The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Let’s say that Jia Cong and the granddaughter of Prince Yizhong spent half a day at a tea stand on the street to cut off their marriage, which can be regarded as the beginning of the topic, and I can’t help it.Xiao raised his head and said, "That majestic tea boss, do you have any tea?"

The tea boss froze for a moment, and hurriedly fetched a tea bowl to pour a bowl for him.

The princess smiled and said: "This is General Beringen."

Jia Cong trembled in shock, and stared at him with wide eyes: "No way! So young?"

Bai Lingen glanced at him: "The last general is already over fifty years old."

Jia Cong hurriedly stood up and clasped his fists and said, "I'm sorry, General Bai. Occasionally, I hear old man Gong mention your name, and I always feel that you are as old as him. You have come here. Isn't there no one in the south?"

The princess said indifferently: "No problem."

Jia Cong knew that he probably asked about other people's unspeakable things, so he stopped mentioning them.Yin said sternly to the princess: "There is a fishing island in Xin'an County, Guangzhou Prefecture, east of the Pearl River estuary..." He thought for a while, and drew a rough map of the Pearl River estuary on the desktop with his fingers dipped in tea.Because he inspected the Hong Kong subway for an important project in the company in his previous life, he left an impression of the map of Hong Kong by the way, so the painting is not bad. "The place names seem to be called Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and New Territories." Nai circled the location of the famous Victoria Harbor in later generations, and pointed out, "This is a good natural harbor."

Bai Lingen watched from the side, and asked, "When did Third Master Cong go to Lingnan?"

Jia Cong said: "I haven't been there, this is the first time I've been out of Beijing when I come back to Chang'an."

Beringen said: "I see that the map you drew is as if you have been there before."

Jia Cong said with a smile: "People who have been there may not be able to draw it. This thing needs a very good character to draw it well. I have only seen the map."

Bai Lingen hurriedly asked: "I don't know who drew the map that Third Master Cong has seen?"

Jia Cong has been used to nonsense these past two days, so he said casually: "She is a very learned aunt, her name cannot be tested, and others call her Du Niang."

Beringen frowned, and after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't come up with a clue, and said: "I have gone around this place in a boat, but I haven't checked it carefully, and I don't know if it is really like the picture."

Jia Cong said: "I believe in Du Niang's picture, and I also believe in the 'natural harbor' she said. In the future, the Princess and General Bai will return to Lingnan and let people go and check." He continued, "I want to share with you The princess discussed and established a private port here without telling the court."

The princess glanced at the map and asked, "Why do you want to build a private port?"

Jia Congnai cupped his hands and said solemnly: "Princess, don't tell lies in front of real people. In this situation, your family is also short of money, my family is also short of money, and even the families of the princes are short of money. Instead of trying to find people's fat and anointing , To make people in the world uneasy, it is better to try to make money from outside. With this port, smuggling is extremely cheap. What else can be faster and more stable than doing business without paying taxes? Moreover, with this private port , even if you just sit and collect money for berthing the boat, it’s a big deal.”

The princess couldn't help turning her head to look at Beringen.

Bai Lingen simply sat down at the table, full of interest: "Third Master, please discuss in detail."

Jia Cong said: "Does General Bai know that the western countries are extremely rich?"

Beringen thought for a moment and said: "I have seen some merchant ships from the West, but I don't think they are very rich."

Jia Cong said: "I heard that most of the merchant ships that come to us from the West are Jewish. The Jews are frugal by nature, and it can't be seen from the outside how rich their families are. Moreover, not all merchants are rich. The most powerful thing about Western countries today is that , They have sailed around the world.” He suddenly felt that the topic was too big, and hurriedly put it away, “That is, they have already defeated many very rich countries by boat, regardless of whether they are three or seven or twenty one. The hundreds of years of gold accumulated by the rich and noble families of the treasury, the ancestral temple, and the rich and noble families are loaded with gold and shipped back to the country."

The princess and Bai Lingen were both startled, the princess said first: "Isn't this a barbarian?"

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Barbarians? They also said that the ones who were robbed were barbarians. They also occupied their land, and sent the whole country, no matter the king or grassroots, as slaves, and sent them to Zhuangzi to do farm work."

The princess said: "Aren't they against it?"

Jia Cong said: "I can't fight back. Because I can't fight."

The princess was taken aback again.

"Those slaves were all captured. Renyazi didn't spend any money. People from several countries were kept in the country like cattle and sheep, and they lived day by day. When Western masters wanted to buy slaves, Renyazi would buy them." Go to the villages on the street and catch them at will. You are a prince and beggar. If you are caught and shut up, you will be sent to the village of Westerners. If there are many people, the price will be cheap, so it is also cheap. Because it is cheap, no matter whether it is a child or a master , They never cherished their lives. They were killed if they were sick, and they were killed if they were disobedient. Those slaves who did farm work could not eat enough, so they were weak. And they were all wearing chains, so it was difficult for them to escape." He waved his hand , I'm going to mention fire. guns, I don't want to remind them of this at this moment, so I stop here and change the topic while they are still surprised. "The money accumulated by several big countries for hundreds of years, they have been transported back! No matter which household the money finally reaches, the country will become rich. As far as I know, all Western countries love our tea porcelain. Silk and other items, shipping these items to the West for sale by sea merchants can make hundreds of times more profit!"

