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Chapter 204 It’s terrible to be uneducated (please subscribe)

Regarding Wang Xifeng's complaints, Jia Huan just smiled and said nothing.

The Rong Mansion's properties outside are definitely not just the farms outside the capital city and the shops in the city.

The so-called cunning rabbit's three caves are the same as the industries arranged by the Xungui family.

For example, Zhuangzi in the Northeast and Zhuangzi in the Northwest all actually exist.

However, those are resources that only the head of the family can control, and have little to do with the public.

Otherwise, where would the high-quality ginseng and various precious animal skins in the warehouse come from?

You can't, they're all filial from outside, right?

Just kidding, there are good things out there, and the best ones will naturally be kept for your own use, and only the inferior ones will be given away as gifts.

If you don’t have access to precious resources like centuries-old ginseng, how can you wait for others to bring them to you?

Originally, regardless of whether Zhuangzi in the northeast or Zhuangzi in the northwest, since it had nothing to do with Gongzhong, Wang Xifeng didn't take it to heart.

But the problem is that every time someone comes from the Northeast Zhuangzi or the Northwest Zhuangzi, the public needs money to entertain them, which makes them unpopular.

It is not easy for these guys to come to the capital once. There are at least thirty or forty people every time, and sometimes they even reach seventy or eighty people.

When they came, they brought local specialties and goodies, so the house naturally had to treat them well.

Apart from anything else, at least let these people in Zhuangzi see the prosperity and scenery of the capital, right?

It's okay to stay for ten days and a half, but the money spent is not small.

It costs at least hundreds of taels at a time, and there is at least one reception every year, which costs more than a thousand taels of silver.

In the past, Wang Xifeng felt unhappy because of how tight the money in the Rong Mansion was.

Right now, the public is no longer short of money, but the grievances accumulated over the years cannot be let go so easily, and she is not that broad-minded.

Of course, Jia Huan could see that there was a big element of performance in what Wang Xifeng told him.

It's nothing more than jealousy of these two Zhuangzi's specialties. Whether it is directly exchanged for silver or used as a gift, it is a very good choice.

When it comes to real interests, Wang Xifeng has some very normal ideas.

Jia Huan didn't care, mainly because his hands couldn't reach that long!

If there is a chance in the future, I would not mind finding a way to bring Zhuangzi in these two places under control.

Even if it doesn't do anything else, it can play a great role simply as a logistics support base for the Jia family's descendants in the capital and ethnic studies students in two directions.

These two places are the most important border troubles for Daqian!

The Jia family in the capital is about to rise, and clan studies need to arrange many students, so the military is the best choice.

At that time, there will inevitably be troops entering the Northeast and Northwest frontiers. These two Zhuangzi will play an important role, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they can even save lives.

In the past life, from film and television novels, we can know how dark the frontier areas were in the era of imperial power in the family world. If you don't have the ability and are reluctant to fight, you will easily die.

Not only do you have to guard against the foreign cavalry outside the border fortress, but sometimes you also have to guard against your comrades around you.

As long as someone tampered with the food and grass a little bit, it was easy to be tricked to death, and the kind of people who couldn't cry out for injustice. With Zhuangzi as a guarantee, the situation would be very different.

Of course, these are just the thoughts that flashed through Jia Huan's mind. As for whether he can do it or not, it depends on the future situation. He can't say much.

Seeing that Jia Huan was not interested in these matters in the palace, Wang Xifeng was also a smart person, so he changed the topic and talked about the Jinling clan sending people here.

Now, not only Jia Huan but also Jia Lian became interested.

He is usually busy with official duties. He is a doctor in the Department of Household Affairs and is responsible for the affairs related to a province. Once you get busy, you really can't touch the ground, and you don't even have the mind to pay attention to things in the house.

For example, just now, even though Wang Xifeng was talking enthusiastically, he was not interested at all.

He even yawned inappropriately, which made Wang Xifeng almost fall out of anger.

Co-author, I said something so unpleasant that it actually made you yawn, Second Master?

Is it because Brother Huan is there that I can't sleep directly? It's really annoying.

Of course, these are just the scenes Jia Huan described in his mind. It's hard to say whether they are the case or not.

In short, as Jia Lian became more prosperous in the officialdom, his status in the family skyrocketed.

In the past, how could you dare not give Wang Xifeng face like this?

Wang Xifeng is also very powerful. If it were in the past, I would probably make some sarcastic remarks on the spot.

But now, he is able to endure this tone without changing his expression. Obviously, Jia Lian's status in the family is no longer the same as before.

Perhaps there is another layer. Wang Xifeng always used to ridicule Jia Lian about the lack of money in Rong Mansion.

Jia Lian didn't know the secrets here before, so he could only hold back his anger and not dare to break out.

But now, after Jia Huan's troubles, he realized how deep the Rong Mansion was. Wang Xifeng no longer dared to talk nonsense about it, and Jia Lian felt a little proud.

In the final analysis, Jia Lian had the ability himself, and Wang Xifeng did not dare to mess around easily.

Otherwise, if Jia Lian breaks up with her directly in the future, Wang Xifeng will be dumbfounded. Unless he is willing to die with Jia Lian, only a fool would do such a thing when life is going smoothly.

