It is said that when the uncles and nephews of the Zhong family met, they burst into tears, causing the brothers who were discussing matters outside to lose their thoughts and start talking about their family affairs. Reading at Ling O'clock
Jarvis said: "The name Zhong Heng does not sound like the son of an ordinary military general."
Qi. Pointed out: "His maternal grandfather once served as the censor of the palace, but was killed by the late emperor because of his uprightness. Although he was later rehabilitated, the family fell into decline and his mother married a martial artist. This name was probably given by his mother."
Jia Cong hissed: "As expected. As long as the emperor is a pig, the ministers who are not pigs in the court will die unjustly or lose their official positions regardless of whether they are civil or military."
Everyone sighed a few times and got up. Then he asked them if they knew how Zhong Heng had been living these years. Everyone told how they got to know each other, and they all praised this person for his real ability.
Because Zhong Heng was Shui Rong's confidant bandit, Jia Jia had little contact with him, and he didn't want to tell Shui Rong about it, so he asked Liu Xianglian to meet Zhong Heng alone. King Liu only told him some mysterious words.
His matter was extremely important and had nothing to do with Prince Beijing, so he was asked to come to Beijing quickly and quietly before coaxing him to come to Lixiangyuan.
Qi.dian was shocked when he heard: "Prince Beijing has bandits under his command?"
Jia Cong said: "If the imperial court surrenders someone's military power but does not take away the throne, isn't it the same as taking away someone's sword and leaving someone with a box of gold in their bare hands? They are not allowed to hide a dagger for self-defense."
Qi Dian said with a smile: "How can there be such a metaphor?"
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "There are so many court officials who have colluded with mountain bandits and water bandits, and water dissolution is nothing."
He started to think about it and let it go. He sighed softly: "The imperial court has become like this."
The uncle and nephew had not come out of the west wing room until lunch time, so they got up and sent a few food boxes in for them to eat and chat. Jia Cong came over and reminded them: "The days are long, and we can talk a lot in just two days."
I can’t finish talking, so you can discuss the important things first.”
After everyone took a nap, the Zhong family came out. Zhong Wei said: "I'm afraid I stayed in Rongguo Mansion for too long, and Situ Pan became suspicious."
Jia Cong smiled and said, "I'm the best at talking nonsense. You can stay here for just one day and I'll be fine."
Zhong Wei then bowed to him with tears in his eyes: "Third Master, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness."
Jia Cong hurriedly went to help him, but couldn't help him. Zhong Wei kowtowed three times. Jia Cong sighed: "You are much older than me. I can't bear it." He pointed at Zhong Heng and said, "Let's talk about him again."
Thank you." Nai then said, "I want to ask the general about something, but after checking for a long time, I can't find out. You are a military general and Liu Dengxi's person. I bet I have heard of it."
Zhong Wei hurriedly asked what was going on.
Jia Cong said: "I heard that there are extremely precise firearms blueprints left by the previous dynasty hidden somewhere in the capital. The Ministry of Industry asked me to dig through them but I couldn't find them. General, does he know where they are?"
Zhong Wei and Qi were both shocked. Zhong Wei asked, "What does Third Master want with that?"
Jia Cong said: "In a few days there will be a great court meeting. The wise king has promised me that before the kings discuss matters, I will treat my brothers and nephews to a meal and let me say something at the table. If the general is interested, please ask the wise king
I want you to listen to it. I want to encourage them to go to fight overseas and avoid conflicts at home. The Westerners have weapons, and if we don’t have to, we can’t defeat them, and the weapons of the previous dynasty are better than theirs. I am going to find the blueprints to follow.
Make it like this, sell it to the princes, I will make money, they will win the battle, and everyone will be happy."
Zhong Wei and Qi Dian looked at each other for a few times, then thought for a moment and said, "To be honest, the late emperor asked the late emperor to put the firearms blueprints away and hide them in the palace. I'm afraid it won't be easy to get them out."
Jia Cong said: "Who can I turn to for business? The Empress Dowager?"
Zhong Wei said: "The late emperor had already handed it over to the saint when he left. Now only Eunuch Dai Quan probably knows about it."
Jia Cong said disappointedly: "This is difficult. Well, unless Situ Pan goes to ask for it, he has to give it. It seems that the good business will be divided into half of him."
