The Red Mansions

Chapter 705 Lin Ruhai: This is the way of sages and sages, the way of managing the world...

Yangzhou, Salt Court Yamen

The misty rain is hazy, the sky and the earth are vast, the entire Yanyuan Yamen is shrouded in rain and fog, and the raindrops gather in rows on the green roof and slowly flow down along the tile eaves.

Here, Daiyu and Lin Ruhai were talking. At this moment, Lin Ruhai's concubine, Mrs. Zhou, moved lightly with lotus steps and approached Daiyu, smiled, and said, "It's Yu'er, your father and the two The sky is always thinking about it, don't talk here, go into the house and say yes."

Daiyu followed Mrs. Zhou into the flower hall, and the two sat down. The father and daughter narrated their situation in recent years.

Lin Ruhai sighed, and said softly: "Father has been busy with official duties these years, so I didn't call you back, and I don't know about your situation in the mansion."

Previously, the two places were separated by a distance, and there was no communication between them. If Jia Heng hadn't suggested that Daiyu write a letter to Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai would have only learned about Daiyu's recent changes through the letters from his brother-in-law Jia Zheng.

Daiyu said softly: "Grandmother and sisters are very kind to me, Brother Heng also takes good care of me."

Lin Ruhai nodded, and said: "Ziyu mentioned in the letter earlier that your body is not in good shape and needs to be recuperated."

With a smile on her face, Zijuan said softly, "The girl is much better now."

In fact, it's not just Daiyu, children have poor resistance and are prone to get sick easily, while Daiyu is just born weak, as long as she doesn't get internal friction all the time, she can take care of her for a period of time, and she will be fine when she grows up.

At this moment, a servant's report came from outside, and he said softly: "Master, Master Heng is here."

Both Lin Ruhai and Daiyu got up, looked up at the people who came, and saw the boy in the python suit, accompanied by a guard in brocade clothes holding an umbrella, came to the courtyard, approaching him.

"Zi Yu." Lin Ruhai stepped forward quickly and called out to Jia Heng.

Jia Heng said: "Uncle, long time no see."

When he was seconded to Jiangbei Daying in Yangzhou Mansion earlier, he met Lin Ruhai once.

The two were exchanging pleasantries, Lin Ruhai led Jia Heng into the study while Lin Ruhai was talking, Daiyu saw this and hesitated for a while, because she didn't know if the two of them were talking about something serious.

But the young man smiled and said: "Sister Lin is also coming, it's okay."

Daiyu turned to look at Lin Ruhai, but met a kind gaze, a flash of joy flashed in her heart, she responded softly, and then entered the wing.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Heng sat down again, with a look of inquiry on their elegant faces, and asked, "Zi Yu just met the salt merchant in Yangzhou?"

Jia Heng nodded and said: "Yuan Jichong invited a group of salt merchants to test my attitude, but I ignored it."

Lin Ruhai stared intently, and said: "Yuan Jichong is especially good at making money, and he seeks fame and fortune. He has been in Yangzhou for three years, and he fought fiercely with those salt merchants."

Jia Heng said softly: "I also know him. When the governor of Henan was in the military administration, I heard from his subordinates that he was in the prefect of Nanyang. He was corrupt, surly, and unscrupulous. , went through the path of the Zhejiang Party in the Ministry of Officials, moved to Yangzhou, and moved from a barren land to one of the few prosperous places in the world, which is a testament to his skill."

Lin Ruhai heard the words, and said: "It's good that Ziyu has a good idea. Although this person has not directly participated in the salt affairs, the parents and officials in Yangzhou will attend every meeting and attend the meeting. He is very good at it."

Jia Heng nodded, expressing his understanding.

Lin Ruhai said: "In two days, the elder Qi Ge will come back from Jinling to discuss the evaluation of Yanyin's write-off. What will Ziyu plan at that time?"

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then said in a clear voice: "From the beginning of the year to now, there has been little progress in rectifying the salt affairs. I think it is better to rectify the people first than to rectify the salt affairs."

Lin Ruhai's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Ziyu's words are to the point, but where to break through is still to be considered."

The magistrate's yamen in Yangzhou, the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department, the salt merchants, the Nanjing household department, and even the palace are all intertwined, and whichever one moves first will cause a different chain reaction.

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then said: "Uncle, do you know Liu Shengzao, the transshipment envoy of the two Huaihe Rivers?"

