Heir of the Red Chamber

At that time, it was said that they would leave the next day, and Lin Ya, who hadn't had a serious fight with anyone for a long time, was excited and planned in the middle of the night. As a result, in the early morning of the next day, Lin Ya was about to tell Heyin and others to take care of the house, but Lin Ruhai made people A word was sent to the Jinyuan, saying that everything was not ready yet, and we would wait two days to talk about it.

Since his master wanted him to show up in Jinling, Lin Ya readily obeyed, calmly cultivated his sentiments at home, carefully picked out some belongings, and refused to take anything unless it had a provenance. Ji Xinyi was not needed unless there was a price and no market, so he took a bath and changed clothes under the service of He Yin and others, and got on the carriage with a touch of luxury, escorted by the eldest son and second son of the He family, a great salt merchant. Yangzhou went to the gate of Yangzhou Prefecture.

According to the small merchant who was selling goods on the street that day, it was really a battle that hadn't happened in many years. The leading servants of the Lin family rode tall horses to the base of the city gate to salute the city gate officials. He had just turned out of the alley where Lin's mansion was located, and even the two maidservants with him were riding in a green feather canopy car.

Those who have something good to do can't help but ask what kind of BMW carving car the eldest son of the Lin family is sitting on, but the peddler who was talking about it before suddenly became dumb, and he hesitated for a long time, only saying that the car of the eldest son of the Lin family is inlaid with gold. Yu, the indescribable wealth, but he didn't quite understand it, and everyone couldn't help laughing, saying that the peddler and countryman were ignorant, he didn't even have such eyesight, and some people clapped their chests and said that they saw the Lin family's convoy that day. If he was himself, he would definitely be able to see this, making the peddler blush with embarrassment.

And the Zhen family who was far away in Jinling City also got the news that Lin Ya had come out of the city to Jinling City. After all, Lin Ya's trip was to replace his father Lin Ruhai to celebrate the birthday of Zhen Yingjia, the elder of the Zhen family.And Zhen Yingjia, who didn't pay attention to a little heir at all, was really moved at this time. He wanted to see Lin Ya and weigh the weight of the eldest son of the Lin family in Gusu, so that he could figure out how to be the current Lin family in the future. It will take a lot of work for Lin Ruhai, the master of the family, to recover the losses he suffered. —— Lin Ruhai's body is not very strong, and it's not a big secret in the officialdom.

It turned out that during the more than ten days when Lin Ya was preparing his luggage, a major incident occurred in the Jiangnan business community.

The bank account of Xue's family, an imperial merchant based in Jinling City for more than a hundred years, was sold out by three big salt merchants.

It should be said that when the Xue family established their family a hundred years ago, the foundation was the silk cloth business that is the most common and difficult to do in the south of the Yangtze River. After gaining the status of an imperial merchant, he aggressively annexed other merchants. However, in just two generations, he took advantage of the emperor's grace to carry out dozens of businesses.And among these businesses, the two businesses of ticket office and pawn shop are the most profitable. After several generations of Xue's business, it can be said that it is unique in the south of the Yangtze River.

It's a pity that the flowers are not popular in a hundred days. Since Xue Pan's father took over the family business, one of his talents is limited, two other big households want to share a piece of the pie, and there are Jin merchants and Huizhou merchants who want to get involved in Jiangnan shopping malls. With signs of decline, when Xue's father passed away due to a sudden illness, the Xue family fell into Xue Pan's hands, and even worse, the good times were gone.If it wasn't for the Jinling Zhen's family and the other Jia, Wang and Shi families' efforts to support them out of various thoughts, the Xue family might not even be able to wait for this wave of run-off.

Qi is also strange here.

It's not that no one has tried the Xue family's ideas before, who made them rich and unable to protect their wealth, but as soon as the Zhen family stepped forward, they stopped.After all, if they really broke up with the Zhen family, they would feel very uncomfortable.

But at this moment, Zhen Yingjia even sent his confidant Qing Ke to accompany his eldest son Zhen Teng as a guest, and the heads of Liu, Zeng, and He who besieged the Xue family all avoided them, and only sent their nephews and nephews to treat guests. It would be better to tear faces with the Zhen family and the Jia, Wang, and Shi families in Beijing than to suppress the Xue family forever.

If it was an ordinary businessman, Zhen Yingjia would have found a name for them a long time ago, given them a good meal, let them know who owns this Jinling, and let them keep quiet when they mentioned the Zhen family in the future, but these three families, he easily Can't move.

Needless to say, the Liu Family of Imperial Merchant, the old lady of their family was the same as old lady Zhen back then, and they are also the old people around today. It is only because of their inferior background that they have been hidden behind old lady Zhen for so many years.But although there is less false fame, there is a lot of friendship with Mrs. Liu today, not to mention that one of the Liu family's aunts is still the younger brother and the concubine of the late King An.Today, the injured younger brother died early, and the two concubines of Prince An kept the festival when they were young, and they have always been kind to each other.

The Zeng and He families are not comparable to the Liu family, and they are also one of the largest salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a trivial matter to have a huge family fortune.One of the aunts of the Zeng family gave birth to the much-loved little princess of the Xining Palace, and the other girl was quite the favorite of the new King of Beijing, and she would be the concubine if she gave birth in the future.The He family followed the path of Prince Zhongshun, and the money was sent to Prince Zhongshun's mansion like flowing water these years, except for dealing with the Xue family, it was their own decision, and they were really obedient.

