Red House Shoufu

Chapter 411 Jia Baoyu made a contribution with Lin Jinyu's rebuilding of a heavy weapon

Xia Shouzhong is a fine individual, and now Yuanchun's status in the palace is stable, second only to the imperial concubine Yang who is in charge of Fengyin.

Jia Zheng was Yuan Chun's biological father, and if it weren't for the rules, he would be a serious relative of the emperor.

He wouldn't take it in front of Jia Zheng. When he saw Jia Zheng in a hurry without his cloak on in the heavy snow, he immediately greeted him with a concerned look on his face: "Oh, Mr. Zheng, why do you even have a coat to keep out of the cold?" Don't you wear a cloak?"

"Grandpa Xia sent the imperial decree, how could I not come out to greet him!"

Jia Zheng used to pretend to be a scholar and disliked servants like Xia Shouzhong, but after getting in touch with them a lot, he felt that some scholars are hypocrites, and it would be better to deal with Xia Shouzhong more realistically.

Moreover, Xia Shouzhong had to take care of his daughter a lot. During the holidays, he often went to Xia Shouzhong's private house to give New Year gifts.

The two came to the house, exchanged greetings, and the incense table was ready, and Xia Shouzhong took the imperial edict from the servant behind him.

"Mr. Zheng, accept the order!"

Before the incense case, Jia Zheng prostrated: "The minister Shuntian government governs Jia Zheng, and I respectfully invite Shengan!"

The imperial decree unfolded slowly, and Xia Shouzhong proclaimed loudly: "I heard: I heard that any envoy must be competent, and his ambition is the beauty of the official; he will be effective in repaying his merits, and he will be benevolent. Jiayi doctor, Shuntian government governs Jiazheng, The public is loyal to the country, loyal to the emperor's order, and loves the people like a son... I present you as a doctor of Zhongfeng and the president of Jinling Tirenyuan. Xi's imperial order, I admire it!"

"Chen Jiazheng led the decree, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Jia Zheng already knew about his appointment in Jinling, but he was still trembling with excitement.

Doctor Zhongfeng is from the second-rank Wensan rank. The president of Jinling Tirenyuan is not a permanent official, and his rank is no more than fourth-rank, but he is an imperial envoy, a senior official.

He, Jia Zheng, spent the past ten years in a daze, but he never expected to be promoted as easily as drinking water in the past two years, which made him feel as if he was living in a dream.

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The news of Jia Zheng's promotion had not yet spread, but there was a big commotion in the ruling county official's mansion.

Zhen Baoyu had been hanging on the big tree in the prefecture's mansion for several days. How could a nobleman who had lived in rich clothes and fine clothes for more than ten years have suffered such a crime?

If the Han family is also a ruthless person, among other things, the way to punish him is that the servants guarding Zhen Baoyu feel cold in their hearts.

Zhen Baoyu was wrapped in several layers of various leather jackets, there were several piles of bonfires beside him, and there were bowls of ginseng soup. If he hadn't been hung on a tree with a rope, who would dare to say that the Wang family was punishing him.

When Zhen Yingjia saw that her son had turned into such an inhuman and ghost-like appearance, she almost took the guard's knife and went to the Wang family's back house to hack the Han family to death.

It's a pity that the soldiers of the palace are all veterans who have retired from the battlefield. With these bullying house slaves beside him, he might have to put himself in it.

"My wife said that Mr. Zhen can take Mr. Zhen back..."

An old nanny came to the front yard with Han's order, looked at Zhen Yingjia who was full of anger and said, "But there is one thing, all the restaurants and shops of the Zhen family in the east and west cities must be transferred to my girl's name. Take it as Uncle Zhen's gift of apology!"

"it is good!"

Zhen Yingjia gritted her teeth and agreed without even thinking about it. Han's request could not damage the foundation of the Zhen family.The largest business of the Zhen family in the capital is almost all under the name of Prince Zhongxin's Mansion. Those shops and restaurants seem to be making a lot of money, but in fact they are just for the emperor to see.

Since the old lady arrived in Beijing yesterday, she has been arguing to see her grandson. If Zhen Baoyu is not asked to go back, how can he tell the old lady about going to Rongguo Mansion.

The Zhen family took Zhen Baoyu away, and the Han family looked at the Zhen family who carried Zhen Baoyu away from the tall building.

The old nanny who came back asked, "Ma'am, are we going to let that beast go like this?"

Han's eyes were filled with hatred, and he replied with a hehe: "So what if you don't let go? Mrs. Fengsheng sent all kinds of rewards just after returning to Jinglongshou Palace. Can our family compare with Mrs. Fengsheng? Fortunately, I I still keep that recipe, those ginseng soups are really good things..."

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The winter moon is cold, and every time it snows heavily, Daiyu's house has long been lit with a stove.

On the second day of junior high school, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun and Xiangyun came to the mansion as guests. At this time, it was snowing heavily outside, but the room was really warm as spring. The four sisters were playing chess and laughing around the stove.

"Believe it or not, Baoyu will definitely complain about his brother when he comes over soon?"

