old lady in red

Shi Mei's life goes smoothly, also because Shi Mei is sure that Jia She will not die halfway.

Therefore, he didn't care much about Jia Amnesty's message.

At this moment, I just woke up, and after counting, Jia Amnesty still wrote a letter home in the first month, and there is no news in the past two months.

Shi Mei was a little flustered.

Shi Mei thought, should she immediately write to Jia Min to ask?

Immediately give up.

Jia Min wants to say that there is no need to wait for her to ask.

Since you didn't say it, you can't say it, or, it's nothing at all?

However, at this moment, Shi Mei was flustered!

Jiangnan's salt tax, originally Lin Ruhai used warm water to boil frogs, and took his time.

Now it is calcined by fire, and once it is fried, it is extraordinary.

She managed to produce a useful son, and nothing could happen again.

Shi Mei quickly summoned Jin Da to ask, "Are there any strange remarks in teahouses and taverns these days?"

Jin Da suddenly became a little vague: "Is this, that..."

Shi Mei suddenly realized, and asked sharply: "Is there no news from our outpost in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Jin Da immediately knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Since the first lunar month, my uncle has not shown himself on the ground in the south of the Yangtze River. Our people have searched all over the land and water, and no one knows where he went.

The uncle and three hundred elite soldiers lost their traces.

However, the servant girl received the news that Yan Hou and Lin Gu were both present, so you didn't dare to disturb you. "

disappeared?

And it disappeared voluntarily?

This second pole, where did he go undercover?

Ping An Prefecture?

Shi Mei suddenly regretted, there are more than ten years to go, why go on in advance?

Shi Mei was thinking nervously, or was it a smuggling case?

Jiangnan is currently introducing imported products, or is someone smuggling them?

Or, the White Lotus Sect hidden in the Salt Gang and Cao Gang has emerged?

Yan Hou and Jia She are eager to make contributions, so they rush forward?

After Shi Mei thought about it, she quickly called Jia Jing to ask: "Is there any movement in the court hall, such as the banditry in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Jia Jing was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately said: "No! Auntie, is it pardoning brother?"

Shi Mei sighed: "We sent back the news from the Jiangnan pigeon whistle. We haven't seen your brother show up for two months. We searched on land and water, but there is no trace.

The family has not received a letter from home for more than two months.

I was thinking, maybe there is some movement in the court, and he needs to be used, so I asked you? "

Jia Jing shook his head: "Apart from some small frictions on the Yunnan-Guizhou border, and a small group of Japanese pirates fleeing in the sea, there is no other movement."

Seeing Shi Mei's serious face, he said again: "Or, it's not sure where Brother She goes to train soldiers.

A few days ago, the Ministry of War was discussing that it was necessary to learn from Shi Ding and develop a new formation and tactics to curb the border troubles in the northwest of Mobei.

Or, Brother Amnesty went to train the navy because of this?

My aunt also knows that our family's scouts and Brother She can recognize them, as long as they avoid them. "

Shi Mei said: "Why did he avoid the key point?"

Jia Jing shook his head: "Or is it the empty city plan sung with Yanhou?"

The nephew felt that the fourth brother-in-law was a civil servant and he was safe and sound, but it shouldn't matter if Brother Amnesty was a military officer. "

Only now did Shi Mei realize how important it is to establish her own monitoring system.

Then, Shi Mei's mind flashed, and she hurriedly looked at Jia Jing: "General Secretary? Jinger, is there a gap in the General Secretary?"

Jia Jing hurriedly said, "Nephew, let's go check it out."

Shi Mei did not use Jia Zheng this time.

If Prince Teng got the news about Jia Amnesty, he would definitely come to the door on his own initiative.

Since there is no movement, there should be no news.

Jia Jing returned an hour later, and he inquired about a secret message. During the Spring Festival, Yanhou once revealed that the eight major salt farms in the south of the Yangtze River had secret performances by the imperial censor, and the weights used to inspect the salt bags in the salt farms were tricky.

However, no one dares to believe this easily, nor dare to believe it.

This scale has been used for 17 years.

Moreover, this weight is forged by the Ministry of Industry.

Who is the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry?

The veteran and favorite minister of Emperor Jiahe.

Now Shen Shiji, a scholar of Dongge University, is in charge of following Chen's rules and regulations, checking the questions and playing, and the tickets are prepared to criticize and answer.

His niece is His Majesty's concubine Shu, and his grandson is the third prince.

The third prince is the eldest, and in the eyes of the world, he is very likely to soar into the sky.

