The Red Mansions

Chapter 785 Jia Heng: You can't say, your cousin is already with me, right?

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Carlos rode a fast horse back to Haojing, and told the Australian Governor Boo Gallo the whole process of seeing Jia Heng. The anger on his face was still there, and he said angrily: "Sir, the Han people are too hateful."

Bugaloo's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Disband the army and pay back the rent. What exactly does this Earl of Han want to do?"

Is it really ignoring their hard work and force in Haojing these years?

However, behind Haojing is the Kingdom of Han. If there is a real fight, even if it wins for a while, it will anger the Kingdom of Han.

Carlos's eyes were stern, and he said in a low voice: "Sir, that earl is young and has a very arrogant attitude, and he is full of confidence in their Han navy. I think we should teach them a lesson and let them try it." The bitter fruit of failure."

Bugalo's face was as frozen as ice, and he walked slowly to the corridor, pausing slightly, and said: "There is still room for negotiation on this matter, the lease can also be negotiated, and it is not impossible to send officials to manage the mirror affairs, but The army cannot be disbanded."

When the army is disbanded, whether they can stay in Haojing or not depends on what the other party says.

Carlos said: "But the earl's attitude is very firm."

"There is a saying among merchants in the Han Dynasty: Talk all over the sky, pay back the money on the ground, and then send someone over to talk." Bugalo said the idiom in broken Chinese.

Since it is mentioned that the sea trade transaction can be continued, there should be more talk about this matter.

After a moment of silence, he ordered: "Go and call Mr. Li over."

Carlos said yes, bowed respectfully to Bujialu, and then went to call Mr. Li, the Han Chinese staff member of the Governor's Mansion.

At this time, Mrs. Haili and Nona came quickly from the outside. Haili's face was full of worry, and she asked with concern: "What's the matter, frowning so much?"

Bujialu was frowning, but when he heard this, he relaxed his brows, and said in a deep voice, "Han wants to disarm us and further expel us."

Only in the face of his own wife, did the governor of Australia show the pressure on the giant man, a huge man.

Haili raised her slender eyebrows when she heard this, and said in surprise, "My God, we have lived here for more than ten years, how can Han Guo do this?"

Nuona raised her snowy face, eyes that looked like aquamarine were surprised, and asked, "Daddy, is there a war going to war?"

Bujialu nodded, and said softly: "They said they would disarm and return the tax money. I will write to the king later, but I can't get a reply even in an emergency."

Haili looked worried, and said softly: "Can't talk to Han Guo? What conditions do they have, can we talk?"

Now there are many Portuguese people in Haojing, but most of them are Chinese and pirates.

Bujialu said in a low voice: "The earl of the Han Kingdom seems to want something from me. This matter can be discussed, but I'm not sure what the Han Kingdom's real request is, their bottom line."

After all, I have also dealt with the Chinese in Haojing a lot, and I know the requirements of business negotiations.

While speaking, Carlos, the chief guard, entered the hall and said softly, "Sir, Mr. Li is here."

Bujialu whispered to his wife Haili: "You take Nona back to the room first."

Haili nodded, responded softly, took Nona's hand and returned to the wing.

Not long after, an old man in a long gown and brocade robe came to the hall under the guidance of the guard Carlos. The old man was tall, with a thin face and piercing eyes.

"Mr. Li, you are here." Bujialu greeted warmly, and invited Mr. Li to sit down in the living room beside him.

Mr. Li smiled and said, "Your Excellency, but that Uncle Yongning made a condition."

Bujialu nodded, crossed Erlang's legs, clasped his hands on his knees, and said: "The Earl of Han has a tough attitude. When he arrived in Guangzhou, he began to inspect the navy. It seems that he wants to attack Haojing by force. Mr. Li thinks whether there is a war? risks of?"

The smile on Mr. Li's face faded, his eyes were blank for a moment, he thought for a while, and said: "There are 4 soldiers in the Guangdong Navy, and [-] troops in the Guangdong Metropolitan Army. If these people attack Haojing with all their strength, we will win the battle." , and suffered heavy casualties, and Han was able to mobilize heavy troops from other places.”

Bujialu nodded, looked at Mr. Li with shining eyes, and waited for his words.

