[Red House] Raiders of life

In the blink of an eye, several years have passed.

From the entrance gate to the entrance of Huangcheng, the two sides of Suzaku Street are full of people, bustling with each other.The enthusiasm of the people was high, and there was a lot of voices.

"I'm coming!"

The soldiers in armor entered the city with neat steps, led by Tu Mingyuan, King of Chengjun riding a horse.

"Look, look, the prince of the county is really handsome! This time he defeated Beirong in one fell swoop, and the prince of the county has made great contributions!"

"Yes! Let them come to my Great Wei to grab food at every turn in the future. In the past, we could only defend. This time we took the initiative to attack. I heard that the county prince directly sent people into the Beirong imperial court. The second prince of Beirong was captured alive. "

"It's really heart-warming."

"Who is the son behind the prince of the county? He looks really good-looking."

"That's the eldest son of Yiyonghou Jia's family."

"Yiyonghou? Just that Jiahou?"

There was a bit of surprise, disdain, and disbelief in the voice.

One of them listened and said with a smile: "Master Jia is a bit absurd, but the young masters of the Jia family are all good. The second master of the Jia family, Jia Zhu, was born in Erjia Chuanlu, and now works in the Imperial Academy. Although the third master Jia Lian is not as good as his elder brother in the imperial examination, he is good at finding out things from facts. Now he lives in the Ministry of Industry, and the glass, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste and other things produced by the Ministry of Industry in the past few years are all written by this master."

After listening to it for several years, I nodded again and again. As for this glass, ordinary people can't afford it now, but soap, toothbrush, toothpaste and other things are not expensive, and it is much more convenient to use than the medicine used in the past, and it is also much easier to use.

Someone was curious and asked: "You have said so much, you are talking about other sons of the Jia family, and you haven't mentioned the one next to King Cheng."

The man chuckled, "The one next to King Chengjun is the eldest son of Lord Jia Hou, named Hu, who was the number one scholar in the 13th year of Jianyuan. He went to the northwest six years ago. He grew up beside his grandmother. Jia Gongdaishan is an unborn warrior. He heard that he was stationed in the Northwest for ten years in his early years, surveying various terrains, and traveled far to the territory of Beirong, leaving behind many fragments of blueprints. Mr. Jia went to the Northwest, The original intention was to fulfill my grandfather's last wish. You must have heard that this time we were able to take the initiative to attack Beirong, go straight to the imperial court, and return with a great victory. One of the very important factors is that we have a finely drawn map. The topography and mountain passes of all parts of the Northwest and even the territory of Beirong are drawn on the map."

These words made many people exclaim, "Who are you? This map was drawn by Mr. Jia?"

"Naturally. If it weren't for that, how could he, as a civil servant, have been specially approved by the emperor to serve as a military adviser to the army? Besides, his talents are more than that. In the six years of the Northwest, he encouraged the people to reclaim wasteland, seek capable people and find water sources. Build reservoirs in some places, and reservoirs in small places. The pipes along the way are buried underground, and a sprinkler head was unearthed, which can be used to irrigate the farmland. Today, Master Jia has led the Ministry of Industry to apply this method in the capital.”

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect Mr. Jia to be an all-round talent in civil and military affairs. What's even more rare is that he is actually such a talented person."

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Upstairs in Tianxiang, Jia Baoyu took Jia Peng and Jia Lan to look down on the railing.Jia Lian got married the winter of the year before last, the eldest daughter of Mr. Yan, the fourth-rank attendant of the Imperial Academy.Now she has a daughter, Jia Ying.Jia Ying was only one year old, and was held in the arms of the nanny. Her chubby little hands climbed on the window, pointing to the street downstairs and calling out "babbling".

As soon as the army arrived, Jia Peng became excited and grabbed Baoyu's clothes, "Fourth Uncle, who is my father?"

Baoyu wrinkled his face. When Jia Hu left home, he was still young, how could he remember.Luckily, Mrs. Fang was on the sidelines to make a rescue, pointing to Jia Hu's figure downstairs and said, "That's your father."

Jia Peng was overjoyed, and kept waving his hands and calling, "Daddy! Daddy!"

However, the crowd below was bustling with noise, and his little voice was drowned out.After a few times, I became a little anxious and screamed louder.It was Jia Lan who was very helpful and called him "uncle".But Jia Hu didn't know anything.

