[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 76 The Birth of Xue Pan's Promotion to the God Machine Camp

During the Lantern Festival, there were five concubines, two imperial concubines, and one concubine. These five were all in Beijing. At the end of the day, guards of honor came out one after another in the palace, among them were naturally two imperial concubines. The guard of honor is the most luxurious. Concubine Rou's father is the Great General of Zhen Guo. He is now 83 years old and has long lived in retirement. However, the soldiers brought out are now distributed in various armies and have become the mainstay of the Daqing Dynasty. Emperor Pingkang also respected Mr. Cheng three points.

Concubine Rou brought the prince back with her in order to save face. The Cheng family also has a family background, and Concubine Rou is a person who cares about face and style. The garden is very grand. The refinement of the home is very stylish.In contrast, Concubine Rui's Family-Friendly Garden is much simpler, occupying only half the area of ​​Concubine Rou, and the houses, corridors, bridges, rockery, and flowing water are all exquisite and beautiful.

The common people came out early in the morning to watch the excitement, whoever had a beautiful house and that lady's ceremonial style were all in contrast.Yoyo, this noble concubine is indeed the concubine of the crown prince, she is very lively, and the concubine of King Fu is not bad. Although the garden is a little small, it is exquisite and beautiful everywhere. Look at the carved patterns on the corner gate of the garden. What do you think? Well, I think the provincial garden in Jia's mansion is the most magnificent and beautiful, it covers an area larger than Concubine Rou's garden, and I heard that there are rare and exotic animals in it, this is magnificent!

The palace maid walking by the side of the sedan chair listened to the discussion of the people, and Liu Yemei frowned slightly. The voices of the people were not loud, but the guard of honor passed by too quietly, she could hear it, and the master in the sedan chair could also hear it vaguely. Lost in thought, he heard a voice in the sedan chair, "What are you talking about outside Ruolan?"

Ruolan didn't dare to hide anything, she picked up everything she wanted to say, anyway, it wasn't for her to make enemies.The noble concubine Rou in the sedan chair heard this, looked at her delicate nails, and said with a sneer: "It's just a concubine who has fallen out of favor, and she dares to go out of her way like this, I think she can get away with it a little bit."

There is no need to say more about the guards of honor of the two noble concubines. Although the concubine is not as luxurious as before, she is still dignified, but the guard of honor for the concubine who follows at the end is really much simpler. If it was in the past, it would not be so eye-catching. It's good to compare.

Early in the morning at the gate of the Grand View Garden, everyone in Jia's mansion waited in a crowd. They saw the guard of honor from a distance, set off firecrackers, and the whole mansion kowtowed happily, welcoming the concubine De to enter the garden.This garden wasted so much effort by Mrs. Wang, it is naturally extremely luxurious, Jia Yuanchun walked step by step, eyes full of flowers, this is the prosperity in winter, it can be seen how much money was spent, the corridors, bridges and pavilions are extremely exquisite, Jia Yuanchun Yuan Chun couldn't help feeling a little sad when she saw it. She had such a status in the palace, and she was cautious in every move, but her family was so ostentatious.

Jia Yuanchun sat on the seat, everyone paid homage again, the little eunuch next to him called out, Jia Yuanchun gave him a seat, and said some scene words, so the eunuch next to him was still recording.At noon, they had dinner, listened to the opera, and the three girls in the mansion wrote poems and other games. At night, the red lanterns were hung high on the bridge corridor. , a few people in the family can say something about themselves.

It was nothing more than Baoyu's wedding, and Gua Geer was rewarded with a meeting gift. The whole family was happy. When he was about to leave, Jia Yuanchun said to Jia Mu: "There is nothing like a brocade like a flower like this." It’s almost as hot as burning oil, and it can’t go on any longer.”

Jia Mu just had a few glasses of wine and she was very happy, her eyes were cloudy. When Jia Yuanchun saw her, she couldn't hide the coolness in her eyes. If this family is like this, she can't keep it.

The Lantern Festival passed with the intimacy and excitement of several empresses, and Xue Pan also broke through the bottleneck. The impact gun was officially developed, and he just waited for the printing to report this, but before that, he had to practice a few more times. , not to be hasty.

