The younger brother of the Red Chamber is a fighter

Chapter 106

When the carriage stopped, the steward of the farm was already waiting outside the farm.Su Buzhan jumped out of the carriage and looked curiously at the current two-entry house.

A row of white-walled tile-roofed houses, the steward lived in the front yard, and their families lived in the side yard.The Chaoshou corridor separates a piece of air, and there are fruit trees, pines, cypresses and green bamboos planted inside.There are large ceramic vats on both sides of the stone path and in the corners. Pink and tender lotuses stand in the water vats with plump buds on their backs. It is not because of the sound of koi flicking their tails.

Simple, really cool.

Su Buzhan nodded in praise: "Good place."

Lin Mingyu introduced his identity to the stewards and led him into the middle hall.The manager personally handed over the tea, looked at Su Buzhan, and said proudly, "Master Su, try it. This is Mingqian spring tea made by the farmers in the village. How is it better than the best famous tea in Beijing?"

Su Buzhan looked at Lin Mingyu, smiled, took a sip, half-closed his eyes, and smacked his lips after a while: "Jerky in the mouth, sweet afterward, fragrant and elegant, good tea!"

"It turns out that Buzhan is good at tasting tea. I am not as good as you in this. I only drink tea to quench my thirst. Whether it is Biluochun or melon slices, I can't tell the difference." Lin Mingyu held the teacup and turned it in his hand. Turn around and finish the remaining tea in one gulp.

Su Buzhan smiled: "If you stay at my house for ten and a half months, I will keep you famous for any tea you smell." It is no secret that Su Yi loves tea in the capital. He influenced deeply.

After tasting the tea, the shopkeeper brought up a table of pastries, all of which were made by the village itself.There are aged sweet-scented osmanthus and candied dates, preserved wild apricot fruit, dried sweet peach meat, honey bean flower cake... either mountain fresh or wild fruit.Su Buzhan envied while eating: "... There are several Zhuangzi in my family, but there is no one with the thought and craftsmanship of yours. Where are you from, the cook, I will have to find a cook like this later. !"

The steward's pride: "Master Su, you are just joking, what kind of skill is this. Just wait and see, when lunch comes, I will definitely let you eat something delicious."

Su Buzhan was very excited, and said cheerfully: "Okay, I'll wait."

After talking and laughing for a while, several accountants in the village and several stewards in charge of planting also arrived.Because Lin Mingyu had business to do, Su Buzhan tactfully proposed to go outside for a walk, but avoided it.

Lin Mingyu asked the steward to find a smart young man to take orders from him, and after Su Buzhan left, he started talking to the stewards about the Zhuangzi.

Today, the farm is still mainly planting mushrooms, and the market has been opened in Kyoto, which is exclusively eaten by rich and noble families. It is of high value and huge profits.Last year, the people in the village unintentionally picked a kind of vanilla from the mountain. After eating it, the lips and tongue were sweet and fragrant.

Thinking about this, Lin Mingyu had the intention to make a living as a perfumer, and spent a lot of money to hire a seasoned perfumer to mark out the mountain where vanilla was found, and cultivate spices specially.Now a small achievement.

The steward of the perfume workshop presented several small porcelain bottles and asked Lin Mingyu to smell them one by one. "This is the first batch of perfume that was released. The quality is almost the same as that of the previous experiment, and the output is also stable. When the owner needs to use it, just ask someone to notify me, and I can make it right away. "

Lin Mingyu squinted his eyes and said with a satisfied smile: "Excellent job. I'll get someone to pick it up tomorrow. I'm going to make a name for myself during the Longevity Festival. This is a good opportunity, and we must make good money from it." !"

All the stewards laughed: "The boss has a unique vision. Once this perfume is released on the market, it will definitely be looted."

After talking about the perfume, everyone reported what they were responsible for. Lin Mingyu made some suggestions or compliments, and every word must hit the point.

After finishing the miscellaneous affairs in the village, Lin Mingyu left the chief steward alone, and discussed about sending gifts to the palace.The steward drew up the gift list, Lin Mingyu watched, it was [-]% thicker than usual.

"Has there been any changes in the House of Internal Affairs?"

The steward said: "I'm just going to tell you about it. It turns out that we have taken care of everything in the House of Internal Affairs. If there are any compradors in the palace, we can talk. For some reason, it's not very easy to talk inside." It works, I spent some money to find a relationship to find out, and now there is a new group of imperial merchants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the top one is the old man—Jinling Xue's family."

"But Xue Pan?"

The steward nodded: "It's him. Although Xue's family had the name of the imperial merchant, there are only a few stewards left in the capital. The serious masters don't care about things, and the status of the imperial merchant exists in name only. This Xue Pan must be just You know, if you don’t care about one person, you don’t know how to run a business. When you first entered the capital, you were squeezed out by the stewards, masters and servants, and they were used as jokes among colleagues. But after he disappeared out of thin air for half a year, it seemed that he had changed. Personal. I heard that the store has been tidied up. Now, Xue’s shop in the capital can handle all the big and small things. It’s like a man who is so good that he wears a pair of trousers. As one of our own! Therefore, I gave a generous gift to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so that those snobs will remember us more or less."

Lin Mingyu's business affairs were carried out in secret, and dealing with the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not bear the name of the Lin Mansion.The House of Internal Affairs is the emperor's purse, and Lin Mingyu doesn't point to it to take out money from here, but it's because it's close to the emperor, and the news is also close.Although he has no intention of getting involved in the muddy waters of the princes' struggle for the throne in the capital, he should be vigilant at all.

