However, it was said that Gong Kun Yuanchun rushed to the Liangguang Governor's Palace, which coincided with Jia Cong and others gathering here to discuss the letter from Beijing.

Gong Kunnai said: "At the moment, what we suffer the most is that we are too late, and I hope that Situ Pan will get his wish as late as possible." ”

Lin Daiyu said: "Mr. is reasonable, he must ignore everything on the surface and help the six kings secretly." What Situ Pan has done these days and the follow-up we guess, we have to try to tell a certain generous prince, but we can't tell all six kings. ”

Jia Cong was stunned: "Why can't you sue all of them?" We all sued us before. ”

Daiyu said: "You sued sù, they sat together and chatted and said it, it is obvious that the rebellious ministers and thieves provoked trouble." ”

Everyone looked at each other and laughed.

Gong Kun asked how the other side of Taiwan was doing recently, and Daiyu said: "The whole island is building roads." The road from Chengtianfu to the cement workshop was repaired very quickly, and the second brother Lian tasted the sweetness, and now the road is repaired everywhere to replace taxes. At present, the most lacking is manpower, there are too few people. ”

Jia Cong said: "People are not in a hurry for the time being. When the road is repaired, there will be a big tax cut, and those who open up the wasteland will get land, and no one will rush over. Don't worry about not being able to support people. Western potatoes have been planted on a trial basis. There are several benefits to this. Likes cold, can be planted in autumn and winter; No matter where you choose, thin land can grow; The best is high yield. Originally, planting in the north is the most beneficial. There are many cold days in the north, and there is only one season of grain every year. There is no obstacle to the south side. In addition, the trade route for Indian rice has been opened, and if there is a case, it will be possible to buy grain. ”

The prince hurriedly asked, "Is the potato ready?" ”

Jia Cong smiled: "It's done." In a few days, I will order someone to write out a rough plan for planting, send some to Ping'an Prefecture, and then send some to Chang'an. They're good over there. ”

Wang Ziteng frowned slightly, and said, "You believe in the Gao family so much? ”

Jia Cong said: "The world is still from the Situ family. It's too difficult for our family to break up alone, unless everyone works together. Anyone who does not have the surname Situ and has soldiers in his hands is a good friend. ”

Wang Ziteng said: "If you feed them, it will be difficult to subdue them in the coming day." ”

Jia Cong said: "There are many ways to accept it. It can rely on firearms, it can rely on economics, it can rely on free will, it can even be federal. If you want to build a new house, you must first lay the foundation. ”

Wang Ziteng didn't understand very much, waved his hand and said, "That's it, I know that you are different from ordinary people. Just don't confess to the white-eyed wolf. ”

Jia Cong grinned: "Uncle, don't worry, I know it in my heart." Didn't the white-eyed wolf let his uncle slaughter it earlier? ”

Wang Ziteng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that he was talking about Jia Yucun, and couldn't help but sigh a little: "I didn't know that you had such skills." ”

After saying that, everyone dispersed, leaving Lin Daiyu and Gong Kunyuanchun to explain some daily things.

Wang Ziteng watched from the side for a long time, beckoned to Jia Cong, carried him to the Jiuqu Bridge and said, "Mr. Xiao Gong and Yuan Yatou are lonely men and widows all the way, it's not good to say. Although his status is lower, he has to do it. ”

Jia Cong was stunned: "Why do you have to be like this?" Uncle means he wants to put them together? ”

Wang Ziteng said: "Otherwise, who else can Yuan girl marry?" ”

Jia Cong shrugged his shoulders: "This matter depends on fate, uncle, don't worry about this." Big sister will naturally marry when she wants to marry, and I'm afraid she may not have this idea right now. And although they ran all the way, only our group of people knew, who else knew? Uncle, don't be weak-hearted. Besides, those who have the kung fu to gossip about others are people who don't have anything serious to do, so what do they do? ”

Wang Ziteng frowned and said: "The world is like this, rumors can kill, even if you want to avoid it, it will be difficult to avoid it." ”

Jia Cong said: "Only the weak can be killed by rumors." Look at the spiritual head of the big sister, is she a weak? And I specially picked this island with the imperial court, because I don't want to bother to deal with these useless things. There are few people on the island, few powerful people, and a hundred years ago, there were Dutch people for a while, and the folk customs are not so rigid. If it is a rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, it will take enough effort to deal with the old antiques that do not allow women to go out to work. This will be useful for everyone, and what kind of men and women will be divided. ”

Wang Ziteng snorted: "Where is the need for women to go out to work in the rich land of Jiangnan. ”

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Yes, yes, yes!" Uncle was right. ”

Wang Ziteng said: "You don't do the same thing! It's your sister's life. ”

Jia Cong stretched his waist: "Whoa~~" and said with a smile, "Let her decide for herself the things of her life." Isn't it true that a woman wants to marry in order to find someone for her to eat and dress? If you can provide for yourself to eat and clothe, you don't have to worry about when and who you will marry. Then he dragged the prince back to the pavilion, and after a little more chatter, they went back to supper.

