On this day, Jia Lian was greeting Jia's mother, and suddenly a maid came in to say that there was a holy decree from the palace, and the father-in-law who passed the decree had been welcomed by Jia Zheng and others in the hall to serve tea, but this holy decree was given to Jia Lian by name. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Jia Mu was suddenly shocked, and said anxiously: "Brother Lian, it won't be that you who caused trouble by doing that merchant's business." ”

However, Jia Lian replied confidently: "Don't worry, old lady, how can such a little thing I do provoke the palace, if I guess correctly, this must be a good thing." ”

"That's good, that's good, you go and take the order quickly, don't keep the angel waiting." In this era, the eunuch represents the royal family, so there is no reason why Jia's mother is careless.

Jia Lian answered, and then went out to receive the order.

As a senior civil servant who was born under the red flag and grew up in New China, Jia Lian is very aware of the darkness in the officialdom, let alone in this feudal society where the monarchy is centralized, so he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and hurried towards the hall.

When I came to the hall, I saw Jia Zheng and Jia Yu drinking tea with an old eunuch.

And Jia Yu, who was staring at the door of the hall all the time, scolded as soon as he saw Jia Lian coming in: "You bad son, you are still bothering Father-in-law Xia to wait here for a long time, why don't you come and see you soon!" ”

Jia Lian knew that he was still angry that he didn't have the initiative to get the soap profits, and after the soap was sold, Jia Lian found Jia Lian several times to ask for the formula of the soap and the control of the soap workshop in Jia's mansion.

But today's Jia Lian is no longer the Jia Lian who is only afraid of his own son like a tiger in the past, and the sale of soap relies on the novelty and practicality of the items themselves.

Even because of this, the profits of soap are also a small part, and it is necessary to pay tribute to the people in power in Jiafu, such as Jia Mu, Jia Yu, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen.

I saw Jia Lian smiling, ignoring Jia Yu's scolding, and walked directly to the head of Father-in-law Xia, clasped his fists and saluted: "I've seen Grandpa Xia." ”

Father-in-law Xia looked at the current Jia Lian and the two of them before, and then thought of the purpose of his visit this time, and he didn't take it seriously, and returned the salute: "Second Master Lian is really not what it used to be, but the miscellaneous family came this time because of the emperor's will to be transmitted, and we will talk about the rest later, so let's prepare to receive the decree." ”

For a while, there were immediately people preparing incense cases, Jia Lian, Jia Amnesty, and Jia Zheng knelt down in turn and waited for Gonggong Xia to read the will.

I saw Gonggong Xia unfold the holy decree and read: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: with the knowledge of Jia Lian, fulfill his duties, God rewards diligence, virtue, cautiousness, manufacturing soap meritorious, its things are fragrant and pleasant, pure as jade, pure reputation, hereby named 'imperial soap'." Chin this. ”

The three of Jia Fu hurriedly shouted long live, and then Jia Lian took over the holy decree.

At this time, I only heard Father-in-law Xia say: "Second Master Lian, congratulations, your soap has sealed the imperial soap, that is the royal item, and the future wealth can be expected~"

And Jia Lian held the holy decree and replied: "Joy and joy, thank you Father-in-law Xia for sending such auspicious sound, this is a little respect, and please accept it with a smile." After finishing speaking, I saw Jia Lian take out a silver ticket of 1,000 taels and send it over.

Father-in-law Xia smiled slightly, did not postpone it, took the silver ticket and glanced at it, put it away with a bigger smile, and then continued: "Second Master Lian is so loving, then the miscellaneous family is not welcome, and then the miscellaneous family will discuss with Second Master Lian, how much will the imperial soap for this tribute to the palace cost." ”

"Oh~ Is Xia Gongcheng in charge of this? That's really great, why don't you go to the restaurant with your face in Xia Gonggong, how about we talk while eating? "Jia Lian is overjoyed, after all, a thousand lives are not as good as a ripe one, although Father-in-law Xia is greedy for money, he is still a great eunuch who is relatively close to the Jia family.

Father-in-law Xia got the benefits of Jia Lian, so he was naturally very talkative, but Jia Zheng couldn't get used to Jia Lian and Father-in-law Xia's scum-curry methods, plus he looked down on the vendors even more, so he found an excuse to leave alone.

At the moment, Jia Lian Jia Yu accompanied Father-in-law Xia to drink for three rounds, only to hear Father-in-law Xia say: "Second Master Lian is a good means, now who in Kyoto doesn't know that the second master is making money every day and making money, but how much silver will it cost me this imperial soap today?" ”

In order to seize the sense of existence, Jia Yu replied first: "How much is this, and what does my father-in-law mean?" We have everything we can't do. ”

Jia Lian watched Jia Yu say this, but did not express his position, but poured himself a glass of wine and drank it slowly.

Gonggong Xia first glanced at Jia Yu, then turned to Jia Lian's side and said, "I know that the price of Second Master Lian's Red Mansion Commercial House is ten taels of silver a piece, and it is still in short supply; It's just that I'm not only a royal offering, but also a purchase and an honor, so I'll make a price of five or six taels according to me, okay? ”

Jia Yu didn't know the specific profit of the soap, but when he saw that Father-in-law Xia directly reduced the ten taels to half, he immediately looked at Jia Lian with some embarrassment, and said in his mouth: "This, that's it~"

Looking at Jia Yu's helpless appearance, Jia Lian smiled with some disdain, and said: "Father-in-law Xia, my lord usually doesn't care much about this matter, so I don't know much about it, I calculated it just now, according to me, the imperial soap in the tribute palace must be priced at least twelve taels." ”

"Twelve taels, why is this still two taels?" After listening to Jia Lian's offer, Father-in-law Xia's words suddenly became a little unkind.

