Ever since he kicked Jia Cong out, Situ Cen had not worried about it. The two of them didn't get along for long, but Situ Cen knew very well how anxious Jia Cong was and how much he wanted to spread the people of his dynasty all over the world. If he could
To use the Taoist method, he must come up with a method of shrinking the land to send people out. Shu has so many territories outside, and he is familiar with him, so it is really important.
Sure enough, four days later, Jia Cong rushed to redeem his people. Following the bandits who led the way, he climbed up the mountain and saw the bandit leader. Jia Cong recognized it at a glance - the mountain king was Fang Yifei, the granddaughter of Fang Xiong, the military governor of Xian Jiannan.
She has the best bandits in Shu under her control, and has done many things together with Liu Fengheihei for many years. Jia Cong is very polite to her. The Rongguo Mansion is quite famous in the green forest, and Jia Cong does not need to pretend to be a young official.
, the two of them used slang and polite words for a long time - it was as if they didn't know each other.
Fang Yifei didn't talk nonsense and said bluntly: "Mr. Wei said that the money to redeem him will not be borne by him. If so, I will not give Mr. Jia any discount."
Jia Cong clapped his hands and said: "He still has such self-consciousness? Excellent, very good! Your Majesty, don't be polite, it's as much as it should be. Your Majesty is wise, this thing is worth much more alive than dead. But I have to test it first, you put it
He brought it over and let me see if it was intact?"
Fang Yifei smiled and clapped his hands twice. Someone pushed Situ Cen out from behind. When Situ Cen saw Jia Cong, a stone fell from his heart, and he sighed: "Jia Laosan, you are finally here!"
Jia Cong looked at him and smiled: "I have both hands and feet, but I don't know if my brain is stupid..."
Before he finished speaking, someone suddenly jumped out from the side and shouted: "Mr. Jia! Are you the Mr. Jia back then?" Jia Cong was stunned, but what he saw was a woman, under forty years old, quite fair.
It stands out very conspicuously in the bandits' den.
Someone yelled below: "Get out quickly!" Someone immediately stepped forward, grabbed her and dragged her out.
Jia Cong had already made up for his homework from Liu Feng, and said with a fake smile: "It's a cold day, this aunt has worked so hard to come out, let me finish my words."
Fang Yifei looked at him looking so rested, then waved his hand and said, "Let her speak."
Situ Cen couldn't care about this, so he pulled Jia Cong and asked in a low voice: "My wife?"
"Peace." Jia Cong also whispered, "It's quite dramatic. I'll tell you when you get out." Situ Cen felt relieved and nodded.
Let go of the woman. The woman shook off her sleeves, straightened her clothes, walked over in a polite manner, gave Jia Cong a blessing, and said, "I know that Mr. Jia is a scholar. I dare to ask Mr. Jia,
Do I have to pay back something I borrowed from someone else?"
Jia Cong thought for a moment and said: "It depends on the situation. If you borrow something for someone else's use, such as an ax or a teapot, if it remains the same after use, you have to return it. If there is any damage, you will have to pay for it. If it is damaged,
If you cannot afford the compensation, you should at least make an apology. If you borrow someone else's house to live temporarily, you should clean it for them when they move out. Of course, if your neighbor eats dumplings without jealousy, you can borrow some vinegar from your neighbor, and you usually don't have to pay it back.
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Fang Yifei said with a smile: "What if we borrow troops and horses?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Since ancient times, who has heard that borrowing troops and horses or borrowing territory will be returned? If you don't believe it, ask Liu Bei."
Fang Yifei glanced at the woman: "How come you have to return an ax and a teapot when you borrow it, but you don't have to return it if you borrow soldiers and horses and territory?"
Jia Cong said: "The rules are different. To borrow an ax and a teapot is to use the rules of governing the world. To govern the world, we should pay attention to benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust. When you borrow something, you must return it. To borrow territory from soldiers and horses is to use the rules of troubled times. In troubled times, we should follow the rules of the jungle. Whoever has the bigger fist is right.
.If someone borrows something and refuses to return it, they can file a complaint with the government. The county magistrate, with his powerful yamen servants in his hands, will take those who don’t return the things to the yamen and beat them up. In troubled times, the territory of soldiers and horses is the foundation of political power. Which two
If you are so confused that if you lend these two things, you don't have to hope to get them back."
The woman asked anxiously: "Why can't you take it back?"
Jia Cong said: "What can he do if he doesn't return it? In troubled times, no one will mind such noisy matters. Besides, if you borrow an ax and a teapot, what if...an ax and a teapot are small things, so it's inconvenient to use an analogy. Let's put it this way. Zhang San
When Li Si borrowed an ancestral treasure and refused to return it, Li Si reported Zhang San to the Yamen. Zhang San bribed the county magistrate with five thousand taels of silver, but the county magistrate ignored the matter. So what can Li Si do?"