Zhong Wei asked: "Why don't you do business with Eunuch Dai?"
Jia Cong said: "The Empress Dowager has been sequestered in the palace for many years. She must have something she wants, such as an adopted son. I can persuade Situ Pan about this. What Eunuch Dai wants is for a saint to return to the court, or to be reused by Situ Pan."
, are all things I can’t do.”
Zhong Wei said: "What's the other way?"
Jia Cong said: "I can't think of any other way at the moment. I'm not happy to take half of Situ Pan's business. It's better than nothing."
Zhong Wei said: "If you don't protect yourself, others will find a way."
"Huh?" Jia Cong's eyes lit up, "Do you have any ideas?"
Zhong Wei smiled and shook his head: "It's not me."
Jia Cong blinked: "General Gan Lei?"
Zhong Wei said: "You two have indeed met."
Jia Cong hurriedly asked: "What does he want? Besides finding the saint."
Zhong Wei smiled and said: "How do I know, but I don't dare to see him. There is a tail behind him."
Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "I've agreed to let you go to Ezhou, why are you wearing a tail? It's boring."
Zhong Weinai glanced at Qi.dian and said with a smile: "The third master wants to see General Gan, so I try to tell him."
Jia Cong trembled: "Sister, you'd better not call yourself a slave. I'm so panicked. If we start a fight, no one in this room will be your opponent."
When everyone laughed, Zhong Wei asked him what the "free signature" was. Jia Cong quickly took out a thick paper card from his arms and said, "General, just sign on the back."
Zhong Wei took a look and saw that the paper card was no more than the size of a palm, with the words "Free Single Card" written on it. He turned it over again, and what was written on the reverse side was: "With this card, you can eat and drink at our store without paying. The owner's signature——
"
Jia Cong pointed to the blank space behind the "Signature of the Shopkeeper": "Sign it here."
Zhong Wei only thought it was funny, so he went to the study to write down his name and said: "If General Mo really can open that teahouse, the third master will certainly not take money when he comes over."
Jia Cong blew on the ink twice and said with a smile: "This free card may not be for me to use, but it may be lent to others."
Zhong Wei was stunned: "How can there be such a reason!"
Jia Cong pointed at the card and said, "I didn't say that Jia Cong was designated to use it alone!" Everyone burst into laughter, and Zhong Wei shook his head repeatedly.
After talking for a while, Zhong Wei said goodbye and was about to leave. Zhong Heng wanted to send him out, but he stepped aside and grabbed him: "There may not be anyone watching outside, so don't make others suspicious. Situ Pan is willing to
Letting your uncle go to Ezhou is just in the name of looking for you."
Zhong Heng sighed softly and had to give up, with great reluctance in his eyes.
Zhong Wei stroked his head: "Don't be in a hurry, don't worry about the days when we won't see each other again."
Zhong Heng knelt down with tears in his eyes and kowtowed to him three times. Zhong Wei pulled him up and looked at him carefully for a long time before finally gritting his teeth and leaving.
Two days later, Situ Pan had a private banquet with the kings, and everyone felt that the world had changed. When he left the capital in the past year, Situ Pan was a prisoner who was about to be released. Now he has become a hero with an army. The kings met at the Xianwang Mansion.
In the main hall, people sat down according to their seniority. There were also many important ministers present, chatting with each other and playing riddles. It was very lively.
Suddenly a boy came in and replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, Mr. Cong from Rongguo Mansion is here."
Situ Pan asked: "Why are you laughing? Did he tell a joke?"
The servant said: "Not really, but the boy behind him carried a big wooden frame with many curtains hanging on it. He said it was a wonderful plan to benefit the country, the people and the world. He will scare all the princes later.
Dance, and let the little one come and listen."
When the kings heard his name, their eyes twitched, and now they all said: "Let him come in quickly, so that we can hear what wonderful plans he has."
Situ Pan smiled and said: "It's just that he is a big kid." He ordered him to come in. Everyone turned their heads and looked towards the door. Although the King of Lu was young, he stretched his neck.
Not long after, Jia Cong walked in with arrogance and a plump face. The boy who followed him indeed carried a huge wooden frame. Someone below was whispering about "Can it be heavy?", Jia Cong heard it and laughed.
