[Red Chamber] Madam's wishes come true

The imperial court came forward to do business, and the emperor personally wrote the inscription, which is too low.

The Supreme Emperor absolutely did not agree with the emperor to do so.

But the emperor shut up the Supreme Emperor with only one sentence: "Father cherishes the royal reputation, and the son understands, but the treasury is empty. Now the world is in peace. We can only copy those who eat vegetarian meals in the corpses and do nothing with the imperial rations."

The treasury ransacked the house without money?What the hell kind of operation is this? !

This is even more outrageous than the emperor coming forward to do business, and it is easier to be scolded!

But the emperor laughed: "Anyway, if you catch a lot of such people's pigtails, let alone just ransacking the family, if your son directly exterminates the family, it will be done according to the law."

The Supreme Emperor did not dare to say a word.

It's good to do business, it's wonderful to do business. If he can make money through business, his son, who has been sneaking into money, shouldn't be thinking about copying the minister's house all day long, right?

As a result, Lin Ruhai, a dignified secretary of the household department, had to start a business now.

Fortunately, there are all kinds of departments in the imperial court, no matter how bad it is, there are craftsmen from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry. The craftsmen in these two places are working hard, and they can make what they want in a few days.

Furthermore, every year the examination papers and engravings used for printing are sent to the imperial court for collection and preservation. Now if you want to print them out, you only need to find out the examination papers and engravings, sort them according to the year and the content of the examination questions, and then send them directly to the Ministry of Industry or Printing by the Ministry of Internal Affairs will do.

There is no difficulty at all.

So in less than a month, all kinds of examination papers published by the imperial court were freshly released.

Because it was an official endorsement, when these test papers were put on the shelves of the Lin family, they were even more popular than those made by the Lin family, and soon, every candidate in the capital who wanted to take the imperial examination had a copy.

In just two months, 50 yuan was directly credited to the treasury.

It's not a lot, but it's a long-term business, and the money is more than enough for emergencies.

The emperor was quite satisfied with this result.

After Daiyu Baochai and others learned of this, they were not so happy.

After all, there are not many rich people in this world. Many scholars save a sum of money to buy the official examination papers, but they can't spend more money to buy the examination papers produced by the Lin family.

Even though the Lin family's examination papers have not stopped making profits in the past two months, their income has plummeted.

For example, Lin Kou, before, she received more than 1 profit share in a month, but now it is only more than 3000 a month, which is less than one-third of the first month.

But the only good thing is that as the initial enthusiasm passed, the sales of exam papers published by the imperial court began to decline, while the sales of the Lin family's exam papers began to rise slowly.

It should be that the sales of the former have begun to be saturated.

Lin Kou thought about it, and felt that not only the examination papers published by the imperial court had begun to be saturated, but also the examination papers published by the Lin family should not be far away. In order to increase sales, it is best to expand the market.

It is estimated that the sales volume in the capital city will start to drop and level off after the results of the palace examination next year come out and those candidates begin to return to their hometowns.

If I want to have the current sales volume in the future, I'm afraid I can only wait for the meeting in three years.

But when doing business, there are people who are waiting for the opportunity to come to your door. They all have to find the opportunity by themselves, and then take the initiative to attack.

The Lin family still has a few bookstores in other places, especially in Jiangnan.

But outside of Jiangnan, there are no bookstores.

Without bookshops, there would be no sales channels.

Lin Kou thought about it, and decided to directly discuss cooperation with the local book shop——

After a period of fermentation, the bookstore owners and scholars in other places also knew about the existence of the examination papers. Recently, many people asked people to buy them from the bookstore, and the bookstore owners in other places also sent people to purchase them.

If they can directly cooperate with local bookstores, they don't need to worry about sales anymore.

However, Lin Kou and the others had no choice but to leave it to Jia Min.

No, not even Jamin is a good fit.

Because Jia Min can't run around.

