Although "Dragon" has been a best-seller, the share it brings to Jia Yun every year is very limited.
The sales of pencils, colored pencils, pencil sharpeners, and pencil erasers only bring limited income to Jia Yun every year.
Relatively speaking, the sales of toothbrushes, toothpaste, toothpicks, and dental floss are more profitable, but these sales have only been carried out for less than a year, and the amount of money Jia Yun can earn from this is also limited.
Therefore, Jia Yun's money on hand is indeed limited now, and it is already good to be able to come up with five thousand taels of silver.
What Jia Yun and Cheng Huanian discussed was that each of them would invest 10,000 taels of silver to start a coal mine factory.
Originally, Jia Yun planned to borrow 5,000 taels from Jia Mu. When he came to Xue's house today, he suddenly decided to ask Aunt Xue to borrow not 5,000 taels but 10,000 taels.
Jia Yun just tried to borrow. If he could borrow, it would save him the need to go to Jia's mother, and it would also allow him to invest an extra five thousand taels in the coal mine factory. If he couldn't borrow, he would not be dissatisfied with the Xue family and go to Jia again.
Just borrow it from my mother. He believed that Jia Mu might not be able to borrow ten thousand taels, but she should be able to borrow five thousand taels.
As a result, with Xue Baochai's help, Jia Yun successfully borrowed 10,000 taels of silver.
At noon, after finishing her meal at Lixiangyuan, Jia Yun went to Imperial College Street and found Cheng Huanian. The two renegotiated the matter of investing in the establishment of a coal mine factory.
After this discussion, the two of them invested fifteen thousand taels each, still holding 50% of the shares respectively.
At Jia Yun's suggestion, Cheng Huanian personally went to Anhui to take charge of the coal mine factory in the early months of its establishment. A few months later, Cheng Huanian came back and asked a loyal and capable subordinate to take charge of the coal mine factory.
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At noon that day, after Jia Yun finished eating and left, Xue Pan went out to have a good time.
Aunt Xue called Xue Baochai into her bedroom and smiled playfully: "Daughter, tell mother, have you fallen in love with Brother Yun?"
Xue Baochai's face immediately turned red when he heard this, and his head lowered: "Mom, don't talk nonsense."
Aunt Xue smiled and said, "I'm just saying it or not, you know it yourself."
"When I proposed that you marry Brother Yun, I saw that you had no objection, so I guessed that you were probably attracted to Brother Yun. I feel the same even more today. Look at you,
Today, not only did I personally serve Brother Yun, but I also decisively asked me to lend him ten thousand taels of silver."
"You crawled out of my intestines, and you have grown up in front of me for so many years, and I still don't understand you? With your usual behavior, if you hadn't fallen in love with Brother Yun, you wouldn't have done anything to him.
There is behavior like this today."
"Sure enough, you are not a good girl at college. Even with your character, you can still fall in love with a man!"
Xue Baochai, who is dignified, reserved, steady and open-minded, rarely looks embarrassed on weekdays. However, right now, she looks embarrassed and her face is red with embarrassment.
"Mom is not a good person, I won't tell you anymore."
After saying a few words, Xue Baochai hurriedly turned around and walked out.
Seeing this, Aunt Xue became more certain of her speculation.
Aunt Xue also became more determined to let Xue Baochai marry Jia Yun.
In her opinion, this matter was not only of great benefit to the Xue family, but she also loved Xue Baochai and was happy to see this daughter marry her sweetheart.
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Xue Baochai was really ashamed this time. After leaving Aunt Xue's bedroom, she locked herself in the boudoir without even letting Ying'er in.
The room is just like the person, Xue Baochai's boudoir is also very simple and elegant, even like a "snow cave".
There were no playthings in the boudoir. There was only an earthen vase on the table. In the vase, there were a few chrysanthemums, two books, a tea box, and tea cups. There was only a green gauze curtain hanging on the bed, and the quilt was also very simple.
Compared with Xue Baochai's boudoir, Lin Daiyu's and Sanchun's boudoirs were much more gorgeous.
The original work writes that after Xue Baochai moved into Hengwu Garden in Daguanyuan, her boudoir was so simple and elegant. Mother Jia thought that the lady’s boudoir should not be like this, and it was a taboo. She asked Yuanyang to take three of her antique toys and decorate them on the spot, including
We had a stone bonsai, a gauze table screen, a stone tripod frozen in ink smoke, and the tent was replaced with a white damask tent with ink calligraphy and painting.
At present, Xue Baochai locked herself in the boudoir, sitting alone at the table and thinking blankly, all of which were related to Jia Yun...
After thinking about it for half an hour, Xue Baochai didn't want to think about it anymore. She felt that it was inappropriate for a lady of a noble family to miss a brother so much.
In order to get rid of Jia Yun in his mind, Xue Baochai started acupuncture.
After another half an hour, the maid Ying'er suddenly walked in and said to Xue Baochai with a strange expression: "Girl, the uncle is back."
"Uncle" is Xue Pan.
Xue Baochai was surprised when she heard this. She knew that on weekdays, once Xue Pan went out to have a good time, he would often come back at night, or even at midnight. Why did he come back after only an hour today?
Unexpectedly, Ying'er said again: "The uncle bought a lot of books, and there is a full box!"
Xue Baochai: "..."
Are you kidding? Xue Pan actually bought a box of books and came back? Is this still Xue Pan?
