The return of Fengxi of the Red Chamber

Here Jia Lian followed Xia Shouzhong, and the carriage rushed all the way to the gate of the palace. After a routine body search, he was put into the palace.

Before Jia Lian got married, Jia Amnesty donated him the vain title of co-prefect, which can be regarded as an official status.It's just that this official is too small and insignificant, and he can't ride a horse or a sedan chair in the palace, but can only walk inside.

The imperial palace is huge, and Jia Lian came in for the first time, so he couldn't help but be a little curious.But he knew the seriousness, so he didn't look left and right. He lowered his eyelids after just two glances, and followed Xia Shouzhong inside calmly.

Seeing this, Xia Shouzhong said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you look twice. Today's benevolence likes a capable junior like you the most, besides me."

Jia Lian smiled when she heard the words, and replied in a low voice rather embarrassed: "I know that Uncle Xia loves me, but after all, in the palace, one thing more is worse than one thing less, so I don't want to cause trouble for Uncle Xia."

When Xia Shouzhong heard this, he felt good in his heart, and he wasn't someone who pushed his nose and face.

It's just that I feel a little sour. In the past, Jia She, Jia Lian's father, was a frequent visitor in the palace. He was the companion of the former abolished prince.But now his only son, who has grown up to be married, even enters the palace gate for the first time, one can't help but sigh secretly, the Jia family is really in decline.

But this is not something he should be concerned about as an eunuch, today he was given the task of going out of the palace to announce the decree for the sake of the past.But whether we want to get closer in the future depends on whether this second master Lian is worth making friends with.

The two of them were speechless all the way, and they stopped when they reached the gate of the Tai Chi Hall where they live daily today.

Xia Shouzhong said in a low voice: "You wait here, I'll go in and answer."

Jia Lian naturally responded respectfully, and stood upright with her head bowed, without the slightest thought of looking around.

After a while, Xia Shouzhong didn't come out, another eunuch came out, smiled at Jia Lian and said, "Master Jia, please come in with me, Your Majesty wants to see you."

Jia Lian took out a purse from his cuff, and quietly handed it over: "Please trouble your father-in-law to lead the way."

The little eunuch quickly put away the purse, squeezed it in his sleeve, and if it was hard inside, he knew it was a good thing.

Now he was more enthusiastic, and said as he walked: "Your Majesty is very happy today, and the time for Lord Jia to enter the palace is really right."

Jia Lian smiled and didn't say a word, but her feet moved steadily. She walked around a hall, passed through two layers of curtains, and arrived at the current office.

At that time, he was not very old, only about forty, about the same age as Jia She, but he looked younger than the spirit of Jia She, who was addicted to wine and sex, by more than ten years.However, Xu is too worried about the country's affairs, often because of the frown, there are deep lines on his forehead, which makes people know that he is a very serious person at first sight.

Jia Lian only glanced out of the corner of his eye, then knelt down and saluted numbly: "Minister Jia Lian pays homage to my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Don't embarrass him now, and immediately shouted: "Get up, Xia Shouzhong will give you a seat."

Xia Shouzhong led Jia Lian to sit down, raising Jia Lian's status in today's eyes.After Jia Lian thanked him, he sat down politely, not daring to sit down, and then lowered his head and waited for the present to speak.

"You are Jia Gong's grandson, Enhou's son? You look very handsome, very similar to your father. How old are you this year? Are you married? Do you have any children?"

Jia Lian got up cautiously and replied: "Your Majesty, I have reached the crown this year. I married a girl from the Wang family last autumn, and I have no children yet."

After hearing this today, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Xia Shouzhong: "The Wang family? Which Wang family is it?"

Xia Shouzhong bent down and smiled and replied: "Your Majesty, after the first capital Taiwei ruled the county uncle and prince."

Now he said clearly: "It was originally his family. I remember that your two families have always been on good terms. Now that you have children and relatives, it is even better."

Without waiting for Jia Lian to reply, he took the memorial from the table and motioned Xia Shouzhong to hand it to Jia Lian: "I ordered people to try the 'black medicine' you made a while ago, and it has the power to open mountains. It's just that although this thing It's powerful, but it's also afraid of hurting people, just take a look at the brochure handed over by the Ministry of Industry."

Jia Lian reached out to pick up the booklet, and quickly flipped through it. Not only did it say that "black medicine" exploded the rocks in the northern suburbs, but it also said that several laborers were seriously injured when they couldn't escape.

He got a general idea, organized the language in his mind, and then said: "The minister was just for fun at first, thinking that the fireworks are beautiful, but there are few tricks, so he asked a craftsman to try it casually. I really don't know if it is a 'black medicine. ' So powerful."

"I'm just thinking, although this black medicine is a little dangerous, but if you can control its weight, it will be a great weapon to open up mountains and build roads, and it will save a lot of man-hours." Jia Lian secretly glanced at today's face, Seeing that he didn't speak, he continued, "Also, since the black medicine can hurt people, if it is made into a firearm and used for self-defense, it is probably very good."

His complexion remained unchanged, but his pupils shrank. He also knew about firearms.On the other side of the sea, there is a powerful firearm. A foreigner came across the sea to preach, and in order to please him, he even sent one over.

