The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Let’s say that Jia Cong wholeheartedly thought that Gao Mang was kidnapped from the Gao family back to Beijing that day, but after turning a corner, it turned out that the old lady of the Gao family wanted to pry Jia Yingchun away from their house. A smelly face.Jia Huan was watching the fun with a smile on his face, and even provoked a few words when he had nothing to do, causing Jia Cong to suffer a lot from Gao Mang.Gao Mang didn't take it seriously at all and treated him as usual.

Jia She has long forgotten who is the son and who is the aunt, so he pulls Gao Mang and says, "It's nothing, I guarantee that he will agree in a few days."

A few days later, Jia Amnesty inadvertently leaked the matter of the Gao family's courtship to Jia's mother. Jia's mother was furious: "I don't even take a mirror to see if their family is worthy!"

Jia She said: "I see that Mang'er is very good, so I will write a letter tomorrow."

Jia Mu shouted, "How dare you!"

Jia She asked curiously, "Does the old lady have any old grievances with my aunt?"

Mother Jia frowned and sighed: "We are sisters-in-law, so there is no old grievance. We have grown old in recent years, so we have less contact with each other. I refuse to agree because Gao's family is far away. If you marry so far away, if you get angry, you won't be able to find the support of your natal family."

Jia She said with a smile: "Mang'er, his father is the governor of Ping'an Prefecture, and he is close to the capital. Besides, how old he is, his future is to be determined, and it is not known whether he will be an official in the capital in the future. With Cong'er here, who If he dares to bully his sister, even if he goes to the West, he will not let her go."

Jiamu said again: "A few days ago, the old lady from the Liguo Mansion came over and praised our second girl for being capable and able to manage the house at a young age. If it's not enough for two days—"

Jia She said with a snort, "Aside from relying on two sons-in-law to support their appearance, what else does their family have? The son-in-law has no real talent. That Liu Fang, no matter who gives him a stick, he will regard it as a needle. One generation is not as good as the next, so we should hide." It's better to be far away." Sui Ma slipped away.

Angrily, Jia Mu scolded people hard in the room for several days.This matter was passed on by the little girl in her courtyard, and then passed on to Jia Cong.Jia Cong's brother can make up for it a few times by himself, but it's impossible for others to scold him.But he couldn't scold Jiamu, so he had to hold back.Goodbye Gao Mang is already too embarrassed to make trouble.

In September, the weather was cold day by day, and the geese from the north returned to the south. Gong Kun finally came back with a head full of dust.

Jia Huan was sitting in the courtyard, when he caught sight of him, he said first, "I'm already skinny, but after running outside for a few months, I'm almost a rib."

Gong Kun grabbed the teapot in front of him and poured tea by himself, saying, "Third Master Huan's simple and honest ideas in his early years are all gone."

Jia Huan snorted and said, "Have you ever been simple and honest? You don't know."

Jia Cong just came out from inside, startled: "You just came back without a letter?"

Gong Kun said with a smile, "I may not be as fast as me in delivering letters." But he looked around and saw that all the young men came to watch him, but Yao'er was not there, so he said, "The third master will call Weiss first, and I will clean up the meeting." Jia Cong hurriedly sent someone to Jia Si's house to call Yao'er over.

All of a sudden, people sat in a circle.Gong Kun stretched out his thumb first and praised: "That Du Niang is really a god-man, and the map she drew is extremely accurate. The Bai family made a fuss after looking at it. General Bai has already gone to investigate her everywhere."

Jia Cong blinked: "I wish him success!"

Gong Kun glanced at him, saw that Jia Cong was just pretending to be stupid, and said: "The assassination is half done. Mr. Chen Bin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was seriously injured. I'm afraid it will be difficult to stay in office. He has already returned to his hometown to recuperate. The assassin committed suicide. "

Jia Cong frowned: "Is the assassin raised by Beringen? It's not easy to raise a capable one. It's not worthwhile to die so easily."

Gong Kun shook his head and said, "No. The Assassin and Mr. Chen have a hatred for killing their father, uncle and brother, which is almost the same as killing their family. They hate it to the bone. General Bai just helped him enter the General Military Mansion."

