The Bookish Scholar of the Red Mansion

As the prefect of Yangzhou, Uncle Lin has five days of annual leave starting from the first day of the new year. Although the official holidays of the Yong Dynasty were not as exaggerated as those of the Song Dynasty, they were much better than those of the Ming Dynasty.

You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang, a workaholic, only gave his officials three or five days of vacation a year during the Hongwu period. Yes, there are only so many in a whole year, which is really inhumane.

However, Lin Ruhai had just been promoted and was not ready to take the full five-day holiday. Now that the new official has not arrived, everything in the city cannot be done without him. Lin Ruhai was going to go to the government office to start working in the third year of junior high school.

These days, it is not easy to be a good and diligent official.

Lin Ruhai sighed inwardly and glanced at the young boy in front of him. Fortunately, you are smart enough to come in early to pay New Year greetings while you are at home. If he hadn't seen Chen Heng until the third year of junior high school, he wouldn't be able to remember this kid.

The two of them chatted about the refugees for a while, and Uncle Lin's eyes unconsciously fell on the young man.

In front of them, each placed a bowl of new tea that Daiyu had arrived. The rising heat lingered on Chen Heng's chest for a while, then turned into nothingness and dissipated. This inevitably made people pay more attention to the young man's appearance.

Compared with when they first met in Yangzhou a few years ago, Heng'er has grown up a lot. Lin Ruhai looked at Daiyu on the left. Her daughter was wearing blue and purple clothes today. Jia personally tied her hair into a bun that was both beautiful and not too delicate.

Since last year, when Daiyu turned ten, Jia rarely dressed her up as a girl.

A sense of accomplishment that my own children are growing up rapidly suddenly lingered in my heart.

Lin Ruhai smiled subtly. How could he not see what the smiling Daiyu was happy about?

I'm afraid that Heng'er's drama just now would not be without his precious daughter's advice.

But when it came to business, Lin Ruhai happened to have some questions and wanted to give Chen Heng a test.

When Brother Wei went to Beijing to take office, he complained to me that you didn't tell him the truth about the weaving mill in the west of the city. Lin Ruhai picked up the tea, probably thinking of the farewell scene that day, the corners of his lips were raised. He couldn't hide it any more, If you still have any ideas, tell me now.

Lin Daiyu was very surprised when she heard this. Her father and brother were busy some time ago, and no one explained the inside story to her. She only knew that Chen Heng left the city and worked with his classmates to resettle the refugees, but she didn't really know that he was also involved in the weaving workshop outside the city.

Although it was unexpected that his uncle suddenly mentioned this matter, Chen Heng did have a plan in mind.

He didn't explain it clearly to Wei Yinghong at the time, firstly because the time had not come yet, and secondly because he was really not familiar with Wei Yinghong.

The most taboo thing for those who plan for others is to talk superficially and deeply. The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy means you can fight a hundred battles without danger. The same is true in interpersonal communication.

Chen Heng didn't understand Wei Yinghong's temperament and didn't know how he would react after hearing the full plan. Only then did he hide the rest of his plans.

But facing Lin Ruhai, there was no need to have such worries. Chen Heng thought about it for a moment and decided not to hide it anymore.

Uncle Lin had always been kind and generous to him. At the government office that day, he even advised him not to take responsibility. He was an elder who sincerely thought about him.

For such a teacher, all Chen Heng can do is be honest and trust him.

He put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, took the pen and paper on the desk very seriously, took out the gesture of explaining the plan to the leader in his previous life, and wrote on the paper while writing.

Uncle, look at this. If we want to make a weaving workshop, we have to start from Yangzhou City...

Seeing Chen Heng with a serious face, he made a long speech. Lin Ruhai and Daiyu couldn't help but poke their heads forward and look at the fluttering brush strokes on the white paper.

Each one has its own advantages and disadvantages. It would be too troublesome to elaborate on the things here, which would lead to geography, humanities and other issues. Chen Heng only gave an overview to give his uncle an idea.

He focused on the cultural attributes extended from these issues.

There are many ways to describe cultural attributes, but in short, they are just like hotpot in Bashu and Suzhou embroidery in Suzhou.

Each city has its own unique symbols that people can associate with each other when they mention it.

As for the symbols of Yangzhou, regardless of the salt merchants and rent-collecting Yangzhou people, the brothel industry in the city who likes to dress up and attract bees and butterflies is a group that must be paid attention to.

