Qinglian in the Red Chamber

Lin Ruhai went back to Beijing by order, two months earlier than originally scheduled.

This decree came suddenly, but Lin Ruhai didn't mind, he packed his luggage and escorted the prisoner away in the official boat.The Lin family was in turmoil for a while, even though Jia Min was capable, he was caught off guard.

Right now, Jia Min is having a headache because of the things in Kyoto and the things in Yangzhou.

Although the old house in the capital has not been tidied up completely, the outer study has been tidied up.After Lin Ruhai went back, he could be placed in the outer study first.With Lin Bo around, the old house would not be left alone.

It's just that it's easy for the housekeeper to be in charge. After all, the old house lacks a legitimate hostess who can preside over Zhongfu.

In fact, Jia Min also wanted to go back to the old house in Kyoto to be the director of the family as soon as possible. One of the reasons for this was to take care of Lin Ruhai. After all, it was true that he was worried about Lin Han.However, even though Jia Min has superpowers, the big mess in Yangzhou can't be settled in just a short while.

Ugh--

It's easy to handle things in this field, but it's enough to arrange some honest and reliable people to be in charge.This area in the south of the Yangtze River is mostly fertile land, and it is not easy for anyone to sell it.Naturally, Jia Min wouldn't do such prodigal things. She still thought about leaving these fields and villages to Daiyu as a dowry in the future, so the stewards she arranged were all carefully selected by her, honest and reliable, not to mention loyal. said.

It was those shops that gave Jia Min a headache, how to deal with them?The Lin family has been in Yangzhou for almost eight years, and they run quite a few shops, such as rouge shops, ready-to-wear shops, jewelry and jade shops, and so on.Whether it is the location of these shops, the profits of their respective operations, or the customer contacts they have established over the years, they are all excellent.Jia Min originally wanted to find a buyer to negotiate a better price and then deal with it. After all, after his family returned to Beijing, these industrial shops would always have to be rebuilt, and the silver to be thrown away was also very expensive. It is quite a lot.Land in Kyoto is expensive!Jia Min originally thought of selling the shop in Yangzhou.When I set up a store in Kyoto in the future, at least I can make up for it.

But, now they can't care about these.

In order to quickly follow back to the capital, Jia Min had no choice but to tell Lin Qing to look at those buyers with better reputations, lower the price a little and get rid of them as soon as possible.It's not good to leave Lin Ruhai to live alone in the old house in Kyoto for the sake of these shopkeepers.

There are also the whereabouts of the servants in the mansion, and good arrangements for having children. Jia Min left some people to work in various villages, and some people have already arranged boats, and they will follow Lin Ruhai back to the capital first. The old house went to serve.The rest of the people waited for Jia Min to go back and take them away with him.As for those who signed the contract of living.There are also those who have signed the death contract but are unwilling to follow them back to Beijing.Jia Min either asks them to redeem themselves, or finds someone else to sell them. It is always better to deal with them one by one slowly.

"Master has gone back to the capital now, we can't delay here for too long. There is no one in the old house to socialize. It makes people look like it." Jia Min frowned and said, "The furniture and luggage that have been packed Ask Lin Qing to arrange a ship to send the objects back to the old house in Kyoto first, so it’s not easy to make the old house empty like a snow cave.”

"The furniture and objects in Songtao Garden should be quickly packed up, together with the people serving in Songtao Garden, they will be sent back with this boat. Since the master has already returned to Beijing, it is not easy for Brother Han to live again." At my uncle's house. Brother Han wants to go home to live. The house is decorated and there are servants to take care of it. It can't be nothing. When he left last time, he brought Lin Ping and Lin An with him. The boy who waits on him only brought two boxes for clothes, shoes and socks, what can he do? But he moved all the books in his study. Really..."

"Ask the housekeeper to arrange for someone to bring a letter to Lin Bo quickly. It is serious to tidy up the young master's yard first. The main house should be left behind."