Wang Ziteng only felt that what Jia Cong said was pure nonsense, and the special wife of the king went to find Yuanchun and muttered for a while, saying that Yuanchun's face was red.

Due to busy affairs, everyone resigned and returned to Taiwan the next day.

When he arrived at Chengtian Mansion, seeing the lush market and business travelers, Gong Kun smiled and said, "It's much better than I thought it would be." ”

Back at the prefect's yamen, Jia Lian was busy handling official business, and ran away in a hurry after seeing only one side; Jia Yu pulled Yuanchun and sighed for a long time, and ordered Fu'er Meng'er to come up and call her aunt. Yuan Chun saw that the two of them were darker than in Beijing several times, and he was a little funny. I was going to say that the two young masters and young ladies were tanned into black-skinned monkeys, and I suddenly remembered that I was generally tanned like this, and I was embarrassed to say it.

Jia Yu had already thrown everything out of the capital to the clouds, or played with his grandchildren and granddaughters, or fiddled with those antiques transported from Beijing, and when he was fine, he slipped outside to listen to the people praising his son as a clean official.

Jia Lian is naturally a clean official. He never levied taxes and miscellaneous taxes, not to mention all kinds of ways to exempt taxes! Building bridges and roads, working in cement workshops, and helping to build houses on the docks are all tax deductible. The cement made by the partial cement workshop is used to build roads and wharves; After all, the road and wharf are still made by ordinary people, and they don't charge tolls! To have such a good official is simply a blessing that everyone has cultivated for several lifetimes!

Yuan Chun heard about it and asked: "If the second brother Lian doesn't pay taxes, even if the court is chaotic, how can he ignore it?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Even if the court thinks that he is greedy for these taxes, how much can he have?" The place is too small and the population is too small for the court to take care of. Their Situ family itself is already messy enough. Besides, there are 'natural disasters'. ”

Yuan Chun listened to it.

Because Lin Daiyu wears many hats and is busy every day; Since Gong Kun came, he hurriedly explained many things in his hands to him. Jia Cong led Yuan Chun out on horseback and arrived at a vacant lot in the eastern suburbs. Yuan Chun looked at it for a while and asked, "What did Cong'er bring me here for?" ”

Jia Cong smiled and said, "This place belongs to my sister." Build a house and build a school. ”

Yuan Chun couldn't help but open his mouth.

Jia Cong said: "I don't know how to build, Sister Lin knows some, she has many craftsmen invited from Guangdong." Thousands of tall buildings rise from the ground, and the two of you can discuss. It's just that the school here is naturally completely different from the Jia clan in Beijing. So saying, he found a random flat place in the ground and sat on the ground. Yuan Chun saw him and sat down across from him.

Jia Cong said: "We have said many times these days, and what we lack most now is time, because we started later than the kings." Therefore, manpower is extremely important. All the men and women of this island must be used by me, and wisdom is more important than strength. Therefore, both boys and girls are allowed to have them in the school. A school naturally can't teach the children of the whole island, just a meaning, in order to tell the people, under Lord Jia, both men and women can study and become officials. So that those smart and capable women can be singled out to do things, and they will not be buried. ”

Yuan Chun was stunned for a while, and said indifferently: "Is there anything else?" ”

"In addition to teaching them literacy and hyphenation, I also invited a few other Western gentlemen to learn Western natural science. It doesn't seem to matter, but it's extremely important. Most people's logical thinking can be exercised by studying science and engineering...... Uh, that...... I mean......" He didn't know how to explain it for a while.

Yuan Chun said: "Mr. Gong said that you often have some words that no one understands. ”

Jia Cong said embarrassedly: "Wait for me to think about how to explain this to my sister in a few days, I can't think of it for the time being." The lessons of the Western Gentlemen's Association are extremely important, even more so than the Four Books and the Five Classics. ”

Yuan Chun frowned and said, "Is the homework of Westerners more important than learning the books of saints?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Yes." Sister, please listen to me. We have no advantage over your princes, the only advantage is that I know Western fire. The power of the guns and artillery is huge, and the princes are still unaware of it. It's not enough to buy these from the West, the Westerners themselves are still fighting, we can't buy much, not to mention, we have to eat their big prices. We have to learn how to make fire. guns, artillery, and to do better than the Westerners. Otherwise, let's wait for Situ Pan's army to collect it. ”

Yuan Chun said: "Therefore, this academy is for teaching craftsmen? ”

