It is said that Lin Hai was shocked and angry when he heard that Daiyu and the soldiers had traveled 800 miles to Suzhou on a quick horse. Jia Cong, who was reading at 00:00, advised him: "Uncle, if Sister Lin doesn't come, we can't protect both sides."
Let Wang Wu be sold as a pig. You yourself just praised this strategist as a genius and a wise man, and a hero comes from a young man."
Daiyu said happily: "Did daddy talk about me?"
Lin Hai said angrily: "I didn't know it was you at that time!" He glared at Jia Cong again.
Jia Cong winked and said, "I don't know how to praise you. I would be embarrassed to praise you if I knew you were not married."
Lin Hai was speechless for a moment, paused for a moment and said: "You guys really don't know anything. Yu'er, although you are smart, you are still a girl after all." Daiyu glanced at Jia Cong, Lin Hai immediately turned to look at Jia Cong and said, "Don't stand for your sister.
in vain."
Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "You know I'm talking nonsense before I even speak? Sir, I'm just asking you, do you know what kind of military advisor the soldiers like, admire, and look forward to?"
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Lin Haidao: "Anyway, she is not a female military advisor."
Jia Cong said: "These words sound like a layman's words. Sure enough, they are as different as a mountain. Hey, literati..." He glanced at Lin Hai again. "Soldiers like and admire military advisors who can lead them to victory the most.
A military strategist who wins a battle with a small number is most eager to win a war without sacrificing his robe. This Wang Wuxian is behind the generals. There are more than 4,000 water bandits in the water village, which is not weaker than the elite soldiers of the imperial court. We only have 1,000 soldiers.
, we are still on someone else's territory, and we have to rescue these two weak scholars alive and well. You are still old. If it weren't for Military Master Lin's series of clever tricks, it would be impossible for us not to die in battle, right?
Now look at it, there isn’t even a wounded soldier! A thousand people go and a thousand people come back. Sir, what matters more is whether the military advisor is a man or a woman, or whether he can win the battle?"
Lin Hai was speechless! After thinking for a long time, he could not refute, but he could not suppress the feeling of pride in his heart, and his face was full of tangles. Seeing Lin Daiyu, Jia Cong and his sister were laughing hard, he said angrily: "After all, she is a girl! She can't be with the soldiers.
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Daiyu said: "Why does my father look down on ordinary soldiers? Without them to protect our borders and territory, how could our country and its people be safe?"
Lin Haidao: "Don't talk about irrelevant things, you are seventeen years old! What if this matter spreads out and damages your reputation!"
Daiyu immediately blushed, and Jia Cong laughed and said: "Uncle, don't worry, a man who doesn't even have such a big heart is not worthy of Sister Lin. Guan Guan has people who admire her for her talent." The most important thing is her face.
!If you are beautiful, you can work in any profession without worrying about getting married.
Lin Hai glared at him and said, "What do you know! How old are you!" Jia Cong just laughed. Lin Hai looked at Daiyu again, thinking about his escape without any danger, he couldn't help it, and sighed,
"It's such a pity for my daughter! If she were a man, she would be a general and a general." Jia Cong laughed loudly, and Daiyu also pursed her lips and smiled.
Jia Cong pointed to his cloak and said, "Hey! My son may not be so considerate." Lin Hai couldn't help but laugh.
We put the matter aside for the time being and everyone returned to the Lin Mansion. Someone had already prepared hot water. They hadn't had a bath for more than half a month, and the three dogs were all uncomfortable and tight. They hurriedly took a bath and changed clothes, and drank some porridge water to feel comfortable.
Had a good sleep in comfort.
On the other side, it was getting dark on the pier. The guy from Jia's Horse Racing came to collect the boat early in the morning and woke up Cheng Chi. The two hid inside and talked for a long time before getting on the bow of the boat. Cheng Chi and the guy exchanged hands with each other.
He slipped into the crowd and disappeared. After a while, the water bandit from last night came over to inquire about the waiter. This water bandit was very good at talking, and it didn't take long for the waiter to start chatting.
When he mentioned the young man just now, the clerk said with a smile: "This young man is so rich! He went to our shop to rent a boat yesterday and actually gave a deposit of twenty taels of silver! Just now I came to collect the boat, and he just took the boat away.