"There are also gardens and so on. The weather is just right now. Tell him to find a gardener to get them done quickly. I will give him the share of the drawings. There is also the Yanziwu that Yu'er will live in. Flowers and plants are also arranged. plant it up."

"Besides, Lin Bo has to hurry up and look for the tooth-buying shop in Kyoto, so as not to be blinded when it's time to use it."

After Jia Min gave her orders repeatedly, she just took a sip of the tea from the big maid Zhuran.

"Now those servants in the mansion, I heard that those who signed the contract of living seem to have been dealt with, only a few of the ones who signed the contract of death have not been settled yet, but?" Jia Min asked, looking at Lin There was doubt in the Qing family's eyes.

"Returning to my wife, the remaining few who signed the death contract are a bit old, and they are not willing to leave Yangzhou and go to the capital. Moreover, it is precisely because they are old that no dental firm is willing to take over... "Lin Qing's family replied.

Jia Min lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then asked, "Where do these people work on a daily basis? How is their conduct?"

"A few people are doing sweeping in various yards. They are very honest, but they are a little mediocre and not very clever." Lin Qingjia said in his mouth, and secretly vomited a few words in his heart.It's not just that she's not very clever, but anyone with some sharp eyesight, who has been doing cleaning for so many years, can't even get along with a second-class maid now.

"They are so old, why are they not married?" Since they are going to be sold to a dentist, they are all girls' homes.Every year, the Lin family arranges maidservants of the right age to match them. These people are too old to even take over the dental practice, but they are still unmarried, which is really suspicious.Among them, is there anything unknown?Thinking of this, when Jia Min looked up at Lin Qing's house, there was a bit of scrutiny in his eyes.

"Don't dare to hide it from my wife. When the mansion matched the maids a few times, the servants helped them get married. However, these people are really a bit of a scumbag, and they can't make a sound even with three sticks. Second, their looks are really not pretty, although they are not so crooked, but they are also ordinary and can be easily forgotten by one glance, so they have been Since then, no one has paid attention to them. As a result, they have missed the flowering period for the rest of their lives because they failed to mate several times. My wife also knows that the maids in our mansion, although they are not very beautiful, are very beautiful. Most of them can also be praised as delicate and beautiful women. Moreover, the rules in our mansion have always been excellent, and the wives are also good at training people. These maids in our mansion are not slaves boasting. Going to be a few mountains stronger than girls from ordinary small families. So when it comes time for these maids in our house to marry, they really don’t send people to ask for marriage. But, there are so many girls who compare Now, no one is willing to look at them more..." Lin Qing's family was afraid that they would be so suspicious of Jia Min, so they hurriedly told the whole story, not forgetting the little girl in the middle. I patted my master's ass.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Jia Min placed his right hand on the table.Lightly clicked a few times.After pondering for a moment, he opened his mouth and said:

"You should return the deeds of these people to them. Give them another 50 taels of silver, and send them out of the house to make a living." Jia Min said generously. "We can't let them live on the streets, can't we..."

"Lin Qing's family, go and talk to them."

"Okay, that's all for now. Hurry up and get busy." Seeing that the order was almost done, Jia Min asked people to disperse.

"By the way, Lin Qing's family, you go back and ask the big housekeeper to deal with all the business of the shop quickly. There is no time to procrastinate."

"Yes, ma'am."

Lin Qing's family, and the other women in charge standing below, all responded with blessings, and then hurriedly went back to work.

In the outer courtyard, Lin Qing got Jia Min's words.But also worried tight.

Those shopfronts in the mansion are all very good, now my wife asks me to lower the price, and just want to dispose of them as soon as possible.But, how much should the price be reduced?This question made Lin Qing so worried that there were a few creases between her brows.

Ugh--

As soon as the outside buyers heard that they had to deal with the business of the shop as soon as possible.It's all about lowering the price.However, the price was too low, and Lin Qing was so annoyed that she refused to sell it.

