Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Sister Feng was stunned when she heard the words, and stared at Jia Lian with her water-cut eyes. After a long while, she pursed her mouth. Sister Feng wanted to smile, and finally flattened her mouth, and slowly snuggled into Jia Lian's arms, twisting her body to find a comfortable one. Sister Feng sniffled her nose, finally made up her mind, and said, "Second Master, why don't you go to Ping'er's room tonight?"

Jia Lian was very busy, and Sister Sleeping Feng also took some time to do some errands, frowning in displeasure: "Is it inconvenient for you?"

Sister Feng forced a smile: "The triplets are two years old, but my stomach..."

Jia Lian burst out laughing when he heard the words: "It's too slow for you to give birth to one nest after another. The titles of the three sons are not evenly divided. You still have to give birth. Do you want to exhaust me to death?"

Sister Feng occupied Jia Lian's body and retorted: "Why do you want a title?"

Jia Lian snorted: "When I grow up, I will learn from my second uncle, come to my brother's house to eat and drink, and be jealous of my nephew? Then what? You stole things from the eldest son to the younger son?"

Sister Feng suddenly became angry: "You fart, am I that kind of person?"

Jia Lian smoothed Sister Feng's brows: "Don't you feel sorry for the youngest son's lack of a title? Brothers, but he came out later, the third is only a stick of incense later than the second, don't you think he is wronged?"

When Sister Feng thought it was true, she immediately flattened her mouth and began to worry: "It's true, why are there two boys in one child?"

Jia Lian patted her and coaxed her: "Don't worry, don't worry, the big deal is that you don't need to pay more for your meritorious service next time, just open an account. But I beg you, don't argue about having a son anymore, or you will be exhausted to death."

Sister Feng was very happy when she heard the words. Seeing how handsome Jia Lian was, she decided to lower her figure and reward Jia Lian.

She pulled Jia Lian quietly: "Didn't you say that last time, that, that..."

Seeing Sister Feng's sudden twitching, Jia Lian couldn't react in time: "Which one, which one?"

Sister Feng covered her eyes and blushed: "It's you who said to let others, please..."

Jia Lian suddenly snickered knowingly: "What's up, what's up?"

Sister Feng could only bear her shame and timidity: "I will sleep on top, and you will sleep on the bottom..."

Because the words fell to the ground, the person has been suspended in the air...

The temperature in the boudoir rose sharply, Ganzhimei's curtains trembled suddenly, accompanied by the creaking of the Babu bed, and there were thick and thin murmurs, just like an aria played from ancient times!

The next day, Jia Lian went to Xishan early in the morning.

Sister Feng just woke up after three poles in the sun.I just feel that the room is full of bright lights, and my eyes are lingering and I can't open them.Sister Feng slowly got used to it for a long time and finally opened her eyes. She was dazed for a while, and when Zhonghe thought of the beautiful scenery of last night, Sister Feng blushed and covered her face, it was so shameful!

For a while, Ping'er had someone bring hot water in and wait for Sister Feng to take a bath. She was too tired last night, so she couldn't bear to wash after three times.

Sister Feng stood up, her legs gave way, and she almost fell into the bathtub.

Ping'er secretly flattened his mouth behind him, but it wasn't much fun, so what are you doing so desperately?

The Xishan Imperial Forest Army has a happy event every day, and it hasn't stopped after half a month. The huge happy event alarmed Emperor Qianyuan, so he called Jia Lian to Beijing to ask: "What do you mean by Pingziying? One by one rushing to get married Woolen cloth?"

Jia Lian spread his hands: "The ministers don't quite understand, probably because they think the time has come."

Emperor Qianyuan snorted, and took out a chain mail: "What is this? I remember that King Xijun said that he didn't give you any funds, but you hurriedly raised funds by yourself, and even wanted to ask the people to build it. Why? So urgent, can you tell me?"

Jia Lian has something to say about this: "The feeling of wearing armor is different from carrying something. Soldiers must first become familiar with it and make it a part of the body, so that they can move freely when fighting. Otherwise, according to the Ministry of War I am afraid that it will delay the opportunity of the battle, and I am afraid that it will ruin my hard work in the past few years, and I am even more afraid of losing these partners who have been with each other day and night!"