Mr. Li twirled his beard under his chin, pondered and said: "In my opinion, since Uncle Yongning sent someone to secretly learn the skill of firecrackers and mentioned the renewal of the lease, there is still room for negotiation."

After hearing the words, Bujialu thought for a while, and said: "What Mr. Li said is that this matter still needs to be discussed, but the disbandment of the army is extremely difficult for us to accept."

Mr. Li smiled and said softly: "We can still talk about these things. Besides, if we don't call them the army, then the servants, servants and even the sailors of the ships will hold weapons to protect the ships from being robbed by pirates. Things are actually easier to talk about.”

When Bujialu heard the words, his heart suddenly brightened, and he asked: "Han Guo also mentioned the rent arrears, which is as high as one million taels of silver, and proposed that the firecrackers can be exchanged for cannons and firearms."

This is also what makes Bujialu hesitate. If Han has the intention of attacking by force, the goodwill released now is still room for negotiation.

Mr. Li pondered: "Your Majesty doesn't know something. This Uncle Yongning is an important military minister of the big man. What he thinks in his heart is not a small mirror. He should still come for the ship gun."

In fact, in history, the Ming Dynasty in parallel time and space introduced a large number of Portuguese firearms. For example, the Fran cannon was an imitation of the Ming court.

Bujialu said worriedly: "But if we sell the ship cannons to Han, what will they do with the cannons against us?"

Mr. Li said: "This matter cannot be avoided. If the Sir does not agree to Han's conditions, Han will still choose to go to war. At that time, these Sirs still have to consider the safety of the overseas Chinese on the island."

Bujialu fell silent for a moment.

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In the wing room of the post house, a lamp was like a bean, and the orange candlelight projected a tall figure on the casement.

Sitting behind the desk, Jia Heng flipped through the information books about the Guangdong Navy, evaluating the odds of winning the battle with Haojing Hongyi.

At this moment, only a light voice came from under the eaves: "Is Big Brother Heng in the house?"

Jia Heng put down the book, followed the sound to look at the girl leaning on the door, smiled and said: "Sister Baoqin, it's so late, why don't you go to sleep?"

The girl in a fiery red dress had a dimpled smile on her white and snowy face: "Did Brother Heng not fall asleep?"

As she said that, she entered the study room, the girl looked at the boy in the python suit, and said softly, "Did you disturb Big Brother Heng?"

Jia Heng smiled and said, "No interruption, sit down."

As he spoke, he picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea, and handed it over: "Just now I saw that you did not eat less meat dishes, suppressing the greasy gas in your mouth."

He suspected that Baoqin had a small belly, and this little fat girl ate a lot of the food that Xiaoxiao cooked just now.

Baoqin's pink and snowy cheeks flushed slightly, she lowered her eyes, took the teacup, and said, "Sister Xiao's cooking is so delicious, I haven't eaten such delicious hometown food in Shanghai for a long time."

After taking a sip of tea, he asked, "Brother Heng, the letter from Jinling this spring said that my cousin and aunt went to Beijing, how are they doing in Beijing?"

"Very good." Jia Heng said with a smile.

Bao Qin asked with concern: "Brother Heng, at the beginning, Brother Wen Long seemed to have suffered a life-threatening lawsuit, and I don't know how it was resolved."

Jia Heng said softly: "Wenlong is now being imprisoned in Wucheng Bingma Division, but his life is not in danger. He should be released after two years."

Baoqin: "..."

The girl put down the teacup in her hand, her eyebrows frowned, and she asked, "Jinling said that the governor over there is a student of the Jia family, didn't you understand the case?"

Jia Heng sighed: "Wen Long is a life-threatening lawsuit, and human life is a matter of fate. Even if it is peaceful for a while, there is a possibility that someone will find out and make a fuss in the future. I thought of a way to expose him first. Son, help him eliminate future troubles."

After all, Baoqin wants to know about this matter when he arrives in Beijing, so it is better for him to speak frankly.

Xue Baoqin's face was as white as pear pears, she was surprised, her mouth was slightly opened, she was almost dumbfounded.

Be the first to reveal...

Jia Heng looked quietly at the slightly parted pink lips. Under the light, the girl with sparkling white teeth said softly: "At that time, I mentioned Wucheng soldiers and horses, and Wenlong was in prison. After staying here for three years, the lawsuit will be settled, and he may be fat now."