Jia Cong was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "Sure enough, a high-ranking official has enemies."

Gong Kun said: "It's usually tight. Mr. Chen followed the old sage on the surface, and voted on him secretly. He has great power in his hands and is fearless. Naturally, he has no fear. It is nothing to hurt a few ordinary people."

Jia Cong said sarcastically: "Xu Hong died loyal to the old sage, and I'm afraid he will settle accounts and prepare to rebel after this last autumn." Gong Kun said "ah", "This Mr. Chen has two reliances and unscrupulously spoils the people. This shows how important power supervision is."

Gong Kun said: "The most important thing right now is who will be the next governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Hong Kong is so barren, the Bai family has quietly sent people there to start building the port; in addition, Master Chen is seriously injured and can't care about it. hinder."

Jia Cong thought for a while and said with a smile, "Then let's start the gong."

A few days later, people were shaking in a courtyard of Yihong Courtyard, and there were no lights and candles, only the moon and stars in the sky.Someone lit a very dim lantern and led two guests to sit inside behind a screen before they whistled; someone ushered in another one.Gradually, several screens in the room were filled with people, and some candlesticks came up to them.Jia Cong was sitting in the middle.Inte wore a red dress that even he disliked, and was chubby, but he really looked like a red boy.

He bowed to the surroundings and said: "Everyone, what we are going to talk about today is not something to save face, so we don't need to use so many rituals, and the words are the most important. You are all very important people in this matter, sir. No one can do it, so I played this game. All you see are gauze screens, you can see the outside from the inside, but you can’t see the inside from the outside. And the candlesticks on your desks have fire starters, which can be lit by yourself. There are four treasures of the study. Those who want to hide their identities can just sit and listen inside. If you want to say something, you can say it in a hoarse voice, or you can write it down, ring the bell on the desk, and I will read it for you. If you don’t want to cover up, remove it. The gauze screen lights up the candlesticks, and everyone can see who you are."

He paused for a moment, coughed, and said, "Everyone knows that I intend to do business with you. It's not a small business that will fail in three to five years, but a big business that will last for a long time. I'll be blunt. Everyone came here for money. The leader of this matter started from the fact that a colleague present had a navy in his hands. Although it is less for the time being, he will make money in the future and can recruit more people. This navy is not a court navy. The army is a private soldier."

There was a gasp from behind a screen somewhere.

"Of course, this private soldier is not used for fighting, but for robbery. Simply put, they are pirates who specialize in robbing Western merchant ships. An excellent private port is being built somewhere in Lingnan for unloading."

Hearing a bell ringing behind a certain screen, Jia Cong went over and took a note, and read: "This colleague asked, is the injury of Mr. Chen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, related to you? Of course it is related. He is ours. Hurt."

Several gasps came from behind several screens.

"After unloading, there is another colleague who is a big businessman. Although he is not very smart, fortunately he has a very smart companion by his side."

Someone laughed "haha" twice, and the laughter suddenly became muffled, obviously someone covered their mouths.

"This businessman used the name of a sea merchant to transport the goods to Beijing, Jiangnan, or other places to sell. If you have a shop, you can help sell it. Some officers and soldiers pretended to be bandits and robbed the goods. A chain of stolen goods can be sold under the banner of a maritime merchant, or simply loaded onto a ship and sold to the West. The above is a general idea, and we can discuss it slowly."

Hearing the sound of the bell, Jia Cong said: "It's still the colleague just now." Nai walked over and took out the note to look at it, and couldn't help laughing, "Remove the screen."

Later, someone came up to remove the gauze screen for him, Jia Cong clasped his fists and said, "Uncle Wang, you are so brave."

Wang Ziteng laughed and said: "Writing is not cheap, it's better to talk. And you even stabbed the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. If I still hide, it will make people laugh."

As soon as he finished speaking, another person said: "Your Majesty Wang is embarrassing me." This person came out from behind the screen, smiling warmly like jade against the candlelight. "If I hide it again, won't it make you laugh?"

Wang Ziteng was shocked: "Prince Beijing Jing!"

