The Rich and the Idlers of the Red Chamber

It's not good to have an emperor on your head. If you have something good here, as soon as your boss asks, you have to hand it over honestly.

To be honest, hot air balloons have no technical content, that is, they are a little bigger than Kongming lanterns, and there is a basket tied underneath, which can hold people or other things, but everyone has never thought that it can do this before.

In these days, hot air balloons don’t make much money even if they are commercialized. After all, the technology is immature at the moment, except for those who are born with an adventurous spirit. If you can't come down, or if something goes wrong and you fall down, it will be a disaster.Another thing you can do is to use it to advertise to those businessmen. You can sprinkle leaflets on the top, or you can skip the basket and tie a large advertisement directly under the hot air balloon.

But the capital city is not any other place. If something is flying in the sky, if it floats to a place that shouldn't be floating, or someone puts something that shouldn't be in it, then it will be a big trouble.Looking back, if there are organizations like the White Lotus Sect and the Maitreya Sect who take rebellion as their mission, and use this to carry out rebellious propaganda, it will be a nightmare for the government.

Many things have always been different from the benevolent, and the wise see wisdom.Just like after the invention of gunpowder, some people used it to make fireworks and firecrackers, and some people directly started to make artillery and guns.Even the Kongming Lanterns, which are used to place some expectations today, were originally invented for military messages.

The hot air balloon made by Ah Shou is strange to ordinary people. At most, they think that they have a chance to play with it, but in the hands of caring people, it is a big killer. Therefore, the emperor must never This thing is allowed for private use, unless there is something that absolutely restrains this thing in the future.

After all, there is no such thing as an air force these days. People generally have few ways to deal with things flying in the sky. They just use bows and arrows to shoot them. However, if you fly a hot air balloon higher, there are not many bows and arrows with such a long range. , besides, this thing is condescending, there are many things that can be done.For example, use hot air balloons to carry people into the city in the dark, or use this instead of scouts.

Falcons are often domesticated on the grasslands to patrol the grasslands and identify enemies, but falcons are still animals after all, even if they can be trained to be very obedient, they can recognize very few things, nothing more than identifying the color and style of clothes. Clothes, they don't understand.But if a person looks down from a hot air balloon, then many things are very clear at a glance.

As an emperor, there are very few people who do not have the heart to expand the territory. Although the world is peaceful, the Tatars in the north, the Qianxiang Kingdom and the Hanhai Kingdom in the south, although nominally proclaiming their vassals to the court, in fact they are behind the scenes. There are often some small actions. The saint had received a battle report from the south before, saying that the queen of Qianxiang Kingdom was seriously ill. For the sake of the throne, the princes, princesses, and even other members of the royal family are eager to move. If the person on stage is a militant, they will come It was the imperial court who faced each other at the time, after all, the imperial court had always been a typical idiot.

It’s okay if you lose, the court will not kill your people, destroy your family’s ancestral temple, and occupy your country. On the contrary, at most it will replace you as the king, and then you will say something nice and cry bitterly Fan, I have to spend money to appease him generously.It's no problem if you win the battle. People in the Central Plains have always been rich. Even if you just capture an ordinary county town, rob a big household and treasury, you can get a lot of good things, just to show your muscles and strength In the future, with the victory, he can still bargain with the imperial court, and get another sum of money as appeasement.

Therefore, many vassal states bowed their heads and ears to what the Celestial Dynasty said, and wished they could kneel and lick. In fact, if they had enough strength in their hands, they would never mind rushing forward and tearing off a piece of meat from the imperial court's leg down.

The heroine of Qianxiang Kingdom is now 80 to [-] years old. She has killed several older children, but she is still very strong. She was supported by Emperor Taizong back then. The son still used the country name of the former dynasty, and there was still fighting against the current dynasty in the name of the former dynasty. Later, the court was angered, and the Qianxiang country was overthrown, and then replaced with the current queen. .

The queen is not bad, she has no ambitions, being the head of the country is also a surprise, she has always been respectful to the court, but her descendants may not think so, the court has not used weapons for many years, and occasionally eats at the border Unfortunately, those people have long forgotten the power of the imperial court. Now that the queen is seriously ill and people are too confused to manage affairs, the people below are ready to move.

