It is said that Yang Heng has already sailed to the West under the banner of the big shopkeeper of "Hi Claw". Jia Cong also gave him a Western name "Hydra" and brought some Western scholars back. Ling O'clock Reading received a report that there was a big customer who wanted to meet "Hydra"
Jia Cong, Wu Xiaoxi and others were too young to dress up, so they encouraged Jia She to go out.
Jia She also found it interesting, so he went to the market to choose the clothes of a rich man, which made the children sneer at him. Fortunately, it suddenly became cold in the south these days, so he dug out the clothes from the cupboard.
He was given a large lynx fur to wear, and he was given a simple and elegant hand stove, and the group went to Guangzhou.
Because they had an appointment with the customer to meet in a private room of a restaurant, Jia She and others arrived first, all of them holding their breath and pretending. Suddenly the buyer came, also wearing a cloak of Pegasus skin, and he was as gorgeous as Jia She, and he was taut.
With a sullen expression, he raised his eyebrows - the people in the two places looked at each other and were all startled. Jia Cong was the first to burst into laughter. The visitor was none other than Huo Sheng, the king of Nan'an County who was still a pirate in the south.
Jia She also pointed at him with a smile and said: "It turns out to be this boy, and you made me dress like a rich man."
Jia Cong said, "It's better than the one you chose yourself."
Huo Sheng also found it funny and said: "Recently, I heard that there is a Western firearms dealer named Hi Claw who has a very good background. He has important figures in Beijing as his backers. It turns out he is the pardoner."
Jia Cong said: "Why, Xiao Huo, do you want to buy a firearm?"
Huo Sheng glanced at him: "You ask me? Isn't it the map of Japan you gave me?"
Jia Cong said "wow" twice, jumped up to him and patted him on the shoulder: "Xiao Huo, we really have a good connection! You understand what I mean without even writing a word?"
Jia She asked: "What map?"
Jia Cong said: "I gave him a map of Japan to encourage him to fight. Since we want to sell Western firearms, we must have someone to fight, right? Otherwise, there will be too many things to sell."
Huo Sheng looked at him and said, "So you encouraged me to fight because you wanted to sell Western firearms?"
Jia Cong nodded: "That's right." Nai said sternly, "Look, Xiao Huo, you are young and it's time to stand out. But you are not only a prince, but also a prince of the opposite sex. It's a bit troublesome to stand out. After all,
What men want is nothing more than fame and money. The Japanese Japanese pirates have been harassing our country and killing our people for hundreds of years. If you can take out their nests, your reputation will last forever."
Huo Sheng glanced at him: "Do you think fighting is that easy? Food, grass, weapons, and soldiers are nothing that costs money."
Jia Cong chuckled: "Japan has an emperor and aristocrats. Any country with an emperor and aristocrats must have concentrated wealth. Anyway, you have an excellent army. Fight! Rob! The court has become like this.
You don’t have to hand over anything you grab to the emperor, it’s all yours! Gain both fame and fortune! By the way, you can eliminate the Japanese pirates for the common people.” He gave a high-five, “Our family can still make some money selling firearms, isn’t it four cents?
Everything?"
Huo Sheng said: "Japan seems to be a small country, but it has some military strength, so it is not that easy to fight."
Jia Cong said: "I didn't let you take over their land! You can do whatever the Japanese pirates do."
Huo Sheng frowned.
"Our dynasty has always fought wars with foreign nations. Most of the time we have conquered the other country's capital, asked the emperor to write a letter of surrender, and then retreated back to the dynasty. We have returned the territory to them for nothing, not even war indemnities. Therefore, our dynasty goes to war.
The money spent is all wasted, and there is compensation but no profit. It is also called benevolence and righteousness. In fact, the best way to make money is to fight. We don’t want face, but just grab it. You only choose the big ones from the palace nobles.
Move the warehouse, and make a lot of money from the war on security." Jia Cong squinted at him and said, "I want to do it faster! If it's too late, if the security is not complete, others will take it."
Huo Sheng nodded after hearing what he said. Hearing this, he quickly asked: "What do you mean?"
