Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 162 Children

Ever since Jia Huishun killed the salt merchants, Lin Ruhai and the Salt Inspector Yamen began to try out new salt methods.

Those salt merchants and wallflowers who had no contact with the White Lotus Sect were also very cooperative and allowed Lin Ruhai to manipulate them as if they were trying to eliminate disasters.

With the full cooperation of these salt merchants, the new salt method has been on the right track after passing through the initial stage of frequent small problems.

After nearly ten months of trial operation, the official salt produced by the new sun-salting method has become more affordable and high-quality due to the reduced cost of salt production. The price has dropped significantly, causing private salt to completely lose its way to survive.

Private salt has no way to survive, and the sales of official salt have also skyrocketed.

Not only that, the policy of paying tax first and getting salt later has also resulted in the salt tax collected in the past ten months being much higher than in previous years before the new law was implemented.

Almost [-]% more.

The people get benefits and the court gets taxes, a win-win situation!

As a result, the emperor fulfilled his promise to Lin Ruhai and transferred him back to the temple and returned to the rank of official in the capital.

Jia Hui also found out from the Tianguan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs about the new official position given to Lin Ruhai by the emperor.

It is certain that the prose officer who is awarded Zhongxian doctor at the beginning of the fourth rank will be divided into two paths after that.

First, continue to serve as the censor in Lantai Temple, that is, the Duchayuan. There happened to be a vacancy in the censorship of Youqiandu, which was the official position of the fourth rank.

Second, transfer to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but there are no fourth-rank official positions in the Ministry of Household Affairs. The positions above are the third-rank ministers, and they are all full, so I can only accept the humiliation of being a fifth-rank doctor for a few years to gain more qualifications. After the ministers of the household department or other departments are promoted or retire, Lin Ruhai will be given the position.

If you choose to continue to be a censor, you will directly be promoted to the fourth rank of Youqiandu censor, and become the third-level big shot in the world of Daqi censors.

But the way forward is also very clear. The step-by-step promotion process is that you have to be promoted to the censor of the Zuo Qiandu, the censor of the left and right capital, and the censor of the right capital in order before you can be promoted to the head of the censors, the censor of the left capital.

And if a doctor who chooses to be a fifth-rank doctor has to suffer for a few more years, he will not have to go through the qualifications and be directly promoted to a third-rank minister, and then he will be eligible to compete for the position of minister.
Both paths have a bright future, it just depends on how Lin Ruhai chooses.

Once again, he took away the stack of candied haws from the old man of Tang Fu Ji who was wandering on the street. The old man was pushed to the ground by the evil slave and kept struggling. He could only watch the Taiwei's arrogant face. He pulled out a yam egg from the pile and ate it into his mouth with a wild smile in front of the astonished old man.
The old man could no longer bear the humiliation, so he lay on the ground and began to cry.

The Taiwei's bully's face, who was riding a tall horse and laughing wildly, formed a sharp contrast with the white-bearded old man who fell to the ground and cried exaggeratedly and was covered in rags.
What a picture of "a bully bullying a weak old man"!
But passers-by turned a blind eye to this scene, as if they were used to it.
blah blah blah!

A piece of broken silver was thrown to the ground by the bully arrogantly.

The old man stopped howling instantly, and quickly picked up the broken silver with a smile on his face and rubbed it on his rags with a sigh of relief.
"Taiwei, Taiwei, please go slowly, Taiwei! I'll be back tomorrow!"

"Fuck!"

Almost every day, Taiwei and Old Man Tang would come here once, and the vendors around him were all used to it. They even felt uncomfortable if they didn't see it once a day.
Like a general who returned to court after victory, the Taiwei appeared on Ningrong Street in a show of force, carrying a candied haws pile full of candied haws and yam eggs.

Soon, the children of the Jia family jumped out from all corners of the street cheering. Jia Hui quickly dismounted and asked the soldiers to help hold them, while he happily carried the candied haws on his shoulders, as if he was a child king and was favored by the children. They gathered in the middle, lost themselves in the soft children's voices of "Brother Hui!" and "Uncle Hui!" and gave away countless candied haws with a silly smile.
The stack of candied haws that was originally full soon turned into bald chickens, and only less than ten pieces were left stuck in the stack.
The soldiers followed the crowd at a distance, leading their horses and walking.

The general likes children so much that he orders a whole stack of candied haws and yam eggs from Tangfuji old man almost every day, and then personally carries them into Ningrong Street to distribute to the younger generations.

Even if there were children from other families and friends of the children of the Jia family asking for them, the Taiwei never refused. He only kept about five or six pieces and gave out the rest.

