In the blink of an eye, it is the New Year. This day happened to be the sixth day of the first lunar month, and the prince of Fu'er went out for a walk, and the old man had no choice but to respond to his granddaughter. Lingnan is warm, although it is the coldest time of the year, there are still a few colors of flowers, and you can see flowers selling everywhere in the market. A group of dirt buns from the capital have never seen the world, and they are all fussing as if Grandma Liu has entered the Grand View Garden. The Governor personally led his old family and a group of children to the street, only to feel that the old face of this life was lost. Only Jia Cong looked a little disappointed. He had visited the Yangcheng Flower Market in his previous life, and the number of varieties of flowers was much higher than this.

But I saw a few people walking in front of me, four or five big men holding a young master in a gorgeous costume. The little young master looks handsome, and the people around him are strong and eye-catching.

Wu You hurriedly turned to Jia Cong's side and whispered: "That's the young master of the Bai family, and he is extremely favored by Bai Lingen." ”

Jia Cong had already recognized the person at this time, turned around and stared at Wu You with a crooked mouth: "Brother Wu You, what did you say?" It was so windy I didn't hear ......."

Wu Xiaoxi has been following his brother's side, covering his mouth and smiling: "Where did the wind come from?" I can hear it clearly, my brother said that it was the master of the Bai family, and he was very favored by General Bai. ”

Jia Cong glanced at Xiaoxi and grabbed Wu You's arm: "I said General Wu, have you ever fought with anyone?" Have you accidentally touched someone's arms and legs or a place that shouldn't be touched? ”

Wu You said inexplicably: "What am I doing when I fight with him?" I didn't even say a word. Besides, the two of us are in partnership. It's just a few times I've met at the Hong Kong Pier. Saying that, there was a smug look on his face, "This white master is quite arrogant, and he prefers not to pretend to understand." One time we were loading pulleys, and she looked at her twice and walked away, and after a while she sent someone to point fingers! It's a pity that I don't know why, for his grandfather's sake, I don't bother to deal with him, just do it for him. Who knows he is so small-hearted! Later, when we were moored on the dock to maintain the artillery, he sent someone to point fingers, but unfortunately he still didn't know anything! That little face is black, tsk! It's refreshing to glance at it from afar! ”

Jia Cong twisted his brows: "It doesn't matter if there is a little bit of a stumble. All I ask is if you have ever moved your hands or feet? Have you ever touched her? ”

Wu You said: "No." Every time he came out, he was accompanied by several useful personal soldiers, and I was not close, and I couldn't touch my head when I touched the porcelain. ”

Jia Cong breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that I haven't touched it." Raising her eyes to look at Wu Xiaoxi, she was already smiling and bending over. The brothers who were listening to them around laughed too.

Xichun was originally the youngest girl in the Jia family, and in the past, she was quite favored by her sister and flattered by her younger brother in the house, and no one cared about her, so she was raised a little casually. Now that he is outside, Jia Cong doesn't care about everything, Jia Cong intends to indulge, and he has become more and more wanton in recent days. She looked at Wu You and then at the Bai family master opposite, pursed her lips and smiled: "I want to ask everyone, how many people can see that she is a young master?" ”

The brothers held back a smile and said, "I can't see it~~"

Only Tian Gengzi was honest, looked at the little young master for a long time, and said: "The clothes he wears, even if it is not the master of the Bai family, it is probably a relative's family." ”

Everyone snickered more and more, and Shen He sighed solemnly: "I always thought that we were a fairy in the courtyard of Lixiangyuan, but only Gengzi was an honest one. I don't want Wu You to be an honest man! Wu You, I'm sorry for you, I blame you! Everyone laughed again.

Wu You sensed that something was wrong, looked around, grabbed his sister and asked, "What did the fourth girl mean?" ”

Wu Xiaoxi smiled and whispered two words on his shoulder, and Wu Youdeng stared at the white master with his mouth open. The crowd laughed. The tourists around all looked at them, and Bai Xiaoye also turned his head to look.

Jia Cong hurriedly pushed aside the crowd and walked over, and hugged her fist: "Master Bai, don't come unharmed." ”

Bai Xiaoye also made a gesture: "I heard that Third Master Cong came to Lingnan, and I was thinking about meeting him one day." How does the third master look at Lingnan than Jingzhong? ”

Jia Cong smiled: "When I first arrived, I came to see the world, and the Lingnan style has a unique taste. I met the master by chance and said hello. This will be the New Year, so let's not mention the important things for the time being, and the fun is important. Master Bai, let's stop playing separately. ”

Bai Xiaoye nodded, glanced at their crowd, and suddenly opened his eyes! Jia Cong followed her gaze and saw Wu Xiaoxi holding Wu You's arm with a smile with one hand, and tugging at the placket of his clothes with the other hand to make him bend down and talk in his ear. Wu You listened to the laughter on his face. Bai Xiaoye's pretty face sank suddenly, and after a long time, he said to Jia Cong: "Aren't you men and women walking on the street without any rules?" ”