After the saint got the military report, he had already decided that if there was any change in Qianxiang country, he would simply send troops to beat him. However, the saint didn't know much about the southern army. Most importantly, he didn't trust him very much. After all, the Zhen family They have been operating in Jiangnan for many years, who knows if they have any collusion with the army, if they make trouble secretly and deliberately delay the fighter, won't this cause trouble for themselves?

Another point is that the Qianxiang country is in the south after all. Although it produces spices, jadeite, ivory and so on, for the Central Plains, apart from the fact that rice can be cooked twice or even thirdly in a year, it is somewhat attractive. Even if there are three crops a year, most of them are mountainous areas. Even the ability to cultivate terraced fields was taught by the Central Plains. There is not much arable land, but there are many miasmas in the mountains.The aborigines already existed there, and the imperial court wanted to immigrate there, so they couldn't let those aborigines starve to death. At that time, those high-ranking civil servants in the court would have to spray the emperor to death.

Therefore, playing Qianxiang Country is really a kind of thing that is not worth the loss. The saint was worried, but he heard about the hot air balloon, and then his heart brightened.

To be honest, instead of spending a lot of money to transport food and grass, mobilize soldiers and so on, using silk, satin and kerosene to make hot air balloons can save money and save a lot.The Jiangnan side has also used all kinds of looms over the years, and the low- and mid-range silks and satins weaved have a tendency to flood. People with a little money in the Central Plains can go to the silk and satin shop to buy a piece of silk and satin for their families. I have cut two pieces of clothes, and now the silk going overseas has started to discount. Although I can still make money, the profit is still worse than before.

Now it’s time to buy a hot air balloon, even if it’s a one-time use, it doesn’t cost much, it’s cheaper than the military salary, and you have to worry about the officials below if you pay the military salary. What about silks and satins that are not very valuable nowadays?It is harder to sell than military rations.

At that time, some assassins and dead soldiers will be transported by hot air balloons to Qianxiang Kingdom to assassinate ministers, royal families and generals. At that time, Qianxiang Kingdom itself will be in chaos.

When the sage said that, Jia She only felt that he was too pure and good. If he really could be an emperor, he would not be a good guy. Fortunately, Jia She is a peaceful environmentalist. Otherwise, if he made any landmines, hand grenades , White phosphorous bombs and the like, the saints don’t ask people to directly carry the shells and throw them down on the hot air balloons. Then don’t start an industrial revolution, let’s play an arms race first!

Anyway, this hot air balloon method is directly handed over to the sage. The sage took the prescription and looked at Ah Shou as if he was looking at a baby. He secretly hated that the old sage had cut off his beard. The child should be left to my own daughter. Although my daughter is a little younger, it doesn't matter if the Jia family waits. It doesn't matter if there is a big age difference. Only when you are older, you will know how to hurt others!

It's a pity that I was a step too late, and the sage couldn't help but sigh inwardly. It's because his father has a good eye. When this kid was still a young boy, he had a discerning eye to recognize talents and appointed him. Otherwise, I have to cut my ass off.

In any case, the sage is not a stingy person, he should be rewarded for his meritorious deeds and punished for his demerits.Jia Chen is already the son of the Marquis of An Le, so it would be too much to give him a title or something. In the future, if this kid will create something else, how should he reward him? Therefore, the saint directly rewarded Jia Chen with his Jinshi background That is to say, Jia Chen no longer needs to take the imperial examination, the sage has already given him this qualification, if he wants to be an official, he can go to the Ministry of Officials to fill the vacancy instead of relying on Jia's amnesty helped.

Of course, Jia Chen is the future eldest princess consort and captain, so don't even think about being an official of the third rank or above, but if he is willing, the saint is willing to arrange a similar position for Jia Chen in the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the Clan Mansion.

A Jinshi background doesn't sound very good. For Jia Chen's background and his future, this thing is almost useless. After all, Jia Chen has a title on him and will marry a princess soon, so he doesn't need to be an official. Well, a Jinshi background is just icing on the cake for him, but it's just better to say it.

Therefore, in addition to this, the sage also rewarded some gold and stone playthings and so on, and he praised Jia Amnesty, such as teaching his son well and inheriting his father's business, if he hadn't become the emperor now , To pay attention to the city, many times you can't be as carefree as before. You can't wait to rub your hands now and discuss with Jia She on how to teach your son so that your son can be more like yourself.

