Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

During the next period of time, Jia Huan began to inquire about the situation of the Japanese pirates in Jiangnan, Daxia.

If a workman wants to be good, he must first sharpen his weapon.

Since we are going to fight against Japan next, even if it is just a pretense, we need to know something about it beforehand.

Jia Huan ordered people to collect this information secretly to avoid being discovered by interested parties and causing unnecessary trouble.

However, the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River are not a hidden thing, and the information can be easily found out.

Soon, Jia Huan accumulated a large amount of information about the Japanese invasion of Jiangnan.

After synthesizing this information, Jia Huan discovered that the Japanese invasion in Jiangnan seemed to be more serious than he thought.

In other words, the imperial court was concealing the news of the Japanese invasion intentionally or unintentionally.

After all, Daxia's finances were extremely tight in the past few years.

To pacify Japan, we need to expand our navy, which requires a lot of military spending.

Daxia's finances are not enough to support such high military expenditures.

The Japanese pirates only harm the people along the coast and will not go deep into the interior.

In the eyes of the Gungun princes above the court, the Japanese plague was nothing more than a disease caused by mustard moss, and they did not pay enough attention to it.

According to the information collected by Jia Huan, the Japanese invasion was actually quite serious.

Moreover, based on this information, Jia Huan felt that not all Japanese pirates in Jiangnan were pure Japanese pirates.

There seems to be some trace of the Jiangnan clan in it.

It looks like the water here is very deep.

Now Jia Huan felt more and more that Lin Ruhai was making a move.

And I am afraid that I will become a pawn in his hands.

Lin Ruhai said that Zhao Heng was a lonely minister who was willing to sacrifice everything for change.

And Lin Ruhai himself, how could he not be a lonely minister?

Why didn't he sacrifice his life to the country in order to repay Emperor Chongkang's kindness?

Lin Ruhai entrusted Lin Daiyu to himself and told him so many things, probably with the intention of entrusting her to him.

In the land of China, in every era, there are indispensable people with lofty ideals who sacrifice their lives for righteousness.

Jia Huan could only sigh and admire Lin Ruhai's integrity, but he could not understand it.

……

A few days later, it was the day for the examination.

In the Rongguo Mansion, preparations were made intensively a few days in advance.

This is Uncle Lan's first time to take the examination. If he passes the examination, then Lang Geer will be the youngest Jinshi master.

He is one year younger than Mr. Huan from Dongfu back then.

Although the ranking is not as impressive as the third master Huan who always wins the first place, he can at least occupy the title of youngest.

Therefore, in the past few days, in the entire Rongguo Mansion, even the cats and dogs walked around lightly and spoke softly.

Not to mention the servants, women, maids and young men in the house, for fear of disturbing Uncle Lan's rest.

On the day when the exam started, Rongguo Mansion wanted to send everyone out to clear the way.

The two four-wheeled carriages in front opened the way, and the two four-wheeled carriages in the back followed.

Escorted Jia Lan all the way to the examination room.

From the ninth day of February to the sixteenth day of February, the tension in the entire Rongguo Mansion was finally relaxed.

Just after finishing the exam, after returning to Rongguo Mansion and taking a shower, Jia Lan was called over by Jia Mu.

Seeing Jia Lan, Jia's mother hurriedly asked: "Brother Lang, I wonder how you did in the exam? Are you confident that you will pass the exam?"

Jia Lan said honestly: "Old ancestor, my great-grandson has finished all the questions. As for how he did in the exam, I really don't know."

"But most of them fail the exam. This time, I just want to gain knowledge."

Hearing what Jia Lan said, Jia Mu was quite disappointed.

As her great-grandson is still young, it was the most normal thing to fail the exam.

But when I actually heard Jia Lan say that he failed the exam, I couldn't hold back the disappointment in my heart.

But soon Jia Mu thought of Jia Huan.

Every time his grandson asked him about the exam before, he always said he didn't know how he did in the exam.

But he always gets the first place in the exam, which makes him love and hate him.

Langeer's first two exams were actually the same.

It’s unknown whether he might be humble this time.

Thinking of this, Jia Mu became happy again.

She encouraged Jialan for a few words and asked him to retreat.

Jia Lan bowed and left. After leaving Rongqing Hall, Jia Lan went to Ningguo Mansion to pay a visit to Jia Huan.

