Lin Qingwen first went to take a look at Lin Jiang and Lin Yuhong. Lin Yuhong had already recovered in the past few days and was no longer as frightened and heartbroken as when she had just received the news. At this time, she was leaning against her fathers bed, waiting for him to guide her on her essay.

  Lin Qingwan quietly watched for a while, and in the end did not go in to disturb the father-daughter pair. Forget it, anyway Lin Jiang had already told her about the situation at the Shangs house in detail, why bother him again, she could handle it herself.

  Lin Qingwan went to the Flower Hall with a heavy heart, and as soon as she turned the corner, she heard a faint cry of pain coming from inside.

  Lin Qingwans footsteps paused, and she turned her head to ask Bai Mei, "Whats going on?"

  A little servant girl standing beside him replied in a low voice: "The young master fell off his horse and is now inside crying out in pain."

  "I remember hes already twenty, right?"

  Bai Mei smiled slightly and said, "The young lady is right, Eldest Young Master has already come of age."

  Lin Qingwan stepped into the flower hall, where Shang Mingyuan was lying on the table letting a young servant massage his waist. He felt like his body was going to fall apart and couldnt help but complain, "Its not like its urgent, why did Old Lady insist I rush? If she had let me set off two days earlier, that would have been better! Instead, she delayed for two days, and now I havent even made up my mind... Ow! Are you trying to kill me? Your hands are so heavy!"

  "Hey, young master," the servant couldnt help but poke him and whispered: "Miss Lin has arrived!"

  Shang Mingyu immediately jumped up, turned around and saw Lin Qingyan, then smiled and bowed his hands together, "How did the young lady come in person, it should be the junior who goes to pay respects to Uncle..."

  "Lin Auntie," Lin Qingyan received his courtesy with a neutral expression, looking at him and saying: "Or maybe its Lin Auntie Grandma, you can choose one of the two titles."

  Shang Mingyu twitched the corner of his mouth. This little girl was still so annoying, but there was no way around it - after all, who made her a higher generation?

  Mingyuan bowed again and said, "Mingyuan has seen Aunt Lin."

  Lin Qingwan nodded and sat down on the main seat, asking: "Are you here alone?"

  "Theres also Zhao the manager," Shang Mingyuan stole a glance at Lin Qingyu and couldnt help but say: "Aunt Lin, I heard that the Lin family is selling their business, isnt it just a rumor?"

  "Its not a rumor, our Lin family is indeed selling some properties. If your Shang family is interested, you can go to the Shengji Wine House tomorrow to take a look."

  "Tomorrow?"

  "Yes, tomorrow," Lin Qingyan nodded and said: "Tomorrow I will tell everyone about the industries to be sold and the bottom price. Alright, youre also tired today, go wash up and rest first."

  Shang Mingyu was still in a daze when he saw Lin Qingyuan get up, and hurriedly said: "Aunt Lin, I dont know how Uncles body is doing, let me go pay my respects."

  "Its late today, big brother is seriously ill, he should be asleep by now, lets go see him again tomorrow."

  Shang Mingyuan turned his head to look outside at the setting sun that seemed reluctant to fall, silently watching Lin Qingyan walk away.

  Is it too late now?

  The nightlife hasnt started yet!

  Shang Mingyuan looked outside and seemed a bit moved, "I heard that Yangzhou has many beauties, but they are not as good as ours..."

  The young servant was startled and immediately said, "Young Master, the old madam had instructed before that you are not allowed to go to those places. Moreover, your uncle is still seriously ill. Youve been here for just one day and youre already out all night, its not good if word gets out."

  Shang Ming was disappointed, "Forget it then, lets talk about it after seeing Aunt. Ah, hurry up and help me, my waist..."

  The young servant hastily supported Shang Mingyuan and slowly led him to the guest room.

  The Lin familys servants had already cleaned the guest room, brought hot water and prepared hot soup and rice. Their eldest sister had lived in the Shang family for several years, so even if it was just a gesture of goodwill, they still wanted to show some enthusiasm towards Shang Mingyuan.

