[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Lin Liu smiled: "I actually underestimated you."

Ji Song looked at Lin Liu: "Why did you underestimate me?"

"I originally thought that after you knew about the calamity of your family's destruction and the royal family was involved, you would collapse." Lin Liu sighed, "After all, before you, you were only thinking of asking the emperor to make decisions for you and avenge you. "

Lin Liu asked this question several times before, but maybe Ji Song's family members are law-abiding ordinary people, so the Ji Song he taught is also a law-abiding, loyal and patriotic person.

Ji Song lowered his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were turned up as usual, but the words he said came with a trace of coolness: "I didn't think about it at the time, thinking that this matter was caused by the prince and the people of Ningguo Mansion. After all, the Supreme Emperor has already abolished the first prince, and the emperor and the first prince have not had a good relationship since they were princes."

That's why he felt at the beginning that this matter had nothing to do with those in power today.

Since it doesn't matter, I naturally hope that they can make decisions for themselves. After investigating the truth, they can ask the emperor to bring the murderer who killed his family to justice.

Lin Liu was just probing, thinking that if Ji Song still wanted to follow the royal line even after knowing that someone in the royal family might be involved at this time, she could only find a way to help another person get up and help her do things outside.

Unexpectedly, before she even expressed her thoughts, she was pleasantly surprised to find that Ji Song was not as rigid as she imagined.

But it’s also true, Ji Song is only very young, even if he was educated to be loyal to the emperor and patriotism since he was a child, he should not be brainwashed at such an age to make him a foolish and loyal person.

What's more, Ji Song's temperament before was not that kind of person who was so devoted to fame and fame, so naturally he was less in awe of imperial power than ordinary people.

Lin Liu was sitting upright, looking at Ji Song seriously: "I guessed with my father before that your family may have offended one of the two people in power today. Before, we were not sure which one we offended. , but the last time the prince was abolished and the orphan..."

"My father and I conjecture that the one offended by the Ji family is probably the Supreme Emperor."

Ji Song looked at Lin Liu and lowered his eyes: "It may not be the Supreme Emperor."

Lin Liu was stunned, her first reaction when she heard this was that Ji Song didn't want to believe it, but thinking of what he said before, after Lin Liu hesitated, she asked directly: "Why do you think so?"

Ji Song smiled: "Miss Lin doesn't know much about the court affairs, does she? I guess even if Uncle Lin has some guesses, he may not be sure that it was the Supreme Emperor who killed more than a hundred members of Ji's family."

Lin Liu thought about it, and found that Lin Ruhai didn't seem to have said anything to death.

Ji Song sighed: "I saw that you always thought that the Chinese and Chinese military officials were all devoted to the royal family, as if they had no idea of ​​their own and were only blindly loyal?"

Lin Liu glanced at Ji Song and nodded: "I really think so. Of course, there are thousands of officials in such a huge court, so it is impossible for everyone to be loyal and patriotic, but most of the officials in the court should Is that so?"

Ji Song shook his head: "No. There are quite a lot of patriotic people in the court, but few are loyal to the emperor. Otherwise, you see, every time it's time to seize the throne, why are there so many princes who stand in line and help the prince to fool the emperor? People? Otherwise, look, now that the emperor has been on the throne for many years, half of the officials in the court have voted for the emperor? It's all for their own interests."

The more generations the family has, the more education it receives is in favor of the clan's interests rather than the country's.

After all, the Ji family can be regarded as a family that has lasted for a hundred years. How could it be possible for the education to be the same as the public with the foolish and loyal thinking of "heaven, earth, monarch, relative and teacher", and "the monarch wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die"?

If this was the case, the ancestors of the Ji family would certainly not have fought the world with the founding emperor.

Thinking of this, Ji Song gave Lin Liu a strange look: "As far as I know, the Lin family was a big family in the previous dynasty, and it has been going on for hundreds of years. Uncle Lin should not be the kind of person you imagined."

When Ji Song said that the officials of the DPRK and China were working in the DPRK for their own benefit, Lin Liu already had the feeling that Lin Ruhai was not the foolish and loyal person he imagined.

After all, Lin Ruhai had always been a neutral party before, and never thought of participating in court battles.

But in order to protect his family, he did not hesitate to choose between the emperor and the emperor, and finally chose the emperor.

Speaking of which, Lin Ruhai had no contact with the emperor before he ascended the throne. Instead, he was with the Supreme Emperor. Because of his in-law relationship in the Rongguo Mansion, and because he had passed the exam during the Supreme Emperor's reign, he was valued by the Supreme Emperor earlier.

But after he confirmed that the emperor would be the final winner, he fell to the emperor without hesitation.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Ruhai's behavior was indeed somewhat contradictory to what he said to Lin Liu before.

