"My uncle is awake? That's great, my nephew Jia Huan, I've seen my uncle..."

Jia Huan returned to the back house again. After pushing open the door, he saw Lin Daiyu sitting next to the bed with tears in her eyes, talking to Lin Ruhai.

After Jia Huan called out in surprise, he greeted Lin Ruhai.

However, what surprised Jia Huan was that Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Huan with a strange look.

It doesn't seem to be looking at relatives who have worked hard to travel far away, but it seems to be looking at third grandson...

Jia Huan was puzzled. In another blink of an eye, he saw Lin Daiyu sitting there shyly, playing with the corner of her clothes. Jia Huan immediately realized.

Eighty-mostly, the old guy had already become aware of it just now and eavesdropped on the whispers between the young couple.

Yeah?! This old man is not ashamed! How great is this?

"Uncle, it's not my nephew who said you..."

Jia Huan had a stern face, and in the surprised eyes of Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu who looked up at him, he opened his voice in a calm voice...

Then, he almost walked up to the bed, Lin Ruhai covered the quilt, and smiled and said, "You don't care about your body. You do this, but we feel so sorry for us as juniors..."

Zijuan beside her face looked strange, Lin Daiyu's pretty face became redder, but there was a little smile in her beautiful eyes.

Lin Ruhai looked at this shameless person with a little dumbfounded look, and was extremely puzzled. How shameless should a man be to be so stingy?

"Uncle, this time Sister Lin and I brought the best imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital. The Imperial Physician said that you are caused by overwork and tired! Other problems are just triggers. As long as you can rest peacefully for a while, it won't take long to recover!

Uncle, I have agreed in advance that from now on, you can’t handle any official duties at all, so let Sister Lin talk to you, joking! I will also say hello to the people in the yamen in front. From now on, who dares to trouble you with official duties again, I will let them see how powerful I, Mr. Jia San!

I will beat the prince’s son even though I will be beaten, a group of big brains in the countryside. Let’s see if I don’t hammer them to death!”

Lin Ruhai did not reply, but turned to look at Lin Daiyu, his eyes meaning:

What you like is this thing?

...

Lin Daiyu and Zijuan went down and went back to Lin Daiyu's boudoir when she lived in Yangzhou.

Before leaving, Lin Daiyu gave Jia Huan a fierce look of "Don't commit suicide"...

After only Lin Ruhai and Jia Huan were left in the room, the atmosphere became quiet.

"Is it worth it?"

After being silent for a long time, Jia Huan spoke.

Lin Ruhai sighed deeply when he heard this, and then said, "My Lin family has received the emperor's kindness in the world, and can only repay him with loyalty. Is it worth it or not?"

After hearing this, Jia Huan decisively stopped chasing this matter.

Now that things have come to this point, Lin Ruhai is still so dedicated. Jia Huan doesn't think that he can tell Lin Ruhai by saying a few words.

"You are here this time, will your Majesty give you the will?"

Seeing that Jia Huan was silent, Lin Ruhai took the initiative to ask.

Jia Huan chuckled and said, "I didn't ask my words, but I asked Su Peisheng to talk to me for a while. The meaning of the words is like asking me to help you, and I must add another 10% of the amount of gold and silver this year. I asked Su Peisheng, what is gold and silver? He didn't say it clearly. You only said uncle, you know. uncle, don't literati say that a real man can talk to others? Tell me, what does Lao Su mean?"

"presumptuous!"

Although Lin Ruhai was very weak in his energy, he heard this disrespectful remark and scolded Jia Huan angrily, and then gasped.

Although Jia Huan was impatient, he still had to give him a smooth breath and patted him on the back.

Lin Ruhai raised his hand hard, blocking Jia Huan and frowned and said, "You Jia family has also received the emperor's kindness in the world. How come you have no loyalty or righteousness in your heart?"

Jia Huan shook his head and said, "Uncle, you are wrong. You have answered each other several times in front of the Supreme Emperor. If I had no loyalty in my heart, how could I hide it from the Supreme Emperor's eyes?"

Lin Ruhai frowned even more. Looking at Jia Huan, he said incrediblely: "Can you be from there?"

Jia Huan sneered and said, "I beat his son half to death. Do you think I am from his side?"

Lin Ruhai said in confusion: "Then you are..."

Jia Huan said: "My uncle, I am also loyal, but the one I am loyal is the Qin Dynasty. If there is a traitor, or if there is a turmoil invasion, or if there is an invasion of foreign enemies, I will die in battle like an ancestor, and I will do whatever I want. Because I want to protect the Qin Dynasty and my family."

After hearing Jia Huan's words, Lin Ruhai's face turned dark, his eyes looked at Jia Huan with a complicated look, and then sighed: "I am not you, and the Lin family is far from being compared with the Jia family... Since that person spoke, there is no room for me to refuse. Moreover, I have always had the ambition to restore the glory of my ancestors, and the methods of civil servants and military officials are not the same. I don't regret what I do, but it has made them suffer..."

When Jia Huan heard this, he didn't know what to say.

The Lin family's ancestors had three generations of marquises, and when they reached the fourth generation, they were grateful and promoted another generation.

The marquises were granted the title of Wen Gong.

