Return of Jia Amnesty in the Red Chamber

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With Dai Quan's support, Master She got up tremblingly and sat on the edge of the seat so that he could kneel down again at any time.He didn't dare to wipe the sweat from his forehead, so he had to let them hang on his eyelashes, and he looked teary-eyed immediately.The hand holding the little milk dog was carefully, for fear of hurting this ancestor, so that that ancestor would have the freedom to be himself.

"Enhou, tell me, the fourth son has sold all the sea boats so happily this time, is there anything left behind? Tell me, did you give him something good? Something? Is it a better sea-going ship, or something beside it?" Seeing that the timing was about right, the old sage asked straightforwardly.

People are already scared like this, if they still don't tell the truth, then he has no choice but to be ruthless.

"Yes!" Master Xi was always sensible, and when he heard the old sage's question, he jumped up and replied: "Returning to the old sage's words, no, there is no new sea boat. It is a kind of machine. You can run faster and farther without manpower paddling. The machine is coal-fired, so it can be used not only on ships, but also in many places.”

"Oh, there is such a good thing, then I have to go and have a look. When are you going to install the machine on the boat?" The old sage was still satisfied with the answer, and the expression on his face became more and more kind, "You will Make a plan, if you have something good, sell those broken boats as treasures to those two hundred and five. When your new boat comes out, they will be dumbfounded, and they will have to spend a lot of money. It doesn’t matter whether it is refitted or re-purchased. It's all earned by you. It's really promising!"

At the end, the old sage shook his head, his expression full of admiration for Jia She and the others.But in fact, the old man is most proud of himself.Hmph, no matter how many tricks there are, how can they be hidden from his eyes.No, it was just to scare and frighten, that little bastard Jia She then said everything.

Master Xi forced a smile, but it was uglier than crying.He knew that the old man was a cunning, old and treacherous old fox.He just talked about the steam engine, and people didn't even need to roll their eyes to know what they were thinking.

Now that the old sage knew about this matter, he didn't know what would happen in the future, and he didn't know if Huhu would beat him up after he found out.I think the two of them have already figured out where the money will be used. If there is a change, it will have a great impact on the subsequent plans.

"Enhou, if this business is successful, how about I count it as a share? I also know that I didn't do much this time, so I don't eat more and take more. You just give me half of it, which means a lot. Alright." Although it was the lion who opened his mouth, the old sage smiled calmly, with a look of 'children want to be filial, I have to resign myself to it'.

"Ah? No, not half of it..." Master Xi felt a pain in his head when he heard the old saint's words 'Enhou'.Sure enough, half of this mouth is needed, why doesn't the old man just leave all of it? !

"Huh?" The old sage's face darkened, and he made a questioning sound at the end.

It's really like Huhu!Especially the last sound of the pick, it is exactly the same.Although facing the old sage's old face, Mr. Xi didn't feel like his bones were crumbling, but he still almost agreed.

"Enhou said, I can't give you half of it. The money has already come in handy. If you are really jealous, we should squeeze together and give you half of the money as filial piety, but it's okay. Enhou , don’t you think so?” Yu Wenhu said before he came to him.

"Half percent? Send the beggars, at least thirty percent." The old saint narrowed his eyes and stared at his fourth son.Is this kid here to protest with his father?He just ordered this kid yesterday, but now he is in the army. I don't know who this impatient person is following.

"Yes. However, this money cannot be included in your private treasury. It has to be invested in a new industry, and the share will be calculated according to the proportion of the investment." Yu Wenhu only pondered for a while, and then agreed straightforwardly.

The old sage didn't do it for money, so he nodded and agreed.After finishing the business, there was another son who looked at each other and hated each other in front of him, so the old sage became lazy and waved his hand to ask Dai Quan to drive them out.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Elder She was sitting on the bamboo couch panting heavily, his face was still pale, and he didn't even have the strength to raise his hands to wipe off the sweat.Yu Wenhu couldn't see it, so he took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat carefully.He also ordered Huairen to bring a cup of warm water, put it in Jia She's hand, and take away the sleepy little milk dog along the way.

"Father knows why you were decadent in the past, and he won't blame you. I was just trying to scare you, so there is no need to be so nervous." Seeing that Jia Amnesty had calmed down a bit, Yu Wenhu tried to persuade him.He was thinking about it yesterday, his father mentioned the pardon, because he was afraid that it was a matter of the sea ship.But he didn't expect that he would scare people like this, it seems that he scared She She.

Master Xi rolled his eyes, and said weakly: "You pretend I don't know, but you are just pretending to be afraid, so please make him happy. That... I am too deep into the drama, and I can't get out of it for a while. .” Seeing Huhu shaking the handkerchief in his hand, the Elder Master frowned.