Such a person makes people tremble when they hear it.

Who dares to touch it?

Furthermore, how to calculate the shortfall of more than ten years?

How many people will be implicated by these money?

OK!

Shi Mei stamped her feet.

Jia Amnesty, a prodigal bastard, won't go hide and get this?

It was a success, thanks a lot.

However, it is not good to offend the prince.

What is the prince's natal family doing with money?

it goes without saying!

Then, Shimei asked Jinshan to go to Jiangnan to find out what happened in the name of buying flowers and bonsai.

For the Wanshou Festival in June, many people in Kyoto will go to the Eastern Province to buy furs, go to the south of the Yangtze River to buy Taihu stones, or go to Yunnan and Guizhou to buy jade.

Rong Mansion is now expanding the orchard on Cuiwei Mountain, repairing the Rong family temple, and purchasing flowers and trees as it should.

This time, Shi Mei made up her mind to let Jin Shan go out with [-] silver, and set up various small businesses in Rong Mansion in the same way: such as tea, restaurants, taverns, and cart shops.

Each business point is a pigeon whistle point.

This way goes through, and turning back is an information channel.

In mid-April, Jin Da sent a letter back to Beijing, saying that Jia Amnesty was not missing, but just sick, and he was hiding on Yangcheng Lake to fish and recuperate.

Shi Mei didn't believe it at all.

Jia Amnesty will not be indifferent to his wife's pregnancy even if he recovers from his illness.

Shi Mei was very familiar with Jia She's font, neither Lin Ruhai nor Jia Min dared to imitate it.

However, Jin Da said that Jia Min socialized with his wife in Yangzhou every day and lived like a fish in water.

In order to prove it, Jia Min brought back a large number of imported goods and Jiangnan soil rituals to Shi Mei.

Shi Mei guessed, perhaps, what is Jia She doing, there is no danger for the time being?

In mid-May, Shi Mei finally received a letter from Jia Amnesty.

Knowing that he had a son, Jia She's nervousness could be seen in the letter.

Shi Mei was busy handing the letter to Mrs. Zhang who had been silent for more than a month.

Mrs. Zhang didn't cause Shi Mei any trouble in the past month.

However, the belly is getting bigger and bigger, and the cheeks are getting smaller and smaller.

Obviously heard the wind.

The moment Mrs. Zhang received the letter, she hugged Shimei and cried, "Mother, thanks to you, otherwise my daughter-in-law wouldn't know what to do!"

Shi Mei sighed endlessly.

The son is useful and worrying!

In mid-June, Jia Amnesty suddenly entered Beijing with a hundred and ten taels of luggage.

Instead, he returned to Beijing to give a birthday present to Emperor Jiahe instead of Marquis Yan.

Jin Da rushed back to the government to report.

However, Jia She only returned home in the evening.

Then, Shi Mei noticed that Jia She was limping.

When Jia She knelt down to salute Shi Mei, Shi Mei felt a sense of lost and found.

Shi Mei hurriedly ordered someone to help her: "What's wrong with the legs and feet?"

Jia She said with a smile, "My son was shot by an arrow while chasing the smuggling boat and scratched. It's fine."

Shi Mei's face turned serious: "Don't be joking, it's just an injury, why don't you return the letter of good news from home? Legs and feet are injured, hands are also injured, how about coaxing ghosts?"

Jia Amnesty saw that he couldn't hide it, so he talked about the root cause.

The eight imperial envoys dispatched by Emperor Jiahe this time received anonymity, participated in relevant officials of the salt field, colluded with salt merchants, used large and small weights, and evaded taxes.

What is the size of the weight?

Just two sets of weights.

They are all cast by the Ministry of Industry.

One set is old. I don't know why the new old weights were cast and not recycled.

After the imperial envoy came down, they used normal weights.

No one checks, just use a big weight.

There can be about [-] catties of salt in the middle.

This requires a person to lurk in and investigate secretly, and find out the big weight.

Yanhou Lin Ruhai has already made public appearances.

Jia She is the only trustworthy person left.

Then, Jia Amnesty dressed up and was arranged to work in the saltworks as a salt cooker.

Shi Mei's jaw dropped in shock: "Salt boiler?"

Jia She grinned: "There's no way, the three of them are sons who got tanned from military training, and it's not suitable for Marquis Yan and brother-in-law to go. Others can't be trusted."

Shi Mei bared her teeth: "You go in alone?"

