Moreover, Jia Cong thought that he had kidnapped Gao Mang from the Gao family and returned to Beijing that day. However, in a sudden turn, it was the old lady of the Gao family who wanted to pry Jia Yingchun away from their home. His whole body was in bad shape. He saw Gao Mang every day.
He had a bad face. Jia Huan was reading at midnight and was laughing and watching the fun. He even made some provocations when nothing happened, causing Jia Cong to suffer losses for Gao Mang several times. Gao Mang didn't care at all and treated him as usual.
Jia She had already forgotten who was his son and who was uncle. He pulled Gao Mang and said, "It's okay. I guarantee that he will agree in a few days."
A few days later, Jia She accidentally told Jia Mu about the Gao family's marriage proposal. Jia Mu was furious: "I didn't even look in the mirror to see if their family is worthy of it!"
Jia She said: "I think Manger's child is very good, so I will write a letter tomorrow to respond."
Jia Mu shouted: "How dare you!"
Jia She asked curiously: "Does the old lady have any old grudges with my aunt?"
Mother Jia's brows moved and she sighed: "We are sisters-in-law, so there is no old grudge. We have grown old in recent years, so our contacts have become less frequent. The reason why I refuse to agree is because the Gao family is far away from each other, and the two girls
If you get married so far away, you won't be able to find support from your mother's family if you get angry."
Jia She smiled and said: "Mang'er, I am the governor of Ping'an Prefecture, which is close to the capital. Besides, how old he is, his future is yet to be determined, and it is not known whether he will be an official in the capital in the future. And Cong'er is here, who can
If he dares to bully his sister, he will not let her go even if he goes to the West."
Jia Mu added: "A few days ago, the old lady from the Guoguo Mansion came over and praised our second girl for her ability and ability to manage the family at a young age. I can't guarantee that in two days-"
Jia She snorted: "In addition to relying on two sons-in-law to support their appearance, what else does their family have? The sons-in-law don't have any real talents. That Liu Fang, whoever gives him a mallet, he will regard it as a needle. Each generation is not as good as the last, so we should hide
It's better to be further away." Suima walked away quietly.
Jia's mother was so angry that she cursed people in the room for several days. The little girl in her courtyard passed the news on to her, and then passed it on to Jia Cong. Jia Cong's brother repaid it by himself.
Others scolded him, but it didn't work. But he couldn't scold Jia Mu, so he had to hold it in. He was too embarrassed to cause trouble when he saw Gao Mang again.
September has entered, the weather is getting colder, and the northern geese are returning to the south. Gong Kun finally came back despite the wind and dust.
Jia Huan was sitting in the courtyard. When he saw him, he said: "I am already thin, but if I run outside for a few months, I will be reduced to ribs."
Gong Kun snatched the teapot in front of him and poured tea for himself. He said, "Sir Master Huan's naivety and honesty in his early years are all gone."
Jia Huan hummed: "Are you too honest? I don't know."
Jia Congcha came out and was startled: "You came back like this without a letter?"
Gong Kun smiled and said, "I may not be as fast as I am in delivering letters." Then he looked around and saw that all the young men were coming to watch him, but Yao'er was not there, so he said, "Third Master, go call Weis first, and I will clean up the meeting."
Cong hurriedly sent people to Jia Si's house to call Yao'er over.
Suddenly everyone gathered and sat in a circle. Gong Kun first extended his thumb and praised: "That Du Niang is really a god, and the map she drew is extremely accurate. Everyone in the Bai family was surprised when they looked at it. General Bai
I've been looking around for her."
Jia Cong blinked: "I wish him success!"
Gong Kun glanced at him a few times, and seeing that Jia Cong was just pretending to be naive, he added: "The assassination is half done. The Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Mr. Chen Bin, was seriously injured, and he may not be able to stay in office. He has been taken off the job and returned to his hometown to recuperate. The assassin committed suicide."
"
Jia Cong frowned: "Is the assassin raised by Beringen? It's not easy to raise a capable person. It's not cost-effective to die so easily."
Gong Kun shook his head and said: "No. The assassin and Mr. Chen have a grudge against killing his father, uncle and brother, which is almost the same as exterminating the entire clan. He hates him to the core. General Bai only helped him enter the General Military Mansion."
