After sending Li Sheng away, Jia Cong had to go to Wang Ziteng's place to get acquainted with him. Chen Ruijin said, "I have to go out for something and I may not be back tonight." Jia Cong blinked. Chen Ruijin thought for a moment and then said, "
I will be back tomorrow."
Jia Cong asked cautiously: "Is it troublesome?"
"It's not too much trouble." Chen Ruijin said, "It's not a big deal."
Jia Cong was very curious, but she couldn't ask any more questions after she had said so, so she could only tell her, "Be careful on the road and come back early." Chen Ruijin went up first to say hello to Mrs. Wang Ziteng, then left the house to pull the horse and drive away.
She left Guangzhou City and rushed to Hong Kong along the Kuai Ma Military Road until she returned to Gong Sanyi's home. Gong Sanyi and Gong Kun were discussing matters. They were slightly shocked when they heard that Miss Chen had returned alone. But she saw Chen Ruijin.
He stepped forward and saluted the old man and said: "This junior finally understands why the old man sent Ma family to the capital."
Gong Sanyi smiled slightly: "Oh, you understand?"
Chen Ruijin nodded: "I understand. The old man has good tricks."
Gong Sanyi hummed, "Does Cong'er want to cause trouble for me again?"
Chen Ruijin said: "He hasn't figured it out yet." He smiled bitterly and said, "If he does, he may not agree. It would be a bit risky after all."
Gong San also said: "Now that you understand, don't remind him."
"That's why I didn't tell him."
Gong Kun listened for a long time and couldn't help but ask: "Third uncle Ruijin, what did you say?"
Gong Sanyi said calmly: "Don't worry about it." Then he asked Chen Ruijin, "You know it so soon?"
"Someone from Beijing came to report." Chen Ruijin then asked Feng Ziying to go to Guangzhou with Li Sheng, and just explained how Jia Cong coaxed her away.
After hearing this, Gong Kun was amazed: "We picked up an exotic treasure in Chen State back then! She actually has such ability. Third uncle, did you help her?"
Gong Sanyi showed a hint of pride on his face, held the teacup and drank slowly, saying, "How can I take care of it so meticulously?" Then he asked Chen Ruijin, "You let Cong'er keep the Ma Xiangzhu?"
Chen Ruijin nodded: "Jia Cong will send a coded letter to Liu Xiaoqi. There are so many women around Yan Guo's third son, and Feng Ziying will not be able to find out so quickly."
Gong San also said: "I don't want to kill Prince Yan this time, but it's just paving the way."
Chen Ruijin said: "You have great dexterity and clever calculations, and you manage every step. The younger generation admires you very much."
Gong Sanyi hummed: "I am too old to keep up with you young people."
Chen Ruijin said: "Ginger is still hotter. In fact, you are always good at everything you do, but you are too lethal. It doesn't matter what the final result will be if you throw a pack of explosives out. You are not afraid of big trouble anyway. The more miserable the enemy is, the better."
Jia Cong is only willing to kill those who deserve to be killed, and is unwilling to harm the fish in the pond. Don’t blame him, the most common people in the fish in the pond are ordinary people, and he is reluctant to give up the population. If he doesn’t hurry up to fill the overseas continents, in the future
There is no chance." Seeing that the catechu was gone, the old man helped sift out a cup of tea and held it with both hands.
Gong Sanyi coughed twice, raised his eyes to look at her, took the tea and ate it. He then said: "There are people going everywhere, so what are you afraid of? Japan is all peaceful."
Chen Ruijin smiled bitterly and said: "After all, the Westerners arrived first, so we can't be careless." Gong San also said nothing and only ate tea. After a while, Chen Ruijin said again, "There is something, I think, it is best to leave it to the old man.
But it’s too late.”
Gong Sanyi narrowed his eyes: "Oh?"
"It's about the Maitreya religion and the Tao of Heavenly Masters."
"Didn't Situ Pan order someone to deal with the Maitreya Cult?"
"I'm afraid the root cause won't be eradicated." Chen Ruijin said, "Jia Cong's biggest headache is religion. He is reluctant to be cruel, and he is afraid that they will take advantage of the chaos to rise up. Both Buddhism and Taoism are good, but Maitreya Sect and Tianshi Taoism cannot be left behind.
.As for the Great Food Sect and the Western Nestorian Church, he cannot tolerate them the most. These two churches are extremely powerful, similar to the government, and even collect taxes from their believers. How about you always help him? "
Gong Sanyi hummed: "I'm an old person, how can I help?"
Chen Ruijin said with a smile: "As the saying goes, having an old man in the family is like having a treasure. You are very capable."
Gong San also said: "Looking back, that kid complained that I was cheating people."
"Don't worry. You can trick me into this." Chen Ruijin looked at Gong Kun and blinked, "right, brother-in-law?"
Gong Kun hurriedly spoke up and said, "Isn't that right? The Maitreya Sect of Tianshi Dao doesn't even dare to move, so they can only stay still. We really don't have any good way to deal with it. Now we have a token of their two families.
, it just works. Third uncle, do you have any ideas?"
