Red Mansions Become Baochai

Clothes, followed the visitor into the study room in the palace.

The emperor asked around earlier, and heard that the ancestor of the Xue family was Ziwei Sheren, and also an old minister who served the Supreme Emperor in the inner study, so he made an exception to meet them here.

The brothers of the Xue family were overwhelmed with fear, and said that because the eldest was seriously ill and the second was unable to make money, they were afraid of missing the job of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they were willing to hand over the sales bureaus of various provinces to the imperial court, so that they could cultivate themselves at home and recuperate from their illness.

The emperor listened with a smile, and took a look at the account book again. The sale of Guanshi Palace Flower and Palace Fan was worth 10,000+ taels, plus the shop warehouse goods of the Thirteen Provinces Trading Bureau, which was also worth 10,000+ taels.In addition, several furniture stores and pawn shops asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send people to estimate the value and other words.

The emperor's heart moved, and he already had some calculations.He said: "Your Xue family's loyalty to the imperial court is well known, and the family wealth handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs today will be used as military funds, but it is against the rules for the pawn shop and furniture store to be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Your Xue family should take it back and run it yourself. "

Seeing that the Xue family was so knowledgeable and knew how to serve the court after making a fortune, Xue Ke was rewarded as a fifth-rank acquaintance, and he wrote the words "Mian Shan Cheng Rong" and awarded the Xue family a plaque.

The Xue family brothers were overjoyed when they got the reward, so they came out to thank you.Xue Ke's acquaintance of the fifth grade is a false title, and Jia Lian, a relative of Jia's family, is also an acquaintance who donated, but the donation with his own money is not comparable to the one given by the imperial court.

Xue Ke thought that he was the only one who won the official position, and he was afraid of wronging his brother, so he spent money to go to Mr. Dai Quan's office.After reading the list of names and vacancies, I saw that there was still a vacancy for the head of the Taxation Department of the Maritime Yamen in Xihai Yanzi. Although the official position was only eight rank, it was really lacking. Deal with merchants from all over the world who sell seafood.

Xue Ke hurriedly talked to his brother, and the two met Dai Quan together.Eunuch Dai also got a lot of benefits from the donation of the Xue family's wealth. He only collected 1 taels of silver, and he collected 3000 taels as a benefit fee. Within two days, the household department sent their official uniforms and licenses. Only then did I feel relieved to visit relatives and friends without mentioning it.

Before the Xue family brother's first boat home arrived in Jinling, the envoys from Chang'an Jing sent the imperial decree and a plaque from the emperor. The two wives of the Xue family were very happy. One day, as for the opera wine for entertaining relatives and friends, it will be served after the two masters of the family come home.

Master Xue returned home with his brother's fine clothes, and when he stepped into the house, his servants knelt down to congratulate them one by one: "Congratulations to the two masters for getting the official position, and congratulations to the great master on his success."

Master Xue rushed into the courtyard, picked up his chubby little son who was only two days old, laughed and cried, and said: "According to his two brothers, I have already thought about the name of the child, and I will call it Xue Chi. The child was born on the day of the great joy of Xue's family, and there will be a lot of luck in the future."

The dream of Red Mansions is not over

Baochai listened to his father's good name for his younger brother, and slandered his father's hope that his son would become a dragon once again revived. Hey, no matter how favored a daughter is, the son is the one whom his father places the most high hopes on. The younger son came next.On the one hand, he secretly rejoiced that his surname was Xue and not Bai, otherwise there would be an oolong incident of washing utensils into cups in a second.

Xue's family was happy this time, and relatives and friends would not agree to celebrate this meeting.Xue Ke also wanted to take this opportunity to thank the merchants who cooperated with Xue's family before.One is to clarify the business of handing over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Erze Gonghua Palace Fan is no longer a unique business, and it may not be fate to continue to cooperate in the future.

In this way, there are more than a dozen lists of people who want to entertain the banquet. Not to mention the large number of people, the ranks are also mixed.After thinking about it for a long time, I came up with a solution.On the first day, Jinling local officials and friendly local gentry were invited.There are male guests in the hall, female guests in the garden, and a stage is set up inside and outside.On the second day, invite relatives and friends of Xue's family.On the third day, several imperial merchants in the south of the Yangtze River were invited to come and go with the merchants from all over the Xue family.On the fourth day, Xue's family was invited.On the fifth day, thank the stewards in the shop with wine and have fun with the family members in the house.

It was lively for five days in a row, and it was much bigger than ordinary people's red events.Mrs. Xue was confinement again, so Master Xue asked his brother and his family to help with foreign affairs, posting posts for treats, ordering theater troupes, finding cooks to buy ingredients and other chores.While Aunt He took care of Mrs. Xue, she also had to take care of the children in the family, and also deal with domestic chores such as arranging servants' errands.

Everyone in Xue's residence was in a hurry for several days, decorating the garden magnificently, and everyone was beaming with joy.During the five days, there was the sound of drums and music on the stage in the garden, the sound of applause at the opera, the sound of congratulations from relatives and friends, and the sound of persuading wine at the banquet; One place, very lively.

Some of the guests sincerely congratulated Xue family, praising Xue's family for being a good family, which is why they have such wealth and glory today.

