[Red House] Raiders of life

Five years later.

Xue's back house.

Xue Baochai talked to the manager of the jewelry shop through the screen in the small flower hall.The manager was talking about the things in the shop: "This season's jewelry styles have been drawn and put into brochures and sent to various members' houses. Many people have sent people to order."

This is the method Lin Ning came up with, which is suitable for jewelry stores and clothing stores.Xue's shop will produce a separate booklet every quarter, which is the main style of the store in the next quarter, and Xue's house will send someone to send it to each member who has applied for a VIP card.If members are interested, they can come to order.

Because the styles in the brochure will be officially released in the next season, they are the first to order at this time, and if they like it, everyone will naturally rush to come.In particular, the Xue family has a set number, and each style can accept orders from up to seven companies.

And this so-called "advance season" and "limited couture" model not only satisfies the vanity of rich wives and daughters, but also plays a certain role in publicity.There are quite a few gatherings among women, and once things like jewelry and clothes are worn out, everyone can see them.Especially the Xue family has novel styles and exquisite workmanship.If you like it, you will naturally ask where you bought it.

Therefore, after the official launch of the Xue family in the next quarter, there are already many people queuing up to buy it.Even a little impatient, in order to get a VIP card in advance and directly apply for a VIP card to become a distinguished member.Although there are limited orders even for members, it is better to have a chance than no chance.

Wealth is hidden among the people, and there are many rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, so there is still no shortage of money.

This jewelry shop was taken over by Xue Baochai from Lin Ning, and she still used this method, and the effect was great.Occasionally, when I get excited, I will draw a style or two for the people below to do.

The person in charge said again: "Master sent a batch of diamonds, which were obtained from the place where he sent people to mine in Shandong. Master said he was playing with the girl."

When he said this, the steward couldn't help but respect Xue Baochai again in his heart.Not for anything else, just for the price of this diamond jewelry today.

No, now everyone has called this thing diamonds.Speaking of diamonds, there were also in the past, but most of them were not used in jewelry, and those that were useful occasionally were not very beautiful.But two years ago, the sea boat brought back a batch from the West, which was called Shiny, and the wife and the girl looked like nothing.The master said, we have this thing in our own house in Wei, and it is diamond.But he looked left and right, and the texture was indeed good, but how could a diamond have such a facet?

The master said that our cutting technology is not as good as it is, so it took two months to get drawings and various improved cutting methods.

Needless to say, since the cutting and grinding process has been improved, it is indeed not much different from Western ones.It's just that they got few raw materials. They only got three sets of earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings in one set.

But for these three sets, each set sold 10 taels.Just because of such benefits, the master specially asked someone to go to Shandong to find raw materials, but he sent it away casually and told the girl to play... play... play, play, play...

As far as this batch of raw materials is made according to the previous transaction, there is no one with millions, how can there be 80 million!Seventy-eight million yuan for a ten-year-old girl to play with!How much do you need to be pampered to have such a handwriting?

Ten thousand mud horses are galloping in the manager's heart, but Xue Baochai can't see it.

Xue Baochai also loves diamonds, and she has already drawn up the drawings by herself. Hearing what the steward said, she quickly asked Yinger to marry her and handed it over to the steward. set?"

"About seven or eight sets."

Xue Baochai thought for a while, "Just make two sets of the whole set. Make some scattered sets for the rest, and don't need to make a complete set. A quarter is done according to my design, which I made for my family alone. The other photos It can be designed according to the wishes of the masters in the shop. The previous sets were also made by them, and they have experience. When they are finished, half of them will be kept for sale, and they can be sold in various houses. Rare things are more expensive, nowadays It is definitely not as valuable as the previous three sets. Besides, that price is because of the salt merchants in Huaiyang, so they are greedy for something new. This time it doesn’t have to be the case.”

The manager breathed a sigh of relief. He has been in charge of the shop for seven or eight years, so he naturally understands this truth.I'm afraid that Xue Baochai, a girl with no experience in her family, thinks she can get such a sky-high price. If so, how can he get such a large sum of money for this young lady.Before that, he thought it was too childish and outrageous for the master to give such an important jewelry shop to a girl.Listening to each sentence now, I feel a little appreciative.