Even for those tourists who come to visit, the brothels in the city are more attractive than any salt merchants. After all, no one cares about how much money others make. Most people come to Yangzhou just to have fun.

Today's officials are not as open-minded and unrestrained as later generations in terms of business thinking. On the surface, they are ashamed to mention the brothel girls in the city, but secretly they often love their beautiful faces and charming charm.

It is this coquettish posture and cognitive limitations that prevent them from realizing the horror of this soft power. There is no way like Chen Heng, who can clearly see the terrifying purchasing power of this group of people.

Whenever a modern person comes here, he sees these brothel girls who like to dress up and have an exaggerated income every month. To put it bluntly, anyone who doesn’t keep an eye on their wallets would be a fool.

Yangxiu just wants to rely on embroidery technology to compete with Suzhou embroidery, which is already famous all over the world. That is to think highly of oneself, but also to underestimate the wisdom of Suzhou people. While Yangzhou people were wasting their craftsmanship, Suzhou people were honing their skills.

Nowadays, even the queens and princesses in the palace often wear Su embroidery. How can Yangxiu, which is several steps behind, seize the territory from Suxiu?

Even if Lin Ruhai and others were thinking about this kind of problem, it would be very laborious and headache-inducing. Their strengths are not in this. We can only see the importance of the weaving workshop in resettling the refugees and the jobs it created.

These two things are real and obvious benefits, and Chen Heng also emphatically mentioned them in Public Security Shu.

Lin Ruhai has now taken over Wei Yinghong's responsibilities, leaving his friend with such a good situation. He is well-connected with people from both top and bottom, so he naturally needs to make some political achievements so that he can live up to the trust entrusted by His Majesty and the court.

Chen Heng also realized this and wanted to help Uncle Lin even more.

He spoke eloquently and told everything about his plan.

The road in Yangzhou is actually very easy to walk. Exquisite clothes only make up for the enrichment of their own business content. What really opens up the situation is to use gold and silver jewelry, perfume and other items as the main products, using more fashionable and novel designs and the low-price model of centralized production to pry open the wallets of brothel girls.

Brothel girls need to pick up customers every day, so they have full desire and ability to buy. As for these things, although there are many shops in Yangzhou City, they are all fought alone, just stragglers.

In Chen Heng's plan, the weaving workshop in the west of the city was built into a trade city of the Yong Dynasty. When people all over the world think of buying such things, they will think of Zhifang Gold and Silver City in the west of Yangzhou City.

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai was excited, but her expression was normal. But Lin Daiyu couldn't help but blush, why was this brother so familiar with the brothel affairs.

Chen Heng just didn't know, otherwise he would have to say God's testimony. He had only been to Fishing Alley once in his life, and it was to save an abducted child.

What about the back? Lin Ruhai continued to ask with great interest. Chen Heng's keen business thinking and understanding of female psychology were things he did not possess.

Fortunately, Lin Ruhai has always been quick in thinking. Wei Yinghong may have to think about these concepts for a few days, but he can understand them in just one click.

Newspaper. Chen Heng continued to write on the paper. This is the key to Yangzhou winning this battle.

The purchasing power of brothel girls is only the first step. If we really want to go out, we still need newspaper publicity.

The media has always been the sharpest knife. No matter what it is, as long as it is well publicized, something worth three gold can be sold for ten gold.

Nowadays, Yangzhou’s newspaper shops have opened branches in other cities. Through them, we continue to promote the exquisiteness of Yangzhou objects.

Then use the publicized brothel girl as a model to change the world's aesthetics. Through their leadership, a new fashion trend was formed.

There is a technical difficulty here, which is how to spread it vividly through newspapers.

Chen Heng had done some research beforehand and knew that illustrations had often appeared in published books since the Song Dynasty.

And when the Wanli Year of the Ming Dynasty began, so-called hardcover editions with illustrations became the first choice for booksellers to cut leeks.

Since there are no technical difficulties, it is just laborious and time-consuming. Then if you give the craftsmen enough wages, they can solve everything one by one.

As long as through intensive propaganda bombardment by newspapers, coupled with Yangzhou's world-famous reputation and convenient transportation, the weaving workshops in the west of the city can naturally become an industry.

In the primitive business environment, there was no need to make up a good story and package the publicity and distribution work of gold and silver jewelry.

