After returning from the Prince's Mansion in Nan'an, Mrs. Wang wiped her tears on the wall, but Jia Zheng could only sigh. Reading at zero o'clock
General Baoyu heard that his eldest sister had left the palace and wanted to see her. He asked Jia's mother to force someone to stop her. He only said, "I just went with your mother today. She is not of high status. Where can she always have her mother's family?"
Go and see her? You are still a man, how can you just run into the backyard of the palace?"
Baoyu cried and said, "How can there be no reason why a younger brother should not be allowed to see his elder sister? Even the palace cannot bully others like this."
Jia Mu advised: "You are good at studying. If you win the first prize in the future, your sister will be better off in that mansion."
Baoyu started to freeze, and Jia Mu was so frightened that she slapped and shouted. Baoyu suddenly murmured: "Sure enough, among the brothers at home and outside, I am the only one who is ignorant. I completely ignore my sister serving tea and water.
I am a slave and a maidservant." As he went to his house numbly, Jia Mu hurriedly called for people to follow Haosheng and serve him. Baoyu worked even harder after that.
Jia Mu also wiped away her tears and thought about it for a long time. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that what her eldest granddaughter said made sense. The eldest son may be a secretive person who looks ridiculous but actually has some abilities. He couldn't help but secretly regret that he had been partial in his early years.
Fortunately, he did not dare to be too arrogant. The next day, he opened his private treasury and took out two rare antiques and ordered them to be sent to Jia She.
Because Jia Cong angrily rebuked Yuanyang a while ago for falling out with Jia Mu on his father's behalf, Jia She didn't even bother to go through the motions recently to say hello. Suddenly, he heard that Jia Mu had rewarded two good things, but Monk Zhang Er was confused. He was too lazy to do so.
I thought, knowing that Gong Kun had a house in Lixiangyuan where he often stayed, I might as well take a walk there to look for him.
Lixiangyuan did not close its doors during the day, but only kept them ajar. Jia She opened the door and took a look, and was stunned.
I saw many desks lined up neatly in the hall, with a group of children sitting nearby, holding books in their hands. It was like a school. Gong Kun was making tea and sitting on it with his legs crossed. He was probably a teacher. Jia She
I can't help but feel relieved: "Okay!"
At this moment, some people also saw him, and they all gathered around to say hello, shouting: "Hello, General!" "Good morning, General!"
Jia Shexiao asked them what books they were reading, and the children showed them to him. Some read the Book of Songs, some read the Analects of Confucius, some read historical records, some read Warring States Policy, some read Tiangong Kaiwu, Sun Tzu's Art of War, and Nine Chapters of Arithmetic.
All kinds of miscellaneous things.
Jia She knew that Jia Cong had gone to Su Zheng's house today and asked, "Mr. Gong, why didn't this hall have such desks when I came to see it?"
Gong Kun said with a smile: "We just moved here at that time, and we haven't bought these yet." As he ordered the children to continue studying, he personally led Jia She around.
In this courtyard, only Jia Cong, Gong Kun, and Yao'er have a room to themselves, and the two small rooms are given to the girl and boy next to Jia Cong. The other boys share a room with four people, and the beds are very strange, with two floors.
Yes, a layer was added on top of the bed posts, and there was a ladder to climb up. Gong Kun said: "These beds were specially made by the third master by carpenters, and it was the first time the students saw them. There were four children in each room,
Everyone reads the same book."
Jia She asked: "Reading the same book? What does it mean?"
Gong Kun said: "There are those who focus on the art of war, some who focus on criminal law, some who focus on arithmetic, and some who focus on farming... Anyway, the students look at it, and all six parts are complete."
Jia She raised his eyes and looked at him.
Gong Kun said with a smile: "I don't know if the student and Weiss Huan'er can make it together."
Jia She was silent for a long time and asked, "Did Cong'er say anything?"
Gong Kun said: "The third master only said that everyone should practice literature and martial arts well. Once you have the ability, you will not be afraid of anything."
After another long moment of silence, Jia She took a deep breath and asked, "Is he still short of money?"
Gong Kun said: "Fortunately, I have plenty of money."
Jia She said: "If one day... if one day he doesn't have enough money, just come to me."
Gong Kun smiled and said: "If that day comes, the third master will go find the general himself."
