The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But it is said that Lin Hai and others met a Confucian scholar blocking the way at the foot of Jinggang Mountain, and they built a tea shed in the middle of the road.After the curtain was properly placed, a woman opened the door curtain, and the Confucian scholar pushed the door open, came to Lin Hai and the others and bowed to the ground: "Master Lin and Mr. Jia are invited to have a cup of wild tea to quench their thirst."

Before Jarvis could speak, Jia Cong clapped his hands and laughed first, "It's fun! Mister, are you interested in opening an amusement park?"

The Confucian scholar was startled: "Why open a playground?"

Jia Cong jumped off the horse and said, "It's just to build a yard. There are many things in the yard for children to play with. There are wooden horses, swing shelves, seesaws, and so on. They only play, and don't study or practice martial arts!" He pointed out Looking at the tea shed, he said, "Give the children some smaller materials, let them build such a house to play, and make it fun!"

The Confucian scholar said with a smile, "I'm afraid I can't if I don't want to be late."

Jia Cong curled his lips: "It's boring. How fun." Yin turned to look at Lin Hai.

Lin Hai had already come out of the carriage, frowned and said, "It seems like I won't be able to get through this meal without drinking tea."

The Confucian scholar bowed again: "Master Lin, please."

Jia Cong stood aside and said, "Uncle, it's very fun!"

Lin Hai glared at him, and walked over in the lead, Jia Cong, Jarvis, and Yang Song followed, and the Confucian scholar took a few steps to lead the way.

When I got to the tea shed, I saw that there were three windows in the shed!The curtains were all drawn, and the light was bright.Jia Cong clicked his tongue twice, and praised, "It's so delicate." Several people sat down, and Yang Song stood behind Lin Hai.The bamboo shadows are leisurely, and the green smoke curls up.The Confucian scholar cooked tea himself with a smile, with an elegant posture.Although it is wild tea, it is also very fragrant.Jia Cong thought to himself, this is probably the Jinggang Yunwu Tea of ​​later generations.

The four of them drank Huizi tea, and the Confucian scholar said: "Wan Sheng is taking the liberty today and has no malicious intentions. I just want to ask you gentlemen about the general situation of the world."

Lin Haicai was about to speak, but Jia Cong winked at him, and rushed to say: "My husband is a man of few words, my brother is getting more and more bored, and I am the loudest, sir, don't you think I am young?"

The Confucian scholar smiled and said: "I have admired the name of the third master Cong for a long time, and I will listen with all my ears."

Jia Cong said: "The general trend of the world is the same, I don't know."

The Confucian scholar raised his eyebrows indifferently.

"Everything is unknown, there are too many variables, and it is too early to make any conclusions." Jia Cong said, "Farmers plant a row of seedlings and observe each plant carefully, and they can roughly see which one has the best growth and will bear fruit. Good rice comes out; however, a piece of seedlings, big and small, high and low, even an old farmer who has been plowing the field all his life, can hardly make a conclusion prematurely. More than 20 princes have more than 20 possibilities, and each has many sons and grandchildren, so it becomes There are hundreds of possibilities. If you want to choose the master, I will send you a word: wait."

The Confucian scholar squinted his eyes and looked at Jia Cong for a long time, then suddenly said: "I think it will take a long time, how about I wait with Third Master Cong?"

Jia Cong said: "It's not good. Let's be different, we don't agree with each other if we have different ways."

The Confucian scholar smiled and said, "How does Third Lord Cong know that the Tao is different?"

Jia Cong said: "Block the table and the tea shed in the middle of the road, forcing us to drink tea with you; it is obvious that you are a purposeful person. You will love a lord for the rest of your life, and support him when he dies." My son. I am different. If it weren’t for the crowds, I would definitely go around your table. If I can’t go around and change the road, I won’t go to Lingnan and go elsewhere. If I fall in love with Liu Bei, he will die If his son is incompetent, I will vote for Sima Yi instead."

The Confucian scholar said, "I'm afraid Mr. Lin won't allow it."

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "I can coax him. I'm good at coaxing old people." Lin Hai glared at him.

Confucian scholar said: "I heard that Master Cong is unfaithful and affectionate, what if you teach Liu Chan to grow up?"

Jia Cong said: "Will the children I teach be so diligent and want to be emperors? Liu Bei has more than one son."

The Confucian scholar was stunned, and after a while he said with a smile: "I thought Third Master Cong would say that you would stay away from the struggle for the heir apparent."

Jia Cong said: "No. I will help Liu Bei make a final decision."

Confucian scholar's complexion changed.

Jia Cong went on to say: "Which prince has not yet started to fight, the children and grandchildren below have started fighting among themselves, and they can basically withdraw from the world's competition."

Confucian scholars were stunned.After a while he smiled wryly and said, "Master Cong knows me?"

Jia Cong shook his head: "I don't know him. But I have already guessed who the Wan Dawang on Jinggang Mountain is. It must be his people who can stop us here. And he himself would not do such a pretentious thing. I think his sons and grandchildren did it." Nai glanced at the Confucian scholar, "Very childish. Mr. is not too young, do you really think that playing like this will attract our brothers and Uncle Lin to be interested in him?"

