The destiny of all heavens begins in the Red Chamber

Jia Lian, the eldest son of the Jia family, is quite capable and has done fairly well in officialdom. However, in Lin Ruhai's observation, without sufficient luck, it is unrealistic for him to enter the ranks of a third-rank official.

As for Congge'er, the eldest son's illegitimate son, he had never met him and would not comment.

No matter how you look at it, Huan Erge from the second wife's family is still the most successful.

However, without the support of the government, it won't be so easy to get ahead.

Pity……

The Yue family is showing signs of a resurgence, but there are clearly problems with the upbringing of their descendants.

Of course, Lin Ruhai didn't say much, and the Lin family's situation was getting worse.

He only had one daughter. If he were to pass away, how would his only daughter, Lin Daiyu, survive?

This is no joke. If things go wrong, not only could the Lin family line end, but Lin Daiyu could also be plunged into an abyss of no return. Lin Ruhai has witnessed too many human tragedies and doesn't want his own daughter to suffer the same fate.

After all, the Lin family's wealth was no joke; the amount of cash alone was no less than two million taels, not to mention other assets. How could Lin Daiyu, an only daughter, possibly protect it all?

After much deliberation, I could only turn my attention to the Yue family, which was a helpless situation.

Chapter 149 One Must Be Strong to Forge Iron (Please Subscribe)

Just as Lin Ruhai was feeling sorry for Jia Huan, Jia Huan was completely absorbed in trying to burn his "carrying value" to achieve the "genius" state of self-improvement.

Without adopting an extreme seclusion model, it would easily arouse suspicion and interference from the outside world.

In the afternoon, he spent his accumulated experience points in the quiet clan school building.

One hundred experience points can be exchanged for ten minutes of "academic genius" status. At this moment, he only has a little over 20,000 experience points.

He accumulated knowledge through continuous reading and comprehension, having read hundreds of miscellaneous books, which took him almost half a year.

Therefore, even if there is a cheat code, Jia Huan himself still needs to put in a lot of effort!

The existence of his "golden finger" allowed him to avoid detours and directly reach the right path. However, whether he walks or runs forward still depends on his own efforts.

He really wanted to say "Dark Blue, add some points", but unfortunately, his cheat ability wasn't powerful enough.

The accumulated 20,000+ experience points can only be exchanged for less than two days of the "top student" status.

Fortunately, this situation can be controlled; he can stop and go back online at any time, otherwise he would have really suffered a huge loss.

At this point, Jia Huan was far from being able to maintain peak mental condition even after going several days and nights without sleep.

This is also the main reason why his medical studies were so slow and he hadn't fully grasped the basics.

It requires a lot of time to read other miscellaneous books.

It's not that Jia Huan can't focus all his energy on medical books, but reading and understanding them is beyond his control, and accumulating experience points is just too slow.

Right now, he first read through all the basic medical books several times. Once he had a vague impression of them, he immediately activated his study mode, which consumes experience points.

In this state, although one cannot yet remember everything at a glance, one can basically memorize everything after reading a book three times.

He almost exhausted all his experience points to memorize classic medical books such as "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", "Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber", "Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica", and "Huangdi Neijing".

Even so, the pressure of memorizing classics like the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold" is already immense, even before I've started memorizing them.

Five days have passed!

It can be said that during these five days, he put in an even more diligent and serious attitude than when he took the college entrance examination in his previous life, to the point of being completely obsessed and neglecting to eat and sleep.

The results were quite noticeable; being able to memorize several large classical texts is already quite impressive.

At least by this point, one's theoretical foundation for learning medicine is already quite solid.

Jia Huan was naturally not satisfied, so he carefully read and diligently memorized all the remaining medical books he had collected, following the normal reading and memorization method.

Even with the foundation of memorizing the previous medical books, it still took more than a month.

Although I couldn't memorize it directly, I still had a fairly clear understanding and impression of it.

Then, he gritted his teeth and directly consumed some of his luck points!

What is a "genius" in academics?

He has a photographic memory, can apply what he has learned to other situations, possesses extremely strong comprehension abilities, and has an unprecedentedly clear mind.

It's similar to the state of enlightenment in fantasy novels; it's all about being incredibly awesome.

One point of luck allows him to remain in a god-like state for a full day, or twelve hours.

Similar to the "academic genius" status obtained by exchanging experience points, the "academic prodigy" status obtained by exchanging luck points can also be logged off and logged back on at any time.

Then, he spent two days memorizing all the other medical books that he had read several times and still remembered to a considerable extent, and his understanding of them was also quite good.

This change made Jia Huan almost ecstatic!