The lethality is there, but it is not great, and the bullets need to be replaced at any time, which is not as convenient as bows and arrows in today's view.But if he can make firearms by himself, relying on the power of the black powder to blow open rocks, the new firearms he makes will not be like the ones offered by foreigners, and can only be used as a show.

Thinking of this, today's mind has moved again. Could it be that foreigners deliberately took inferior firearms in order to let themselves relax their vigilance and stop studying such weapons.

"Jia Lian, since you created this black medicine, I will give you full authority to take charge of it. I will allow you to rest for a day today, and report to the Ministry of Industry tomorrow. I will give you three months, and I will see it. It works, understand?"

Hearing this, Jia Lian hurriedly got up and saluted to thank him: "I obey the order, I must be diligent and diligent, and research the firearms belonging to our Great Zhou Dynasty as soon as possible, so as to promote our country's prestige!"

Now when he heard the words, Long Yan was very happy, and with a wave of his hand, he gave Jia Lian a bunch of rewards and asked him to take them out of the palace.

Sitting on the carriage back to Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian was a little excited. After planning for half a year, he finally found a suitable reason to enter the court.

The timing of his return was too late, and he had never studied hard since he was a child. If he took the imperial examination route and passed the exam step by step, he would have to study hard for at least ten years before he could get a Jinshi.But if Jinshi wants to speak in the court, he has to work hard for decades, and the day lily is cold.

As for military merits, Jia Lian also wanted to leave, since Jia's old background was still thick.It's a pity that he didn't succeed in writing or martial arts since he was a child. After practicing hard, his body became stronger.However, now that the Great Zhou Dynasty is in peace, it is impossible for him, a person who has never been in the military camp, to take the lead and make meritorious deeds. This way is also blocked.

So after thinking about it, I can only take the road of presenting treasures. Jia Lian is not without rare treasures, but they are not suitable for presenting them today.The emperor was rich all over the world, and he had never seen any treasures, so Jia Lian chose gunpowder.

Speaking of gunpowder, it existed thousands of years ago. Unfortunately, people in the world underestimated its importance, and only used it for tricks and tricks, which is really a waste.In modern times, Jia Lian specialized in science and engineering, weapons research and development and manufacturing. Naturally, he has a deep knowledge of this field, and now he can be regarded as returning to his old profession.

Happily returning home along the way, Jia Lian was not in a hurry to return to the East Courtyard, but went straight to Rongqingtang with today's reward.Sure enough, as he expected, everyone is gathering here, and Jia Shishi is splitting up his private house.

Seeing Jia Lian coming in with a happy face, Wang Xifeng knew that everything would be fine once he entered the palace, so he thought about joking: "Look, look, I heard the letter, and I know that my ancestors have good things here, so Baba came here .”

"This time you guessed wrong, I really didn't come here to covet the ancestor's private house today." Jia Lian smiled brightly, let the maid woman outside the door come in, and said coquettishly at Jia Shishi, "Old ancestor, The grandson has just entered the palace and received the reward of today, so I will come to see you with my things if I don’t rush, and I will keep it as your private house."

After all, let the maids hold the box and stand in a row under the hall.

Jia Shishi laughed from ear to ear: "Oh, my son has grown up, he is filial and sensible. It's just that my ancestors don't need it. Besides, when I get old, my private house will be full of Yours."

Wang Xifeng hurriedly poohed and poohed: "What are you talking about, old ancestor? This is because our second master loves you and shows filial piety to you. Not only do you have to ask for it, but you also have to take the best! Present them all, and I will choose for the old ancestor. , it is guaranteed to be useful.”

As soon as Wang Xifeng finished speaking, all the maids stepped forward and opened the box for everyone to watch.

In the first three boxes, there are ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, and I don't know which master's works they are rolled together.As long as it is rewarded today, it must be priceless, but this is not something Jia Shishi would like, so Wang Xifeng skipped it.

After that, there are several sets of exquisite and gorgeous head and face jewelry, inlaid with shining red, sapphire and finger-sized south beads respectively, each piece is a rare boutique.There are also a few pieces of high-quality skins, green wolf tigers, which I think are hunted every autumn during hunting, and they are very useful as winter cloaks.

The remaining pieces of gold and silver utensils, decorations and medicinal materials are all used in the Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Shishi's own private treasury is probably better than this, so Wang Xifeng no longer looks at it.

She raised her hand to take a crested hairpin inlaid with gold silk and sapphires, and stuck it on Jia Shi's head: "This hairpin is very suitable for the clothes of our ancestors today. It looks rich and elegant, and the mandarin ducks put this Put it away, and when the Flower Festival is over in a few days, it will definitely amaze everyone with the newly made clothes with lotus patterns made by our ancestors!"

Jia Shishi gave her a slap with a smile: "Nonsense again, I'm an out-of-this-world guy, and I'm still pushed out by you every day!"

Having said that, Jia Shishi did not reject Wang Xifeng's filial piety, but accepted a piece of tiger skin she picked, and it was very warm as a mattress in winter.

You can't treat one more favorably than another, so Wang Xifeng presented another set of ruby-encrusted heads to Mrs. Xing, and Li Wan, Yingchun, Baoyu, and the young Tanchun and Xichun all shared things.Or a set of hair, or a decoration, everyone has a share.

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感谢在2022-05-2823:09:07~2022-05-3010:28:37期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 1 bottle of Panxue's Meow;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!