After a while, a few people went to the place where Hong Da said, and saw that it was an exquisite garden on the side of the canal, borrowed a water source, and piled up mountains and stones, dug lakes and scenery, and scattered out seven or eight houses for the banquet and drink; each place has its own style, and the furnishings in it, calligraphy, painting, and ink and flowers, and potted flowers and plants are all sparse and decent, and each has its own allusion origin. Jia Lian played with people when he was in Beijing, and he also saw some private gardens, but he couldn't help but praise them without this elegance. The Song Shuban also smiled: "I have heard about this Liuhe Jiyuan for a long time, and now when I see it, it is really extraordinary." It's just that the owner here is elegant and vulgar, and he doesn't wait for guests, and the younger generation is actually TOEFL to open his eyes. ”

Hong laughed and said: "What's not bad, it's just that the old man is afraid that he will work too hard as a cook, so he will pay less attention to his own food." ”

It turns out that this is the property of the Hong family, and the main family is Hong Ye, the uncle of Hong Da. Hong Ye is not here today for something, but the person in charge has come over early to be courteous. So Hong Da took the initiative to choose a spacious water pavilion with the mountains and rivers in the background, let him quickly set up a banquet, and ordered two musicians and kabuki to sing two sweet tunes on the island in the center of the water. Hong Da smiled at Jia Lian and said: "Don't hide it from Brother Jia, I am a coarse and vulgar person, I can only eat with one mouth, and I can't get elegant lyrics, songs, and wine orders." If you like to play these, you can only have my brother and Song Shuban to accompany you. ”

Jia Lian smiled: "Brother Hong is too modest. I'm reluctant to do this, and I'm always hiding a clumsy guy who just watches others play. It's Brother Zhang and Song Shuban, I think there will be a masterpiece. ”

When the Song Shuban heard this, he was busy and didn't dare to say anything. Zhang Hui smiled at his cousin: "Good Da, when will you see me eating and drinking and you will get a wine order? Are you afraid that I won't be able to rob you of good food and good wine? And it's rare to have Yun Niangzi's pipa today, and I can't listen to the music, so where can I take care of anything else? I can't be fooled by you. ”

Sure enough, while talking, there was a young girl with a pipa, a childish maid, and a young child to come over to salute - it was the famous "Yun Niangzi" in the Yangzhou music class. Obviously, the steward saw Hong Da and a few others, knew the identity, and hurriedly invited them over. Jia Lian saw that she was not very beautiful, but only behaved moderately, advanced and retreated like a ritual, and after saluting, he took a small boat to the pavilion in the middle of the lake. After a while, there was a clear sound Xu Lai.

And at this moment, the wine and food here are also ready, and several people are laughing and entering the table. Most of the banquets are Jiangnan characteristics, fresh and fresh, fresh and refreshing, and there are quite a few common dishes in Beijing, the materials are exquisite, and the taste is very authentic. Jia Lian praised on the one hand, and secretly thought that he was in charge of things to be fed, and Zhang Hui once described that he came from Beijing, which seemed random, but at this time he was thoughtful. Then pay close attention to his words and deeds on the two seats, Zhang did not reply much, only answered casually, and from time to time talked with Song Shuban a few words, so as not to be left out in the cold;

Jia Lian was shocked, but he couldn't help but be curious. He was also refreshed, and simply said the doubts in his heart. Hong laughed and said, "Sure enough, as soon as I show off, I will make people laugh." But he did not answer, but poured himself a large bowl of wine and drank it.

Seeing Jia Lian's face slightly moved, Zhang Hui next to him explained to him with a smile. It turns out that this Hong Da has also been a naughty person since he was a child, because his grandfather Hong Geng did the medicinal material business, he always has to go to Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan and Northeast Guan several times a year, this Hong Da was ten years old and pestered his father and ancestors, until he was fourteen years old, he was escorted by his grandfather to go to school, study the imperial examination, and no longer walk around the mountains, rivers, wild marshes. And he has this experience, and compared with ordinary young men, he is naturally well-informed and very knowledgeable.

Jia Lian listened to his explanation, and said to Hong Daodao: "Being able to walk freely and see all over the mountains and rivers, Brother Hong is really envious." ”

Hong Dadao: "Brother Jia said this. If we want to say envy, it should be that we envy your prosperity in Beijing, which is better than other places. And my experience, where I can see all the mountains and rivers, I am not at all comfortable - I am too young, my father is closely watched, and they all have serious things to do, although I follow all the way, I am not really able to speak and act on my own. Really speaking, I have to be a boy, and his teacher Mr. Huang Yanxi are just two people, if you love to walk, you can walk, if you love to take a car and boat, you can take a car and boat, all the way to a leisurely ride, and swim all over the Yangtze River. Although there are often meals and camps, it is really interesting to call it for more than half a year. ”

Zhang Hui smiled and said: "Ah Da, you have decided that I can't complain as a student." Then he said to Jia Lian: "I only entered the academy three years ago, and according to the rules of the teacher, I went to study in Shu with the teacher. It was also the first time in my life that I went out, and I was able to learn a lot thanks to the teacher's support and teaching at any time. ”

Jia Lian has also heard of such a style of academy study tours, but he has never really met such a person, and according to his temperament, he does not like books and knowledge, so he will not talk and ask too much when he meets such a person. But at this moment, he intended to make friends with Zhang Hui, so he had to say a few more words, so he sighed: "This is what makes people envious." As the saying goes, read 10,000 books and travel 10,000 miles, but how many people can really travel 10,000 miles when they are young? Or most of them have such thoughts, but they really go down without such perseverance. However, Brother Zhang is not very old, and his family can be willing to do so, and I can't imagine this. At Brother Zhang's age, I was still confined by my parents at home, and even when I went out, I didn't do what I wanted. Speaking of this, he turned to look at Hong Da and said with a smile: "The same is true for Brother Hong, who is also at a young age, so he can come out to buy property and start a business, take charge of himself, and share the worries of his father and ancestors." Could it be that this is not the custom of the south?"