No matter what, Ah Shou showed his face in front of the saint. Immediately, on a personal level, he distanced himself from his little friends. That teenager in his family can do such a big thing Come, and get the reward of the saint!

Jia Amnesty also benefited from his own son's honor, and promised to teach the craftsmen sent by the saint the key to hot air balloons before he left the palace.

Sitting on the carriage, Ah Shou took out a box from the hidden compartment of the carriage, ate and played with the snacks in it, and complained: "The saint really deserves to be a saint. The hot air balloon that my son made was originally intended to be a saint." Those who want people to be able to fly up to the sky and swim freely in the sky turned out to be turned into murderous weapons by the saints!"

Jia Amnesty couldn't help laughing: "This means that the concept is different. The sage pretends to be the world, and he pretends to expand the territory. As for you, you are still a child now, and what you think about in your heart is just something fun. Naturally, you can't think of it." This kind of thing is on top!"

Ah Shou just felt that the things he made were like being cast in the dark, but he didn't have much thought about it. Although he read the Four Books and Five Classics with his husband since he was a child, he was not a pedantic person. The saint also said that there was a change in the Qianxiang country first, and then the hot air balloon was needed to avoid military disasters in the south.

These days the Celestial Dynasty still has a very strong sense of self-esteem. The Han people in the Central Plains are human beings. As for the other barbarians, who are not of our race, their hearts must be different!The people of these vassal states are okay, after all, they have accepted the enlightenment of the Chinese culture. If they are like the aborigines in those places in Nanyang, they are not much better than the savages, and no one will think that they are the same species as the savages. Therefore, Naturally not much sympathy.

The same is true for Ah Shou. The purpose of this hot air balloon is to protect the country. It is similar to swords and guns.Anyway, he has indeed made something that can take people flying into the sky. As for what this thing is used for, Ah Shou is still a teenager after all, so he can't think too much about it.

Jia Amnesty has been proven to be good at teaching his son, and his son has inherited his talent, and he even looks like he is a master. After all, compared with other things, although the technical content of hot air balloons is actually far inferior to those of hydraulic looms, A printing press or something, but in the eyes of most people, this is a very tall thing.

Therefore, the royal family was at the mercy, and before they discovered Jia Chen's benefits, the royal family booked this son-in-law away.However, Jia Amnesty is not only a son, but also a son and a daughter!Therefore, many people don't think that Jia Lang and Jia Ying are too young, and they are already secretly watching each other at this moment. Lang is his son-in-law, and Jia Ying is his daughter-in-law.

It's a good thing they didn't come to the door to say, otherwise, Jia Amnesty would be terrified, and the marriage of the eldest son Jia Chen would be ignored. Whoever let the old sage have this heart already, after all, in other people's territory, he can't I fell out with the old sage because of this matter. Marrying someone else's daughter is a blind marriage, and marrying a princess is the same. Anyway, as long as Jia Amnesty is still useful, even a princess is not good at taking Joe in front of Jia Amnesty, so , and finally admitted.

But Jia Lang and Jia Ying are only so old now, and Jia Amnesty had no intention of letting their children marry early. After all, marrying too early, before their bodies are fully grown, vented their innate vitality first, which is not good for the future. What's more, teenage children are the time when their learning ability is the strongest. Naturally, the most important thing to do at this time is to study hard and enrich themselves, instead of thinking about those romantic things.

The son is fine, but the daughter is even worse. Although no one dares to bully Jia She's daughter, after all, after getting married, she still has various uncomfortable places. The most important thing is the pressure of the heirs. These days, everyone doesn't need any small umbrellas, and concubines are fine. Unless there are special circumstances, the main wife will not take any medicine.Therefore, if both parties are in good health, pregnancy is a very natural thing, but girls in their teens are not yet fully developed. At this time, pregnancy and childbirth, on the one hand, the child is prone to congenital deficiencies, and on the other hand, it will cause harm to the mother. It's also relatively big, how could Jia Amnesty let his daughter suffer like this.

Therefore, in Jia Amnesty's plan, it is best for the son to get engaged when he is almost twenty, and for the daughter to book the marriage when she is about [-] years old, and then wait until she is eighteen or nineteen to get married. The daughter is an old girl, and she will not bring much burden to her because of her later married life.The most important thing is to let the daughter enjoy the blessings at home for a few more years. After getting married, life will not be so comfortable. After all, as the main wife of the family, the responsibilities to bear are not small.

