serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 497 Southern Tour 4
  The boss was still lying there motionless.

Jia Hu looked at him with a smile: "Get up. I will use your precious land to say a few words to my old friend."

The boss didn't dare to speak. He got up tremblingly and stepped aside.

Jia Hu pointed to the stool next to him: "You can come and sit too."

General Shang Wang didn't dare to sit on an equal footing with Jia Hu, and he didn't dare to disobey the order, so he had no choice but to come over and sit cross-legged on the grass.

Jia Hu looked at him: "We haven't seen each other for several years. How come Mr. Wang has become so old?"

Mr. Wang hesitated for a moment and briefly recounted his experiences over the years.

Jia Hu was silent for a moment, then looked at Mr. Wang and said, "You are more stable than before. Your father is old, and you have to shoulder the burden of the family."

Mr. Wang said: "Yes." He replied and glanced at General Shang Wang.

Mr. Wang lowered his head.

Jia Hu saw it in his eyes and asked, "If you have any difficulties, just tell me. Without your generosity back then, Yongwei Camp would not have successfully formed an army. I will try my best to solve it for you."

Mr. Wang slowly raised his head and opened his mouth, but did not say a word.

Jia Hu looked at him, sighed softly, and said, "What are your plans in the future? Continue to do business?"

Mr. Wang's eyes were full of confusion.

The eldest son Wang spoke: "Back to the emperor, the remaining money of the Wang family is only enough to compensate various places, and they are unable to form another caravan."

Jia Hu thought for a while and looked at him: "If you had money, would you still dare to form a caravan?"

Mr. Wang was startled for a moment, then replied: "Dare! As long as I have money, I will personally form a caravan. I have already made plans. The fur resources in Siberia are very rich and the quality is good. In recent years, The people in Guan are getting richer and richer, and there is a huge demand for furs, especially good furs." After saying that, he looked at Jia Hu nervously.

Jia Hu secretly smiled. If this unlucky child hadn't met him, the Wang family would have been in bad luck again.

Thinking of this, Jia Hu smiled and said: "It's a good idea, but don't go to Siberia for the time being, it's a mess."

General Shang Wang and Young Master Wang looked at each other and understood that there was going to be a war in Siberia.

At this time, the little fat man came over and whispered: "Your Majesty, the Queen is here."

Jia Hu stood up, looked at the chariot on the pier, and then turned to look at Mr. Wang: "I will say hello to the Imperial Bank and ask them to give you an interest-free loan of [-] million, and you will pay it back in three years." . In addition, I will allocate [-] from the internal treasury, and you and the Xiao family will each receive [-] to subsidize the family expenses."

Mr. Wang threw himself on his knees and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace!"

Mr. Wang suddenly woke up and kowtowed to the ground: "Your Majesty! This, the poor people, thank you for your grace! Thank you for your grace!" As he spoke, he shed tears.

Jia Hu looked at him: "Take care of yourself, I'm leaving."

General Shang Wang choked and replied: "Yes."

Jia Hu looked at him again and strode towards the long embankment.

Looking at Jia Hu's retreating figure, Mr. Wang sighed in his heart. If only he had listened to the advice of Cheng Shiyao and Ma Yong. Now, one of them is the vice president of the Imperial Bank from the first rank, and the other is the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the second rank. Minister, what a pity
  On the long embankment, the prefect of Yangzhou led officials of all sizes to kneel down to greet him.

Jia Hu and Lin San slowly walked over and stood in front of the crowd of people kneeling to greet them.

Because it was too late, Jia Hu only summoned the governor of Liangjiang and the governor of Jiangsu after arriving at the palace in Yangzhou yesterday.

Jia Hu's eyes glanced over the heads of the people kneeling to greet him, and finally fell on the Yangzhou magistrate: "Everyone, get up."

All the officials stood up.

Jia Hu pointed to the stone street over there: "What do you think?"

The Yangzhou magistrate was stunned for a moment and replied: "Your Majesty, I just want the people of Yangzhou to have more income. I didn't think too much about it."

Jia Hu looked at him: "How are management fees collected?"

When the Yangzhou magistrate heard this, he felt relieved, and his slightly hunched body straightened subconsciously, "When I return to the emperor, there is no fixed management fee. They have to go to the exit over there to pay the tax by themselves before sunset every day. Twenty taxes per one , the more you earn, the more you pay, but if you don’t make a deal, you don’t have to pay.”