Jia Cong was stunned for a moment and sighed: "Sure enough, a high official has enemies."
Gong Kun said: "Extraordinary tightness. Mr. Chen followed the old sage openly and secretly surrendered to Jin Shang. He has overwhelming power and is fearless. Naturally, he has no scruples. It doesn't matter if he hurts a few common people."
Jia Cong said sarcastically: "Xu Hong is loyal to the old sage. I'm afraid he will settle accounts after the autumn and prepare to rebel." Gong Kun said "Ah", "This Mr. Chen has two sources of support and is unscrupulous in ruining the people. This shows how important power supervision is."
Gong Kun said: "What matters now is who will be the next governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Hong Kong is so deserted that the Bai family has quietly sent people there to start building Hong Kong. In addition, Mr. Chen is too injured to care about anything.
hinder."
Jia Cong thought for a while and said with a smile: "Then let's start the gong."
A few days later, people were moving around in a courtyard, there were no lights, only the moon and stars were bright in the sky. Someone led two guests with extremely dark lanterns to sit behind a screen, and then they whistled again;
Someone led another person in. Gradually, people were sitting on several screens in the room, and a candlestick was held up. Jia Cong was sitting among them. Yin Te was wearing a red dress that even he disliked.
He's chubby, but he does look a bit like a red boy.
He made a group salute to all around and said: "Everyone, what we are going to talk about today is not a matter of honor, so there is no need for so many courtesy, and the word "profit" comes first. You are all very important figures in this matter, Mr.
It won't work for anyone, so I played like this. What you see in front of you is a gauze screen. You can see the outside from the inside, but you can't see the inside from the outside. And the candlesticks on your desks have fire starters, so you can light them by yourself. Also,
There are four treasures of the study. If you want to hide your identity, just sit inside and listen. What you want to say can be said hoarsely, or you can write it down, shake the bell on the desk, and I will read it for you. If you don’t want to hide it, remove it.
Light the candlestick on the gauze screen, and everyone can see who you are."
He paused for a moment, coughed, and said: "Everyone knows that I intend to do business with you. It is not a small business that can be closed down in three or five years, but a big business that can be done for a long time. I will speak out.
Everyone is here for money. The culprit of this matter is that a colleague present has a navy in his hands. Although it is smaller for the time being, he can recruit more people in the future after making money. This navy is not a royal navy.
The army is a private army."
There was a gasping sound coming from somewhere behind the screen.
"Of course, these private soldiers are not for fighting, but for robbery. To put it simply, they are pirates, specializing in robbing Western merchant ships. An excellent private port is being built somewhere in Lingnan for unloading cargo."
Just hearing the ringing of a bell behind a certain screen, Jia Cong went over and took a piece of paper and read: "This colleague asked, is the injury of Mr. Chen, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, related to you? Of course it is related, he is us
Injured."
Several gasping sounds came from behind several screens.
"After unloading the goods, there was another colleague who was a big businessman. Although he himself was not very smart, fortunately he had a very smart companion by his side."
Another person laughed "haha" twice, and the laughter suddenly became muffled, and it was obvious that someone covered their mouth.
"This businessman used the name of a maritime merchant to transport the goods to Beijing or Jiangnan or elsewhere and sold them. If you have a shop, you can help sell them. There are also some officers and soldiers pretending to be bandits who have robbed the goods, which is also what everyone has done.
A chain sale of stolen goods can be carried out under the banner of maritime merchants, or simply put on ships and sold to the West. The above is a rough outline, we can discuss it slowly."
Just hearing the bell ringing, Jia Cong said: "It's the same colleague just now." Then he walked over and took out the note and took a look at it. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Remove the screen."
Someone came up from behind to remove the gauze screen for him. Jia Cong cupped his fists and said, "Uncle Wang, you are so brave."
Wang Ziteng laughed and said: "Writing is really not cheap, but talking is better. And you have even stabbed the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. If I still hide, wouldn't it make people laugh?"
As soon as he finished speaking, another person said: "Master Wang, you are rude to me." This person walked out from the screen and smiled as warmly as jade in the candlelight. "If I hide it anymore, won't I make you laugh?"