Jia Cong said: "The emperor loves face, and the princes love benefits. I am going to instigate all the kings together. You will get the foreign royal treasury, and I will earn money from selling Western firearms. Xiao Huo, they need money more than you. Moreover,
The more you belong to the emperor's family, the less you care about the underworld's retribution. You see, the ones who dig graves and take out the burial objects of the previous monarchs are all from the emperor's family, so robbing foreigners is nothing."
Huo Sheng smiled: "That's right. The Tian family has no loyalty, so naturally they don't care about this." He thought for a while and suddenly asked, "Last time, I asked Mr. Wang to propose to your sister, but I don't know why you refused.
promise."
Jia She was eating tea leisurely and listening, but when he heard this, he sat up straight: "What? Which girl in our family did you propose to marry?"
Huo Sheng said: "The only three girls who are similar in age."
Jia She immediately stared at Jia Cong: "Why didn't I know?"
Jia Cong hurriedly said: "Dad, he is unreliable in this matter!" Yin turned to Huo Sheng and said, "Even if my eldest sister is not on your family's famous list, it is always a certainty that she has entered the palace to be your concubine.
There's no way to erase it. She and my third sister are biological sisters! What's the big deal for your son to propose marriage to her?"
Huo Sheng asked curiously: "Why do you care about this? Don't you never care about it?"
Jia Cong said: "Of course I don't care about this, my sister does."
Huo Sheng looked hesitant, but Jia She yelled: "What's the point? The girl has never even seen your father twice, so she can't be considered his person." Jia Cong hurriedly kicked his father from under the table.
Huo Sheng naturally noticed it, and it was a bit funny.
Next to him, Wu Xiaoxi suddenly smiled and said, "It sounds like Prince Huo knows very well the character of my lord. Do you two have such a good relationship? Or is his wanton behavior already known to everyone?"
Huo Sheng said casually: "Uncle Shui said it."
Jia Cong and Wu Xiaoxi looked at each other and realized that this bad idea itself was also water-soluble. Jia Cong said: "Uncle Shui-luo is a bit stunned. Getting married is not the best way to form an alliance, but making profits is."
Huo Sheng smiled and said: "He also wants to marry a girl from his family to your eldest nephew in Beijing."
Jia Cong was stunned: "Lan'er? He's joking! Don't do it!"
Huo Shengqi said: "There is nothing wrong with his daughter. I think this family is pretty good."
Jia Cong stretched out a finger: "First, my second uncle is incompetent, superficial, and a man who likes to pretend to be powerful. If he is next to a prince, even a prince with a different surname, he will be happy. We will be happy.
The family has finally calmed down a bit, and I don’t want to arouse his strange ambitions and cause trouble again. Brother Huan has already had a hard enough time. Secondly, our Lan’er is an honest child, and she can’t marry any princess or princess, otherwise she will suffer a loss.
. Our family’s approach to marriage is people-oriented. If you like someone, you will marry someone you like. If you don’t like someone, a man will be married off and a woman will be married off."
After hearing this, Huo Sheng looked up at him for a while, then smiled and said, "Do you have anything you like?"
Jia Cong felt a chill running down his spine and said seriously: "Don't try to trick me, you can't trick me."
Huo Sheng sighed: "I know I can't fight, but I just said it in vain."
Jia Cong hummed: "It's good to know."
Huo Sheng sighed again: "I still have an aunt who is not married. My grandmother writes to me every day, urging me to help find a suitable family."
Jia Cong had received a letter from Beijing and knew that the son-in-law of his grandmother's choice was going to marry Xue Baochai. He couldn't help laughing and said: "Anyway, your family is rich and famous, so it's just a matter of recruiting a smarter scholar. Next year's imperial examination will probably be postponed.
The big deal is that I will catch my son-in-law in the next year."
Huo Sheng shook his head: "She will be older if we wait until the year after tomorrow."
But Jia Cong suddenly remembered something and said "Hey": "I remember hearing someone say in the early years that the two uncles of the Liu family, the Duke of Li, were both trying to catch their son-in-law."
