After Qin Ye explained to Qin Keqing, he didn't keep her anymore and asked her to go back to the show building.
Qin Keqing bowed to Qin Ye and then left the study. Qin Ye stood up and still accepted her half salute. The scene was so weird.
When Qin Keqing left the study, Ruizhu had been waiting anxiously aside. When he saw Qin Keqing coming out, he immediately went to greet him and asked anxiously: "Miss, have you spoken to the master?"
Qin Keqing had a smile on her face at this time. She could no longer maintain the dignity she had when she was living in the study. She looked at Ruizhu, a silly girl, and asked deliberately: "What did you say to the master?"
Seeing Qin Keqing like this, Ruizhu said angrily: "Of course I want the master to withdraw from this marriage. How can a little bastard be worthy of such a fairy like a young lady?"
After hearing this, Qin Keqing felt a little unhappy for some reason, but knowing that Ruizhu was doing it for her own good, he explained a few words to her: "The orders of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, why?"
Can you regret it? Besides, Mr. Jia is now the Marquis of Wuyang, so what is there that makes him unworthy of me?"
When Ruizhu heard what Qin Keqing said, she immediately reacted and asked Qin Keqing in surprise: "Miss, did you say that our uncle is already a marquis?"
Qin Keqing smiled and nodded to her, then walked towards the show building. Ruizhu hurriedly followed behind happily, and kept saying: "I know that God will bless people like Miss Tianxian."
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After Jia Zheng returned from the Qin Mansion, he invited the official media the next day to send Jia Ke's birth date and marriage certificate, as well as a betrothal gift. Qin Ye accepted the betrothal gift and gave Qin Keqing's birth date and signed marriage certificate.
Returning to Jia Zheng, after going through a series of complicated procedures, the marriage was finalized. From then on, the two families became friends of Qin and Jin and could move around each other as relatives.
After Jia Zheng finished the matter, he wrote a letter and sent someone to Xuanfu Town to give it to Jia Ke. He told him the recent events and told him that he had made a marriage and his daughter's family.
Case.
Besides, after Jia Ke sent away Liu Yu and others last time, the next step is to resettle the hundreds of thousands of people who were plundered. If these people can be resettled and trained, they will be one of the capitals for his future rise.
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Jia Ke evenly distributed these people among the Eight Banners of Manchuria and gave them enslaving brainwashing education. Jia Ke had done this job many times and was quite familiar with it. Therefore, it went smoothly, especially for the women among them.
, since these women have never had a status on the grassland, the brainwashing was particularly smooth. These people quickly integrated into the new tribe and took care of the housework for the men assigned to them.
After brainwashing, the Manchu Eight Banners have greatly increased in number and cohesion. Now they have adapted to the new tribal life and have gradually forgotten about the original tribe. They have also begun to like their current life.
Because in the new tribe, there were not so many nobles to exploit them. The most important thing was that the commodities were very abundant, and cattle and sheep could be exchanged for all the living materials they needed.
After the brainwashing was completed, Jia Ke ordered the Eight Banners to expand to the grasslands north of the towns of Xuanhua and Kaiping, and try to reduce the living space of the Tatars in this area.
This expansion laid the foundation for Jia Ke on the grassland, and also made Jia Ke the leader of a new nation with a population of 200,000. At this time, if Jia Ke mobilized to the extreme, he could even recruit 80,000 people within a few days.
Cavalry, and this nation is completely Jia Ke’s private army.
And this force is actually very powerful in the grassland. The only one who can mobilize 80,000 cavalry on the grassland is Arslenk Khan.
Jia Ke let these people of the Manchu Eight Banners live north of the towns of Xuanhua and Kaiping as ordinary herdsmen. As the first barrier between Xuanhua and Kaiping. If the Tatars dare to invade from here, they will find that they
The first thing they faced was the tens of thousands of brave and capable Manchu Eight Banners.
The Manchu Eight Banners took advantage of the power in Jia Ke's hands to trade unscrupulously with merchants from the interior, exchanging their cattle, sheep, and horses for grain, salt, and tea from the interior. As their leader, Jia Ke gained huge benefits from this.
By helping Jia Ke, he can earn at least more than 200,000 taels of silver per year.
In fact, not only Jia Ke, Xuanhua, but also officers of all sizes in Kaiping Town have benefited greatly from it. Some generals have opened shops in almost every household. These shops specialize in doing business with the Manchu Eight Banners, and each of them makes a profit.
The bowl is full and the ladle is full.
There are also smart people among the Eight Banners of the Manchus. They used the materials they exchanged in Kaiping and Xuanhua to trade with other Tatar tribes. Although they are no longer the same nation, their languages are still connected. So they started doing business.
The arrival was relatively smooth, and in this way, more than a dozen nearby Tatar tribes were communicated through the Manchu Eight Banners, which made the business of the generals in Xuanhua and Kaiping even more prosperous.
These benefits completely brought the officers and soldiers of Xuanhua and Kaiping towns together, forming a new interest group headed by Jia Ke.
On the surface, this group is an enemy of the grasslands, but in fact it is very active and frequently conducts transactions with various tribes in the grasslands through the current Manchus and former Tatars, thereby obtaining a large amount of money and intelligence.
All of this was led by Tang Kuai, and his performance was recognized by Jia Ke, and the scale of the intelligence agency he commanded became larger and larger. It even surpassed another intelligence agency led by Wei Kun.
