When Jia Cong returned to the house in despair, Jia Xu asked, "Why are you so disgraced?"
Jia Cong said with a sad face: "Fifth Uncle! I'm heartbroken." Then he pounced on Jia Xu.
"Ah?" Jia Xulai became more energetic, "Which girl?"
Jia Cong tilted his head: "Fourth Sister Chen!"
"Haha!" Jia Xu couldn't help but jump up, "I think something will happen to you two sooner or later!"
Jia Cong pursed his lips and said: "My dear uncle, don't be so cheerful! I have unrequited love, okay? I think she treats me very well on weekdays! She doesn't even have a love rival!"
Jia Xu smiled from ear to ear: "That's their job, isn't it? Don't people who work as guards look at you? Being a guard and being a wife are two different things. In this line of work, the most important thing is love. Uncle Wu will only tell you , they have known since childhood that love is the enemy of intelligence."
Jia Cong hugged his fifth uncle's arm and said: "Bullshit! Everyone has feelings. It's normal to have feelings for a long time. You know and I know. It's true and simple. How real! Why do I have unrequited love? Uncle Wu, you Still laughing! Can you give your nephew an idea? You have known her longer than me."
"I can't help you with this matter!" Jia Xu said with a smile, "Figure it out yourself."
Jia Cong wailed: "Retribution! I said this to Brother Huan back then, and a few years later it was someone else's turn to say it to me!" Nai drooped his head and went back to the house.
The more he thought about it, the happier Jia Xu became. He went out to take a look and saw that Chen Ruijin was practicing Kung Fu again. Chen Ruijin stopped for a while, and Jia Xu smiled with a smile on his face: "Girl Chen, you are getting more energetic."
Chen Ruijin thought for a moment and said, "Master Wu, I want to visit the Fang family's relatives."
"Huh?" Jia Xu asked, "What do you care about them doing? It has nothing to do with us."
Chen Ruijin said: "Master Cong has fallen in love with a girl from their family."
Jia Xu stayed for three seconds and asked, "How do you know Cong'er has fallen in love with that girl?"
Chen Ruijin raised his head and said, "He said he has unrequited love."
Jia Xu thought about what Jia Cong had just said, and it was clearly wrong! "Don't come here. The Fang family is very powerful in Shu. If their family members are not well protected, others will worry about it. The king of Shu will also put people on strict guard. Cong'er is not A man who would fall in love with a strange woman. What did he say?"
Chen Ruijin said: "She said she looks like a beauty he had envied a long time ago."
Jia Xu sneered: "Beauty? Lin Yatou, isn't Liu Xianglian's wife a beauty? He's been used to seeing it since he was a child. Did he say that he has unrequited love?"
"yes."
"What did he really say?" Chen Ruijin said a few words. Jia Xu stayed still for three seconds after hearing the words. He pressed his stomach and laughed so hard that he didn't break his heart! The laughter shook several flowers from the sycamore tree. Son, the dog in the inn made him bark in fright. It took him a while to find the strength to speak: "Don't cause trouble... Hahaha... He didn't see that Miss Fang hahaha..."
Chen Ruijin asked: "Why is Master Wu laughing?"
Jia Xu was so full of laughter that he stood up and walked away, saying, "I know! I won't tell you!" He hummed a little tune and left. Chen Ruijin looked at his back for a long time, and stood there thinking for a long time. From a distance he looked back. Jia Xu laughed loudly.
The next day, Jia Cong slept until three o'clock in the morning. Temporarily getting rid of the worries of his lovelorn, he ate some snacks and went to the Prince of Shu's palace.
The King of Shu was in high spirits today. When he saw him, he said, "Mr. Jia, is the craftsman you mentioned who helped the Fang family build the tunnels named Guo?"
"Exactly!" Jia Cong said, "That child should be named Yuan."
"Already found."
Jia Cong hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Wan Sheng hired someone to take him back." After thinking for a while, he added, "It's better to have a good talk with him first. He may not know that he is being replaced at this moment.
He was raised by a rich family, but my biological mother’s family is of average means.”
The king of Shu said, "Anyway, I'll leave it to you." Then he ordered someone to bring the child.
Jia Congnai said: "Your Majesty, I thought of something last night and wanted to advise you."
The king of Shu said happily: "Say it quickly!"
"Build a school." Jia Cong said, "The prince must have heard about it a long time ago. Countries such as Wu, Lu, Qi, and Lu have built compulsory education schools. This enables children from ordinary families to recognize a few words and takes the opportunity to screen out talents from poor families.
Come on. For example, isn’t the old craftsman who helped Fang Xiong dig the tunnel mechanism a talent? If the prince gets this person first, where will it be Fang Xiong’s turn?"
The King of Shu thought for a while and said: "A craftsman is just a craftsman, what's the use of studying?"
