The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But Zi Shaoyao, the daughter-in-law of Huang Wengang's family, governor of Fujian, recognized Zeng, went back to the posthouse alone and knelt down to her master and said, "I just found Fuqu's family and saw her." Huang Wengang frowned.Shaoyao lowered her head and said, "A rogue said that he arranged Fu Que's life experience. The teacher surnamed Yang is very close to that rogue, and he believes in his words, not slaves." Huang Wengang still hopes that Mrs. Yang is really His own slaves became a little looser.Shao Yao said again, "My servant knows that there are many people in our house, and the master doesn't care for a small lotus. What matters is the face of the master." Huang Wengang took a breath.Shaoyao was silent.

Huang Wengang thought for a long time, waved her out, and called a staff member, Mr. Zhang, to come in and tell him about it.Mr. Zhang said: "Whether the woman is Fuqu or not, the master can no longer say yes to Mrs. Jia at this moment."

"If it's her, why not?"

Mr. Zhang said: "If it's her, it's probably because she gained weight and the wife didn't recognize it. Since the wife didn't recognize it on the spot, and later said she recognized it, Mrs. Jia will just pretend that we are blackmailing them. This is not the case. The master is chasing fugitive slaves, but Taiwan and Fujian are on the same page." Nai sighed, "Although Jia Lian is a mere magistrate, he is the son-in-law of Wang Ziteng. And the master looks at the catchers on the street, all of them are wearing western guns. .Gun. If we turn our backs, we will not gain anything."

Huang Wengang said: "A fast-moving daughter-in-law has nothing to do with Jia Lian."

Mr. Zhang said: "They made up the nonsense to the Zeng family in Luzhou. For the sake of King Lu and Concubine Ning, Jia Lian must hope that this is true."

Huang Wengang frowned and said, "I can't just let it go. If we get her, Jia Lian can restrain himself and accept the fugitive slave."

Master Zhang shook his head and said, "The matter of accepting the escaped slaves was decided by Mrs. Jia himself, in order to supplement the population of Taiwan. How could it be just because of a daughter-in-law?"

Huang Wengang said: "Since he refuses to admit that he has taken fugitive slaves to death, he is also a person who cares about face after all."

Mr. Zhang said: "Then he is afraid that he will die and refuse to admit that the person is from our house, unless the daughter-in-law admits it herself." Huang Wengang just frowned, Mr. Zhang hurriedly said in a low voice, "Isn't she still a lady? "

Huang Wengang was startled, waved his hands and said, "I don't even bother to take someone's parents hostage."

Mr. Zhang said: "It's nothing more than a slave, what kind of parents are you?" Huang Wengang still hesitated, Mr. Zhang said again, "The daughter-in-law was originally a slave of the master's family, and it was not a falsehood that the people under Mr. Jia took it forcibly. Master, even if Master Jia cannot be forced to restrain himself, he will always be slapped in the face."

Huang Wengang thought for a long time, and finally waved his hands and said: "Even if she is a slave parent, it will hinder the old man's name. Besides, she is not sure whether she is Fu Que. What if she admits the wrong person?"

Master Zhang persuaded him for a long time, but he insisted on refusing to do so, so he gave up angrily.She turned her head and told Shao Yao, "Master won't." Shao Yao could only grit her teeth secretly.

After all, Huang Wengang didn't make a fuss about Zeng's family anymore, and went back after arguing with Jia Lian for two days.

On this day Huang Wengang abandoned his boat and went ashore, Zheng Chao'er, the commander in chief of Fujian Province, led his men to greet him, and asked impatiently, "My lord, how are you going?"

Huang Wengang waved his hand and said, "Mo Ti, Jia Lian is a scoundrel." Nai said briefly, shook his head, helpless.

After hearing this, Zheng Chao'er said angrily: "Your Excellency is simply ignored! Your Excellency is his superior."

Huang Wengang sighed: "Since I hit him, I didn't expect him to take me seriously. After all, he is the eldest grandson of the Rongguo Mansion, and he didn't come here to avoid disaster. Therefore, I have never cared about him for the past few years since he came here. Unexpectedly, he will push forward and become more and more wanton. But now the world is in chaos, and no one can control him. I see that his Chengtian Mansion is neatly built, and the streets are full of new things; but when he leaves the city, the ground is deserted , There is not even a good way to go.”

Zheng Chao'er said: "He is a dude, how could he become an official? It's just that there are quite a few people coming from Fujian now. How do these people support themselves?"

Huang Wengang said: "The people in the posthouse said that there are typhoons all year round in Taiwan, and the grain grown by Baba'er will disappear as soon as the wind blows. Jia Lian went to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Siam to buy a lot of grain and rice for the people's livelihood. This is the heart of the people. It’s not bad thinking, it’s just not capable.”

Zheng Chao'er thought for a while and said, "My lord, now that the matter has come to this point, we have nothing to do. Take a look, my lord—" Nai pointed to the boat lane on the pier, "These are boats that carry people across the sea. Since Taiwan has to rely on Rongguo Mansion’s money is used to support the people, it’s better to let them stay in Fujian. There are also typhoons in Fujian, but there are not as many typhoons on the island.”