The woman shouted: "Sue further! Go to the magistrate."
Jia Cong said: "If Zhang San takes Li Si's treasure and offers it to the emperor in exchange for an official position, Li Si can't sue him?"
The woman was speechless and speechless for a long time before she said: "There is always justice in the world!"
Jia Cong clapped his hands and said: "Which liar tricked you into telling you that there is always justice in the world? Do you believe such a lie? How stupid are you."
Situ Cen, who was listening in the audience, felt very uncomfortable and interrupted: "Although there are corrupt officials in the world, there are also rare officials who are honest."
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "I'm just making an analogy. When meeting an upright official, Zhang San would not dare to borrow something and return it, wouldn't he? Even if he wanted Li Si's treasure very much, he would have to find a way to coax Zhang San to move there first.
Corrupt officials will be punished and then borrowed. But you have to admit that corrupt officials have existed since ancient times, and even Ming Tai and ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang could not control them with cruel laws."
Situ Cen choked, and then said: "It is common morality to borrow something and to repay it. People naturally obey it. There is no reason to litigate everything."
Jia Cong hurriedly said: "It's just wishful thinking. It's just a daydream to expect the vast majority of humans on earth to act in accordance with morality. Otherwise, what else would the court do? Isn't it just a matter of inaction and governance?" He said with a half-smile, "Let's take Shu.
He said, "If everyone upholds morality, Mr. Wei, you have probably gone to Mount Emei for your honeymoon. How can you be a guest in a bandit's den?" Situ Cen was speechless.
The woman obviously didn't expect Jia Cong to say such a thing and was confused. Jia Cong asked her, "Auntie, do you have anything else? If not," he pointed at Situ Cen, "we have to discuss this thing.
worth."
The woman thought for a while and then hesitated: "Then...it is always a man's job to lead troops in war."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Auntie, have you heard of opera singing? Do you know Mulan and Mu Guiying?"
The woman became more and more anxious: "Oh, there are only these two in the world!"
Jia Cong curled his lips, glanced at Fang Yifei and then at Situ Cen: "It seems that we can't do business peacefully without sending you away. I have already guessed this aunt. Based on the age of the head of the family, I think it is her
When her father died, her younger brother was still young, so she took care of the cottage; now that her brother has grown up, she wants her to return the cottage, right?"
The woman nodded repeatedly: "That's right! Our master's family business should be inherited by me, and the girl will only take care of it temporarily for a few years."
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "If she doesn't want to pay her back, what do you want?" Without waiting for the woman to say anything, he twisted the corner of his mouth, "I knew from the time you jumped out to speak, what can you do? If he has
What you are capable of is when you pick up a knife and a gun to rob the cottage with your sister. Send a helpless woman to speak out, and expect an outsider who comes to the gangster's den to do business to help. Have you ever seen such a childish person?
This is the green forest, not the court. The rules of the green forest are very simple, the strong are respected. If he is incompetent, just talk about his sister, even any leader in this hall can usually beat him. When you are a bandit, you must abide by the rules of the bandits.
, do you still expect the government to make the decision for you?" Jia Cong bared his teeth and smiled, "How can you take advantage of all the good things in the world?"
The woman was confused again. But a leader next to her asked: "Sir, how come she got the good thing?"
Jia Cong said: "The bandits don't pay taxes! What is the government? The government means that the people each contribute their own share of the money - that is, tax money, which is used to hire gentlemen to judge cases, catch thieves, and hire generals to help them bring justice."
To destroy the foreign enemy Japanese pirates and bandits who robbed homes and homes, the generals alone were not enough! The generals also hired detectives and soldiers to help. There were too many generals, and trouble would inevitably occur, so there was a court to manage these generals. Of course.
, these are just words for the occasion, just listen to them, don’t take them seriously.”
Situ Cen frowned: "Where did you hear these bastard words?"
Jia Cong said: "The origin of society, the original primitive society was like this. Haven't you read these books?"
"Is this what the book means?"
"Why isn't that what I meant? I just made it easy to understand. If I am too literal-minded, they may not understand."
The leader just nodded and said, "I understand what you said, sir. But nowadays there are too many corrupt officials who only collect taxes and don't make decisions for the people."
Jia Cong looked at Situ Cen with a smile: "Isn't it? If the former magistrate of Fuping County was like that, wouldn't he just switch jobs and go to Nanyang?"
Situ Cen gave him a tug and whispered, "You know it too?"
Jia Cong raised his eyebrows: "So you also know?"
Situ Cen shook his head and sighed: "There is nothing we can do."
Jia Cong snorted, "This kind of thing shouldn't happen at all!" He dusted his hands and said, "That's it, we have different positions, you won't understand." He looked at Fang Yifei and said, "We can talk about the price."
