Chapter 188 Jia Lian: Someone Jia is not a scumbag!
Chapter 188 Jia Lian: Jia is not a scumbag!
The happy time is always short-lived. After a few sips of sweet wine and a few skewers of barbecue, the kids started to laugh and play together.
Several small ground dragons were wandering around everyone's feet, constantly begging for food. As for Jia Cuizhu and Ahu, there was an upper-level dragon in youth and a super-powerful terrifying dragon beast with an even more terrifying aura. They were alone.
You would never dare to rely on yourself when you are alone.
The maidservant behind Sanchun, Baoyu, Daiyu and others looked a little nervous and started to stop their fight. Children are often prone to minor accidents at this time.
And it doesn’t matter which of these little ancestors they are, if they scratch their skin, the old lady will definitely be dissatisfied!
By then, they weren't the only ones responsible for taking care of the situation. Fortunately, Yingchun Tanchun and others were getting older and became governors.
And with the eldest sister Yuanchun here, Baoyu, Lin Yong and other younger ones didn't make any fuss for too long. They were all persuaded and sat down together to talk and laugh.
Soon, the old lady of Rongqingtang sent someone over to urge them to rest, and the little ones dispersed with some reluctance.
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The next day, Jia Lian opened his eyes and stared blankly at Jin Ling'er's golden, soft, fluffy and tough hair that had crawled under his head at some point and was pillowed on his side under his left face.
"I'll go! I almost became a scumbag!"
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There have been so many things going on recently that Jia Lian almost forgot about Xie Yurong from Antai County. It seemed that the last day of the month-long appointment with Yurong was...yesterday?
Damn it!
Jia Lian suddenly sat up on the bed and looked outside. Well...it was already dawn, so let's have breakfast first.
Jia Lian rarely did any morning exercises or exercises today, and got up directly to ask someone to fetch water to wash up, which surprised Qin Keqing and the accompanying Zhiyu and Baozhu.
Women and women have been sleeping together for a long time, and their menstrual periods have started to synchronize with each other. Wang Xifeng and Heping'er have been visited by their aunt at the same time in the past few days.
Jia Lian has been resting at Qin Keqing's side these days, while Wang Xifeng and He'er have realized their righteousness and are often pulled by Jia Lian to do morning exercises. Now, even during special periods, they are no longer as weak as usual and stay in bed all day.
Already.
Wang Xifeng and Heping'er got up early as usual. Not long after, the two girls came to the courtyard together to enjoy breakfast with Jia Lian.
Jia Lian had something on his mind today. After breakfast, he did not get up and leave as usual. Instead, he extended his hand to signal Wang Xifeng, who was about to go to the old lady of Rongqing Hall after the meal, to stay temporarily.
"Cough...cough! Well, ladies, please sit down for now. My husband has something I want to discuss with you..."
"..."
Wang Xifeng and Qin Keqing on the second floor quietly focused their gazes on Jia Lian's face, looking forward to his next words, but Jia Lian got stuck at this moment.
After shuddering for a while, Jia Lian lamented in his heart that he still didn't have the talent to be a scumbag.
Qin Keqing looked at Jia Lian, who was rarely acting like this, his moving eyes slightly condensed, and he said with a slight smile:
"Will our omnipotent man also encounter difficulties?"
Wang Xifeng asked sarcastically: "Which young lady have you fallen in love with and want to take a concubine?"
Damn it! How did you know?
When the two girls saw Jia Lian looking like he had seen a ghost, they looked at each other, and the expressions between their eyebrows became solemn at the same time. It was really true!
"Uh... well, don't get me wrong, two good wives, this is what happened. It happened a month ago..."
"..."
"Oh? In other words, husband, you broke your promise to that sister Yurong?"
"I've been busy lately, haven't I? I have the Nanyang Fleet returning home, and the senior sisters and brothers from Zaoge Mountain have to make arrangements. This morning, I suddenly remembered that I had made an appointment with Ronger yesterday.
It’s the last day.”
Qin Keqing looked at Wang Xifeng again, and looked at Jia Lian in a funny way. Although she felt a little sour in her heart, she still said with a smile:
"Well, husband, why don't you go quickly? Antai County is nearly a thousand miles away from Shenjing City."
"Hehe~ As a husband, don't you have to report to the two good wives first, but please look at this..."
Qin Keqing looked at Jia Lian's pretended embarrassment and couldn't help but chuckle. He was about to say something, but Wang Xifeng beat him to it.
