After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

Shi Nai's complexion suddenly darkened, and he said with cold eyes: "Cousin Zheng's wine, Shi Mouxiao can't stand it!"

Jia Zheng was dumbfounded, and then became angry: "Cousin Nai, what do you mean?"

In Jia Zheng's view, as a scholar, he was willing to let go of his dignity and take the initiative to invite a martial artist like Shi Nai. Even if Shi Nai didn't feel flattered, he should be willing to go with him.

It's really insulting to speak so badly at each other!

Jia Amnesty next to him was already holding back his laughter until his stomach ached.

He secretly pinched his thigh, managed to stabilize his majesty as the eldest brother, and reprimanded him with a straight face: "Second brother, what are you talking about? Uncle has only been here for less than a year, you I'm going to take my cousin to drink. Have you read enough of your sage books?"

Jia Zheng's face immediately became a color palette, sometimes blue and sometimes white.

He is a person who values ​​his "student" skin the most, and now that Jia She has torn it apart in public, he is so angry that he wants to sew up Jia She's broken mouth.

But it is true that he was negligent in this matter first, and Jia She did not miss a single word in scolding him.He chattered for a while, and habitually pushed the responsibility out, "Cousin Nai, since you are still in the filial piety period, how can you go out to visit? How can you let uncle's spirit in heaven rest in peace?"

Behind the screen, Mrs. Yan gave Mrs. Wang a hard look, wishing she could rush out and tear Jia Zheng's mouth open.

—When they want to come?

Mrs. Wang had a bodhisattva face and a magnanimous attitude that made Mrs. Xing sneer, making Yan even more annoyed.

Outside, Shi Nai laughed, and said leisurely: "Cousin Zheng, you shouldn't ask me, you should ask my aunt."

It was only then that Jia Zheng remembered that the reason why Shi Nai was here today was because his mother had agreed yesterday to invite him to come over, treat him well, and let him use his power to transfer himself to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Jia Zheng always felt that his talent was buried in the Ministry of Industry.

What kind of errand does the Ministry of Industry do?

Building water conservancy, supervising the construction of palaces, forging weapons...

This is the work of artisans.He has been familiar with sage books since he was a child, how can he be with a group of craftsmen?

But the household department is different.

Among the six ministries, apart from the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households is the most respected, in charge of the world's money and food.Jia Zheng was very jealous of Shi Nai's ability to parachute into the household department as a servant, and secretly complained that the sage didn't know people well.

——Why did you call a warrior to take up this important position?

This time, if his mother hadn't insisted, he would not have asked Shi Nai.

To say that Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang are worthy of being husband and wife, the two of them are not very good at concealing their emotions.

Seeing Jia Zheng's envious face, Shi Nai also put on a look of contempt, and felt very funny in his heart.He didn't speak, it was up to Jia Zheng to speak.

Jia Zheng was worthy of being Jia Zheng. He turned around and blamed Mrs. Wang: "You stupid woman Wang! The old lady is old and has a bad memory. Why didn't she remind her?"

Mother Jia's embarrassment quickly eased, and she thought to herself: Sure enough, Zheng'er is still filial.

Mrs. Wang behind the screen tightened the handkerchief in her hand for a moment, her face twisted for a moment.

——No matter how many times she heard Jia Zheng put the blame on herself, Mrs. Wang still couldn't get used to it.Why did she, the daughter of the dignified County Bo's family, marry such a useless Dim Sum?

Mrs. Xing gloated at her and pursed her lips into a smile. Even Mrs. Yan couldn't help but sympathize with Mrs. Wang for having such an irresponsible husband.

But at this time, Mother Jia was pretending to be a good person, "Okay, Zheng'er. Your daughter-in-law is in charge of everything in the family, and sometimes you can't remember it for a while."

Mrs. Wang's lungs were about to explode.

Here, the mother and son laughed at themselves, and when it was over, Mother Jia said to Shi Nai with a loving face: "Zheng'er has a good Xinyang Maojian. You brothers have not seen each other for a long time. It would be good to make tea together." .”

Shi Nai had a weird smile on his face: Tsk tsk, why didn't he realize in his last life that his aunt can talk to herself so much?

He glanced at Jia She, and Jia She said with a smile: "In that case, cousin, let's go to the second's study."

——He was sure that with Jia Zheng's disdain for warriors and his self-esteem, if the old lady didn't show up and let him and Shi Nai ask for help, it would be suffocating him. He couldn't say it either.

Sure enough, Shi Nai also drank a pot of tea. Seeing that it was getting late, but he still couldn't hear from Jia Zheng.

He was a little impatient, so he simply asked directly: "Cousin Zheng, I don't know if my aunt called me, what is your order?"

"Ah? This..." Jia Zheng almost subconsciously turned his head to look at Jia She, hoping that Jia She would be more sensible and tell it for him.

However, he didn't even think about it, when did Jia She get used to him?

Jia Amnesty turned his head and admired the antiques on the Duobao Pavilion, as if he didn't see Jia Zheng's eyes.

Jia Zheng laughed dryly, and the words lingered in his throat, but what he said was: "It's nothing, it's just that the old lady misses her cousin."

"Oh." Shi Nai nodded lightly, "Well, I've seen it now, and it's getting late, and I have something to do at home, so I'll take my leave first." Then he stood up and greeted the two brothers. People made a salute.