He said: "It's made of fir, it's not heavy!" Someone else said, "What's the use of a fir top?" He then said, "It's light, that's the advantage of fir. It's not used to make furniture, so getting a red sandalwood roof wouldn't be tiring to carry around."
Huh?" Immediately there were many echoes.
He ordered the boys to put the fir tree shelf in the middle, and he made a group salute and said: "You princes are gathered together today, but I am not very talented. I wanted to recite a poem to congratulate you, but I only thought of two sentences."
He stretched out his hand and tugged on the rope end on the shelf. It was a slip knot, and it opened immediately. The curtain rolled up rolled down, and there were exactly two lines of poetry written on the outermost curtain: "Brothers are here to meet each other after the end of the tribulation."
Let go of grudges with a smile."
Just now he said that he only had two sentences, and someone below him joked in a low voice, "I can't even put together four sentences, and I pretend to be a genius." When he saw the poem, there was a sudden silence. The King of Shu first chanted it loudly, stroking his hands and said: "Okay!"
Everyone cheered. Situ Pan smiled so much that his eyes widened, feeling that he was quite proud.
Jia Cong was used to copying Mr. Lu Xun's poems, and he held his hands in all directions with a shy face, thinking that he had written it himself. After a while, he turned to Situ Pan and asked: "Brother Xian Wang, I have a lot to say. I have tea and snacks."
What?"
Situ Pan smiled and said, "Of course there is." Then he ordered someone to set up a small table next to his wooden shelf, with tea and snacks placed on it.
Jia Cong drank a cup of tea, made a group salute again, coughed, and said loudly: "You princes have all heard commentators say that the general trend of the world will be divided if it is united for a long time, and it will unite if it is divided for a long time. In other words, after some time in this world,
After a few years, which can range from one to two hundred years to four to five hundred years, we will have to fight a big battle."
It was a big deal to hear him speak. The kings were all smiling just now, but now they all sat upright, holding their breath and concentrating.
"As the saying goes, it is better to be a peace dog than to be a man in troubled times, which shows how tragic war is. The student thought for a long time, is there any way not to fight? So he asked some knowledgeable teachers. One of them told the student a story
." He hooked the two small hooks hanging on both sides of the wooden shelf to the two circles under the curtain. The hooks carried two ropes and passed them over the round shaft on the top of the shelf to the back. Jia Cong pulled the back.
With a tug on the two ropes, the first curtain was turned over, revealing the bottom one. It looked like the sole of a shoe with raw edges and strange embroidery.
Jia Cong said: "This thing is called Paramecium. It is very small. It is born in the pond. It is so small that it cannot be seen by the human eye. It can only be seen under a microscope. The gentleman said that he kept this thing in a small dish.
, when you put food into it, it gradually multiplied and became more and more prosperous. At first it was fine, but after a while, the dish gradually became full of these things, and the food gradually became insufficient, and there were big insects eating the small ones." Look up.
After a quick glance, some of the leaders of the small countries looked a bit ugly, and he continued, "Sir, any species whose population density reaches a certain level will inevitably kill each other. Population density refers to... well, let's put it this way,
The more people there are in a thousand acres of land, the greater the population density of our people."
None of the kings could understand it very well, but they could guess the general meaning. They became more and more solemn, knowing that he must have something to say below.
Jia Cong flipped through another map, which was a large map. "Princes, please take a look, this is the territory of our dynasty. There are desert grasslands and extremely cold places in the north, the sea in the southeast, and the plateau in the west. People can reproduce.
Ancestors beget fathers, fathers beget sons, sons beget grandchildren, but the land is limited. Even though our land is vast and rich in resources, if there is no war, there will be no big plague, and one day it will be filled with people. Not to mention the wise ruler and the good people.
Rebellious minister. Even if the world is always peaceful and prosperous, and the world is at peace, but the products are limited, there will be times when the land cannot support the surrounding population. At that time, hunger will make people forget all propriety, justice and shame, and rob others of their food. Then there will inevitably be wars.
.”
All the kings and Situ Pan took deep breaths. The hall was quiet, not even a cough was heard.
