[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, and then she was overjoyed: "You mean overseas people are also interested in our fabrics? How many people have come to inquire about the news? Did you say when they will come?"

The shopkeeper didn't expect Lin Liu to be so happy when he heard the news, and he was at a loss for a moment.But he still told Lin Liu the specific situation seriously: "Since the boss opened a cloth store in Guangzhou, the fabrics in the store are much cheaper than others, so every day the customers are full, and many people don't even have time to buy." Way to squeeze into the cloth shop."

"Like today, there are already fewer customers. If there is a market, the people in the villages and towns near Guangzhou City will come to Guangzhou City. At that time, there will be more customers. Get out of this street."

"Such a situation will naturally attract the attention of people who are not familiar with the situation. The locals are calm when they see this situation a lot. They just take it for fun and go about their own business after watching it."

"Those outsiders and foreigners who don't know the situation are dumbfounded, but after asking, those outsiders may have such a cloth shop in their hometown, so they don't take it to heart. On the contrary, after those foreigners know the price of the fabric, they always pay attention to it. They came to the store to ask me about various fabrics. Questions such as price and fabric pattern are often asked.”

"The person who told me to order a large amount of fabric next time, I heard that he is a duke or something, I don't understand, just look at the attitude of the people around him, he should be a very high status in foreign countries. .”

"He originally wanted to buy some fabrics and leave this time, but we don't have many goods here, and the boat he brought this time was also full of goods, so he had to give up regretfully in the end. But I watched, he got off If I really come back next time, I should buy cloth and sell it as I said before."

"However, I saw that when he saw the fabric, he seemed to be a little regretful, and he always muttered something like, 'Why is it cotton, not silk'." The shopkeeper looked at Lin Liu tentatively, "I think, if you want to let that foreigner Buying more fabric, perhaps it would be more appropriate to produce some silk?"

Lin Liu was a little moved, but thinking of the price and productivity of silk, she could only shake her head helplessly: "I want to produce silk, and the loom in hand can be spun with a little modification."

Otherwise, how could the eight-times-efficiency version of the Jenny loom she had given to Lin Ruhai before make Jiang Ning weaving so happy?

"But cotton can be planted to increase production, but silk is naturally rare. Even if all the silk in the country is purchased, it may not be as good as one-thousandth of cotton cloth." Lin Liu shook his head helplessly, "What's more The biggest customers of silk are those rich and powerful businessmen, if we really buy all the silk in the country, weave it into cloth and sell it to foreigners, we will not be able to eat it and walk around."

In short, the production of silk is not cost-effective, and there are great risks.

When Lin Liu thought of the profits of silk, he was only greedy, and he did not dare or want to touch it.There is no need to put yourself in danger for the production of silk.

The shopkeeper also listened to the words, and nodded suddenly when he heard the words: "I took it for granted."

After finishing speaking, he smiled, "I just think that the price of silk is higher, and selling it to foreigners can raise the price. Maybe it can make more money. I didn't expect the problem of limited silk production."

Lin Liu nodded: "If the foreigner really comes back, he will indeed buy enough fabrics. When the time comes, you can tell me that I can have someone produce a small amount of silk and send it to him, but the price of silk is expensive, so I'm afraid I won't be able to send much .”

The shopkeeper was very pleasantly surprised: "Boss, you don't know how much those foreigners like our silk. Even if there are only two or three bolts of silk, they will be very happy if they give it away for free. As long as foreigners come, the silk in Guangzhou City will be wrapped up by them every time." Son, sometimes you can’t even buy what you want.”

Lin Liu felt relieved: "Since that's the case, next time I will distribute the goods, I will send some more goods to Guangdong and Guangxi. If they are sold out ahead of time, remember to tell me, and I will ask people to batch the goods for you. Don't worry, Our weaving workshop has a large output, so there will be no shortage of your goods."

The shopkeeper nodded again and again: "This is really great..."

After talking about the business, Lin Liu and the shopkeeper left the small cubicle, and their eyes fell on the slightly expensive but quite exquisite fabrics on the second floor. After blinking, they went forward and picked out a few brightly colored and soft to the touch fabrics. Turning around, I picked out a few pieces of fabrics with more intense colors, but still lively.

As soon as she finished picking, a few servant girls behind her stepped forward and hugged the cloth.

Lin Liu turned to look at the big maids: "Bichun, go to the counter and pay the bill, it's not all at the normal price, don't let it be scanned."

