Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 214 A famous letter

In the main room of Jia She's courtyard, Wang Xifeng looked at her nose, mouth, and heart. She lowered her head and caught a glimpse of the elder Jia She walking back and forth in a pair of official boots, and suddenly stopped.

Mrs.

"Huh?" The elder gently put down the colorful tea cup, walked quickly to the concubine in the first room, picked up the tea cup and threw it on the ground.

Snapped--

The tea cup fell into pieces, and there was a cry of surprise inside, and then there was silence.

"That's too much! Do the Shi family think my Jia family is easy to bully?"

Wang Xifeng's face remained motionless, but her heart was extremely confused. After all, the two people in front of her are also parents-in-law, and Jia Lian is not at home. Although Wang Xifeng wants to manage the house and does not need to come to set the rules every day, she still has to come over from time to time to take a look. It was extremely unfortunate that today, when I came here, I saw the eldest master Jia She and the third-rank general Shi Guangzhu making a red face.

Afterwards, Mrs. Xing and the eldest man cursed each other loudly and listened briefly to the whole story. However, it was the eldest man and Mrs. Xing who entertained guests and friends for the past two days and were thinking about selling a few more copies of the greenhouse recipe at a high price.

The palace changed hands and the recipe should not be too ugly, because it was just a new concubine, and then relatives and friends were invited to gather together. During the dinner, he accidentally mentioned the hot shed recipe, and praised it as the only one in the sky and no one on earth.

When the news was leaked, merchants from all over gathered together.

That was Li Caishen's prescription. Who has ever seen Li Caishen lose money? Although Li Caishen looks down upon it, it cannot be said that this greenhouse is a good business to be passed down to the family.

Yesterday, a businessman came to the door. The eldest master, Jia She, tried his best to show off his behavior, but he only said that he had made a mistake while drunk, and there was absolutely no recipe for a warm house.

According to Li Weijian, they are all foxes who have become spirits, so who are they talking about? The merchants who came and went were naturally well-connected, because several of them paid heavily, some paid 800 taels, and some directly shouted out high prices of 2,000 taels.

The eldest man, Jia She, and Mrs. Xing were naturally very excited. They would try their best to figure it out for two days, raise the price, and then sell a few copies, and they would be able to earn 18,000 yuan without a doubt. Unexpectedly, from early morning to noon today, not even half of the people came to the door.

Jia She was puzzled, fearing that all the money in his mouth would fly away, so he quickly sent his servant out to check. It doesn't matter what I heard, I actually heard that the Government of the Republic of Jiu was selling the recipe for the greenhouse for five hundred taels a piece, which is a no-brainer!

The elder Jia She is going crazy! He hurriedly sent someone to leave a message for Shi Guangzhu. In the afternoon, Shi Guangzhu came to visit unexpectedly. The two of them could not talk much about each other. When he heard that Shi Guangzhu was the vegetable farmer who was fired from the Li family and got the recipe for the greenhouse, how could the elder Jia She still hold back?

He made some sarcastic remarks, but still kept face at first. Shi Guangzhu was young and a generation shorter than Jia She, but he had a bad temper and immediately refuted it.

The two of them choked a few words, and immediately broke up in unhappiness.

When Wang Xifeng heard the cause and effect, she felt worried and happy at the same time! Ruyi is naturally because of the eldest master Jia She's wishful thinking. What he is worried about is whether brother Jian's move will annoy the eldest master... If it does, I'm afraid that brother Jian and the second girl will be worried. There are going to be twists and turns.

Li Weijian protected him like this several times. Wang Xifeng knew his kindness and made up his mind that he would try to save brother Jian later.

The elder vented for a while, then sat down angrily, frowning and sulking.

At this time, I heard Mrs. ?”

"Hmm..." The elder muttered without saying anything.

He secretly thought to himself that Li Weijian was only interested in marrying Yingchun. He came to the house earlier and even visited Yingchun for half an hour, so he shouldn't offend himself, right?

Wang Xifeng took a deep breath and said, "I'm afraid what the eldest lady is saying is wrong."

Mrs.

"Yeah." Jia She nodded, and then he was convinced.