Emperor Qianyuan caressed his armor and pondered for a while: "Do you think the border war is bound to break out?"

Jia Lian pondered for a moment, then asked Emperor Qianyuan: "Could it be that your Majesty supports the humble officials in training formations, and isn't he planning to deal with the Japanese pirates?"

After a moment of surprise, Emperor Qianyuan laughed loudly: "You play Tai Chi very well, if you push two five six, you will put the responsibility on me."

Jia Lian replied: "It's not that I'm trying to figure out the Sacred Heart. I think that His Majesty will take care of everything and will not do those meaningless things. Isn't building an army just to defend the country and expand the territory? Now the Japanese pirates are becoming more and more rampant and have seriously threatened When it comes to the territory and people of this dynasty, the humble officials think that this is a scourge and must be wiped out."

Emperor Qianyuan jumped up at the case: "This is brilliant! Hmm, how is your practice?"

Jia Lian said: "Basically, it has been formed, and the rest is mutual running-in and proficiency, so that the cooperation between soldiers and between battle formations will be more tacit and familiar."

Emperor Qianyuan glanced at Jia Lian: "You started training in April, how about we still hunt for soldiers in winter?"

Jia Lian nodded and said, "I have no problem."

At the end of August, Jia Lian presided over the last happy event in Pingziying, and began to zip the team for the final training.

In the blink of an eye, it was Dongyue, and Jia Lian led the team into Nanyuan again.

This time, Emperor Qianyuan said that he was not busy performing formations, but first looked at the long-distance attack.

Jia Lian didn't understand, so Emperor Qianyuan laughed and said, "There are a hundred wild boars released in the paddock this year, and the mission of your Zhanfeng team is to get rid of these beasts in advance."

Jia Lian knew that Emperor Qianyuan depended on the long-distance attack ability of the imperial forest army and the power of the shotgun array.

Jia Lian stood on the platform and waved the water flag.

Shuiziying formed a formation of three talents.

Jia Lian dealt with wild boars the same way he dealt with enemies. His two wings acted as scouts. He rode first to attack, disturbing the wild boars to leave their nests.

Shuiziying entered the battle, and Jia Lian waved the Pingzi flag and Kuizi flag at the same time. Pingziying and Kuiziying fell behind Shuiziying and set up two three-talented formations on the left and right as the reserve team of Shuiziying.

The main purpose is not to supplement, but to serve as a sentinel for Shuiziying, and also to set up a checkpoint, lest any pigs slip through the net and scare the royal family and nobles who participated in the winter hunting feast.

Half an hour later, the hunting was over, and one hundred ferocious wild boars were all killed by Shui Ziying, and none of them slipped through the net.

Shui Wen is the commander of Shui Zi Battalion, but seeing that he is holding the command flag, the command is determined.His parents burst into tears with excitement in the stands, this dandy son has finally grown up.

Shuiwen's mother only bowed to the empress dowager: "It's all thanks to the mother's blessing, otherwise we, Wen'er, would be adults!"

The empress dowager smiled brightly: "It's because he is smart and eager to learn. In the past, he was just playful, but now he wakes up and becomes an adult."

Shui Wen's father is a literati, he smirked proudly while stroking his beard: "Our ancestors were born in the army, and Wen'er can be regarded as inheriting the ancestral business."

Shuiwen's grandfather was just the son of a family, who left the family and studied to become an official.

Now the talents in my family are withered, they can't study, they can't make it in the army, but his three sons have two imperial examinations, one in the army, and all of them are outstanding.Therefore, Shui Zhi, Shui Wen's father, got carried away with pride and came to complain for his father.At the beginning, people were driven out like that, and the family wealth was monopolized. How is it now?

The Empress Dowager knew all the twists and turns of the clan, so it was not easy to come forward and say who was right and who was wrong. Dimothers are harsh on concubines, everywhere, not just any family, but the men can only be blamed for being too greedy.As the most respected elder of the clan, the Empress Dowager couldn't manage it if she wanted to, as long as the mother-in-law could control her life.

Don't mention gossip, but said that Emperor Qianyuan watched Shuiziying cleanly end the battle.One hundred ferocious wild boars were cleaned up. Emperor Qianyuan noticed that whether it was ammunition or guns, nine out of ten shooting points were all in weak places like eyes and ears.