Gong Sanyi thought for a while: "Since we have a token, it is much easier to deal with. It is easiest to attack from top to bottom." He looked at the two of them again and asked, "Seriously give it to me?"
Chen Ruijin said a blessing: "Please be old."
Gong San also hummed: "If that's the case, bring me the token. Don't care what my old man does, it will be destroyed anyway."
Chen Ruijin nodded repeatedly: "This is the best, thank you sir."
Gong Sanyi snorted again, finished the tea and put the tea cup on the table. Chen Ruijin poured tea for him again and held it in both hands. Gong Sanyi looked more at ease and took it over to drink tea. He took two bites and took a look.
Chen Ruijin said: "You are really good, kid."
Chen Ruijin lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "Thank you for the compliment, Mr."
On the other side, two masters, Wang Ziteng and Wei Ruoheng, who were former military generals, were discussing the art of war. Zhen Yinglian led Yuanyuan to the back to see Mrs. Wang Ziteng. Jia Cong then took Situ Cen out for a walk.
The entire Taiwan Mansion was newly built, and everything resembled the style of later generations. Naturally, Lingnan could not be changed so completely. The two of them walked for most of the day and found a small restaurant to sit down and have a drink. Situ Cen sighed: "This area
That's right. Your restaurants in Dajiala don't look like China." He thought again, "They don't look like Western ones either. I don't know how they look like."
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "It's more convenient, isn't it?"
Situ Cen held the wine glass and said, "You took me out alone today. Is there something wrong?"
"Nothing, let you take a tour of Guangzhou City. I also know that even if the new infrastructure in Shu Kingdom is not as good as Dajiala, Guangzhou is the best reference. In addition, when we go back in a few days, we will discuss opening a
Big banks issue banknotes."
"Banknotes. I heard Miss Chen mention it in the supermarket that day."
Jia Cong said "Yes": "Actually, they are silver notes that are printed more beautifully and cannot be imitated." He slowly told him about using banknotes to replace gold and silver circulation. Situ Cen came back from the West and also saw Western banknotes.
.Nowadays, all the banknotes on the market are issued by major banks, which have replaced a lot of real money and silver, but they have not become a big trend. Jia Cong intends to build a new "Citibank" with its headquarters in Hong Kong. That area is
The free port is the most unique, and it would be more suitable to be located in any country. After all, the country of Shu has money, so he asked Situ Cen to go back and ask him if he wanted to invest in it. "I dare not say anything else. I will definitely make a lot of money."
Situ Cen first agreed and then asked seven or eight questions in succession. Jia Cong asked curiously: "You agreed without asking first?"
Situ Cen said: "You kid never engages in loss-making business."
Jia Cong chuckled and said: "I'll teach you how to be a clever clan boy. But in a few years, your family will be divided sooner or later. Since the Kingdom of Shu belongs to your brother, why don't you take the shares of Citibank to protect your descendants?
Three hundred years of prosperity."
Situ Cen glanced at him again: "Only three hundred years?"
Jia Cong spread his hands: "Do you have the ability to know something for five hundred years?"
"No." Situ Cen picked up a few side dishes with chopsticks to eat, and asked casually, "Wu Guo also has money, why do you only come to me to discuss and seduce Wei Ruoheng?"
"Wei Ruoheng is a military general, and he is about to go out to fight. What's the use of telling him." Jia Cong said, "Besides, your overseas colonies of Shu are closest to the Arabian Peninsula. Citibank is the best I can think of right now.
The long-term investment is oil in the Middle East."
"Huh? What?"
"Oil. It's useless now, but it will be of great use in a hundred years at most. It's in that place you don't care about." Jia Cong tilted his head and thought for a while, but couldn't think of a suitable analogy, so he had to say, "I can't explain it."
It’s clear. Regardless of whether it’s banknotes or oil, you Shu Kingdom will make a lot of money.” Situ Cen looked up at him for a long time, then raised his cup. Jia Cong also raised his cup, and the two of them touched it and drank it down.
The two of them wandered outside until evening. They first visited two night markets, then strolled through several flower buildings, and then returned to the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi after midnight. Fortunately, they did not go through the main entrance, and quietly
Not disturbing anyone. When Jia Cong returned to the living room, he saw Chen Ruijin sitting in the room. He hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Why don't you go to bed so late?"
Chen Ruijin said, "I just came back not long ago." He pointed to a letter on his desk and said, "It's for you."
"Oh, who wrote it?"
"Master Miaoyu."
Jia Cong was stunned: "Huh? She didn't pay her royalties. Why did you write me a letter?" He picked it up, opened it, looked at it, and cursed, "It belongs to his uncle." Chen Ruijin asked what was going on, and Jia Cong handed the letter to him.
She, it turned out, was Miaoyu's beauty and someone was eyeing her again. The theory was that she had hidden herself in the nunnery and was being protected by the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Prince Teng, so she should be quiet anyway. But this time it was Prince Teng who was eyeing him.
His son Wang Ren.
Wang Ziteng had been in the army all year round and had little time to discipline his son. Wang Ren had already become a playboy in the capital, and he failed more than succeeded. Then when he arrived in Lingnan, Wang Ziteng was even busier. He also knew that his son was useless, so he chose a useful one early.
