The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Lin Hai was shocked and angry when he heard that Daiyu and the soldiers had traveled eight hundred miles together to speed up the horse to Suzhou.Jia Cong persuaded from the side: "Uncle, if Sister Lin doesn't come, we will have to sell Wang Wu as a pig if we can't keep together. You just praised this military strategist, genius, and hero."

Daiyu said happily, "Did dad say about me?"

Lin Hai said angrily, "I didn't know it was you at that moment!" He glared at Jia Cong again.

Jia Cong winked and said: "I don't know, I'm really boasting, if I know that you have a lot of old insurance, I'm sorry to praise."

Lin Hai was at a loss for words, then paused for a moment and said, "You really don't know what to do. Yu'er, although you are smart, you are still a girl." Daiyu glanced at Jia Cong, Lin Hai immediately turned to look at Jia Cong and said, "You are not allowed to replace your sister. in vain."

Jia Cong spread his hands: "I haven't said a word yet, you always know I'm talking nonsense? Sir, I just ask you, do you know what kind of military advisers the soldiers like, admire, and look forward to? "

Lin Haidao: "It's not a female military adviser anyway."

Jia Cong said: "This is a layman's words, and it really is like a mountain. Hey, literati..." He took another look at Lin Hai. "Soldiers like the military advisor who can lead them to victory, admire the military advisor who can lead them to win more battles with less, and look forward to the military advisor who can win the battle without sacrificing their robes. This Wang Wuxian is obviously the queen of the general. There are more than 4000 water bandits in the village, not weaker than the elite soldiers of the imperial court. We only have a thousand soldiers, and we are still in their territory. We have to rescue two frail scholars from death without injury. Your old man is still old. If it weren't for the ingenious plan of Army Division Lin, it would be impossible for our side not to die half of the battle? Now look, there is not even a single wounded soldier! 1000 people go, and 1000 people return. Sir, it doesn't matter whether the army advisor is a man or a woman, or Is it important to win the battle?"

Lin Hai was dumbfounded!After thinking about it for a long time, there was no refutation, but I couldn't hold back the feeling of complacency in my chest, and my face was full of confusion.Seeing Lin Daiyu and Jia Cong, sister and brother were laughing from the corners of their mouths, they said angrily: "Anyway, she's a girl! You can't join soldiers."

Daiyu said: "Why does father look down on ordinary soldiers? If they don't protect the border and defend the land, how can we wait for the country and the people to be safe?"

Lin Haidao: "Don't talk about irrelevant things, you are seventeen! If this matter gets out, it will damage your reputation!"

Daiyu blushed immediately, Jia Cong laughed and said, "Uncle, don't worry, even a man with such little heart is not good enough for Sister Lin, but what I have is someone who admires her and learns from her chest." The most important thing is her face. !She looks pretty and doesn't worry about marrying in any line of work.

Lin Hai glared at him and said, "What do you know! How old are you!" Jia Cong just smiled.Lin Hai looked at Daiyu again, thought about how he had escaped without any danger, and couldn't hold back, sighed, "My daughter is such a pity! If she is a man, she will definitely be born." Jia Cong Laughing loudly, Daiyu also pursed her lips and smiled.

Jia Cong pointed to his cloak and said, "Here! My son may not be so caring." Lin Hai couldn't help but also smiled.

Afterwards, this matter was put aside for the time being, and when everyone returned to the Lin Mansion, someone had already prepared hot water.I haven't had a good bath for more than half a month, and the three puppies are very uncomfortable, so I hurriedly took a bath and changed clothes, drank some porridge water, and had a good night's sleep.

On the other side, it was getting dawn on the pier.The guys from Jia's Horse Company came to collect the boat early in the morning and woke Cheng Chi up.The two of them hid inside and talked for a long time before boarding the bow. Cheng Chi and the guy bowed their arms and disappeared into the crowd.After a while, the water bandit came over to ask the guy last night.This water bandit is very good at talking, and it didn't take long for the buddy to start talking.

When he mentioned the young man just now, the clerk smiled and said: "This young man is so rich! He went to our shop to rent a boat yesterday, and he gave a deposit of 20 taels of silver! I came to collect the boat just now, and he just gave the 20 taels of silver as a deposit. Give me two! Seeing his ordinary clothes, I really can't imagine that he is the young master of a rich family."

