On this day, Jia Lan received a letter from Fei Ge in the south, thinking it was something big. He took off the mailbox and took a look. It turned out that it was Jia Huan who asked him to help his third aunt buy a big house. Princess Jian'an wanted to build a polytechnic school.
There were many Western missionaries in the capital, and the Rongguo Mansion also invited a few to teach Jia Lan, so he knew what the word "science and engineering" meant. Jia Huan asked him to make a big splash, so he sent people to recruit all the people in the real estate in the capital.
I went to the Rongguo Mansion, hung up a curtain and talked to people for a long time.
The people then went out with great fanfare to help Rongguo Mansion find a house, and spread the news all over the capital in the blink of an eye. What Jia Lan said was: "My aunt, Princess Jian'an, is a woman who wants to build a science and engineering school in the capital, and she will provide a heavy reward."
It is the skilled craftsmen who make practical new objects." This saying is quite clear originally. People are talking too much, and inadvertently it is spread that Princess Jian'an wants to pay a lot of money to hire skilled craftsmen to make novel objects, and the "heavy" of the heavy money becomes more and more mysterious.
, what started as five hundred taels of silver gradually turned into thousands of gold.
Although Rong Guofu is rich, he rarely shows off. Jia Lan couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the rumors, and only explained a few things to his friends. Jia Rong then found an excuse to make up the story. Jia Lan shook his head and said: "Brother Rong, don't listen to the nonsense of people outside.
It’s just that Princess Jian’an wants to open a school.”
Jia Rong asked: "Isn't the princess running a school for girls? Why do you want to run a school again?"
"This time we are building a polytechnic school." Jia Lan gestured with him for a long time and reluctantly explained what the polytechnic school was about. "I don't know why the third aunt wanted to build this. The third uncle only asked me to buy a good house.
, they are preparing to recruit students when they come back." He thought for a moment and added, "Uncle Bao and Aunt Bao are also back with them."
Jia Rong was startled. Prince Xining always thought that Rongguo Mansion was gradually sending important people to Taiwan Mansion. Why are they still coming back? After a while, he asked again: "They are coming back together?"
"Yes." Jia Lan said, "They are all at Uncle Lian's place. Aunt Lin is getting married. They will come back after the ceremony." Jia Rong's eyes flashed and she diverted her words.
Within two days, Feng Ziying came to ask about the matter in person, and Jia Lan said it again. Feng Ziying nodded. He knew that the brothers of the Jia family liked craftsmen's craftsmanship and valued Western things, so he casually told Jia Lan not to ask for too much.
Just show off. Jia Lan immediately bought a large house in the suburbs of Beijing, and bought a hilltop nearby for the school to conduct experiments. Another craftsman came to recommend himself with his own utensils. Jia Lan asked people one by one
After recording it, he told them: "What my aunt wants is not a naughty weapon, but something useful. It doesn't matter whether it looks good or not. In fact, I don't know what she wants. It's better to wait for them to come back." In this way, everyone in the world knows about Jia Jia.
The Huan couple will return to Beijing soon. Although the Prince of Xining County is half-convinced, it is not convenient for him to go to Situ Pan to persuade him.
On the other side of Taiwan, Jia Cong couldn't cheer up after Chen Ruijin left. Because Wu Xiaoxi, the boss of Red Bones, was going to Fujian to discuss business, Jia Cong went with him. They were not talking to Dai Xian's official status, so they went to Dai Xian
He left at an outhouse in Fuzhou City.
Jia Cong pretended to be Wu Xiaoxi's assistant and followed her out of the carriage. He saw a woman wearing a pink dress standing in front of the court with a handkerchief in her hand. In the past, Jia Cong once heard Tan Chun say in a casual chat,
Only the younger daughter looks good in pink, but when she gets older, she can no longer hold it down; now they see this girl, who is as beautiful as a newly blooming flower branch. They had known that the person living here was an oiran raised by Dai Xian, and everyone
Call her a spring lady and she will be in her early twenties.
