The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Daiyu asked Pearl, "Pearl, can you hear what they are saying?"

"It's too far away, I can't hear you clearly."

Daiyu asked anxiously, "Why hasn't anyone come to serve the food yet?"

Fu Rong: "Girl, don't worry, I'll go to the kitchen and urge them to serve the food quickly."

"Ok."

When Fu Rong was about to leave, she saw Xiao Mo walking over with a mahogany tray on which was placed a plate of steamed sturgeon.

Daiyu was overjoyed when she saw this, she hurriedly stepped forward, smiled at Xiao Mo and said, "Brother Xiao Mo, are you going to serve food?"

Hearing this, Xiao Mo shuddered, he still didn't know what kind of temper his girl had, but now he suddenly called him brother Xiao Mo, it was obvious that he was trying to trick him. "

He asked with a grimace: "I wonder what the lady's orders are?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "It's hard work for you to run around with your brother all day. Just leave this plate of fish to me, and I'll carry it for you."

Xiao Mo said anxiously: "How is this possible? After the third master found out, he must have skinned me."

"Don't worry, if brother blames you afterwards, I will take care of it for you."

"But~"

Xiao Mo was trying to find some excuse to shirk, but Daiyu reached out and snatched the tray from his hand, and walked towards the pond in a swaggering manner.

Xueyan hurriedly asked: "Shall we follow?"

Fu Rong shook her head again and again, "I won't go."

Xueyan: "Then I won't go either."

Pearl: "Foreigners are nothing. I met them a few times when I was in Jinling."

Xueyan: "Sister Pearl, tell us quickly."

"Let's talk later when you have time."

...

In the gazebo, Lin Yun was explaining to Thomas Staunton Jr. several Chinese pronunciations for greeting each other.

To be honest, at Thomas Staunton Jr.'s age and a British aristocrat, when he grows up, he is likely to become an accomplice in the British invasion of Chu.If it wasn't for the mission, Lin Yun wouldn't bother to talk to him.

When the two were having a lively chat, they heard footsteps coming from the side, and then smelled a faint fragrance.

Lin Yun was all too familiar with this fragrance, he raised his head in surprise, and saw Daiyu walking over with a mahogany tray in both hands, smiling sweetly.

Seeing Lin Yun's gaze coming over, Daiyu lowered her head guiltily, walked forward quickly, and placed the tray in her hand on the table.

Seeing that Daiyu was young, Thomas Staunton complained to Lin Yun: "Lin, she is still a little girl, how can you hire child labor."

Lin Yun said with a dark face: "She is my sister, not a maid."

"Oh!"

Little Thomas Staunton stood up quickly when he heard the words, bowed to Daiyu and said, "Hello! My name is Thomas Staunton. Nice to meet you."

Seeing the little foreign devil greeting her, Daiyu raised her head in panic and asked Lin Yun, "Brother, what is he talking about?"

Lin Yun: "He is greeting you."

Daiyu hurriedly bowed to little Staunton and said, "Hello!"

Seeing Daiyu's appearance, Thomas Staunton immediately exclaimed, "Lin, your sister is so beautiful! She looks like a little princess who just walked out of a fairy tale."

Lin Yun took out the plates from the tray, handed the tray to Daiyu, and said with a dark face, "Go back quickly, if you let your aunt find out, you will be scolded."

"Ok."

Daiyu took the tray from Lin Yun's hand, turned around and walked back quickly.

Little Thomas Staunton asked puzzledly: "Lin, why did she leave as soon as she came?"

Lin Yun said angrily: "My sister has never seen a foreigner, she just came here to see something new."

Thomas Staunton sat down again, and smiled at Lin Yun: "Lin, if you can visit us in Great Britain in the future, you must bring your sister with you, and I will invite you to my house as guests."

Lin Yun thought: "Just wait, wait until I form a huge fleet one day to crush your Great Britain."

He raised his glass to toast Staunton and said, "Thomas, I have something to ask for your help."

Thomas Staunton hurriedly said: "You said, as long as I can help, I will definitely not refuse."

Lin Yun: "There must be businessmen in your mission, right? Could you introduce me to two reputable businessmen?"

Thomas Staunton: "Lin, do you want to do business with them?"

Lin Yun nodded and said, "Yes, my workshop invented a new type of perfume, which is very popular in Dachu. I want to find an agent to sell the perfume to Great Britain."

Thomas Staunton hurriedly asked: "Lin, can I take a look at your perfume first?"

"of course can."

Lin Yun stood up and shouted out of the gazebo: "Zhong Yi, have you got the perfume?"

"Bring it."

Zhong Yi walked over with a box of perfume in his hand and handed it to Lin Yun.

Lin Yun took the brocade box, walked back and handed it to Thomas Staunton Jr., and said with a smile: "I believe that the female relatives of your noble families in Great Britain should like this thing very much."

Thomas Staunton Jr. opened the box, took out a bottle of perfume, opened it and smelled it, and then asked Lin Yun in surprise, "Lin, you said you developed this perfume?"