Bichun nodded, took the purse and went down to pay the bill.

Lin Liu walked behind with a few maids at a leisurely pace, chatting with the shopkeeper every now and then.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Sir, why do you still pay for the goods in your own shop?"

Lin Liu smiled: "It's easy to keep accounts this way, so that there will be no omissions in time."

After listening to the shopkeeper, he secretly kept Lin Liu's meaning in his heart. Later, when he met someone who was on credit or wanted to take it for nothing because of his status, he stubbornly chose to refuse——

Our own boss has to pay for the goods in his own shop, why don't you pay?

Not long after, a group of people came to the gate.

Bi Chun, who had already paid the bill, naturally joined the maids, and took a piece of cloth from Jin Qiu beside her and hugged it in her arms.

Lin Liu bid farewell to the shopkeeper, and soon got into the carriage and returned home.

Xu Shi found another sales channel. Lin Liu was in a very good mood all day long, even smiling when reading a book.

At the beginning, she couldn't understand why foreign countries hadn't invented the jenny loom yet.

But after thinking about it, the invention of the Jenny loom was a coincidence——

The inventor of the Jenny textile machine would think of inventing this machine, or because he accidentally kicked down his wife's textile machine, and then saw the spinning cone on the textile machine, had a whim, had the idea to change the direction, and then did it after many experiments. An eight times more efficient version of the Jenny loom.

Now it was originally in the world of Red Mansions, and with her as a traveler, maybe without her knowing, the butterfly wings of hers were blown by the wind, and it affected the other side of the ocean?

But it is more likely that the time has not come yet for that person to invent the jenny loom.

After all, the time of the World of Red Mansions is unknown, and no one knows what time period it is in today's foreign countries.

Jia Min came here at this time.

When she saw Lin Liu, she could tell at a glance that she was in a good mood, so she couldn't help laughing and said, "You went to inspect the shop today, but did you encounter something good?"

Seeing that it was Jia Min, Lin Liu told her about the fact that foreigners took a fancy to her fabrics.

At the same time, he added: "Originally dumping all the fabrics that have been accumulated for several years to all parts of the country has some risks, but now that we have overseas channels, we are much safer. As long as we control the speed of shipments, wait for those fabrics to be sold." Zhuang realized that he would find someone to go to Jiangning to weave and produce a Jenny loom for research, so we wouldn’t be conspicuous if we mixed in.”

Jia Min was already worried about Lin Liu, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this: "That's good. Be careful in everything. If it's safer to sell to foreigners, it's okay to sell them all."

Lin Liu smiled and shook her head: "Mother, you think too well. The number of foreigners who come here is limited each time, and the boats they bring are also limited. If you really sell all the fabrics to them, they won't be able to eat them. Don't worry, mother, I'll keep it under control and nothing will happen."

The cloth business is not that dangerous, and now she has found a way to reduce the risk. If she can still get the court to notice, then she doesn't have to do the grain business, and it won't work at all.

Jia Min nodded: "It's good that you know it yourself."

Lin Liu smiled, not wanting to worry her, so she changed the topic: "I let Jin Qiu and the others bring back the cloth mother to see? It's all made by my cloth factory. I think the color is pretty, and The patterns are exquisite, so I bought a few and thought about making a suit of clothes for each of you, so that you will feel refreshed when you wear them.”

Jia Min laughed: "I came here just for this. Let me see that the cloth you bought is of high-quality materials, and the colors and patterns are all top-quality. I have asked people to make it for you according to the local fashionable style. The clothes are gone."

Lin Liu looked at Jia Min suspiciously: "Since mother has already made arrangements, why did she come to see me?"

Jia Min shook his head: "After I did the calculations, I found that there were three bolts of fabric left. I thought that the two masters taught you a few little ones to be considered a meritorious service, so I should make clothes for them as well. It's just that the fabric is yours after all. I bought it back, so I came here to ask your opinion."

"What's the matter?" Lin Liu was helpless, "When I bought it before, I included the clothes and fabrics of Mr. Sheng and Mr. Zhen's family, but I forgot to mention it to my mother."

Jia Min smiled and patted her hand: "You, you can forget such a big thing. If I didn't think about it and just used the extra fabric for other places, wouldn't it be a waste of your time?" ?”

Lin Liu became more and more helpless: "Mom, you are too careful. Even if you use the cloth for other purposes, the cloth shop is not far from our house. Just ask someone to buy it back."

