Palace Flower as Employment [Red Mansion]

Although Jia Qi is not in the capital, some things will continue to be sent to his ears.

For example, Xichun.

It's true that Xichun is Jia Zhen's compatriot sister, but who made Xichun live in Jia She's house not long after Jia Jing's death?At that time, Mrs. Jia Zheng Wang was still there, and Jia Zheng had not been appointed as Xuezheng, and Mrs. Wang did not follow Jia Zheng to the south.Later, something happened to Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, and the house was confiscated even if she didn’t come back. She still lives in the ancestral house, but it is a pity that Chun lives with Mrs. Jia Shexing.

Later, Xichun didn't go back to Ningguo Mansion after her filial piety. Instead, Mrs. Xing treated her like a daughter and took her out to socialize.

The capital's evaluation of Xichun himself is not bad, but he has considerable hesitation about Xichun's identity.

In a word, if Jia Amnesty adopts Xichun as an adopted daughter, then there are definitely not one or two people who want to marry Xichun, but if Xichun is still on Jia Zhen's side, it is because of Jia Zhen's virtue in her father's filial piety. Interested people go to at least nine out of ten stops.

The problem is that until now, Xichun is still following Mrs. Xing.

This makes people wonder, does Jia She have any intention of adopting Xichun?

Optimistic people think that Jia Amnesty probably has this meaning.After all, Jia Shen's "softness" is also famous in Beijing. Not to mention the fact that he was suppressed by Jia Zheng for 20 years, but the four adopted girls are not the blood of the Jia family. Not only was she adopted, but she was also given such a generous dowry.

What about Xichun?

Not only was Mrs. Jia Shexing the one who looked up to her since she was a child, but she was also a serious daughter of the Jia family. If the Jia family had no branch clan, Xichun would be much closer to Jia Shexing than those four.

And those who hesitate also hesitate here.Since Xichun's relationship with Jia She is so close, if Jia She wanted to adopt her, he would have formally adopted her long ago and had her household registration done.

You know, when Jia Yue, Jia Wan, Jia Xuan, and Jia Han were adopted in several departments, Jia Amnesty even paid an extra 1000 taels of silver to each of the four girls, regardless of whether the four girls were up to date, and reminded the four girls of their household registration. out.

If Jia Amnesty really wanted to adopt Xichun, why didn't he go to the household department to apply for household registration?Xichun is 15 years old!

Even Shi Zhan Youde, the head of the Shanghai Palace, came to find out what Jia Qi had to say.Although King Hu's son is still young, King Yi is famous for having many sons, and all five of King Yi's sons are born of the concubine.What Princess Yi means is that if Jia She has the intention to adopt Xichun, then Princess Yi will ask Xichun to be his wife for her third son. If Jia She doesn't, then their Prince Yi's mansion will hire another noble lady. .

Jia Qi told Lin Daiyu about the incident after seeing off the chief minister of the palace.

Lin Daiyu sighed, and said, "The fourth younger sister is also fifteen. What do you mean by master and wife?"

Jia Qi said: "Both parents are good-natured, otherwise, they wouldn't have taken the fourth sister over. I think this matter probably has something to do with Big Brother Zhen."

"Brother Jane?"

Lin Daiyu frowned.

Lin Daiyu has no good impression of Jia Zhen's sincerity.

After all, this world is a world that pays attention to family status, status, and reputation.That is to say, the promotion of officials not only considers the evaluation of officials and the actual means of conduct of officials, but also the reputation of officials. In many cases, people with good reputations are easy to get into the ears of the people above them, and naturally they can get extra promotions. .

Like the imperial examination, reputation investment is an important tool for officials. The difference is that the imperial examination is only a stepping stone, while reputation investment is likely to be an act that requires long-term maintenance and can also bring long-term benefits or no long-term benefits. .

Therefore, some people are dismissive of fame, while others value it very much.

And people who have reached a certain level or above value reputation even more.