The highest officer of the Yangzhou salt official system is the transshipment envoy of the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, and both envoys have nepotism with the Supreme Emperor.

"Why don't you know? Rather than having a lot of dealings, this person lives extravagantly and acts arrogantly. His relatives are quite famous in Yangzhou." Lin Ruhai sighed softly with a gloomy expression.

After all, they are relatives of the emperor, and their arrogance is comparable to others. The Yamen of the Salt Court has the right to call for tax payments and surveys for salt affairs.

Jia Heng said: "Then start with this person?"

Before entering Yangzhou City, he had secretly dispatched secret agents to investigate Liu Shengzao and his social relations.

Since he came to Yangzhou, he has married the wife of the thirteenth house, and now he is courting an oiran in Huanhualou, and he is going to accept the fourteenth wife.

Daiyu listened to the conversation between the two, under the smoldering eyebrows, her starry eyes blinked, and there were circles of ripples in the lake of her heart.

How can two people be like friends who have known each other for many years?

This... Her previous worries were superfluous.

Jia Heng said: "Uncle is in Yangzhou. Previously, Mr. Qi Ge's salt affairs were rectified. What did the salt merchant say?"

"It's nothing more than the same old rhetoric. Private salt is rampant, and official salt is not easy to sell. If you charge more likin, it will be even more unsalable. Previously, the Salt Court and Yamen sent salt men to crack down on it, but selling salt was originally a huge profit. Repeatedly prohibited." Lin Ruhai said softly.

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then asked: "Is it common to sell private salt in various prefectures and counties of Yangzhou?"

"Yangzhou is a good place. It is an area where salt is traded in Huaihe River and Huaihe River, such as Jiangxi, Jiangnan, Henan, and Huguang provinces. Private salt dealers corrupt all places, especially in Jiangxi, Jiangnan, and Huguang. The local government is cooperating, but in the past two years, there have been a lot of evasions by local officials, and there are many bandits, so the suppression is not effective." Lin Ruhai sighed.

Jia Heng narrowed his eyes, and said: "Governor of Liangjiang, Shen Fang, mentioned earlier that the salt affairs should be handled comprehensively, did my uncle know about it?"

The inspecting salt censor has the power to investigate and arrest smugglers, just as the Dahan Huidian said to the inspecting salt censor: "The Lianghuai inspecting salt censor has no fixed product. He is in charge of inspecting the Lianghuai salt department, and governs Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Huguang, Henan All prefectures, prefectures and counties supervise sales, inspect and supervise transportation divisions, branch divisions, farm kitchens, officials, and pavilion households designated by the household department, strictly enforce all divisions, and arrest smugglers."

In other words, there is no direct leadership over the vast territory of Jiangnan, Jiangxi and other provinces, but some officials may not necessarily listen to your greetings, and even have conflicts with local smugglers themselves. There is hookup.

Even though Lin Ruhai has already held the title of censor of Zuoqian capital, he can go to the Shu to impeach all the guards.

Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment, and said: "The governor of Liangjiang, Shen Jiefu, has always wanted to take back the right to inspect the salt and take care of the salt affairs. He once went to the imperial court and mentioned that the jurisdiction of the Lianghuai River is very vast, and the suppression of smuggling and fraud are often regarded as outside the film by the officials. , the salt policy is not responding well.”

The governor of Liangjiang governs Jiangnan and Jiangxi, and he is also a big official in the frontiers. He can also mobilize the Jiangnan camp. Not to mention other things, he is as good as his hand in the Jiangnan and Jiangxi provinces in his own region, and other provinces farther away will sell the governor of Liangjiang. Correspondingly, there is always a time to deal with money, grain and borrowing.

Jia Heng said: "It may not be a good strategy to hand over the power of salt affairs to Liangjiang. The governor of Liangjiang has a lot of power, and even if he is in charge of the office, he will also recruit staff. There may be omissions here."

In fact, in the 11th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, the system of inspecting salt censors inherited from the previous Ming Dynasty was completely abolished, and the governor of Liangjiang was also in charge.

At that time, Tao Shu, the governor of Liangjiang, was the governor of Liangjiang who wanted to thoroughly investigate the deficit of the transportation department.

He was in Daoguang for 12 years, but he completed less than [-]% of the salt class. He was urged by Emperor Daoguang when the salt tax should be paid?When it will be postponed, the person will go to Shuli to experience the exhaustion of Chen Lianghuai's salt affairs, and because his duties are more complicated, please briefly explain the course affairs of the Salt Administration.