Shui Rong clasped his hands and said with a smile: "It's just that I have too few sailors in my hand, even more incomparable than ordinary water bandits, I'm afraid it's not enough."

Jia Cong said: "The construction of the private port is just starting now. It's only the first step. There's no rush."

Shui Rong said again: "And I don't have a decent leader there, Zhong Heng has other uses."

Jia Cong said, "Is it okay to subdue a pirate?"

The two of them had a discussion first, Wang Ziteng hadn't slowed down yet, he shook his head for a long time and said: "It's really unexpected..."

Shui Rong asked with a smile: "I didn't expect this king to join in smuggling and robbery?"

Wang Ziteng said: "That day, I felt that the prince handed over the military power too easily, and I had some doubts in my heart. The prince made a mess, and the civil and military affairs of the court let you fool it." The two shouted in unison. laugh.

Jia Cong glanced at the two of them: "I set up this gauze screen for the two of you, and you both came out first. Since that's the case, what are they hiding? You can't compare to these two." Is it?"

Only Xue Pan said "haha" twice before rushing out from the inside: "I just heard my uncle's voice so frightened that my legs went limp!"

Wang Ziteng recognized his laughter early on, and said with a straight face: "It's good if you are willing to do some serious things, from now on, don't just mess around like a horse without a bridle."

Xue Pan laughed out loud: "Is this a serious matter?"

At this moment, another person came out from the gauze screen.This person is a fat, short old man, clothed in a square scarf, with a dusty face, bowing to him and saying: "Prince Beijing, Lord Wang, long time no see."

The water soluble prince Teng Ju stared blankly as if he had seen a ghost!Wang Ziteng took half a step back, pointed at him for a long time before saying: "You, you were sent to Beijiang and died?"

The old man smiled and said, "I don't know where to go when I was dispatched to Northern Xinjiang, so I died somewhere? Mr. Wang, don't believe in rumors, the little old man has always been a living person."

The two water kings looked at each other.

Xue Pan was rather curious, pulled Jia Cong and asked, "Brother Cong, who is this old man?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "This is Mr. Bai Lingyi, who used to be the Minister of Taichang Temple. The port in Lingnan is being built by his family."

Wang Ziteng looked at Bai Lingyi and then at Shui Rong, then turned his head and glared at Jia Cong: "You bastard, who else can you recommend quickly?"

Jia Cong glanced at the last remaining veil screen: "Hey, you really won't come out? It's so lively."

The man coughed helplessly.Seeing the candlelight flickering inside, a figure stood up, Bai Lingyi laughed first and said, "If I guessed correctly, this must be the Prince of Nan'an."

Jia Cong glanced at him and asked, "Why?"

Bai Lingyi said: "The old department of Nan'an Palace occupies a large part of the Guangdong and Guangxi navy. If their family does not turn a blind eye, it will not be easy to completely cover the Lingnan side."

Jia Cong was stunned, and grabbed Huo Sheng who had just come out of the gauze screen: "Your family has a navy? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Huo Sheng asked inexplicably, "Don't you know?"

"Nobody told me where I was going?"

"Everyone knows it! Besides, you didn't ask me."

"How long has it been since we both met? Ask me! You didn't take the initiative to tell me last time, but you came here with your eyes closed when you said you could make money together?"

"It was Uncle Shui's advice to me, I just listen to him..."

The two of them whispered for a long time.Jia Cong slapped his head: "I knew that the Guangdong and Guangxi navy belonged to your family. Why did you spend so much effort to deal with Chen Bin? Wouldn't it be possible for everyone to join forces to empty him?" He turned his head and looked at everyone in the room, and asked, "The new Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, who has the final say?"

Wang Ziteng said: "Naturally the old sage."

Jia Cong couldn't help covering his face and said, "It's not a saint."

Wang Ziteng said: "It's not up to a sage to make such a big military post."

Jia Cong clicked his tongue twice: "The old sage, is there anyone else he can call? Who will he listen to? Can anyone coax him?"

Wang Ziteng thought for a while and asked, "I heard that you are not on good terms with your East Mansion?"

Jia Cong pursed his lips: "Extremely disagreeable."

