Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 105
  In the crane-shaped elegant room, all the servants left, leaving only eight senior officials to discuss matters. The atmosphere was solemn and solemn, completely different from the joyful scene just now.

Liu Yu, the head of the Liu family, frowned and said, "Everyone, was Mr. Cong's move today intentional or unintentional?"

"I think it's unintentional. What does a young boy like him know about salt business? He just said that casually." Gui Lie, the head of the Guijia family, has a sinewy face, a beard, a rough expression, and fierce eyes, like a butcher.

Du Shaoheng, the third master of the Du family, smiled and said: "If it is intentional, then Lin Yanyuan is deliberately reminding us not to obstruct the salt policy reform."

The crowd nodded.

Jiang Chuan said: "Whether it is intentional or not, Mr. Lin's intention to innovate the salt method has never been cut off. Now it is just due to the heavy illness. When he recovers, I am afraid he will take some action."

Hai Dafu sneered: "People say Qianli is an official just for money, but they didn't expect that there are people who not only don't do it for money, but also don't even care about their lives. What's the point of being an official like this?"

The eldest son of the He family, He Xijin, chuckled and said: "The Salt Law affects the whole body. Is it so easy to change? Even if we agree, can the yamen in Huaihe and Huaihe agree? Can the Zhen family of Jinling agree? The master in Beijing Do you agree? Does the Supreme Emperor agree?"

Everyone laughed, it was like this, whoever dared to reach out to the salt method would probably be killed first.

Gui Lie showed a hint of violence in his eyes, wiped the wine from his beard, and snorted: "Smart people always have a problem, do you know?"

Everyone said: "I would like to hear the details."

"Smart people are often arrogant and always think that they are better than everyone else in the world. I can think of things that others can't think of and can accomplish things that others can't. Therefore, I tend to do things like shaking a tree with a cricket's arm or blocking a car with a mantis' arm, which is euphemistically called, You do it knowing you can't do it," Gui Lie said with a smile.

Everyone laughed. For hundreds of years, Yangzhou has been a salt merchant's place. It has never been heard that any official can turn things around by himself.
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  Yanzheng Yamen
  When Jia Cong returned to the room, Daiyu had already been waiting there. When she saw him coming back, she felt relieved and left after a few words of advice.

Jia Cong hurriedly held her little hand, hesitating in his heart whether to tell her the truth about the death of Jia Min and her brother.

"What's the matter?" Daiyu asked suspiciously when she saw that he was about to speak but hesitated.

Jia Cong then thought about it, since Lin Ruhai didn't tell her, there must be his considerations, so it was inconvenient for him to say more, and it was meaningless to say that Tu Zengdaiyu was sad, so he smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm thinking about you, so please stay with me and say a few words."

Before Daiyu could answer, Qingwen and Qianxue burst into laughter.

Daiyu blushed, broke away from his hand, and spat: "What are you doing, don't be ashamed. What can you say at night? If you have anything to say, we'll talk about it tomorrow. You should rest early." After that, he left.

Jia Cong just made an excuse and didn't force her to stay. He watched her leave and immediately responded with feigned anger: "You two girls, why are you laughing? You have no rules. Do you want to follow the rules of the family?"

Qingwen was not afraid of him. She hugged his arm with a sweet smile and said, "I can't bear to hit us. However, now that I'm on good terms with Miss Lin, let's go back to Miss Houbao..."

When Jia Cong heard this, he panicked slightly and said with a wry smile: "I will explain the reasons to Sister Bao after I go back. Anyway, I have decided that Sister Bao will be my wife. I think with Sister Bao's virtue, she will understand me." It’s all about the difficulties.”

Qingwen was relieved. Although she liked Daiyu very much, she never wanted her father to be an ungrateful and irresponsible guy. She smiled and said, "It's really hard for me to take care of Miss Lin, who is like a beauty." If you get cheated, it will be as bitter as eating honey."

Jia Cong said angrily: "What a girl, how dare you ridicule Mr. Ci? I'll take care of you, don't run away!"

Qingwen smiled and tried to escape. She was picked up by Jia Cong and pushed to the bed, and she quickly begged for mercy. Jia Cong was troubled, and he was not in the mood to play with her. He stretched out his body and lay on the bed, thinking hard about what to do.

Seeing this, Qingwen hurriedly comforted her: "Don't worry too much. After all, it was Aunt Lin who asked me to give it to you. At that time, you were too embarrassed to refuse. I think it's true. Miss Bao has such a generous and virtuous temperament. I won’t blame you.”

Qian Xue hurriedly agreed.

Jia Cong shook his head and thought more deeply. Now Daiyu and himself were destined to be parents, but she and Baochai were still secretly in love. The eldest wife was not yet settled, but the ordinary wife was settled first. Baochai could feel that It’s strange that it feels so good.

She is even more worried that after Lin Ruhai recovers from her illness, she will change her mind and take back her life or decide that Daiyu will be the right one. It doesn't matter to her, she can just refuse sternly, but the one who will be hurt the most must be Daiyu. This is also the common sorrow of all women in this era. She can't Dominate your destiny.

After thinking for a long time, I didn't know what to do. I just made up my mind that I would never let Sister Bao go.

"Come and take a look, my servant has just sent a lot of gifts, saying they are for you." Seeing that he was unhappy, Qianxue quickly changed the subject.

Jia Cong looked at the pile of gift boxes on the table and became interested. He didn't bother to open the boxes. He took the gift slip and looked at it. He was surprised and happy. The salt merchant was indeed rich.

I saw that it said:

"Jiang Family: A pair of top-grade jade horses, a pair of Ruyi jade, and 5000 taels of silver."

"Liu Family: A set of luminous wine sets from the Western Regions, two bottles of Turpan wine, and 3000 taels of silver."

"Returning home: a Hotan three-legged unicorn jade tripod, a pair of copper-embedded filigree enamel gourd vases, and 3000 taels of silver."

……

Jia Cong looked at them one by one and saw that they were available in every house. The total value was probably not tens of thousands of taels of silver.

As Jia Cong read the words, both Qing and Wen were stunned. Could anyone give such a generous gift?

Jia Cong said with a smile: "The salt merchant is rich, and it's not surprising because of his uncle's reputation."

Sure enough, the only way to relieve worries is to get rich. Looking at this gift list, Jia Cong's mood suddenly changed from gloomy to sunny. The Du family gave a beautiful jade carving, which is plump and beautiful, lifelike, and looks like Sister Bao. If you go back and give it to her, you will definitely be able to get rich. Likeable.

Jia Lian was also overjoyed in the room. The gifts from various families totaled ten to twenty thousand silver, which was enough for him to squander for a while. He didn't know how much the third brother received, but it was probably just a lot more.

A few days later, Lin Ruhai took a few patches of medicine and her health got better. She could get out of bed and walk around, and she could also read. Everyone was overjoyed and regarded Ye Tianshi as a god.

Only Jia Lian was a little disappointed. Now that the family was out of business, he wanted to marry Sister Lin to Jia Cong because of his uncle's wishes. Then wouldn't all this huge belongings fall into the hands of his third brother?

When he thought that Jia Cong would become rich overnight, Jia Lian felt a little envious in his heart. He didn't dare to have any bad thoughts, but he was jealous and envious because Jia Cong was a killer who came to earth and he really couldn't afford to offend him and didn't dare to offend him.

(End of this chapter)