After hearing Qin Zhong's repeated assurances, Jia Rong gave up. He said: "This is what you promised yourself. If you want me to know that you are not keeping your word, you can quietly find the nun and go up to him. From now on, you will never want to see that nun again."
Seeing the Qin brothers nodding solemnly, Brother Rong chatted with Mr. Duan Lang for a while, and on the way asked Que'er to go to the courtyard to get the Jiangnan cakes sent by the Xue family a few days ago.
"These are the specialties of Jiangnan. Although they are not worth a few dollars, they are rare to eat in Shenjing. These days, I have been busy with my teacher's teaching in Yixue and supervising Jingqing, so I took these snacks back to Give your family a try.”
Jia Rong asked Que'er to bring out a small brocade box again, and said to Duan Lang, "I heard that not long after your husband got married, our house didn't send any congratulatory gifts, so I thought it was up to me to make up for it."
The box was opened, and there was a large and round South Sea pearl inside. Duan Lang won the imperial examination many years ago. After all, he had already entered the officialdom with one foot in the officialdom, and his family was short of money. It was just the first time I saw a pearl of this size, and I was at a loss.
"How...how did this happen?"
Jia Rong closed the box and put it in Duan Lang's hand, and said with a smile: "Sir, your hard work has made you great. I'm just afraid that this small gift will neglect you."
Duan Lang was an honest man, so he could only accept it with a blushing face. There was a slight regret in his heart. The reason why he came to Jia's home to study for free was not for money. I just thought that one day I could catch the Jia family's big ship and find a reliable dock and port to live in, even if I could get a seventh- or eighth-grade county magistrate.
Uncle Rong said: "Mr. has served as an enlightenment teacher for many children of the Jia family in the free school. How can these students fail me in the future? Our Jia family is not an ungrateful family. If we have the right opportunity, we will never forget your contribution. "
Duan Lang was so happy after hearing what Uncle Rong said that he wanted to kneel down immediately.
"It's cold on the ground." Jia Rong took his arm and said, "Sir is a teacher of Yi Xue. Many of the elders in the clan are his students. How can I do this ceremony? Doesn't it mean that my life will be shortened? Master of Yi Xue. They are old, and the old Confucians of the Li family are not young either. They still have to rely on their husbands to take care of them in Yi Xue. When my husband comes after the new year, I will go to the ancestral hall to get a whip and use him as a tool. If any of the Yi Xue disciples disobeys the teachings, my husband can whip him. That’s it.”
Duan Lang's heart was filled with turmoil, and he couldn't calm down for a long time. The young Uncle Rong in front of him was really cruel to the students of the Free School. He actually wants to use family laws to discipline his children, this...
Uncle Rong smiled and said: "Don't be surprised. I just asked Mr. to hang the whip in the school as a deterrent. A noble brother like Mr. Bao is usually difficult to control. With the whip of this ancestral hall, he can I don’t dare to be presumptuous anymore.”
After explaining everything to Mr. Duan Lang, Jia Rong returned to his yard through the night. I thought that I was really the lucky star of the Jia family, the savior of Baoyu. If this is the case, Baoyu can't learn anything, it can only be rotten wood that is difficult to carve.
Brother Rong is facing the complicated situation of the Jia family outside and is worried every day. How can he let these brothers in Yixue have a good life? You have to suffer together with suffering, otherwise there will be no balance in your heart.
"Oh...Uncle Bao, I'm sorry."
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On this day, Uncle Rong carefully changed his clothes, took two young men and went straight to Wanhua Tower in a precious carriage.
"It's true, mistress, if you go to a brothel in Rio this winter, you will freeze to death halfway." Jia Rong complained to himself.
In the small courtyard behind Wanhua Building, several guards in plain clothes were guarding the door. There were only two people in the room, Qiu Jiheng and the mistress.
The mistress asked, "Are you sure that Jia Rong will come?"
Qiu Jiheng replied: "The people who humbly arranged to guard outside Ningguo Mansion just now reported back. Jia Rong has already boarded the carriage and is coming here."
The mistress nodded slightly, quite satisfied with Qiu Jiheng's approach in this matter. He said calmly: "Have you inquired clearly? How much cement can the cement kiln in Ningguo Mansion produce every month?"
Qiu Jiheng said: "This matter is not a secret in Beijing. According to people who were at King Zhongshun's manor that day, Jia Rong once reported to the present that the current monthly production of cement can be 150 shi, and the price of high-quality cement is 800 shi. The second-grade cement is priced at 500 cents per kilo, and the regular cement is 300 cents per kilo. If it is needed by the Ministry of Works, we will give it a 20% discount."
"Only one hundred and fifty taels of silver per month?" The young master felt a little disappointed after hearing this, and said calmly: "Even if they are all sold for 800 taels of silver, it will only be more than one hundred and fifty taels of silver per month. There is no Calculating labor costs and raw materials, is the cement kiln in Ningguo Mansion really profitable?"
Qiu Jiheng explained: "This is just the monthly profit of a small kiln in Ningguo Mansion. If the third master wants to get the recipe and build a large kiln with a monthly output of thousands of stones, it will be at least more than a thousand taels of silver per month. If it is If we build a few more large kilns like this outside, the monthly income will be countless."
The mistress thought for a while. Well, Qiu Jiheng is right.
If you can take Jia Rong's advice and build a big kiln, you can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver in a year. The more kilns you build, the more money you will make. Having more money makes things easier!
The prince living in a deep palace is miserable. Although he is the prince, his annual salary is only twelve thousand taels of silver. Although it is two thousand taels more than other princes, it is not as good as the fifteen thousand taels of silver that King Zhongshun receives every year.
Being in a high position and lacking money. From the annual and monthly rewards to the subordinates, managing affairs in the palace, and pleasing the emperor and the old concubine, there is not much left over more than 10,000 taels of silver every year. I want to win over some people outside, but I have nothing to give.
The mistress also felt sad.
"Tell me, will Jia Rong be willing to give me the prescription in his hand?"
Who is the mistress?
That's the prince of the dynasty! Today, the person who was established as the prince on the first day he ascended the throne is the future emperor of Dayan. Qiu Jiheng thought that he would refuse the future emperor's request unless Jia Rong lost his mind.
Qiu Jiheng said flatteringly: "If you are humble, let alone a small cement recipe, even if it is a bigger profit item, I am willing to give it to the mistress. As long as Jia Rong is not stupid, he will not refuse the mistress."
After hearing what Qiu Jiheng said, the mistress nodded in agreement. I didn't have any excessive demands, I just asked Jia Rong to share the recipe with me, and I didn't want to rob him.
How did Jia Rong know what the prince was thinking? As soon as he entered Wanhua Tower, a guard who knew him searched him and invited him into the small courtyard behind.
Hey?
It's quite similar to that.
Jia Rong is now someone who has seen big scenes, and she looks unworried. He ordered his guards to wait outside the courtyard and followed the guards inside.
As soon as Brother Rong entered the yard, he saw a man in fine clothes who was about his own age walking forward and saying with joy on his face: "You're here, I'm so impatient to wait."
He saw that apart from this person, only Qiu and Heng were left in the room. Thinking that this should be the prince of this dynasty, he saluted and said, "I have met His Highness."
"No need to be too polite, no need to be too polite." The young master took Brother Rong's hand very kindly, took him to sit down at the same table, and said: "Your family and I have been close to each other since Taizu, and the Emperor Taishan and Dai Shan Father-in-law is like a brother. According to the popular saying, you should call me Uncle Shi."