The water bandits immediately understood that they were afraid of being fooled, the boats last night were not owned by the gang that robbed the village.Busy to find their spy in Suzhou City, let him inquire about this matter.The spy came back after exploring for a long time and said: "Yesterday, many young people from other places rented boats in different places for different reasons. I gave it first and it was not low, and the deposit was higher than the price of the boat. The boat was quietly returned last night and tied back to its original place, and no one asked for the deposit back. I am afraid that it is a big deal that is extremely profitable. Don't take it to heart."

The water bandit immediately understood, and said with a wry smile: "It's really a very profitable business." He troubled him to go to Lin's mansion to inquire.

When the man came back, he was shocked: "The doorman of their family said that Mr. Lin returned to the mansion last night! The neighbor asked how he got back to the house, and the doorman said that it was their master's students who talked sharply and persuaded the kidnappers to let them come back!" "

The water bandit sighed: "It's not that his student is so quick-spoken, I'm afraid he is a good helper that his student asked for." Until now, he recounted what happened last night in detail, and sighed again, "I don't want Mr. Lin to be in those boats! I don’t know where the second leader is chasing after him.”

After listening carefully, he laughed loudly: "That military adviser is so powerful, the second leader deserves to lose!"

The water bandit said: "At first I thought it was someone from the prince's family. The act of renting a boat around like this is not a soldier. If we don't keep it, we will be blacked out."

Thinking about it carefully, I found it more and more interesting, and I laughed out loud.The water bandit glanced at him a few times, then laughed too.Then he found a horse and went to Wuxi to report.

Jia Cong didn't wake up until noon, and got up from the bed after lying on it for a long time. It was past lunch time, so he ordered the kitchen to stir-fry some side dishes and stuffed it for a random meal.Thinking of something, he hurriedly wrote a scroll about Wang Wuzhi and stuffed it into the letter box, then released a pigeon and flew back to Beijing.

Then he ran to see Lin Hai again.As soon as he entered the room with a smile on his face, he was startled.I saw Lin Hai sitting on a chair, Lin Daiyu kneeling on the ground, both of them had tears streaming down their faces.Lin Hai was heartbroken, but Daiyu was a bit stubborn and heroic like a revolutionary martyr.Jia Cong hurriedly yelled: "What are you doing? Is it easy for the father and daughter not to see each other for two years?"

Lin Hai pointed at him and said, "It's all your kid! You spoiled your sister."

Daiyu gritted her teeth and said, "I'm not wrong."

Jia Cong hurriedly said, "But what about my sister being a military advisor?"

Lin Hai ignored him, looked at Daiyu and said, "Since you're back, let's stay in Suzhou instead of going south."

Jia Cong said: "There are two tigers in Suzhou, Wang Wu and Wu Wang. The world is so big, only Taiwan, a barbaric and barren island, is not cared about, so it can be safe for a while."

Lin Hai was at a loss for words for a while, but after a long time, he said, "Even if you pass by, your sister is not allowed to do any more publicity."

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Let's talk about it later." He winked at Lin Daiyu.

Lin Hai glared at him and said, "Why are you so sloppy?"

Jia Cong shrugged and said: "I didn't play sloppy, I just hinted that my sister can relax." Nai smiled and said, "Sister! If he won't let you do things, let your subordinates trouble him! Either he will do it for you. Even Lin Shangshu I'm afraid I won't be able to do my sister's official duties for a while, and then my sister will have to help your father!" Lin Daiyu laughed through her tears.

Lin Hai snorted, "Then how many official duties can there be in this place?"

Lin Daiyu knelt on the ground and wondered what would happen if her father suddenly took over her mess.The third girl's temper is getting worse, the elder sister speaks softly and can choke people to death, Wu Xiaoxi goes around setting traps for people and falls in if they don't pay attention, even the two eldest grandmas of Hong Xiu Jinjiang who are in charge of internal affairs are very powerful, These few women alone are enough for her father to drink a pot.So he couldn't help laughing out loud.Jia Cong hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, and said: "Okay, okay, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, and there will be a way when the time comes."

