Chapter 141: The Glass Feast
Master Li hesitated, more precisely, it was heartbeat, in the embroidery building, although there are thousands of people who are sought after, but in the dead of night, she will also worry about her future, even if there are rumors that Zhao Ji is very interested in her, she has never imagined that she can enter the palace as a mother, a prostitute born Niangniang, this is impossible to think.
Which rich businessman or dignitary did you marry? There are too many sister role models in front, there are many favored when they are young, and there are few who are reluctant to be old and yellow, if they can really occupy a part of the shares of Qionglou, even if they are a green lantern ancient Buddha in the future, they don't have to worry about anything.
Master Li looked at Jiang De, she could see that Jiang De had no desire for herself, of course, she was also older for Jiang De, but it was this desireless look that made her feel at ease and made him feel Jiang De's sincerity.
Master Li stood up and said to Jiang Deshili, "Thank you Xiao Langjun for your love, but this matter is very important, please give the little girl a little time, and after the little girl thinks about it, she will give Xiao Langjun a reply." ”
Jiang De nodded and said, "It's okay, this matter is really not urgent, but I'm going to leave in a few days... In this case, I will tell Yue He, the shopkeeper of the Qionglou in Tokyo, about this, and if you think about it, you can write a letter to him, and he will inform me, and we will discuss the details at that time. ”
Master Li could feel Jiang De's sincerity, nodded in agreement, and after Jiang De took another sip of tea, he stopped being verbose and left like this.
After Jiang De left, Mother Li said to Master Li with some excitement, "My good daughter, this is a good opportunity, if this is really the case, you and my mother and daughter don't have to worry about it in this life!" ”
Master Li looked out the window and said, "Mom, let me think again." ”
Mother Li nodded again and again and said, "Okay, okay, don't worry, just think about it slowly!" ”
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Back at the hotel, Jiang De saw a man dressed as a farmer waiting for him inside, and when he looked at it again, he was a little familiar, and when the man saw Jiang De, he immediately bowed and said, "Huang Xiao has seen Xiao Langjun!" ”
Jiang De recognized that this person was Huang Xiao who went to plant cotton, and hurriedly sat him down and asked, "Master Huang, what is the matter with your visit this time?" Could it be that the cotton has borne fruit? ”
Huang Xiao took out a few letters and said, "Since Xiao Langjun ordered down, the small few days and nights did not dare to slack off, especially Yu Lian and the two, running to all sides, to understand the water and soil conditions in various places, after several months of investigation, there has been a small success, Xiao Langjun, please see, this is the map of the two of them in the past few months, all of them are white stacks, that is, cotton is suitable for planting, of course, this is drawn by the local old farmers after asking about the experience, whether this is really the case, it remains to be verified. ”
Jiang De opened the map and only saw that more than a dozen states and counties were painted in different colors, some red, some yellow, some green, and some blue.
Huang Xiao said, "This red one has a high chance of harvesting, the yellow one is a little worse, the blue one is blue, the second is green, the green place is according to their understanding, there is too much rain, it is easy for Bai Diezi to live, and it is too difficult to harvest a good harvest." ”
Jiang De nodded again and again and said, "Okay wow, good wow, where is Jeju Mansion?" ”
Hwang Hyo pointed to the red one and said, "This is Jeju Mansion." ”
Jiang De saw that Jeju Mansion was red, and immediately said happily, "That's good, Master Huang, do you have an apprentice who can take care of the flower fields in Tokyo?" I have something else for you to do. ”
Huang Xiao nodded and said, "Little Lao'er has a son named Huang Dan, who has obtained my true inheritance, and these days, he is also taking care of the flower field, which can be entrusted." ”
Jiang De has no objection to Huang Xiao's recommendation of his son, thousands of years of cronyism among you is unreasonable, any person in a higher position likes to use his relatives and friends, only in this way can he be loyal to them to the greatest extent, not to mention that with Huang Xiao's son in hand, Jiang De is also relieved to let Huang Xiao leave.