He gave me twenty taels as a gift! Looking at his ordinary clothes, I really didn’t expect him to be a young master from a wealthy family."
The water bandits immediately understood that they were afraid that they had been deceived. Those boats last night were not the ones that robbed the village. They hurriedly went to find one of their agents in Suzhou City and asked him to inquire about the matter. The agent came back after half a day of investigation and said:
"Yesterday, many young people from other places rented boats for different reasons. Some were moving, some were escaping from marriage, some were smuggling salt, some were selling private goods, and so on. The rent was paid first and it was not low.
The deposit is higher than the price of the boat. But the boat was quietly returned and tied up in the same place last night, and no one asked for the deposit back. I'm afraid it's a very profitable business, so I don't care about the deposit."
The water bandit immediately understood the situation and said with a wry smile: "It's really a very profitable business." He bothered him to go to the Lin Mansion to inquire about it.
When the man came back, he was shocked: "Their family member said that Mr. Lin returned home last night! When the neighbor asked how he returned home, the family member said that it was their master's students who persuaded the kidnappers to let them back!"
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The water bandit sighed: "It's not that his student is so sharp-tongued, I'm afraid it's because he asked for a good helper." Until then, he told the details of last night and sighed again, "I didn't expect Mr. Lin to be among those boats!
I don’t know where the second leader went after him.”
After hearing this, Xi Zuo laughed loudly: "That military advisor is so powerful. The second-in-command did not lose unjustly!"
The water bandit said: "At first, I thought it was someone from the prince's family. He was renting boats here and there, so I thought he was not a soldier. If we don't keep it together, we will be hacked."
The more he thought about it, the more interesting he became, and he burst out laughing. The water bandit glanced at him a few times and laughed too. Then he found a horse and went to Wuxi to report the news.
Jia Cong didn't wake up until noon. After lying in bed for a long time, he got up. It was already past lunch time and ordered the kitchen to cook a few more side dishes for a random meal. Thinking of something, he hurriedly wrote Wang Wu's statement on a piece of paper.
I stuffed the paper into the mailbox and let go of the pigeon to fly back to the capital.
Then he ran to see Lin Hai. As soon as he entered the room with a smile, he was startled. He saw Lin Hai sitting on a chair and Lin Daiyu kneeling on the ground. Both of them had tears streaming down their faces. Lin Hai's face was full of pain and sorrow, and Daiyu
He actually had the stubbornness and strength of a revolutionary martyr. Jia Cong hurriedly shouted: "What are you doing? What are you doing! Isn't it easy for the father and daughter not to see each other for two years?"
Lin Hai pointed at him and said: "It's all your kid! You have indulged your sister."
Daiyu gritted her teeth and said, "I'm right."
Jia Cong said hurriedly: "But what about my sister becoming a military advisor?"
Lin Hai ignored him, looked at Daiyu and said, "Since you are back, let's not go to the south, but live in Suzhou."
Jia Cong said: "There are two tigers in Suzhou, Wang Wu and Wu Wang. The world is so big, but Taiwan is the barbarian and barren little island that no one cares about. It can be safe for a while."
Lin Hai was speechless for a moment, and after half a day he said again: "Even if it's in the past, your sister is not allowed to do anything that makes her appear in public."
Jia Cong pouted and said, "Let's talk about it then." He winked at Lin Daiyu.
Lin Hai glared at him and said, "Why are you so careless?"
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "I'm not being careless. I'm just hinting to my sister to relax." Nai smiled and said, "Sister! If he doesn't let you do something, let your people make trouble for him! Or he can do it for you. Even if it's Lin Shangshu
I'm afraid I won't be able to do my sister's official duties for a while, and I will have to help your father when the time comes!" Lin Daiyu said with a tearful smile.
Lin Hai hummed: "How much official business can there be in such a small place?"
Lin Daiyu knelt on the ground and suddenly thought about how messy things would be if her father suddenly took over her business. The third girl's temper became worse and worse. The eldest sister spoke softly but with a strong tone that could choke people to death. Wu Xiaoxi went around giving people to people.
If you don't pay attention, you will fall in. Even the two aunts in charge of internal affairs, Hong Xiu Jinjiang, are very powerful. These women alone are enough for her father to drink a pot. He couldn't help laughing. Jia Cong was busy.
