Red Mansion Jia Enhou

This question stumped Jia She. How would he know Columbus's last name or where he was from?
He knew that he was Italian and that he completed the great voyage around the world and discovered America during the Wanli period in the late mid-Ming Dynasty.

Brought huge wealth to the whole of Europe.

"grown ups?"

The two foreigners looked at Jia She carefully. Jia She was silent for a moment before he spoke again.

"Forget it, how did you get to Da Chu?"

"Your Excellency, we came here by ship from the Mediterranean."

"Just you two?"

There was a flash of surprise in Jia She's eyes, and a feeling of sadness welled up in Tom and Jimmy's hearts.

"No, after my brother's ship arrived at the coast of Guangzhou, the people on board were detained."

"There are only two of us left, let the others go into the territory of Da Chu."

Jia She nodded slightly. The fact that they could come here showed that Europe’s shipbuilding industry had made a qualitative development.

The Age of Discovery is not far away, and a hint of nervousness flashed through Jia She's heart.

"Come with me!"

Jia She gave instructions to the two brothers, and the two brothers followed Jia She in confusion.

With Jia She's help, they entered the box of King Zhongshun.

Prince Zhongshun frowned instantly when he saw Jia She bringing in two foreigners.

"Jia She, why did you bring these two barbarians in?"

The voice of King Zhongshun fell into the ears of the two without missing a word.

The two people, who were confused by the barbarians, lowered their heads at the same time.

Jia She patted Prince Zhongshun and signaled to him with his eyes that they could understand.

King Zhongshun still looks unruly. What good does it matter if he understands?

How can a small barbarian country that has never been heard of be compared with the Great Chu?
"By the way, what are your brothers' names?"

"Why did you come to Da Chu again?"

The two brothers held the clocks in their hands and looked at each other.

"My Lord, this is Tom. You may call me Jimmy."

"Tom and Jimmy"

Jia She repeated it.

"Since we are in the Great Chu, we should take a Great Chu name."

Jia She reminded the two men in a tactful way, and the two brothers immediately knelt on one knee on the ground.

Jia She was a little confused.

All the way from south to north, the two men gained a deep understanding of Da Chu.

In their own country, they were first-rate businessmen, and even the royal family treated them with courtesy.

When they arrived in Da Chu, the two brothers sighed in unison.

Despite their status as big businessmen, they can only be ranked last here.

Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, scholars are ranked at the top. Why should farmers and artisans be ranked ahead of them?
This made the two of them feel very uncomfortable, especially the beggar on the street.

A beggar actually dared to spit at them.

After vomiting, they couldn't do anything to him.

Knowing that they were living under someone else's roof, the two brothers wanted to find someone to rely on.

Jia She and Prince Zhongshun looked at each other.

"Get up!"

Jia She gave orders to the two men, which made them a little confused.

"I don't know you, and I'm not your elder, so how can I give you names?"

"I asked you to come up here today just to learn about your country."

The two stood up sadly.

"Sir, my two brothers are willing to give you 20% of what we got in exchange. Will you accept us?"

Jia She frowned.

The two brothers took the watches in their hands and started selling them again.

"I think your Excellency already knows what this is."

"We brothers are the largest watch merchants in Italy."

"I came to Da Chu to sell the goods I have in exchange for Da Chu's porcelain, silk and tea."

"The porcelain, silk, and tea of ​​the Great Chu are very popular in Italy."

"But it is occupied by the hateful Arabs. A piece of silk is worth a thousand gold coins, and a pound of tea leaves needs several times the weight of gold to be exchanged."

“And porcelain.”

In short, things produced in Da Chu are considered luxury goods everywhere.

This is really in sharp contrast to later generations. A trace of helplessness flashed through Jia She's heart, and he looked at King Zhongshun again.

A piece of silk is worth a thousand gold coins. The profit involved cannot be described in simple words.

If Da Chu can open up this trade route, will Da Chu still be short of money by then?

King Zhongshun looked at Jia She and nodded, and Jia She looked at the two of them in a pretentious manner.

"Are porcelain, tea, and silk really that expensive in your place?"

Both of them had indignation on their faces.

"My Lord, it's really that expensive."

"It seems like the adults, and it is unprecedented in the whole of Europe."

What it means is that good things don’t flow there.

"That is why my brother and I risked our entire lives to come to Da Chu."

Jia She nodded again.

But the initiative is not in his hands at the moment, the royal family is here.

Such a huge benefit is not something he can swallow just by saying so.

Jia She's eyes were thoughtful, but his eyes were always glancing at Prince Zhongshun.