"Cousin Nai, go slowly." Jia Amnesty returned the gift with full of schadenfreude.

"Cousin..." Jia Zheng called out, but seeing Shang Shi Nai's suspicious gaze, he hesitated for a while, but couldn't say a word, "Cousin, go slowly, I'll see you off."

"Then... please trouble Cousin Zheng." Shi Nai smiled meaningfully and cupped his hands again.

As soon as he left the Rongguo Mansion, Yan's face darkened, and he said to Shi Nai: "In the past, I only heard that the Second Master Zheng is a decent gentleman, and the First Master She is an old dude. It's better to be famous than to meet, and to meet is worse than to be famous. When I saw him today, I realized that the Second Political Master might as well pardon the First Master."

Shi Nai was as expected, and said to Yan Shi: "Get in the car first, we'll talk about it when we get home."

He felt that Jia's mother must understand Jia Zheng's virtues.I didn't get any answer from Jia Zheng, but the Yan family must have known it from Jia Mu.

Sure enough, when she got home and asked, Yan curled her lips, "What else can I do? I think the second master of politics has lost his talent by staying in the Ministry of Industry. I want you to use your relationship, Lord Hou, to transfer him to the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Shi Nai said: "I just entered the court, where did I get the relationship?"

The contacts accumulated by their historians' ancestors are all in the army. If Jia Zheng wants to join the army, he can still use his strength.However, the Jia family also has contacts in the army, so how can they be used?

"The concubine also said the same thing." Yan Shi said, "Now the third master is not in Beijing, and Hou Ye is walking on thin ice alone in the court, without even a helper, so how can he have the energy to worry about others?"

"If this is the case, don't worry about it."

The reason why Shi Nai made this trip was because he was afraid that Mother Jia would know the real cause of his elder brother's death.

Although the historian is dead, there is no proof of death.However, if Jia's mother knew that he didn't die of illness, but fell to his death accidentally while drinking in a filial piety, and threatened Shi Nai with this, Shi Nai would really have to be scrupulous.

Because, there is another witness in this world—Jia Zhen.

Since this is not the case, then Shi Nai has nothing to be afraid of.

******

This year, the historian lived a very low-key life. Shi Nai didn't even go to the palace banquet, but the family set up two tables in the warm pavilion to get together.

After the new year was over, Shi Nai received an errand: supervising the production of cement.

It stands to reason that this is a matter for the Ministry of Industry.But who let Shi Nai submit the cement formula?Let him supervise, even the heavenly officials of the Ministry of Industry have no objection.

After all, who can understand the essence of cement making better than the person who presented this recipe?

What's more, cement is no better than soap, just add some lard, and then some plant ash.In the initial stage of cement production, there must be a lot of investment.

Among other things, just building the site and blowing up mountains to extract rocks requires a lot of investment.As the servant of the household department, Shi Nai is more convenient in terms of funds.

Since the minister of the Ministry of Industry has no opinion, it is even more impossible for Shi Nai to have one.

Therefore, Shi Nai, as the servant of the household department, led Yan Jin, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, several Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Industry, and a few people who he had used in the household department during this period of time, and went out of the capital together. The site suitable for cement production has gone.

Yan Jin, the left servant of the household department, was the uncle of Shi Nai's wife, Yan Shi.The reason why the Minister of the Ministry of Industry sent Yan Jin over was because the two had such a relationship, which would save a lot of quarrels.

Yan Jin has always been optimistic about Shi Nai, his nephew.

However, he had always thought that Shi Nai would develop into the army, but he did not expect that by chance, Shi Nai would become a civil servant, and his starting point was still so high.

His elder brother has sighed to him in private more than once: "This son-in-law, I didn't choose the wrong one."

Although Yan Jin was born as a second-class Jinshi, he didn't have the slightest pedantic spirit.On the contrary, he is not only sleek and sophisticated, but also has a kind of wild and uninhibited style of Wei and Jin literati.

Regarding being sent out as an assistant this time to help his nephew and son-in-law, he did not put on the airs of an elder at all. The two parties would only grab each other's gifts when they met each other. Yan Jin said directly: "You are better than me when it comes to making cement. Whatever you do, just tell me, and I will listen to you."

Shi Nai naturally accepted his affection and reciprocated, "Then thank you uncle. However, in terms of the use of gunpowder, my nephew is not as far away as my uncle, and I still need more guidance from my uncle."

Both of them have given each other enough face, and they are good relatives with each other. Naturally, hello, me, hello, everyone.

Yan Jin was the most promising member of your Yan family, but unfortunately died young, in his early fifties, he died of bloating.

Shi Nai remembered that the reason why he got such a disease was because he liked to remove raw fish stew, and a lot of worms accumulated in his stomach, and he died of pain in the end.

After Yan Jin's death, the Yan family quickly declined.Then, Ma's natal family was implicated by the third prince, so she dared not show her head.This made Shi Jia brothers hardly have any help in the court in the previous life.

Shi Nai thought to himself: no matter what in this life, he must find a way to prevent Yan Jin from dying early.

Because the Ma family was almost doomed to decline following the bad deeds of the third prince.If the Yan family is silent again, this time, their brothers are at the top of the court, and they may still be the same as in the previous life.

No, maybe it will be better.

After all, on Jia Jing's side, he also has plans.

But to help this kind of thing, naturally, the more the better.