The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But it is said that Gong Kun and Yuanchun rushed to the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi just as Jia Cong and others gathered here to discuss the letter from Beijing.

Gong Kunnai said: "The biggest disadvantage for us right now is that we act too late. I hope Situ Pan gets his wish as soon as possible."

Lin Daiyu said: "Sir, what you say is reasonable, you have to ignore everything on the surface, and help the six kings secretly. What Situ Pan has done these days and what we have guessed about the follow-up, we have to try to tell a certain generous prince, But you can’t tell all six kings.”

Jia Cong was taken aback: "Why can't we tell everything? We all told it before."

Daiyu said: "You told six of them, and they all talked about it when they sat together and chatted. It's obvious that it's the rebellious officials and thieves who started the trouble."

Everyone looked at each other and laughed.

Gong Kun asked how the other end of Taiwan was doing recently, and Daiyu said, "The whole island is building roads. The road from Chengtian Mansion to the cement workshop was built very quickly last time. The second brother Lian tasted the sweetness, and now everywhere Building roads to pay taxes. The biggest shortage right now is manpower, and there are too few people.”

Jia Cong said: "Don't be in a hurry for now. When the road is repaired, there will be a big tax cut. Those who open up wasteland will get the land. No one will come here, and no one will be able to support them. Western potatoes have been tried. Now. Plants have several advantages. They like cold, so they can be planted in autumn and winter; they can grow in thin land regardless of the land; the best thing is high yield. Originally, planting in the north is the most beneficial. There are many cold days in the north, and only one season of grain per year. Anyway, the south is also No problem. Besides, the trade route for Indian rice has already been opened, and if there is an emergency, it will be possible to buy grain.”

The prince hurriedly asked, "Is that potato ready?"

Jia Cong laughed and said, "It's done. In a few days, I will order someone to write out a general method of planting, and send some to Ping'an Prefecture, and some to Chang'an. They are good at planting."

Wang Ziteng frowned slightly, and said, "You trust the Gao family so much?"

Jia Cong said: "The world still belongs to the Situ family. It is too difficult for our family to break up the family, unless we all do it together. But anyone who is not surnamed Situ and has soldiers in his hand is a good friend."

Wang Ziteng said: "If you feed them enough, it will be difficult to subdue them in the future."

Jia Cong said: "There are many ways to subdue. They can rely on firearms, economics, free will, or even federation. If you want to build a new house, you must first lay the foundation."

Wang Ziteng didn't quite understand, he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I know you are different from ordinary people. Just don't confess to the white-eyed wolf."

Jia Cong grinned: "Uncle, don't worry, I know what's going on. Didn't the white-eyed wolf get slaughtered by his uncle a long time ago?"

Wang Ziteng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that he was talking about Jia Yucun, and couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional: "At that time, I didn't know you had such abilities."

After the most important thing was said, the crowd dispersed, leaving Lin Daiyu and Gong Kun Yuanchun to explain some daily things.

Wang Ziteng watched for a long time, beckoned to Jia Cong, carried him to the Jiuqu Bridge, and said: "Mr. Xiao Gong and Yuan Yatou are lonely and widowed all the way. It's hard to say. Although his status is a bit low, That's all there is to it."

Jia Cong was stunned: "Why do you have to do this? Uncle means to make them a pair?"

Wang Ziteng said: "Otherwise, who else can Yuan girl marry?"

Jia Cong shrugged: "It depends on fate, uncle, don't worry about it. Big sister will marry when she wants to marry, I'm afraid she may not have this idea now. And although they came all the way, it's just us The group of people know it, but who else knows? Uncle, don’t be guilty. Besides, those who have the time to gossip about others are people who have no serious business, so what do you do with them?”

Wang Ziteng frowned and said: "The world is like this, rumors can kill people, even if you want to avoid it, you can't avoid it."

Jia Cong said: "The only ones who can be killed by rumors are the weak. Look at the spirit of the big sister, is he a weak person? And I specifically picked this island with the imperial court, just because I don't want to bother with these useless things. There are few people and few dignitaries on the island. The Dutch occupied it for a while a hundred years ago, and the folk customs are not so rigid. If it was a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, it would take a while to deal with the old antiques that do not allow women to go out to work. This will Sons are useful to individuals, and there are no distinctions between men and women."

Prince Teng snorted and said, "Where are the rich places in the south of the Yangtze River that need women to go out and work?"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Yes! Uncle is right."

Wang Ziteng said seriously: "You don't take it seriously! This is your sister's life."

Jia Cong stretched his waist: "Oh, oh, oh~~" He smiled again, "Let her decide for her life. Isn't it just for a woman to get married these days to find someone to feed and dress her? If she can Provide myself with food and clothing, and don’t worry about when or who you marry.” Nai dragged the prince back to the water pavilion, and everyone chatted for a while before going back inside for dinner.

