Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 44: Talking about the Four Kings and Eight Dukes of the Xia Dynasty who went to Liaodong to serve as Jia Qiang’s errands
Chapter 44: Talking about the Four Kings and Eight Dukes of the Xia Dynasty who went to Liaodong to serve as Jia Qiang’s errands
Jia Lan was quite satisfied with Jia Qiang’s performance, and even said that the news the latter found out gave Jia Lan some unexpected joy.
"Brother Qiang, I have something to do here. The distance is not close and it may take a long time, but the benefits are naturally quite great. I wonder if you are interested?"
How could Jia Qiang be unwilling to do so? She nodded immediately.
So Jia Lan wrote a letter and gave it to Jia Qiang: "Brother Qiang, please give this letter to Aunt Feng. After she reads it, she will send you a follower and the accountant. If you can help me, please go to Liaodong." "Liaodong?" Jia Qiang was stunned after hearing this. It turned out to be that bitter cold place, and she felt a little reluctant in her heart. But she just nodded in agreement, and now he didn't dare to say it back.
"Yes, it's Liaodong." Jia Lan asked: "Brother Qiang, do you know where our Ningrong real estate is located?"
Jia Qiang laughed at herself: "I'm not the boss, how could I know."
"Brother Qiang, let me tell you..."
Sister Feng had discussed with Jia Lan before, and Jia Lan gave her a suggestion to check the background of the Lai family in the mansion. However, the Lai family is the head of the housekeepers in both Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion and cannot be easily disturbed.
After much thought, Jia Lan wanted to start from the outside first, and the first one to bear the brunt was Jia's family business in Liaodong.
As mentioned above, when Taizu founded the country, he was afraid that nobles would gather together and become local bullies like the Huaixi heroes in the early Ming Dynasty. Basically, there was no land reward, but all rewards were given in one place, Liaodong.
Although there is a snowy area outside the pass, it is rich in materials. Moreover, due to successive wars, the population has dropped sharply. Even Beidi had to reform internally, and the captured Han children were reorganized into households for the common people to engage in production, and the nobles were strictly ordered not to abuse them wantonly.<
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Granting Zhuangzi to the nobles not only mobilizes part of the resources to rebuild the economy of Liaodong, but also connects the various Zhuangzi to each other with the help of the nobles' soldiers, which serves as a military buffer. It is precisely because there are a large number of industries in Liaodong that Xunjun
You are also more concerned about the defense of Liaodong. You did not think like Qian Ming, who always wanted to abandon this place. The troops who were rotated over were all good troops.
Among the four princes and eight princes, Duke Rongning is considered the leader, and the following four princes are also talented, so they can be crowned kings because they have shouldered greater responsibilities.
The prince of Nan'an County followed the example of Mu Ying, Duke of Guizhou Province in the previous Ming Dynasty, and established a mansion in the land of Bagui to guard the southwest gateway.
The prince of Dongping County opened his mansion and established the Dengzhou Guard, responsible for chasing down the Japanese pirates in the East China Sea.
The king of Xining County guarded Xining, Taizu named his second son King Su, and King Liang became King of Sai. The three kings guarded the Western Regions together.
The King of Beijing who appeared in the original work of Red Mansions guarded Liaodong and resisted Beidi.
Among the four kings, except for the Dongping Prince who voluntarily handed over military power because the Japanese pirates were basically eliminated and only enjoyed the food, the other three kings are all in charge of the army and the people, and they still have a military horse in their hands.
The Rongning Second Mansion has a lot of industries in Liaodong, but due to the bitter cold in the place, no one named Jia has set foot there since the death of the ancestor Rong Guogong. Every year, only the local village head transports supplies to Shenjing. p>
"According to Aunt Feng, the output of Zhuangzi in Liaodong is getting worse year by year. But as far as I know, there has been no war in Liaodong in the past ten years, and the drought and poor harvest in the pass have not had much impact there. But the annual output of Zhuangzi in Liaodong is
Only two-thirds of the previous generations of Rongguo Gongshi were left.
