It is said that the two Jia brothers had discussed the snacks for Miss Zeng, but she never sent them again. Jia Cong naturally didn't care, and Jia Huan was somewhat concerned about it, just like the second bird on the roof in a Western story.
She looked like boots. But Chen Ruijin understood that this woman must have a plan, and asked Jia Cong: "What should we do if she follows us quietly one day when we leave?"
Jia Cong was stunned: "Huh? Who?"
"Miss Zeng Er," Chen Ruijin said, "her Eight Boxes of Dim Sum and one poem seduce Mr. Huan and then disappeared. If I say she only loves her for one year, do you believe it?"
"I don't believe it." Jia Cong said calmly, "She obviously wants to avoid marrying a cat or a dog casually in the future. Are you saying that she wants to leave with us?"
Chen Ruijin said: "Not necessarily. If I were her, I would be able to come up with at least twelve ways to stick to Mr. Huan, but this is the only one I can't think of how to avoid breaking up with."
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "Then let's break up." Then he ignored it.
On the other side, Zhong Heng had been getting along with King Lu for some time, and it was quite satisfactory. Zeng Chu and others knew that he was a hook, and what really mattered was his uncle, so they all treated him very well, but they were not very flattering.
Zhong Wei repeatedly ordered him to stop being a bandit. The more he talked, the more Zhong Heng began to listen. However, he still felt a little sorry for Shui Rong.
Jia Cong then said to him: "You are really embarrassed to leave. You owe Shui Rong a favor and you can repay him when you have the opportunity in the future. Besides, you are not the only one in Shui Rong's hands. Without you, his career will continue as usual. Over the years,
I haven't seen him give you a promotion. Now that the world is in chaos and there are many opportunities, it makes sense for you to change places if you have a better place. This is called a two-way choice." Zhong Heng was silent. Jia Cong thought for a while and then said, "If he said,
Xiao Zhong, actually I wanted to transfer you somewhere last year, but for some reason it didn't work. I also wanted to transfer you to a certain place the year before last, but it didn't work for some reason... You see, this is all unlucky, isn't it? I'm still thinking of transferring you next month.
I'm going somewhere! I also want to marry my daughter to you! You'd better not believe this."
Zhong Heng smiled bitterly and said, "I know."
He thought about it for a few more days, and finally asked for leave from the King of Lu to go somewhere else to take care of business. The King of Lu kept nagging "Master will come back early" and pulled him with all kinds of reluctance, fearing that he would be gone once he left.
When Master Du came back, Zeng Chun was filled with joy and pretended to be fine. It turned out that Jia Cong, in order to save him from nagging, told him that Zhong Heng had been taken away by himself, leaving King Lu free to visit Zhong Wei.
After asking for some martial arts lessons, Zhong Heng then rode off alone. Zhong Wei did not go to see him off. He only told him to "leave early and come back early, and don't drag yourself out". He secretly planned to find a wife for him. Instead, the prince of Xiaolu sent him off.
After arriving outside the city, I looked at him from a distance with a resigned face and no trace of him.
Jia Cong and others helped Fan Cheng look for a house and asked Mr. to arrange for students to enter school according to their household registration. Many older children were already working hard and were unwilling to let them go to school; Fan Cheng also tried to persuade him. Jia Cong laughed.
He said: "You are an adult, and you should not show off your authority when you should." Then the person working below said that if there are children of the right age who should go to school, it is fine not to be allowed to go to school, and an additional "self-teaching tax" will be added.
And the revenue was quite high.
Fan Cheng hurriedly said: "Absolutely not! How can we increase taxes at will? It will damage the reputation of our Lord."
Jia Cong said: "Don't worry, just collecting an extra tax doesn't bring fame. The princes have increased the taxes too much. Besides, as the saying goes, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Luzhou is so small, who will pay attention?
You charge a small tax on ideas? Even if you pay attention, you won't be able to stir up any waves." Fan Cheng had nothing to do with him.
Another person came to report that a certain wealthy family would rather pay more tax money than let his son go to school. It turned out that the son was left by the previous daughter-in-law. Jia Cong then said forget it. Fan Cheng wanted to help the child, but Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "It is difficult for an upright official to deal with household affairs. Mr. Fan, you don't have that much free time. At most, you can ask the child if he is willing to live in a health care hall. He If you don’t want to, just do it.”
As expected, Fan Cheng asked someone to ask, and the child was really willing to go to the health care center! It turned out that the rich family treated him very badly, often beating him with injuries all over his body, and he had not had enough to eat since his mother was arrested for stealing. Cong asked the boy below him to say to the rich man: "Since you are willing to treat him like this, it shows that you have found out that this son is not yours. If he is not yours, why should you raise him?"
He ordered someone to set up a household registration for the child and send him to the Yangsheng Hall. Jia Congte told him: "Unless you study well, pass the middle school and high school and pass the imperial examination, otherwise you will be stepped on by your stepmother's younger brother for the rest of your life. .”
The child said with hatred: "My mother was wronged!"