By this time, he had memorized all the medical books available on the market and those he could obtain with his abilities, enough to at least become a fluent and eloquent fake doctor.

By this time, Jia Huan felt that his theoretical foundation in medicine was quite solid and he could begin real medical studies. It was already deep winter.

He focused all his attention on self-improvement, so he naturally became less aware of what was happening outside. His study gradually became quieter and less active than before.

Master Zheng and his group of scholars secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Jia Huan finally seemed like a normal eight-year-old child!

That's right, Jia Huan is already eight years old without anyone noticing, and he has been in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber for almost two years.

During this period, some things were done, mainly to encourage the Second Master Zheng to strive for progress, and the effect was quite obvious. At this time, the Rong Mansion had stopped its decline.

His debt collection team, together with his brother-in-law Lin Ruhai and his student Jia Yucun, achieved remarkable results in a short period of time, earning him recognition and praise today.

In less than six months, the trio had helped the national treasury recover nearly three million taels of silver in debt.

This doesn't even include the outstanding debts owed by the Ning and Rong mansions.

With such achievements as a foundation, the Second Master Zheng was quite confident!

Once the debts owed by the Ning and Rong mansions are fully repaid, he will prepare to resign from his post as the current emperor to collect the debts owed to the national treasury.

Even with the slow-wittedness of the Second Master Zheng, he realized that something was amiss.

If they want to continue pressing for payment, then they'll really have to bite the bullet.

He understood that too much of anything is bad, and he was already having second thoughts.

However, Master Zheng also had his troubles. The Rong family still owed 400,000 taels of silver, and there was no way to settle the matter.

Previously, they had been barely holding on, but when it came time to repay the debt, there was no sign of support from the household.

The situation in the public treasury was quite bad, and the Second Master Zheng specifically asked Jia Lian about it.

Because the main source of revenue for the public estates has run into problems, the public's silver reserves have been decreasing and are almost at the point where they cannot make ends meet.

At this point, asking for money from the public treasury would be tantamount to forcing Wang Xifeng, her niece-in-law, to turn against them.

After six months of experience in officialdom, the Second Master Zheng's practical skills were still terrible, but his vision and insight were now on a completely different level.

To be fair, Wang Xifeng was quite competent in managing the household affairs; at least the Second Master Zheng couldn't find any fault with her.

It is quite remarkable that he is not greedy for money and tries his best to maneuver around the money to maintain the financial balance of the public and prevent a large deficit.

Anyone else would probably have been looking for ways to make money by now.

He couldn't even imagine that if Wang Xifeng hadn't been in charge of the household affairs, the servants in the Rong Mansion would have already started making a ruckus.

After understanding the situation, Master Zheng Er also realized where the problem lay.

Aside from the ever-decreasing income from the eight major estates, Wang Xifeng had very little control over the other public properties, making it practically absurd.

In addition, the key to the inner treasury, which should have been in the possession of the old lady, was still firmly held by her. Wang Xifeng needed the old lady's permission to open the inner treasury.

Absolutely ridiculous!

A perfectly good head of the inner courtyard was turned into the head steward of the inner courtyard!

If Wang Xifeng hadn't been so power-hungry, she probably would have quit long ago.

Master Zheng was quite worried. If Jia Lian were to be transferred to a local post, Wang Xifeng would definitely go with him. Who would be in charge of the inner courtyard then, and who could support it?

He then considered asking Madam Wang for alms, hoping to get at least another 50,000 taels of silver.

Unfortunately, Madam Wang remained resolute this time, refusing to part with a single penny.

Even though Master Zheng made it very clear that there would be serious consequences if the debt to the national treasury was not repaid in time, Madam Wang remained unmoved and hid the silver tightly.

The Second Master Zheng has a headache!

He really couldn't understand what Madam Wang was thinking.

Because of his efforts to collect debts, he has offended many influential court officials.

If the Rong family fails to repay its debts on time, the consequences are predictable and will not be pleasant.

Some things are fine if they don't happen, but once they do, it's no joke. Why doesn't Madam Wang understand this? Is money more important than real power and official position?

It's just that Master Zheng didn't say these things to Jia Huan, otherwise Jia Huan could have confidently replied: at least in Madam Wang's heart, money is indeed more important!

It can only be said that the Second Master Zheng's understanding of his bedmate was not deep enough!

Jia Huan guessed that when Lady Wang was young, she had suffered from a lack of money, just like Wang Xifeng, which caused the two aunt and niece to have the same greedy and power-hungry nature.

However, Madam Wang was more cunning and had already concealed her true intentions, which is why Master Zheng was deceived.