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I Work as a Broker in Red Mansion
In the last years of Kangxi, how could a young man from Yaxing, who was not even considered a "low-class", move among imperial merchants, officials, and foreign merchants? Leng Zixing, a fringe figure in the Jia family, is the most secretive broker of the entire four major families - he is not named Jia, but he knows the treasury codes of the Rongning family better than Baoyu; he does not enter officialdom, but he arranges shady deals for high-ranking officials. From selling antiques to talking
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Under the Cliff: the Setting Sun at Yehuling
1211, Yehu Ridge. The empire slowly turned around in the northern wind and snow. Some people stayed on the cliff and some fell under the cliff. A guard on the side platform, a cracked bronze mirror, and a long period of time illuminated by the remaining warmth. When the setting sun passes over the forty-six beacons, what is seen is not the iron horse fighting, but how ordinary people bury their bones in the soil in the shadows and wait for millet to grow next year.
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