Chapter 992: Jia Rong: It was purely an accident(1/2)
Chapter 992 Jia Rong: ‘Purely an accident’
If you think about the property of Rongfu, you will know how unbearable Mrs. Wang's ability to manage the household is.
The eight major villages in the suburbs of Beijing are all surrounded by good fields surrounded by mountains and rivers.
If the grain harvest alone is less than 20,000 taels a year, it means management failure.
There are also Zhuangzi in other places, such as Dazhuangzi in Liaodong, who cooperated with the generals of the Liaodong border army and monopolized the ginseng business in Baishan and Heishui.
Think about it, the ginseng from Baishan Heishui is so precious. If you monopolize such a business, you can only get 10% of it, and your annual income must be at least more than ten thousand taels of silver.
There is also Zhuangzi in the northwest, who also cooperates with the border army generals and specializes in the fur business outside the country, which also makes huge profits.
This does not include the shops in the prosperous areas of Beijing and Jinling. Even renting them out will cost a lot of money.
The official income alone will not be less than 50,000 taels a year.
If it is less, something is wrong.
But as a result, the annual income of the eight farmsteads in the suburbs of Beijing was only about 5,000 taels.
In fact, sometimes we have to rebate the money to subsidize the tenants in case of natural or man-made disasters.
As for the shops, I don’t know if they are still owned by the Rong Mansion?
Zhuangzi in Liaodong and northwest is a little more at peace, but his income is decreasing every year, which means it is self-evident.
When Wang Xifeng was the housekeeper, the annual income of Rong Mansion ranged from one to thirty thousand taels.
But it is simply not enough to supply the public and the expenses for various favors, so don’t we have to eat all the food?
Not to mention other things, Master Pardon buys maids and concubines from time to time, as well as antique ornaments and other expenses. He has at least one thousand taels of silver a month to support him.
Mr. Zheng Er is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and his elegant affairs consume even more money.
No wonder Mrs. Wang couldn't bear to give up the power to manage chores early.
In the story of Red Mansions, Wang Xifeng jumped into the pit of fire, and then she completely went down the evil path and never came back.
The situation is different now. Wang Xifeng was taken away by Lian Er, and she also gave birth to a son in Tongzhou, so she couldn't escape at all.
Even if her son was brought to Rong Mansion by Master Pardon, she would not care about anything else.
Her own private property and Lian's second-hand business are enough to keep her busy.
There is a strong commercial atmosphere in Jinmen, and Lian Er is the chief official. Why don't you let Wang Xifeng use his methods to make money?
Of course, it is impossible to take the wrong path.
Not to mention Lian Er watching, there are many members of the founding noble families here in Jinmen, and if one of them is not good, it will be a joke.
Wang Xifeng still wanted to lose face at this time, but she did not dare to expose her greedy face to the entire Founding Group.
Without further ado, let’s talk about exploring spring.
Coming out of the courtyard where Mrs. Wang was, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
After this incident is over, if another family has children and causes trouble in the future, they will have to weigh the consequences.
After returning home, he briefly explained the matter and Xue Baochai felt relieved.
Sure enough, you must be fully prepared in advance, consider all the troubles you may encounter, and make several response plans, otherwise you will be passive at this time.
Xue Baochai has lived in Rongfu for several years and is often with Mrs. Wang. How could he not see how difficult this person is?
Of course, the shamelessness of the family in having children opened her eyes again.
In the next few months, the construction project of the Provincial Family Courtyard went relatively smoothly without any troubles.
At this time, all the buildings in the area with Lixiangyuan as the core area had been demolished, and it was the cold winter of March 9th.
This winter, the weather in the north is still cold.
Although it was not as exaggerated as last year's cold wave, it was still snowing heavily and there was an obvious snow disaster.
The imperial court seemed to be a little numb, or it could be said that it had experience in dealing with it and had a strong family background, so it quickly dealt with the trouble in the north.
After all, snow is common for northerners, but this year it’s just a bit heavier.
As for the collapsed thatched houses and the victims who lost their homes, the local government provided them with a place to help. Although the impact on the local area was not small, it was not too great.