Jia She nodded, and Gong Kun led him out again into the two large rooms on the east side. They saw that they were full of books of all kinds, with many signs stuck in them.
Gong Kun said: "Third Master said that these two rooms can only be called libraries, and they are set up according to the library of Hanlin Academy. In the future, when we have a big room and many books, we can open a library."
Jia She stroked his beard and said, "I went to the Hanlin Academy and it opened my eyes." Yin asked again, "What are those in the yard outside? I only saw a small plum blossom pile..." He couldn't help laughing as he said that.
, "How can anyone set up plum blossom stakes in this yard? The space is so small that I can't even display my body."
Gong Kun said: "Those are custom-made by Master San. They are used for martial arts training on weekdays. In addition to plum blossom piles, there are also single-plank bridges, vertical ladders, horizontal ladders, and some called dumbbells for lifting strength. The ones placed next to them are
The one that is taller than the crotch is called a vault. The third master said, our place is too small. We should have high walls and low walls, horizontal and parallel bars, cross piles, low pile nets, and high board diving platforms. And these things are too small now.
, I must make a set of ordinary size in the future, so that it can be used."
Jia She frowned and said, "What are these? Why have I never seen them before?"
Gong Kun said: "I haven't seen it either. I haven't seen many of the things Third Master said. I'm afraid they were taught by his master, a master in the world."
Jia She sighed: "I don't know half of it. That's all, this posture is quite decent." He thought for a moment, "The mansion in the south of the city is a big place, let him do whatever he wants."
Gong Kun said: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate."
Jia She turned to look at him: "Huh?"
Gong Kun said: "The third master is still young. It is inconvenient for me to leave the big house to him at this moment. If the second master finds out, he may not be happy."
Jia She said: "How many times has he been there? Besides, with his thin arms and legs, can he convince the public? These people are all soldiers and bandits."
Gong Kun smiled bitterly and said: "That's what I say, after all, there is order between elders and younger ones..."
Jia She waved his hand and said, "That's it." He turned around and walked out, then walked back a few steps and said, "I almost forgot, I have something to ask you for."
Gong Kun quickly asked what was going on.
Jia She said: "The old lady sent two ancient objects over this morning, saying they were given to me for viewing. You, the third master, used my name to trouble her a while ago. I didn't bother to make up for it afterwards. It was considered a fall out.
.You think about it, what does she mean by this?"
Gong Kun thought for a while and sighed: "The third master said a few days ago that all the girls in the Jia family are smart, and the older girls are not stupid at all. Looking at it now, I'm afraid it's true. The old lady yesterday
I went to Nan'an Prince's Mansion to visit the eldest girl. I'm afraid that the eldest lady heard what the old lady and the second wife told me about the situation in the palace, and concluded that the second room was gone, and asked the old lady to show her favor to the general."
Jia She thought about it, and it was right. That girl Yuanchun has been very clever since she was a child, so he snorted: "I just came to show my kindness now, what have I been doing long ago?"
Gong Kun said with a smile: "Since the old lady has set up a ladder for the general, why don't the general just go down there?"
Jia She said: "It won't do any good if you go down, and there will be no harm if you don't go down. What are you going to do?"
Gong Kun said: "Because the saint loves to watch the internal fighting among his ministers, in recent years, it is inconvenient for the general to kick out Master Zheng, and it is also inconvenient for him to do what to the old lady."
Jia She said: "I know, that's why I really showed him the internal fight, right?"
Gong Kun said: "Sooner or later, the third master will have to do something illegal. If we are in the same house, if there is a hidden arrow..."
Jia She took a deep breath.
Gong Kun said: "Why bother the old lady's heart?"
After a while, Jia She sighed: "That's what you said. That's all. I'll just go back and thank her."
Gong Kun smiled again and said: "General Bao Buqi can still get some more antiques for appreciation."
Jia She proudly picked up his beard and said, "I'm not short of ideas now." As he left with his hands behind his back, Gong Kun respectfully sent him to the gate of Lixiangyuan.