Daiyu said bluntly, "If daddy can catch up with my mess and tidy up the group of people in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, I won't bother with those things." They looked at each other with Jia Cong again, and they both smiled. .Lin Hai had an inexplicable feeling of something bad.

But he sent someone to report to Wuxi.

King Wu is negotiating with Jarvis and Yang Song.But these two are not material for doing business, Jarvis only talks about Jia Amnesty, and refuses to give up a single step; Yang Song is a guard who doesn't know everything.Suddenly someone came to report that Mr. Lin and Mr. Cong of the Jia family were released by the kidnappers last night, and they are safe and sound.A few people hurriedly put down the business and called the kid to come in and answer.

The kid said: "The master and the third master Cong both came back at five o'clock at five o'clock today. There was a lot of hustle and bustle in the house, boiling water and cooking porridge. After they rested, it was almost dawn. They slept until noon today." I just woke up and looked in good spirits. When I came, the third master Cong was coaxing the master to play. The third master said, let Master Jia just do the important things and leave them alone; the master also asked Guard Yang not to rush back, he is fine very."

Having said that, Yang Song still couldn't sit still, and looked directly at Jarvis.Jarvis said: "Brother Yang, let's go back first, I'm not weak in kung fu, so I can protect myself."

Yang Song really stood up and said: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm really worried, so I'll go first."

"Go ahead."

Mr. Wei laughed and said, "Master Cong really has a good tongue. He has never heard that meat tickets can coax the kidnappers to release him. But who are the kidnappers?"

The kid said: "Third Master said, since they let them back and didn't hurt any fur, they just treated them as the two of them going out to play once, let's forget about it, and don't mention it again."

Jarvis shook his head and said, "I don't know how he developed his temperament. Mr. Lin and Mr. Su are all elegant scholars. Although Mr. Xi is straightforward, he still knows dignity, but he is a rascal in the market and calls friends of."

King Wu laughed and said: "It's not just a rascal in the market. The first time this kid saw my ninth brother, he called him brother. He was not yet four years old at the time, so he was really shameless." Yin took his eyes and glanced at Chen Ruiwen.

Chen Ruiwen hurriedly said: "These days, I miss Mr. Lin on my birthday night. Now that I have returned safely, Wansheng will also go to see him."

King Wu said: "That's right. If you hadn't come to find me at night, I would still be in Jinling right now. Mr. Jia would have sold this spinning machine to someone else."

Jarvis said: "Does the prince have to thank the kidnappers? If it weren't for them, the prince would not have such a good talent as Brother Chen."

King Wu laughed and said, "Fortunately, I always thought that Mr. Jia was an honest man. It turns out that Mr. Jia is very good at talking."

There was a sneer hidden in the corner of Mr. Wei's mouth, and he said: "Mr. Chen and Mr. Jia are like the same people. They both know how to talk, but they don't usually talk much."

Chen Ruiwen didn't know what it meant, and said: "Otherwise. Brother Jia is reticent, but Wansheng is talkative." Mr. Wei smiled and said nothing.

Chen Ruiwen followed Yang Song and led the boy back to Suzhou, while Jarvis stayed behind to discuss matters with the King of Wu in a leisurely manner.

At the dinner that day, taking the opportunity to celebrate Lin Haijia Cong's safe return, Mr. Wei frequently persuaded Jarvis to drink.Seeing that he was somewhat overwhelmed by alcohol, he laughed and ordered someone to help him back to the guest room to rest.After a while, Mr. Wei went to check it himself, not thinking that he was already sound asleep, so he told the person who was looking after him to be more careful and left.

Because Lin Hai has returned, Jarvis is not in a hurry, and their spinning machines are really good things. King Wu thought that if he was fussy about money, he had his share, so he ordered Mr. Wei to respond quickly.Jarvis received the bank notes the next day.

Mr. Wei said: "Mr. Jia, we did not buy this blueprint cheaply. I hope Mr. She will remember our lord first after he gets the loom."

Jarvis cupped his hands and said, "Naturally, it may not be more useful to others than Wu Guo."

Mr. Wei said: "It's just the western side. How many people use this and that loom?"