Jia She shook his head: "How can it be, my son sneaked in with two clansmen. This time it's a meritorious service, and I can promote them to a low-rank official later."

Shi Mei's eyes showed surprise: "Which one is it?"

Jia She said: "This time, the boy from the twelfth house won the first place. It seems that the adopted son has to be let go."

Shi Mei said, "Jia Mei's brother?"

Jia She nods his head: "The fifth child in the twelfth house, and Jia Bin in the eighth house, does mother still remember? His son is attached to a school in the mansion?"

Shi Mei was surprised: "He went too?"

Jia Amnesty nodded, "I stayed in Jinling for one night and sent a letter to the clan, and anyone who wants to seek a future should follow.

As a result, eight of them came at once.

The fifth son came to the twelfth house, I thought the eighth house would have a concubine, but when he saw Jia Bin, the son was shocked.

He was almost thirty, and he did not expect to come here.

The other brothers all followed suit as scouts. He was older and not as clever as the other brothers, plus Uncle Eight, I didn't like him very much.

This time I am lurking, I need two guards, I hope the brothers in Kyoto will stand up.

In fact, the danger is not great, but you have to endure hardships, or you will be beaten.

In the end, they didn't move, but Jia Wen and Jia Bin stepped forward.

Alas, the clansmen in Kyoto have become seedlings! "

Hearing this, Shi Mei stared at Jia She, and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid of the seedlings, given time, the seedlings can also become golden vines!"

Now Jia Amnesty is very convinced of his mother, and he grinned: "My son knows that my son was also a seedling in the past!"

At this time, someone brought in a few boxes outside the door.

Jia Amnesty said, "These are new gadgets that my son purchased from various places in the south of the Yangtze River..."

Shi Mei waved her hand: "Let's watch it tomorrow. You go back to freshen up first, and take a look at your wife. You haven't heard from me for a few months, and your wife is so scared that she's skinny."

Go and persuade me, don't scare people like this next time. "

Only then did Jia Amnesty take his leave.

Then, Shi Mei recruited Jin Da for questioning.

What Jia Amnesty said was too light.

He was not shot by a flying arrow at all, but when he was surrounded by the salt field, he was recognized as an undercover agent, and he was unprepared to be murdered and hit his thigh with a salt shovel.

The whole thigh was bloody, and a wound more than a foot long was drawn, which was almost useless.

Jia Bin from Jinling blocked him, and the hit missed.

Jia Wen easily smashed the thief.

Otherwise, if it hits hard, it is very likely that the leg will be broken.

Jia Amnesty was disabled.

No wonder Jia She sighed, the people of Jinling really showed their faces this time.

It was not in vain that Shimei spent tens of thousands of silver to support them.

Jia pardoned for half a month to rest.

During half a month's recuperation period, she hardly went out, and accompanied Mrs. Zhang every day to pay Shimei's greetings.

The ground in Kyoto is turned upside down.

Shen Shiji, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and now a scholar of Dongge University, was sentenced to prison.

Then, from the assistant minister to the blacksmith, the whole gang has committed crimes.

Yishi ransacked his home and sent him to prison.

After that, it is to check the taxes that have been evaded over the years.

Emperor Jiahe ordered ten times the compensation.

Ghosts and wolves howled all over the ground in Kyoto.

Many people are discussing that if Enke is not opened, they are afraid that the six government offices will not be able to open their doors.

The daily scenery on the ground in Kyoto is that groups of people are paraded through the streets like grasshoppers connected by ropes.

Another carload of floating wealth was pulled into the Ministry of Internal Affairs and into the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Then, 48 snowflake silver was found in Shen Shiji's house.

As a civil servant, he has no meritorious service, and he would not be able to earn such money in eight lifetimes.

Emperor Jiahe was furious and sent Shen Shiji to death row.

Concubine Shu and the third prince had to go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to take off their hairpins to deal with the crime.

The third prince is finished.

Then, followed by the liquidation of the Shen family and the third prince's clique.

The whole bloodbath.

Yang just took it as a joke and told Shi Mei.

Shi Mei was terrified.

Yesterday, he was still a scholar of Dongge University, correcting His Majesty's mistakes and drafting an edict for His Majesty.

If you turn around, you will lose your head.

How much is Rong Mansion's kindness?

Surprised by Shi Mei's change of color, Yang said hurriedly, "See what I did to scare Auntie?"

Shi Mei shook her head: "No, it's just that I was a little emotional, last year I saw the frame of the Grand Scholar, and all the officials avoided it.

Now the prison car has been changed. "

It's really seeing him build a tall building, and seeing his building collapse!

