The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Two days after the water melted to Dajiala, Huo Sheng also arrived.Jia Lian and Jia Cong still went to the Zodiac Square to welcome them.Huo Sheng came on horseback, leading a group of soldiers behind him, who looked more like a general than a lord.In the past few years, it has also been darker, but the demeanor has not changed much.

As soon as the three of them arrived at the posthouse with their front feet, Shui Rong came with their back feet.The Jia brothers laughed when they saw him.Jia Cong spoke quickly, and said first: "Why isn't Your Majesty wearing that coquettish dragon robe?" He changed into a crow blue robe today.

Shui Rong said: "I thought about it, and what you said makes sense."

Huo Sheng was immediately amused: "Uncle Shui is really here wearing a dragon robe?"

Jia Cong nodded vigorously: "You're so stupid!" The two brothers laughed together with Huo Sheng.

Shui Rong was a little annoyed, he swallowed hard, and said with a white face: "Why is it so bad. The first emperors and emperors are all like this."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "My nephew understands my uncle's thoughts. This time, Huo Sheng and Zhou Xiaolan are all here, and I want to show the strength of the Dacheng Kingdom. You were the first to establish the Dacheng Kingdom, so there is nothing wrong with you always wanting to show the majesty of the emperor. "Nai Lian smiled, "But the two of them can't afford to wear dragon robes. They worked hard for a few years at the beginning of the founding of the country. Besides, only the emperor can wear dragon patterns—" He pointed his finger to the north "It's stipulated. Since it's not the other country, why follow the rules of the other country? It's better to use something else as a totem. For example, the heavenly family can wear the unicorn, but the subjects can't. As for the dragon and phoenix that the Situ family valued, in Dacheng, ordinary people can wear it." Yi. Uncle is the lord of the country, so you can do what you say, why follow the rules of neighboring countries."

Huo Sheng's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "Good idea! The thing that annoys me most now is that people's hearts are not stable. I'm afraid the people will miss their homeland."

Jia Cong said: "You are alright. You are far away, and they can't go back even if they miss their homeland. Lord Zhou's side is not close. Dacheng is the closest."

Shui Rong said: "There are not many immigrants in our country, but there are the most natives."

Jia Cong rubbed his chin: "That's right! You have a lot of native people, and it's very difficult to get them to learn my Korean dialect. Why don't you attract some immigrants to dilute it?"

Huo Sheng hurriedly said: "Their place is only that big, how can they accommodate immigrants! We are far behind."

Jia Cong said: "You can move freely. Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Dongying, Tianzhu, Myanmar, Taiwan, Dacheng, Java, Malaysia, Australia. The entire Pan-Pacific ecosystem can flow freely. Ladies and gentlemen, let's establish APEC."

Huo Sheng asked, "What?"

"Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Informal Summit Meeting." Jia Cong said seriously, "Asia-Pacific Cooperation." He thought for a while and asked Huo Sheng, "Are you tired?"

"Tired." Huo Sheng said, "But you just said something, and I can't stop."

Jia Cong nodded, asked someone to fetch the four treasures of the study, and wrote a long list of names: Zhou Xiaolan, Situ Cen, Wei Ruoheng, Lu Sangu, Gong Kun, Lin Daiyu, Jia Tanchun.But I handed it to an assistant beside me, "Go and invite them separately, and invite them all."

Shui Rong glanced at the list and took a breath: "Situ Cen is the third son of the King of Shu, isn't he?"

"Yes." Jia Cong said, "Wei Ruoheng is exactly the Wei Ruoheng you think of. These guys are all in Dajiala right now."

Shui Rong looked at him and said, "Why is there no one from King Yan?"

"No one from the kings was invited. Situ Cen just happened to catch up with him. He just came back from a study tour in the West and passed by the Taiwan government." Shui Rong nodded in thought.

Jia Cong then asked Huo Sheng about Australia.Australia is really a wasteland right now, nothing but wild animals.It was very hard for Huo Sheng to lead the people to open up wasteland and build houses.They have met the kangaroos a long time ago, but they haven't seen the famous koalas in later generations.They have just been there not long ago, and they have never been to many places.Jia Cong suddenly remembered the topic of "maintaining the diversity of biological species" for future generations, and hurriedly pulled Huo Sheng to speak earnestly.Huo Sheng didn't understand at all, he didn't know what to do to protect the beast.When it came to reporting from outside, Zhou Xiaolan sent someone to say that he would be here in about two quarters of an hour. Huo Sheng hurriedly stood up and ordered to prepare refreshments—obviously he didn't want to listen to Jia Cong's nagging anymore.Jia Lian also felt that what Jia Cong said was absurd, and followed Huo Sheng with an apologetic expression.

Jia Zongbabaer looked at the figures of the two of them, and said with a wry smile: "That's right, the beast is his enemy right now, how can he protect the enemy."

Shui Rong said: "I do understand what you mean. It's too early."

Jia Cong sighed: "When he occupies all of Australia, I'm afraid it will be too late."

