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Chapter 318 Everyone has their own thoughts (please subscribe)
"Brother Huan, are you telling the truth?"

Mrs. Wang's face was as dark as water, and her voice was a bit cold and stern.

"How could I lie to my mother?"

Jia Huan smiled bitterly and said, "It just happened in the morning!"

"Zhou Rui went crazy in search of money. He even took away the New Year rations from the tenants in the village. The old man was so angry when he saw that he had no way to survive!"

"The old man's son came to Zhou Rui for an argument, but he ordered someone to beat him and seriously injured him!"

"But he also said that he was following his mother's orders, and anyone who disobeys them will die!"

"As a result, it aroused the anger of the tenants and farmers on Zhuangzi, and they joined forces to surround them!"

"Zhou Rui hurriedly sent people to the nearby Zhuangzi to ask for help. My steward took people there to control the situation, and also detained Zhou Rui and his party. I got the news as soon as possible and came to report!"

"Is Zhou Rui really so bold?"

Mrs. Wang didn't believe it: "You still want to put the responsibility of forcing people to death on me?"

"This is real!"

Jia Huan took out a large piece of paper from his arms, spread it out and said, "Look, mother, this is the detailed collection process of my men, as well as the fingerprints of many tenants and farmers!"

"Of course, mother can send someone over to check immediately, but it's best not to have a good relationship with Zhou Rui!"

"Of course I will send someone over to check the situation!"

Mrs. Wang looked at the big piece of paper carefully and her expression became quite ugly.

Zhou Rui forcing someone to death was nothing to Mrs. Wang.

Even if the government wants to investigate, just randomly push a family to have a child, and everyone plays like this.

But Zhou Ruiqian should not have done it, but he should have put the shit basin on Mrs. Wang's head!

Mrs. Wang didn’t ask him to go to the village to plunder the tenants’ last winter grain. She was not a fool!

When you were managing the farm, how much food was saved due to various accidents?
Mrs. Wang prides herself on being a bodhisattva and will never allow her reputation to be so slandered by her subordinates. It is simply unreasonable.

Jia Huan's face was calm and there was nothing unusual about his expression. This was what he had expected.

"It's already the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, why would Zhou Rui go to the tenants' houses to snatch winter food?"

Mrs. Wang is not so easy to be deceived. After all, she was the housekeeper for twenty years before Wang Xifeng.

It’s not like I don’t know some of the ways of doing things below, so there’s no reason to go to such extreme lengths.

"Mother, I really know this!"

Jia Huan said directly: "After Manager Zhou Rui took over the management of Zhuangzi, he didn't care too much about Zhuangzi's management. He only focused on making money!"

"As a result, after the autumn harvest, the harvest in Zhuangzi was less than eight thousand taels of silver!"

"There is still a gap of more than 2,000 taels from the 10,000 taels handed over to the government. You can't pay for it yourself, right?"

The next words were not spoken, so Mrs. Wang naturally understood what was going on.

"Is this true?"

Mrs. Wang's face can no longer be described as ugly.

At this time, her eyes were cold and she could no longer maintain her Bodhisattva face. She was clearly a vicious and vicious master, and even her voice had an unpleasant connotation.

"Of course it's true!"

Jia Huan did not hide anything, and said slowly: "After all, I have been running that Zhuangzi for several years. I have some connections and ears. Many things cannot be hidden!"

Faced with Mrs. Wang's dissatisfied look, Jia Huan remained calm and continued: "Mother can send someone to investigate carefully. I didn't do any tricks secretly!"

"The total income of that village last year was about thirteen thousand taels of silver. Detailed accounts can be found for this, so there is no need to hide anything!"

"Thirteen thousand taels, why so many?"

Mrs. Wang was surprised when she heard this and asked doubtfully: "Is this true?"

I don’t blame her for being like this, as I said before, Mrs. Wang has been in charge of Rongfu Gongzhong for twenty years.

It's not like she has Alzheimer's disease. She still has a clear impression of the profits from the village outside the city.

It seems that when she was in charge of Gongzhong, the best year for Zhuangzi outside the city was just over 6,000 taels!

Mrs. Wang remembers this number deeply!

After that, it continued to decline, and when it was handed over to Wang Xifeng, a village could earn two to three thousand taels of silver a year, which was already quite good.

Mrs. Wang believed that this was a normal situation and had no intention or habit of conducting in-depth investigation.

Who knew that under the management of Jia Huan, a village outside the city could actually earn thirteen thousand taels a year?

"The mansion is located outside the city in Zhuangzi, and those are the best fields!"