Jia Cong said: "There are so many people who have been wronged in the world. There is only one Bao Qingtian who has been dead for hundreds of years. It is useless for you to cry to death and hate to death. If you have the ability to obtain fame and become a high official, you can find out the old cases yourself." I will plead my grievance for my mother." The child gritted his teeth and agreed. Fan Cheng originally wanted to comfort him, but after hearing what Jia Cong said, he sighed and turned around to go out.
Things are getting better, and the people in Rongguo Mansion should go north and south. Jia Cong has already hooked up with Fan Cheng while he is busy with school these days, and Jia Huan has been pushed aside by him. He still thinks that It was not enough, so I took up a pen and slightly changed a poem "Congratulations to the Bridegroom" by Chairman Mao and wrote it on my desk.
Jia Huan caught a glimpse of the words "You and I are considered close friends in the world" and couldn't help but cover his face: "I can't see it! How can you pry someone's important staff like this?"
Jia Cong shook his head and said: "What was most important in the eighteenth century? Talent!" Jia Huan rolled his eyes.
At this moment, Chen Ruijin listened carefully and said with a smile: "Master Huan, you can feel at ease."
"Um?"
"The second boot dropped."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone outside said: "The woman who came to Prince Lu's Mansion a few days ago to deliver snacks is here again." Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin laughed at the same time.
Not long after, the daughter-in-law of Miss Zeng Er came in and kowtowed, saying that she was bringing snacks to the master. However, she looked worried and her eyes were swollen from crying. Jia Huan also wanted to put on a show, but Jia Cong was beside him. After winking and winking, Chen Ruijin responded to him, but felt bored. He ordered the people to collect the snacks and rewarded her with two strings of copper coins. The wife stopped talking, and for a long time, suddenly shed tears. She did not accept the money and knelt down. After kowtowing three times to Jia Huan, she got up and left. It would have been better if she didn't play this trick; Yihongyuan had used all kinds of tricks to lure the enemy. Jia Huan was really not interested, so he waved her away. After leaving, Yibi ordered someone to collect the two bunches of money.
Sure enough, the daughter-in-law walked to the door, turned back, knelt down on her knees to Jia Cong, wiped her tears and said, "Third Master, our girl is really seriously ill."
Jia Huan looked down at her for a long time, until she couldn't cry. Finally he sighed: "I thought I didn't have a chance to say it. You go back and tell him a word."
The daughter-in-law’s eyes lit up: “Slave, listen!”
Jia Huanzheng sat down and said solemnly: "Oh." Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin couldn't help laughing at the same time.
The daughter-in-law was stunned for a long time, then she looked sad and sighed: "The third master is so heartless." She slowly got up and walked out.
Seeing her arriving at the door, Chen Ruijin said leisurely: "Although it is ruthless, it is better than pretending to be sentimental." She froze at the door.
Jia Huan thought for a moment, then stood up and walked over to her, bowed deeply and said, "Thank you girls. Thanks to her, I finally know what I like about Jian'an." The daughter-in-law immediately turned around.
Jia Huan said sternly: "Back then, in Beijing, the situation in the court was turbulent, powerful ministers were in power, the palace was dangerous, and the temptation was great. Her father was missing, her younger brother was young, her mother was incompetent, and her maternal uncle was confused. She herself was not rich enough at that time.
At the age of twelve, he can actually think of ways to escape danger when there is no one to rely on and only pig teammates around him. It is better to rely on others than to rely on yourself. After all, I don’t like women who are attached to me like vines." He turned to look at Jia Cong.
, "How did you pronounce that jingle you often recited when you were a child, Two Trees?"
Jia Cong rolled his eyes at him: "That's not a jingle, it's a Western style poem. The name is not Two Trees, it's the Oak Tree." Then he read, "If I were you, I would never be like a climbing flower in the sky, borrowing your high branches.
Show off yourself; I must be a kapok tree next to you, standing with you as a tree. This aunt, some men like gentle and virtuous women who regard their husbands as their first priority, and some like wild girlfriends walking side by side. You two
The girl is unlucky. My brother happens to not like her like this. She doesn’t have to worry about not being able to get married. After all, there are fewer of us like her, and most men in the world still like her like that."
The daughter-in-law shed tears again: "Besides men, who can we girls count on in the deep house and compound? Princess Jian'an is a princess after all, how can we girls compare to her?"
Chen Ruijin said: "She has the skills to please our men, so why not please her own brothers?"
Jia Cong said: "I really don't want to be sold like a pig by the Zeng family, so I can hide out! For example, if I want to become a monk or something, if I don't want to give up my hair, I can practice with it. Although it is more miserable, how can I gain without losing? When I was a college student
My sister is no longer a concubine and is in charge of family education? Now the king of Lu is promoting compulsory education for all people and only teaches boys. If she wants to, she can set up a girls' school in the nunnery to teach girls. It seems that the female family members have nothing to do, but in fact
There is no great thing that can be recorded in history." How could Chen Ruijin and Jia Huan not know what he was thinking? They all looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile. He only did it without checking, and said seriously, "Children are raised by their mothers. The mother of Luzhou
If everyone is educated and sensible, the future of Luzhou is limitless. Apart from other things, talents will ensure that they will never have to worry about one crop after another. What makes Princess Jian'an better than her is that she only focuses on the shortcomings of her parents, while the princess focuses on Luzhou and the country.