Huang Wengang said: "Ordinary people are ignorant. When they hear that there is land available, they swarm over there. How can they listen to other people's words?"

Zheng Chaoer said: "Although that is the case, you have to tell them not to? Why bother, we have no one to cultivate the land, and they encountered a typhoon again."

Huang Wengang sighed: "Let's try it." Then he ordered Mr. Zhang to make a notice and put up a list in Fujian to show the people, saying that there are many typhoons in Taiwan and the harvest is extremely poor.

I don't want to post his list, but it's amazing, the number of people crossing the sea tripled in the blink of an eye!It turns out that many people didn't know that Taiwan can get land by opening up wasteland, but now the governor has a list, and everyone knows it.Master Zhang hurriedly came to look for Huang Wengang and said, "My lord, this matter cannot be delayed. We must try to seal the ferry and prevent people from crossing."

Huang Wengang lost his mind for a while, and was in a hurry.But at this moment, the stewards below said back and forth: "Many of the tenants employed in our mansion are not willing to rent land anymore, saying they are going to Taiwan to open up wasteland. The slaves have already reduced their rent and they are not willing to stay."

Huang Wengang flicked his sleeves angrily and said, "It's fine if you don't rent it, let others rent it! Just let them go to Taiwan to starve to death!"

The steward said: "My lord, it's hard to find tenants now. Every family has reduced the rent, but they still can't find anyone who is willing to farm. Now I have to take some boys from the mansion to farm in the village, but what they usually do is The work of serving people, I don’t know how hard it is to suffer.”

Huang Wengang said: "They are slaves, they can do whatever they want, they are not allowed to pick and choose."

The manager hurriedly answered "Yes".So many young and strong laborers were selected in Huangfu. Those who kept watch at night, kept dogs, and carried things and sedan chairs were all taken to the village to do farm work and make up for the lack of tenants.

These people lived in the city and grew up in the city. They felt that they were servants of the governor's family and were more noble than ordinary people. How did they suffer so much?Not willing in every possible way.The stewards in the Zhuangzi beat and scolded, and they were not allowed to eat. They tried their best to deal with them, and some people ran away within half a month.When one escaped, the second escaped, and within a few days, more than ten escaped!Although a few were captured and beaten to death, the rest still wanted to escape.The steward had no choice but to find some shackles, untie them when he went to the fields, and put them on after finishing the work.Even so, there was still a clever boy who broke free from the shackles and escaped.

The manager was in a hurry, so he had to go back to the city to look for Huang Wengang, and said with a mournful face: "Master, if the Taiwan government doesn't take back the words about accepting the fugitive slaves, I'm afraid that after two years, all the slaves will run away! It's useless to kill them." , They have hope! Once a man has hope, he cannot be restrained."

Huang Wengang has no idea!Annoyed, he waved him out.But after wandering around the room for half a day, he sent someone to invite Mr. Zhang to discuss.Master Zhang thought: "Now there are only two."

"Say!"

"Master Zheng, please send troops to guard the pier, and don't allow people who don't lead the way to board the boat." Master Zhang said, "Although ordinary people who have no land can't be stopped, escaped slaves can always be stopped."

"Who will plant the land in Fujian!"

Mr. Zhang said: "Some families farm their own land; those who usually rent it to tenants, or those who have slaves in their families, can let the slaves plant it, and those who don't have slaves have to lower the rent. Stop the escaped slaves first."

Huang Wengang thought for a while and asked, "What about the other one?"

Mr. Zhang said: "You must kill Jia Lian's prestige. Master, the daughter-in-law who ran away from our house married the one who was the leader of their arrest... If she is willing to go back to the house by herself, she will give Jia Lian a shame." Huang Wengang was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what he meant, but he still hesitated.Mr. Zhang said, "This matter has nothing to do with the master, but the villain's work."

Huang Wengang sighed: "Forget it, just do it." Master Zhang bowed to accept the order.

On the other side, shortly after Huang Wengang left Taiwan, Yang Song married the Zeng family. He just returned from his honeymoon in Qiongzhou.This day Zeng got off work from the embroidery workshop, and Menzi told her, "Master Zeng, I have your letter." Zeng thanked him, took the letter to look at it, and immediately fell down on the ground in fright.The letter came from the steward of the Huang House, asking her to tell the Taiwanese prefect Jia Lian her own identity, go back to the house obediently, and choose another good man as a match.If she didn't go back within a month, her parents, younger siblings would lose their lives, and they would be beaten to death in front of the Hefu, as a warning to others.

In less than half an hour, Yang Song entered Lin Daiyu's office holding the letter and said, "Master Lin, General Xu Mo, please lead a sentry team to Fujian to rescue father-in-law and mother-in-law."

Most of the construction work in Daiyu's hands has been handed over to Xichun, but the signboard of the Ministry of Construction is still hanging on the door, and now she and Gong Kun are in charge of the overall situation.She looked at the channel: "A sentry is definitely not enough. Dozens of wharves were sealed off in Fujian. At first they only stopped escaped slaves, but now even ordinary people are not allowed to cross the sea. The stowaway has capsized several boats. Still discussing how to deal with it." He ordered people to invite Jia Cong, Gong Kun, Jarvis Tanchun, Wu Xiaoxi, Cheng Chi and others to come over, and then said to Yang Song, "Brother Yang, send someone back to tell sister-in-law that you probably won't do it today. Go back to eat." Yang Song nodded, and sent a soldier back to pass the message.