Emperor Qianyuan asked Jia Lian with a smile: "What's the point? Have you trained to hunt wild boars before?"

Jia Lian said: "That's not true. Our target is always the Japanese pirates and Tartars. After research, I found that the chest and head of a person are more lethal. Therefore, I request that the accurate and direct Hit the head, and hit the chest if you are not sure, after all, the chest has a large area and it is easier to hit the target, which is better than missing the target."

Emperor Qianyuan nodded when he heard the words: "This idea is good and worth promoting, Shui Cheng, you will do this in the future of the Shotgun Camp."

The eldest prince Shui Cheng hurriedly clapped his hands in response when he heard the words: "My child understands!"

Jia Lian couldn't help but glance at Feng Ziying.

Feng Ziying said: "The First Prince supervises the Shotgun Camp. The captain of the Shotgun Camp is Chen Yejun. He is the second wife's grandson of the eldest princess. His father was treated harshly by his aunt and joined the army in a fit of anger. Now he is the captain of the Xishan Fengsheng Army. It's my father's titan."

Jia Lian nodded, "I hope he's not the next Shi Keming."

Feng Ziying smiled lightly: "So what if I learn from Shi Keming, how dare he fight King Xi?"

Jia Lian smiled: "That's true too." He asked again: "Do you have any information about Haijiang these days? How many people died in the last sneak attack by Japanese pirates in Zhejiang?"

Feng Ziying sighed: "There are more than 500 households on both sides of the river, and no chickens or dogs are left behind. At least [-] people died in the massacre."

Jia Lian was stunned: "Does the local guard eat dry food?"

Feng Ziying said: "The Japanese pirates are fierce and cruel. The Japanese swords were taken and released, and two lives were lost. When a battalion in the guard encountered them, almost half of them died."

Jia Lian asked, "How many Japanese pirates are there? Didn't Wang Jiandian say that the small group of Japanese pirates harassed them?"

Feng Ziying cursed and said: "It's useless to say that the other party only has 50 people, and our battalion was crushed by them with shotguns and big knives. They went ashore with only 100 people. We killed more than 500 civilians and more than 100 soldiers. What do you say? , I don’t want to piss people off to death!”

Jia Lian suddenly thought of a very important question: "How did these Japanese pirates in Fusang avoid our guards and successfully enter the workshop to kill and plunder?"

Feng Ziying shook her head: "Actually, half of the Japanese pirates were fishermen from the Great Moon Dynasty. To satisfy their own selfish desires, these bastards even colluded with outsiders to kill their compatriots. You can't be angry, but tell me, you should put these The family members of the people were arrested and sentenced to death, as an example to others."

Jia Lian thought about the emperor's stubbornness. If he hadn't retreated and banned the sea at the beginning, perhaps these fishermen would not have gone to extremes. Now they owe a lot of blood debts, and it is impossible not to donate blood to pay.Anyway, we have to do one before we can talk about others.

Jia Lian has learned a lot about maritime affairs because of the Wang family’s fleet. Maritime trade is actually a win-win situation. We have tea brocades, but Japanese pirates have rare medicinal materials, and the West also has rare things for us, such as clocks and watches, such as foreign guns and firearms, such as shipbuilding. , For example, the West is rich in yams, sweet potatoes, corn, etc., which are good things that can be exchanged for what is needed and benefit the country and the people.I don't know for sure, I have tested that the emperor hates overseas countries extremely, especially the Japanese pirates in Fusang.He threatened several times to go to sea to destroy the Japanese pirates, but it was impossible to do so. Now the descendants are suppressed and beaten by several robbers.

Jia Lian was muttering with Feng Ziying about the war here, and Emperor Qianyuan was very upset when he saw it, "What are you two doing? I'm asking you something?"

Jia Lian and Feng Ziying just woke up and looked around in a daze. The two of them didn't know what Emperor Qianyuan said.How did it come to me?

Especially Jia Lian, because of his anger, he turned a deaf ear to his surroundings, otherwise, with his ear strength, he wouldn't be able to pay a little attention.

Emperor Qianyuan frowned in displeasure: "What are you talking about so devoted to?"

Jia Lian said: "I heard that Japanese pirates have harassed the coastal villages in Jiangsu and Zhejiang again, so..."