Jarvis said: "Not much. Because they are not short of money now, they are too lazy to work on it. Westerners have moved countless gold and silver treasures from other places overseas, enough to spend two or three generations."

Mr. Wei sneered and said, "It's so stupid to sit and eat. Just in time, we can do something while they are slack."

Jarvis nodded again and again: "I don't want King Wu to have such a sensible person as Brother Wei at his side, so Wu Guo doesn't have to worry about it here." Mr. Wei glanced at him.He explained, "To tell you the truth, sir and Cong'er are very worried about the internal friction between the kings. The country is not peaceful, and our dynasty will eventually become the slave of Westerners like other foreign countries."

Mr. Wei's complexion changed, and it took half a quarter of an hour before he sighed: "Master Lin and Mr. Jia are far-sighted, and Wei admires him." He bowed deeply to him, "Don't worry, sir, with Wei here, we will never let him The king of Wu is in a civil war with the other princes."

Jarvis immediately bowed to the ground: "Please sir." Then he got up and bid farewell to King Wu.

After sending him away, Mr. Wei whispered to King Wu: "This Jia amnesty is amazing! My lord, although we spent a lot of money, it is really a good deal. Late students have already sent people to Lingnan to inquire about it. There is a so-called" Haizhu's sea merchants can buy firearms from the West. With this spinning machine, we will get a loom in the future, and the prince will never be short of money. Our country of Wu is not short of food. There is no shortage of money and no shortage of money. There is no shortage of food, firearms, and people..." He then bowed to the King of Wu, "Congratulations, my lord. He was very wise when he chose the land of Wu."

King Wu laughed loudly: "That day I only said that I wanted to pick the most prosperous place for merchants. They all only have soldiers in their eyes. How do they know that if they have money, why worry about not having soldiers?" Yin asked again, "Look at Lin Hai?"

Mr. Wei said: "My lord, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep Master Lin, and they will go south in a few days. If Wan Sheng's guess is correct... Jia Cong will not choose a master right now, and he may not be able to in ten years. "

King Wu was startled.

"Although this person is laughing, cursing, and cynical, he cares about the safety of the world, not a certain family." Mr. Wei said, "He will not help the princes in a civil war, no matter which one. However, if the princes go abroad to fight, whether it is to rob He will help people still stealing money. This person really has a history. My lord, think about it, if Mr. Jarvis hadn't come up with the "joint vertical" plan back then, what would have happened to me? Decades later What will happen?"

Wu Wangdao: "Naturally, the third brother killed all six of us."

Mr. Wei shook his head and said: "It's not six, it's seven. According to the Supreme Emperor's temperament, King Yan will definitely not be able to keep it. And the Supreme Emperor is incompetent and suspicious, and he values ​​civility over military affairs. One can imagine the country he governs. Westerners Since what Third Master Cong said is like a wolf like a tiger, after a few decades, I am afraid that we will inevitably fall into the same position as the foreign countries that were destroyed by the West." King Wu took a breath.Mr. Wei continued, "Back then, Mr. Jarvis forced the kings to join forces at the risk of life and death, and only then did the situation become what it is today. However, the situation today may not be safe. Jia Cong begged all the princes again and again not to fight against each other. Westerners are important. My lord, this person is probably here...to save the world."

The King of Wu was shocked, and he said after a while, "According to your opinion, he is really Nezha's lower realm?"

Mr. Wei said: "Whether it's Nezha or Shancai boy, I'm not a mortal anyway. I've been in Wu all the year round, so I don't know anything about Beijing. My lord thinks to himself, among you eight brothers, apart from the Supreme Emperor, has he done anything bad to anyone?"

King Wu thought for a while: "It's really not. It's good for the other seven of us. If someone asks him to help out with an idea, he will come up with it, and the idea is good."

Mr. Wei said: "I'm afraid it's because he put his heart of saving the world on the kings. As for who will be able to get his help in the future, it depends on who wants to expand overseas."

The King of Wu was stunned for a long time, and finally gave him a deep salute: "Listen to the master's words, such as enlightenment, enlightenment! This king's master is just like Liu Xuande's Zhuge Kongming!"