The Heavens Begin with Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 27 Everyone has their own plans
Jia Zhen was stunned and hurriedly asked what was going on.

Sister Feng raised her jade fingers, picked up the teacup and swirled it around her lips, sipping it slowly, and said slowly:
"Brother Zhen also met Sister Baochai that day. She is such an elegant and talented person. She is also a relative of our Jia family. What kind of young man would not be worthy of her?"

"The man surnamed Zhan is just a local gentry. What qualifications does he have to marry a good girl like Baochai?"

She put down the teacup, looked at Jia Zhen intently, and said seriously:

"Brother Zhen, I came to you this time because I want you to be a middleman and pass a message to Mr. Zhan, asking him to be more sensible and cancel the marriage on his own initiative."

"At worst, I can introduce him to a young lady from an official family."

"You two are doing business together, and he is counting on you to protect his business. He will definitely not dare to disobey you."

"But Brother Zhen, please don't sell me out, or I won't be able to live in front of my aunt!"

After hearing this, Jia Zhen's heart was moved.

He is different from Fengjie.

Fengjie is a woman, and all she cares about are family matters, children's love affairs and the like.

But Jia Zhen is a man, and he always considers things like money and beauty.

He was an extremely greedy person, but due to his lack of ability, he didn't know how to be greedy even if he wanted to.

This time, the honeycomb briquettes business seemed to be bigger than expected, so of course he wanted to make more money.

But the four shareholders are all related by marriage, and have all contributed their efforts. Only he is the one who gets paid for nothing, and he can't even ask for more.

But things are different now!
Sister Feng gave him a perfect reason!
Zhan Ershisi had no relation to the Jia family. He was just the future son-in-law of the Xue family. It was he who came up with the formula for honeycomb coal, so he was given 25% of the shares.

But what if the marriage between the Zhan family and the Xue family fails?
Then why should we give him the shares?
As for his recipe, why not just give him some small reward?
At that time, he can secretly swallow up his 25% shares without letting the Shi family know. Then, won't he be able to get half?

Wang Xifeng wanted to cancel the marriage between the Zhan and Xue families and give him a daughter from an official family as a replacement.

When Jia Zhen found out about this, he not only wanted to cancel the marriage, but also wanted to take the opportunity to swallow up all of the Zhan family's shares.

In terms of being cruel, Jia Zhen is a hundred times worse than Wang Xifeng!

While Jia Zhen was thinking about how to secretly swallow up the Zhan family's shares, suddenly the doorman came in to report.

"Master, the Baolinghou Mansion has sent an invitation, saying that they would like to invite you to come over for a gathering tomorrow."

"Marquis Baoling's Mansion? Did they say what happened?" Jia Zhen was thinking about doing something bad without telling Marquis Baoling, and when he heard the invitation, he felt a little guilty.

"It is said that the shop opened that day, but Marquis Baoling was on duty in the court and did not go. Tomorrow is Marquis Baoling's day off, so please invite Master, Master Zhan, and Master Xue to go together to meet."

After hearing this, Jia Zhen snorted coldly and didn't believe a word of it.

It has been more than half a month since the store opened. If we really wanted to get together, we should have posted a message a long time ago.

It is obvious that he saw the booming business and started to have evil ideas. Most likely he wanted to use his powerful status and join forces with Jia Zhen to squeeze the market share of Xue and Zhan's families.

Although we are all related by marriage, brothers have to settle accounts clearly. When it comes to such a business involving real money, personal relationships have to be put aside.

This kind of thing is the norm in this era. Everyone is used to it and doesn't even think there is anything wrong with it. You should eat as much as your bowl can take. The noble master didn't take all your bowls away and even left some for you. That is grace. He left it for the sake of your in-laws.

If the Xue and Zhan families were sensible, they would hand over the shares obediently, and they could still be relatives in the future.

But if you don't know what's good for you, and if the relationship ends up falling out, I'm afraid you won't be able to visit them in the future, let alone think about using the names of the two mansions to make a living in the capital.

If it weren't for Aunt Feng's behavior today, Jia Zhen would most likely have colluded with the Shi family, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, and they would have worked together tacitly to squeeze out some of the shares of Xue and Zhan's families.

But now, what Jia Zhen is thinking is, my Ningguo Mansion wants all these shares!
As for whether this would cause discord with the Rongguo Mansion and displease Master Zheng, that was not within Jia Zhen's consideration.

After thinking about this, Jia Zhen waved his hand and said to Lai Er:

"Tell the person who comes that the master will be there on time."

After Lai Er left, he smiled and said to Feng Jie:

"Don't worry, big sister. I'll leave this matter to you. After the banquet at the Marquis' Mansion tonight, I will definitely give you a good result!"

Sister Feng was immediately overjoyed, "Brother Zhen is really generous. My family has left a few jars of good wine in the mansion. I will have someone send them to Brother Zhen later."

Jia Zhen was thinking about the money, so he responded with a smile and sent Feng Ji out. He turned around and asked Lai Er to invite Zhan Twenty-four over, for he was afraid that the Shi family's people would take action first.

It must be said that since they are relatives by marriage, Jia Zhen really knows the Shi family well.

The people from the Shi family can no longer sit still.

Originally, they agreed to Jia Zhen's request only because of the favors they had received from the Jia family and because they wanted to exchange the useless coal powder for some silver.

But who would have thought that this business would grow bigger and bigger!
If the business just expanded, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, the Shi family also owns 25% of the shares. Although it is only in the hands of Baoling Hou, they are still members of the Shi family, right?
However, the honeycomb coal business flourished, and the Shi family's coal yard was the most directly affected.

Originally, business at this coal yard was very good every winter.

After all, rich families use coal, and those who come to the coal yard to buy coal are either merchants or small families, and basically they do not have a high social status.

This means that the coal selling business is a seller's market and the coal yard has the final say.

If you have a good relationship with the manager of the coal yard, you can most likely buy good coal at the same price, but if you don't have a good relationship, the coal you buy will most likely be of lower quality.

After all, when the coal yard purchases goods, the price of good coal is relatively expensive, and collecting some inferior coal can effectively reduce the overall purchase price.

Anyway, good coal or bad coal is still coal. Those with money (connections) buy good coal, and those without money (connections) buy bad coal. Isn’t that natural?

But nowadays, many customers who buy coal, seeing that the coal provided by the coal yard is too bad, simply don't buy it and turn directly to buy honeycomb coal.

This thing is cheap and burns well, so it looks like a good deal.

I'll use the coal anyway, so why should I have to suffer here?
You can't divide the coal, which costs only one penny a piece, into different grades, right?
So, naturally, the sales of coal in the Shijia Coal Yard were poor.

In fact, Manager Shi has made a lot of money secretly selling high-quality coal powder, and the Shi family's employees have also earned a lot of commissions, but the Shi family's public account has suffered losses!
This was also the situation that Zhan 24 had deliberately created.

Jia Zhen and Shi Nai only started to plan some secret moves after they saw that the business was booming, but Zhan Ershisi had been plotting against both families since the beginning of the business.

Each of the three families has their own secrets, and none of them is a good person!
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