The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

Under the soft candlelight, Mr. Shi's exquisite face faintly reveals a trace of cruelty.He glanced at Fourth Master Long lightly, and said softly: "You don't need to study this carefully, you just need to answer me...whether it's a deal or not."

Fourth Master Long's face turned blue and white for a while, but he still didn't make a decision.

Mr. Shi sighed softly, "At first I thought you were a sensible person who could do great things. But now it seems...you are only worthy of hiding in your mother's arms and being assassinated by others."

Fourth Master Long froze, and after a while, a fierce and fierce light appeared in his eyes. "You promise me that no matter what, you will not do anything to harm my court and the people."

"I just told you to send troops to the Qianxiang Kingdom after the matter is completed. As for whether this will harm your country or your people...it has nothing to do with me." Mr. Shi rolled up his large sleeves and said slowly .

"Okay, I promise you." Fourth Master Long agreed straight away.

"Then...it couldn't be better." Hearing this, Mr. Shi stood up slowly, walked down the steps step by step, and walked towards Fourth Master Long.

For some reason, his heart trembled, and Fourth Master Long subconsciously took a step back. Seeing Mr. Shi approaching step by step, he took out a jade pendant from his arms, and said, "This is a keepsake, take it with you, and wait for you Someone will come to you when you need it."

Fourth Master Long raised his eyebrows suspiciously, and stretched out his hand to take off the jade pendant.I just felt a sudden pain in my fingertips, and a drop of blood dripped onto the jade pendant.

Fourth Master Long looked down at the jade pendant that was stained red with blood, and said, "You trust me that much?"

"How is it possible?" Mr. Shi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, reached out and picked up Fourth Master Long's injured finger and squeezed it, a drop of blood was collected by Mr. Shi into the jade bottle.

Seeing Mr. Shi's actions, Fourth Master Long became more and more uneasy.Can't help but ask in a cold voice: "What do you mean?"

"Just be prepared." Mr. Shi covered his mouth with a smile, and explained softly, "I won't do anything to you, but you can't tell what you saw me today, otherwise..."

Mr. Shi shook the jade bottle lightly. In an instant, Fourth Master Long felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if his whole body was being held in the palm of his hand, and he couldn't breathe due to the pain.In the end, he knelt down on one knee, clutching his chest weakly.Staring profusely at Mr. Shi in front of him.

In the candlelight, Mr. Shi, whose face became more and more delicate, seemed to have distorted halos behind him. He slowly bent down, leaned into Long Siye's ear, and said softly, "Don't play tricks with me!" You have to know, I spent a period of time in Miaojiang before. The people there...the most proficient is the art of witchcraft and disgust..."

Xue Pan and Zhen Baoyu walked towards the side hall hand in hand.The further you go in, the darker the light becomes.The dim candlelight stretched the shadows of the crowd, and they kept changing along the moving traces, revealing a ferocious look of claws and teeth.Zhen Baoyu shook Xue Pan's hand with some anxiety, and whispered, "Pan'er, are you familiar with this place? Why do I think this place looks so eerie?"

Xue Pan turned around and smiled at Zhen Baoyu. "Don't worry, Master is a good man."

Hearing this, Zhen Baoyu became more and more curious. "How did you know Mr. Shi?"

Xue Pan smiled wryly upon hearing this.When he just came back from time travel, all he could think about was martial arts, so he led a group of boys to look for "superior people" under the cliffs and dense forests, and later he heard about the mystery of the ghost fog forest , getting more and more itchy.He quietly brought Zhaocai, Jinbao and a group of servants into the forest.Who knew that there were only three of them left when they lost their way, and they met such a teacher by accident...

"How did you know each other?" Seeing Xue Pan's blind silence, Zhen Baoyu could not help but poke Xue Pan's waist and asked carefully.

"I can't say." Xue Pan shook his head bluntly, and before Zhen Baoyu could ask again, he stopped abruptly in front of a door.

"This is the side hall!" Xue Pan said, beckoning Zhaocai and Jinbao to open the door of the hall.