Shui Rong looked at Huo Sheng for a long time, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Since Huo Sheng and Lord Zhou are not married yet, and the two countries are not far away, why not just get married?"

Jia Cong was inexplicable: "...What? Your old brain is so amazing. Where and where! They each bear the burden of a country, so don't mess up. One mountain can't accommodate two tigers, do you know?" Shui Rong looked hesitant, opened his mouth, obviously there was something wrong. I dare not say anything.Jia Cong frowned, "Uncle Shui, don't you still think that Zhou Xiaolan has the possibility of marrying a wife and listening to her husband?"

Shui Rong said: "Even if she gets married to her subordinates, sooner or later she won't be able to have children?"

"Well, what's the matter? Isn't it common to get married and have children?"

"After giving birth, is she still in charge of Java?"

Jia Cong blinked: "Why not?"

After a while, Shui Rong sighed softly: "Does she really think of herself as a man?"

Jia Cong twitched the corner of his mouth: "I don't expect you to be able to keep up with the times because of your old ideas."

Shui Rong sighed again and waved his hands: "That's all."

Jia Cong also sighed, and said in a low voice, "I didn't count on you in the first place."

Shui Rong's eyes moved: "Cong'er, what did you say?"

Jia Cong shrugged: "I didn't expect Uncle Shui to shake the world." Turning his head to see that Jia Lian and Huo Sheng had joined together to talk, he simply said, "The Beijing Palace is a palace of a prince with a different surname. Gaining military power and keeping bandits in secret is extremely clever. But you are old but make friends with so many literati in a high-profile manner, and you are still inseparable with Jia Baoyu, a "proven" disciple of Wu Xun, you can only be regarded as a half-smart person."

Shui Rong was taken aback for a moment: "Since when did I become irresistible with Jia Baoyu?"

Jia Cong suddenly shut up——Qin Keqing was already the mother of two children in this time and space, and Shui Rong never made friends with Jia Baoyu at all!My mind was tied up...so I was a little embarrassed, and said with a dry smile: "I'm sorry, I got confused..." Nai explained, "If I didn't come down to stir up trouble, Uncle Shui should have made friends with my brother Baoyu. Back then, he was only two hundred and five, so you couldn't have valued his talent, you could only have valued his background." Shui Rong took a long time to understand what he said, and was stunned.

Not long after Zhou Xiaolan arrived at the door, Huo Sheng and Jia Lian rushed to greet her.Then the people on Jia Cong's list came one after another.Probably because Lu Sangu was married, or because his age and experience had risen, Huo Sheng saw that she was fine, and cupped his hands as usual.Situ Cen was the last to arrive.

Everyone greeted each other for a long time, Jia Cong coughed and walked to the middle, and made a group bow: "Everyone, it is not easy for everyone to get together. The late students have something to say." Everyone immediately fell silent.Jia Cong said, "Thank you, Your Majesties, for coming to attend Wansheng's wedding. I didn't want to let the wedding attend a serious business, but it's really not easy to gather so many people. At least we can start and popularize science, right?"

Lin Daiyu said: "If you have something to say, just say it."

Jia Cong then talked about cooperation among countries, including standardization, free immigration, technology flow, and resource trading.When he sat down and sipped his tea, Shui Rong said, "After talking for a long time, do you want us all to reduce the tariff?"

Jia Cong waved his hand and drank the tea in his hand: "Tariffs are only one of them, and free movement is the most important thing. Why is Hong Kong prosperous? Since the opening of Hong Kong, there has been no tariffs! Clearly smuggling. It used to be regarded as What about the tax money of the Black Court now? The tax money of the Black Prince Teng? Why doesn’t Prince Teng collect Hong Kong’s tariffs, and let’s spread the word?”

Huo Sheng said: "As soon as Wang Ziteng collected the tariffs, many ships docked at Tianjin, Wuxi and other ports. You have to pay taxes anyway, and you can save the traveling expenses from Lingnan to Yan and Wu."

Jia Cong smiled and clapped his hands: "Prince Huo is still clever. Speaking of which, you have a lot of iron ore in Australia, have you found it? Our Taiwan government wants to buy it."

"Not yet." Huo Sheng said, "Let's open up wasteland and farm first."

Jia Cong hurriedly said: "You can go to Tianzhu and Java to buy grain! You just open the iron mines, and we will buy from you. Everyone performs their duties, isn't it cheap?"

Huo Sheng squinted his eyes: "So you want to buy our iron ore! No wonder you insisted not to collect tariffs."

Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "In the future, we will sell you a steam mining machine without charging tariffs, okay? It doesn't matter how much manpower is needed for one machine. There is no shortage of people in the princes, and they may not be willing to buy them. It is the most important thing for you. It works."

Huo Sheng snorted: "You have been talking about improving the steam engine for how many years, and it hasn't been improved. I believe you are a ghost!"

"It's really good this time!" Jia Cong said, "And I found a mine in Guangxi to test. If you are not in a hurry, you can go and have a look."

Huo Sheng squinted at him: "Is it really all right?"

Gong Kun said: "It's really good."