The second son-in-law helps him. Nowadays, who outside doesn’t know that the uncle of the Wang family is not responsible? After all, his wife is a good person, and she has raised a smart and sensible grandson for Wang Ren. Wang Ren’s affairs are not taken care of by Wang Ren.
When Miaoyu first arrived in Guangzhou, everyone who knew about the rumors thought she was raised by Mr. Bai Lingyi of Hong Kong. Although they were curious, they did not dare to offend her. Later, when the Bai family fell and the prince took over, others only thought that Mr. Wang had taken over.
Later, Gong Sanyi took over Hong Kong, and all the supplies of Miaoyu returned to Gong Sanyi. The idle people were curious, what kind of aunt could attract three old men to rush to protect her? While eating wine
I asked Wang Ren for some time.
Wang Ren didn't know the origin of this nun. Although he was a dandy, he was not reckless at that age. He thought he was a woman raised by another family and might cause trouble, so he never went to see him. Recently, he heard someone mention it like this.
Intrigued, he went to find his mother to find out. Mrs. Wang Ziteng didn't know, she only knew that he was "entrusted to take care of it". Wang Ren thought to himself, "So, isn't it the estrangement between my father and that old man in Hong Kong?
"I was curious and ran to Tandu Temple to have a look.
Miaoyu is now over thirty years old, but her appearance is extremely beautiful and her demeanor is like someone from another world. Wang Ren has been wallowing in the prosperous place of flowers and willows for decades, but has he ever seen such a woman? After tentatively entangled for some days, he saw
He didn't know anything about it, so he became more and more courageous. Miaoyu was worried about his identity and did not dare to go to Wang Ziteng to complain. Because her poems had been printed and sold by the Zhonghua Bookstore in Rongguofu, she asked the bookstore to
Someone sent a letter to Jia Cong, but the shopkeeper was too busy and forgot to send it out. Today, when Jia Cong was wandering around Guangzhou City, he passed by his bookstore and took Situ Cen in for a visit. Only when the man with the display cabinet saw it did he remember
When this letter came, I didn't dare to take it out on the spot. After he left, I quietly sent it to Prince Teng's house.
Jia Cong's impression of Wang Ren has not been good since his previous life. According to Mr. Cao's original work, ninety percent of their family's rich children were tricked by this heartless uncle. Just teasing a sister-in-law with an uncle like Wang Ren is really not a good idea.
It didn't matter. Jia Cong couldn't use this as a raft to repair him, so he was a little worried.
After reading the letter, Chen Ruijin put it back on the case and said, "The biological son of Wang Ziteng and the biological brother of Second Sister-in-law Lian."
Jia Cong smiled bitterly: "Otherwise, it would have been repaired long ago. With this identity, it is useless if you don't repair it hard. If you repair it hard, Uncle Wang and Sister Feng won't agree and try to deal with it in a roundabout way. I'm afraid Uncle Wang will see it - he knows a lot about his own business.
There are bound to be some scum among them."
Chen Ruijin thought for a moment and said, "Does he know about Youxia'er?"
"Know."
Chen Ruijin frowned: "You shouldn't tell him this."
Jia Cong curled his lips: "There are many people in Guangdong and Guangxi who need the help of the ranger. We must discuss it with him, otherwise we may accidentally injure capable officials. Wang Ren naturally has immunity. Miaoyu's poems and essays can make money, and there is also Mr. Gong.
His face." He said unhappily, "Miaoyu has used Zhonghua Bookstore as a shield to resist, otherwise he will be more confident. He really doesn't give me face."
"A mere sister-in-law who sells literature, how can Uncle Wang take her seriously?" Chen Ruijin said lightly, "She is not your concubine."
Jia Cong exclaimed: "Is she my concubine and also Jia Baoyu's concubine? What does it have to do with me?"
Chen Ruijin couldn't help laughing: "The word "sex" has a knife on its head. Since Wang Ren has never seen such a woman, he won't let it go easily if he doesn't succeed. You have to be wary of him." He said with a half-smile but not a smile, "If you stab Gong,
If I go to Sanyi's place, I don't know if the old man will kill him - he has no strength at the moment. I'll see what you do."
Jia Cong said: "Yes, Mr. Gong is free. Why is she writing to me? Isn't it easy and cheap to complain to Mr. Gong? She is from her uncle's family." He found an envelope and sent Miaoyu to her.
He put the letter in, sealed it again, took up his pen and wrote "Mr. Gong Sanyi's handwriting", and said proudly, "Send it over tomorrow morning." Seeing Chen Ruijin looking at him and smiling, he asked blankly, "
What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing." Chen Ruijin turned around and went out. Jia Cong always felt that something was wrong and followed her to the yard without realizing it. Chen Ruijin looked up at the moon on the treetops and said with a smile, "I'm looking for help from an unmarried young man from the palace.
It feels better than asking an old man for help. She may not have any thoughts about you, this is human nature."
Jia Cong was stunned for three seconds and said quickly: "Thankfully we can get married soon!"