In his last moments, Gongsun Zan treated others poorly. If Guan Jing hadn't kept dealing with him, the city might have fallen long ago. Guan Jing thought he had done enough to Gongsun Zan. People living in the world are nothing more than chasing fame and fortune. Guan Jing
I originally thought that under Gongsun Zan, I would be able to display my talents that I had learned all my life, gain fame and glory, but I didn't expect that Gongsun Zan would end up dead, and his family would also be trapped in Youzhou, and I still don't know what happened to him.
"Send someone to check Guan Jing!" Jia Rong looked at Zhang Xiu aside. Jia Rong would not begrudge the official position for the counselors who came to seek refuge, especially for counselors like Guan Jing who had been highly used by Gongsun Zan before.
It must be powerful.
"No!" Zhang Xiu clasped his fists and left.
After the rebellion in Bingzhou and the attacks by the princes, the Xiliang Army lost a total of 60,000 soldiers. These soldiers were the backbone of the army. It can be said that they suffered heavy losses. More than 10,000 people were injured and disabled. The strength of the army dropped after many years of formation.
The navy was also disintegrated by Liu Biao and Sun Ce, and the losses were unprecedentedly heavy.
All soldiers who have been tested by war are elite soldiers. With these backgrounds, Jia Rong has no worries about the military strength of the Xiliang Army. With a recruitment order, Jia Rong can easily pull out a cavalry from the Qiang, Huns, and Xianbei people. The key is
Without strong financial support, no matter how many troops there are, it will be in vain. However, fortunately, the merchants of Chang'an have driven the development of the economy. Even if they just collect taxes, they cannot be matched by the princes of the Central Plains.
Seeing the two children running around all over the floor, Jia Rong felt full of apologies. He was so busy working one after another that he neglected his love for his children. After all, he was not a qualified father and had not paid attention to their education.
etc. Fortunately, Cai Yong was a good grandfather. Although he did not force the children to learn any Confucian classics, he taught the two children to be polite.
Although he is the son of a general, Jia Rong does not want them to receive any special treatment. The place where they attend classes is also a school in Chang'an City. Like many children of generals' families, they are not special and will naturally be protected secretly when they come in and out.
"Ren'er regrets, come here!" Jia Rong lowered his body and called.
"Father!" The two children heard Jia Rong's call and came to Jia Rong respectfully, shouting in childish tones.
Jia Rong felt emotional. In the future world, when he was his age, he would still cry to his parents. He didn't expect the two children to be so well-behaved.
"Ren'er, you are my brother's, and you have to give him everything, you know?" Jia Rong said in a low voice.
Jia Ren glanced at Jia Rong in fear and shook his head repeatedly. He dared to be arrogant in his mother's arms, but he would not be arrogant in front of Jia Rong. Moreover, Jia Rong had an aura that made people feel fearful.
"What's wrong? Ren'er?" Jia Rong asked.
Jia Ren said: "My younger brother bullies me every time. I am weak and can't beat him." As he spoke, Jia Ren seemed to feel extremely wronged. The corners of his mouth kept twitching, as if he wanted to cry.
Jia Rong gently stroked the heads of the two children and said with a smile: "Didn't your teacher teach you that the courage of an ordinary man will not work when you were in school?"
"Father, what is the courage of an ordinary man?" Jia Ren raised his head and asked.
Only then did Jia Rong remember that the two children were only three years old. They were lucky not to cry or make trouble. Who could expect them to learn anything in school? Soldiers are very fierce. It is estimated that the two of them just carry schoolbags every day.
The two of them would go to the school to bully the kids who didn't like them. Anyway, these kids wouldn't dare to say anything after they went back.
"What is the bravery of an ordinary man? It means that when fighting, a person who doesn't use his brain will always rush to the front, making people feel that he is very majestic." Jia Rong pointed to Jia Ren's little head and tried his best to use both hands.
Explain in words that a child can understand.
"Smart people, on the other hand, don't show up and command from behind."
Jia Ren nodded as if he had some understanding, pointed at Jia Xuan and said, "Did father mean that my younger brother is as brave as a man?"
Jia Rong nodded funnyly.
"Ren'er, can you understand me in school?"
When Jia Ren saw that his father was rarely kind, he complained: "Father, my brother and I are the youngest in the school. There are many things taught by the teacher that we don't understand."
Jia Xuan was also staring at Jia Rong with flashing eyes. Going to school seemed to Jia Xuan to be an extremely boring thing.
Jia Rong looked at the two children and wondered what was going on in their heads.
"Yeah, that's right. It was my father's mistake. From now on, every time I go to school for five days, I can have two days off. How about that?"
"Father is the best, father is the best!" the two children clapped their hands and praised. They have rarely had contact with Jia Rong. The two children have a sense of strangeness towards Jia Rong, and their impression of their father is also from the older ones in school.
The children learned from their mouths that whenever others mentioned their father, they looked very proud.