Jiang De said to Huang Xiao, "That's fine, you prepare, I will send a few people to take you to a place in Jeju Prefecture, where you will experiment with large-scale cotton planting, you must keep this matter secret, even if it is your son, you can't let him know where you went!" ”
Huang Xiao arched his hand and said, "The villain knows, please rest assured that Xiao Langjun is." ”
The matter of cotton must be certain, Jiang De made up his mind to go back, so he gathered everyone to talk together.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, things in Tokyo are almost over, and it's already autumn, so I think we'll go back to Neihuang in a few days." Jiang De said to everyone.
Zhou Tong wanted to go back a long time ago, nodded and said, "It's really long to come out this time, Jiang De, your homework has fallen a lot, and Yue Fei is a few people, and it's not as hard as Neihuang here." ”
Yue Fei stuck out his tongue and didn't dare to speak, after all, compared to Tokyo, Neihuang is indeed a rural place, there are too many things here that they haven't seen, if it weren't for Zhou Tongguan's strictness, they would have gone crazy these days.
Jiang De smiled and said, "Master's lesson is that I will go tomorrow to ask the Taishi and others to resign, and Senior Brother, call me to have another bar in the evening." ”
Zhou Tong nodded and said, "This should be, so let's do it!" ”
When Jiang De and others were discussing how to leave, in Yanfu Palace, a banquet was being held, envoys from various countries, civil and military ministers, gathered together, in light singing and dancing, one after another delicacies were served, a jar of wine was opened, and laughter and laughter made people feel like heaven.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today's banquet is mainly to celebrate my great Song Dynasty and auspiciousness!!" Zhao Ji clapped his hands and shouted, and one by one Gong E's cups slowly walked up, and then came to the table and put the cups in front of everyone.
Except for a few of Zhao Ji's close ministers, where has anyone seen the appearance of a glass, especially those envoys from Liao, Dali, and Goryeo, looking at the crystal clear glass, their eyes are about to fall out.
"This is water jade? It's so crystal clear, it's really a priceless treasure! "The envoy of Goryeo is still relatively educated, and the first thing that came to mind was that this cup was made of water jade, water jade, that is, the crystal of later generations, but natural crystal is rare, not to mention that it is even more difficult to find so many crystals without impurities.
As if on purpose, Zhao Ji looked at the envoy of Western Xia and said, "Li Aiqing, do you have such a treasure in Western Xia?" ”
The envoy of the Western Xia is a middle-aged man, he looked at the glass in front of him with an ugly face, you know, the Western Xia at this time is no longer the Western Xia of the year, so many years of the Song State's economic blockade of the Western Xia, although there is a blood supply from the Liao State from time to time, but the economic and national strength of the Western Xia is declining day by day.
The Western Xia envoy took a breath and said to Zhao Ji, "Back to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, my Western Xia has more war horses, scimitars, ironclad warriors, this kind of flashy things, there are really not many." ”
"Oh? War horse scimitar? Ironclad warriors? What are you doing in Western Xia who don't compete with others, accumulating so many soldiers? Cai Jing looked at the Xixia envoy with a smile, and the Xixia envoy suddenly blushed, and hurriedly explained, "My Xixia country is located in a remote area, and there are many horse thieves, all of which are for the purpose of protecting the territory and the people, and I really don't want to fight again." ”
Western Xia since the two battles of Pingxia City, has been more and more militarily lagging behind the Western Army, at this time Yanyan, Hedong and Linfu three roads have been connected into a new line of defense, stretching along the Hengshan for more than 300 miles, the Western Xia soldiers and civilians were driven to the desert area, miserable, can only rely on the remaining half of the Hengshan defense line to resist hard, and the news from the northwest said that Tong Guan is frantically preparing for war, just waiting for the time to be ripe, he is ready to take Hengshan this great achievement, to achieve his ideal of military merit.
