But it was said that on this day, Wang Xifeng gave birth, and Rongguo Mansion was like a great enemy inside and out. The child was tossed from morning to evening before it was born, Jia Yu was in a hurry, turned his head and saw that Jia Cong and Jia Huan's little brothers were about to fall asleep while sitting, and suddenly felt at ease.

Finally, I heard a mother-in-law running in to report the good news: "Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master!" Lian's second grandmother gave birth to a master! When I was born, I opened my eyes, and I was chubby and energetic! ”

Jia Yu was overjoyed: "Reward!" Reward! "I didn't even wear a hat, and I ran over to see my eldest grandson.

The newborn child was not very good-looking, but this son was born a few days late, but he was moisturized, chubby and extremely cute, Jia Yu couldn't put it down in his arms, how to look at how pleasing to the eye. Needless to say, Jia Lian went to his ancestors to burn incense and tell his ancestors that he had a descendant. Wang Xifeng fainted after giving birth, and when he woke up and heard that it was indeed a son, he couldn't help but cry, and said to Ping'er: "I have relied on it for the rest of my life." ”

Because Jia Cong revealed that Lian Feng's next child was a son since the birth of Fu'er, all kinds of items prepared from Rongguo Mansion to the Wang family were for boys, and a daughter-in-law beside Mrs. Wang Ziteng once persuaded a sentence "The girl's is also prepared", so that her master scolded her, so as soon as the "little master" came out, everyone was jubilant. Those who hang small bows and arrows, those who arrange by Zhang Luo, those who carry gifts, and those who scatter money, and the tent room is prepared at the beginning of the month to reward the people in the house and the people outside. As soon as the child landed, the entire Rongguo Mansion turned like a clockwork.

The boy who had fast legs and feet ran to the stables when he got the letter, and the stables were ready to deliver the letters, and when he heard the news, he ran away and reported it to the Wang family.

When the Wang family heard that the eldest girl had finally got a child, they immediately celebrated. The king smiled from ear to ear, and ordered that a gift for her grandson be brought over, and that a large amount of money be given to the next person. Wang Ziteng heard the news and had a layer of thought. What Jia Cong said is true, this is really a boy.

Even the Xue family sent a generous gift, Xue Pan personally sent it over, and took Jia Lian's hand in front of Jia Zheng's stinky face and said good things for a long time. Jia Lian was too happy, and he forgot that his second uncle had a grudge against the Xue family, so he just laughed. Jia Cong was on the side, but he didn't know the two of them.

After the two of them finished talking for a while, Xue Pan secretly dragged Jia Cong aside with a bitter face: "He said that he doesn't call the shots about my business." ”

Jia Cong snorted: "That is, I haven't believed you yet, keep working hard!" He patted his fat belly and ran.

Jia Yu began to turn it that night, and after turning it for a long time, he said to Jia Cong: "Do you think it's okay to name your eldest nephew Gui?" ”

Jia Cong shuddered: Isn't this the son of the legendary Baoyu and Baochai? "Dad, this name is too indistinguishable! There are osmanthus flowers in all kinds of famous flowers, and outsiders can't tell whether this is my nephew or niece - besides, it is a famous tree in autumn, and it is spring now. ”

Jia Yu was happy at this time, he felt justified in saying anything, and hurriedly said: "By the way, the osmanthus bloomed when Fu'er was born." Fu'er doesn't have a big name yet, so let's leave it at that. Also auspicious. ”

Jia Cong chuckled, thinking, Brother Baoyu, I have already helped you once, and your son should think of another name.

Jia Yu flipped through the book for a long time, only to feel that every word was not worthy of his grandson, and said irritably: "Why are there so few good words?!" ”

Jia Cong smiled.