He flipped through another one: "This is a map of Europe, that is, the Western countries. Please see, most of them are small countries. Their land size is no more than one or two ordinary provinces in our country. Starting from thousands of years ago, these countries did not
Even after they stopped fighting, they would stay apart for a long time and get back together for a long time. It's just that they have fought each other less recently. It's not that they have learned etiquette, justice and integrity, but -" Turn over another picture, this time it is a picture of a big ship, with the bow
There is a Western artillery tree, and a Western soldier is holding a Western artillery gun. "They now have large ships that can go anywhere, and they have guns and artillery." Turn over another page.
This time it was another map. He pointed at the map and said: "This is a world map from more than two hundred years ago. Here are the Aztec country, the Mayan country, the Indian country, the Vulcan country, and the Tatooine country.
There are also many small countries. Here are the Kingdom of Egypt, the Kingdom of Sudan, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe, the Kingdom of Godzilla, and the Kingdom of Rivendell, and there are also many small countries. There are the Kingdom of Maori, the Kingdom of Conan, the Kingdom of Kidd, and other small countries." He just looked after it.
He pointed at the map and talked nonsense, which made the princes stunned. Then he turned over another map, which was still a map. "This is the current map of the world. Please take a look, princes. Just now I
The countries mentioned are all gone. Their kings and people have either been slaughtered or made into slaves. The gold, silver, treasures, antiques and treasures accumulated by their princes and nobles for generations have all been packed and transported away by ships, carts and carts.
, it’s all shipped! This, here, here and here are all the territory of the Western Kingdom of England. Please see, princes, this is the mainland of the Kingdom of England, which is about the size of Henan and half of Hebei."
There was a sound of gasping all around. It was obvious that the contrast between the mainland and the colonies of the British Empire was sharp, which shocked them.
"This is the mainland of Spain. It is larger than England. There are about two Hebei and half of Henan. Now their territory is here, here, here, and here. I don't know the rest one by one. Anyway, this -
Some of them have been taken over by the Western countries, slaughtered the kings, ministers and people of the countries, brought their own people in large ships, moved to these lands, studied, farmed, opened small workshops, did business, took root and sprouted, and spread their branches.
leaf."
The faces of all the kings were all uncertain, some were clenching their fists, some were gritting their teeth.
Jia Cong gave a high-five: "Both my dynasty and the previous dynasty have all fought against foreigners. Mostly because the other side plundered our border first, and our country fought back in self-defense. We have also won the battles. It's just that we returned home after the battle.
, did not disturb the local people, and rarely plundered foreign royal palaces. In the end, they gained the reputation of benevolence and righteousness for most decades. Decades later, people have long forgotten that you had spared their ancestors a life in the past. You have raised enough men and horses.
, they came to disturb my border again. Look at the other Western countries. They don’t want any bullshit benevolence, justice and morality. The previous countries have never offended them. They all attack others for no reason, just to seize people’s money and land. Amitabha,
The golden pure gold and the white silver were shipped away in boats, but there were no emperors, queens, gods, Buddhas or immortals to repair them. The countries that had been slaughtered had been completely killed, and there was no retribution for those who killed them.
. It can be seen that there is no god who upholds justice in these places." Everyone below could not help but sneer. "My princes, the original owners of these places are dead, and the newcomers have not yet settled down. It is a land without an owner."
Among the kings, there were those who were fond of martial arts, such as the King of Shu, and those who were greedy for money, such as the King of Wu. All of them had shining lights shooting out of their eyes.
Jia Cong smiled softly: "We can also build big ships. What about firearms? They are making so many good and many firearms now. We can buy them and use them. The Western countries have been at war with each other for thousands of years, and they are all feuds. We and France
If the country buys artillery to attack Austria, they will definitely sell it; if it buys fire from Germany and guns to attack Prussia, they will definitely be willing to do so. The general trend of the world is that if we unite for a long time, we will divide, and if we divide for a long time, we will unite. If you want to fight no matter what, you are not attacking anyone, so why bother attacking yourself?
People. After all, it is robbery, and whoever robs is not robbing, why don’t you take advantage of the black? After all, it is gold and silver treasures, whoever gets them. Instead of beating Situ to beat Situ, and Situ to rob Situ, why don’t all Situ go out together and rob Dongyang?
Nanyang, rob Nanyang and rob the West." He smiled at everyone, "Princes, what do you think?"