Jia Huan chuckled and said: "It's still like mountains and rivers. If you manage it well, the output will definitely be stable at around nine thousand taels of silver!"

"Added some side businesses, raising cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese, etc., the annual income reaches 13,000 taels, which is very promising!"

At this point, he explained: "Of course, if you want to achieve such a harvest, you must first clean up the family in Zhuangzi and give birth to children!"

"The mother should know the virtues of having children in the house!"

"It's best not to let them participate in front-line management, and don't let them interfere easily in matters related to accounting, as long as they don't interfere with the normal operation of Zhuangzi!"

"Is it gone?"

Mrs. Wang waited for a while and asked curiously when she saw that Jia Huan did not continue speaking.

"That's it, that's enough!"

Jia Huan chuckled and said: "There are only so many things to do in Zhuangzi, as long as the joints are straightened out!"

"Then what do you mean, how should Zhou Rui deal with it?"

Mrs. Wang asked casually: "Just say whatever you want, don't worry!"

"After all, that's my mother's job, so it's naturally hard for me to deal with it!"

Jia Huan would not be fooled and said directly: "It's just that I want to take back the management rights of that farm!"

Seeing Mrs. Wang's cold eyes, he hurriedly said: "The annual rental fee of ten thousand years of silver will not be less!"

"So be it!"

Mrs. Wang was quite satisfied with this and waved her hand to signal Jia Huan to get out.

That is to say, Zhou Rui went too far this time and exposed too much leverage, otherwise it would be difficult for Jia Huan to make trouble with him.

After all, it depends on the owner to beat a dog!

It would not be so wonderful if Mrs. Wang misunderstood that he had other thoughts.

Likewise, when Jia Huan was communicating with Mrs. Wang, he kept talking about Zhou Rui's infidelity, and Zhuangzi's management rights did not directly involve his fundamental interests.

Only by making Mrs. Wang dissatisfied with Zhou Rui can we use benefits to make Mrs. Wang let go. It’s not that Jia Huan insists on the management rights of Zhuangzi!

The main reason is that Zhou Rui acted too much, which could easily affect the morale of the other farms in Rong Mansion!

After all, it is not a secret that Zhou Rui has always threatened to take over the management of the other farms.

The reason why this guy is so arrogant and domineering is because he relies on Mrs. Wang's influence?

Faced with Mrs. Wang, his aunt's mother, Jia Huan naturally had some scruples before he completely broke up with her. After all, the rules of the Red Mansion world were there.

Even though Mrs. Wang couldn't trouble herself, she had a natural excuse to target Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan's future daughter-in-law, Lin Daiyu.

Again, if you don't have the ability to break the rules, then just abide by them.

Regardless of gossip, Zhou Ruidu talked so much, how could the other tenants and farmers in Rongfu Farm not murmur in their hearts?
If Zhou Rui forced people to die without caring, then the hearts of the rest of Zhuangzi would naturally be affected.

Fortunately, this guy wasn't smart enough and took the initiative to expose the situation. Otherwise, it wouldn't be that easy to target him directly.

Does Jia Huan have the ability to let Zhou Rui die in an unknown and silent manner?
With his ability at this time, he certainly has it.

But who knows what kind of existence Zhou Rui will take over after his death. Will it be worse than Zhou Rui?

In short, for Jia Huan now, as long as he can achieve his goal, whether Zhou Rui dies or not has nothing to do with him at all.

When dealing with Zhou Rui, Jia Huan adhered to the mentality of being careful and making no big mistakes, and finally achieved his ultimate goal and took back the management rights of the farm that he had given up.

Fortunately, Mrs. Wang is greedy for money, otherwise Jia Huan really wouldn’t know how to start!

After coming out of Mrs. Wang's house, I met someone from Zhou Rui's family who was running towards me in a hurry.

This person's expression was quite anxious. He just glanced at Jia Huan and passed by without stopping at all.

Obviously, she must have heard some rumors, but she didn't know the specific situation.

In the next few days, Jia Huan dealt with year-end affairs while paying attention to Zhou Rui's situation.

Mrs. Wang showed a rare act of resoluteness and quickly dealt with the trouble caused by Zhou Rui.

Zhou Rui himself was fine, as Jia Huan had already guessed.

As Mrs. Wang's confidant for so many years, and with the help of Zhou Rui's family to intercede, Mrs. Wang would definitely not take his life.

Of course, Mrs. Wang’s punishment for him is not light!

Although he is still the outside steward who manages Mrs. Wang's dowry industry, he is no longer the first outside steward.

The change in status alone was enough to make Zhou Rui depressed and miserable for several years.

