Through the Ring of Red Mansions

It is said that Jia Zheng led Jia Huan to report to Jia's mother, so he chose an auspicious day to open the ancestral hall and tell his ancestors to let Jia Huan move to Langhuan Villa. It takes a lot. Jia Huan told Jia Mu, so he didn't send people from Rongfu to the villa. He only made new bedding and quilt blankets, and Jia Huan's original books and notes. In the past, Aunt Zhao was crying and reluctant to give up, and Mother Jia also told Jia Huan to go back to the house more often when she had time, and even Daiyu and Aunt Xue Baochai came to see them off.

Baoyu was envious of Jia Huan living in that happy place from then on, but said Jia Yuanchun, "Because after compiling the inscription in the Grand View Garden in the palace, I suddenly thought of the scenery in the Grand View Garden. After I got lucky, Jia Zheng must respect it." Blockade, dare not let people go in to harass, wouldn't it be few and far between."

"There are a few sisters in Kuang's family who are capable of poetry and prose. Why don't you let them go in and live there, so that the beautiful woman will not be destitute, and the flowers and willows will be shameless. But I think that Baoyu grew up among sisters since he was a child. He is no better than other brothers. If he doesn't I ordered him to go in, I am afraid that he will be deserted and not happy for a while, and Mrs. Jia Muwang will be worried, so she must also order him to live in the garden. Fang Miao. After thinking about it, he ordered the eunuch Xia Shouzhong to come to Rongguo Mansion to issue an order, ordering Baochai and others are only allowed to live in the garden, and cannot be confined by contract, and ordered Baoyu to follow him in to study."

After receiving the decree, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang arranged for Baoyu and his sisters to stay in the Grand View Garden, and called Baoyu to tell them to face each other. Looks good, after all lost to Jia Huan for a while, and thought that he was nearly half a hundred years old, and he didn't know how long he would be able to discipline and take care of their brothers, and Baoyu and Jia Huan had no talent and a great talent, it was better than "Yu's appearance" Meet", and finally ended up with the result of losing both sides.Therefore, he shifted his partiality to Jia Huan unconsciously, and only hoped that Jia Huan would take care of Baoyu on the basis of brotherhood in the future.

Letting go of the sisters in the Grand View Garden, let’s say that since Jia Huan moved out of Rongfu, he is like a bird out of the cage. He is in a very happy mood. The first thing that makes him happy is that he no longer has to say hello every day, and only goes there once on the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year. That's good, since then I have spent a lot of time sleeping until I wake up naturally.

In addition, Yang Xiong personally went to Tanggu to pick up the two boats going to Nanyang. He not only brought back two Portuguese missionaries, the most primitive wooden wheeled bicycle, but also a French chef, as well as a lot of coffee and coffee he found. Cocoa, nuts, and other seeds that are only available in the West, but Jia Huan misremembered the time, but the West has not yet produced matches.

Jia Huan personally received the three foreigners. The two Portuguese were named Ferdinand and Santos, and the Frenchman was named David. The Portuguese preached everywhere and could speak some English, but the Frenchman was kidnapped by pirates. Yes, they were thrown to Luzon City again, and they didn't understand a little English. It happened that Ferdinand and Santos could speak a little French, so the three of them could barely communicate with Jia Huan.

After taking stock, Jia Huan ordered the seeds of those tropical crops to be sent to Fujian, because there were also two tea gardens harvested there, and they took advantage of the situation to buy a farm together, which could be used to grow coffee, cocoa, pistachio and other things.

After finishing things properly, Long Si said that he would come to "Congratulate Housewarming", and brought a pair of Haiqing young eagles as a congratulatory gift. Seeing that the nipples were not removed, they were very agile and vigorous, and because they were young eagles, There is no need to boil it specially, it can be matured in ten days.