When he arrived, he found that Qin Jingqing had already arrived here before him.

The two of them thought of one thing. After finishing the exam, the first thing they thought of was to come and pay a visit to Jia Huan, a master who was not a master.

However, because Jia Lan was called by Jia Mu as soon as she came back, she came a moment later than Qin Jingqing.

After the two met Li, Jia Huan asked them to sit down and asked them to write down the questions of the exam and their answer sheets silently.

An hour later, the two of them wrote down all the test papers silently.

After Jia Huan opened it, he looked through it carefully.

I found that Qin Jingqing was performing normally, but whether he could pass the exam or not was still in doubt.

But this time, Jialan performed exceptionally well.

His article was actually slightly better than Qin Jingqing's, and he was very sure that he would pass the exam.

After reading it, Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "Not bad, not bad. Jing Qing performed normally this time."

"And Lange'er has performed exceptionally well this time. You two are very sure of being successful this time."

"Even if you fail in this subject, you will definitely pass in one or two more subjects. The standard of your articles is already sufficient."

Qin Jingqing said respectfully: "It's all thanks to Third Uncle's guidance. Without Third Uncle's guidance, how could my nephew have reached this stage?"

Jia Lan chuckled and said, "My nephew won't talk about the fact that he passed the scholar examination before. It is the topic of this examination. My nephew also got the teachings of my third uncle and wrote so brilliantly."

Jia Huan smiled and said: "I just gave you some tips a few times. These are all the results of your own efforts and have little to do with me."

"Wait patiently for one month and you will know the result."

After the two of them left, Qingwen came in holding a long gown.

"Third Master, I just made you a dress. Please put it on and see if it fits you?"

Jia Huan nodded and put on the gown under Qingwen's service.

Qingwen's needlework is very good. Needless to say, this gown fits perfectly.

After putting it on, Jia Huan took a picture in front of the full-length mirror and found that not only did the gown fit, but the style seemed to have been slightly adjusted.

Let this gown be a little more elegant and elegant based on the original one.

Jia Huan couldn't help but ask: "Qingwen, did you modify the style of this gown yourself?" Qingwen smiled and said: "No, how do I know this?"

"This is what Miss Qin told me. She has traveled to countless places and has seen a lot."

"She had seen many styles of clothes. I asked her to name them, then drew a pattern and made one according to it."

"I wonder if Third Master likes this style? If he likes it, I will make a few more for Third Master to wear in the future."

"If Third Master doesn't like it, I can just change it back."

Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "This dress is very good and I like it very much. Why do I need to change it back?"

Hearing what Jia Huan said, Qingwen couldn't help but said happily: "That's good. By the way, I have several styles there!"

"When I'm free, I'll show it to Third Master. If he likes it, I'll make it for Third Master to wear."

When Jia Huan heard this, he had an idea.

He suddenly thought that Qingwen and other maids were following him, and that they would be well-dressed and well-fed.

But at the same time, like a bird in a cage, it has lost most of its freedom.

Although most women in this era are like this, Jia Huan is not willing to watch them lose their aura one by one.

Jia Huan couldn't help but ask Qingwen: "Qingwen, do you guys want to run a shop of your own, specializing in selling ready-made clothes?"

"I don't care how much money you can make. You and I have serious things to do on weekdays, so you won't feel bored or panicked."

Hearing this, Qingwen asked hesitantly: "Third Master, this doesn't seem to be right? How can we show up? Otherwise we will make other people laugh and lose Third Master's face."

Jia Huan said with a smile: "If you don't want to show your face, just send a few reliable maids and women to look after the store."

"Besides, if you want to show your face, just go there, there is no need to worry about anything."

Qingwen couldn't help but smile after hearing this: "If it can really happen, it would be great!"

"The sisters have been idle for a long time, and they feel bored! They are almost sick."

"Now that they have serious things to do, they are naturally extremely happy. Thank you, Third Master, for caring for us."

Jia Huan smiled and said, "Then how should you repay Third Master's kindness?"

Qingwen walked up to Jia Huan shyly, took a sip on his face, then turned around and left.

She quickly found Caiyun, Xiaohong, Xiaojixiang, Xiangling, Yuanyang and other girls and told them the good news.

After the girls learned the news, they all seemed happy.