The child was still very young. To be honest, Jia Rong didn't want him to go to school to study at Lao Shizi. But Cai Yong was the head of the school, so he naturally didn't want his grandson to be illiterate in the future, so he was so anxious that he had to get Jia Ren into the school.
, and the Wei family was not to be outdone, and sent Jia Han to school. This seemingly simple move actually represented the beginning of a contest between the two forces of the Xiliang Army. Of course, this cannot be called a contest of forces.
The child is still very innocent.
In the opinion of the courtiers below, there will only be one heir to the Xiliang Army, Jia Ren or Jia Xuan, or some of his subsequent children.
Jia Ren is the eldest son of a concubine and Jia Xuan is the legitimate son. This situation is very troublesome in the eyes of the ruler. Jia Rong does not think so much. The boat will naturally go straight to the bridge. Whichever child shows enough ability will be the winner.
Inherit your position.
It is not enough for children to just study in school. When they get older, they will definitely have to go to the military for some experience. They will not understand something without real experience.
It was rare for Jia Rong to show his fatherly love. The two children followed closely behind their father. Their clothes were also changed into coarse cloth clothes by Jia Rong. They wandered on the street. Dressing low-key can reduce a lot of trouble.
"Father, why didn't we take a carriage when we came out?" Jia Xuan asked nervously.
Jia Rong's face suddenly became serious, "Xian'er, for the sake of superiority, we should be diligent and frugal and not extravagant and wasteful, just like the three of us, father and son, walked out of the general's mansion in simple clothes."
Seeing Jia Xuan's crying face, Jia Rong quickly said a few words of comfort.
Zhang Xiu, who was following not far away, couldn't help but feel a little funny when he saw the father and son taking to the street. "Pay close attention to the surroundings to protect the safety of the lord and the young master."
In Chang'an, the Xiliang Army is the well-deserved overlord. If something goes wrong here, Zhang Xiu will probably be forced to commit suicide by Jia Xu to apologize.
Along the way, Jia Ren and Jia Xuan looked around and asked Jia Rong what he meant when they encountered something they liked.
Three times in a row, Jia Rong bought it without hesitation, which made the two children very excited. In front of Jia Rong, they were no longer restrained and played freely. The two children talked to Jia Rong from time to time.
Opportunities like this rarely come around.
Seeing the two children who were as happy as little birds, Jia Rong also temporarily put aside his military and political worries and devoted himself to playing with the two children.
However, the two children did not return home, which made Cai Yan and Wei Fu very anxious. In the past two years, Jia Rong rarely stayed in Chang'an, and the two women put all their efforts into the children.
"Madam, the two young masters went to the market with the general. It will probably take some time to come back." A maid came forward and said softly.
Cai Yan breathed a long sigh of relief, patted his chest, and said, "Tell the servants to prepare some food."
Suddenly, Jia Rong was attracted by a stall next to the market, an emerald green hairpin.
The merchant who was selling things had already developed a good eye and introduced him, "This gentleman has really good eyesight. This hairpin is made of the finest jade, which is hard to find."
Jia Rong nodded slightly, holding the hairpin in his hand without comment.
After a while, seeing that Jia Rong still didn't say a word, the merchant became a little anxious. The most precious of these commodities was this hairpin, which the merchant got by chance. Seeing that it was extraordinary, he took it to Chang'an to sell it, hoping to sell it.
It was a good price, but he actually didn’t know what material the hairpin was made of.
"Sir, do you want to buy it?" The businessman's tone was slightly anxious.
"Which family's children are running around in the street? I spent a lot of money to buy this dress. Take these two children to the government office."
The spy's voice woke up Jia Rong. He looked at the businessman apologetically and put down the hairpin, "I will be back later. Please do not sell this hairpin to others."
The merchant nodded repeatedly and said that Jia Rong didn't bring enough money. He had seen too many forced purchases and sales in other places. When he saw Jia Rong's look just now, he thought he wanted to take it away without paying the bill, so he immediately thought of this.
It's Chang'an, and my heart is completely relieved.
Pushing aside the crowd, Jia Rong saw Jia Xuan and Jia Ren surrounded in the middle. A woman with heavy makeup pointed at the two children and kept shouting.
Seeing this, Jia Rong suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"
"Father!" Jia Ren lowered his head with a red face, tears welling up in his eyes. As a child of a general, he had never been so wronged, but the dignity in his heart told him not to cry.
Jia Xuan looked at the woman with a dissatisfied look, quite manly, but his young age had already caused the onlookers to ignore the anger in this child's heart.
"Are you the family member of these two children?" The woman pointed at Jia Rong and shouted sharply, her spying voice making Jia Rong frown slightly.
Zhang Xiu and others had already hurried over with the Lone Wolf soldiers, but the sudden incident caught the Lone Wolf by surprise.
Jia Rong raised his hand and said in a cold voice: "I just don't know what advice you can give me. If I can't give you a suitable explanation for what happened today, huh."
"These two idiots soiled my clothes. I don't know how to discipline them at home." The woman muttered, seeming to be shocked by Jia Rong's sudden burst of momentum.
