Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 52 The big house and the second house each have their own plans
But it was said that Siqi had returned to Dongkuoyuan. Before he could say anything, Mrs.

"I accepted it. Fourth Master Jian also said that he wanted to thank the second girl."

Mrs.The rest depends on the big master's thoughts.

Turning around to observe, he saw that although the second girl Yingchun was sitting uneasily, there was also a touch of joy on her face.Mrs. Xing was secretly annoyed. She regretted that she had never given birth to a son and a half daughters. Otherwise, how could such a good marriage be so cheap?
While I was thinking about it, a maid came to report that the eldest master had returned from the Yamen.

The second girl quickly stood up and left. Mrs. Xing made a few jokes and let her leave.

After a while, the elder Jia She strode into the house.Without waiting for the maid to finish, Mrs. Xing went over to pour tea and asked expectantly: "Master, how is it?"

"Hmph!" Jia She took out a stack of deeds from his sleeve, threw it heavily on the table, raised his head and said proudly: "Master, I'm going to take action, is there any reason why it won't work?"

Mrs. Xing's smile suddenly became brighter.

But today the case was settled and the ownership of Huangshang was transferred. As expected, the driver kept his promise and paid the subsequent 2000 taels of silver.The eldest master, Jia She, got the money, hurried to the inner government office, and spent 3000 taels of silver to buy [-] shares of the water company.

After calculating the profit and loss, Mrs.

"Eh? This is a stock that pays one or three shares. You will get your money back in five or six years, and the rest will be in vain."

"Hey, if you calculate it like this, it's 500 taels of silver per year at least!" Mrs. , It was said to be a gift from the second girl, but Brother Jian accepted it."

The eldest master, Jia She, twisted his beard and squinted his eyes in thought, and said, "No rush, just let the second girl interact with brother Jian. It's best...well...it's easier to talk about this matter."

What's best?Of course I lost my sense of proportion!
When the time came, his eldest boss, Jia She, was right in his words and pressed him hard. He expected that Li Weijian was only thirteen or fourteen years old, so he wouldn't be able to catch him easily?

Besides, Dafang didn't have much money to spend, so if he didn't want to think of anything else, he could only look at the buttocks and covet him.

Mrs. It’s just a good time to invite Brother Jian to join us.”

"Well, that's your arrangement. Hey -" Jia She helped the case sit down and said energetically: "-When you want to do something, you have to give others some sweetness."

"Yes, I can spare it."

Go to the small courtyard in the northeast.

Leaving with wonder and returning depressed, this is Xiu Ying.The little girl walked into the courtyard with her head down, where Hongyu was drying clothes.

When he saw Xiu Ying, he smiled and said, "Xiu Ying, why are you back so early?"

"Sister Hongyu." She responded in a muffled voice, and then went to the west wing with her head lowered.After closing the door, she didn't take off her shoes. She just lay down on the bed, tilting her head and frowning with deep thoughts.

I got a day off today, so I rushed to look for Wu Haiping, but Wu Haiping disappeared early in the morning.After scanning for a long time, I finally found the small courtyard in the back street alley.

Across the chaimen, I could see my brother sifting through the coal briquettes with a grin on his face.A woman sat quietly, holding her shoes under the eaves.

Xiu Ying felt something wrong in her heart at that time. Later, her brother introduced the girl named Qian Xue and they had a meal in the small courtyard. Seeing her brother and Qian Xue flirting back and forth, Xiu Ying felt even better. The hair smells wrong.When she left, Wu Haiping only told her, and then helped Qian Xue clean up the dishes, which shocked Xiu Ying.

She has five brothers and sisters in her family. The eldest and second sisters got married early. The third brother Wu Haiping and Xiu Ying have a teenage brother behind them.Because his parents passed away early, it was Wu Haiping who had always supported the family business and supported their siblings.

Wu Haiping was usually the most concerned about her, but this time, she clearly felt that her brother had changed.

Yes, my brother is getting married too.From now on, we can be considered a family with Na Qianxue.

Xiu Ying felt empty in her heart, with mixed emotions, and she shed tears at some point.

Hongyu finished drying the clothes and came over to take a look. Seeing something was wrong, she hurriedly came over and asked a few questions.Hongyu was good at talking. With just a few words, Xiuying poured beans out of the bamboo tube and expressed her worries.

Hongyu leaned her legs on the kang, held Xiuying in her arms, and said comfortingly: "I said it the day I came here, if you build a pavilion thousands of miles away, there will be no banquet in the world. Who will guard whom for the rest of their lives? You Sooner or later, my brother will marry a wife and have children, and the same will happen to you in the future.