But since Lin Ruhai said so, obviously he didn't intend to do anything deviant.

At least for now, he doesn't have such an idea.

After thinking it through, Lin Liu looked at Ji Song: "What are you thinking now?"

"Investigate the truth!" Ji Song smiled, "Although I have doubts, I still have certain fantasies about people with identities like the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor. Without evidence, I will never directly believe that my family is one of them killed."

"Besides, as I said before, it's not necessarily the work of the Supreme Emperor."

"Miss Lin, you don't know how daring officials of the DPRK and China can go for their own benefit."

After all, Ji Song is the eldest son, and he also received the education that the eldest son should receive earlier, but he was not interested in it before, which doesn't mean he doesn't know anything about the affairs of the court.

To a certain extent, although Ji Song is not as open-minded and insightful as Lin Liu, when it comes to the understanding of major affairs in the court, Lin Liu, who has never been in touch with politics in modern times or in the last days, is obviously not as good as Ji Song of.

It is also complementary.

Lin Liu looked at Ji Song and wanted to persuade him to cooperate with her even more.

Perhaps Lin Liu's eyes were so hot that Ji Song had no choice but to ask: "Miss Lin has never mentioned the purpose of looking for me today when she talked to me up to now? Uncle Song likes you the most, if I never go back , he will eat my jealousy."

As he said that, he looked at Lin Liu with a little envy, "In his heart, Miss Lin has always been the number one. If I occupy too much of his sister's time, there will be nothing good to eat when I go back."

Lin Liu was helpless: "What can he do to you?"

"Miss Lin probably doesn't know, what I hate the most is eating coriander." Speaking of this, Ji Song's expression became a little stiff, "In the past, every time Miss Lin talked to me, she ignored Uncle Song, and Uncle Song went back Afterwards, people will serve Xiaodie coriander, whether it is my rice, dishes or soup, they will all be sprinkled with some, and it’s okay if you don’t eat it.”

Lin Liu: "..." It seems a bit miserable indeed!

She coughed a few times, and quickly said: "Ji Song, don't worry, I will go back to Guiling's courtyard with you later, and then I will have a way to deal with this kid."

Ji Song smiled and nodded: "This is the best."

Lin Liu breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "I'm looking for you this time because I want to cooperate with you to do something big."

Ji Song was at a loss: "A big deal?"

Lin Liu nodded: "When I talked about other things with my father before, I found that my father's expression was wrong, and I was always a little uneasy, so I wanted to build a force to leave a way for myself, if I really came to the point of no return , can be regarded as a guarantee.”

If the Lin family were military generals with military power in their hands, she wouldn't be so worried.

But the Lin family's ancestors have been literati for generations, and those who have passed the imperial examination are also civil and upright officials. They do not form cliques for personal gain, do not fight for power and profit, and have no means of self-protection if something happens.

If the person in power now is a good person, she will not say anything.

But now this emperor, although he is dedicated to doing practical things for the people, has been suppressed by the Supreme Emperor. During the period of fighting for power and profit with the Supreme Emperor, many officials under his command were also pulled out by the Supreme Emperor, but he has been calm and calm. He had no intention of saving it, but wanted to take this opportunity to tear off a bigger piece of flesh from the Taishanghuang's hands.

Lin Liu believes that when the emperor finally holds power, it is possible to give these officials "fairness".

But if you want to wait until then, it will take several years, and people's heads have been chopped off.

The most important thing is that no one knows how many years the Supreme Emperor can live——

The Taishanghuang regards all civil and military officials as his own slaves. As long as he offends him, he will kill him as soon as he wants.Without an aboveboard reason, some shady means can be used, which is really hard to guard against.

Ji Song misunderstood: "You want to rebel?"

Lin Liu: "...Young man, you are quite courageous!"

Ji Song was stunned: "Isn't it?"

Lin Liu rolled his eyes at him, and said in a low voice: "I really think so, but now although the power struggle between the two powers has spread far and wide, they have been restrained and have not affected the people at the bottom. People live and work in peace and contentment, have food and drink, you Even if you want to rebel, do you see anyone following you?"

Ji Song coughed a few times, with a slightly disappointed expression on his face, but he was more relieved: "It's okay, okay, if you are planning to rebel, I'm afraid I won't dare to promise you before I find out the murderer."

In case the person who killed his whole family has nothing to do with the royal family, he only needs to find a way to present the evidence to the emperor, and he will be able to take revenge naturally. There is really no need to take an extremely difficult and dangerous road.

Lin Liu laughed: "I drag..."

After a pause, she changed her words, "Everyone is a good person who abides by the law and is not forced to a desperate situation. Who is willing to take the risk of being punished by the nine clans to rebel?"

Ji Song nodded: "Then what do you want me to do?"