Jia Cong said: "Talent is rare, wouldn't it be a pity to be a craftsman? If he was born in a wealthy family, he might as well be Liu Ziyang." The King of Shu's eyes moved. "It will cost some money to hire a gentleman at first, but after a few years there will be many
The gentleman can be used, and the youth of a country can be captured early. Those with talent will stand out. Talents are the foundation of a country. With talents, everything is available. This is for one use."
The King of Shu asked: "Is there any other use?"
Jia Cong said: "Fang Xiong has been an official in the Shu Kingdom for many years. Although he died unjustly, it is just that people in the world are speculating wildly, and it is uncertain what the news will be. If there are more readers, rumors will be less likely to spread, and the people's hearts will be more stable. What's more,
, I just saw the prince’s notice outside. It’s really well written, how many people can understand it?”
"Is this..." the King of Shu thought, ordinary people really couldn't understand it. Fang Xiong had been rebelling for a long time, and his governance in Shu had been good for many years, so it would take some time to calm the people's hearts.
"Also, the Taoist priest who followed Fang Xiong also learned his deception from elsewhere. It's not certain how many people mistakenly thought it was useful." Jia Cong said, "People are stupid and can be easily deceived. In the past, the Yellow Turbans in the late Han Dynasty
The army swept across the country like locusts, but the people were really mindless and ignorant of life and death. If only one out of ten had read the book of sages, how could they be like that?"
The King of Shu said: "The Ling Emperor is fatuous and the aristocratic clan is running amok, which is also a source of disaster. It is incomparable now with that time."
Jia Cong said: "The little saint has already started selling his title."
The King of Shu was shocked: "What!"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "After I heard about it, I first gave my father, my brother and my nephew the title of Duke of Rong for the third time."
The King of Shu looked a little ugly, and after a while he cursed: "Ignorant boy! Why did you choose him back then?"
Jia Cong said: "It's difficult for him too. He doesn't even have enough money for food and clothing. Besides, he doesn't sell much."
The King of Shu hummed: "It won't be more than a few years."
Jia Cong said: "For the prince, it may not be a bad thing."
The King of Shu sighed: "It must be a bad thing for the Situ family! If the title can be bought and sold, the Tian family will have no prestige, and the aristocratic family will rise."
Jia Cong was surprised: He still has this idea?! It can be seen that the three names hidden by the late emperor in a temple were not written casually. He thought to himself: "Is there any other way to provide money and food to the little saint and the empress dowager?"
?How about asking the kings to pay tribute every year?"
The King of Shu chuckled and said, "Who is willing to give it?"
"That's right." Jia Cong said, "In this case, people's hearts are even more important. The hearts of ordinary people cannot be taken by aristocratic families. From this point of view, King Qi and King Wu built the school not only to recruit talents."
The King of Shu thought for a while and asked: "Prince Teng of Guangdong and Guangxi also built a school?"
Jia Cong said: "Uncle Wang's school is different from that of Qi and Wu. It is mostly for seeking talents in science and engineering."
“What is science and engineering?”
"It's hard to describe in one sentence. Science and engineering majors are generally selected from Westerners, such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, mechanics, medicine, etc. These talents will not be officials in the future, but factories." Jia Congsui.
He told the King of Shu about the factories being built in Guangdong and Guangxi for half a day. "Everyone in the world knows that Wang Ziteng has soap recipes, cement recipes, etc., after all, these recipes must be developed by talents, right?"
The King of Shu asked: "In your opinion, does he have the heart to stand on his own feet?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "What does he do to support himself? Most of the food in Guangdong and Guangxi is bought from the state of Wu, and scholars also go to Beijing for scientific research. It's just that the jade is in the coffin for a good price, and the hairpin is in the box waiting for it to fly. He
If you want a prince, you can buy one now."
King Shu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "If you want to buy one, you can buy one."
"What you bought is boring." Jia Cong said, "What you earn is worthy of your children and grandchildren. It's not like you are untalented if you are born late."
The King of Shu laughed loudly: "I thought Mr. Jia would not be weaker than the late Duke."
Jia Cong bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
At this moment, someone had been waiting in the wing with the child who was being held hostage for a long time. The King of Shu ordered him to be brought in. Jia Cong smiled when he saw it: "It's obviously a child of the Yuan family, carved in the same mold as Uncle Yuan."
He took the children and said goodbye.
The child was not afraid at all. He just paid it off inside. After leaving the hall, he opened his eyes and looked around. Jia Cong said: "You are so courageous, just like you."
The child asked: "Sir, they said I am not a child of the Guo family?"
"Well, you are a child of the Yuan family."
The child said "Oh" and patted his chest: "No wonder my mother-in-law doesn't like me."
"Does your grandfather like you?"
"I like it!" the child said, "My mother likes me the most."
Jia Cong touched his head: "He is a child of the Yuan family. Your biological father had a fight with your adoptive father because of you. Go back and be filial to him."
The child said: "Will he teach me to fight?"
"Yes! The whole Yuan family can fight! Your sister is a good woman. By the way, we also have a cousin of yours in our inn, named Yuan Shikai. You can play with him soon."
