[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Lin Ruhai's official position as a doctor of Lantai Temple remained unchanged, but he also served as an imperial envoy from Guangdong and Guangxi.

Because of the sudden imperial decree, the Lin family left quite quickly. The officials and wealthy businessmen in Huaiyang didn't even have time to react. When the Lin family went to Loukong, they had no choice but to find the Lin family.

Faced with this situation, everyone's eyes were dimmed.

Until the arrival of the new Xunyan Yushi, these people still haven't found out how Lin Ruhai left Huaiyang——

Although the incident of Mrs. Lin's poisoning was kept under wraps before, there was no news about it at all. Lin Ruhai didn't have any thoughts of investigation or revenge, and just ran away with the whole family?

They even tried to inquire about this from the newly appointed Xunyan Yushi, but this person is not the emperor's confidant, nor has much connection with the overlord. He was selected by the two big bosses only because he is smooth and doesn't touch anything.

ask him?Of course I couldn't hear anything.

However, the Lin family had already arrived in Guangzhou by boat. The prefect of Guangzhou received the news that he would be here today in advance, and sent people to wait at the pier early.

As soon as the Lin family's big boat arrived at the pier, they saw many people standing below and surrounded them. After confirming their identities, these people immediately began to help the Lin family unload their luggage without touching the servants brought by the Lin family. The luggage was shipped back to the Lin family's residence in Guangzhou.

In the past, Guangzhou was considered a poor place.

But after the development of shipping, the convenience of this place immediately became hot.

Although the imperial court seems to want to reduce ports and reduce shipping, before everything is implemented, the wealth of Guangzhou and other places should not be underestimated——

Even imported products such as chime bells, which are rare in Beijing, Jiangnan and other places, can be seen everywhere in shops in Guangzhou, and they don't seem to be expensive and hard to come by.

Sitting in the carriage, the Lin family moved forward all the way. Seeing the customs and habits here are different from those in the capital and the south of the Yangtze River, it was eye-opening. Even the quiet sister Lin Liu Daiyu couldn't help but to see the scenery of Guangzhou. His eyes widened.

Daiyu is five years old this year, and her temperament is getting quieter and quieter.

Every time Jia Min and Lin Ruhai saw her as if she lived in a study, except for studying and playing with her younger brother Maoshou, she basically never went out, so they felt a little worried.

It's better for the child to be lively, so that he can be healthy.

Daiyu is also sensible, every time she sees her parents frowning, she will get up sensible and go to play with her brothers, but after a while, she will go back to the study to study, as if going out to play is a task for her, Once the task is done, you can do what you like.

Seeing that Maoshou's body is getting better day by day, he has safely passed the hurdle of three years old, and his figure has become more and more round, becoming fatter, but the youngest daughter has become thin and slender from the beginning... …

Jia Min and his wife couldn't help devoting more energy to their youngest daughter, and they didn't forget to tell Lin Liu and the older ones that whenever they saw Daiyu sitting for a long time, they would take her out to play for a while.

Daiyu had no choice but to accept her parents' kindness.

After a long time, although Daiyu is still weak and slender, she doesn't even have a little cold, and her body is quite healthy.

It is also because of her good health that Jia Min was able to allow her to open the curtain to see the scenery on the streets of Guangzhou this time in the carriage——

If you are not in good health, you will inevitably get cold after blowing like this.

The Lin family, Sheng Man, and Zhen Shiyin's family shared a total of four carriages, and besides that, a large group of servants followed behind.

This huge team passed by on the street and easily attracted the attention of the locals.

Many people inquired and found out that this was an imperial envoy just sent by the imperial court.

"Imperial envoy? Although our magistrate is not a good official, we haven't done anything like search for people's admiration, and there haven't been any major events in the local area. Why did the imperial court suddenly send an imperial envoy?"

"How can we ordinary people know about this important matter of the court?"

"You don't know that. Didn't those people from the Thirteenth Bank say that the imperial court should strictly control shipping? Maybe this imperial envoy came here for this matter?"

"Controlling shipping? Impossible. Shipping makes so much money, and the imperial court has made a lot of money. If an imperial envoy is specially sent here just for this, isn't it crossing the river and tearing down the bridge?"