Unfortunately, Jia Zhen is an outlier.

Jia Zhen is the patriarch of General Wei Lie's mansion. She is young and vigorous, not only full of energy, but also has considerable control over the family.In the family, in many cases, Jia Zhen kept her word.From his improper relationship with Qin Keqing, to all kinds of psychological damage to his son, and to his lack of sorrow for his father's death, it can be seen that this person is a typical one as long as I am happy.

He has no moral bottom line, is fearless, and is even quite ruthless in many cases.

The most frightening thing is that this person has no warmth for his family in his heart.

He seems to have a deep affection for Qin Keqing, but when he needs to abandon Qin Keqing, he still does so quickly.He seemed to care about his father in all kinds of ways, but after his father died, not only did he not mourn for his father, he did not keep his filial piety for his father, and he was even indifferent to his father's death.He abused his wife and son in various ways.

Jia Qi never thought that people like Jia Zhen would have any tenderness for Xi Chun.

Not only Jia Qi is not optimistic about Jia Zhen, but Lin Daiyu is also the same.

Jia Qi's feelings towards Xichun are not bad. If Mrs. Jia Shexing is willing, Jia Qi is also happy to have such a younger sister.Of course, Jia Qi can't be the master of this kind of thing, and Jia Amnesty is the one who can make the decision.

It's about Xichun, Princess Yi asked Shanghai Palace to help, Jia Qi and Lin Daiyu still have to write a letter back to Beijing to say something.But before their letter was delivered to Beijing, they received news from Mrs. Jia Shexing that Xichun was sent to the palace by Jia Zhen and became a maid.However, the third prince's mother concubine Mi Concubine and the fourth prince's mother concubine He Concubine both called for this maid by name, which aroused the emperor's attention.

It was also Xichun's bad luck. The emperor was not in a good mood at the time, and he heard that the third prince and the fourth prince were actually fighting for Xichun. Poison wine, only afterwards did he know Xichun's identity.

Although the emperor gave special gifts for the Double Ninth Festival afterwards, Mrs. Jia Shexing knew that Xichun sacrificed her life for these things.

Both Jia Qi and Lin Daiyu were very sad to receive the letter from Mrs. Jia Shexing.

After all, Xichun was innocent from beginning to end.

Jia Qi and Lin Daiyu decided to find a nearby temple and do a ritual ceremony for Xichun, which could be regarded as a farewell to her, and it could be regarded as a complete friendship.

There are many temples in Wei Dynasty called Banruo Temple. Although this Banruo Temple in Huzhou Prefecture is outside the city, its scale is not small at all.It was originally just a small temple. As the small Songjiangkou became a big city with a population of 60, Banruo Temple has also changed from a small, unnamed temple with only two or three ruined temples to the current one. Hundreds of acres of Prajna Temple.

It's true that Jia Qilin Daiyu specially reserved a yard, but this Prajna Temple has more than one yard, and the yard next to them has been rented out long ago. As a result, that night, someone shouted and cursed loudly in that yard , although someone dissuaded them from the sidelines, it really hindered Jia Qi and Lin Daiyu's rest.

Jia Qi had to send someone to ask.

But it turned out that the other party was the newly appointed Huzhou Defense Guard and his family members.

The guard Ma Yaoma was very upset when he heard that there was a civil servant living next door, and he was cursing, but it was his family members who apologized repeatedly when they heard that it was Jia Qilin Daiyu.

It turned out that Ma Shoubing had just been transferred from the border. He was already on guard when he was at the border. The border was short of food and clothing, and even weapons would be taken from the Mongols. But in Shanghai, a temple can occupy an area Hundreds of acres, the temple still uses a jar every day to hold alms for the fast.

Thinking of Paoze who was starving at the border and fighting the Mongols to death, looking at the drunken Jiangnan, the horse defense was naturally full of anger. He was depressed and couldn't help but drink. Once the wine was on, I started to scold.

