Jia Lian would not be able to escape this beating.
At this moment, Lady Xing ordered the servant to leave and advised,"Old Master, you too. The child is already so big. How can you still hit him like when you were young? Brother Lian is also sensible. When did he disobey you?”
She turned her head and smiled at Jia Lian,""Isn't it Brother Lian? Your father has worked hard to run this family. The roads he has walked are much better than the bridges you have crossed. Doesn't he know more about the business of those merchants than you do? These people are the ones who won't get up early without benefits. With just two hundred taels of silver, they dare to say to the outside that they are taking shelter in our residence. Some of them even pay attention to their table manners, while the bad ones are simply blatantly domineering. Once something happens, they will hide their heads in their turtle shells and all the blame will fall on us. Therefore, you are still young and don't know the evils of the human heart. Your father wants them to pay 1,000 taels of silver, but he is still kind. He didn't know that they would dare to sell a five-foot square glass screen for a thousand taels of silver. Is the Rong Mansion's reputation not even worth a screen?”
Madam Xing's thoughts were clear. If what she said was true, it was not without reason.
However, no matter how many reasons they gave, they could not hide their greedy intentions.
"You're right, Madam!" Jia Lian replied. It was just that there were ways to cooperate and ways to seek protection. If those people really use our name to do bad things, then we have to consider whether they can withstand our retaliation. Any sensible merchant would not break the existing rules. This would be good for both us and them. Besides, our son chose them after much consideration. I believe they won't do anything treacherous…"
"Ignorant!" Jia She sneered. Trust was the most fragile thing! If I ask for a thousand taels of silver from them today, that would be showing them respect. Could it be that they wouldn't give it to him? Tell them that if they annoy me, I'll get people to smash their shop tomorrow! At that time, hmph hmph! If I can't get it, no one else can!”
" Master…" Jia Lian still wanted to persuade him.
But Jia She would never listen to him. This matter was decided. Tomorrow, I want to see this month's one thousand taels of silver.”
Jia Lian was angered by Jia She.
Fortunately, he had changed his cover and did not let Jia She know that he was the one who made the glass. Otherwise, Jia She would have been able to get rid of everything in one fell swoop, leaving not even a scrap for him.
"Master, do you have to force them to go bankrupt? They had traveled thousands of miles from the West to smuggle their goods over, and only they knew the dangers and dangers involved. We can't go too far."
"Humph!" Jia She sat on the chair and sneered." I can tell that you've made up your mind not to. That's fine. I'll go and find their manager.”
Madam Xing walked in front of Jia Lian,"Brother Lian, it's not like you don't know the master's temperament." Why did you have to anger your father for someone irrelevant? In the end, aren't you the one suffering? Don't be willful!"
She pulled Jia Lian's sleeve and smiled,""Listen to me and apologize to the old master. This matter will pass. Moreover, what was a thousand taels of silver to these sea merchants? Brother Lian, don't underestimate them. They've been deceived. I heard that they make huge profits of a few hundred cents. Usually, things that are only worth a few wen in the original place can be sold for hundreds of taels by them! They were all black-hearted. We didn't report to the authorities to arrest them all. We're being kind. We definitely don't deserve any sympathy.”
The couple echoed each other, one good cop and one bad cop. They would not give up until they achieved their goal.
Jia She saw that Jia Lian could not convince him and lost his patience. He scolded,"You bastard! Why aren't you going?"
Jia Lian's good temper was almost worn down, and he could not help but say,"Master, it's not that I have to reject you, but your actions are too despicable. As the saying goes, a gentleman loves money and takes it in a proper way. We are the honorable Rong Mansion, with two generations of great grandfather and grandfather. How glorious is it? As descendants, even if we can't add glory and virtue, we shouldn't damage the reputation of our ancestors. Old Master, you're using your power to bully people and take things by force. If Grandfather finds out, what will he do?”
Jia She didn't expect Jia Lian to really dare to contradict him and even make him sound so unbearable, poking at his sore spot. He was so angry that smoke rose from his seven orifices. He threw the lid cup in his hand onto the ground." Rebel!" It was a rebellion! You vile creature, how did I give birth to a beast like you? Beat him up, beat him to death!"
Jia She still felt that the manservant was slow, so he snatched a wooden stick from him and took a few steps forward, before fiercely striking at Jia Lian.
Jia Lian heard the sound of the wind and hurriedly dodged.
The wooden stick hit the chair beside him. With a bang, the armrest of the golden Phoebe wood was broken.
Seeing that his attack had failed, Jia She waved his wooden stick again.
There was a saying that a small stick would be used, but a big stick would be used to escape. Jia Lian naturally could not sit still and wait for death, so he walked around the house.
After all, Jia She was old and weak, and he had recently taken in a concubine. His body was empty, and he could not run after two steps.
"You…stop…stop!”He leaned on the wooden stick and panted. He saw that Jia Lian was in front of him, but he could not hit him.
"Old Master, every word I say comes from the bottom of my heart. Even if you kill me today, I will tell Old Master!”Jia Lian said cutting gold and cutting iron.
However, this sentence was like adding fuel to the fire. Jia She flew into a rage and smashed the hall with a wooden stick.
Madam Xing was so anxious that she chased after him and shouted,"Master, calm down! Be careful of your health!"
The commotion in the East Road Courtyard had alarmed the old lady, master, and madam.
The old lady hurriedly asked Yuanyang to come over and ask. She knew that the father and son were angry again. The little girl also came back and said that the master wanted to beat Second Master Lian. She was not in the mood to do so. She scolded,"They're all worrisome."
She wanted to see what they were up to, but inside the green gauze cabinet, a young master with a face as fair as jade was hugging a servant girl's neck from behind and sniffing behind her ear." Sister Zhen Zhu, what fragrance are you applying?" It smells so good?"
Zhen Zhu picked him up and let him sit next to her." Second Master Bao, let's talk. You're not allowed to do this anymore."”
Baoyu held her fair hand and continued to stick to her like candy.
Zhen Zhu pushed him away. Unexpectedly, he used too much force and Baoyu fell off the edge of the Kang.
Fortunately, Zhen Zhu pulled it in time and only knocked it on her forehead.
When the old lady heard Baoyu's voice inside, she hurriedly went in to check and actually put Jia Lian's matter aside.
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