Lin Ruhai's ancestors were all famous officials of the state dynasty.

When Lin Ruhai's generation is gone, it's time to work hard on his own.

He was very successful, passed the Tanhualang exam, and continued to be an official and became a senior official in Lantai Temple.

Later, he was appointed by Emperor Longzheng as the Yan Yan Censor.

Perhaps, Emperor Longzheng promised him that when he was successful, he would be given the title of marquis to continue his ancestors' merits.

On the one hand, it is undeniable, and on the other hand, it is unbearable to tempt and temptation to fulfill one's will.

In short, Lin Ruhai is walking further and further on the evil path of loyalty...

"What should Sister Lin do?"

Lin Ruhai is hopeless, whether it is mentally, in situations or physically. Jia Huan can give up on him...

But, what should Lin Daiyu do?

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Huan in a daze and said something that made Jia Huan very embarrassed: "If it weren't for this, how could I let my good girl go with you?"

What does it mean? Am I bad?

Jia Huan complained in his heart, his face was slightly embarrassed for a while, and then returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry. I, Jia Huan, don't have other skills, and I can't do anything big or famous. But I still have the ability to protect my family's safety and well-being, and have a happy life."

"Ahem!!"

After a fierce coughing, Lin Ruhai glared at Jia Huan and said, "Are you mocking me?"

Jia Huan finally understood where Lin Daiyu's little thoughts came from...

"Uncle, I'll ask you a question. Who hurts you? I promised Sister Lin to avenge you."

Jia Huan asked while picking an apple off the table and peeling it.

Lin Ruhai frowned and said, "Don't get involved in this kind of thing. Those people are lawless and will not be scruples because of your identity. It would be fine if your thirteenth general of the Jia family's cloud flag is still there, but now..."

Jia Huanfan looked down on others. He showed off: "Madam Fengsheng gave me a Wuzong-level master, and I have a team of personal soldiers."

After saying that, he suddenly remembered: "By the way, uncle, didn't the emperor send a few big masters to protect you? Where are the people?"

Lin Ruhai was dumbfounded for a long time before slowly coming back to his senses. His face became more and more entangled, and he murmured: "If there is a Wuzong beside me, why can it be like this?"

After struggling for a while, he replied: "Everyone died in battle."

Jia Huan nodded and said, "No wonder... I was thinking just now. If they were there, the two Lin family members from Suzhou would not be so arrogant. They dared to shout at Sister Lin if you are short of medical treatment and medicine."

When Lin Ruhai heard this, his face darkened and he said angrily: "These two bastards!"

Jia Huan first gestured to the peeled apple in his hand and asked Lin Ruhai if he would eat it. After learning that he was not in the mood to eat it, he bit himself, and then said carelessly: "Don't worry, uncle, you are just asking for death. I will teach them how to be a person in a minute. One person broke his legs and stuffed them into the carriage. He rushed back to Suzhou. He also asked someone to send a message to the Lin family's elders to exchange for a few more honest and respectful ones. If there is such a person, you will be going to have a son-in-law. Don't worry, the person who came from behind must be honest and tight."

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he didn't know whether to be angry or laugh. But he still agreed with Jia Huan's methods of handling matters.

He is nearly fifty years old and is a person who has experienced a lot of things. Especially in recent years, in order to inspect private salt and increase salt tax revenue, he has killed many people. He is not a useless literati.

It can be seen that Jia Huan is a little joking, but when dealing with problems, he will not be helpless.

That's good, that's good...

"Uncle, you haven't said that the poison of aconitum on your body was done by the White Lotus Sect or the Demon Sect?"

Jia Huan asked a little insistently, his eyes becoming much more serious.

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said, "I am not a person in the world, so how can I know if it was the White Lotus or the Demon Sect? But what is certain is that it must be because of salt."

Speaking of this, Jia Huan was speechless: "Uncle, can't you Xiao Gui Cao follow me and follow the steps of your ex? What should you do if you have to add some taxes? If you add it, just add it, but why did I hear that the taxes paid to the treasury are getting less and less year by year? By the way, there is also the Zhen family, and the Supreme Emperor has agreed. It is still a shortage for his family to use salt taxes and taxes, so why are you stopping here?"

Lin Ruhai was silent for the formation and then said, "Do you know how much benefit is salt goods?"

Jia Huan was stunned when he heard this, shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I think it should be quite profitable."

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said, "It's not just a lot of money... The National Dynasty produces 600 million jin of salt per year, and the price of one jin of salt is three cents of silver, which is 180 million taels of silver in total. Among them, Lianghuai Salt accounts for 400 million jin, which is 120 million taels of silver. According to the National Dynasty's tax rate of 10 taxes, one thousand two million taels of taxes can be obtained. However, before I came, Lianghuai paid less than three million taels of taxes in a year. Even today, the taxes are still only six million taels."

Jia Huan said dumbfoundedly: "Then how much is their capital?"

Lin Ruhai sneered and said, "What's the cost? When they collected from the salt farm, a pound of salt costs only twenty cents, but when they were sold to the common people, it was as high as three hundred cents. If not, where did they get the huge profits? They used pearls to feed pigs and ginseng to raise chickens?"

…(To be continued.)
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