Lin Ruhai was even more unsuitable. He was an official, not to mention he was busy with official duties every day. As an official, if he came out to discuss business, I was afraid that those censors would impeach him to the point of dismissing him directly.

After much deliberation, the Lin family did not have a suitable person.

On the contrary, after hearing Lin Kou's troubles, Tanchun mentioned a candidate: "Although the second brother Lian is not good, he is really used to doing common affairs. In the past, when the Rongguo Mansion was not down, he would often run errands outside. Let him do it. It's an easy job."

Lin Kou thought for a while: "He is indeed a suitable candidate, but he is a bit greedy, he dares to hold any money in his arms, but I dare not..."

"You can let Steward Lin run around with him." Baochai said abruptly, "The Jia family is still counting on the Lin family to pull it off, and Jia Lian didn't dare to take action against the Lin family. If there is another Lin family to supervise , I don't think he dares to mess around."

After a pause, Baochai said, "This supervisor is very necessary. As far as I observed during the time I stayed in the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian is a carnivore and has no resistance to female sex." people, and he seems to like... □□, if no one is watching, it is easy to cause trouble."

Lin Kou frowned, and turned to look at Daiyu.

Sure enough, she found that Daiyu's face was full of astonishment, and the disgust in her eyes was about to overflow.

Because of Lin Kou's appearance, Jia Min did not die, and Daiyu did not go to Rongguo Mansion to live permanently, so naturally she never saw the virtues of Jia's men.

This is the first time Daiyu has heard of such filth.

Baochai noticed and apologized to Daiyu quickly.

Daiyu waved her hands again and again: "Sister Bao is not much older than me, how did she know about this? The Jia family..."

Sanchun and Xiangyun looked embarrassed, they simply bowed their heads and remained silent.

Baochai was helpless, and said: "Not long after I entered the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian got mixed up with the servants of Bao Er's family and was discovered by Feng girl. After a quarrel, the Bao Er's family hanged themselves. This is too much trouble, even if someone is concerned about our little girls, there is no way to stop Yoyo."

Daiyu was dumbfounded.

Baochai thought for a while, and reminded: "The men in Jia's family seem to be somewhat lustful, and Jia Lian is not the most powerful among them. Sister Lin should try to avoid dealing with Jia Lian and Baoyu as much as possible in the future."

Xiangyun was dissatisfied: "Sister Bao, you just say that Cousin Lian is nothing more than that, why did you bring Brother Ai along with you? Brother Ai is clean and self-sufficient, different from other men in the Jia family!"

As soon as these words came out, let alone Baochai, even Sanchun looked at Xiangyun with strange eyes.

Xiangyun was stared at by everyone, but he felt uncomfortable, but he still insisted on speaking for Baoyu: "Am I not right? Loving elder brother is the most compassionate and respectful woman. I don’t forget to bring it to everyone, isn’t he still okay?”

After all, Sanchun still wants to go home with Xiangyun, and get along with her in the future, so I'm not ashamed to say.

But Baochai had no such scruples: "Of the maidservants around Baoyu, there is probably only one Qingwen who is clean and untouched by him. Xiren, Sheyue, and Bihen count as one, and they are all broken. Baoyu But the old lady’s darling, besides Baoyu herself, who would dare to touch the maid beside him?”

Xiangyun was dumbfounded for a moment: "Why, how come?"

Thinking of what his elder brother Xue Pan had said to him, Baochai couldn't help sighing: "According to my elder brother, when Baoyu was studying in the Jia family, he had a relationship with Qin Zhong and other outstanding boys... Anyway, Xiangyun, what do you think?" Be clear."

Although I don't think Xiangyun has the possibility of marrying Jia Baoyu, it's quite pitiful to see her kept in the dark.

Tanchun was a little surprised: "I thought Sister Bao didn't know..."

Baochai smiled lightly: "I am so popular in Rongguo Mansion, how could I not know?"

