dream of red mansion

Chapter 32

In the territory of Dachu, the land in the south of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou patrols the salt censor's yamen.

Lin Hai was looking through the official documents in the back hall, when he heard a servant report that someone from the Jia family in the capital had come to ask for an interview, he didn't think much about it, and asked to arrange it in the side hall.

After reading the last bit of official documents, he went to the side hall to meet this Jia family boy.

"Jia Yun, a descendant of the Jia family's cursive characters, pays a visit to my uncle!"

As soon as he entered the room, he saw a young son kneel down and salute him.

Lin Hai was surprised by the word "uncle and grandpa", but he had been an official for more than ten years, and he did not lose his composure. He nodded, walked over to sit on the main seat, and called the people on the ground to get up.

The person kneeling on the ground was Jia Yun, who had spent half a month rushing from the capital city. After tidying up, she immediately came to see Lin Hai.

After Jia Yun got up according to her words, Lin Hai saw that he was only in his teens, so he asked, "Why are you looking for me?"

Jia Yun said: "How dare this junior come to disturb my aunt? It is our patriarch's young master who asked this junior to bring a letter to my aunt." As she spoke, she took out the letter of appeal that Jia Qing had given him.

Jia Jing's youngest son, could it be that little doll back then?

I took the letter, opened it, and saw that it said:
Congratulations to Uncle Lin,

My nephew, Jia Qing, came here. Since I had the honor to visit my uncle in Yangzhou four years ago, my nephew has always remembered my uncle's teachings. I wish I could resign from my father and serve my uncle in person, or serve tea and water, so that I can have the honor of my uncle's teachings.Ran Sizhi's uncle is busy with official duties, how can he spare time on his nephew, so he dare not disturb him.

Now I have listened to the teachings of my uncle, and I have been concentrating on my studies every day, and I have read "The Doctrine of the Mean"...

……

The father of the younger generation in today's family has died, and there is only a widowed mother. The family is in a difficult situation, so they always turn to their nephew for help.The young nephew took pity on his background and found a job in the clan, which happened to be in the territory under the jurisdiction of his uncle.My nephew has no other relatives or friends in Yangzhou, so I can only take the liberty of bothering my uncle with this trivial matter, I hope my uncle will forgive me.If the uncle can give this junior some care, it will not only be a blessing to the family, but also the nephew will be grateful.

Nephew Jia Qing would like to worship
After reading the letter, Lin Hai thought for a while and asked, "What are you doing in Yangzhou?"

Jia Yun immediately replied respectfully: "Back to my uncle, this trip of this junior is to buy some abandoned stones next to the salt factory."

"What's the use?"

"It is a rouge factory that needs to make spices. There are very few such raw materials near the capital, so this junior has this errand,"

Before Jia Yun came, Jia Qing had discussed it with him. To be honest, Lin Hai would definitely feel that Jia Qing was not doing his job properly. To avoid trouble, he had to say this first, and apologize later when we meet.

Lin Hai thought that this could only be regarded as a trivial matter, so he said, "How do you want me to help you?"

Jia Yun was overjoyed when she heard the words, knowing that the matter was done, she immediately replied: "Thank you, Grandpa, you only need to send one of your servants to guide the younger generation, and the younger generation will be very grateful."

Lin Hai also thought it was good, so he sent one of his followers out of the Yamen with Jia Yun.

The next thing was very simple. Under the guidance of this person, Jia Yun went to various saltworks to collect waste.The principals of the various salt farms were introduced by people from the Yanzheng Yamen. Anyway, these waste materials are worthless, and they are basically given to Jia Yun for nothing, but Jia Yun is overjoyed. The servants entertained me well.

In half a month, the task was completed, and the chartered boat went north. Jianshi took a boat with him, and found a secluded location for the rest, and rented two empty warehouses for storage.

……

In Yipin Hall, in the East Wing, a soap making industry is in full swing.

Jia Qing named his room "Jingcheng Soap Research and Development Department", and proclaimed himself the head of research, with two researchers under his jurisdiction, namely Jin Er and Pei Feng.

Xie Luan doesn't like to deal with these things, she and Ping'er and the others are just helping out on weekdays.

After making a lot of attempts and spending a lot of time, Jia Qing finally separated caustic soda that was barely usable.With caustic soda, the rest of the work is very simple.

Boil caustic soda, stir evenly, then add oil while stirring, wait until the juice becomes viscous, put it into the prepared mold, dry it, and cut it into small pieces.

At this time, several batches of trial products have been cooled in the middle of Yipintang's courtyard. Jia Qing took them and used them. The effect is mediocre, but it is still better than the common soap used for cleaning on the market.Not to mention the saponins used by ordinary people.

Therefore, the market prospect is already very promising.Now he is leading two deputies to study the luxury version of soap sold to wealthy families.In fact, it is to add some scented petals, health-preserving medicinal materials and the like on this basis.

He deeply understands the hearts of rich people, and they will like what most people don't have, so modern products are made in different colors and styles for people to choose from.