"Only three things!" Lin Liu stretched out three fingers, "First thing, I provided my father with a Jenny loom that is eight times more efficient than the original loom, but in fact, I still have a loom that is more efficient. The loom is eighty times higher than the original loom. The two looms were designed by the same person, and they are absolutely safe and reliable.”

Eighty times?

Even Ji Song, who didn't know much about people's livelihood, couldn't help widening his eyes when he heard this exaggerated number: "If there is such a fast spinning machine, why don't you just give it to Uncle Lin?"

Lin Liu glanced at him: "Do you know how many people who make a living from weaving will lose their living space after this loom is taken out?"

Ji Song was puzzled: "Then why don't you take it out now?"

"Because I'm selfish!" Lin Liu admitted his shortcomings without hesitation, "Of course I'm willing to consider other people's safety when it's not about my own safety, but now, I have to prioritize the safety of myself and my family .”

Ji Song met Lin Liu's eyes, and was intimidated by the firmness and determination in her eyes.

Lin Liu didn't care, and continued to speak: "I will ask my father to find a confidant who understands carpenters, so that people can help me research and build this Jenny loom. And you, you need to help me contact more carpenters, strictly According to the same data and standards, help design and build every part of the textile machine. Each carpenter is only responsible for one part, and the most core part is taken over by the Lin family."

Dismantling the jenny spinning machine and streamlining and standardizing it will not only keep the core technology of the jenny spinning machine secret for a longer period of time, but also produce more jenny spinning machines during this period of time.

As long as they seize the opportunity, they will definitely be able to accumulate a large amount of property in a short period of time.

Ji Song had never heard of such a method, and he didn't know whether it was reliable or not, so he was a little dazed.

"I will go to my father and help me find out how many weavers live in textiles in Jiangnan and other places. At that time, you will need to sign a contract in the form of lease or installment payment, and ask these people to help us work with money."

Ji Song couldn't help but glanced at Lin Liu: "Are you protecting those weavers?"

Lin Liu shook his head: "It's just because these people are skilled at weaving the cloth we need faster and better."

It is also considered to do the best possible to save the losses of these people.

But more, she can only choose to ignore it.

Ji Song sighed: "What about the second thing?"

Lin Liu glanced at him and said with a smile: "Second thing, I hope you can find a way to contact the trustworthy people in the old department of Pingnanbo Mansion, so that they can work in Jianghuai, Jianghan, Southern Xinjiang, North China, Northwest Shandong, Henan Buy land in the north, along the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, along the coast and along the river, and wasteland is also acceptable, and then plant them all with cotton."

These are all modern and famous cotton producing areas.

Not to mention other things, at least it shows that the climate and soil temperature in these places are very suitable for the growth of cotton.

Hearing this, Ji Song already understood Lin Liu's plan: "You want to make money from cotton cloth?"

Lin Liu glanced at him, nodded and shook his head: "Not exactly."

Ji Song said: "Have you ever thought that even if I can contact my father's old department and let him do things for me, he can only do business as a commoner. If the business becomes bigger, he can only become a businessman." .Although the status of businessmen is not as low as before, they are still people who can be exploited by mermaids. Those corrupt officials are hungry. Which first choice is not to reach out to the businessman for money?"

"Listen to me first." Lin Liu interrupted helplessly, "Of course it's a problem, but I don't need the reputation of a rich man. People's attention is enough. As long as the money is in hand, everything else is nothing."

Ji Song still didn't understand: "Even if you can earn more money, what's the use of it? The ancestral property accumulated by the Lin family's ancestors must be an astonishing amount. If you need money, you can directly ask Uncle Lin. alright?"

"I need money, and it's a lot of money." Lin Liu sighed, "But it must not have anything to do with the Lin family. Because the third thing I need you to do is related to food."

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are the most basic conditions for ordinary people to survive.

But Lin Liu, holding a sharp knife, pointed at the most basic clothes and food.

Ji Song's heart skipped a beat, and he lowered his voice and growled, "Didn't you say you're not going to rebel?"

Lin Liu glanced at him: "Who said I was going to rebel? I just added some life-saving means to myself. If the Lin family is fine, these means will never surface. If the secrecy work is done well, it may even be life-saving. Impossible to be discovered."

Without any deterrence, how can you save yourself and your family's life under the pressure of the imperial power?

Ji Song licked his dry lips, his eyes were heavy: "What exactly do you want to do?"

"Buy at a high price, and sell at a low price." Lin Liu laughed, "No matter how much money we earn on cloth, we will use it all on food. When the grain merchants today are forced to die, we can use the money to buy Next, please ask the original boss to work for us."

As long as these bosses don't say anything, who knows that the boss behind the grain merchant has changed?If there is no substitution, naturally it will not attract attention.