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "Who still needs rules after they have left Beijing?" Trouble to death. It's so easy that no one cares, not even my son. Besides, follow the customs of the locals, the folk customs here in Lingnan are open, and the ordinary people are not like this? ”

Bai Xiaoye's brows were twisted, and he opened his mouth to speak, when he was suddenly stunned, and muttered: "Yes, you once said in Chang'an that you didn't like rules." ”

Jia Cong nodded again and again: "Master Bai still remembers~~ The kid was flattered." ”

She opened her mouth a few more times, but finally didn't say a word, shook her head, and hugged her fists and said, "Don't leave it at this today, and discuss business again in the future." ”

Jia Cong also hugged his fists and retreated back.

After the two groups walked away, the two old men of Jia Yu Prince Teng were coaxing Fu'er Meng'er in front, although they saw their every move, they didn't interfere, and Jia Cong shouted to him: "Who is that?" ”

Jia Cong smiled and beckoned his brothers and sisters to come over and said, "He is Beringen's grandson." What do Dad and Uncle Wang think of this son? ”

Wang Ziteng snorted: "Bai Lingen's grandson is so delicate, where does it look like he came out of the general's family." The boys and girls laughed in unison.

Jia Yu glanced at Wang Ziteng with disdain: "What eyes! That's clearly a little girl! ”

The prince was stunned.

Jia Cong stretched out a pair of thumbs: "My dad just has eyesight!" Uncle Wang, don't you see such an obvious girl? ”

Only then did Wang Ziteng understand, he couldn't wipe off his face, and said angrily: "She is dressed like a brat, if it weren't for an old man like your father, who would have seen it." I'm not you! Flicked his sleeves and led Fu'er forward.

Everyone laughed again.

Jia Cong squeezed him to get him to go away, but he hurriedly made a gesture to make everyone stop laughing, and said in a low voice: "This daughter is not Beringen's own granddaughter, but the orphan of Prince Yizhong, and the only remaining grandchild of Prince Yizhong is her." ”

Jia Yu was shocked: "What a bold son! After a while, he said, "The two brothers of the Bai family are really loyal, and they are worthy of the kindness of Prince Yizhong." ”

Jia Cong looked at Wu You and said, "The two old men of the Bai family don't matter...... It's just that I look at this county lord as if he has taken a fancy to you. ”

Before the words fell, Wu Xiaoxi jumped up happily: "I said she fell in love with you!" Just look at that look! She is talking to the third young general on her face, and her eyes are always hanging on you! ”

Wu You's face was full of embarrassment, and he was at a loss: "Don't talk nonsense!" I've just seen it. ”

The brothers laughed and said, "I can see it too!" "She hasn't even looked at so many of us!" "Brother Wu You is so Yanfu~~" Wu You said that Wu You's face became more and more red.

Jia Yu couldn't help but look up and follow the county lord's whereabouts a few more times. Jia Cong only felt that his eyes were a little strange, and hurriedly said, "Dad! You can't think of anything strange, do you? ”

Jia Yu turned his head and said, "What a strange thing! It's just that I saw the crown princess once when I was a child, and I just remembered her appearance. This girl does not look much like her grandmother. ”

Jia Cong pouted and said, "It's okay to have nothing." I'm afraid you're thinking about a marriage - don't think I don't know what you mean by marrying my sister to the Gao family. ”

Jia Yu glared at him and said, "Your sister is so old, she should have married a long time ago." Isn't the Gao family better than others? ”

Jia Cong snorted: "That's it, I won't poke you." No one should make up their minds about the family affairs of the horizontal brothers. ”

Wu Youbu said: "The people are the county lords, and I am just a grass people, so I can't go together at all." ”

Jia Cong's eyes lit up: "Wow~~ Have you taken a fancy to her?" I fell in love with us to help you chase it~~"

"!" Wu You glared at him, "I can't catch up with half a point." Seeing that the brothers were all wide open and gossiping into the sky, they couldn't help but sigh, "What do you think?" I've already said it, at most I know. ”

Jia Cong said "oh": "What do you say?" ”

Liu Feng said on the side: "If it can be a good thing, it is not bad to marry by the way." Beringen was originally the governor of Liangguang, and their family was extremely powerful in this area. ”

Jia Cong waved his hand again and again: "Brother Wu You will help him chase after him, or if the brother next to him will also help him chase him, if he doesn't see it, it has nothing to do with us." Marriages are actually extremely unreliable, and Hong Kong, cement, and pirates are all more reliable than marriages. ”

Xiaoxi said: "And there will be a day when the future is uneven, and there will be a day to turn around." Brother, you really didn't take a fancy to her, did you? ”

The corners of Wu You's mouth twitched, and without saying a word, he picked up his feet and chased after the prince.

