The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Jia Cong coaxed Fu's second son to sleep overnight, rubbed his neck and went back to the post house, first asked Jia Xu, "Can Uncle Wu know how to imitate handwriting? People who are not familiar with him can do it."

"Ah."

"The rest is up to you." Jia Cong told the story of Fu's second son from the beginning, rubbed his eyes and said, "Wu Fengchun really knows everything, tsk tsk. I didn't sleep well, so I went to catch up on sleep. Fourth sister Chen also Hurry up and go rest." Then he yawned and went back to sleep.At this moment, Zifang jumped down from the beam, took out the letter in his sleeve and handed it to Jia Xu, it was she who just took the sheep from Wu Fengchun's study.

Wu Fengchun set up camp and went back that day.A few days later, a donkey and horse dealer who came to do business went to the temple to burn incense. After talking to the Zhike monk for a few words, he went for a walk behind the mountain.Seeing no one around, he took out a gourd from the hole of a huge banyan tree, hung it on his waist quietly, and walked away as if nothing happened.

The donkey and horse dealer returned to the inn, took a small saw and sawed open the gourd, and took out a letter from inside.The letter said that Sangu Qin had noticed that Huo Sheng was preparing for a big battle, but she couldn't guess what he was going to do after all.There were also people under Huo Sheng who didn't understand what was going on in Beijing, and tried to persuade her to stay in Qiongzhou, but Huo Sheng just ignored it.A few days later, this person boarded a boat and returned to Lingnan.

Because Jia Cong had nothing to do for a while, he began to travel around the mountains and rivers.Hainan Island is quite famous in later generations, but now it is only regarded as public tourism.I didn't want to play for a few days, and suddenly someone came to report, Huo Sheng invited him to go, saying that it was someone from King Chen who came.Then he led the pick-up point and rushed over to have a look, he recognized that the person who came was actually Zhou Xiaolan.

Look at this woman again, wearing the men's clothing of a military cavalry captain, with a solemn and compassionate expression, she is completely different from the Hu spicy soup stand that day.Jia Cong secretly smiled inwardly, bowing solemnly and said, "Why is Master Zhou here?"

Zhou Xiaolan returned a bow: "Chen Wang ordered the future to be an outpost, and he has already led a large team into Lingnan."

"Huh?" Jia Cong turned to look at Huo Sheng, "Did he say hello to you?"

Huo Sheng said: "It's been discussed a long time ago."

Jia Cong squinted at him: "You are so tight-lipped that you didn't tell me a word."

Huo Sheng said: "You didn't say that you encouraged him to come."

Jia Cong said, "I forgot."

Huo Sheng said: "I forgot too."

Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "It's boring, I really forgot. This kind of thing can't be hidden, you two must meet sooner or later?" Huo Sheng was noncommittal.

Zhou Xiaolan clasped her fists to Jia Cong and said, "Master wanted to go to Taiwan to see Mr., but Mr. Chen was in Qiongzhou. Mr. Chen ordered Mr. Mr. Chen to discuss with him. Chenzhou and Qiongzhou are far away, and it is very inconvenient to transport grain and grass. Can you trouble me?" Master and Wang Ziteng have a few good words, and we will collect food in Lingnan?"

Jia Congqi said: "What's there to say? Just buy it? Don't worry, he won't ask you for extravagant prices. Even if you don't have any spare money, you can still write IOUs and pay on credit. Let Huo Sheng act as a middleman." Yes." Huo Sheng raised his eyebrows.

Zhou Xiaolan said: "The final general still wants to see Mr. Lin."

Jia Cong looked at her and then at Huo Sheng, and said decisively: "You can go to Taiwan to see Fourth Sister Chen, Zhou Camellia, or to play, but don't even want to see Uncle Lin." Do you want to get food and grass for nothing without giving money, right? There is no door!"

Zhou Xiaolan showed no embarrassment: "The prince will convey his admiration at the end of his life."

Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "By the way, he was sensational to the old man and made him sigh and worry when he was fine. Brother Yao'er and I will feel uncomfortable when we see it, so we will take the initiative to help him get food from Uncle Wang. Do you want to count it like this?" It's appropriate, what if we don't follow the script?"

Zhou Xiaolan said: "Mr. Jia misunderstood, our prince has no such intention."

"Oh, so I misunderstood, okay." Jia Cong grinned, "Then he brought enough money? I won't mind my own business, he can talk to Uncle Wang himself." Zhou Xiaolan slightly nod.

For a while, Huo Sheng hosted another banquet in honor of King Chen's envoy, and Jia Cong ate with him.Xi Zhou Xiaolan only said some polite words, but Huo Sheng and Jia Cong talked about the affairs of Dongying Kingdom casually.

Jia Congnai said: "The people of Dongying Kingdom are completely different from our Chao people. They are tolerant and firm, and they are not afraid of death. If you conquer him, he will respect you more than your grandson; once you are weaker than him, he will not respect you." You are a human being. When he is weak, it is very easy for people to look down on him and ignore him; when he is strong, you can't imagine how cruel and ruthless he is."