Although Wei Kun is not as numerous as Tang Kuai in terms of personnel, his people are better at hiding and discovering the enemy's traces. In nearly a year, the intelligence agency led by Wei Kun has captured the imperial court in Kaiping and Xuanhua towns.
All intelligence agencies, the Jinyi Army, were eradicated.
Since there were a large number of Manchus among them, the court had always thought that they were killed by the Tatars, so the intelligence competition between the two sides never stopped. However, because Wei Kun had a geographical advantage, the court
The intelligence officers were soon expelled from this place. In the end, they managed to save a stronghold with the help of Jia Ke, but they also indirectly let the court know about the brutality of the Tatars. So these intelligence officers began to treat Jia Ke
, and expressed his sincere admiration for being able to defeat the Tatars several times.
After Jia Ke settled the Manchu herdsmen and various people, he returned to his original peaceful life. In addition to handling official duties and waiting for rewards from the court, he basically spent the rest of his time among the various departments of the Eight Banners. These people were his
Private soldiers can even be said to be the source of half of his strength, so he cannot help but ignore them.
Every time Jia Ke came to the midst of these Eight Banners people, he would let go of the gentlemanly appearance he had in Kaiping Town and become debauched, which was a kind of relaxation for himself.
On this day, Jia Ke was in Zhenglan Banner, discussing with Dutong and others on the issue of the tribe's transition to the middle class, and held a banquet in the account, with hot roast mutton constantly being sent up.
The fine wine exchanged from the Central Plains is also placed in jars all around.
While Jia Ke was drinking and having fun with them, he also asked them how much food, tents, cotton clothing, etc. they needed. He made statistics so that Jia Ke could send people to exchange them.
Everyone was drinking happily and discussing things. When the atmosphere was in full swing, someone opened the tent door, and a gust of cold wind drifted in from outside. Everyone turned to look at the tent door. They saw Feng Mo coming in covered with dust.
As soon as Feng Mo saw Jia Ke, he immediately said: "Sir, the imperial court has sent someone to announce the decree, and I want you to go back to receive it as soon as possible."
When Jia Ke heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy. It seemed that the imperial reward had come down, but he didn't know how much benefit he could get this time. But Jia Ke wanted to at least upgrade his title.
So Jia Ke immediately put down everything he was doing, took Feng Mo and his soldiers, and hurried back to Kaiping Town.
When Jia Ke returned to the Commander's Office in Kaiping Town, the eunuch who delivered the order was already a little impatient. At this time, he was walking around in the Commander's Hall. When he saw Feng Mo and Jia Ke coming in, he did not recognize them.
After leaving Jia Ke, he immediately said to Feng Mo: "Where is Commander Jia? Why haven't you come out to receive the order? How long will our family have to wait here?"
Feng Mo knew that the eunuch didn't know Jia Ke and would not have thought that Jia Ke was so young, so he hurriedly stepped forward and introduced him: "Eunuch Qin, this person next to you is our commander. He was patrolling in the field, and when he heard the news, he
Hurry back quickly."
Jia Ke also hurriedly stepped forward, raised his hands to the eunuch and said, "I think this is Eunuch Qin. I was out on patrol and couldn't get back in time to greet you. I hope you can forgive me."
The eunuch's expression softened, but he still said expressionlessly: "It's nothing to waste our family's time, but it's a big sin to waste the emperor's time."
Looking at his expression, Jia Ke understood something immediately. Which one of these eunuchs is not interested in money? I'm afraid they are asking for bribes now. As the saying goes, the king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with. Especially these eunuchs,
If you don't manage them well, you will suffer a lot if you just say a few bad words in front of the emperor in the future. Such lessons are common in history. Naturally, Jia Ke cannot make such a mistake.
The mistake is just to win some money, so it's not a big deal.
So Jia Ke immediately smiled with a smile on his face, took a few steps forward and came to his side, and said quietly: "Eunuch Qin, I know that Kaiping Town is remote and there are no good things in the backcountry to honor your father-in-law. But there are also some local specialties. I will let you know in a moment.
Send it to your father-in-law's room and ask your father-in-law to take it back to the capital and give it to the family to taste."
Eunuch Qin was also a knowledgeable person. After hearing what Jia Ke said, he immediately understood what he meant. The seriousness on his face immediately disappeared and turned into a smile, "Commander Jia is so polite. We are all doing this for you."
Your Majesty, where can I collect your local products?"
"What my father-in-law said is wrong. He came from the capital to Kaiping Town to work for the emperor. It's really hard work and meritorious service. I just gave some local specialties for my father-in-law to take home to taste. It doesn't count as bribery. What's wrong with it?
"Jia Ke quickly pretended to persuade from below.
When Eunuch Qin heard what he said, he laughed so hard that his eyes disappeared. He happily said to Jia Ke: "Commander Jia is really a smart and insightful person. No wonder he can hold a high position at a young age. Since Commander Jia said so
, our family reluctantly accepted it."
Jia Ke said flatteringly: "Then thank you father-in-law for giving me this face. We will often interact with each other when we have the opportunity in the future. By then, father-in-law will know who I am."
Eunuch Qin said with a smile: "Okay, then we will keep in touch from now on, and we will take care of each other in the future."