Not long after the crowd gathered, Lin Daiyu let everyone read the letter first, and then said: "Since the matter has come to this point, it will be impossible if we don't fight."

Cheng Chi said: "Brother Yang and I led a night raid on Huang Wengang's mansion to rescue him."

Daiyu said: "Cure the symptoms, not the root cause. If you only save Sister-in-law Yang's parents, Brother Yang will be able to save them alone." Turning around and pointing to the map of Fujian, she said, "Now the two places are competing for population, it's a dead end. Quan. We will have a battle with Fujian, and we must strike first.”

Jia Cong raised his hand and said: "Now we are busy with production, so it is inconvenient to start a big war. According to my opinion, beheading will be enough."

Daiyu shook her head and said, "Even if you kill Huang Wengang and Zheng Chao'er, there will naturally be someone else in Fujian to preside over it."

Jia Cong said with a smile: "Although Mr. Huang is not an incorruptible official, he is still worthy of credit; Zheng Zongbing is becoming more and more a general, how can he kill them? My younger brother means, whoever forces them to seal the ferry, kill who .”

Daiyu said: "I don't have so much free time to accompany them to move left and right, and there is no need to provoke a big war. What Cong'er said is that Huang Wengang and Zheng Chao'er are not bad." Nai asked Cheng Chi, "I want these two Individual, alive. Is it possible for General Cheng to catch him?"

Cheng Chi said, "It's not difficult."

Jia Cong said: "If only two people are to be arrested, it is cheapest to ask Second Uncle Yang and Fourth Sister Chen to go. There is no need to use special camps."

Daiyu said: "This time we must use a special battalion. If you ask two martial arts masters to take them, they will only mistakenly think that they were negligent and let the assassins succeed by accident. Let's send troops over there in a dignified manner and destroy them." It’s a fluke, so I’m willing to accept it.”

Yang Song said: "It's just my father-in-law and mother-in-law..."

Daiyu smiled lightly: "Brother Yang, don't worry. Since the Huang family wants to coerce Mrs. Yang, they won't do anything to them. Besides, Huang Wengang is not sure whether Mrs. Yang is from their family. If he is really sure, I asked the Huang family to exchange them for Huang Wengang."

Yang Song thought for a while: "I'm still worried."

Jia Cong said: "Since this is the case, the troops will be divided into two groups. Brother Yang went to save his father-in-law and his mother-in-law, while brother Cheng Chi led the army to attack Fujian in earnest and arrest Huang Wengang. Well—Zheng Chaoer will not be arrested."

Daiyu asked, "Why?"

Jia Cong said: "Master Xiang sent troops this time to show off his strength, and it is enough to capture the one with the highest official rank. Now that Fujian Port has so many soldiers doing mischief, it has disturbed our Taiwan government's serious business, so we have to resort to force." You have to leave a stable person to negotiate with us, right? We are reasonable people."

Daiyu smiled and said, "That makes sense. If that's the case, just take Huang Wengang as one, and Zheng Chao'er will keep it for negotiation." Nai then said, "Jarvis will also send troops."

Jarvis cupped his fists and said, "Please tell me, Mr. Xiang."

Daiyu said: "General Jia, please lead the troops to walk around, step on Ningde, Nanping, Sanming, Longyan, Zhangzhou, and finally return to the island from Quanzhou."

Wu Xiaoxi smiled and said, "What about the county magistrate, how about grabbing it and weighing it for a few days before putting it back?"

Daiyu said: "No. Since it's a show of martial arts, it's good to show off for a while, don't scare the ordinary officials under Huang Wengang."

Gong Kun said, "Tan Mo, the magistrate of Zhangzhou, is a well-known corrupt official. Do you want to take this opportunity to get rid of him?"

Daiyu said: "This kind of person can be dealt with by Chen Ruijin or Yang Erbo after the matter subsides. General Jia is determined not to touch him. It will ruin my affairs."

Jia Cong let out an "Aiya", causing everyone to turn their heads to look.He took the case and said: "I suddenly had an idea! Since there are so many corrupt officials, it happens that the green forest can come in handy!"

Daiyu frowned and said, "When will you correct your faults that have just occurred to you? Let's talk about that tomorrow, and discuss sending troops now." Jia Cong made a grimace.She picked up a pen and drew two lines on the map of Fujian, one leading directly to Fuzhou, and the other bypassing several places in Fujian, and asked Cheng Chi and Jarvis, "The two generals must understand?"

The second general stood up and cupped his fists and said, "The last general understands."

Daiyu nodded, "I'll go with General Jia."

Everyone was startled, Jia Cong asked first, "What are you going to do, sister?"

Lin Daiyu smiled sweetly: "It's rare to have an opportunity for actual combat. If you don't practice the formation, when will you wait?"