Jia She then went to Jia's mother to express her gratitude and thank her. Mother Jia held his hand and said kind words for a long time. Jia She had goosebumps on his back and had already filled his pockets with a suit of clothes. He could only hold back and wait for her to finish, pretending. He also said some disgusting words, and it took him a long time to find an excuse to resign. When he got out the door, Jia She looked up to the sky, took a breath of air, and cursed: "Smelly boy, if it wasn't for you, why would I have been depressed for so long."
That night, Jia She sent someone to Lixiangyuan to ask Jia Cong if he wanted to order his messy things and put them in his mansion in the south of the city. Jia Cong smiled and said, "Since dad is willing to provide the place, is he also willing to pay for it?"
After hearing the reply, Jia She said angrily: "It's only a few dollars, let him pay for it himself!"
Jia Cong had no choice but to mutter: "It's not cheap, okay?" He had to take out the drawings he had drawn earlier and sent them to the carpenter and blacksmith to imitate a set of obstacle training equipment used by the army in his previous life. After it was completed, it was placed in the mansion in the south of the city. Fortunately, The martial arts field over there is so huge that it is enough to separate it with a fence.
The day after giving the drawings, Jia Cong began to lead the children of Lixiangyuan on a long run. Because they did not want to disturb too many people, they only ran inside Jia's house, which attracted many girls to peek their heads.
On this day, the training equipment in the big house in the south of the city was finally installed. Jia She gathered more than 80 men from various military families and even women who knew martial arts to watch Jia Cong demonstrate how to use these things.
He only demonstrated once, and Gong Sanyi's jaw almost dropped. He was stunned for a long time before shouting: "This is for military training!"
Jia Cong nodded: "Yes, it's just for military training."
Gong Sanyi looked at Jia Cong again, his eyes changed. "Who taught you this?"
Jia Cong recalled that during the military training at the university in his previous life, the instructor's surname was Sun, and he said: "He is a Master Sun in the military."
Jia She hurriedly asked: "Are you in the military? What is your current position?"
Jia Cong shook his head and said: "He was just a centurion back then, and he can't be found now. I've only seen these things a few times, and they were all made according to the gourd's drawings. I don't know if they're right. Let's use them first. After a while, I’ll see if I want to change it again.”
Gong Sanyi shook his head repeatedly and said regretfully: "This is someone who knows how to train soldiers. He can be a general, but he is ignored by everyone. It's a shame, it's a shame! The court doesn't know people!" Because he said to Jia She, "These things are too much." It is too big to be stored elsewhere, and it is inconvenient for outsiders to see it. Now let’s erect the fence higher for now, and then transplant some trees that are easy to support. If outsiders come over occasionally, be sure not to let them see this end.”
Jia She said: "Just don't let outsiders in. We are the only ones practicing martial arts here. Why let others do it?"
Everyone agreed. Then they tried it one by one. At first, they all thought it was interesting and said it was easy. Jia Cong smiled and said: "It will definitely not be easy if you walk back and forth a few more times." So he said to Jia She again, "Master Sun was also wearing a kind of camouflage uniform that day. It was very interesting. He said that wearing that kind of clothing would not be easily noticed by the enemy in the wilderness."
Jia She hurriedly said: "What does it look like? Do you remember it?"
Jia Cong said: "I remember roughly, I will go back and become a celebrity. I will try to make a set."
Jia She glanced at him and said, "What else do you want? Say it all."
Jia Cong flattered and said with a smile: "Does dad give you money?"
Jia She glared at him and said, "Speak quickly!"
Jia Cong said: "I can't finish what I said in a moment, and I can't explain it clearly. I'll write it to Dad one by one."
Jia She snorted and turned around to go to the study. Gong Sanyi, Gong Kun, Jia Siyao'er and others naturally followed, while the children continued to play by climbing the horizontal ladder of the single-plank bridge.
When he got to the study, Jia Cong chewed on the brush stick and thought for a long time. Finally, he took out the charcoal pen he brought with him, drew a telescope and a schematic diagram, and said: "This must be very expensive, so we can't do more. Because I don't have a transparent telescope in the north." Glass can only be polished with crystal."
Jia She couldn't understand it at all! He cursed: "It's a mess! What the hell."
Yao'er laughed and said: "Look at this cross-section, it seems to be two convex lenses you mentioned a few days ago?"