Wang Ziteng was shocked: "Prince Beijing!"
Shui Rong cupped his hands and said with a smile: "It's just that I have too few navy troops. They can't compare with ordinary water bandits. I'm afraid they won't be enough."
Jia Cong said: "The construction of the private port has just started now. It is only the first step. There is no rush."
Shui Rong added: "Besides, I don't have a decent leader there. Zhong Heng has other uses."
Jia Cong said: "Can you subdue a pirate?"
The two of them discussed it first. Before Wang Ziteng could recover, Banrifang shook his head and said, "I really can't believe it..."
Shui Rong asked with a smile: "I didn't expect that this king would participate in smuggling and robbery?"
Wang Ziteng said: "That day, I felt that the prince handed over the military power too neatly, and I had some doubts in my heart. The prince is very good at making mistakes, and the whole court was fooled by you, both civil and military." The two of them shouted in unison.
laugh.
Jia Cong glanced at the two of them: "I set up this screen just for you two, but you two came out first. In this case, what else are those people hiding? You are no better than these two.
What?"
I heard Xue Pan say "haha" twice before jumping out: "I just heard my uncle's voice and my legs were so scared that my legs went weak!"
Prince Teng recognized his laughter early and said with a straight face: "You may as well do some serious things for a living, but from now on, don't just mess around like a horse without a bridle."
Xue Pan laughed out loud: "Is this a serious matter?"
At this moment, another person came out of the gauze screen. This person was a short, fat old man in cloth clothes and a square scarf, with a dusty face. He bowed and said, "Prince Beijing, Mr. Wang, long time no see."
Shuiluo Prince Teng Ju stared as if he had seen a ghost! Wang Ziteng took half a step back and pointed at him for a long time before saying: "You, aren't you dead after being assigned to Northern Xinjiang?"
The old man smiled and said: "You disappeared without a trace in Northern Xinjiang, and you died somewhere? Master Wang, please don't believe the rumors, the little old man has always been a living person."
The two water kings looked at each other.
Xue Pan was quite curious, so he pulled Jia Cong and asked, "Brother Cong, who is this old man?"
Jia Cong suppressed a smile and said: "This is Mr. Bai Lingyi. He used to be the Minister of Taichang Temple. They are building the port in Lingnan."
Wang Ziteng looked at Bai Lingyi and then at Shui Rong, then turned to glare at Jia Cong: "You bastard, who else can you recommend quickly?"
Jia Cong glanced at the last remaining gauze screen: "Hey, are you really not coming out? It's so lively."
The man coughed helplessly. The candlelight inside was swaying, and a figure stood up. Bai Lingyi first smiled and said: "If I am not wrong, this must be the Prince of Nan'an."
Jia Cong glanced at him and asked, "Why?"
Bai Lingyi said: "The old troops of the Nan'an Prince's Palace account for the majority of the navy in Guangdong and Guangxi. If they don't turn a blind eye, it will not be easy to completely cover the Lingnan side."
Jia Cong was stunned and grabbed Huo Sheng, who had just come out of the gauze screen: "Have you been doing this for a long time? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Huo Sheng said inexplicably: "Don't you know?"
"No one told me where I was going?"
"Everyone knows it! Besides, you didn't even ask me."
"How long has it been since we last met? Let me ask you! You didn't take the initiative to tell me last time. When I said you were making money, you came here with your eyes closed?"
"Uncle Shui persuaded me, I just listen to him..."
The two of them muttered for a long time. Jia Cong slapped his head: "If I had known that the Guangdong and Guangxi navy belonged to your family, why would I have spent so much effort to deal with Chen Bin? Couldn't we have just joined forces to evade him?" He turned and looked into the room.
Everyone asked, "Who has the final say about the new Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi?"
Wang Ziteng said: "Of course he is the old saint."
Jia Cong couldn't help but cover his face and said: "He is not a saint."
Wang Ziteng said: "It is not the turn of a saint to make the decision for such a big military position."
Jia Cong clicked his tongue twice: "Then does the old sage have anyone else at his disposal? Who will he listen to? Can anyone coax him?"
Wang Ziteng thought for a while and asked: "I heard that you and your Dongfu people are not on good terms?"
Jia Cong pursed his lips: "It's extremely inappropriate."
