Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 134
Now that she decided to write a storybook, sister Lin had to consider a question.What kind of story does she want to write?
Before her, there were two clear paths.Whether it is a short story like "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" or a long story like "The Legend of Shushan Heroes", Lin Daiyu has the idea of ​​trying with her brother's success precedent.

On this point, Chen Heng did not help Sister Lin make a decision.After giving the other party a direction to try, he let go of his hand in a timely manner, allowing her to complete her first chapter independently.

Whether the story is good or bad, Chen Heng is unwilling to deprive Sister Lin of her own fun.

There are many things in life, and only when you walk all the way from scratch can you gain complete joy.

Lin Daiyu, who was eager to flex her muscles, did not understand her brother's deep meaning.

She was still worrying about Aunt Shui's story.It is true that Aunt Shui's life was full of suffering and misfortune.

But if you want to rely on this line alone to prop up a story, you will soon fall into the predicament of having no words to write.To write a better story, it undoubtedly requires the writer's own talent and experience.

Daiyu is not short of the former.Only on the latter, the girl who is often locked in the house can only find a way to find another way.

Fortunately, the Lin family has a rich collection of books. Although the Lin family's scholars seldom deal with casual books such as story books.But Lin Daiyu, who quietly brought the snow geese to search, still found "Tokyo Menghualu" and other strange books from it.

Compared with the Four Books and Five Classics, such ancient books that focus on describing social life, economy and culture can broaden Lin Daiyu's understanding of the outside world.

The heart that wants to fly freely, once ignited, cannot restrain the desire to flap its wings.

Tonight, Lin Daiyu was fascinatedly flipping through the books, and was going to think carefully about Aunt Shui's tragic life through the past and the present.The bright moon peeped out of the window, and the bright moonlight mixed with the orange candlelight was projected on the girl's face.

Supporting her chin with one hand, Lin Daiyu played with the tip of her pen and raised her head, her eyes full of joy and excitement were faintly mist by the bright moon.

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The time came to December [-]th, not far from the New Year's Eve.The west of Yangzhou City, where construction is underway, is already quite large at this time.

The advantage of tens of thousands of people working together is that the building is laid fast enough.After abandoning the ingenuity and beautiful layout of Yangzhou gardens, the artisans who were fighting for work led the refugees to quickly build several shops and houses along the street.

Wei Yinghong, who was wearing casual clothes, dragged Lin Ruhai and Huang Weizhong along for a tour.Quite a few curious people surrounded the outside, among them were businessmen from Suzhou, Hangzhou, Jinling and other places who came to deliver goods.

"Yangzhou City really wants to build a weaving workshop?"

"That's right, don't you look at the women in line at the front, aren't they just here to sign?"

"Tsk, can you rely on these people? I think the magistrate is also in a hurry to go to the doctor."

"Hush, keep quiet. Master Wei has been an official in Yangzhou for a long time, I think he has always been calm in his work, and he is definitely not a person who acts rashly."

Passing by these chattering common people, Wei Yinghong smiled at the two people around him, and didn't care about the gossip of these people.

They walked all the way to the registration office, seeing the long queue of women, and couldn't help but feel a little joy in their hearts.

"Not to mention anything else, the fact that so many people came over proves that our decision is not wrong."

Hearing Wei Yinghong's words, Huang Weizhong also nodded, and he added, "We still need to see how many women in the city, if we can mobilize them, we will only be half successful in this matter."

"It's okay, just ask and you'll know." Lin Ruhai smiled, and ordered the guards waiting beside him to find the person in charge at the scene.

As soon as he heard that the magistrate was visiting, the official immediately rushed to the three lords.

This person is an old official who knows how to do things. He answered the few questions Wei Yinghong asked on the spot without any mistakes.When he heard that [-]% of the married women were locals from Yangzhou, even the stable Huang Weizhong smiled.

Good start, Wei Yinghong smiled and nodded.Seeing that the lord was emphatically asking about this matter, the official asked flatteringly, "My lord, do you want to recruit more women from Yangzhou?"

You are a killer, you can really make people feel bad.Wei Yinghong's expression darkened immediately, and he pointed at the other party and said, "It's enough to act impartially. Didn't the recruitment regulations be clearly written for you?"

"Yes, sir, I understand." Knowing that he said something wrong, the official looked embarrassed and quickly lowered his head.

"Take a look back and keep an eye on this matter." Wei Yinghong said this to Huang Weizhong, who nodded, knowing that the magistrate was worried that his subordinates would do something wrong with good intentions, so he hurriedly took over the matter.

The three of them went to meet the old embroidery workers in the weaving workshop. These women were mostly in their forties or fifties.

They are all master craftsmen trained in the previous private weaving workshops.

Since the embroidery in Yangzhou fell into disuse, they took their skills and devoted themselves to the clothes shops in the city, doing small things like trimming and trimming.