Long Sidao, "In the future, you will have to go out with people to hunt hawks and play together. I see that these two little beasts are very clever, even if they are the best in progress, they will look like this. I will give it to you to raise the naughty. "

The Daqing royal family has some northern nomadic blood in their bones, and they are also very popular in riding and hunting beasts. Therefore, at this time, falconry is a favorite thing for nobles and sons, but the Jia family is originally from the south of the Yangtze River, which is not the same way. Enthusiasm, Jia Huan has only seen the aristocratic game of falconry from later generations on the Internet.

Jia Huan thanked him with a little surprise, and asked David to cook some French dishes, such as baked snails, rhine-smoked goose breast, grilled lamb chops with grape sauce, tomato beef soup, truffle baked eggs, red wine steak , I also opened a bottle of sweet white wine brought back from Nanyang, and served a plate of several Western-style desserts, such as butter egg tart, cream chestnut cake, fresh milk pudding, apple pie, etc.

During the banquet, Ferdinand and Santos were specially invited to sit together, and they found a young fellow from the fleet of "Splendid Pavilion" who was originally from Fujian. He knew some foreign languages ​​and acted as an interpreter.During the dinner, they talked about the voyage stories of Magellan and Columbus, as well as the other side of the continent, how many countries there are, what customs are like, how the people's economic life is and so on.

Long Si seemed very unaccustomed to Western food. He only tasted a few mouthfuls and then stopped eating. Instead, he sipped the wine and listened to the young man with relish. The theory of the circle of the earth and the words of the pope praising God are in harmony, and only talk about the customs and knowledge of those exotic lands.

After dinner, Jia Huan and Long Si went to the study together, and Long Si said thoughtfully, "I don't know if we can go to the new continent that these two bastards are talking about."

Knowing that he missed the gold and silver in South America, Jia Huan said with a smile, "I'm afraid it will be too late now if I can go there in the future. First, their countries are closer, and their weapons are more advanced than ours."

Long Si couldn't help frowning when he heard this, Jia Huan blinked, and changed his words carefully, "They don't use swords, they use long-distance flintlock guns, which are similar to firecrackers, and they are extremely powerful. Our Daqing soldiers The armor they wear can be pierced by a single shot. And their ships have cannons on board."

Long Sidao, "We also have gunpowder. When the Taizu of this dynasty founded the country, he also used artillery to destroy many cities in the previous dynasty. Is it worse than those long-haired people?"

Jia Huan said, "You're right. Our ancestors invented gunpowder and passed it on to them, but now, their products are better than ours, but not much better. It's easy to surpass them."

Long Si nodded slowly, then put it down, and asked again, "You have moved out now, but have you thought about how to thank me?"

Jia Huan pursed her lips and smiled, "I knew you would come and ask this, but I have so many things to thank you for, I don't know which one to get first."

Long Si was stunned, and said with a smile, "Is there still people in the world who are worried about thanking too much?"

Jia Huan said, "Haven't you heard that you can't become fat if you eat one bite? Naturally, you have to do it one by one. I'll make three lots for you, and you draw them. Whichever you draw counts."

Long Si looked interested, seeing that Jia Huan had brought out three folded papers, he randomly picked out one, opened it, and there was the word "medicine store" written on it.

When Jia Huan saw it, he was a little annoyed, and said, "Why did you choose the most troublesome one? It may not take long to complete it. What kind of hand is it?!"

Long Si was amused, "Look how uncomfortable you are. What do you mean by pharmacy? Do you want to open a pharmacy?"

Because Jia Huan just said that sweet white wine is not a serious drink, he also drank a few glasses with him to enjoy himself, but this time he gradually became a little bit drunk, and he couldn't help but calm down and said, "This pharmacy used to be different from the current pharmacy. Same, because I intend to be a "off-the-shelf medicine" shop, in fact, there are some milder symptoms such as colds, dysentery, inflammation of the fire, stomach pain, etc., there is no need to specially ask for medical medicine, I bought the medicine according to the symptoms and went back to take it It’s cheap and doesn’t take much effort, Ferdinand and Santos can just combine western medicine with our traditional Chinese medicine, and make some patented medicines with basic curative effects, and distribute them to army soldiers, which can relieve the pressure on military doctors to some extent.”