It's just that I don't care.

As long as Baoyu can inherit the Rongguo Mansion, or pass the Jinshi examination, even if he is greedy and lustful, what will hinder him?

But Xiangyun is not for foreign things, but for Tu Baoyu.

This is boring.

Unless Baoyu can meet someone he really likes, he probably won't be able to change his temperament for the rest of his life. If Xiangyun Tu Baoyu treats her kindly and respects...

Let's see how she chooses.

Seeing Xiangyun's uncomfortable expression, Lin Kou quickly changed the topic: "It would indeed be a good idea to let Steward Lin and Jia Lian go to explore the market together. It's just that you forgot, Baoyu doesn't want to make rouge and sell it? You guys Didn’t they also design a lot of jewelry and clothes? The sales of these things should be done by men, Baoyu is not, so we can only look at Jia Lian.”

Xichun paused: "It doesn't have to be the second brother Lian. Although the people in Dongfu are dirty, there are still a few juniors in the side branch of Jia's family. I remember one named Jia Yun, who is quick in doing things and has a good mouth. It's also neat, if you let him do business, it would be a good choice."

Daiyu was curious: "Why do you seem to have never heard of this person?"

Xichun sighed: "I haven't met a few times. Apart from Ningrong and Ningrong, Jia's side branches have been divided over the years, and they will be down and out in a few years. They often have to go to Ningrong and Ningrong to beat the autumn wind." How can such a family have the right to join us?"

She also had an accident after ransacking her home in Ningrong and Rongfu, and she was saved by this Jia Yun before she got to know him.

Lin Kou remembered this Jia Yun. His status in Jia's family was really low, and his family was very poor. In order to support himself, he had to speak well to Wang Xifeng when the Rongguo Mansion was building the Grand View Garden, and competed with a group of servants for a position.

Later, it seemed that she was with a girl named Lin Xiaohong.

Now that the Rongguo Mansion has been raided, Jia Yun should have separated from this Lin Xiaohong before they even met, and it is unknown where their future marriage will be.

But this person is indeed a rare serious person in the Jia family.

Lin Kou nodded: "Since you are doing this business, as long as there is no serious problem with your character, you can make up your own minds if anyone comes forward."

Xichun was taken aback: "Sister Kou came up with this idea for us, and you will naturally have a share of the business. Sister Kou said that, is she dissatisfied with Jia Yun? I'm just saying, if you are not satisfied Just change it."

Lin Kou froze for a moment, then laughed, "Nothing."

Daiyu covered her lips and smiled: "Sister, you should make up your mind. If not, not only sister Xichun is worried, but sister Yingchun and Xiangyun are also worried."

Baochai and Tanchun looked at each other, smiled and shook their heads.

Both of them are very good at reading people's eyes, so it is natural to see that Lin Kou is not dissatisfied with Jia Yun.

But the two didn't say it clearly, but just watched the show like Daiyu.

Lin Kou had no choice but to say, "Then Jia Yunruo's character is fine, and he is indeed as good as you said, just ask him to come forward. If you are worried, give him a three-month probationary period." , if the probationary period is satisfactory, then let him become a full-time employee."

Seeing her serious expression, Xichun was relieved: "Then let's fix him first."

After a while, he looked at the other sisters.

Xichun was the youngest, but she used to pretend to have things in her heart, and she was not close to her sisters.On the contrary, after the ransacking of the house, her temperament became more and more lively, and her relationship with her sisters became better and better.

Others pity her for losing her family and have always loved her.

It's just a small managerial candidate, what is there to care about?Just like what Lin Kou said, it's a big deal to give the trial period first.

Lin Kou asked with a smile: "I've seen the things you designed, but I haven't seen the rouge made by Baoyu. Also, if you only do rouge and gouache business, even if it's just a small stall outside That's enough. But if you add clothes and jewelry, it doesn't seem to be enough."