Mrs. Xing didn't think much about it. She frowned and asked, "Since Brother Lian's daughter-in-law said this, there must be another reason. Why don't you tell me why?"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "This is the first time my daughter-in-law has heard about it, so she can only make random guesses... If you ask me, maybe the vegetable farmer was won over by the Shi family early in the morning. It is impossible to make a big fuss at Brother Jian's house... The eldest man , The eldest wife also knows that although brother Jian has been awarded a title, his foundation is very weak. How can he afford to offend the government of the country? Besides, brother Jian doesn't care about the three melons and two dates, so he didn't think much about it, so he took it. The vegetable farmer sent it away."

Mrs. I'm afraid that Mr. Jiguo's family used tricks behind his back to force Brother Jian to release the vegetable farmer...

I saw that the ten thousand taels of silver in my hand just flew away! How could Jia She be reconciled to this? There is a saying: bear with it for a while and get more and more angry, take a step back... I'll fuck you!

The elder was so angry that he couldn't help shouting: "It's too much to bully someone! Come on, prepare the car, sir, I want to go to the prince to talk to Qian'er!"

This prince, of course, is the King of Beijing.

It's just that the time has passed and Shenshi is approaching. How can there be such a time to find the King of Beijing? No matter how much Mrs.

As soon as the eldest master left, Mrs. Xing looked at Wang Xifeng with displeasure, and said in a strange tone: "Brother Feng is actually protecting Brother Jian... That's right. Apart from Brother Zhu's daughter-in-law, the only one who cares about Brother Jian is Brother Zhu." I have the most contact with my son."

Wang Xifeng was horrified. Rumors were spreading without blood. If such words were spread, how could she behave? He hurriedly explained: "What the eldest lady is saying is wrong. When I went to Brother Jian's house, Brother Jian was not there. I always interact with Aunt Fu."

Thinking of Fu Qiufang's good life outside now, Mrs.

Wang Xifeng hurriedly said: "Brother Jian, aren't you young and haven't gotten married yet?"

Mrs.

Wang Xifeng did not dare to stay and hurriedly took the opportunity to say goodbye. After getting out of Heiyou Gate, Wang Xifeng didn't take the bus because the distance was too short.

There was no one waiting on Ningrong Street at this time, so Wang Xifeng led only two maids into Derongguo Mansion through the corner gate. After entering the Yimen, she let out a sigh of relief, and she managed to cover it up this time.

I guess you can express your merits in front of Brother Jian later, right? She, the second sister-in-law, did her best this time.

Then I thought again, could it be that Brother Jian sent the vegetable farmer away on purpose because he came to pray for help? Thinking about it carefully, it seems that when Brother Jian just entered the house, he looked at me with admiration, and then returned to normal... Brother Jian is a wealthy man, could it be that he has hidden his thoughts about himself?

Otherwise, why would you need to borrow money from yourself this time?

Thinking like this, Wang Xifeng was startled and confused for a moment. But after thinking about it again, Brother Xu Shijian really did what he said. Is it just because he wants to take care of his sister-in-law Li Wan that he puts so much effort on himself?

Well...that must be the case!

Wang Xifeng was determined and stopped thinking about other distracting thoughts. She thought that she had to take good care of Li Wan in the future, otherwise she would not be able to afford Brother Jian's help this time.

Just as he was about to turn to Rongqing Hall, the maid beside him suddenly said: "Grandma, Miss Ping'er is back."

Wang Xifeng stopped hastily, turned around and saw Ping'er walking quickly with a little maid.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "Have the things been delivered?"

Ping'er said with a smile: "Sent it away. Grandma Rong asked me to thank grandma. She said that there happened to be not enough rouge and she was about to send someone to buy it."

"How is she doing?"

Ping'er said: "It's good to see, but I heard that Dr. Zhang came to visit again and prescribed a new prescription. I'm afraid Grandma Rong is overthinking again, and Grandma Zizhen is trying to persuade her now." "

Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief. Among the Jia family, she was the only one who had a very good personal relationship with the Qin family, but the Qin family was also a thoughtful person. Her body was broken and broken, and she didn't know when she was the boss.

At that moment, the master and the servant murmured and walked towards Jia Mu's courtyard together.