  So Shang Mingyuan felt like he was treated with great hospitality, very comfortable. "Actually, its not bad at my uncles place, but its much more comfortable than at home. If there were one or two beauties to accompany him, it would be even better."

  The people from the Shang family have also arrived, Lin Qingwan no longer delayed and directly had someone spread the word that tomorrow at Si time she would go to Shengji Wine Tower to announce the auction of the Lin familys assets.

  "Send out all the posts I wrote earlier," said Lin Qingyan: "They must be delivered before nightfall."

  Whenever someone delivered a notice to their house, Lin Qingyan would have someone write a response immediately. The content was the same: tomorrow at Shengji Wine Tower, there will be an announcement about the handling of the Lin familys property matters; those interested can go and take a look.

  Just wait until the time is right and the post will be sent out. Now that Zhao Zhous three family members have all arrived, the timing has naturally come.

  The Lin family now has a lot of money and people, and to manage these industries, she has brought in many capable assistants from all over the world, so one person can handle more than one task with ease.

  In less than an hour, all the people who had wanted to visit Lin Jiang received a reply, and through them, every household that hadnt received a letter also found out as soon as night fell.

  Regardless of whether they had the ability to intervene, they decided to go to Shengji Wine House the next day, because they were really curious why Lin Jiang wanted to deal with the Lin familys industry.

  Those industries cant be bought even with money.

  For example, those thousands of hectares of good fields, now landlords want to buy land, unless you force farmers to sell their land in large tracts with a guilty conscience, otherwise it is difficult to buy such a large area of connected land, which is still fertile and good fields.

  For farmers, land is their lifeblood, and no one will sell it unless necessary. If this family sells, the other family wont sell.

  But farmers can only buy and sell permanent fields, while mouth-divided fields are to be returned to the state after death. Of course, there are also operable methods, but unless you can guarantee that the strong buyer will not report it, the local government will not investigate, and future successors will not settle accounts.

  Otherwise, if any link in the middle goes wrong, the land will be confiscated and it will still be light, and Im afraid Ill have to go to prison.

  The Daliang had just been established for three generations, and the first two emperors were in power for too short a time. This emperor was not foolish, but he was very strict on this aspect, however, the operability was too weak.

  So Lins continuous good fields and farms are very rare.

  Lins industries had been accumulated by his ancestors for four or five hundred years, and more were bestowed upon him by the previous emperor as compensation for Lin Ping.

  At that time, the Liao people had just withdrawn from Jiangnan, and this vast area of Jiangnan could not be said to have been reduced to a state of utter desolation, but it was absolutely devastated. Apart from the dead, there were also large numbers of people who fled to other places, leaving behind a vast expanse of deserted land stretching as far as the eye could see.

  So the emperor rewarded him without hesitation, but the wasteland of that year is now managed to be fertile and vast, just looking at the grain produced every year makes people jealous.

  These industries are the achievements of Lin Yeping and can be passed on to future generations. Therefore, unless the Lin family actively sells them, they will not have the opportunity to obtain them.

  But Lin Jiang is not short of money and is not a prodigal son, so why would they sell their assets? So everyone can only watch with envy.

  Not to mention the four families of Shang, Zhao, Zhou and Xie who are also in Jiangnan, even the influential families of Cui and Lu cant help but feel envious when they see these properties.

  Jiangnan is indeed a land of fish and rice. In these more than 40 years, although the war has been continuous in Daliang, there have been no more disasters in Jiangnan.

  Although the military tax is collected irregularly, it is still much better than becoming a war-torn area. So after more than 40 years of development, Jiangnan has slowly recovered its vitality, people have gradually increased, and the economy has also developed gradually.

  The Lin family has so many industries in Jiangnan, and naturally became the number one family in Jiangnan. Moreover, Linjiangs father, Lin Wei, was quite capable economically, and within thirty years, he had multiplied the Lin familys industry several times. Therefore, even though the Lin familys direct line only had Linjiang, who didnt have a son of his own, the Lin family still firmly held the position of Jiangnans number one family.

