Because of Situ Pan's help, Jia Cong invited two imperial doctors from Tai Hospital: one named Hou, who was very good at caring for pregnant women; the other named Qi, who was a master of obstetrics. He also hired four midwives and four doctors.
Girl, Qin Sangu helped him collect some useful medicinal materials, and a group of people went to Ping'an Prefecture.
Before setting off, Jia Cong gave each of them a generous gift. He also said that he would be very grateful when he came back, so he took the money and beat these people to great joy. He was very polite to everyone along the way, and used emotional cards when he had nothing to do.
, a few paragraphs of Chicken Soup for the Soul made the midwife and doctor feel melancholy and moved. She also took the opportunity to say, "I heard that Western doctors would cut open the abdomen of a woman with dystocia to take out the fetus, and then use a steel needle to introduce catgut to sew the abdomen. The mother would be safe.
Are you okay?" The two imperial doctors were very interested and kept asking questions. Jia Cong had never been married in his previous life, and he was an engineering man. His understanding of modern medicine was limited to common sense. However, some common sense is rare in this era. For example, penicillin
.Penicillium can be naturally produced from paste, orange peel, etc., but it cannot be purified at present. Tell the doctor that this substance can be used to heal wounds and even treat tuberculosis, which will be of some benefit to the development of medicine. The two imperial doctors listened to him together
Many words were spoken with great interest.
It was noon when we arrived at Gao's house. Because of the news from Pegasus, Gao Li led his three sons to greet him personally.
Jia Cong hurriedly jumped off his horse and said with a smile and clasped his fists: "I'm really sorry for disturbing my cousin and my cousins who are having lunch."
Gao Li also said with a smile: "My nephew has come just in time, the reception banquet has been prepared."
Jia Cong said "Ah", grabbed his sleeve and said, "I haven't seen my sister since I went south. My nephew wants to take a look first, okay?"
Gao Mang said: "I know your temperament, your sister is inside Yimen."
Jia Cong was startled: "Isn't she pregnant? Why is she running around?"
Later, the doctor said: "My sister is less than three months pregnant. Since she has a strong body, she can move a little without any problems."
Jia Cong giggled a few times: "After all, every other line is like a mountain."
Gao Hua joked from the side: "Thankfully you are my brother-in-law, otherwise the third child might not be jealous."
Jia Cong said with emotion: "My second cousin doesn't know that I lost my biological mother when I was two years old, and my father doesn't care about anything. My clothes, shoes, and socks are all made for me by my elder sister. I am really like my elder sister."
Gao Ying said: "It's exactly what our old lady guessed!" He looked at each other with Gao Hua.
Jia Cong said: "My aunt is so old and has eaten more salt than we have eaten rice. Naturally, she has seen everything." Everyone smiled and went in after greeting each other.
Just when he saw the Yimen, Jia Yingchun stood smiling in a fur cloak, as usual. Jia Cong said "Wow": "Sister, you are still so beautiful!"
When Yingchun said this, he immediately smiled and said, "You're being a talker again!" The two siblings joined hands, and Yingchun caressed his head and neck and sighed, "He's getting darker, and he's also lost weight."
Jia Cong said: "Sister, I am originally dark, wouldn't it be great if I lost some weight? Brother Huan can hardly sit still."
Yingchun pinched his ear.
Jia Cong said "Ouch" twice, turned his head and saw Gao Mang, and looked at him with gratitude: He took good care of his sister!
When they arrived inside, Gao Li hosted a banquet for them and his party. During the dinner, he talked about various things in the past few days. Gao Li sighed: "Cong'er, as you said back then, as soon as the late emperor left, the kings tore the world apart."
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Jia Cong said: "That's fine. If the Emperor is not dead, the kings will be as if there is a sharp knife hanging over their heads, and they will not dare to make a big move."
Gao Li asked in a low voice: "Where has the Supreme Emperor gone?"
Jia Cong said: "I have to ask the wise king about this. Oh, King Yan."
Gao Li was stunned for a moment and said "Oh!" "It turns out it's him! He knows the strange way very well. How can it be so easy for others?"