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Outside Luanzhou City, Yongping Prefecture.

Seven or eight state government officials opened the way in front of them, and behind them, about fifty people of various colors walked slowly along the Luanhe River. This is not an official road, it is just a country trail. It rained yesterday, so it was extremely difficult to walk.

Sitting on the big green horse, Li Weijian was hit by the sun and felt dizzy. At noon, I couldn't bear Zhizhou's hospitality, so I had to have a banquet with him. When Nazhizhou learned that the visitor was the well-known Li Weijian, and there was a document from the Ministry of Works, he was extremely eager.

Not only did they send a guide, but they also hurriedly sent seven or eight government officials to accompany them for fear of offending the villagers.

This Luanzhou became Luan County later, and later became Luanzhou City. You can naturally find iron ore by following the map. Then Tangshan will be difficult... Oh my god, Li Weijian spent a lot of time in Zunhua, but no one had heard of Tangshan.

Fortunately, Li Weijian still vaguely remembered the approximate location, because he was the craftsman who sent out more than a dozen people to search for ore, so he gave the rough range and then gave up. It's already July, and I have to go back to Yan Fengzhen's wedding ceremony in the next two days. I have to find some results before returning.

It's hard to say about Kailuan Coal Mine, so we can only focus on Sijiaying Iron Mine. After walking for a while, Ding Rusong rode back and reported: "Sir, there is a village ahead, named Xujiazhai. Why don't you take a rest here?"

Li Weijian nodded slightly and asked, "How many miles have you walked?"

"I'm afraid it's more than ten miles away."

"Go and call Team Leader Xu."

Ding Rusong took the order and led Xu Bantou back in a moment. The squad leader quickly dismounted his horse, bowed and clasped his fists: "The doctor is looking for a young man?"

Li Weijian smiled condescendingly and said, "I heard that Captain Xu is from Xujiazhai?"

Xu Bantou said: "Back to the doctor, I am from Xujiazhai. There is no big thing or little love here that I don't know about."

Li Weijian asked: "Do you know if there are iron ores here?"

"Ah?" Team Leader Xu blinked, not knowing how to answer.

Li Weijian laughed and waved his hand to lead the way. After walking for nearly a mile, the stockade was in front of us, but we could hear the continuous sound of gongs. The farmers in the fields ran back to the stockade like a swarm of swarms. Someone vaguely heard shouting: "The government is calling for fire consumption." !”

For a moment, the man roared, the woman and the children wailed endlessly, leaving Li Weijian dumbfounded. Captain Xu said awkwardly: "I don't know, but the people here are the most cunning and cunning, and they often resist taxes. Zhizhou had no choice but to ask three groups of government officials to collect one or two taxes. Well... Don't worry, sir. I'll wait for you." The younger one came forward and called the door."

Team leader Xu turned around, holding his hat and holding an iron ruler as he hurriedly called the door. At this time, a craftsman suddenly chased the general on horseback, pointing to the compass in his hand and said: "Mr., there must be iron ore here!"

"Oh?"

Li Weijian looked carefully and saw that the pointer on the compass was shaking wildly. Don't think about it, even a fool knows that there must be magnetite underground.

Li Weijian reined in his horse and stopped, and ordered: "Spread out to look for mineral veins -" Seeing that there were river fields along the Luanhe River, he also ordered: "Be careful not to hurt the farmers' crops."

A group of craftsmen from the Ministry of Works took the order one after another, either dismounted or dismounted, and each held a compass and led the apprentice around.

Li Weijian looked forward and saw Team Leader Xu stopping outside the village and shouting: "If you don't accept the fire, this time it's Mr. Li from the inner palace who is here to explore the iron ore——"

whoosh-

A wooden arrow crookedly missed Bantou Xu's ear and landed on the edge of the field. Bantou Xu's expression suddenly changed and he said angrily: "What are you beating for? What are you beating for? Grandma! You guys are trying to rebel!"

There was a lot of yelling and cursing from the top of the wall, and then a half-grown man was slapped twice on the back of the head. The village elder hurriedly shouted and talked for a long time. It was not until Team Leader Xu swore that he was not trying to collect the fire damage that the villagers opened the village gate in doubt.

