Jia Hu, a fan of wealth in the Red Chamber

Daqi’s officials go to work, regardless of whether they are required to go to court or not, they all go to work at mao hour (five to seven in the morning). This is how the so-called dian mao comes.The off-duty hours are a bit uneven.

As long as the assigned tasks are completed, you can leave work at any time.

In summer, it is mostly at five or six in the afternoon, and in winter, it is mostly at four or five in the afternoon.After all, being an official in Daqi is pretty good.

However, for Jia Hu who came from a later life, he was still very dissatisfied with such working hours, and he wanted to change it a long time ago.

Now he can be regarded as having a little right to make decisions on his own, so he formally set a time for o'clock every day, from eight to five.

Of course, the ancients didn't understand the eight-to-five hours. You just need to remember that at three o'clock in the morning, you can get off work at one o'clock in the middle of the day, and there is still a half-hour break at noon.

In this time and space without electricity, it is necessary to protect your eyes.

Today is the first day of official work. Seeing the setting sun outside, and the sunset glow starting to reflect the sky, Jia Hu waved his hand, "Today I treat guests, let's go to 'Tianwaitian' to get together."

Gu Yan cheered, immediately put away the unfinished documents in his hand, and got up first to pack his things.

Yang Xu couldn't stand it anymore, "It's not like I haven't eaten there, what about it?"

These little friends of them all have the "Tianwaitian" gold card, and his second uncle still has a white jade card. In their eyes, "Tianwaitian" has long since lost its original aura of mystery.

"What do you know? This is a guest invited by Xiuzhi! Xiuzhi! You also know his temperament. We have been friends for so many years, how many times have we been invited by him? I want to eat more today! I will treat him next time. , I don’t know that we have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.”

Jia Hu: ...

"Ai ai ai, I said, speak ill of me in front of me, be careful that I will give you little shoes to wear!"

Gu Yan raised his chin, "If you dare to give me small shoes to wear, I will complain to my aunt!"

Jia Hu was stunned...

Qin Lan raised his hand and patted him, "Look at you! Let's go." Then he turned to greet Du Liting and Yu Shuanghai, "Hurry up, both of you. The opportunity for Xiuzhi to treat guests is very rare. If you go late, be careful that he changes his name." Got an idea."

The other four immediately speeded up their movements, packed them up in a few strokes, and followed them out.

Jia Hu was speechless for a while, why did he really regard him as a Pixiu who could only get in and out?

Cough, our Jia Xiaohu still doesn't admit that she is a Pixiu.

This is the time when most people go to the Yamen, and there are all kinds of cars outside to pick up people, and some people who don't take the usual route come here on their own bicycles.

When Jia Hu came out, he met several Jinshi of the same discipline, second place Liu Yanshou, Tanhua Yu Jingzhou, and one who seemed to have a good relationship with them.

After sweeping his gaze, these people looked a little embarrassed, and Jia Hu didn't step forward to greet them.In this highly hierarchical society, it is impossible for him, a fifth-rank official, to take the initiative to court these fellows who are lower than him, without losing his worth.

Yang Xu glanced at him, and suddenly said, "Xiuzhi is in a good mood today, and is going to invite us to a gathering at 'Tianwaitian'. Are you interested in coming together?"

Yu Jingzhou glanced at the other two people, shook his head and refused, "Thank you, Mr. Yang, for your kindness. It's just that I'm going to the Luo Mansion today to discuss marriage matters. If I have time in the future, it's not too late to get together."

The other two, obviously based on his opinion, also resigned immediately.

Jia Hu felt strange, it seemed that he, the official groom, was not needed to discuss marriage matters in person, right?However, none of this has anything to do with him, and this thought just passed by in a flash.

Yang Xu smiled, didn't say anything else, and after leaving, he followed Jia Hu into his car.

The six people took two cars and quickly disappeared on the side of the street.

When Jia Hu and his party disappeared, Liu Yanshou suddenly felt a pang of regret. If he didn't want to curry favor with Yu Jingzhou, who had a background in the Luo Mansion, he would have followed them a long time ago.Secretly regretting why he stopped and waited for Yu Jingzhou just now?And promised to go to Luo Mansion together?

Compared with Luo Mansion, "Tianwaitian" is obviously more high-end. He has heard that not only Jia Hu and Wei Shizi are the owners of "Tianwaitian", but His Majesty also owns shares.

Moreover, speaking of a deep background, it is even more necessary to have a good relationship with Jia Hu who is backed by His Majesty, the Prince of Zhongyong County, Mr. Yang, the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion and the Mansion of Rongchang Bo.

"Let's go." Seeing that Luo's car had already arrived, Yu Jingzhou immediately called the other two to get on the car together.

In the study room of the Luo Mansion, after the old master Luo tested Yu Jingzhou, he was very satisfied with his performance.

"After the yamen today, Young Master Yang invited you to go to 'Tianwaitian' together, why don't you go?"

Yu Jingzhou was taken aback, he didn't expect Lorraine to ask such a question.

Showing an adoring smile, "I promised to come here, how can I not keep my word?"

How could he say that he was out of this class, and his goal was to be the No. [-] scholar?It turned out to be a good thing, and it was taken by Jia Hu, who was from an honorable background, whom he despised.