Jia Cong sighed: "He has no choice but to do so. The Supreme Emperor has been wary of him since several years ago. With such a suspicious temper, the good bow has been hidden before the bird is exhausted, and the cunning rabbit will be cooked first by the lackey. Sooner or later, he will be killed. The wise king will kill him sooner or later."
Aren’t you stupid? If you don’t take action in advance, will you wait for death?”
Gao Li nodded, shook his head, and drank a large bowl of wine.
Jia Cong asked again: "Cousin, it's getting cold now. How are South American potatoes growing in Ping'an Prefecture?"
Gao Li was overjoyed and stretched out his thumb: "It's really easy to plant high-yielding crops at any location! The best thing is that you are not afraid of the cold! Great, great! Cong'er, you have helped me a lot in Ping'an Prefecture!"
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Jia Cong smiled and said: "This thing was transplanted from South America by Westerners more than two hundred years ago. The climate in the West was cold, and famine continued for thousands of years, but this thing finally stopped. We can only grow this thing in the cold weather in the south."
, your place is very useful. Speaking of which, I want to discuss something with my cousin."
Gao Li asked what was going on.
Jia Cong said: "Cousin, we have tried an excellent method of drying salt. I want to discuss with my cousin. When our method is tested properly in the future, we can produce large quantities of good salt at low prices, and Ping'an Prefecture will
Don’t take advantage of others.”
Gao Li was surprised: "Salt class is extremely important!"
Jia Cong said: "The salt class is important for two reasons. First, the amount of salt is limited; second, the salt class has a lot of money. Now we have a way to dry out a large amount of salt - our place is an island, and the weather is still hot; and
This method will also be tried to be promoted to the kings on the coast. Even the princes who are not on the coast can go to the coast to buy salt drying workshops. Therefore, the amount of salt is not an issue."
Gao Li nodded.
"As for money, it's not a problem. Cousin, since you don't catch illicit salt in Ping'an Prefecture, the profit is that the underworld will lead the way! It won't take a month to guarantee it and everyone will know it. You need to know that salt merchants are the richest in the world.
Rich people. They know that you don’t do illegal salt sales here, and the salt here is plentiful, good, and cheap, so they naturally come in droves. When they come, they want to eat, stay in a hotel, visit the brothels and casinos, and buy some good things.
Go back and honor your parents and coax your children. These are your taxes! It’s much more than the salt class!”
Gao Li couldn't help but exclaimed: "Brilliant!"
Jia Cong smiled and continued: "Furthermore, Ping'an Prefecture is only seven or eight days' journey from the capital, and it only takes about ten days to walk slowly. It is very convenient to transport things. In these days of chaos in Beijing, our family has
I got a lot of bargains. There are also seafood products, which are no longer as popular in Beijing as they used to be. My cousin can build two commercial streets, one for seafood and one for mainland goods."
Gao Li became more and more interested and came closer: "Please explain more clearly!"
Jia Cong dipped his finger in wine and drew a picture on the table, while saying: "Choose two adjacent streets. One is full of seafood shops, and the other is full of shops selling antiques, jade, gold and other valuables. Choose the best ones."
Soldiers patrol day and night, and no thieves or thieves are allowed to wander around. When salt merchants come to Ping'an Prefecture to sell salt, they inevitably go to the market for a stroll. People ask, 'Sir, is there anything interesting in your city?'
The uncle said, "Sir, are you a foreigner? Come to us, if you haven't visited Haihuo Street and Luhuo Street, you haven't been here!" "Uncle, where is Haihuo Street and Luhuo Street? What's there?"
"He said it vividly, and the brothers of the Gao family who were listening laughed.
Jia Cong said: "These shops will be filled by us alone at first. Don't worry, cousin, the guaranteed goods are at a fair price and cost-effective. If there are more people buying in the future, the shop will naturally prosper. When the time comes, the shop will be transferred
It costs a lot of money to go out. There are good things and you can take advantage of them. Are you afraid that rich people won't buy them?" Gao Li's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he continued, "The street next door can also be a street for foodies. Let's take it.
