It is said that the masters of Rongguo Mansion rushed back to the capital, and the next day, Jia Cong sent someone to Feng Ziying to see Feng Ziying, saying that their old lady was dying and they didn't know when they would leave, so they dared not leave the mansion.If there is an urgent matter, go to Rongguo Mansion to find him; if not, please discuss it after the matter is over.Feng Ziying thought for a while when he heard the words, and sure enough, someone came to Rongguo Mansion to ask him, "Why didn't Mr. Lin return to Beijing?" Jia Cong said casually, "I'm sick." Feng Ziying was speechless.

Mother Jia was sometimes sober and sometimes confused, and what she opened her mouth were all old things many years ago.On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the old lady suddenly felt hot all over, and the doctor said that she was probably not well.Immediately, all the children and grandchildren were called to stand in her room, and even Jia Zhenjia Rong who was next door was also called.

Jiamu's eyes suddenly became clear, she took Baoyu's hand and shed old tears, and shouted: "Baoyu, I can't bear you..."

Baoyu was standing beside her bed, crying, "Old ancestor!"

Jia Mu looked at Jia Cong again.Jia Cong stepped forward and called out "Old Ancestor." Jia Mu asked, "Who are you?"

Jia Cong smiled slightly, and said calmly, "I really am Li Nezha." Jia Zhen, Jia Zheng and the others all took a deep breath.

Jia's mother nodded again and again: "Okay, okay! The Jia family will entrust you." She closed her eyes and passed away.Everyone cried in unison.

Then there was the funeral.Although it can't be regarded as unparalleled in the world, it is extremely rare in Beijing.Rongguo Mansion hadn't had so many masters come back for a long time, so it was so lively.Many old relatives and neighbors have moved to other places, or have declined, but there are many people who come to worship.

On this day, Feng Ziying accompanied the King of Yan to worship Jiamu with the gong and umbrella, so surprised that Jia Zheng and others rushed out to welcome her.Situ Pan was dressed in plain clothes, said a few words of comfort to Jia She, then looked at Jia Cong and said, "You haven't returned to Beijing for a while."

Jia Cong said with a bitter face, "Far away!"

Jia Amnesty knew that they must have something to do with Jia Cong when they came here, so he ordered Jia Cong to accompany him to talk later.

Jia Cong ordered someone to go to Lixiangyuan to fetch the stack of books on the desk in his study, and another maidservant served tea and asked someone to keep watch outside, then he patted the back of his neck: "I'm tired these days."

Feng Ziying said: "Cong'er, there is something difficult to decide now, please tell me your idea. How to transfer the people to Dongying."

Jia Cong stood up abruptly: "Where are the natives in Dongying?"

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "Dongying has separated the prince from Wu Wang and Liu Tong. After killing for so long, although there are still remnants on the small islands, the natives of Dongying are almost extinct."

Tears welled up in Jia Cong's eyes, he stood up and bowed deeply to Dongfang three times: "Thank you very much." Nai turned around and bowed deeply to Situ Pan, "Poor... boy, thank the prince for future generations."

The fact that he claimed to be Li Nezha had already been spread by Jia Zhen, and Situ Pan only found it funny, saying: "It's just a few small islands."

Jia Cong sighed: "For the prince, it is just a few small islands, but for later generations it will be a catastrophe." Thinking of the national humiliation 200 years later, he couldn't help shaking his head with mixed feelings.After a while, he said, "If you want to relocate the population, the best thing to do is to give ordinary people land."

Situ Pan said: "This king has heard that you are robbing people in Fujian."

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "That's not called grabbing people, that's called attracting people. I can't blame me for that. I can't do anything without people."

Situ Pannai asked: "What have you been doing all these years? You can't be studying."

Jia Cong snorted and said, "Is it possible? At first I really read Zishu for a while, but then I couldn't read it." Then he said, "After all, there are still many people who don't have land. If they don't give them benefits, they will be forced to pack them up. If you send them off, you won’t support the prince even when you get there. There are Liu Tong and King Wu next door, right? Even though it’s a small island there, it means a lot to the prince. In fact, that island is very important to the prince.”