Daiyu thought of Jia Baoyu who was detained by Lin Shu in the front yard, looked at the budding wintersweet in the yard, couldn't help laughing and said: "Brother Huan has just returned to Beijing, so I must talk to my brother about patrolling the river. Thinking about it makes Baoyu feel bad, how can he understand this..."

As she spoke, she teased a few words about Yingchun: "Second Sister hasn't come to see me for a long time. If Big Brother Huan doesn't come, Second Sister may have forgotten that I am a younger sister!"

Yingchun was so teased by Daiyu that her pretty face flushed, the little woman was extremely shy, her flushed cheeks seemed to be drunk, she seemed to be dizzy from alcohol, and she was in a daze.

Xichun rubbed against her, leaned on Yingchun and sniffed.

"There's no smell of alcohol. I thought Second Sister was drunk, and she was all red."

Yingchun wrapped Xichun in her arms in embarrassment, rubbing her little face: "Even you come to tease me, and see if I don't eat all the meat in your bowl when we eat later."

Unexpectedly, Xi Chun violently hugged her back, plunged into her arms and said with a smile: "Forget it, I will give it to my second sister, eat more and hurry up tomorrow to give me a big nephew!"

After a brief silence in the room, people suddenly burst into laughter, so startled that Bai Jingjing, who was pretending to sleep with her paws in her arms by the stove, almost exploded.

The sisters in the back house had a good time, and Jia Baoyu in the front yard listened to Lin Shu and Wang Huan discussing the situation in Guanzhong in a daze.

The imperial decree went west, and the officialdom in Shaanxi experienced a huge earthquake.

People's heads rolled under the sword of the Son of Heaven, and when Wang Huan picked up the soil on the side of the Wei River to be stained red with blood, he was so frightened that his whole body trembled.

"Brother Weizhong, so the water conservancy in Guanzhong will be postponed until the beginning of spring before it can be reorganized? It seems that the spring planting will be delayed."

Lin Shu calculated the time. Spring begins in February, and the late spring cold in the north has a great impact on spring seeds.Waiting for the weather to completely warm up in March before carrying out water conservancy renovations, I am afraid that it will be too late to catch up with the spring planting.

This group of damned national thieves...

"The national thief, Lu Mo, is really hateful and can be killed!"

The curse in Lin Shu's heart was actually scolded by Jia Baoyu in advance, and the two turned their heads to look at Jia Baoyu, who was always playing the audience.

"Why are my cousin and second brother-in-law looking at me like this? Shouldn't I scold those country thieves?"

Jia Baoyu asked suspiciously, but Lin Shu didn't know how to answer.

Wang Huan was very playful, stepped forward and pinched Jia Baoyu's chubby face, patted his shoulder, and suddenly exclaimed: "Ah, Jinyu, it's Brother Bao, I thought I was dropped Already!"

Lin Shu, dumbfounded, rescued Jia Baoyu from Wang Huan's clutches, and gave each of them the potatoes baked in the stove.

The three brothers were guarding the stove, eating sweet and soft baked potatoes, while continuing to chat about the topic just now.

Lin Shu looked at the potatoes in his hand, and said leisurely: "Brother Bao is right, this group of national thieves and thieves are indeed hateful and can be killed. If this delays the next year's spring planting, with the grain in Guanzhong, many people will starve to death. "

The vicissitudes of life, the Guanzhong Plain, which was once fertile and fertile, has long been unable to support the children of that land.Close to last year's autumn harvest, it is God's blessing to last until June.

"There's no way around that. The channel of the Weihe River has been occupied by many big households. There are dozens of waterwheels built in violation of regulations, and almost all the river defenses have been destroyed."

Wang Huan has almost visited all the major state capitals along the Weihe River, and is very familiar with the situation there.

He explained to Lin Shu: "If there is no problem with the embankment after the autumn harvest, by the end of March and the beginning of April, at least [-]% of the good fields on both sides of the Weihe River can be planted with grain. But these beasts made this tofu-like river If anyone dares to plant it with confidence, it is estimated that a heavy rain will flood both sides of the bank, making Guanzhong a country of thousands of miles."

Reconstruction is the most difficult thing. It is a huge project just to dig out the bean curd embankment, not to mention the manpower and material resources required to rebuild the embankment, and any wood or stone materials must be transported over with great effort.

Jia Baoyu couldn't understand the water conservancy issues, but he figured out why Lin Shu and Wang Huan had headaches.

"Is it possible to speed up the entire construction period by solving the wood and stone materials required for the renovation of the river defense?"

Although Lin Shu and Wang Huan were surprised that Jia Baoyu spoke suddenly, they all nodded in response.Just heard Jia Baoyu continue to say: "Is there no suitable stone in Guanzhong? Can't we just find someone to dig?"

"The thousand-year-old capital of Guanzhong is where the stone materials have been mined long ago. The rest of the deep mountains and dense forests are extremely difficult to excavate. Even the required wood has to be felled and transported in the depths of the Qinling Mountains. Difficult, difficult, difficult!"

Lin Shu's three difficult words made Jia Baoyu understand the difficulty of defending the Weihe River. He muttered to himself: "It's a pity that there are so many broken stones on the river beach, but they can't be turned into big stones to build dams..."

