The Concubine Wushuang of Red Mansion

Chapter 271 Punishing evil slaves and accumulating food

Baoyu and his two cousins ​​laughed without knowing what they said.

Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Wang turned their eyes over together, and Mrs. Sun couldn't help but frown. She knew that Mrs. Wang had an intention with Aunt Xue, and the two families wanted to get married. Who knew that after arriving, Baochai actually promised to marry her? A widower.

This made Sun very puzzled.

Mrs. Wang was delighted to see Baoyu and the Wang sisters joking. She smiled and said, "Baoyu, don't make your sisters angry."

Baoyu looked towards Mrs. Wang and said, "My sisters and I are being naughty!"

Wang Yinghua, Wang Ziteng's youngest daughter, said, "Auntie, Brother Bao Er didn't make us angry."

Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Mrs. Sun. She didn't like this sister-in-law at first, nor did she like her two nieces. In addition, Baochai was older than Baoyu, so she wanted to marry an older man. Some daughters-in-law can take better care of their sons. This is why she likes Baochai.

Unexpectedly, during a wedding ceremony at Qingxu Temple, she would rather marry a widower who had lost his wife twice than Baoyu. Mrs. Wang had to give up on Baochai and reconsider the girl from the Wang family.

The Sun family has no intention of getting married to the Jia family. The Wang family is no longer what it used to be. It is no longer dependent on the Jia family. Wang Ziteng has taken control of the capital and is being promoted by the court. Her two daughters will be able to marry better. There is no reason to marry into a down-and-out family like the Jia family.

"A while ago, his second uncle sent a letter from Beijing, saying that he wanted to help arrange a marriage for your nephew Wang De. I was thinking that I should look for it among relatives. I would know more about it, but I have been away from home these years. Young Master, I don’t recognize any of the girls from the younger generation, and I don’t know who is suitable?”

Mrs. Sun said as she looked at Mrs. Wang and saw that she also frowned and said, "My ex-son, Wang Ren, and his wife mentioned that there is a third girl under your knees. What do you think of our two families getting married?"

Only then did Mrs. Wang understand that Mrs. Sun had noticed her thoughts and wanted to give up her idea of ​​marrying her niece as her daughter-in-law. If Tanchun married into the Wang family, how could the Jia family marry another daughter-in-law from the Wang family?

She said, "She is just in front of my aunt, how can she be worthy of Wang De?"

Mrs. Sun said, "Marry a daughter with your head up, and a wife with your head down. Although she is a concubine, she will not raise her child in front of your old lady and you. In the past two years, she was taken to the Dongfu and raised as a serious rich lady." Well, I heard that Dongfu also said that the dowries of the three girls raised in the house are no less than 6 to [-] taels of silver. Instead of taking advantage of others, it is better to take advantage of your own family. What's wrong with you? ?”

Mrs. Wang was also aware of this truth, but she hesitated and said, "She is younger than Baoyu. Unfortunately, Baoyu's marriage has not yet been settled. Earlier, the old lady wanted him to marry his cousin and raise the two little ones together. Son, at that time I was still thinking that the two of us were still young, but who would have thought that when we were a little late, Jia Cong actually took the lead."

This is Mrs. Wang trying to put gold on Baoyu's face. However, it has been many years since this happened. Not to mention the passage of time, it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false. On the contrary, it has ruined Daiyu's reputation.

Mrs. Sun was shocked as if she were hearing gossip. She never imagined that Mrs. Ning Guogong would do such strange things before. She couldn't help but say, "At that time, Mrs. Lin was a little older and she was so shrewd."

I knew that I would choose Ning Guogong instead of Baoyu. If not, I don't know who would benefit from today's superb Duke's wife.

Although Jia Cong was granted a marriage again, the one he was going to marry was Princess Xianning, but they were both married to one another, and the imperial edict stated that Princess Xianning's children would inherit the title of Rongguo Duke in the future, while Jia Cong was promoted to a title. At that time, in order to appease Daiyu, the palace promoted Daiyu to the imperial title without waiting for Jia Cong's request. It was unprecedented for a princess to be a princess before her hairpin, and it was difficult to follow her later.