"Ok?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Control the sea. The prince has a territory there, and it will be much easier to respond with troops."

Feng Ziying said: "My father also said so."

Jia Cong said: "Uncle Feng is a veteran of hundreds of battles, he can see clearly. My lord, what do you mean by others?"

Situ Pan said: "Nowadays most people talk about sending prisoners to mine."

Jia Cong blurted out: "Short-sighted!"

Feng Ziying laughed dumbfounded: "Don't talk nonsense in front of outsiders."

"The most important thing is not the mine, but the territory!" Jia Cong glanced at Situ Pan: "If you always agree, just wait for Liu Tong's people to eat it away. He needs the hearts of the people more than anyone else."

But at this moment, a young man brought the brochure from Lixiangyuan, and Jia Cong showed it to Situ Pan: "Here, I have been experimenting in Taiwan Prefecture for the past few years. In fact, it was tested in Chengtian Prefecture. There's no one else anywhere."

Situ Pan took a look at the booklet, and on the first book was written: Report on Trial Operation of Public Transport Carriages.Then I looked at the next one: Report on Trial Operation of Compulsory Education Schools.The third: Report on trial operation of the music box factory assembly line.Nai casually opened a book to read, and couldn't help but praise: "It's so clear."

Jia Cong said: "These are all good strategies my husband has seen from the West and Southeast Asia, and I will try them all."

Situ Pan nodded again and again: "Good boy!"

Jia Cong said with a grin, "I just came up with an idea, and my second elder brother Lian is in charge."

Situ Pan laughed and said, "This king has long said that Jia Lian must be a practical talent after hard work." Then he pointed to the "Compulsory Education School" and said, "Is this learned from Lu State?"

Jia Cong said: "The Kingdom of Lu learned from us. The idea is mine, Brother Huan told them." He winked, "He has a crush on the sister of King Lu, why don't you give her an idea? "

Situ Pan snorted: "Let Sangu figure it out!"

Jia Congnai asked: "By the way, did the third aunt go to Nanyang with Huo Sheng?"

"That's right." Situ Pan said, "Information came back a few days ago, saying that Huo Sheng has gained a lot of benefits." He sighed, "This kid actually underestimated him back then."

Jia Cong said: "The Westerners are the big ones. Most of the gold and silver in the world today are in their hands. There is also America. Such a large territory, before the Westerners have taken root, we must hurry up and grab it."

Situ Pan thought for a moment and said: "Don't be so anxious, take Dongying first."

Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "The small land in Dongying is just a springboard. Russia is now in the doldrums, pass by them, go to the west to rob, and run away if you rob."

Feng Ziying said: "I'm afraid someone will say again, how is it different from Japanese pirates?"

Jia Cong hummed: "The Japanese pirates and our dynasty are naturally evil people, but the Dongying people are good people."

Situ Pan said: "It's better to raise troops in large numbers than to raise righteous soldiers."

"Then let's avenge the Americans." Jia Cong said, resting his cheek, "The Americans were wiped out by the Westerners. The most annoying thing is to find an excuse. If we don't beat them, they will beat us sooner or later."

Situ Pan said: "It's just that most of the firearms are bought from the West."

Jia Cong twitched his lips: "The Japanese pirates also bought a lot of swords from me." Nai took out another booklet, "By the way, these are the drawings of spinning machines and looms commonly used in Wu Kingdom."

Situ Pan was overjoyed: "Where did you get it?"

Jia Cong said with a smile, "I sold it to him in the first place. My Western gentlemen got it from their hometown. At that time, I didn't expect this thing to be so useful."

Situ Pan's face was full of black lines: "You..." He turned to look at Feng Ziying, "Say it!"

Feng Ziying couldn't help but laugh: "When you are smart, you are stupid! I don't even look at what Wu Sha has become in these years of arrogance! Recently, Wu Bu appeared again."