Ma Shoubei's wife, Yan Shi, had someone help her husband to rest inside, while apologizing to Jia Qi and Lin Daiyu repeatedly, saying that her husband didn't do it on purpose, but just bored and drunk.

Jia Qi asked: "Madam is also from the border?"

"Correct."

Although Mrs. Ma's facial features were good, but the environment in the border customs meant that her skin was not as fair as Lin Daiyu's, not even as fair as Jia Qi's.Her face is not so much wheat-colored as it is almost bronze-colored, and like her husband Ma Shoubei, she has the weather and frost of the frontier.

"Why are you so curious about the border?"

"To be honest, my family has a piece of property in Shanxi. It's not close to Datong, but it's not too far. So we want to ask about the situation in Datong."

Ma Shoubei was drunk, and Mrs. Ma didn't recognize Jia Qi and Lin Daiyu, and Jia Qi didn't reveal her identity, so Mrs. Ma was not low on defense against Jia Qi.

Of course, the attitude is not low.

Don't look at the original book, Wang Xifeng took the lawsuit, and his attitude towards the matter of Zhang Jinge and Li Shoubei's son in the section of the conversation with the old nun in the mantou nunnery, but in fact, he controls the defense of a castle and a city. There are already quite a few forces in the system.

However, as far as the civil service system is concerned, the general system is relatively closed, so the superiors exploit the subordinates very severely.

In the original book, why was Wang Xifeng able to end the marriage contract between Brother Zhang Jin and Li Shoubei's son with just one letter?The reason is that Yunguang is the Jiedu envoy, while the Li family is just a small guard, and the Jia family is Yunguang's old boss.

But even so, it is not a small official to keep the defense outside.

Although the emperor issued an order to set up an armed force for the Huzhou government according to the specifications of Tianjin Wei, everyone knew that this was the decree issued after the Supreme Emperor fought against the emperor, and there were many tricks in the actual implementation process.

Take Tianjin Wei as an example. According to the rules set by the founding of the Wei Dynasty, Tianjin Wei is the most important guard post to defend the capital, so it is necessary to set up a capital commander. This is originally an old rule from the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, The current Tianjin Guard doesn't have any commanders, and the Privy Council thinks that the Shanghai Prefecture cannot be compared with Tianjin, so it only arranges a garrison for the Shanghai Prefecture.

That's why Ma Shoubing dared to swear openly outside.Because he is the highest military officer of the Huzhou government, when the king of Hu enters the capital, he has soldiers in his hands and his fists are the biggest, so naturally he will not be afraid of offending others.

Even Mrs. Ma herself, when she saw Jia Qi and Lin Daiyu, thought they were the children of a wealthy family in Shanghai Prefecture and wanted to build relationships with them and give them money.

That's why Mrs. Ma didn't refuse Jia Qi and Lin Daiyu to step into this courtyard.

Compared with the house arranged for them by the Shanghai government, it is obvious that this kind of encounter in a temple outside the city is more convenient and secretive, and it is easier to conclude a deal.

Hearing that the other party said that her family had property in Shanxi, Mrs. Ma thought that the main dish was about to be served.

Mrs. Ma said: "Your family has property in Shanxi? What kind of property? There is yellow sand everywhere, and you can't earn much money from farming."

Jia Qi said: "Growing food is not enough, but growing alfalfa, vegetables, beans, and making tofu are all paid for."

"Oh~" Mrs. Ma's voice immediately rose a few degrees, "Some people do do this, and alfalfa is a good horse grass. However, this business has not been popular in the past two years."

"why?"

"Haven't you heard of it? It's Mr. Jia from Shanghai Prefecture. He bought a lot of land in Shanxi and Shaanxi and planted grass. He also hired many old people and children in these two provinces to help raise rabbits. They also built spinning workshops. I heard that their workshops are all built by the water. I heard that they borrowed water power to spin more, faster and better yarns. However, Mr. Jia is also lonely. , obviously longer and better wool, but why not.”