Beringen gasped when he heard that.

"Because the Western princes and nobles got rich from the plundered money, and the rich are extravagant, they all like to ask for some fine and rare things at high prices. But I am used to craftsmen with fine skills." Jia Cong smiled softly, "General Bai, a lot of money Well, don’t you want to grab a few?”

After half a day, Bai Lingen said: "But now I am very forbidden to face the sea."

Jia Cong pointed to the faded tea map on the table and said: "That's why I said that with this smuggling port, smuggling is extremely cheap. Although the sea ban in my dynasty is severe, there are not many smugglers, because the smugglers have no The big port is difficult to transport goods in large quantities. You two, there is such a big cornucopia of cash cows, just in Lingnan. General Bai once served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and now he has soldiers and horses. The emperor is far from saying that the sky is high, and the emperor is still busy dealing with it. Father and brother don't take care of others, how wonderful it is. There are princes, princes, governors, local officials, who doesn't want to make money? Everyone who has money makes money. As long as all parties are profitable, we are not afraid of someone making trouble .”

Beringen thought about it for a long time, and said: "This matter is too big and needs to be discussed in a long-term way. Besides, the current governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is not in harmony with me. I'm afraid it's not easy to hide it from him. Besides, the navy is not in my hands."

Jia Cong thought for a while: "Is there any way to transfer him away?"

Bai Lingen glared at him: "Court officer, how can you be transferred if you want?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "There is always a way. Whose person is he? It can't be sent by today to watch you."

Bai Lingen sighed: "He is an old minister of the old sage on the surface, but he has already surrendered to the present in secret, but he was subdued by the sage king."

Jia Cong couldn't help making a face.Xindao: No matter how much I believe in Situ Pan, I can't help being suspicious of him.Then he said: "Since this is the case, let's push it backwards. If you want to make a fortune, you must build a private port. If you want to build a private port, you must replace the current governor of Guangdong and Guangxi as your own, or accept him as your own. Or replace the sailors with one of your own to make him stand up. It should be the three ways." Jia Cong thought about the meeting, "Let the saint be suspicious of him and alienate him?"

The princess said: "We can collect some evidence of his crime, we have this on hand."

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "It's useless. Since he is a senior man, he doesn't have much use at hand, so what's the evidence? He kills and sets fire as he pleases, and it doesn't matter if he takes money or perverts the law."

Beringen raised his head and stared at him with a somewhat cold gaze: "You knew these things at a young age?"

Jia Cong snorted and said, "I've never eaten pork but I've seen pigs running. I'm the young master of Rongguo Mansion."

Bai Lingen sighed: "You are like this. Based on how Mr. Zhan praises you, the last general really dare not entrust the princess."

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Didn't the two of us make it clear just now? The princess has such a great idea, and there are many good men in the world." Yin suddenly slapped his head, "Well, do you still count as my sister? ? Why don't we recognize our siblings? It's not that I rushed to post you, but for the sake of Old Man An Gong's heart."

The princess smiled and said: "Forget it, it's hard for you not to be afraid of being dragged down by my shameless daughter of a traitor. It doesn't matter if you recognize your younger brother."

On the one hand, Bai Lingen was shocked by Jia Cong's talent, on the other hand he also thought that this man was not a good match for the princess, so he hurriedly said: "Princess, why don't you buy live chickens and red wine?"

The princess waved his hand and said: "There is no need to be strict, everything is inconvenient now. Brother Guan Cong, I am a free-spirited person, as long as you have a heart."

Jia Cong immediately stood up, walked around the table and came to the princess, and made three bows to her with a sullen face: "See you Yijie."

The princess smiled and helped him up, calling him "brother".

Others were dumbfounded, and the tea girl said after a while, "This... this is too frivolous and frugal."

Jia Cong said with a smile: "Wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha sits in his heart. If you have the heart, you can make a promise. There is no use in pretending to swear."

Beringen couldn't help clapping his hands when he heard the words: "That's right! Good boy, I agree with you more and more."

Jia Cong also clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Okay! Now our two families are getting closer. Also, I find that I have no way to transfer the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi for the time being."

The ancients valued faith.Jia Cong simply bowed to the Princess and recognized his siblings, and the murderous aura around him immediately dissipated.Seeing that Jia Cong was getting closer, Bai Lingen gave him a long look and said, "If the affairs of the court were so easy, we would have avenged the prince long ago."

Jia Cong wanted to persuade them not to be too obsessed with revenge, and felt that it was a good thing for them to be obsessed with themselves at this moment, so he kept silent.He said again: "I'm just a talker. I'm not good at how to act. If General Bai is free, why not discuss with Yi Zhi. He is a think tank."