Xue Baochai was not surprised. She knew that Xue Pan was not someone who could easily change his ways, nor was he someone who would suddenly be willing to study hard, so Xue Baochai was confused.
Xue Baochai stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."
Ying'er said, "Don't go, miss. The uncle has brought a brother from the branch of the Jia family to his house, and he is currently reading to him in his room."
Xue Baochai was even more confused.
It was inconvenient for her to go see a brother from Jia's branch. Confused, she immediately went to Aunt Xue and told Aunt Xue about the matter. Aunt Xue's first reaction after learning about it was surprise: "This is a big deal."
What a happy event, your brother must have suddenly enlightened and is willing to study hard!"
Xue Baochai didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mom, although I also hope that my brother will suddenly become enlightened and willing to study hard, you also know that the chance of this happening is really very small."
Aunt Xue said: "The chance is very small, but it can happen."
Xue Baochai said: "Mom, won't you know if you send someone to take a closer look?"
Aunt Xue nodded and immediately sent a rough maid to ask Xue Pan.
The maidservant went away for a while and then came back and said: "Grandma, girl, the uncle said that he has fallen in love with a martial arts novel and is asking the brother named Jia Rui to read it to him."
Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai were stunned when they heard this: "..."
Aunt Xue said: "Why does the name Jia Rui sound familiar to me?"
Xue Baochai said: "My brother told us that he seems to be the eldest grandson of the Jia family's school master."
Aunt Xue was stunned when she heard this.
At that time, two ancestors, Jia Yan and Jia Yuan, were worried that some of the children of the Jia family could not afford teachers due to poverty, so they founded the Jia Family School.
Jia Family School is only one mile away from Rongguo Mansion. The current school director is an old boy named Jia Dairu. Looking at the name, you can tell that he is of the same generation as Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan.
There are currently many registered students in ethnic studies, all of whom are descendants of the Jia family or relatives. However, some people often do not go to ethnic studies classes.
Although Jia Dairu was determined to teach these students well, he was just a boy with limited knowledge and was old and frail, so he was really powerless.
Jia Dairu has an eldest grandson named Jia Rui. Jia Rui's parents died early and he was raised by Jia Dairu. Although Jia Dairu disciplined him strictly, like many Jia family children, he was incompetent.
Jia Rui has been studying for many years, but has not been able to pass the Tongsheng examination. Now he is still taking the Tongsheng liberal arts examination, and sometimes helps Jia Dairu to take care of the family studies temporarily.
Jia Rui is a person who only pursues benefits without any restraint. Every time he is in school, he uses his public affairs for personal gain and extorts his disciples to hire him.
Three months ago, after Xue Pan moved into Lixiangyuan, he learned that the Jia family had a clan school, and there were many young disciples in the clan clan, so he moved Longyang's interest and sent some Shuxiu gifts to Jia Daishan, in the name of studying.
Under the guise of entering ethnology.
In the past three months, Xue Pan often did not go to clan school. He spent three days fishing and two days drying nets. He did not make any progress in his studies. However, he made many incompetent disciples of the Jia family, almost all of whom were side branches. Long Yangzhixing also received
satisfy.
After Xue Pan, a wealthy man, came to the clan school, Jia Rui helped Xue Pan get some money, wine and meat. When Xue Pan became tyrannical, he not only ignored the treaty, but also helped Zhou to abuse and please his son.
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"Dragon Babu" is now a bestseller in Shenjing City. Even several brothers from the Jia family are obsessed with this martial arts novel, including Jia Rui.
However, "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" was published in fifty volumes, and the price was very expensive. Jia Rui could not afford it, and even if he could afford it, he would not dare to buy it home. Jia Dairu was indeed strict with him.
On weekdays, Jia Rui can only secretly go to the bookstore to read "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", or secretly go to a bookstore to read it, or secretly ask others to borrow books to read. In such a mess, more than half of the entire book is still unavailable.
Know.
So yesterday, Jia Rui deliberately told Xue Pan some stories about "The Eight Parts of the Dragon".
Saw it.
Xue Pan, the villain, bought a set and took Jia Rui home today, because Xue Pan could not read many words and could not read books, so he needed Jia Rui to read to him.
At the moment, Xue Pan is in his bedroom, listening to Jia Rui reading "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", and the more he listens to it, the more he likes it.
It was rare that he sat in the bedroom and listened for nearly an hour.
After nearly an hour, he still couldn't sit still, and it was almost dinner time.
So Xue Pan took Jia Rui and left Lixiangyuan, and went to live happily without knowing where.
As soon as Xue Pan left, Aunt Xue couldn't wait to take Xue Baochai into Xue Pan's bedroom. Looking at a box full of "Dragon and the Eight Parts", Aunt Xue said to Xue Baochai: "My dear daughter, take a look at these books."
Xue Baochai became embarrassed: "Mom, how can I read this kind of book?"
Aunt Xue said: "The matter is urgent. This time I asked you to read it, and it is not yours to read. Just see if these books are bad and will they teach your brother bad things. If so, I will
I won’t let your brother continue to listen to these books.”
In desperation, Xue Baochai picked up the first volume and started reading...
After watching it for a while, Aunt Xue couldn't wait to ask: "How is it?"
Xue Baochai didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I just looked at it for a while, how can I see the magic?"
Aunt Xue nodded: "Then keep watching and tell me when you see the trick."
After saying that, Aunt Xue walked out.
Leaving Xue Baochai and Ying'er behind, Xue Baochai continued to read the first volume of "The Eight Parts of the Dragon"...