Just when Lin Qing was having a headache because he didn't have enough time to deal with the storefront, and at the same time was annoyed that the price given by the buyer was too low, and he suffered too much from dealing with the storefront, the old acquaintance Mutter came.

This time, Mutter didn't come alone, there was another person with him, who called himself Guo Luoluo Yingjie, and was the big shopkeeper of Jinling Yipin Building.

"The mansion is in such a mess now, it's a joke for you two." Lin Qing knew about Mutt's background, so he personally received the two of them, and at the same time arranged for the boy to send a message to the second gate and report it to Jia Min.

"What did the butler say, hehe..." Mutter said indifferently, "It's because we came so suddenly that we disturbed the butler."

Guo Luoluo Yingjie also sat on the side with a smile and echoed.

The three of them were polite, and then Lin Qing asked: "You two are here this time, what's the matter?"

Mutt shook his head, spread his hands, and said, "Don't look at me, butler, brother is the one who leads the way this time, and it's Brother Yingjie who comes to the house for anything."

Hearing this, Lin Qing turned to look at Guo Luoluo Yingjie with a bookish face.

"I heard that the family is dealing with a batch of shops. I wonder if this matter is accurate?" Guo Luoluo Yingjie asked directly, not to be too tight-lipped.

Lin Qing nodded and said, "To tell you the truth, it's true. I'm worrying about this right now."

"Because of the price?" Guo Luoluo Yingjie asked.He had come to Yangzhou on purpose at the order of his later master. Before arriving at Lin's mansion, he wandered around the market and inquired about some things.

"The two of you know that if you want to come, the master has already returned to Beijing. The rest of us will naturally have to go back quickly. The mansion originally had several shops in Yangzhou City, and now we all If you want to go back to the capital with the owner, it is naturally not easy to continue the business, so I think it is better to sell it quickly." Lin Qing said, and personally served a round of tea to Mu Te and Guo Luoluo Yingjie.

"My wife ordered me to sell these shops as soon as possible. The price can be lowered. However, the buyers who were talking about knew that our house wanted to sell them as soon as possible, so they forced the price down by [-]%. How to make it?"

Lin Qing's tone of voice was not without anger.

"My wife asked someone to urge me just now. I'm really worried. The price will definitely be suppressed even more in the future, but it's really hard for me to deal with those shops just like this." I am ashamed of my master, it makes people panic..."

Guo Luoluo Yingjie and Mutter looked at each other, and said with a smile: "I'm not going to hide it from the butler, I'm here this time for the shops in the house..."

Guo Luoluo Yingjie told Lin Qing about his plan, while Mutt just sat and drank tea, but there was no special reaction.However, looking at his appearance, he should have known it a long time ago.

Lin Qing was stunned.

It turned out that Guo Luoluo Yingjie was here to buy the shop of the Lin family, and the price he offered was not low, at least much higher than what Lin Qing could accept in his heart.

"At first, I thought the price would be lower. But no matter how much it is, I'm afraid that someone will say that Mr. Lin has taken bribes." At the end, Guo Luoluo Yingjie joked.

Mutt nodded in agreement.

After hearing this, Lin Qing sighed deeply.He was very suspicious in his heart, so he couldn't help but take the opportunity to drink tea and began to meditate.

Guo Luoluo Yingjie, even from his name, he knew that he should belong to that master.

Could it be that Master ordered him to do this?

"It's better for me to tell Mrs. Ming about this matter." Lin Qing felt that she should discuss this matter with Jia Min, and let her make up her mind.

Guo Luoluo Yingjie naturally agreed.

He has been in Jinling City for many years, so he knows a thing or two about the Lin family's affairs.

It was the big butler who had guessed the master behind him, he was afraid that he would not dare to be expert in this matter, he would definitely report to the master, and let the master make up his mind.

Sure enough, as Guo Luoluo Yingjie expected, Lin Qing did report the matter to Jia Min, and it was he who said it himself.