The eldest son of the red mansion

But for some reason, Jia Ke felt an indescribable joy in his heart, and this kind of joy could only be enjoyed silently by himself.Only the Tatars will win and lose and become stronger. Faced with such a great pressure, all the generals in the court are full of wine and food, so the court will use him, and he will have a chance to climb up.

Jia Ke now has some expectations for Arslen Khan, to see if he can unify the grasslands. As long as Arslen Khan wins, he will definitely invade the south. At that time, it will not be as small as it is now, then It's the time for the princes of the court to regret

203 Three Years

After Jia Ke was rejected by the court, he reluctantly started his farming life. On the basis of the past, he redistributed all the troops in Xuanfu Town.

With this distribution, Jia Ke redistributed the troops that the commanders were responsible for.This deprived the commanders of their control over the army in a disguised form, and further strengthened his control over Xuanfu Town on the basis of the previous one.

At the same time, intensive training was once again conducted for the soldiers under each command.This time the training made these soldiers indistinguishable from Jia Ke's direct descendants.

In addition, Tang Kuai's spies began to infiltrate the grassland more easily. Due to the war on the grassland, most of the supplies that the tribes lacked were solved by Tang Kuai's men. These spies You can go deep into the various tribes of the grassland.

Now Jia Ke not only knows the locations of the various tribes on the grassland, but also knows all the water sources on the grassland.These water sources are an important bargaining chip for Jia Ke to go north to the grassland in the future.

Tang Kuai drew an accurate map of the geography of the grassland by relying on the information he obtained.Much of the map extends northward for more than 3000 miles.The most places extend to the north for more than 5000 miles.Now with this map, Jia Ke, he no longer has to worry about getting lost on the grassland.

As for the commanders and civil and military officials in Xuanfu Town, Jia Ke also fulfilled his promise. Now almost all of these people have invested a lot of money into Tang Kuai's business company, and Tang Kuai has not let them down. Individuals will always be divided into several thousand taels of silver.It is much better than the days of drinking the blood of soldiers before, at least now there is no need to worry about it, and the way to get money is open and aboveboard.

The soldiers under Jia Ke's command have also received a lot of benefits over the years.The most important thing is that all the military salaries have been paid on time, unlike before, only [-]% to [-]% of the most received.After the salary is paid in full, this will at least ensure that the family is fed and clothed.

Three years have passed in a flash, and now Jia Ke can be said to be the local tyrant of Xuanfu Town.Not only did he control all the main roads leading to the grassland from Xuanfu Town, but he also relied on these roads to continuously transport various materials to the grassland, making a lot of profits from the two major forces in the grassland.

And it made the war on the grassland even more cruel, making the original weapons insufficient, and even because of the lack of iron, bows and arrows can only use bone arrowheads.But what Jia Ke got was money and slaves, which further expanded the Manchu Eight Banners. The current population of the Manchu Eight Banners is more than [-], which can completely compete with the two major forces on the grassland.

But in the capital Zhongrongguo Mansion seems to be moving forward in an orderly manner according to the script that has been programmed.First, Jia Yuanchun was sent by Mrs. Wang to draft girls, but this time it was different from the one in the novel.She was not sent as the daughter of a fifth-rank official, she was sent as the younger sister of Jia Ke, Marquis of Wuyang, Jiedushi of Xuanfu Town.

This is her identity, and Shuoran is a lot more noble, so she didn't slowly climb up as an ordinary maid in the palace like in the novel.Instead, he directly gave the third prince as a side concubine, which made the Jia family re-emerge in the capital.

Because there are three princes inside and Jia Ke outside, although Jia Zheng, the head of the Jia family, is only a fifth-rank Yuanwailang, he has some right to speak in the capital, and many dignitaries in the capital want to give him some face. .

Because Jia Zheng's power has been improved, some foreign officials have started to give him ice and carbon tributes. Although they are all insignificant officials and the number is not large, this is enough to make Jia Zheng excited. that's it.After all, Jia Zheng has not received such attention for so many years.

If there is anything unsatisfactory, it is that Jia Zhu is still unsatisfactory in the examination room. He failed the provincial examination again, and this time he was still carried out. Worse.

Now Jia Zheng felt a little disappointed in Jia Zhu. He originally thought that his two sons, one literary and one military, would support each other in the end.Wherever they go, the other one can help.But now Jia Zhu's performance made him focus on Jia Ke alone.Because the current status of the two sons is really far apart.

Seeing this situation, Mrs. Wang was helpless, and believed in what the old doctor said back then, so she made a fuss about marrying Jia Zhu a daughter-in-law, hoping to pass on the family line to Jia Zhu.In the end, she chose Li Wan, the daughter of Li Shouzhong, the daughter of Li Shouzhong, who offered sacrifices to the Imperial Academy.This matter was finally found out by Jia Zheng, who not only did not object, but supported it very much.

