Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 41 [041] Baochai enters the house, Xue Pan makes trouble
Jia Chen laughed and said:

"One reason is that in this era, there is no copyright law and piracy is rampant. After this book is published, many people will copy it, and they are unwilling to pay high prices for genuine books.

Secondly, it is because although this "Four Lessons of Liao Fan" is a wonderful book about cultivating morality and establishing life, self-cultivation and governance, it has nothing to do with the imperial examination and cannot be used as a textbook for the imperial examination.

Only those wealthy families who like to collect books are willing to spend spare money to buy them, so the sales volume is bound to be limited.

Sales may be hot at the beginning, but after a while, it is likely to enter a cooling-off period of dismal sales. "

There is another reason that Jia Chen didn't mention, that is, according to the original calculation, Shi Ding will be deprived of his title because of his big mistake in the future.

At that time, the partner's home would be raided, and naturally he would no longer be able to distribute the sales profits to Jia Chen on a monthly basis according to the sharing agreement.

Therefore, Jia Chen could only sign a one-time buyout agreement with Shi Ding.

In fact, [-] taels of silver is a huge sum of money. Even if a share agreement is signed, the future share profits may not exceed this figure.

As the saying goes, pocket is safe, this deal is definitely not a loss.

"So that's it, brother Chen is really smart and wise!" Qingwen suddenly realized and admired him.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

Qingwen went to open the courtyard door, and a young servant came.

The little servant made it clear what he was here for, so he took his leave and left.

Qingwen returned to the house and reported to Jia Chen:
"Brother Chen, Mr. Zheng sent someone to report just now, saying that Mrs. Xue's wife brought a pair of children to Rongguo Mansion as a guest. Mr. Zheng wants to invite you to the Rong Mansion for a banquet and have fun together."

Jia Chen's eyes lit up, it turned out that Aunt Xue came with Xue Baochai and Xue Pan.

Calculated according to the age of the original book, Xue Baochai is one year older than myself, so I still have to call her "Sister Bao".

Jia Chen didn't find it awkward, after all, Xue Baochai was a dignified and majestic Royal Sister.

I don't know, what does Sister Bao look like?

Jia Chen rushed to Rongguo Mansion full of curiosity.

However, he didn't see Xue Baochai, because old relatives and family members are not allowed to meet gentry men at will.

I didn't see Sister Bao, but I saw Xue Pan.

Jia Chen's first impression was that this guy's head is really big.

No wonder people call it "Big Xue".

His facial features are quite upright, but he always lifts his chin slightly, with his nostrils upturned, looking up at people, with an arrogant and arrogant air.

If it was Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms period, it would be okay to look up at him, because he is a peerless general and has the capital to be proud.

But this stupid Xue Pan is a stupid pig at best, he will get into trouble sooner or later if he looks at people in such a nonchalant posture.

Jia Zhengduan was sitting at the main seat in the hall of Rongxi Hall. When he saw Jia Chen walking in with his head held high, he immediately smiled and his eyes were full of admiration.

How good would it be for such a promising junior to be his own son?
Jia Zheng greeted warmly and said:
"Chen'er, let me introduce you. This is Xue Pan, my nephew. He is older than you, so you should call him 'Brother Xue'."

Jia Chen bowed his hands to Xue Pan and saluted: "Jia Chen has met Big Brother Xue!"

Xue Pan was sitting on the grand teacher's chair next to him, posing like a big brother. He didn't get up to return the salute, but raised his chin and cupped his fists in return:
"Brother Chen is being polite!"

Jia Zheng glanced at him, feeling a little displeased.

In order to snatch a maid named Xiangling in Jinling City, Xue Pan instigated evil slaves to beat her to death.

Jia Zheng and Wang Ziteng had no choice but to contact Jia Yucun, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture who was handling the case, and asked him to bend the law for personal gain.

Jia Yucun ruled that Xue Pan was killed by a ghost, and the crime of death was dismissed, so the matter was settled.