Seeing everyone looking at him, Lin Kou laughed, "I have to buy a shop."

If Sanchun and Xiangyun hadn't put half of the money into the public house, the combined income of the past few months might not be able to buy a shop, but because they gave away half, Sanchun can only look at other people helplessly now.

Lin Kou looked at Baochai and Daiyu, the little rich ladies, "You guys paid for the purchase, directly investing in the shares?"

Daiyu smiled and shook her head: "No, no, I happen to have a shop that sells rouge and gouache under my name, and I just sell the things as soon as I make them. And the second floor has been vacant. It used to be said that it was for customers to rest, but rouge and gouache like this Customers often buy the products and leave, and they will not stay at all. If the second floor is converted into a place to buy clothes and jewelry, it is also possible.”

Yingchun, Xichun, and Xiangyun couldn't help but Tanchun and Baochai looked embarrassed and seemed unhappy.

Daiyu noticed, and frowned, "Is there something wrong?"

Baochai glanced at Lin Kou, not knowing whether to say something or not.

Tanchun also hesitated.

Lin Kou said bluntly: "It's better to follow the normal steps, the brothers will settle accounts clearly."

Baochai and Tanchun breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not that I don't believe in Daiyu, but that Daiyu also has a share in this business. If Daiyu gave them the shop for free, then when the share is calculated later, should they pay Daiyu more? Count less?

Count more, count how much?Don't count, will there be conflicts in the future?

It's better to make things clear at the beginning, so as not to affect each other's feelings in the future.

Daiyu was not very happy.

In fact, she participated in these activities just for fun, and she didn't care about how much money she made.

But Daiyu is not a stubborn person. Lin Kou explained it clearly to her, and she immediately figured it out, so she dragged a few girls to discuss other details.

Lin Kou smiled, and sat next to them eating jujube cake while watching them discuss.

While talking, Bai Shuang came to look for her.

Lin Kou got up and stepped forward: "Why do you think of me today?"

Bai Shuang said embarrassingly: "The madam has already selected a few marriage candidates for the slave, and the slave looks pretty good, so she thought about asking the madam to help the slave to check." After a pause, she said embarrassedly, "You Didn't they choose a young general for Aunt Mei... Mei Ying? They returned to Beijing recently. I heard that the relationship between the husband and wife is very good, and Mei Ying was pregnant when she first started, and she became pregnant again after two years of raising her. How many people are envious of having both sons and daughters."

Mei Ying was also brought up by the maid, and Bai Shuang didn't feel that she was any worse than her.

Thinking that the person Mei Ying had in mind at the beginning was not her current husband but someone else, Bai Shuang subconsciously wanted to ask Lin Kou to help her palm her eyes.

It was as if, if he married the person Lin Kou picked out, he would be able to live well in the future.

Lin Kou felt a little helpless: "Since you have decided to stay in the Lin family, you will definitely be used by Madam in the future. And as long as Madam values ​​you, you can stand up for yourself, and you can live well no matter what."

Mei Ying was about to marry off, so naturally she had to be more cautious.

After a pause, she continued, "In this situation, you only need to pick the one you like. The one who is good-looking, gentle, and sweet-talking...as long as you don't have the habit of hooking up with other girls, how about you?" All good."

After all, someone has your back.

Bai Shuang paused, and her eyes lit up immediately: "Your servant understands. I will definitely work hard for my wife in the future."

Lin Kou laughed, "That's right."

Bai Shuang quickly said goodbye and left, but before Lin Kou was about to leave the Lin family, she still came over and told Lin Kou about her choice: "I picked the best-looking one, and the child will definitely have a good birth in the future."

Lin Kou burst into laughter: "Yes, I will give birth to a beautiful girl in the future."

……

Within a few days, Tanchun brought Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng, and Jia Baoyu to Lin Kou's house.

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng came to thank her, while Jia Baoyu wanted to show her the rouge he had made during this time.