"Okay, you have a heart." Yu Wenhu knocked on his forehead angrily, hesitated for a moment, and explained: "As for the matter of Sancheng, since I agreed on your behalf, I naturally have my intentions..."

"I know! The ocean-going fleet and the sale of sea-going ships, I am enough to attract people's attention. When the steam engine ships come out in the future, I am afraid that I will become a target of public criticism. It is not easy for them to confront you directly, but they will use me as a target But I’m not afraid. Now that there are members of the old sage, I’m afraid they will not be able to move. The old man is also thinking of me, and he loves me.”

For this, Grand Master Amnesty is very grateful to the old saint.In the future, when the person who bought the iron-clad sea-going ship with a screwdriver sees the steam engine ship, he will feel that he has made a loss-making deal and needs someone to settle the score.They wouldn't think about how much money the ship had earned them, they would only feel that they had been cheated, and that the old man might become a punching bag.

Although Master She is not afraid of them, if someone can protect him from the wind and rain, he will naturally be grateful.

These words spread to Daming Palace in just a stick of incense, and the old sage laughed when he heard it, but sneered: "Hmph, even that little bastard has a bit of conscience."

Eight times, the illness is as serious as Hai Tuo's lonely calculation of the family property, Jia's mother is worried

The sale of seagoing ships is a big business, and it doesn't come to an end until winter.Master She also completed the final adjustment of the steam engine, and was preparing to go to the south for formal loading experiments.

In fact, the steam engine was finished half a year ago, and the old man has been dragging his feet and refusing to go south, because his Xiangxiang's little granddaughter has not yet been born, so how could he be willing to leave.After the eldest sister came into the world, he was busy with his granddaughter again, let alone going away.This procrastination dragged on until deep winter.It was also at this time that a letter from Yangzhou disturbed the peace of Rongguo Mansion.

The father of Lin Daiyu, the cousin girl of the Rong Mansion, was the inspector censor handpicked by the old sage back then. Even Yu Wenhu has not moved his position in the past few years since he succeeded to the throne.Because of this, he is good at dancing with long sleeves, slick in all aspects, but holds the bottom line and can stick to principles. He is really a rare talent in salt politics.With him on the salt road, the salt tax revenue has risen steadily in recent years, and the chaos of the past has not returned.

However, as soon as autumn this year, Lin Ruhai's body began to feel unwell.At first he didn't take it seriously, it was just taking medicine for recuperation.But who would have thought that the condition didn't improve, and it became worse day by day.After winter came, I was bedridden and seriously ill.Even, a well-known doctor told him to take good care of him, so that he could procrastinate day by day.

Lin Ruhai is not yet 40 years old, it should be a time when a man is in the prime of life, but he has already been given an ultimatum of life, the blow he has suffered can be imagined.Dang even gave up Yiying's ambitions, and only worried about his only daughter Daiyu who was far away in the capital.If he was unlucky and left Daiyu alone as an orphan, what should he do?

After contemplating for a long time, Lin Ruhai struggled to get up, wrote two letters with his own hands, and ordered his confidant butler to come to Beijing in person.One was for his mother-in-law Shi Taijun, in which he described his illness and wanted to take his daughter Daiyu back to Yangzhou for a reunion; the other one ordered the housekeeper to avoid others and handed it to his uncle Jia She. A group of Tuogu meaning.

Back then, when he had just sent Daiyu to her maternal grandfather's house, he had received a letter from his uncle.The letter detailed the inside story and current situation of Rongguo Mansion, and mentioned the big and small problems of his nephew Baoyu, which meant to remind him.

It's just that I didn't take it to heart at the time, I just thought it was the best arrangement for Daiyu.Daiyu doesn't have any brothers to help her, so if she can get closer to Jia's family, she will be able to avoid a lot of grievances.Even if there is something wrong with Jia's family, who would dare to ignore Lin Ruhai's only daughter with himself standing behind Daiyu.

But didn't expect...

Now Lin Ruhai is regretting it. If he had known that he would have today, how could he have listened to his elder brother's advice to some extent.It's just that it's too late to regret, and he can only hope that his elder brother can take care of Daiyu more or less out of the brother-sister relationship with Min'er and the righteousness with his colleagues.I don't ask him to treat Daiyu like his own daughter, but I only ask that his Daiyu will have a good marriage in the future, and live in peace and happiness for a lifetime.

After the news of Lin Ruhai's serious illness came, Lin Daiyu cried so hard that she passed out. After being rescued in a hurry, she knelt down in front of Jia's mother and begged to return to Yangzhou as soon as possible to serve her father.

This is human nature, and Mother Jia has no intention of stopping it.