Being reprimanded by Daoguang Hao, "It's really a trick!".

It was also mentioned in the Memorial, "Tao Shu was the governor of Jiangsu before he was promoted to the governor of Liangjiang, and he was familiar with the affairs of the Lianghuai River, so he asked for the abolition of the salt administration and put it under the management of the governor of Liangjiang, and approved it. If Huaiyan is exhausted and it is really difficult to rectify it, why didn't you think about it when you were ordered to do something, and didn't make a statement?"

It roughly means that you were the one who wanted the power at the beginning, and I gave you an order to grant it, but now you say it is difficult, what were you thinking at that time?
After that, he warned that if it is not done well, it will be punished according to the law.

"What do you think Ziyu should do?" Lin Ruhai asked softly.

The boy in front of him is not only a young martial artist, but also a minister of military aircraft who is in charge of the privy secretaries and predicts the maintenance.

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then said: "It is still necessary to regulate the system of authority. The personnel assessment of the various divisions of the guard station is assigned to the Ministry of War, and the investigation and assessment of arresting smugglers is assigned to the Military Aircraft Department. The censors of the Salt Academy have the authority to arrest traffickers." Those who are unfavorable will be dismissed immediately and wait for participation, and commissioners will be sent to question them. If there are indeed perfunctory responsibilities, evasion, indulgence in smugglers, and severe punishment.

Of course, officials are struggling to make ends meet, complaining endlessly.

In this case, it is necessary to either expand the authority of the Xunyan Yushi, or to ensure the exercise of power by the Xunyan Yushi based on the supporting system.

Anyway, it is the military generals and local officials who offend the inspectors of salt and censors, and there is no conflict of interest, so as not to be hot-headed. terms of reference.

But new problems will also appear, or it is an old problem. The inspector of salt and censors has a heavy power, and there may be problems of abuse of impeachment, corruption of ink and bribery by the inspector of salt and censors. At this time, it is necessary to select clean and capable officials.

That is another problem of supply guarantee of the supporting system, and the previous problem has been solved, headache, bear with it... Well, no, you can't treat the foot for a headache, treat the head for a headache, and treat the foot for a pain in the foot. It really can't be cured, so cover your mouth not too late.

Lin Ruhai thought for a moment, then said loudly: "As Ziyu said, this strategy is indeed a cure for the root cause, and it is a strategic plan."

The young man in front of him is really a minister who seeks the country, and he is well versed in government affairs and has a privy air.

Jia Heng sighed, and said: "It's still the profit of the salt class. It is handled by the government and the merchants. It has been circulated a lot. Everyone is eager to share the profit, so they use their hands up and down, hiding each other as evil people, one after another."

Lin Ruhai nodded, and said: "But more than half of the world's financial resources come from this. If you want to discuss the benefits of salt harvesting, you have to use it on salt officials and tax officials. If you let go of the ban, the people in the world will be able to save money." Everyone eats cheap salt, and perhaps there will be no such accumulated disadvantages."

The price of official salt is many times the production cost, which can be described as huge profits. Generally, in order to control the price, the government will control the sales volume and the area where the salt is sold.

The salt class started from Guan Zhong of the Qi State who sold salt to make his fortune, and then Sang Hongyang gained the benefit of collecting salt and iron in the Han Dynasty, and discussed the salt system in the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that the history of the development of the salt industry is not a simple issue of supply and demand, but the government’s limited salt write-off , as a means of raising taxes.

Because the production cost is really not high, there is already a method of drying salt, but it failed to be implemented in Lianghuai in the Ming Dynasty, because it hindered the government from controlling the amount of salt production and was not conducive to cracking down on illegal salt.

In ancient times, the tax management system and technology were underdeveloped, and only salt could reach the most remote valleys through the circulation of commodities.

What, you are a hidden household and a blind stream without even a household registration?The government can't collect your taxes?Then you have to eat salt. If you buy a catty of salt, you have to pay tax. The tax is paid to you at the production end.

It seems that taxes are added to the steamed buns eaten by later generations. As for the tax on fuel, the value-added tax on buying a mobile phone, the purchase tax on buying a car, and the tax on personal income and labor remuneration, this is a well-known fact. , but there are also taxes in steamed buns, how many people are aware of it?
As for the expansion of production, small profits but quick turnover, but is there a more convenient means of tax collection than salt?Heavy taxes on food?A poll tax?Sue order?All of these are either cruel to the people, or difficult to implement, and are often major events that shake the foundation of governance.