"and then?"

Seeing that Mrs. Ma stopped talking suddenly, Jia Qi and Lin Daiyu hurriedly asked.

Mrs. Ma said: "Who cares about them! He doesn't raise sheep. We raise them in the army. It saves time and effort to raise sheep. It only needs a few dogs. It's enough to drive the sheep out during the day and drive them back at night." The wool can be spun, the sheepskin can be made into a coat, and the mutton can be nourished.”

Jia Qi clenched his fists and said, "However, it is forbidden to raise sheep."

That has something to do with the Yellow River!

"You're so childish! Since ancient times, who hasn't raised sheep like this?"

"But sheep eat grass roots..."

"Isn't this nonsense? Which sheep doesn't eat grass roots?"

"The Yellow River..."

Mrs. Ma said: "Little baby, you are really too young. It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, and the silt of the Yellow River is going down, who can control it? Is it impossible for the sand to flow backwards? Also, Mr. Jia really bought rabbit fur from the common people, but he refused to take our wool. Does he want us to starve to death?"

"But you still raise sheep. No, if no one collects your wool, you won't be able to sell your wool, so you won't think about raising sheep."

"Yes. Just send a few soldiers to go around and collect our wool, then forget it. If you don't collect wool, then I don't care when you encounter bandits."

Mrs. Ma didn't think there was anything wrong with what they did.

Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat dried shrimps. This is a matter of course.

They can't do anything to the officials of the imperial court, and they can't do anything to the people in the workshops?

"Excuse me, isn't it what soldiers should do to defend their home and country?"

"And then? I'm hungry, I don't even have food to eat, and I have to fight the Mongols with swords, but you are standing in front of the old lady in such bright clothes?"

Madam Ma stood up suddenly and approached Jia Qi.

A full man does not know a hungry man is hungry.

Without us desperately guarding, the Mongols would have gone south long ago. Where would you be, a little guy with no hair yet, whimpering here?

Lin Daiyu immediately stood up to smooth things over: "Madam, please calm down, my husband is also surprised."

"That's right, judging by your appearance, you should be only sixteen or seventeen years old. In Beijing, you are half-grown children who are well protected by your parents and family members. But how do you know that sixteen or seventeen years old are not dolls at our border, but family members?" You are the pillar of your life." Mrs. Ma brushed the hair from her temples behind her ears, and said calmly: "At the border, not one or two people who rushed to the city wall with a knife to defend their home and country at the age of twelve or thirteen died at this age. Yes, not one or two."

Lightly speaking, lightly sad, but like a boulder pressing on my heart.

Jia Qi quickly adjusted his mood.

Jia Qi said: "Sorry, ma'am, I'm from the capital, so I don't know much about border affairs. However, since I was a child, I heard from my elders that the Supreme Emperor is a benevolent emperor, and he also pays great attention to martial arts. The army's royal conquest..."

"so what?"

Mrs. Ma was obviously very disapproving.

"Ma'am, please be careful."

Jia Qi's face immediately dropped.

He thought Mrs. Ma was also a lawless woman like Wang Xifeng in the original book.

He hates such women the most.

At this moment, Jia Qi heard someone from inside interject: "The emperor? It's a pity that I'm old."

It turned out that Ma Shoubei woke up.

After Ma Shoubei came out, he clasped his fists at Jia Qi and said, "Lord Jia, I was rude just now."

Only then did Mrs. Ma realize that this was the rightful owner of the workshop.

Jia Qi and Ma Shoubei took their seats after greeting each other.

Jia Qi said: "Ma Shoubei, since you have woken up, I have a few questions for you to ask Shoubing."

"Okay, as long as you let the people below collect the wool, I'll tell you everything."

Jia Qi said: "I heard all the yelling you put in the yard. Is this true? The military pay has never been enough, and the soldiers go to the battlefield hungry, and there are not even enough weapons... "

"That's right, you think I'm lying?"

