"Ahem, sir, please don't be angry. We did not intend to disturb Mrs. Lin's peace. To be honest, we came here today to express our condolences.
We are always under the care of Mr. Lin, how can we be disrespectful to Mrs. Lin?
The previous approach was really unconscionable on our part, so I will leave now and discuss the salt policy with Mr. Lin alone another day..."
Finally, after the situation remained deadlocked for a few breaths, a smooth person shamelessly broke through the awkwardness.
But listening to his words, it is obvious that he was only forced to give in due to Jia Lian's status, not because of Jia Lian's words, otherwise he would not have said anything to discuss it another day.
Naturally, Jia Lian doesn't care either. After what happened today, I believe they will no longer harass the Lin Mansion in the name of expressing condolences.
As for the salt policy...
After all, the interests involved were huge and it was Lin Ruhai's responsibility. How could he help solve it with just a few words?
Therefore, it was Lin Ruhai who had the headache. His only role was to give him a beating on these people. Maybe they would pay more attention to their discretion in the future.
Therefore, without any hesitation, he said indifferently "I won't give it away", and then the group of aggressive salt merchants from before walked out under the guidance of the housekeeper.
Those who were tactful and courteous, or who felt that they had not offended many words before, even said goodbye to Jia Lian.
Of course Jia Lian couldn't return the favor. He was still holding his sword. If he put away his pose at this time, wouldn't he lose his momentum?
However, he still nodded to those who had not spoken much before and were polite.
There may be a chance to deal with these wealthy local tycoons someday. We can’t let them be too wary of us, otherwise they may not be able to wield the sickle in the future...
After a while, the housekeeper came back and smiled at Jia Lian: "Thank you, Second Master, for rescuing my master. Maybe Second Master doesn't know that these people come here almost every day, and it's not the same group of people who come every time. But after they enter,
They would all burn incense in front of my wife’s soul, and it was hard for the old slave and others to drive them away. Who knew that they would stay in the house and not leave, insisting on asking to see the master, and the master would be very annoyed, and sometimes he would be patient to see them.
, but to no avail.
Hey, now that they are so intimidated by the second master, I’m afraid they won’t dare to bother our master again in a short time.”
Jia Lian shook his head and said with a smile: "This is just a matter of duty. I am still afraid that I will cause trouble for my uncle by not acting well."
"No trouble, no trouble. According to Lao Nu, you have to have a tough attitude like the second master to deal with these shameless guys. Our master is just too gentle, so he can't do anything with them!"
Jia Lian smiled and let Zhaoer hold the sword in his hand.
This was the sword he took out from Dongkuayuan. He liked it originally. It happened that he needed a weapon for self-defense when he went south this time, so he followed the example of the knights and knights and put it on his waist.
However, before entering the Lin Mansion to pay homage, leave it to Zhao'er to take care of it.
"Okay, could you please butler, please take us to our hotel?"
"yes……"
…
In the study, after the housekeeper came back, he told Lin Ruhai exactly what happened in front of the living room.
Lin Ruhai originally thought that even if Jia Lian could send those people away, it would take a lot of effort, because he knew how difficult those people were!
Those people were actually small salt merchants in Yangzhou City. The really powerful ones would assess the situation and would not openly oppose the imperial court, so they sent these brats to entangle them.
And even though he knew the reason, he still couldn't do anything about them.
In fact, if those big salt merchants really came to cause trouble, it would be easy to say that he could kill them as a warning to others.
But these small characters are meaningless if they are troublesome to deal with.
"I care about life and death for the benefit of my family and my country, and do not judge it by profit or loss. Even after hearing this, I felt enlightened. I didn't expect it to come from his mouth. It can be seen that he is a young man with ideas and ambitions.
And with that kind of background, you will definitely have good fortune in the future!"
Lin Ruhai murmured to himself, and suddenly laughed: "But he is a calm child, after all, he is still young and energetic, and he used a sword when he disagreed with him. In this way, he is afraid of offending those people.
.”
The old housekeeper had a surprisingly good impression of Jia Lian, so he smiled and said: "Young man, how can you not be arrogant? It's just that the master is an elder. He naturally behaves well in front of the master and does not dare to make any mistakes. This is
His courtesy.
As for using the sword, the old slave thinks that Second Master Lian did a good job, and he should be so tough against those people."
Lin Ruhai smiled. Of course he wasn't blaming him. Although Jia Lian acted roughly, he still solved the problem for him.
He has been really depressed about these people recently.
…
The Lin family was small and had many houses, so the housekeeper arranged a separate courtyard for Jia Lian.
Seeing that there were extra rooms in the courtyard, Jia Lian declined the Lin Mansion to arrange additional service staff for him, and on the grounds of saving trouble, he asked Zhaoer and others to live in a side room in the courtyard.
In this way, it is easier for him to command, and secondly, it is also easier to restrain him.