There is no doubt that Jia Huan still understands the heart of a guy like Zhou Rui.

As for Zhuangzi who was taken back by Jia Huan, the subsequent handling will be handled by Jia Huan, and Mrs. Wang will not interfere at will.

Jia Huan was naturally not stingy, and the tenant who was forced to death could only make up for it with money and food.

Otherwise, what else can be done, let Zhou Rui pay for his life with his own life? How is that possible?

The matter ended just like that, and then the time came to the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month of the Little New Year.

On this day, Jia Huan brought gifts and came to the east courtyard of Rong Mansion, where Master Pardon opened the entrance gate to the first-class general's mansion alone.

Jia Lian, who had just returned to the capital from his post, took the initiative to welcome his arrival at the second gate.

The guy's attitude was quite enthusiastic, and he took Jia Huan directly to the main hall of the east courtyard, where an exquisite banquet had been set up.

"It's quite difficult to treat Brother Huan to a meal now!"

Wang Xifeng was waiting here in the main hall. When they met, she couldn't help but chuckle and joked: "I don't know if Brother Huan is really busy, or if he doesn't look down on the small official position of your second brother Lian?"

That's right. Didn't you see that Jia Lian's face turned dark?
Is it true that the prefect of the city where the Zhili Governor's Yamen is located can't get on the stage?

It can only be said that Wang Xifeng has a superficial understanding of officialdom and is not forgiving.

At this time, Jia Lian is actually half a Beijing official!
As long as he can make certain achievements, it is not difficult to be promoted to the capital yamen.

It's just that Wang Xifeng couldn't let go of the prosperity of the capital and felt that the officials in the capital were the best, so there were some differences and conflicts.

Jia Huan knew this well, and naturally he would not get involved casually, lest he end up not being human inside and out.

"Sister-in-law Feng, you just said it was wrong. How could I dare to look down on Brother Lian?"

Jia Huan sat down and chuckled: "I haven't even started yet, how dare I do that?"

"Besides, with Brother Lian's ability, it won't be difficult to be promoted to the Sixth Department of the Capital in the future!"

"Since it's not difficult, why not just transfer him back!"

Wang Xifeng said reluctantly: "Wouldn't it be better to be an official in the capital?"

"There are only so many positions for key capital officials!"

Jia Huan said with a smile: "Every step forward is quite difficult!"

"It's only right to be like Second Brother Lian, first go outside to raise your level, and then find a way to transfer him back to the capital!"

He only found it funny that Wang Xifeng thought of officialdom too simply.

I don't even think about it. Jia Lian didn't become an official through the imperial examination, and he didn't have a strong backend to push him. What capital would he have to fight for in the capital court?
Being able to reach the position of fourth-grade prefect in his twenties, what else do you want?
By the way, the Wang family, which Wang Xifeng has always been quite proud of, is in a much more embarrassing situation than the Jia family.

In the entire Wang family in the capital, there is only one middle-level official or above, Wang Ziteng!
When he served as the governor of the Beijing Camp, the Wang family was naturally very prosperous. They even suppressed the Jia family and became the boss of the four major families in Jinling, which was quite a success.

But it’s only been a few years?
The prince left the capital to patrol the border, and the entire capital almost seemed to have forgotten about the Wang family.

Whatever influence or deterrence you have, stand aside!

After the Xue family came to Beijing, why didn't they join the Wang family, who had a closer blood relationship?

Wasn't it that the Wang family's momentum at that time was no longer enough to protect the Xue family's wealth?
The reality is so cruel!

Regardless of how nice Wang Xifeng's words are, it seems that the Wang family is still in great glory.

Something happened to Kerong Mansion, and the old lady and Mrs. Wang were nowhere to be seen. Will they go to the Wang family for help?
"Don't tell your sister-in-law whether she has these things or not. She doesn't know anything about officialdom!"

Jia Lian spoke angrily and said to Jia Huan: "You can do it. You have already passed the Wu Jieyuan exam. You might be the top scholar next year!"

"The momentum must be greater than Brother Cong!"

"By the way, isn't Brother Cong going back to Beijing this year?"

Speaking of Jia Cong, Jia Lian changed the topic casually: "I heard that this guy did quite well in the Central Plains region, and he was praised by the cabinet and today!"

"I'm not sure about this!"

Jia Huan shook his head and said: "Although Brother Cong often writes back, he rarely mentions this aspect. He is probably worried that the letter will be intercepted midway!"

"After all, what he did has offended too many people and forces!"

"Our brothers, if we don't offer support, at least we can't hold us back!"

(End of this chapter)