"Are you crazy? How dare you say such nonsense!"

"You have a buddy in the city. My whole family is counting on me to work as a coolie at the pier to earn a living. If the sea transportation fails, our family will drink the northwest wind?"

Seeing that the words were getting more and more biased, and even started to design court politics, the person who started talking hurriedly found an excuse to leave, and when the others saw him leave, they also dispersed one after another, so the words did not continue.

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Lin Ruhai didn't know about his arrival, which caused panic among the local people. Now he is busy cleaning up the house so that he can have a place to sleep today.

The prefect of Guangzhou had someone clean it in advance, but because he didn't know how many people there were in the Lin family, and they didn't know their living habits. Apart from being clean, the yard had no other advantages. Many rooms were even empty without any decorations.

Lin Ruhai and his wife are used to a refined life, so they naturally had to make some arrangements before they could sleep.

It wasn't until the evening that several main yards were finally tidied up, reaching the standard for occupancy in Jia Min's eyes.

A night without dreams.

Guangzhou is still some distance away from the seaside. After Lin Ruhai resettled his family, he went to a small city near the sea under the guidance of the prefect of Guangzhou.

According to Lin Ruhai's request, this place has a lot of tidal flats, a wide view and strong sea breeze, so it is the most suitable place for drying salt.

In addition to this small town, the magistrate also found a dozen or so places near Guangzhou that are close to the sea and have a lot of tidal land, all of which are very suitable for opening salt fields.It's just that these places are not as remote as those near small towns. Before the results are produced, it is not easy to expose the Yantian method to everyone's sight.

Simply this small town is enough.

After Lin Ruhai inspected this large tidal flat, he immediately wrote to Jia Min, saying that he would live in the small town for at least a month, and asked her to pack up her luggage, and then asked Lin Da to bring a few servants to carry the luggage with her. When he came over, he stayed in the small town and didn't go back.

After Jia Min received the letter, she was both reluctant and distressed. When she packed her luggage, she packed a lot of good things, lest Lin Ruhai would suffer in the small town alone.

She even wanted to go there in person, but thinking about the children in the family, she finally gave up on this plan——

Fortunately, a month is not too long, even if it is hard, it will not be too much.

The magistrate also knew about Lin Ruhai's family background, and knew that he had never experienced hardship before. He thought that he would complain endlessly when he came to the small town, but he didn't expect to accept the reality so quickly, and he was so dedicated to his work.

He was filled with admiration in his heart, so he simply stayed here with Lin Ruhai, and waited until Lin Da arrived with his people and luggage, then he brought the yamen servants back to Guangzhou——

The Yantian law is a secret, even if the magistrate is the emperor's confidant, he can't take the risk to stay here, otherwise the secret will spread, and he will be the first person to be suspected.

Lin Ruhai stayed in the small town alone, but it didn't have much impact on the lives of Jia Min and others.

Jia Min still has to go out to socialize with the local ladies, and Gui Ling and the others also have to study and study, and there is not much free time every day——

Guiling is now 11 years old. According to Lin Ruhai, he can already try his own learning achievements over the years.

It just so happens that this year I will be able to participate in the hospital examination, and Gui Ling originally planned to end this year——

Although Guiling didn't study in the Imperial College anymore, he was still registered in the Imperial College, and he was a qualified student for the Lin family. Like Jia Zhu, he didn't need to take the county exam from the beginning, he only needed to take the college exam.

If you have tried it, you are a scholar.

It's a pity that too many things happened this year, the Lin family is all about avoiding disasters, how can they remember that Guiling will take the hospital examination this year?Even if they remembered, no one dared to mention it when they were in Huaiyang.

At the beginning of the imperial examination, it was too easy for accidents. As Lin's eldest son, Guiling could not tolerate any negligence.

So this year's hospital exam, which was originally scheduled, can only be missed.

If you miss this year, you can't miss it again three years later.

Moreover, when Guiling and Lin Liu talked about the imperial examination, he bluntly said that Lin Ruhai knew the Yantian Law very well, and he only needed to experiment, and he might not be able to stay in Guangdong and Guangxi for a few years.So he decided not only to take the college examination in three years' time, but also planned to pass the examination as a scholar and continue to take the entrance examination.