Bai Lingen nodded and said: "Master Cong is extremely rare at his age, and I also know Zhan Yizhi very well." He smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of making him grow up, I can be regarded as watching him grow up."

Jia Cong laughed and said, "That's great! You two can discuss matters and save a lot of nonsense about probing each other."

Bai Lingen asked again: "But I don't know the map drawn by Mrs. Du, do you still have it?"

Jia Cong shook his head and said, "She never gave it to me, and now I can't find anyone either."

Bai Lingen was very sorry, and when he returned to Lingnan, he secretly asked people to inquire about it, but found nothing.This is for later.

Jia Cong bid farewell to them with fists in their hands, and agreed that Gong Kun and Bai Lingen would meet at a certain restaurant in Chang'an City tomorrow, and then went back to Gao's house.

When they arrived at the East Guest House, Gong Kun had already returned and asked him how his meeting with Zhu Tong was.Jia Cong said with a smile, "It's a long story, but first tell me how you're doing?"

Gong Kun frowned slightly: "Zhu Tong is the second son of Zhu Wei, the prefect of Chang'an, and he is a classmate with Liu Qian and the uncle of the Chen family."

Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "It's another scholar from the general's family. Do you know Zhu Wei?"

Gong Kun said: "I don't know him. However, his father used to be a loyal prince of Xianyi, because the old man left early and it didn't matter much. Zhu Wei is very talented and neither party nor clique, so he was never implicated."

Jia Cong snorted: "It's strange if you don't have a party or a group! You can't think that the Duke of the State is also a person who is loyal to Prince Yi."

Gong Kun hurriedly said: "Liu Biao, the Duke of Li, was originally an old sage and an old minister. He has been ignoring the old sage since he became confused. Now their mansion is also in chaos, which is very similar to your mansion in the early years. I think it is not as good as one generation after another. But they never found out which princes they had contacts with—they had nothing to do with Prince Yizhong back then.”

Jia Cong nodded: "That's Liu Qian himself, maybe it was Zhu Tong who won him over, I think Zhu Tong has a bit of a leader's temperament." Yin said, "Probably the whole family of the Zhu family is a member of Prince Yizhong."

Gong Kun was slightly taken aback, thought for a while, and couldn't help nodding his head: "That's Anzi. This Anzi was buried right and wrong. Even if the saint suspected that Prince Yizhong had Anzi behind, because he was He is the son of Old General Zhu, so he will not be suspicious of him if he behaves like this."

Jia Cong shrugged, leaned lazily on the back of the chair and stretched: "That is none of my business. Yizhi, I have taken on a huge job for you today, enough for you I have been busy for a long time. If it is completed, it will also be famous in history."

Gong Kun smiled wryly and said, "Anyway, I won't be free. What's the matter?"

Jia Cong said: "Work together with the princess from Lingnan and General Beringen to build a private port."

Gong Kun was taken aback.

Jia Cong said again: "Just now I went to meet the princess and Bai Lingen. By the way, I have already recognized her as my sister-in-law and talked about the marriage. The enlightened old man can also give an explanation and choke him to death."

Gong Kun just listened silently to his intimidating words, and when he finished speaking, he sighed softly: "What else can the student say..." and spread his hands.

On the contrary, Jia Huan hastily raised his head: "What is the Princess like?"

Jia Cong said: "It's pretty good-looking. It's a bit dark. It's probably sun-dried in Lingnan. It's so thin." He looked up and looked around, and saw that everyone who should know was there, so he told the story just now. Talking to the princess about "your ladle and my ladle" is just a few words and let it go.

He had just finished speaking, before everyone had time to discuss, they only heard someone shouting hurriedly outside: "Third Master! Urgent letter from Beijing!"

Jia Cong was taken aback, and immediately turned around and opened the door and stood at the door with his hands behind his back.I saw shopkeeper Liu of Jia's horse shop running over, sweat dripping down his face, he didn't even care about etiquette, and handed him the letter in his hand: "Someone in Beijing sent an urgent letter, the child He's already passed out. It's a big deal, and this is a letter from shopkeeper Gong Da." He wiped his sweat with his sleeves.

Jia Cong hurriedly took it over, took out the letter paper and hurriedly swept it from the beginning.Gong San also wrote an extremely long letter, which made him speechless.After a while, holding the letter paper, I turned around.Jia Huan's youngest son, Gong Kun, and others all stared at him holding their breath.

Jia Cong said slowly: "Yi Zhi stayed to discuss matters with the other side, and the others immediately packed up and returned to Beijing!"

Jia Huan hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Jia Cong looked at Liu Feng with a wry smile: "Man is not as good as God. You said Huo Xuan must be saved to take care of Huo Sheng, but he is dead."

Liu Feng frowned and asked, "What does it matter to us if he dies?"

Jia Cong sighed, "He was killed by mistake."

Jia Huan asked, "Who?"

"Jia Baoyu."