Chapter 444: The man who opened up new territories
"Creating territory? Don't you want to send that old guy Jiao Da to fight in the war?"
Jia Zhen chuckled and thought:
This Lian Er, like his father, is really a virtuous person. Every time he comes up with something, he either does nothing or just makes bad ideas.
That old fellow Jiao Da, should he die, he really complied with the saying "good people don't live long, but misfortunes will last for thousands of years". He drank every day until he was drunk, but his body was very strong, his back was not hunched, his eyesight was not dazzled, and he could follow the car in one breath
You can still run two or three miles.
But no matter what, after all, he is already over 70 years old, and he is an old loser who only likes to drink, brag, curse and bully his superiors and subordinates. If you really send him to fight, it will be useless! Who wants such a useless person?
The old scourge is causing trouble?
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Jia Lian didn't bother to talk to Jia Zhen, he just looked at him and smiled at him:
"What? Brother Zhen can't bear to leave Lai Da?"
"Hey kid, are you doing this with your big brother? Are you joining my army?"
Jia Zhen held on to her dark mustache and smiled deliberately to make Jia Lian cough. The two brothers seemed particularly close.
Jia Lian also simply showed off his efforts:
"Just say something nice, give it or not! If you don't give it, our brothers will never have contact with each other in the future. Look at how stingy you are, and you still have the nerve to call me eldest brother." p>
Jia Zhen also likes Jia Lian. He is the only son of three generations in Ningguo Mansion. He has not had any brothers since he was a child, so he can only find some feeling with Jia Lian in Rong Mansion.
After being looked down upon by Jia Lian, Jia Zhen burst into laughter:
"Good brother, don't be angry. You and I have spoken to you, brother. How can I not give it to you? Jiao Da has given it to you!
How's it going? You're not angry this time, are you? Think about it, what kind of friendship do we have, right?"
Jia Lian also laughed:
"How can we call it friendship? We are half-brothers!"
"Ah? Half-brothers? Hahaha!"
Jia Zhen raised her head and laughed, and slapped the table while laughing.
"Lian Er! I'm really impressed by your mouth! You are truly your brother and my half-brother!"
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Jia Zhen ordered Jiao Da to be called. The boy went away for a while, and then came back alone. He said that Jiao Da didn't come because he was drunk and couldn't get up from the kang.
Jia Zhen was so angry that she slapped the table and cursed:
"Look at this bastard old guy. Apart from saving the grandfather's life, has he done anything else?
Is our family an unkind family? When our ancestors were around, we treated them differently. Now that our ancestors are gone, who can feel sorry for him?
His monthly salary is the same as Raiji's, but he is not allowed to work and no one cares about him, so what else can he do?
The result? He spent all the money he gave him to drink. After getting drunk outside, he lost his money so many times.
He himself had no regard for dignity, but the Jia family still wanted to be respectable, so they had no choice but to not let him go out to eat and drink, and he was allowed to eat as he pleased in the house.
Look, he is drunk and has nothing to do but curse people. Does he still have any semblance of a human being?"
Jia Lian advised:
"Brother Zhen, why bother with a drunkard? Let me take care of him. I'll find a job for him. Wouldn't it be better if everyone is happy without him being an eyesore here?
Since he's drunk, it's easier to just throw him into the car and I'll take him away."
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As a result, Jia Lian also underestimated Jiao Da.
As the saying goes: "One third of the time you are drunk, you are sober." Most drunk people are actually not so drunk that they are completely confused. They are just using alcohol to cover their faces.
"Lingshu·Lunyong" says: Wine is the essence of water and grains, the liquid of cooked grains, and its qi is strong. If it enters the stomach, the stomach will be bloated, the qi will go up and down, and it will be full in the chest, and the liver will be bloated and the gallbladder will be horizontal.
When this happens, you will be better than a warrior. If your energy is weak, you will regret it.