The Confucian scholar said: "I have a lot to say to the three of you, my lord's thoughts."

Jia Cong said: "Needless to say, we don't want to hear. Mr. Gentleman, if you are eloquent, you can hardly compare to me. I'm just as good at persuading you. I'm afraid it's useless for you to try to persuade me."

Confucian scholar said: "My lord intends to propose to his father to send troops overseas."

Jia Cong said: "His father is much clearer and wiser than him, and there are many things to consider. You should learn first."

The Confucian scholar frowned slightly, and then said after a while, "Master Cong, do you think the world is divided today?"

Jia Cong said: "It's the same group of soldiers. As an officer and soldier under Xu Hong, he can bully the people unscrupulously, but as a bandit under Wan Zhang, he won the support of the people."

Confucian scholar said: "It can be seen that Xu thief is a serious problem in Jiangxi..."

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "I don't want to go around in circles with you anymore. In a word, if I oppose fighting against the outside world, I must first secure the inside."

The Confucian scholar was shocked: "How do you know, sir?"

"Combining has the benefits, and sharing has the benefits. The first emperor was fatuous in his later years, allowing the veterans to act recklessly, and the people in Jiangxi Province were not the only ones who suffered. Today, the separation of the kings has a great benefit for the people, that is, competitive advantage."

The Confucian scholar said: "Please tell me what is competitive advantage?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "The biggest disadvantage of the unification of the world is that the whole world is the same. No matter how much tax you pay in Shandong, you still have to pay so much tax when you go to Hubei. It will be different in the future. Wu and Chu are adjacent. If the tax of Wu is less than that of Chu, the tax of Chu The people of the country will migrate to the state of Wu. Then the population of the state of Chu will naturally decrease, and the king of Chu will be forced to reduce taxes, and the life of the people of the state of Chu will be easier. Similarly, businessmen who pay less tax in the state of Wu will go to the state of Wu more When doing business, the state of Wu is prosperous in business and trade, and the king of Wu received more tax guarantees than before. There are also talents. Talents who cannot be reused in the state of Wu can go to the state of Chu to seek official positions. Unlike in the past, talents who the emperor did not like I can't get out of my life."

The Confucian scholar was stunned again.

Jia Cong clapped his hands and said, "What did I say just now? You are more or less convinced by me. Do you want to say that if the world is unified first, and you squeeze into one fist to fight against the Westerners, your chances of winning will be better?"

The Confucian scholar nodded: "That's right. Please look, Mr. Jia. I just built this tea shed. It only takes a moment. It's because the craftsmen have their own abilities, fulfill their duties, and work together."

Jia Cong said: "But it's just a tea shed. What if I want to build [-] tea sheds? With your ability to choose and train these people, I just need to put the copper coins on the desk."

The Confucian scholar smiled and said, "The one hundred thousand tea sheds may not be as good as mine."

Jia Cong said: "Your tea shed only serves four people in the house to drink tea, and it has to be dismantled after drinking. But one hundred thousand tea sheds can serve many people to drink tea many times. A tea shed that can serve people to drink tea is a good tea shed." .As for whether it is elegant or not, it is not so important to the traveler. No matter how well a tea shed is built, it is just one.”

The Confucian scholar was stunned for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "Third Master Cong is indeed a heavenly man. He is well-informed and knowledgeable, and I am not as good as him. It's just that such a separation of kings must have disadvantages."

"Yes." Jia Cong said, "a lot. There will definitely be internal conflicts, such as scattered resources, and mutual hindrance. But, right now, we are divided. Time is not waiting for us, and we have no time to settle down. Wait for you to settle down." When we are done inside, outsiders treat us as outsiders.”

The Confucian scholar frowned and said, "Isn't the Western countries only as big as one or two provinces in my country? How can there be so many people in a short period of time?"

Jia Cong said: "That was in the past. Now they have migrated the population on the conquered land and encouraged births. Besides, they can force the people of the countries they occupied to fight for them. Back then, the Jin soldiers went south to attack the Song Dynasty. At that time, many soldiers were still citizens of the Song Dynasty not long ago.” Not to mention the Han army flags that Qing soldiers entered and the Korean soldiers who invaded China by Japan.

The Confucian scholar immediately opened his mouth to say half a word, swallowed it abruptly, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I can't say enough about Mr. Jia, so I don't want to say anything."

Jia Cong said: "Anyway, I will not help the son of any prince to win the heir. Please give up your heart first. If he refuses to accept his elder brother, he can invite Ying to go to sea by himself and use his father's soldiers and horses to lay down a piece of territory. , that place is his. In the future, no matter whether his elder brother can dominate the country or not, he doesn't need to follow his elder brother three times and nine times."

Confucian scholar's eyes shot out two lights, and the corner of his mouth was still smiling: "How does Mr. Jia know that my lord is not the son of the world?"

Jia Cong said: "I have seen your son, you are quite calm, and you will not do such a nonsensical thing. Besides, such a slanted style is clearly intended to attract the attention of the three of us. The son is already the son, so it can't be done. No more eye-catching."

