Chapter 85: Manager Wen



"I'll go right away." Hua Chan nodded, and then said, "Then where is the second young lady..."

"Ask someone in the manor to look for her, don't worry too much." Jiang Ruohua didn't take it seriously, "There's no one else in the manor, nothing will happen to her."

Jiang Ruoting can do whatever she wants, Jiang Ruohua doesn't intend to stop her, doing something, risk and benefit go hand in hand, Jiang Ruoting wants the benefit, but what he is eyeing is the risk.

Playing dumb is just deliberately condoning Jiang Ruoting's behavior.

The steward came very quickly. After Princess Shangyang and her entourage went to the horse farm, Jiang Ruohua was waiting in a room while drinking tea leisurely.

"Meet the young lady." The steward took her mother's surname and was given the main family name. Steward Wen respected Jiang Ruohua, but this was basically based on respect for Jiang Ruohua's mother.

"Get up." Jiang Ruohua smiled and said to him, "Sit down."

"Thank you , Miss."

Manager Wen sat down. At this moment, he was a little confused. Before he could say anything, Jiang Ruohua put down the teacup and said, "Manager Wen, please bring me the other account book."

Manager Wen was stunned at first and was about to play dumb, but Jiang Ruohua said, "I have seen the accounts you usually send to the Duke's Mansion. Most of them are the same year after year. It is inevitable that they are too stable. I am afraid that they are not just loyal to remain unmoved. According to the accounts, the people in the manor should have a tight life, but the facts do not seem to be the case."

"And your reaction after selling the horses. If we didn't have a surplus, even if I were your master's daughter, you might not be respectful to me."

Manager Wen didn't say anything, and seemed to have tacitly agreed. He looked at Jiang Ruohua in surprise. The teenage girl was calm and still didn't wait for him to answer and said, "But it doesn't matter. Some of the benefits are in the hands of outsiders, so why not use them for you? What do you think of the future arrangements?"

"Now that this farm has come into my hands, it should prosper. Although it is okay to sell the horses, it would be a waste of talent to have such a large horse farm in the capital. I would like to make some changes. Steward, you can also tell me your ideas. You are my mother's man, and you have never bowed to the Third Madam. To me, you are a trustworthy person."

Steward Wen moved his lips, not knowing how to start for a moment. The young master had clear thoughts and said everything that needed to be said. The young master was sober and had his own ideas, so it was meaningful for him to stick to it for more than ten years.

"There is indeed a private account book." Manager Wen said, "This is what the master specifically instructed us to do before he passed away. He wanted us to hand over these manors and shops to the young master in good condition in the end."

The Wen family is very good at doing business. Jiang Ruhua's mother was influenced by her, and the shops managed by her subordinates have always been no worse than others. Manager Wen did not mention the manor for the time being, but just mentioned the past with some emotion: "The generals fought all year round. Before the master died, he was worried that these manors and shops would fall into the name of the young master, fearing that people would be jealous, so he ordered us to make fake ones according to the most common standards."

"You have worked hard these years." Jiang Ruohua felt mixed emotions. Although she could guess that it was her mother's work, she didn't expect that this was her mother's plan for her before her death. In her memory, her mother's figure was already blurred. It was only when she thought of it at this time that she would be afraid and vigilant about the third lady's late realization.

"For the master and the young master, it was not hard." Manager Wen took something out of his arms. "Since we learned that the horse farm was in the hands of the young master some time ago, everyone in the farm was indeed happy and worried. The master has been kind to us, and we thought that even if we let the young master make trouble a few times, we could afford it. It was only after the racecourse was built that I understood the young master's intentions."

Therefore, the master and servant who had never met each other had actually been working hard towards the same goal.

Manager Wen admired Jiang Ruohua's intelligence. Although the horse farm had been doing well in recent years, the income from horse trading was mostly just this amount. Especially since it was near the capital, no one would buy horses in large quantities. Most of them were merchants and children from wealthy families in the capital who came to pick out some good horses.

Jiang Ruohua seemed to have squandered all the money on the horse farm, but she left behind a group of good horses and built a racecourse. Her purpose was not just to entertain Princess Shangyang, but to make plans for the long-term operation of the horse farm. At the same time, she cleverly avoided the targets of those with ulterior motives. It can be said that she achieved three goals with one stone.

"I understand what the young master means. I think there is nothing wrong with it. It's just that horse racing and horse gambling are things that I have never been involved in. I hope the young master can give me some advice."

Compared with the sale of horses, this horse farm is very close to the capital. It only takes more than an hour to drive there. Rich families don't need many good horses, but it doesn't mean they don't like horses. But just look at how to satisfy those rich kids?

It means giving them some places to spend money, and making them feel that it is worth it.

"I have found the person who can run horse gambling." Jiang Ruohua was not in a hurry. She thought of someone and decided to snatch the person from King Ying. "It's just that it's not convenient for me to go. Manager Wen, I'm afraid you need to pay attention to this matter."

"Just follow the young master's orders." Manager Wen naturally had no objection.

"In the lawless area in the capital, there is a man named Gan Yunsheng." She said leisurely, "This man has a broken leg, a blind eye, and his right hand was chopped by someone, so he can hardly move. His sister was abducted to Piaoxianglou. You take someone to get money, redeem his sister, and then bring his brother and sister to the manor. After everything is ready, I will come to talk to him in person."

Manager Wen nodded, wrote down the order, and then handed over the things in his hand: "The real account is still in the manor. If the young master wants to see it, this old servant will take you there."

Jiang Ruohua picked up the piece of paper with a few names written on it. Manager Wen said, "These are a few ungrateful and ignorant guys. Please decide how to punish them, young master."

The manor and shop left by her mother treated the servants very well. Usually, people in the manor lived in those very low mud houses with straw. People's bodies would not be able to bear living there for a long time. But in her mother's manor, although it was not very good, they were all houses made of blue bricks and had proper beds and beddings, so life was very comfortable.

No wonder Manager Wen mentioned the word ungrateful. Almost all the people in the village were poor people who were taken in by their mother because they had nowhere else to go. She gave them a place to shelter from the wind and rain and also gave them a chance to support themselves. If they had not come here, these people would have starved to death or frozen to death without exception. Now they choose to betray. What else can this be but ungrateful?


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