No one in Shenjing City saw Daiyu’s joke.

And when Sun said that Daiyu was smart, didn't he mean that Baoyu was indeed not as good as Jia Cong?When Mrs. Wang heard this, her heart was pounding, and she smiled and said, "Who says it's not the case?"

"Don't be sad!" The Sun family is like a smart person, and they don't know why Mrs. Wang mentioned Baoyu. "When your brother comes back, he will tell the emperor that the title of Rongguo Mansion is not good. Now, it’s still possible to find a good job for Baoyu, but at that time, are you still afraid that Baoyu won’t be able to find a good marriage?”

Yuan Chun also said at the side, "Madam, don't be anxious. According to me, it's better not to be too hasty about Baoyu's marriage. It's better to take it slow. In the future, I'll ask His Highness for help to see if I can get married to the royal family. Yu Baoyu also has it." benefit."

This was another village with a bright future. Mrs. Wang was immediately overjoyed and said, "I was too impatient. I didn't expect this to come from above."

At this moment, Mrs. Wang was also deeply frightened. Fortunately, she did not get married to a merchant like the Xue family, otherwise her good character of Baoyu would have been buried.

Mrs. Sun reminded Mrs. Wang, "You should also take the matter of Third Miss and Wang De to your heart. Because of Wang De's marriage, your brother has not slept well for several nights. I wonder how he is doing outside now?"

Tanchun's marriage is still difficult for Mrs. Wang. Tanchun is not in Shenjing City at all now. Even if she is, she is in Dongfu, and the marriage is not hers to decide. There are not both Yuanchun and Yingchun. Is there any precedent?
Fortunately, Yuanchun had no regrets after marrying the third prince. If Mu Yongzhen ascends the throne in the future, her status in the palace will not be low. Mu Yongzhen is young, and she will have a limitless future if she gives birth to another prince in the future.

As Tanchun's aunt, Mrs. Wang couldn't say such words that were short of her dignity. She said, "This is indeed a good marriage. I will go back and discuss it with the master."

Mrs. Sun couldn't say anything bad. When she sent Mrs. Wang and Yuan Chun out, she kept talking about the benefits of this marriage. The implication was that the Jia family was like this now, and the Xi family was in decline. Jia Cong couldn't count on it. , the Wang family will not have any influence in the future.

On the way back, mother and daughter rode in a carriage together. Despite what her natal sister-in-law said, Mrs. Wang was still upset. Her current hope was definitely not on Jia Zheng, and Mrs. Wang only placed her hopes of being proud on Baoyu.

"I can only hope that His Highness will be able to help arrange a good marriage for Baoyu in the future."

Yuan Chun said, "Although His Highness has two younger sisters in the palace, they are too young..."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly held her daughter's hand and said eagerly, "You are young, don't be afraid. Let's settle the marriage first. Look at Brother Cong and his wife..."

"My wife is too impatient. She doesn't necessarily want to marry a princess. Yongchang Prince Consort has a granddaughter who is the same age as Baoyu, and Princess Gongshun also has a legitimate daughter. These two princesses are the same age as Baoyu. quite."

Mrs. Wang was not very satisfied. Although they were all relatives of the emperor, they were too far away from the emperor's lineage. She said, "These are not even comparable to those of the Zhongshun Prince's Palace. Although the Zhongshun Prince's Palace is a princess, it is also a title." A princess now."

Yuanchun knew that his mother had always compared Baoyu with Jia Cong, so he couldn't help but patiently persuade him, "This is all temporary. In the future... are you afraid that Baoyu will not have a good future?"

Mrs. Wang thought of her son-in-law, and she felt hopeful in her heart, "That's it! You are the only brother in total. Your Highness will always take more care of him in the future. I know that he is a good person in this life, and It's no wonder that Baba brought a piece of jade." Yuanchun also laughed.

