The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Xue Pan was heartless, complaining all the way about what delicacies he had prepared, and today he was going to get drunk with Jia Lian and Lin Yun.

Lin Yun wanted to complain when he heard that, this kid has no hair yet, but he can drink, Aunt Xue's tutor is really weird.

However, he was still a little looking forward to seeing Sister Bao later.

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Chapter 145: Sister Bao who avoids seeing

The main hall of Xue's inner house,

Aunt Xue was chatting with her daughter in the room when a housekeeper came in and reported to her: "Madam, the uncle sent his servant back to deliver a message, saying that Mr. Lian and the young nephew of the Lin family will be arriving soon. Please make preparations in advance. .”

After Aunt Xue sent the mother-in-law away, she smiled at Baochai and said, "Your brother has finally done something reliable this time by inviting someone here so quickly."

Baochai: "Mother wants to see outsiders, so my daughter will leave first."

Aunt Xue: "They're all relatives, why don't you just stay and see them later."

Baochai said shyly: "Mother's words are wrong. If only Brother Lian comes here, it would be useless for my daughter to come out to meet him. But now there is a foreigner coming, so my daughter should avoid suspicion."

Aunt Xue: "Let's do this. You stay inside while mother goes out to meet guests."

Baochai still wanted to decline, but she heard a woman outside shouting loudly, "Master is here."

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Here, Lin Yun and Jia Lian, led by Xue Pan, walked into the main hall of Xue's back house.

Although there are not a few maids and wives inside and outside Xue's residence.But in Lin Yun's view, these servants were far inferior to the servants of the Rongguo Mansion.

Not to mention comparing with Rongguo Mansion, even the servant girls of Lin Mansion are much better than these servants.

Xue Pan accompanied Lin Yun and Jia Lian to sit down in the living room, and ordered the maid to serve tea and cakes to entertain them.He also sent his maid to pass the news, asking Aunt Xue to come out and meet her.

Not long after, I heard footsteps coming from the room, and immediately, a plump and graceful middle-aged beautiful woman came out from behind the large screen surrounded by several maids.

When Jia Lian saw it, she stood up quickly, stepped forward to salute, and said, "Lian'er greets Auntie."

Lin Yun also stood up and bowed to the woman, "Lin Yun wishes my aunt."

That woman was Aunt Xue. She raised her hand and said, "You two nephews, you don't need to be polite. Please sit down and talk."

Jia Lian: "Auntie, please sit down."

After Aunt Xue sat down at the head, Lin Yun, Jia Lian and Xue Pan took their seats.

After Lin Yun sat down, he casually glanced at Aunt Xue, and saw that although she was three points similar to Mrs. Wang, her body and manner were very different from Mrs. Wang.

Not only is she younger and more beautiful than Mrs. Wang, she is also more approachable and has a friendly smile.

After Aunt Xue sat down, she smiled at Jia Lian and said, "Brother Lian, when did you arrive in Jinling? How is the old lady at home, your wife? And girl Feng, are you all right?"

Jia Lian replied: "Thank you aunt for your concern. Our old ladies and wives are in good health. Girl Feng is also well. Before coming here, she told me to say hello to aunt on her behalf."

Aunt Xue and Jia Lian spoke politely, then turned to Lin Yun and asked, "I heard from my family, Pan'er, that Brother Yun came to Jinling to take the provincial examination?"

Lin Yun smiled and said: "My nephew was originally sent here to study by his uncle, but yesterday he was dragged out by his friends to play. Later, I heard that my friend and Brother Xue Pan had a misunderstanding, and my nephew came here to apologize to my aunt. "

Xue Pan hurriedly said: "It's also my fault, I shouldn't ask someone to do it without asking clearly."

Aunt Xue also smiled and said: "I am the most troublesome evildoer. If Brother Yun can control him for me, it will be in line with my wishes."

Lin Yun naturally knew that Aunt Xue had a problem with her son being injured, but this matter had nothing to do with him, so he could only pretend that he didn't understand, "Don't say that, auntie, I don't dare to be my nephew."

Jia Lian explained at the side: "My aunt didn't know something. At that time, Brother Yun and I were talking in the cabin after a long separation. When we came out, they had already started a dispute."

Xue Pan said dissatisfiedly: "Mother, I have already said that this matter has nothing to do with Brother Lin, why do you still remember it?"

Seeing that Jia Lian was very protective of Lin Yun, Aunt Xue also gave up her contempt.Then he smiled and said, "I'm not blaming you Brother Lin, I'm just telling him to take more care of you in the future."

Lin Yun smiled and said: "Auntie is joking. I am unfamiliar with the place here. Brother Xue should be the one taking care of me."

Xue Pan patted his chest immediately when he heard the words, and said, "Brother Lin, don't worry, if you have any troubles in the future, just come to me, and I will help you settle it."

"Thank you, Brother Xue."

Xue Pan: "They're all from my own family, Brother Lin, you don't have to be polite."

Aunt Xue felt a toothache when she heard this. She finally understood why Jia Lian was so polite to Lin Yun. This little guy was really impeccable in his work. Xue Pan acted like a fool in front of him.

Suppressing the disappointment in her heart, Aunt Xue asked Jia Lian, "Brother Lian, is there something wrong with you coming to Jinling this time?"

Jia Lian hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything about the emperor's decision to choose a concubine, "In reply to my aunt, Brother Yun plans to open a perfume shop in Jinling in partnership with Feng Yatou. I came here to ask if he needs help. "

Aunt Xue became interested when she heard the words, and she asked Lin Yun: "Brother Yun, I heard that the plaque in your perfume shop is a calligraphy written by the emperor, is this true?"

Lin Yun: "It's true, that Pai Bian was supervised by Lian's second brother."

Xue Pan proudly said: "Mother, now you should believe that I am telling the truth."