If Prince Zhongshun didn't nod, Jia She wouldn't be able to agree.

"You two go out first"

Jia She gave orders to the two men.

The two people who were ordered walked out of the room.

Prince Zhongshun just started to open his mouth.

"Lord En, can those two barbarians believe it?"

Prince Zhongshun was moved, and Jia She nodded to him.

"It is true. The trade route they are talking about should be the section from the Western Regions to the west. That section is indeed occupied by the Arabs, or what they call the Arabs."

“And they said they came from the Mediterranean.”

Jia She picked up the paper and pen in the box and began to write and draw.

"This area is our Great Chu."

"There are some small countries to the south of Great Chu. These small countries are what we know as Tianzhu, Dara, Nanyue and other countries."

"From here, go all the way west to the sea, and you will reach the Mediterranean Sea he mentioned."

“I guess that’s how they came.”

As Jia She introduced, King Zhongshun also began to take it seriously, looking at the map drawn by Jia She and a huge arrow.

How did they come from such a long distance?

For the first time, King Zhongshun felt the insignificance of the Great Chu Dynasty.

Jia She marked it again.

"This is a no-man's land. Although the way of life of the people living here is primitive, they are warm and simple."

"It is said that they may be the remnants of our Huaxia people, descendants who migrated there during the Shang Dynasty."

King Zhongshun's eyes were filled with shock.

"Such a large piece, all of it?"

Jia She nodded.

Such a piece of generosity is equivalent to four or five great Chus.

And there is the place where the Great Tang and the Great Qin are.
King Zhongshun's eyes were full of eagerness. What would happen if all these were the territories of the Great Chu?

"Your Majesty?"

Jia She waved his hand in front of Prince Zhongshun, but Prince Zhongshun did not respond.

"Uncle Emperor?"

The little prince also followed suit and called him King Zhongshun.

Prince Zhongshun finally showed some reaction.

"Enhou, do you know anything about the power of these countries?"

Jia She was stunned.

"Why do you ask this, my Lord?"

"This prince will personally lead people to fuck him up!"

A row of birds flew over Jia She's head.

And made a quacking sound.

What the fuck?
It's so big that it's useless to take it down. Instead, we can take down the areas around Da Chu that Da Chu can control.

Among them, the remnants in America and Australia were turned into affiliated gangs in Europe.

Those in the south were slaughtered directly, and the little people and the Koreans in the east were also slaughtered.

It's useless to beat a baby if you can't control it.

There is still some difference between those who can ask questions and those who are uneducated and assimilated natives.

Jia She took a deep breath.

"Your Highness can go to the Baiyue land over there and have some fun!"

Jia She gave some pertinent advice, and Prince Zhongshun looked disappointed.

What is there to see in Baiyue?

The natives over there were really boring. They surrendered after being defeated, but as soon as the troops withdrew, they started to rebel again.

According to what he meant, they should all be slaughtered.

However, King Zhongshun had a gloomy look on his face. His royal brother was just pedantic. He thought that excessive slaughter would hinder God's blessing and lead to resistance from the neighbors, who would unite to attack the Chu State.

King Zhongshun, who had some knowledge of the southern countries, was very disdainful of the emperor's words.

It is precisely because you did not fight them and gave them a way to live that they thought you were easy to bully and repeatedly attacked Da Chu.

As long as they are killed just once, even if they have ten times the courage, they would not dare to rebel against the Chu State.

"There is still some gap between the Great Qin Empire and the Baiyue region in the south."

"Not to mention their level of civilization, their strength is not comparable to those natives over there."

"There is really no need for us in Great Chu to capture them."

“On the contrary, it’s this.”

Jia She pointed to two pieces of land in America.

"It is important to take these two pieces. Once these two pieces are taken, our country of Great Chu will have abundant supplies."

"All those born are scoundrels."

Haven’t you seen that the British Empire, which once stood out from the crowd, also made its fortune in America?

If the Great Chu could obtain America, its future achievements would be incomparable to that of the Empire.

"Also, if our Great Chu really chooses to take over America, we must remember not to harm the indigenous people there."

"Those are the remnants of the Shang Dynasty who migrated from our Great Chu. They are our Great Chu people."

"We in Great Chu can take action against outsiders, but we must never take action against our own people."

Although there are still different opinions about the origin of Indians, Jia She is still full of sympathy for this peace-loving and friendly nation.

Until now, Jia She still remembers the Indians he saw in his junior high and high school textbooks.

After the white people built their homes with the help of the local Indian natives, they were ungrateful. First they enclosed the land and drove the Indians away from the fertile land, then they occupied the jungle, and finally they fired artillery at the Indians.

