By Jia Xiuzhen

It turned out that Liu Xianglian saw Baoqin when she was protecting Xue's family going south. He had always said that he wanted to marry a stunning woman, but he had thought about Qingwen before, but she had no intention of marrying into the palace in a blink of an eye. He could only sigh to himself that he had no chance .But I didn't expect my fate to be here!Moreover, Baoqin traveled around the world with her father since she was a child, and her speech knowledge is extraordinary, which is very unusual, which really suits Liu Xianglian's heart.His temperament, now that he has made up his mind, what else does he care about, he is going to propose marriage to Xue Biao on the boat, and he is so ashamed that he has nowhere to escape. Because of his status as a benefactor, Xue Biao refuses or accepts No, don't mention how aggrieved.

In Xue Biao's private heart, Liu Xianglian is a first-class friend, and he is really a man; but if he wants to be a brother-in-law, he will be far behind.One must know that Xue Baoqin was settled in Mei Hanlin's family back then, so it can be seen what old father Xue planned in his heart, to change to a prodigal son in the blink of an eye at this moment would be a little sorry for the ancestors.

Liu Xianglian was proud and arrogant, seeing Xue Biao hesitated, she should have given up immediately.However, Baoqin seemed to have feelings for him, and Liu Xianglian was a little aware of it, so she didn't take Xue Biao's reluctance to heart, and only wanted to marry a beautiful lady.

So until Jinling, Liu Xianglian went out for a walk, followed by Xue's family bought a small house and lived there.Xue Biao knew that he had to come to the door to congratulate Qiao Qian, so don't be awkward about that.On the contrary, when talking about this matter with Xing Xiuyan, Xing Xiuyan said: "As far as family status is concerned, the Mei family is the best, but what happened? What happened to Liu Erlang, it doesn't matter, but I am worried that he will be in a state of mind, and he will be harmed by then." girl."

Xue Biao said: "That's it! He is like a ranger, wandering around all day long, not only doing business, but also doing some dangerous things. I am naturally grateful for his help. In my heart, there is no reason to repay my kindness by giving my sister to him."

Xing Xiuyan thought for a while, but said: "It's hard to say anything about this person, but the four words of being upright and upright are enough. Besides, the man has no regrets when he speaks. Since we have concerns, we can just speak up with him. It's also better than now It’s good to hide and hide like this.”

Xue Biao felt reasonable after hearing this, and actually asked Liu Xianglian to open up and talk about it.

Liu Xianglian heard that she was worried that she would still be a prodigal child after she got married, and that she would not agree to it lightly because she was afraid that Baoqin would be wronged, so she said with a smile: "Brother, please don't worry. You also know that there is no father or mother in my family. What's the fun of living alone? It's better to find a partner outside and have more fun. When I get married, I will have a family, so it will be different. Living at home, I It’s not that he’s incompetent, and he doesn’t dare to say how good it is, it’s just that it’s not worse than others.”

Xue Biao sighed and said: "Second brother, when it comes to this, I don't hide it anymore. Qin'er has followed her father everywhere since she was a child, and the whole family loves her very much, which makes her childish. I just didn't expect the sudden change in the world, and it's because of my incapacity as an elder brother, which caused her to be humiliated for no reason. Therefore, I value her marriage more than anything else. I'm really afraid, and there must be no further disturbances .”

Liu Xianglian raised her eyebrows: "I knew my reputation in the past. Now I just want to say one thing, if I can get Miss Xue as my wife in this life, someone Liu will never let her down. From now on, we will be a couple for the rest of our lives, nothing else. Unknown ……in this way……"

After hearing this, Xue Biao immediately replied decisively: "Okay!"

Xue Biao's old lady died a few years ago, and now his brother is in charge, and things are not difficult to deal with.Liu Xianglian went back to Beijing, took care of the property in Beijing, took a sum of money with her, and went back to the south to buy a house and land, preparing to get married.At that time, Xue Biao was busy with family affairs. Liu Xianglian was from the Liu family. Although he was down and out, the Liu family still had some connections in Jinling, and Xue's family affairs also benefited from his help.

