The Opening of the Red Chamber

After solving the major issues on his mind in Zhuangzi, Lin Fan was relieved, and began to prepare for the next stage.

She tossed back and forth like this, but her ultimate goal was to get her father out.

In the letter from the old man, the words were very euphemistic. Lin Fan read it many times back and forth, carefully trying to figure out the mood of the old man when he wrote the letter.After many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, the idea of ​​resolutely withdrawing is indeed a dream in reality.

Not to mention the current political changes, Lin Fan's plan to take his father to the elderly, if he does not have considerable strength, it may be quite difficult.Now this time is still stuck in the time of suspicion and secret rivalry between the superior and the next successor, which can't move up and down.And the position he was in was simply an absolutely conspicuous point to attract hatred.It is really difficult to cut off the old man from this officialdom without any damage, and leave behind a noble name!

Lin Fan, who was thinking about something in his heart, boarded the carriage back to Jia's mansion again.

Now there is no Mrs. Wang in Jia's mansion, and after the whole mansion is headed by the uncle Jia She, the atmosphere of Jia's mansion seems to have begun to undergo subtle changes.Lin Fan can't tell the specific changes, but there is no such a bad Mrs. Wang. For Lin Fan, even a gray and cloudy day is a good weather for her.

Entering winter, for Lin Fan, a creature who is afraid of the cold, now that her body has been transformed and the products of high-level civilization and technology on her wrists, she can't feel the cold at all.

However, there is a kind of cold called 'others think you are cold'. The nuns and maidservants who took care of Lin Fan looked at her thin clothes and proposed to make her new winter clothes.Lin Fan saw them rubbing their hands and stomping their feet as soon as they arrived in the morning, and the white breath was solidified in the air, which made her suddenly realize that the frightening and coldest winter in the north is coming.

After returning from Zhuangzi to Yaoquanxuan where he lived as a guest, it was another afternoon.

As soon as he came back, Lin Fan ordered Nanny Lu and Xueyan to come over, asked Xueyan to take out the keys to the back room and the big box, and took Lu Nanny and Xueyan and other maids to the back room to find Cloth and cotton.

The back room of Yaoquanxuan should be called the back room to be more accurate. It is a row of ten small two-story buildings with a very small and compact layout.The ten rooms on the ground floor were used by Lin Fan as a warehouse for storing things. The rooms of the mothers and maids were arranged upstairs, and the maids and maids were all arranged in the front yard. Everything was in order.

When we moved here, Lin Fan intentionally asked Mr. Lin to buy dozens of large boxes that could fit people in. After delivering them, Lin Fan put them in the back room of Yaoquanxuan, which was used as a warehouse. inside.Taking advantage of no one's attention, Lin Fan moved some things from his private warehouse in the Gaia base, and now the dozens of boxes are filled with the cotton and linen that she brought over and processed together. good cotton.

Lin Fan commanded Nanny Lu and Yunxia Yunwei to take the key from Xueyan to open the box, and found out the pieces of calico printed and dyed by the base processing workshop in the Gaia base, feeling very happy immediately.Thinking of the girls around me, all of them have good facial features and good looks, because I, as the master, have to keep filial piety, and they are all dressed in plain clothes, which really does not live up to their beautiful appearance and youth.

It's time to add clothes this winter, so it's time to dress up.Even if she is keeping filial piety with her master, she should be dressed plainly.Immediately, she buried her head and slowly selected, and after she selected, she asked Yunxia and Yunwei to put the ones she picked aside, and carry them out together later.

After more than half an hour of tossing, there was a result.Earlier, Lin Fan had inadvertently thought of winter work uniforms.Thinking about being in Jia's mansion now, the servants in this mansion are gossiping and snobbish, and the maids who follow him will inevitably not be provoked.

Instead of letting others provoke her and cause troubles in the future, it is better for me as the 'boss' to appease my subordinates first.Units that are booming during the holidays will distribute things, so she can be considered booming.

After the cloth was selected, Lin Fan sent someone to inform the maids and women in the whole Yaoquanxuan to come.Waiting for everyone to arrive, she asked Nanny Lu to come forward and said in front of them: "All of you, like me, followed the girl all the way from the palace, so you are considered old people. It's cold today, It's time to add clothes, our girl said, we should add clothes for everyone." After a pause, he continued, "The girl said, our rules are as follows. Girls must dress according to the rules when they are studying."

When the people below heard this, they all started whispering.

Hearing that it was time to add clothes, I was very happy.But when they heard the rules again, everyone became suspicious again.