Jia Yu glared at him: "You are your own uncle, and you don't recommend one?" ”

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "Don't do it, this is my grandfather's job." Just don't give him a girly name. Like Jia Rong and Jia Qiang in the East Mansion, and Jia Lan in the second room, they don't sound like they know men and women. Don't take too rare words, the name is recognized, and most people know it well. ”

Jia Yu took these two items and flipped them over again, and finally circled out a word, and said solemnly: "This is good!" ”

Jia Cong looked over, covered his stomach and wanted to laugh, but he endured it with great effort, and stretched out two thumbs to praise: "Okay!" Extremely appropriate and charming! Or my dad is learned! ”

When Jia Yu heard this, he became more and more proud, and immediately wrote "Jia Gui" on a piece of paper and ordered someone to send it to Jia Lian; The last ink circle on the desk clearly circled the word "moe".

The more Jia Cong returned to his room, the more interesting he became, and he fell on the kang and smirked for a long time. The people in his house went from blue to purple to red. Sleeve Xiao. No one in Hunan paid attention to him.

The next day, the threshold of Rongguo Mansion was almost flattened by those who came to congratulate him, from Jia pardoning Jia Lian and Jia Mu to welcoming the Spring Festival, Jia Cong couldn't go anywhere, and he was always taken out to pretend to be a guest. In the afternoon, even Su Zheng came. Jia Yu is overjoyed! This old man was originally a clear stream, he had never been into a wealthy family, and he didn't want to give face like this. Jia's mother also felt that her face was bright, and she was busy calling Jia Zheng.

Originally, he was the grandson of Dafang, and he didn't have anything to do with Jia Zheng, and he also knew that most of these people came to see Jia Cong's recent limelight, so he only accompanied a few old relatives to talk. Because Jia Huan was studying under Su Zheng, and he also intended to ask Su Zheng to accept Baoyu in the future, he went to Jia Yu's study with a cheeky face.

Jia Yu was pleased with everyone because he had a new eldest grandson, and when he saw him come in, he smiled and introduced to Su Zheng: "This is my second brother Cunzhou." ”

Su Zheng stood up and gave his hand, and Jia Zheng hurriedly stepped forward to give a deep salute: "I have admired Mr. Su's name for a long time, and I didn't know until a few months ago that Mr. accepted Huan'er as an apprentice, and Zheng Zheng was grateful." ”

Su Zheng wanted to be polite to him, but when he heard Jia Huan's name, he couldn't help but sigh: "Huan'er already told me when she went to Chang'an to say goodbye." Second Master Jia, my old man relies on the old man to sell the old and support the old. Huan'er is a very good child, don't let some irrelevant things delay his future. ”

Jia Zheng was so ashamed that his face was flushed, and he bowed again: "The student is ashamed." ”

At one time, someone came to call Jia Yu, saying that Liu Biao, the prince of Liguo, had come to congratulate him, and Jia Yu said: "Let Cong'er come over to accompany his husband!" ”

The man said: "Third Master Cong is accompanying the prince of Beijing." ”

Jia Yu and Jia Zheng shouted at the same time: "Shout Huan'er!" "Call Baoyu!"

Everyone has partiality. Su Zheng had no feelings for Baoyu, and couldn't help frowning when he heard Jia Zheng shouting like this: Sure enough, my disciple can't be liked by his father, poor boy! Then he said: "What about Huan'er? Let him show the homework he gave him the day before yesterday. ”

Jia Zheng was a little sneering. Jia Yu didn't bother to care about him, said "rude" to Su Zheng and left.

For a while, Jia Huan came over with his homework and saluted his father first. Jia Zheng coughed, and according to his usual habits, he first closed his eyes and reprimanded a few words, "If you don't study well, break your legs".

In fact, he and Baoyu also talked like this, and said it more ruthlessly; It fell into Su Zheng's ears and was extremely unpleasant, the old man's temper came up, and he said angrily: "Usually only he can work hard, let him write one article, he writes two, let him copy one time, he copies four times, why not study for a lifetime?" ”

Jia Zheng was embarrassed again, Jia Huan hurriedly smiled and said, "Sir, my father is just talking, and he has never really beaten me." ”

Su Zheng still didn't give up: "It's just talking, how can you open your eyes and talk nonsense!" ”

Jia Huan glanced at his father, stepped forward and grabbed Su Zheng's arm and shook it: "It's just ordinary polite words, the same as Mr. Pingsu telling people that we are bad criminals." ”

Su Zheng smiled, and Jia Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief. Su Zheng ignored him, took Jia Huan's homework and looked at it carefully, and gave him some advice, and the master and apprentice simply taught in Jia Huan's study. Jia Zheng looked at it quite unpleasantly, and Jia Huan was obviously closer to Su Zheng than to his father; A little guilt welled up in my heart.

