Gu Siming lifted the curtain of the car, glanced at Lin Tie who was riding a horse in front of him, and vaguely heard his hearty laughter, but he couldn't hear what he was talking about, only that he was chatting and laughing with the aunt sitting in the carriage in front of him, and his heart was sour, and he felt strange: Auntie obviously looks down on this sour Confucian, why do you treat him so affectionately today?

When the carriage and horses arrived at the Gu Mansion in the north of Tianhan Bridge, eight or nine people of miscellaneous servants, grooms, maids, and servants who were sent by the inspector to listen to the call of the envoy all stood outside the gate of the mansion and waited to recognize the new master's family, and a few gongs and drummers were beating on the side, attracting a group of neighbors to come and watch the new official's family move into the compound, which was not lively. Gu Shi and Gu Siyuan and Gu Junxun got out of the carriage and gave the old and new servants a red paper envelope of Lishi money, Gu Siming saw that Gu did not have the slightest intention of introducing him to the next person as a young master, his heart was sour, and he followed everyone into the house with a gloomy face, and saw Lin Jian following behind Gu and pointing to Zhou Pu and Zhao Hu to help carry the suitcase cage off the carriage, he walked over and said sourly: "Lin Juren is so enthusiastic to help, why didn't he let the lady of the Xiao family come over to help, maybe he is reluctant to hide Jiao in the golden house, right?" ”

Lin Jian glanced at Gu Siming, thinking that this kid really doesn't know how to look at people's faces, whoever he brings to help the Gu family can be done, but he can't bring Liu Yue'er over, this kid just wants to do something in front of the Gu family, he replied with a smile: "I thank Young Master Tang for caring about Miss Liu......"

Gu Shi frowned slightly and glanced at Gu Siming, more and more he felt that his face was hateful, thinking that Lin Jian was really good-tempered, no matter what, Gu Siming was the nephew of the master, even if Gu Shi was unhappy, he didn't lose his temper, and only said to Gu Siming: "You call the flyover too, I just have something to tell you two......

"Yes, auntie." Gu Siming went to Gu Tianqiao, who was instructing his subordinates to move the suitcase cage to the house, Gu Wuchen's son Gu Siyuan casually asked his mother on the side: "What's the matter, you want to call Siming and Tianqiao together?" ”

"Last year, your father was released by the imperial court, and the Gu family became one of the eight tea merchants in Dongyang Mansion again. When we were in Dongyang, I always heard several old people of the Gu family complaining, saying that even if they became official tea merchants again, the tea produced in their own tea mountains and tea gardens, and the tea collected from tea farmers could not be sold in Dongyang, so they could only be sold to the Lin family's warehouse at a low price...... "At this time, Gu Siming pulled Gu Tianqiao over, and stood respectfully at the foot of the steps to listen to Gu Siyuan talk about the tea merchants, Gu said to himself, "They have complained several times in front of your father, I think about it, I can't let the Lin family bully the Gu family like this, I was thinking, can't the Gu family sell tea to other businesses, and have to be tied to the Lin family? ”

"I am also looking for other businesses," Gu Tianqiao stood at the foot of the steps and replied honestly, "I don't know if it was negotiated with the Lin family, other businesses don't accept our tea, and we don't have the ability to transport tea out of Dongyang for distribution—this time I came to Jiangning with my uncle and aunt, and I wanted to find a business in Jiangning that was willing to transport Gu's tea out of Dongyang." ”

"I don't think you need to look for it," Gu said, "Lin Juren has a business name in Jiangning......" Lin Jian interjected next to him: "Our business name Jiyun Society ......" Gu Shi said "oh", and continued to say to Gu Siming and Gu Tianqiao in an instructive tone: "I think that in the future, the Gu family's tea will be handed over to Jiyun Society, and you don't have to worry that Lin Juren will suppress the price of the Gu family......"