Liu Xianglian's parents died early, and the aunt who loved him the most in the past also passed away a few years ago, so he invited the elders of the Liu family in Jinling to take care of the marriage.So everything is appropriate, why is Xue Biao speaking in such a tone now?This has to start from after his marriage.Although this Liu Erlang is a prodigal son who turns back, his true nature is still there.Let him do other things to make a living, he is not obedient.Arrived, still thinking about businessmen.

Since the succession to the throne today, the life of businessmen is much better than before, and many status bans have been lifted one after another. What's more, Xue's family was originally in business. " After a while, Xue Biao had nothing to say.

But this Liu Xianglian was unwilling to settle down even if she was going to do business. After asking around for a while, she somehow got involved with Sihai Trading Company.This was a good thing, but he insisted on going to Fanguo with the boat, which made Xue Biao dissatisfied.There is a saying that "the Dragon King doesn't recognize people, and he keeps his guests and his wronged souls." Is it easy to go through the wind and waves at sea?However, he has not yet figured out how to persuade Liu Xianglian, but Liu Xianglian on the other end has already persuaded Xue Baoqin. The two of them expected that Xue Biao would not agree, so they secretly left the letter and went with the boat.

Xue Biao was almost frightened to death when he heard the news, not to mention that he couldn't believe that there were Xu women on the boat coming in and out.After waiting for more than half a year, the couple came back. Xue Biao didn't want to be angry with his sister, so he had to take his brother-in-law's sacrificial knife, which was the reason for the current situation.

After everyone listened, Baochai sighed: "Qin'er is too nonsense, and she can go here at will."

Xiangyun, on the other hand, wants to search for Baoqin to ask about the customs and customs of Fanguo and interesting stories along the way.

Liu Xianglian heard about Jia's family again, and heard that they are now planning to buy a house and land, etc., and said: "Nowadays, the land price in the south of the Yangtze River is rising almost every year, and shipping business is booming. But it is not beneficial. Moreover, if you want to buy a real good field, few people will sell it. There are many good fields, and the masters behind them are all in Chang’an City. I think it’s better to buy half of the land and half open workshops or shops. .Looking at the meaning of the Four Seas Trading Company, there is no need to worry about selling, as long as the goods are good, they can take them away. Isn’t it better than watching the sky and waiting for the [-]-[-]% of the land rent?”

Baoyu saw that Liu Xianglian looked at herself after she had finished speaking, and couldn't help being embarrassed. Liu Xianglian recalled it and said with a smile: "You are not the same as before, and you don't care about things floating in the sky? Really, let me tell you, the old days It's interesting, but it's not suitable if it's still like that now. You should also eat some fireworks."

Only he dared to say this, and Baoyu laughed when he heard it. Although he had heard it for half his life before, it was said by Liu Xianglian, and at this time, he suddenly became interested, as if this way of life It's really changeable.

Baochai nodded in thanks and said, "Thank you very much. We are just waiting to be done. We really don't know how to arrange it. It is time to listen to what you have to say."

Xue Biao said: "This matter..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xing Xiuyan rushed over with his Baoqin outside, and when they entered the house, they met each other and apologized: "I should have come here earlier, but something happened at home, so I got stuck again."

Looking at Xing Xiuyan's fat body, Baochai thought it was, and shook her hand and said, "Congratulations. We're staying right now. It's not an urgent matter. You have to take care of your body."

Xing Xiuyan lowered his head and smiled, and Xue Biao said, "Sister, you just said that you wanted to ask about the business, this is the right one."

Xiang Yun looked at Xing Xiuyan: "Do you still understand business?"

Xing Xiuyan said with a smile: "I dare not take it, it's not impossible, I have to live."

Several people sat down and started talking. When Xing Xiuyan saw Baochai asking her about housework and other matters, she couldn't help but glance at Baoyu, and saw that he was listening to Liu Xianglian talking about common affairs, and his face was calm.Seeing her like this, Baochai smiled and said in a low voice: "What time is it now, who can't let him go!"

Xing Xiuyan laughed when he heard the words, and then said: "Actually, I don't know much about this business. The ones who really talk to people are their men. I just care about the general situation. In the past, I only said that 'the situation is better than people'. As an official Doing things like this, why not do business?