"Husband, if neither my sister nor I agree, what are you going to do?"
Qin Keqing suddenly said: "Yes, what are you going to do, husband?"
"Uh...well...then I won't go?"
Wang Xifeng looked at Jia Lianyan's insincere look and rolled her eyes cutely. In fact, she was originally more jealous than Qin Keqing, but now she is just an average wife after all. Besides...
"Actually, this sister Yu Rong came at the right time. It has been so long since I and sister Feng'er were married into the mansion, but there has been no movement in my stomach. Some gossips have gradually begun to spread inside and outside the mansion."
Jia Lian pondered for a while: "Let's live our own lives. Let the gossip outside go as far as it goes. However, in the palace, we will never allow servants who make irresponsible remarks about the master of the family to cause trouble. My dear, just deal with it severely."
"I understand. Husband, please go to Antai County to pick up Sister Yurong. Old lady, I will go talk to Sister Feng'er later."
When Jia Lian heard this, he didn't say much. He took a deep look at the two graceful beauties, stood up and walked out of the door. The two women also stood up and saw each other off at the same time.
Arriving in the courtyard, Jia Lian called out Ahu and told it to guard the mansion. He hugged Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng respectively, then turned around and climbed onto the back of Jin Ling'er, who had transformed into a tiger.
"You two ladies, please stay at home peacefully and come back as soon as you leave for your husband!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Ling'er's limbs glared and turned into a golden rainbow light, flying quickly in the sky in the direction of Antai County.
Qin Keqing, Wang Xifeng and Wang Xifeng on the ground looked at Jia Lian away with a somewhat complicated expression, and were speechless for a long time.
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Antai County, a county town that once had nearly 90% of its buildings destroyed, has cleared most of the ruins after a month of post-disaster reconstruction.
However, a month later, many people were still without a roof to cover their heads. The wealthier families or those with wider access barely built a shack on the site of their own house and made do for the time being.
Fortunately, although the relief money from the imperial court has been delayed, it has finally arrived. In addition, the Imperial City Department has been paying close attention to the affairs of Antai County recently. Officials at all levels did not take this relief money too hard, but just withheld it as usual.
Their own "fire consumption".
Even so, when the 200,000 taels of silver used for disaster relief arrived at the Yamen of Antai County, there were only a little over 130,000 taels left!
At this time, Magistrate Lu had just escaped a disaster with the help of Jia Lian's tiger skin. He did not dare to reach out as usual. Not only that, he also took out...
One thousand taels of silver were added to the earthquake disaster silver.
As the boss, the county magistrate didn't take advantage of it. Instead, he hired a lot of people to get in. Other officials such as masters, arresters, etc. dared to reach out.
Not only did he not dare to reach out, but he also had to look up to the county magistrate. Since Lord Lu had donated a thousand taels of silver for disaster relief, how could the people below follow his example?
So they had to smash their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs. Each of them took out one, two hundred to two and fifty taels. Suddenly, the officials and government officials who had also suffered the same disaster could not help but secretly complain.
But this is undoubtedly a good thing for the ordinary people in Antai County. Although the people who can live in the county are only a few who are really at the bottom of the Daqing Dynasty.
But to put it another way, they are the ones that the senior officials of the Daqing Dynasty can reach. Besides, these people have indeed suffered an unreasonable disaster this time, and relief is a matter of course.
However, except for the few big households in the city, the county magistrate has already paid for it. Do you guys want to be an exception if you are just sitting there?
So when Jia Lian arrived, almost the entire Antai County turned into a huge construction site. Although the county government office did not collapse this time, it had to be repaired.
The roads in the city, the city walls outside, and the collapsed houses of various wealthy families also need to be rebuilt. However, the surrounding civilians also suffered disasters. Antai County is in the spotlight again, so it is hard to collect corvees anymore.
What should I do? Just pay me!
It just so happened that the 130,000 taels of silver had a place to go. As Mr. Lu County, who directs the reconstruction work of such a large Antai County, the salary of a general supervisor is not excessive!
It is natural for the other officials and servants of the yamen to receive a share of the wages of the foreman and the foreman according to their rank. The remaining approximately 80,000 taels of silver are the wages of the 100,000 migrant workers who plan to complete the reconstruction of Antai County within three months.
That's it, it's really a practical thing done!
If you don't believe it, look at the evaluation officials sent by the prefect's yamen and the governor's yamen. They all changed Magistrate Lu's performance evaluation this year from a middle-to-lower grade to an upper-middle grade one.
