Jia Lian smiled, took off his shirt and hung it up. Wang Xifeng usually treats Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan harshly, and he has heard a little. Jia Huan has an opinion about Wang Xifeng, and he is not surprised.

Ping'er took out the invitation card and placed it on the round table in the bedroom. Jia Lian was not in a hurry to read the invitation, took the towel handed by Ping'er, washed his hot face and sobered up.

Sister Feng pillowed on the head of the bed, half-leaned and looked at her husband, pursed her lips and smiled: "Jia Huan, he probably wants to ask you to do something." Hmph, if you can't ask someone for a true Buddha, what do I think he can do? ”

Jia Lian smiled and said, "Sister Feng, how can I listen to what you say." Okay, then I'm not going to see him. ”

Sister Feng smiled in a good mood, and said incorrectly: "I can't take care of your master's affairs." I don't want to make a name for yourself in getting in the way of your brothers. ”

Jia Lian laughed, Ping'er took the wet towel handed over by Jia Huan, turned around and went out with water. Jia Lian picked up the invitation card on the table and looked at it, "Yo, Brother Huan'er's handwriting is very beautiful." It's a big deal, and it turned out to be inviting me to have a drink at noon the day after tomorrow in the Zuixian Building. ”

Zuixian Lou is a well-known restaurant in the capital, which is equivalent to a combination of a five-star hotel catering department and a well-known club. There is a singing and dancing troupe, and cultural meetings are held from time to time. High-end atmosphere and grade. Jia Lian doesn't like to read, and he usually doesn't go to this kind of restaurant with a strong cultural atmosphere.

Wang Xifeng frowned slightly, and said suspiciously: "What is Jia Huan's little monthly money enough in the Drunken Immortal Building?" ”

Jia Lian pondered for a while, and said to Ping'er who came in: "You find someone to go back to Brother Huan: I have a wine to eat with Feng Ziying in Zhuangzi in the south of the city at noon the day after tomorrow." If it's a trivial matter, don't break the bank, go to the storeroom tomorrow morning and talk to me. ”

Wang Xifeng snorted and said dissatisfiedly: "You will be a good person." ”

Ping'er answered and arranged for someone to go to Jia Huan's residence. After a cup of tea, Ping'er came back in, pursed his lips and chuckled: "Brother Huan'er said that he has recently made a small fortune, and he has always admired Ye's demeanor, and he wants to invite Ye to drink and chat, and he happens to have a business matter to discuss with Ye." ”

"Hehe, that's weird!" Jia Lian's funny wife and concubine said.

Wang Xifeng thought silently: How old is Jia Huan this year? 8 years old only! Where did he make his small fortune from? What business can he have? Why is there no wind in Jiafuli?

Jia Lian thought for a while and said, "Ping'er, you send someone back to Brother Huan'er, I will be free at noon the day after tomorrow." ”

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April 27. Sunny and breezy. After school in the morning, Jia Huan asked his husband Lin Juren for a leave: he had something to do in the afternoon.

Lin Juren gladly came down. Jia Huan's daily homework only needs to be explained once. After a few days of inspection, all of them passed without exception. In his opinion, this is a sign of a high talent for reading.

Such students are easy and enjoyable to teach. Jia Huan's learning progress has surpassed Jia Lan and advanced to the Analects.

Jia Huan met Zhao Guoji outside the courtyard of the study, and ran straight to the corner gate, preparing to go to the Drunken Immortal Building to wait for Jia Lian.

Jia Lan, who was going home from class to eat, looked at Jia Huan's back and sighed like a little adult. Since March, after he alienated the third uncle according to his mother's request, the third uncle is really becoming more and more estranged from him now. This frustrated him a little. He admires the talented third uncle.

Jia Cong smiled, he didn't look at Jia Lan's pretense very much. The third brother is a good person, and if he has the ability to rise to the top in the future, he may be able to get a little light.

The drunken immortal building on Chongwen Street was busy at noon.

In the quiet box, several pots of orchids are in full bloom. The female singers raised in the two restaurants played the piano and the flute not far away, dancing to the sound of silk and bamboo.

Jia Huan and Jia Lian drank wine, laughing and gossiping. Jia Lian is a handsome boy with red lips and white teeth, wearing a brocade robe and jade belt on his body, with a good appearance and a good face.

Jia Huan was originally not very close to Jia Lian. Let's start with some opening remarks to set off the atmosphere and then cut to the chase.