A modern massacre of the primitive.

The Indians fought with all their might.

The tragedy of the last Mohicans is the blood and tears of the Indians.

A group of robbers broke into their home and killed them all.

Such a thing cannot happen to them in the hands of the Great Chu.

Prince Zhongshun looked strange.

"Enhou, how do you know so much?"

Jia She was completely speechless.

"I learned it from my father's writings."

Whenever he was in doubt, he would drag Jia Daishan into the problem.

"May I have a look at that note?"

Jia She's voice fell silent again. There was nothing at all. How could he show it to you?
Jia She compiled it again.

"The pen and the letter were buried with my father as he wished."

Jia She looked a little embarrassed.

We can’t dig Jia Daishan out, can we?
Jia She was a little panicked. What if he was really dug out to prove his mistake?
"I can memorize. Everything in that pen is memorized in my brain."

King Zhongshun nodded.

"Duke Daishan is truly a blessing to our Great Chu."

Pooh!
It is he, Jia She, who is the blessing of the Great Chu; what a nobody he is, Jia Daishan.

Jia She had a deep grudge against Jia Daishan.

You can't even handle your own mess, and you want to conquer the world?
Pooh!
Jia She spat in his heart again.

If he was not afraid to reveal that he had changed his identity, would it be your turn, Jia Daishan, to take on this name?

But Jia Daishan is indeed quite amazing. I wonder if he is just pretending or what.

Even now, some people still feel that Jia Daishan's abilities are unfathomable.

Including King Zhongshun in front of him.

Jia She started to chatter again. There were two foreigners outside, and Jia She asked them to take the things to Rongguo Mansion tomorrow.

Rongguo Mansion,
Jia She came back holding the watch in his hand. If he remembered correctly, the structure of old-fashioned mechanical watches was very simple.

Jia She began to dismantle it.

Yingchun, who heard that Jia She had brought back a foreign toy, came to see Jia She with little Tanchun and Jia Cong, who could walk.

"Dad, what are you taking apart?"

Jia She put away all the things he had taken apart, and recorded each step with charcoal pencil in a booklet.

Little Yingchun ran over and stared curiously at the parts that Jia She had disassembled on the table.

"This is Daddy, the thing you brought back that moves?"

Jia She nodded, took a moment to put down the tweezers and other tools in his hand, and looked at Yingchun.

"Dad is busy now. You take your sister Tanchun and your third brother and sit aside quietly."

"Your father needs me to focus."

There was confusion in Yingchun's eyes. Why did they want to dismantle such a good thing?
It is this current trend that has led to the subsequent backwardness.

Jia She was unpacking the boxes on his own.

After a while, Jia She finished dismantling, looked at the drawings backwards, and started to install.

As the last step of installation was completed, Jia She breathed a sigh of relief.

Yingchun and the other two were looking at Jia She intently.

Jia She smiled at the three little rascals.

"It's done!"

Yingchun came running over with Tanchun.

"Is this the barbarian thing that Dad brought back?"

Jia She nodded.

Jia Cong kept pulling Yingchun.

"Sister, sister, I want to see it too!"

"elder sister!"

Yingchun bent down and placed Jia Cong on the table.

Jia She looked at Jia Cong, and a gleam of light flashed in Jia She's eyes.

"Why did Yingchun bring Cong'er with her?"

"Father, since my third brother left, he couldn't stay idle. Aunt Zhou couldn't stand him anymore, so she sent him here."

"Oh?"

I'm afraid not
There was a smile on Jia She's face. Parents who love their children should plan for them in the long run.

Although Jia Cong had been adopted, he was still a member of the Jia family.

I guess she was really worried that he would be excluded from the Rongguo Mansion.

Zhou is a good person, a smart one, Jia She nodded in his heart.

"Daddy!"

Jia Cong reached out to Jia She again, and Jia She picked him up.

"Do you miss dad?"

Jia Cong nodded slightly.

"Yes, I thought about it this morning."

Jia Cong hugged Jia She and kissed him, and Jia She pinched Jia Cong's little face.

This kid is really not shy.

Jia She shook Jia Cong, and Jia Cong giggled.

Yingchun was broadcasting the pointer above.

"Dad, what is this thing for?"

Yingchun looked at Jia She curiously, and Jia She let go of the suspicious Jia Cong.

"It's used to record the time. With it in the house, you can know the current time without looking at the sundial."

"So magical?"

Yingchun's expression was full of curiosity, and Jia She nodded.

Send someone out to see what time it is and then broadcast it to the correct time.

Let Yingchun study it. (End of this chapter)