Chapter 202: Three Years

After Jia Ke was rejected by the imperial court, he reluctantly began his farming life, and he redistributed all the troops in Xuanfu Town on the basis of the previous one.

With this distribution, Jia Ke redistributed the troops that were originally in charge of the various command missions. In this way, the commanders were deprived of their control over the army in disguise, and their control over Xuanfu Town was further strengthened on the basis of the previous one.

At the same time, the soldiers under the command of each command were once again intensively trained. This training made it no different from the lineage of these soldiers under Jia Ke's command.

In addition, the infiltration of the grasslands by the spies under Tang Kuai's command began to become easier, due to the conquest on the grasslands, most of the materials that the tribes lacked were solved by Tang Kuai's men, which is that these spies can penetrate into the various tribes of the grassland.

Jia Ke now not only knows the location of the tribes on the grassland, but also knows the various water sources on the grassland. These water sources are an important bargaining chip for Jia Ke to go north to the grassland in the future.

With the information he heard, Tang Kuai drew an accurate map of the geography of the grassland. Most of this map extends more than 3,000 miles to the north. The largest part of the place actually stretched more than 5,000 miles to the north. Now, with this map, Jia Ke no longer has to worry about getting lost in the grassland.

As for the commanders and civil and military officials of Xuanfu Town, Jia Ke also fulfilled his promise, and now almost all of these people have invested a lot of money into Tang Kuai's trading company, and Tang Kuai has not disappointed them, and everyone will always share thousands of taels of silver every year. It's much better than the days when I drank the blood of soldiers before, at least now I don't have to worry about it, and the way to get money is above board.

And the soldiers under Jia Ke's command have also received a lot of benefits over the years. The most important thing is that all military salaries are paid on time, unlike in the past, when only four or five percent were received at most. After the salary is paid in full, this can at least ensure that the family is fed and clothed.

Three years have passed in a flash, and now Jia Ke can already be said to be the overlord of Xuanfu Town. He not only controlled the main roads leading to the grassland in Xuanfu Town, but also relied on these roads to continuously transport various materials like the grassland, and made a lot of profits between the two major forces in the grassland.

And it made the war on the grassland more cruel, so that the original weapons were insufficient, and even because of the lack of iron materials, the bow and arrow could only use the iron arrows that the various parts of the grassland had in large quantities. But what Jia Ke got was money and slaves, which made the Manchu Eight Banners further expand, and now the Manchu Eight Banners have a population of more than 500,000, which can completely compete with the two major forces on the grassland.

In the capital, Rongguofu seems to be moving forward in an orderly manner according to the script that has been arranged. First, Jia Yuanchun was sent to the draft by Mrs. Wang, but this time it was different from Zhong. She was not sent as the daughter of a five-rank official, she was sent as the sister of Jia Ke, the Marquis of Wuyang and the envoy of Xuanfu Town.

This is her identity, and Shuo Ran is a lot more noble, so she didn't slowly climb up as an ordinary maid in the palace like in the middle. Instead, he directly gave the third prince as a side concubine, which made the Jia family glorious again in the capital.

Because there are three princes inside and Jia Ke outside, although Jia Zheng, the head of Jiafu, is still only a five-grade outsider, he has some right to speak in the capital, and many powerful people in the capital have to give him some face.

Because Jia Zheng's power has been improved somewhat, now some foreign officials have begun to send him ice and carbon tribute, although they are all inconspicuous petty officials, and the number is not much, but this is enough to make Jia Zheng feel excited. After all, Jia Zheng has not received such attention for so many years.

If there is anything unsatisfactory, it is that Jia Zhu is still unsatisfactory in the scientific field, he once again failed in the township examination, this time he was still carried out, his body is really bad.

Jia Zheng now has some faint disappointment in Jia Zhu's heart, he originally thought that his two sons, one literary and one martial, would support each other in the end. No matter where they go, the other one can help. But now Jia Zhu's performance made him completely focus his attention on Jia Ke alone. Because the current status of the two sons is too far apart.

Mrs. Wang was helpless when she saw this situation, and she believed the old doctor's words back then, so she decided to marry Jia Zhu a daughter-in-law, hoping to pass on Jia Zhu's ancestry. In the end, she chose to choose, or chose Li Kun, the daughter of Li Shouzhong, the priest of the country. This matter was finally known to Jia Zheng, and Jia Zheng not only did not oppose it, but supported it very much.

Because Jia Zheng has always attached importance to literati, when Jia Ke was married, he wanted to marry the daughter of the country's son to his son Jia Zhu. But after a long time, it was delayed, and now Mrs. Wang's candidate is the same person as him. This made Jia Zheng feel that Mrs. Wang had a bit of a heart-to-heart connection with him at this point.

And in Jia Zheng's opinion, there is still a little bit to show off to be able to become in-laws with Li Shouzhong, the priest of the country. What's more, Li Shouzhong's protégés are all over the world, and if he becomes his son-in-law, he will be taken care of in his career in the future. In the future, it will be Jia Zhu, and he will not be able to take the imperial examination, and it will not be too difficult for him to have his father-in-law's career, after all, many literati will not be too difficult for him if they have studied under his father-in-law for a period of time.