In April, the weather here in Liaodong is getting warmer. Jia Cong led a group of female relatives around the neighborhood and returned. In the courtyard, the two brothers Wu Jinxiao and Wu Jinzhong knelt on the tiles, their knees The blood seeped out through the thick quilted pants, and large beads of sweat rolled down their foreheads.

Seeing Jia Cong, Wu Jin took two steps over on his knees and begged, "Master Hou, I should not do this for the slaves. I should not be blinded by lard and greedy for the masters' property. Please give the slaves a life." To survive, allow the slaves to atone for their sins!"

Jia Cong paused and looked down at Wu Jinxiao, the leader of Heishan Village in Ning Mansion, who was pulling up his trousers, "I haven't cared about you in the past few years, but it's not like I haven't beaten you. You bully the young man of my country. If you don’t take your country’s father seriously, the rent you pay is getting less and less every year, and you complain in front of me year after year, and there is no annual income that is better than that!”

Jia Cong said through gritted teeth at the end, "Heishan Village is an industry left by our ancestors. The land is fertile, the water conservancy is good next to it, and the harvest is guaranteed by droughts and floods. In order to pay less rent, it is really difficult for you to come up with some weird disasters every year. Either a hailstorm as big as a bowl suddenly fell, covering nearly [-] miles, including people, houses, livestock and food, injuring thousands of people, or there was not a single sunny day for five to six months in a year, and the farmland was damaged for a year. Less than a year, what did my father-in-law tell you before?
Only now did I know that I had come to ask for help! "

Wu Jinzhong was also unlucky. He was originally in charge of the eight estates in Rongguo Mansion, and his property was several times larger than that in Ningguo Mansion. There was no one in Rongguo Mansion to check how much was given out every year. Who knows, the emperor After a decree came down, the title here was given to Jia Cong, and the property was also allocated accordingly. Wu Jinzhong had to accept Jia Cong's investigation. After an investigation, a lot of big holes were found.

Wu Jinzhong just crawled over, but was kicked to the ground by Jia Cong. He didn't dare to take a breath and kowtowed desperately to beg for mercy. Jia Cong said, "My lord will never leave such a thing to eat inside and outside. Spit out everything you have eaten, and I may be able to spare your lives, otherwise, I will make your life worse than death!"

"The slaves will definitely vomit, they will definitely vomit, spit it all out!" Wu Jinxiao was afraid of this young Duke. He was an old man for many years, and he had seen the old Duke before, who was also a ruthless man. , but compared to Jia Cong, he is still much kinder.

Jia Cong handed the Wu Jinxiao brothers to Kong An. He went into the bright room. Daiyu had washed up and came out. She was sitting with Youshi, Tanchun and Xichun talking. Waiting for Jia Cong When you get back, prepare the meal.

Youshi said, "These slaves have been left unattended these years and are about to go to heaven. In the past, [-]% of the harvest from the fields should be kept at least [-]% for themselves, and the rest would be picked up and sent to the capital." . Our side is better, but in the past, the situation in Xifu was getting worse and worse.

Lian'er doesn't care about things. Even though Feng Yatou is a powerful person, it's not his turn to take care of these things. Why should the second master worry about this? In two years, these properties will probably be emptied out. "

Daiyu said, "We used to be far away, so how could we come here to inspect every year? It's not like they just follow what they say. These slaves think that we can't do anything if we are away from them. Now we are so close, And with the majesty of the Duke of the country, if we kill the chicken to scare the monkeys this time, things will be much better in the future."

She took Youshi's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I will ask them to repair Zhuangzi later. When the weather gets hot, we will go live there for a while."

Seeing Jia Cong come in, Youshi said hesitantly, "Ask brother Cong."

Jia Cong came out after freshening up and said with a smile, "Ask me what to do and where you are going. Just tell Kong An in advance and prepare guards. You can go wherever you want."

