Chapter 161 Raising Money 2
The Jia family has eight branches in Beijing. Except for the Ning and Rong mansions, the other six branches live in the back street of the Jia family.

Now, not only the children of the Jia family live in the back street of the Jia family, but some prominent and wealthy servants have also built houses in the back street of the Jia family.

There were many business stalls on the back street of Jia’s house, some selling food, some selling toys. Many women, old people and children gathered in front of the stalls, making a lot of noise, and the scene was very lively.

Suddenly, there was a burst of hurried footsteps. Before the adults and children on the street could react, they saw two teams of soldiers appearing simultaneously from the two corners of the street.

“Go in! Everyone, go inside!”

“Everyone go home! Go home!”

The women and old people were so frightened that they quickly carried their children into the house, some by themselves, and then they closed all the doors.

The street vendors hurriedly packed up their stalls and left.

Several officers and soldiers blocked the back street of the Jia family, and other soldiers ran to the door of the house with a lantern with the words “Lai’s House” hanging on it and stood still.

“What? What are you doing?” A manager rushed out.

With a “slap”, the leading officer slapped the manager in the face!

The steward stumbled and fell to the ground, screaming, “Why did you hit me?!”

The leading officer narrowed his eyes.

The manager quickly shut his mouth.

At this time, a group of soldiers came running from the east, escorting a blue woolen official sedan chair.

The official sedan chair stopped at the gate of the house, the poles tilted, and Jia Lian stepped out.

The manager was delighted: “Second Master Lian”

Jia Lian ignored him, raised his head slightly, looked at the plaque on the door, sneered, and then waved his hand: “Copy!”

Leading officer: “Copy!”

A group of soldiers rushed in through the gate.

Immediately, panicked cries were heard from inside the door.

Jia Lian walked in and stopped in the courtyard. He saw Lai Shangrong supporting the white-haired Lai Ma and the people from the Lai family who were being rushed in from the backyard by several soldiers.

When he saw Jia Lian, Lai Shangrong let go of Lai Ma’s hand and was about to walk over, but was stopped by the soldiers.

Lai Shangrong looked at Jia Lian: “Second Master Lian, what’s going on?”

Jia Lian was too lazy to pay attention to him and looked at the scenery in the yard casually.

Lai Shangrong’s expression changed and he was about to speak.

Nanny Lai spoke up: “Second Master Lian, does the old lady know about this?”

Jia Lian looked at her and said nothing.

Nanny Lai’s heart skipped a beat, and she asked again, “Excuse me, Master Lian, what law have we violated? Could you please lead the officials to search our house?”

Lai Shangrong was anxious: “I have donated my position. Without the official document from the court, you have no right to confiscate my property!”

Jia Lian looked at them with a smile and said, “The Jia family is still the Jia family as before, and the Lai family is still the Lai family as before. Do you understand?”

Nanny Lai understood immediately and said nothing.

Lai Shangrong was stunned for a moment: “What, what do you mean?”

Jia Lian sneered, ignored him and looked at Nanny Lai.

Nanny Lai spoke up: “Second Master Lian, my grandson was released from the womb and is no longer a servant of the Jia family. Everything in this mansion is under the name of my grandson and is protected by the laws of the court.”

Jia Lian smiled and said, “It seems you have been preparing for this day for a long time.”

Lai Shangrong wanted to speak again, but Nanny Lai interrupted him: “I dare not. I understand what Master Lian is thinking. As long as he lets our family go, everything in this mansion will belong to Master Lian, and he can do whatever he wants with it.” Jia Lian smiled faintly: “No need to go through so much trouble.” Then he looked at the leading officer.

The leading officer waved his hand, and four officers and soldiers rushed forward to hold Lai Shangrong and Lai Ma.

Lai Shangrong held on for dear life and shouted, “I am a candidate official of the imperial court. Without an official document from the imperial court, you have no right to touch me!”

Jia Lian waved his hand dismissively: “Send him back to reunite with his father.”

The leading officer said, “Yes.” He pulled out a white silk from his sleeve and walked over.