Saying that, looking at Xue Baoqin, who is slightly fat, the girl's appearance, facial features, and even the charm are actually a bit like Baochai, but compared with Baochai's pear and snow skin, it seems to be whiter and greasy like snow, and her pink face Well, if you pinch it, water might come out?
Of course, compared to Baochai's sober and shrewd appearance, Baoqin is obviously much more charming and innocent.

At the beginning, he left the impression of a tiger girl, but there are times when he calms down, but he is not timid and has a cheerful and lively temperament.

Xue Baoqin thought for a while, under the two curved emerald-feathered eyebrows, her almond eyes gleamed like clusters of candles dancing, and said pleasantly: "Brother Heng is right, this way people won't make a fuss about it. "

Jia Heng smiled, looked at the snow-skinned girl in the red dress, and said: "You have been walking around with your uncle all these years, and you have gained a lot of knowledge. Just now, I saw that the barbarian language sounded very similar."

Bao Qin's snow-greasy and jade-skinned cheeks were slightly flushed, under the light, they looked like red apples, she was a little embarrassed, and said in a waxy voice, "I made Brother Heng laugh."

As he was speaking, he suddenly remembered something, stared at Jia Heng, and asked: "Brother Heng, how is my cousin in Beijing? I heard from my father that there was a small election in Beijing, but later I heard that something went wrong."

Jia Heng said softly: "Yes, I was not selected."

You can't say, your cousin is already with me, right?

Bao Qin didn't expect Jia Heng to speak so directly, why did Brother Heng still have a bit of a joke when he heard that his cousin was not selected?Well, probably not.

The girl squeezed the handkerchief, staring at the dewy almond eyes, and said in a soft and charming voice, "Brother Heng, what's going on?"

Jia Heng explained: "It's not a big deal, but the Ministry of Rites is talking about your cousin's background. When you get to Beijing, you can ask your cousin. We have a lot of sisters in Beijing. You Playing around together can be more lively, you are no longer young, and it is not good to always live and sleep with your father."

I don't know if Baoqin has made an appointment with Mei Hanlin's son.

Baoqin nodded, her eyes sparkling, she said softly: "Daddy also said the same thing a few days ago, and he even said to set it up for me..."

As the girl spoke, she suddenly lost consciousness, and quickly changed her words: "Let me go back to Beijing."

"Bao Qin, how old are you this year?" Jia Heng asked curiously as he looked at the girl with fair skin and a plump figure with calm eyes.

Baoqin Shaoyan paused slightly, pursed her pink lips, and said a little embarrassedly: "Brother Heng...I am thirteen this year, and I am fourteen."

Well done, Brother Heng asked her what she was doing?
Jia Heng nodded, and couldn't help but look at Feng Ying under her neck, and said softly: "Looking tall, she looks like a little adult."

Just graduated from elementary school for a year, junior high school student, right?After staying in a tropical place like the Southeast Asian countries for a long time, there may be some anxiety.

For some reason, Baoqin felt a little ashamed to be sized up by the young man's warm gaze, and said softly, "Brother Heng, it's getting late, why don't I go back first, Brother Heng, you should go to bed earlier."

"Go, go to bed early and get up early." Jia Heng watched Bao Qin get up and leave, and sat behind the desk again, flipping through the books.

The next day, early in the morning, when the sky was bright, Jia Heng finished his breakfast and ordered the guards of the Jinyi Mansion to prepare various books about the Guangdong Navy, sort them out and put them in several wooden boxes.

Xue Baoqin took Jia Heng's arm, raised her white and greasy face, and said softly: "Brother Heng, take me with you?"

Jia Heng said softly: "Sister Baoqin, I'm going to the military camp. I'll come back at noon and ask your sister Xiao to cook something delicious for you."

Last night, Xiaoxiao and Baoqin lived in the same room, and Baoqin also knew Xiaoxiao's cooking skills yesterday, and she was full of praise.

Xue Baoqin turned her pretty face to look at Chen Xiao, and said with a light smile, "Sister Xiao, I still want to eat that crystal elbow and that braised lion's head."