There was a boy from Prince Shu's palace who sent them out, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Jia, you are so familiar with this kid's family."
Jia Cong said: "When passing by their town, there happened to be a group fight. One of our bodyguards took a fancy to his cousin and said he looked like a martial arts prodigy. He had already brought him out and sent someone to Beijing to learn martial arts in the future.
"
The boy said: "Good luck!" His face was full of envy, his eyes were indifferent, he was a man who had not mastered acting skills.
"It turns out that the child is already past the age of entry into martial arts, but talent is rare." Jia Cong said, "As the saying goes, tigers are hidden in the mountains and unicorns lie in the wilderness. God does not look at the family when it comes to talent." The boy kept saying.
nod.
I took my children back to the inn and met Yuan Shikai first. The two children chatted for a long time. Later, Mr. Guo came, and it was a bit awkward for the fake father and son to meet. Mr. Guo said: "I was about to go back and take him with me.
alright."
Jia Cong said: "No need. It's a long way and the child will definitely feel uncomfortable walking with you. It's better for me to send someone to take him back."
Mr. Guo then asked how his adopted son was doing at the Fang family and how he had been these past two days. It turned out that the child was living well in the Fang family and was accompanying the young master of the Fang family. When the Fang family escaped, the young master could not bear to let him go and took him with him from the tunnel.
Let's go. After being arrested last night, the young master said to the jailer: "He is not from our family. He was sent from the countryside to play with me. Let him go!" Someone took him out this morning and carefully
I asked him how his grandfather was and how his father was. At that moment, he didn't know that he had been exchanged for it, so he told the truth. Fortunately, neither Mrs. Guo nor Mr. Guo taught him the art of mechanism.
The child looked up to Jia Cong and said, "Mr. Jia, is there any way to rescue the second master of the Fang family?"
Jia Cong said: "It can't be done now. Since he is a child, his life is not worried for the time being."
"Where's his grandfather?"
Jia Cong sighed: "It was gone last night."
The child felt a little sad: "Second brother must be very sad."
"His grandfather killed many people." Jia Cong said, "No wonder they took revenge." He was also speechless.
The next day, Jia Cong took the child to Jia's horse shop and ordered him to be sent home. Mr. Guo saw that the Fang family was in ruins and thought he was safe, so he went back.
After returning from the horse racing business, Jia Cong had nothing to do for the time being, so he was thinking about how to chase girls. Chen Ruijin had a special experience, and ordinary methods might not work. He thought for a long time and didn't know where to start. In the end, he had to use primitive methods:
Sitting in the yard singing love songs. After all, he knew a lot of love songs in his previous life, so he held a solo concert.
Jia Xu and Liu Feng happened to be discussing serious matters, and his scalp was numb. Jia Xu said: "Should I help him? It's too unpleasant to hear."
Liu Feng said hurriedly: "No! At worst, we can go to discuss matters elsewhere. The third master's bustle means that there will be no such store in this village!" Jia Xu thought about it, so he took Liu Feng and Yuan Shikai out seriously.
Jia Cong sang until his mouth went dry. He didn't see any noise in Chen Ruijin's room, so he muttered: "It's a pity that there is no Du Niang and there is no forum. I can't even find anyone to help me."
At lunch time, the three people didn't come back, so Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin were eating. Jia Cong tried his best to be attentive. Chen Ruijin felt strange and asked, "Is there anything wrong, Third Master?"
"……without……"
After dinner, when he returned to the house, Jia Cong thought of another idea and got some paper to fold five-pointed stars and paper cranes. He folded them all afternoon. Looking at the messy cases and bed, he suddenly felt bored - this thing
It was just a matter of coaxing Yuan Shikai and his cousin to give up to a little girl of that age. How could Chen Ruijin coax her? Instead, she hugged her knees and lay on the bed in a daze.
As the sun set, Chen Ruijin came to call him for dinner. When he entered the room and took a look, he was startled: "What are you doing, Mr. San? You are just trying to make a fuss."
"I'm feeling melancholy." Jia Cong murmured, "There are always some things that I thought were easy, but are really hard to do."
Chen Ruijin thought for a moment: "Isn't the King of Shu willing to build a school?"
"No." Jia Cong stretched and stood up. "Oh——"
It was already dark now, and only the shadow of a human figure could be seen in the room. Chen Ruijin stood at the door, and when he looked sideways, he saw a beautiful silhouette - even if it was black and white, it was heart-warming. Jia Cong thought about countless things in his heart.
I'm trying to find a way. Nothing like wall-dong will definitely work. Chen Ruijin's combat value is more than 100 kills in seconds. He doesn't know how to sweet talk! I tried romantic love songs, but it's useless.
Baba stood there for half a day, and Jia Cong thought to himself, a true warrior dares to charge into battle, dare to stalk and fight, and dares to be shameless! At least he must set up a flag first, right? So he said softly: "Miss Chen Ruijin, I like you. Please say so
You are dating me for the purpose of getting married.”(..)