He stepped forward and helped her up, saying: "Okay, okay, there will be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and there will be a way when the time comes."
Daiyu said cheerfully: "If dad can catch my stall and clean up the group of people in Xiaoxiang Pavilion, I won't bother to care about those things." They looked at each other again, and both of them smiled.
.Lin Hai had an inexplicable feeling of something bad.
So he sent someone to Wuxi to report the news.
King Wu was bargaining with Jarvis and Yang Song. However, neither of them were good at doing business. Jarvis only talked about Jia She and refused to give in; Yang Song was a guard and didn't know anything about it. Suddenly someone came
They came to report that Mr. Lin and Mr. Cong of the Jia family were released by the kidnappers last night and were safe and sound. Several people hurriedly put down their business and called the boy to come in and answer.
The boy said: "Both the master and Mr. Cong came back at 5:00 today. The house was very busy for a while, boiling water and making porridge. It was almost dawn by the time they rested. They slept until noon today.
I just woke up and looked in good spirits. When I came here, Mr. Cong was coaxing the master to play. The third master said, let Mr. Jia just do important things and leave them alone. The master also asked Guard Yang not to go back in a hurry. He is fine.
very."
Even so, Yang Song still couldn't sit still and looked directly at Jarvis. Jarvis said: "Brother Yang, please go back first. My kung fu is not weak, and I can protect myself."
Yang Song stood up seriously and said: "I haven't seen you for many days, sir. I'm really worried, so I'm leaving first."
"Go ahead."
Mr. Wei said with a smile: "Master Cong really has a sharp tongue. I have never heard that meat tickets can coax the kidnappers to let him go. But I don't know who the kidnappers are?"
The boy said: "The third master said that since they let them back without any harm to their skin, they just treated them as just going out to play for once. Let's forget about this matter and never mention it again."
Jarvis shook his head and said, "I don't know how he developed this temperament. Mr. Lin and Mr. Su are both elegant people. Although Mr. She is more straightforward, he still knows how to be noble. He is the only one who can call friends even when he sees a scoundrel in the market."
of."
King Wu smiled and said, "Not only is he a scoundrel in the market, this kid called my ninth brother brother the first time he saw him. He was not even four years old at that time. He was really shameless." Yin glanced at Chen Ruiwen.
Chen Ruiwen said hurriedly: "Wan Sheng has been thinking about Mr. Lin these days. Since he has returned safely, Wan Sheng also went to see him."
King Wu said: "Very true. If you hadn't come to find me at starry night, I would still be in Jinling right now. If not, Mr. Qi Jia would have sold this spinning machine to someone else."
Jarvis said: "Then the prince still has to thank the kidnappers? If it weren't for them, the prince would not have acquired such a good talent as Brother Chen."
King Wu smiled and said, "Thankfully, I always thought Mr. Jia was an honest man. It turns out that Mr. Jia is very good at talking."
Mr. Wei hid a sneer at the corner of his mouth and said: "Mr. Chen and Mr. Jia are like people from the same family. They both know how to talk, but they rarely talk."
Chen Ruiwen didn't know what he meant at all, and said: "Otherwise. Brother Jia is a man of few words, but he is a late-born man who talks a lot." Mr. Wei smiled and said nothing.
Chen Ruiwen then led the boy back to Suzhou with Yang Song, while Jarvis stayed behind to discuss matters with the King of Wu in a leisurely manner.
At the dinner party that day, taking the opportunity to celebrate the safe return of Lin Hai and Jia Cong, Mr. Wei frequently asked Jarvis to drink. Seeing that he was a little drunk, he smiled and ordered people to help him back to the guest room to rest. After a while, Mr. Wei
I went to check on him personally, but I didn't expect him to be asleep, so I told the person watching him to be more careful and then left.
Because Lin Hai had come back, Jarvis was not in a hurry, and their spinning machine was really a good thing. King Wu thought that it was reasonable to care about money, so he ordered Mr. Wei to respond quickly. Jarvis next time
I got the banknote that day.
Mr. Wei said: "Mr. Jia, we bought this blueprint not cheaply. We hope that after Mr. Pardon gets the loom, he will remember our prince first."
Jarvis cupped his hands and said: "Of course, if it is given to others, they may not be of greater use than Wu Guo."
Mr. Wei said: "It's just that on the Western side, how many people use this and that loom?"