Wu Xiaoxi had met this woman before. When the two of them met, Mrs. Chun said, "Our master was waiting for her yesterday." Then she led them to the small flower hall at the back.
When Jia Cong saw Dai Xian, he couldn't help but touch his belly. He had been fat since he was a child; he had lost a lot of weight in the past two years while running around, and he was still considered a fat man. And this Dai Xian was of medium height in his early years, and now Jia Cong had already gained a lot of weight, and when he stood next to him, he must be a thin man. But Dai Xian stood up and held his hands towards Wu Xiaoxi: "Shopkeeper Wu."
Wu Xiaoxi smiled sweetly and held his hands: "Master Dai, you are fine." The two exchanged a few words and sat down.
Dai Xian glanced at the people brought by Wu Xiaoxi and immediately recognized Jia Cong - in the early years, Fujian governor Huang Wengang was kidnapped by Taiwanese soldiers. Dai Xian was among the Fujian officials who accompanied the commander-in-chief Zheng Chaoer to redeem him. Later, both sides After the peace agreement was signed, Taiwan's prefect Jia Lian hosted a banquet for all colleagues who had met Jia Cong. He quickly stood up again and said: "Mr. Jia! What kind of wind brings you here?"
Jia Cong said with a smile: "Master Dai, why are you standing up? I want to save the time of saluting back and forth." He rushed to bow to him. Dai Xian returned the salute without hesitation. Jia Cong said, "I've been bored these days. Come and take a look. You chat and I'll watch."
Dai Xian smiled and said: "Mr. Jia, don't try to coax me. How can you say, 'I'm bored, just follow me.'"
Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "See, this is the disadvantage of being famous. If you tell the truth, people will become suspicious." Seeing Dai Xian looking at him but smiling, he knew that this man would never believe it, so he had to say, "I am right I’m also very curious about the slave trade, so I wanted to come and hear about it. Talking about business is really not Jia’s forte.”
"What are you talking about?" Dai Xian immediately shook his head again, "Such a trivial matter will definitely not disturb Mr. Jia." He looked at Wu Xiaoxi and said, "Shopkeeper Wu?"
Wu Xiaoxi smiled slightly: "There are indeed other things. But today I have to take care of my business first, let him wait." Dai Xian cupped his hands in understanding.
Jia Cong then sat and watched, listening to Wu Xiaoxi and Dai Xian discussing for half a day about the purchase and sale of fire, guns and artillery. The rules of Red Bones were clear and uncompromising, and Dai Xian had already known about it. Therefore, he The two actually talked very quickly. After talking roughly for a while, Dai Xian ordered all the servants on his left and right to go out, leaving only one master and Jia Cong in the room, Wu Xiaoxi. Wu Xiaoxi sorted out the papers in his hands and motioned to Jia Cong. You can talk now.
Jia Cong coughed and said, "Mr. Dai, does he know that your Lord Huang Wengang has recently received a secret order from the imperial court, or will receive a secret order from the imperial court in the next few days to have the Fujian Navy fight with the Taiwanese government?"
Dai Xian was shocked: "What?!"
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "I don't know how fast their secret order was spread, and whether Mr. Huang received it. At first, I wanted to come and warn Mr. Huang, because the secret order was fake."
Dai Xian stood up in shock: "What?!"
Jia Cong clapped his hands twice: "There is a very courageous and extremely evil-minded idler. In order to prove that the Taiwan government has a navy, he falsely conveyed secret orders to Master Huang and Master Zheng. Doesn't Master Dai have any information at all?"
Dai Xian immediately darkened his face. Now his business is getting bigger and bigger, which is by no means comparable to that of ordinary people. If Fujian goes to war with Taiwan, seeing the armed police all over the streets of Chengtian Prefecture, they know that it will be difficult to win. This Jia Cong is a person who doesn’t want to win. A benevolent person, it's hard to say whose hands his property will fall into when the time comes. Besides, the most devastating thing in a war is trade. Thinking of this, Dai Xian's face turned black and white.
