The first thing Liu Weitao did when he returned to Beijing was to enter the palace to express his gratitude. He entered the palace with a cross carriage.

Each carriage was piled high and covered with green cloth so that no one could see what was inside.

All I know is that the emperor was very happy after seeing the thing, and that day he hosted a banquet in the palace.

This Liu Weitao's men sent the things given by Yangzhou Lin Ruhai to Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion.

They are all Yangzhou specialties. The quantity is not large, but the price is not cheap.

A large box of good tea, which is abundant in Yangzhou, was given as a gift. The high-quality tea was as good as a tribute from the imperial palace.

There are also six baskets of fine salt, which makes Wang Xifeng extremely happy.

Holding the handkerchief and walking among the piles of gifts, Wang Xifeng beamed, "My ancestors are so lucky. No one does this son-in-law better than him."

Jia's mother sat under the eaves and looked at these gifts with a smile. She had many treasures that passed her by, but now that she is old, she doesn't care whether they are treasures or not.

The only thing she covets is the respect of future generations. If someone gives her more respect, she will be happier.

Mrs. Wang laughed and said: "Brother-in-law is really too polite."

Mrs. Xing looked at these gifts greedily, thinking about how many good things she could get in her yard.

"Ancestor, look, this is the best Wanshou Wujiang gauze tent. It is really a rare good thing.

Today I am blessed by my ancestors, which opened my eyes."

Wang Xifeng holds up her ancestors everywhere.

Tanchun walked down and took a look at the gauze tent with her own eyes. It was so rich that she didn't dare to touch it.

"My uncle is really filial. Isn't he sending all the best things from Yangzhou to our ancestors?"

Jia Mu laughed and said, "My grandpa didn't agree with Min'er to marry her back then. It was because I saw that he was honest and polite that I insisted that Min'er marry him."

Everyone laughed and talked about this in-law.

"My ancestors had good eyesight and found this son-in-law who was riding a dragon."

"Our ancestors are still wise, and we are not as good as you."

Wang Xifeng joked: "Look again, find a good family for Tanchun, and someone like my uncle."

After watching Baoyu eat rouge and receiving advice from Jia Rong, Tanchun had some hazy consciousness.

She blushed when her sister-in-law said this, "My sister-in-law is just teasing me. Grandpa, you have to make the decision for me."

When the pretty girl came to her and acted coquettishly, Jia Mu stretched out her hand to touch her face and expressed her affection. "Oh my, our young girl wants to get married too."

Tanchun's face turned even brighter, and he covered his face with a handkerchief so as not to look at them.

Everyone was having fun again.

When Jia Baoyu heard that there was something from Yangzhou, she immediately stopped studying and naughtily begged her husband to let her go from school.

He couldn't get his husband's permission, so he went into the backyard to find his ancestors with his young boy, girl and mother-in-law.

I looked around but didn’t see Sister Lin.

None of the valuable items on display could attract his attention. He asked his ancestor in frustration, "Isn't Sister Lin here?"

Speaking of Lin Daiyu, Jia Mu's happy mood dimmed a lot. She was worried about Lin Daiyu and didn't know how her health was.

Wang Xifeng said: "My uncle is not feeling well and may need Sister Lin to take care of him."

Jia Baoyu was not happy, "She herself has a disease, how can she take care of others?"

"Those people down there are also heartless, how can we take good care of them?"

Seeing that Jia Baoyu was unhappy, no one dared to say anything, for fear that he would go crazy and throw the jade.

Mother Jia comforted the little heart, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. Tomorrow someone will write to Yangzhou and ask him to send Daiyu to Kyoto."

"Don't wait until tomorrow, write now." Jia Baoyu said coquettishly to her ancestor.

Jia Mu was so cute by him, "Okay, write now."

Wang Xifeng came over with a stack of letters and said, "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, Baoyu should read the letters first before speaking."

"No, this is a letter from Yangzhou. It says 'Baoyu personally expresses' on it. This is a letter specially sent to you." Yingchun said with a smile.

Jia Baoyu's mood improved, and he happily took Lin Daiyu's letter to read.

In the letter, Lin Daiyu talked about what happened in Yangzhou, wished Jia Baoyu well, and finally said that she was thinking about everyone in Jia's family.

Seeing Lin Daiyu's handwritten letter, Jia Baoyu swept away the gloom and stopped urging his ancestors to write letters.

On the other side, Aunt Xue saw the letter from Jia Baoyu valuing Lin Daiyu, and then looked at her own daughter, thinking that it would be difficult to get married to Jia's family.

The other end is the precious daughter of the Yangzhou magistrate, and the other end is just the queen of Xue Gong.

The honorific title of Ziwei Sheren is gone, so what can we use to compete with the Lin family?

Finally, Jia Mu asked Wang Xifeng to divide the gifts sent by Lin Ruhai.

Wang Xifeng divided the things into five parts, one each for Jia Mu, the first bedroom, and the second bedroom. One part was sent to the next door, and the remaining part was kept in the palace for everyone's daily use.

Because Yingchun had arranged a marriage, she had one more piece of cloth than Tanchun.

Jia Rong also got Lin Daiyu's letter, which came with Lin Ruhai's letter.

At first, he printed a lot of books and gave them to Liu Weitao to take to Jiangnan to sell, and the Lin family also got a copy.

Those books were all under Lin Daiyu's charge. She read them all without touching a page and gained a lot of insights.

Now I just want to write a letter to exchange my reading experience and seek answers from Jia Rong.

Lin Daiyu's letters to him were thicker than those to Jia Baoyu and Jia's mother. If Jia Baoyu saw them, there would be another commotion.

After reading Lin Daiyu's letter, Jia Rong chuckled, "This girl is really a bookworm."

Then he read Lin Ruhai's letter.

Lin Ruhai said in his letter: "The method of drying salt on the tidal flats has achieved great results. It has been promoted in the Jiangnan area, and now the price of salt will not exceed ten cents."

"It is good to dry salt on the tidal flats, which benefits the people but also makes them suffer. Unscrupulous merchants keep lowering prices, and in order to sell more salt, people are also competing to lower prices. If this continues, it is not conducive to the balance of salt prices."

Jia Rong immediately wrote back to him with an idea to ask the government to stabilize the price of salt. The government's purchase price was always half a penny higher than the merchant's price.

For this half penny, salt sellers will choose to sell to the government instead of merchants.

It would be best for the government to control prices.

When the price of salt is high, salt can be released to stabilize the price; when the price of salt is low, it can protect the income of salt farmers.

Jia Rong went into the library, selected books about government and market economy, read them one by one, and translated the books suitable for Lin Ruhai.

Fortunately, the time in the library is not equal to that of the outside world, so he has enough time to do translation work.

After coming out of the library, Jia Rong went to find Yuanyang for entertainment.

The time in the library was so boring that it made him feel that a long time had passed.

"Why am I working so hard? Doesn't eating grapefruit taste good?"

Yuanyang: "Uncle, what did you say?"

"I said it's getting dark, let's go to bed early."

"What color are you wearing today? Let me guess."
Chapter completed!