Xue Panzhi's gossip red mansion

"My lord, the emperor transferred you to Yangzhou this time, isn't it the same as roasting you on the fire?" Jia Min checked the luggage list, and just three days ago, the emperor issued an imperial decree to promote Lin Hai to Lantai censor He also served as the censor of salt inspection to Yangzhou, and coordinated the salt affairs of the whole south of the Yangtze River.

"Min'er! Shut up, you can say these words, you are confused." Lin Hai sighed, he actually didn't want this promotion at all, but someone in the court elected the crown prince, and someone else Except for those who have entanglements with the four kings and eight princes, they are pure ministers without the emperor, so the emperor sent him to Yangzhou, which was on the cusp of the storm. "Don't think too much about this matter, just take care of your family. Yu'er has already gone to Hangzhou to study. Although she is not far away from us, she is not around after all. It would be bad if there are villains. "

Jia Min was taken aback and immediately understood what Lin Hai meant. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, they were not biological after all, and they were easy to be provoked. It would be bad if it affected the entire Lin family. "I know, I will care a little more." But, thinking of the ignorant people in Jia's family, she was afraid of her mother's family like pigs, "Master, please communicate with Yu'er more often, after all, he is a boy. Listen to the master more."

"Third brother, why did you come to the gate?" Xie hurried back to Yangzhou, blocking the possibility of Xie Chang meeting Xue's family, and saw Xie Chang at the gate of the government office as soon as he got off the horse.

"You're fine. I just said I'm going to Jinling to see you. Who knew that last night, the imperial father's order came. He wanted to transfer Lin Hai here to take over the salt affairs, and let him take care of the follow-up affairs here. Let Liu My lord let me talk to him, but this blocked my way. No, I just heard that you arrived, so I came to have a look, is your health already okay?" Xie Chang looked carefully, yes, no Seeing that there was something wrong with his face, his face was also rosy.

"I'm sorry to bother you, my brother is fine. After the handover here, I can go back to Beijing, and I can't let my father worry about it for too long." Xie thought that this decree came just in time, I don't know how many people in the capital fought their heads for this position, but Lin Hai got it, but it is also expected.

"That's good, it's good if there's nothing wrong. By the way, I couldn't thank Xue's family. You can't keep a straight face. After you return to Beijing, you still have to thank them. Even if the Xue family is not new to our things, it is always Some kindness." Xie Chang seemingly inadvertently stepped over the gate of the government office, but his outstretched left foot was almost stunned by these words.What the third brother said is that the wealthy Xue family doesn't care about royal rewards at all, but it's ironic or unintentional. "Third brother really thinks a lot, and younger brother will still do it."

Xun Chang looked back at Xun Shi, and saw that he had no expression at all, and he didn't know what he meant by 'overthinking', but what did it matter?Xie Chang lowered his eyes and walked in.Naturally, I didn't see it, Xie's eyes were rarely exposed, it was a kind of complicated inside, and he finally made up his mind to fight hard.

After sending off Xie Shi and Lin Yu, Xue Pan's life resumed the usual routine, getting up early to punch, and then began to study, and went to the workshop from time to time to care about the progress of Yan Shi's experiments.If the life can be so smooth, there is nothing worth worrying about. Isn't Xue Baochai still suffering from illness?

"Cough cough—cough cough—" Xue Pan heard his sister coughing from afar in the yard, and hurriedly stepped in.Seeing Baochai's white and tender little round dumpling, the whole face was wrinkled, and seeing his brother coming, showing an expression begging for hugs and comfort, Xue Pan skillfully picked up Baochai, and patted her gently. back, smoothing her breath for her. "Don't be sad, Baochai is good, brother will tell you a story."

Master Xue looked at Dr. Wang who had just cut his pulse, and motioned him to go out to talk. Mother Xue also went out together, leaving Xue Pan to help Baochai cover the thin quilt, and talked about the story of Journey to the West, but it was added. I can't remember the original book.

"Doctor Wang, is there any way to cure this fever? This summer is bitter summer, and once autumn comes, coughing will start again, and the child is also afraid of being coughed up." Father Xue looked sad, and he really didn't know what he had done. Nie, first Pan'er, and then Baochai were inseparable from medicine jars when they were young.

"Master Xue, I asked around, and there really is such a person in the capital who can cure Baochai's disease." Doctor Wang found an expert for Baochai through his old connections, "but he I have a job in the Imperial Hospital and cannot leave the capital. I told him about Miss Bao's illness, and he bluntly said that the pulse must be diagnosed in person. Look, why don't we go to Beijing?"

"Master, let's go. This disease can't be dragged on. Although Baochai is still young and not used to long-distance travel, it is still possible to walk along the waterway and slowly reach the capital. Doctor Wang, the old imperial doctor with medical skills Gao Ming, it must be cured, right?" Xue's mother has already ignored so much, who knows what will happen if the cough continues, and she can only go north to the capital to seek medical treatment.

Father Xue thought about it for a while, and this is the best way, anyway, the Xue family also has a house in the capital, so we should send someone to clean it first.

"Father, you and mother are going with your sister, so you just leave me here alone?" Xue Pan heard that Baochai was going to the capital for medical treatment. It always makes people feel uncomfortable to deal with this point, but he remembers that Mrs. Wang doesn't have much concern for him. As usual, he said that his biological sister's child is sick, so he should care about it.