Seeing the army drifting away, Jia Peng's small face collapsed, and he took Fang's hand and said aggrievedly: "Daddy ignores me."

Eight-year-old Jia Baoyu patted his head like a little adult and said, "Brother is not ignoring you, but he didn't hear you. Brother is going to the city with the army today, and he must first go to the palace to meet the emperor. When brother comes home, You can see it."

Having said that, Jia Peng became happy again, pulled Fang's clothes and said, "Mother, let's go home."

Jia Zhu's wives, Song Shi and Yan Shi, both laughed at the same time.

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Huai Fang Tang.

Jia Peng pulled Lin Ning and talked vividly about what he had seen and heard about the army entering the city today.The most talked about is nothing more than "Daddy".One mouthful and one father is so handsome, and the father is wise and martial.I heard everyone sitting here laughing.

Jia Lian lifted the curtain and came in and held him up high, "In the past, third uncle was said to be the most handsome. Is that third uncle handsome, or your father handsome?"

Jia Peng rolled his big eyes, pursed his lips and smiled: "The third uncle is the most handsome!"

Jia Zhu, who came after him, said with a smile, "Oh, is that so? How do I remember that when I hugged my leg and insisted that I take you out to buy sugar figurines, you said that the second uncle was the most handsome?" !"

Jia Peng's mouth dropped, his expression collapsed, and he turned his head to ask Lin Ning pitifully for help, "Grandmother!"

Before Lin Ning could speak, he heard a voice behind him say: "How old are you? Everyone has children. Why are you still so naughty and used to bullying people?"

Jia Zhu and Jia Lian were taken aback, although they hadn't seen each other for six years, they were very familiar with the voice, and they saw Jia Hu as soon as they turned around.The two looked happy and called "Big Brother".Jia Lian said again: "Sure enough, they are father and son. This time, I will help my son speak when I come back."

As he spoke, he couldn't help poking Jia Peng's face with his hand, "Little guy, didn't you call Daddy just now? Why is Daddy coming now, but stopped calling?"

Jia Peng hugged Jia Lian's neck, stretched out his head, and looked at Jia Hu with wide eyes, with three parts joy, three parts curiosity, and three parts apprehension.

Probably because he has been sharpened outside and seen the battlefield again, Jia Hu's demeanor is no longer comparable to the past, his appearance is still elegant, but the aura around him is a little less gentle and more fierce.It can't help but make people feel a little scared.Seeing that Jia Hu was always smiling, Jia Peng timidly called out "Daddy".

Jia Hu was overjoyed, and reached out to take him into her arms, "Yes! I'm your father!"

Jia Hu's voice is soft and her expression is friendly. The movement of holding the child is unfamiliar, but she pays more attention to being cautious.This is his eldest son, but he left home before he was born, and went away for several years.So much so that now he is five years old, but this is the first time father and son meet.He missed too much and owed too much.

Probably due to the nature of father and son, seeing Jia Hu's happy face, Jia Peng had already climbed onto his neck, calling "Daddy" over and over again, as if he wanted to call back everyone who hadn't called him in the past five years.And Jia Hu also responded dotingly.

Later, Jia Lian joked, "When are you father and son going to be having trouble? Oh, my brother Peng is really heartless. Now that you have a father, the second and third uncles will be forgotten so soon." .” After finishing speaking, he did not forget to wink at Jia Zhu and seek allies.However, Jia Zhu had secretly carried Jia Lan out without knowing when, and it seemed that he was so ignorant that he insisted on disturbing the reunion of father and son here.

Jia Lian made a big fuss, sighed and hugged Jia Ying from the nanny's hand and retreated, saying as she walked, "It's better to have our little padded jacket."

Jia Hu put Jia Peng down, took his hand in and greeted Lin Ning.Lin Ning was a little surprised, "Why did you come back so soon? Is the palace loose?"

"I wasn't the protagonist at first, but because of the map, the emperor wanted to meet me and ask me face to face. But it doesn't have to be today. Although I am an advisor to the military supervisor, I am not a member of the army. This title It was specially asked by the King of Chengjun so that I can travel in the army and discuss with him the use of topographic map making. Now that I am returning to Beijing with the army, my term of office has expired, and I have the emperor's order. It is not good to meet the emperor with the three armies. After accepting the emperor's reward, he apologized to King Chengjun and came back first."