At such a young age, he can see the world so clearly, and he also knows how not to make a complete set, but to break it into parts.Although the complete set is valuable, how many people can afford the complete set, but there are many people who are chasing diamonds.This way is more like them.In their eyes, for example, a set of 1 taels, they can’t afford it, and would rather buy a bracelet for 5000 taels.Even if you know it's not worth it, you're still happy.

I also thought about the girl looking at the account book just now, and it took half an hour to read the account book for this quarter, and she was able to point out each item. This method is incredible!

The steward felt a bit of awe again, she deserved to be a girl from the Xue family.

"The remaining half, you keep it for me, and send it to me directly when it's ready."

This is for my own use.The person in charge is an old man, and he doesn't ask what it's for, whether it's a girl wearing it herself or giving it as a gift, it's not his turn to take care of it.

After the steward left, Xue Baoqin laughed out loud, "Big sister is becoming more and more dignified. Uh... that's what my uncle said, a strong woman! I don't know which son will be lucky enough to marry a big sister in the future. wife."

Xue Baochai glared at her, grabbed a piece of pastry and stuffed it into her mouth, "You can't keep your mouth shut with a large plate of pastries! Is this what you should say? Be careful that Madam Su will be scolded if she hears it."

Su Momo, together with Wei Momo, were specially asked by Lin Ning to bring them over, one followed Xue Baochai, and the other followed Xue Baoqin.Although Lin Ning didn't have any contacts in the palace, he couldn't bear the fact that money could make ghosts turn the clock.For several times more money, a nanny like this can still get it.

Hearing this, Xue Baoqin looked around guiltily, and ordered the girls present, "Don't tell Mother Su!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words were finished, Su Momo and Wei Momo came hand in hand with a plate of food, "Don't tell me what?"

Xue Baoqin's face collapsed, and she looked at Xue Baochai asking for help.Xue Baochai covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, pretending she didn't see it.Fortunately, Nanny Su didn't hold on to it, and she and Nanny Wei gave the ice bowls in their hands to the two girls, "I just made it in the kitchen. If it's hot today, you girls can use it."

The bowl is small, but it's a little bigger than a teacup, so I don't worry about stomach ache if I eat too much.When the two sisters were eating, Madam Su asked the maids to go out and guard the door, and then said: "Young girls are always going to get married, so it's not impossible to say this, and the second young lady just said this, It’s not too out of the ordinary.”

Xue Baoqin was overjoyed, she was still young and didn't quite understand.Xue Baochai guessed from the actions of the two nuns that they must have something to say.Sure enough, at the next moment, Madam Wei asked, "Miss, did Madam mention that Mr. Baoyu of Rongguo Mansion to you again?"

Xue Baochai blushed, "Yes."

Xue Baoqin looked at Xue Baochai, then at Wei Nanny, pulled Xue Baochai's sleeve and said, "Eldest sister won't marry him. Uncle won't let eldest sister marry him."

Mother Wei was taken aback, and looked at Xue Baochai with an inexplicable expression, "Miss, don't blame the servant for talking too much. The servant has watched the girl grow up in the past few years, so naturally I hope the girl is well. Seeing that the wife seems to like this young master of the Jia family... …The servant girl was invited from the capital three years ago by the master. At that time, there were some remarks in Beijing to this young master Baoyu. At that time, they said, daughters are made of water, and men are made of mud. Those slaves can’t learn how to tune in. At first hearing these words, it seems that he is really kind to his daughter’s family, but what does it mean to be happy when he sees a daughter, but feel dirty when he sees a man? These words are really frivolous, especially when it is rumored that he is stealing Eat the rouge on the girl's mouth."

Nanny Wei paused for a moment, then said, "At that time he was still young, so he doesn't know what's going on now."

Xue Baochai smiled and thanked Mammy Wei, "Don't worry, Mammy, although my mother is willing, she will not disregard my wishes. Besides, my father will not agree."