It can be seen that Wang Xifeng's temper has calmed down, and the relationship between the couple has returned to normal. Otherwise, as in the original novel Red Mansions, there will definitely be problems if one side is strong and the other is weak.

Anyway, according to Jia Huan's opinion, Jia Lian's various rotten peach blossoms have a lot of anger in them.

Having said that, Jia Lian didn't care much about the affairs in the mansion, but he was still very interested in the Jinling clan's sudden visit to Beijing.

Despite the fact that Rong Mansion's ancestral home is Jinling, the relationship with the Jinling clan is not close.

Apart from offering sacrifices to the fields, there were almost no other exchanges, let alone personnel exchanges.

In fact, it is easy to understand. In my previous life, whether it was a movie, TV series or novel, I had a very general attitude towards distant relatives coming to visit, for fear that others would come to disturb me.

Especially in the era of feudal imperial power, people paid special attention to clan bloodlines and the like.

Many officials look prosperous on the outside, but in reality they are living miserable lives.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that the entire clan is being fed by him, and the burden on his shoulders is so heavy that it is impossible for them not to use their brains.

As for Jia Huan, he felt that he should be able to gain something from a good exchange with the tribesmen from Jinling.

Jinling is the absolute core of the southern region. Even if the Yangzhou salt merchants are the richest in the world, they cannot cover up the dazzling light of Jinling.

As local snakes in Jinling, members of the Jinling clan must be very knowledgeable about things in the south.

Jia Huan had no other thoughts at this time, he just wanted to know about the situation in the south.

Avoid encountering things about the South in the future. If you make a serious error in judgment because you don't understand the situation, that will not be a good thing.

"You don't know that the Jinling clan sent people here to talk about clan studies!"

Speaking of this, Wang Xifeng was beaming and proud, but at the same time she was quite confused.

"When they were in Jinling, they all heard about how the clan school taught several children and even scholars at once, so they urgently sent people over to let some of the Jinling clan's children come to school!"

After saying this, she couldn't help but shake her head and said: "I think the Jinling clan just wants to curry favor with us!"

"It's just that it's hard to explain clearly, so I'm just using family science as a breakthrough!"

"I know that there are many academies in the south. It's not like the Jinling clan has no money and can't afford to go to school. Why do they have to come all the way to the capital to go to school?"

Jia Huan and Jia Lian glanced at each other subconsciously, and both saw speechlessness in each other's eyes.

He could only say one thing in his heart: Being uneducated is terrible!

The Jinling clan suddenly sent people to Beijing, maybe to curry favor, but for the sake of their children's education is definitely not an excuse.

Just kidding, the reading atmosphere in the south is so strong. Except for families like the Wang family, local gangsters like the Jinling clan may not care about their children's progress in studying at first.

But as time goes by, how can it be possible that your thoughts haven’t changed even after you have been nurtured on a hundred-year basis?

It's not like Xue Pan hasn't mentioned the situation in the Jinling clan. As long as the family has no shortage of money, they will basically send their children to private schools or academies.

It's a pity that the Jinling clan is an out-and-out local snake, and its influence in Jinling is really not small.

It is where the essence of the entire south is gathered together. In terms of various entertainment methods, there may be more tricks than here in the capital, so it is easy to be led astray.

I have money in my hands and a lot of invisible power. It would be great if I don't grow crooked. I also want to study and make progress, unless a genius appears.

In the south, there are many aristocratic families with long heritage!

Although the four major families in Jinling, and even the most powerful Zhen family in Jiangnan, are extremely prosperous, they are actually very weak in their hearts.

Because there are local aristocratic families as a comparison, it is easy to see one's own shortcomings.

That is, the wealth of the clan is all dependent on the same clan in the capital or the empress in the palace.

Once something goes wrong with a fellow clan member in the capital or a general in the palace, and you don't have enough strength to protect yourself, the consequences can be imagined.

As long as there are clear-minded elders in the clan, they will find ways to solve this problem.

Once the solution is successful, the family can easily transform from a local powerhouse to a noble family or even a wealthy family with full potential. Such a leap is no joke.

The only way to continuously cultivate talents is to study or practice martial arts.

Obviously, studying is more stable and safer, so it is naturally the first choice for family transformation.

Originally, the genealogical studies of the Jinling and Jingcheng clans were equally bad, and they had not achieved any results for almost decades, so they had no other ideas.

But suddenly, the family knowledge of the clan in the capital suddenly exploded. In just a few years, several students and scholars were admitted in succession, and the situation was completely different.

At the very least, the Jinling clan will definitely be greatly touched after hearing the news!

If Jia Huan were the leader of the Jinling clan, his first thought would be to immediately send the talented disciples from the Jinling clan to the capital to study and improve.

Not to mention being admitted to the Jurenjinshi exam, even being admitted to the Scholarship level is pretty good.

Using the energy of the Jinling clan, sending clan members who have been admitted as scholars into the yamen to serve as low-level officials is also one of the means to slowly transform the family.

If nothing else, isn't Song Yasi from Water Margin awesome?

(End of this chapter)