The village old man was about to come out tremblingly, and asked: "Team leader Xu, you really don't want to accept the fire?"

"Don't accept it, don't accept it! Stop talking nonsense. The doctor and his party are a little thirsty. Let's go boil some water to make tea... I don't want your rotten tea stems, just boil hot water."

The village elder was relieved and hurried back to the village to organize things. Afterwards, only a few old and weak people were sent to bring hot water, while the rest of the young, strong, women and children stayed in the village for fear of being deceived by the government.

The village boss had the courage to bring hot water. Li Weijian got off his horse and had his own servants hold up the pergola. Li Weijian sat down under the pergola and greeted the village elder to ask questions. At this time, there were already differences between the north and the south. Although there were both anti-tax actions, in the south of the Yangtze River, most scholars took the lead in resisting the tax. They did not need to take any action. The villagers took the lead and the government officials were helpless. This was different in the north. The people's customs are martial, and people will die because of tax resistance from time to time.

The village elder was extremely cautious. Seeing that Li Weijian was quite kind, he boldly poured out the bitter water. But it was said that this village had existed before the Ming Dynasty, and it was used to protect Houjin, but it had never been used. Instead, it was mostly used to deal with violent expropriations by the government.

In the early years of Dashun, because they could not collect tax money, the local magistrate simply outsourced the tax money to the surrounding large households. The large households then led the villagers to surround the village and started a random fight. Afterwards, they collected the tax ten times and made a lot of money. The bowl is full.

Although such behavior was subsequently banned, the tradition of tax resistance was still preserved. The regular tax in Dashun is only one thirty-year tax, not much even including the head tax, but the fire consumption charged by the local government is several times the regular tax.

It’s okay to pay a lot of taxes, but the corvee is also extremely heavy! Take the construction of a city as an example. During the off-season, a small number of people are allocated to build a city. These small people bring their own food. Originally, farmers worked sparingly during the off-season, and corvee labor was a strenuous job that could not last even for two meals.

In this way, if you eat too much food, you may get sick and delay next year's farming. The taxes, taxes, and corvee are all combined in one place, and the burden on the rural people will be extremely heavy.

Because every time the government went to the countryside to levy taxes, Xujiazhai would always form a group to protect itself. It had to first negotiate with the government on how much firepower it would charge.

Li Weijian nodded repeatedly after hearing this. It's true that there are more ways than difficulties.

The village elder returned to the village, and after waiting for an hour, the people in the village saw that the officials did not go into the village to collect firewood, so they boldly came out.

When they saw craftsmen digging around, the people immediately became anxious and gathered the village elders to seek explanation from Li Weijian.

Li Weijian was impatient to negotiate with the villagers, so he gave Ding Rusong a few words, and Ding Rusong informed Team Leader Xu, who immediately became energetic.

He found a stone and stood up, gesticulating and shouting: "Are you making any noise? It's just two ridges of wheat. How much is it worth? The doctor has spoken. If no iron ore is found this time, Xujiazhai will be exempted from taxes this year." "If iron ore is indeed found and the court provides money, the Xujiazhai will be relocated and each person will be given ten acres of land at Dingkou!"

How can the villagers believe it? After arguing around Team Leader Xu for a long time, I suppressed my doubts after seeing him swearing.

After waiting for more than half an hour, a craftsman suddenly ordered his apprentice to stop, jumped down from the pit, picked up something, and then ran to Li Weijian with a face full of joy.

"Mr. doctor, please take a look. It is indeed an iron mine!"

Li Weijian glanced over and saw a stone in his hand, with red rust spots on it. It turned out to be hematite. Li Weijian took the general over and ordered: "Order a group of people to continue digging downwards, while the rest will explore the scope of the mine."

The craftsman took the order and left, and Li Weijian ordered the accompanying servants to prepare to set up camp here. Although the iron mine was found, it would take several days to determine the scope and amount of the mineral deposits.

Li Weijian measured the iron ore in his hand. The grade of the original ore was about 40%, which was considered high. In my memory, the upper layer of this subway mine is hematite, and the lower layer is magnetite. The upper layer is slightly higher grade, and the lower layer's magnetite grade is only 30%.