With Lin Ruhai's current official position and the credit for the promotion of the Yantian Law, after returning to Beijing from Guangdong and Guangxi, Lin Ruhai is likely to enter the cabinet. Unless there are special circumstances, there is no chance for Lin Ruhai to be released.

Therefore, during this period of time, Guiling worked much harder than before, and worried that if he failed the exam, he would have to go back to Gusu by boat to take the provincial exam six years later.

Lin Liu laughed at him after hearing this: "You think too far, why did you forget that there are three younger brothers? Three years later, the twins will be the same age as you this year, so they will also go back to Gusu for the exam? Obviously, at this age Those who can’t pass the exam have not accumulated enough, so naturally they can only wait six years later.”

"Even if you fail the exam in three years, you can still go back to Gusu to take the exam with the two of you."

But after hearing this, Guiling's originally indifferent expression immediately became serious: "Sister, you mean, six years later, the Year of the Crane and the Year of the Deer will have to take the Juren exam?"

Lin Liu blinked: "With your current knowledge, it's easy to be a scholar. The year of the crane and the year of the deer are at the same level as you in the past, so naturally you can easily come back as a scholar in three years. After six years, don't you Should I take the exam?"

Lin Liu could see that the year of the crane and the year of the deer were not interested in being an official——

He Nian has a free and unrestrained temperament, and quite likes to be in the limelight. When reading, he likes to pick up some miscellaneous books and historical books to read, but he doesn't read much serious Four Books and Five Classics;

Lu Sui has a strange temperament, I don't know if it is born or influenced by someone, but he likes yellow and white things, and the chances of doing business in the future are higher than being an official.

But how should I put it, since I was born in the Lin family, even if I don't plan to take the imperial examination to become an official in the future, I will at least have to get some merits.Don't expect to be a Tanhualang like Lin Ruhai, at least you have to be a Jinshi?

Worst of all, a Juren is always needed, right?

So even though the twins clearly showed flaws that were not suitable for being officials, Lin Ruhai did not give up letting them take the imperial examination.

And reading...

The Lin family's genes are too strong, and this family is too good at reading.

After hearing Lin Liu's analysis, Guiling turned pale with shock: "Then I must pass the exam in three years, or I will take the exam with my two younger brothers in six years, and then I will win the exam together... If the results are better than Henian It's fine that Lu Sui is better, if the ranking is worse than them, I, as an older brother, don't want to lose face?"

Lin Liu was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "We are all a family, do you still mind this?"

Gui Ling's expression was serious: "Of course I mind. I'm their elder brother, and I'm three years older than them. If I can't compare with them in the exam, how can I show my elder brother's profile in front of them in the future?"

Lin Liu shook his head helplessly: "Then you should also pay attention to combining work and rest, so that your learning efficiency will be high. Otherwise, you will be dizzy and dizzy after studying all day, not to mention hurting your eyes, and your absorption of knowledge will not be good. "

Guiling smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, sister, I won't mess around."

Since he said so, he will definitely not be obedient.

Lin Liu then nodded reassuringly: "Study for [-] quarters of an hour every day and take a [-]-hour break, and study for [-] days and then take a day off. During the break, I will take you to the cloth shop I opened in Guangzhou."

Guiling was stunned for a moment: "The cloth shop in Guangzhou? When did you open a shop in Guangzhou, sister? Why didn't I know?"

Lin Liu smiled: "Not only is there a cloth shop in Guangzhou, but there is also a cloth shop in Beijing that I opened. This is a collaboration between me and your big brother Song. I made an idea and he contributed, and my father is behind us to help us out. This cloth shop opened in Guangzhou."

Guiling suddenly became angry: "My sister agreed, you must take me to the cloth village in six days, I want to see what my sister's cloth village looks like."

Lin Liu smiled and shook her head: "What can it look like? My cloth shop is just like other people's cloth shops, but the fabrics in the cloth shop are cheaper."

Almost all the money earned from selling cheap fabrics over the years has been invested in shops.And opening cloth shops all over the country is precisely for the purpose of dumping all the cheap cloth that has been saved over the years.