Aunt Xue didn't pay attention to her silly son, but continued to ask: "Brother Yun, is your perfume business easy to do?"

Lin Yun smiled and said, "Auntie should ask Brother Lian about this. He is in charge of the perfume shop in the capital."

Jia Lian: "It's pretty good. Perfume shops in the capital can earn tens of thousands of taels a year."

Aunt Xue was surprised: "How much do you think I can earn?"

"Tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Jia Lian said this in his mouth, but he said in his heart: "This is still a month's income, but in order to make a fortune in silence, I can only talk about it."

Aunt Xue was very moved when she heard this. Brother Yun seemed to be a good businessman. If he could do business with Xue Pan, it would be a good choice.

She was just about to get closer to Lin Yun, but she heard Xue Pan say from the side: "Second Brother Lian, Brother Lin, my mother has also met, let's go outside for a banquet."

Aunt Xue was heartbroken when she heard this, why didn't her stupid son understand.

Lin Yun still felt a little regretful that he could not see Sister Bao.However, the distance between him and Xue's family was a bit far, and it was an exception to see Aunt Xue. If he wanted to see Sister Bao, he might have to wait until Xue's family came to Beijing.

He stood up immediately, and bid farewell to Aunt Xue with Jia Lian.

Aunt Xue couldn't persuade her to stay anymore, so she had to tell Xue Pan to entertain the two of them and let them go.

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After the three of them left, Aunt Xue sent the servant girl away, then went inside, and asked Baochai who was sitting on the kang, "Daughter, what do you think of that Brother Yun?"

Baochai: "It's hard to say, but it sounds like a very capable person."

Aunt Xue: "Yes, I didn't think much of him before, but when I think about it again, he's actually much more powerful than your second brother Lian."

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Baochai: "My daughter is a bit confused. He is so capable and has Uncle Lin's help, but why does he always want to do business?"

Aunt Xue said dissatisfiedly: "What's wrong with business? Our Xue family is also engaged in business."

Baochai hurriedly said, "Daughter made a mistake."

"Forget it, what you said is also true. Even if your grandfather once made the business into the top imperial merchant, he was still despised by others. Merchants are still small talk after all."

1Chapter 16: Joining the Xue family

Coming out of the back house, Xue Pan led Lin Yun and Jia Lian to his residence, and asked someone to throw a banquet in honor of the two elder brothers.

Jinling is not far from Yangzhou and Suzhou. Lin Yun has eaten most of the dishes at the banquet, not to mention Jia Lian. The Rongguo Mansion has a cook specially brought from Jinling to the capital. Naturally, he has tasted all the delicacies here.

Later, there was a dish of roasted suckling pig that caught Lin Yun's attention, only because of Xue Pan's introduction that this roasted suckling pig was made with Siamese pigs, and the spices used were also Siamese cypress incense.

Lin Yun asked curiously: "Brother Xue, why do you have Siamese pigs in your family?"

Xue Pan smiled proudly: "I asked someone to ask for this from my second uncle's house. He has been doing overseas business all year round and has been to Siam and Annan many times."

Lin Yun became even more curious now. He hurriedly asked: "Isn't the imperial court prohibiting sea trade? How can your second uncle go to sea to do business?"

Xue Pan moved his mouth towards Jia Lian and said, "Second Brother Lian knows this best."

Jia Lian cut a small piece of meat with a knife, and said while eating: "My uncle's old man used to be in charge of foreign envoys coming to our Dachu to pay tribute, and the two sides will naturally bring some private goods with them."

Lin Yun suddenly said: "So that's the case."

Jia Lian suddenly thought of it and said, "Brother Yun, if we sell the perfume abroad, won't we be able to earn a lot of money?"

Lin Yun was quite moved when he heard this. Foreigners have a special liking for perfumes. If this business route can be opened up, it will be really profitable.

However, thinking of the court's ban, he still shook his head and said: "The production of perfume is limited, so it still meets the domestic market demand."

Xue Pan respected Lin Yun with a glass of wine, and said, "Brother Lin, can you also let me become a shareholder of the perfume shop you opened in Jinling?"

Lin Yun: "Didn't you say earlier that you can't make decisions at home?"

Xue Pan laughed and said, "For 800 taels of silver, I can still make my own decisions."

"Brother Xue, if you want to make money, I have a good deal for you."

"Oh, what's the deal?"

"Rickshaw, I want to open a rickshaw shop in Jinling and I'm looking for partners."

Jia Lian said anxiously, "Brother Yun, why didn't you tell me about this?"

Lin Yun said speechlessly: "I wanted to talk to you last night, but you were gone. I can't go to the painting studio to catch you and bring you back."

Jia Lian smiled sheepishly and said, "Don't mention that matter again, just tell me what's going on with this rickshaw?"

Lin Yun took out a few drawings from his arms and handed them to the two of them: "This is a portrait of a rickshaw. I want to buy a carriage shop here and turn it into a rickshaw shop. If you want to invest, I can give it to You get [-]% of the shares."

Jia Lian took the manuscript paper, looked at it a few times and said, "Brother Yun, can ordinary people pull this kind of rickshaw?"

Lin Yun: "It should be no problem to carry only one person. I have thought about it. The pier in the south of the Yangtze River has a lot of passenger traffic. If a batch of rickshaws are put on the pier to solicit passengers, the profit should be guaranteed."

Xue Pan: "Brother Lin, how much money does it cost to invest in this [-]% share?"

"1000 taels is almost enough."

Jia Lian said without hesitation: "Okay, I vote for this rickshaw dealer."

Xue Pan: "I also want to buy shares."

Lin Yunxiao asked, "Do you want to discuss this with your aunt?"

Xue Pan: "Isn't it just 1000 taels of silver, I can get it out."