Yangzhou Patrol Salt Imperial History Mansion, the main hall of the backyard.

Jia Min, the hostess with a sick face, happily commanded the maid to be busy with this and that.

Beside her, a little girl about three years old with a thin body and a pointed little face snuggled up to Jia Min, staring at her mother with big eyes.

"Mother, did you hear that my uncle is coming?"

The voice was small and soft and glutinous, and the little face was full of doubts and expectations: "Is the cousin and cousin of the eldest uncle's family coming over too?" ”

"Yes, is Daiyu happy?"

Jia Min sat down slowly, hugged the little girl and smiled; "When your uncle comes, Daiyu will have a playmate!"

"Mother, cousin of the eldest uncle's family......"

The little girl was obviously very happy, grabbed her mother Jia Min's hand and whispered laughter, laughing happily from time to time, and the whole main hall was infected by the joyful atmosphere.

When Lin Ruhai returned to the backyard, he saw such a warm picture, and suddenly the fatigue on his body dissipated, and he stepped forward with a smile and asked; "What do you say, so happy!"

"Daddy, I'm talking to my mother about my uncle and cousin who are about to come to the door!"

Seeing Lin Ruhai, the little girl's face showed a happy flush, chirping and chattering, revealing all the happiness in her heart, causing Jia Min and Lin Ruhai to smile.

Accompanied Xiao Daiyu to dinner, chatted and laughed for a while, and when Xiao Daiyu showed fatigue and persuaded her to go back to the room to rest, the couple had the time to talk about the master.

"Husband, is my eldest brother really okay?"

Lying on the bed, Jia Min asked with some unease; "In the past year, I've heard all his rumors, either because of this, or because of which one of them!"

Speaking of this, she felt a little unhappy in her heart.

What kind of character does her eldest brother have, how can she, as a younger sister, not know?

Unexpectedly, the eldest brother actually mixed into the officialdom, and he mixed quite well, and in a short period of time, he got mixed up with the rank of Zhengsanpin, which is much greater than the real power of her husband Lin Ruhai.

It's just that the eldest brother's actions in Su Province are too domineering, and he almost offended the officials and gentry in Su Province, so he still doesn't change his fierce style.

Yangzhou has also been in Daxing Prison in the past year, and there are not a few small people who have been arrested, and naturally there are also those children and servants of rich and noble families, which has caused an uproar in Yangzhou's upper class.

The power of Yangzhou salt merchants is not for fun, if they are really annoyed, the eldest brother will definitely not have good fruits to eat.

She wrote several times to persuade her eldest brother, asking him not to be so domineering, so as not to cause public outrage, but the result was to make her very angry.

The eldest brother did not listen to the persuasion, and still went his own way and made a big fuss, causing more and more dissatisfaction.

As far as she knows, the 'business' of many salt merchants in Yangzhou has been affected, and they have said a lot of cruel things at private meetings, as if they want to attack their eldest brother.

Such rumors disturbed one after another, until one of the big salt merchants who was tough in the background and acted equally domineering was killed by a flying knife from nowhere, and the originally organized salt merchants were scattered, so they did not do anything inappropriate against the eldest brother.

But that's the case, the eldest brother's reputation in Yangzhou is also extremely bad, especially those families who have suffered losses, and the families who have been arrested in the clan are quite dissatisfied with the eldest brother.

Fortunately, she excused herself to be pregnant, and she hasn't gone out to socialize for most of the past half a year, otherwise I don't know how many unpleasant rumors she will hear?

That is, the news has not been so tight recently, and I heard that the eldest brother did not continue to toss, so I thought about inviting the eldest brother to Yangzhou as a guest, otherwise she would not dare to do it.

It's not that she is cold by nature, but that the eldest brother has offended too many forces and people, and even her husband will be implicated if she is not careful, and the Lin family can't afford to toss.

Especially since she is pregnant again, and there is a three-year-old girl in the house, she can't stand the toss at all.

Until everything is calm, she can invite her eldest brother's family to come to Yangzhou to patrol the salt imperial history mansion as a guest, and at the same time, she also has the intention of getting closer, after all, the eldest brother is a dignified envoy, although her husband is also a member of the three grades, but the authority in his hands is indeed far worse than the eldest brother.

"Madam, rest assured, the eldest brother has completely stabilized the situation!"

Lin Ruhai said with relief: "Right now, the eldest brother has not continued to make a big show to correct public order, but the entire Soviet Province is relieved!" ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but show admiration on his face: "Right now, the eldest brother has slowed down his hands and feet, and it is too late for the entire Soviet Province to celebrate, how can anyone dare to provoke the anger of the eldest uncle at this time?" ”

"But the eldest brother has also gone too far, who doesn't know that those guys whose interests have been damaged are holding a breath of resentment in their hearts!"

Jia Min was still very uneasy and said depressedly; "I don't know why the eldest brother suddenly changed his temperament, acting so recklessly and domineeringly, almost leaving no way back!"

"If you want me to say, my uncle's method is effective!"