On the other end, Jia Cong was bored and ate tea with Shui Rong. Shui Rong is a left sentence and a right sentence to try to tease him, Jia Cong pretended to be stupid and fooled him. Shui Rong finally couldn't help but play him in the head: "I'm more and more good at pretending." ”

Jia Cong shook his head: "County King Chitose, you are getting more and more bored." What do you want to hear about around the bush? Ask me directly, can't I? ”

Shui Rong sighed pretendedly: "I have always been cautious, I am afraid that there will be no danger. ”

Jia Cong heard that he meant to tell the truth, and snorted: "How old are you? If you are afraid of wolves and tigers, an old man like me is stronger than you. ”

Shui Rong looked at him again and gritted his teeth: "That's it." Nai whispered, "I heard that you are interested in doing something for others. ”

Jia Cong was stunned: "What do you mean to turn the ...... for others" He laughed out loud, "Isn't it just selling stolen goods?" Yes, yes, who sued you? The water prince also wants to intervene? Welcome, welcome, welcome. Yibi said, he thought to Yibi, he only told two people about the sale of stolen goods, one is Zhong Heng, and the other is Wang Ziteng. Geographically, Wang Ziteng's house is closer to Shuirong Mansion, but when Shuirong gave him a post, Jia Cong hadn't mentioned this matter to Wang Ziteng; And if the prince told him, how could he tell him so quickly and that night according to the prince's temperament? It must be known that at that time, he went to the Wang family on the first day and the Beijing Mansion on the second day, so he let Shui Rong test for a long time. Then he smiled and whispered, "How is Leader Zhong?" ”

Shui Rong was stunned: "Who is the leader of the clock?" ”

Jia Cong pouted and said, "You pretend, you continue to pretend!" Isn't that interesting? The most important thing in doing business is integrity, since you intend to join forces, you should show sincerity. Hey, what I told Leader Zhong is true! But I think your own house is okay, your house is a royal house, which is cheaper than ours. ”

Seeing that he had said so far in one breath, Shui Rong knew that it would not be possible to deny it, so he smiled bitterly: "It is a prince of the opposite sex who has held heavy soldiers." ”

Jia Cong said "oh": "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read. Because he thought about it, he said, "So, in fact, you still have some people in your hands?" Do you know how to water? ”

Shui Rong thought for a moment: "Yes." ”

Jia Cong said: "To be honest, I have already thought of an industrial chain, but now there is only a shortage of water army." ”

Shui Rong raised his eyes and glanced at him: "You sell stolen goods with others, what do you want the water army to do?" ”

Jia Cong smiled: "The water army is the source." What's the point of robbing merchants in the country alone? Do you know the English kingdom of the West? ”

Shui Rong said: "I don't know. ”

"This country is very rich. Because their neighbor Spain had conquered the Aztecs, and the country had a lot of gold, the Spanish sent a shipload full of gold back from the country. It's just that they often encounter pirates......" he smiled at Shui Rong, "in fact, these pirates are serious English officers and soldiers dressed as thieves, just like the leader of Zhong Heng. ”

Shui Rong couldn't help but raise his voice: "You want to rob the maritime merchants with a serious navy? ”

Jia Cong smiled: "I am naturally not robbed. It would be better to be able to get ahead of the British, or to go on with the British—only now I could go so far with less good ships, and even if I had no good artillery. ”

Shui Rong thought for a while and said: "If you rob the maritime merchants of other countries too much, I am afraid that the sea trade will be damaged." Although the sea ban is powerful, some of them are seriously agreed by the imperial court. ”