Now the fabrics sold by the cloth shop are only about one-fifth cheaper than ordinary fabrics. When all the fabrics in Lin Liu's hands are taken out, the price will be directly set at one-half of the original price. At that time...

The corners of Lin Liu's mouth turned up, even though this matter had been in her expectation, she couldn't help but be happy when she learned that things were about to get on the right track and entered the most critical part.

Guiling didn't know what Lin Liu was happy about, but he couldn't help laughing along with her.

The sun is slightly drunk, and the scene of the two siblings sitting face to face and laughing is so warm that even unrelated people can't help but raise the corners of their mouths when they see this scene.

This is what Jia Min saw when he came over.

She smiled and walked to the two and sat down: "What are you two talking about, why do you look so happy?"

Guiling turned to look at Lin Liu: "I don't know either, but I just felt that my sister seemed very happy just now, so I couldn't help but laugh along with her."

Jia Min turned to look at Lin Liu, and sure enough, she was smiling.

At this time, Lin Liu has reached the year of the golden hairpin, logically, she can start to meet a suitable family, if she meets a good young man, she can even make an appointment directly, and wait until Jiji to marry.

It's just that neither Lin Liu himself nor Lin Ruhai seem to have any intention of letting her marry early. Whenever Lin Liu's marriage is mentioned, Lin Ruhai always says that her daughter is still young, and with the backing of the Lin family, there is no need to worry about getting married. It's better to keep her daughter at home for a few more years and let her live a more relaxed life for a few more years.

Jia Min didn't want her daughter to get married at all, seeing her husband and daughter saying the same thing, she simply gave up her plan to visit her husband's family.

But even if she gave up, now seeing her daughter smiling like a flower, she couldn't help but feel the joy and sigh of "I have a young girl in my family".

Thinking of this, Jia Min couldn't help laughing.

Lin Liu didn't know what Jia Min was thinking: "I just thought about business matters. Just recently, both Mr. Sheng and Mr. Zhen said that they have taught me almost everything, and the rest can only be understood by myself. I thought that since this is the case, it would be better to start a small business by myself.”

Jia Min knew a little more than Guiling, and upon hearing this, she understood that her daughter was talking about Buzhuang.

She was a little worried: "You heard from your father that your cloth shop seems to have reached the most critical time. This time should be very dangerous. You should be careful."

According to Jia Min's thinking, if doing business is risky, just don't do it, and it's no big deal to stay at home and live your own life.It's just that her daughter is willing to do business, and Lin Ruhai agrees with it quite a bit. She feels that her daughter won't listen to what she said, so she can only remind her to be careful.

Lin Liu smiled: "Don't worry, mother, I will remember the details that my father reminded me to pay attention to. If you don't believe me, don't you believe in father? Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Jia Min covered her lips and laughed: "How can I not believe you? Even if your father did it himself, I will make him be careful. No matter how sure you are, once you are negligent, there will always be unexpected mistakes and omissions." , be careful to make the ten-thousand-year ship."

Lin Liu nodded again and again: "Mother, I can save it."

The three talked for a while, and soon, Jia Min got up and left to see Daiyu and other children, and Guiling also went back to the study to study.

Lin Liu, on the other hand, took Bichun and other four servant girls, and left the house directly to go to the cloth village opened by Ji Song's men in Guangzhou.

It was already afternoon when she arrived, but the cloth village was still full of people.

Lin Liu took out the token, and the shopkeeper recognized it at a glance, and immediately took her to the second floor——

Although most of the fabrics of the cloth shop are simple and ordinary, with no patterns and colors, there are also many expensive fabrics that take more time and effort to weave.

However, the quantity is very small, and the price is not much lower than that of other cloth houses, so it is not particularly popular.

But Lin Liu didn't care, after all, these fabrics were only used as a cover, and what she wanted to do was never the business of these expensive fabrics.

The simpler the color and pattern, the easier the weaving, and the easier it is to make money.

The fabrics on the first floor are Lin Liu's real business.

There was a small cubicle on the second floor, and the shopkeeper walked past several shop waiters and led Lin Liu directly into the cubicle.

