Dongcheng Guangye Fang workshop shop, Jia Cong led Sun Fu and Long Aotian from the front of the store counter to the back row of workshop rooms, the shop is larger, there are two acres, set into three in, several patios are chiseled out in the courtyard, the new wood smell is fragrant, and it is obviously newly built.

"What kind of wood is used for the typesetting of engraving printing?" Jia Cong touched the smooth layout.

"Jia Gongzi is rosewood and apple wood, stable and smooth." Shen Sanguan's well-maintained hands pointed to the craftsmen outside the door, all of them were corrugated hats, coarse linen clothes, and trouser legs tied with ropes: "These two dozen or so are craftsmen from nearby neighborhoods, and they have all been found for Gongzi ......"

"Three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion, there are many rules for carpentry and craftsmen, once he is employed, write a clear deed, and he is not allowed to hire ......"

"Oh, I understand...... Jia Cong said like a little adult: "That is, those with good craftsmanship have employers, so isn't Mr. Shen recruiting me for no one?" ”

"Look at what the son said, there are many rules, but the craftsmen who have learned from generation to generation in the city, the craftsmanship has not fallen, and there are apprentices who have practiced for a few years, fifty, and the skilled workers count one or two per month, and the price of Yangzhou City is very high, fifty taels a month. With a population of one million, two acres of land in the east of the city are to be sold at a price, worth between 300 and 500 taels, and the location and feng shui are good......"

"The craftsman household has its own household registration residence, all of them are people in the city, and the employment deed is hired by the chief as a guarantee, signed and drawn, in duplicate, but the son is a nobleman, the merchant household registration, where can I use the son to go to the government to fill in, I must find a personal agent, I think Miss Caiwei is very suitable......"

"Paper, bamboo paper, glue, typesetting...... Generally calculated, the investment is not less than two thousand silver, although it is a mere gift, please ask the son to ......smile and accept it" Shen Sanguan followed Jia Cong's steps and walked on his side, not smiling but very eye-catching.

"Well, it's okay, the agent can pick one of them, what I want is, one is not to lose money, everyone can make a living, and the other is to make a name for the Shanhai League and myself, that's all, Miss Caiwei, she may not be willing to ......" Jia Cong asked a craftsman in the shift: "How much can you brush in a day?" ”

"A small day can brush 1,800 words, and movable type printing can be faster."

Jia Cong nodded with satisfaction: "Work hard, I will add silver when I am ready...... Mr. Shen, I'm just disrespectful. ”

"Harmony makes money, harmony generates wealth, Lin Yushi's family affairs, Xian Kunzhong will handle it on his behalf, if there is any mention of salt letters, please also ask the son to mention one or two." Shen Sanguan made a move.

Jia Cong patted his chest and packed the ticket: "Certainly, definitely." ”

The two talked goodbye happily, Jia Cong arranged for a craftsman who was more proficient in writing, hung up the plaque of "Shanhai Book Society" and started to work, before he came out, while returning to the Lin Mansion, he thought: "Lin Ruhai asked me to help with the clerical affairs, that is also the right thing, Jia Lian will not do this business, the staff of the Lin Mansion is always not as reliable as relatives, but I didn't know in advance, Shen Sanguan is a good person, and the information is also well-informed......"

Long Aotian smashed his mouth and said: "Two thousand taels of silver, just give it, these salt merchants are really squandering money, I grow cotton in Qufu, and I don't have this price in my life." ”

"That's it." Sun Fu muttered, envious and jealous: "Yangzhou salt merchants, which one is not wealthy, they spent money to buy Yangzhou skinny horses, and the highest transaction price with the bustard, have you heard?" Two hundred thousand taels! ”

Long Aotian opened his mouth wide, enough to stuff a goose egg: "I'm a mother, one who came out to sell, how can it be worth so much silver, it's unreasonable......"

Jia Cong said to them: "I have seen it for a long time, in a few years, I can't give you this number, marry a wife, have children, settle down and start a business, there are still tens of thousands of taels." ”

……

"Critically ill, I resigned, the ship traveled three hundred miles a day, and there were still twists and turns in Beijing, waiting for the Holy Lord to review and reply. During this period, there is still a single for Luzheng (Yan Zheng) to cross the river, please trouble you brothers...... "Lin Ruhai sleeps on a soft couch, a quilt is covered with a pillow between the back and the couch, the bedroom furnishings are more elegant, all kinds of official kiln porcelain bottles, freehand blue glaze pictures and texts.