Jia Min disagreed: "After all, you picked it yourself, the meaning is different."

The two talked for a while. Jia Min seemed to be interested in the local clothes styles. He wanted to have a look and learn how to cut and mend them. He left Lin Liu's study soon.

But because of Jia Min's words, Lin Liu suddenly thought of his younger brothers and sisters, so he put down his books and took Jin Qiu and others to the courtyard where Mr. Zhen taught——

Now both Daiyu and Yinglian are studying with Zhen Shiyin, so the class is divided into two classes. Mr. Sheng teaches in the morning, and Mr. Zhen gives advice on issues related to the age of the twins and the imperial examination for twins in the morning. In the afternoon, he gives lectures to Daiyu and Maoshou. .

Now that it was afternoon, Lin Liu naturally went to the courtyard where Zhen Shiyin was teaching.

When she arrived, Zhen Shiyin was taking several children to learn the Four Books and Five Classics. Because the age of entry is different and the progress of their studies is also different, so the chapters they study are completely different.

For example, Yinglian has almost learned the Four Books and Five Classics, and is now studying further; Daiyu is a fast learner, and her learning progress is almost the same as that of Yinglian; They are all lively and active, but now they only learned Zhouyi and Chunqiu.

Lin Liu listened outside the house for a while, then couldn't help shaking her head with a smile.

Seeing a few children shaking their heads while reciting, it seemed that it would be a long time before they could leave school. After saluting to Zhen Shiyin, he left the courtyard with his maid.

Then, she went to Guiling's yard again.

The three brothers are all planning to take the imperial examination three years later. As the eldest brother, Gui Ling naturally has to take the two younger brothers to study. If He Nian and Lu Sui encounter any problems, he can also answer them for them.

When Lin Liu arrived, the three brothers were studying hard.

Guiling was more sensitive, and recognized Lin Liu's footsteps almost immediately, and looked up at her: "Sister, why are you free today?"

Lin Liu smiled: "I planned to leave after seeing you, but who would have thought that you would raise your head immediately? How long have you three been studying, and have you ever rested?"

Before Gui Ling could speak, He Nian replied with a grin: "Brother asked us to study for a quarter of an hour and take a break for a quarter of an hour. I thought it was troublesome before. I thought it would be better to learn all at once, and then have a good time. It was good after playing for a while. But after studying according to the requirements of the big brother, I feel that the efficiency is better."

Lin Liu stepped forward and rubbed He Nian's head with his hand: "This is called combining work and rest, so it's naturally more efficient."

But for these three children who learn like playing, the effect of this method is definitely not so obvious, this kid must be teasing her.

Lin Liu glanced at Gui Ling and Lu Sui, and simply sat beside them: "You continue to study, and I will sit next to you and read, so as not to make another trip."

Gui Ling nodded in surprise: "Sister, what book do you want to read, I'll get it for you."

Lin Liu shook her head: "I still arranged your study room, so I don't know where the books are placed? You read it yourself, I take what I want to read."

After speaking, he got up and walked to the bookshelf, and began to seriously look for the book he wanted to read.

Guiling and the twins looked at each other, obediently immersed themselves in their studies.

Life in Guangzhou seemed to be so leisurely all the time, Lin Liu didn't notice the passage of time, so Jia Min asked someone to bring a new set of clothes to Lin Liu's room.

"The fabric you bought back before has already been made into clothes. This set is for you. It's made of lake green. See if you like it." Jia Min asked someone to stretch out a set of dresses, completely It was completely displayed in front of Lin Liu, "Your skin is fair, and you look good in green, do you want to try it?"

Lin Liu didn't expect the clothes to be ready so quickly: "How long has it been since I brought the fabric home, and the embroiderer at home is making the clothes too fast."

As he spoke, he walked forward, held the hem of the clothes in his hands and observed carefully, "The embroidery on this is also quite exquisite, it can be seen that the time is so tight, and the embroiderer did not cut corners. Mother, you should reward the embroiderer at home."

Jia Min shook her head and laughed: "It's still a reward, I almost missed the time, it's already pretty good if I don't punish them."

Lin Liu was stunned: "Time? Is tomorrow a special day?"

Jia Min looked at her helplessly: "Your father will come home tomorrow, have you forgotten?"

Lin Liu came to a sudden: "The life is too leisurely, I have forgotten such an important day, I really should call it." He patted his face, "Father, are you sure you will be home tomorrow?"

