The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

Let's say that after Xue Pan turned around and returned to his own courtyard, Hongxiu, Tianxiang and a dozen or so little maids who had been guarding the gate early welcomed him in, and said in his mouth: "The master sent someone to give the master a lot of things. It’s not enough to pile up a full table!”

"I heard from my father that most of them are things that I have fiddled with outside the show, and you don't need them for the time being." Xue Pan shook his head and laughed.

"What are you talking about, sir? How dare you give your servants the courage to think about the things that master Baba'er brought you from outside?" Tian Xiang said with a smile, then turned and went into the room to bring regular clothes to him. Xue Pan replaced it.Xue Pan stretched out his arms to cooperate with the movement of adding incense, and said with a smile in his mouth: "They are all scripts and other things outside the script, and you can't understand them. There are quite a few glass vessels. I will study and study them. If I can really get them Come out, when you get married, I will give you two cars alone."

All the maids were furious when they said one sentence, Yingge and Yanyu yelled that they were not ashamed, and the older children even made fun of this kind of story.

Xue Pan didn't care too much, after changing his clothes, he ordered Hongxiu and Tianxiang to move all kinds of things to the study, and he was ready to fight at night with the lights on.

It's a pity that he didn't see why until the watchman beat the third watch drum.I can't help but sigh in my heart, it seems that this is really a small world where one side doesn't know the region and the country.

Putting down the idle books, Xue Pan took out another glass and fiddled with it in his hand.Under the candlelight, the crystal-clear glass emits colorful light, and when you flick it with your hands, it makes a crisp voice.In his previous life, he was obsessed with online novels and even put off studying. When he was in college, he was the one who spent a lot of money sponsoring a well-known university to get a diploma.Sometimes when I get excited after reading a novel, it's not uncommon for me to tip a reward of 30 to [-].I also once fantasized about what would happen if I time-traveled... Being obsessed, Xue Pan naturally knew the production process of time-traveling weapons such as glass, soap, and even gunpowder.

It's a pity that theory and practice are different after all, especially in the two years that have just passed through, the spoiled Xue Pan couldn't adapt to the backwardness and... sloppyness of various affairs in ancient times, and it took two years of hard work to tinker with ceramic tiles... Xue Pan Thinking of this, he couldn't help scratching his head in a state of distraught.How long will it take for him to produce tempered glass now?

He didn't sleep all night, and when it was dawn, he was woken up dazedly by the red sleeve.Seeing Xue Pan's distressed appearance, Hongxiu complained more and more distressed: "Master didn't sleep well last night, he was always up all the time, and his body was broken."

"It's okay, I'm used to it." Xue Pan waved his hands angrily. In their previous life, they were such playboys, how could they sleep honestly at home at night and not be laughed at?Now that I have traveled through time, the jet lag has not reversed.

Hong Xiu still said unwillingly: "I have to spend a whole day outside during the day, and I have to stay up for so long to read books at night. Such a tossing day and night, even copper and iron bones can't stand it!"

"You're really flattering your father, I'll take care of it! What can I do, it's fine if I don't cause trouble for daddy." Xue Pan said something casually, turned around and left the study room. After washing up and putting on his regular clothes, Xue Pan went up to the room to greet his parents.

When they arrived at Ruirong Hall, Xue Zhizhang and his wife had already got up, and Baochai also stood aside to greet him respectfully.Seeing Xue Pan who came late, he couldn't help teasing: "Brother is late today, did you stay up late last night?"

"Filial piety lies in the heart, not in the morning and evening." Xue Pan shook his head and said, looking at the faces of Xue Zhizhang and his wife who suddenly sank, he said quickly: "I didn't stay up late, but I slept a little late."

"Who will believe what you say?" Xue Baochai curled her lips and said, "Yesterday Daddy brought back so many extra books for you. I'm afraid you didn't sleep until you finished reading them?"

Xue Zhizhang glared at Xue Pan, "If this happens again in the future, I won't bring it for you."

Xue Pan blinked his eyes, and immediately walked up to Xue Zhizhang, stood on tiptoe, put his short arms around Xue Zhizhang's neck with difficulty, licked his face and said with a smile: "I know that Daddy is the best..."

Playing cute and rolling around begging for a tiger to touch, he has been very proficient in this trick in his previous life, even the old man who has always disliked him can't stand the trick, he doesn't believe that Xue Zhizhang can stand up to it.

Sure enough, seeing Xue Zhizhang's sullen face before, as if the ice and snow melted, spring blossomed immediately, and took advantage of the opportunity to hug Xue Pan's slightly fat body in his arms. , it’s not good for your eyes, if you really want to read it, just find someone with a nice voice to stand by your bed and read it to you.”