As Mr. San said, no matter how much money you can earn, you will finally have something serious to do in the future, and it will not be so boring.

Next, a group of girls began to discuss how to build this ready-made clothing store.

They don't need to worry about the location and size of the shop, since the Third Master has said so.

A store with a good location will definitely be given to them.

What they want to discuss now is what route the clothing store should take.

After some discussion, several girls had different opinions and were unable to make a decision.

At this time Yuanyang couldn't help but said: "Why don't we call Miss Qin and ask her to help us with the details?"

"Miss Qin is very knowledgeable. She has been to so many places. Her knowledge is much higher than ours."

"And her family is in business, so the opinions she gives are naturally good."

After hearing this, Xiaohong couldn't help but said: "Sister Yuanyang is right. Call Miss Qin and ask her to help us come up with an idea. It will be better than the random discussions among us who don't understand."

"One more thing. I heard from Sister Qingwen that the shapes you drew were all given by Miss Qin."

"If we really open a ready-made clothing store, it will just be boring to pass the time. Now that we have done it, we must do it well."

"In this case, we will have to trouble Miss Qin more often in the future. Once or twice is okay, but as time goes by, even if Miss Qin doesn't tell us, we will be embarrassed."

"In that case, why not bring Miss Qin in and let her get involved, so that no matter how much you annoy her, it won't be an exaggeration."

After hearing this, Qingwen said: "Xiao Hong thought carefully and did this. I just don't know if Miss Qin is willing to buy shares?"

Xiao Jixiang clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This is easy. I went to invite Miss Qin and asked her face to face, right?"

Yuanyang smiled and said, "Just do it."

Xiao Jixiang hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "It's your order!"

After that, he ran out quickly.

Not long after, Xue Baoqin was invited, and Xichun also followed.

It turned out that Xichun was playing at Xue Baoqin's place. When she heard Xiao Jixiang inviting Xue Baoqin, she followed him.

After Qingwen, Yuanyang and other girls asked Xue Baoqin and Xichun to sit down, Yuanyang told them that they wanted to open a ready-made clothing store and invited Xue Baoqin to become a shareholder.

After hearing this, Xue Baoqin couldn't help but have an idea.

In a few months, when Jia Huan came out of her filial piety period and Lin Daiyu came to marry him, she would probably marry in too.

Although in terms of status, she is taller than Qingwen and other girls.

Even if they are all concubines, there are still distinctions between high and low, which can be roughly divided into four levels.

Noble concubine, good concubine, ordinary concubine and cheap concubine.

She is a girl from a good family. After marrying into the family, as long as she has children, she will be a concubine.

Qingwen and other girls were born as maids, and they were just concubines.

Their life and death are even controlled by Jia Huan.

Therefore, as long as Xue Baoqin gets married, his status will be higher than Qingwen's.

But Xue Baoqin knew that Jia Huan was the most affectionate person.

His feelings towards Qingwen and other women are different.

Xue Baoqin is worried that once she gets married, it will be difficult to blend in with them and she will be ostracized by them.

Now that I have this opportunity, I can take the opportunity to join them.

Faced with such an opportunity, how could Xue Baoqin miss it?

And not only did she want to invest in it, she also decided to make the shop bigger and stronger.

Xue Baoqin is not a wealthy lady who lives in the world in this era.

She had been doing business with Xue Ding since she was a child. Throughout Daxia, she visited seven pavilions out of ten.

Therefore, there is no shortage of vision and business experience.

Before Xue Ding left, he had a long talk with Xue Baoqin.

During the conversation between father and daughter, Xue Ding admired Jia Huan's business vision and layout so much that he even felt ashamed.

This made Xue Baoqin admire Jia Huan even more.

And through this conversation, Xue Baoqin also vaguely figured out some ideas of Jia Huan's layout.

And this time, since Qingwen and other girls want to open a ready-made clothing store, this may be an opportunity for her.

If I can make it fit Brother Huan's plan, maybe it will make him look at me differently, right?

Thinking of this, Xue Baoqin couldn't help but said: "It would be a great thing if the sisters are willing to take me with them to earn some pocket money."

"I wonder how much silver it costs to buy a share? I still have ten thousand taels of pocket money here. If it's not enough, I'll write to my father and ask for it." (End of Chapter)