The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Suspiciousness is like dental caries, it's fine if you don't touch it, but it hurts if you touch it.King Yan trusted everyone in the Rongguo Mansion, but he was vaguely worried that his meritorious deeds would overwhelm the Lord.After Jia Cong's wife gave birth to a daughter, she felt a little better thinking that Nezha was destined to have no children.Jarvis was a different story in his mind.

This person is honest and honest, heroic and good at fighting.At the beginning, he was ordered to go to the expedition, originally to let him meet Gan Lei and others before discussing where the troops should go. The person Cao Xinsheng sent to lead the navigation also led him to the west bank.But he didn't listen to what the pilot said halfway, and made a detour to the east.Situ Pan naturally knew that he would not accept the orders of the emperor abroad, and Jarvis won every battle and occupied a large area of ​​land.It's just that although there are many Westerners there, there are very few wealthy households, which is not cost-effective.The land is also more fertile than in the west, but it needs to be cultivated by immigrants, and taxes cannot be collected in the first few years.The two countries are separated by sea, and immigration is too expensive.Right now it is more cost-effective to dig gold mines.If you think of a general, Jarvis is extremely wise; if you think of Yan, he is a bit careless and greedy for fame and military exploits.

After deliberating over and over for a long time, Situ Pan was still not sure whether to ask Jarvis' wife and children as hostages.But at this moment, Feng Ziying came to report that the counselor who came up with the idea had a secret relationship with the prince.Situ Pan was shocked.Feng Ziying said: "My minister sees that he is not the one who cheated on the prince, so I went straight to ask him. He said, it is indeed the son who asked him to speak to the prince and ask the son of Jarvis to return to the country. The son's intention is not to take hostages, but He had thought about using that child as the prince's companion for two years. He had already rejected the prince's entrustment, but he was reminded to propose it to the prince."

Situ Pan frowned, and asked after a while, "What do you think?"

Feng Ziying immediately said: "I don't think it's suitable. The grandson is already nine years old, so there is no need for such a young companion to read. The third son of the son is the son of the concubine, and he is two years old this year. Therefore, the son of Jarvis entered the mansion of the son of the emperor. As a companion, you must follow the three grandsons... I am afraid that after many years, the order of seniority will be reversed. Besides, it is better for the companion to be older than the master."

Situ Pan's heart skipped a beat when he heard that.He is usually busy with state affairs, and he doesn't even pay much attention to his younger son, let alone his grandson.Now that I think about it, the eldest son's qualifications are mediocre, and his eldest son doesn't seem to be very smart; but I have heard that the younger one is very clever.On the surface, the emperor's family said that he wanted to establish a descendant and establish a leader, but in fact he should be established by someone who can take advantage of it-he himself is neither a descendant nor a leader.Could it be that the boss intends to train the youngest son in the future?Jarvis was originally Jia Cong's companion and bodyguard.With this in mind, he no longer hesitated.He ordered someone to draw up an order to transfer Jarvis's wife, Mrs. Lin, and her son back to the country. In the future, the young son will study in the capital and accompany his grandson.Naite sent a servant surnamed Wei to North America to pass the decree, and set sail with the sea ship transporting military supplies.

Earlier warships set off from Tianjin.Because there are many merchant ships and large warships in Tianjin Port.In order not to occupy the port, the supply ships mostly transported the supply and luggage to Dongying Yanzu in pieces, and then reassembled and loaded the ship from there.This Eunuch Wei thought it was troublesome, so one of the generals who accompanied him said: "Why bother to make such a fuss, wouldn't it be good to go directly to sea from here?"

The general smiled and said: "Elder-in-law arrived in Dongpu, and he naturally understood when he saw the warships at the pier."

Another general approached and said, "Tianjin Port has expanded a bit in the past few years. After all, it is not as good as the newly built military port of Dongying. Besides, merchant ships rely on Tianjin Port to make the most money, and warships don't pay taxes. Large berths It’s all given to merchant ships.”

Eunuch Wei sighed: "Your Majesty is in a difficult situation." He also brought two young eunuchs to serve, and went into the cabin together.

Not long after boarding the boat, Eunuch Wei and the two young eunuchs were seasick at the same time, and they vomited so badly every day that it was so pitiful.After tossing and tossing for many days, they finally came to the cabin and called out the three of them: "Eunuch, we are almost there."After half an hour, the ship docked, and the general personally helped Eunuch Wei onto the deck.

Eunuch Wei looked around and couldn't help but praise: "It's so big! There are so many ships!" There are countless ships moored in this port, and they are all extremely large.Compared with these boats, the small boat they took was too small.This is a military port, there are no civilians at the pier, many soldiers are dressed in neat military uniforms, lined up in two teams to unload luggage from the ship.Two soldiers stood on the pier, holding a small brush in their hands, and a small paint bucket at their feet, marking each piece of luggage to keep it in order.