"A relative, my aunt's words are too polite, please Langzhong more when you are sick, eat soup and drink medicine, there is always a good time, the old lady in Beijing can remember it." Jia Lian and Jia Cong sat in front of them.

"I know the root of my illness, after all, Cong'er has been a showman, and at the age of Chong Young, he is already a dragon and tiger who is not trapped in the shallows and deep mountains, this official ship that is going north, do you dare to inspect it on my behalf? Ahem...... "Lin Ruhai was depressed.

Jia Cong brought the bird's nest: "The younger generation wants to see it, and they dare to disobey their fate." ”

"Okay, I'll ask the staff to take you there." Lin Ruhai took a few sips of the spoon: "Are the baked cakes in Yangzhou Wuyun Pavilion delicious?" Jiangbei Weiyang, Guangling Jiangdu, how is the beauty of this place better than Beijing? ”

"The Beijing division is stronger than the majestic, the national dragon vein, the Jiangnan is softer, the population of the Beijing division is not as good, the customs and customs, or each has its own strengths, the flowers of the gods, the boiled in Tianjin, are not worse than the south of the Yangtze River, some are extravagant, and some are warm-hearted." Jia Cong replied.

"The luxury must be enjoyed, and the warmth of the heart must be maintained." Lin Ruhai groaned: "Daiyu is not in good health, I don't let her serve, even if she dies, I won't ask her to keep filial piety, your cousins and brothers are close in age, help me persuade her." ”

Jia Cong hesitated: "I'm afraid ...... damaged Miss Lin's reputation. ”

"Relatives are not in the way, the etiquette is for others to see, people should be flexible, she is older, you call your sister kinder."

The two went out to walk the middle of the courtyard, a osmanthus tree on each side, blooming very luxuriantly, Jia Lian's unhappiness in his heart was increasingly stimulated and spreading, it seemed that he was a head shorter than his brother in everything, not a taste, Jia Cong said: "Second brother, I have a store in front of me, I don't want to make huge profits in printing money, salt, and cotton for the time being, and I will run the bookstore steadily, and I will not break the law for a long time, if the second brother is a little money, it will be a ...... to say to my brother."

"Later, I'm not short of money at this time." Jia Lian's face was complicated, and he said: "Actually, the second brother lives better than you, the husband in the family is sluggish, and nothing can be accomplished outside......

"Sister Ping is the best at being a ......"

"Okay, don't make a family ugly." Jia Lian patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go see Sister Lin, this scene is not far from Suzhou, I will inquire about the Lin family's finances, and my aunt will arrange it." ”

Jia Cong entered the Daiyu boudoir in the West Cross Courtyard for the first time, Zijuan and Snow Goose moved the screen to separate them, and Lin Daiyu's voice came from behind the screen: "This time I went south, and even the family affairs, thank you Second Brother Lian and Brother Cong, Brother Cong relieved the family's strict feelings, and Feng'er felt in the five." Brother Cong's age should not be too tired, and he will drink more bird's nest and ginseng later, and Jia Yan will not be able to eat it alone. Xu is that I am too immersed in the injury, there is always something inconsiderate, and I still hope that my brother Haihan, but I am worried, and I can tell my sister. ”

The snow goose who handed the tea summons was secretly funny, Zijuan pinched her, and Jia Cong looked directly at the screen cuckoo: "Sister Lin is a smart person, but she is easy to make mistakes, and she is dull and dull, and she is not very familiar with world affairs." There are still two things I am worried about, one is the wealth of your house, if my aunt is sent to Jingshi Jiafu, it will not be of any benefit to Sister Lin, and the other is Sister Lin's lifelong event, and Second Brother Bao has never come to the truth, it all depends on Sister Lin's mind and what she says to my aunt. These two things, Ben and I have nothing to do with it, two reminders, Sister Lin made her own plans. ”

There was silence behind the screen, and only a faint fragrance and sadness came.