Gu Siming was dumbfounded when he heard Gu's words, turned his head to look at Lin Ju, his eyes were puzzled and hostile, and asked, "Lin Juren only entered the city seven or eight days earlier than us, how could a business come under his name?" Besides, what is the difference between the Gu family selling tea to you and underwriting it to the Lin family? ”

Although Gu Tianqiao was also surprised in his heart, he had been to the Dongyang Hall with Yang Pu and Lin Tie a few days ago, so he felt that Lin Tie was quite prestigious in Jiangning, and besides, he was also very calm by nature, although he had doubts in his heart, he was unwilling to stand up against the Gu family.

Gu Siming's snatching made Gu quite annoyed, and she suppressed her voice and asked, "Could it be that Si Mingxian's nephew is worried that I have deceived Lin Juren?" Or are you worried that I will repay Lin Juren's kindness to the Gu family for two generations and help Lin Juren? ”

Gu Siming felt Gu's strong dissatisfaction with him at this time, and he was a little panicked, and hurriedly argued: "Auntie, Siming didn't mean that, it's just that Lin Lian really doesn't have a good reputation in Shanglin...... The Gu family has more than 2,000 acres of tea garden, with an annual output of nearly 40,000 catties of dried tea buds. ”

Gu didn't know the economy, and she didn't know how much 40,000 catties of tea was worth, so she glanced at Lin Jian suspiciously.

Lin Lian stood on the steps and looked at Gu Siming, laughed, and said, "The official price of 40,000 catties of tea is only 2,000 taels of silver, and Young Master Tang can't help but underestimate me Lin Lian......

The official price is the guide price for the official tea merchants and tea farms to purchase tea from the tea farmers, and it is also the benchmark price for the government to extract the tea tax.

Gu thought that Lin Tie gave him a gift of no less than 1,000 taels this time, and the principal of 2,000 taels of silver for tea was definitely not under his words, and thought that Lin Tie would give his family an extra 1,000 taels of silver every year, which was almost half of the principal of the tea, thinking that Lin Tie was really generous, compared with the two, he became more and more unaccustomed to Gu Siming, and said: "Whether it can be done or not, you still have to talk to the master of the Gu family, don't make noise here," didn't want to deal with Gu Siming, and instructed Gu Tianqiao to the side, "Tianqiao, you write a letter to write things clearly." , let people give it to Shiliang County today, and let the Gu family master take the idea. ”

Gu Siming was like knocking a basin of cold water on a cold day, and his intuition was cold to the bone; Gu Tianqiao nodded honestly and agreed: "When this side is cleaned up, I will write a letter......

Gu Siyuan knew that his mother was in charge of everything in the family, and he didn't have the right to speak, although he couldn't get used to Lin Bin, he wouldn't argue with his mother about this matter.

Lin Jian said: "The shopkeeper of Jiyun Club is going to take a boat back to Shiliang in the afternoon, and I will take the letter written by Tianqiao back to Shiliang County by him......

"That's good." The Gu family couldn't wait to immediately hold down all the elders of the Gu family and nod their heads to agree to this matter, and Lin Jian directly sent a shopkeeper back to Shiliang County to talk about this matter, which was most in line with her heart, and she didn't care what the Gu family would think at all.

Lin Jian said again: "Jiyun Club wants to underwrite Gu Jiacha, and you need to find someone who understands Gu Jiacha to help, Brother Tianqiao is not aggrieved, can you come to Jiyun Club to help?" Others dare not promise anything, will the shopkeeper of the small tea shop be too wronged by Brother Tianqiao? ”

Gu Tianqiao and the others came to Jiangning, hoping to rely on Gu Wuchen's relationship to find a good job in Jiangning, increase their knowledge and experience, and be able to go to the tea shop as a shopkeeper, for him, it was a step to the sky, but he did not get carried away, and said: "Everything is still waiting for the old man in the family to make up his mind......