At the end of the month, Zheng Na, Jia's mansion sent the betrothal gift to Zhuangyuan's mansion. The mighty and mighty team leader carried many presents, but when they arrived in the courtyard, Mrs. Gongliang sneered in her heart as soon as the servant read the gift list. It's not enough to look at, but I don't think this Jia's family has really achieved this. Why does Lin Daiyu's good grandmother care about some kind of affection? Is such a small gift a face to her father-in-law's family or to the Lin family? !

At the beginning of February, Xue Pan officially reported the impact gun to Emperor Pingkang. Emperor Pingkang had long forgotten about the gun, and now he was shocked when Xue Pan said its power. times, and the cost is not high and the productivity is high. Xue Pan said that this thing is miraculous. All officials have never seen it before, so they can't imagine its power. Naturally, some cynicism is indispensable.

But Emperor Pingkang was secretly suppressing the police, he waved his hand boldly, indicating that he could not make it, and he would have known it by moving to the martial arts training ground to try the target.

The training ground was ready early, Emperor Pingkang saw Zhao Hongyi was there, smiled and waved, Zhao Hongyi invited Ann, and said with a smile: "Father, my master has been busy for two years now, if you see this weapon, you will be happy, Whoever dares to attack Daqing in the future, my son will be the first to fight back!"

"Hahaha, great ambition!" Emperor Pingkang praised.I didn't realize this young son was smart before, but now in order to suppress the prince's arrogance, he dotes on this kid, and the more we get along now, the more I feel that this kid is like when he was young.

The prince's eyes darkened, and all the officials couldn't help but speculate secretly.

The targets in the martial arts training ground were replaced with jars, and the five soldiers who had trained early held guns and stood 300 meters away. Xue Pan asked Wang Jia to pick people for training. After more than a month of training, they were very accurate. A standard, not to mention still static.

"Father's gunshots are far and powerful, but it's noisy. Don't be bothered." Zhao Hongyi was afraid that the gunshot would startle him, so he vaccinated him in advance, so as to save himself from being shot because of the gunshot. Articles are simply annoying.

"This is an important matter for the whole country. If it is really as Xue Aiqing said, the power of this gun is fierce, but it is the blessing of Daqing. A little noise can kill the morale of the enemy, which is very good." Emperor Pingkang said.

Xue Pan stepped forward and said, "Can the emperor allow you to shoot?"

Emperor Pingkang waved his hand, Xue Pan nodded to Wang Jia, and Wang Jia's loud voice echoed in the training ground.

"Raise the gun, aim, shoot."

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!None of the five hits missed, and the jar was beaten to pieces. It seemed that the deafening gunshot just now echoed in everyone's ears. It was louder than firecrackers. The power of this range is astonishing. If it is placed on the battlefield, it is a sharp weapon!

"Father, my son will also do it, and my son will show you a trick?" Zhao Hongyi said coquettishly.

Emperor Pingkang was still caught in the power of the gun just now, he didn't want to put his son in danger, Xue Pan stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, in this research and development of guns, King Fu is very active and has excellent marksmanship."

"Okay! But be careful." Emperor Pingkang said.

Zhao Hongyi raised his gun, the chestnuts let go of the bag, half of the bag of sparrows fluttered to the heights, Zhao Hongyi raised the hand holding the gun, and pulled the trigger quickly and accurately, snap!A sparrow dropped one.

Seeing this, Emperor Pingkang was overjoyed, laughed loudly, and praised: "Little San is amazing!"

When all the officials saw it, they all echoed Fu Wang's cleverness and so on.When the intense atmosphere faded, Xue Pan stepped forward and said, "My Majesty, the inventor of this machine is not a minister, but Wang Jingyi. Although he has not formally taken the imperial examination, he is very talented in machinery and is currently developing it." Another kind of artillery shell, if successful, can destroy half of the city gate with long-range shooting, even the city walls are not to be feared."

"Is there really such a powerful weapon?" Emperor Pingkang was surprised when he heard that it could destroy the city wall. This fact had already shocked him. If the cannon was developed, foreign enemies would no longer be a problem for Daqing.

"However, this cannon is very difficult, and I will try my best to develop it as soon as possible." Xue Pan thought for a while and said, "Wang Jingyi has successfully developed the cannon, and I would like to ask the emperor to reward him."