Unfortunately, Hainan is too far away and the benefits of developing the Shilu Iron Mine outweigh the risks. It seems that he vaguely heard that a rich iron mine was discovered in the mountains of Shandong, but he only heard about it briefly and did not know the details.

That's it, just use it. At worst, it will take a lot of labor to select it.

Furthermore, no matter how you consider it, this is the chosen place. One is close to the capital, with the Luan River leading directly to the Bohai Sea; the other is equipped with coal and iron facilities and is very close.

I also searched for Captain Xu and found out that at this time, the Luanhe River was frozen for only January or February every year. Boats kept coming and going in the remaining months, so it was considered a mature waterway.

With such favorable timing, location, and people, it is simply a natural coal-iron complex!

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Yangzhou, the inner residence of the Salt Department.

Qingwen's face was covered with frost, and she walked quickly with Xiuying. The maid who led the way lowered her eyebrows and was pleasant to the eyes, but she did not dare to speak.

Lin Ruhai was good and bad, and in July, he was seriously ill again. The previous time, Li Weijian took some punishment and sent Lin Cang, Lin Yu and his son back to the countryside of Suzhou.

The gentry of Suzhou Prefecture learned that these two people had offended Li Weijian and were thinking about trying to please Li Caishen. How could they let these two people go? Because the stone pond turned a corner, enclosing all the 20 acres of river farmland belonging to Lin Cang's old residence.

The Suzhou Prefecture said well that the land occupied by this circle must be compensated according to the price. However, Suzhou Prefecture did not have enough money to spare, so they had to wait until the next day to pay. As for when to pay? Oh, just wait!

Lin Cang and his son wanted to cry without tears, but they couldn't afford to offend the gentry around them, so they had no choice but to hold their noses and admit their misfortune. A month later, I heard that Li Weijian had left Yangzhou a long time ago. I couldn't help but miss Lin Ruhai's family property. I also heard that my third uncle Lin Heng packed his bags and rushed to Yangzhou. The father and son could no longer sit still and rushed to Yangzhou again.

The father and son thought clearly. How much money was there in the family property? Lin Ruhai has been an official for several years and has definitely made a lot of money. A little bit between his fingers is enough for the father and son to live freely.

Because there are many Lin family branches gathered in the inner house of Yansi, including Lin Heng of the wood generation, Lin Cang of the water generation, Lin Yu and Lin Shuo of the fire generation, and Aunt Sun is just a concubine, even if she has the intention, she will not Dare to speak out in front of these people. Because of this, Daiyu had to take care of her seriously ill father Lin Ruhai at night, and had to interact with these unknown relatives during the day.

Not to mention Daiyu, even Qingwen was filled with anger. Just now, Daiyu saw that Qingwen seemed to be having an attack, so she quickly found a way to send her off to rest. Unexpectedly, just as he was going out, he heard the little maid say that Lin Shuo didn't know whether to live or die, so he went to provoke Xiang Ling!

The anger that had been suppressed just now suddenly rose! Qingwen has a fiery temper, how can she bear it? I happened to catch a glimpse of Xiu Ying, so I simply stopped her and headed towards the front yard to look for her.

When they entered the courtyard on the second day, they saw Xiangling holding a round fan and whispering something in a low voice. She frowned and kept backing away. When he caught a glimpse of Qingwen and Xiuying, he immediately shouted: "Qingwen, please help me!"

"Stay on!"

Qingwen shouted, and Lin Shuo suddenly stopped. Turning around and looking back, he saw Qingwen and Xiuying coming quickly, protecting Xiangling behind them in the blink of an eye. Qingwen raised her head and said angrily: "Master Lin Liu, I wonder where Xiang Ling provoked you? Why are you chasing Xiang Ling?"

Lin Shuohun said nonchalantly: "It's just because the weather is hot, and Xiangling doesn't have a round fan on hand. I happened to see something nice when I went out on the street today..."

Before Lin Shuo finished speaking, Qingwen interrupted: "Then I really have to thank the sixth master Lin. I will tell the fourth master later and ask the fourth master to repay the sixth master."