Lin Jian knew that Gu Siming could follow Jiang Ning, because his family was relatively close to Gu Wuchen's family, Gu Tianqiao could come with him, or he was smart and studious, he had a set of ways to deal with people, and he was very valued by the Gu family for doing things, anyway, Jiyun Club was the most short of manpower in Jiangning, so it was better to pull Gu Tianqiao over directly. On the other hand, he was not worried at all that the Gu family would object, the Gu family finally hugged Gu Wuchen's thick thigh, where would he easily get rid of it? Besides, he asked Lin Jingzhong to go directly to the lake pond to negotiate with the old man of the Gu family, and the price of tea would increase considerably compared to the Lin family, so he wanted to give the Gu family a step down, so he said: "Since this is the case, it is better to work hard Brother Tianqiao to also take a trip, it is better to say it in person than what is written in the letter, in case there is anything unknown to the Gu family, you can also ask Brother Tianqiao in person." ”

Gu Tianqiao thought to himself: What do I know? Hearing that Gu Shi was full of words, he also agreed: "I'll take a trip, and there is nothing hard or hard." ”

Gu Siming was left aside and ignored, he had both nameless anger against Lin Jian and panic at the Gu family's reprimand, and he didn't know what to say to save the situation.

Gu Junxun stood aside curiously, listening to Lin Tie and their words to negotiate the matter of underwriting Gu Jiacha, she stood behind Gu's side, looking at Lin Tie with a slightly bolder gaze, seeing that his handsome face looked calm and calm, and when Lin Tie's gaze turned unintentionally, she turned her face to look at others, her heart was like a deer bumping around, beating hard.

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Gu Wuchen didn't come back from the yamen until the afternoon, and he had already negotiated the matter of Jiyun Society's underwriting of Gu's tea, and set up a banquet to wait for them to come back.

When Gu Wuchen changed into his official clothes in the inner house, he heard Gu talk about the congratulatory ceremony sent by Jiyun Society and Lin Bin.

"How can you accept such a heavy He Yi?" Gu Wuchen complained, "It's not easy for him to come to Jiangning, he was driven out by the Lin family." This ceremony was returned to him after the banquet, and another return gift was added. He finally remembered the kindness of the two generations of Lin Lian to the Gu family, and he didn't want to be greedy for Lin Lian's generous gifts.

"This is also a part of his mind, and he can't push his mind away?" Gu Shi was reluctant to return Lin Lian's congratulatory gift, and said, "Those two jujube red horses, Si Yuan likes them, and they have already asked for a set of cars, you can't ignore your son's feelings at all?" Besides, if you help Lin Lin more, is it possible that we will accept this gift from him today, and the kindness to him in the future will be lighter than this? With your push, won't the affection for each other fade? ”

Gu Wuchen thought for a moment, then stopped arguing with his old wife, changed into civilian clothes, walked to the front hall to sit down, called Lin Jian to sit down beside him, and said, "It's good that you run a business in Jiangning, but you can't miss the future......

"This is natural, and when the business was created, Lin Jian took some time to take care of it, and when everything was on the right track, of course Lin Jian still asked for a future." Lin Jian said, not only in Gu Wuchen's heart, but also in the hearts of almost everyone in this era, being an official is to press everything, as the saying goes, "three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver", and there is also a saying "Destroy the family and county, destroy the prefect", being an official holds power with one hand and makes money with the other, which is naturally the first-class business in this world.

"It's good that you know," Gu Wuchen said with a sense of relief when he saw that Lin Jian could carry it clearly, "Today, I went to the Yamen of the Inspectorate to officially take up my post, and handed over the duties and jurisdiction with the Inspector Zhang, which delayed the time and made you wait in the mansion for a long time." I have a brief understanding in the yamen, according to the inspection and envoy department, there are still some idle and absent positions, and the rank is not high, see if you like which? "How many vacancies can there be in the Inspectorate? However, it is impossible for Gu Wuchen not to install people within the scope of his authority. Since Lin Tie didn't want to be a staff member, but wanted to directly seek a half-official position, Gu Wuchen felt that Lin Tie was trustworthy and his talents could be relied on, so he thought that he would be a subordinate within his own jurisdiction, which could be regarded as an indirect idea of using him as a staff member.

Gu Wuchen's words made Gu Siming and the others next to him both envious and jealous when they heard it, wouldn't it be selected according to the fat shortage and fat difference in the Yamen of the Inspectorate?

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