If there is nothing else, Lin Ruhai will only come back once a month, and most of them come back at the end or beginning of the month.

Counting the days, it happens to be the end of the winter month, and it is indeed time for Lin Ruhai to come back.

Thinking of this, Lin Liu paused——

After meeting the owner of the cloth shop before, she got in touch with Ji Song's confidants who stayed in the south of the Yangtze River, and agreed to start selling goods in the twelfth lunar month.

Lin Ruhai's return means that the day when the backlog of cheap fabrics will be officially sold is approaching?

Lin Liu suddenly felt a sense of urgency, smiled at Jia Min, reached out to take the clothes, and went behind the screen to change.

When she came out in new clothes, Jia Min's eyes widened in surprise: "I thought this color matched your complexion, and I was right. When you put on this suit, your complexion looks whiter and more beautiful than before. It looks good. Remember to put it on tomorrow morning, and when your father comes back, he will be happy to see his daughter so beautiful."

Lin Liu replied: "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely not wear other clothes tomorrow."

Jia Min shot her a look: "You are a cunning person. I have to send new clothes to your younger brothers and sisters, so I won't tell you more."

After speaking, he took the maid and left Lin Liu's room.

Lin Liu smiled, her eyes fell on the strange maidservants behind Jia Min, and she sighed slightly——

Because of Xinghu, Jia Min also had a grudge against Xinghua's maids.

It just so happened that they were all of age, so after consulting their opinions, those who wanted to leave the Lin family gave them a deed of sale to let them go, and those who did not want to leave the Lin family gave them a dowry according to their own wishes Give it to the steward or servant in the house.

Now the maids around Jia Min are all selected from the family's children.

Thinking of Xinghua, Lin Liu still felt a little pity. She was a person who was able to do things properly and could not make mistakes in her words and actions. Who knew that Xinghu was implicated, and now she has left Jia Min and married the manager arranged for her by her parents.

This time when she came to Guangzhou, Xinghua did not follow her, but went to her hometown in Gusu.

If there is a chance in the future, she may be able to transfer Xinghua to her side to do things for herself, otherwise it would be a pity to let such a talent stay in the old house and waste it.

At noon the next day, Lin Ruhai really returned to Guangzhou.

It's just that he may be traveling too fast, and his body is covered with travel and dust, and he looks a little sloppy.

After Lin Ruhai saw his family, he went back to the yard to wash up, dressed up before returning to the main courtyard to have dinner with his family.

The children hadn't seen Lin Ruhai for more than a month, and they all missed him as a father. They chattered and pestered him non-stop during the meal, and they were reluctant to leave after the meal. They kept chatting and laughing around Lin Ruhai.

For a while, the main courtyard was filled with laughter and laughter, and people couldn't help but smile knowingly.

It's a pity that the happy time is always short-lived, the children's studies cannot be missed, and Lin Ruhai also has serious business to discuss with Lin Liu——

If it wasn't so, the town just happened to have a result, and someone needs to be watching. He might not return to Guangzhou at all this month.

When they arrived at the study, Lin Ruhai asked directly: "I read that you wrote a letter earlier saying that those fabrics are going to be sold in the twelfth lunar month?"

Lin Liu nodded: "That's true. There are almost all stores in the country. In order to earn more money, we naturally need to pick a good day. Just as the twelfth lunar month begins, ordinary people are ready to buy new year's goods. My daughter thinks that this month will It’s the best time. After all, ordinary people’s lives are hard, so they only count on new clothes during the Chinese New Year.”

Lin Liu knew very well that the main customers of the cheap fabrics in her cloth shop were never the dignitaries, but ordinary people who seldom wear new clothes on weekdays.

Because the price is cheap, ordinary people are willing to buy it. Although the price is low, she will earn enough money when the quantity increases.

After thinking about it, Lin Ruhai had to admit that the month before the Chinese New Year was indeed an excellent sales day for their fabrics.

"Have you informed the cloth shops in other places that they will start selling cloth today?" Lin Ruhai was a little worried, "Are you sure that those cloth shops will really sell according to the price you set?"

Lin Liu smiled: "Father, if you care about it, it will be chaotic. I don't have only one shop in one place, so don't I also cooperate with other cloth shops? If there is only one cloth shop in a place, no matter how they set the price, I can't control it arrive."