Jia Cong grinned: "It's okay, we also have maritime merchants." He said, "This matter is a long story, and I will talk to the prince in detail in the coming day." Since the prince intends to do business together, everything is easy to do. By the way, how dare you tell me about it? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble? I'm quite familiar with King Xian. ”

Shui Rong snorted: "That's it, how many times have you met him since you knew him when you were a child?" In addition, it was Huo Sheng who persuaded me to speak directly to you in case of trouble. ”

Jia Cong was stunned: "Huh? He doesn't know me well! You will believe whatever he says. ”

Shui Rong said: "It was your cousin Jia Baoyu who sued him." He said that Baoyu was an honest man and would not lie. ”

Jia Cong was stunned again: "...... I retract what I said to Brother Xie Whale a few days ago. ”

Shui Rong said with a smile: "Huo Sheng's father is not a reliable one, so his grandfather sent a letter to my father before he died, asking my father to take care of his children and grandchildren. I don't look down on Huo Xuan, I have little contact with him, and he is also in the barracks all year round. It's Huo Sheng, I like it tightly. It was my idea to send those two little girls to your house. ”

Jia Cong hurriedly said: "Then it was also your idea to come back to ask for another box of poisonous snacks?" ”

Shui Rong said: "That's his own." His concubine had come to order him to come back for snacks, and he fooled him. ”

Jia Cong nodded: "Trust is the first step in cooperation. Then he asked Shui Rong about Zhong Heng's current situation, and Shui Rong only said "everything is good", so he refused to say more.

The next day, Wang Ziteng sent a large amount of thanks, which was regarded as thanking Jia Cong for recruiting his daughter, and there were many interesting Western gadgets in it. The steward who came to give the gift said, "My lord has gone around asking what the generator transmitter is, and he doesn't want all kinds of maritime merchants to know about it, so he invited a Westerner who can speak my language." ”

Jia Cong was overjoyed: "I still want to find some Western gentlemen to ask!" "Please come in.

Outside, a Western monk dressed in a monk's robe entered. This person's Chinese name is Zhao Shouqian, and he has been a missionary in this dynasty for nearly twenty years. I heard Wang Ziteng say that this son likes Western things, and he knows that he has been in the limelight in Beijing recently, and the houses that enter the house every day are all dignitaries and royal families, so he came to try his luck and wanted to take advantage of the situation to preach to him.

Jia Cong hurriedly invited him to sit down and asked him about Western affairs, especially scientific knowledge such as mathematics, physics and chemistry.

It's a pity that Zhao Shouqian is dedicated to preaching, and he doesn't know much about this, and Jia Cong is not interested in religion, so he wants to send him away after talking about it. Zhao Shouqian was anxious, and arched his hand: "Although I don't know this, I know an Englishman who is also a monk, and he likes science very much and knows a lot. ”

Jia Cong hurriedly asked, "Does he know Sizz?" ”

Zhao Shouqian was surprised and delighted: "Third Master Jia, do you know Mr.?" ”

Jia Cong nodded and smiled: "I know, and I admire him very much." ”

Zhao Shouqian became more and more happy: "The Mr. Aylward I know also admires Mr. Aylward very much!" You must be able to talk. ”

Jia Cong said: "In this case, he has time to invite him to meet that day, okay?" ”

Zhao Shouqian drew a cross on his chest and said, "I'll go see him now, I don't know when it will be convenient for Jia Sanye?" ”

Jia Cong asked, "What about him?" Is it available? ”

Zhao Shouqian said: "He only translates books in his residence, and he has plenty of time. ”

Jia Cong said: "In this case, Ming'er and I are waiting for him here." "Nai Ming Lan Xiang," went to the Beijing Palace, and said that I would listen to Mr. Xiyang tell interesting Western stories tomorrow, and I would not go to their house to listen to the play. ”

Lan Xiang responded and left.

Zhao Shouqian saw that he turned down his date with the prince, and he thought more and more that this son was a believer of Sir Newton, and left very happily. Jia Cong, the bear child of the Red Mansion

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Chapter 137 of the text.

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