"I have read the official documents of the Ministry of War. Although I have not seen the relevant detailed data, according to the number in the official documents of the Ministry of War, how can there be insufficient weapons and ordnance?"

Ma Shoubei said: "Sure enough, he came from the Duke's mansion, and everything he knows is good." After saying that, Ma Shoubei asked people to prepare food and wine, and Mrs. Ma and Lin Daiyu immediately went to the back to talk.

When the food and drink came, Ma Shoubei served Jia Qiman, and then said: "Military households have always been lowly, we are obviously defending our home and country, but in the eyes of others, we are no different from those provocative actors! Heh! This world... yes, the amount given in the accounts of the Ministry of War is enough, but who told you that the soldiers can get so much?"

Jia Qi was stunned: "Isn't there even half of the wartime loss? What about one third?"

"Half? What are you dreaming of?!" Ma Shoubei looked at Jia Qi and said: "Forget it, you also know that wartime wear and tear is better than those who want money. I'll tell you straight, [-]% One, what we got in the end was only one-tenth of the loss during the war!"

"What? Only wartime wear and tear..." Jia Qi stood up abruptly.

He knew very well what a tenth of the wartime attrition meant.

When he was in the cabinet, he was not an official in charge of the Ministry of War, and the Privy Council would only ask him for money, but would not tell him in detail, so Jia Qi did not know many things about the Ministry of War and the Privy Council.

However, the supplies received by the border gate are only one-tenth of the wartime loss, which is tantamount to forcing the border gate to eat empty wages!

If there are not enough soldiers at the border, it is very likely that a hole will be torn open by a foreign race.

On the other hand, the whereabouts of the disappeared military pay, ordnance, and various supplies are very suspicious. It is very likely that someone is planning a conspiracy behind the scenes!

Ma Shoubing was chattering endlessly: "... the spearhead of the spear is enough, but the ash pole or something is only enough for the leaders and the soldiers below. Where is the ash pole? It's just a wooden pole. We made it ourselves with the wood we picked from other places. There are also swords, bows and arrows... It is thankful that we can give a quarter of the battlefield losses. As for the daily training losses, the Ministry of War will never give it. The soldiers want it Practice? Roll around the battlefield, and it will happen naturally."

The spear is the weapon with the simplest craftsmanship, the cheapest materials, and the cheapest, but it is such a spear, and Bianguan has to prepare the spear shaft by himself.This shows the attitude of the Ministry of War towards the border.The various armaments at the border have been lacking to what extent.

"Who doesn't know, they just want us to die. The more we die, the more they will scrape. Anyway, after losing the battle, it is always the fault of us guarding, defending, and co-defending. What does it have to do with them? We are not dead? Why does the court issue pensions? How do they make money?..."

Jia Qi was silent for a long time, Fang said: "Those missing ordnance, do you know whose hands the garrison finally fell into?"

Ma Shoubei said angrily: "If I knew, I wouldn't be able to live to this day! I've already died like our general soldier, and I can't die anymore."

"Chief soldier?"

"The former General Tang of Datong. He found out about this, and in the end he was shot through the heart from behind."

Ma Shoubei's words were too unbelievable and exaggerated, which made Jia Qi feel unreal again.

"If what you said is true, it is impossible for the border to persist until today." Jia Qi said: "If Datong was in such a situation, Datong would have been finished."

"That's good luck. Several tribes on the grassland are vying for the name of the Golden Family. When they come to a conclusion, Datong, hmph!"

Silence spread again.

It took a long time before I heard Jia Qi say, "Is this even the case when the Supreme Emperor is on his own conquest?"

Ma Shoubei said: "When the Taishang Emperor personally marched, he brought the Imperial Forest Army and the Forbidden Army with him. Do you think the Ministry of War will lose money from the Imperial Forest Army and the Forbidden Army?"