Wang Ziteng said: "If this is the case, I know one person who can persuade the old saint, but that person has contacts with your Dongfu."
Jia Cong's face froze: "Who actually has contact with those two bastards from Dongfu? How can this person be capable?"
Wang Ziteng smiled and said: "Of course he is capable. If he can recommend someone who is easy to bribe or coax, it will be much easier for us. That is the Sixth Prince."
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "Please! Uncle Wang, how about we say that the two of them are not in contact with each other, but in bribery?"
Wang Ziteng said: "Anyway, he is better than others."
Jia Cong nodded: "I understand, I will go to see the Sixth Prince tomorrow."
The prince hurriedly said: "I know that you got to know all the princes and princes when you came back from Chang'an, but how can they help you with such a big matter? I don't think you are so smart as a child, so I just want to catch you first. You
But don’t trust people randomly, or you’ll make yourself look bad.”
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Don't worry, uncle, he will definitely help me with this kind of work. We have known each other for many years."
Wang Ziteng was startled, and turned to look at Huo Sheng with a surprised look on his face. Only Shui Rong looked like "I have guessed it a long time ago". After a while, he smiled bitterly and said: "You are so capable, do you know?"
Jia Cong said: "I know. Second brother Lian doesn't know. There is already a clever guy in the family, and the other one should be more honest."
Wang Ziteng snorted: "Is your second brother honest?"
Jia Cong made a face and said, "I'm just an idea maker. If you ask me to do something, I don't have the ability." He waved Gong Kun out and said, "Listen to this Mr. Gong."
Gong Kun just bowed to everyone, but before he could speak, Jia Cong called to Xue Pan's gauze screen again, "Hey, it's time to discuss serious matters. It's time to come out."
Everyone thought it was just these people at the moment, and didn't want to see anyone who had not come out yet, so they all looked over.
Liu Aiyun sighed softly and walked out.
Wang Ziteng was furious: "It's you!"
Jia Cong hurriedly rushed to stop him: "Uncle, don't be angry. Brother Liu is very smart, and Brother Xue is honest and honest. They complement each other perfectly. Only when they work together can we achieve success."
Wang Ziteng shouted: "He is an actor."
Xue Pan came over again to tell the difference, Jia Cong glared at him: "Brother Liu, take this guy away!" Liu Aiyun waved to Xue Pan, and Xue Pan immediately became honest. Jia Cong went on to say, "What's wrong with the actor?"
Is there any good actor? No matter what his background is, as long as he has the ability, it will be useful to our cause. How about you find someone who can attract Brother Xue to make progress?"
Wang Ziteng choked for a while and then said: "As long as Haosheng finds a wife with him..."
Jia Cong shook his head: "Uncle Wang, forcefully press the cow's head and refuse to drink water. To induce people to make progress cannot be done casually. If you don't believe me, try collecting all the beauties in the world for him? Let's see if he makes progress or recovers.
Are you a little too frivolous?"
Wang Ziteng knew that Xue Pan had fascinated Liu Aiyun in the past two years, and no one else could help him, and he was speechless. But these days, Aunt Xue often came to him to complain that Xue Pan only focused on the actor every day, and did not care about anything.
I have been burning up internally for a long time, and my face is getting uglier.
Shui Rong came over and said, "I think Mr. Liu is unusual. There is no other person in Beijing who has become famous so quickly. Others have already been overtaken by him."
Jia Cong laughed and clapped his hands and said: "The most amazing thing is that his singing is not much better than others, but he has many and loyal fans. They don't listen to other people's plays and have no wrong thoughts about him. Not only that, Brother Liu also
There is a way forward. Don't underestimate the actors, it will be more than simple now when Brother Liu's fans club is established. He will help us with publicity in the future and it will be up to him to make the business bigger."
Wang Ziteng snorted: "What you are doing is not an honest business, but you still want to make it big!"
Jia Cong chuckled: "Didn't I tell Uncle Wang a long time ago? It's fair and aboveboard!" He shook his head, "The saint is very poor and lacks money more than anyone else. Therefore, he just appointed him at the beginning of the month who he thought was the best person to amass wealth legally.
His confidant is the Minister of Household Affairs."