After cautiously stepping into the door of the palace, there are more than a dozen chefs inside, all sealed with seals, and each seal is written with the dynasty and purpose.Zhen Baoyu saw it, and suddenly remembered the dream he had last night.She couldn't help but stretched out her hand to hold Xue Pan, and said softly, "Pan'er, I had a very strange dream last night."

"What dream?" Xue Pan asked casually while searching.

Zhen Baoyu then told Xue Pan about the scene in his dream yesterday.Xue Pan didn't care at first, but Zhen Baoyu became more and more familiar with it. After a while, Xue Pan suddenly remembered, isn't that the plot of too illusory?Now he looked at Zhen Baoyu more and more strangely.When I opened my mouth, I wanted to ask Baoyu if he had done the warning and admonishment.

Didn’t know that Zhen Baoyu didn’t end after talking about the illusory realm, and continued to tell some stories. Xue Pan compared it, and felt that it should be that the whole family of Zhen’s family, which was not mentioned in the Dream of the Red Chamber but appeared in the end, was copied. plot.I was even more suspicious in my heart.

Zhen Baoyu talked for a while, only to feel thirsty.He stopped and licked his lips and continued: "Although this is a dream, I feel it is more real than ever. The pain, sadness, and despair seem to be right in front of me. It makes me feel uneasy today. "

Xue Pan was silent for a while, then said, "Then how do you feel now?"

Zhen Baoyu hesitated for a moment, then stopped talking.

Xue Pan said dumbfoundedly: "Why are you hesitating with me, tell me now!"

Zhen Baoyu paused, and said, "I've had that dream since yesterday, and now that I think about it carefully, doesn't the current situation of my Zhen family just reflect the scene in the dream, which seems to be in its prime, but is actually full of flowers blooming?" , the dying struggle of cooking oil in the fire. But what can I do as a little boy!"

Having said this, Zhen Baoyu looked at Xue Pan with some embarrassment. "After thinking about it, although the Zhen family has many family friends over the years, after careful consideration, they are all masters who can share wealth but not share adversity. Alright. And I've been hanging around all year round, and I haven't made any good friends. The only person I can look forward to is you."

"Me?" Xue Pan's eyes widened in disbelief, and he pointed back at himself.Why did it involve himself? Could it be that he really exuded the halo of a traverser, and the tiger's body shook, and everyone in the world knelt down and surrendered?

But Zhen Baoyu nodded and replied: "That's right. Although you are a useless dandy like me, you have a good old man who is obedient to you. After thinking about it, I'm afraid I can only ask Xue Uncle."

Xue Pan's face darkened, only to hear Zhen Baoyu say again: "I know that your family is building that resort recently, and I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money. Go back and ask Uncle Xue if the money in the account is enough, if not , I can ask my grandma, I also have some pocket money. I collected a million and 80 and sent it to you, and it was considered a shareholding."

"That can't be done." Xue Pan flatly refused without thinking.

Zhen Baoyu blushed instantly from being refuted, and said a little uncomfortably: "That's what I said, don't take it to heart. If that's the case, you don't have to tell Uncle Xue later, so as not to embarrass him."

"It's really embarrassing." Xue Pan nodded, looked at Zhen Baoyu's face that was about to cry out of shame and anger, and said, "You also know those relatives in your family, except that your eldest wife is more sensible. The rest are fools who are greedy for money, lustful and incompetent. How can our family cooperate with this small screwdriver?"

What he said made Zhen Baoyu feel even more ashamed, as if there was no hope.But I heard Xue Pan continue to say: "The affairs of the resort involve subsequent management. In order to ensure that there are no conflicts. Except for our Xue family, we are not going to let others participate. And the Xue family and the Zhen family have joined forces to do business. Listen. It doesn't seem like that. After all, it doesn't matter if our Xue family is an imperial merchant, but your Zhen family is a duke's family, so it may not be appropriate to do this with great fanfare."

Only then did Zhen Baoyu remember her own identity.He was a little frightened by the dream yesterday, and even forgot about this terrible thing.This imperial court has laws, which clearly stipulate that the families of princes and officials are not allowed to do business.Even those who do business in private, they all secretly use the name of the inner house or servants.However, if you cooperate with the Xue family, you must consider it more thoroughly.It must be known that the Xue family is an imperial merchant designated by the Taizu, and they have official positions.What's more, in terms of Xue Zhizhang's current status, the cooperation between the two is not a matter of inner house and servants, it is even so important that his master has to take care of it himself.If their family is really confused and crosses this set of boundaries, I'm afraid...