As soon as the door was closed, Lin Liu asked, "How many shops have you cooperated with in Guangzhou? Have you reached the minimum standard?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Don't worry, the boss. The cloth shop owner in Guangzhou has sent people to inquire about the purchase channels after seeing the fabrics sold in our shop. It's just that some details have not been negotiated, so they didn't immediately finalize the cooperation. But don't worry, I will be able to reach a cooperation with the clothing store in Guangzhou within half a month at most."

"What about the terms of cooperation?"

"As before, we sell fabrics for one-tenth of what they sell now, and they sell them for double the price. That's one-fifth of what they sell now."

Lin Liu nodded, very satisfied with the result: "Do you know the situation of the nearby prefectures?"

The shopkeeper replied respectfully: "It's not much different from the progress of my side. It won't be long before the contract can be signed, and I'm waiting for Jiangnan's delivery."

After finishing speaking, she looked up at Lin Liu, "I wonder when the boss plans to start shipping in large quantities?"

Lin Liu thought about the account books sent by Jiangnan, calculated carefully, and said: "The goods in Jiangnan are sufficient, and they can already be shipped. It's just that the transportation between Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangnan is convenient, so it is easy to transport the goods. Others The place is far away, so it’s not easy to deliver.”

"After all, we just took advantage of the textile machine, so we need to be cautious. If we want to get the most profit in the shortest time, we can only unify the time of selling fabrics across the country, otherwise it is inevitable that someone will seize the opportunity to buy goods from one place to another Sell ​​it to earn the difference. And once someone cracks the secret of the textile machine, our exclusive business will naturally be impossible."

Lin Liu has always been sober, and doesn't mind laying the groundwork for a while before coming to meet the final outbreak: "The most important thing now is that you must reach as many cooperations with local cloth shops as possible, so that the cloth accumulated in Jiangnan will be sent over. , in order to have enough cloth houses to eat our goods."

The fabric business is no more important than food, and it doesn't have much effect to have full control in her hands, so she doesn't plan to eat alone.

Just when the store was just opened, someone asked her about the purchase channel. After discussing with the person, Ji Song's confidant signed a contract with the person and determined the method of cooperation between the two parties——

Linliu is in charge of production and wholesale, while those big and small cloth shops are in charge of sales.

Because the effect was good, after Lin Liu and Ji Song discussed, they decided that all future fabric business would be done according to this qualified model, which would not only not affect the survival of these large and small shops, but also hide themselves to the greatest extent.

The only ones that may be affected are those cloth workshops that produce cloth.

But Lin Liu can't just give up making money in order not to affect those people, can he?The means she adopted had the least impact on this country, and if it was done in other ways, the impact might be even greater.

The shopkeeper of the cloth shop quickly nodded: "Don't worry, except for those cloth shops in Guangzhou that have their own textile workshops, other cloth shops that need to purchase goods from other places have basically reached cooperation with us. We are also fighting for the remaining one or two. When the cloth from Jiangnan is delivered, there is absolutely no possibility of being unable to eat it."

Lin Liu nodded: "In this case, I will discuss it with another boss when I go back. If there is no accident, it should be sold nationwide one month before the Chinese New Year."

One month before the Chinese New Year, ordinary people will basically start to buy new year's goods. At this time, the introduction of high-quality and cheap fabrics will definitely attract many people to buy them. Even if they are only sold for this year, they can make a considerable profit.

When the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes widened in surprise: "Are you serious?"

Lin Liu nodded: "Of course it is true."

"It's almost the end of October now. According to you, isn't it one month before we can start selling fabrics at low prices?" The shopkeeper thought he would have to wait at least half a year, but who would have thought that he would only have to wait for one month.

Lin Liu laughed: "We have prepared for a long time. After the goods are ready, the first ones are Wang's places where the distance is more distant. For example, places with convenient transportation such as Guangdong, Guangxi, etc., are usually placed last. One month The time is enough to send the fabric over."

The shopkeeper hurriedly strived for more benefits for himself: "You only need to transport the goods to Guangdong and Guangxi, and there will never be any shortage of food here. You don't know, there were foreigners who saw that our shop was doing well before, and came to inquire about the situation. The fabrics are good and cheap, and he also said that he must order large quantities of fabrics from us next time he comes over. Those foreigners order tens of thousands of orders, just rest assured that there will never be a backlog.”