Huo Sheng said: "Yes!"
Jia Cong said: "The four princes and eight princes are all veterans of the late emperor, and they are all rich. When Fang Xiong was in Beijing that day, he ransacked many princes' mansions, but the four princes were not touched. Among the eight princes, except for our family, none of them had money. Dongfu
He was incompetent and had good relatives. Five of the remaining six families were raided, leaving only the Liu family of Li Guogong untouched. A nobleman came out of the Tuiguo Mansion, but the nobleman only raised a princess, and he didn't even stay."
Huo Sheng said: "Maybe someone from the Liu family has contacts with Fang Xiong."
Jia Cong said: "The Liu family has been in decline for a long time. No one named Liu is useful, and only two sons-in-law are left to support the facade." He frowned and said, "At that time, Fang Xiong, the wealthy families in Kyoto had treasury after store, and he moved them around at will.
.Since he was found by the princes, the Liu family must have taken refuge with one of the princes. Otherwise, there will be no eggs left after the nest is overturned, so why should they let their family go?"
Huo Sheng smiled and said: "If you go by this, it's probably not because of a good relative in Ningguo Mansion. Jia Zhen has been in contact with the Sixth Prince for many years, and everyone in Beijing knows everything they should know."
Jia Cong was startled, then curled his lips and said, "That's what you said."
Huo Sheng said: "Fang Xiong is doing well. He only robbed wealth and never touched anyone."
Jia Cong sneered: "How many talents do these people have? Oh, by the way..." He looked at Huo Sheng, "He didn't touch your family because you had troops in hand; why didn't he touch the other three princes?
"
Huo Sheng said calmly: "I don't know about this. I can only make a guess, it's probably similar to the Liguo Mansion."
Jia Cong asked curiously: "People say there are four princes and eight princes. How come the four princes hook up with the prince more than the eight princes?"
Huo Sheng said: "The king of the opposite sex is also a king, and is much more of an eyesore than Gong. The Eighth Prince can still hope that Situ Yannian will show his respect for the late emperor, but the four kings have no chance of survival at all."
Jia Cong thought for a moment, nodded and said: "That's right. Xiao Huo, why do I think you are much more capable than you were in Beijing?"
Huo Sheng said calmly: "It's just that there is no one in the capital to teach you."
Jia Cong blinked and glanced at Wu Xiaoxi. Both of them had a strange look in their eyes. This shows how wise Huo Sheng's grandfather was! Their family's foundation is probably all in the south. Apart from the industry, even the talents in Beijing are just empty shells. Huo Sheng's grandfather is just a shell.
Sheng will not return to Beijing for a while.
They then stopped chatting. Jia Cong talked to Huo Sheng about the current Tokugawa shogunate system in Japan, and which cities he heard were bigger and had more wealthy nobles. Huo Sheng also stayed in the navy.
In these days, I had heard a lot about the affairs in Japan. Then Jia Cong retreated, and Wu Xiaoxi came forward to discuss business with Huo Sheng.
After coming out of the restaurant, Jia She and Wu Xiaoxi whispered at the same time: "He said that about Lan'er on purpose!" "He said that about Shui Rong on purpose!"
Jia Cong didn't understand this time and was stunned.
Jia She snorted: "He wanted to marry San Yatou, but we rejected it clearly, and the intention was clear, and the reason was clear. This match would definitely not work out. This kid also dragged Shui Rong into the water. That little fox Shui Rong, knowing you
His temper was so strong that he set his sights on Lan'er, obviously he had taken advantage of the second child's temper. He deliberately leaked it to us so that we could be on guard."
Jia Cong let out an "ouch": "Then we have to send a message to Brother Huan quickly!" Fortunately, they were in Guangzhou, and they didn't use Wang Ziteng's military newspaper to send private messages once or twice. He then said, "Shui Rongting
The person who was looking after him changed his hands and ruined the water solution."
Wu Xiaoxi said: "This is not a bad thing about Shui Rong. Just think about it, according to the temperament of Third Young Master General and Third Master Huan, if Mr. Lan is plotted by Shui Rong in such a big matter, how can you not blame him?