With such thoughts, these people who want to sell their own children seem a little inappropriate. After all, it has been many years since the two children got engaged. Who knows what will happen in the middle? , if something goes wrong with the other party accidentally, then it may be said that his child will have a hard name, why bother? Therefore, Jia Amnesty is not willing to settle the matter in such a hurry!

Ah Shou showed his face here, but it made the other two settled sons-in-law pale. , now it is nothing more than a reputation as a scholar, the one from the Uncle Jianyang's family is simply a supervisor in the Imperial College with the quota of Enyin in the mansion.

Comparing people to others, they are pissed off, but those two are nothing. After all, people like Jia Chen can't follow common sense. If they have the ability of Jia Chen, why bother to be son-in-law? Even if they want to do something For relatives of the royal family, it is so difficult to find a prince of the clan and be a Yibin.

However, the two princesses in the palace are not calm anymore. They are both emperors of the Tian family. Why can't their sons-in-law compare to Rong Le's? Elder sister is one step ahead. When it comes to the emperor's favor, she is not as good as the eighth princess Rong Hui who was born by Concubine Zhen Gui, but she is much better than the other sisters. In the end, the old saint is so partial that she has nothing to say. Her son-in-law It's also the best, really speaking, it's better than Princess Ronghui.

Princess Ronghui's son-in-law is Shi Guangzhu, the son-in-law of the Duke's family. However, although the Duke's family still retains the title of a Duke, in fact, it is far inferior to the Marquis of Anle, whether it is a holy favor or other things. No, it's nothing more than that the Duke of Shanguo still has some military power.However, the Shi family has been hooking up with the king of Xining County, ambiguously, even though they all belong to the four kings and eight princes, they are actually forming a party to protect themselves, but naturally, they are also recorded by the sage for a sum.

Shi Guangzhu looked fine at first, tall and handsome, young and promising, but now compared with Jia Chen who has caused a sensation in the entire capital, he is much worse. Shi Guangzhu can go that far, it depends on the mansion of Shan Guogong However, Jia Chen is impressive by himself, and this is the obvious difference.

For princesses, they are born noble, and they will have no worries about food and clothing in the future. In the future, their children will be able to inherit a certain title according to their seniority. It stands to reason that there should be no dissatisfaction in life.It's just that no one is really the kind of person who is indifferent to fame and wealth and has no desires. As a princess, when she is in the palace, she fights to be her own biological mother or adoptive mother, fights for the favor of a saint, gets married, fights Even if the husband's family still has a son-in-law, after having a child, it depends on the child's character and ability to learn, and how to marry.

As a result, the two princesses, Rong Jing and Rong Ke, lost at the beginning. When they were princesses, they were not as good as Rong Le with the old saint. Now that they are going to get married, they are far behind even the son-in-law. Naturally, the two are extremely different Be willing.However, even if they are not reconciled, what they can do is limited, and they can only curse behind their backs, and they can't do anything else.

Princess Rong Le is extremely proud of herself. Princess Rong Le was a little depressed after being told by Concubine Yu, but now she thinks about it. It is better to have a capable husband-in-law than a princess who can only rely on the princess for food. Ruanfan's son-in-law is much stronger, and Princess Rongle is not an arrogant and self-willed person. If she really had that temperament, the old sage would not really love her.

As an emperor, the only one who accommodates him is the one who accommodates him. How can he accommodate others? Daughter, she has to be cute and cute to be hurt. Few, even for the princess, he is quite patient, but when his children are in groups, the grandsons are all older than his younger children. It may not even match the rankings, how can I have the patience to coax the children.

Princess Rong Le can be called the old saint. When she was young, she thought about matching a princess for Jia She's son. There are still several of them who will be of the same age next year, but the first reaction is Princess Rong Le. After several years, Even if this idea has not changed, it is known that Princess Rong Le's face with the old sage, and from this, it can be known that Princess Rong Le's temperament is by no means an annoying type.

Therefore, Princess Rong Le is also thinking about it now, and she is very satisfied with Jia Chen as a son-in-law. She also has some little daughter's thoughts in her heart. She has never been interested in female celebrities, but she actually found Mrs. Yu, Asking her to teach herself to make some purse fan covers and other small items, thinking about giving these to the future son-in-law later, a burst of sweetness suddenly rose in her heart.