Great Blue Night Watchman

In what capacity do you stay?

His old identity is very good—Lin Jialiang’s teacher!

Although he did not officially become a disciple, Lin Jialiang already regarded him as his teacher.

So, the next step is to enter the role of teacher.

After dinner, Mr. Baoshan brought Lin Jialiang into his study and began to examine his homework. The focus of this examination was on the exegesis of the Holy Scriptures, because the palace examination was coming soon, and the most difficult aspect of the examination was the exegesis of the Holy Scriptures.

He recited a passage of holy words casually, and Lin Jialiang answered casually.

After answering the first sentence, Baoshan nodded and said another sentence...

In the blink of an eye, after answering seven or eight sentences of the Holy Word, Baoshan's eyes widened and his basic skills were extraordinary.

He thought for a moment and threw a very difficult sacred word in front of Lin Jialiang. Lin Jialiang answered directly without thinking. Baoshan was shocked. Could it be that there was another evildoer in the Lin family?

Wait!

Come again!

He posed a difficult problem that had troubled him for a long time. Even an expert at his level would start a heated debate about this problem, and no one could convince anyone.

But after Lin Jialiang answered, Baoshan's heart was pounding, monster!

Really a monster!

His answer is flawless, and his answer is completely in line with the true path of the Holy Word. If this answer is written on paper and presented to the temple, can it be regarded as a standard "New Interpretation of the Holy Word"? Is it Kaiwen Road?

There are two ways to open up literature, one is to open a big road, such as creating a new style of writing, and the other is to open a small road, that is, establishing a new word brand, opening a new calligraphy school, etc. The most common small road is: new interpretation of the holy words!

Oh my God, Kaiwen Road is so easy?

You don’t even need to look for that evil boy for inspiration. You only need to check the homework with the evil boy’s second brother to find the answer!

But the answer belongs to the "disciple" in front of him. Even if he opens a literary path, it should be Lin Jialiang's literary path, not his. If he wants to open a literary path, he must come up with it himself. How can he make it come up for himself? There is only one Method, through communication with Lin Jialiang, and by analogy, create your own understanding of other holy words.

What he has to do now is to communicate more with Lin Jialiang.

Mother Lin summoned Lin Su to discuss two things...

First, Mr. Baoshan finally came over. You have to take the time to ask Mr. Baoshan about the imperial examination. Stop worrying about business matters. For the factory over the river bank, just leave it to Chen Si and the others!

Second, your second brother's wedding is coming soon, and the previous procedures have been completed. The only hurdle left is to welcome the bride. You have to discuss how to welcome the bride.

Lin Su ignored the matter of asking Mr. Baoshan for advice and went directly to the second issue, the second brother's wedding.

What is marriage like in this world?

It's very complicated, very complicated, three matchmakers and six betrothals, now all the previous ones have gone, only the wedding is left.

There are two steps to welcoming a bride. The first step is for the man to go to the woman’s side to greet her and give himself to her parents to see her in person (the other party has never seen what Lin Jialiang looks like in the early stage). The man’s elders will discuss the details with the woman’s elders. The second step of the ceremony is for the woman to send the woman out when the time comes, and the man will pick her up at the designated place.

After all, Haining is three thousand miles away from the capital. Even with the fastest ship, it will take ten days to travel. There are only 48 days left, and it must enter the substantive stage.

The first step is a bit difficult. Who in the Lin family will accompany Lin Jialiang?

This person must be an elder!

It has to be someone with some status. After all, the girl's parents are really high-ranking officials. If you send a country bumpkin over, you won't even be able to say anything when you see such a high-ranking official.

The first choice in Lin's mother's mind was Lin Jialiang's uncle, her sister's husband Song Du. Song Du was a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He and the head of the Qu family were ministers in the same palace, and they got along well. In terms of position, he was better than the head of the Qu family. The right doctor was lowered one level, but now that the head of the Qu family has resigned, his status can basically be equalized.

The route she envisioned was: Lin Jialiang would go to Beijing to pay New Year greetings to Song Du, and then Song Du would take him to the Qu family to welcome the bride.

Lin Su hesitated for a moment and shook his head slightly.

When the Lin family was in trouble, Lao Zhou went to the capital. The first person he asked to see was Song Du, but Song Du hid directly. It took Lao Zhou seven days to block him at the back door, but Song Du still didn't see him directly. She replied to him in a sedan chair. This sentence made Lao Zhou feel very cold.

Under those circumstances, Song Du was unwilling to do anything. Now, do we still need to find him?

"It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. At that time, your father had been imprisoned. It was too risky to plead for him... But now, it is just a marriage between children, which is a good thing. It must be different." Mother Lin said.