Huo Sheng said: "I didn't go to impress them, but to steal money."

Jia Cong clapped his hands and said, "Xiao Huo, you are more and more interested in me."

Huo Sheng laughed and said, "Beating foreigners is not to your liking, isn't it?"

"Not only." Jia Cong said, "The most important thing is not to reason with foreigners. I have studied Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism for thousands of years, and I have to talk about everything. The era when the people of the tribe were reasonable. After a hundred years, you can slowly pretend to be reasonable, but now it is definitely not possible, even if you don’t even need to pretend, whichever tribe is reasonable will be unlucky."

Huo Sheng twitched his mouth: "I know, I know, you have told me several times. The Westerners wiped out the Indians and gained a large area of ​​land. There will be no retribution! I can recite it all, endlessly. "

Jia Cong said with a flattering smile, "Isn't it because you are afraid that if you don't pay attention, you will tell others about benevolence and morality?"

Huo Sheng snorted, "Righteousness and morality? How did I survive until now?"

Jia Cong said "Oh", put down his chopsticks, walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "Yes, yes, you are the one who survived from Qin Sangu's hands! Hmm, you are more reliable than Chen Wang. Chen Wang has Liu Concubine Deng Xihui is protecting you, and you have to protect your mother. Both you and Xiao Wei are reliable."

Huo Sheng pushed his hand away in disgust, and said apologetically to Zhou Xiaolan, "I'm just kidding, he has such a temper."

Zhou Xiaolan cupped her fists and said "Don't dare", her face was expressionless.

The banquet dispersed, Jia Cong staggered out, and Huo Sheng personally sent him out.From the beginning to the end, Zhou Xiaolan never looked down or glanced at it, and it was no different from the beginning.

Back at the post house, Jia Cong asked. "What does your little uncle like to eat? Let's make preparations first?"

Started to point: "No."

"what?"

"As a female guard, you must not have anything you like to eat."

Jia Cong was stunned: "I always thought that this kind of thing was done by writers who are bored... It's so pitiful." Turning to Qin Sangu, "Sister Sangu was not allowed to have anything she liked when she was a spy. Is it?"

Qin Sangu said: "The spies are better."

Jia Cong glanced at Jia She again, and Jia Xu said, "The past is all over."

It can be seen that he also came here like Zhou Xiaolan in the past.Jia Cong pursed his lips: "Okay." Looking at it again, he asked, "Then do you have anything you like to eat now?"

Qi Dian thought for a moment and said, "I like the cocoa tea that General Yang Heng brought from the West, but it's too small."

"Hahaha!" Jia Cong applauded again and again, "Chocolate hahaha..." He smiled for a while before saying, "I'll tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a monster with high magic power who was sealed into a bottle by a great immortal. Later, a man Picking up the bottle, hit it by mistake and released the monster. The monster said, you are a good man, I want to grant you three wishes. The man made the first wish: to become the richest person in the world! The monster gave him a bottle Jinshan. The second wish is to be the greatest official in the world! The monster gave him a country and let him be the emperor. The third wish: All the women in the world like me! Guess what?"

Qin Sangu said: "Say it quickly, don't make mistakes."

Jia Cong laughed and said, "The monster turned him into a piece of chocolate." After speaking, he looked around, but no one laughed, so he suddenly laughed.Immediately feeling very melancholy, he sighed, "The secret recipe for mixing cocoa is still in the hands of the Spaniards. Last time Yang Heng went to the West, I didn't think of asking him to get it. I will remember it next time. And then..." He thought for a while, " If I remember correctly, cocoa beans are not very easy to grow in my dynasty, but Malaysia and Indonesia are rich in it." Looking up, seeing that the people around him looked like they didn't understand, and smiled wryly twice. "These two countries are both located in Nanyang, and they are not far from Qiongzhou. They are now owned by Westerners, and they are both the territory of the East India Company. With Wu Fengchun's strength, they should not be able to defeat them."

Jia Xu said: "If there is only one kind of food to benefit from, don't beat it for now."

Jia Cong said: "Uncle Wu, don't look down on food. Cocoa is a magical food. If you can find a way to defat cocoa beans, adjust it with sucrose, milk and other things, you can make delicious chocolate. This thing It can be sold very expensively, and women and children of wealthy families like it. Whoever conquers these two countries will be like a gold mine! But..." He sighed again, "None of us princes They will have this kind of vision. It is too difficult to convince them, it is better to find two little princes to teach them in the future."

Qi Dian suddenly said: "Little Martial Uncle seems to like to eat fish."

"Ok?"

She said: "I remember a few times when I was a child, she didn't move the fish, but looked at it a few times. I guess it's because she likes it in her heart, but she dares not let people know."

Jia Cong scratched his head and said, "It's impossible for us to get her fish after the banquet just finished. What about snacks? Do you have any?"

After thinking hard for a long time, he said, "I really can't think of it."

I only heard a sigh from the beam: "I don't have anything to eat." When everyone looked up, Zhou Xiaolan had already landed on it.She immediately floated down like a swallow, cupped her fists and said to Jia Cong, "I'm sorry."