Feng Tang, governor of Dongying Yan, came to welcome Wei Gonggong in person.Eunuch Wei stroked his stomach and sighed: "This journey will be a toss to death."

Feng Tang laughed loudly: "This is the first time for my father-in-law to take a boat. After a while, I will naturally get used to it."

In the next few days, Feng Tang walked around with Eunuch Wei.When the luggage ship was loaded, I personally sent him to the sea ship.Eunuch Wei was surprised: "It's so big! It's much bigger than looking at it from the pier."

Pian Jiang smiled and said, "What are you talking about? This thing stops at Tianjin Port, and merchant ships have to build another port."

Not long after, the large warship started to move, and black smoke burst out from the bow, which startled Eunuch Wei.The general who accompanied him explained: "This ship is a new steam engine powered ship from Lingnan Dachuanfang. The power cabin burns coal, so the smoke is a bit black. It saves a lot of manpower." Although Eunuch Wei didn't know what he said, He also nodded with his hands behind his back.

Before this trip, Eunuch Wei had heard people say that it took at least half a year to go from Dongying to North America.So he asked Feng Tang to prepare a lot of things for him to cure seasickness.However, those medicinal materials are useless, and Eunuch Wei still vomits like a pregnant woman all day long, hoping not to die on the boat.The two little eunuchs were already out of dizziness.

I never thought that after only three months of travelling, the large warship would arrive at the port of New York, North America.This port is much older and smaller than Fontanna Port, so it looks a bit shabby from the boat.Abandoning the boat and going ashore, I saw that the houses were strange, not like the Central Plains style at all.Eunuch Wei supported the little eunuch, pointed to the general who was escorting the luggage on the boat: "What kind of room is that?"

The general said: "These were built by the Westerners earlier. We haven't had time to immigrate here, so we didn't build a house, and now we live in the Westerner's house. My father-in-law will go to sit in it later, the room is full of Seafood, it can’t be more upright. It’s rare for me to buy.”

Eunuch Wei said weakly: "That's right. This is a place for Westerners, so of course it's all their stuff. Ours has turned into seafood."

There were already soldiers on the pier to greet him, and the general went to hand over the things to him.Eunuch Wei sat on the stone steps of the pier to rest for a while.A little eunuch smiled and said, "It can be counted as going ashore. Eunuch is resting today."

The other mouth was not well-behaved, and said: "I have to come back like this once when I go back." Eunuch Wei was so angry that he wanted to slap his ears, but he was weak, so he had to send it for the time being.

The one in front said: "I heard from the soldiers on the ship earlier that there are many pirates on the sea, why didn't we encounter them?"

This one said: "I asked that black-faced general. He said that we built six large cannons on board. Pirates are bullying masters. I'm afraid they can't beat them, so they dare not come." He whispered, "Then The general said, in fact, there are four small ones behind the six big ones, and those small ones are useful. The big ones are just fake cannons made of iron wrapped in wood, specially designed to scare pirates." Both of them were only thirteen. Four years old, he laughed while talking.

Only then did Eunuch Wei suddenly realize: "What did I say! I've never seen such a big cannon, so it's fake."

After sitting for a long time, he still didn't see Jarvis sending someone to greet him. Eunuch Wei was a little unhappy.After waiting for another half day, the general on board sent a soldier to pick up Eunuch Wei. First, he went to the pier office to sit down and have some tea.Eunuch Wei coughed twice, hey hey hey for a long time, he helped the little eunuch stand up and move slowly.

I entered the dock office for a while, but there was no one inside, and the room was filled with western furniture, which was very interesting to watch.The soldiers shouted for a long time before turning out a woman from another place, rushed over quickly and took out four teacups, poured four cups of hot water for three eunuchs and a soldier, and said: "It's cold now, you should drink some first." The hot water is warm and warm."

Eunuch Wei frowned: "Where's General Jarvis?"

The woman thought for a while: "A while ago I heard that General Jia went north to fight, but I don't know now."

The soldier said: "General Jia's march is secret, and he is good at attacking east and west. Westerners are most afraid of him."

Eunuch Wei said: "Didn't he kill all the Westerners long ago? Why are you making such a fuss?"

The woman wondered: "Kill them all? People have immigrated here for 150 years, how can they kill them all at once? There used to be more than 300 million Westerners here. Smallpox was transmitted several times in the early years, and about 200% of them died, and there are more than [-] more. What about. Besides, these people are not gathered together, but scattered everywhere. Could it be that they stand and let us bombard them with artillery? Now General Jia only drives them from south to north, and leaves a few ports for them in the north for them to return. Go to Europe." She said with a smile, "Our army division Lin has a great reputation, Westerners say she is after Satan. They are most afraid of the one called Satan, and many people are scared away." Suddenly sighed, "There are also They don’t really want to go back. Europe has been fighting for many years, endlessly. They are afraid that if they go back, the king will capture the young men. Now, many people are moving to Africa. Although it is hot there, at least there is no war.”