Lin Ruhai had a different opinion, and chuckled: "If the eldest brother is not so resolute, how can he open up the situation so quickly, and even deter all the forces in Su Province from acting rashly?" ”

He really admired the old man's methods, and after a year of tossing, he could toss the local forces in Su Province a lot, not to say such nonsense as a big injury to his vitality, but it really shocked these lawless guys.

There are some things he didn't dare to tell his wife, and his eldest brother was attacked and assassinated more than 60 times in a year, which shows how crazy the local forces in Su Province are.

Even the governor's birthday banquet was not spared, and he dared to poison the birthday banquet and bring down the governor of the Soviet Province.

As a result, not only did he not hurt his eldest brother, but also attracted the monstrous anger of the imperial court.

After all, a dignified governor was inexplicably brought down, whether it was an official of his same faction or the imperial court, it would not be easy to give up, especially if he was driven away by local forces so aggrieved, it was something that the imperial court could not tolerate.

Don't look at the fact that Su Province was turned upside down by the eldest brother, as if it was in turmoil, and the frequent transfer of officials inside was terrible.

Many officials who have colluded deeply with local forces have been quietly transferred to other provinces, and I heard that most of them have been cleaned up, and it is obvious that the imperial court is also ruthless this time, and will definitely not allow local forces to become bigger, and it is also a situation of collusion between officials and local forces.

These have little to do with Lin Ruhai, and he can only be a spectator.

Of course, there are also things related to him, the eldest brother is definitely an out-and-out ruthless person, and the impact of the 'strike hard' action on Yangzhou salt merchants is not small, many salt merchants' illegal salt roads have been blocked, and they want to sell illegal salt as before to make huge profits, and when the eldest brother carried out the 'strike hard' operation, he carried a lot of followers, and the illegal salt that was confiscated was worth millions of taels, which is definitely an astonishing number.

Yangzhou salt merchants were enraged and wanted to fight back, but the big salt merchants who remembered the leader had just gathered a group of salt merchants, but before they could officially make a move, they died under an inexplicable flying knife.

A big salt merchant with strong strength in Yangzhou and a great face called for wind and rain was so suddenly hung up, and the blow to the salt merchant in Yangzhou was not small, at least the salt merchant who gathered together suddenly scattered, and a crisis of the eldest brother was eliminated.

Sometimes, Lin Ruhai suspected that the big salt merchant was killed by his eldest brother himself.

Now in the entire Soviet Province, who doesn't know that the eldest brother is a master of martial arts, it should not be difficult to kill a big salt merchant quietly and silently.

It is estimated that those salt merchants with flexible brains will give birth to such speculations, which is the main reason why they dare not act rashly when they are scattered.

After all, the eldest brother's wrist is too domineering, if he acts unscrupulously, unless he can be beaten to death with a stick, otherwise they will all live in the shadow of the eldest brother in the future.

Only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves?

The eldest brother's martial arts are too strong, and he can be unharmed by more than 60 attacks a year, and the salt merchants in Yangzhou don't think that they can overthrow the eldest brother at one time.

Once the eldest brother noticed something, the Yangzhou salt merchants would not have a good life in the future.

Lin Ruhai saw the cause and effect, he didn't intervene in it, and the Yangzhou salt merchant was shocked by his eldest brother, not only did he not dare to continue tossing, but even the oppression of the Salt Patrol Imperial History Mansion was reduced a lot, which made him feel unprecedented relief.

It can be said that in the past half a year, Lin Ruhai has lived the most relaxed and relaxed days since he served as the salt patrol imperial history, and the original open guns and hidden arrows have almost been reduced by half.

These are all benefits brought by the eldest brother, and it is naturally impossible for him not to miss the good of the eldest brother.

Coupled with his wife's concern about his eldest brother, it happened that the situation in Soviet Province had completely stabilized recently, so he immediately sent an invitation to his eldest brother as a guest.

He really wanted to talk to his eldest brother in private, how could this eldest brother, who was terrifyingly low-key and didn't even have much sense of existence in his impression, suddenly seemed to be a different person, and the force and means he showed surprised him, and he wanted to talk.

In addition, Mrs. has been away from Beijing for too long, and she misses her relatives very much, so she just took the opportunity to let Mrs. meet her eldest brother to comfort her homesickness.

There is also a daughter Daiyu, who has never seen her mother's relatives until now, and I just heard that my eldest brother brought a pair of children with me, so that Daiyu can meet her younger brother.

Although he didn't say it, Jia Min still attached great importance to the eldest brother who was about to come, and recently he kept directing the maids and daughters in the house to prepare for him with a big belly, and Lin Ruhai saw it in his eyes and had no intention of objecting.

The eldest lord naturally didn't know that because of himself, Jia Min and Lin Ruhai, who were far away in Yangzhou, had complex and incomprehensible thoughts.

Even if you know, you won't care that the affairs of the Yamen have already been on the right track, and taking advantage of the opportunity of the Dragon Boat Festival, the eldest lord took Yingchun and Jia Chung directly to Yangzhou to visit Lin Ruhai, the salt patrol royal historian, and his wife Jia Min.

His trip to Yangzhou attracted the special attention of a cadre of Yangzhou salt merchants.