In the flower hall——
The abacus crackled and the account books were flipped through.
"Even now, you still dare to quibble. Your brother Lai Sheng has done countless things since he became the steward of Dongfu these years. This account will be settled clearly for you." Jia Heng shouted.
Lai Da saw Sister Feng on the side and cried: "Second Mistress Lian, this old slave has been wronged."
Sister Feng was looking at Jia Heng with a pair of red phoenix eyes, wondering how this flying fish suit would look like if it were worn on her family Lian'er. After hearing this, she was stunned for a moment, looked at Lai Da, and sneered: " Do you still have the nerve to beg me? There was a surplus of three thousand taels of silver in Xifu last year. This year, the year is not over yet. There is a famine everywhere in the mansion. Don’t think I don’t know. The silver you handled, at least withhold Thirty percent! Let me ask you, where did you spend the 8,000 taels of silver the old lady gave you last time?"
Lai Da defended: "My uncle was promoted to the governor of the capital this summer and became the governor of the capital camp. My wife ordered us to purchase three large boxes..."
"Fuck your mother!" When she mentioned the scandal about her family in front of Jia Heng, Sister Feng felt a little embarrassed. She raised her eyebrows, her eyes stood upside down, and stopped talking and said: "My uncle has been promoted to the governor. In the past, some people had wild ginseng in their treasury, and they didn’t spend much money to buy it. Besides, my uncle is a very particular person. No matter how big or small the gift is, he will always give a gift in return. How can I not allow you to gossip here!"
"Princess Beijing's baby was born last month..." Lai Da said anxiously again.
Jia Heng also frowned when he saw the two people checking accounts one by one.
You Qi Lai Da suddenly said: "The eldest brother of the Wang family came to Beijing and lost money gambling at Ruyi Gambling House, so he also sent someone to pay for it..."
When she heard the mention of her brother Wang Ren, Sister Feng stood up in a hurry, put her hands on her hips, and was about to yell.
Jia Heng dropped the tea cup in his hand with a bang, which shocked Lai Da and Sister Feng.
Also, Sister Feng's waist was crossed and she collapsed.
Jia Heng glanced at Sister Feng, who was still pinching her waist, and said to herself, betting on dogs is not a good thing. Not to mention that his niece Qiao Sister is sold, his own daughter can also be sold.
Sister Feng seemed to have caught a hint of disgust and coldness deep in Jia Heng's eyes, so she forced herself to smile and said, "My brother is not always up to date, and sometimes he likes to gamble..."
Jia Heng snorted coldly, waved his hand, and looked at Lai Da with a frown.
"Come here, put on the stick!"
Sister Feng: "..."
Lai Da: "???"
Immediately, the two guards in golden clothes took out the instruments of torture with a loud sound, pulled away Lai Da's rope, laughed evilly, took Lai Da's fingers and stuffed them into the bamboo sticks.
The ten fingers were connected to the heart, but with just a push, Lai Da screamed in pain, crying for his father and mother.
"Stick his mouth, sweat it out first, and try not to kill him." Jia Heng said lightly, picked up the tea cup on the side, took a sip, and a pair of sharp eyes fell on Sister Feng's face, faintly Said: "Keep talking...what happened to your brother?"
Sister Feng raised her eyebrows and pursed her pink lips. For some reason, she felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by the other party's sharp, "evil" eyes. She forced herself to smile and said, "Brother Heng, he borrowed a total of three thousand taels." Later, I made up for all the money."
A sudden thought occurred in his heart, what does it mean to sweat all over, try not to kill him, this Uncle Heng is so cruel and ruthless, he is as cruel as a tiger or a wolf.
Last night, he looked embarrassed and wanted to leave because he couldn't resist her temptation. Why did he just... today?
People like Sister Feng are keenly aware of Jia Rui's lust. She also had some insight into Jia Heng's strange behavior last night in the dead of night.
Not to mention Jia Heng, Jia Rong sometimes glanced at her secretly, but Sister Feng caught her in the eyes and made fun of her.
Women, especially beautiful women, are rarely beautiful without knowing it. They have enjoyed countless attentions since they were young, and they have already mastered the art of tea.
Jia Heng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "Sister-in-law Feng, I think you might as well give us usury to your brother. Maybe he will get desperate and sell the Wang family's property in Jinling to my Jia family."
One is a dog gambler and the other is a loan shark. These brothers and sisters simply support themselves by selling money. Well, instead of using loans to support gambling, they can produce and sell by themselves!
Realizing the unabashed sarcasm in the young man's words, Sister Feng felt a little helpless. She was embarrassed and annoyed. Her voice was a little colder and she said, "He has said he won't gamble anymore."
"Can you believe it when you bet on dogs?"
Sister Feng blinked: "Betting on dogs?"
"Betting dogs are no longer human beings. Dogs can't change and eat shit. But when gambling dogs lose, they become angry and the dogs jump over the wall. They sell their children and daughters. They can do anything harmful to nature." Jia Heng gave a thoughtful look. Sister Feng.