Jia Cong took a sip of tea and said, "That's why I came to see Lord Dai. I want to work together with Lord Dai to get what we need."
Dai Xian narrowed his eyes: "What does Mr. Jia want?"
"I would like to ask Mr. Dai to be the governor of Fujian."
Dai Xian suddenly opened his eyes and shouted loudly: "Bold!"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "By the way, Lord Dai, your county magistrate named Dai seems to be in Qiao County?"
Dai Xian said: "Among my official clan, the commander-in-chief is in Guangling."
Jia Cong said "Oh": "It's different from Dai Quan. Dai Quan is in Qiao County. However, we were the same family five hundred years ago, so he respects Mr. Dai quite a bit."
Dai Xian asked with a smile: "May I ask who this Mr. Dai Quan is?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Dai Quan, Eunuch Dai, he was the confidant of the Supreme Emperor in his early years, and the supervisor of the Daming Palace." Dai Xian took a breath immediately. Jia Cong was still smiling, "Didn't I just come back from the capital? Dai Xian took a breath.
The father-in-law is now with the Empress Dowager and is in charge of all things in the Forbidden City, and there is -" He picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "and the Empress Dowager said a few years ago that all officials of the common people can use money.
Anyone can buy a title, but not everyone can. Look at my cousin Xue Pan, Marquis of Zhongming..." A trace of disdain appeared on Dai Xian's face. Jia Cong shrugged, "He wanted to buy it at first.
The Queen Mother Jue refused. She thought he was born a merchant and his status was too low; she also thought he was a cut-sleeve man."
Dai Xian was a smart man, and he immediately guessed what happened next, and said, "Needless to say, Officer Xue must have followed Eunuch Dai's path."
"It's not really a secret," Jia Cong said, "I'm just asking him to give me a few words of advice."
Dai Xian smiled coldly, but Jia Cong looked at him and smiled without saying a word. Dai Xian looked at him, his mind spinning like a top. Jia Cong mentioned that Eunuch Dai Quan and the Empress Dowager had sold their titles for no reason, which was obvious.
It couldn't be unintentional. He also said that the order passed to Mr. Huang to attack Taiwan was false. If Jia Cong and Dai Quan colluded, it must be true. Could it be that the matter also involved the relationship between the Little Sage and King Yan?
Struggle? Didn’t Jia Cong always help King Yan?
As if he knew what he had guessed, Jia Cong said: "By the way, the person who falsely conveyed the military order was another chief craftsman under King Yan. When I said 'another', I didn't mean 'Feng Ziying'." There was nothing at the moment.
On the Internet and TV stations, the capital and Fujian are thousands of miles away, and the fact that "Prince Xining is another secret leader of King Yan" has not yet spread.
Dai Xian suddenly thought that this matter was caused by the internal fighting among King Yan, and couldn't help but frowned. If he didn't know who the "other" was, he naturally wouldn't dare to stand aside with his eyes closed.
Jia Cong sighed: "I really don't want to fight Master Zheng. Although he can't defeat us at all, this matter will hurt the people too much and it will also hurt free trade. Boss Dai, I think it's better not to fight by yourself."
Keep it to yourself, what do you think?"
Dai Xian has been following Huang Wengang for many years, and was originally promoted by Huang Wengang. Therefore, even though his business has grown tremendously, the kids at home and the managers below him have gradually begun to ignore Huang Wengang. Dai Xian himself still respects Huang Wengang the most.
.So he remained silent for a long time and refused to speak.
Jia Cong said again: "Master Dai, do you know why the Empress Dowager can still sell her title so brazenly? This is not a good thing. Even a confused prince would not agree to it, not to mention that Prince Yan is a wise master."
Dai Xian followed him and asked, "Why is this?"
Jia Cong said seriously: "Because the Empress Dowager wants some money to spend~ Who doesn't like free money?"
