It is said that when the uncle and nephew of the Zhong family saw each other, tears flowed, which caused the brothers who were originally discussing outside to lose their minds, so they talked about their family.

Jarvis said: "The name Zhong Heng doesn't look like the son of an ordinary general. ”

Rise. nodded: "His maternal ancestor was the imperial historian of the palace, and he was killed by the first emperor because of his uprightness. Although he was rehabilitated, his family finally fell into the middle of the road, and his mother married a martial artist. The name was probably given by his mother. ”

Jia Cong sighed: "Sure enough. But if the Son of Heaven is a pig, the ministers who are not pigs in the court will be unjustly killed or lose their official positions if they do not practice martial arts. ”

The crowd also sighed a few times. Then he asked them if they knew how Zhong Heng had lived these years; Everyone told them how they met, and they all praised this person for his true skills.

Because Zhong Heng was Shuilu's henchman thief, Jia Jiaping had very little contact with him, and he didn't want to tell Shuirong about this matter, so he asked Liu Xianglian to meet Zhong Heng alone from the thief's way. King Liu only told him that this matter was very important, and he had nothing to do with the prince of Beijing, so he let him enter Beijing quickly and quietly, and then coaxed him to Lixiangyuan.

Rise. Dian was shocked when he heard this: "There are bandits under the prince of Beijing?" ”

Jia Cong said: "If the court confiscates other people's military power and does not take away the throne, isn't it the same as taking away other people's swords and letting people hold a box of gold in their white hands?" Don't let anyone hide a dagger to defend yourself. ”

Rise. A little funny: "How can there be such a metaphor." ”

Jia Cong shrugged his shoulders and said: "There are more court officials who have hooked up with bandits and water bandits, and water dissolution is nothing." ”

Rise. Just think about it, and that's it. sighed lightly: "The imperial court has become like this." ”

Until lunchtime, the uncle and nephew had not come out of the West Wing. I sent a few food boxes in and let them chat while eating. Jia Cong leaned over and reminded: "It's a long time coming, and many words can't be said in a day or two, so you can discuss the important ones first." ”

After everyone took a nap, the Zhong family and the two men came out. Zhong Wei said: "I'm afraid I've stayed in Rongguo Mansion for too long, Situ Pan is suspicious." ”

Jia Cong smiled: "I'm the best at talking nonsense, you can stay for a day." ”

Zhong Wei then bowed to him with tears: "Third master, thank you for your great kindness." ”

Jia Cong hurriedly went to pick him up, but he couldn't move, Zhong Wei kowtowed three times. Jia Cong sighed: "You are much older than me, I can't afford it." He pointed at Zhong Heng again, "Besides, he has already thanked him." Nai said again, "I want to inquire about the general, I haven't found it for a long time, you are a military general and Liu Dengxi's person, I haven't heard of it." ”

Zhong Wei hurriedly asked what was the matter.

Jia Cong said: "I heard that there are extremely precise firearm drawings left by the previous dynasty hidden somewhere in Beijing, and the Ministry of Industry asked me to turn it over and never find it. Does the general know where? ”

Zhong Wei and Qi. The point was a shock. Zhong Wei asked, "What does the third master want to do with that?" ”

Jia Cong said: "In a few days, it will be a big court meeting." The wise king has promised me that the kings should invite their brothers and nephews to dinner before their deliberations, and that I should speak at the table. If the general is interested, ask King Xian if he may let you hear about it. I want to persuade them to go to war in foreign countries, and save the inner bar. Westerners have firearms, and if we don't have them, we won't be able to beat them, and the firearms of the previous dynasty are better than theirs. I'm going to find a drawing and make it as it is, and I'll make it and sell it to the princes, and I'll make money and they'll be happy when they win the battle. ”

Zhong Wei and Qi. The dots glanced at each other a few times, and then thought for a moment and said: "It's not a secret, the firearm drawings were put away by the first emperor early and hidden in the big interior, I'm afraid it will not be easy to get out." ”

Jia Cong said: "Who can you do business with?" Grand empress dowager? ”