Heh, the humanoid semiconductors have come out, Dad is indeed a thoughtful person.

Xue Pan secretly sighed in his heart, but nodded his head submissively on his face, and replied: "Pan'er knows."

The family sat down to eat.Xue's breakfast is very simple, it's just gruel that has become sticky and a few simple seasonal side dishes.It's not that the upper echelons of Xue's family were stingy on purpose. You must know that when Xue Pan just passed through, every breakfast would be full of tables, with eight kinds of meat, vegetable, snacks and cold dishes.It's a pity that Xue Pan's habits are too domineering, even if the food he doesn't like is put on the table, he feels disgusting.It was my previous habit to avoid meat in the morning.After coming and going, everyone in Xue's mansion knew about it. Xue Zhizhang simply asked people to remove the meat dishes that he didn't like chopsticks and a few vegetarian dishes that he didn't like very much, leaving only four snacks and eight seasonal side dishes for each meal.Who knew that the food became more delicious and sweet, and the Xue family's eating habits became more and more biased towards Xue Pan.

After breakfast, everyone rinsed their mouths under the service of the maid.Tea was served according to personal preference, and then the file retreated.Although I know that drinking tea immediately after a meal is not good for health, but a certain habit is not easy to change.For example, Xue Pan's habit is to eat fruit immediately after a meal, otherwise he will feel uncomfortable. Xue Zhizhang's habit is to drink strong tea immediately after a meal, otherwise he will not be able to cheer up.

Still gnawing on a peach, a maid came in and said that Fourth Master Long from Haitang Pavilion had come to greet Xue Zhizhang and his wife, and Xue Zhizhang immediately got up and went outside to welcome Fourth Master Long in.Mrs. Xue and the others also stood up and exchanged greetings.

After you came and I sat down one after another, Fourth Master Long cupped his hands and said, "I came from the capital to Jinling, mainly for business. But it's my first time here, and I'm not familiar with the place, so I want to ask little brother Xue Pan to bring me a friend." road."

Xue Zhizhang naturally agreed to this kind of innocuous matter.Although he knew that Fourth Master Long had a hidden plan, Xue Zhizhang was still very confident in his son's ability to wrestle.After simply instructing Xue Pan to say a few words such as "you must do your best", he waved his hand and let Xue Pan go with Fourth Master Long.

Xue Pan originally wanted to discuss matters related to glass with Xue Zhizhang, but now he has to delay it first.However, he still took advantage of the time difference when he returned to his room to change clothes, and ran to Xue Zhizhang's study to discuss a few words.

When I got to the study, Baochai was there.It was Xue Zhizhang who was telling Baochai about Lin Ruhai's direct daughter whom he had met when he was in Yangzhou.

"...Although she is only five years old now, she has already passed the four books, and the teacher who taught her praised her daughter for her talent..."

Xue Baochai could hear it curiously, and asked repeatedly: "Is that stronger than me?"

Xue Pan couldn't help but smile when he heard it.I know that Xue Zhizhang should be talking about Lin Daiyu, the famous sick beauty through the ages.I remember that Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu are always used as a sharp contrast in the book, which is quite sharp.Now it seems that history really has inertia.This one hasn't met yet, so I pinch it first.

Sure enough, Xue Zhizhang said with a smile: "My son is six years old this year, and he also read four books as early as last year. Of course, he is not much worse than that Miss Lin's family. It's just that Miss Lin's family is already able to compose Fu. My son needs a lot of attention on this." tried."

When Baochai heard the words, she curled her lips in disbelief, and said, "That's because I'm learning to settle accounts with my brother this year. My brother said that even a girl can't be different from vulgar things. If you know more about economics, you will be able to accept it." Treating people and things is the most important thing, so as not to suffer outside."

Hearing this, Xue Zhizhang shook his head and smiled wryly: "What your brother said was between fathers and sons, and you actually listened to it."

"Daddy's words are meaningless!" Xue Baochai shook his head, and said confidently, "Look, even if Baochai is a daughter, she will shine in the family with her own ability in the future. No matter what, let Xue Baochai Take home to the next level."

"Go up to another level?" Xue Zhizhang was very funny when he heard it for a while: "How can we let our Xue family go up to a level?"

"Daddy, don't you know?" Xue Pan, who had listened to the door for a while, immediately stepped into the door and teased: "My Xue family is now an imperial merchant. According to my sister, if I go up to a higher floor, I will be a royal relative?"

"Brother!" Xue Baochai blushed, stamped her feet vigorously and shouted, "Why are you like this—"

"Tell me the truth?" Xue Pan cut off his beard, seeing Xue Baochai's shy but very approving face, his heart sank, and he tried to persuade him: "Actually, my brother doesn't think the imperial palace is a good place for my daughter's home."