Zhen Baoyu's face turned pale again, and he said dejectedly, "Look at me, I'm getting more and more confused..."

Seeing Zhen Baoyu's forced smile, Xue Pan changed the subject and said, "The Xue family and the Zhen family can't do business, after all, the law is there! But this does not prevent the two of us from doing business." !"

"What do you mean?" Zhen Baoyu suddenly raised his head and looked at Xue Pan with hope.

"It's the cooperation between you and me." Xue Pan pointed to the other party and then to himself. "You also said that you have private money, and I also have private money. And I not only have private money, but I also have people in my hand, so why can't we do business?"

"How?" Zhen Baoyu asked in a daze, "What kind of business can the two of us do?"

Xue Pan was speechless for a moment when he heard the words.He just didn't like Zhen Baoyu's raised eyebrows and drooping eyes, so he didn't have any ideas for a while.

Zhen Baoyu has always known that although Xue Pan is a dude, he is greedy for pleasure and content with wealth, but he is the most intelligent person.The idea of ​​making money is also the one that popped up as soon as the eyeballs rolled.Not to mention, in the past two years, the master of the Xue family has made a lot of extra money because of Xue Pan's accidental sentence, and they are all watching.Even the resort that has caused a lot of turmoil these days was Xue Pan's casual suggestion at the time.Therefore, he became more and more anxious, and asked again and again: "Good Pan'er, good Pan'er, if you have any ideas, please tell me quickly! If it is true, I will make a longevity memorial arch for you in the future .”

"Don't rush me, this profitable business can't be said to exist." Xue Pan said with a frown.

"Why not? If it is said that other people can't think of a way to make money, I will believe it. But who are you, Xue Pan, and who is your Xue family? It's a snowy year, and the Xue family is as pearls as earth and gold as iron. Why? Will it happen?" Zhen Baoyu begged for forgiveness and flattered him again and again: "Just tell me quickly, young master!"

Not to mention anything else, only that Xue Pan heard Zhen Baoyu's words by accident, and his heart moved, and he said, "What did you just say?"

Zhen Baoyu was taken aback for a moment, and asked inexplicably, "What did I just say?"

"You said...real pearls are like earth and gold is like iron..." Xue Pan rolled his eyes and opened his mouth to ponder, "Pearls are like earth...like earth..."

"What, what's the matter?" Seeing this, Zhen Baoyu carefully looked at Xue Pan's face, and asked tentatively for a while.

"I have an idea." Xue Pan nodded.

"What idea?" Zhen Baoyu was stunned, he just urged Xue Pan to think about it quickly, but it was half sincere and half joking.It's just a scene, and I didn't expect Xue Pan to come up with it immediately.I just hope he can take it to heart when he gets home.Unexpectedly, this Xue Pan really had an idea in a blink of an eye, and he lived up to the name of "Jinling Little God of Wealth"!

"It's just a pearl business, how about we cultivate pearls?" Xue Pan stared at Zhen Baoyu with piercing eyes, and said excitedly.

"Cultivated pearls?" Zhen Baoyu looked bewildered, "These pearls are all salvaged from the sea, how can they be cultivated!"

"You don't have to worry about this, you are only responsible for paying the money." Xue Pan waved his hand impatiently. He couldn't explain this kind of thing to Zhen Baoyu.He also checked Baidu and even tried it himself out of curiosity after he had read a certain novel.The techniques are complicated and troublesome, and it can't be explained clearly in a sentence or two.

Seeing this, Zhen Baoyu knew that Xue Pan was impatient to talk to him, so he obediently kept silent.I just made up my mind and discussed it with my father when I turned around, asking my father to ask Uncle Xue.

He also knew Xue Pan's temperament, although his mind turned into the same way, in the final analysis, Uncle Xue had to deal with it in the end.Xue Pan is a ready-made master.

Thinking of pearl cultivation, Xue Pan couldn't help thinking of a super-popular online novel that he was familiar with in his previous life, and thought of another business after being implicated. Do tea garden business."