Seeing that both Xue Baoqin and Xue Baochai said categorically that Lin Ning would not agree, Mammy Wei felt relieved, thinking that she really cared and became confused.With the way Lin Ning loves his children, and he is a man with more information than himself, how could he let his daughter marry such a person.

Mother Wei was determined, she smiled and changed the subject to talk about something else with Baochai.Just as she was talking vigorously, there were small and broken voices outside the door, and then the door was suddenly pushed open. Before Baochai had time to reprimand them for being unruly, she saw Lianqiu who was beside Xue Wangshi come in and knelt down with a thud, "Daddy!" Girl, uncle... the uncle and the second master beat someone to death outside and were arrested by the yamen. Madam... Madam passed out after hearing the news."

With a sound of Xue Baoqin's ah, Xue Baochai's body swayed, and the ice bowl was swept down and smashed to the ground.Or maybe it was the sudden noise that made Xue Baochai suddenly turn around and calm down, "Where did the news come from, who came to report the news, but is it true? Does father know? What should I say?"

"It was the second master who sent someone back to report the news, and the master went out when he heard the news."

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"Master Hou, the little ones are also acting according to orders. Don't worry, the inside has been cleaned up. There is a separate place for Uncle Xue and Second Master Xue. Although it is a bit simple, it is still clean, and there are no other people around people."

Lin Ning nodded slightly, and immediately knew that the prisoner and the arrester were not in the same group.Otherwise, she wouldn't have flattered him so much.But even if he was the arrester, he probably wouldn't dare to do anything to him, after all, he is the new Marquis of Hui'an by the emperor.With Xue Pan and Xue Biao captured, I'm afraid...

Lin Ning's eyes flashed sharply, and he took out a piece of silver from his pocket and handed it to the yamen servant, "Take you guys and buy some wine. I'll go in and talk, don't let anyone come close."

The silver was a full 20 taels, less than one tael was needed to buy wine, so the rest naturally belonged to them.Moreover, Lin Ning's request was very simple, so there was nothing wrong with the yamen servant.

Lin Ning winked at Xue Song who was beside him again. Naturally, Xue Song was guarding him to prevent people from breaking in, so he could rest assured.

After entering the cell, Lin Ning realized that what the yamen servant said was true, there was even a pot of warm tea on the table, and the two of them were locked up in this room, which was really clean And clean.Especially with the thick quilt covered on the slate bed, Lin Ning was a little speechless. Are you sure he is really in jail?It's completely different from the mess in other prisons.

Seeing Lin Ning's doubts, Xue Biao said, "I gave all the cash on my body to the prison boss, and let them do it."

Uh... well, money can do magic.

Lin Ning sat down on the small stool beside the table, and then said: "What's going on!"

Xue Pan fell to his knees with a thud, "Father, I beat him to death, and the second brother was implicated by me."

Over the years, the relationship between the two brothers has become better and better, and they stopped calling each other "brother" and "brother".Seeing Xue Pan kneel down, Xue Biao quickly knelt down too, but said: "Uncle, this matter is unusual, I'm afraid we have been plotted by others."

Lin Ning was stunned for a moment, with a hint of joy in his eyes, "Go on."

"Today, my eldest brother and I were having a drink in a restaurant. We saw a fellow downstairs who was a father selling his daughter. It looked so weird. My eldest brother and I suspected that he was a kidnapper, so we went down to ask. As a result, the father Hu It's troublesome, blame us for driving away his customers, ruining his business, and insisting that we buy that girl. The elder brother is kind, so he gave the money. We just gave the money, and the father will slap the girl He ran away. Immediately afterwards, Feng Yuan came to say that he bought the girl first. He was not on good terms with us, and he didn't listen to our explanations at all, especially when there were two other servants who didn't listen to us to add fuel and vinegar. He hit up directly. The scene was chaotic, and for some reason, Feng Yuan fell to the ground, hit his head on the steps of the restaurant, and lost his life."

