The Young Master of the Jia Family in the Red Chamber

Jia Hu's eyes lit up when he heard the crown prince talking about the restoration of the Star Observation Building. He had a little impression of this matter.A few months ago, Jia Hu discussed with Situ Jing, Su Yi and others about stargazing at night, and they all said that the palace was too bright and it was not suitable for it to be full of pavilions.At that time, Situ Jing said that if the Star Observation Building in the previous dynasty hadn't been in disrepair for a long time, they could go there to observe it, which is much clearer than in the palace.Jia Hu was a little puzzled, so he asked curiously, how come the star observatory left by the previous dynasty has not been repaired after more than 30 years since the founding of the country, and it was used by Qin Tianjian for office work.

Situ Jing explained that although the Star Observation Building was dilapidated, it was not to the point of being unusable. Qin Tianjian just made do to observe the stars there, but the building was seriously damaged, so it was inconvenient for them to go there.Jia Hu asked again, since it was so broken, why didn't it be repaired, it was also considered as the office of the imperial government, and it didn't discriminate against people like this.Situ Jing continued to explain that it was not that he didn't want to repair it, but that it was difficult to repair. When Emperor Tai and Zu were still there, he planned to repair the Star Observation Tower. Unexpectedly, he encountered a problem before the construction started. The materials could not be transported, so it got stuck .

Jia Hu was already a little dumbfounded when he heard this. What does it mean that the materials cannot be transported up? The previous dynasty was able to repair the building. They were just repairing it. It should be less difficult, but it will not be able to start construction for decades. Really unimaginable.Seeing that Jia Hu became more and more confused, Su Yi told him in detail about the situation of the Observatory and the difficulties encountered.It turned out that the Guanxing Building is a mixed wood and stone building. The lower three floors are stone platforms, and the upper four floors are wooden buildings. It is seven stories high in total. It can be said to be the tallest artificial building in the capital.

The Guanxing Building was built in the early days of the former dynasty, and it has been hundreds of years. Since the stone platform itself was built on a high ground, the wooden building was exposed to the wind and sun all year round, and the damage rate was much faster than that of ordinary houses. During this period, it has undergone many repairs.But in the past, when the Star Observation Tower was being repaired, all it needed to do was to repair the upper four floors of wooden buildings. The difficulty was not too great, and it was almost a routine operation of the Ministry of Industry.But at the end of the former dynasty, the stone platform, which had experienced hundreds of years of wind and frost, began to be unable to withstand the scouring of the years, and there was a phenomenon of weathering and collapse. It was a troubled time, and no one cared about it.

After the establishment of the new dynasty, two generations of emperors were determined to restore the Guanxing Tower. Unexpectedly, the Ministry of Industry sent people to investigate, but they said it was difficult to handle.Don’t say anything else, you can’t go out at the first step. The stone platform is not built with ordinary stones, but strip-shaped stone slabs weighing several thousand catties. How to transport these things to the three-story stone platform is difficult. All officials of the Ministry of Industry.Someone said, what kind of problem is this? The stone slab is too heavy to be dragged. If you increase the manpower, you can do it. If you have five, you can add ten, and if you can add ten, you can add more. .

This sounds reasonable at first glance, but the problem is that the wooden building on the stone platform still exists, and the surrounding vacant space, except for the part that collapsed and cannot be approached, is good enough for three or five people to stand in the remaining space. Do we want to push down the wooden building? It was repaired again, but the Star Observation Building was not broken to this point, so the project was delayed.The people from the Ministry of Industry repaired the wooden building, and the damage to the stone platform was ignored for the time being. The people from Qin Tianjian moved in aggrievedly, and it has been to this day.After listening to Su Yi's explanation, Jia Hu only said one thing, that is, he might have a solution for this matter.

Situ Jing suddenly became interested and asked Jia Hu what to do.He had already discovered that Jia Hu's writing was not as good as Su Yi's, and his writing was not as concise as Su Yi's, but he was a bit of a researcher on top of miscellaneous studies.Jia Hu drew a drawing of a pulley block from memory, but Situ Jing couldn't understand it, and didn't want to hear Jia Hu's explanation, so he called two people from the Ministry of Industry and asked Jia Hu to explain it to them.When those two people first saw the blueprint, they were in a fog, but after hearing Jia Hu's explanation, they suddenly became enlightened, and they both said that they should go back and try to play with two small pulleys first.