"What?" Xue Baochai asked with raised eyebrows.Although my elder brother is not interested in official career, he still has vision and ability.Xue Baochai couldn't help but want to hear his brother's opinion.

"The harem has been a place to eat people since ancient times. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a tomb of beauties. There, there is no emotion at all. It is family background, cruelty, and even His Majesty's favor. Every step is calculated. It is too hard to be vigilant all the time. It is not a good place for a daughter's family." Xue Zhizhang nodded in agreement when he heard the words, and echoed in his mouth: "Yes, with our family's current ability and status, Jane is in the emperor's house. Don't worry, you don't need to sell your daughter to get rich. Daddy hopes that you will have a good home in the future, so I don't worry about it."

When Baochai heard this, she bowed her head and remained silent for a while, before finally speaking: "It's useless to say this now, anyway, I have to draft anyway. Let's talk about it after the draft!"

"We can actually bribe the people in the household department to directly transfer your qualifications—"

"I've said it all, let's talk about it later!" Xue Baochai interrupted Xue Zhizhang's words a little upset, bowed her body, and said, "My daughter is a little tired, so I'll go back first."

Seeing Baochai's listless back, Xue Zhizhang and his son sighed and shook their heads.

After a long while, Xue Zhizhang asked: "Didn't you go out to do some business with Fourth Master? Why are you here again?"

"There is something I want to discuss with my father. May I ask if my father can find two more people who can make glass from outside the domain?" Xue Pan asked.

"What?" Xue Zhizhang was startled, "Do you still want to make glass out?"

"There are some clues, but further practice is needed." Xue Pan said, expressing his idea of ​​building an aquarium in the resort.

"It's really a fantasy!" Xue Zhizhang shook his head, "Don't talk about how you brought the scenery from the bottom of the sea to the shore, how could there be such a hard glass?"

"Dad didn't believe there were such hard tiles back then, so what now?" Xue Pan retorted, and then said, "It's just an idea, can Daddy help?"

Xue Zhizhang pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "Next month, Xue's family has a merchant ship going to sea...I just tell them to pay attention."

"Thank you daddy!" Xue Pan laughed immediately.

The reason why Xue Pan is so persistent is because he read a piece of information on Baidu in his previous life, saying that toughened glass first appeared in England in the seventeenth century.Afterwards, it spread to all over the world. Xue Pan estimated that as long as the caravans were overseas, they would be able to find out some clues if they inquired carefully.The tempered glass at that time was different from the current tempered glass. It was made by dropping molten glass liquid into water to form glass beads.The teardrop-shaped glass is so hard that it won't shatter when struck with a mallet.But as long as the tail of the glass drop is broken, it will suddenly burst into powder.This kind of thing was also brought to the court to tease people, and it was called "Rupert's drop". ] It's just a teasing thing, and I don't think it will be taken too seriously.In Dream of Red Mansions, although the age and region cannot be investigated, everything that should appear has already appeared, so Xue Pan urged Xue Zhizhang to search for someone who can make glass.After all, he is a child of seven or eight years old, if he likes anecdotes and strange things outside, that's fine, but if he can even develop this kind of thing, it would be too heaven-defying.This is also the reason why Xue Pan searched for Gewu talents everywhere, and then "inadvertently" inspired them in the chat.

Xue Zhizhang was also a little tempted by this deal, and immediately nodded and told Xue Pan that he would take this matter to heart, and then waved Xue Pan out of the study, after all, he was afraid that Fourth Master Long would be waiting in Haitang Pavilion.

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The author has something to say: according to the saying in Dream of Red Mansions

Xue Pan is two years older than Baochai, Baochai is two or three years older than Baoyu, and Baoyu and Daiyu are about the same age

Xue Pan is still two years older than Baochai, Baochai is one year older than Baoyu, and Daiyu is one year older than Daiyu by a few months, and the time when Lin Daiyu arrived in Jia's mansion in the book...

The first time it was said was "Lin Ruhai's concubine, Jia Shi, gave birth to a daughter named Daiyu, who was five years old" and then "it was another year, and Jia Shi died of an illness" and then "Du Zhong My mother-in-law sent someone to pick her up." Daiyu entered Jia's mansion again. At this time, Daiyu was only six years old or less than seven years old, so Jia's mother arranged for Daiyu to live with Baoyu, etc. But due to the needs of this book, maybe Will change slightly.

Please do not research, O(∩_∩)O~

Then solemnly declare that although there will be fourth masters, fifth masters, sixth masters, seventh masters, eighth masters, ninth masters, tenth masters, etc. in this article, this is because a certain eighth master can't name it. The background is definitely not braided head , please don’t substitute~~~~