He who came from a noble background, after learning who stood behind Jia Hu and what he did, the envy and jealousy he felt was really indescribable.A number one scholar is actually good at doing business, and his depraved behavior really makes people look down on him!

Master Luo showed satisfaction, nodded, and then felt a little regretful, "He will invite you again in the future, even if there are other important matters, it is better to go over."

Yu Jingzhou was stunned, and asked in puzzlement, "But why?"

Luo Shangshu shook his head, "You will understand in the future."

Yu Jingzhou's eyes flickered slightly, and there was a flash of thought in his eyes.

Of course, Jia Hu didn't know anything about what happened in Luofu.After the dinner party was over, all the rest of the matter was handed over to Yang Xu and others, while he waved his hand and went home.

Du Liting stood outside the gate of "Tianwaitian", watched Jia Hu's car go away, and sighed, "I have long heard that the food and drinks of "Tianwaitian" in the capital are the best in the capital, especially the private rooms on the third floor. Opportunity, seeing it now, really lives up to its reputation."

The second and third floors of "Tianwaitian" require a VIP card to enter. Du Liting and Yu Shuanghai are not natives of the capital, let alone a gold card, and they don't even have a silver card.

When I first arrived in Beijing, I heard that "Tianwaitian" was famous, so I wanted to try it.Both of them have good family backgrounds, and they are both cultivated by the family, so they naturally have a lot of money.However, when they wanted to enter "Tianwaitian", they realized that with their wealth, they could only sit on the first floor.

Moreover, there are quite a few foreigners like them.

There are those relatives in the capital who are capable, and after taking them up to the second floor once, they praise "the sky outside the sky" so that there is nothing in the sky and nothing on the earth, which makes them envious.

Now I have not only come in, but also went up to the third floor, how much face it is to say it out.

Yang Xu chuckled, "If you want to come in the future, just come."

Yu Shuanghai smiled wryly, "The VIP card is too difficult to get, and no one will sell it at a high price." It's not that he has never tried it. Yu Shuanghai, who was born in a Suzhou salt merchant family, knew for the first time that there are things that cannot be bought with money. Yes, and they are still different, one is the VIP card of "Tianwaitian", and the other is the invitation letter of "Liuli Villa".

Gu Yanchao winked at the shopkeeper who was guarding the side, and the shopkeeper who was over fifty years old immediately stepped forward and gave Du Liting and Yu Shuanghai one each.

At this moment, both of them were stunned, "This is?"

Yang Xu and Gu Yan looked at each other, "This is the gold card of 'Tianwaitian', you can come anytime in the future."

Du Liting held the card in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, "This... is really..."

The two looked at each other with suspicion in their eyes.

Yang Xu chuckled, "You probably don't know yet, right? This 'Tianwaitian' is a business between Xiuzhi and Wei Shizi, and the VIP card can be given to whoever you want? Keep it."

Only then did the two look stunned. As outsiders, they really didn't know that Jia Hu was the young master Pixiu who was rumored by the people in the capital to be very good at holding money.

The two of them were not polite anymore, and happily put the gold card into their sleeve pockets. This is a good thing that money can't buy!Sure enough, it was a wise choice to choose to work under Mr. Jia.

……

In Yangzhou at the end of the first lunar month, the weather was bitterly cold and humid. There was a rain and snow a few days ago, which made the weather even colder.

The porters on the canal wharf huddled in twos and threes to keep warm, thinking that if there were no more boats to dock, they would go home and nestle.

The weather in the south is different from that in the north. The north is dry and cold, while the south is wet and cold. Especially after a rainy day, the bone-piercing dampness is really unbearable.

It's all right now, with the heating made by the eldest son of the Jia family, there is no need to worry about being unable to survive the winter anymore.

A richly decorated car came from the direction of Yangzhou City, and the sharp-eyed people immediately recognized the emblem printed on the car, which was the family emblem of Yangzhou Yanyan Censor Lin's family.

Everyone got up.

A middle-aged man about 40 years old with a handsome face stepped out of the Ford car.There was the sharp-eyed one who recognized the person as Lin Cheng, the steward of Xunyan Yushi's Mansion.At this time, the big butler was walking to the pier against the cold wind and looking north.

About an hour later, a gigantic ship that the porters on both sides of the canal had never seen before slowly appeared between the water and the sky.

The speed of the boat was so fast that everyone felt that the boat was approaching within a short time.

"Hiss... what a fast ship!" A dock worker gasped.

"Brother hasn't been here for a while, but I didn't know that the skilled craftsmen of Yuanfeng Trading Co., Ltd. have made a mechanical boat that does not require people to shake the oars. The speed is very fast, at least ten times faster than manual labor!" for the public.

"Is this true?"

"It's absolutely true, but the boat mostly traveled by sea, but I have never seen it on the canal. I also saw it by chance when I went to Yue's house to pick up my wife a few days ago."

"No need to shake the oars? Don't be a liar? How can there be such a fetish?" The boat in the mouth, these dock workers who have dealt with boats all their lives, have never heard of it, let alone seen it. Many people have heard of it. Do not believe.

"Believe it or not, just wait a while and see for yourself. I'm sure this ship must be that kind of mechanical ship!" The speaker was convinced of his own judgment, and looked at other people with contempt.