Emperor Qianyuan was silent when he heard the words, and waved for a while: "Come here!"

Jia Lian ran over, bowed respectfully, and said, "Please advise, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Qianyuan said: "A few days ago, General Wei wiped out a group of Tartars who were raiding grassy valleys. They took advantage of the victory to pursue and seized hundreds of BMWs. One of them came to a small pasture. He just followed others to watch the excitement. In order to escape, tell General Wei said that there is a wild horse valley in Yanzhi Mountain, and he can lasso horses. He is willing to redeem ten tame wild horses. After investigation, General Wei found that Xiren was a subject of the Dayue Dynasty. Because he offended the local wealthy family, the family escaped to join The Tartar tribe, they are willing to return, General Wei reported to me, requesting to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with this small ranch, let them help us raise horses, what do you think?" Jia Lian's eyes lit up when he heard this, because he said: "Cooperation and cooperation No, I'm not interested, I want the wild horse he just tamed!"

Emperor Qianyuan laughed loudly: "I know." Looking back at King Xijun: "Eight hundred miles urgently send a letter to Wei Kun, establish cooperation, enter the racecourse, tighten inside and loose outside, and closely monitor. In addition, send three hundred horses urgently BMW enters Beijing."

Jia Lian's heart moved, and he stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Emperor Qianyuan waved his hand: "Come on!"

Jia Lian looked left and right, and besides the imperial minister Xijun Wang Zhongjing, there were only Feng Tang and his son, Shui Wen, the school captain of Shuiziying, and then he replied with peace of mind: "I am willing to go to northern Xinjiang to receive horses in person."

Emperor Qianyuan was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and then laughed loudly: "Quite!"

Then he asked again: "Are you going to go with all the troops in the capital, or just go to one battalion?"

Jia Lian said: "My ministers are going to go out all the time for a long-distance emergency march training."

Emperor Qianyuan said again: "When are you going to leave?"

Jia Lian said: "Nowadays it's freezing and snowy, it's not suitable to travel. I'm going to leave after the Lantern Festival, and return to Kyoto with tame horses in March."

King Xijun smiled: "I advise you to set off in March. Usually, in May and June, the wild horses in Tianshan Mountain will migrate to the grassland, and they will be caught at that time. During this time, you can use the vastness of the grassland to practice your formation. , and also competed with the Krupp army under the command of General Wei."

Emperor Qianyuan said: "I have learned that an army should be able to adapt to all kinds of weather. Could it be that when the enemy comes, you tell him that there will be no wars in winter, and Li Chunchun will come again!"

As soon as Emperor Qianyuan said these words, Xijun Wang Zhongjing Wang Feng Tang shut his mouth tightly.

Jia Lian immediately said after hearing the words: "I would like to follow the holy will. Now in the middle of the winter month, I need to purchase a batch of cold-proof materials and a half-month godmother. I will leave on time at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month."

Emperor Qianyuan said at this time: "Speak to the Ministry of War, the military expenses owed to the Imperial Forest Army will be settled quickly, and if the sun sets tomorrow and cannot be completed, let him ask himself to resign and replace him with a capable person!"

In the evening of this day, the Imperial Forest Army once again received a one-time allocation of 6 taels from the Ministry of War. The county king showed his merits in front of him, but the account book registration was 6 taels.

In order to please Jia Lian, the Minister of the Ministry of War no longer pursued the remaining 6 taels of silver. The Minister of the Ministry of War also gave an additional [-] catties of burnt knives to the Imperial Forest Army to warm them up in the cold night.

Jia Lian looked at twenty carts full of spirits, and suddenly saw a way to raise soldiers with soldiers.Since I went to the grassland, why only three hundred war horses?Let each soldier have a war horse, after returning to Beijing, how much money should it be?

Jia Lian looked at the Minister of the Ministry of War who came to escort the silver, and his eyes were not friendly: "I remember when I applied to make a chain mail, the silver approved by His Majesty was 12? The price of [-] catties of wine is only [-]?"

Zhang Shilang accompanied him with a smiling face: "Although the words are good, but didn't your lord only spend [-] later?"

Jia Lian waved his hand: "This is my own ability, the Ministry of War is not convenient for me?"