I saw that Jia Lian was not in a hurry, walked to the side of Grandpa Xia and said something in his ear, and then sat back on his seat and said: "Father-in-law Xia, look, since this is the imperial soap that the emperor and queen are going to use, then I will definitely have to put a lot of effort into the manufacturing process materials and the packaging outside, and it will definitely be better than the outside, so that the cost will increase greatly, and you say that the twelve taels I set are not very reasonable?" ”

Jia Yu didn't know what Jia Lian whispered to Gonggong Xia, but at the moment he panicked and became restless, although he was not afraid of Gonggong Xia, but it was a very bad thing to be hated by such a powerful eunuch in the palace.

However, what he didn't expect was that this Father-in-law Xia suddenly changed his previous attitude at this time, and said happily: "What Second Master Lian said is exactly this truth, the palace naturally can't be the same as the outside, so let's do it, I think twelve taels may still be a little insufficient, so it's good to set the price of fifteen taels, and the palace will all handle it at this price in the future, Second Master Lian, you can see it." ”

Jia Lian replied: "Then thank you Grandpa Xia." ”

In Jia Yu's stunned eyes, then Father-in-law Xia and Jia Lian talked very happily, praising Jia Lian for being a man and being able to do things, and in the end, Father-in-law Xia even assured that he would say a word or two about Jia Lian on the premise of the emperor when he had time.

Sending away the slightly drunk Father-in-law Xia, Jia Lian was about to say goodbye to Jia Yu, but he didn't expect Jia Yu to pull Jia Lian impatiently and asked, "How can you make Father-in-law Xia so happy to raise the silver up to fifteen taels?" ”

I saw Jia Lian smile proudly and replied: "Because what I want is only ten taels, and the five taels added at the back are all Xia Gonggong's, do you think he is worth being happy about?" ”

This is just a very common phenomenon of eating kickbacks in later generations, but Jia Yu was stunned for a moment, and finally muttered: "Happy, this old boy is really going to be happy, Brother Lian, it seems that you didn't learn before, and you can't study, but this business is the first way, but don't forget, you promised that this imperial soap is better than the outside, so that the original price can still be made?" ”

"Don't worry about it, my son naturally has a son's reason, my lord can rest assured, by the way, the old lady also told me to tell her when I was done, and my son will go first." After Jia Lian finished speaking, he said goodbye to Jia Yu and walked to Jia's mother.

Mother Jia naturally got some news a long time ago, and was joking with her grandchildren at this time, when she saw Jia Lian coming, and before Jia Lian could speak, she preemptively said to the mandarin duck: "Mandarin duck, Brother Lian is flattering the angel outside, I think he drank wine, you move a stool and let him sit down and talk in front of me." ”

Jia Lian, as a modern person's thoughts, is naturally eager to be able to do without saluting, and after Jia's mother's words, he immediately sat down on the stool moved by the mandarin duck, and said: "Thank you, sister mandarin duck." ”

Mandarin Duck hurriedly replied: "What did Second Master Lian say, this should have been made by our girl, and thank Second Master for giving us such an expensive and easy-to-use soap." ”

As soon as he said this, Tanchun also immediately continued: "Second brother Lian, I heard that your soap is going to be sold into the palace, so will our sisters still be able to use this soap in the future?" ”

I saw Jia Lian laugh and said: "What is Sister Tanchun talking about, what is there in our own family that we can't use, even if you use it, whatever fragrance you like, just tell your second sister-in-law." ”

After getting Jia Lian's assurance, the girls in the room suddenly became happy, and said in unison: "Thank you, Second Brother Lian~"

Mother Jia looked at her granddaughters happy, and said happily: "You little children, you are not small, even if the iron rooster is not a hair, I don't dare to detain you." ”

When Wang Xifeng heard this, he first glanced at Jia Lian, and then said coquettishly: "The ancestor wronged me, when will I be an iron rooster again, it's just that the outside can't be supplied a few days ago, so I said that I want to use it sparingly, which has become a dime, no, I have to change this name, um~ How about punishing these sisters to wash their faces at least eight times a day?" ”

"Phew~ You're a cat, wash your face eight times a day~"

Looking at the young girls who were making a mess, Jia's mother, who loved to be lively, was even more happy, and asked Jia Lian again: "Now that it has become the imperial supplies in the palace, can it be arranged properly?" ”

Jia Lian thought in his heart, anyway, as long as he made the outer packaging a little more exquisite, the rest would naturally be dotted by Gonggong Xia, and besides, it was impossible for the emperor to buy a few pieces of the outside for comparison, so he replied: "Everything is arranged, and the ancestors don't have to worry." ”

At this time, Jia Baoyu came over and said, "Second Brother Lian, how is your soap made, I want to go to your workshop to have a look, but I was stopped by a few fierce and vicious people, can you take me to see it?" ”

Hearing Jia Baoyu's request, Jia Lian knew that he was not a person with other thoughts, so he immediately found a reason and said: "There is a miasma in there, in my opinion, Baoyu, you should not go in to watch, besides, if the second master knows that I took you to that kind of place and affected your study, you and I will suffer." ”

Sure enough, when Jia Baoyu heard about his father, he was immediately frightened and didn't dare to say more.