Sister Feng pursed her lips and couldn't help but look away from Jia Heng. She didn't know if she ate something wrong when she got up early and felt a little uncomfortable in her lower abdomen.
At this moment, Lai Da felt that his eyes were in a trance, and sweat was falling from his forehead.
Jia Heng calmed down and turned to the accountant, who had already checked several account books, and asked: "Gentlemen, how much is the deficit in the accounts?"
The older accountant raised his eyes and said: "We have checked the account books of Bingchen and Dingsi for two years. The check has been completed in the year Bingchen and only two months in the year Dingsi. It is conservatively estimated that the above has passed the purchase of Gongzhong Huozhu. , candied fruits, candies and other daily expenses, there are twenty-seven items in total, zero and zero are always falsely reported or omitted, which adds up to twenty-three thousand taels of silver."
Mr. Accountant, as he spoke, he glanced at the middle-aged accountant in blue shirt. The old man seemed to be demonstrating.
The middle-aged accountant in blue shirt chuckled lightly and said: "Commander Jia, in the year of Zimao and Wuwu, we built Tianxiang Tower and other houses, and purchased nineteen items of trees, flowers and stones. The former has thirty-five thousand silver." The two are difficult to verify, and in the Wuwu year, 41,100 taels were missing."
Jia Heng ignored the two men showing off their skills, looked at Lai Da, waved his hands, and the two guards in brocade immediately withdrew to the side.
Lai Da's face was as white as frost, he was sweating profusely, and his ten fingers were already swollen.
His mouth moved, looking at the two people opposite him, weakly.
Sister Feng said: "Brother Heng, you can ask..."
Although Sister Feng is ruthless, she is always blowing with evil winds. She can't withstand this real battle with swords and guns. It's not that she can't bear it, but she feels cold and faint. After all, it was "Grandpa Lai" who she had to show courtesy to when she saw her yesterday. ".
It's just the compassion of "the rabbit dies and the fox grieves, and everything hurts its own kind".
Jia Heng glanced at him and nodded, "Well, give him a sip of tea, soothe his palpitations, wipe the sweat off his head, and let him rest for a while. If he doesn't do anything, he'll be sweating again later."
Sister Feng: "..."
Sister Feng's face paused slightly, looking at the young man in brocade clothes beside her, she felt that there was a heart of stone beneath that cold and hard face. Otherwise, how could he say such horrifying words in such a calm tone?
But this kind of attitude of being an official of the Ministry of Justice who lives in eight seats, and calls Bai Nuo, gave Sister Feng an unknown mood. She only felt a little short of breath and her heartbeat accelerated.
Picking up the tea cup on the side, she seemed to... also need to replenish her tea.
Thinking like this, the slender legs under Luo skirt came together, moved and straightened, and followed Jia Heng's example of sitting up sideways.
Two guards in Jinyi on the side handed Lai Da a cup of tea, drank it, and then wiped the sweat on his head with a rag.
"Lai Da, I just heard that your brother Lai Er embezzled tens of thousands of taels of money from the Modong Mansion a year. How much money did he take? Thirty taels, or 600,000 taels? Six hundred thousand taels, it's about the same. ?”
Sounds appalling.
But in fact, combined with the money later spent on building the Grand View Garden, and the fact that the Lai family also built a garden slightly smaller than the Grand View Garden, and donated officials to Lai Shangrong, of course, the Lai family later made a fortune from the construction of the Grand View Garden.
This is combined with the life experience of the original author, Mr. Cao, and even the food and clothing expenses are explained to you in detail. It is impossible to make nonsense about the money.
In Chapter 72, Jia Lian told Sister Feng that it would be nice to make another three to two million yuan. This is the tip of the iceberg, revealing how much money Concubine Yuan spent on marriage.
Of course, this money was used to build a garden, buy an actor, and gain face... Of course, from top to bottom, plus some of it was falsely reported, concealed, and stolen by the Lai family, only half of it was actually put to practical use.
"So, the current Lai family's wealth has been stolen for more than ten years. At least 560,000 taels were taken from the East Mansion. Adding in the money from the West Mansion, I dare not say a million. The two total total is 8.9 million taels. There is still some, and if we build the Grand View Garden in the future, we can get even more." Jia Heng thought in his mind.
Because compared to Jia Zhen of the East Mansion, the West Mansion paid all official duties to Lai Sheng. There were also Mrs. Wang, Sister Feng, Jia She and others in the West Mansion who had stomachs as big as Pixiu and gluttons, and they were all watching with eager eyes!
Sister Feng also had a look of shock on her face. Judging from what the two accounting gentlemen had just said about the two or three years worth of silver, we could see some problems.
Brothers of the Lai family, it must have been more than ten years since she entered the East and West Mansion before she passed the door.
The wealth of this Lai family is almost as good as that of the East and West mansions.
This is great!