Hong laughed and said: "It's just to choose two houses, and there are fathers and ancestors to draw the doorway, the so-called 'catch medicine according to the prescription'." Brother Jia, don't exalt me too much. ”

Jia Lian smiled when he heard this, and he didn't think so. You must know that the two shops of Hongda are located in the best places in Yangzhou City, even if there is the face of the Hong family and Lin Ruhai, it is not easy to take it. And the amount of money involved is also large, and even in the capital, the children of the princes of the public mansion usually can't touch this lot of money, let alone make their own claims. So Jia Lian only regarded these few sentences as Hongda's humble words. Because he said: "Now our two families are next to each other on the street, and it is also an unexpected fate." In the future, we can watch over each other. ”

Hong laughed and said, "With Brother Jia's words, what I wanted to say before finally has an outlet." I was just going to say that I would like to ask this side to take care of me. Brother Jia also knows that my family in Changzhou is engaged in the business of medicinal materials, and now it is also similar here, and the shop mainly uses pills and medicines for daily consumption, and then brings twenty or thirty kinds of candied fruits and candied fruits that are half made and half used as snacks, and all kinds of medicinal wines. This wine is also made by our own family, and rice grain is also a daily case. Brother Chaja spread the grain stack rice to the opposite door, but did it become a door-to-door business? ”

It turned out that Rongguo Mansion had previously purchased property for Jia Min's marriage, except for a house in the city, and the land was all in the suburbs of Beijing. Later, Jia Min followed Lin Ruhai to Yangzhou to take office, and sold two of the small villages for cash, so that the old family took down a grain shop in Yangzhou City that was about to collapse, and continued to operate with the original boss. And so it was. After Jia Min went, Lin Ruhai handed over the property to the Rong Mansion to take care of. The Jia family has a lot of industries in the south, and this place originally had a mediocre income, and it was not very careless to take care of, but because they were both grain merchants and shipping subcontractors, they had some facade friendships with Caoyun and other companies, and several places continued to be broken. In the past two years, Rongfu has become more and more replaceable. This time, Jia Lian sent Daiyu south, originally with the idea of disposing of it by the way, but Lin Ruhai recovered from his illness, so it was naturally a different approach. Jia Lian calculated that the grange under Jia Min's name in the capital was abundant, so he simply added money to this side, which really expanded the shop and strengthened the chassis, and also made the business bigger with a solid basis, so that Lin and Jia could make a profit.

It's just that this time it was Jia Lian's own idea, and it was the first time he had handled such a major event, and it involved relatives on both sides, so he felt a little worried. Unexpectedly, Hong opened his mouth at this moment. Listening to what he said, Jia Lian suddenly put his mind at ease: one is that the Hong family is a local noble family, with a deep foundation and rich wealth; second, Hong Da opened his mouth in front of Zhang Hui, obviously using him as a person and witness, and Lin Ruhai can say it in front of him; and the third is more or less carrying the Changzhou Zhang family, and this time when he goes back to talk about it, if something happens in the future, he will also accompany him many times. So Jia Lian hurriedly smiled and said: "This is a good thing that the two phases are cheap, how can it not be done? It's just that I'm not good at this, and I only follow the people below to make ideas about what kind of dealings, and I'm afraid I'll have to ask Brother Hong to bother more. ”

Hong Da was also very happy when he heard this. He was originally cheerful and practical, so he told Jia Lian how much rice and grain raw materials were needed for the fruits and wines that the store was mainly dealing in. Finally, he said, "These are for my own family." I just take care of one or two of them, and when the people sent to the shop by my family are all done, I can go back to take care of my own affairs with peace of mind. My uncle should take over the rest of the house. They all have the most respect for Lord Lin. Therefore, Brother Jia can rest assured that there will be no omissions. ”

After negotiating this matter, Jia Lian was open-minded, and the Song Shuban here took the word to say goodbye and left, leaving only the three of him, and he became more and more comfortable, so he wanted to exchange a big bowl of wine with Hong Da. After the little guy changed the bowl, Jia Lian suddenly saved himself from being busy talking to Hong Da, and he actually put Zhang Hui aside, and hurriedly punished himself with a bowl of reparation, and said: "Damn it, damn it, I actually asked Brother Zhang to sit." Jia Lian was confused. Eat wine, eat wine! Please don't be surprised by Brother Zhang. ”

Seeing him like this, Zhang Hui also hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Jia is polite", stood up, and was about to have a glass of wine with him, when suddenly there was laughter outside: "Which brother Zhang with a small belly and chicken intestines is going to be strange to others?