Let’s say that Jia Cong and the granddaughter of Prince Yi Zhong spent half a day playing cards at a street tea stall to put an end to the marriage. Now they have begun to get down to business, and they can’t hold it back. Ling Dian read the book and raised his head with a smile and said: “That majestic Qi Yu
Extraordinary tea boss, do you have any tea?"
The tea boss froze for a moment, then quickly took out a tea bowl and poured a bowl for him.
The princess smiled and pointed: "This is General Beringen."
Jia Cong trembled in shock and looked at him with wide eyes: "No! So young?"
Beringen glanced at him: "The general is already over fifty."
Jia Cong hurriedly stood up and clasped his fists and said: "I'm sorry, General Bai. I occasionally hear Old Man Gong mention your name, but I always feel that you are as big as him. You have come here, isn't there no one in the south to take charge?"
The princess said calmly: "No problem."
Jia Cong knew that he had probably asked about someone else's secret, so he stopped mentioning it. He said sternly to the princess: "There is a fishing island in Xin'an County, Guangzhou Prefecture, east of the Pearl River estuary..." He thought for a while and pointed with his finger.
He soaked in tea and drew a rough map of the Pearl River Estuary on the table. Because he had inspected the Hong Kong subway for an important project in the company in his previous life, and had an impression of the Hong Kong map by the way, so the drawing was pretty good. "The place names seemed like
They are called Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories." He circled the location of the famous Victoria Harbor in later generations and pointed out, "This is a natural harbor."
Bai Lingen looked on and asked, "When did Mr. Cong go to Lingnan?"
Jia Cong said: "I've never been there before. This is my first time out of Beijing when I come back to Chang'an."
Beringen said: "I look at the map you drew as if you have been there before."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "People who have been there may not be able to draw it. It takes a very powerful person to draw it well. I just saw the map."
Bai Lingen asked hurriedly: "I wonder who drew the map Mr. Cong has seen?"
Jia Cong was used to talking nonsense these past two days, so he said casually: "She is a very knowledgeable aunt, her name is unknown, and others call her Du Niang."
Beringen frowned, and after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of any clues. He said, "I once took a boat around this place from outside, but I didn't check it carefully. I don't know if it is really like the picture."
Jia Cong said: "I believe in Du Niang's plan and the 'natural harbor' she said. When the princess and General Bai return to Lingnan in the future, they will send someone to check it out." He continued, "I want to talk to you about it.
The princess discussed setting up a private port here without the knowledge of the imperial court."
The princess looked at the map and asked, "Why build a private port?"
Jia Congnai cupped his hands and said seriously: "Princess, you don't tell lies in front of a real person. In this situation, your family is also short of money, my family is also short of money, and even the families of all the princes are short of money. Instead of trying every means to plunder the people's wealth and wealth,
, making people all over the world uneasy, it is better to try to make money from outside. With this port, smuggling is extremely cheap. What else can be as fast and stable as doing business without paying taxes and making money? Furthermore, with this private port in
, even if you just sit there and collect the money for mooring the boat, it’s still a big deal.”
The princess couldn't help turning her head to look at Beringen.
Beringen simply sat down at the table and said with great interest, "Third Master, please talk in detail."
Jia Cong said: "Does General Bai know that the Western countries are extremely rich now?"
Beringen thought for a moment and said: "I have seen some merchant ships from the West, but I don't think they are extremely wealthy."
Jia Cong said: "I heard that most of the merchant ships coming to our dynasty from the West are Jewish. Jews are frugal by nature. It is not obvious from the outside how wealthy their families are. And not all those doing business are rich. The most powerful thing about Western countries today is that
, they have sailed around the world in ships." He suddenly felt that the topic was too big and hurriedly stopped it, "that is, they have used ships to transport troops and defeated many extremely rich countries.
Ships full of gold accumulated over hundreds of years by wealthy families in the ancestral temples of the national treasury were shipped back to their home countries.”
The princess and Bai Lingen were both shocked. The princess first said: "Isn't this a barbarian?"
Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "Barbarians? They also said that the people who were robbed were barbarians. They also occupied other people's land and made all the people in the country, no matter the king or the common people, as slaves and sent them to the village to do farm work."
The princess asked: "Aren't they rebelling?"
Jia Cong said: "We can't fight back because we can't fight."
The princess was stunned again.
"Those slaves were all captured, and Renyazi didn't spend any money. People from several countries were penned in the country like cattle and sheep, living day by day. When a Western master wanted to buy slaves, Renyazi would
Go to the streets and villages and arrest them at will. Even if you are a prince or a beggar, they will be the same. Once you are arrested, they will be put on a boat and sent to a Western village. If there are many people, they will be cheap, so it is cheap. Because it is cheap, it does not matter whether it is a slave or a master.
, none of them valued their lives. If they were ill, they would not be cured, and if they were disobedient, they would be beaten to death. Those slaves doing farm work could not eat enough, so they had little strength. Moreover, they were all wearing chains, making it difficult for them to escape." He waved his hand.