After saying that, Jia Hu knelt down and bowed solemnly to Lin Ning three times, "The grandson is not filial, he is away from home, and the tired grandmother is worried about me."

Jia Peng looked at Lin Ning, then at Jia Hu, and knelt down next to Jia Hu's body.Lin Ning stood up and helped the elder and the younger one up, "Your wife is the one who is the most tired and worried. There are old and young in our family. She has to be filial to her parents-in-law, raise the youngest son, and manage the house. Nian is harder than anyone else. Go and say hello to your parents, then go back to your own nursery and spend more time with her. Spend more time with Brother Peng too."

Jia Hu took Jia Peng out, and after a while, a girl came over and said, "Master, I haven't seen Lord Hou, and Lord Hou is not in the house."

Lin Ning frowned, "Where did Lord Hou go?"

"I heard people say that I went out to meet friends. There is an explanation, and I will come back in the evening. Thinking about it, Lord Hou would never have imagined that the uncle did not go to the palace for a banquet, and returned home so early."

The last sentence is more like an explanation.Lin Ning sighed, if he took it seriously, he might not have gone out.The so-called going out to meet friends are nothing more than friends.

However, now that Jia Hu has the achievements of maps and six years of performance in Northwest China, everyone praises him and has a good reputation outside.It's time for the things that were envisioned back then.Especially in the past two years, the battle for the heir apparent between the First Prince and the Fifth Prince is about to become fierce.The Wang family is taking a two-sided route.The matchmaker incident six years ago did not completely suppress Jia She's thoughts.If he doesn't release his strength earlier at this time, I'm afraid he will step in again.

The next day, Jia Hu went to the palace to have an audience.The second prince of Beirong was in Beijing, and Beirong had submitted a letter of surrender, agreeing to go to Beijing to worship in January.It sounds good to say something about pilgrimage, but in fact it is just to see how to negotiate, how much to take as tribute, and redeem their prince by the way.The eldest prince of Beirong passed away early, and now the second prince is an invisible prince who not only won the heart of the king of Beirong, but also has a lot of power under his command.Therefore, he will never be an outcast.Even if the King of Beirong didn't care, his faction would definitely take him back.In particular, he also has a relatively powerful mother clan.

Although Jia Hu is not a military member, he often went in and out of the barracks because of map matters, and he made great contributions in the Battle of Beirong.Going deeper into the hinterland of Beirong, they pretended to be Beirong people and lived there for three months.Therefore, the emperor ordered him to be a special envoy to assist King Chengjun and Honglu Temple to receive Beirong envoys.

One month later, Jia Hu took advantage of the victor's advantage and his own three-inch tongue to kill Bei Rong.Not only did they want a lot of money, Beirong also agreed to retreat three hundred miles outside the pass, and even sent a thousand good horses and stallions.

The most successful fighters in Beirong are cavalry, and the strength of cavalry lies in horses.With these thousand good horses, Dawei will be able to breed more good horses.

The Holy One is overjoyed.In the next three days, an order was issued to let Jia Hu take over the post of Zuo Shilang in the Ministry of Officials.

A 25-year-old servant is also considered rare.

That month, Jia Hu and Lin Ning negotiated with Jia She.Jia Amnesty made a big fuss, but the situation was threatening. Outside, Jia Hu restrained him, and inside, Lin Ning controlled him.Even if he has the position of marquis, it is tantamount to empty.It was he who wanted to press him with the crime of unfilial piety, but Lin Ning still held the evidence of his licentiousness during the filial piety period.

If these evidences are presented, it is inevitable for him, the Marquis, to abdicate, and his reputation may be ruined.Lin Ning and Jia Hu asked Jia Shen to write a booklet to make way, which was considered to save his face.

"Now Hu'er is already able to take charge of her own role, you just have a title. If you don't worry about it, in the current situation, you don't have to give up your position. But, you said yourself, on the day when Hu'er returned home, you went out to visit friends, Who is this interviewer?"

Jia She was shocked when he heard this.

Lin Ning said again: "After the matchmaker incident, you have never given up. Later, Qiong'er married the King of Chengjun. I told you that the imperial decree of this marriage is from the emperor, and this marriage is the emperor's will. Let us The family already has a family of royal in-laws, so you can't get involved with other princes. Have you ever listened to it?"