Because Jia Zheng has always attached great importance to literati, when Jia Ke got married, he wanted to betroth the daughter of Guozijian Jijiu to his son Jia Zhu.But after a long time, it was delayed, and now Mrs. Wang's candidate is the same person as he was back then.This made Jia Zheng feel that Mrs. Wang and him had a kind of spiritual connection on this point.

Moreover, in Jia Zheng's view, being able to become in-laws with Li Shouzhong, the Imperial College Jijiu, is something to show off.What's more, Li Shouzhong's disciples are all over the world. If he becomes his son-in-law, he will be taken care of in his official career in the future.In the future, it will be Jia Zhu who will not be able to pass the imperial examinations. With him as an old father-in-law, his official career will not be too difficult. After all, many scholars will not make things difficult for him because they have studied under his old father-in-law for a period of time.

So the marriage is about to be settled, but if they want to get married, they have to wait for Jia Ke to come back.After all, in a feudal society, young and old were orderly.Although Jia Zhu is the legitimate son, Jia Ke's status is different now, so the Rongguo Mansion decided to wait for Jia Ke to come back and get married before marrying Jia Zhu.

Next, Rongguo Mansion now has another little life born.Aunt Zhao added a daughter to Jia Zheng, and Jia Zheng named her Jia Tanchun, in response to the previous names of Yuanchun and Yingchun.

And Jia Baoyu, the protagonist of the Red Chamber, is now a living treasure in Rongguo Mansion.Jia's mother has spoiled her to the sky, and Jia Yuanchun, who has become the third prince's side concubine, also takes care of her from time to time.Therefore, he is completely immersed in the world of mortals and cannot extricate himself.

But the biggest change happened on the grassland. Arslen Khan is worthy of being a hero. He relied on the old Khan's many years of business in the Western Regions, and he was not lacking in various materials. After three years of war, he unexpectedly He has gradually flattened the various tribes on the grassland, and now he has completely unified the grassland. There are now no less than 50 people under his command. It expanded westward for two or three thousand miles.

Now, to put it in a depressing way, the empire under Arslen Khan has become the overlord across Europe and Asia.The only one who can compete with him today is the Central Plains Dynasty.But Arslen Khan has a fatal weakness, that is, the total population of the Tatars under his command is only 600 million. With such a small population controlling such a large empire, it will collapse sooner or later.As long as he goes through a big defeat, other nations will rise up and resist.That's when his empire crumbled.

Now that the princes in the court got the news, they all regretted it.In particular, the emperor threw a brush on the hall, and yelled at the three university students who went to the study regardless of his image.And the three universities did not dare to refute under the curse of the emperor because of their poor calculation this time, which made the Central Plains have an extra enemy.

But regret was useless, and the emperor could only issue an edict to the nine sides to strictly guard everywhere, and not to give the Tatars an opportunity.

However, Jia Ke believed that it was useless now. Arslen Khan would definitely invade the south on a large scale this year, and this time was the real test for the court.

At the same time, it was also a good time for Jia Ke to get promoted and make a fortune. The current Jia Ke and Bu Buyu first came to Xuanfu Town. At this time, he was strong and strong, and he already had the ability to fight the Tatars to the death.What he is waiting for now is an opportunity, an opportunity for him to soar into the sky.

And this opportunity came soon. Tang Kuai got the news from the grassland that Arslen Khan had recruited cavalry from various ministries on the grassland this summer, and now a steady stream of cavalry had gathered north of Gubeikou, and their movements were unknown.

After Jia Ke got the news, she looked at the map and understood what Arslen Khan was up to.This is because Arslen Khan was afraid of Jia Ke's power in Xuanfu Town and the 10,000+ cavalry of the Manchu Eight Banners.Therefore, to avoid reality, it is necessary to enter the customs through Gubeikou, then go straight to Miyun, and finally go straight to the capital.Even if you can't conquer the capital, you can still plunder around the bustling capital.

But Jia Ke who got the news did not report it, and it was difficult for him to explain the source of his news.The second is to go out at a critical moment to gain greater military merit.

The autumn of this year is coming soon, and Xuanfu Town is still extremely peaceful, and the peaceful life has become everyone's habit in the past few years.Since Jia Ke served as Jiedushi, the Tatars never dared to invade southward in the direction of Xuanfu Town.Unlike other places on the Nine Sides, although there is no large-scale attack, the small-scale harassment has never stopped.

The 20-year-old Jia Ke has now fully adapted to her high-ranking life.And the three maids in his room have now become his aunts. Jia Ke now likes the ancient system very much. It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines.

However, before the three of them became concubines, Jia Ke secretly found Lan Xiang, and after that, Lan Xiang prepared soup for herself and the other two new concubines.Whenever Jia Ke rests in their room, the next day the kitchen will definitely bring a bowl of Bizi soup. Both Chun Cao and Qiao Lian know the rules, so they have no complaints about this, just thinking that Jia Ke will get married early , so that they can have their own heirs.

