It was said that Jia Lian held a banquet and drinks at Dajiala's private residence. Chen Ruiwen watched his sister talking to Jia Cong from a distance, feeling anxious in his heart. After waiting patiently for a long time, he finally couldn't bear to go up and call: "Fourth sister!"
Before Chen Ruijin could answer, Jia Cong asked: "Do you want me to choke him?"
Chen Ruijin said, "No, I'll choke him myself." Jia Cong nodded and stood behind her.
Chen Ruiwen opened his mouth, swallowed, smiled bitterly for a while, and then said, "Why is the fourth sister so upset? I have to give you a clear explanation."
Chen Ruijin said calmly: "Back then, the government sent me to the eunuch. When I was young, I almost died in the palace countless times. From that time on, I hated the Qi government to the core. If it hadn't been for the chaos in the capital, I would have followed my original plan.
, the Qi State Mansion has long been ransacked and the entire family exterminated."
Chen Ruiwen was shocked: "What did you say?" Chen Ruijin just looked at him without saying a word. Chen Ruiwen stayed for a while, confused, "That's impossible." Chen Ruijin remained silent. Chen Ruijin took a breath and pointed at her.
, "You...you actually...you heartless..."
Before he could finish his words, Chen Ruijin shushed: "Master Chen, please don't scold me. The last one who scolded me is dead."
Jia Cong raised his hand behind him: "I killed him." Chen Ruiwen looked at the two of them for a long time, then suddenly shuddered for no reason and took two steps back. Jia Cong waved his hand towards him and pulled Chen Ruijin to say hello to others.
Chen Ruiwen was in shock; Zhen Yinglian caught a glimpse of her not far away and whispered to Wei Ruoheng. Wei Ruoheng then came over and asked him what was the matter. Chen Ruiwen grabbed Wei Ruoheng's arm in panic and murmured: "Fourth sister
Said, she hates our family...how could it be like this?"
Although Wei Ruoheng didn't know the truth, he heard from Jia Cong that Chen Ruijin's experience was similar to his own. He frowned and said, "Your family can't help her, so why can't you hate her anymore?"
Chen Ruiwen argued: "I had no choice back then! She is already so old, so she should be considerate."
Wei Ruoheng especially hated the word "having no choice". He threw Chen Ruiwen's arm and said coldly: "I don't want to be considerate. What can you do?"
Chen Ruiwen was completely unaware of Wei Ruoheng's displeasure, and said with a frown, "That's why it's difficult to deal with it. She refuses to listen when I try to reason with her."
Wei Ruoheng looked at him for a long time, couldn't help but smile, and said leisurely: "Jia Cong once said something to me many years ago. It is appropriate to send it to Mr. Chen now."
Chen Ruiwen hurriedly raised his hands: "What are you talking about? General Wei, please give me some advice."
"If reasoning works, why do you need swords and firearms?" Wei Ruoheng also left him and turned around to leave.
Situ Cen also saw it. He was curious and sneaked over to inquire. No one told Chen Ruiwen about Situ Cen's identity. Chen Ruiwen only regarded him as an ordinary guest and said sadly: "Mr. Cen, if your family has any objection to you,
, how are you doing?"
Situ Cen had no idea about his background and was born into a naturally ruthless family, so he thought wrongly and cheered him up enthusiastically: "Are you concerned about your face? I don't think people expect you to be soft-hearted. You'd better tear your face apart with ruthless hands."
, once and for all. If you have to worry about face, you can only secretly take revenge. Don't be anxious, take your time. The plan must be thorough, and the root of the enemy must be eliminated in one move."
Chen Ruiwen was stunned: "What?!"
Situ Cen suddenly realized that he had made a mistake. This guy was not tricked by his family, but by his family. He hurriedly smiled and said: "Oh... I just said that casually, don't take it seriously." Hehehe wiped the soles of his feet twice.
The oil slipped away.
A waiter saw Chen Ruiwen's dejected look and came over to ask if he needed help. Chen Ruiwen grabbed the man's arm as if grasping a life-saving straw and asked: "Brother, if others can't help you, how will you treat them?"
The waiter blurted out: "Of course I'll retaliate." In this era of external expansion, the Taiwanese government teaches children from an early age that "when friends come, there is good wine; when wolves come, there are hunting rifles."
Chen Ruiwen was anxious: "Are you disregarding your feelings?"
The waiter then made a rough guess, but he was not happy to comfort someone who was "indifferent to others". He lowered his eyes and said: "The Master said, 'Repay evil with kindness, how can you repay kindness? Repay resentment with straightness, repay kindness with kindness.'" Chen Ruiwen
His worldview was shattered by four or five people in a row, and he stayed where he was in a daze.
At this moment, someone shouted: "The prefect is here -" Jia Lian was seen holding Wang Xifeng's arm and leading his children out from behind the big screen with smiles. Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin hurriedly led the three members of the Wei family to come forward to meet them, and then
Introducing Situ Cen and Jia Lian, the couple have always been the most eloquent in Taiwan. They first greeted all the guests, let everyone eat, drink and have fun, and then chatted with several guests with cheerful faces.
