Going through the Red Mansions quickly means going against the system.

"What's wrong? Do you recognize the bed? Aren't all the beddings in your room brought by us from home?"

Jia Zheng accepted his fate and took Baoyu over, hoping to put him to sleep.

"no!"

Baoyu wrinkled his nose and disliked the smell of Jia Zheng, but still didn't want to leave.

"I dreamed that the man hit me with a whip during the day, and I woke up."

Baoyu touched his buttocks with lingering fear. He had been beaten before, and maybe the impression was too deep. Now it was connected with what he saw during the day, giving him nightmares.

Normally at this time, just call the wet nurse or Xiren to coax her. But since the fight, his father-son relationship with Jia Zheng improved, and he has become dependent on his father. So he hid from the nanny and the maid and came out to talk to Jia Zheng.

"If that person doesn't hit you, he is a good person."

Jia Zheng's eyes were dim when he was drunk, and he vaguely explained to Baoyu the significance of the existence of Yamen.

No matter what happens in the future, people will still be lazy when they encounter opportunities to be lazy.

Therefore, it is necessary to send yamen to take care of it.

But the work of building river embankments is really tiring. Not asking people to rest is unjustifiable.

There was no cement at this time. To build the river embankment, people had to carry stones one by one, knock them flat, and add sticky rice soup to stick them together, but they didn't even have a few decent shovels.

At this time, the construction of river embankments relied on human lives, so death row prisoners were often used...

"Sir, what is cement?"

Baoyu was obedient and waited until Jia Zheng finished speaking before asking curiously.

"Cement is something that can be used to build river embankments. It is waterproof, and can also be used to build houses and roads..."

"Then why not use it?"

Baoyu has become accustomed to the game of incarnating himself into a hundred thousand whys and then asking the master to help him solve the puzzles.

"Because it's not there yet."

Jia Zheng was stunned. Offering cement can indeed be exchanged for official work. Maybe he could be upgraded to three levels in a row, but this would not be in line with Jia Zheng's plan to escape slowly.

The court is in decay, and the emperor's family has no talents to help. The most important thing is that the world needs a reshuffle and an opportunity to redistribute interests, so that the world can be rejuvenated.

"Why not now? Is it because the master is unwilling to give it to them?"

Baoyu is worthy of being born with an exquisite mind. He can find the incomprehensible things from Jia Zheng's words.

"If you ask Baoyu to do something you don't like, but will benefit others, will Baoyu do it?"

Jia Zheng suddenly remembered that Baoyu loved girls but was unwilling to study.

Why didn't the original owner think of punishing the maids around Baoyu to make him study? Does he also understand that his son is not a tolerant and generous person.

Baoyu's love is actually very selfish. He only wanted to share his beautiful youth with the people around him, but he never thought that time is fleeting and all women will eventually wither.

In other words, it was precisely because of his extreme cold-bloodedness that he saw the beautiful women around him die. He had no use except crying and writing some memorials.

"Baoyu is willing to do unhappy things if he can prevent others from being punished."

Baoyu's ignorant promise is not what Jia Zheng imagined because of his sweet mouth. He has a sincere heart, but this heart is slowly lost in the world of worldly wealth.

Jia Zheng couldn't remember what we talked about later. All I know is that the young man has ambitions and has promised Jia Zheng many things.

The next day, Jia Zheng rubbed his forehead and couldn't remember anything. He was only a little closer to Baoyu, and for the rest, he really didn't expect to change anything.

Because Baoyu is already very good.

He has a serious job here, so naturally he can't play silly with Baoyu. After washing himself, he took Zhan Guang, Cheng Riching and others outside to collect the scenery.

These few purgers of the original owner are all really capable. Jia Zheng had been in contact with them for a long time before he felt that the original owner had mistaken them.

For example, Zhan Guang and Cheng Riching are both very good at painting. Perfect for assisting science and engineering.

Seeing how troublesome it was to build the river embankment that day, Jia Zheng's first thought was to use water conservancy as a transmission device.

The only people who can assist in the construction are those individuals, and if they are lost, there will only be fewer and fewer.

And the greater the loss, the more people will become resistant.

Jia Zheng was here to assist in the construction, so he naturally wanted to do it as quickly as possible, but he didn't want a civil uprising to occur because of this, so he naturally had to think of some ideas.

Adding some leverage principles can make it easier to build river embankments. Why not?

Jia Zheng happily led Qing Ke back and forth, drawing terrain maps and finding craftsmen to make the equipment he wanted. He was very busy.

This made the emperor in the capital very satisfied.

Jia Zheng didn't fool him, he was really doing things. And having creative ideas is a rare talent.

Because of this, he felt a little better about Jia Yuanchun, who was transferred to serve him.

The emperor appreciates the maids serving around him, which is a weather vane for the people in the harem. Immediately, a concubine investigated Yuanchun's family background.

Mrs. Zhen also got the news, and finally remembered her family friend from the Jia family, and summoned Yuanchun several times.

This made the emperor unhappy.

He just selected the person, and someone came to snatch it. But Yuanchun is not as sensible as Jia Zheng, swaying in the wind like a wall grass.

"Is she too young? It's better to wait for a while before pampering her! Since she is close to the old concubine, let's transfer her there."

What the emperor wants most is loyalty. Whenever someone gets involved, he will reject it in advance.

This was true for the officials of the former dynasty, and the same was true for the harem.

The emperor's ruthlessness also made Yuan Chun quickly wake up. She had indeed done something wrong before. Once she became the emperor, she could no longer regard herself as the eldest daughter of the Jia family.

The Jia family's family connections can only be used by her, but they cannot be indulged in.

Old Concubine Zhen was self-defeating and felt sorry for the Jia family. Her way to compensate was to ask her family members outside the palace to show more kindness to the Jia family.

Therefore, Jia Zheng, who was on a business trip, suddenly received money from the Zhen family.

This money was originally going to be sent to Rongguo Mansion, but now in Rongguo Mansion, the people in charge of the accounting department are all Jia Zheng's cronies. When they saw so much money, they didn't want to leave it to Mrs. Wang, but to transport it to Jia Zheng.

And Jia Zheng just needed money.

Because of Jia Zheng's "nobleness", many projects were added to the construction of water conservancy projects. According to Governor Li's opinion, these are unnecessary things, so naturally he won't add money to them.

As for the emperor, whether it is the national treasury or the private treasury, once he approves it, the money transferred will only be a layer of skin.

Jia Zheng had to use this money.

Originally, in order to avoid the final outcome, he never wanted to deal with these "failing gods", but now that he was anxious to spend money, he had no choice but to break the precept.

"Since I've used everything..."

Jia Zheng thought of the Zhen family's general who could win the war, and also thought of the Lin family and Xue family who were trapped in the salt policy struggle, so he had to help them both.

But the emperor was suspected of being seriously ill! Jia Zheng was worried to death. If the petty emperor found out, he would be trapped in the capital again.