at least 1.1 million in her hands. Two, up to 1.2 million taels of various gold and silver jewelry, antique jade.
How could you not come up with two hundred thousand taels?
Okay, even if giving out two hundred thousand taels all at once would hurt your muscles and bones, can’t one person give out one hundred thousand? It won't break your bones if you pay 100,000, right?
"But, Lieutenant, Ming Gong has already told the students not to make Mrs. Tai sad." Speaking of this, Zhan Guang was also very aggrieved. Why didn't he want to go to the old lady?
"Ha, you are indeed a filial son." Jia Hui sneered, stood up, ignored Zhan Guang who was lying on the ground and kept pleading to him, and left the festival hall.
He got off work.
. . . . . .
Jia Hui, who was in no mood to be disturbed by Zhan Guang, walked aimlessly outside. When he saw something he wanted to eat, he bought it. After eating, he ate from outside the Taiwei's house to his home. When he entered a After the last bite of mutton, I was just full.
The concierge promptly brought the basin over for the head of the family to wash his hands. The Taiwei liked to eat street food the most on weekdays. He often ate it all the way from the errand, so once the family guards saw the Taiwei eating outside, , I will notify you when I get home in advance, and then the kitchen will not prepare meals.
However, I still make some fresh snacks and put them there every night before leaving, just in case the master, wife and other aunts are hungry and looking for something to eat in the middle of the night.
Carefully clean the oil stains on your hands, and then use a wet towel to wipe off the oil on your mouth. It is considered to be tidy up.
Just as he was going to the study to admire some newly collected erotic folding fans with the Rakshasa concubine who had been snatched from the palace, a porter trotted up to Jia Hui.
"Master, the old master is here!"
"Old Master? Oh, you couldn't follow my path, so you went to save the country?" Jia Hui was sure that Zhan Guang went to see Jia She.
"Brother Hui, Brother Hui?"
A somewhat hollow voice came over, Jia Hui rolled his eyes, turned around and looked at his old father walking towards him.
"Hey, my dear, please give your regards to your father." He weakly saluted Jia She. Although it seemed rude to others, Jia She, who was now persuaded by Zhan Guang and was about to persuade Jia Hui, felt very guilty and did not notice this at all. point.
"Haha, no courtesy, no courtesy." Jia She laughed dryly and took Jia Hui's arm to help him up.
The relationship between his eldest son and his sister-in-law cannot be said to be in love with each other, it can be regarded as the same.
Logically speaking, he should have no brains to support his eldest son, but what Zhan Guang, who just came to Rongguo Mansion for help, said was right to Jia She.
After all, Zheng Laoer was Jia Hui's second uncle, Jia She's biological brother, and the princess's father. He couldn't just lose his life like that!
Moreover, the money to be handed over next is only 200,000 taels, which is quite a thorn in the side for the second daughter-in-law and the old lady. After all, the elders themselves know their follow-up actions and have ruined almost all the shops. , even if the rent is collected, it is not stable. There are always some local gangsters who patronize those tenants, and they often cancel the rent and run away without being disturbed.
Fortunately, the son finally left the matter to his daughter-in-law, who finally did not kill them all and gave them the end of collecting rent to survive.
Seeing the dog father who was hesitant to speak, Jia Hui sighed again. It seemed that he was indeed here to be a lobbyist, so he took Jia She to his study.
Putting the tea bowl in Jia She's hand, Jia Hui sat on the other side of the Arhat's bed.
"Father, you are here to intercede for your second uncle, right?" Jia Hui looked directly into Jia She's eyes.
"My son already knows?" Jia She was not surprised. He also knew that Zhan Guang went to Jia Hui first and asked for help to no avail, so he wanted to save the country and asked Jia She for help.
"Yes, that Qingke named Zhan Guang wants Erbang's second uncle to pay for the two hundred thousand taels of silver."
"Two hundred thousand taels is indeed not a small amount. But my son, although I'm sorry for saying this, I can't do it as a father." Jia She didn't dare to look at Jia Hui.
"After all, he is your second uncle. Now that he is in prison, if he does not pay the two hundred thousand taels of silver, he will be beheaded! The second wife is only the one who is at odds with you, but your second uncle But I have never been sorry to you!" Although his relationship with Jia Zheng was not harmonious, they were brothers who had been together for half their lives. It was normal to have some friction on weekdays, but when his brothers faced life and death threats, Jia She still panicked. .
"It's natural. I remember all the good things my second uncle did to me, and I also want to help him."
"Then why did you refuse to help the second son of the government get out of jail?" Jia She was a little confused. Since you wanted to help him, why not help him pay?
"Because the second uncle is fully capable of paying off the fine and the project money for the other half of the river!" Jia Hui picked up the bowl, opened the lid and blew into it.
"Impossible! The assets of the second wife plus the dowry of the second daughter-in-law are only more than 300,000 taels at most. Going out with these 200,000 taels will be a stretch!" At this point, Jia She also became a little anxious. According to Jia Zheng's character of spending money like water, how can these tens of thousands of taels withstand his misfortunes? Jia She even thought that in less than two years, Jia Zheng would be able to give Huo Huo these more than 100,000 taels of silver, not to mention taking care of Jia Zhu's superiors. Just with the rent of those few shops, It would be enough for them to have two houses and a large family every year, and they would not be able to save any money at all.
Although the property was divided, he was unwilling to watch his brother's family decline like this. Otherwise, what would happen to Brother Zhu, the princess, and... and Baoyu?
"Ha, father has forgotten the old lady's identity?" Jia Hui took a sip of tea and looked at the old father opposite with a chuckle.
"You also know that the old lady said that after a hundred years, her body will all belong to Baoyu. If you round it up, it will all belong to the second uncle. Rounding it up again, the old lady's body will belong to the second uncle."
"But doesn't the old lady have a lot of money? I've done the calculations, and it's only a little over five hundred thousand taels. A hundred thousand taels each is pretty good."
"How much? Five hundred thousand taels? Dad, how did you calculate it? Why did the detective hear that it was worth more than 1.1 million taels of silver?" Jia Hui's face was full of confusion. How did he calculate the five hundred thousand taels?
Poof!
"One hundred and one million taels!" Jia She, who originally wanted to pick up the tea bowl and take a sip of tea, was so frightened that he knocked the tea bowl over. His eyes suddenly turned red and he stared at Jia Hui.
Hiss. Are you throwing away all the guilt you just felt?
"Yes, the total assets are more than 1.1 million taels of silver, including shops, shops, antiques and jewelry, as well as cash. The price is almost the same." Jia Hui lifted the teacup that was still spinning on the coffee table. He stood up and looked directly into Jia She's red eyes without fear.
"If my second uncle commits a crime and asks for one million taels or if I have to run around to save him, then the kid will definitely contribute money and help, but this two hundred thousand taels. It's not that the kid is reluctant to part with it. Dad, you also know how much money the kid has.
But the second wife and the old lady obviously have the money, so there is no problem at all if they each contribute half, and it won't hurt their bones. If that's the case, why should the children help the second uncle? "Jia Hui spread his hands towards Jia She, saying that he didn't want to be taken advantage of by the Wang family.
"Then have you said these things to Zhan Guang?" Jia She asked anxiously and tremblingly.
"Exactly!"
"Zhan Guang, your mother-in-law, dares to trick me, I will kill you, you beast!"
Jia She was furious, picked up Jia Hui's sword hanging on the wall, opened the study door and rushed out.
No shoes on!
Sorry, it's my dad's birthday today and he won't be home all day.
(End of chapter)