Wei Ruoheng wanted to see Jarvis. While Situ Cen was talking to Jia Lian, he asked Jia Cong if General Jarvis was here. Jia Cong pointed at Lin Daiyu and said, "Well, isn't that her man?"
Wei Ruoheng said: "Can I trouble you, Mr. Cong, to recommend me?"
Jia Cong blinked: "Don't you two know Sister Lin? She can just introduce her." Wei Ruoheng had just come to Taiwan and was not used to treating women as men, so he was startled. Jia Cong just looked at it innocently.
Looking at him, "Sister Lin is also in charge of the army. You three are traveling together, so you have a lot to talk about."
Wei Ruoheng nodded: "Yes." He pulled his wife back from Wang Xifeng and led his son towards Lin Daiyu and his wife.
Chen Ruijin looked at Tong Jia Cong and said, "Sister-in-law Wei, aren't you used to hearing about leading soldiers in battles?"
Jia Cong touched his nose and said, "Let them get to know each other first, then why don't you take Zhen Yinglian around for a walk later."
Chen Ruijin thought for a moment: "That's fine, I'll save Chen Ruiwen from having to deal with it."
As expected, just a short while later, Jarvis, Lin Daiyu, and Wei Ruoheng were already quarreling. Yuanyuan had already asked Jia Meng to go upstairs to play, but Zhen Yinglian and Baba were the only ones sitting there. Chen Ruijin
He found an excuse to interrupt and take Zhen Yinglian out for a walk.
While Jia Cong was talking to the friends next to him, Situ Cen came over from the outer circle and nodded slightly: "Jia Cong, are you free?" Jia Cong bowed to his friends, apologized and got up. Situ Cen came out.
Cen looked around and asked, "Where is it quieter?"
Jia Cong thought for a while: "Let's go to the backyard. But you may miss the backyard of my brother's villa."
"Um?"
"It's in Western style." Jia Cong said, "You can see that the whole house has a bit of Western style."
Situ Cen looked around and said, "It's different from Western houses."
"Haha, this is a modern style. It's strange if you have seen it before." Jia Cong said with a smile, "Let's go to the back." Then he put his paw on his shoulder and left.
After exiting the side door to the west, you can see a bright white crescent moon when you look up. The sound of orchestral music in the room suddenly faded away, making people feel melancholy for no reason. Jia Cong pinched his chin and said: "It's like reciting a poem on such a windy moon."
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Situ Cen bowed: "Mr. Jia, please."
Jia Cong waved his hand: "Without poetry, you can't sing it."
Situ Cen looked at the long corridor in front of him and said, "This pillar is a style I see often in the West."
"Well, the architect in charge is Italian. We brought him from the West." Jia Cong then led him slowly forward through the Romanesque corridor, "It's quite exotic."
"Yeah." Situ Cen responded. Both of them were speechless.
We walked all the way to the back garden. The air in Taiwan was warm; Jia Lian was the prefect, and his gardening skills were quite good, and there were many flowers and trees brought from abroad, so the garden was very lush. Situ Cen suddenly pointed to the big oil lamp on the roadside and said
: "On our way here, we kept seeing oil lamps on the roadside. Was it prepared by the government?"
Jia Cong had been waiting for him to speak, and he said smoothly: "Yes. The street lights on the street should be brighter, and the ones in the garden don't need to be so bright."
Situ Cen thought: "Are there so many shops open for business at night?"
Jia Cong nodded: "The night market is very busy. Ordinary people, regardless of men or women, have work to do during the day. Many people only have time to go out and shop at night."
Situ Cen nodded: "No wonder commerce is booming. Are the lamps on the streets wasting so much oil in vain?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "How could it be in vain? The money for these oil lamps and oil combined is not as much as an antique, but do you know how much tax can be increased on Dajiala? It's a good deal. Only when the streets are bright can the people
I know how to go out and walk around, even if it’s just for shopping, why don’t I just buy a lollipop for my child because I have no choice but to buy it? Money, it’s dead when kept at home, it’s only useful when it’s mobile.”
While they were talking, the two of them had already walked under a street lamp post. Situ Cen looked up at him for a long time, and Jia Cong sat on the seat under the lamp. After a while, he said: "The night market accounts for a lot of Dajiala's commercial tax.
A big piece. If a night market can be built, street lights should be the first priority."
Situ Cen asked: "How did you come up with this idea?"
"That's not what I thought." Jia Cong said, "Three hundred years ago, a prefect of the English capital proposed an initiative, hoping that people would spontaneously hang up lanterns for passers-by at night. France had this in place more than a hundred years ago, so then
At that time, the emperor ordered the people on the streets of the capital to hang up lanterns. This thing is a municipal infrastructure and should be managed by the government. How can it be long-term if the people can do it by themselves? So we used it."