The Confucian scholar was silent for a long time, and sighed: "That's right. Mr. Jia's ability is higher than that of Brother Ling, and he has no intention of competing for the Rongguo Mansion."

"Only those who are incompetent fight among themselves, and good men have their ambitions everywhere." Jia Cong waved his hand enthusiastically, "Young sons and bastards who don't want to bow down to elder brother three times and nine times, fight out! The world is very big, very big, very big Big! Whoever shoots it belongs to him!"

The Confucian scholar couldn't help but twitch his brows, and after a while he smiled wryly and said, "I still can't say no to the third master." Looking at Lin Haidao, "Why didn't the third master let Mr. Lin talk with the late students?"

Jia Cong said: "My uncle is an elder, so it is natural for the younger generation to charge forward at such a time. If I say something wrong, he can come out and make it up for me." He made a grimace as he spoke.

Lin Hai stroked his beard and smiled, "What Cong'er said is excellent."

The Confucian scholar sighed again: "After all, it's a waste of work."

Lin Haidao: "So, you also came down from Jinggang Mountain?"

Confucian scholar nodded: "I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Jia Cong looked at Lin Hai and said, "Uncle, you are a Tang monk. All the goblins along the way want to catch you! Why is there no female goblin?"

Lin Hai couldn't help but laugh: "Nonsense!" But after thinking for a moment, he asked the Confucian scholar, "Excuse me, sir..."

Jia Cong interjected again: "Are there any beauties on your mountain?"

"Cong'er!" Lin Hai shouted in displeasure.

"Don't ask stupid questions that are inconvenient for others to answer." Jia Cong winked, "It's better not to know about many things than to know." Then he looked at the Confucian scholar, "It's good for both of us. What do you think, sir ? I won’t ask your last name.”

The Confucian scholar lowered his head and sighed softly, "What Mr. Jia said is true." He stood up and bowed deeply, "Excuse me."

Jia Cong and the others also stood up to return the salute, and the Confucian scholar opened the door curtain himself, Lin Hai hesitated for a moment, looked up at the sky and sighed, Yang Song helped him out.Jia Cong and Jarvis all bowed their hands to the Confucian scholar and followed them out.Immediately after hearing three high-fives from inside, the group of people came out of the thatched hut by the road just now, as if a movie was reversed, they quickly demolished the tea shed, even took away the teapot and moved the table.After a while, only the Confucian scholar was left.

Lin Hai drove, Jia Cong and others mounted their horses, Confucian scholars stood by the side of the road with hands folded, and a group of people passed him and left.

Not long after walking, Jia Cong jumped off his horse and got into Lin Hai's carriage.Sure enough, the old man was sulking, and Daiyu was there to comfort him.Seeing him coming in, he hurriedly asked, "What happened just now?"

Jia Cong said: "Uncle wanted to ask if Situ Hou was on Jinggang Mountain, but I refused to let him ask. You really can't let him go, why don't you show off your old face and ask Uncle Yang to go with Qi Dian. He The two skills are high-strength, and there is nothing wrong with thinking about it."

Lin Hai remained silent.

Daiyu frowned and asked again: "What's going on!"

Jia Cong talked about the matter just now, and hummed: "I don't know which son of Situ Pan is so anxious. I was born in a pretending family, and I like to play lies and bluffs. He actually played it to my head." Come up! It's like playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong's gate." Nai pouted at Lin Hai, "The old man wanted to inquire about the Supreme Emperor, and I blocked him several times to keep him from talking."

Daiyu said, "Father, really?"

Lin Hai waved his hand and said, "I'm old, so don't worry if you think it's inappropriate."

Jia Cong was aggrieved and said, "Is it okay for you to be reasonable? You asked, what if he said he was there? We couldn't save him even if we wanted to."

Lin Haidao: "I just want to test it out. You all said that the mountain here is steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. How can people be saved?"

Jia Cong said: "Brother Yao'er secretly sprinkled some kind of medicine on that Confucian scholar. We got it from Yubu, Prince Yizhong. If you have a better dog, you can find him by smell. It's a pity that Wangcai I didn’t bring it in Beijing.” Lin Hai glanced at him.He went on to say, "Brother Yang told me that the two women in the tea shed were clever, and their eyes moved quietly. Fortunately, everyone said that Jarvis was honest, and they paid more attention to Brother Yang and me, Brother Yao'er Take advantage of their unprepared hehe..."

Daiyu couldn't help laughing.After a while, she frowned again and glanced at Jia Cong, as if disapproving.

Jia Cong said: "It's just, uncle, let's make an agreement. If you're not here, it's fine. If you're here, it's fine if you can't be rescued. If you are, if you are rescued, it will only be regarded as breaking the righteousness of the monarch and ministers for you, and you will not owe you any more later." he."

Lin Hai was silent.Neither Lin Daiyu nor Jia Cong said anything, they just kept company beside them.

After a long time, Lin Hai gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, I know what you are thinking. If I can save him from prison, I will settle this matter."