"What kind of rule is this?" the chatty Aunt Yan muttered.

"Don't we all do things according to the girl's rules?"

"But what needs to be changed?"

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Nanny Lu glared at everyone, and said coldly: "Calm down, let's talk about the rules now." Nanny Lu's momentum immediately calmed down the people who were arguing, "The girl said that when she was studying During the day, you all need to dress neatly and keep consistent.” Before everyone could understand the meaning of these words, Nanny Lu continued, “I will talk about the details with you when I come down, and now I will talk about adding clothes. Miss Having said that, everyone buys three sets of winter clothes. The cloth and cotton will come to me and Mother Jiang to get them later. After getting them, I will naturally tell you what kind of cleanliness requirements. Maids, you need to get two more sets of clothes, just like the Xiaosi outside. The girl said that your work is heavy and wears a lot, so I gave you two more sets."

When everyone heard this, they were naturally extremely happy.Nanny Lu and Nanny Jiang agreed on a time and made plans.After everyone heard the time, they dispersed happily, only waiting for the set time to receive it.

Waiting for the person to leave, the maidservants beside him came up to tease Lin Fan with a smile on their faces, saying "Thank you girl for the reward" and other words, and urged Lin Fan to show the drawing for everyone to see. voila.

It turned out that when Lin Fan was thinking of adding something to the rouge shop he was going to open soon, he also designed clothes for the maids and mothers who were with him, and drew them on paper with charcoal.Although there are only two colors of black and white, Lin Fan, who used to rely on his painting skills for a living, is naturally able to use the two colors with ease.She drew out the clothes she wanted the girls to wear in detail. At that time, Jingyun and the others looked at them. At that time, she didn't know what it was for. Now that she knows it, she really feels a sudden feeling.

Let's talk about the fact that Lin Fan bought winter clothes for the servants, and it spread in Jia's mansion after dinner.

All of a sudden, the whole mansion was filled with sour water and broken mouths.

Looking at it from another perspective, it is nothing more than the employees of the unit with good welfare showing off the benefits of their unit, which has aroused the envy and hatred of many colleagues who are still struggling with food and clothing.The sour water is back to the sour water, and after the jitters and jitters, the servants of the Jia mansion even followed the relationship and wanted to go to Lin Fan's Yaoquanxuan to work as an errand. He asked the maids and women in Lin Fan's yard to see if Lin Fan still lacked manpower, if not, just come to them to ask for someone.

After hearing what Yun Qian and Yun Xia said, Lin Fan was also amused by this gossip.After laughing, let them agree for the time being, and let's talk when the opportunity comes.Fortunately, these gossips didn't reach Mother Jia's ears, only the fact that Lin Fan bought winter clothes for his servants passed on.

After hearing this, Jia's mother said that Lin Fan was a soft-hearted girl, and those who followed her were blessed.Of course, Mother Jia followed this matter and bought a set of clothes for the people in the mansion, because she always thought that it was Lin Fan who added a set for the servants.Therefore, it seems that it can't compare with Lin Fan's financial and material resources, which also makes people's eyes fixed on Yaoquanxuan.

After more than ten days, the gossip stopped, and the clothes of Lin Fan's maids and women were also ready.

As the twelfth lunar month was about to enter, on the 25th of the winter moon, old man Lin brought good news.

This time the good news is that good things come in pairs.Lin Fan's pearl was dealt with very smoothly by Uncle Lin. Uncle Lin was indeed her uncle Mei's confidant. After following Lin Ruhai in the south of the Yangtze River and seeing the extravagance of those salt merchants, he naturally gave it to the pearl. An exact price was set.

The idiom is pearls round and jade smooth, and pearls are the treasures that people in this dynasty love very much.Uncle Lin's pricing is very accurate, and his methods are more sophisticated.He even said that whoever offers the highest price will get it.He also said that this was a girl's dowry, which was taken out for a reason.This bead was originally priced at 80 taels of silver, but once it made its appearance, so many stories came out, and in the end it was fired to 300 million taels.

When Lin Fan was watching Dream of Red Mansions, he had seen the analysis of the economic price level and the financial income of those in power in the era of Red Mansions.After coming here, she also discovered that it was so.The annual financial revenue of the imperial government's government is only about 2000 million taels of silver, which seems to be a lot, but it is less when it needs to be used.