That is to say, alcohol-induced liver and gallbladder qi will be strong, making people courageous and fearless in words and actions.
In a nutshell: Drinking makes you brave.
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Jiao Da was originally a rough man from a farmer's background. Due to the disaster of the war, he sold himself to his parents and became a domestic slave of the Jia family.
He was foolish and straightforward, but also somewhat loyal. He worked as a stable boy for Jia Yan at a young age. He went to the battlefield and narrowly escaped death. He never thought of the word "fear". Later, he even risked his life to escape from the pile of dead people.
Carrying out the seriously injured Jia Yan.
Later, Jia Yan became Ning Guogong, and Jiao Da became the "meritorious slave" of Ning Guofu.
In fact, as long as he is willing, he can be freed by Ning Guogong and find a good future in the army. After that, with the support of the Jia family, it will be easy to rise to prominence.
No matter how bad it is, you can still be like the Taoist Zhang who served as a substitute for Duke Rong and become an "old god" in Qingxu Temple.
Taoist Zhang, who relied on the Jia family, first served as the main hall of "Dao Lu Si", and was personally called "Da Huan Immortal" by the late emperor. Now he holds the seal of "Dao Lu Si" and is the current emperor.
Even the princes and feudal lords did not dare to look down upon him even the slightest bit as he was proclaimed the "Final Master".
But Jiao Da was determined not to go anywhere, and he decided that he would always follow his master Ning Guogong.
He determined that the Jia family was Jiao Da's home. In the Ningguo Mansion, he was protected by the Duke of Guo. He ate well and drank spicy food every day. Where could it be better than here? Why go out and set up your own business by yourself?
So in his eyes, apart from Ning Guo Gong Jia Yan, "Who else did Mr. Jiao have in his eyes?"
After a few decades of such a happy and carefree life, just relying on drinking to get by all day long, the "gong slave" and the "loyal slave" Jiao Da, turned into "arrogant because of their merit and blindly trusting others"
Arrogant.
Such a "arrogant" grandfather is actually the same as Lai Da and Aunt Lai. They are both "slave ancestors" favored by the Jia family.
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At this time, Jiao Da, who was half drunk, saw that he was about to be taken away. He immediately became anxious, jumped to his feet and shouted:
"Which heartless little bastard dares to touch Mr. Jiao?
Your ancestors narrowly escaped death to earn this business, but now you don't repay my kindness, but you still dare to sit on the neck of your grandpa Jiao and shit? I will go to the ancestral hall to cry for grandpa now, and I will have a good talk with him! Humph! Let me tell you, you bunch of bastards, you are crawling through ashes and raising your brother-in-law, raising your brother-in-law, what don’t I know?"
Jia Zhen heard this in the room and was so angry that she didn't dare to come out. She pulled hard on the table and the dishes fell to pieces on the floor.
Peifeng was a little slow to dodge, and was splashed with vegetable soup, and screamed in fright. Jia Zhen heard the harsh sound, and slapped Peifeng in the face. Half of Peifeng's pink and peach-like face was instantly swollen. When Jia Lian saw how ridiculous it was, he sneered in his heart:
These messy things in the Jia family must be settled by oneself.
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So Jia Lian simply sat on the porch next to the flower pond and asked Jiao Da with a smile:
"Oh? What about the exciting things like climbing ashes and raising a brother-in-law? That's really interesting, I've never heard of it.
Come on, come on, come over and tell me carefully, and then we can go to the ancestral hall together and have a good talk with our ancestors."
All the boys who were about to pull Jiao Da were stunned.
Anyone who hears Jiao Da's shameless words about daring to talk to Qin while he is drunk will be scared to death.
Especially the masters of the Jia family, they do all shameless things behind their backs, but they are absolutely not allowed to listen to them in person. How often do they not hear or pretend not to hear?
But this Jia Lian is so careless that he wants to ask questions in broad daylight. Is this... is he going crazy?