Jia Lian thanked Wang Xifeng, left a gift and went to Lin's house.

Lin Kou picked up the rouge made by Jia Baoyu, curiously dipped a little bit of it on the back of his hand with his finger.

At this time, the rouge does not seem to have deliberately mixed more colors. Except for positive red, other colors are randomly produced, and they are all very positive red.

Naturally, the rouge brought by Jia Baoyu was the same.

It's just that what Yingchun and others said is true, the rouge he makes is more moisturizing and has its own fragrance.

After Lin Kou tried all the shades, she looked up at Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu is also in his teens this year, and he was born very well. The key point is that the temperament cultivated by a wealthy life is particularly eye-catching. People can tell at a glance that this is the young son of a wealthy family.

The only pity is that there is still a trace of dark mist in his eyes, which has lost some color.

Lin Kou felt a little pity, she was very pretty, "Can these rouges be mass-produced?"

Baoyu moved her eyes and nodded, "I have recipes in my hand. As long as I have enough flowers and ingredients, I can make dozens of dishes a month."

Lin Kou frowned: "Dozens of plates are not considered mass production."

Baoyu paused: "These rouges don't need special techniques, as long as they are skillful, they can still be made."

Lin Kou breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again, "Then can you make other colors?"

The light in Baoyu's eyes became brighter: "Of course it is possible. I have researched dozens of different colors of rouge before, but many colors are said to be weird, and no one is willing to try it. I also made a different one. Material, after applying it on the lips, it will bring a completely different makeup effect, but everyone seems to prefer this one.”

Lin Kou originally asked Baoyu to make rouge, but she just wanted to give him something to do earlier, and take up her own responsibilities by the way.

Unexpectedly, Jia Baoyu is really talented in this area?

She couldn't help asking: "Can you make rouge into a paste? The one that can solidify like lard."

Lin Kou has studied the structure of lipstick by herself, and she can make a lipstick casing, but she doesn't know how to make lipstick at all, so she can only pin her hopes on Jia Baoyu.

And Jia Baoyu didn't even think about it, so he nodded: "As long as you add suitable things, such as lard, it can be done."

Lin Kou: "... Lard oil is not acceptable, it has a smell."

Jia Baoyu nodded: "That's no problem. I'm just giving an example. Naturally, there are other options."

Lin Kou breathed a sigh of relief: "After you make it, you will find me with Tanchun? Remember to make a few more colors, even if other people find it strange, you can bring it over."

It was the first time that Jia Baoyu was recognized for his hobbies, and his eyes lit up completely: "Sister Kou, don't worry, I will make the rouge you want as soon as possible!"

Lin Kou paused, smiled and nodded.

In a few days, Bai Shuang got married.

After getting along for several years, after Lin Kou heard the news, he personally came to deliver some make-up, and then went to Jia Min's yard.

"Speaking of marriage," Jia Min remembered something, "The three girls who switched identities with you before, I heard that they seem to have a home this year."

Lin Kou paused: "All three want to get married?"

Jia Min nodded: "Your uncle's daughter, the girl named Qin Keqing, returned to the Qin family in the end. She and her younger brother Qin Zhong depended on each other for life. Later, because Qin Zhong saved a little nun in the Mantou Nunnery, she was arrested. Mantouan reported the case and got into a lawsuit."

"In order to save her younger brother, Qin Keqing finally married a third-rank official who liked her beauty as her stepwife."

"As for Miaoyu, it seems that Prince Zhongshun arranged to be betrothed to the eldest son of the Marquis, while Lin Ying was betrothed to Bo Jinyi, who lost his wife. It is said that she begged for it herself."

After a pause, Jia Min looked at Lin Kou, "You guys have a relationship, do you want to attend their wedding?"

Lin Kou shook his head without hesitation: "I'm not interested in being seen as a monkey!"

Lin Kou readily refused, but she didn't expect to attend one of them's wedding in the end.