The Red Mansions

Chapter 49 A White Ding, but No Humbleness
In Wencui Pavilion——

After Jia Heng finished speaking, he remained silent.

He is not a pedantic person, but since he had agreed at the beginning, it would be wrong to go back on his word, but it does not mean that he will refuse to re-discuss this matter with Hanmozhai with a written manuscript.

If the other party is reasonable and renegotiates the price, everyone will be happy.

If the other party refuses and insists on fulfilling the promise, he will still... fulfill the promise, but there will be no chance of cooperation after that.

Besides, the word fame and fortune always go hand in hand, once the book is published in the world, it will become famous, and the promise of a thousand dollars will be widely spread, and then write a new book...

On the contrary, once the contract is broken, it is easy to be ridiculed by the current discussion.

Song Yuan frowned and said: "This...Ziyu, even if the price is high enough to bargain, and the price is raised, it is no better than Jianzhongfang engraving, and he can monopolize [-]% of the profit."

Jia Heng said: "Thank you sir for thinking about me, just talk to Hanmozhai first, and then it won't be too late to make a fuss."

Song Yuan was also thinking about him, worried that he would suffer a disadvantage. At this time, he had to act upright and say what a gentleman said.

Otherwise, it is too low EQ.

Seeing this, there was a strange color in Han Hui's eyes, and he muttered: "Zi Yu, there may not be a way to get the best of both worlds."

At noon, when I saw Mr. Song, he said that Jia Ziyu had the ability to manage affairs. He was about to ask about it later, but he didn't want to hear about it before he asked about it.

Both Jia Heng and Song Yuan looked at them in amazement.

Han Hui said: "If Ziyu wants to talk, talk to the people behind Hanmozhai."

Yu Zhen's eyes moved slightly, his brows furrowed, and he said, "The master behind Hanmozhai? That noble man is not very easy to deal with, and besides such a trivial matter, in his capacity, he will intervene?"

Han Hui said: "I don't know if I will ask, but at least give it a try."

Song Yuan was puzzled, and asked curiously: "Zisheng, Wendu, what are you two talking about?"

He has been in Shenjing for more than ten years, and he knows that the owner behind Hanmozhai has strong financial resources, but the two of them have kept secrets, saying that they are nobles, could they be princes, princesses and the like.

If this is the case, no wonder there is no penalty for breach of contract.

Jia Heng frowned, and turned his questioning gaze to Han Hui.

Han Hui said: "The master behind Han Mozhai is my Great Han Princess, Her Highness Jinyang."

Jia Heng just frowned, his history was mottled, the eldest princess of the Han Dynasty always reminded him of Liu Xing, generally speaking, the title of eldest princess was often associated with words such as arrogance and domineering in history books.

Hmmm...and face.

Han Hui explained: "His Royal Highness is the younger sister of the Son of Heaven. She was famous for her talent in poetry and prose before she opened the mansion. Later, she was given a marriage by the Supreme Emperor and betrothed to Li Zhi, the captain-in-law at the time. Not long after, the consort died, and there is now a daughter of Princess Qinghe under her knees. This princess often dresses up as a man, makes friends with ministers of Hanyuan and famous people in Beijing, and talks about poetry. Duan Ning is a little bit more, and some people say that he is heroic and generous, but he is not familiar with him, so he can't be sure about his reputation."

When Jia Heng heard the words, her face was gloomy, and she thought in her heart, this widow is unemployed but has a lot of friends, could it be... the peaceful and peaceful people?
Han Hui said with a smile: "However, there is one thing about this Highness who is well-known and well-known. The most important thing is elegant literati. Anyone who has a splendid literary talent will often see each other across the screen when he submits a book. When talking about poetry, it is even more important to the poor. Donate silver, with Ziyu's literary talent, if you can send a book to visit, you should be able to meet him once."

He was the son of the second minister of the cabinet, and even though he was called a layman, he was turned away. This widowed and widowed eldest princess has a really eccentric temperament.

Jia Heng thought for a while, and said: "Write out the next fifteen chapters together, and then bring the manuscript to discuss this matter."

Han Hui didn't know, but by chance the day before yesterday, he had met some of Chen Han's nobles.

Han Hui said seriously: "Ziyu, if you visit the eldest princess to renegotiate the price, you need to do it as soon as possible. I think three or five times will be enough to show Ziyu's writing skills. If the eldest princess changes her mind, the bondage of the contract can be relieved as soon as possible."