Xue Biao paused, looked up at Lin Ning's face, and saw that he didn't look angry, so he continued: "The yamen servant came very quickly, and he will take me and my eldest brother back to the yamen without a word. We reported to the door that First let Ping An and Ping Fu go back with them for questioning, but the two young men who added fuel to the scene earlier clamored that we were bullying others, and that we did not want to be responsible for killing someone. I said Xue’s family is in Jinling, and we did not kill him. If the yamen finds out, It’s related to us and then come to Xue’s house. We can’t go anywhere.”

After all, he was the eldest young master from a family, how could he just be arrested casually like this.Besides, if the monk can run to the temple, Xue Biao's words are not wrong.

"The two boys said they saw us push Feng Yuan to the steps with their own eyes, and the attitude of the yamen servants was also very tough. There were too many onlookers on the street, and I'm afraid that if we couldn't hold on anymore, it would really make people think Xue The family bullied others, so they had no choice but to follow them back, and sent someone back to report to uncle."

After hearing this, Xue Pan looked at Xue Biao in surprise, "You said, what happened today is a mess? Did you deliberately lure us into it?"

"I see that the girl who was betrayed really didn't know anything. But now that her father thinks about it, I'm afraid [-]% is a kidnapper. I don't know who is benefiting, and deliberately made a fuss in front of us. Later, Feng Yuan came It’s such a coincidence, especially those two boys, there must be something wrong.”

Xue Pan stood up abruptly, "His grandma, dare to plot against me, my father..."

"Your Majesty!"

Xue Pan wanted to be ruthless, but was designed to be thrown into prison. This feeling is really uncomfortable. Who was not angry, but Lin Ning scolded him before he sent it out. Seeing that Lin Ning's face was livid, he hurriedly shut up Kneel down again.

Only then did Lin Ning turn his head and point at Xue Biao and scolded: "It's really promising to jump down even knowing it's a scheme!"

Xue Biao lowered his head heavily. If he had known earlier, how could he have fallen into the trap, but he had already fallen into the trap when he found out.

Why!Lin Ning also understands that he is only 12 years old now, and it is not bad to be able to react later and understand the whole story.In particular, the Xue family is the dominant one in Jinling, the two of them have always been going smoothly, without any experience, how can they grow.It's fine if it's a girl, but they are a man's family.

Lin Ning sighed, it seemed that her plan had to be done quickly.

Seeing that Lin Ning was silent, Xue Biao was a little nervous but worried, so he had to speak again, "Uncle, my brother and I have nothing to plot against. They are probably plotting against the Xue family. Moreover, with the attitude of a yamen servant, This prefect of Jinling may not be appropriate."

Lin Ning poured himself a cup of tea, "Then why do you think they plot against the Xue family?"

"The Xue family's wealth?"

After Xue Biao finished speaking, he felt that something was wrong. If it was family wealth, the Xue family had always been rich. Why did nothing happen for so many years, but something happened recently.

Recently... If it is recent, then only recently the emperor granted Lin Ning the title of Marquis of Hui'an.And this marquis was obtained because of two things, potatoes and sweet potatoes.Xue Biao was taken aback, "Is it because of the potato and sweet potato? Which one is it?"

Lin Ning's eyes showed admiration, and he asked "Which one" directly, which meant that he was very sure of his guess.

It took more than a year to come back after the first sea trip that year, but he also brought back a lot of materials, especially those painted by Lin Ning, all of which were found.It took Lin Ning four months to plant the first batch, and then selected a few villages to experiment, and then arranged for chefs to prepare it in various ways and put it on the line in major restaurants to let everyone know that it is edible.After expanding the influence, he wrote a letter to report the planting of potatoes and sweet potatoes, the yield per mu, etc. to the emperor.

And none of this allowed the other families of the four major families to intervene.It was only after Lin Ning took over the Xue family that he realized that the reason why the Xue family could maintain its status as one of the four major families after falling behind in the official career was that the relationship between the in-laws was not close, and it depended on the transactions with several families.It can be said that among the commercial emperors of the Xue family, many shops have shares in the Jia family, the Wang family, and the Shi family.