"Hahaha, Xue Aiqing is a straight person, she doesn't pretend to be meritorious, good job." Emperor Pingkang pondered for a while, and said: "I want to re-establish a yamen, named Shenjiying, and just follow my orders, and there will be one in charge of Shenjiying. Xue Pan is in charge of the fourth rank, as for the big and small things in the camp, personnel promotion and punishment, he directly obeys Xue Pan. As for Wang Jingyi, since he invented this method, he will give it the title of Jingyi. Is Xue Aiqing satisfied? "

Xue Pan never thought that Emperor Pingkang would be awarded such a great honor, lifted his robe, knelt, and said solemnly: "Your servant, Xue Pan, should serve as the Holy One, and he will never hesitate to die."

"Where are you so afraid of people, what is death, Xue Aiqing got up and answered." Emperor Pingkang thought about it, "How does this Shenji camp operate? The six departments must fully assist."

"Yes, the ministers respectfully abide by the holy order."

Xue Pan's high promotion, the officials are naturally jealous, but more of it is superficial compliments, but in three years, Xue Pan jumped from the sixth rank to the fourth rank, which can be said to be promoted step by step. Your blessing is not a little bit, which is enviable.

Wang Jingyi was very happy to be named by Mrs. Jingyi, and the old rich man rewarded the gods and worshiped his ancestors. He was finally shining brightly, and although Master Xue was a bit cunning, he was still kind to his son. His son is a researcher, and now he is from a sixth-rank official position. He is going to be a county magistrate in their countryside. The old rich man is very happy, and he plans to take his son home to worship his ancestors and marry Cui Liu.

After Xue Pan listened, he naturally agreed. Wang Jingyi came to the capital that day because he wanted to get ahead in order to marry Cui Liu. Completely settle down in the capital.

"Let Wang Jia lead a team to protect you this time, and keep a low profile and return to Beijing early." Xue Pan said.

Wang Jingyi frowned, "Master Xue is afraid that someone will harm me?"

"Nowadays in the capital, who doesn't know about Jingyi? I'm afraid that some young people will ruin Daqing in order to fight for fame and fortune." Xue Pan's worry is not unreasonable. If possible, he wants to persuade Wang Jingyi not to return to his hometown. People fall leaves and return to their roots with heavy thoughts, and having fame and fortune is like returning home with rich clothes.

Wang Jingyi nodded, and went to Xue Mansion early the next morning, met Xue Pan and said, "My lord, I have discussed it with my father. I will not go back this time. My father will take Cui Liu to the capital. I want to ask your lord to be my witness on the wedding day."

Xue Pan was naturally happy, patted Wang Jingyi on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "When you have the baby in your arms, I will personally send you home." The new yamen needs Xue Panguan for everything, and the transfer of charters and adjustment personnel is really annoying.

"Jingyi's success today is due to the adults, and Jingyi must swear to die to follow the adults." Wang Jingyi is a passionate young man.

At the end of March, Jia's Mansion sent someone to ask for a date, and it was agreed that the marriage will be officially scheduled for March No. 18.And Gongliang's daughter-in-law from Hangzhou also came to help with the wedding. Now the Zhuangyuan Mansion is not as deserted as Mrs. Gongliang just moved in. There are more people, lights and festoons are everywhere, and the flowers in the garden are sprouting. Spring is everywhere.

On the night of March [-]th, Lin Daiyu was so nervous that she couldn't fall asleep, Baochai and Baoqin accompanied her to talk, and the two sisters chirped like birds, but Lin Daiyu was frowning and nervously pinched her veil, Baochai and Baoqin said After a long time, I couldn't listen to it, and the fear of the future took over in my heart.

Xue Baochai held Lin Daiyu's hand, "Sister, don't worry, you still have Mother Jia backing you up, but you have to know that there is still a difference between a granddaughter-in-law and a granddaughter, and you must listen to Nanny Lin more. As for---" she I wanted to say avoid Mrs. Wang, but she is an elder after all, she said it is not good to spread the word, but for Daiyu's sake, she still whispered: "My aunt, you should avoid it more, if you say something stupid, don't take it to heart go......"

Lin Daiyu burst into tears when she heard this, her heart was full of mixed emotions, she could only cry softly, she didn't know why she wanted to cry, but an inexplicable sadness welled up in her heart.