Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 696 The Neglected Imperial Merchant
Really, there are a lot of weird things going on in the Rong Mansion.

Qin Keqing has only been married for a long time, and she has heard a lot of wonderful things about Rongfu?

Sometimes, it really feels weird.

Obviously there is a better choice, but the old lady of Rongfu simply ignores it.

The Rong Mansion gave her the feeling that she was in a state of being forced to balance, and the internal friction was quite severe.

It is really speechless to say it, it seems that the Rongfu's right to speak is in the hands of three women.

The second master of Zheng didn't care about the affairs of the inner house, but the elder pardon was powerless.

The two elder brothers, Jia Zhu and Lian, were not qualified to join the team at all.

As for the younger Jia Baoyu, he just joked with the old lady all day long.

I feel that the whole Rong Mansion is full of stale atmosphere, if it doesn't change, it's hard to say how it will develop in the future.

After talking about Rong Mansion, the next thing is Ning Mansion.

After several times of rectification in the Ning Mansion, the atmosphere and style of doing things at this time are quite different from those in the past.

Less lazy and perfunctory, more crisp and efficient.

Among other things, at least there will be no such thing as a family having a child in Canada.

If such a situation really happens, we will deal with it if we find it together, and we will never tolerate it.

It's funny to say that Lai Er, the former butler, wanted to make a comeback, and during the time when Jia Zhen came back, he jumped quite a lot.

The old lady of the Rong Mansion also helped to make peace, as if she wanted to directly contract the position of housekeeper of the Ning Mansion to the Lai family.

As a result, Jia Zhen was awarded the Phoenix at the wedding of Jia Rong and Qin Keqing, and was sent to the Zhuangzi to cultivate quietly.

As for Lai Er who was jumping around so much, there was no need for Jia Rong to make a move at all, and Jia Fu, the current chief steward of the Ning Mansion, couldn't spare him.

The details inside are not very clear, but it is said that the life of Lai Er's family has been very difficult recently.

The inner house of Ning Mansion is peaceful, so naturally there are not so many moths to talk about.

What Qin Keqing was talking about was not about the things in the inner courtyard of the Ning Mansion, but about the situation of that guy Jia Qiang.

Because Jia Rong often sits in the ethnology teaching dormitory, it is often difficult for Jia Qiang to meet.

He has a task, which is to inform him of some news he has inquired from the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as soon as possible.

Instead, Jia Qiang reported the news to Mrs. Zhao and Qin Keqing basically.

As for Youshi, he may have some ability to deal with internal affairs, but his eyes are dimmed when it comes to the external situation.

Even if you tell her, she still can't understand.

Mrs. Zhao is well-informed, has experienced too many things, and has read a lot of books from her family background, so she has her own understanding of some situations outside.

As for Qin Keqing, after undergoing strict education in this area, it can be said that she has extraordinary ability in both internal and external.

Jia Rong listened to it when she had time, and if she didn't have much time, she took a look at Qin Keqing's special newsletter.

Speaking of which, Dai Quan, the minister in the Daming Palace, was very powerful. With the money, he not only sent Jia Qiang to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also served as a fertilizer department dealing with imperial merchants.

Let's put it this way, although Jia Qiang is only a low-level official from the ninth rank, he can deal with all imperial merchants in the world.

Through the imperial merchants directly managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Jia Qiang can naturally know a lot of information.

Jia Rong was very interested in some of the information he sent back.

In particular, the imperial business information directly managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is, in his view, an absolute core secret of the Daqian Dynasty.

The imperial merchant, that is the existence that can do business with the world.

That alone is quite remarkable.

You know, even with the prestige and influence of the Ningrong Second Mansion, if they secretly set up a commercial firm, there is no way to do business with the world.

It is very difficult for the powerful cabinet bosses to support the family caravan to do business in the world.

From this point of view alone, the advantage of Huangshang is quite astonishing.

Among other things, with the advantage of being able to trade in the world, if you use the stores of a certain or several imperial merchants in various places, you can completely form an intelligence network covering the entire Daqian world.

At this time, only the royal family and the government have the strength to collect intelligence covering the entire world.

The Jia Shi Wang Xue of the four major families in Jinling, how can the Xue family be known as the military meritorious service of the other three families, is it because of the official title of Ziwei Sheren, the head of the first generation Xue family?

Naturally not, but because the Xue family is the head of the secret spy placed by the royal family in Jiangnan, controlling the spy force in the entire Jiangnan area.

It was only after Jia Rong became the patriarch of the Jia clan in the capital that she slowly learned some unknown secrets.

The Xue family also took this opportunity to expand their business to almost the whole country.

Not to mention the Xue family's identity as the head of the royal secret service, the other three families of King Jia Shi are jealous, and their family's money makes the other three families jealous.

As far as Jia Rong knew, the Xue family had to take the initiative to pay protection fees to the other three families every few years, to keep their family safe and to keep them as a member of the four major families in Jinling.

The amount is absolutely astonishing, reaching nearly a million vehicles!

As for the Jia family, the head of the four major families in Jinling, they could get at least half of the protection fee, which is definitely a huge number.

Even with the background of the Ningrong Second Mansion, it is impossible to underestimate this money.

It's not a one-off deal, almost every few years.

Just for the sake of money, it is impossible for the other three families to specifically target the Xue family.

This is also Jia Rong's opinion that it would be a failure for the Rong Mansion to use its valuable military contacts to pave the way for Prince Teng.

In the story of the Red Chamber, the prince Tenggui became the governor of the Beijing camp, and at the same time boosted the power of the Wang family and became the head of the four major families in Jinling.

Then, the protection fee that should have been handed over to the Ningrong Second Mansion was taken away by the Wang Mansion, leaving him with only the normal protection fee income.

That's a gap of several 10 taels of silver. If you can make good use of it, how many great things can you accomplish?

As a result, after the Wang family got it, they naturally used it all on Wang Ziteng and the Wang clan.

As for the Rong Mansion, it was more expensive than chicken. Although it managed to maintain the political alliance of the four major families in Jinling, it didn't actually get any benefits.

Of course, the current situation is very different from the story of the Red Chamber. Anyway, Wang Ziteng was not promoted to the Beijing Camp Jiedu envoy smoothly, and was instead driven to a local post.

The brands of the four major families in Jinling are still there, and the Ningrong Second Mansion is still the boss of the four major families, and can continuously obtain a large amount of money and materials from the Xue family.

Only after the Xue family received the support of the other three families could they become the top tyrant in Jinling.

At the same time, the family business can still pass through the whole country, even if it is placed in the imperial business system, it is one of the top existences.

It can be said that the physical resources that the Xue family can mobilize are the most among the four major families in Jinling, and they are also the most neglected existence...

(End of this chapter)