There are also those who have ulterior motives, seeing this bustling scene, and wanting to get a share of the Xue family's business, seeing the shining golden plaque on the gate of Xue's family, they have no choice but to suppress their thoughts severely, and squeeze out a few words on their faces. Let's laugh.

Baochai, Xue Pan and others stopped their homework, dressed up every day, and followed their father to meet everyone.All day long, my face was frozen with laughter.Although Mrs. Xue couldn't meet guests, the chubby pig Xue Xiaodi who was drooling with laughter was wrapped into a red envelope and was held by the nanny to meet the wives.After five days, dozens of long-lived locks were collected, and there was one more box of gold and silver barley than the two brothers and sisters combined.

Baochai deeply felt that she had fallen out of favor, and when she was sad, she thought of the letter from her aunt Mrs. Wang a few days ago. In the letter, she used a very long letter to teach Aunt Xue why she didn't persuade her husband, why didn't she talk to her relatives, there was no reason Donated the family property to make others cheaper.At the end of the letter, it was mentioned that after the death of sister-in-law Lin Ruhai, the patriarch of the Lin family was so persistent that he even picked a few children from his own family to chase them to Chang'an, forcing Mrs. Lin Jia Min to choose one of them to inherit Lin Ruhai's incense.

It was Mrs. Jia who stood up for her daughter and ordered her two sons to come forward to make peace. Lin Ruhai took a maid from Jia Min as a roommate in front of her, and she was already pregnant with a posthumous child.When the child is born, see if it is a boy or a girl, and then agree on the succession.

After reading the letter to her mother, Baochai thought, this child must be a boy.If she was born as a girl, why would the gods need to make unnecessary troubles.Although she lost her father, her loving mother is still there, and she has a younger brother who inherits her father's incense. Fairy Crimson Pearl will not repeat the same mistakes in the book, will she?

Thinking about her worrying about others here, the two places are thousands of miles away, and she has never covered her face. She may not even know that there is a Xue Baochai in the world. This is what my husband said. Seeing the Three Kingdoms shed tears, I feel sad for the ancients .

Maybe her thoughts are really ridiculous in the eyes of others. As a daughter of a businessman, what right does she have to worry about the ladies of the famous family? Thrifty, it's as absurd that the concubines in the harem can't eat meat buns.

Xue Shen's family waited for their little nephew to pass the full moon before leaving for the beach to take up his post.This job may look like a lowly official to others, but it suits him very well.Although he can no longer travel to the north and south, he is delighted to be able to meet those sea merchants who have come across the ocean to pay tribute to the heavenly kingdom, and to see the customs and culture of the aliens.

He is already extremely talented, but he has learned a lot of Western dialects in just a few months. Coupled with his rich family wealth, he has never engaged in corruption.And because he was in business in his early years, he knew many businessmen's joints, and he was quickly appreciated by the Minister of Shipping. In less than two years, he was promoted to a sixth-rank promotion.

Xue Shen's official career is prosperous, but his respect and love for his brother has not diminished in the slightest.Every ten days, I will write a letter to my elder brother, telling me about the local customs, and all kinds of rare foreign goods newly arrived on the sea along the West Sea.

Xue Ke once saw his younger brother and mentioned that a red-haired captain named He Sai told him that the porcelain here was very popular with Thai and Western nobles, but the styles and patterns here have different preferences in China and the West. A local duke asked him to order porcelain with the family crest, but no Chinese businessman was willing to accept the order.

Xue Ke read the letter and found that the matter was promising, so he immediately got up and went to see his younger brother in person. The two found He Sai and used his half-shipload of goods as a deposit to join forces with the Wu family of the Thirteenth Bank in Guangzhou. The stock started a porcelain business.

He sent people to buy a batch of high-quality white porcelain from Jingdezhen, and hired highly skilled craftsmen to imitate Western painting techniques to paint colored paintings. He also opened several porcelain furnaces on the south bank of the Pearl River to make colored porcelain after baking and dyeing.Burn out vases, plates, etc. as he requests.

Na Hesai was overjoyed when he saw the goods, which had both the exquisiteness of Chinese porcelain and the beauty of Western style. He sold the rest of the goods to Xue's family at a discount, and went back to Flangji to find the Duke to receive the reward.

The rest of the sea merchants heard that colored porcelain can be ordered here, so they came here to buy goods, and soon the business grew bigger and bigger. The porcelain here claims to be unique, and the color matching is mainly red and gold. Strong, very different from the popular blue and white porcelain in China.Most of the Chinese think it is gaudy, but Westerners are very fond of it, and they even named it "Guangcai Porcelain".

Baoqin also wrote a letter, mentioning the excitement on the pier, the sea merchants from all over the world have hair and eyes of all colors, and some are so black that only eyes and teeth can be seen.He also said that he had a close acquaintance with a girl from Zhenzhen who could compose poetry.

Looking at Baochai, she wanted to fly to the sea immediately, but no matter how much she begged, Mrs. Xue would not let him go out.He also made fun of his daughter and said, "When you get married in the future, it's up to you to fly to the sky." Baochai was so ashamed that she stopped talking, and seeing Xue Chi's little friend next to her also giggled, she was so angry that she decided to embroider another piglet on the bellyband she made for her younger brother.

The leisurely days are fleeting, and the plantains are red and the cherries are green, and three years have passed.

In the first month of this year, Xue