"But the Supreme Emperor is always kind. He also reduced taxes..."

Ma Shoubei said: "Tax reduction or exemption, in fact, the land tax is reduced or exempted. And every time the reduction or exemption is for civilian land, it has nothing to do with our military or civilian settlements. Even the head tax will not be reduced much, otherwise, you Do you think Shanxi province has owed head tax for more than 50 years, how did it come about?"

Emperor benevolent?

The emperor is kind enough to do their military household shit!

Ma Shoubei knew better than anyone how the Supreme Emperor's so-called benevolence came about.

Where there was a disaster, the Supreme Emperor said that the tax would be reduced or exempted, and he said several times that the tax would never be increased.The problem is that the tax reduced or exempted by the Supreme Emperor is the land tax.The land tax is inherently low, just like Jia Qi's land along the Yellow River, the total land tax for a year of 90 mu of river beach land is only 9 taels of silver.

That's 90 mu of land!

But what about tax?

Shanxi's small tax has already received six taels!

Every time the Supreme Emperor said about reducing or exempting taxes, those who benefited were the big landlords with land and land, but the people below were thankful that they could drink a bowl of thin porridge where they could find a few grains of rice.Those big landlords are big, powerful and rich, they can afford to support people, and their children can still afford to study, so every time they sing praises.

But actually?

There are Shanxi merchants in Shanxi, and the Shanxi merchants are extremely wealthy, but there are also a lot of poor people in Shanxi. I don’t know how many people starve to death every year.

Why did Ma Shoubei talk nonsense to Jia Qi?He knew that Jia Qi was rich and that Jia Qi could get food!He also knows how many people Jia Qi's workshops and farms support.

This Huzhou garrison position was obtained by Ma Shoubei in exchange for his military exploits. Of course, wanting to come to Huzhou to make a fortune is one reason, but it is another wish of Ma Shoubei to find a way out for his brothers who are still in Datong.

Ma Shoubei knew that his brothers could hardly hold on anymore.

Jia Qi was silent for a while, then said: "Ma Shoubei, I am a civil servant with a lot of money and land. If I get too close to you, you should know..."

"Damn it. I knew that you didn't care about us people at all! You don't even want to help us! You don't even want our wool!"

Ma Shoubing angrily held down Jia Qi.

His two eyes were as wide as copper bells. If eating Jia Qi could solve the problem, he would definitely eat Jia Qi raw.

"Do you know why I don't collect wool?"

"why?"

"Because sheep eat grass roots. If the Loess Plateau is full of yellow sand and no vegetation, the loess will be poured into the Yellow River continuously, and then the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River will never be able to escape the curse of the Yellow River's flooding..."

Ma Shoubei interrupted Jia Qi angrily: "The Yellow River is impossible to be cured! Unless you let Yugong flatten the Loess Plateau!"

Yellow River Yellow River, when will the Yellow River not flood?

But what about the soldiers?Do you want the soldiers to fight hungry and bare-handed?

"If I think like you, there is no need for me to buy the 90 mu of river beach land, let alone support millions of refugees! Is that my obligation? There are several million taels of silver , I can live a very happy life by eating, drinking and having fun! There is no need to spend so much money to support irrelevant people!"

"But you will make money..."

"I will build the Shanghai State Mansion just to exchange those silk fabrics squeezed there into money and pay taxes to those refugees! Ma Shoubei, I am not a saint."

Ma Shoubei said: "You mean, you don't care about us, is that so?"

The room suddenly fell silent.

After a long time, I heard Jia Qi's weak voice: "Ma Shoubei, I know the situation at the border. But I can't reach out. If I do, my parents and family will die."

"You!" Ma Shoubei was furious, grabbed Jia Qi by the collar, and whispered in Jia Qi's ear, "Do you know what you are talking about? I can punch you to death right now! "

"But even if you beat me to death, you won't have the money and food you want, and the status quo at the border will not be changed."