Yu Zhen frowned and said: "As soon as the fifteen chapters come out, Hanmozhai can be engraved and printed. If it is popular in the world, it is hard to guarantee that the shopkeeper of Hanmozhai will not see the profit and be tempted to instigate right and wrong. If you look back three or five times, it is impossible for Hanmozhai to see you." It is unknown if she will terminate the contract on her own initiative after renegotiating the price."

Obviously, Yu Zhen is in favor of Song Yuan's law and hopes that Hanmozhai can take the initiative to terminate the contract.

As for Han Hui, he tried his best not to offend the eldest princess.

Jia Heng pondered for a while, and said: "Then write two chapters again, and we will do it later."

After deciding on this matter, Han Hui smiled and said, "I heard from Mr. Song earlier that Ziyu thought of a way to search the bibliography for the pavilion?"

Jia Heng nodded, and said: "I made some wooden plaques for searching bibliography, which can facilitate the supervision students in the pavilion to look up books. I call them the book inspectors."

In this era, the compass was called Sinan.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Song Yuan laughed and said: "This name is well chosen."

Han Hui smiled and praised: "It's really a good idea, I don't know where it is now?"

Jia Heng said: "The wooden sign is still in the rush to make, only the written jute paper, which contains the content."

With that said, he took it out of the closet.

Han Hui and Yu Zhen took it over to look at it, and Yu Zhen smiled and said, "Zi Yu is in the bag like a cone, and you can see it at the end."

Han Hui also nodded frequently, looking up at the young man with a calm expression, his mind was uncertain.

Afterwards, the two sat in the pavilion for a while before taking their leave.

In the pavilion, Jia Heng asked Song Yuan about the points that did not make sense in the scriptures and meanings of the past two days. In this way, the time was in a hurry, and it was evening.

Just like the appointment last night, Jia Heng rode Song Yuan's carriage and went to his residence with him as a guest.

Mr. Song is not from Jingzhao Wannian, but originally from Datong, Shanxi, with a wealthy family. Since he was 20 years old, he won the exam and went to Beijing to catch the exam. He failed that year, so he stayed in Beijing. It has been 12 years now.

In the meantime, he also bought a house and land in Beijing, married the daughter of an old Hanlin, and now has a son and a daughter.

By the time of the Song family, the food and wine had been arranged in the main hall, and the guests and hosts were seated separately, and the wine was slightly tipsy.

Song Yuan raised his glass and drank it down, said with a smile: "Since I was in prison, I have seen many handsome young people, but in prison, I only see that Ziyu is different from others."

Jia Heng put down the wine cup and said with a smile: "Sir, what you said... Maybe it's because I don't have any fame, I'm just a mediocre person, and what you see is either Xiaolian or Gongjian, so it's refreshing, and I don't know."

Song Yuan smiled, obviously a little bit drunk, his eyes sparkled and said: "Although he is a white man, he has acquainted with Mr. Cifu, and he is not humble, but Yu Wendu..."

"Mister is drunk." Jia Heng smiled, pressed Song Yuan's arm, and stopped Song Yuan from speaking.

Although it is gossip after drinking, you should not easily tell people's opinions.

Of course, Jia Heng couldn't guess what Song Yuan wanted to say next.

No matter whether it is stepping on one hand, saying that Yu Zhen resigned in order to flatter Han Hui, or saying that Yu Zhen was able to get along with each other calmly because his father was a prominent official, these kinds of words are not pleasant to listen to, and are not easy to accept.

However, judging from the past few days, he can actually see some of the dispositions of Han and Yu, and the two are naturally dominated by Han Hui.

But Han Hui is a man of aristocratic family. To put it bluntly, he is more than utilitarian. He will evaluate a person's value and give him a different attitude.

From the fact that Song Yuan didn't know who the owner behind Hanmozhai was just now, one can imagine that Han Hui's attitude towards him is different from Song Yuan's.

Of course, the relationship between people is close and distant, which is understandable.

Song Yuan has not been ranked for more than ten years, can you imagine the depression in his heart?It's just not visible on weekdays.

As for Yu Zhen, did he show contempt for Song Yuan on weekdays?Or Song Yuan's mind is sensitive and suspicious, which is unknown and needs to be observed.

Jia Heng's thoughts turned, and these thoughts flashed one by one in his heart.

That's what human relationships are all about.

Song Yuan was also awakened at this time, there was a hint of strangeness on his reddish cheeks after drinking, he smiled at himself, his eyes had some sincerity, and said: "Ziyu is young and mature, and he is well-versed in human feelings. Given time, his future will be limitless."

Jia Heng raised his glass and said: "Mr. Cheng said auspiciously, it's just the county government's second test, and you have to bother me."

(End of this chapter)