, I will mention guns and guns if I go on. I don’t want to remind them of this right now, so I stop here and change the subject while they are still surprised. "Several big countries have accumulated money for hundreds of years, and they just moved it away.
Go back! No matter which family the money finally reaches, the country will be rich. As far as I know, all the Western countries love our tea, porcelain, silk and other items, and it is profitable for maritime merchants to transport these items to the West and sell them.
Hundreds of times more!"
Beringen took a breath of air upon hearing this.
"Because the Western princes and nobles became extremely rich with the stolen money, and they were extravagant when they were rich. They all liked to buy fine and rare things at high prices. But our craftsmen are accustomed to fine skills." Jia Cong smiled softly, "General Bai, that's a lot of money.
Well, why don’t you go get a few handfuls?”
Half a day later, Bering Encai said: "But now I am very powerful in the sea ban."
Jia Congnai pointed to the fading tea map on the table and said: "That's why I said that with this private port, smuggling is extremely cheap. Although our country has a severe maritime ban, there are not many smugglers because the smugglers have no
It is a big port, so it is difficult to transport goods in large quantities. You two, there is a big money tree cornucopia, just in the south of Lingnan. General Bai was once the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and now he has soldiers and horses. Emperor Tiangao is far away, and the emperor is still busy dealing with it.
How wonderful it is that fathers and brothers do not care about others. Princes, princes, governors, and local officials, who doesn’t want to make money? Everyone makes money. As long as all parties are profitable, we are not afraid of anyone making trouble.
."
Beringen thought about it for a long time and said: "This matter is too big and must be discussed in a long term. Moreover, the current governor of Guangdong and Guangxi does not get along with me, so I am afraid it will not be easy to hide it from him. Also, I do not have the navy in my hands."
Jia Cong thought for a while: "Is there any way to transfer him away?"
Bai Lingen glared at him: "How can you transfer a high-ranking official of the imperial court just when you want to transfer him?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "There is always a way. Whose is he? He can't be the one specially sent to keep an eye on you."
Bai Lingen sighed: "On the surface, he is an old minister of the old saint, but secretly he has surrendered to me, but he was subdued by the wise king."
Jia Cong couldn't help but make a face. He thought to himself: No matter how much I believe in Situ Pan, I can't help but be suspicious of him. Then he said: "In that case, let's work backwards. If you want to get rich, you must establish a private harbor. If you want to establish
To create a private port, we must replace the current governor of Guangdong and Guangxi with one of our own, or subdue him as one of our own, or replace the navy personnel with one of our own and ignore him. These are the three ways." Jia Cong thought for a while.
, "Let the saint be suspicious of him and alienate him?"
The princess said: "We can collect some evidence of his crime. We have this on hand."
Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "It's useless. Since he is a native of Jin Dynasty, he doesn't have much at hand, so what's the evidence? He can kill people and set fires as he pleases, and it doesn't matter if he takes bribes or bends the law."
Bai Lingen raised his head and stared at him, his eyes a little cold: "You know these things at a young age?"
Jia Cong hummed: "I have never eaten pork and I have seen pigs running away. After all, I am the young master of Rongguo Mansion."
Beringen sighed: "You are like this. No matter how much Mr. Zhan praises you, the general will not dare to entrust the princess to you."
Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Didn't we make it clear just now? The princess has only such a big idea, and there are so many good men in the world." Yin suddenly slapped his head, "Well, you don't count as my god-sister."
?How about we recognize each other as brother and sister? It’s not that I rushed to stick to you just to make old Gong happy."
The princess smiled and said: "That's all, you are not afraid of being dragged down by me, the shameless daughter of a traitor, so why not accept your brother?"
On the one hand, Beringen was shocked by Jia Cong's talent, but on the other hand, he also thought that this man was not a good match for the princess. He hurriedly said: "Princess, are you going to buy live chickens and red wine soon?"
The princess waved her hands and said: "There is no need to be rigid, everything is inconvenient now. I think Brother Cong is a free-spirited person, as long as you are willing."
Jia Cong immediately stood up and walked around the table to the princess. With a sullen face, he bowed to her three times and said, "Greetings to my sworn sister."
The princess helped him up with a smile and called him "brother".
The others were dumbfounded, and the tea girl said after a while: "This... this is too frivolous and frugal."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "After wine and meat pass through the intestines, the Buddha is sitting in his heart. If you have a heart, just make a word and a promise. What's the use of pretending and swearing."
After hearing this, Beringen couldn't help stroking his hands: "That's right! Good boy, I agree with you even more."
Jia Cong also clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Okay! Now our two families are getting closer. Also, I find that I have no way to transfer the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi for the time being."
The ancients valued trustworthiness. Jia Cong simply bowed to the princess and acknowledged his sister and brother, and the vague murderous aura around him suddenly disappeared. Bai Lingen saw that Jia Cong was much closer, so he gave him a sideways look and said, "What happens in the imperial court?"
It's so easy, we have already avenged the prince."
Jia Cong wanted to persuade them not to be too obsessed with revenge, but also felt that it was a good thing for them to be obsessed with themselves at this time, so he kept silent. He also said: "I am just talking nonsense. I don't know how to act.
