[Red House] Big Salt Merchant

Lin Yu only stayed in Jia's mansion for less than a month, so he was about to leave.

Xue's family lived in Lixiangyuan, and Aunt Xue also came to visit Lin Yu, Lin Yu only found it ironic.This woman seemed to be well-educated and reasonable, but she spoiled her son too much and didn't know how to restrain her at all.

In the two days since Xue Pan came here, Lin Yu had already heard that the dudes on his side were hanging out with each other, fighting cocks and running dogs, and not doing their job properly.He even took Jia Baoyu to school and hung out with Xue Pan. I heard that Jia Zheng was not very happy in private.

In the past two days, what was even more interesting was the news that the golden lock of longevity carried by Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu's Jade was a "good match". Lin Yu finally understood why.

Mrs. Ganqing Wang knows that the old lady wants to match Daiyu and Baoyu, but she is not satisfied with Daiyu, so when Daiyu first came in, she loves to stand aside. — Lin Yu felt that the fact that Jia Baoyu was born with a jade was questionable, not to mention that the words engraved on the jade matched Baochai's?Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue are sisters, and they probably want to marry their children.

It's just that Mrs. Wang may look down on Daiyu in her heart, and Lin Ruhai may not necessarily look down on this in-law who can't get along at all.

At the beginning, Jia Min only said that Baoyu was stubborn, and he didn't seem to think of Baoyu at all. This shows that Jia Min had never considered this marriage.What's more, when Jia Min was dying, she hated Jia's mansion deeply, and wished that sister Dai would cut off contact with Jia's mansion.It's just that what should come will always come, and what she is asking is that Lin Yu can save Daiyu at a critical moment, thinking of the kindness from the Lin family.

Lin Yu is not a bodhisattva, and he promised Jia Min to save her as soon as he could, but he would not interfere with Daiyu.

Now that he was leaving, Daiyu sent him off, and he only explained a few words, saying that if there was anything wrong, he could just write to his family, the old father at home was probably thinking of her.

Daiyu sent Lin Yu off with tears in her eyes, and Jia's mansion over there arranged for Jia Lian to send him off.

Before leaving, he paid homage to Jia Zheng, who asked Lin Yu to bring a handwritten letter to Lin Ruhai, and told Jia Lian to be careful on the road.

Jia Lian agreed one by one, and then left with Lin Yu.

Because of the experience of "sharing weal and woe" in Tanghuayuan, Jia Lian was close to Lin Yu, so he only let Lin Yu get into a faster carriage, and the two of them sat together, Jia Lian began to ask about the scenery of Yangzhou.

"I heard that the beauty in Yangzhou has a graceful figure, and the actor is affectionate but seems ruthless. It's not a good feeling..."

Jia Lian squinted his eyes, as if he could already see the beauty of Yangzhou.

Jia Lian only sent Lin Yu to the Tongzhou Wharf outside the capital, but he didn't go far, just doing his best.

If he can't reach Yangzhou, he can only think so in his heart.

Naturally, it was impossible for Lin Yu to talk about this with him, so he just changed the topic: "When I left, I heard that Xue Pan's uncle had also arrived in the capital, didn't it mean that he is busy with affairs and usually handles things in Nanjing? When Aunt Xue came, I didn't see him seeing her off..."

Jia Lian shook his head mysteriously, "With the matter of Xue Pan, he must clear up the relationship. The matter of Xue Pan beating Feng Yuan to death is not known yet. You don't know. My wife discussed it with the second uncle and wife. That's it. If Brother Pan can escape death, he must rely on the ability of the presiding judge Mr. Jia. Xue Zan is just working for the Xue family. Recently, the Xue family's business has a big problem, how can Xue Zan dare to relax so easily?"

Seeing Lin Yu's bewildered face, Jia Lian suddenly felt that he was still a capable person. He remembered what he had encountered a few days ago, and felt that Lin Ruhai might be someone who could be wooed.Jia Zheng has already written a letter to Lin Ruhai here, but it is not enough to just write a letter. If Lin Yu inherits Lin Ruhai's ambition in the future, he might even try to win over Lin Yu.

After thinking about it this way, he decided to reveal something, saying: "The Xue family is an imperial merchant, who is in charge of the purchase of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and has a lot of money. It's just that the position of the imperial merchant is so easy to sit in? There is no one to rely on, and the position is not stable. Now the head of the House of Internal Affairs is the prince's mother's family, and the Xue family is next to the prince. Our prince, sitting in that high position, is he not short of money? How can the filial piety of the Xue family be enough? A while ago, he said yes I want to get a foot in the salt merchant's side, but for some reason, it doesn't seem to be going well..."

Lin Yu had always pretended to be ignorant, but now he heard Jia Lian speak so bluntly, how could he not understand?

If it is about the recent incidents related to the salt merchants in the capital, it means that Xia Shengzhi colluded with others and plotted against the group of salt merchants when he was in Tanghuayuan.At that time, the fourth master and the fourteenth master appeared. Unexpectedly, there was a prince behind him.

Lack of money is one thing, but just how short of money is this crown prince who encouraged the Xue family of the imperial merchant to intervene in the matter of the salt merchant?

When Lin Yu thought of what happened to Lu's family, his heart turned cold.

If it is said that Xue's family is short of money, the fastest money come must be private salt.Xia Xingzhi's illicit salt shipments might really have something to do with the Xue family.

The considerations in Lin Yu's mind have not diminished, and he followed Jia Lian's words all the way, feeling that this person is actually quite smart, but his looks are crooked.This feeling is similar to that of Xue Pan. Lian Er is really a good-looking talent and a noble tree. When he doesn't speak, he is a gentleman, but when he speaks, he becomes a scumbag.