Youshi couldn't help but be overjoyed, but Tanchun seemed a little worried, and Jia Cong glanced at her.

In the front yard, Kong An had three letters brought in. Two were for Jia Cong, and one was for Madam You. After receiving the letter, Mrs. You found it strange. After opening the letter and reading it, He was so angry that he was shaking.

Daiyu saw this and didn't know what happened, so she hurriedly comforted her, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

Youshi was so angry that her eyes were filled with tears, and it was really hard to open her mouth. Seeing Jia Cong and others looking at her, she calmed down and said, "It's all the You family's thing. You also know that my mother is not She is not my biological mother. She brought her second sister and third sister into my house back then. The second sister was originally married to someone else. Her ancestors were the Zhang family, the head of Huangliang Farm. She had a good relationship with my ex-husband, so they got married.

Later, unexpectedly, the Zhang family was involved in a lawsuit and lost all their property, leaving them with insufficient food and clothing. Now it is said that the second sister often resented the wrong promise to Zhang Hua and wanted to ruin the marriage, but the Zhang family refused, so I asked me to help. Bundle.Things like this are based on consensual consent. How can I help? "

Youshi did not say for a while that the reason why she refused to help was that Mrs. You said in the letter that Youshi had no place in the Jia family now, and she did not know how Jia Cong and his wife would treat her in the future. If the second sister could serve as Jia Cong's wife, The side room can always help her in the future and let her mediate in the middle.

This is really lard. Not to mention that Jia Cong and his wife respected Youshi, and Youshi would never do such a thing. They only said that Youshi was a sensible person. She was a widowed person, how could she Would you do such a provocative and trouble-making thing?

Neither Jia Cong nor Daiyu were suspicious, and they couldn't say anything. Instead, Tanchun said, "If she wants to regret the marriage, she should regret it herself. Even if the Yamen of Yingtian Mansion is opened by the elder sister-in-law, how can the elder sister-in-law take care of this kind of thing?" Isn’t it going to work?”

Xichun said, "Is it possible that the Zhang family needs a lot of money and the second sister of the You family can't afford it, so they need the help of the elder sister-in-law?"

Youshi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "If she is short of silver, I will just give her some more!"

The point is, her heart is too big.

Tanchun said, "How can my sister-in-law say such stupid things? Although we have supported her with some money, who knows what she will say outside? It is inevitable that she will cause trouble in the future. From my point of view, this matter is just Just ignore it!”

Youshi became alert and said with a smile, "That's what you said, I'll just ignore it."

Daiyu smiled and asked Jia Cong, "I see there are two more letters. I don't know what they are about?"

Jia Cong handed a letter to Daiyu and opened it himself. It seemed that it was a letter from Jia Ping. The first was about the trends in the court, the second was about things in the capital, and the third was about things at home. , mostly related to government affairs.

Princess Xianning had escorted Nuerhachi and others back to the capital. The emperor urged Wang Ziteng three times a day on his progress. Shui Rong also sent a letter to Wang Ziteng. Many thieves had gathered in Henan, and they seemed to want to compete with the court. The army is fighting to the death, and it is estimated that the winner will be decided soon. Whether it is the bandits running around in all directions, or the prince being completely defeated, it is not good news for the court.

After Jia Cong read the letter, he made up his mind to stay in Liaodong. From time to time, he looked for opportunities to fight with the Mongolians around him and taught those people a lesson. It was best to make these people remember it, even if he would not be able to do so in the future. Guarding Liaodong, his name can also intimidate these people.

On the other hand, Jia Cong treated all the people who came to him kindly, did a good job in farming and training troops, and tried his best to make Liaodong self-sufficient in food. The Shenji Camp did not rest and made all preparations for the future.

Daiyu finished reading the letter and handed it to Jia Cong. Jia Cong read the ten lines at a glance. It turned out to be a letter from Jia Zheng, saying that the Wang family wanted to marry the Jia family. The target was Tanchun. Jia Cong handed the letter to It’s time to explore spring.

(End of this chapter)