Jia Lian smiled and said, "Brother Huan, don't talk about gossip." Wind and snow, eating and drinking, you are still too young. After two years, the second brother will take you to play. I'm curious about what you said that day. You tell the second brother what is going on. ”

The son of the brocade and the jade food.

Jia Huan laughed and said, "Then from the meaning of the second brother." I read miscellaneous books, wrote a book and sold it to the bookstore owner, earning 30 taels of silver. It was a small fortune, so I invited the second brother to eat and drink. I want to ask the second brother for one thing. I want Qian Huai, the son of the Qian couple in the treasury, to be a long-term follower for me. ”

Jia Lian smiled admiringly: "Yo, Brother Huan, you have really opened up your mind to study recently." I can write a script. ”

Jia Lian doesn't like to read, and he doesn't know much about the difficulty of writing scripts. Jia Huan was only eight years old and was able to write stories, which really surprised him. But this is not unexpected. Jia Huan wrote a good poem in Jia Fu on Chinese New Year's Eve. What is so surprising about someone who can write poetry?

Jia Lian drank a glass of wine and said strangely: "What's the matter, Zhao Guoji didn't do well?" I heard that he was a hardworking and honest man. ”

Jia Huan smiled leisurely: "This is just about the business I want to discuss with my second brother." I want Zhao Guoji to make honeycomb coal. I built a stove in front of the door some time ago, and my second brother must know about it. ”

"Well, I heard your second sister-in-law say it."

"A small stove with honeycomb coal is much more economical than burning. If all the kitchens in the house were to use honeycomb coal, the annual firewood money would be saved. I wonder if the second brother is interested in purchasing this honeycomb coal? ”

Jia Lian glanced at Jia Huan in surprise, and his mind moved. But when it comes to procurement, it's profitable. For example, the rouge gouache purchase in Jiafu, the money was divided among the people below.

Jia Lian is the external housekeeper in Jiafu, but the money in Jiafu's public school and his private money are two different things. The former, he just escrows, has accounts. The latter, he can spend as much as he wants.

Therefore, in the dream of Red Mansions, Wang Xifeng will deduct the monthly money of the maids to put the money in Yinzi. Because, the monthly money is public, and the interest on the Yinzi money belongs to Wang Xifeng himself.

Jia Lian thought for a while, looked at Jia Huan with a smile, and asked, "Brother Huan, how much do you estimate you can save in a year on firewood?" ”

Jia Huan had already calculated it, and confidently reported the number, "I can save about 20 taels of silver!" ”

In the capital, a load of firewood is only about 5 yuan. The three kitchens of Jiafu Middle School, large and small, and public have to manage the hot tea and hot meals of hundreds of people, and they need about 50 loads of firewood a day. That's about 60 taels of silver a year. The charcoal burned in winter is counted separately.

Honeycomb coal can improve the efficiency of heat utilization, and it is expected to save more than 20 taels of silver a year. The income of more than 20 taels of silver a year will obviously not be put in the eyes of a rich boy like Jia Lian.

And Jia Huan made a budget of 10 taels of silver and invited Jia Lian to come to Zuixianlou for dinner, of course, he didn't come to talk about the business of 20 taels of silver a year.

Jia Huan continued: "If the coal used for heating in the house is also honeycomb coal, it can save more." ”

"Haha." Jia Lian smiled heartily, he had already thought of this, picked up the wine glass and touched a glass with Jia Huan, and his daughter was flushed and happy.

He had a rough idea of how much firewood money would cost in a year in Jiafuli. But about 100 taels of silver. The bulk of the cost is actually coal for heating in winter. Even if there is a coal mountain near the capital, the coal will cost about two taels of silver per 100 catties in winter. Not to mention the high-quality coal. Jiafu's annual coal money is about 3,000 taels.

According to the number of savings reported by the ring, 1,000 taels of silver can be saved. Of course, the exact amount has to be calculated. If he wants to exchange the purchase of the house for honeycomb coal, he must give a saving of four or five hundred taels in the account, so that he can show his ability to be a housekeeper. The remaining 500 taels went into his pocket.

He heard Ping'er say that Sister Feng'er put in the money of Yinzi, and the income was only more than 1,000 taels of silver a year.