"However, if more than one fabric shop in a place is selling the same fabric, if someone has a higher price, the common people will naturally not buy from him. When the account book is handed over to me, can't it be seen whether someone has violated my intention? ?”

Lin Ruhai laughed: "It seems that you already have a complete charter in your heart."

Lin Liu nodded, and told Lin Ruhai about the foreigners: "Before, I always thought about selling the cloth to the common people, but never thought about anything else. Those foreigners showed me the way. It's just the foreigners who came here. The time is uncertain, so I would like to cooperate with local sea merchants to send my fabrics overseas for sale.”

During this period of time, she has been thinking about this matter, but she has no contacts, and she is also a little girl who can't go out at will, so she can't find someone to cooperate with.

Now that Lin Ruhai is back, she has hope.

After thinking about it, Lin Ruhai also felt that it would be safer to sell the fabric to foreigners, so he nodded and said, "I will meet with the prefect of Guangzhou tomorrow, and I will ask him to help tie the knot. Our fabrics are high-quality and cheap, so maybe those sea merchants will see you." After buying it, we will buy it on the spot, and we don’t even have to take the risk.”

Lin Liu smiled and said, "If that's the case, I'm very happy."

There are great opportunities at sea, but there are also many dangers. You may not always be able to return to your original income every time you go to sea.

Lin Liu asked Lin Ruhai about the salt field again, and he was a little distressed: "The salt produced by the salt field method is indeed as stated in "Tiangong Kaiwu", and the quality is comparable to that of unsalted salt. And the output is quite large, which is different from what you said before. Not big."

Lin Liu was puzzled: "Then why is father so sad?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head with a smile: "I just saw that a lot of sea salt had to be discarded because it was stained with mud, and I felt that it was a bit wasteful, but it's not a big deal."

It's not that you can't add water to the salt, boil it, filter it, and repeat the extraction.Just using the time of decoction and filtration, they can produce a larger amount of sea salt. After Lin Ruhai calculated, he felt that it was not worthwhile, so he had to give up.

Lin Liu subconsciously thought of cement, but quickly dismissed this idea——

The role of cement in the country is too great. If it is used now, someone may see its biggest role in building roads.At that time, the traffic in all parts of the country will be developed, and it will not be so easy to threaten the court by controlling food in the future.

So after she hesitated, she didn't say cement.

Lin Ruhai was only complaining at first, and didn't really think it was a problem, so he didn't notice the change in Lin Liu's expression.

The prefect of Guangzhou held Lin Ruhai in admiration, and was worried that if he would offend this master, he would give the emperor a book, and he would walk away if he couldn't eat it.

So when Lin Ruhai proposed to meet with the sea merchants, the Guangzhou prefect didn't even hesitate. He held a banquet the next day and invited all the sea merchants who are still stationed in Guangzhou.

After Lin Ruhai met these sea merchants, he quickly picked out a few sea merchants with excellent character and who were very interested in fabrics.However, he was still busy with the affairs of the salt field. After meeting the merchants with the shopkeeper, he returned to the small town again.

Seeing that it was just a shopkeeper, not the Lin family's own business, these sea merchants began to waver in their firm cooperation attitude, but after seeing the quality of the fabrics produced by the shopkeeper and hearing the price of the fabrics, these people wanted to The idea of ​​cooperation became firm again.

The matter was quickly settled, and Lin Liu was busy with the official sale of those cheap fabrics.

Lin Liu learned from the holiday discounts such as Double Eleven made by the e-commerce companies in his previous life. After discussing with the shopkeeper, he also launched a twelfth lunar month festival, and discussed various details of the event with him. After making sure that there would be no mistakes, he began to feel uneasy. Waiting for the arrival of the first day of the twelfth lunar month.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Jia Min suddenly brought a wife over: "This is the wife of Wang Zisheng, Xifeng's mother."

Lin Liu was a little puzzled: "Hello, Mrs. Wang."

Madam looked at Lin Liu with a bright and friendly smile: "Because I know that Mr. Lin is not at home, I don't want to disturb you if I don't come. I just heard that the boss behind the very popular cloth shop has something to do with Mr. Lin, so I have to Come to visit, hope to meet with the real owner of Cloth Village, preferably to talk about cooperation."

Lin Liu was stunned for a while, and finally realized after a while——

It was indeed mentioned in the original book that the Wang family used to be in the shipping business.However, none of the sea merchants selected by Lin Ruhai this time had the surname Wang.