"Yes. What's the matter?"

Thomas Staunton Jr. put the perfume back into the brocade box, handed it back to Lin Yun, and said, "We also have this kind of perfume on the market, and they still have the patent right. If you sell this perfume in Great Britain, you will be accused of infringement." of."

Lin Yun was immediately embarrassed. He never expected that this kind of perfume had already been developed by Europeans.

He took back the brocade box and said with a wry smile, "I forgot that you have patent protection laws in Europe."

Thomas Staunton Jr.: "Lin, you can sell this perfume in countries that don't have patent protection laws."

"thanks for reminding."

Lin Yun took a sip of wine and then said: "Thomas, I still want to meet a few British businessmen and do business with them."

Thomas Staunton nodded and said, "Your country's tea, porcelain, and silk are all very easy to sell in Europe. As long as you have the goods in hand, you won't have to worry about selling them."

Lin Yun nodded, and then said: "I saw that there are two steam cars in the gift from your mission to His Majesty. I am very interested in that. Can you buy one for me?"

"Of course, as long as you have money, you can buy that thing. However, if you want to ship it from Great Britain to your country, you may have to wait."

Lin Yun pretended to be casual and asked: "That kind of steam car is easy to break down, right?"

Little Thomas Staunton said with a wry smile: "That's true. This steam car has just been developed, and the technology is immature. It often breaks down."

Lin Yun: "I would like to invite a technician from Great Britain to help with repairs, is that possible?"

Little Thomas Staunton said in surprise: "How is this possible?"

Lin Yun said with a smile: "I am willing to pay them five times the wages in China. As long as they come to work for three years, they can go back."

Thomas Staunton Jr. nodded and said: "With such a high salary, someone should be willing to come."

After a pause, Thomas Staunton Jr. said again: "Lin, you are the most open-minded Oriental I have ever met."

Lin Yun: "You are also the smartest foreigner I have ever met."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Lin Yun pointed to the steamed sturgeon on the plate with his chopsticks, and introduced to Thomas Staunton Jr.: "This is steamed sturgeon. The meat is white and tender. It doesn't have the peculiar earthy smell of freshwater fish. It tastes very good. Come here Try it."

"Ok."

...

After lunch, Lin Yun sent the guests away and returned to the inner house to rest.

When I entered the door, I saw Daiyu talking with Qin Keqing.

Seeing Lin Yun coming in, Daiyu quickly stood up and said with a smile, "Brother, are you thirsty? I'll help you pour tea."

Lin Yun said with a straight face: "It's useless for you to flatter me. I'm going to tell my aunt about today's matter."

Daiyu quickly winked at Qin Keqing, beckoning her to say something nice for her.

Qin Keqing smiled and said: "Husband, my sister is still young, so please forgive her for what happened."

Lin Yun: "If I forgive her easily this time, I don't know what trouble she will cause in the future."

Daiyu handed the poured tea to Lin Yun, "Brother, I won't dare to do it again next time."

Lin Yun wanted to teach Daiyu a few more words, but saw a woman come in and report to him: "Third Master, there is a servant outside saying that a servant came to send a letter saying that Mr. Zhou Ge asked you to go to Honglu Temple .”

Qin Keqing frowned and said: "Husband has just returned to the mansion, why did you let me go?"

"It might be negotiating with foreigners, I'll go and see."

After Lin Yun finished speaking, he walked towards the door. After walking a few steps, he turned back and threatened Daiyu: "Don't think that it's okay, I'll settle the score with you later."

Daiyu: "Uh~"

Chapter 2 Eighty: There Will Be No Pies in the Sky

The atmosphere in the protocol hall of Honglu Temple was particularly depressing, and the first negotiation between the two countries reached a deadlock at the beginning.

When George Macart heard that Zhou Muzhai asked him to bow down in front of the emperor, he was immediately angry.

He stood up from his seat, glared at Zhou Muzhai who was sitting across from him, and said word by word: "Mr. Shoufu, our mission came to your Dachu to promote the friendship between the two countries, not to greet your emperor. Tribute."

After listening to Lin Yun's translation, Zhou Muzhai laughed and said, "Count George Macartney, I would like to ask the guests to visit and respect the host's etiquette. What's wrong with that?"

The deputy envoy of the British Mission, George Staunton, interjected: "Mr. Shoufu, the pilgrimage etiquette you established is uncivilized and even insulting to the personality. We members of the British Mission are unanimously opposed to respecting this etiquette." .”

Ning Yu replied coldly: "Mr. George, you must have heard of this etiquette in Dachu before you came here, right?"

Georges Macart nodded and said, "I understand something. However, we are guests from afar. As hosts, you should respect the guests' choice."

Zhou Muzhai: "It's up to you, Mr. George should have heard of it."

Hearing this, Lin Yun glanced at the translator that Great Britain had found, and silently mourned for him for three seconds. Translating this sentence was quite embarrassing for him.

Sure enough, the interpreter sitting across from him stammered a few words, but he didn't give a reason.