The juniors also knew the rules of the Taiwei. When there were five or six sticks left on the pile, they stopped begging. They put honey on their little mouths and said to the Taiwei in a clear and soft childish voice as if they didn't want money. He said auspicious words and made the Taiwei laugh.

Finally, he politely said goodbye, and with the Taiwei patting his chest and promising that there would be another tomorrow, he happily twirled the candied haws in his hands and returned home.
The little ones gradually dispersed, and Jia Hui greeted the tribesmen without any airs and walked towards Rongguo Mansion.

At the gate of Rongguo Mansion, a long line of motorcades were parked there, unloading goods from the carriages.

Butler Lin, who was directing the servants to move things, noticed a group of people approaching from the corner of his eye and quickly turned around to look.
"Oh, I'm going to say hello to the Lieutenant!"

The sharp-eyed housekeeper Lin immediately recognized Jia Hui, jogged all the way to Jia Hui five steps away, knelt on the ground to greet Jia Hui.

"It's Butler Lin, get up, get up. Hey, I haven't seen you for a few months, and you've lost a lot of weight!" Seeing that Butler Lin, who used to be chubby and a bit naive, and had difficulty turning over when he fell on the ground, has now lost almost a lot of weight, Jia Hui was also a little surprised.

"Hey, Lieutenant, isn't this little kid just following the master around and getting some exercise?" Butler Lin laughed.

"Well, that's good. You can go about your business. I'm going in." Jia Hui nodded, turned around and entered Rongguo Mansion.
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As if the trouble in the second room of the big house had never happened before, Jia She, his wife and Mrs. Wang sat in the hall with smiles on their faces, looking at their brother-in-law Lin Ruhai who was being greeted by two old ladies.

Jia Zheng was away and was sent by the Shangguan of the Ministry of Works to build a canal.

Jia Min, who was holding Lin Chengyu and holding Daiyu at the side, also looked tenderly at her husband who had been separated for several months, and had a lot to say to him.

Everything is so peaceful
"Uncle Huhun is here!"

The maid outside the door suddenly came in shivering, which made some of them tremble inwardly, and even the smiles on their faces became a little stiff.The door curtain was opened by the maid, and a big man wearing black gold-woven uniforms and carrying a stack of candied haws came in with a big smile and stood in the hall.

"Hahaha, old lady, my grandson is here to greet you." Jia Hui bowed to the old lady with a smile, as if he was not the one who forced the old lady to agree to share the property.

"Haha, it's brother Hui, get up quickly." The old lady laughed stiffly and quickly called Jia Hui to sit down.

Jia Hui straightened up but did not sit down immediately. He first bowed to Lin's mother, Jia She and his wife, and Lin Ruhai before taking his seat.

Wang ignored the expressionless and darkened face the whole time.

Only then did Yingchun, Tanchun, Daiyu, Jia Cong and Jia Huan's five children come out from the side and bow to Jia Hui.

"Haha, get up, come on, one stick each." Seeing Tan Chun and Jia Huan, brothers and sisters whom they had not seen for a long time, Jia Hui also smiled and called them over to get the candied haws.
Xichun?Xichun was taken away by Youshi and went back to Jinling with Jia Jing's coffin. She has not been seen for a while.

Baoyu also went to school.

Tanchun and the others looked at Mrs. Wang cautiously. When they saw Mrs. Wang's unwavering eyes, they quickly lowered their heads and did not dare to pick her up.
"If you want to eat, go get it."

In the presence of outsiders, Mrs. Wang still has to take care of her reputation. The wild rumors outside that she is mentally retarded and broke up with the powerful nephew Jia Hui are enough to ruin her reputation. She should try not to spread any more rumors about abusing the concubines and concubines. Come on.

Tanchun breathed a sigh of relief after hearing his aunt's words, and took the hand of Jia Huan, who was still a little scared, and walked towards Brother Hui.
Tanchun understands what happened at home during this period.Although she thought from the bottom of her heart that this matter was caused by the elder Fang's divination, there was nothing she could do about it, they were a family.
And since the division of labor, the mother seemed to have figured something out and stopped pretending to be at home, and the three of them began to have hard times.
The shrewd Aunt Zhao was treated like a quail, and she and Aunt Zhou stood behind Mrs. Wang on the left and right as if they were guardians. She didn't even react when her own children were bullied by Mrs. Wang, and just kept silent. 's standing there.

"Thank you, Brother Hui." He carefully took the candied haws from Jia Hui, without taking a bite on the spot like the other sisters. Tan Chun quickly led Jia Huan back to Mrs. Wang, and then started to eat it in small bites.
Jia Hui glanced at Mrs. Wang and said nothing.