Seeing old man Lin take out the box containing the banknotes and open the three hundred banknotes of 1 taels, Lin Fan was stunned from ear to ear.She was very curious about who the buyer was, and old man Lin was unambiguous. He dipped in tea and wrote a three on the table, then raised his finger and pointed in the direction of the Daming Palace Imperial City. Lin Fan immediately understood.

This time, it turned out that he had cheated the prince.

After listening to Uncle Lin's detailed account of the process of selling pearls, it could be written into a storybook.Lin Fan was pleasantly surprised but also had the feeling that it should be so, it was always that weird feeling.The third prince is the current crown prince, and he bought this bead, of course, to give to his father's mother, who is the current empress dowager.

But who is the other buyer?Lin Fan wanted to know very much, but old man Lin said that the other buyers are not clear for the time being, pay attention to one word, "men"!This shows that there are actually more than one or two buyers, but what is certain is that those buyers are the subordinates of the Third Prince's brothers who have been digging pits and looking for trouble on his way to inherit the throne smoothly.

This matter, Lin Fan only thought about it roughly, but didn't go deep into it.

It is precisely because I have no actual combat experience in this area and how much I have a heart, so this matter secretly helped the person on the dragon chair, secretly fueled the flames, and offended a person who has never shown himself. Prince.Behind the prince, there is a more complicated nepotism.In a word, Lin Fan was secretly targeted again.

Talk again.

Listening to Uncle Lin's narration, Lin Fan felt as if he was listening to storytelling.After talking about this matter, he watched old man Lin take out the information about Zhuangzi that Lin Fan had taken a fancy to last time, and asked Lin Fan if he should start now.In addition, I also said whether it has been taken down in the past few days.In addition, the sweet potatoes, potatoes, and tomatoes that Lin Fan asked the people in the village to find were all found, and even the seedlings and vines were brought back. Now they are placed on the village, waiting to be planted in the next spring.

After hearing this news, Lin Fan immediately made a decision to buy all the Zhuangzi that old man Lin showed her, and was going to do whatever she wanted on Zhuangzi in the future.After talking about his thoughts with old man Lin for a while, he took out fifty silver taels with a denomination of [-] yuan and put them in another small box for old man Lin to store for him to buy Zhou Xuan again.And specifically explained that the red contract must be completed.

Land deeds are divided into "white deed" and "red deed".

After the deed is signed, paying taxes to the government is called "tax deed", and the tax paid is "deed tax".When privately buying and selling land and houses, the two parties to the transaction negotiate and draw up the contract, which is guaranteed by the middleman and signed and stamped. It is called "white deed", also known as "grass deed".Its content includes the nature of the transaction, the quantity or area of ​​the industry, the location, price, transaction conditions, etc.

The biggest difference between the two is that the "white deed" has no legal effect, while the "red deed" is legally valid and has been approved and stamped by the government.

The red deed is a contract for real estate sales and pawns, which is stamped by the government and paid taxes.After the government collects taxes, it goes through the formalities of transfer and tax transfer, and then pastes a document uniformly printed by the official typesetting on the "white deed" (that is, "the end of the deed"), and finally stamps the official seal of the state and county (riding seam seal) on the pasting place. It is called "official deed", also known as "red deed".Red deeds are protected by law.The red deed is a property certificate recognized by the government or law.The two parties sign a contract, and after the tax is paid, the government stamps the government seal on the end of the contract, which is equivalent to the property ownership certificate issued by the government.

After hearing Lin Fan's request for the red deed, old man Lin felt a little bit of clarity in his heart even though there was a brief flash of surprise in his eyes.When Lin Fan came to Old Man Lin to sell beads to buy Zhuangzi, Lin Fan had named the Seventh Prince. Now when he mentioned the Red Deed, Old Man Lin had a certainty in his heart.

After explaining these things, Lin Fan sent old man Lin away, and waited for his good news to come.

Now that we are also rich, every time we look at the 250 banknotes with a denomination of ten thousand taels in the box under the bed, Lin Fan feels that he sleeps much more at ease.

Money is easy to do. On the 29th at the end of winter, Mr. Lin came to Jia's mansion again with good news.

Lin Fan bought all the eight Zhuangzi she liked, and everything was settled.A total of 33 taels of silver was spent, and after spending nearly 1 taels of silver on the expenses of visiting guests and hiring people to handle affairs, there was still 16 taels of silver left.Old man Lin brought back the bank note to Lin Fan, and sent it along with the title deed.

Lin Fan received the land deed, but he didn't accept the remaining money. Instead, he ordered Mr. Lin to keep it safe, so that it will be of great use in the coming year.