In the final analysis, there are too few tax sources in agricultural society, the tax base is too thin, the cake is too small, and productivity is backward.

Adult labor is digging food in the soil. Apart from that, there is no other livelihood. There are always "smart people" who want to be a master. , bureaucrats and other ruling elites are also the largest landlords.

The ups and downs of chaos are repeated.

Jia Heng murmured, "Uncle, there will be a day."

If it is to innovate and strive for strength, it is better to expand financial resources and make the cake bigger. In fact, operating a country and operating a company are the same to a certain extent. The purpose is to make a profit. If you always lose money, you will go bankrupt.

Lin Ruhai looked solemn, and said with emotion: "This matter is too difficult, too difficult. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, the former Song Dynasty, and the former Yuan Dynasty, salt taxation was used as the source of national taxation, and salt was charged at a high price. The trilogy became the source of turmoil, such as Huang Chao, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, and even the Taizu of this dynasty... In short, there is no other way. A family of five can manage a hundred acres of land for one day. Eat enough food for three meals, encounter natural disasters and man-made disasters, break your home and turn into thieves, don’t know the ordinary, like a lesson without salt and iron, you can’t get money, where does the money come from for officials, soldiers, soldiers? If things go on like this, the country will be impoverished and the people poor, and the country will be in turmoil.”

Jia Heng looked at the middle-aged man with an elegant face, and couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration in his heart. He deserves to be a person who can be a candidate for the top of the imperial examination. Although he uses classical Chinese, it is actually the same as the vernacular that he just thought of. .

Even under the current conditions, there is no so-called one-and-done solution for the salt class, and it can only suffer the common people like this.

But Daiyu caught a strange look in the young man's eyes, the star pupils under the smoldering eyebrows flickered, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in her heart.

In Brother Heng's eyes, what about her father?
Jia Heng pondered for a moment, looked at Lin Ruhai, and said: "The way of the community is to focus on farming, but without agriculture there is no stability, and without business there is no prosperity."

At this moment, the two of them were discussing the Dao, and this scene naturally made Daiyu tilt her head, and a daze flashed in her starry eyes.

No, where is she?who is she?
Why are you two ignoring her?

Lin Ruhai's eyes lit up, and he agreed: "This is the way of the sages to manage music, and the way to manage the country through the world."

Obviously, this Kejia was born in a righteous way, not a corrupt Confucian who is ashamed of his words.

Jia Hengdao: "When the business is prosperous and the people's livelihood is secure, the people's wealth will lead to the country's strength. I see that the land in the south of the Yangtze River can be opened to the sea and trade. As in the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates ravaged. With the strategy of opening up the sea, the traces of the Japanese will be hidden from now on. If the sea is opened up in Guangdong Province, commerce and trade will flourish, and the southern land will be full of vitality, and all things will flourish, and the country will have no shortage of financial resources."

In the history of this world, the Japanese invasion also occurred, and the Taizu of Chen Han reproduced Longqing's strategy of opening the sea to a certain extent, but it was only limited to Fujian.

Lin Ruhai nodded, and said: "The day before yesterday, Liu Xiaoyuan, the chief secretary of Guangdong, and I participated in politics. I mentioned this matter in a letter. Now merchant ships from Fujian and other places are going to sea. It is very cumbersome to approve the quotation and go through many departments. In the coastal area, the Ming Dynasty's Maritime Commissioner was reappeared, and the sea ban was opened, but the governor of Guangdong, Zhou Zao, hesitated."

Lin Ruhai, as a first-class prospect, naturally has many contemporaries, and some of them have reached high positions in the province, so Lin's father has his own political resources.

Jia Heng wrote down the name of this Liu who participated in politics, and said: "The sea ban should be lifted, not only in Fujian, but also in Guangzhou, where commerce and trade can flourish. At the same time, raise your troops to the north to recover Liaodong, and you can plan for the revival of the country."

Once people can farm the land with peace of mind, they don't want to go sailing and pioneering, and there is no such thing as cultivating the adventurous spirit of great voyages. There will be no great geographical discoveries, industrial technology will not develop rapidly, and there will be no scientific spirit in culture. The sky is round and the earth is round, the ruler is the ruler and the ministers are the ministers, and the bureaucratic elites who are influenced by culture naturally sneer at business.

