Seeing that Wang Xifeng was about to leave, Jia Lian pressed his hand to ask her to calm down, waved to Xiangling next to him, and let her hold the fishing rod in his hand. Then he pulled Wang Xifeng closer and asked, "In our home, Approximately how much cash is there?"
When Wang Xifeng heard this, she immediately turned around and looked around, and then said warily: "Good luck, why are you asking this?"
"Why, can't you ask? Or are you afraid that the three of them will cheat on us and expose us outside?
Don't worry, even if they spill the beans, who would dare to covet her? Now in this family, it’s good that we don’t worry about others. "
Wang Xifeng blushed, thinking about it, Ping'er and the other three were close confidants around them. Except for Xiang Ling, who was dull and didn't care much about money, both Ping'er and Qingwen were very familiar with their family's wealth.
So he lowered his voice and said, "I haven't counted the exact number, but it's probably around 100,000. What do you want to do?"
In fact, she had counted more than one hundred thousand. It was her instinctive reaction not to speak, even when facing Jia Lian.
Even so, Jia Lian was a little surprised. Thinking that the official treasury of Rongguo Mansion was so poor now, but his own small treasury was so full, this feeling was really... refreshing!
But think about it, under Wang Xifeng's management, it is basically impossible to get in or out of the house.
In the past few years since I started my career, I will not talk about the large and small rewards that I have received, but I will talk about the inspection of Jingxu in Shuiyue Temple, the gift of money from brother Kang of the Zhou family in the Prince's Villa, the coercion of domestic slaves to donate money, and the inheritance after the old man's death. The intercepted part...
This one after another, didn't that time bring in tens of thousands of dollars?
Not to mention, since he became the commander of the Military and Horse Division, he has relied on the management of the huge Xicheng and has paid tribute to the incense of people from all walks of life in Xicheng. However, Jia Lian did not completely hand over this part of the money to Sister Feng for safekeeping.
"Don't look at me so defensively. I have something I want to discuss with you.
You also know that two years ago, I had someone open a restaurant outside, specializing in all kinds of Jiangnan famous wines. After such a long period of operation in Beijing, it is now considered to be stable and profitable.
I thought, our family has a big business, a large population, and so many mouths to eat, but we only focus on the fixed amount of money and goods from the official government every year. If this goes on, it will inevitably become a situation where everything is empty.
Therefore, I want to expand some scale on the basis of Juxian Building, and try to purchase some other industries, preferably integrated into a family business model.
Not to mention being on par with those big businessmen, at least our family can have some stable income every year, and finally form a virtuous circle. "
Wang Xifeng is also an economic expert and basically understood what Jia Lian meant as soon as he heard it.
Just because she understood it, she had more questions!
"Do you want to open more restaurants? Do you want to buy other properties? Do you want to follow the example of the screwdriver and start a business?"
Wang Xifeng is outspoken and has no scruples. She can say whatever she wants. Anyway, Aunt Xue and her family are not around.
Besides, the Xue family is an imperial businessman after all, with the title of emperor attached to it.
What do other merchants mean to them?
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, businessmen are ranked last. This is not just a talk. This is a deep-rooted stereotype that has remained in people's hearts for thousands of years!
Only a few of the princes and nobles in Beijing end up doing business.
Not to mention princes and nobles, even high-ranking officials are ashamed to do business.
It's not that there are none, it's just that most of those families will be looked down upon by high-ranking families like the Jia family as people who have never seen the world!
In this world, wealthy families who live on thousands of acres of manor and ten thousand acres of fertile land are truly rich and noble.
For example, the Jia Mansion, whether Ningguo Mansion or Rongguo Mansion, has more than 100,000 acres of fertile land under its name. Some of these fertile fields were awarded during the Taizu period, and some were purchased by generations of princes.
This is also the basis for the Jia family and the two houses to be rich and prosperous for hundreds of years!
Now, guarding more than 100,000 acres of fertile land, Cheng Jue of Rongguo Mansion and the current Marquis Jia Lian actually told her that she wanted to start a business to support her family? Wang Xifeng heard it the first time and wanted to make fun of Jia Lian.
Seeing Jia Lian looking at her condescendingly, Wang Xifeng put away her smile and asked, "Why did you come up with this idea?
Not to mention that the art of Tao Zhu is not simple, but our family seems to be in such a state of poverty, right? "
Nowadays, the official treasury in the government is a bit poor, but that's not because of the garden. As long as this incident is over, with the massive output of the farm, the mansion will be able to recover in a few years.
After all, if you only rely on hundreds of mouths in the house to eat, how much can you eat in a year?
Wang Xifeng's idea cannot be said to be wrong, but how did she know Jia Lian's plan.
If you want to develop your own power, you don't need money everywhere. Just relying on the output of the family's fields, the total amount is only a small amount, and it has to be divided among the family.
It would be enough to be wealthy and honorable, but obviously it would not be able to meet Jia Lian's requirements.