Although Huo Sheng was not familiar with Gong Kun, he believed what he said, and immediately opened his eyes with a smile: "Excellent! I'll take a look tomorrow! Anyway, Jia Cong is still a few days away from getting married, so there is still time."

Gong Kun said: "I'm afraid the prince will be reluctant to leave when he gets there."

Zhou Xiaolan also said: "Have you really made a steam engine? I'll take a look too. There are many mines in our country."

Gong Kun said: "If you want to go, you can go together."

Situ Cen didn't know why, so he asked, "What is a steam engine?"

Jia Cong roughly explained the purpose of this thing, and said: "I don't know clearly, but you will understand after seeing it."

Zhou Xiaolan said: "Yesterday, Ruijin and I saw a store selling gramophones on the top floor of your Dajiala No. [-] Department Store. That's interesting. I want to buy two. Will there be customs duties?"

"That's just a toy, and it doesn't count as tax if you buy a few."

Zhou Xiaolan looked at him with a half-smile, "Oh? What do those duty-free shops in your Danshui Port do?"

Jia Cong didn't turn around for a moment.Lin Daiyu said, "Your Majesty is the ruler of a friendly country and enjoys diplomatic tax exemption."

Jia Cong nodded again and again: "That's right!"

Situ Cen hurriedly said, "Am I tax-free?"

Jia Cong glanced at him: "Wai~~ You don't want to go abroad, what tariffs do you want!" Situ Cen suddenly remembered that he was not from abroad, and smiled slightly.

Jia Congkong is full of ideas brought from later generations, and he is not good at discussing with the lords of the country.Later, Gong Kun presided over it.Huo Sheng hadn't had a good rest since he called the posthouse, so he had a half-day meeting.Fortunately, he is young and strong, and the discussions are all important and useful things, and his spirit is not bad.

In the evening, everyone will have dinner here, and they are going to discuss business after dinner.Taking a rest after dinner, Jia Cong wanted to take a few steps in the backyard to digest his food, and Shui Rong wanted to go with him after hearing this.Huo Sheng didn't care about anything during the construction of this post house, it's better to let the people in Taiwan government decide.Because there is almost no strong aboriginal civilization left in Australia in later generations, Jia Cong ordered people to repair this place in a modern style.He and Shui Rong walked along Fermat's spiral path, with a simple octagonal pavilion in the center.

Sitting down in the pavilion, Jia Cong glanced at Shui Rong with a smile: "Uncle, do you have something to say?"

Shui Rong hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your family's third daughter has agreed with her?"

Jia Cong was a little unhappy: "You are always gossiping!"

Shui Rong hurriedly said: "It's just that she and Huo Sheng are both here. Didn't Huo Sheng propose marriage to your father in the early years?"

Jia Cong waved his hand: "My third sister is now an important member of the Taiwan government, and Huo Sheng has begun to rule Australia. Regardless of their unfamiliarity and lack of affection, how can two people who are so important to their respective camps get married? After they get married, they live together. Where?"

Shui Rong shook his head: "Am I really old? Not old..."

Jia Cong looked at him and said, "Uncle is not yet forty, right? He's not old at all! It's just that his mind is so rigid that he would rather deceive himself than accept the reality. The obsolete idea of ​​'marrying a lady from the Rongguo Mansion and forming an alliance with the Taiwan Mansion', Dacheng will be obsolete in ten years at the earliest. Whether it will be wiped out by other countries in 50 years is unknown."

Shui Rong took a deep breath, puffed out his chest and said, "I want to see who has that ability!"

Jia Cong pointed to the outside and said, "Everyone has that ability. When Huo Sheng, Situ Cen, and Zhou Xiaolan were planning to spend a lot of money to buy a steam engine, you were still thinking about arranging ostentation and making dragon robes. All the money was spent on making dragon robes." Come on, you have to buy less firearms. Uncle knows that what is fighting nowadays is not whose sword is faster or whose arrows are more accurate, but whose firearms are better. Fighting is also fast and tight. And most of you in Dacheng are natives , It’s not a problem for the common people to change to another emperor.”

Shui Rong was stunned for a while, then smiled wryly and said, "You're right. I have a lot of generals on my side, but very few talents in governing the country."

He obviously had something to say, Jia Cong hurriedly interrupted: "You are always a county prince, and Zhou Xiaolan is just a pirate, so you have fewer talents than her? There is no shortage of fertile land, population and houses in Dacheng, and Huo Sheng's It's a wasteland, and you only have to deal with kangaroos, crocodiles, and pythons every day, how can you be more difficult than him? Your Majesty, Dacheng Kingdom is simply extravagant." He paused, "I just don't know how long the extravagance will last."

Shui Rong was startled again when he heard the words.Jia Cong sat beside him for a long time, when he suddenly heard him ask: "Is your steam engine really that effective?"

Jia Cong smiled immediately: "Go and see it and you'll know?"

Shui Rong said: "Forget it, anyway, you must accompany me, kid."

Jia Cong waved his hands again and again: "I'm not going! Others will accompany you. I will be on my honeymoon then."