Therefore, on this basis, the endogenous and closed agricultural Confucian civilization is matched.

The four provinces of mountains and rivers that originated in China, except Xia and Shang, began to shock the barbarians on Monday and expanded their living space, and then fell into self-enclosure and crazy involution.

Recovering from foreign wars is also for the purpose of confinement or vassalage. Because the cost of ruling is high, it cannot bring sustainable profits, and instead becomes a place of blood loss. But from the perspective of future generations, land is wealth, and there are still mineral resources underneath.

"In addition to paying tribute every year, Guangdong Province actually smuggles special products from various countries in the south of the Yangtze River to Jiangnan and Shenjing, where they are sold all over the world. Lose it." Lin Ruhai frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Like a land of mirrors, red-haired ghosts steal money, they sell Nanyang spices and various utensils to my big man, bribe officials, escape the money customs, and pay taxes every year. The loss is unknown."

Jia Heng said: "What my uncle said is very true. Nowadays, there are few fixed laws and regulations, so that chaos occurs frequently. It is not a long-term solution."

"Yeah, I remember reading what Ziyu said in "Pingluce" back then, to open up the sea ban and rebuild the navy, which coincides with me." Lin Ruhai said with emotion, looking at the young man, his heart was inexplicably shocked.

Jia Heng said: "Uncle is too famous, in fact, there is still something about Kaihai that is still unclear, so I still need to ask uncle."

"Oh?" Lin Ruhai was surprised when he heard the words, and asked doubtfully, "I don't know what's going on?"

Jia Heng said: "If the business surges, or silver flows in, and the silver is cheap and expensive, or the silver flows out, and the price of rice soars, what's more, in all provinces, prefectures and counties, grain taxes are mostly collected with discounted silver, and used for the treasury of the national household department. There are also disadvantages."

If the currency cannot be stably manipulated, it is easy to cause some unpredictable financial problems. The serious loss of silver will lead to deflation, and the excessive inflow of silver will lead to inflation.

Historically, after the Longqing switch, a large amount of cheap silver from the Americas poured into Han, and the Ming Dynasty gradually lost its dominance over currency, laying a hidden danger of extinction.

Of course, these are not important. The important thing is that he has to see how Lin Ruhai solves this problem, or whether he has some financial thinking.

The financial concepts of the ancients should not be underestimated either. From Guan Zhong, Sang Hongyang, to the creation of bank accounts, the history books are clear.

Lin Ruhai thought for a while, and said: "It was like this for a while during Emperor Taizong's time. At that time, a whip method was used, but the low price of silver hurt farmers. Gao Xian, the Minister of the Ministry of Households at that time, thought it was the influx of silver, and thought that the sea ban was strictly enforced, so he changed his course. , the turmoil continues."

This is also the reason why Chen Hanhai banned first, then unlocked, and then banned again. He repeatedly tossed and jumped left and right.

Because one problem is solved by pressing the gourd, the subsequent problem is exposed, and the bureaucratic elite cannot solve the subsequent problem, so they will use this as an excuse to start party struggles, and after fighting for power and profit, they will return to the old road.

Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment, then said: "I have thought about this before, if there is a lot of silver, the imperial court can collect the silver taels, if there is little silver, the imperial court can release silver taels, such as the flying money of Tang Dynasty, the handover son of Song Dynasty, and the precious banknotes of Ming Dynasty... Now I The salaries given by the big men to officials are also a mixture of color silver and banknotes and rice, which is nothing more than promoting the folks and ensuring food and clothing such as food and rice cloth."

Jia Heng said: "Uncle, I also mean the same, but the banknotes need to be reputable, otherwise the people will not recognize them in the long run, and it can only be traded in bulk commodities, exchanged for gold and silver. Wealth, control gold and silver."

The big man must have his own currency system. Maybe one day, he can use the navy to make the currency recognized by trade-related countries, and then he can harvest other countries.

Of course, if money is issued indiscriminately and becomes a tool to plunder the wealth of the people, then the precious banknotes will soon become paper that even wipes the ass.