They go to eat when they are tired from shopping, and then buy after they finish eating! There are at most three streets away from the brothels, so after sleeping one night, they can continue shopping tomorrow!"
Gao Li burst out laughing! He even praised: "You really have a good background! I wonder where you got it from!"
"When you have money, you can buy armor and war horses. Since there are potatoes in Ping'an Prefecture, this product is cheap, and the cheap stuff means it is cheap, so you don't have to worry about feeding people. If you have armor, horses, and people, everything can be done easily.
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Gao Li high-fived and said, "Okay!"
"One more thing is extremely important. Don't ask where things come from when you buy or sell them."
Gao Li thought for a moment and said, "But there are stolen goods?"
Jia Cong nodded: "In addition to stolen goods, there are also smuggled goods. I have to ask my cousin to help them clear their names and get serious scriptures. This will ensure that Ping'an Prefecture is safer than other places."
Gao Li said: "I understand how to profit from selling stolen goods, but where does the safety come from?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "How many of the princes, adults, and even the mothers of the harem are clean? They will all come to sell the stolen goods. Those two commercial streets will not only be a cornucopia for my cousin, but also a cornucopia for all the princes. Who dares to do whatever they want?
Smashed everyone's cornucopia? Kuang Ping'an Prefecture is not big. It's not big, it's lush, and it's valuable. If war breaks out in the future, it should be noted that war is the most damaging thing to trade. For one thing, the kings will not destroy themselves and the princes next to them at will and sell the stolen goods.
Secondly, they think this place is too small and easy to attack, so if they don't rush to attack, it will be safer."
Gao Li thought about it for a long time and said: "It's really reasonable." He sighed again, "If any prince can win you, he won't worry about winning the world."
Jia Cong also sighed: "But I don't dare to trust people named Situ. The wise king helped the Supreme Emperor like a brother from the same mother, but he was forced to rebel."
Gao Li looked at him and said, "Why are you standing on the side of the wise king?"
Jia Cong said: "I don't think the wise king did anything wrong at all. From the day the Emperor became suspicious of him, given his ability and merits, he would have died if he didn't do the opposite. It is only right for him."
Gao Li was silent for a long time, then sighed softly, stretched his head to Jia Cong's side and asked in a low voice: "Do you want to support him?"
Jia Cong shook his head and whispered: "Firstly, I don't know if he will be another late emperor when he gets old. Secondly, I don't know whether his descendants are reliable. Thirdly, if I want to support him, there is someone more suitable than him.
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Gao Li hurriedly asked: "Who?"
Jia Cong grabbed Gao Li's hand and squeezed it: "Cousin, please don't pry. Anyway, just hang out together. If it's really hard to hang out, he won't be the one to support you."
Gao Li also squeezed his hand and nodded.
After lunch, Jia Cong went to Gaomang Courtyard to see his sister. Yingchun was a little plumper than before, and she didn't know if she was going to be a mother, and her expression became softer. There were also people who came from the Rongguo Mansion to kowtow. That day, Yingchun
Before getting married, Jia Cong told Siqi Xiuju and other maids that the bridesmaids must be in pairs and asked them to find husbands in advance. As expected, Siqi married her cousin Pan Youan. Then everyone else went out, and Jia Cong
Cong and his sister chatted for a long time. Sometimes they asked about the daily trivial matters of Yingchun, sometimes they talked about their own daily trivial matters, and sometimes they talked about the daily trivial matters of Xiao.
Listen quietly.
Jia Cong suddenly said "Oops" and said, "I remembered something." Nai smiled and said, "Brother Huan fell in love with a girl and wrote a letter asking us to give him advice on how to marry him. The master is very domineering, but
He said that when the girl grows up, she can snatch her over."
Yingchun shook her head twice: "Master is getting more and more ridiculous."
Jia Cong said: "Brother Huan is not satisfied, saying that he wants her to marry him willingly. I have many ways to coerce her into marrying her, but I can't do it willingly."
Yingchun asked: "Whose girl is this?"
"Princess Jian'an, the sister of the sixth prince."