After all, these two siblings are Jia Zheng's children, and they recognize Mrs. Wang as their legitimate mother.All the righteousness lies with Mrs. Wang. What if she scolds her too much and Mrs. Wang gets angry and harms the two siblings on the spot, which would be bad.

Let’s wait until they grow up later.
There was no more candied haws on the pile. Jia Hui handed it to the maid standing nearby and asked her to take it outside and hand it to his own soldiers. The soldiers would naturally send the candied haws on the pile to Tangfuji and return it to the old man.
"what!"

Xiaoyanei, who was lying in Li Wan's arms and chewing cucumber sticks, suddenly found Jia Taiwei sitting next to him. He grinned and quickly threw away the cucumber sticks. He immediately abandoned his mother and moaned with his toothless mouth. Yelled, stretched out a pair of fleshy little hands to let Jia Taiwei hug him
"Oh, Dan'er, have you missed daddy?" Jia Hui quickly walked out of Li Wan's arms into the small Yamen, held him in his arms and teased him for a few times, and then handed him to Jia She who was looking at him eagerly and wanted to get close to his eldest grandson. In arms.

The maid on the side had the opportunity to bring the bowl of tea to the table next to Jia Hui.

"Uncle, it's been a long journey, but you've worked hard." Jia Hui picked up the bowl and said politely to Lin Ruhai.

"Haha, we were all in a carriage all the way. It's not hard at all. It's the war in the southwest these two days. Jinyu, you are also very busy and haggard." Lin Ruhai also stroked his beard and greeted Jia Hui politely.

"Hey, what's so hard about this? Everything has been prepared a long time ago. As soon as the war starts over there, it will be transported from Luoyang War Bureau and Kunming to the front line. That is to say, it is a little harder to write the paperwork, but it's all Finished." Jia Hui blew into the tureen and said with a smile.

"That's good, that's good." Lin Ruhai was a little worried when he heard the news about Dongguo's invasion in the southwest these two days, but when he saw Jia Hui's relatively relaxed smile, Lin Ruhai felt a lot more relieved.

"Uncle, don't worry. Although it would be a pity to lose Lashio, after all, it was taken from the Burmese only a few decades ago. It is still a city with a majority of Burmese people. Yun Shuai did not take this city at that time." Forget it, let's move into the defense line and just use it as a bridgehead for counterattack. Let's not talk about it." Jia Hui realized that he had said too much and quickly closed his mouth.

I almost thought this was the Yingtai Hall of the county government.
"Let's not talk about this anymore, uncle, have you heard about how your official position will be arranged in the future?" Jia Hui changed the topic.

"Of course I know. I heard it from the Holy One when I went to the palace just now."

"Well, that's good. Which path does uncle want to take?" Jia Hui asked Lin Ruhai after taking a sip of tea.

"Oh, I'm still hesitating. Let me think about it again." Facing two paths with pros and cons, Lin Ruhai also encountered difficulties.

Take the road of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It is a wide and wide road, so you only need to walk step by step.

Taking the route of the Sixth Ministry is too uncertain. There may be a vacancy for the position of Minister next year, or it may not be moved after seven or eight years. Moreover, the competition in the Sixth Ministry is too fierce, not only within the own department, but also from Competition from other sectors
Too curly!
Thinking of this, although Lin Ruhai still said to think about it, he had already made a decision in his heart.
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Then came the reception banquet, and Lin Ruhai finally met the grown-up Baoyu.

To be honest, the impression is not very good.

He does have a good skin, but he always takes the time to do small tricks with the maid standing beside him, which reminds Lin Ruhai of his second uncle's comment on Baoyu's capture of the rouge box when he paid homage to Baoyu - "hungry in sex" ghost.

At that time, he thought that his second uncle was being alarmist. What did a one-year-old child know?I just grabbed the rouge box after smelling the good smell.

But now, Lin Ruhai feels that the second uncle's judgment is very accurate!
Isn't this ten years old?If you are like this with a maid when you are eight or nine years old, what will happen when you grow up?

But fortunately, Jia Hui was present, even the demon king Jia Baoyu sat in his seat like a quail, only daring to make trouble with the maid.I didn't dare to leave the table to say a word to my cousin Lin.
Lin's mother and Jia Miniang, who had been living in Rongguo Mansion, finally waited for Lin Ruhai. After declining Jia's mother's attempts to stay, the family finally moved into the Lin Mansion that had been prepared for a long time.
It was sunny on May [-]th, the seventh year of Tiansheng.

It's three o'clock in the afternoon.

Several carriages with chrysanthemum emblems were parked in front of the Zuojun Governor's Mansion.

　I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)