Jia Cong scratched the back of his head: "Why blame me! When I was in the capital, I invited a few Western gentlemen to learn this, and everyone said that I was playful. If my father didn't spoil me, this thing is still in Western! I don’t know when I will know. Wait for Yangsha Yangbusai Street then!”

Situ Pan hurriedly asked: "Could it be that you also got the cement from Wang Ziteng's place?"

"Yes!" Jia Cong said, "but the prescription is not complete. After a long time of experimentation, the one given to Uncle Wang is better for the time being. I heard that many people tried to get the prescription from the people under him, but I didn't know that I planned to prepare it in the first place. The prescription will be given to the people of the world later."

Situ Pan was surprised: "Why do you give such a good thing to the world?"

Jia Cong said casually: "Because everyone in the world is very useful, it can save a lot of labor in digging mountains and quarrying rocks. Those who are weaker can cultivate land and open up wasteland, and those who are stronger can go to the West to plunder. Wouldn't it be good?"

Feng Ziying said: "What if the lord goes to war with another country? For example, the Jin country. Use this cement to make fortifications, talk about arrows, and even firearms are not easy to conquer."

Jia Cong shrugged and said, "Since there are people all over the world, it is difficult for all countries to fight. This is not a Western thing, and Westerners don't have it. If you can't beat your own people, then they all go to beat Westerners."

Situ Pan and Feng Ziying looked at each other a few times, Situ Pan nodded and said: "Cooperating, you just hope that we will go to fight Westerners."

"Yeah." Jia Cong said, "It's better than letting Westerners beat us."

Situ Pan sighed lightly: "Forget it." Then he asked again, "I heard that Jarvis led people to show off in Fujian and beat Zheng Chao'er, the general soldier of Fujian, into obedience; there is also a military adviser named Lin , a young scholar?"

Jia Cong said, "It's not a scholar, it's my cousin."

"What?!" Situ Pan and Feng Ziying shouted in unison, "It's Miss Lin?"

"She's smart."

The two of them immediately exchanged glances.Feng Ziying said: "Master Lin actually agreed?"

Jia Cong said: "Uncle Lin can't do anything with her, she only has one daughter, can you not get used to it? Besides, it's not the capital city, and there are no rules at all. When everyone has no rules, no matter how well-behaved people are. Get up." He said with a grin, "I like Chengtian Mansion the most! Even Uncle Lin can't make me behave."

Situ Pan glanced at him: "Wild boy!"

Then he talked about some things in Beijing and the world, and the two of them left with Jia Cong's report in their hands. Before leaving, Situ Pan bowed his hands to Jia She: "You are a good son raised by Mr. She." In Beijing, because of Jia Baoyu's literary name, he was used to Jia Zheng, and now his eyes are straight.Jia Cong personally sent the two of them out of the gate of Rongguo Mansion, and saw that they had disappeared from a distance before turning around and coming in.

He went straight to the outer study, but ordered Lin Daiyu to come over.Not long after Daiyu came, Jia Cong went up to meet her, and said bluntly: "I just gave Situ Pan a lot of benefits, and even exposed my sister."

Daiyu frowned slightly: "What?"

"He treated me very well when he was young." Jia Cong said, "In terms of speaking, I also owe him a lot of favors. That's why I gave him many benefits for nothing, such as spinning machines and looms. And the identity of my sister Many people know it, even if I hide it from him this time, I won’t be able to hide it from him next time, so I’ll just tell him the truth.”

Daiyu thought for a while: "Not bad, King Yan will find out sooner or later, why don't you tell the truth."

"I'm going to give him a try too." Jia Cong said, "See how big this man is, and whether he wants to find his sister to be his daughter-in-law."

Daiyu laughed and said, "My father won't agree."

Jia Cong looked at her fixedly and said: "The emperor's family is interested in a woman, when is it necessary to ask for my father's consent?"

Daiyu said: "I refused to marry the second prince back then, how can I marry his son now?"

Jia Cong smiled wryly and said, "Sister, I'm afraid he'll come to hell. Sister, be careful these days and don't walk around where there are few people."