Companion to the emperor is like companion to the tiger, his father is still trembling in front of the emperor at his age, not daring to relax for a moment.

Lin Mingyu thought for a while. He heard that Xue Pan was doing well in the House of Internal Affairs, so he didn't pay much attention to it.Now that I think about it, I'm afraid I voted for the master.

There have always been cases in the Ministry of Internal Affairs that the prince has this task, but now this burden falls on the Zhongshun Palace.In this family, because of the emperor's fear of adult princes, from King Zhongshun to his grandson, none of the direct descendants left Beijing to work.King Zhongshun was very good at talking, and he usually acted like a filial son in front of the emperor. Perhaps it aroused the emperor's guilt, so he entrusted King Zhongshun with the glorious mission of managing the money bag.

This is a fat difference.King Zhongshun holds this authority, and has been fat all these years, holding on to this position firmly and not letting go.When Xianyi Zhongwang was favored, the two brothers fought openly and secretly for this.

Xue Pan took refuge in King Zhongshun.Lin Mingyu really didn't expect it.He always thought that Xue Pan was a reckless man like a martial artist, but he didn't expect him to have such means.Abandoning Jia's mansion and choosing King Zhongshun, and now becoming the most popular person in the House of Internal Affairs, what do people in Jia's mansion think about this situation?

"The list of gifts will follow the usual practice. In the future, we don't have to fight for this, it's enough to keep the news open." Lin Mingyu ordered.

After dealing with these matters, it took a lot of effort. Lin Mingyu searched for someone and asked Su Buzhan's whereabouts, and then took Lin Da to look for someone outside Zhuangzi.

Su Buzhan squatted in front of the tree stump, staring at something, so focused that Lin Mingyu didn't even react when he walked behind him.

Lin Mingyu poked her head to look, and couldn't help smiling.

"Don't stick it, if you squat down again, mushrooms will grow on your head." Thinking of the picture of growing mushrooms, Lin Mingyu couldn't stop smiling.

Su Buzhan jumped up on the ground suddenly, and replied with a big smile: "Oh, Mingyu, you are so busy that you are finally willing to come out. I just met all the mushrooms in your village. The one with long patterns is called Xiaohua , there are smaller ones called spots, and this one is especially strong, what do you think it is called?"

Choked by Su Buzhan's extremely boring spirit of naming mushrooms, Lin Mingyu's guilt slowly grew.

"Is it my fault for throwing you aside? As compensation, after lunch, how about we go hunting in the woods?"

Su Buzhan snorted, squinted his eyes and said, "You have a conscience. I'll eat this for lunch, and I'll eat all the laughing flowers, spots, and egg heads!"

What?Lin Mingyu barely choked out a mouthful of water!Egghead...the name is so unbearable to look at...

As expected, there was a dish of chicken stewed with mushrooms, sliced ​​shiitake mushrooms, mushroom and fresh bamboo shoot soup... a table full of delicacies.Su Buzhan and Lin Mingyu ate so much that they covered their stomachs and lay on the couch, humming to each other.

"Mingyu, can we stay in Zhuangzi for a few days?" Su Buzhan had a whim.

Lin Mingyu ignored him, let's not talk about his own side first, Su Buzhan would be impossible.Longevity Day is such an important day, and Su Buzhan, as the only direct nephew of the Su family, has a very important status.Letting him go out of the house today is to give him a chance to relax. It must be a series of training starting from tomorrow.

Lin Mingyu needs to go to the palace to see her sister tomorrow, before the Longevity Festival, this is the only chance.Seeing Yunhua, I still need to ask about Brother Tu's itinerary. After the last letter, I haven't received any reply for a while. It is estimated that Tu Lingguang should arrive in Beijing in two days.

After half an hour passed, Su Buzhan got up and ordered the servants to prepare bows and arrows.The two men changed into their riding and archery uniforms, and each took a horse, leading Zhuangzi's team of about ten servants, and galloped into the forest.

Lin Mingyu's crotch/bottom is the filly that Tu Lingguang sent back then. She was bred to be fat and strong, with outstanding leg strength, and became a veritable horse.The horse spread its hoofs and ran, Lin Mingyu drew his bow and drew an arrow, and after the sound of sharp blades piercing through the air, a white shadow fell down in response.The servant ran over to pick up the prey and showed it to everyone.

"Good archery!" Su Buzhan applauded, and took the rein and whipped the whip: "Let's see who has more prey!"

Lin Mingyu was aroused to be competitive, and kicked the horse's belly with both legs, tending to catch up with the colt...

After the hunt was finished, Su Buzhan flicked his whip while counting the prey, and said unconvincedly, "The animals in this forest are too docile and not enjoyable. Let's go to Xishan tomorrow to play, and we will definitely win you!"

Lin Mingyu blinked, and lifted his chin slightly: "I don't know who lost seven out of ten times in the archery field."

Su Buzhan: "...!" You are ruthless!

After handing over the prey to the steward, the two rushed back to the city before the curfew.In front of Dongzheng Street, they each parted ways and went back to the mansion. Lin Mingyu returned to the mansion, and Lin Bo followed him, handing over a post in his hand.

"Master, Mr. Tu sent someone to submit a post in the next afternoon."