Jia Cong squinted at her: "Since you know it's impolite, just don't do it."

Zhou Xiaolan lowered her eyes and said, "I still hope Mr. Haihan."

"What if I'm not tolerant?" Jia Cong tilted his head, "I can only give you a gift if you give me a gift, right?"

Zhou Xiaolan said: "If you want to know your confidant, you need to listen to what's behind the scenes."

Jia Cong stood up and walked around her a few times, saying: "Uncle, do you have in your heart what you want to eat, what you want to use, where you want to go, and what you want to do?" Zhou Xiaolan was silent.He continued, "Why do you follow King Chen and obey his orders?"

Zhou Xiaolan said: "He is the master."

"Why is he your master? Did your parents sell your sisters to Liu Dengxi? How much did they sell?"

Zhou Xiaolan said: "We have grown up in the palace since we were young and obeyed the orders of Eunuch Liu."

Jia Cong said: "There must be a reason. Either it was sold, or it was punished for a crime. Haven't you checked with the fat lady? I remember you have a family."

Zhou Xiaolan said: "The whole family was confiscated in the palace because of the grandfather's crime."

"Who sentenced? The late emperor?"

Zhou Xiaolan smiled wryly and said, "I understand what Mr. means. It's just that I'm used to it."

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "If you tell me that you watched King Chen grow up and liked him a lot and were willing to help him, that's fine. When you reported to us last time..." He suddenly froze, waved his hands and said, " Forget it. What does Wang Chen mean?"

Zhou Xiaolan said: "Chen Guo is small and poor, the prince doesn't have that much money."

Jia Cong said: "Not to mention anything else, except for the 80 silver that my family returned, except for the one that the Supreme Emperor has already spent, most of the rest is in his hands."

Zhou Xiaolan said: "Wars are really expensive."

"I know." Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "Otherwise I would have fought by myself, so there is no need to go around and persuade others to fight. But the reward is also great! He is here to steal money. He robbed Dongying on credit. Wouldn’t it be nice to return the gold and silver to Uncle Wang? Does he still think that since he is a prince, Uncle Wang should give him food and grass for free? Or is it a pity to let Lin Hai, a pedantic old loyal minister, not take advantage of it?”

Zhou Xiaolan remained silent.

Jia Cong glanced at her a few times, and asked, "Young Master Uncle, do you think he can succeed in this plan?"

"I don't know."

Jia Cong said: "I know, it can't be done."

Zhou Xiaolan was silent for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "I also know it won't work. Mr. Jia is a descendant of heaven and man, and he has not respected the late emperor since he was a child. When the Supreme Emperor was in power, he also violated the holy will. It is just a matter of eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor. I will wait for my duty."

Jia Cong said: "Then the surplus value was squeezed out by you." Nai explained, "You earned 10 taels of silver for you, and you gave you 100 taels as salary, and the remaining 900 taels were surplus value, all of which were taken by you. Go for nothing."

Zhou Xiaolan took a look and nodded, "Is that how Mr. Jia persuaded you?"

Qi. Pointed: "No. I became a man without a master after the death of Eunuch Liu. First, I voted for someone else, and the leader ordered me to vote for Rongguo Mansion. After hearing a lot of words from the third master, I thought it was reasonable."

Zhou Xiaolan said: "The Tian family has raised me since I was a child and raised me to be a man. How can I betray the Lord?"

Jia Cong lazily said: "Farmers raise pigs from childhood to be fat and strong. How can pigs betray their master? Then sell them to a butcher, and the butcher will become the master of the pigs. How can a pig be unfaithful? The butcher wants Killing a pig, how could the pig not hang its neck and wait to die?" Without waiting for her to refute, she let out a long sigh, extremely frustrated.It took me a long time to say, "I thought you were young, capable, and had quietly resisted. It turns out...you are more pedantic than Uncle Lin. This deep-rooted slavishness will be the biggest enemy in the future." After a while After a while, he sighed again, "Today you and the fat aunt followed King Chen with closed eyes, tomorrow there will be people who closed their eyes and followed the Manchurians, and the day after tomorrow there will be people who closed their eyes and followed the Dongying people. Our court was not destroyed by foreigners, but Destroyed in the hands of this inexhaustible slavishness."

He closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, then suddenly asked: "Little Martial Uncle, do you have a bottom line?"

Zhou Xiaolan asked, "What do you mean, sir?"

"Is there anything you can't bear? Chen Wang wants to take you as a concubine? Dowager Hui wants you to kill your sister? Is there anything you can't bear?" Jia Cong said seriously, "I'm not mocking you."

Zhou Xiaolan said after a while, "Mr. is really rude."

Jia Cong immediately said: "It's also very rude of you to eavesdrop on my beam, it's even."

Zhou Xiaolan said silently for a moment: "I can't bear it."

"Oh, that's okay." Jia Cong patted his heart, "It's still possible." He suddenly bared his teeth and smiled, obviously smiling openly, and everyone saw that he had bad intentions.