Jia Qi gently broke away from Ma Shoubing's hand, and said, "Now, I want to know more about the border. Are you still willing to tell me?"

The situation in the Great Wei Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty is very similar. However, there was Song Zhenzong in the Northern Song Dynasty. Even if he took on the infamy, the high salary system in the Northern Song Dynasty was the foundation laid by Song Zhenzong. Similarly, the Northern Song Dynasty paid attention to water conservancy and economic development, so it became famous. The most famous economists, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, although they lacked explanations of economic phenomena, but at that time, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were called prime ministers, but they were actually economists.

Similarly, in the Northern Song Dynasty, there were Su Song who invented the escapement, and Shen Kuo who wrote "Mengxi Bi Tan", such scientists who played with engineering and made flowers, although at that time, these two belonged to the civil service system.

In the middle and later stages of the reign of the Supreme Emperor, he was actually facing the same situation as Song Zhenzong. It was the same that there were alien races in the north, and the salary level set by the founding emperor could not keep up with the economy after the stability of the Great Wei in 30. The level of development.

Song Zhenzong adopted the measure of paying high salaries to civil and military officials, while the Supreme Emperor adopted the measure of continuing to maintain the low salaries of officials, but regarded hitting IOUs as a virtuous policy.

Since then, borrowing by officials has become popular, extravagant extravagance, corruption and corruption, and the government of the court has quickly become corrupt.

This is the biggest difference between the Supreme Emperor and Song Zhenzong.

Ma Shoubei once read books and could read a few words. His father-in-law was a scholar, and he was dispatched to the border for others.Ma Shoubei also knew a lot of things from his father-in-law, so Ma Shoubei looked down on the Supreme Emperor.He felt that the Supreme Emperor exchanged the court's laws and regulations for his own reputation, and he was simply a philanderer, and he was not worthy of being an emperor at all.

But what Jia Qi said is also very correct. If Jia Qi has a relationship with the general system, the court will definitely not let Jia Qi go.

Although Jia Qi can't be killed explicitly, Jia Qi can die from various accidents, and then just use other means to take over Jia Qi's property, for example, let those spies infiltrate Jia Qi and Lin Daiyu's property , Instead of those stewards, get these properties without anyone noticing.

Anyway, in Ma Shoubing's impression, the Supreme Emperor could do such a thing.

What happened in Banruo Temple was soon deliberately forgotten by the person concerned, Jia Qi was still busy with him, and Ma Shoubing was still his garrison, honestly guarding his Nine Castles.

Although the army is important, for Jia Qi, what really matters is the navy.

After a whole year of preparation, Jia Qi finally got a fleet of about [-] ships, got a dock on the Diaoyu Islands, and built a salt field, and shipped salt to North Korea and Japan several times, and the salt that was shipped back to Shanghai Waiting for the ginseng and gold made the relevant people red-eyed.

During this period, North Korea and Japan were both Chinese vassal states. They were more or less repulsed by Westerners with different-colored hair, different-colored eyes, white skin and high nose bridge, but they were quite close to Wei.

At least, the ships sent by Jia Qi did not encounter too many difficulties, even in North Korea. In Japan, Jia Qi's ships were even quite sought after.The foundry industry in Japan is underdeveloped, which has led to the preference of using copper coins from the Great Wei Dynasty in Japan, and the price of gold in Japan is very cheap for copper coins. At the same time, Japan's salt production is very small...

In short, the merchant ships sent by Jia Qi made a lot of money, and even the Nine Forts guarded by horses changed their guns for cannons, and the soldiers also changed their equipment.

Although Ma Shoubei has objections to Jia Qi, he has no objection to Jin Zi.He knew that as long as there was enough gold, he could get good things for his old robes.

Just when Ma Shoubei was about to find a way to lobby Jia Qi, Jia Qi suddenly received an urgent document from the capital.

It turned out that the city wall of Datong finally collapsed. The Mongols tore a hole from Datong and went directly to the capital, looting along the way.