All under heaven." Nai clapped his hands and said, "Brother Huan, I think the matter of the girls' school is also very important. How about you discuss it with the princess tomorrow and let her take charge of it?"
Jia Huan held back her laughter and thought for a while: "It makes sense. It's just that it's not convenient for me to see her. I'll talk to my brother-in-law tomorrow."
"It's all up to you anyway."
Two days later, they got up and left Luzhou to their north and south. Fan Cheng read the words "Congratulations to the Bridegroom" given by Jia Cong before leaving, and he felt deeply in his heart and considered himself a confidant. However, Princess Jian'an found a letter under the inkstone on her desk.
, I don’t know where it came from. The letter was written in a woman’s handwriting, and it was like a commentary detailing the days when Zeng Er sent snacks to Miss Zeng until she “finally understood what I like about Princess Jian’an.” I couldn’t help but feel relieved.
After some time, Princess Jian'an proposed to build some girls' schools to teach little girls from ordinary families. However, Prince Lu often went to discuss important official matters with her, and she was busier than others. This matter was first left to the hands of several members of the Zeng family.
The girl presided over it. In fact, she knew in her heart that the thoughts of these cousins had moved from Jia Huan to Jia Cong. But she was too lazy to pay attention. Anyway, they were dedicated to being a girls' school, and it didn't matter for what reason.
On the other end, Jia Cong rushed back to Taiwan. Before he could take a breath, people from Wu Xiaoxi in Yuanchun came to kill him. It turned out that Wan Zhang had sent people to send many ore samples, and the people at the research institute were making a big fuss.
It was tungsten ore. Jia Cong hurried over without even changing his clothes. He couldn't remember the real thing before, but now he had a room full of ore, and it didn't take long for him to recognize scheelite and wolframite.
People hurried to Jiangxi to transport more ores for experiments, and at the same time, they sent the current ones to the chemical laboratory.
Just thinking about breathing a sigh of relief and going back home to wash up and wash himself, Wu Xiaoxi told him casually: "Huo Sheng and Prince Chen came back last month."
"how?!"
Xiaoxi said with a smile: "Return with a full load!"
Jia Cong jumped up with joy and shouted: "Sure enough, I saw Huo Sheng right!"
"It's just that he and King Chen also fell out."
"ha?"
Yuan Chun said: "It would be strange if there is no collapse. Huo Sheng's envoy hasn't left yet. You can find out by asking." He then immediately rushed to see the envoy from Qiongzhou.
It turned out that Huo Sheng and King Chen had no choice but to cooperate in the first battle, and they fell out after conquering the first city. Huo Sheng was a general, and he listened to Jia Cong's "descendants" and was bent on killing people and taking wealth;
Liu Dengxi taught King Chen when he was urinating. He thought of the emperor and wanted to use Huo Sheng's power to conquer Japan for his own use. Furthermore, Huo Sheng now had soldiers, generals and firearms, so he only regarded King Chen as a friend he had known since childhood;
However, King Chen secretly wanted to conquer him as a general. Huo Sheng bought more firearms early, trained his troops for a long time, and had stronger firepower, so he fought more smoothly along the way. After the city was broken, he was busy plundering the city lord
He was not very polite to the wealthy people. Although King Chen also benefited from it, he felt a little unhappy when he saw that Huo Sheng was as greedy as a wolf and didn't save any face for himself. He didn't want someone to repay him and say that Huo Sheng was here.
They massacred the city, killing all the women, children, old and young! He was anxious: "How can you be so cruel?" He hurriedly went to find Huo Sheng to persuade him. Huo Sheng turned a deaf ear and just closed his eyes and killed. The two broke up unhappy.
After fighting for more than a month, someone suddenly sent a message saying that another army from the Celestial Empire had arrived in Japan. They went straight to the capital without going anywhere else. By this time, they had broken through their city and killed their shogunate.
General, they kidnapped their teenage emperor. Needless to say, they probably emptied the warehouse of the general's palace. When asked about the flag, they said it was marked with the word "Wei", and I didn't know which prince it was.
Huo Sheng was immediately angry! Needless to say, Wei Ruoheng himself prepared earlier than Wei Ruoheng and had more soldiers and horses than him. How could he be the first to defeat the enemy? His Huo family
Where can I put my face? I immediately turned my anger on King Chen, saying that he had been stinging and stinging the people all the way, saying that he had "benevolence to the people, kindness to the people, and etiquette to the people", which had dragged him down. The two of them were in trouble.
They had a quarrel and parted ways. Now Huo Sheng has returned to Qiongzhou, while King Chen is still in Japan.
Jia Cong was so happy that he wrote a letter to Huo Sheng in the post house. He sealed it mysteriously and pretended to be solemn and asked the envoy to take it back to Qiongzhou. The envoy thought it was an important letter and immediately packed his luggage.
Gone.
When Huo Sheng got the letter and opened it, he burst out laughing. There were only four big words on the letter: Ignore him! (.. )