"You don't have to worry about this, your aunt doesn't have that kind of free time." Xue's father knows better than Xue Pan who this wife and sister are, and he can only see what is in her eyes. I'm pregnant, the letter of good news just arrived this morning, and I haven't told you yet."

But Xue Pan thought, Mrs. Wang's birth is Baoyu, right?It turns out that the protagonist of Stone Story has already appeared on the stage unknowingly, "Then shall we still go to Jia's mansion to chat?"

"It's always necessary to say hello, but we still live in the Xue family's own courtyard. We are treating a disease, who would be willing? You can't bring the sickness over." Father Xue never thought about it. The Jia family will keep people, even if they are asked to stay for a short time, it is impossible.

"You don't want to go this time. Xue Ping also stayed in Jinling. Didn't he say that there was something wrong with the glazed lamp last time? He sold some exquisite textiles on the market and competed with our family for business? I've already On the bright side, the business was gradually transferred to your uncle, but he was not born with that kind of material. Tiao'er is still young, and your aunt is also pregnant, and their family can't afford to take care of so much. This matter is still a pan My son has a long heart."

Xue Pan was a little disappointed, he couldn't go to the capital to have a look, otherwise he would have met Xie.However, after thinking about it, this time is really not suitable for him to leave Jinling, and it is better not to show up in the capital so early. "Father, don't worry about going to Beijing. My son will take good care of things here. This is the first time I've been looking after the house. If I do well, I will reward you." Xue Pan immediately acted like a child, staring at He looked at Father Xue.

Father Xue stroked Xue Pan's bun with a funny face, "I'm still begging for rewards for my father. I don't have your share of any good things. Let's bring you some more books from the capital and bring them back to the head office."

"The ones given by my father are all good." Xue Pan smiled flatteringly, and went back to the room to make a list to see if there is anything to pay attention to on the way. Although Xue's father often goes out, this time there is Xue mother and Baochai?

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"Master Xue took his wife and daughter to the capital?" In the Zhen Mansion in Yangzhou, Master Zhen listened to the servant's report, covered the tea bowl, and put it on the coffee table, showing a half-smile expression Come on, "It's good to go, I should leave at this time, tell the next few, and get ready to do it."

But for a few days, on the busiest bustling street among the big cities in the south of the Yangtze River, a new store opened with lights and festoons, and the noise of crackling firecrackers was deafening. "Qibaozhai, it's open—"

This doorway looks magnificent, from the carvings on the door frame to the objects hanging on the eaves, it all shows that this Qibaozhai is selling exquisite and expensive things.

"Treasurer Pan, congratulations, the opening is auspicious, and this is selling glazed lamps. Hey, that Western automatic villain also has it. Not to mention that this chime clock is also very foreign. You have taken refuge in that mountain, so you can get it." Have such a source of supply?"

"Tongxi, Tongxi, everyone, the things in here are all good things, and everyone knows my old Pan's business experience, and he is famous for being innocent! So, this thing is better than those on the market. It has been lowered a little, because our boss wants to let more people play with these novelty things. We can’t always make the price extremely high.” His fat head looked at After entering the store opposite, everyone seemed to have seen the Xuejia Shanhai Pavilion in the same location.Not to mention, after a closer look, the objects in the newly opened Qibaozhai are really not bad in workmanship.

"Shopkeeper Pan, how do you sell this glazed lamp?" It was a tall man who liked to collect glazed lamps.

"Old Yu, if you want it, it's 50 taels. How about it? It's much cheaper than the market." Shopkeeper Pan was proud of it. They can still make money here, and he didn't think about researching the secret method of lighting the lamp. Afterwards, I found out that the raw materials were not expensive, and those Westerners who introduced these things were very heartbroken, so they had the nerve to set a high price, so that they would be able to follow behind and have a big meal.

"50 taels for workmanship, this carving is really not too much." Old Yu is rich and he often buys these lamps to play with. It is estimated that the same thing can't be sold outside for 60 taels, which is a full ten taels of silver. No one's money is paid by the wind. They will dislike their own money and are willing to spend more, "I want it, and the price here is fair!"

This kind of thing happened in more than one place in the Jiangnan area. After half a month, Xue Pan received reports from various newspapers. Among them, everything and Qibaozhai had the same goods, especially Western goods. None of the shops in the store are profitable, and seeing those zero characters made the shopkeepers tremble at their feet. Master Xue had just left before, but this happened on his back, but what should we do?

"Master, do you see?" Xue Ping was also the first to encounter such a thing. He looked at Xue Pan who was frowning slightly, and he didn't feel the sorrow of those shopkeepers in his heart. With the other side of Xue's family unable to help, the master left at ease. , always has something to rely on, and the uncle is far from the outside world, he is still a child with no hair on his mouth and can't do things well.

"This is interesting, I'm afraid it's aimed at Xue's family." Xue Pan was actually very angry, because he knew that in that book, Xue's father passed away when Xue Pan was young, which is inseparable from his son's stubbornness. relationship, but who knows if it is because of greater stimulation, such as the blow to Xue's shop this time.