Fang Yifei smiled and opened the 500,000 taels of silver. Jia Cong glanced at Situ Cen sideways and raised his chin. It meant that you should bargain yourself. Situ Cen said hurriedly: "This price is too high. How can I afford it?"
You deserve this!"
Fang Yifei said: "Look at Mr. Jia's face, I didn't triple it. Since it's not worth living alive, I'll sell him dead to Mr. Tian." Situ Cen was dumbfounded! Unexpectedly, Fang Yifei said again, "We are the least likely to be bandits.
Be patient and bargain with others. Since Mr. Wei can't afford 500,000, he might as well pay for 1 million, and you can't afford it anyway."
Situ Cen hurriedly said: "Fifty million is appropriate, just half a million." All the bandits laughed in unison.
Jia Cong clapped his hands: "It's refreshing! How easy it is to do business like this."
Situ Cen gave him a tug: "It's easy for you! It's not your money."
Jia Cong shouted: "Do you have any conscience? I traveled all the way across the mountains and ridges to redeem you, and I didn't even confiscate the agency fee, and you still complain. I really have my grievances and I have nowhere to complain. I have to rush back to fight with you.
Your father wants money."
Situ Cen said: "You don't have any money with you?"
Jia Cong said contemptuously: "I have no common sense at all! Even if I carry money, how much can I carry?"
"That guy named Liu... doesn't he carry a large roll of banknotes with him?"
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "What on earth did you do overseas? How could a guy like him have so much money? All he had on him was a two hundred tael note mixed with some random pieces of paper. The film was cut out on a large piece of white paper, so it only cost 250 letters."
Situ Cen was startled, not realizing it was funny: "His tone is so loud..." He shook his head and said, "As the saying goes, the meat in a steamed bun is not in the fold. How would I know if he is a rich man or not?"
Jia Cong spread his hands: "Anyway, just wait and eat the bandits' food for a few more days. I'll hurry back and get some money from you, how about that?"
"It's too much effort. Why don't you use my name to go to Mr. Tian and ask him to lend you half a million yuan for a temporary envoy." Situ Cen sneered, "Mr. Tian must have it."
"Ah? Isn't he going to kill you? Are you willing to borrow it?"
Situ Cen smiled and said slowly: "Tell him this. Mr. Tian, everyone is here to make a living. As the saying goes, we are all brothers in the world, why bother to use fists, feet and swords? What else can't be solved with money?" Jia Cong was stunned for a few seconds and suddenly laughed while stroking his hands. Situ Cen shook his head and said, "Tell him, four or six - no, three or seven. I'm seven and he's three. I can guarantee that he will be willing to do this business."
Jia Cong laughed so much that he bent over: "He would do it if it were 28 cents. I would do it if it were me! With your line, won't the money in the future come rolling in like running water?" Nai cupped his hands and said, "In that case, Your Majesty, I have gone to raise money, and we, Old Wei, will trouble Your Majesty to take care of it for two more days."
Fang Yifei smiled and cupped his hands: "That's easy to say."
Jia Cong waved to Situ Cen and turned away. After leaving the camp, someone led him down the mountain. Jia Cong said: "I want to go to Fuping County Magistrate to discuss business. It's not good for you to follow me. Why don't you go down the mountain at noon tomorrow? Pick me up." The men heard that it was reasonable, so they just sent him to the foot of the mountain.
Jia Cong was riding alone for about half a mile when he heard someone shouting from behind: "Mr. Jia!"
Jia Cong complained: "I'm already walking slowly enough because of this delay." Then he reined in his horse.
The man said: "I'm sorry, I had a few words with the master." It was Zhou Hu, the leader of Situ Cen's bodyguard, who came.
Jia Cong glanced at him: "Acen is so naive and runs around with his new wife, are you accustomed to it? When he was in the West, did he also run around alone with a sword? You secretly followed him and helped He dealt with all kinds of bandits?" Zhou Hu nodded with a smile. Jia Cong sighed and muttered, "How can there be such a quiet time, but there are people who carry the burden for you."
Zhou Hu was stunned: "What did you say, sir?"
"I say, you are not doing the right thing." Jia Cong said sternly, "He is so old and has traveled to so many places, but he still has misunderstandings about his own force. Is this going to cause trouble?" He paused. Then he said, "You have done so much for him, you should let him know, increase his salary or something. What if there is any damage? To say the least, you think these are your own duties and you don't want any money. , it’s time to correct the name.”
As soon as he finished speaking, someone snorted from the top of the tree: "What about me? I haven't done much to help you?"
Jia Cong raised his face and looked at the man with a smile: "Even I am yours, just take whatever you want."
Chen Ruijin jumped down and cupped his fists towards Zhou Hu: "Guard Zhou, I have long admired your name."