Lin Shuo was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "It's just pity, nothing to do with it."

Just as she was about to leave the scene without saying anything, Qingwen didn't care about her face at all, and said directly: "I respect you and call you Sixth Master, but if I don't respect you... who are you? Xiangling is the concubine of Fourth Master. Room, you libertine are so courageous!

First of all, I see that you are honest and honest, and a good way is a good thing. I don’t want to hide the traitor secretly! Xiuying, beat this prodigal out! If anything goes wrong, the fourth master will be responsible for it! "

Li Weijian was Xiu Ying's confidence. When he heard the words, he responded, broke off a flower branch, and pulled it away with his backhand.

"You actually said that - ugh - you hit someone!"

Qingwen couldn't help but shouted: "Beat, these bastards will be beaten to death!"

There were only flower branches in her hands, because Xiu Ying was merciless, and the flower branches were flying up and down. In the summer, Lin Shuo was wearing thin clothes, and there would be a red mark on her body. If she hurt her face, there would be blood stains in an instant. out.

Lin Shuo was whipped so hard that he screamed strangely. He immediately covered his face and ran away, but was chased by Xiu Ying. When he came to the door of Yi, he was kicked up by Xiu Ying in the back and jumped out with a strange cry. , a dog eats shit was born!

Qingwen chased after him and saw the salt officials stopped one after another and said bitterly: "This man is unfaithful and unfilial. He came to the house in the name of serving Lin Yansi, but he regulates the maidservants in the house every day. Really?" Extremely shameless! My Fourth Master is a doctor in the Kuaiji Division of the Inner Palace. I would like to ask all the officials who are passing by to throw this prodigal son out of the yamen and don't let this person come in and cause trouble again!"

An old official quickly asked: "May I ask my lady, is the master of your house named Li?"

"good."

The little official suddenly changed his color and snorted coldly: "Come on, beat this animal twenty times and throw it out!"

No matter how Lin Shuo cried and howled, several yamen servants raised the water and fire sticks like menaces, flipped up and down, drew twenty boards, stuck them up and threw them out of the yamen, and spit at the end.

What? Tongsheng from Gusu? Bah, let alone a child, even a master who dares to offend Li Caishen will be in trouble!

Seeing this, Qingwen bowed down and thanked all the petty officials and government servants, and then turned around with Xiu Ying. Looking at Xiang Ling, who was at a loss for words, Qingwen couldn't help but frown and said, "You are too soft-tempered. If you are entangled by such a frivolous person, we will take care of you just by shouting. How do you know to step back?"

Xiang Ling said: "I, I'm not afraid of causing trouble to Fourth Master."

Qingwen said: "I'm just a child. If people like this have to be scrupulous, won't cats and dogs be able to bully the fourth master in the future?"

Xiangling's eyes were red and she hurriedly said: "I know, I will never do it next time."

I deliberately said a few more words, but then I thought about it. I am afraid that when I return to the capital tomorrow, there will be no such unknown people approaching, so Qingwen asked instead: "How is your mother?"

Xiang Ling immediately showed her face and said: "It looks a lot better today. Doctor Xu said that it will be enough if I raise him for another month or two." After a pause, he added: "It's all my fault for dragging you down to stay with us. Yangzhou.”

Qingwen rolled her eyes at him and said, "It's just that we caught up...I'm thinking that even if this matter hadn't happened, Fourth Master would have thought of leaving us to take care of Miss Lin."

Although Qingwen is not good at talking, she is a clever thinker. After these days, even Xiuying has come back to her senses, not to mention Qingwen. I'm afraid Fourth Master Jian is worried about Miss Lin and has long planned to leave her and Xiu Ying in their care.

After a brief exchange of words, Xiangling went to make medicine for her mother. Qingwen, who had spread evil fire, was about to go back to the room with Xiuying to rest when she suddenly saw Xueyan coming over.

Qingwen wondered: "Sister Xueyan? Why aren't you waiting by Miss Lin's side?"

Xue Yan had an anxious look on her face and walked quickly closer and said in a panic: "It's not good, the third uncle and the second uncle suddenly started talking about happiness for some reason. The third uncle was okay, he just said that he had found a girl, she was Wang Fu. He said that if he married me, his health would definitely improve; but the second uncle... actually said that he wanted to marry the girl to Zhang Juren of Lao Shizi!"