Since he couldn't do it easily, Zhen Yingjia waited patiently until the eldest son was left out by the three families, and then he thought it right. He was about to send someone to Beijing, but the sons of the Zhen family in Beijing had brought back the wishes of the two princes.

What the two young lords said was extremely simple, but it was just a matter of merchants and merchants competing for profit, so why bother?In any case, the Xue family does not have to be part of the Zhen family.Besides, the amount of silver that the Xue family has donated in the past two years is not as good as before, so what is the use of keeping it.

In fact, if the same faction stood behind these three families, Concubine Zhen and her two princes might be more vigilant.However, there is no talk of incompatibility between the palace of a different surname and the king of Zhongshun, that is also cold-eyed. The Liu family only follows the present and ignores anyone. If the three families run against the Xue family together, Concubine Zhen and others will inevitably believe that the three families are in the capital. The confidantes who stayed behind said that they just disliked the Xue family for occupying the cornucopia and wanted to make a profit.

Even if Zhen Yingjia wanted to say that the Lin family was instigating this, it was useless.Because he knew in his heart that even if he said it, the two little princes might not offend Lin Ruhai for the Xue family.After all, Lin Ruhai is in the emperor's heart, no matter which prince he turns to is a very important person, no matter how rich the Xue family is, there are still others who can replace them.For example, the Niu family in Shanxi who invested under the command of the Sixth Highness a few years ago has donated much more money than the Xue family.

Maybe the two Highnesses still feel that abandoning the Xue family can calm Lin Ruhai's anger, and it is worthwhile to win over an important minister.

As for the three families of Jia, Wang, and Shi, aside from the two sides of the historians, can the Jia family and the Wang family turn against their highness for the sake of the Xue family?

If the Lin family jumped out on their own, it would be fine if Zhen Yingjia and Lin Ruhai did two tricks, but Lin Ruhai hid behind the scenes and set up such a trick.If it hadn't been for the fact that Lin Ruhai started to be a little frank with certain families on Yanyin shortly after meeting Xue Pan on Linya Road, and made an exception to have a few drinks with the seventh master of the Liu family, Zhen Yingjia might not be so sure that it was the Lin family. hand.

Now the Lin family has made it clear that they don't care about Zhen Yingjia's face, they just want to shake the foundation of the Xue family, beat the dog raised by Zhen's family, and lose face to Zhen Yingjia, but he has scruples in his heart, and he raises and lowers the knife in his hand, just If you can't fall on the heads of those three families, you dare not beat other people's dogs.After all, if there is a move, besides the Lin family, several royal residences will be filled in.

Zhen Yingjia actually instructed the good censor to participate in the memorial to Lin Ruhai, but it is a pity that he directly threw the memorial back now, and bluntly praised Lin Ruhai as the minister of the humerus, "my arm", completely in the intention of protecting him.Then I want to speak to the backers of the three families, saying that the three families have been given the benefits of being guns in the hands of others, but it is not serious to say that it is the nature of businessmen to seek profit, and how to make it without robbing or fighting.

One side is unscrupulous, and the other side is restrained. This battle has just begun, and the outcome is doomed.

After Xue's family had exchanged all the living money that could be moved, Liu Zenghe's successors would arrive.Without the secret support from the officialdom, relying solely on business methods, the downtrodden Xue family is no match for the three families whose heads are all in their prime. All the silk shops under the store were sold at a discount.

Mrs. Xue wrote two or three letters a day, but she didn't even say a word. After waiting for a month, her natal brother Wang Zi couldn't help but tell her to close the shop and take the children to Beijing for a reunion.

In desperation, Mrs. Xue had no other choice but to appease the troubled clansmen with the scattered money, and then took the family property at the bottom of the box and dragged her children to Beijing.

From the time when Liu, Zeng, and He's families suddenly exerted their strength to the time when Xue's family was defeated, it took only two months, and when Xue's family left the city, it happened to be the day when Lin Ya entered Jinling.

The distance between Yangzhou and Jinling was only more than two hundred miles, and Lin Ya actually walked for more than a month and a half, which really burned the anger of the Zhen family who had been waiting for him for a long time.

But why did Lin Ya walk so slowly?

This is also impossible.It's just that the second master of the He family who was traveling with him was too hospitable. He not only invited Lin Ya to the other courtyard of the He family with all his strength, but also willingly served as an entourage. For matters such as banquets and banquets, I had to wander in several places for many days.Finally, everyone had their best time, and the servants who were serving them fell ill again, so they invited the doctor to feel their pulse. When it is settled.

Fortunately, there were no further incidents this time, and Lin Ya and his party arrived at the welcoming pavilion ten miles outside Jinling City. Uncle Liu, Second Master Zeng and Second Master He were all waiting here early in the morning. As soon as the Lin family's convoy arrives, they will invite Lin Ya to the city for a gathering.

Not far from the welcoming pavilion, in an eight-treasure carriage that was guarded by the servants and passed by the Lin family's convoy, a bright-eyed girl looked at the heavily guarded red sandalwood, jade-carved and beaded carriage with a trace of Uncontrollable cold hatred. ?