The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Lin Yunxiao asked: "Sister, did you sleep in again today?"

Daiyu said dissatisfiedly: "You just slept late, I woke up much earlier than you today."

"Then why haven't you had breakfast yet?"

"I'm waiting for you!"

"Wait for me? What am I waiting for?"

Daiyu smiled and didn't answer, just lowered her head and drank her porridge.

Qin Keqing smiled from the side: "Husband, seeing that my sister's birthday is coming soon, should we sum it up and how to deal with it?"

"So it's for my birthday. I said why my sister is so kind and came to visit me early in the morning."

Daiyu said coquettishly: "Brother really has no conscience, you are not here these days, I have been helping you take care of my sister-in-law."

"Oh! Then I thank you."

After a pause, Lin Yun said again: "Let Sister Ping'er arrange this matter. You can send a message to whoever you want to invite, and Sister Ping'er will send someone out."

Ping'er: "This has been arranged a long time ago. Grandma and the girl want to invite an opera troupe to come to our house to sing. It's up to you to make up your mind."

Lin Yun frowned and said, "Okay, please invite some theater troupe, it's so noisy."

Daiyu's face turned dark when she heard it, she wanted to invite an opera troupe to sing, just to show off in front of her sisters.Now that her brother disagrees, her wish will come to nothing.

Qin Keqing advised: "Husband, this year is my sister's birthday, so it is appropriate to invite a theater troupe to entertain her. Besides, I also like to listen to operas."

Liu Rushi also echoed: "My sister is right, I also want to follow my sister to gain some glory."

"Okay, I'll discuss it with Lian's second brother later, and invite a troupe to come to the mansion to have fun."

Daiyu smiled and said, "Thank you sister-in-law, thank you sister Liu."

...

In the study outside,

Lin Yun sat behind the table, flipping through the list of gifts brought by Pearl's father.These gifts are pearl agate, emerald diamond, and various spices from overseas.

He was watching intently when he saw Xiao Mo walking in with a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

As soon as the man came in, he bowed to Lin Yun and saluted: "The villain Zhu Hu pays homage to Mr. Lin."

Lin Yun got up and walked forward, pulled Zhu Hu to sit beside the case, and said with a smile, "Master Zhu, please forgive me for keeping you waiting."

Zhu Hu said politely: "It's okay, I just happen to be here to spend more time with Zhen'er."

Lin Yun sent Xiao Mo away, poured Zhu Hu another cup of hot tea, and asked, "Master Zhu, how is the situation in Yuehai?"

Zhu Hu: "The sea trade business is doing very well. That Sophie helped introduce many Francois merchants. Their appetite is very big. As soon as our goods arrive, they will eat them all, and the profit is ten percent. times."

After a pause, Zhu Hu said again: "Especially that Yipinxiang, Folangjiren is most welcome."

Lin Yun hurriedly asked: "How is the building of the ship going?"

Zhu Hu shook his head and said: "This is not going well. We are new to Guangdong. We are not familiar with the place, and we can't find anyone who can build sea boats. My father secretly found someone to buy more than a dozen small boats, and he is currently training sailors. He said that after the sailors are trained, he will find a way to buy a few big ships."

Lin Yun stroked his chin, thought for a while, and said, "Go back and tell Fourth Master Zhu to send someone to buy some scrapped warships from the Navy."

Zhu Hu was puzzled and said: "What do you buy a scrapped boat? You can't go to sea."

Lin Yun said speechlessly: "It is said to be scrapped, but it is actually a half-new warship, do you understand?"

Zhu Hu suddenly said: "The young master has a good opinion, and the villain understands."

Lin Yun: "When you go back this time, I will send a few people to go back with you and help you train a group of sailors."

Zhu Hu hurriedly asked: "Which Zhong Yi brought people there?"

"It's not Zhong Yi, it's Du Sha."

Zhu Hu said disappointedly: "Du Sha's martial arts are mediocre, what's the use of him going."

Lin Yun said with a smile: "No matter how strong one's martial arts skills are, it's useless. What I need is a large group of warriors who can fight pirates."

Zhu Hu suddenly remembered, and said, "Mr. Lin, my father asked me to ask you, can you help us get a batch of flintlock guns?"

Lin Yun: "There's no rush. We'll talk about firearms after you have secured a piece of territory."

"Ok."

Zhu Hu suddenly remembered and said: "Mr. Lin, you asked my father to help you investigate the property of the Xue family. My father has already found someone to investigate."

Lin Yun hurriedly asked: "What was the result?"

Zhu Hu took out a cloth package from his arms, untied it, pushed it in front of Lin Yun, and said, "Several managers of the Xue family in Guangdong have embezzled more than 16 and 8000 taels of silver, as well as various properties and shops, equivalent to Seventy-eight thousand taels, my father asked me to ask you how to deal with those shopkeepers?"

Lin Yun picked up the banknotes and account books in the package, flipped through them, and asked, "Does Sophie know about this?"

Zhu Hu: "She doesn't know about it yet. However, that woman is very shrewd, so she probably won't be able to hide it for long."

Lin Yun nodded and said: "Okay, I'll go back and say hello to Xue's family. Those real estates and shops will be handed over to you Sihai to take care of them. It can be regarded as thanks to Fourth Master Zhu for your help."

Zhu Hu clasped his fists and saluted, "The villain thank you, Young Master, on behalf of the brothers in the gang."

"You are Welcome."

Next, Lin Yun asked Zhu Hu about the situation in Guangdong.Zhu Hu gave a detailed answer.

When the two were chatting, Xiao Mo came in and reported to Lin Yun: "Third Master, Ding Yuannan is here."