Zhang Shilang was busy making friends with Jia Lian: "Your Excellency and Master Zhang are relatives. Our ancestors originally belonged to the Zhang family. Later, our ancestors went to Fushun to make a living and established a family there. However, we are with Zhang." The Zhang family in Tongcheng in the south of the Yangtze River came from the same line. Every 60 years, our Zhang family in Fushun will return to the ancestors in the south of the Yangtze River to participate in the Qingming Festival. Therefore, although we have been separated for a hundred years, the seniority of the old Zhang family is not chaotic. According to the seniority, the next official should Call Master Zhang Grandpa uncle, counting, my lord is still a generation higher than the lower officials, the lower officials should call you cousin!"

Jia Lian's face softened when he heard the words, and he clasped his fists and said, "So there is another reason. Since we are relatives, we should take care of each other. However, this is a personal affair, and this military expenditure is a public matter. It should not be confused."

Zhang Shilang nodded: "To be honest, we didn't want to renege on the debt. The inventory is really tight. Please let my uncle relax. We accept the debt and hope that we can have time to raise funds."

Jia Lian touched the water and wine in the cart, pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Eaters are soft-spoken, and I have to accept your fine wine without expressing it. How about this, 6 taels of silver and [-] catties of spirits, you don't lose money, right? "

Zhang Shilang was taken aback: "What does your department want so much spirits for?"

Selling 6 catties of spirits for [-] taels of silver made the Ministry of War a profit, but if you want such a large amount of spirits all of a sudden, I'm afraid you won't be able to get your hands on it!

Jia Lian said, "We're going to the grassland to stay for the first half year. I'm afraid that ten catties of wine won't be enough for you."

Hearing the words, Zhang Shilang had no choice but to say: "This matter must be discussed with Master Shang Shu."

The next day, Zhang Shilang came to Xishan again, and sent [-] catties of spirits, as well as an IOU written by Jin Maolin, Minister of the Ministry of War, promising to send someone to deliver the spirits to Jia Lian before March next year.

Only then did Jia Lian accept the IOU, and ordered the kitchen to greet Zhang Shilang with food and drinks. After everyone was drunk and full, Jia Lian and Zhang Shilang walked out the door with shoulders and shoulders, and they forged a friendship from then on.Although Zhang Shilang is a round older than Jia Lian, he has become a good partner hand in hand since then.

Turning around, he said Jia Lian, and while instructing Luo Shicheng to be responsible for purchasing a large amount of cold-proof materials and dry food for the road, he also went home and urged Sister Feng to lead a group of confidant girls to prepare a large amount of Jia's secret medicine for him.In private, Jia Lian ordered Pan You'an to order two thousand blue and white porcelain vases in twos and twos for him.

Seven days later, Jia Lianfeng and her confidants Jia Yun, Jia Ling, Xing'er, Zhao'er, Long'er, Ping'er, Feng'er, and Yan'er concocted two thousand bottles of Jia's medicinal wine overnight.

Jia Yun couldn't help asking: "What is Second Uncle going to do?"

Jia Lian laughed and said, "I want to exchange this bottle of medicinal wine for a fine horse?"

Jia Yun was stunned: "Second Uncle said that you are going to sell horses on the grassland?"

Sister Feng was taken aback: "Is the imperial court not allowed to resell horses and cattle?"

Jia Lian said: "I don't resell, I exchange things. After returning to Beijing, I will hand them over to the Ministry of War and exchange them for the military supplies I need."

Sister Feng calculated with twinkling eyes: "This doesn't seem to be reselling?"

Jia Yun nodded: "The key is that the second uncle did not seek personal gain!"

Jia Ling added: "Sure, Second Uncle is working for the Imperial Forest Army!"

Sister Feng clapped her hands and laughed: "The imperial forest army belongs to the emperor, and the second master has saved things for him, he can only be grateful!"

At this time, Jia Yun said: "However, in order to keep his sleeves clean in the future, the second uncle should let the high-level officials of the Yulin Army participate in the whole process of operation, such as the water mark, he has a lot of relationship with the Fengsheng Army and the royal family. See him enter the palace to meet the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor!"

Jia Lian was taken aback, Shuiwen was so close to the royal family, but why didn't His Majesty approve of Shuiwen's promotion?