Jarvis said: "Not much. Because they are not short of money now and are too lazy to work on it. Westerners have moved countless gold and silver treasures from other places overseas, enough to last two or three generations."
Mr. Wei sneered and said: "How foolish it is to just sit back and have nothing. It just so happens that we can do something while they are slacking off."
Jarvis nodded repeatedly: "I don't think the King of Wu has such an understanding person as Brother Wei at his side, so there is no need to worry here in Wu State." Mr. Wei glanced at him. He explained, "To be honest, Mr. and Cong'er are very worried.
The kings were fighting and internal strife, and the mountains and rivers were not peaceful. In the end, our dynasty, like other foreign countries, became the slaves of the Westerners."
Mr. Wei's expression changed, and it took half a quarter of an hour before he sighed: "Master Lin and Jia Sanye are far-sighted, and Wei admires them." As he bowed deeply to him, "Sir, don't worry, as long as Wei is here, I won't let him go."
There was a civil war between the king of Wu and the princes next to him."
Jarvis immediately bowed to the ground and said, "Please, sir." Then he stood up and went to bid farewell to King Wu.
After seeing him off, Mr. Wei secretly whispered to King Wu: "This Jia She is amazing! Your Majesty, although we have spent a lot of money, it is really a good deal. Wan Sheng has sent people to Lingnan to inquire about it. There is a saying that '
The sea merchants in Haizhou can buy firearms from the West. With this spinning machine, if you can get a loom in the future, the prince will no longer be short of money. Our country of Wu is not short of food.
There is no shortage of food, firearms, and population..." He then saluted the King of Wu and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Your Majesty chose the land of Wu that day, which was really wise."
King Wu laughed loudly: "That day I only said that I would pick the place where the merchants are the most prosperous. They all only have soldiers in their eyes. Who knows, if you have money, why worry about not having soldiers?" Yin asked again, "Look at Lin Hai?"
Mr. Wei said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep Mr. Lin, and they will go south in a few days. If Wansheng guessed correctly... Jia Cong will not choose a master now, and he may not be able to choose his master in ten years.
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King Wu was startled.
"Although this man laughs, scolds, and is cynical, he cares about the safety of the world rather than a particular family." Mr. Wei said, "He will not help the princes in the civil war, no matter which one. However, if the princes go to fight overseas, whether it is to rob
He will help people or rob money. This person is really a man with a good background. My lord, think about it, if Mr. Jarvis had not come up with the "co-operation" plan, what would our country be like now? Decades later
What will happen?”
King Wu said: "Of course all six of our brothers were killed by the third one."
Mr. Wei shook his head and said: "It's not six, it's seven. According to the temperament of the Supreme Emperor, King Yan will definitely not be able to protect him. However, the Supreme Emperor is incompetent and suspicious, and he values civility over military affairs. You can imagine the country under his rule. Westerners
As Master Cong said, we are like wolves and tigers. In a few decades, our country will inevitably end up like the foreign countries that were destroyed by the West." King Wu took a breath. Mr. Wei continued, "Back then,
Mr. Jarvis used the life-and-death danger to force the kings to unite, and he achieved today's momentum. However, today's momentum may not be safe. Jia Cong implored the princes again and again not to fight against each other, but to fight against the Westerners. Your Majesty, this is
I'm afraid people are here to...save the world."
King Wu was shocked, and after a while he said: "According to your opinion, is he really the lower realm of Nezha?"
Mr. Wei said: "Whether it is Nezha or a boy who is good at making money, he is not an ordinary person. I have been in Wu all the year round and don't know what is going on in the capital. The prince thinks to himself, among the eight of you brothers, excluding the Supreme Emperor, has he done anything wrong to anyone?"
King Wu thought for a while and said: "Not really. He is very good to the other seven of us. If anyone asks him to help with an idea, he will come up with it, and all the ideas are wonderful."
Mr. Wei said: "I'm afraid it's because he places his hope of saving the world on the kings. As for who can get his help in the future, it just depends on who wants to expand overseas and expand the territory."
The King of Wu was stunned for another half day, and finally bowed deeply to him: "Listening to the teacher's words, it is like enlightenment and enlightenment! The king's success with the teacher is just like Liu Xuande's success with Zhuge Kongming!"