However, at that time, the power of the third prince and his party had not yet emerged, but both the eldest prince and the fifth prince were in full swing.How could Jia Amnesty be reconciled.

"At the beginning, you wanted to follow the royal family to the fifth prince, but now you want to follow the eldest prince. You know, the most taboo thing in the royal family is scumbags. Or, have you forgotten the matchmaker? Does it mean that this matter doesn't exist? The eldest prince doesn't pursue it, firstly because it's just a plaything, and it's not worth his shot. Second, because the fifth prince is eyeing him, he can't let it go. But if you become his henchman, why don't you Dangling in front of his eyes, what do you make him think? If you are a talented person with a deep heart, who can advise the eldest prince and make great achievements, the eldest prince will naturally not lose his talent for such a plaything .but do you think you are?"

Jia She's expression was gray, and Jia Hu stepped forward to lay out the booklet, and slowly rubbed the ink, "Father, even if you are not the Marquis, you are still the grand master of the mansion. You can live in Rongxi Hall. Except for the title of Marquis , nothing else will change."

Eat, drink, have fun, all kinds of beauties, of course it's up to you.

Lin Ning and Jia Hu's move was just to tell everyone that Jia Hu is in charge of the Jia family, and Jia Amnesty's previous pledge of loyalty to the Great Prince's Party was not what the Jia family wanted, and the Jia family did not recognize it!

Regardless of whether Jia Amnesty wanted it or not, the excerpt was still written.Probably due to Yu Tu's merits, he should have been downgraded to the title of Marquis, but the emperor ordered Jia Hu to directly inherit the title of Marquis of Yiyong.

But because Lin Ning is still in the mansion, if Jia Sherong lives as the old man, this title will not be easy to change.And Jia Amnesty still lives in Rongxi Hall after all.Therefore, except that the rights in the mansion changed a circle, Jia She became the "elder master", Jia Hu was still the "lord", and everything else remained the same.

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Jia Baoyu knelt in front of Lin Ning, rubbed his buttocks, looked at Lin Ning with a miserable expression, "Grandmother!"

"Your father beat you again? What's the reason again this time?"

Jia Baoyu pursed his lips and lowered his head.

"Your father is also doing it for your own good."

Lin Ning poked his forehead and sighed.Now under Lin Ning's control, all the low-level maids and concubines in Jia She's room were drugged, and Aunt Zhao died.Yingchun is gone, and Tanchun is gone.Xichun is here, but because Jia Qiong is no longer Yuanchun, Xichun's name is no longer there. She is called Jia Jing and lives in Dongfu.In the past few years, the relationship between the two families has not been close, and Lin Ning has never met Xichun, so he would not bring her to raise him.

Jia Qiong is married, and there are no older sisters in the house, but Jia Baoyu still likes girls.However, due to environmental influences and Lin Ning Liu's teachings, I never had any other thoughts, but simply felt that the daughter's family was no worse than the man's.It is absolutely impossible to say that men are mud and daughters are water.The maids in the house are also well-behaved.

It's just that Jia Baoyu still likes to make rouge and doesn't like imperial examinations.But in terms of poetry, it still has aura.In Lin Ning's view, in this era of scholars, farmers, businessmen, it is best to take the imperial examination. If not, it is not impossible to take other paths.What's more, Baoyu is not the eldest son, and Jia Zhu is on top of him, so he doesn't have too much pressure and burden.

However, Jia Zheng has a tactful temper. Compared with Jia Zhu, he feels that Jia Baoyu is incompetent and beats and scolds him from time to time.Mrs. Liu is the stepmother, and there is only such a son, who would not want him to make progress.Therefore, he has the same thoughts as Jia Zheng in this regard.Especially without Jia Shishi's doting in this life, and Lin Ning did not interfere too much with Jia Zheng's teaching son, Jia Baoyu really suffered a lot.

"Father lost his temper when he saw the newly made rouge in my room. I said it was allowed by my grandmother. I did my homework before I made this, and my father didn't believe it."

Jia Baoyu felt aggrieved, and secretly wiped away his tears with the back of his hand.Lin Ning laughed, this is to ask her to testify!

"I'll talk to your father about it."

After getting the answer, Jia Baoyu raised his head and turned his sorrow into joy.Lin Ning felt it was funny, so he helped him up and pulled him to sit beside him.Only his buttocks were hurt, so he couldn't sit still.As soon as he touched it, he jumped up in pain.