Chen Ling looked at the girl who looked like a porcelain doll, with a little smile on her face and eyes, and said, "I'll make it for you when I get back."

Immediately, the crystal clear eyes under the beautiful eyebrows turned to Jia Heng, and asked curiously: "How are you going to recover the Yuehai Navy?"

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then said: "Use profit to lure them, use power to suppress them, let these people help solve the Haojing problem first."

If there is a war, the Guangdong Navy will need to work hard. Before that, it is very important to gather the morale of the army, otherwise it will be a big problem if these people fail.

Chen Ling thought for a while, but she couldn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in Jia Heng's gourd, so she said in a low voice, "Then I'll go there with you."

Jia Heng took a deep look at Chen Xiao, but didn't say much.

While talking, he and Chen Xiao, accompanied by a group of Jinyi Tiqi, went to the Guangdong Navy Camp.

The Guangdong Marine Naval Camp is a regional layout of water village-barracks-shipyard.

Wu Tao has already led a group of generals to wait in front of the gate of the barracks. From a distance, he saw the young man in the python suit coming from the guards of Jinyi Mansion like stars arching the moon. He walked quickly, cupped his hands and said: "Go down The officials have seen Uncle Yongning, and all the generals and schools of the Guangdong Navy are here to obey orders."

Earlier, Wu Tao was taken aback by Jia Heng's mention of summoning the generals. He thought that the war would start immediately, but the military order was hard to disobey, so he still summoned a group of navy generals.

The 5000-strong Guangdong Marine Division actually has land, water, and horse troops for defense purposes. However, there are only [-] people at the moment, and they are divided into seven battalions, led by seven battalion commanders.

The commander of the battalion and guards mainly cooperates with the Guangdong government guards to patrol the coastal defense.

Jia Heng nodded towards Wu Tao, without saying much, led a group of guards from the Jinyi Mansion into the Chinese army barracks.

Not long after, a dark crowd entered the Chinese army barracks, most of them looked at the boy curiously.

Jia Heng looked at the naval generals present and said: "Generals, I have requested the imperial court to re-establish the Department of Maritime and Ship Lifting, open the sea for business, and at the same time take out a part of the tax money every year to give to the Guangdong Navy. Payment of salaries, purchase of warships, Guangdong Navy sent boats to inspect and arrest smuggling ships that did not pay taxes according to regulations, what do you generals think?"

Yesterday, he was thinking about how to quickly solve the problem of the Guangdong Navy. After discussing with Liu Xiaoyuan, he basically decided to open the sea for business, reset the currency customs, and form a stable customs policy in Guangdong. General of the Guangdong Navy.

Sure enough, as soon as this remark came out, the generals below all had expressions of surprise on their faces, and began to discuss in private.

With surprise on his face, Wu Tao said first, "Uncle Yongning, opening up the sea for business, this is a major matter involving the imperial court's national policy."

Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "The imperial court originally decided to reopen the sea trade these years, with the intention of clarifying the chaotic government orders of the Longzhi Dynasty. reply."

Anyway, the sea ban policy is abolished from time to time, so it will be tried for a period of time now, and it will be a strategy for the Guangdong Navy.

Right now, he really doesn't have the energy to bring Jinyi Mansion Guards to clean up the Yuehai Navy. Of course, after he frees up his hands, it's not too late to settle accounts after autumn.

Sure enough, after the conversation between Jia Heng and Wu Tao, all the navy generals below started discussing happily, and the Chinese barracks was full of voices for a while.

After the navy generals discussed for a while, Jia Heng glanced over the generals and said: "I know that the Yuehai Navy previously had limited money and food in the local vassal treasury in Guangdong, and the central household department was far away, so there were many generals and school Shipping trade is a matter of profit."

This is also the reason why he came to Guangdong Marine Division and was able to see that Guangdong Marine Division can still maintain a certain size of fleet.

They are all doing smuggling work, and the national tax and bank are seriously drained. Of course, if he still doesn't know what is good or bad, it is because he spent a lot of effort to rectify the navy.

The general and school below who were happily discussing the opening of the sea trade suddenly fell silent.

Jia Heng gave Li Shu a wink, and after a while, the Jinyi mansion guard carried the box containing the books into the Chinese army barracks, and under the puzzled eyes of the generals, he said in a deep voice:
"It records the record that in recent years, the Guangdong Marine Division has blackmailed passing ships from top to bottom, and smuggled the school with sea ships to the north."