Zhong Wei said: "When the first emperor went, it was handed over to the sage, and now only Dai Quan's father-in-law knows. ”

Jia Cong said disappointedly: "This is difficult. Well, unless Situ Pan asks him to give it, it seems that half of the good business will be shared with him. ”

Zhong Wei asked, "Why don't you do business with Grandpa Dai?" ”

Jia Cong said: "The Empress Dowager has been claustrophobic in the palace for many years, and she must have what she wants, such as a step-son. I can go and pick up Situ Pan for this. What Grandpa Dai wants is only afraid that the saint will return to the court, or be reused by Situ Pan, which I can't do. ”

Zhong Wei said: "What about the method on the side? ”

Jia Cong said: "I can't think of a way to do it for a while. I'm not happy to share half of Situ Pan's business, it's better than nothing. ”

Zhong Wei said: "There is a way to protect others." ”

"Huh?" Jia Cong's eyes lit up, "Do you have a way?" ”

Zhong Wei shook his head with a smile: "It's not me." ”

Jia Cong blinked: "General Ganlei? ”

Zhong Wei said: "You two have indeed met. ”

Jia Cong hurriedly asked, "Does he have anything to want?" In addition to finding out the saints. ”

Zhong Wei smiled: "How do I know, and I don't dare to see him." There's a tail behind it. ”

Jia Cong pouted and said: "I said that I would let you go to Ezhou, what kind of tail do you have!" Bored. ”

Zhong Weinai looked at it. Glance at it. Dian Han said with a smile: "The third master wants to see General Gan, and the slave tries to sue him." ”

Jia Cong shuddered: "Eldest sister, it's better for you not to call yourself a slave, I listened to the panic." In a fight, this room is no match for you. ”

Everyone laughed, and Zhong Wei asked him what the "free sign" was. Jia Cong hurriedly took out a thick paper card from his arms, "The general can sign on the back." ”

Zhong Wei saw that the paper card was no more than the size of a palm, and the words "free card" were written on it. I turned it over again, and it was written on the reverse side: "Holders of this card can eat and drink as much as they like in our store without paying bills." Signature of the shopkeeper - "

Jia Cong pointed to the blank space behind the "shopkeeper's signature": "Sign here." ”

Zhong Wei only felt funny, so he turned to the study to write down his name, and said: "If the last general can really open that teahouse, the third master will naturally not collect money when he comes." ”

Jia Cong blew two mouthfuls of ink and said with a smile: "This single-free card may not be used by me, and it may not be lent to others." ”

Zhong Wei was stunned: "How can there be such a reason!" ”

Jia Cong pointed to the card and said, "I didn't say that Jia Cong was designated to use it alone!" Everyone burst into laughter, and Zhong Wei shook his head again and again.

After talking for a while, Zhong Wei said goodbye and left. Zhong Heng wanted to send him out, let him go. The point was dragged: "There may be someone staring outside, don't arouse the suspicion of others." Situ Pan is willing to let your uncle go to Ezhou in the name of looking for you. ”

Zhong Heng sighed lightly, but had to give up, and his eyes were very reluctant.

Zhong Wei stroked his head: "Don't worry, don't worry about the days when we don't see each other." ”

Zhong Heng knelt down with tears and kowtowed to him three times, Zhong Wei pulled him up and looked at him for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth.

Two days later, Situ Pan had a private banquet for the kings, and everyone had a sense of vicissitudes. When he left Beijing in the old year, Situ Pan was a prisoner who was about to be released, and now he has become a heroic man with a side of soldiers and horses. The kings sat down in the main hall of the Xianwang Mansion according to their seniority, and there were also many important ministers present.

Suddenly, a kid came in and replied with a smile: "Lord Wang, the third master of Rongguo Mansion is here." ”

Situ Pan asked, "What are you laughing at?" Did he say something funny? ”

The man said: "No, but the kid behind him carried a big wooden shelf, and there were many curtains hanging on it, saying that it was a wonderful plan to benefit the country and the people and the world. ”

When the kings heard his name, their eyes moved, and they all said, "Let him in quickly, and we may hear what is the best plan." ”

Situ Pan smiled: "It's because others are big ghosts. "He commanded him to come in. Everyone turned their heads to look at the door. Although King Lu was young, he also stretched his neck.