Wang Ziteng felt that what Jia Cong said was pure nonsense, so he ordered Mrs. Wang to find Yuan Chun and muttered about it for a long time, which made Yuan Chun blush.

Due to the busy schedule, everyone bid farewell and returned to Taiwan the next day.

When we arrived at Chengtian Mansion, seeing the flourishing market and business travelers, Gong Kun smiled and said, "It's much better than I thought it would be."

Back at the magistrate's yamen, Jia Lian was busy dealing with official duties, and ran away in a hurry after seeing him; Jia Amnesty dragged Yuan Chun to sigh with emotion for a long time, and then ordered Fu'er Menger to come up and call her aunt.Yuan Chun saw that the two of them were several times darker than in Beijing, and it was a bit funny.I just wanted to say that the two young masters and young ladies were tanned into black monkeys, but suddenly I remembered that I was also generally tanned like this, so I was embarrassed to say it.

Jia Amnesty had already left everything in the capital behind, playing with his grandchildren, or playing with the antiques transported from the capital, and slipping outside to listen to the common people praising his son as an upright official .

Jia Lian is naturally an upright official.He never raised exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and even resorted to various methods to avoid taxes!Building bridges and roads, working in cement workshops, and helping to build houses at the docks are all tax deductible.The cement made by the partial cement workshop is used to build roads and docks; after all, the road docks are used by ordinary people, and no tolls are charged!Being able to have such a good official is simply a blessing that everyone has cultivated in several lifetimes!

Yuanchun heard about it and asked, "If Lian's second elder brother doesn't pay taxes, how can the court ignore it even if the situation is chaotic?"

Jia Cong said: "Even if the court thinks that he has been greedy for these taxes, how much can he have? The place is too small and the population is too small, so the court can't take care of it. Their Situ family is already in chaos. Besides, there are still 'natural disasters'." 'Woolen cloth."

Yuan Chun listened to it.

Because Lin Daiyu has several jobs at the moment, and she is very busy every day; since Gong Kun has come, she hastened to entrust many things in her hands to him.Jia Cong led Yuan Chun out on horseback to an open space in the eastern outskirts.Yuan Chun looked at it for a while and asked, "What is Cong'er bringing me here for?"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "This place belongs to my sister. Build a house and a school."

Yuan Chun couldn't help opening his mouth.

Jia Cong said: "I don't know how to build. Sister Lin knows better. She also has many master craftsmen invited from Guangdong. The tall buildings are built on the ground. Let's discuss with the two of you. It's just that the school here is naturally different from Jia's in Beijing. Clan studies are completely different." As he spoke, he found a flat place in the ground and sat down on the ground.Yuan Chun also sat down opposite him.

Jia Cong said: "These days have been said many times. What we lack most now is time, because we started later than the kings. Therefore, manpower is extremely important. All men and women on this island must be used by me, and we must compare them with wisdom. It is more important to use force. Therefore, there must be boys and girls in the school. Naturally, one school cannot teach the children of the whole island. It is just to tell the people that under Mr. Jia, both men and women can study and be officials. Capable women are picked out to do things, don’t let them be buried.”

Yuan Chun was stunned for a while, then said calmly, "Is there any more?"

"In addition to teaching them how to read and write, I also invited a few Western gentlemen to study Western natural sciences. These seem to be insignificant, but they are actually very important. Most people's logical thinking can be trained by studying science and engineering... Er , that... I mean..." He didn't know how to explain it for a moment.

Yuan Chun said: "Mr. Gong said that you often have some words that no one can understand."

Jia Cong said embarrassingly: "I'll think about how to explain this to my sister in a few days. I can't think of it for now. Anyway, the lessons of the Western Masters Association are extremely important, even more important than the Four Books and Five Classics."

Yuan Chun frowned and said, "Is the homework for Westerners more important than learning the books of sages?"

Jia Cong said: "Yes. Sister, please listen to me. We have no advantage over the princes. The only advantage is that I know the power of Western fire, guns and artillery. The princes still don't notice this matter. Buying these is not enough. The Westerners are still at war. Let alone how much we can’t buy, we still have to pay their high prices. We have to learn how to make guns, guns, and cannons, and we have to make them better than the Westerners. Alright. Otherwise, let’s wait for Situ Pan’s army to come and collect them.”

Yuan Chun said: "So, this academy is for teaching craftsmen?"

Jia Cong said: "For us right now, craftsmen are more important than anyone else. As for the talents of governing the country, we must first win the world." After saying this, he stood up and bowed to Yuan Chun, "Please, the Eldest Princess."

Yuan Chun shuddered and remained silent for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said, "My boy, do you want me to work hard for you?"