So the marriage is going to be decided, but if you want to get married, you have to wait for Jia Ke to come back. After all, in feudal society, the young and the old are orderly. Although Jia Zhu is a son-in-law, Jia Ke's identity is different now, so Rongguo Mansion still decided to wait for Jia Ke to come back and get married, and then marry Jia Zhu.

Then there is Rongguo Mansion, and now another little life has been born. Aunt Zhao added a daughter to Jia Zheng, and Jia Zheng named her Jia Tanchun, in the name of Yuanchun and Yingchun.

And Jia Baoyu, the protagonist of the Red Mansion, is now a living treasure in Rongguo Mansion. Mother Jia has spoiled her to the sky, and Jia Yuanchun, who has become the concubine of the third prince, also takes care of her from time to time. Therefore, he is now completely immersed in the red dust and cannot extricate himself.

And the biggest change is in the steppe, Arslen Khan is worthy of being a hero, he he relied on the old Khan's many years of operation in the Western Regions, in all kinds of material for the sake of not lacking, after three years of war, he was gradually flattened by the various tribes on the grassland, now he has completely unified the grassland, under his command now there are no less than 500,000 people in the control of the Xuan, and put down the rebellion in the Western Regions, repelled the attack of the black-clothed food, and its territory is now expanding to the west for two or three thousand miles.

Now, to put it mildly, Arslen Khan's empire has become a hegemon across Europe and Asia. The only one who can compete with him today is the Central Plains Dynasty. But Arslen Khan had a fatal weakness, that is, the total population of the Tatars under his command was only five or six million, and with such a small population to control such a large empire, sooner or later it would collapse. As soon as he goes through a major defeat, the rest of the nations will rise up and revolt. That's when his empire collapsed.

Now that the princes in the court have received this news, they all regret it one by one. In particular, the emperor even dropped the pen on the main hall, and scolded the three universities who went to the study regardless of the image. And the three universities were due to this miscalculation, which made the Central Plains have one more big enemy, so they didn't dare to refute it under the emperor's curse.

But regret was to no avail, and the emperor could only issue an edict to the nine sides to strictly defend everywhere, and not to give the Tatars a chance to take advantage of it.

But Jia Ke thinks that it is useless now, and this year Arslen Khan will definitely invade the south on a large scale, and this time is the real test of the imperial court.

At the same time, it is also a good time for Jia Ke to be promoted to become a wealthy official, and now Jia Ke is different from when he first came to Xuanfu Town, at this time he is strong and strong, and he already has the ability to fight to the death with the Tatars. What he was waiting for now was an opportunity, an opportunity for him to soar.

And this opportunity soon came, Tang Kuai found out the news from the grassland, Arslen Khan this summer to collect cavalry in various parts of the grassland, and now a steady stream of cavalry has been assembled north of Gubeikou, the movement is unknown.

After Jia Ke got the news, he looked at the map and understood what Arslen Khan had in mind. This is the strength of Arslen Khan's fear of Jia Ke in Xuanfu Town, as well as the strength of more than 100,000 cavalry of the Manchu Eight Banners. Therefore, to avoid the truth, it is necessary to enter the customs from the Gubei Pass, and then go straight to the dense clouds, and finally go straight to the Beijing Division. Even if you can't conquer the Jingshi, you can plunder it near the bustling capital.

But Jia Ke, who got the news, did not report it, and it was difficult for him to explain his source. The second is to go out at a critical moment in order to win greater military merits.

The autumn of this year is coming soon, and Xuanfu Town is still very calm, and a peaceful life has become a habit for everyone in recent years. Since Jia Ke served as the envoy of Jiedu, the Tatars no longer dared to invade south in the direction of Xuanfu Town. Unlike other places on the Nine Sides, although there were no large-scale attacks, small-scale attacks never stopped.

Twenty-year-old Jia Ke has now fully adapted to his high-ranking life. And the three maids in his room have now become his aunts, Jia Ke now likes the ancient system very much, and it is common for a man to have three wives and four concubines.

However, Jia Ke secretly looked for Lan Xiang before the three of them became concubines, and then Lan Xiang prepared a child soup for herself and the other two new aunts. Every time Jia Ke rests in their room, the next day the kitchen will definitely send a bowl of avoidance soup, Chuncao and Qiaolian both know the rules, so they don't have any complaints about this, just thinking that Jia Ke will get married early, so that they can have their own heirs.

The reason why Jia Ke wanted to adopt this method was because although he was the eldest son, he didn't want to have an eldest son, because he and Rong Guofu dealt with a different situation. At that time, he was able to become the eldest son of Shu, firstly because Jia's mother had some feelings for Aunt Zhou, and secondly, because the most important title of Rongguo Mansion was on the side of the big house. Therefore, there is no threat to the future son-in-law, which is why Jia Ke has his background.

And Jia Ke is now the Marquis of Wuyang, and this title will definitely be inherited by his son-in-law in the future. If there is an eldest son, it is inevitable that there will be a disaster of Xiao Qiang in the future. And Jia Ke also arranged a way back for the other children, which is to go to the Manchu Eight Banners to be the flag owner, if they have a future in the future, they can still dominate one side if they don't get it.