Jia Cong said: "For us now, the craftsman is more important than anyone else. As for the talent for governing the country, we will talk about it after taking the world first. Yan Yan stood up and bowed to Yuan Chun to the ground, "Please, eldest princess." ”

Yuan Chun was stunned, silent for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "Good boy, do you want me to work hard for you like this?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Why are you working hard for me? Isn't it for my sister to work hard for herself? ”

Yuan Chun glanced at him: "You also used this to attract the three girls of Huan'er to help you?" ”

Jia Cong said: "This matter was Brother Huan, and they picked me first, and I was the one who was picked up." As for the third sister and the fourth sister, if they don't want to do those things, who can force them? Don't the eldest sister think that the third sister and a group of people are more interesting than calculating tea and snacks in Beijing in the early years? The fourth sister followed Sister Lin around to check the road and plan the port, isn't it happier than hiding in the house and drawing some flowers and plants? If the big sister doesn't want to do it, it's okay, and then find someone else to do it. ”

Yuan Chun stood up and looked at the clearing, and asked, "How big is this one?" ”

Jia Cong knew that she had agreed in her heart, and said, "More than eighty acres." ”

"Since you are in a hurry to hire people, it will take a lot of time to build this house alone."

Jia Cong said: "There is already a house in the city, and more than 20 students are being taught. To be built here. Sister Lin is also in charge of building the house, and the eldest sister only needs to discuss with them what to build. ”

Yuan Chun nodded.

Jia Cong said: "There is another matter to discuss with the eldest sister. When I was in Guangzhou, Uncle Wang took me for a long time and wanted Gong Yizhi to marry his sister. I thought it was your own business, and I didn't want to take care of it. Which of you is interested in each other, try to chase after each other, and both of you agree to get married. Can you look at others in a few days? There are so many people in Taiwan. ”

He only cared about himself and said, Yuan Chunzao blushed and said angrily: "It has nothing to do with you!" ”

Jia Cong hurriedly said: "That's it! It had nothing to do with me! ”

Yuan Chun glared at him twice, don't look away.

Jia Cong waited by the side for a long time, and couldn't help asking, "Big sister, look, do you still have any problems in this academy?" If not, we'll hand it over when we go back. I'll take care of it for you these days. ”

Yuan Chun was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "It's your business!" How did you do it for me? He stood up, patted the dust off his body, jumped on his horse and ran into the city. Jia Cong pursed his lips and ran.

When the two of them returned to the city, Jia Cong led Yuan Chun to the house he had bought earlier and said, "Everyone is usually working here, and they have a name called Xiao. Hunan Pavilion. ”

Yuan Chun asked, "Why did you come up with such a name?" ”

Jia Cong said: "I originally said that it was very appropriate to call it the office hospital, and let Sister Lin and the third sister scold it, and casually named it this way." ”

Yuan Chun sighed: "It can be seen that you can't choose an elegant name." When he raised his head, he saw a plaque hanging at the door, with the words "Feng Laiyi" written on it, and asked, "What kind of dictionary is this?" ”

Jia Cong looked at the sky: "Big sister! There's really no code for this! It's just that I suddenly remembered that there is a sentence in the book 'Xiao Shao Jiucheng, Fenghuang comes to the ceremony', and it was easy to say, Sister Bilin said that it was pleasing to the ear, so I used it. ”

Yuan Chun shook his head, and the two handed over the horse to the porter and walked in together.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard someone arguing. When I looked up, it was Wu You and Jia Xichun who were standing in the courtyard and didn't know what to fight, and their faces were red and their ears were red. Yuan Chun frowned, and was about to go over, Jia Cong reached out and grabbed her: "Sister, don't pay attention to them, let's go in." ”

Yuan Chun said angrily: "Four girls and a girl quarrel with others like this, where is there any manners?" ”

Jia Cong pouted and said: "The two of them are born to not vote, and I don't know how many times they have quarreled, and they will quarrel when they meet when discussing how to build the water army camp!" Later, Sister Lin and General Yang simply bypassed him and discussed alone. Who knows what they are arguing about today, and they will not stop if they don't quarrel and dry their tongues. The big sister gets used to seeing a lot. He dragged her in. The two who were arguing didn't notice them.

When she got inside, Jia Cong led her around the room. "This is the Ministry of Industry, Shen He came to meet my eldest sister, and came to Japan to manage the Ministry of Education." "This is the Ministry of Construction, Sister Lin is in charge, since this son is not here, it will still be handed over to Gong Kun." "This is the finance department, and the five or six people around are here to ask for money, and the one who plans to take the plate is the third sister. The third sister is good~~"

Tanchun raised his head and glared at him: "Big sister, I'm busy at this time, and I don't have time to entertain you for tea for the time being." Let's talk again. ”

Jia Cong smiled: "Can you work overtime tonight?" If you work overtime, you go back and your big sister goes to bed early. ”

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