Lin Sudao: "Mom, don't forget, the hatred between us and the Zhang family has not disappeared, but has deepened, and there have been a lot more opponents! Song Du is in officialdom and is well versed in officialdom. How could he be willing to work for the Lin family and the Zhang family?" The Qu family is a matchmaker? So that they become the opposite of the Zhang family, the Qin family, and the Zhao family?"

Mother Lin trembled slightly: "You mean, even if we humble ourselves and beg him, he still doesn't care about the relationship between relatives and refuses to do this beautiful thing for adults?"

"yes!"

"Then...who is going?"

"Isn't there someone in the second brother's study?"

Mother Lin was shocked...

Hug a mountain?

Is it possible? Of course it is possible! As long as Lin Jialiang publicly worships his disciple, he will be a disciple of Baoshan. The disciple's marriage can also be handled by his mentor as an elder, and no one can find fault. Moreover, no matter who the famous people in Baoshan visit, they will not insult him. The Qu family The head of the family is currently an old man with no official status, so it is more suitable to go to the mountain.

Mother Lin took action immediately and went to the east courtyard in person to meet with Baoshan and asked for a mention. Baoshan laughed loudly, "Okay, okay!"

After answering directly with three good words, Mother Lin was elated and immediately arranged for Lin Jialiang to become a teacher. Lin Jialiang also had a mentor-disciple relationship with Baoshan for a long time. She happily agreed, served a cup of tea, and Baoshan officially became Lin Jialiang's teacher.

On the third day of the first lunar month, with all the gifts in hand, Baoshan took Lin Jialiang to say goodbye to Lin Su: "Xiaosan, I am impressed by your talent in poetry, lyrics, novels and crookedness, but I can tell you, your saint Yan Xie, you have to work harder! Wait for your second brother to come back and let him teach you!"

"Yes!" Lin Su answered respectfully.

Mother Lin was elated.

Lin Jialiang looked constipated. Teacher, can you please stop saying that? Don’t you know that all my commentaries on holy words are written by my third brother? Who teaches whom?

He made a boat out of a mountain with painted characters, took a lot of things with him and took off into the air, heading straight to the capital.

The biggest advantage of having Baoshan as your companion is convenience.

If you use a carriage to travel three thousand miles, it will take several days or ten days. But with Baoshan as your literary spirit, you can go to the capital in one day and one night at most.

In the capital city, Qufu, the Youdafu Mansion that used to be bustling with traffic, is now deserted in front of the door. People are always seeking profit. When you are in office, officials and businessmen visit, always counting on you to help them. Now, You are nothing, just a wild old man, you never go to court, you never meet the emperor or an official, you have no responsibilities and no power, what are they trying to do by praising your stinky feet?

The people of the Qu family were very disappointed.

But Qu Wendong, the head of the Qu family, seems to have taken off his heavy winter clothes and put on spring clothes. He is relaxed and at ease. He, who is over eighty years old, is smiling with his wife in the backyard. Several concubines praise the master for his indifference. Fame and fortune are truly worthy of being a role model in officialdom, which makes him even more relaxed.

But no one knows that this is just the side in front of others.

When he was sitting alone in the study, the gloom on his face became thicker and thicker day by day. Even during the Spring Festival, the laughter and laughter of his children and grandchildren could not make him happier.

Suddenly, the housekeeper came in quickly from outside: "Master, the second son of the Lin family is here to welcome the bride."

Qu Wendong was suddenly shocked: "Here he comes...who did he come with?"

"He has worshiped Mr. Baoshan as his teacher, and Mr. Baoshan takes the position of elder..."

"Mr. Baoshan! OK!" Qu Wendong said: "Hurry! Open the middle door and welcome us!"

The middle door opened wide, and Qu Wendong went out to greet him personally. Accompanying him was his third son Qu Jiajie, who was also Lin Jialiang's nominal father-in-law. It was his third daughter Qu Xiu who married Lin Jialiang.

When Qu Wendong and Qu Jiajie saw Mr. Baoshan, they were very polite. Qu Wendong, an eighty-year-old official and literary figure, had no pretensions at all when meeting Mr. Baoshan. Qu Jiajie He even called him "Brother Baoshan".

After some pleasantries, Lin Jialiang greeted Qu Wendong as his grandfather and Qu Jiajie as his father-in-law, and presented the gift list...

There are hundreds of altars beside Grade-A white clouds, hundreds of pieces of five-foot silk, hundreds of catties of various snacks, and one hundred thousand high-quality briquettes...

The butler held the gift list and read line after line of thrilling words, his voice trembled...