They talked for a long time, and then Zifang remembered that the prince was coming. Fortunately, Fu'er fell in love with a gadget and pestered Prince Teng to buy it, and Wang Ziteng looked for an excuse for a long time and pretended not to buy it to tease her, but he didn't pay attention to them.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month in Guangzhou, Jia Lianfang led a large family to take office in Taiwan. A small half of the brothers of Lixiangyuan stayed in Guangzhou and were responsible for recruiting all kinds of people; Mi'er also stayed for a few more days, in order to find a better house to buy a bigger one, and it was inconvenient for them to come to Wang Ziteng's house every time to live.

Although they had already heard that the Taiwan Prefecture was quite barren, this group of people had also traveled through many places along the way, and there were still many shocks when they really passed by its open places. However, the wealth is also much stronger than originally thought, Shinong industry and commerce have everything, but it is worse than Beijing and Guangzhou. When they arrived at Chengtianfu, everyone walked around the city first. Standing in front of the prefect's yamen, Jia Lian could not hide his loss on his face.

Jia Cong smiled and dragged him: "Second brother, there is a saying called don't bully young people to be poor; In the past, it can also be said that he is not poor at the moment. At present, many places in Taiwan are still blank, we can make it the most prosperous city in the world, and businessmen and celebrities from all over the world come here, which is stronger than Yangzhou! When the time comes, your Jia Lian's name will naturally go down in the annals of history. ”

Jia Lian smiled bitterly: "Look at it, even Chengtianfu is only such a big idea, where can it compare with Yangzhou!" It may take decades to work. ”

Jia Cong snorted: "Not necessarily, Shenzhen's speed has changed greatly in three years." ”

Jia Lian was stunned: "What Shenzhen?" ”

Jia Cong grinned: "Hengzhi, let's make a living." It's also a good thing that it's like a blank sheet of paper, and you can draw the most beautiful picture. They entered the prefect's yamen. Originally, the prefect Fang Dexin had already packed up his belongings, just waited for Jia Lian to come and handed over his official duties immediately, and left happily two days later.

Jia Lian posted a notice to inform the people that the prefect had been replaced; He also ordered the county commander to come over to meet the new officials, get to know some local celebrities and wealthy households, and he was also busy for a few days. Wang Xifeng was also busy settling a large family and meeting with local female relatives. Jia Yu has nothing to do, coaxing his two grandchildren to play every day. He, the overseer, had never entered the barracks for a day.

Jia Cong bought two neighboring houses in Chengtian Mansion. Because he was the young master of the public mansion from the capital and the younger brother of the prefect, two wealthy businessmen heard about it and discussed buying it for him cheaply. One of these two places was temporarily used to house the brothers every day, and the other was used as an office place.

A few days later, Mi'er rushed over from Guangzhou, and everyone discussed a few more serious matters, and the various yamen began to work. The most lively place every day is Jia Tanchun's place, which is full of people who come to ask for money. Although Tanchun is young, he is quite suppressed, and he is not in a hurry or impatient, and he says it clearly; She was born well, and even if others were a little dissatisfied, they refused to blush with her. Xichun occasionally passed by and couldn't help laughing: "The third sister is really the secretary of the household department!" ”

Jia Cong heard it on the side, and said, "Everyone hasn't been busy yet, so it's nothing." Wait, when all the yamen have officially opened, and everyone is looking for her for money, but she doesn't have so much money, she has to judge which one is really in a hurry, which one is not in a hurry, which one doesn't need that much money, and when the next account will come in...... Lin Lin is the general manager, so that he can see that this household book is not deserved. ”

Tanchun glanced at him when he heard this.

Lin Daiyu was the first to get busy. She and Xichun have been wearing men's clothes since they stepped into Taiwan, leading the old potter Hu Laoniu and two Western gentlemen brought from Beijing, and went to the suburbs every day to find a suitable place to build a cement workshop. Neither of her two little girls ever shouted hard work, and others became more and more unable to do so. Later, he finally chose a site in a wilderness more than 60 miles north of Chengtianfu.

He invited the villagers of several villages not far from here to work, build houses and kilns, and the wages were much higher than when they went to Chengtianfu to work on weekdays, and soon attracted many strong men to come. The prefect Jia Lian issued a notice again, and Lord Jia had the intention to build a big road from Jia's cement workshop to Chengtianfu; The people can work for taxes. As soon as the notice came out, many families with poor industries or abundant labor at home sent strong men to repair the road. Jia Lian had already written excerpts such as typhoons and tsunamis according to Jia Cong's ideas, and even wrote that the governor of Liangguang, Wang Ziteng, had sent some relief food, just waiting for the time to pay taxes to the imperial court.

At that time in Guangzhou, Jia Cong wrote a letter to Gong Kun, asking him to quickly explain the things in Beijing, and come to Taiwan to help, and even Jia Yuanchun brought it over, under the pretext of looking for it himself. Jia Cong, the bear child of the Red Mansion

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