He simply explained to Long Si the concept of future generations' patented medicine, but he didn't want him to listen carefully, because he also mentioned that the patented medicine can be put into the army. , asked, "How long will it take to make a kind of the medicine you mentioned?"

He asked several times, but there was no answer. When Long Si turned his head to look, he saw Jia Huan curled up on the beauty couch in the study, basking in the sun, and fell asleep with his eyes closed.

Long Si couldn't help chuckling, and saw Jia Huan's cheeks were bright red, and his lips seemed to be covered with a layer of water, which was a little more colorful than usual. He couldn't help squatting halfway in front of the couch, raised his hand gently Caressing the jade-like cheek under his palm, thinking of what he had been thinking recently, his face turned serious again, and he got up after a long time, and asked outside, "Where is that pink official?"

There was no one outside the door, and a deep voice responded, "Fan Guaner, brother and sister, are all serving as servants in the kitchen now."

Jia Huan only heard the name "Fan Guan'er" in a dream, and vaguely thought that Fan Guan'er was originally arranged in his room by Wang Shun, who thought he was smart, and later taught himself to be transferred to the kitchen. What are you doing in the study now?Helplessly, I was really sleepy, and fell asleep again in a flash, and when I woke up, I saw a thin blanket covering my body, but I remembered that I fell asleep while talking to Long Si, and I didn't even know when he left , I have long forgotten what I heard in a daze.

A few days later, Yang Xiong came to Jia Huan again to send the craftsmen to disassemble and imitate wooden wheeled bicycles brought back from Nanyang after studying the examples. When talking about Xue Pan, he laughed again and again, "The one who was still in the Rongfu before. I knew right away that this person was not a shrewd person. Fortunately, there are still a few loyal stewards from the old Xue family, and the family background is really solid, so I can afford him to make nonsense. What do you think? Those in our bead yard Beads, Lao Cheng said they can’t use them up anyway, and they can’t produce small beads if they are left in vain. Because they picked up those that are not neat in shape and color, they found a relationship to help us get them out. Our shop is only There are no defective products out of high-quality products, so the guy is not allowed to use our banner, but the small half box of beads was collected by Xue Dawu in one go, and it cost this amount..."

Yang Xiong smiled and stretched out five fingers, "He even came here to show off to me, and asked me if I wanted it. I just said that 'Splendid Pavilion' has its own pearl field, and that's all."

After hearing this, Jia Huan laughed and said, "Isn't this very good? There is a lot of snow in a good year, and pearls are like earth and gold is like iron. Their Xue family has a lot of money, and they are not afraid of losing money. Why don't we take it and open a few more Huihui branches?" That's fine too."

Yang Xiong nodded and said, "That's right. It's just that Xue Pan still has the desire to become a shareholder. He originally said he wanted to ask you to introduce him. I just said that you signed a death contract from the beginning and you are not allowed to add anyone to the shareholder list. And you You have no control over how many shares you have, he is just messing around, and probably wants to find someone to make friends with that 'Princess Gongli's brother-in-law'."

Jia Huan sneered, "Although let him look for it, don't bother him."

This "Prince Gongli's brother-in-law" was originally unknown, but if someone really asked Princess Gongli, the princess would know who it was talking about immediately after thinking about it.When this concubine was raised in her boudoir, she had quite the forthright temperament of being a boy, and she was very friendly with Shui Lang, who was still a prince. The two were originally distant relatives outside of Wufu. Called.

Although Jia Huan was not very clear about this section, but Long Si taught him to say this, presumably he was fully prepared, so Jia Huan was not afraid that one day he would go out of his way, and the sky would fall because he would be supported by a tall man.