Jia Lian drank a few glasses with Jia Huan in a good mood and asked, "Brother Huan, is this honeycomb coal really as economical as you said?" ”

Jia Huan said firmly: "I still have a few extra small stoves there, and I will give them to the second brother." The second brother will know it as soon as he tries it. ”

Jia Lian only looked at Jia Huan's calm expression, and then believed it in his heart, and said, "Hmm." You find someone to send you there in the afternoon. I promised what you said about Qian Huai. The purchase of honeycomb coal can be done, and your benefits are indispensable. ”

Jia Lian is still very decent in doing things, relatively fair and kind. In the book, his father Jia Yu asked him to take the fan that the stone nerd treasured, but he just went to the door and begged the other party to give it, but the stone nerd insisted on refusing, so he gave up. And Jia Yucun found an excuse to put Guan Shi in prison and seize his fan. Jia Lian said: "For this idea, it is nothing to make people bankrupt!" "I was beaten by Jia Yu.

At this time, Jia Huan sent him a business with a net profit of 500 taels a year. He was thinking about sharing the benefits of Jia Huan. In other words, I am afraid that I have to figure out how to eat the profits of making honeycomb coal.

Of course, in modern society, it is generally the manufacturing factory that gives rebates to the purchaser, begging to deal with the purchase of their own products. Jia Huan and Jia Lian's business is an exception. Because, honeycomb coal is only Jia Huan.

Jia Huan smiled slightly and said, "Thank you second brother first." I have an idea, I don't know if the second brother is willing to listen? ”

"You say."

"I think so, why don't the second brother take out his own money to open a workshop for making honeycomb coal. The raw material of honeycomb coal can be much cheaper than the coal sold by coal shops. Labor and cost can be controlled by themselves. The income is all their own. ”

Jia Lian looked at Jia Huan in surprise and laughed, "It's your business to make honeycomb coal, how can I interfere." ”

According to the estimate just now, the annual turnover of coal in the government is 2,000 taels of silver, and Jia Huan's profit from making honeycomb coal is afraid that three or five hundred taels of silver will be recorded in the account a year.

Jia Huan smiled and took out a piece of paper from his arms, put it in front of Jia Lian, and said, "Second brother, I still have to study, how can I have the energy to do a handicraft workshop?" I sold this recipe for making honeycomb coal to my second brother for 200 taels of silver, and the matter was over. The second brother of this recipe can find someone to try. Just keep it secret. ”

Wanting to study is just an excuse for him not to run a honeycomb coal workshop. Jia Huan's investment point of view is: ten birds in the forest, it is better to have one bird in hand. Engaging in handicraft workshops will involve a lot of his time and energy. Pay for one's whistle. On the contrary, it is better to buy and sell with a hammer, and the bag is safe.

Jia Lian didn't answer, and stared at Jia Huan angrily, "Brother Huan'er, do you look down on your second brother Lian?" Should I give you the benefits I can be greedy for? ”

Jia Huanxin said: You may not, the one in your family can't say.

If it is a normal business, the asking price of the honeycomb coal formula, Jia Huan will open at least 800 taels. Jia Lian doesn't buy it, so naturally there will be other merchants who buy it. However, Jia Huan now wants to befriend Jia Lian, and it is not advisable to overprice. In this way, there will be a second cooperation with Jia Lian, a third time...

Jia Huan's purpose of befriending Jia Lian is very clear, and the target is Wang Xifeng behind him.

Anyone who knows the trend of Dream of Red Mansions knows that Jia Lian will eventually turn against Wang Xifeng. In Sister Feng's judgment: "One from two orders three people", "human wood" together is the word "Hugh", indicating that Jia Lian will eventually divorce his wife.

Jia Huan explained unhurriedly: "What did the second brother say? Everything is for the second brother to handle, and I just came up with an idea. If the second brother has the heart, he will leave 20% of the shares of the honeycomb coal workshop for me. ”

"That's pretty much it!" Jia Lian turned his anger into a smile, and accepted the recipe for making honeycomb coal on the dining table, "I'll send someone to give you the silver tomorrow." ”

Jia Huan smiled and nodded.

The meal was enjoyed by the guests and the hosts. Before leaving, Jia Huan reminded seemingly casually: "Second brother, if you want to grab more private money, don't tell the second sister-in-law about the cost price of honeycomb coal from the factory." ”

Jia Lian laughed, patted Jia Huan's shoulder, turned over on the horse, and left with his henchmen Zhao'er and Xing'er. He still has things to do, and he won't go back to Jiafu.

Jia Huan took Zhao Guoji to go back to Sishifang, where Jia's Mansion was located. Jia Lian wants to hide from Wang Xifeng, it is difficult to say, and it is simple to say. The key is that he has to get his beautiful concubine: Ping'er.

Jia Huan said that he wanted to wrestle with Feng Lazi before leaving Jiafu and salute her in return. How can you say without faith? This was his first move.

It seems to be a leisurely stroll, waiting for the wind to rise!