Wang Ziteng said: "If this is the case, I know that there is one person who can persuade the old sage, but that person has contacts with your Dongfu."

Jia Cong's face froze: "Who actually has contacts with those two bastards in the East Mansion, like attracts like to divide people into groups, can this person have the ability?"

Wang Ziteng said with a smile: "Of course he is capable. If he can recommend someone who is easy to bribe or coax, it will be much cheaper for us to do things. It is the Sixth Prince."

Jia Cong rolled his eyes and said, "Please! Uncle Wang, don't they both have contacts and bribes?"

Wang Ziteng said: "Anyway, he is stronger than others."

Jia Cong nodded: "Understood, tomorrow I will go to find the Sixth Prince."

The prince hurriedly said: "I know that when you came back from Chang'an, you got to know all the princes and princes. It's just that they are willing to help you with such a big matter? It's just that you are so smart as a child, and you want to fish first. You But don't trust people indiscriminately, it will be eye-catching."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry, he will definitely help me with this kind of work. We have known each other for many years."

The prince was stunned, and turned to look at Huo Sheng, also full of surprise, only Shui Rong had the look of "this king has guessed it a long time ago".After a long while, he smiled wryly and said, "You kid is so capable, do you know?"

Jia Cong said: "I know. Lian's second brother doesn't know. The family has already produced a clever ghost, and the other one is better to be honest."

Wang Ziteng snorted, "Your second brother is honest?"

Jia Cong made a face.Nai said: "I'm just an idea, I really don't have the ability to do things." Because he beckoned Gong Kun to come out, he said, "I listen to this Mr. Gong."

Gong Kun made a group bow to everyone, and before he could speak, Jia Cong shouted into Xue Pan's veil again, "Hey, it's time to come out."

Everyone thought it was just these people at the moment, but they didn't want to see who hadn't come out, so they all looked over.

Liu Aiyun sighed softly, and walked out from inside.

Wang Ziteng was furious: "It's you!"

Jia Cong rushed up to stop him: "Uncle, don't be angry, brother Liu is very smart, and brother Xue is simple and honest, they complement each other perfectly, and the two of them can make things happen."

Wang Ziteng shouted: "He is an actor."

Xue Pan came again and wanted to tell him apart, but Jia Cong glared at him: "Brother Liu, quickly take this guy away!" Liu Aiyun waved to Xue Pan, and Xue Pan immediately became honest.Jia Cong went on to say, "What's wrong with the actor? There are no good actors? Depending on his background, as long as he has the ability and is useful to our cause. Why don't you find someone who can attract Brother Xue to make progress?"

Prince Teng choked for a while, and said: "Just find a wife with him..."

Jia Cong shook his head: "Uncle Wang, press the bull's head and don't drink water. Things like attracting people to make progress are not easy to change. If you don't believe me, you can try to find all the beauties in the world for him? See if he is motivated or heals. Three points for being a playboy?"

Wang Ziteng knew that Xue Pan had fascinated Liu Aiyun for the past two years, and no one else could help him, so he was speechless.However, these days Aunt Xue often finds him and complains that Xue Pan only cares about that actor every day and doesn't care about everything.

Shui Rong walked over and said, "I think Mrs. Liu is unusual. There is no second red so fast in Beijing, others have already been overshadowed by him."

Jia Cong smiled and clapped his hands and said: "The most amazing thing is that his singing is not much better than others, but his fans are many and loyal, they don't listen to other people's plays, and they have no wrong thoughts about him. Not only that, Brother Liu also There is a way out. Don’t underestimate the actor, Brother Liu’s Fan Club will not be as simple as it is now, and he will help us with publicity and expand our business in the future.”

Prince Teng snorted and said, "It's not an aboveboard business you're doing, you're still making it big!"

Jia Cong grinned: "Didn't I tell Uncle Wang a long time ago? It's fair and aboveboard!" He shook his head, "The saint is very poor and lacks money more than anyone else. Therefore, he just appointed him at the beginning of the month. His confidant is the Minister of the Household Department."

Shui Rong laughed loudly: "Lin Ruhai!"