Jia Hu: "Oh, aren't you afraid that they will conceal the truth?"

The Yangzhou magistrate straightened his body three more points and replied loudly: "At the beginning of human beings, nature is good. Most of the people are simple and kind-hearted. They have their own integrity and character. They don't bother to lie. This is the most important thing in being a human being. A basic standard. They don’t make much money every day, and most people only pay two or three copper coins. No one will ruin their reputation for these few copper coins, it’s not worth it!”

Jia Hu nodded and said: "Okay. I know that due to the decline of the salt industry and water transportation, Yangzhou's economy has been greatly impacted, but the opening of the railway has also brought new opportunities to Yangzhou City,' One hundred thousand guan, riding a crane to Yangzhou', the people of the empire will become richer and richer, and more and more people will come to Yangzhou. You must seize this opportunity."

Yangzhou prefect: "Yes." Jia Hu looked at the crowd again: "Is the person in charge of the Imperial Bank here?"

A middle-aged man wearing a fifth-grade official robe came out: "I'm here."

Jia Hu: "Give the Wang family a [-] million interest-free loan."

Yangzhou branch official: "Here, I wonder what assets the Wang family used as collateral?"

"No collateral."

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"Why, no?"

"Go back to the emperor, this is against the rules."

"I will vouch for the Wang family. Is this okay?"

He hesitated again and said, "I'm afraid this is not good."

Jia Hu looked at him and said, "I will mortgage the Forbidden City to you." After that, he walked straight to the dock.

The little fat man was about to follow him, but he stopped him: "Manager, I don't know about this contract."

The little fat man said angrily: "After dusk, you come to the palace, and the emperor will mortgage the Forbidden City to you!" After that, he walked away angrily.

The surrounding officials all stepped aside and looked at him strangely.

He stood there in a daze, seemingly at a loss for a moment.

The magistrate of Yangzhou came over and wanted to say something, but he only opened his mouth and swallowed his words.

He swallowed: "Am I hanging?"

Just as the Yangzhou magistrate was about to speak, he seemed to have seen something and quickly stepped aside.

At this time, the little fat man came back and said loudly: "Your Majesty will mortgage several imperial mansions in Jiangning to your bank."

After hearing this, he said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Holy Bright Candlelight shines upon you, and I am extremely humbled by my admiration!"

The Yangzhou magistrate and others quickly shouted: "Your Majesty!"

The little fat man looked at him and muttered: "Isn't he very talkative?" He turned around and walked towards the pier, but the boat slowly sailed away from the pier.

"Your Majesty, I haven't boarded the ship yet! Your Majesty~"

Looking at the little fat man jumping up and down on the dock, Jia Hu smiled and waved, turned and walked into the cabin.

In the cabin, Lin Daiyu walked to the coffee table and put the piano in place. She smiled and said, "Why do I hear the voice of a little fat man?"

Jia Hu sat down opposite her, "I didn't even take the old lady and the others with me, so why would I take him with me?"

Lin Daiyu looked at him with a smile: "You have learned to be stingy. The old lady and the others will come over after lunch."

Jia Hu said "hmm", looked at Lin Daiyu's face, took a closer look at the light, and said with a smile: "I thought you were going to rest until noon, but I didn't expect you to get up so soon."

Lin Daiyu's face turned red.

Jia Hu: "My complexion is better today. Oops~"

Lin Daiyu pinched Jia Hu's arm: "You still said?"

Jia Hu just wanted to laugh, but held it back: "Hey, the "Book of Songs" you played last time was pretty good. Please play "The Book of Songs" for me."

Lin Daiyu: "There are three hundred and five chapters in the Book of Songs. Which one do you want to listen to?"

Gee!
  This is the Versailles of a top student, with [-] chapters, you can choose as you like!

After thinking for a while, Jia Hu said, "Then let's do "Jian Jia"."

Lin Daiyu smiled lightly: "Okay." As she said that, her slender fingers gently tickled the strings and started playing.
  Jia Hu took out a teapot from the tea basket on the table, made a bowl of tea for Lin Daiyu, and poured another bowl for himself. Then he picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, looking at Lin Daiyu, "Go to Jinling the day after tomorrow and stay for three days." Let’s go to Suzhou on the [-]th.”

(End of this chapter)