After a while, Jia Cong walked in majestically with a fat face, and the little guy who followed really carried a huge wooden shelf. Someone below was whispering about "can it be sunk", so that Jia Cong heard it and said with a smile: "The fir one, it's not sinking!" Someone else said, "What is the use of fir tops", and he said, "Light is the benefit of fir trees." Don't you use it to make furniture, and you can't get tired people to walk with red sandalwood? Soon there were many echoes.

He ordered the servants to put the cedar shelf in the middle, and made a group and said: "The princes are gathered today, and the boy is thin, and he wanted to chant a poem to congratulate, but he only thought of two sentences. He reached out and tugged at the end of the rope on the shelf, which was a slipknot that opened instantly. The curtain rolled down on the top, and two lines of poetry were written on the outermost sheet: "The brothers who have survived the catastrophe are here, and they meet with a smile and enmity." ”

Just now he said that he only had two sentences, and there were people below him who whispered and joked that "even if you can't make up four sentences, you can call yourself a genius"; When I saw this poem, I suddenly fell silent. The king of Shu sang loudly first, stroked his palms and said, "Okay! The crowd applauded. Situ Pan smiled so much that his eyebrows and eyes were relaxed, and he felt quite face-saving.

Jia Cong is also used to copying Mr. Lu Xun's poems, and he bows his hands on all sides with a shy face, only thinking that he wrote it himself. After a while, he turned his head and asked Situ Pan: "Brother Xianwang, I have to say a lot, do you have tea and snacks?" ”

Situ Pan smiled: "Naturally." Then he ordered someone to set up a small table next to his wooden shelf, on which were tea and snacks.

Jia Cong drank a cup of tea, made a group again, coughed, and said loudly: "All the princes have heard the commentaries say that the general trend of the world will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time. In other words, after some years in this world, at least one or two hundred years, at most four or five hundred years, there will be a big battle. ”

Listening to him speak is a big deal, and all the kings are still smiling, and now they are all sitting upright, holding their breath one by one.

As the saying goes, it is better to be a peace dog than a troubled world, which shows how tragic the war is. The student has been thinking for a long time, is there a way not to fight? So I consulted some learned gentlemen. There was a gentleman who told a story to his students. He hooked two small hooks hanging on both sides of the wooden shelf to the two circles under the curtain, and the hook carried two ropes over the round shaft on the top of the shelf to the back. It looks like a raw-edged, strangely embroidered sole.

Jia Cong said: "This thing is called paramecium, it is very small, it is born in a pond, so small that it cannot be seen by the human eye, and can only be seen under a microscope. The gentleman said that he kept it in a small vessel, threw it with food, and it began to multiply, and flourished. At first, it was fine, but after a few days, the dish gradually became full of this substance, and the food gradually became insufficient, and the big worms ate the small worms. Glancing up, the faces of some of the lords of small countries were a little ugly, and he continued, "Sir said that any species, with a population density of a certain degree, will inevitably kill each other. Population density refers to...... Well, let's put it this way, the more people in a radius of 1,000 acres, the greater the population density of our people. ”

The kings did not understand much, but they could guess the general meaning, and they became more and more solemn, and they all knew that he must have something to say.

Jia Cong flipped through another one, and it was a big map. "Ladies and gentlemen, please see, this is the territory of my dynasty. There are desert steppes and extremely cold places in the north, the sea in the southeast, and the plateau in the west. Man has to multiply. Fathers are fathers, fathers are sons, and children are grandchildren, and the land is limited. If there is no war and no great plague, there will always be a day when the population will be filled. Not to mention the Ming lord and the mediocre king, the good people and the rebellious ministers. Even if the world is always peaceful and prosperous, the four seas are peaceful, but the property is limited, there will be times when the land cannot support the surrounding population. At that time, hunger will make people forget their righteousness and shame, and rob others of their food. There will inevitably be war. ”

The kings even Situ Pan took a deep breath, and the hall was quiet, not even coughing.