Unexpectedly, this extravagant, dissolute and lawless nephew would actually want to put on an air of superiority and arrogance.

Jia Zheng wanted to teach Xue Pan a few words, but he was just his nephew. As the saying goes, "nephew dog, nephew dog, eat and drink and take away." It's not easy to reprimand.

Although it is impossible to teach Xue Pan a lesson, it is still possible to let him sit on the bench.

Jia Zheng deliberately only chatted with Jia Chen to reminisce about the old days, and ignored Xue Pan. Even if Xue Pan took the initiative to find a topic, Jia Zheng just put a few perfunctory words and deliberately left him aside to make him feel uncomfortable.

Xue Pan was left out in the cold, feeling depressed, he didn't dare to attack Jia Zheng, so he wanted to take his anger out on Jia Chen.

He looked up at Jia Chen, and asked with a smile on his face:
"When I was in Jinling, I only heard that there were Brother Lian, Brother Bao, Brother Cong, and Brother Huan in the Rongguo Mansion. I don't know which brother Chen is the son of the first house in Rongguo Mansion?"

Jia Chen heard that his words were not well-spoken, and said calmly:
"I am the son of Jia Laoliu, the sixth house among the eight houses in Beijing."

Xue Pan sneered and said:
"It turns out that he is a descendant of a side branch. He must be from a poor family, so he often comes to Rong Mansion to play the autumn wind, right?"

Jia Zheng couldn't bear it anymore, and reprimanded:

"Pan'er, don't be rude! Chen'er is a distinguished guest of the Rong Mansion. He usually concentrates on his studies, and he has already memorized the Four Books and Five Classics at a young age.

Moreover, he is talented in poetry and martial arts. It can be said that he is both civil and military. I usually worry about disturbing his studies. Today, you are here, so I invite him to have fun together. Why do you want to talk about the autumn wind?
Chen'er also wrote a book "Guidelines for Disciples". In the last month alone, he earned more than two hundred taels of silver. If things go on like this, he will surely become rich and wealthy. Why do you laugh at his poor family? "

In fact, he hasn't finished speaking, and what he didn't say later would be unpleasant:
"You, a descendant of a declining imperial merchant, dare to compare with Qilin'er, our Jia family, who has a bright future. Are you worthy?"

However, what Jia Zheng didn't know was that Jia Chen actually wrote a book called "The Four Lessons of Liao Fan", and now he is not only wealthy, but already has more than [-] taels of money in his hands.

Xue Pan was taken aback. Although he was ignorant, he knew how difficult it was to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics and recite poetry.

Moreover, at such a young age, Jia Chen is still very skilled in martial arts, and he can even write a book about his peerless talent, which is indeed worthy of praise and is enough to be proud of.

Although he was somewhat admiring in his heart, Xue Pan was a flirtatious, paranoid and arrogant person. He had always been domineering and domineering, but now he was overwhelmed by Jia Chen, and jealousy and hatred naturally arose in his heart.

He rolled his eyeballs, and with evil thoughts in his heart, he smiled at Jia Chen and said:

"I didn't expect Brother Chen to have such an amazing talent. After having lunch together, I invited Brother Chen to show off in the garden, so that Brother Yu can appreciate Brother Chen's martial arts."

Jia Chen looked at him with sinister eyes, and a smirk on his lips, which seemed to be malicious, but Jia Chen was full of courage, how could he be afraid of a stupid and incompetent bully?
"Okay, then I'll show Brother Xue my hands." Jia Chen agreed, but he was secretly wary of Xue Pan's tricks.

Xue Pan excused himself to go to the latrine, but found his servant outside the door, and told him to find a few more people, quietly dig a few big pits in the garden, cover the pits with branches and leaves, and sprinkle some horse manure and shit.

After the arrangements were made, Xue Pan returned to the hall with a bright face, and couldn't help but want to laugh when he saw Jia Chen, as if he had already seen his messy appearance covered in shit.

(End of this chapter)