Jia Cong said: "Well, in fact, the Westerners made this two hundred years ago, called a telescope. It seems that some maritime merchants sold it to our court, but very few. I only know a rough idea. If I can find one or two A real thing would be nice.”
Jia She asked: "What is the use of this thing?"
Jia Cong said: "If you put it in front of your eyes, you can see people and scenery far away very clearly. It is convenient for spying on opportunities during war."
Gong Sanyi was so excited that his voice trembled: "If it really has such a use, no matter how expensive it is, it is still worthwhile."
Jia She said: "That's all, since that's the case, let others do it."
Jia Cong said: "We may not be able to do it in a short time. This seems to be extremely difficult. Why not go outside to find a merchant to buy it first, or ask if there are any merchants from the West who can bring some for us next time we go to sea. When we come back, we can imitate the real thing."
Jia She nodded: "What else?"
Jia Cong said: "All Western countries have small populations, small populations, and frequent wars, so they attach great importance to weapons. Up to now, their guns and guns are much stronger than ours. If the maritime merchants dare to sell them, I want to buy some. "
Because he explained the advantages of Western muskets in detail, Jia She, Gong Sanyi and others looked at each other in fright. After half a day, Gong Sanyi said in shock: "Fortunately, they are far away from us."
Jia Cong sighed in his heart, it doesn't matter how far apart they are, the Eight-Power Allied Forces will invade China tomorrow? However, since I'm here, naturally I can't just sit back and do nothing, waiting for them to come. If they can't save everything, they will come first. Go. Yin looked at Jia She and said, "Dad, since you want a complete set, how about getting a complete set?"
Jia She said: "How many words can you say at the same time and waste those many words?"
Jia Cong said: "Each soldier must be equipped with a compass, a dagger, and a slingshot. Although the slingshot is small, it is very useful. The gloves and boots must also be specially made." He bluntly said "soldiers", and he had already pointed out that Jia She was going to use these. A group of people started training as private soldiers.
There wasn't a fool in the room, and they all pretended that no one cared about that word, but in fact they knew it, and the undercurrent was surging.
Jia She was also stunned and looked at him; seeing that he was calm and composed, just adding these few things on the paper, he secretly growled "That's it". "Is there anything else?"
Jia Cong thought for a while: "I heard that both rattan armor and cotton armor are quite effective in preventing arrows. I just don't know whether they are true or not. I have to do experiments."
Jia She hurriedly turned to look at Gong Sanyi. Gong Sanyi sighed: "Looking at it like this, we can't wait any longer. We must set up the stronghold immediately."
Jia Cong said seriously: "I don't understand why it took so long to establish a mountain stronghold? It's not really for robbery, but just to hide soldiers."
Jia She glared at him: "You're talking openly again."
Jia Cong didn't care and continued: "Even if it is really for robbery, it has been a long time since we stopped robbing wealthy slaves."
Gong San also said: "Because there are many things that need to be considered carefully."
Jia Cong laughed and said: "Are they still mountain kings? Mountain kings are mostly ordinary people who are forced to live by corrupt officials, powerful people and slaves. Most of them are unarmed, have no property, and only have their own strength. They occupy the mountains and become kings.
In the beginning, it was mostly just to survive, just find a cave and crawl into it, and do it first. Besides, there is no complete thing in the world. If you have everything, you must be missing that. Mr. Gong, he wants to cover everything, but if he can't do it, he will stop moving forward."
When Gong Sanyi heard this, he was immediately stunned on the spot. Jia She and others had wanted to send someone to occupy the mountain and become king for many years, but he had always refused because it was not complete. But some things just happened.
, it is difficult to have the best of both worlds. Therefore, there has been no way to do it.
Gong Kun said with a smile: "The third master is right. Third uncle, you are too thoughtful and it will make it impossible."
Seeing that Gong Sanyi was still stunned, Jia She quickly smoothed things over and said, "What do you know, kid? You just talk. Mr. Gong is busy day and night. He is nothing like you. He only knows how to play all day long."
Jia Cong pouted and said, "Okay, it's all my fault. Don't be angry, Mr. Gong."
Gong Kun couldn't help but laugh.
Gong Sanyi also smiled and said: "I don't have any sincerity at all." He sighed, "You are right, I have really thought too much. Now that I have said that, I will immediately send people to set up camp in the mountains and recruit troops!"