This time the government office suddenly recruited them, so I was naturally a little uneasy.Wei Yinghong's main purpose of coming this time is to meet them, hoping to give these old masters a reassurance.

What you said is nothing more than that the government attaches great importance to weaving workshops, you just need to teach people with peace of mind and so on.

People from the two parties were talking lively, but suddenly a servant ran over from the other side of the government office, and came to the magistrate to report important matters.Wei Yinghong didn't know what he heard, his complexion changed immediately, and he led a group of people back to the government office.

When the group arrived at the government office in a hurry, they saw an imperial envoy standing in the lobby waiting for them.Surrounding the imperial envoys were guards of honor guards and bureaucrats from the Yangzhou government, making it very lively.

These people lined up on both sides, and guarded the imperial envoys in the middle.When the three of Wei Yinghong appeared, all of these people showed joy on their faces, and welcomed the three of them into the courtroom like stars holding the moon.

Wei Yinghong had already seen some clues, but he still said on the face as usual: "Yanyi, it's been a long time since I left the capital."

This imperial envoy's surname is Dong, his first name is Qing, and his style name is Yanyi.In the capital, he had a close relationship with Wei and Lin. He was a Jinshi in the sixth year of Wuding, and they belonged to the latecomers of the two examinations.

Several people exchanged some old friendship, and when the servants prepared the official robes of the three, Wei Yinghong led Lin Ruhai and Huang Weizhong out of the inner hall after changing clothes.

The imperial envoy surnamed Dong took out the imperial decree, and began to announce the decree in front of all the officials who bowed down.

"Sheng Gong'an, the Emperor of Fengtian Chengyun, said:..."

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Who says good things don't go out, but bad things travel thousands of miles.

At least what happened in the Yangzhou government office was only one noon later, and with the help of caring people, there was an uproar in the city.

"Have you heard? Have you heard? Our prefect is about to be promoted to the left servant of the Ministry of Rites."

"What? This is a happy event."

"Then who is our new magistrate? Is it appointed by the court?"

"It's Mr. Lin who is in charge of the salt administration. Not only him, but even the magistrate of our prefecture will be transferred to Jinan, Shandong as the magistrate."

"This this this..."

Yangzhou officialdom has promoted three officials to go out in a row, and anyone will be surprised when they hear it.

"I heard that His Majesty commended our mansion for its contribution to the disaster relief. The imperial court used our Yangzhou as an example and punished many officials in the Shandong mansion." The student from Yangzhou who said this was indescribably proud.

When Chen Heng heard about this, he was learning how to ride a horse with Xin Suzhao.He was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse.

Fortunately, Xin Suzhao had quick eyesight and quick hands, grabbed the reins, and helped his friend off the saddle, "Look, I scared you, why, Brother Heng is rushing to the Lin Mansion to congratulate him?"

Chen Heng patted the dust on his clothes, and said speechlessly, "Don't say strange things, how can you joke at this time."

Xin Suzhao laughed. His father is a military general whom His Majesty relies heavily on, and belongs to two systems with civil servants, so he is very open about such things.

Seeing this, Chen Heng could only shake his head and turn around to leave.

It is naturally a happy thing for Uncle Lin to be promoted.He would be frightened, and he still felt that the news was too sudden.

Think back to the dilapidated appearance of the Lin family in the book, and then look at the present.

While Chen Heng felt the butterfly flapping its wings, he was also sincerely happy for Uncle Lin's family.

Xinda was really in a good mood seeing his brother. He knew about Chen Heng's personal relationship with the Lin family, so he couldn't help asking, "Brother, do you really not need to prepare a gift to congratulate such a great event?"

"You, you." Chen Heng turned his head, looked at his younger brother who was thinking about himself, and couldn't help laughing, "The Lin Mansion must be very lively right now, so let's not go and join in the fun."

When Xinda heard this, he nodded after thinking about it again.

It is said that Fu has distant relatives in the mountains.

After all, our old Chen family is a small family, so we came here at this time.The Lin family may not say anything, but their guests will definitely laugh at the Chen family's "snobbery" and come up to date their relatives.

Chen Heng, who was taking a walk, suddenly remembered an interesting incident and let out a hearty laugh.

"Second brother, what are you laughing at?" Xinda asked impatiently.

"I was wondering how the master would react when he heard the news."

Both Chen Heng and Xin Da had studied under Wang Xianming's side, and they knew the master's sour temper very well.

In the past, when Uncle Lin was just a seventh-rank inspection salt censor, everyone could still be a relative.

But now that Uncle Lin has become the magistrate of Yangzhou, he is a serious official of the fourth rank of the imperial court.

Xinda reacted and shook his head helplessly.

Chen Heng only knew how to joke with his younger brother about Lin's affairs.But he didn't know that he had also become the person mentioned by Wei Yinghong and Lin Ruhai.

　This is the first update, and there will be a second update later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)