“Pah! Pah! Pah~”

The sticks hit the bodies very loudly, but the people being beaten did not utter a single sound. Two wide benches were placed on the left and right in Jia She’s courtyard. Lying on the left bench was Lai Da, the steward of Rongguo Mansion, and on the right bench was Lai Sheng, the steward of Ningguo Mansion. Both of them had their heads drooping limply, and drops of blood were dripping onto the ground.

Li Hu and Jia She were sitting on two armchairs under the eaves of the corridor outside the main gate. Li Hu put down his tea bowl and looked at Jia She.

Jia She slowly took out a snuff bottle from his body, put snuff on it, rubbed it into his nostrils, then closed his eyes and inhaled slowly. After a long time, he sneezed with a yawn, then opened his eyes and said, “The court caning is still carried out by the Silijian, and they also hit the back and waist. When the Silijian carried out the execution, there was no sound when each cane was struck. Look at them again,” he shook his head.

At this time, Jiao Da called several young men to come in with two middle-aged men dressed as butlers.

Jiao Da folded his hands and said, “Master, Wu Xindeng and Shan Daliang are here.”

Jia She waved his hand.

Jiao Da shouted loudly: “Expert method!”

Several young and strong men carried the breathless brothers Lai Da and Lai Sheng out, while several other young and strong men pressed Wu Xindeng and Shan Daliang, who had their hands and feet tied and their mouths blocked, onto a bench.

Li Hu looked at Jia She and said, “Why don’t you say hello to the Second Master?”

One of them was the manager of the silver treasury of Rongguo Mansion, and the other was in charge of all the purchases of Rongguo Mansion. Like Zhou Rui, they were both Wang Furen’s confidants, and they both married the maids that Wang Furen brought from the Wang family.

With a humph, Jia She said, “Beat him to death first.”

Li Hu shook his head. Jia Lian did not have the courage like Jia She. When he learned that he would not lend him his personal soldiers, he hesitated again and pulled himself to discuss with Jia She.

Jia She was much more straightforward. After looking through the evidence and property information collected by Ni Er, he waved his hand and ordered, “Copy!”
He can give advice but not people. Li Hu doesn’t want to get involved in the internal disputes of the Jia family.

The officers and soldiers who confiscated the property were all guards transferred by Jia Lian from the Ministry of Personnel. Logically speaking, Jia Lian, a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel, was not qualified to transfer guards from the yamen. Rules are dead, but people are alive. The Minister of Personnel would not offend the Jia family over such a matter.

At this time, blood spurted out from the mouths and noses of Wu Xindeng and Shan Daliang.

Jia She suddenly sighed: “It’s still not enough!”

Li Hu: “Borrow it!”

Jia She rolled his eyes at him and said, “Who should I borrow from? You!”

Li Hu smiled and said, “Didn’t Xue Pan say that the four major families are of the same blood and share the same fate? Let’s borrow from them.”

Jia She was silent for a moment, then said, “The Baoling Marquis’s Mansion and the Zhongjing Marquis’s Mansion have collected 20,000 taels of silver and sent them here, saying that it is for honoring the old lady. As for the Xue family and the second branch of the Wang family, there has been no news yet.”

Li Hu thought about it. The Xue family had just suffered a huge loss and could only borrow 30,000 to 50,000 taels of silver at most. As for the Wang family, Wang Ziteng had stayed in Jiangsu for more than half a year and should have made a lot of money. He didn’t know whether they were willing to lend it to Mrs. Wang.

At this moment, Jia Lian’s servant Lai Wanger came in excitedly, greeted Jia She, and then handed a piece of paper to Jia She with both hands: “Master, this is the floating property and banknotes seized from Lai’s family. The rest is not detailed yet.”

Jia She took it, glanced at it, and then handed it to Li Hu.

Li Hu took it and looked at it, and was immediately shocked. A servant actually greedy so much, even hundreds of taels of gold, not counting the antiques, curios and real estate, there were 40,000 to 50,000 silver coins. He lived a richer life than the Ningguo Mansion.

These servants of the Jia family!

Looking at Lai Wang’er, Li Hu suddenly thought of Wang Xifeng, who seemed to be still lending money at high interest. Should he tell Jia Lian?

There was a sound of footsteps and Wang Shanbao came hurriedly.

Wang Shanbao: “Master, the old lady sent a message asking you to come over.”

(End of this chapter)