"What did Brother Bao just say?"

Jia Baoyu's words made Lin Shu suddenly have a flash of inspiration, but unfortunately he didn't catch it all at once, it was only a little bit short.

"what?"

Lin Shu stared at Jia Baoyu anxiously, and said again, "What brother Bao said just now, can you say it again?"

"I mean...there are so many gravels on the river beach, but they can't be turned into big stones to build dikes!"

Jia Baoyu was taken aback by Lin Shu's anxiety, and suddenly Lin Shu burst out laughing, even Wang Huan who was beside him was startled.

Lin Shu slapped Wang Huan's thigh hard, and said with a cheerful smile, "I'm so confused, I almost forgot about such a big killer!"

Lin Shu's slap was not small, Wang Huan grinned and pushed his palm away, complaining: "What the hell is it? You said it, it's my leg, you want to slap your own!"

"Thanks to Brother Bao, if this thing comes to fruition, Brother Bao will be credited with the first credit!"

Jia Baoyu was puzzled by Lin Shu's inexplicable praise, and saw Lin Shu return to the table, rubbing ink and picking up a brush, and began to write and draw on the paper.

After writing and wasting several sheets of paper, he dried the ink, put it in an envelope and sealed it, and called Lin Jiu to order: "Uncle Jiu, send this letter to the East Palace immediately!"

When Lin Jiu heard that he was going to the East Palace, he immediately solemnly agreed, turned around and took a few people to brave the heavy snow and set off.

Lin Shu, who had arranged everything, saw that Wang Huan and Jia Baoyu were looking at him eagerly, and couldn't help laughing: "There is something that can be made from sand and stone to make it as hard as a rock. If it can be made, not only the stone problem can be solved, but the entire river defense construction period Will be greatly advanced…”

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Jia Baoyu was finally put into the inner house of the Lin family by Lin Shu. As soon as he entered the door, he complained repeatedly: "You don't know, I can't understand a few words that Cousin Lin and the second brother-in-law said, what about river defense, spring seeds, just say it alone I can still figure it out, but putting together what they said, I was completely dumbfounded..."

Daiyu and the others looked at Jia Baoyu covering her mouth and laughed almost at the same time. Jia Baoyu was dumbfounded by the laughter, but he always doted on his sisters, and he happily rubbed the back of his head and laughed silly.

After figuring out why the sisters were laughing, Jia Baoyu said cheerfully: "I really don't understand what my cousin and second brother-in-law said, but my cousin said that I have made great achievements today, maybe your majesty will reward me as an official." .You know me too. I am the most impatient about economic career. When the time comes, I will beg my cousin to see if I can replace it with those imported items from the palace. Let's play together."

"Brother Bao is a sincere person. Although you are only a word of credit, the credit is not small. It would be a pity to replace it with those imported products."

Lin Shu and Wang Huan walked in together, and everyone in the back hall stood up to salute.Lin Shu waved his hands and said, "We are all from our own family, so don't be so polite, just sit down."

After listening to Lin Shu briefly explaining the manufacture and usage of cement, Daiyu almost instantly understood the great function of this material.

She exclaimed: "If this thing is accomplished, not to mention building river embankments, cities, official roads, docks... Brother, this is an important weapon of the country! No wonder my brother said that although Baoyu is only a word of merit, the credit is not small , Maybe His Majesty will give Baoyu a real job."

"I'm not an official, what's so good about being an official..."

Jia Baoyu thought that he might have to stand outside the imperial city every day and wait to go to court, and he would have to deal with those smelly men... and those people in the officialdom, and his whole body would be bad.

Fortunately, Lin Shu laughed and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty also knows Brother Bao's character, and he will probably give you Sanjie. The whole Brother Bao's wedding is coming soon, so it can be regarded as earning Feng Guanxia for Miss Xue in advance!"

As soon as Xue Baochai was mentioned, the resistance in Jia Baoyu's heart was instantly extinguished. Xue Baochai married him, and he could not give Xue Baochai much. Perhaps this sudden credit could give Xue Baochai a Fengguanxiapei, which is his wife.

In that dream, I failed Sister Bao, and never earned that honor for Sister Bao in my life.Not only Sister Bao, if she embarks on an economic career, the Rongguo Mansion may not be defeated, whether it is the ancestors, sisters or sisters, it doesn't have to be so bleak...

Jia Baoyu's sudden silence made the atmosphere in the room a little gloomy, Daiyu whispered something to Xueyan, and after a while, the pot that had been prepared in the kitchen was brought up.

The hot pot boiling on the stove exuded a tempting aroma, and everyone's carnivorous insects were hooked up. Even Jia Baoyu, who was depressed just now, happily grabbed the meat in the pot with everyone.

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The hot pot banquet in the Lin Mansion was enjoyable, and the crown prince Gao Wancheng of the East Palace almost stood up suddenly, and exclaimed loudly: "Hurry up, hurry up, the chief officials of the Ministry of Communication and Industry, let them come to see me quickly!"

(End of this chapter)