June 29.

Rongfu and his family entered the palace to congratulate Wanshou.

On this day, Yan Hou also rushed back to Kyoto.

By the way, escort back to Beijing Baishiliang's luggage carriage.

It is he who has recovered the taxes of the past ten years from the salt merchants.

Then, at the birthday banquet.

Emperor Jiahe conferred the title of Marquis of Yan as Duke of Yan, a first-class duke.

Jia Amnesty was also awarded.

But it was not Jia She himself, but Jia Lian, Jia She's son, who was kindly appointed as the captain of Qingche.

Nine-year-old Jia Lian can also receive the imperial salary.

The next day.

Jia Amnesty received the documents from the Ministry of Officials, and Jia Amnesty was promoted to deputy general of Hangzhou, starting from the second rank.

For a while, Rongning Street was full of cars and horses.

Shi Mei thought that Jia She might have to go back to Jinyiwei this time.

As a result, Hangzhou was still promoted on the spot.

And Emperor Jiahe asked them to return to Jiangnan immediately, because the new year's salt tax collection started again.

fair enough.

Yan Hou, Yan Hou's uncle General Chen Jia She and the three were tied together, and everyone had the same interests.

Three days later, Shimei's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law bid farewell to Jia She.

Jia She is now a member of the second rank, and Shi Mei has said almost everything she can say.

This time, Shi Mei could only tell him to be careful and take care of his brother-in-law and sister.

Jia Amnesty can now bring his family.

However, Zhang's stomach is already very strong.

She was also reluctant to leave Jia Lian, Jia Cong and Jia Zhang behind, so she had to stay in the capital.

This time the ink corruption case in the saltworks hit a wide range.

Going back 17 years, almost every salt field has three or five salt field censors.

Distinguish between active participation and passive stealing.

Then there are also differences in handling, proactive dismissal and investigation, confiscation of family property, distribution to the frontier, and amnesty.

That is to say, their children and grandchildren will all be in Mobei, and it is impossible to return to Kyoto.

Passively implicated, but some people who have been wronged, as long as the compensation and fines are paid in full, they will be dismissed from office, but retain their reputation.

Here is a chance to recover.

Especially this year, too many officials have been dismissed.

These people work well, and I'm afraid they will be able to find foreign posts in March or May.

Except for the big change of officials in the saltworks.

Six hard-hit areas were transferred from the Ministry of Households to the Ministry of Industry.

From the Ministry of Industry to the Shangshu, down to the foundry craftsmen, they are all guilty.

Of course, only the officials who were in office at that time were held accountable.

Unfortunately, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry today was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry at that time.

After more than ten years of hard work, I became a minister, and I still want to take another step to enter the cabinet.

As a result, an extra weight weighed eight catties and four taels, smashing his bright future to pieces.

Not only that, but Emperor Jiahe wanted to eat his flesh and lay down his skin.

It is said that Wu Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, the former Minister of Industry, was the contact person between the salt merchant and Shangshu Shen Shiji.

With their filial piety of 17 silver per year, they caused the court to lose nearly [-] million in taxes in [-] years.

This Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry is over.

However, for the entire Ministry of Industry officials, the sun is shining.

According to the usual practice, the minister of the Ministry of Industry can die or be promoted.

Now that the mountain has been removed, the people below have a lot of opportunities.

Unlucky for Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he personally promoted his confidant Zuo Shilang, as well as all the Langzhong Yuanwailang, including the level of the secretary below.

Almost half of the troops fell.

Now, more than 20 people from the Ministry of Industry have a further opportunity.

Jia Zheng was among them.

Many officials of the Ministry of Industry are family teachers, or descendants of meritorious families.

It is rare for Jia Zheng to have all three virtues.

He studied art with Shan Ziye, who had certain contacts in the Ministry of Industry.

Then, he was born with meritorious service.

The most important thing is that he is a Jinshi of the two rankings, and he is also a professional background specializing in garden construction.

In the case of lack of staff in the Ministry of Industry, after three years of becoming an official, Jia Zheng was promoted two ranks because of his roots.

It can be said that the future is endless!

Don't underestimate Zhengwupin, Jia Zheng is now the fourth person in the Ministry of Industry.

In addition to Shangshu Shilang, Jia Zheng is the largest in the Department of Cleaning Up Officials, and has a certain decision-making power.

That is to say, in the future, Jia Zheng has the right to participate in any civil engineering renovation projects that need repairs in palaces, temples, mansions, government offices, city walls, warehouses, and barracks.