After this trial, there was no further information. Jia Hu thought that some crafts were not up to standard, which made the pulley block unusable, so he didn't ask.Anyway, what he knew was only theory, and if he was asked to practice it, he might not be as good as an ordinary craftsman, but he didn't expect that the Star Observation Building had been repaired. Situ Yan also said that the pulley block came in handy.Jia Hu immediately became excited, raised his head and asked, "Really? Can we go and have a look?" He just gave the blueprint, and the people from the Ministry of Industry put the pulley block into practice. The wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated.

Seeing Jia Hu's reaction, Situ Yan nodded and said, "Of course, I can take you two days after Qiushou returns."

What, the crown prince is going too, Jia Hu's cheering mood faded in an instant, and he still didn't dare to show it on his face.He doesn't hate Situ Yan, not at all, on the contrary, he respects him very much, and even intends to follow him.But this does not mean that Jia Hu usually likes to deal with him. He is the prince, the future emperor, or the father of his classmate. Jia Hu always feels awkward when he talks to him so kindly. It is better for everyone to keep a sufficient distance. If they are too close, he will feel uncomfortable all over.

Fortunately, Situ Yan didn't just stare at Jia Hu all the time, he also paid attention to the chess game between Situ Jing and Su Yi when he had time, and gave Situ Jing some pointers from time to time.

If it weren't for his mastermind behind the scenes, Situ Jing would have already surrendered in this game of chess.Jia Hu deeply admired Situ Yan's level of single-mindedness and double-tasking. Su Yi's chess strength was too great for him to feel, but Situ Jing, he played ten games with him and lost at least nine of them. , Situ Jing let him play the remaining game, and everyone made a draw.But Situ Jing was not good enough in front of Su Yi. It was only because of Situ Yan's behind-the-scenes tricks that he managed to survive until now.Situ Jing was not ashamed of this, but proud of it.

At the end of the round, Su Yi narrowly beat her half-son, Situ Jing was unconvinced, threw herself into Situ Yan's arms, and asked him why he didn't carry out his good deed to the end, when it came to the most critical moment, he didn't help him anymore, if he helped him see two more In chess, he might be able to beat Su Yi, and he said it confidently.

Situ Yan chuckled, and said speechlessly: "Jing'er, you must be content in life. If you haven't suffered a disastrous defeat, you should be having fun secretly. You really won Xiaoyi. Is it you or an orphan?" Su Yi is from the family of the crown prince Situ Yan treats his child as if he was his own child, and loves him dearly.

Situ Jing curled his lips and didn't say anything else, but the smile on his face showed a little complacency.Jia Hu could tell that Situ Jing didn't care about winning or losing. He was very aware of the gap between himself and Su Yi. What he enjoyed was the joy of acting like a baby in front of his father.As a descendant of the Tian family, it is rare to have such a father-son relationship in the past. Jia Hu guessed that the prince had transferred all the ways the emperor treated him to his son.

Between talking and laughing, the paddock arrived soon.The emperor and the princes sat on the viewing platform, from the third prince to the seventeenth prince, all of them were going to play.Jia Hu was still worried about Situ Jing at first, with his little skill, if he really wanted to lose to the Seventeenth Prince, it would not look good on his face.But after the hunting started, Jia Hu didn't worry anymore. In front of the princes and grandchildren, all the prey were rushed by the guards, and it was difficult to miss.It's their companions, but no one serves them. The competition is all about real kung fu, and he can't do it if he doesn't work hard.

The prey in the paddock are all artificially fed, and they are fed stupidly, even if there is no one to help round them up, the difficulty of fighting is not as great as Jia Hu imagined, and the harvest is very good in a short time, except for the common pheasants, rabbits, The fox, he also accidentally hit a pair of wild geese, alive.

When it came time to compete for the final results, Chu was the first and Jian Yan was the second. These two were far ahead of the crowd, and Jia Hu was so-so and ranked in the top ten. Considering the age factor, it was quite acceptable.As for the prince and grandson, Situ Lv defeated the two elder brothers and topped the list.Situ Jing is also not bad, although he falls behind the two twin emperor uncles, at least he is not compared to the little emperor uncles who are still in the yellow class.What allowed him to establish this ranking was not only the prey that the guards came for, but also the deer that Situ Lu helped him hunt down.