For example, in our place, the Yan family and the Qian family used to be big booksellers.Many engraving masters are raised by their two families, and even the ink printing recipes are kept secret.But now, since the Technician's Mansion produced lead type and borrowed water power, although Na Yan and Qian's family suppressed it vigorously through the government at first, they couldn't hold back the momentum.Now when it comes to books, they are all watermark workshops of the Mingzhou Mohists. The price of books not to mention official engravings is less than [-]% of the workshop engravings.There is no business between Yan and Qian! "

Baochai felt thoughtful after hearing this, and said again: "That... that is also a business of others, and we don't know the officials in the technician's mansion either."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "Although the watermark workshop is someone else's business, it's just that he suddenly printed books so much faster, wouldn't it be necessary to use a lot of paper? And this paper is different from the one used to be rigid. There is also ink. And this Watermark Workshop started in the south of the Yangtze River, but there is no other side, so it is a way to make a profit even if you sell books from here and ship them out?"

Baochai said with a smile, "I never thought that one day you would be familiar with these economic affairs."

Xing Xiuyan said: "Actually, it's all one and two, two and one. There is always a trend in everything. Only by following the trend can we get twice the result with half the effort. Going against the trend can only lead to defeat. If we stand still, we may feel that it is difficult."

Baochai's eyebrows darkened when she heard this, and she sighed for a long time, "Your sister is absolutely right."

Xing Xiuyan knew that she was probably thinking about Jia Wang Shi Xue's fall again, so she comforted her, "It's easy to say, but it's empty. After all, something has to move to see the momentum. If you want to compare , this momentum is like a gust of wind. But if it is a place where there is nothing and no one, how can you see the wind? It is only when there are fallen leaves forming arrays, orifices weeping, or the wind is blowing sleeves, that you can feel this. The wind is coming."

Baochai nodded and smiled bitterly: "Only when I don't know it, it becomes the hole of the fallen leaf, but it points the way back for others."

Xing Xiuyan clapped her hands when she heard the words, Baochai is extraordinary after all, but she put it down after a moment of depression, and said with a smile: "Don't mention it in the past, it's time to talk about the present. I was just about to ask you for advice, and I just said that I want to open a workshop , but I am at a loss and have no idea, and I ask you, Zhuge, to give me some tips."

The two discussed together.

In this way, after that, Xing Xiuyan and Baoqin came to see Baochai and Xiangyun every now and then. They only used to chant poems in the shade of the cold moon and flowers to fight against each other.

Baochai and his party are busy buying property and earning a living, and they don't forget Ping'er's explanation on the other side.Facing the list given by Ping'er that day, he picked out all the dowry gifts from the Wang family in sister Qiao's dowry, and asked Baoyu to take them back to the Wang family on a certain day.Because Wang Ziteng was paralyzed behind the bed and had a weird temper, except for the few confidantes who served him in the past, he didn't even see his wife and children.Naturally, Baoyu didn't see the uncle when he left.But Mrs. Wang Ziteng was very angry when she saw the thing and heard Baoyu tell the story, and said: "There is such a thing that is not as good as an animal!"

After a few days, I heard that the Wang family opened the ancestral hall and expelled Wang Ren's family from the clan.When Baochai heard the news, he wrote a letter and asked someone to take it to the capital.After hearing this, Sister Qiao felt uncomfortable, and said to Ping'er: "This, this...doesn't it mean that I harmed his family? After all, he is also my uncle..."

Ping'er sighed: "My girl, if it weren't for the ability of the fourth girl that day, we don't know where we would have fallen. There is also the eldest grandma, who took out a lot of silver taels and did a lot of things. Otherwise, I'm afraid I will eat chaff and swallow it." The food is not good enough. At that time, if the other end let go, wouldn’t the girl’s life be killed? The girl feels sorry for these black-hearted thieves.”

Sister Qiao's face was worried: "That's true, but in the end, he is my real uncle."

Ping'er said: "It's my uncle who is even more hateful!"

Sister Qiao was silent, and Ping'er sighed in her heart when she saw it: "This sister really doesn't convey the scheming spirit of grandma at all, on the contrary, she is more like that heartless one, blindly soft-hearted, and can't tell right from wrong. What will happen in the future? Alright!" I thought about it again.