Of course, the weeds in the three halls of the palace are also under the control of Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng entertained the guests enthusiastically and in high spirits.

Shi Mei couldn't bear to hit him.

Within 20 years, Jia Zheng could only repair the walls and plug the holes.

Jia Zheng had only been in office for two months, but his mood declined.

How fun it is to think of his brother's achievements!

What about him?

Go into the palace every day and go around, personally check where there are weeds in the three main halls.

The rest is just drinking tea, chatting and reading newspapers.

There are many memorials from various places requesting dredging of rivers and roads, but they are not under the jurisdiction of Jia Zheng.

Shi Mei had nothing to do that day, so she unpacked several large boxes of toys that Jia Amnesty had brought back.

It turned out to be a Western gilt wall clock and gilt pocket watch.

No wonder Jia Amnesty said it was a toy and didn't unpack it face to face.

Generally speaking, wall clocks and table clocks can only be purchased by families, and cannot be given away, which is a taboo.

In addition, there are little beauties who can sing and little cocks who can crow.

Shi Mei looked it over and asked Jia Zheng to be invited to study the tap water installation in the back mountain.

Jia Zheng felt that the tap water installation could expand production, and called on everyone in Kyoto to install this simple tap water.

Shi Mei poured cold water on him.

Not everyone has mountain springs in their homes that can be imported.

In this era without electricity, it is impossible to study tap water installations.

Shi Mei is studying the chime clock.

It's a pity that the Franc robot is very slippery, and there is only a simple schematic diagram of how to wind it, unlike modern clocks and watches, which have detailed structural diagrams.

For a while, Jia Zheng came to salute and say hello.

"That's it!"

Shi Mei compared the width of the screw with a stepper in her hand, and asked him, "How much silver is a wall clock like this in the world?"

Jia Zheng said: "This brother said that the samples given by Western merchants don't need money."

Shi Mei smiled lightly: "So much nonsense, how much money should I ask?"

Jia Zheng said: "If this chiming bell is a pawn shop, it will cost [-] silver. If it is a new product from Haijiang, it will cost [-] silver."

Shi Mei said again: "How much silver is it worth to replace the gilt outside with real gold and silver?"

Jia Zheng just laughed: "Old lady, that's not the way to calculate it. This chime clock is a Western technology, we don't know it. It's not just about the price of gold and silver. If all these gilts are replaced with pure gold, they won't exceed a hundred taels of silver."

Shi Mei looked at Jia Zheng and said, "This thing is made by humans, isn't it?

How many eyes and hands does the Fran robot have?

How much longer are they than you? "

Jia Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then he was dumbfounded, and pointed to the tip of his nose: "Old lady, you mean me, my son?

I'm a layman here.

Our foundry can cast and forge weights and wheels, even swords, spears, and halberds. This chime clock is a Western thing. According to the Franks, what kind of science is this..."

Shi Mei said: "They can study science and weave clocks, but you can't?

They don't know how to take the imperial examination, and if you pass the imperial examination, you are no worse than them at all.

So, you just need to learn, you need time, and you need faith.

As long as you are as dedicated as you were when you were studying poetry and now studying Shanzi architecture, I believe that within three or two years, the Great Moon Dynasty will definitely have Jia's Watch Shop. "

Jia Zheng was a little dazed, but also a little happy.

What did mother say?

Praise yourself for being smart, you can learn the science of Frank Robot, weaving clocks?

This is the first job of the Great Moon Dynasty, and it will surely go down in history!

Jia Zheng's heart was burning hot: "Mother thinks the son can do it?"

Shi Mei handed the chime bell in the shape of a star to Jia Zheng: "The first step is to disassemble it by yourself. Let's get familiar with it together."

Jia Zheng rubbed his hands at his sides: "Is this chiming clock worth a thousand taels of silver?"

Shi Mei said: "I believe you can make ten, one hundred, one thousand or even ten thousand chiming clocks. For the sake of tens of millions of chiming clocks, it's worth using this clock for tuition!"

Then, Shi Mei replaced the spiral knife with silver hairpins of various colors, and slowly removed the shell.

Shi Mei told Jia Zheng: "Draw first, then disassemble.

Then, install it back according to the drawings, and when it is perfectly installed with your eyes closed, you are considered familiar with him.

At that time, you can go to persuade your master, or study with others in the same way.

Even persuaded His Majesty to ask His Majesty to allow you to develop a Western chime clock! "

Jia Amnesty was stunned: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."