Yingchun and Gao Mang were both startled. Yingchun said, "Isn't he the one who fell in love with Baoyu?"
Jia Cong said: "That's a pretense." Then he told the story of Princess Jian'an's meeting with Jia Huan, "She is only twelve years old, at least she has to wait four years. Four years gives me a small house to deal with."
Wang, it’s enough to lure him to marry his sister to our family. It’s just that these four words are really hard to handle. How about giving her brother a tiger talisman now? Is it a timely help to their family? "
Gao Mang hurriedly asked: "Do you also have a fake tiger charm?"
Jia Cong winked: "Last time I wrote to you saying that 'Prince Yi Zhong's people sent a bunch of fake tiger talismans to the kings', it was just to fool the princes. It's okay for you two to know about this. Brother-in-law, please don't
If you want to tell others, even my cousin Gao can't do it."
Gao Mang immediately understood that the tiger charm was from him and was shocked! He and Yingchun looked at each other for a while before asking: "Where did you get it from?"
Jia Cong said: "Of course they are imitations. Situ Pan captured the Emperor and obtained the tiger talisman. We managed to steal a replica of the real tiger talisman from him. The capital has never been short of masters in forging antiquities. All of them are skilled in craftsmanship and can make as many as they want.
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Gao Mang knew that there were people from the green forest under the Jia family, and he secretly guessed that it was Gong Sanyi or Liu Xianglian who did it.
"Otherwise, 80% of the world will belong to Situ Pan. It is easy for the princes to fight against the emperor, but it is difficult to fight against the virtuous king."
Yingchun thought for a moment and sighed: "I don't know where you got such boldness."
Gao Mang also sighed: "Even if the wise king brings out the real tiger talisman now, there is no way to prove that his tiger talisman is real. The tiger talisman is useless. I have seen a fake one once, and it is really real. If not
I received the letter from your horse racing business so early, I'm afraid even my father will be coaxed into it."
Jia Cong hurriedly asked: "Who brought it? What did he want to do?"
Gao Mang said: "King Lu's people want to mobilize my father's troops to Qingzhou."
Jia Cong couldn't help grinding his teeth: "Liu Tong! I have to fix this guy to vent his anger!" He then said, "King Lu has a tiger talisman, and King Chen and King Lu have no share in it. Judging from this section, King Shu is more generous than King Yan."
Seeing that he and his wife were both thinking about this, they hurriedly said, "Crooked building! Sister, how will Brother Huan seduce that Princess Jian'an? Do you have any ideas?"
Yingchun said: "He wants people, as you said, it's very easy. If he wants a heart, we are useless. Let him want to go."
Jia Cong said: "He also has a temper that doesn't push him. It's weird to think about it."
Yingchun said with a smile: "He really likes Princess Jian'an, so naturally he can think of a way. What matters is not the way, but his thoughts. Even if his way is stupid? You must know that only the heart can change its mind."
Jia Cong felt as if he had returned to his previous life! What his sister said seemed like what women of later generations often said, but he really couldn't find any scientific basis for it. It turned out that women three hundred years ago were also so illogical and could only tell lies.
Nai let out an "ouch" and covered his face for a while, then took off his hand and said helplessly: "Sister! My biological sister! Just believe me! I am a man, and Brother Huan is also a man. We really don't know what women think.
Yes. Can you come up with some practical ideas? Even if it is to write her a love poem or send her a pot of flowers from thousands of miles away."
Yingchun smiled and said: "Both of these ideas are good, but Huan'er has to think about it. Don't make trouble. You will understand when you meet the girl you like."
Jia Cong turned to look at Gao Mang: "Do you know what my sister is thinking?"
Gao Mang glanced at Yingchun and said, "Sometimes I know, sometimes I don't."
Jia Cong stretched out his fist to touch him: "Young man!" The two brothers laughed.
Yingchun smiled and said, "I probably know what you are thinking."
Then they chatted for a while and invited the imperial doctor to come in and take care of her pulse. The imperial doctor said that Yingchun was in good health and her fetus was very stable. Jia Cong felt relieved and thanked the two imperial doctors again and again.