The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 81
Jia Jing opened the letter in her hand, and saw that it read:

Qi Junqiang, the head of the village under the door, kowtowed to Lord Hou, wishing Lord Hou great happiness and prosperity in the new year, prosperity and safety, promotion and salary, and all the best.

Seeing this, Jia Jing said with a smile: "This Qi Junqiang, I didn't see it like this in previous years. I don't know who I learned this from this year! Besides, look at this grammar and this congratulatory speech, it's really... ..."

Unable to find words to describe it for a while, Jia Jing couldn't help laughing again.

Lai Fu glanced at the post, held back for a long time, and said, "I guess I just heard someone's crooked idea and wanted to say something auspicious!"

Jia Jing continued to expand the post, and the following is the list of New Year's goods sent this year.

The list includes: thirty big deer, fifty roe deer, fifty roe deer, twenty domestic pigs, twenty wild boars, twenty wild sheep, twenty domestic sheep, five hundred catties of miscellaneous fish, chicken Two hundred ducks and geese each, two hundred pairs of pheasants and rabbits, twenty pairs of bear paws, fifty catties of sea cucumbers, two bags each of hazelnuts, pine, peaches, and apricots, one thousand catties of high-grade silver frost charcoal, and two thousand catties of medium-grade jin, [-] jin of charcoal, [-] stones of royal rouge rice, [-] stones of green glutinous rice, [-] stones of white glutinous rice, [-] stones of powdered rice, [-] stones each of variegated grains, and [-] stones of regular rice, each of various colors A cart of dried vegetables.

Takeaway grain, livestock, etc., a total of 500 taels of silver.

Seeing the end, Jia Jing was a little surprised, "The weather in the Northland this year is not very good. I didn't expect to get more than 6000 taels of silver. This Qi Junqiang is still good at managing Zhuangzi!!"

Lai Fu smiled and said: "Master Hou treats them kindly, so naturally they should repay Master Hou well, and they must know how to repay their kindness!"

……

Just as he was talking, a few people came in from outside the hall.

The current one is tall and tall, but his leg was injured, and he walks with a limp, and there is a ten-year-old child behind him.

This man is in charge of Jia Jing's Zhuangzi in Liaodong, and his name is Qi Junqiang.

The one who came in after Qi Junqiang was the head of the Li family of Green Willow Villa. Because of his high level of farming, he was appointed by Jia Jing as the head of Green Willow Villa. He was called Old Li.

After entering the lobby, Jia Jing asked everyone to sit down first, and the maids beside them immediately brought hot tea over.

Taking advantage of the gap between serving tea, the man who came in at the head stood up, came to Jia Jing, and knelt down with the child behind him, "Qi Junqiang bids his respects to the general!"

"What are you doing?" Jia Jing hurriedly got up, pulled the somewhat disabled tall man up, and said to the child next to him: "My child, you also hurry up!"

"When you were in the army in the past, you didn't have so many etiquettes. Why are you acting hypocritical now?"

Qi Junqiang lowered his head, "This time, I actually asked the general for something!"

His tone was vague, and his voice was not loud, which meant that Jia Jing's physique was far beyond that of ordinary people, and he might not be able to hear it if he was an ordinary person.

Jia Jing couldn't see the hesitant appearance of the soldiers under his command, and immediately stared, "What's the matter, tell me!"

After being drunk by Jia Jing, Qi Junqiang raised his head subconsciously and replied loudly: "General, I want to find a place for the child to read and write!"

"It's a good thing for children to read and write," Jia Jing looked at Qi Junqiang, "Why are you embarrassed to say that?!"

After all, he beckoned the child behind Qi Junqiang to come closer, "Son, how old is this year?"

The child didn't recognize his birth, so he replied openly, "My name is Qi Shirui, and I'm ten years old this year! I've learned the Thousand Character Classic and the Three Character Classic!"

Jia Jing nodded and said with a strong smile to Qi Jun: "This kid is not bad, he will definitely be better than you in the future!"

"That's natural!"

Hearing this, Qi Junqiang nodded proudly.

Jia Jing said again: "It happens that there is a private school at home. If you are willing, let this child come over after the next year. Then he will live in the Hou's mansion, which is closer to the private school!"

"Willing, willing!" Qi Junqiang nodded quickly, then scratched the back of his head and grinned, "Then trouble the general!"

As he said that, Qi Junqiang wanted to pull the child to kneel down to thank him again, but he was pulled back by Lai Fu who was next to him.

Jia Jing ordered: "Okay, don't be hypocritical, sit down first!"

……

After dealing with Qi Junqiang's matter, Jia Jing looked at Old Li, picked up his letter and took a look at it.

The things purchased for the new year are all about the same, the only big difference is the amount of silver in the back.

Because most of the fields in Green Willow Villa are planted with rare spices and seasonings cultivated, there is not much food sown. After deducting the consumption expenses in the village, the discounted silver at the end of the year is only more than 200 taels.

But the spices and seasonings produced in the villa have brought Jia Jing a total of 10,000+ taels of income this year.

……

Putting down the letter, Jia Jing looked at the two heads in front of him, and first asked about Qi Junqiang's situation along the way, the living conditions in Liaodong this year, the increase and decrease of personnel, the climate and field conditions, and other issues.

Later, he asked Qi Junqiang to talk about what happened in Zhuangzi this year.

Qi Junqiang is very familiar with all the big and small matters in the Zhuangzi under his management.Therefore, when talking about each item and item to Jia Jing, it is really like a treasure.

Listening to Qi Junqiang's introduction, Jia Jing nodded slightly from time to time, obviously quite satisfied.

After that is the Green Willow Villa under the management of Lao Li.

Because Zhuangzi is not far from Shenjing, Jia Jing would go hunting and playing from time to time. Naturally, he was quite clear about the people's livelihood and sentiments in the village, so he didn't ask too many questions.

What Jia Jing focused on was the planting of spices and seasonings in Green Willow Villa.

This year is only an experimental large-scale planting. Jia Jing knew that the profit would definitely not be small, but he did not expect the profit to be so large.

If that's the case, it's natural to take care of and make good use of the manor at Green Willow Villa in the coming year!
……

After chatting for a while, the two bosses were already a little tired.

Qi Junqiang drove a long distance for a month, and the old Li Tou also ran to the present in the early morning, and he was getting old again. Therefore, after chatting with the two Zhuangtou for a while, Jia Jing saw that both of them looked tired. , so he hurriedly ordered people to take the two of them down, so that they could entertain and rest without mentioning it.

……

After the two village heads went down, Jia Jing ordered again to take some of the New Year's goods from the two villages and send them to the two neighboring houses.

Thinking of Daiyu's father and daughter, it was the first year in Beijing to celebrate the New Year, and ordered someone to pick some good-looking goods from the New Year's goods, and sent them to the Lin family together with Curry's few high-quality leathers.

Finally, the parts needed in the Hou's mansion were kept, and the remaining meat, charcoal, ordinary rice grains, and dried vegetables were divided into four portions.

One will be distributed to other members of the Jia family in Beijing tomorrow; one will be reserved for the servants in the mansion, ready to be distributed along with the rewards for the New Year's Eve; the last two will be sent to the camp by Ming Laifu In the middle, add two meat dishes to a group of soldiers.

In this way, when Jia Jing finished dealing with them one by one, it was already time for the lights to come on outside.

(End of this chapter)