"How can this be the dignity of a servant? This is even richer than the master!" Sister Feng's face was as cold as frost, and her phoenix eyes flashed coldly.
For the sake of money, I was so anxious that I even pawned my underwear, and even used the loan money to make the young man with a cold face next to me sarcastic and even beat him up.
Finally, it turns out that a servant has more wealth than his master?
Lai Da, who was kneeling below, said weakly: "In the East Mansion... the West Mansion, I'm staring up and down, how can there be so much money?"
"This naughty slave is not honest!" Jia Heng sneered and said, "Sister-in-law Feng, bring the account books of Xifu and take a look at them together."
After hearing this, Sister Feng paused for a moment, looked at the accounting gentlemen who were making calculations, and was a little moved, and said: "Ping'er, go to Xifu and ask Wu Xingdeng and Shan Daliang to send the account books to two young men to carry them. come over."
When Ping'er heard the words, he responded, held his handkerchief, and hurried away.
In this room, two accountants were crackling the abacus, while Jia Heng continued to torture Lai Da but said that Rongguo Mansion——
The three bank managers, Wu Xingdeng, Dai Liang and Qian Hua, got up early and looked for Jia She in a panic. Jia She had just had breakfast under the service of his concubines Yan Hong and Cui Yun.
Her face was bright and fair, with a hint of color. She smiled and said, "Why have you been so frowning since yesterday?"
Jia She's face was gloomy, and he snorted coldly and said: "The return of a damned undead person will bother me, sir."
My concubine Cuiyun looked thoughtful,
At this moment, the servant hurriedly entered the hall and said, "Master, Wu Xingdeng from the West Mansion is here."
"What are they here for?" Jia She frowned and put down his chopsticks, doubts appearing on his face.
Wu Xingdeng, Zhou Rui... these are all the companions of his younger brother and sister, why are they here to find him?
There are also two people, Dai Liang and Qian Hua, one is the general manager of the grain depot and the other is the comprador of the warehouse.
"Let them in!" Jia She was confused for a moment and just ordered.
After a while, I saw the servant leading Wu Xingdeng, Dai Liang and Qian Hua, who were in a hurry.
Jia She frowned and said, "What are you doing?"
"Master, help me." As soon as Wu Xingdeng came in, his face turned bitter and he cried.
Jia She sneered and said, "This is strange. Instead of going to beg Baoyu and his wife, come here to beg me?"
Wu Xingdeng said anxiously: "Sir, I heard in the East Mansion that Manager Lai's accounts will be checked today. Mistress Lian asked us to prepare the account books early in the morning and said that we would first check the income and expenditure of the bank and warehouse. rise."
"Just check...? Well, there is an audit in Dongfu? Why should he check the accounts?" Jia She said first, then realized and said coldly.
Dai Liang on the side said with a crying face: "Just last night, in the Rongqing Hall, the old lady served a meal to entertain the people from the East Mansion. I don't know why the boy persuaded the old lady and madam, saying that everyone was greedy. I have obtained a lot of money from the public servant, and I want to use the power of the Lai family to check the old accounts. Where can I check this old sesame and rotten bean thing?"
Jia She's expression suddenly changed and he said in surprise: "Why...I didn't know?"
At this moment, Jia She was secretly annoyed that he didn't know, otherwise he would have been in charge from the beginning.
But it’s not too late now. If we audit the accounts, wouldn’t we be able to recover some of the company’s shortfalls?
It just has to be led by him!
Look at the few people in front of you. They usually go to his house a lot, but now they are as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and they are all begging for him.
Now Jia She is a little upset about why he didn't go yesterday. It's probably the same as missing an important meeting and being voted out.
While I was thinking about it, I heard the bead curtain rustling and said, "Master, what are you checking?"
Mrs. Xing walked out of it, doubts appearing on her fair face.
Jia She frowned and told the story.
When Mrs. Xing heard this, she looked at Wu Xindeng and the other three and sneered: "You guys usually take advantage of all the money you handle, but now you come to beg me to save you. What can you say now?"
Wu Xindeng exclaimed: "My eldest master, I have not been successful in the past few years. Everything in the house has been difficult. We have not been able to subsidize enough. How can we help our own house?"
Jia She sneered: "Then why are you guilty of being a thief? I am about to go back to the old lady now. I am here to check the accounts, and I will start with you three!"
Wu Xindeng, Dai Liang, Qian Hua: "..."
Wu Xindeng and the others calmed down and looked at Jia She, who was putting on his outer clothes and going to the West Mansion under the service of his concubine. They looked at each other and sneered in their hearts.
There are old accounts and chicken feathers all over the place, but he can find out nothing.
Besides, the Lai family took the big one.
It's just that they are a little afraid of Uncle Heng. I heard that he is a decisive and decisive person who doesn't rub sand in his eyes. If he really sees some tricks...
But if this old man can go, it suits his purpose. At most, he will find a loss of three or four thousand taels of silver, and they can pay it back.
Chapter 150 Jia She also wants to check the accounts