Jia Heng's face was indifferent, and another big rock fell on the calm lake, which immediately set off huge waves.

Wu Tao looked at the young man in doubt, and wondered, what exactly does this noble young man want to do?Are you really not afraid of stirring up mutiny?
"Uncle Yongning, I'll wait..." The general who was waiting below had a look of surprise on his face, and was about to open his mouth to defend.

Jia Heng said: "As long as the generals serve their lives in future wars, the past smuggling for profit can be regarded as a discord between government orders, and the court can ignore the past. These records and books will be in front of the generals before leaving Guangzhou. face, burn it with a fire."

The law does not go back to the past, and the previous problems can be ignored, but after the opening of the sea, if there is smuggling by official ships and military discipline is lax, then the corresponding generals can still be dealt with.

As soon as these words came out, the face of the general below changed slightly, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

They were worried that this Yongningbo would take the opportunity to reorganize the army.

From the Beijing Camp to the Jiangbei Daying Camp, and then to the Jiangnan Daying Camp, this wave of rectification of the Han army really made Guangdong Hai, thousands of miles away, feel a chilling atmosphere.

Don't talk about mutiny at every turn, this is not the fifth generation who mutiny is like eating and drinking. Mutiny requires a lot of courage, because it is a matter of losing one's head.

Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "But after the sea ban is reopened this time, the generals are not allowed to use sailors to sell goods. As for relatives at home, as long as they pay taxes according to the regulations, they can do sea trade business. In addition, the imperial court will select some sailors It will be assigned to the City Ship Lifting Department to strictly enforce smuggling, while other ship sailors will suppress pirates."

The generals below heard the words, their eyes lightened slightly, and they thought that if the sailor of the boat was selected as the lifting department of the city, wouldn't it be rich and lucrative?
Jia Heng winked at Li Shu and said in a low voice, "Bring these back."

Wu Tao's face paused slightly, and he thought to himself, Bo Yongning really paid a lot of money to fight Hao Jing.

In this way, the entire Guangdong Navy is bound to look forward to this matter. In the past, those high-ranking generals were secretly doing maritime trade business, but now everyone has a share.

Moreover, he also took out the smuggling arrangement in one hand. Although it was burned, who knows if there will be another archive.

This method... It's no wonder that at a young age, he can become a close minister next to the emperor, and he can be named an earl because of his meritorious service!

Jia Heng glanced at Wu Tao, and said in a deep voice: "Nowadays, Hongyi is entrenched in Haojing. If the imperial court wants to reset the banknote pass, it needs to send sailors out from Haikou to maintain the pressure on Haojing. Learn from Xiangshan and prepare for a land attack. If the Guangdong Navy can accomplish this great event, which will benefit the country, the imperial court will reward them generously, and it will not be a problem to add officials to the ranks."

He also has no time and energy to rectify the problems left over from the history of Guangdong Navy's business operations and corruption.

When Wu Tao heard this, his face was excited, his heart moved slightly, and he asked, "Uncle Yongning, is this going to war with Hao Jing?"

Facing Haojing, the Yuehai Navy is not timid to fight. This is the territory of the big Han, and the supply of troops for the Han army is constant.

Jia Heng said: "It's not a war yet, it's just pressure. If Hongyi of Haojing gives a clear answer to the ownership of the land of Haojing, then this war will not start. If Hongyi insists on resisting, then the court will I must pay all the price and take back the mirror!"

As he said that, with a serious face, he said in a deep voice: "General Wu, Hao Jing is a matter of our country's prestige, and there is no room for loss in this battle!"

If there is a mistake, he will sit here, mobilize soldiers from other provinces into Guangdong, and severely rectify the Guangdong Navy.

Wu Tao's heart moved slightly, and he said yes.

Next, Jia Heng assigned a combat mission to the Guangdong Navy General School, which was actually to patrol and surround Haojing, and put pressure on Haojing's Australian governor, Bujialu.

And as time went by, a breath of war that was about to come was gradually transmitted to the city of Guangzhou, and it was also known to Bujialu, the Australian governor in Haojing.

(End of this chapter)