The reason why Jia Ke adopted this method was because although he was the eldest son of a concubine, he didn't want to have an eldest son of a concubine, because he was dealing with a different situation from the Rongguo Mansion.At that time, he was able to become the eldest son, firstly because Jia Mu had some affection for Aunt Zhou, and secondly because the most important thing in the Rongguo Mansion - the title, was on the side of the big house.Therefore, there is not much threat to the future son-in-law, which is why Jia Ke was born.

And Jia Ke is now the Marquis of Wuyang, and this title will definitely be inherited by his son in the future.If there is a concubine's eldest son, it is inevitable that there will be disasters for Xiao Qiang in the future.And Jia Ke also arranged a way out for the other children, which is to go to the Manchu Eight Banners to become the banner masters. If they are promising in the future, they might be able to dominate one side.

Chapter 204 Schedule

Just when Jia Ke was living her little life leisurely like this.Two hundred miles to the north of Gubeikou on the grassland, flags and flags gathered, and people shouted and neighed. This place has become a sea of ​​people and horses.

Countless people and horses on the grassland gathered here.All kinds of materials piled up like a mountain. In addition to the cavalry on the grassland, there were also some soldiers from the Western Regions who served as servants this time, carrying materials for the Tatars and doing some logistical things.

Arslen Khan has assembled 20 troops here. Although Arslen Khan has become a little arrogant now, he is still a little witty, knowing that he is still unable to pose an essential threat to the Southern Dynasty.

So this time he went south, his goal was to plunder.He wants to take a good walk around the most prosperous place near the capital of the Southern Dynasties, and bring all the wealth here back to the grassland.

At the same time, it also deterred the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, letting him know that he was a big sweat, and from now on he could only obediently offer wealth and beauties.Otherwise, he will destroy his country.

If the emperor of the Southern Dynasties could compromise and send a lot of wealth and beauties every year, he would save himself and lead his troops south every year, not only losing a lot of food and supplies, but also losing some of the warriors who went south.

Arslen Khan gathered his men and horses, and when he was about to go south, the only pass in front of him was Gubeikou.In the past, the Tatars led troops to attack Gubeikou, but failed every time.

Gubeikou is located in the middle of Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan, with steep mountains and dangerous roads. It is only two hundred miles away from the capital. It has been the key to the capital since ancient times.It has been known as Xiongxian since ancient times, and it is known as "the land strangles the throat and turns to the desert, and the sky keeps the lock and key to rest on the majestic pass".Such a majestic pass is naturally well-guarded and heavily hoarded.

Arslen Khan's current problem is how to break through this great pass with the least cost.

Since ancient times, to break through the strong pass, there are several ways, either to attack the city with ants, or to use tricks to attack, or to cooperate with the inside and outside.

Arslen Khan thought through all these methods, and finally decided to make a sneak attack first. If it didn't work, he could only attack by force. As for the military fortress where the Tatars joined forces inside and outside at Gubeikou, they didn't have the ability to deploy people.There are no ordinary residents living in a military fortress like this.The fortress is full of elite soldiers of the Southern Dynasty and their relatives, and the Tatar spies cannot penetrate here at all.

As soon as Arslen Khan made up his mind, he immediately sent someone to look for Bateer, one of the four horses.

Since Battelle was defeated by Jia Ke in Kaiping Town last time, he was left out by Arslen Khan for a while after returning to the grassland, but after all, Arslen Khan was employing people, so he quickly let Battelle come back.

After his comeback, in order to regain the trust of Arslen Khan, in the war with the tribal alliance, Battelle must go first in every battle, and by virtue of his personal bravery, he saved the situation several times in dangerous situations.The prairie tribes who were killed were terrified when they heard the news, and even broke through the enemy's tens of thousands of formations with 2000 people several times.

Arslen Khan was impressed by his performance, so Battelle quickly regained the trust of Arslen Khan. This time, he was always at the forefront of the team as a vanguard officer in the southern invasion.

When Bateer heard the summons from the Great Khan, he did not dare to neglect him, so he walked quickly to the outside of Arslen Khan's big tent in three steps at a time.

Soon the personal soldiers came out to invite Battelle in, Battelle entered the big tent, and saw Arslen Khan thinking beside the map.

Bateer clasped his fists and saluted: "Khan, Bateer was ordered to come here, I don't know what admonition the Khan has?"

Arslen Khan seemed to know that Battelle came in at this time, raised his head from the map, turned to him and said, "Battelle, you are here, my sharpest sword, this time I am going to Gubeikou, I am afraid you will have to go there yourself .”

Battelle immediately said: "The big sweat has an order, and Battelle will not hesitate to die."