"Ah?" Qingwen's anger that had just dissipated suddenly rose again. He said angrily: "It's true that cats and dogs have been bullied to death...Xiu Ying, follow me and beat out the third uncle and second uncle of that troublemaker!"

Xue Yan stopped her hurriedly and said: "It's not good to deal with it like this. After all, it's the elder of the Lin family. The girl was so angry that she shed tears and only took the time to give me the fourth master's name card."

Famous post? Qingwen thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I'm going to find Uncle Yu and take the fourth master's name card to Cui Tongzhi!"

After grabbing the name card with her hands, Qingwen turned around and headed towards Yimen to look for it. Xiang Ling happened to be returning with the boiled medicinal soup at this moment. He saw three maids approaching the Yimen in a menacing manner and hurriedly asked.

Qingwen told the truth, Xiangling hurriedly stopped her and said, "Qingwen, don't be so reckless."

"what?"

Xiang Ling lowered her voice and said, "The fourth master said that day that even the officials in Yangzhou Mansion couldn't believe it."

"Then - where to send the name card?"

Xiangling thought for a while, handed the medicinal soup to Xiuying, turned around and went near Yimen, whispered a few words to the mother-in-law, who then left the Yimen, and after a while she turned around to tell Xiangling.

Xiangling then turned around and said to Qingwen and Xiangling: "I've heard about it. Governor Wang Shuhuan has been in Yangzhou City these days. I guess Miss Lin's intention is to go to Mr. Wang for help. "

Qingwen blinked, clasped her hands and praised: "Fourth Master and Mr. Wang are quite harmonious. If there is an old relationship, Mr. Wang will definitely agree."

Without further ado, Qingwen hurriedly found the housekeeper, Uncle Yu, and sent someone to the governor's residence with a name card. After two hours, the Salt Division was suddenly alarmed. Not only did the governor Wang Shuhuan arrive, but also the imperial envoy Shi Nai who had been stationed in Jiangyin for more than a month without moving!

The attack on the imperial envoy naturally caused three tremors in Yangzhou. The Salt Secretary Guan Zuo suspected that the eight major salt merchants were responsible, and the eight major salt merchants were suspicious of the Salt Division Yamen. The two were originally colluding, but now there is a rift. When the imperial envoy arrives, who knows if the matter will be thoroughly investigated?

Because the salt department was frightened, Wang Shuhuan and Baolinghou Shi Nai entered the yamen, but they only said they were here to visit Lin Ruhai.

The officials of the Salt Division breathed a sigh of relief at first, and then became suspicious again, thinking to themselves: Could it be that Lin Ruhai had hidden some evidence to prove his crime?

Wang Shuhuan had brought Fubiao with him this time, and even the salt department officials were too brave to intercept and kill them, so they could only send these two people into the inner chamber with a respectful salute.

But in the main room, Daiyu was only accompanied by Zicuckoo, and Aunt Sun beside her could only stand, but she didn't even have a seat. Daiyu felt sad for a while, and suddenly felt bored. Whether it was her third uncle or her second uncle, she had only met him two or three times in the past ten years. Apart from their surname being Lin, how could they be considered relatives?

It was just a matter of etiquette, so it was hard for her to refute. Just as she was thinking about whether Xueyan could figure out who the post should be sent to, suddenly a woman hurriedly came in and reported: "Girl, the governor Wang is here together with the imperial envoy Shi Houye. At this moment, As soon as you enter the door, girl, please go and greet me!"

The third uncle, Lin Heng, didn't hear clearly, but Lin Cang, Lin Yu and his son heard clearly, and they suddenly became horrified: "Governor...Governor? There are also imperial envoys?"

Last time, he was just a doctor, but he was so tormented that the father and son were in a state of ecstasy. This time, the official who came was even bigger, so what else could they do?

At this time, Daiyu slowly stood up and said, "Third uncle, second uncle, let's put aside the housework for the time being. Let's go and greet him first, so as not to lose our etiquette."

(End of this chapter)