"Tea Yuanzi, how did you get it together with cultured pearls?" Zhen Baoyu became more and more puzzled.

"We can find land with tea trees in Anxi, Hangzhou, and Junshan Island in Taihu Lake, Suzhou, and buy land to build a tea factory. Then we can send people to Taihu Lake to buy a piece of water and develop freshwater pearl cultivation.]" Xue Pan carefully recalled the memory in his mind, and said.

"This..." Zhen Baoyu hesitated for a moment, still a little uneasy.He said hesitatingly: "If you want to talk about this tea garden, although I don't know much about it, I have heard from the adults in the family that it is a good business. But now the government strictly controls the sale of salt, iron, tea bricks, silk, etc., not to mention the current situation. There are backers behind several famous tea gardens, so we don't care about it, can we do it? Besides... I've never heard of the business of cultivating pearls. It's too far-fetched Tan it!"

"Business will naturally make money." Xue Pan confusedly told Zhen Baoyu the passage of the novel he had seen in his memory, and finally concluded: "Anyway, it's spending money to buy land, the big deal is you If you attribute this business to the ancestor sacrifice, you won’t be able to lose money after all.”

"What if I lose money?" Zhen Baoyu asked worriedly.

"If you lose money, I'll go back and find Yanjiu to settle the score. This guy not only cheats, but also fabricates!" Xue Pan had a painful expression on his face.At that time, he was obsessed with these online novels that traveled through the sky and made contributions, and even studied them for a while.At one time, the words of these authors were regarded as the standard.If he really loses, he, he... explode, he, chrysanthemum, flower!

Xue Pan said something that Zhen Baoyu didn't understand, and asked again: "I have figured out a way, do you want to do it with me?"

Zhen Baoyu gritted his teeth, hesitated for a while, and finally said ruthlessly: "That's all, I'll do it."

Then he asked again, "How much do you need to spend to run two businesses?"

Xue Pan frowned, and asked, "It would cost hundreds of thousands at least! I don't know too well, first tell me how much you can give."

Zhen Baoyu pursed his lips, pondered for a moment, and then said: "I have about 2 taels of silver in my hands for so many years, and I can get tens of thousands of taels from my grandmother's troubles... at most, it is only 5 taels."

Xue Pan nodded in disappointment, and said, "Since that's the case, I won't be able to split the bill with you after the matter is completed. At that time, we will convert the money and other things we each invested, and then we will distribute the profit! "

Zhen Baoyu nodded in understanding.He was also blinded by a dream last night, and he was really afraid that if one day he was really copied, what would he do?Now I am tinkering with some business in private. If I lose money, I will be a priest in the clan in the future. If I earn money, it will be my private money.

However, although the two had some vague ideas, one didn't understand economic matters, the other only had ideas and prescriptions, and had no calculations about money and money, it was just a fantasy after all.If he really wants to put it into practice, Xue Pan will inevitably push the two six fives, and Xue Zhizhang still counts.

In Jinling City, Xue Zhizhang, who had just sent Zhen Yan away, sneezed twice in the study and rubbed his nose. Xue Zhizhang looked suspiciously at the two burning stoves in the room, and the temperature from the earth dragon on his feet.Xue Zhizhang closed his clothes inexplicably, it's not cold!

In this room, Xue Pan and Xue Pan had just finished their lively discussion when they heard a faint voice behind them, "If that's the case, count me in."

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Note: The so-called Yanjiu, the writer of Qiqi, the author of "Rebirth in the Last Years of Kangxi".His book is very, very long, and it's a thousand-year-old pit. Mou Ba has been chasing after him, and he has no impression of him.The only thing I remember is that Nanzhu opened the tea garden and pearl cultivation run by Goldfinger, and he later adopted the daughter of Brother Seven...Of course, there is also the most horrifying tragic event of the time traveler—just wearing Soon after, he was kidnapped and sold, and he almost didn't sell it to the Xiaowan House...

It is said that Wa always used this book as a Danmei novel without Xipi~~

The intercepted part of the text is an excerpt

The details of this section are in Chapter 25 of the second volume, and those who are interested can take a look.

The marking is so clear, it should not be regarded as plagiarism~~~