Eunuch Wei was stunned, he didn't expect such a scene.After thinking about it for a long time, he asked, "Why don't those Westerners keep them, let's hire them to do things?"

The woman said: "General Jia is also willing to keep them to work. It's just that they all believe in Western Nestorianism, and they are willing to pay taxes to some Nestorian pope. How can this be possible! I only pay taxes to the prince, how can I pay taxes to overseas popes? Besides, if they paid taxes to the pope, wouldn’t they have less money for the prince? General Jia told them earlier that it’s okay to stay, but they have to believe in Nestorianism; The Pope pays taxes."

Eunuch Wei nodded and said, "What if those people secretly pay taxes?"

The woman said: "The Pope sent tax collectors under him. Apart from collecting taxes, he also taught the common people the Nestorian scriptures. General Jia can tolerate ordinary people, but he will never tolerate these tax officials. Many Westerners can't do anything without tax officials. To live, the children in their family have to be baptized by the taxpayer since they are born, and they have to be chanted by the taxpayer when they die."

Eunuch Wei said: "In this way, although Jarvis has won many battles, his life is not very easy."

The woman smiled and said, "It's better now. Last year, Mr. Su, the magistrate of Jiangxi Province, suppressed bandits and captured many bandits. How can these people farm the land? Even the officials can't look down on so many people, and there are not so many officials. Look at them. That’s why we sent a boat to run away, and sent a boat to run away. Those who were originally intended to let them open up wasteland and farmland have now gone away, and there is no one left.”

Eunuch Wei wondered: "Since all the sent troops have run away, how can it be all right?"

The woman said: "They are all bandits. They have been robbing their homes for more than ten years, killing them but not burying them. Many of the Westerners who General Jia couldn't find were killed by them. General Jia also said that he would give the prince a discount tomorrow. Thank you very much." Lord Su."

Eunuch Wei laughed and said, "It's unintentional to insert willows and willows into shade." Nai then asked, "Why don't you have many people here?"

The woman said: "There was no one in the first place. My man and I were digging gold mines in the west earlier. The year before last, my man was injured and it was inconvenient to dig again, so I managed to take a boat to the east. The east is full of soldiers and men, and there are no women. I am I can get a job to support him." Nai sighed wearily.Eunuch Wei was originally clever, so he said a few words of relief when he heard the words.

Eunuch Wei waited here until dusk, when the general on the ship rushed over to house him.The house I live in is still decorated with Western furnishings, but it is quite old.Fortunately, the western fireplace is extremely warm and there is enough charcoal.After another seven or eight days, we can count the news that Jarvis was fighting in the north.Her family members are now in Boston, and Lin Daiyu sent someone to pick up the angel.Eunuch Wei let out a sigh of relief.

After bumping in the carriage for more than ten days, Eunuch Wei and two young eunuchs entered Boston city by carriage.It snowed a few days ago, and now there is still snow on the roof and road, and it looks a bit cold at first glance.This city is full of houses of Westerners, but there are no common people. The people who occasionally come and go on the road are soldiers.The carriage stopped in front of a very tall Western stone house, and soldiers sent by Lin Daiyu led Eunuch Wei out of the carriage.I saw two soldiers of average height standing at the gate of the house, wearing strange dark green military uniforms, with fire and guns behind their backs, motionless.

Eunuch Wei kept Yan Wang's order in his arms, and walked slowly with the soldier in square steps.After entering the house, he walked through two or three rooms. In front of him was a very tall hall with stairs beside it.The soldier led him up the stairs and walked for half a day before he arrived at the entrance of a small hall.

There are also two soldiers with guns standing outside this small hall, but the door is open.Eunuch Wei raised his eyes and looked in, the inside was extremely bright.It was cold at the moment, and a large row of windows were closed, but these windows were all fitted with clear glass.The sun shines in outside, and there is some warmth inside in winter.There is a huge Western fireplace in the hall, and the charcoal fire in the furnace is prosperous.In front of the stove was a long table of Western style, on which was spread a huge map, and four or five people stood around the table.There was a young woman wearing a sky-blue Western-style gown, with a bun on her head but no hairpins, leaning on the edge of the table with one hand, bending her back slightly to look at the map.The rest were men, all wearing dark green military uniforms.

The soldier shouted loudly outside: "Report."

The woman said without raising her head, "What is it?"

The soldier said: "Eunuch Wei from the capital has arrived."

The woman turned her head and looked towards the door.Eunuch Wei took a deep breath: This girl is really pretty!Better than all the beauties in the palace.