Otherwise, Chen Heng could come up with a more poignant story than The Wild Fox Repays a Kindness, which would be enough to trick customers into tears.

He had suffered enough in his previous life. With all kinds of messy shopping gimmicks, I don’t know how many men were forced to contribute their wallets.

It's just that in business, Chen Heng never talks about moral etiquette when he should exert himself.

This is also the difference between modern people and ancient people. The former are more pragmatic when thinking about things.

Such a chain-linked commercial design was undoubtedly a brain bomb for Uncle Lin. Apart from saying Excellent, wonderful when taking pictures, he couldn't say anything else.

The only remaining difficulty is whether it will be known as competing with the people for profit.

After all, the government office took the lead in the matter of the weaving workshop, and Lin Ruhai was the magistrate of Yangzhou. Chen Heng's plan was based on commercial considerations. And he has to make plans based on the overall situation and the court's reaction.

It was not easy to talk to the juniors about this kind of thing. However, Lin Ruhai wanted to test this kid today, so he asked his question to see if Chen Heng had the overall vision.

After hearing this, Chen Heng laughed and explained, Uncle, don't worry, we never cheat poor people out of their money.

This involves an issue of purchasing power, and each family has its own financial capabilities.

Using jewelry as a luxury product touches the psychology of wealthy people.

And when Yangzhou has a stable financial income, it is inevitable that the government government will gradually let go and withdraw.

This move, in terms of official reputation, can also help my uncle gain a reputation for giving away profits.

Coupled with the increased revenue of the government office, the taxes of ordinary people in the city can also be appropriately reduced.

Due to the difficulty of current data statistics, most of the amounts that every government in the world has to pay to the court have a fixed amount.

Over time, the people in Yangzhou Prefecture will only benefit from it, but will not be deprived of their wealth.

After all, the weaving mill can create countless jobs, which is a substantial additional income for most participating families.

After all, those who go out to work are women who usually take care of their children at home.

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he couldn't help but smile and nod. He remembered the night Wei Yinghong left and often told himself that Chen Heng was a lucky general.

If Chen Heng hadn't reminded him at that time, the government would not have noticed the rainfall problem, and would not have been able to be calm and calm in the subsequent disaster relief. If he hadn't been able to do so, there wouldn't have been a series of subsequent events.

You did well, you did really well. Lin Ruhai couldn't help nodding, admiring the child in front of her more and more.

Lin Daiyu was also overjoyed when she heard her father's praise for her brother. In practical terms, she is not as responsive as others. I only understand the general outline and the details, but I have to wait until I go back to the house at night to think about it carefully. But as long as her brother is praised, it's a good thing for her.

After Lin Ruhai finished praising Chen Heng, and when she felt more and more satisfied, she also thought of another thing on her mind.

For the now prosperous Lin family, Lin Ruhai had a dilemma that he had to consider. Their family has always had a hard time raising children, and it was not until he was thirty-five years old that he had a child named Daiyu. Now I am forty-five years old, and my youngest son is only eight years old.

As a fourth-grade official, the next step is to go to the capital to serve as a high-ranking official.

Lin Ruhai must think about a question, who will inherit his future political resources. It's not that he doesn't consider Lin Jue, it's just that the child is too young after all.

Ten years later, he would be fifty-five years old. Putting aside the short lifespan of the Lin family, Lin Jue was only eighteen years old at that time. Even if Jue'er is extremely talented, she has just passed the Jinshi examination. If her luck is not good, she may not even be a Jinshi.

Even if you pass the Jinshi exam, it would be okay if you get one of the top three. If he starts from the second list, what awaits Lin Jue is the three-year political training in the Hanlin Academy.

In this way, when Lin Jue takes office as an official, Lin Ruhai, who is almost sixty years old by then, can consider the issue of retirement.

If he makes one mistake here, Lin Jue will not be able to enjoy the lingering shadow of Lin Ruhai.

In officialdom matters, it has always been said that one person can do it alone. Although Lin Ruhai had no intention of inheriting his father's legacy, he still had a deep love for his son and hoped that his child's path would be smoother.

The talent shown by Chen Heng and the answers he delivered this time are things that he cannot ignore.

Even though Heng'er is only five years older than Lin Jue, sometimes, one year older, the opportunities he can seize are different. Lin Ruhai sighed in his heart.