What's rare is that this year, in addition to chaff and wild vegetables, the porridge served outside the capital contained a little bit of oil and water with a fishy smell.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be marinated sea fish fillets.
There shouldn’t be too many of these things on the streets of Beijing at this time.
It has entered the dining table of ordinary people, and families with a little more attention will not eat this stuff at all.
The fishy smell is too strong and I am not used to eating sea fish!
This is the direct benefit brought by the development of Tianjin Port.
In addition to maritime trade, Jia Rong also personally organized several fishing fleets to specialize in fishing in offshore areas.
The effect was quite obvious. The marine fishery at this time was not affected by industrialization.
Often, hundreds of thousands, or even more than a million catties of various marine fish can be salvaged in a single trip to the sea.
What is precious among them is naturally the various means to maintain its activity.
As for more common sea fish, they are directly pickled and turned into extremely salty dried fish, which then quickly flows into the market.
The size of the ocean is much larger than that of land.
The fish output of the ocean is naturally much greater than that of poultry and livestock on land.
Before, the people at the bottom of Daqian could rarely afford a bite of meat.
The situation is different now, at least in Zhili in the north.
A large amount of dried sea fish entered the market, causing the price of fish meat to plummet, almost as cheap as steamed buns.
Even the people at the lowest level can have a mouthful of dried sea fish for one or two copper coins. Although the taste is a bit salty, the people like it.
With the supplement of meat and the salt contained in it, people's consumption of staple food and salt has been greatly reduced. How much living costs have been saved?
In short, even if the Beizhili region suffered from drought in the first half of the year and snowstorms in winter, the impact on the people was not great, and the quality of life was actually better.
This situation shocked some ambitious people, and also made the entire court and local officials overjoyed.
Before the end of the year, various memorials praising his virtues flew into the palace like snowflakes and were delivered to the desk today.
He is naturally in a good mood today, but his mind is very clear.
He naturally knows who the biggest contributor to all this is, or that interest group.
It's ridiculous that there are still court officials attacking Jinmen Port and categorically saying that they will shut down the port, as if not doing so will lead to chaos in the world.
However, what makes me a little confused now is that there are basically no forbidden seas in the south, but I heard that the lives of the people at the bottom of the south are not as nourishing and prosperous as the people in the capital and Beizhili.
He had also eaten salted fish and dried fish, but it didn't taste very good.
But he couldn't stand that this was meat. How many people at the bottom couldn't even eat minced meat all year round? He knew all this.
"Your Majesty, how can those guys with sea ships in the south focus on fishing? They can make more money by doing maritime trade!"
Dai Quan explained the reason: "As for those fishermen who have no strength, they only have one or two small boats at most. How dare they stay away from the coast?"
Naturally, I learned this while chatting with Jia Rong.
If ordinary people in the capital can eat dried fish, they will definitely know about it and inquire about it. Dai Quan has made preparations in advance.
Sure enough, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.
"How did you know about this?"
Now he glanced sideways and asked curiously: "Where did you learn about it?"
Just as Dai Quan understands today's character, today also understands Dai Quan very well.
This guy has some abilities, but most of his energy is focused on the palace. How can he know too much about things outside?
"Your Majesty shines brightly for thousands of miles. I only found out after listening to it when I was drinking with General Jia of the Ning Mansion!"
Dai Quan didn't dare to hide it and chuckled: "It's luck, I overheard it!"
"Oh, what did Ningfu Jia Rong say?"
Now my mind was moved and I asked out of curiosity: "Don't be careless!"
At this time, my current mood is quite complicated.
He knew that the people in the capital and Zhili were able to eat dried fish from Shanghai, and the person they should be most grateful to was Jia Rong of Ningfu.
The fishing fleets in Jinmen Port are either owned by the Ning Mansion or are under the arrangement of the Ning Mansion.
Obviously, Jia Rong must have known that there were abundant fish in the ocean and they were easy to catch, so he took such action.
No one expected that just a few small offshore fishing fleets could barely meet the meat needs of the people at the bottom of the capital.
If I were myself today, I would definitely not have thought of this. Wouldn’t it be great to make money through overseas trade?
You know, the price of dried fish in Beijing at this time, one dollar per dollar, is the same price as steamed buns, so what profit can there be?
To be continued...