According to Situ Jing, Situ Lv found the deer first, but his arrow missed, and the deer ran in front of him, so he picked it up.Situ Jing also said that he knew Uncle Jiuhuang did it on purpose, and he gave him the deer, otherwise his arrow technique would be so outrageous.

Among the several little princes, the youngest seventeenth prince performed the best, second only to Situ Jing.The fifteenth prince, who was cramming for a while, was at the bottom, and what's more unfortunate, his companions were also at the bottom of all the companions.Such a result is not surprising. The fifteenth prince doesn’t like to take riding and archery lessons, so his companions will not. If he rushed in front of him, he might not be able to take it, but the companions of the fifteenth prince were all Jia Zhu, so it was a tragedy.

Seeing the outstanding performance of his children and grandchildren, the emperor felt very comforted and rewarded them one after another. Except for Situ Lv who performed the best, Situ Jing who was playing for the first time, and the youngest seventeenth prince all gained a lot.After rewarding his own children, the emperor did not forget the honorable children who accompanied him. Chu Wei and Jian Ming, who performed well, did their part and were highly praised by the emperor and the prince.Although Jia Hu was not that conspicuous, he was young and his grades were decent. More importantly, his grandfather and maternal grandfather were both the emperor's confidants, so he got a few good words.

Later, Jia Hu and Jia Zhu go home together.Since Jia Hu had a lot of spoils, the prince specially sent someone to send him off, but Jia Zhu was in a terrible situation. He had nothing to say, and was angered by the poor fifteen princes.On the way home, Jia Hu counted with his fingers, how to divide the prey he killed and the rewards he got, the more counted, the more beautiful his mood.Jia Zhu sat across from him, looking at Jia Hu's undisguised smile, with a gloomy expression on his face, he suddenly thought in his heart, if Jia Hu didn't exist, would he not have to live so hard.

When the two returned to the mansion, there were already servants waiting at the door. Seeing that the people in the palace had sent the two masters back, they hurried in to report.Not long after, the head manager Lai Da greeted him personally.But the visitor refused to enter the mansion, and only said that the crown prince had ordered him to send Mr. Jia home.Lai Da hurriedly offered the reward, and asked someone to move the things in the car in.Jia Hu said a few more words to the person who sent him home before entering the mansion.

Since they only said that someone had come to the palace and did not say what it was, everyone in the Jia family was alarmed and gathered in the main room of Rongxi Hall.Seeing that only Jia Hu and Jia Zhu came in, everyone was a little puzzled, it didn't mean that someone came from the palace, why didn't they invite in.Jia Hufang smiled and said that it was because the prince saw that he had too many things to fit in a carriage, so he sent someone to deliver the things back for him, and he had already returned to the palace to return to his command.

When Shi Taijun heard the words, he said that Jia Hu was ignorant and that he was from the East Palace, so why was he being rude.Jia Hu was baffled, what happened to the people in the East Palace, they were the two young father-in-laws, he saw them every day, so there was nothing strange about it, besides, he gave money, and no one left empty-handed.

Jia Hu secretly slandered in her heart, but did not refute Shi Taijun's words.After she finished speaking, she distributed the rewards and prey to everyone. Shi Taijun, Jia She and his wife, and Jia Zheng and his wife were all given top-quality furs, which were given to Jia Hu by the emperor.As for the small things he made himself, the rabbits were distributed to Jia Lian and Yuanchun, the pheasants were sent to the big kitchen to cook soup, and the foxes were divided between him and Jia Zhu. It is estimated that each person can make a pair of gloves.As for the pair of wild geese, Jia Hu intends to give them to Jia Zhen, and the East Mansion will hire the Zhang family next month. The live geese are much more impressive than carved wood.

No matter how biased Shi Taijun was, he had to praise Jia Hu at this time. The wolf fur she collected was given to Jia Hu by the emperor. This kind of honor has never been seen in their mansion since Jia Daishan left.Needless to say, Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Zhang must be proud of their son and don't care what they receive.Jia Zheng and Wang's mood is very complicated. It is certain that they are not happy, but they can't show it, otherwise it will not give the saint face.

After two days of rest, Jia Hu went to Dongfu with a pair of live geese. Jia Zhen was so happy that she hugged him and called out to her brother repeatedly.Mrs. Li had already prepared the dowry gift for Zhang's family, which was worth 64 taels of 5 yuan. The only thing missing was a pair of live geese, which looked a little ugly.