...

Lin Yun came to the living room and saw Ding Yuannan sitting alone at the table drinking tea.

He walked up to him and asked with a smile, "Brother Yuan Nan, why are you free to visit me today?"

Ding Yuannan didn't even have time to return the salute, he grabbed Lin Yun's arm and said eagerly: "Ruoyu, you should go back quickly, if it's later, our fourth battalion will be gone soon."

Lin Yun: "Don't worry, sit down and talk slowly if you have something to say."

Ding Yuannan: "I can't do it anymore. Just two days ago, General Niu ordered that we transfer 500 people from our fourth battalion to the guards of the Beijing camp to help train soldiers."

Lin Yun sat down beside the case, and said indifferently: "You can smoke it, it's not that you won't pay it back."

Ding Yuannan said urgently: "You are stupid, if the person is taken away, it will be strange if you can return it."

Lin Yun thought for a while and said, "Yuan Nan, what does General Qin mean?"

Ding Yuannan: "Don't mention General Qin, not only did he not speak for our fourth battalion, but he also asked me to hand over the hundreds of soldiers Ning Heng brought to him as his personal soldiers."

Lin Yun frowned when he heard that, Niu Jizong and Qin Rong took action at the same time to carve up the soldiers of the fourth battalion, it can be seen that it was premeditated, I don't know if the emperor and Prince Xuan knew about it.

Ding Yuannan: "Ruoyu, you really have an idea."

Lin Yun thought for a while and said, "Brother Yuan Nan, you can just keep the death squad led by Wang Shanying, Fan Zhonglin, and Cheng Daniu, and let them snatch the others."

Ding Yuannan said discouragedly: "There are only 300 people left. Isn't our fourth battalion falling apart?"

Lin Yun smiled and said: "You are wrong. Don't say there are 300 people left, even if there are only 100 people left in the death squad, the fourth battalion will not fall apart."

Ding Yuannan was refreshed when he heard the words, he hurriedly asked: "Ruoyu, are you serious?"

Lin Yun nodded, and then said: "Brother Yuan Nan, I have a hunch that after this trial, I may not be able to go back."

Ding Yuannan: "No way. Without you, the Fourth Battalion would still be called the Fourth Battalion?"

Lin Yun: "This should be a good thing for you. Once I leave, you will be able to become a regular."

"Am I that kind of person? No, I'll talk to General Qin. The Fourth Battalion can't live without you."

After Ding Yuannan finished speaking, he got up and ran out the door.

Lin Yun grabbed Ding Yuannan's wrist and reprimanded him, "This is just my guess. You are going to find General Qin now, isn't it just making trouble for no reason?"

Ding Yuannan sat back with a grimace, picked up the tea cup on the table, took a sip of water and said, "What are the generals above thinking? The fourth battalion was torn apart by them. Isn't this self-destruction of the Great Wall?"

Lin Yun picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "A tree is beautiful in the forest, but the wind will destroy it. It will be a matter of time."

After a pause, Lin Yun warned again: "Brother Yuan Nan, if the higher-ups order the Death Squad to be split up, you must remember to keep the 100 members of Wang Shanying intact."

Ding Yuannan looked at Lin Yun and asked, "You went to Dongcheng Bingmasi and never went back. Did you expect this day?"

Lin Yun smiled wryly: "I guessed that the higher-ups would transfer people from the Fourth Battalion, but I didn't expect them to do so ruthlessly and almost completely dismantle the Fourth Battalion."

"However, the Fourth Battalion will definitely add some new recruits. You only need to carry out special training according to the training outline I gave you, and the Fourth Battalion will soon be able to regain its combat strength."

Ding Yuannan nodded and said: "Ruoyu, thank you for your reminder, I know what to do."

After a pause, Ding Yuannan said: "Ruoyu, I have one more thing to ask you."

"You said."

"Yuanxi has always wanted to join the army. I want him to be your bodyguard and learn some skills from you."

"Okay, when I have a new official position, you can let him come to me."

"Thank you!"

Chapter 259: Sadness Comes From It

In the morning, in Sister Feng’s courtyard of Rongguo Mansion,

Wang Xifeng was leaning on the kang, chatting with Zhou Rui's family, even though she was pregnant, she couldn't be free, there was nothing she didn't care about in the house.

Zhou Rui's family flattered a few words first, and then turned to the topic and said: "Second Grandma, our head of the family said that the monthly money distributed by the government is sitting there idle. It is better to take it out for a loan and get three yuan every month." Do you think it’s feasible to split profits?”

Wang Xifeng frowned slightly and said: "The monthly money in the mansion is only 800 taels, how many taels can you earn if you take it out for loans?"

From Zhou Rui’s family: “The monthly interest is three cents, and the two-year interest of 1000 is 360 taels. Our family has a big business, and the money passed from grandma is so tens of thousands of taels. As long as it works well, we can earn thousands of taels a year. Next."

When Wang Xifeng heard that there were several thousand taels of silver a year, she immediately regained her spirits, and she hurriedly asked, "Is there any risk in this matter?"

Zhou Rui's family smiled and said: "Our head is the safest in doing things. You don't trust others, don't you trust him?"

"Please let me think about this again."

Zhou Rui's family wanted to persuade them again, but they heard a servant girl reporting loudly outside the door: "Second Grandma, the young nephew is here."

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng sat up hurriedly, and said, "Quickly invite Brother Yun to come in and talk."

"Yes."

When Zhou Rui's family heard Lin Yun's arrival, they knew it was not good to go on. She saluted Wang Xifeng and said, "Your maidservant will leave first. Please think about it."