"Naturally." Daiyu said, "Grandmother hasn't mourned yet, so where else can I go?"

Seeing the gleam in her eyes, Jia Cong was afraid that she had become stubborn, so he didn't want to hit his forehead with a brick!Why tell her?I had no choice but to turn around and ask Uncle Yang and Chen Ruijin to keep an eye on her.

In the following days, the gate of Rongguo Mansion was full of traffic from morning to night, and Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng and his wife were very busy.Seeing the solemn moment of Jiamu's funeral, the deacon Mingjing's light was dazzling, and Jia Baoyu was mourning, crying like a tearful person.The whole journey was very lively, and they left the city gate in a mighty way, heading for Tiekan Temple.When I was young, the monks received the spirit, re-established the incense altar, and made another law. The coffin was placed in the main hall, and Jia Baoyu accompanied the spirit in the side hall.The Anling Dojo will last for three days, and everyone in the Rongguo Mansion will stay in the temple.

The first two days were uneventful.On the third day, after finishing the ceremonies, it is time to return to the mansion, and then discuss about helping the spirit to return to the original place and bury the ancestral grave together with Rong Guogong Jia Daishan.Unexpectedly, it snowed heavily a few days ago, and for some reason, a lot of snow rolled down the mountain, blocking the road.The boy who explored the road said back and forth: "I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to the city tonight, and I will go to shovel the snow tomorrow." Everyone had no choice but to stay in Tiekan Temple for one more day.However, this night, new snow fell, making it even more difficult to walk.Jia Lian led people to clean up all day, but still couldn't get through, so he had to stay another night.

Jia Rong then said: "Could it be that the ancestors were reluctant to part with Uncle Bao and showed their spirit to get the snow down and not let him go?"

Baoyu was sad, and when he heard the words, he said, "Since this is the case, I will stay in this temple and spend more time with my ancestors."

Jia Zheng thought for a while: "That's fine. The only one my ancestor loves is you, and you should spend more time with her. Anyway, I have to help her spirit go back to Jinling in a few days."

The next day, Jia Lian led the people to work for a long time, and the snow on the road was cleared. Everyone packed up their cars and horses and left the temple.Nodding the head count - Lin Daiyu is gone!Tanchun said: "Just now she said to go for a walk in the back mountain and she will be back soon!" Wang Xifeng hurriedly sent people to the back mountain to look for it, but there was no one there.Jia Cong suddenly felt that the veins on his forehead were about to twitch—Chen Ruijin was there, and Uncle Yang and Jarvis were gone.

Chen Ruijin comforted: "According to Yang Erbo's kung fu, few people can beat him."

Jia Cong sighed: "If you are with her, it's fine. Yang Erbo is also an old urchin. Brother Yaoer listens to her in everything. Who knows what she wants to play."

The author has something to say: Well, the one who wrote the long comment, I’m sorry, I wrote too lightly about the mine and the ship. Yes, after I took it, I didn't care about it.Shipping was expensive so firearms were expensive to sell, so only buyers in the robbery business could afford them.This is my point of view. There are only three states between countries: war, war preparations, and temporary war alliances. The latter two states are collectively referred to as "peace".

In addition, in my opinion, the fact that the industrial revolution did not develop in the first place is that it did not go through a real feudal society, and it has always been a semi-slave society.The mainstream servile thinking caused capital to lose the soil for profit-seeking; and the excessive power of the monarch prevented the emerging class from gaining power.Otherwise, the Song Dynasty could have developed.Well, the protagonist is indeed looking down, looking down on slavishness.In fact, I look down on those who live for others, including those who live for the Lord and those who live for love.

In addition, the protagonist's camp, represented by the protagonist, does double-faced, murderous and framed work, and they are all villains.Of course, the people in the prince's family are not much better. Without supervision, the power will inevitably expand, and no one has such good self-control ability.The political environment in the Red Chamber is similar to the Water Margin, there is no clean place in the world.

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