Of course, these officials also received a salary as supervisors, totaling ten thousand taels of silver, which is not enough for outsiders.
Jia Lian sat astride Jin Ling'er, turned into a rainbow and landed in the small courtyard where he stayed in Antai County last time. Xie Yurong welcomed him into the house with a face full of surprise.
When Yu Rong saw Jia Lian, her originally somewhat melancholy expression instantly became radiant and charming. Today she was wearing a long dress with long sleeves, a cloud shoulder, a shawl, a belt, and knee-covering accessories.
Everything.
Her thick black hair was combed into a high bun with fringes, which was high and slightly tilted back, with gold ornaments in the shape of a flying luan and a phoenix;
The bun was covered with purple gauze, and the gauze was long and trailing to the floor, which made her skin as radiant as snow and her brows as picturesque, adding a mysterious and quiet temperament to her.
Since she was not planning to go out, she was just waiting at home dressed up with a rough attitude. The long skirt on Yu Rong fit perfectly, making her curvaceous figure even more feminine, with a round waist and round buttocks, making her extremely attractive.
Jia Lian felt a little guilty in his heart, but Yu Rong was overjoyed. After asking Jia Lian to sit on the main seat, she started busy with the two newly added maids with average appearance.
When he poured a cup of tea for Jia Lian with his own hands, and kept bringing all kinds of refreshments, and when he wanted to get up to get something, he was unexpectedly pulled into his arms by Jia Lian's arms.
"Oh~ Master, you...um..."
The two little maids, who had only been with Yu Rong for less than a month, were originally busy nervously following their young lady, but were suddenly shocked by the scene that happened in front of them. They both blushed and looked at each other.
He quickly turned his back and didn't dare to look again.
Yurong's soft body was pulled into Jia Lian's arms domineeringly. First, her red lips were blocked by the other party, and then the cloves were savored. At this moment, Xie Yurong's heart was filled with all kinds of sweetness and happiness. Those experiences in the previous two days
The anxious and resentful mood was instantly thrown out of the sky.
After a long time, until her whole body began to weaken, Yu Rong was let go by Jia Lian. Yu Rong, who was a little stunned at first, completely broke her guard and buried her head firmly in Jia Lian's arms, refusing to come out again.
After lingering for a while, until Jia Lian's spiritual sense sensed the appearance of some familiar martial arts will outside the courtyard gate, Jia Lian took his hand away from Yu Rong's collar and coughed lightly in her somewhat confused eyes.
"Ahem! Rong'er, a guest is here, and your 'brother-in-law' will probably be here soon. You go down first and let someone prepare a table of food and wine. I'll have a chat with him then."
Only then did Yu Rong come to her senses, quickly got up from Jia Lian's arms and tidied her clothes, and then asked the servant girl in the courtyard outside to go to the gate to greet the guest Jia Lian had mentioned.
Not long after, Jia Zhong, one of the two innate masters stationed here by the [Jia Lian Legion], was invited in.
"Greetings to the general!"
"Don't come here, no need!"
"Hey, thank you, General."
"What's going on here at Antai lately?"
"General, this Antai County...and the Lu County Magistrate..."
After Jia Lian listened to Jia Zhong's report with a calm expression, he didn't have much ill feelings toward the magistrate Lu who had an affair.
After all, even though this person collects money, it's not too much, and he can do things anyway, which is better than those officials who only collect money and don't do anything.
Furthermore, although Jia Quan was in passive defense, since he was in Antai, the disaster in Antai County was more or less Jia Quan's responsibility.
Otherwise, why would they attack Antai instead of Jiexiu and Qufu?
"Forget it, just build a textile factory in Antai and Yongji respectively. Then the Yongji Textile Machine (Jenny Textile Machine) has already been made. Let the people from the Donghai Chamber of Commerce handle this matter.
Give priority to recruiting people affected by this disaster as workers and give them some preferential treatment!"
Although he was clearly copying Western textile looms, it did not prevent Jia Lian from making his own princess wife famous. After all, Jia Lian felt that he was in the wrong regarding Yu Rong.
Sure enough, not long after Jia Zhong finished his report, Magistrate Lu of Antai County got the news and came to visit him in person.
Jia Lian didn't miss him on purpose. After all, Yu Rong had some respect for him, so he asked someone to invite him in, while also leaving Jia Zhong to stay and have dinner with him.
Jia Zhong is incompetent. As an innate master, if Jia Lian had not spoken, the county magistrate would not be able to invite him, so he would naturally not have stage fright at this time.