Not long after the carriage passed by, they arrived at Tongzhou Wharf. The big boat was already ready, Lin Yu bid farewell to Jia Lian who had been talked about all the way, and boarded the boat.

Standing on the deck, the river breeze is cool. Seeing that summer is coming to an end, it may be much cooler when I return to Yangzhou.He bowed his hands to say goodbye to Jia Lian, and Jia Lian called out "Bon voyage", and watched the ship lift anchor, and left the case after a while, and went south along the canal.

After finally leaving the capital, the stone that was pressing on Lin Yu's heart seemed to disappear suddenly. He was extremely relaxed and only let out a breath.

Zhang Baoer stood behind him, and Lin Yu asked him: "When you leave, should you leave all the things for sister Dai?"

"It has already been given to Xueyan, the girl's personal maid."

It's just that Zhang Bao'er felt that Xueyan was young after all, and looked childish. Back then, the old lady in Jia's mansion thought that Xueyan was too young, so she gave it to Zijuan. If there is something suitable, it should be handed over to Zijuan , to be able to feel relieved, but Lin Yu just confessed to Xue Yan.Later Zhang Baoer thought about it, the snow geese came from the Lin family after all, those yellow and white things were left to Daiyu in private, and the Zijuan was from the Jia family - it seems that my father still has a certain relationship with his wife's mother's family. of vigilance.

Sister Dai is alone in Jia's mansion, so she definitely needs to manage from top to bottom.It's just that Sister Dai has a lonely personality, so she definitely wouldn't do these things. Xue Yan looked young, but she was very sensible. Lin Ruhai didn't pick people randomly for Dai Yu at the beginning.

In the final analysis, Lin Yu still has selfish intentions. After all, Lin Ruhai wants to love Daiyu more, and he will rely on Lin Ruhai to let go of his later affairs. If Lin Ruhai's relationship is not established, I am afraid that he will only be able to become an official and not be able to go into business. .

When Lin Yu thought of his current status, he couldn't tell.

He scratched his head, and when he turned his face, he suddenly found a big boat not far away. There was a chair on the boat, and someone opened an umbrella beside it, covering only the person sitting.The man held a cup of tea and flicked the foam slowly, as if he was looking at the scenery on the river.

As soon as he saw the boat, Lin Yu said, "Where do we never meet again in life".

Xia Shengzhi seemed to have settled the matter with his carefree appearance, presumably the overall situation in the capital was settled.

Seeing his relaxed expression, then Xue Zan's matter should not threaten him.

When Xia Xingzhi saw Lin Yu over there, he raised the teacup to him, and Lin Yu cupped his hands as a greeting, but he was thinking in his heart that the days to come would not be boring.

When he came back, there was neither Daiyu nor Jia Yucun by his side, he had already bought someone who served Lin Yu, and Zhang Baoer had nothing to worry about.Lin Yu confidently and boldly went to Xia Shengzhi's boat to speak - he was very aware of his status advantages, he was Lin Ruhai's son, which determined that Xia Shengzhi would definitely value him.

What's more, no matter how Lin Yu was able to save Xia Shengzhi's life, the two of them were very familiar with each other.

The tea was changed to the second course. Xia Xingzhi said that he wanted to play a game of chess. Lin Yu's chess skills were not very good, and he didn't put his mind on it. He lost within half an hour.He conceded defeat, but said: "Governor Xia is the winner, he is full of vigor and momentum, and Yu knows that he is about to lose, so it's better to be more sensible and admit defeat earlier."

"Haha..." Xia Xingzhi really laughed, he knew what Lin Yu meant, and asked him, "Young Master Lin Yu must have heard something."

"Xue Zan, the current head of the Xue family, came to Beijing not long ago to handle matters, but it seems that he is not happy. I heard that the master behind the Xue family is planning to intervene in the salt business to make money. The people below must be rushing to be filial, but you are here I left Beijing at this time, and it was fourth master and fourteenth master who showed up last time, if you want to come to Lord Xia, you are not from the Xue family."

Lin Yu called Uncle Xue's family Xue Zan, and he didn't mean to stand on the side of Xue's family at all. This was a completely calm and objective attitude. He neither regarded the other party as his enemy, nor considered on the other side's side. , for Lin Yu - revenge is a slow thing.

Xia Xingzhi said: "The Xue family and I are indeed not on the same road. This time, the ones who intervened to cut off the beard are all the prince's people, but even this master should not be too arrogant. The salt merchant has The Xue family wants to follow the rules of the salt merchants, so they have to ask the salt merchants if they agree."

When it was said that there was a new salt well in Sichuan a while ago, the Xue family was so excited that they contacted some salt merchants and gave them money, hoping to occupy the newly opened salt field. How did they expect that something happened to the salt field suddenly?

The artesian well was blown up, what else could the Xue family do?

I'm afraid that a lot of money from the Xue family has been folded in now, if this batch of private salt from Xia Shengzhi falls into the hands of the Xue family, it will probably solve their urgent needs.

Lin Yu thought about Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai's extravagant spending in Jia's mansion, and wondered if they had swollen their faces to pretend to be fat.

He hid his sneer and put away the chess pieces.Now the boat was about to arrive in Jining, halfway through the journey, when Lin Yufang put the white piece into the chess box, he heard an exclamation from outside: "The boat is leaking! Plug it up! Hurry up—"

Xia Shengzhi immediately stood up when he heard the voice, and Lin Yu frowned, knowing that trouble was coming again.

Volume Three