?”
Jia Cong said: "I'm not complaining, I'll mess it up for him. It's just that it's hard to avoid looking bad."
Xiaoxi nodded and said: "In my opinion, Huo Sheng knows the temperament of us people better than Shui Rong. Shui Rong, he probably underestimated Mr. Huan. No wonder, he usually doesn't look at us with a clear eye."
The three people discussed casually, got on their horses, and headed to the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi.
At this moment, Wang Ziteng thought that Yuanchun was getting married, and happily ordered people to prepare various dowries for her. Jia She also pretended to be confused and discussed with him. Jia Cong saw the two old men's enthusiasm and told them the truth.
I can't help but feel a little bit unbearable. It's no wonder that Yuanchun is already a leftover daughter at an advanced age. It was originally a heartache for both of them, but when they suddenly heard that they had picked up a pretty good son-in-law, both parents were happy.
He thought about it, and finally took advantage of the opportunity to invite Jia She to a quiet and uninhabited place, complaining: "Dad, you are using your wings to play porcelain! You can't be a husband and wife after being tied up, and the melon is not sweet when you force it."
Jia She immediately said: "What do you know? It's not that he is unwilling, but he has never thought about it. Gong Sanyi has said before that he used to miss a girl, but because he didn't marry her, she married someone else, and he felt aggrieved again.
I have never had sex with women. When I get married to your eldest sister, I will ensure that they are harmonious and beautiful according to her character, temperament and appearance!"
Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Sure enough, your mouth is like two pieces of skin! What he said is right, but it's just not on the point at all." Then he told the real reason why Gong Kun didn't marry from the beginning.
After hearing this, Jia She thought for a while and asked, "How does that woman look now?"
Jia Cong said: "I didn't ask about this."
Jia She glared at him and said, "Don't ask what you should ask! Lan Xiang is here, isn't he? Call and ask."
Then he called Lan Xiang over and asked about the woman's appearance. Lan Xiang said: "I think she is quite lethargic. She looks pretty good for her age."
Jia She asked: "Are you looking carefully? How is it compared to Jinjiang?"
Lan Xiang curled his lips and said, "She's far worse than Sister Jinjiang! She has a thick waist, big breasts, and her eyebrows are mediocre to me. She's not worthy of carrying shoes for a big girl."
Jia Shenai turned back to Jia Cong and said, "Needless to say, Gong Kun and her will never be able to get along again."
Jia Cong said: "Not necessarily, why doesn't he care about appearance?"
Jia She sneered: "You don't care about appearance? That woman must have been a standout among them back then, otherwise Gong Yizhi would never look down on her. It's just that she is nothing more than a standout. If she is really beautiful, she will have a bad reputation.
Many men would be willing to marry her instead of marrying a widower - with such beauty in front of her, what does fame mean? Later, Yi Zhi thought over and over again in her heart that that woman had only been as young as a blooming twig, even though she was not as good as the girls in our family.
You must be beautiful, and you must be attractive. You told him several times that your eldest sister is interested in him. When he sees that woman, he will inevitably compare your eldest sister with her in his heart. What am I talking about?
Yuan Yatou's character, temperament, and appearance are all outstanding. You can tell whether you are superior or inferior."
Jia Cong was about to say something, but then he shut up.
Jia Shenai warned: "What you said that day was great! Both of us have changed. I'm afraid it will be difficult to get along again. Gong Kun will definitely say when he comes back that he and the woman have gone through great changes and are no longer the same. You just accompany me."
Just sigh a few times."
Jia Cong said: "Yi Zhi is a man who would never tell such a lie."
Jia She said: "Where is the lie? In his heart, is he willing to give up on the woman because he dislikes her appearance, or is he willing to let go only after both of them have changed and no longer get along with each other?"
Jia Cong let out an "ouch" and said flatteringly: "Dad! You are a psychologist!"
Jia She snorted: "What kind of psychologist? I was also a popular figure back then, so I haven't seen anything." Then he proudly went back to Wang Ziteng to discuss Yuanchun's marriage.