At the same time, Nuzhi also entered the customs from Shanhaiguan, and went straight to the capital.

Jia Qi is not surprised that the Mongols will go south.

Just like what Ma Shoubei said to Jia Qi, if the court has been so harsh on the border, if the soldiers finally can't bear it anymore, if the population of the border is consumed below a certain value, sooner or later something will happen.

No matter how capable the general is, it is useless.

What Jia Qi was curious about was, how could it be possible for female straights to enter the customs?Shanhaiguan is the most powerful pass in the world.

It's a pity that the capital is now surrounded by groups, and all places have received orders from King Qin.

At the same time, Jia Qi also received the following report.The Mongols specifically attacked Jia’s and Jia Qi’s properties in the suburbs of Beijing. The sacrificial fields bought by Jia Amnesty suffered heavy losses, and the farmlands purchased by Jia’s family in Tongzhou, Baoding and other places were all looted.

While the Mongols and female straight surrounded the capital, they also began to spread around.

It is said that the coalition forces of the Mongols and the women are as high as 15.

This is not what Huaxia's current military strength can resist.

Even Ma Shoubing said in public that the army of Qin Wang from all walks of life is going to resist now, but it is just sending food to the Mongols and women.

When Lin Daiyu heard about this, she immediately jumped up.

The capital was besieged?

This is no small matter.

The capital was besieged, no matter whether Mongolia and Nvzhi broke the city in the end, needless to say the loss of Gyeonggi and the North China Plain, the prestige of the imperial court would definitely drop greatly.And Qin Wang's armies in various places may eventually become warlords in various places... In the end, the entire China may fall into war.

Once Huaxia falls into civil strife, those Westerners are likely to take advantage of it.

Jia Qi looked at Lin Daiyu and said, "So, sister means, do you want to hurry up?"

Lin Daiyu nodded and said, "Brother Qi, do you have any ideas?"

Jia Qi said: "There is indeed a way to save Huaxia from being raped by other races."

Huaxia cannot fall into the hands of foreign races, and it must not be civil strife, which is tantamount to giving opportunities to Westerners outside.

"What can you do?"

Jia Qi shook his head and said, "Sister Lin, all I know is that if Westerners are allowed to sneak in, I, Huaxia, will suffer a hundred years of humiliation. But my method can indeed keep Westerners far away, but It is also possible for Huaxia to lose a large number of people. Should I do this?"

Lin Daiyu sat down beside Jia Qi, took Jia Qi's hand, and said, "Brother Qi, you have made a decision, haven't you? Now that you have made a decision, go ahead and do it. Anyway, I will walk with you Even if you want to bear the eternal infamy, I will bear it with you."

Jia Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I understand."

That night, several pigeons flew out from the Yamen of the prefect of Shanghai. The pigeons only had a small note with two words on it.

Goddess.

The Zhuangzi shop of the Lin family took action immediately.

Goddess,

The goddess scattered flowers.

That is smallpox.

Before vaccinia was widely promoted, large-scale smallpox would break out almost every 20 years in the Central Plains, and the population of the Central Plains would also be greatly reduced as a result.The last large-scale outbreak of smallpox was just before Jia Qi was born.

Jia Qi has long noticed that there are signs of small-scale smallpox outbreaks everywhere. If there are no accidents, within three or four years, there will be another outbreak of smallpox that ravages more than half of China across the country.

What Jia Qi has to do is to artificially push the back to let smallpox break out concentrated in the North China Plain, and then let the Mongols and Nvzhi either retreat to the grassland and outside the customs, or sleep forever on this land.

Jia Qi doesn't worry about the refugees he takes in, and of course he doesn't worry about his parents and family either.

Because Jia Qi had already vaccinated her parents, family members and those refugees.

As long as the parents and family are safe, as long as most of these refugees survive, and as long as the property in their hands does not suffer too much impact, they will have a chance.