Lin Ning had no choice but to ask the girl to get a soft cushion to cushion Jia Baoyu, grinning his teeth and slowly sitting down.

"Grandmother has agreed to your business, so she will help you to talk about it. But we also agreed that we can't miss our studies and neglect our homework."

After listening to the homework, Jia Baoyu's complexion became sour, and he answered "yes" dully.Lin Ning smiled and said, "Grandmother knows that you don't like it, and you're not good at stereotyped essays. Grandmother doesn't force you. But we still have to learn what we should learn. As for taking the imperial examination, no matter what, we have to bring back a scholar. You three My brother doesn’t like studying, but I only allowed him to donate to the government after he got a scholar.”

It can't always be white.Although the fame of a scholar is nothing, the land under his name does not need to be taxed, and he claims to be a student, so he does not need to kneel in court.

Jia Baoyu was taken aback for a moment, if it was just a scholar's fame, it would be possible.only……

"Father won't allow it. I'm afraid mother won't be happy either." Jia Baoyu let out a long sigh, and his raised face collapsed again.

"Don't worry, let's take your time, grandma will help you talk. However, grandma has to speak clearly, which is what we talked about before. Grandma can let you not pass the imperial examination, but you are a man's family, you must have a solid foundation Ben. Have you figured out what you're going to do next?"

Lin Ning put his arms around him and tried to persuade him, "Your eldest brother and second brother have worked hard since childhood, and have already chosen the way of literati to become an official. Your third brother doesn't like reading, but he has been a little smart since he was a child, and he has a quick mind and is willing to work hard. When he donated an official At that time, he also chose the Ministry of Industry. What do you think you can do? What do you want to do?"

Jia Baoyu raised her head, "I've thought about it, I like things from my daughter's house, and I like to make rouge and gouache. These rouge and gouaches are not good, as my grandmother said, not to mention that they are not evenly applied, and they are not very gentle. , contains a lot of things that hurt the skin. The rouge I make is developed by picking flowers by myself. There are no messy things added, and it is not irritating at all. It is better than the ones in the palace. I want everyone to use it in the future Can use the rouge I made."

Lin Ning smiled, but it was not impossible. "Okay, then wait until you develop something new, if it is feasible. Grandma will give you the rouge shop under her name, and you will try to manage it yourself."

Jia Baoyu was overjoyed, he never dared to say this to Jia Zheng and Liu Shi.If you tell them, you will inevitably be beaten again and again.They never ask him what he likes to do, what he wants to do, and how he plans to do it.Teach him step by step which ideas are wrong, which ideas are not feasible, and how to change them.He will only blindly urge him to do his homework, and never forget to remind him that his elder brother and second elder brother must have the same abilities as them.Only Lin Ning would not do this.Jia Baoyu prefers to speak his mind to Lin Ning.

"Grandma, why don't you try something I just made!"

Lin Ning shook his head, "Grandmother is old, how can she still wear the rouge of a young daughter's family?"

"Where did grandma come from! Besides, what I made this time is not just rouge, but also the moisturizing water and face cream that grandma said. Grandma forgot, you told me about these things last time, and now I have researched several. For example, aloe vera has the best moisturizing and anti-acne effect. Red pomegranate can brighten the skin, and rose can beautify the skin.”

Speaking of excitement, Jia Baoyu couldn't help jumping up, but he forgot that there was a wound on his buttocks, grinning his teeth in pain, but he still didn't forget to order the girl to fetch the things in the house.

There are a lot of bottles and cans, and I asked two girls to move them here.Lin Ning was dumbfounded when Jia Baoyu explained each item.This is simply a genius in the skin care industry.He's not even nine years old, okay?

Lin Ning became crazy in his heart, skin care and beauty makeup, which woman doesn't love it!Although her current body is old, she can't bear it, even if she travels through several lifetimes, she still retains a young mind!

Although Jia Baoyu's craftsmanship is not yet mature, the prototype of skin care products can already be seen.And under her guidance, Jia Baoyu can independently research the different functions of different plant extracts and classify different series!

Although there are many skin care products in this era, the classification of the series is unclear, especially the beauty makeup contains too much lead powder. Generally speaking, it is really not comparable to the classification and finished products of later generations.

Lin Ning clenched his fist and decided to train Jia Baoyu to create the first female skin care and beauty brand in China!