You have been following the fourth master since Jinling. I see that the fourth master can't leave you even for a moment. I can't say that from now on, I have to call you aunt. "

Xiu Ying burst into tears and smiled. Thinking of Li Weijian, her heart became a little calmer, and she said angrily: "You know how to make fun of me."

Punching lightly with her little fist, Hongyu immediately screamed: "You have to be more careful, even the fourth master was injured by you, my bones can't withstand it!"

Xiu Ying was sullen and reluctant, and in the blink of an eye she and Hong Yu were laughing and laughing.

The day passed by in a hurry, and when Li Weijian was sparring with Xiu Ying with a wooden sword in the morning, he felt something was wrong with Xiu Ying.After thinking about it for a long time, I realized that... Xiu Ying's eyes were looking at him more and more eagerly?
Then I thought about it, Xiu Ying is already thirteen. Women mature earlier than men. They will be old enough to get married in two years. Is it normal to have some random thoughts?
He still planned to live in seclusion that day, but as it approached noon, he was approached by Yan Fengzhen.

The second son of the minister's family stayed out of sight. When he entered the room, he pointed at Li Weijian's nose and said, "Well, Li Fusheng, we have agreed to develop a rifled bed. How come you haven't been seen for several days in a row?"

Li Weijian laughed and said, "Brother Jing Wen, I'm just hiding my strength and biding my time."

Yan Fengzhen suddenly became extremely depressed and said: "It's frustrating to say the least. I usually just waste money on creating things. You're better off, but this little trick has led to such a situation. Instead of losing money, I actually made a lot of money! Eh? I owe you. How long will my banquet be delayed?"

Li Weijian heard the string and knew what it meant: "Then...it's better to choose the day than to hit it."

Yan Fengzhen sighed: "You are lucky. I'm afraid it won't work today. King Zhongyong can't find you, so he has to send me to find you. Li Daxiucai, when will you have time to see King Zhongyong?"

After hearing this, what else could Li Weijian have to say?He hurriedly packed up, dressed up, called Wu Haiping, drove the carriage and went straight to the inner palace.

The Water Affairs Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was newly established, and the charter was easy to explain, but the water affairs company under it was blank. King Zhongyong couldn't figure it out for a while, so he had to order someone to consult with Li Weijian.The carriage left Ningrong Street, and not far away, they saw dozens of craftsmen knocking down a house facing the street. Liu Dazheng, the well-drilling craftsman, directed the workers to set up scaffolding and support the huge windlass.

Li Weijian thought that he was going to dig a well here.

Yan Fengzhen beside him said: "The imperial government has made great efforts to dig twenty wells at the same time. Ten water towers have been set up inside and outside the capital. Now the inner walls and water pipes of the water towers are being built, one by one. It is estimated that there will be no more water towers." The construction will not be completed in one or two years."

This was the timetable listed in Li Weijian's statement, and he didn't take it seriously.After walking for a while, he suddenly saw several officials pushing a car with a strong smell and grandly entered a wealthy family's house. Li Weijian looked at it and felt confused, and turned to ask Yan Fengzhen: "Brother Jing Wen, what was that just now -"

"The salt officer is here to scrape salt. I haven't seen him since he came to the capital in such a long time."

"I haven't seen it before."

The places where saltpeter is produced in Dashun are either in deep mountain caves or next door to the desert. It is rarely produced in the Central Plains and Jiangnan.Now that there is no synthetic ammonia, Dashi has no choice but to scrape white saltpeter everywhere to supply military needs.

Li Weijian only remembered that Chile, South America, was rich in saltpeter. However, it was far away from the ocean and transportation was inconvenient. He was afraid that this saltpeter would have to continue until the emergence of synthetic ammonia.

The carriage circled the imperial city and arrived at the inner government office in a short time.The two got out of the car and handed over their waist badges. They went straight into the inner hall and waited for a while. Then they were led by the clerk to see King Zhongyong.

King Zhongyong is in a very good mood these days!
The household department and the inner treasury are empty. If the saint wants to do things, he can only draw money from the inner treasury.Since the beginning of the new year, King Zhongyong has always been a clever woman who can't make a meal without rice. No matter how talented he is, he can't make money out of thin air.

Fortunately, Li Weijian appeared!
Following the instructions, the storm was immediately stirred up. The clan and nobles sent money to the inner palace in various ways, for fear that if they were too late, the shares of the water company would be gone.

Cuofei followed Li Weijian's method and was reluctant to sell, fearing that the few shares would have been sold out long ago!Even so, it is surprising that the inner government also received 300 million yuan of silver!
Not only that, businessmen everywhere took notice of the news and asked around for ways to invest.Now King Zhongyong is full of confidence. As long as it goes on sale in a few days, he will be able to collect at least tens of millions of taels of silver!
Because King Zhongyong was extremely polite to Li Weijian.Perhaps in King Zhongyong's mind, how could Li Weijian be a practical scholar?He is clearly the living God of Wealth!
He smiled and exchanged a few words of greetings, then ordered the officials to inquire about the inner pass of the water company. Afterwards, he stayed with Li Weijian and Yan Fengzhen for lunch, and then sent a doctor to politely send them out of the inner palace.