If you are not good at it, if General Bai is free, you might as well discuss it with Yi Zhi. He is a wise man."
Bai Lingen nodded and said: "It is extremely rare for Mr. Cong to be this old. I am also familiar with Zhan Yizhi." He smiled and said, "I am not afraid of being too big. I can be regarded as watching him grow up."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "That's great! The two of you can discuss things and save a lot of nonsense of testing each other and exchanging pleasantries."
Beringen asked again: "But I don't know if you still have the map drawn by Mrs. Du?"
Jia Cong shook his head and said: "She never gave it to me, and now she can't be found."
Beringen was very sorry, and when he returned to Lingnan, he also secretly made inquiries, but found nothing. This is a story for later.
Jia Cong said goodbye to them with fists clasped together, and they made an agreement that Gong Kun and Bai Ling'en would meet at a restaurant in Chang'an City tomorrow, and then went back to the Gao family.
When they arrived at the East Guest House, Gong Kun had come back and asked him how his meeting with Zhu Tong was. Jia Cong smiled and said, "It's a long story. First tell me how your investigation went."
Gong Kun frowned slightly: "Zhu Tong is the second son of Zhu Wei, the governor of Chang'an. He is a classmate and friend of Liu Qian and the elder Chen family."
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "He is a scholar from a military general's family again. Do you know Zhu Wei?"
Gong Kun said: "I don't know him. However, his father was once a member of Prince Xian Yi Zhong. Because the old man passed away early and it was not important, Zhu Wei was extremely talented and neither clique nor clique, so he was never implicated."
Jia Cong snorted: "It's strange not to be a party or a group! Isn't it possible that the Duke of Li is also a prince of Yi Zhong?"
Gong Kun said hurriedly: "Liu Biao, the Liguo Gong, was originally an old sage and an old minister. He has not been in charge since he made the old sage stupid. Now their house is also in chaos, which is very similar to your house in the early years. I think one generation is worse than the other."
However, I never found out which prince they had any dealings with - and they had nothing to do with Prince Yohitada that day."
Jia Cong nodded: "That's Liu Qian himself. Maybe it was Zhu Tong who won him over. I think Zhu Tong has a bit of a leader's temperament." Yin said, "Probably the whole Zhu family is a member of Prince Yi Zhong."
Gong Kun was slightly surprised, then thought about it for a long time, and couldn't help but nodded: "That's the secret. This secret was buried in seconds, and it was done openly and honestly. Even if the saint suspected that Prince Yi Zhong had a secret behind, because he himself
He is the son of General Zhu, so he behaves like this and is not suspicious."
Jia Cong shrugged, leaned lazily on the back of the chair and stretched: "That's none of my business. Yi Zhi, I've taken on a huge job for you today, enough for you.
You have been working hard for a long time. If you succeed, you will be famous in history."
Gong Kun smiled bitterly and said: "Anyway, I have nothing to do. What's the matter?"
Jia Cong said: "Work with the Lingnan princess and General Beringen to build a private port."
Gong Kun was startled.
Jia Cong said again: "Just now I went to meet the princess and Bai Ling'en. By the way, I have already recognized her as my sworn sister and discussed the marriage. When I return to the capital, I will see your wife.
The old man who is enlightened can also give him an explanation and choke him to death."
Gong Kun just listened silently to his previous and subsequent threats. When he finished speaking, he sighed softly: "What else can the student say..." and spread his hands.
But Jia Huan hurriedly stretched his head and asked, "What is the princess like?"
Jia Cong said: "It's quite good-looking, a little dark, probably from the sun in Lingnan. She's so thin." He raised his head and looked around. Seeing that everyone who should know was there, he told what happened just now, but only
Talking to the princess about "you have a scoop and I have a scoop" is just a matter of words.
He had just finished speaking, and before everyone could discuss it, someone outside hurriedly shouted: "Third Master! Urgent message from Beijing!"
Jia Cong was startled, and immediately turned around and pushed the door open, standing at the door with his hands behind his hands. He saw shopkeeper Liu from Jia's Horse Shop running over, sweat dripping from his face, and he didn't even care about etiquette, and put the bag in his hand.
The letter was handed directly to him: "Someone in the capital has sent an urgent letter quickly. The child has fainted. It is said that something big has happened. This is a letter from the shopkeeper Gong." He raised his sleeves to wipe away the sweat.
Jia Cong hurriedly took it, took out the letter, and hurriedly started from the beginning. Gong Sanyi wrote a very long letter, which shocked him. After a long while, he held the letter and turned back. Jia Huan, Yao'er, Gong Kun and others all held their breath.
Staring at him while breathing heavily.
Jia Cong said slowly: "Yi Zhi will stay and discuss things over there. Others will pack their bags and return to Beijing immediately!"
Jia Huan hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?"
Jia Cong looked at Liu Feng with a wry smile: "Man's fate is not as good as God's. You said that Huo Xuan must be kept alive to take care of Huo Sheng, but he is dead."
Liu Feng frowned and asked, "What does his death have to do with us?"