People in this era regard farming and farming and relying on heaven as the only and legitimate way. But Jia Lian naturally knew that the only way to accumulate wealth that was far beyond that of ordinary families was through business.
Jia Lian did not want to become as rich as Shen Wanshan, but he felt that with the power of the Jia family and his status, as long as he got involved in some suitable businesses, it would not be too much, and those businesses would obediently take over the market. Spit some out to him.
What is this called, money that is not earned in vain.
Anyway, the dynasties of the country have never prohibited nobles from doing business. Even in those dynasties that prohibited it, there were always princes and nobles who forced their slaves and in-laws to do business.
"Our family is not in dire straits. We have already borrowed 80,000 silver from Dongfuzhi. We still don't know when this 80,000 silver will be returned to others."
Hearing what Jia Lian said, Wang Xifeng couldn't refute, so she asked with a smile, "Aren't you afraid that people will laugh at you when you do this?"
"I am a military commander, not a civil servant. Why do I want to clear my name?"
Jia Lian was very straightforward. Nowadays, the only two people Jia Lian is really afraid of are Emperor Ningkang and the Supreme Emperor.
The Supreme Emperor has never seen it, but I heard that he also likes luxury in his later years. As for Emperor Ningkang, although he was more diligent and disliked mediocre ministers, he was not a harsh person, but he was more majestic. Such an emperor would be easier for him to talk to.
As long as you are useful and loyal to him, he will not hesitate to give you some benefits.
Therefore, as long as it does not make these two people dissatisfied with him, Jia Lian will not feel pressure when doing it.
With Jia Lian like this, Wang Xifeng was sure that Jia Lian was serious, and it was not easy for her to object, because she always felt that every decision Jia Lian made today was not a mistake. If it was like Jia Lian said, it could add income to the family, she would naturally be happy.
She is the head of the house, and she also likes to be the head of a wealthy family, and does not like to be the head of a poor family.
"If you really want to try it, I won't stop you.
However, you should discuss this matter with the master and wife first. And since it is a family property, even if we need to raise the initial money, we should draw it from the official. Why do you want us to use our own money to do things? "
Wang Xifeng said half as a reminder and half as a complaint.
Her former son, Jia Lian, spent so much money to reward domestic slaves and build a second ancestral hall, which made her feel distressed for a long time.
But she saw Jia Lian rolling his eyes at her: "Do you really want to live with the ladies for a long time?"
"What's the meaning?"
Wang Xifeng was secretly startled and glanced around.
This is the pavilion in the lake. When they were talking about business, Ping'er led Qingwen and two people to guard the bridge.
"You can slowly understand what I mean. Don't worry, you eat your food one bite at a time. I'm not going to set up a family business all of a sudden.
What I mean is that we should spend less money and go out to test the waters first, firstly to avoid risks, and secondly, to avoid you feeling too distressed.
When these industries grow in the future and the time is ripe, we will discuss the establishment of a family business.
At that time, no matter whether we separate from the master or the wife, as long as the money is in our own hands, it is you and me who have the final say in the family. Do you understand? "
Wang Xifeng is very clear. Although she doesn't know what economic base determines the superstructure, she naturally understands this truth.
In order to build this garden, the official bank account was basically depleted, and Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang were asked to use a lot of private money to subsidize it.
He even owed Dongfu eighty thousand taels of silver. With this hole in place, it is unlikely that officials will become wealthy for at least ten years.
In this way, as long as the industry mentioned by Jia Lian can successfully bring huge income, who in the family will not flatter them and point them to a life of wealth?
Moreover, the reason why she advised Jia Lian was that she was afraid that Jia Lian would be hot-headed and invest all the family assets accumulated at once. If he lost money, it would be difficult to recover.
She was relieved to hear that Jia Lian meant to take his time, so she nodded and agreed, and then hurriedly asked Jia Lian about his specific plan.
While the couple were discussing the plan to make a fortune, a servant girl from the Xue family came from the Rongguo Mansion. Jia Lian, despite what Wang Xifeng said, would discuss it in detail when they got home in the evening, and then invited the lady into the pavilion.
"This slave has met the Marquis. Our wife said that she is grateful for the help provided by the Marquis to our uncle. She specially prepared drinks at home for me to ask. If the Marquis is free in the evening, please come over and have a drink.
The same goes for Second Grandma Lian. Please come over if you have time. "
Wang Xifeng only saw that the woman invited Jia Lian first, and then changed her mind when she saw her. She knew that the Xue family mainly wanted to invite Jia Lian.
The purpose is easy to guess. It's just a thank you for the help. I'm afraid it's to ask Jia Lian how he plans to deal with Liu Xianglian who beats someone.
Then he smiled and said, "Thank you aunt for me, and tell me that I still have something to do. I won't bother my sister Baochai again when she gives birth to her baby some time later."
With that said, Wang Xifeng greeted Ping'er.
Jia Lian originally decided to visit the Xue family tomorrow, so he said to the old woman: "Go back and tell your aunt that I will visit later."
The mother-in-law went away with many thanks.
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