His eyes fell on the two children in front of him again, no matter where Heng'er and Yu'er would go in the future. For His Majesty's request and for Jue'er's consideration, he wanted to teach Chen Heng well.

Lin Ruhai sat back in his seat and said to Chen Heng: After the New Year, you will stop caring about things outside the city. I will arrange someone to take over your affairs, and you can study in the academy with peace of mind.

Ah? Chen Heng still didn't react. He felt that the topic was beating a little fast. His heart moved slightly. He looked at Lin Ruhai who was smiling and asked, Does uncle agree to let me take the college examination?

Well, you should prepare to take the imperial examination next June. Lin Ruhai explained his thoughts directly.

Chen Heng was surprised and happy when he heard this. He had just met his uncle and wanted to take the opportunity to report the matter. He immediately said: Hahaha, uncle and nephew also have the same intention. When he mentioned the matter of having a lot of money, he said a little embarrassedly, The friendship between classmates is here, and I also want to accompany them to the next examination.

Listening to the joy in the young man's words, Lin Ruhai also smiled and nodded. Good friends are rare in life, and the friendships made while studying can often last a lifetime.

However, Lin Ruhai decided to tell Chen Heng the reason why he changed his mind. He once said that he would be viewed by Chen Heng as an adult.

Since he is an adult, Lin Ruhai is not willing to manipulate his nephew's life like a puppet.

He cleared his throat and said, Before, my uncle was only the seventh-grade salt patrol censor. When he said this, Lin Ruhai laughed out loud. Probably because I think the word seventh grade is really fun to say now.

Although you were considered a child at that time, I took you with me to teach you, and no one else would say anything. This is the benefit of the power of a small official, Lin Ruhai shook his head. But now that my uncle has become the prefect, many pairs of eyes in Yangzhou City are watching.

This involves a problem of matching. If a seventh-grade official takes a child out, others will not find it weird. But for a fourth-grade official, if there is a child next to him, others will definitely say that your family is unable to find help.

Even though Lin Ruhai regarded Chen Heng as his junior, he was not his biological son after all. The only way to stop gossip and make it easier for Chen Heng to do things in the future is to pass the examination to become a scholar. Only a scholar can silence everyone. Only such a young scholar can afford the magistrate's special regard.

If you are just a child, if you often go in and out of the government office, you will inevitably get gossiped about. Lin Ruhai continued to explain, and Chen Heng also understood his considerations.

Besides, there is a conflict between the two parties in the court now. I'm worried that the new academic administrator, seeing your relationship with me, will embarrass you in the college examination. By then, it will mess up your own affairs, so why not take advantage of it? He has not yet established himself in Yangzhou when he first came, so you take this opportunity to pass the exam quietly.

Chen Heng was shocked when he heard what his uncle said. Can such a thing be said directly in person? After Lin Ruhai finished speaking, he asked curiously: Uncle, can he still embarrass me in the college examination?

This aspect is Chen Heng's weakness. Although he studied seriously, he had not had much contact with officialdom in his life. Only children who were born into official families can learn the art here without a teacher through daily exposure.

Lin Ruhai smiled, now it was time to show his holiness in front of others. He cited several examples in succession, which opened Chen Henghaosheng's eyes. He also took out the imperial edict that had been read to Wei Yinghong and gave it to the child as an example.

Think about it with Yu'er. Since His Majesty already knows that Brother Wei and I are going to take care of important things in the west of the city. Why would Brother Wei be transferred at this time? The reason is that he has done a good job in resettling the refugees.

Listening to his uncle's words, while Lin Daiyu was still thinking, Chen Heng asked, Does Your Majesty want to divide the credit into two parts, and keep the credit for the weaving workshop in the west of the city for my uncle?

Hahahahaha. Lin Ruhai just laughed, but looking at his expression, it was obvious that Chen Heng was right.

In this way, Uncle Lin's official career is really bad. Chen Heng was speechless as he thought to himself, but another place he didn't pay attention to was decided today.

From the moment Lin Ruhai said the word Your Majesty, Chen Heng was already branded as the new emperor.

Although Chen Heng has not yet entered the officialdom, he can follow the path of Wei Yinghong and Lin Ruhai. As long as he appears on stage in the future, he will definitely be affiliated to the new party.

The two chapters have been published together, thank you for your long wait. In the next week, I will be ready to explode.