Brother Rong of Red Mansion

Chapter 94 Jia Kun

Need to pay more attention to:

This is only the farmland "outside the customs". The Ningrongjia Mansion also has "private fields" and "sea fields" near Shenjing City. Zhou Rui, a servant in the Rongguo Mansion, was in charge of the Spring and Autumn Taxation of the private land.

According to him: “Three and a half million every year.”

In addition to these two places, there is the "ancestral field" near Jinling. It also brings a lot of income to Ning Rongjia's house every year. After all, more than half of the entire land in Jiangning County was occupied by the Ningrong Jia Mansion.

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The decline of the Jia family was first of all an economic decline.

This time Jia Rong "supported the spirit to go south", and the burial of Jia Zhen and Jia Qiang was "secondary". The most important thing is to take a look at the actual situation of Jinling industry. Go into the countryside, with your feet covered in mud, and make a field investigation report. Prepare for a rainy day and "revitalize" Jinling's industry.

As the heir to the Ningguo Mansion, he has control over so much energy, political and economic resources.

It can be said that he wants people, money, officials, and titles.

While "the sky has not changed yet", Jia Rong must take on her own responsibility, integrate the huge resources of Ningguo Mansion, and accumulate her own strength.

Therefore, in the south-facing hall of the old residence of Ningguo Mansion in Jinling City, Jia Rong sat upright and chatted briefly with the clan elders of the 12th house of Jinling and several outstanding "masters", and then got down to business.

"Brother Qiang disappeared on the road. He was young and had no descendants. I would like to select a few children from the clan to put him in mourning and throw a basin to guide his spirits. I don't know if there are any elders of the clan. Who to choose?"

After Jia Rong finished speaking, all the clan elders looked at each other and began to discuss.

Be a "filial son" to Jia Qiang?

That must be one generation younger than Jia Qiang, that is, the sixth generation of the Jia clan's "Tu" generation. Moreover, it is best if both parents are deceased. Because their parents are dead, they are willing to be "filial sons and grandsons" to others.

After much discussion, we finally selected a few that stood out, such as "Jia Kun", "Jia Tang", "Jia Qiang", "Jia Cheng", "Jia Geng", "Jia Xing" and so on.

Jia Rong said yes and asked the clan elders to disperse. While it was still early, he invited the person into the house and asked him to meet and make a choice.

A group of clan elders, including several outstanding "Jia clan masters", turned around and left respectfully.

Not long after, the half-grown child was brought into the house. Most of them are shabbily dressed and have "kappa hair" or "hairy hair", and most of them are children under ten years old. There are a few people over ten years old, with hair follicles on their heads, and pretty features, making them a little more mature.

Entering the old house of Ningguo Mansion, these half-grown children all looked reserved and nervous.

Jia Rong sat in the hall and met the children one by one. "Interview" their character and abilities to see if there are any good talents worth cultivating.

"I heard that you are studying in a free school?"

At this moment, Jia Rong was smiling and asking about a young man wearing a hair bag and blue silk placket. He is the eldest of the group of children, already fourteen years old, and is called "Jia Kun". He has handsome features, red lips and white teeth, and is quite elegant.

"Yes."

Jia Kun answered respectfully.

"How many years have you been studying?"

"My nephew started his education at the age of three and entered a private school at the age of five. It has been more than nine years now."

"Have you ever started writing?"

In the old days, when school children started composing, it was called "opening the pen" or "testing the pen".

"Thanks to my mentor, my nephew has been making art for two and a half years." Jia Kun replied respectfully, reached into his arms, took out a "Window Lesson" and presented it respectfully.

This scene left Jia Rong stunned.

Ancient scholars often wrote the word "window class" in their composition texts, indicating that they were exercises in eight-legged essays.

But Jia Rong didn't expect that Jia Kun would carry it with him. Was it specially prepared?

Suddenly, Jia Rong looked at Jia Kun with a different look, with a bit of interest. "Okay, not bad." Jia Rong took over Jia Kun's window lesson, flipped through a few pages, looked at the handsome handwriting on it, couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "You already know what I want you to do. Alright?"

"Yes." Jia Kun nodded, "The Third Master told me on the way here."

"Are you willing?" Jia Rong smiled.

"Yes." Jia Kun nodded.

"Why?" Jia Rong asked curiously.

Because in this era, to be a "filial son and grandson" for others, few are willing to do so unless they are too poor to survive.

"I can't refuse what the third master asked me to do." Jia Kun replied respectfully, "And the third master said that if I am selected as a 'filial son', I will be rewarded with an additional ten taels of silver."

Jia Rong nodded after hearing this.

Yes.

How could Jia Kun, a junior from the branch, refuse the order he personally gave?

But he was a little pretentious.

"Ten taels of silver are nothing." Jia Rong smiled and shook his head, "When the funeral is over, you can follow me back to the capital! I will let you study in the capital free school, train you to study and practice martial arts, and give you a broader world. "

Suddenly, Jia Kun was excited.

Going to the capital?

Before coming, he made full preparations, hoping to be recognized by Jia Rong, gain the status of "filial son", and receive a reward of ten taels of silver.

Unexpectedly, Jia Rong actually fell in love with him and wanted to take him to the capital to train him.

"Wait, you like me?"

Suddenly, Jia Kun's whole body was shaken, and he suddenly had a sudden idea, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

He is a scholar. He studied in Jinling Free School and has seen a lot of things. At this moment, he suddenly realized that he was a handsome child with delicate features. Uncle Rong fell in love with him, and he didn't just want to "focus on cultivating" him, let him be the rabbit master, and use his "back door".

Subconsciously, Jia Kun hesitated.

But immediately, he clenched his fists and breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes showing determination.

"That's all, let's take it one step at a time. If he can really train me to study and practice martial arts, even if I keep him in a low position, it will only be a humiliation for a while. I have seen many such humiliating things, but it is nothing. What's more, Uncle Rong is a handsome man with a handsome appearance. Being a rabbit master for him is actually not a grievance. It is just a romantic affair. Think about those gentlemen in the officialdom, do such things happen less often? "

At this moment, Jia Kun's mind was filled with brainstorms and mixed thoughts, as if the stars in the sky were exploding.

Gradually, after Jia Kun did some psychological construction, he calmed down and looked at Jia Rong with a gentler gaze, no longer full of awe. Instead, it had a strange look. He clasped his fists in gratitude and said, "Thank you, Uncle Rong, for your cultivation!"

Jia Rong was sitting in the hall, but she didn't know that Jia Kun was thinking about so many "messy" dirty things in just a short moment.

He only saw Jia Kun being excited and his expression changing. Finally, he thanked him and couldn't help but nodded with a smile, waved his hand for him to go out, and then interviewed the next brother.

The second person who left a deep impression on Jia Rong was "Jia Geng" who had a "kappa head" and wore a light green cross-collar robe. He was short and dark-skinned. Although he is only eight years old, he is wild and untamable, and there is a fierceness in his eyes when he looks at people.

The most important thing is that he seemed to have just had a fight and came in with a bruised nose and face.

Let Jia Rong become somewhat interested in him.

(End of this chapter)