If it is not eye-catching, how can the court notice it?

Ji Song's eyes widened: "How can you guarantee that those grain merchants are willing to work for you, the enemy who forced his family to die?"

Lin Liu squinted at him: "Who said you're going to drive me to the point where my family is ruined?"

"Without their families being destroyed, how could those grain merchants sell their livelihoods?"

Lin Liu smiled, and did not answer this question, but brought up another gossip that didn't seem to have anything to do with this matter: "I heard that Li Yu, the largest grain merchant in Jinling, has had his first wife infertile for many years, so Li Yu has been criticized by Li Yu for many years. When met with a cold reception, even the concubine in his house is about to ride on her head and run wild."

Ji Song had never heard of this Li Yu, so he didn't understand why Lin Liu brought it up suddenly.

Although Li Yu's spoiling his concubine and destroying his wife was very hateful, besides Li Yu's status as a grain merchant, what did it have to do with what they had discussed before?

Lin Liu's expression relaxed a lot: "If we push Li Yu to the end of the mountain, but secretly find this lady, not only can she get pregnant, but also let her take charge of the grain store under her husband's original name. Will you agree?"

Ji Song was startled: "You actually have such a plan?"

Lin Liu smiled lightly: "The grain merchant doesn't change people, but it doesn't mean that he must be himself. His wife was cornered by her husband and concubine, and finally figured out her situation, so she used some means to fight back, and finally succeeded in taking it over. As for the family property, it is reasonable to take over her husband’s original grain store and manage it myself.”

Ji Song: "..."

I don't know why, but when he heard her say this, he always felt chills in his heart.

Seeing that his expression was wrong, Lin Liu's expression was unclear: "Why, do you think I'm too vicious? Do you think I'm trying to stir up the relationship between husband and wife? Or, do you sympathize with this man?"

Ji Song instantly shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, I think this kind of man who spoils his concubine and destroys his wife should be treated like this by his wife! Absolutely no sympathy for him!"

Lin Liu burst out laughing: "I'm just talking, why do you seem to be frightened by me?"

Ji Song coughed a few times: "I'm definitely not scared by you, just a little surprised."

Perhaps it was because Lin Liu immediately helped him after his accident. Ji Song's perception of Lin Liu was quite unreal——

In Ji Song's eyes, Lin Liu is a gentle and kind little fairy with no flaws.

Of course now...

Cough!

Lin Liu glanced at him suspiciously, and had no intention of pursuing it: "These businessmen have money, but they don't have the scruples of being an official. Unless the main wife and natal family are strong enough to prevent him from thinking about other things, the back house is mostly in chaos.

The businessman is smooth, easy not to offend people, not to mention, he also makes good friends with many people, and it is easy to find a breakthrough in foreign affairs.

But those women who are locked in the back house, seem to have no ability and can only rely on men, who said that if they are given a chance, they will not be able to impress others? "

Ji Song smiled: "Miss Lin is right!"

Lin Liu glanced at him, speechless: "Not just wives, parents, children, concubines, etc., as long as there is a breakthrough, they can all be used. If it really doesn't work, it's okay to change someone. There are so many grain merchants in the country. A dozen or so will definitely not attract the attention of others."

There are losses and profits in doing business. Occasionally, one or two lose in business, so they can only sell their own property and leave. Isn't it normal?

Lin Liu touched his heart. Thinking of his family, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and hardened his heart completely.

Ji Song adjusted his mood and asked, "Are you sure, Uncle Lin will help you?"

Lin Liu's plan sounds flawless, but the biggest problem is that the cornerstone of the whole plan——

The Jenny loom, which is [-] times faster than today's weaving machine, must be shown to Lin Ruhai. The carpenter who masters the core part of this loom must also be found by Lin Ruhai, and so is the weaver. Need to ask Lin Ruhai to help investigate.

In other words, the whole plan cannot bypass Lin Ruhai at all.

Lin Liu looked at Ji Song with a relaxed expression: "At the beginning, I was really not sure what my father's attitude was, and I was very worried about it, worried that he thought I was messing around, that this would shake the country...but After you said that my father is not a foolish and loyal person, I am sure that my father will definitely agree with my plan."

After all, she was sure that the fear she saw from Lin Ruhai's eyes before was not an illusion.

There must be other reasons behind the hardships of generations of the Lin family.

Maybe Lin Ruhai didn't think of it before, but after the two talked, he must have gotten some useful information from his own words, so he had a guess about what happened to the Lin family.

He is holding back now, but it is because the royal family has not taken action against the Lin family again, and because the Lin family is inferior to the Rongguo Mansion, and has no power to protect themselves against the imperial power.

But if she gives a possibility, Lin Ruhai, who values ​​her family, will definitely not hesitate, and will definitely agree to her plan.