"Ziyu, Jin merchants in Shanxi borrow money from each other, and they all have bank notes in circulation. Most of them establish businesses on the basis of credit. If the common people don't believe in banknotes, I'm thinking that if the imperial court collects taxes, they will also be partially offset by silver hairpins, and then Some of them are recovered, such as the silver villages set up by the imperial court so that the common people can exchange for silver notes, and the officials’ salaries are also used in silver notes. If things go on like this, they will get used to it, and the hearts of the people will be settled.” Lin Ruhai agreed.

Jia Heng's face was shocked when he heard the words, he was really shocked at this moment, not because of some novel ideas, but because an ancient man has such insight, he asked: "Where did uncle get these?"

It's better not to be a patrolling salt censor, but to be a minister of the household department.

Now that even the precious banknotes for tax collection have been figured out, and this method does not need to scatter silver to cast official silver, there will be no fire consumption.

But the problem of anti-counterfeiting has not been solved in the later generations with advanced technology.

Therefore, it is completely paper money, and the steps are a bit big, so he proposes to abolish the two coins and change the yuan, and then issue other auxiliary coins and small denomination banknotes, because the coins are custom-made, and the official silver is cast without scattered silver from various places, which can block the local officials. Hands up and down.

As for arbitrage silver dollars, not to mention that there is no foreign exchange, and the government still has violent means. The purpose of this move is to solve the fire consumption. As for foreign trade, treasure banknotes or silver banknotes are more used as financial trading tools to purchase goods.

However, this manipulation requires relatively professional financial talents who can estimate the total amount of currency based on prices. As for the minting of coins, it is simple.

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "I have been patrolling salt in Yangzhou for several years. When I am free, I often read and think about this matter. It is not surprising that Feiqian and Jiaozi in the past are not surprising, but it is mostly a glimpse."

Jia Heng said: "This matter is very complicated, please discuss it with my uncle."

Daiyu sat beside her demurely, as if she was an outsider, she blinked her starry eyes, feeling a little strange in her heart.

He and his father had a very happy conversation, so they almost became brothers with different surnames, right?
Well, what was she thinking?Wouldn't that mean calling Uncle Heng?
Jia Heng pondered for a moment, and said: "As for the opening of the sea, I originally wanted to go to the land of Haojing to learn the art of artillery in preparation for the captives. At that time, I will talk to Governor Zhou Zaoshang of Guangdong to inquire about the situation. Go back and go to the imperial court."

This trip is not only to rectify the salt affairs, but also to implement some of the measures in the pacification policy. As for the abolition of the two and the reform of the yuan, it is not an immediate matter.

Lin Ruhai nodded, and said with a smile: "Ziyu is now the minister of military affairs and the minister of the country, so he can't be limited to the matter of salt affairs."

It is rare, not only relatives, but also generally agree with each other in political views.

Compared with the last time when Jia Heng came to Yangzhou to transfer troops, the conversation between the two of them hurriedly said goodbye, because it involved the financial affairs of the household department, but it was a little more "like-minded" speculation.

As Jia Heng said, he glanced at Daiyu who was stunned in place, looked up at Lin Ruhai, and asked, "Uncle, is there anything to eat at home? I was talking with the group of salt merchants just now, and I didn't move my chopsticks much. Come here, I'm a little hungry."

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then a prosperous smile appeared on his elegant and handsome face, and he said: "I thought that by noon, I should be hungry. You and Yu'er talk here first, and then I will give orders. People sweep the yard."

Daiyu pursed her pink lips lightly, feeling joy in her heart, and said softly: "Father, I haven't eaten yet, I'm a little hungry."

Lin Ruhai nodded, then left the study and ordered to go.

Under Dai Yu's smoldering eyebrows, her starry eyes blinked, seemingly on purpose, but also curiously asked: "What did Brother Heng just say to Dad, I can't understand why."

In fact, for the young girl, she could understand the salt tax just now, but she couldn't understand it when it came to business matters.

Jia Heng turned to look at Daiyu with bright cheeks and watery eyes, smiled, and said softly: "Sister should study more."

At this age, I just don't study hard, but I think about puppy love all day long.

Daiyu: "..."

Is this disgusting?Do you think she read less?You think her dad reads a lot, right?

Okay, you two talk, hum, next time I want to play chess and chat with her, but I can't.

The misty eyes of the stars flowed, and they glanced at Jia Heng reproachfully.

The two got along for a long time along the way, such eyes, Jia Heng can occasionally eat one or two.

Jia Heng smiled, and said softly: "Turn around, after dinner, when telling stories, I will explain the details to my sister."

(End of this chapter)