It was still early at this time, so Yan Fengzhen said: "Want to go back after resurrecting? I plan to go to the Military Academy of the Outer City."

Li Weijian smiled and said, "What a coincidence, I'm going too, and we happen to be together."

The two got on the carriage, and Yan Fengzhen frowned and stared at Li Weijian: "Resurrection has always been targeted. Is it possible that when I go to the Armed Forces Academy, I am going to look for Master Chen's creation?"

Li Weijian smiled and said, "Brother Jing Wen, isn't it the same?"

"Uh..." Yan Fengzhen scratched his head and said simply: "I was thinking about a rifling bed, could it be the same for the resurrection?"

Li Weijian smiled and shook his head, took out a scroll of drawings from his sleeve and handed it over.Yan Fengzhen took it and Nahan unfolded it and took a look, and suddenly frowned.After a long while, he pushed up his glasses and said, "Fusheng, are you... a steam engine?"

"Well, let's make a model out of brass first and see if it works."

Traveling through several years, excluding the two years wasted on Maoshan, Li Weijian has been working hard for more than three years, and now he is finally trying to build a steam engine.

I don’t know how many years ago it was in the Western calendar, but Li Weijian remembers clearly that Watt and even subsequent improved steam engines were originally steam engines that worked under standard atmospheric pressure.Firstly, the pressure-bearing capacity of the riveted cylinder is insufficient, and secondly, the pressure-bearing capacity of the valve is also insufficient.

He had done it with his own hands in his previous life, so this time he had to do a tough job - directly working on a double-expansion steam engine that works at four standard atmospheric pressures!
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Rongguofu.

Wang Xifeng led Ping'er and other maids and wives into Mrs. Wang's courtyard from the east corner gate. They went to the main room to see the ceremony. When they raised their eyes, they saw Mrs. Wang sullen and angry.

Because of this, she smiled and said: "Hey, who is madam angry with?"

Quietly waving his hands, Ping'er left with the maid and mother-in-law.The aunt and nephew had always been close to each other, so Wang Xifeng came close to Mrs. Wang and waited for her to speak.

After a while, Mrs. Wang sighed: "I don't care about anything, so don't count on that matter..."

"Why don't you give up?" Wang Xifeng raised her eyebrows anxiously: "With nine thousand shares, there is a profit of five or six hundred taels a year, which just makes up for the shortfall. My wife also knows that now there is a shortfall of thousands of taels every year. Woolen cloth."

Mrs. Wang said: "How come I don't know? But... But after listening to it, the master said that the share was bought privately by the eldest master early in the morning. The master is a man of face and does not want to worry about this matter. Break it down in time."

Wang Xifeng was speechless when she heard that her father-in-law secretly took the share of the water company.

Mrs. Wang said angrily: "How can there be such a truth in the world? Since the share is for the Rongguo Mansion, it should be paid out by the public. How can you secretly take it by yourself? Girl Feng, you have to go to the old man for this matter." Madam, please give me an explanation."

Housekeeper Wang Xifeng has taken the blame for Mrs. Wang so many times. She is such a genius, how could she listen to Mrs. Wang?

Because he said: "The master has accepted it. If I say anything again, I am afraid that the old lady will say that I will sow discord between the eldest master and the master."

Mrs. Wang was silent.

Wang Xifeng observed the words and expressions, and then said after a long while: "Madam, I just got a piece of news, and I don't know whether I should say it or not." After a pause, she said directly: "Listen to Wang Shanbao's family, my sister-in-law's brother Jian is now He has become prosperous. The water company was Brother Jian’s idea, and in order to repay his contribution, the saint took [-]% of his shares."

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Mrs. Wang was shocked. After some calculation, wouldn't [-]% of the shares earn an interest of more than [-] taels per year?This... the east and west mansions combined in one place would probably not be worth two months' income.

Wang Xifeng said from the side: "It's true. Who would have thought that Brother Jian would actually do great things, and I heard that he was favored by a saint. The eldest wife was quietly planning to marry the second girl to Brother Jian. My son, I’m afraid he’s planning on that money too.”

Mrs. Wang looked at Wang Xifeng, who said: "Madam, I was just thinking about asking my sister-in-law to talk to Brother Jian. If he leaks a little bit between his fingers, isn't it something we have in our family?"

　There’s still time at ten o’clock, please catch up~
　　
　
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