  If they could get Lins industries, in the case of more people in their family, they would definitely develop better than Lin.

  No wonder everyone is burning with anxiety.

  The wealthy landlords mostly came for the fields and tea gardens, while the merchants were eyeing Lins silver buildings, silk shops, and teahouses.

  They are businessmen and the land they can buy is limited, but these shops are unlimited, even if they cant eat them all, buying one or two sets, its also good to take care of those craftsmen.

  Under such a driving force, the second day early in the morning, Shengji Wine House was crowded with people, not only were the compartments on the upper and lower floors full of people, but also the hall was packed with people.

  Shengji wine house still uses Kang, the main hall only has seven or eight, some people quickly took off their shoes and sat down, seeing familiar ones calling out to them, a kang was instantly filled with people.

  Those who couldnt find seats could only stand with their hands clasped together, and the Shengji Wine House wouldnt drive people away. Knowing they werent there to eat today, they simply had someone bring out a dozen or so mats, found an empty spot, and spread them out.

  Its all about summer days, take off your shoes and sit down.

  Everyone is generous and doesnt mind simplicity. Although they all come from good families, who among those sitting here discussing business hasnt suffered hardship?

  When they encountered riotous soldiers or bandits on the road, they even rolled through the muddy pits, so soon they sat down in twos and threes, whispering to each other, exchanging the information they had obtained.

  "The people from the Shang family arrived yesterday, but they havent left Lins mansion yet." Someone sighed: "The Lin family is really quick to act. They invited us to Shengji Wine Tower before even the people from Suzhou Lins side have arrived."

  Someone sneered: "Its precisely because the people on that side havent arrived yet, so theyre in a hurry to invite us. You guys dont know, do you? Lin Jiang seems to have fallen out with them."

  "Whats going on? Cant we discuss things properly?"

  "You can afford to talk big because youre standing upright, but if your own people laid hands on your only daughter, could you bear it?"

  Everyone was shocked, "Where did you get this news from? Is it true?"

  "Although the specifics are unknown, its true that this came from Lins family manager," the person said in a low voice. "Others may not say it, but Lin Jiang and the Suzhou Lin family are separated by several generations. I calculated it carefully last night, and now the branch closest to Lin Jiang is only at the fifth degree of kinship. Their ancestor was just a concubine-born illegitimate child. Its said that theyve been wanting Lin Jiang to adopt an heir for some time, but Lin Jiang has refused, fearing it would be unfair to his sister and daughter."

  Everyone suddenly understood why Lin Jiang had to make such a big show of disposing of his assets.

  "But isnt that also wrong? Wont this stir up trouble and completely tear apart the relationship?" Someone whispered, "Lord Lin is seriously ill, leaving behind two weak and delicate women, in the end wont they have to rely on the family for protection?"

  "He is the number one talented young man in Jiangnan, whatever you can think of, he wont think of? Since he dares to do so, naturally there must be a follow-up move."

  As everyone was discussing, Lin Jiang had just finished dressing and walked out with Gu Yus hand.

  Lin Yuhbin leaned against the door, anxiously looking at his father and younger sister.

  Lin Qingwan occasionally turned her head and saw that her gaze was involuntary. She took a step back, "Yubin, are you going?"

  "Can...can I go?"

  "Go wear a veil."

  Lin Yuhbin happily agreed and turned around to pull Yingyans hand to go find the canopy.

  Lin Jiang slightly frowned, "The wine house is in a mess, how can I take her there?"

  "Let her go out and see the world, and also let her take a look at how many people are flocking to Lins family business."

  Lin Jiang no longer showed his opposition, he was treating his daughter as a delicate flower, but apparently Lin Qingyan had other plans, she wanted to move this delicate flower out of the greenhouse, let her enjoy the sunshine, but also make her endure wind, rain and frost.

  Lin Jiang wouldnt speak out in opposition no matter how heart-wrenching it was, because he knew that Lin Qingyus actions were right.