And the other few companies basically except for the token investment money in the past, and just collect money for everything, no matter what is produced.It means that the Xue family is their money basket.

Lin Ning used potatoes and sweet potatoes to make such a big commotion, but he didn't think about sharing the results with them, so that they didn't know anything about the whole process. What kind of thought was involved in this, he had to let the other companies think about it.In particular, in the past two years, there has been either drought here or snow disasters there.The growth cycle of potatoes and sweet potatoes is not long, as fast as three months and as slow as four months.Not too picky about the quality of the land, the yield per mu is astonishingly high, and one mu can produce more than 2000 catties.This is still very little.This has achieved great effect in disaster areas.

And the implementation in poverty-stricken areas in the past two years has also allowed most of the local people to have enough food and clothing.Various effects came one after another, and the emperor granted Lin Ning the Marquis of Hui'an.

Hou Hui'an.If the Xue family has the emperor's own eyes and the title of title, then the three families can still control it at will, and hold it in the palm of their hands?How could they not panic?After all, most of the family's wealth depends on Xue's family!

Xue Biao's complexion turned pale. These years, Lin Ning had deliberately cultivated him, and naturally he would not hide these things from him. Now that he guessed these things, he shook his body.If the three major families join forces to suppress the Xue family, even if the Xue family has a title, it will not be able to bear it.Potatoes and sweet potatoes, which benefit the country and the people, are the amulets of the Xue family, but they are only on the surface, and they don't know how many means they have in secret.

Seeing his appearance, Lin Ning comforted him, "It's not as serious as you think. You don't have to scare yourself."

Xue Biao panicked, "But..."

Lin Ning raised his hand to interrupt him, "They are reluctant to part with the Xue family's wealth, so they will not be cruel to the Xue family. They know that if I am pushed to that point, no one will get it. So they They just set up such a scheme, just to warn me. It is also to remind me that if I have a different intention, they have plenty of ways to kill my Xue family and make me regret it."

Lin Ning gritted his teeth for the words "cut off sons and grandchildren", and both Xue Pan and Xue Biao were shocked.Xue scorpion lowered his eyes, "Uncle, do you want to compromise? Uncle doesn't have to compromise for us. The Xue family can't be held back forever. If... if... I will plead guilty, just say that I pushed you. In this way, At least the big brother can be saved."

Xue Pan was furious, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Lin Ning kicked him out, "Aren't you the son of my Xue family? I've been hurting you for so many years in vain!"

Xue Pan was startled, he wanted to give Xue Biao a punch, but Lin Ning's kick was not light, and he was so angry that he raised his foot and kicked again, he quickly crawled over and hugged Lin Ning's leg to block the blow. With a kick, "Father, the second brother just said something wrong for a while, don't worry about him. He didn't mean it." Turning around, he said angrily to Xue Biao, "Admit it quickly."

Xue scorpion got up, and Nuonuo responded: "Uncle, nephew knows it's wrong."

This kick was indeed not light, and his chest was aching, but he felt warm like spring in his heart.In turn, I felt that I really shouldn't have said such things.All these years, my uncle has treated him as his own child, no different from his own son. In the eyes of his uncle, his words are tantamount to heartbreaking pain.

Seeing that he really knew he was wrong, Lin Ning calmed down and said, "You don't have to worry. I'm not a vegetarian either. It's easy for them to think, and they have to see if I want to!"

Lin Ning slapped the table with his palm!

If it's just a simple killing incident, there are always ways to clarify many loopholes, Xue Biao is not worried.But there are many forces intertwined here, and now the Xue family is far from being able to resist the power of the three major families, I am afraid... Xue Biao opened his mouth, but Lin Ning glared at him before he could speak.

Lin Ning said: "Do you think I have played Potato Sweet Potato for two or three years, why did the emperor order a reward now? Even if it is a reward, the title of the Marquis of Hui'an is not clear."