Most of the servants in the Jia family have a rich heart. After finally coming to Yangzhou, they are afraid that their hearts will become wild.
He didn't want to be like Jia Zheng, who failed to control his subordinates and allowed them to ruin his good reputation.
Jia Lian did not stay in the courtyard for long. He simply tidied up his surroundings and then went out. While walking along the mourning hall, he observed the buildings and the situation of the people in the Lin Mansion.
"I've met Mr. Biao..."
"Um."
Jia Lian found that most of the servants in the Lin Mansion looked at him with unusual respect.
Jia Lian was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he understood the reason.
Although Yangzhou is known as one of the most prosperous places in the world, it is only a local state capital after all, and its governor is only a fourth-rank official. Therefore, he was born in a government official in Beijing, which made people feel that he was unattainable.
On the other hand, maybe the story that he just scolded the salt merchants in the side hall and used swords against them has already spread in the Lin family.
Come to think of it, those salt merchants did have different status and prestige in Yangzhou, but he was able to subdue those people alone, which naturally made the people of the Lin family admire him.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Thinking of this, Jia Lian felt happy unconsciously.
Although after several days of running around, I finally managed to develop a good impression in front of Lin Ruhai.
The only pity is that Lin Ruhai turned out to be a short-lived person.
If he could live longer, not only would Lin Daiyu not be lonely and depressed in the future, but he would also have an extra strong arm in the Jia family.
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw the old housekeeper chasing after me from behind. Before he could get closer, he smiled and said, "Looking for the second master everywhere. The master has prepared meals in the hall. I invite the second master to come over for lunch."
Jia Lian raised his eyebrows and could only follow the housekeeper back.
"The second master doesn't know that since our wife left, my master's health has not been good, so he usually doesn't eat out.
Today, because the Second Master has arrived, I specially ordered the kitchen to prepare food, and I specially invited the Second Master."
On the way, the old housekeeper said this. After hearing this, Jia Lian hurriedly handed over his hands and thanked his uncle for his kindness.
When they arrived at the front hall, they didn't see Lin Ruhai either. There were three tables of banquets in the upper and lower halls, but there was no wine.
There were more than a dozen people sitting there, not even using their chopsticks. When they saw Jia Lian, several young people greeted him with smiles.
Jia Lian knew that these were probably members of the Lin clan who came from Suzhou to help with the funeral.
The ancestors of the Lin family were descendants of the princes, and they were also part of the family of Zhong Ming Ding Shi. Although they have lost their title, they still have the style of a big family, so this place is full of men. It is expected that the female relatives will be in the backyard to take care of them.
"I met cousin Lian when I was in Linqiao."
"Lin Yuan, I have met second cousin Lian..."
Sure enough, Jia Lian's reputation had spread in the Lin family in less than half a day, and as soon as he showed up, a group of younger people from the Lin family came over to make friends.
The housekeeper smiled and introduced them, but they were Lin Ruhai's nephews or even grandnephews in the next room...
Then the housekeeper will invite Jia Lian to the hall.
This move immediately caused many people's expressions to change.
At this time, there were only three people at the table in the hall, all elders of the clan who were of the same generation as Lin Ruhai, or even one generation above them.
Jia Lian even saw the jealousy on the face of the man who had introduced himself as Lin Fu with a smile, and seemed unable to hide it.
Thinking about it, he thought that because of his bigger teeth, he couldn't even go to the living room. Now the housekeeper's arrangement made him feel slighted and lost face.
Although Jia Lian didn't take these outlying Lin family members to heart, after all, they greeted them with smiles and didn't want to offend them, so he pushed past the housekeeper's arrangement and said with a smile: "I'll just sit here."
After saying that, he sat down next to him.
"But……"
The housekeeper was in trouble when he saw Lin Ruhai coming out of the back hall.
Lin Ruhai and the elders at the table sat down after greeting each other. He glanced at Jia Lian and called the housekeeper.
"Didn't I tell you to invite Brother Lian to come over?"
"This..." The old housekeeper pointed to Jia Lian's location with his eyes.
Seeing this, Jia Lian stood up and bowed.
Lin Ruhai laughed and said, "What are you doing sitting over there? Come up and sit down."
"Thank you uncle, but my nephew will just sit here."
Lin Ruhai understood something as soon as he saw the expressions on his nephews' faces in the hall, so he smiled and said, "You don't have to be like this. You have an official position, so you are different from them. Come and sit down."
Many people in the hall originally only knew that Jia Lian was from the government and did not know that he held the position of co-intelligence. But Lin Ruhai was not one to talk nonsense, so they became more and more respectful and urged Jia Lian to sit down.
"That's it... since uncle asked you to go up, cousin Lian, don't be polite..." Lin Tong also advised, seemingly very generous.
Lin Ruhai invited her again, but Jia Lian could no longer refuse. Seeing them like this, he bowed his hands and walked into the hall.
He saluted the four elders sitting on the table and then sat down.