He flipped through another one: "This is a map of Europa, that is, the countries of the West." Look, most of them are small countries. Its territory is no more than the size of one or two ordinary provinces in my country. Since thousands of years ago, these countries have not stopped fighting, and they have been together for a long time. It's just that they've been fighting less with each other lately. It's not that they've learned to be polite, it's -- "Flip it over again, this time it's a big ship, with a Western cannon on the bow and a Western soldier holding a Western fire. Gun. "Now they have a ship to go anywhere, and they have a fire. Guns artillery. "Flip through one more.

This time it's another map. He pointed to the map and said, "This is a map of the world more than two hundred years ago. Here are the Aztecs, the Mayans, the Indians, the Vulcan, the Tatooine, and many smaller states. It is the state of Egypt, the Sultanate, the state of Zimbabwe, Godzilla, the country of Rivinedell, and many smaller countries. There are Maori, Conan, Kidding, and other small countries. He just pointed at the map and talked nonsense, bluffing the princes into a daze. But he flipped through another one, and it was still a map. "This is the map of the world right now. Ladies and gentlemen, please take a look. The nations I spoke of are gone, and their princes and people have either been slaughtered or enslaved. The gold, silver, treasures, and antiques accumulated by the princes and nobles for generations were all packed and transported away by human ships and carts, and they were transported cleanly! Here, here, here, and here are all part of Western England. Ladies and gentlemen, please see, this is the mainland of England, which is about the size of a Henan and half of Hebei. ”

There was a gasp all around. It was obvious that the contrast between the British Empire and the colonies was strong, and they were shocked.

"This is Spain. It's a little bigger than England, about two Hebei and half Henan. Now their territory is here, here, here, here. I don't know the rest. All of these have been taken by the Western countries, slaughtering all the kings and ministers of the countries, carrying their own people in large ships, and moving to these lands, studying, farming, opening small workshops, doing business, taking root, and spreading branches. ”

The faces of the kings were cloudy, and they were all clenched into fists and gnashed their teeth.

Jia Cong slapped his high-five: "Whether it is my dynasty or the previous dynasty, they have all fought with foreign tribes. Most of the reason is that the other side plundered our border first, and our country counterattacked in self-defense. They have all won battles. It's just that we will return to China after the fight, and we will not disturb the local people, and we will not plunder the foreign palace. In the end, it won the name of benevolence and righteousness for decades at most. Decades later, people have long forgotten that you have spared their ancestors a way to live. I have enough men and horses, and they have come to disturb my borders again. Look at the Western countries. There is no bullshit, benevolence, morality, or morality. None of these countries in the past have provoked them, they all attack others for no reason, just to take people's money and land. Amitabha, the golden pure gold, the silver of the white flowers, was transported away by boat, but there was no emperor and queen earth, gods, Buddhas and immortals to repair them. The nations that were slaughtered have been slaughtered, and there is no retribution for those who killed them. It can be seen that there is no god in these places to administer justice. Everyone below couldn't help but sneer. Ladies and gentlemen, the original owners of these places are dead, and the newcomers have not yet settled, and they are borderless lands. ”

Among the kings, there are good warriors such as the king of Shu, and there are greedy people such as the king of Wu, and there is a fine light in their eyes.

Jia Cong smiled lightly: "We can also build big sea ships." They are making a lot of firearms right now, so we can buy them. Western countries have fought each other for thousands of years, and all of them are family feuds. Let's buy artillery from France to fight Austria, and they will definitely sell it; Buy fire with Germany. Guns go to Prussia, they will be willing. The general trend of the world, together for a long time, must be divided, and for a long time must be united. If you want to fight horizontally and vertically, who you hit is not a fight, why bother to hit your own people. Horizontal and vertical is robbing, who is robbing is not robbing, why not eat black? Horizontally and vertically are treasures of gold and silver, and whoever gets them belongs to whom. Instead of beating Situ and fighting Situ and Situ robbing Situ, it is better for all Situ to go out together, rob the East and the South Sea, and rob the South and the West. He grinned at everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?" ”

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