Jia Cong said: "Why are you working hard for me? Isn't it working hard for your sister?"

Yuan Chun glanced at him: "You also used this to attract Huan'er Sanya to help you?"

Jia Cong said: "Brother Huan and the others pushed me first, and I was the one pushed. As for the third and fourth sisters, if they don't want to do those things, who can force them? Big sister doesn't think three My sister and a group of people are more interesting than calculating the money for tea and snacks in Beijing in the early years? The fourth sister follows Sister Lin to check roads and plan ports. Isn’t it more fun than hiding in the house and painting flowers and plants? It’s okay if the eldest sister doesn’t want to do it , It’s okay to find someone else to do it.”

Yuan Chun stood up, looked at the open space, and asked, "How big is this space?"

Jia Cong knew that she agreed in her heart, and said, "More than 80 acres."

"Since you are in a hurry to hire people, it will take a lot of time to build this piece of house alone."

Jia Cong said: "There was a house in the city, where more than [-] students were selected to teach. It is to be built here. Sister Lin and the others are in charge of building the house. The eldest sister just discusses with them what it will look like. Yes."

Yuan Chun nodded.

Jia Cong said again: "I have another matter to discuss with my eldest sister. When I was in Guangzhou, Uncle Wang took me to talk for a long time, wanting Gong Yizhi to marry my sister. I thought it was your own business, no Willing to take care of it. Which of you two is interested in each other, try to chase after yourself, and you can get married if you both agree. Can you guarantee that you will fall in love with others after a while? There are so many people in Taiwan."

He only talked to himself, Yuan Chunzao blushed and said angrily, "It has nothing to do with you!"

Jia Cong hurriedly said: "That's right! It has nothing to do with me!"

Yuan Chun glared at him twice, and turned his head away.

Jia Cong waited at the side for a long time, and couldn't help asking: "Big sister, look, is there any other problem with this academy? If not, we will hand it over when we go back. I will take care of it for you these days."

Yuan Chun was stunned for a moment, and said angrily, "It was your business! Why did you take care of it for me?" He stood up and patted the dust off his body, jumped on his horse and ran into the city.Jia Cong pouted and followed.

When the two of them returned to the city, Jia Cong led Yuan Chun to the house he had bought to work and said, "Everyone usually does business here, so they named it Xiaoxiang Pavilion."

Yuan Chun asked, "Why did you choose such a name?"

Jia Cong said: "I originally called it the office courtyard, which is very appropriate. I let sister Lin and the third sister scold me, so I named it casually."

Yuan Chun sighed: "It can be seen that you can't choose a more elegant name." When he looked up, he saw a plaque hanging at the door with the words "Youfeng Laiyi" written on it, and asked, "What kind of classic is this?" ?”

Jia Cong looked up at the sky: "Big sister! There really isn't much to say about this! It was just that I suddenly remembered that there was a sentence in the Shangshu that 'Xiao Shao Jiucheng, Fenghuang Laiyi' was a sentence. up."

Yuan Chun shook his head, and the two handed the horse over to the porter, and walked in together.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard someone arguing.Looking up, it was Wu You and Jia Xichun who were standing in the courtyard, not knowing what to argue about, their faces were red from arguing.Yuan Chun frowned, before going over, Jia Cong stretched out his hand to hold her: "Sister, ignore them, let's go in."

Yuan Chun was annoyed: "Si Ya, a girl who quarrels with others like this, how can she have manners?"

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "The two of them are naturally not cast, and I don't know how many times they have quarreled. They quarreled when they met when they were discussing how to build the water army camp! Later, Sister Lin and General Yang simply bypassed him and went to discuss alone. .Who knows what they are arguing about today, anyway, they will not stop until they dry their tongues. Big sister gets used to it after seeing a lot." Nai dragged her in.The two who were arguing didn't notice them either.

Once inside, Jia Cong led her around from room to room. "This is the Ministry of Industry. Shen He is here to meet my eldest sister, and she will be in charge of the Ministry of Education in Japan." "This is the Ministry of Construction, and Sister Lin is in charge. Since I'm not here, I'm probably going to hand it over to Gong Kun." "This is the Ministry of Education." In the finance department, the five or six people around are all here to ask for money, and the one who is making plans among them is the third sister. Hello, third sister~~"

Tanchun raised his head and glared at him: "Big sister, I'm busy right now, so I don't have time to entertain you for tea. Let's talk again when we go back."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Can you work overtime tonight? If you work overtime, you go back to the big sister and go to bed early."

The author has something to say: what, the girl Yuan Chun played "Guess who I am" with Mr. Wang yesterday. If she called Mr. Uncle, wouldn't she be able to guess... Well, what I want to express about that plot is actually , Human nature loves freedom. Once you get the opportunity to be liberated, it will be useless to suppress it for many years.