Lin Ning turned the teacup in his hand, "There are three kinds of titles for Duke Wei of my country. One is hereditary and does not descend, and generally inherits three generations. For example, the historian, the Lin family. The Lin family inherited a special gift. The second is the replacement However, descendants and grandchildren need to be lowered to the rank of Jue, but there is no stipulation on how many generations, and they will disappear when they reach the end. Such as the Jia family. The third type is the bestowment that descends from three generations onwards."

Speaking of this, Xue Biao suddenly realized that the title the Xue family got was really unclear.The emperor's decree only said to give Lin Ning the Marquis of Hui'an, but he didn't mention how the descendants would inherit the title, and what kind of title the title belonged to. How can people do this?Could it be that the children and grandchildren are gone?Xue Tiao's expression froze.

Lin Ning continued: "The emperor didn't award rewards before because he didn't understand the benefits of potatoes and sweet potatoes, but because he is a wise king and knows the benefits of these two things too well. The benefits of this thing are too great, and the general rewards are too thin to block them." Shut up other people's mouths. But the reward is too heavy, and he doesn't want to, after all, the Xue family is one of the four major families and has close relations with the other families."

Xue Biao opened his eyes wide, "Your majesty... Your majesty... He..."

It can be said that Xue Pan only understood half of the conversation between the two, but he also understood what Lin Ning meant, and said, "Father, did you make a mistake? .”

Lin Ning sneered, "It's just that it looks glamorous from the outside. If you want to take it, you must first give it to you. I taught you the truth. The emperor played a big game of chess."

Xue Pan didn't understand, but Xue Biao understood.Lin Ning sighed, anyway, although Xue Pan is not so bright and transparent, at least those problems have disappeared after being reformed by him, and he is very obedient.Even if he didn't understand, he still listened to what he said.That's enough.

So, he went on to say: "The emperor bestowed the title because the benefits of potatoes and sweet potatoes have become more and more obvious in the past two or three years. He can no longer delay it. It is a kind of favor to be awarded to the Marquis who is second only to the Duke, and it is also a temptation. The emperor's Here lies the attitude, as well as the opportunity. It depends on how I choose. If I choose well, I will naturally be honored and favored in the future. If I choose poorly, the title will come to an end for me. It will never fall on Pan'er. The emperor didn't mention the succession of the title in the imperial decree, which also gave me enough room to play."

Xue Biao's heart trembled and trembled. The amount of information was too much, and he had to digest it carefully.

However, Lin Ning has already stood up and is about to leave, "Although I have a way to get you out immediately, it's just that if you do this, you will suffer some rumors and rumors, and your reputation may not be good. Why don't you stay here and wait?" I'll settle everything. I'll take care of the cell boss, so you don't have to worry. Jia Yucun has only just taken office, and the cell boss of the Jinling prefect's yamen is a local snake, and he can't control it all at once. So no matter who he gets Instructed to embarrass you in the prison, I am afraid it will not be possible."

The two should be one after another.Before Lin Ning left, he said again: "I'll get someone to pack up and bring you over later, and then I'll set up two desks here. I, Mr. Tuolin, will examine the counties in Jiangnan and around the capital in the past two years. , The papers for the government examination and the hospital examination have all been sorted out. You take advantage of these few days to finish it for me, and I will check it after I go out."

"Ah?" Xue Pan had listened to the hidden words of him and Xue Biao and racked his brains in a daze, but when he heard this sentence, he suddenly had an idea!

These two years?How many prefectures and counties?How many days will it be finished?

God!Do you want to be so cruel!

Lin Ning looked sideways, "Do you have an opinion?"

Xue Pan shook his head violently, "No...no no! Absolutely not!"

Lin Ning pursed his lips and chuckled, "That's good."

Xue Pan was crying, "Then...Father, can you...can you slow down and let us out a few days later?"

Although there's nothing here, it's eerie and empty, and he can't take a shower or drink spicy food, but... with so many papers, he would rather go out a few days later!

"Then you don't go out!" Lin Ning went out and slammed the cell door with a clang.

Xue Pan shook his body, and patted his mouth bitterly, telling you to speak quickly!Even if you think so in your heart, you can't say it in person!look!Going out will make you feel better!My heart is crying!