The prices of ginseng pelts in Shenjing City are all rising. Brother Qiang, I think you should understand, right? No matter how much you recover, one-tenth of it will be yours!"
"One-tenth?!" Jia Qiang's eyes sparkled, but Jia Lan guessed Jia Qiang's three inches perfectly, "Thank you Lan Ge'er for your appreciation, I will definitely do it!"
Jia Lan patted Jia Qiang on the shoulder, "Brother Qiang, our surname is Jia. The original meaning of the word Jia is to cultivate goods and make profits. But a gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way. No matter how big the things he accomplishes, he can't do anything with it."
The benefits.
Brother Qiang, I hope you can do something great, and don’t spend all your energy on those tricks."
Jia Qiang had never had this feeling since he was a child. He was moved and said loudly: "Lang Geer, don't worry, I will definitely do this well!"
After that, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Jia Lan, who told Ling Guan that he had been feeling unwell the past few days and asked Jia Qiang to go and have a look.
Ling Guan was bored when he saw Jia Qiang coming to see him and was very happy. However, Jia Qiang got the job and was thinking about other things. She was not as enthusiastic about Ling Guan as before, so Ling Guan immediately put a cold face on his hot face.
Buttocks, my heart felt cold.
Fortunately, Jia Qiang noticed that Ling Guan's face had reacted, and found out from Zhao Di that Ling Guan had fainted a few days ago. She asked a few questions with concern, and said that she would come back to bring some fun things to relieve Ling Guan's boredom, and then left.
Go.
Seeing the happy ending, the young official suddenly let out a long sigh and became a little unhappy.
Zhao Di saw him at the side and asked Ling Guan if he wanted to go for a walk in the yard. She also said that Jia Lan had told Ling Guan not to lie down all the time because of his illness. If he could move, he should go out and bask in the sun to feel better.<
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The young official listened to Zhaodi's long-winded instructions, but he didn't feel bored at all, as if it was the most beautiful song that he could never tire of listening to.
When serving Jia Lan to study in the evening, Ling Guan took the initiative to show Jia Lan a smile for the first time. This made Jia Lan confused and couldn't figure it out for a while. He only said that he would leave the city and return to Jia's house early tomorrow morning, so that Ling Guan also
No need to serve anymore, go down and rest early.
Alone, Jia Lan silently meditated on the "Beidou Sutra" again.
Although this visualization method can be done in any posture, Jia Lan still preconceivedly believed that sitting cross-legged and meditating is most conducive to relaxing the body and closing the eyes to concentrate.
Soon, Jia Lan restrained his mind and entered an ethereal and calm state. He has become more and more skilled in these days.
The so-called visualization is to suppress the various thoughts that go back and forth in the mind by silently reciting the "Beidou Sutra" in the ups and downs of the spiritual world.
The so-called suppression is not control. There are thousands of human thoughts, and in Jia Lan's current state, it is impossible to control them. However, suppression is not elimination. What Jia Lan pursues is not the purity of the six roots. There is no need to kill thoughts to prove anything.<
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This is more of a restraint, gently calming all kinds of turbulent thoughts in an ethereal state.
Why are children always able to fall asleep easily? Straight men will say that children's brains are underdeveloped, but adults are fully developed and should have better control, but why do they always suffer from insomnia? That's why I say, "Specialize Qi to bring softness.
Can it be like a baby?"
This visualization is like this, focusing on guarding the essence so that it is not chaotic, and the body responds to it and becomes supple.
People have distracting thoughts, which include anxiety, restlessness, greed, anger and other emotions. Using the method of visualization, the power of the Big Dipper Sutra can be used to brush away these distracting thoughts and remove their impurities. Repeating this process will make the spirit more condensed. Tonight's visualization was as smooth as usual. After Jia Lan silently recited the "Beidou Sutra" for the last time and was about to gather his mind to finish, he suddenly felt an unexpected shock between his eyebrows!