When the last batch was completed and the last step of modeling was completed, Jia Qing waved his hand: "Everyone has worked hard during this time, so I decided to give everyone in the yard a reward of one tael of silver. Sister Xiaofeng and Jin'er Sister, add five qian silver per person!"

No way, buying raw materials during this period, plus the previous purchase of flowers and the advance payment of 100 taels to Jia Yun's Jiangnan, the family property he has worked so hard to accumulate over the past few years is empty, and he is ready to move a few pots he has cultivated. The money was spent and sold to subsidize the family.Therefore, the bonuses for the girls can only be stingy, and he plans to make up for it later when he makes money.

But Jin'er and the others didn't think it was too much. In their eyes, it was right to do things for the second master, and it was also fun. They didn't care much about the reward from the second master.After putting these packed "soaps" in the yard to dry, Jia Qing was going to visit Jia Jing's place. Tomorrow is Jia Jing's birthday.

Along the way, there are busy servants shuttling around. These things are assigned by You Shi, and Qin Keqing also assists. However, most of the affairs outside the second door are handled by Lai Sheng, and you only need to report to You Shi.

Of course these things had nothing to do with Jia Qing, he just wanted to go to Jia Jing's room to see the situation, to show that he still cared about him.In this kind of big family, even between father and son, a good relationship needs to be maintained.

In the back hall of Ning An Hall, Jia Jing was drinking tea in the hall.Although he has become indifferent to fame and fortune over the years, he is not opposed to the family giving him a big banquet. In his heart, he still feels that the dignity of the Duke's Mansion must be maintained.

I think he was still young when the two generations of Dukes were alive.At that time, every big banquet in the family, down to civil and military officials, up to princes and dukes, all gathered together, and the splendor and splendor could not be compared with today.

But now fortunately there is still Mrs. Rong Guotai living in the west, so the family looks more noble.When the old lady is gone, what should the Jia family do?

He knew deeply that the current emperor was not as lenient to them as the emperor.On the one hand, he resigned because he was tired of being oppressed by the officialdom;

Now the children in the family, especially his eldest son Jia Zhen, he has also seen, and none of them seem to be able to revitalize the family. Therefore, he has not handed over the power of the patriarch for a long time, not only because of Jia Qing, but because It can be said that Jia Qing was the last straw that made him unable to let go.

On the one hand, Jia Jing is actually the most prestigious, most qualified, and most capable of being the pillar of the Jia family.

On the other hand, Jia Jing is unqualified as the patriarch.Facing a family that was showing signs of decline, he didn't have the courage to change the past, and faced pressure from the government and the opposition, he didn't have the courage to stand up for the family, so he chose to retire.

Therefore, the defeat of the Jia family is doomed.

Fortunately, Jia Jing was still thinking about the family and wanted to choose a qualified heir for the family. This gave Jia Qing a chance to defeat Jia Zhen and win the power of the Jia family.

"Greetings to Father, my lord!"

Jia Qing's voice awakened Jia Jing who was in deep thought. Looking at this little son, Jia Jing felt much happier in his heart.

"What are you doing here?"

"Tomorrow is my father's birthday. My son is afraid that you will be busy, so I come here to celebrate my father's birthday in advance. My son wishes my father a long life, good health, and younger!"

Hearing his son Wuxiang's blessing, Jia Jing was very happy.Now the youngest son can put a smile on his face no matter what he says.Gently stepped forward, hugged Jia Qing, and sat back in the original chair.

It's been a long time since he hugged Jia Qing like this, and this time, he suddenly felt heavy, heh, the little one back then has grown up a lot.

"Okay, okay! As expected of father's good son, he knows that he cares about me, hehe, hehe" Jia Jing couldn't hold back the smile on his face, and kept laughing.

If Jia Baoyu saw this scene, I don't know how he would feel.

Jia Qing also laughed, but he still had a purpose for this trip, and took the opportunity to say: "Father, my boy wants to go to Xifu to play... My boy has already reviewed all of "The Doctrine of the Mean", and the sisters over there have all played it for me." A few posts, tell me to play in the past, okay?"

Looking at his son’s playful mood that he has almost never had, thinking that his studies over the years are indeed worthy of praise, and that he will go to the Imperial College to study hard in the coming year, his heart softened, and he said: "If this is the case, you can go. Originally, you You are about to go to the Imperial College to study, so I will let you take a three-month long vacation to let you have fun, but remember to ask your two servants to follow you when you go out, safety is the most important thing.

By the way, I vaguely heard your elder brother say that you made some messy things in the yard, what's going on? "

Heh, Jia Zhen has really started to pay attention to him, but he has already prepared for it, but he has to be more careful in doing things in the future.

"Oh, it's a small thing that children usually get when they're bored, and it's not worth anything."

"Well, that's good. Remember, don't lose your mind by playing with things. In that case, my family law will not recognize anyone!"

Listening to this threat without murderous intent, Jia Qing smiled at Jia Jing and said, "I know!"

"Go!"

Coming out of Jia Jing's arms, and saluted Jia Jing again, Jia Qing happily left the back hall of Ning'an Hall.

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(End of this chapter)