Qu Jiajie was not surprised: "Xian son-in-law, your gift list is quite expensive. Grade A white clouds and five feet of silk cloth. These are things that even money can't buy. The briquettes you mentioned are all the rage in the world recently. A heating fetish?”

"Back to my father-in-law, this is exactly it! This thing is not very valuable, but in this mid-winter season, the production is temporarily in short supply, which causes some tension."

"If this is in such demand, how do you get so many of it?"

Lin Jialiang was a little embarrassed: "Back to my father-in-law, this thing... this thing was produced in my Lin family factory. From now on, the coal my father-in-law's family needs will naturally be delivered by my son-in-law on time."

Qu Wendong and Qu Jiajie looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.

Coal had just been introduced to the capital at this time. Once it spread, it immediately caused a sensation. Among the dignitaries, there was already a saying that instead of accepting gifts during the festival this year, they would receive a cart of coal. A cart of coal, a thousand! This is already a very expensive gift. Who can afford it? Those upper-class people who visit relatives usually give ten as gifts...

How much does your son-in-law give? One hundred thousand!

One hundred thousand coals, this is the amount purchased by the royal family in half a month!

There are so many queens and concubines in the harem, and the emperor occasionally gives some rewards to the most favored ministers on a whim, all come from this.

What was even more shocking was that the coal was actually produced by the son-in-law's family. He also said that he would be responsible for delivering coal to the Qu family in the future.

"Come on, open Zhilan Pavilion..."

Zhilan is a symbol of high quality. When the Zhilan Pavilion is opened, it means that everything has been negotiated.

The host and guest went to talk, and the butler became busy, counting all kinds of gifts...

These gifts were packed in space bags by Lin Jialiang and Mr. Baoshan. They used ten demon space bags. Each of these space bags, worth three hundred taels of silver, was also given to the Qu family.

The bags were opened and piled up.

Jars of wine were moved into the warehouse, and the housekeeper strictly ordered the family not to spill any of them. The wine was too expensive.

A mountain of coal was piled up, and it was also sent to the warehouse. More and more people participated, and everyone's eyes turned green.

The five-foot-large cloth was given to the old lady for disposal. The old lady was frightened when she saw so many five-foot-large cloth. You need to know that the five-foot-large cloth has always been priceless because of the harsh production conditions. It is the luxury of this era. When she saw these five-foot-long cloths, it was like a modern girl seeing LV bags.

Those snacks that everyone ignored were discovered by a girl accidentally. What kind of snacks are these? Colored in red and green, these high-end maids, who are well-informed and indifferent to most dim sum, actually don’t recognize any of them...

In the backyard, in a room by the window, Qu Xiu is sitting there painting. Most ladies can paint, and Qu Xiu is one of them.

She is proficient in flowers, plants, and embroidery. One of the eight types of embroidery currently popular in the world is her design.

She is not a simple person who can use her talents to add real wealth to her family. At this moment, she is conceiving new design ideas...

Suddenly, Xiao Liu rushed in from outside: "Miss, Miss Lin is here to propose marriage. The master and the young master accompanied them into Zhilan Pavilion."

Qu Xiu's face turned red suddenly.

She knew that such a day would come and had been preparing for it for a long time, but when it came to it, she was still shy.

"Miss, Mr. Lin has brought many gifts. Do you want to take a look?"

Qu Xiu rolled her eyes at her: "I don't care what gifts he brings? What does the Qu family have?"

"Miss, don't tell me that the Qu family really doesn't have the gift he brought today. Haven't you always lamented that the embroidery you designed requires a lot of five-foot-long cloth? He brought a whole hundred pieces!"

Qu Xiu was shocked, a whole hundred horses?

She remembered that for the third princess's birthday two years ago, she needed two hundred pieces of five-foot cloth, but she searched the whole city and couldn't find enough. The third princess was very unhappy. He actually sent a hundred pieces at once?

"How's the quality?"

"It's very amazing. I think it's of better quality than the top-quality cloth that Miss saw last time."

How can it be?

At this moment, a tray was delivered to her, and the girl said: "This is from my uncle. Madam said that each hospital can share some and taste it."

Qu Xiu's attention went astray, snack?

After tasting one piece, her eyes lit up. After tasting a few more pieces, she remained motionless...

"Miss……"

Qu Xiu slowly raised his head: "These snacks are all extraordinary. If a workshop is set up to specialize in the production of this kind of snacks, it will be an industry with great prospects."

Otherwise, how can we say she is a business wizard?

Others always focus on whether the snacks are delicious, but what she focuses on is the value that the snacks can create.

The girl smiled: "Miss, the Lin family may really not care about this small industry. Their business is too big, you know? He also brought Baitan Baiyunbian, Tantan Grade A! In addition, coal is also the Lin family's produced."