Dai Xian said: "The Empress Dowager is afraid that her life is in King Yan's hands. What can she do if King Yan doesn't agree?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Master Dai, have you ever heard of the Ouchi Guards? Tsk tsk, I don't know how many there are, at least hundreds. They are like the Yinniang Red Line Girl in the legendary story, they appear and disappear, and they are everywhere in the lightning and flint.
You can take people's lives." Dai Xian opened his eyes wide again. Jia Cong breathed out, "As the saying goes, when gods fight, devils will suffer. Mr. Dai, maybe you would be better as governor of Fujian than Mr. Huang Wengang. Mr. Huang is a pedant.
Yes, there is no telling what morning he will suddenly get up with a dagger stuck in his chest; if he is recuperating due to illness, he can temporarily find a comfortable house in Fuzhou City to rest for a few years, he can always be alive, right?"
When Dai Xian heard him say, "Please ask Mr. Dai to be the governor of Fujian," his heart beat wildly for a long time - who doesn't want to be a high official? It's just because he has respected Huang Wengang for many years. Hearing Jia Cong's words again, he thought to himself
Said: I'm afraid that Feng Ziying in the King of Yan is fighting with others. Jia Cong and Feng Ziying are in the same group. And Jia Cong is in collusion with Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the Daming Palace. Dai Quan can influence the Empress Dowager. In the hands of the Empress Dowager
There are hundreds of imperial guards, relying on these people to maintain an equal footing with the King of Yan. Now the "other person" is falsely passing on a secret order for Fujian to go to war with the Taiwanese government. It is obvious that he wants to tear up the pretense of the Taiwanese government's desolation and poverty in order to remove Feng Ziying
Jia Cong. Fujian really can't afford to offend both sides. Since such a big accident happened, it can be seen that the "other person" and the Feng Jia family are incompatible with each other. Jia Cong roped in Dai Quan and the Empress Dowager as helpers.
It would be better for the imperial guards to kill Huang Wengang, the governor of Fujian, than to lose this internal fight.
If he hadn't agreed, Huang Wengang would have been killed by Ouchi's guards. No matter who won between Feng Ziying and "the other person", his business would have suffered heavy losses in a fight, and he still doesn't know who the next governor of Fujian would be. If he had agreed... Dai Xiansi
After thinking about it, whether it was for my own family or for Mr. Huang Wengang, it seemed that I should agree to it.
Before he could make up his mind, Wu Xiaoxi suddenly spoke leisurely: "By the way, I want to remind Master Dai of something."
Dai Xian looked at her with a smile: "What's the matter?"
"Master Dai, please look back and pay attention to your beautiful lady." Wu Xiaoxi said, "I also know that Master Dai bought her, and she may not be willing to do so. Since she is unwilling to do so, she cannot be bribed easily."
Dai Xian's face suddenly darkened: "What does Shopkeeper Wu mean?"
Wu Xiaoxi said calmly: "There is no malice. In any case, Mrs. Chun does not have Master Dai in her heart. Naturally, she will inevitably say some nice words in front of Master Dai. I have also memorized such words as "love my concubine" and "we will always be together".
, it’s not difficult to carry. I didn’t intend to expose this. However, this matter is very important today, and it’s on her territory, so I have to remind you to be more careful.”
Dai Xian's face was like gold paper. It took him a long time to say, "Where did Shopkeeper Wu find out?"
Wu Xiaoxi lowered her eyebrows and smiled: "Whether a woman likes a man or not can be clearly known by her eyes." He lowered his eyes and ate tea.
Jia Cong didn't pay attention to the woman. Dai Xian was already over fifty. Even though he had been handsome in his early years, he was now so fat that even Jia Cong looked thin. Lady Chun was only in her early twenties. If the woman didn't have him in her heart, Jia Cong
He believed it. Then he shrugged and glanced at Dai Xian, as if looking at a fool. Dai Xian was only a little shocked at first, but when he saw Jia Cong's look, he became suspicious because he also saw it.