Situ Cen said: "I heard from the innkeeper that your buses and carriages were also learned from the West. Why haven't I seen them in the West?"
"I also learned Chinese culture from France. It is a small town, and you may not have been there. And the people who set up the buses and carriages are not government officials, but ordinary people working in mills."
Situ Cen glanced at him: "You really choose the good people and follow them. Choose the good people in the world and follow them."
Jia Cong said: "If not, how can we keep up with the pace of Westerners?" He pointed to the streetlight with a wry smile, "This, buses and carriages, talent markets, there are many, many. I first experimented in Taiwan for a long time, and then gave them to King Yan after success.
Write a note and hope he will adopt it."
Situ Cen sneered: "Can he adopt such a thing? How old is he?"
Jia Cong turned to stare at him for a while and asked, "Can your brother adopt it?" Situ Cen was slightly startled. Jia Cong said, "Your brother is the most outstanding one among the princes I have ever seen."
Situ Cen hesitated for a moment: "She should be better than my ninth uncle."
Jia Cong glanced at him again and asked casually: "What about you?"
Situ Cen immediately said: "I have said before that I have no intention of becoming the heir apparent."
"Who asked you to fight for the throne?" Jia Cong shrugged, "How much time will be wasted?"
Situ Cen frowned: "Then what do you mean?"
Jia Cong sighed: "These are things that are useful to the entire country. We have spent many years testing them, but they are extremely difficult to promote. Until now, only Guangdong, Guangxi and Lu are using them. Guangdong and Guangxi are too remote, and Lu is too small.
.Azen, if you conquer a colony in the future, can you promote this in the colony?"
Situ Cen was silent for a long time, as if talking to himself: "Then... the colony may be stronger than Shu in a few decades."
Jia Cong hummed: "If the colony is stronger than Shu due to its advanced infrastructure, but your brother still refuses to learn from the past in Shu, Acen, you can take his place."
Situ Cen raised his face to look at the street lamp again. Jia Cong was waiting beside him with his arms folded. After a moment of burning incense, Situ Cen said: "My brother is not that stubborn."
Jia Cong suddenly sighed: "I just don't understand. These are obviously excellent things, and I am also a celebrity. Why is it so difficult to promote them?"
Situ Cen originally had many things to ask him, but now he blocked them all and patted him on the shoulder: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. I am still listening to the advice, I will give him some advice."
Jia Cong thought for a while: "Since you want to avoid suspicion, why don't you just put the credit on your brother? Just treat this as your brother's thoughts?"
Situ Cen laughed dumbly: "Don't think that all the brothers in the Situ family are the same as my third uncle and my ninth uncle. I still have a brotherly relationship with my brother." Jia Cong curled his lips. Situ Cen thought for a while, "Actually, the ninth uncle doesn't.
If they were competing for the throne with Third Uncle, the two of them would not be where they are now."
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "Pull him down, the person sitting on the throne must be the strongest. Something must have happened to Zhi Daben."
Situ Cen said solemnly: "My brother is better than me."
Jia Cong waved his hand: "I don't care what you two brothers do, nor what happens to the Shu Kingdom. I only want the overall strength of the country to be stronger than the world, especially stronger than the Western countries, so that future generations will not be bullied. Acen, you are enlightened."
He stood up and bowed to the ground, "You are willing to help me."
Situ Cen hurriedly returned the gift: "As a descendant of the Situ family, Cen has no shirking responsibility!"
Jia Cong was overjoyed. He held his hand and said, "Please stay here a little longer. I have many things to tell you!" Situ Cen pulled him out because he was looking at the strange rules and customs in Dajiala and wanted to ask.
Did he have any rebellious intentions? Jia Cong's push turned into testing national policies for King Yan, which was obviously a good policy and King Yan did not use it. Situ Cen's originally sober thinking actually confused him for a moment, and he nodded repeatedly.
Just at this time, I saw two-month-old white shadows slowly coming out of a path side by side from a distance. They were Chen Ruijin and Zhen Yinglian. Jia Cong said infatuatedly: "My wife is so beautiful——"
Situ Cen suddenly remembered something: "Jia Cong, your Taiwan government doesn't have any male and female defense at all."
"Yes." Jia Cong said, "otherwise, how can we let women go out to do things?"
Situ Cen frowned: "Women have gone out to do things, who cares about the house?"
"Wouldn't it be better if you please take charge of things? Put the right people in the right positions. Besides, look at me, Cousin Lin, a rare talent in the world. If your cousin snatches it away and keeps it in the harem,
How much talent is wasted inside? Without her clever calculations, how many more Paoze brothers would have died during the war?"
Situ Cen choked: "There are few like her after all."
"Younger?!" Jia Cong seemed to be smiling but not smiling. He looked up and saw the two women escaping to another road. "Do you really think you are too young?" Situ Cen felt guilty and did not answer.