Therefore, the envoys of the Western Xia were trembling in the Song Dynasty at this time, and they were afraid that their weakness would lead to the invasion of the Song army by the Song people, and they were afraid that they would be too tough to give Zhao Ji an excuse to start a war, so they could only find a way to send money everywhere, but for Cai Jing and others, I would accept the money and not do anything, so Zhao Ji knew, and praised Cai Jing and others for doing things!
Seeing the embarrassment of the envoy of the Western Xia, the envoy of the Liao State immediately got up and said, "I also have a lot of iron horses and bows and arrows in my great Liao, do you also think of Bingge?" ”
Cai Jing suddenly smiled and said, "The Yelu envoy is too worried, come and come, look at my Great Song Dynasty's Qiong wine, this is our Great Song Dynasty's new wine, I believe that the Liao Lord will also like it, and the Yelu envoy can bring some back." ”
A bottle of Qiong wine was taken out of the ice cube and slowly poured into the glass, and everyone looked at the clear and fragrant Qiong wine, and they were extremely amazed.
Zhao Ji looked at everyone like this, and couldn't help laughing and said, "My Great Song Dynasty people are prosperous, rich in all directions, and have to work hard for the previous emperors, and now there are sages to assist, this is such a prosperous world, come and come, let's drink this cup together!" ”
Everyone drank a glass together, and many people's eyes suddenly turned red, this Qiong wine is a high degree of liquor, where can you drink it like this, some people who are weak only feel that their heads are buzzing, and they are about to faint, Zhao Ji laughed when he saw it, so unhappy.
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Cai Jing got drunk and walked out of the palace, got in the car, and rushed straight to the house, at this time he was in a good mood, these days, Zhao Ji trusted him very much, no matter what kind of changes he proposed, most of them passed, officials around the country saw him so powerful, and he also returned to his banner, as for those who were not very obedient, they were naturally distributed to various places, some capable Cai Jing also let them stay in one place for a long time, some only know how to speak, can't do things, Cai Jing is constantly changing where they are degraded, Let them go from place to place, and spend their days in a wasted way, until they die of sickness and exhaustion.
This is also what Cai Jing learned from the previous battles between the new law and the old law, since you want to fight, you must fight to the death!
"Master, when I arrived, the porter said that Jiang De and Jiang Xiaolang had been waiting in the house for a long time." The official helped Cai Jing get out of the carriage and said.
"Jiang De?" Cai Jing's head immediately cleared up a little and said, "This son has nothing to do, he will go to the Three Treasures Palace... What did he come to do? Did he say anything? ”
The official nodded and said, "Listening to him and the fourth young master, it seems that he is preparing to go back." ”
"Just go back? How long has it been since you returned to Tokyo? Let's go, lead the way! Cai Jing said with a wave of his hand.
Cai Jing came to the hall, and sure enough, he saw Jiang De and a scholar sitting on one side, and Cai Qian and Cai Yan talking to Jiang De on the other side.
Seeing Cai Jing coming in, Jiang De and the others hurriedly got up and said to Cai Jing, "I've seen the Taishi, Daddy!" ”
Cai Jing waved his hand to let a few people sit down, and came to the first place, someone had already prepared the sobering soup, Cai Jing took two sips, and said with a smile, "Today is a glass banquet, the old man drank a little more, but let Xiaolang wait for a long time." ”
Jiang De hurriedly said, "This matter is the kid's fault, the kid really doesn't know that today is a glass banquet, and he took the liberty to visit, since the master is unwell, the kid should come again another day." ”
Cai Jing sighed and said, "I can't blame you for this, in fact, the official family was going to ask you to also participate in the banquet at the beginning, but you were shirked by the old man, can you resent the old man?" ”
Jiang Debai said, "There must be a reason why the master does this, the kid will only be grateful, where can he dare to resent?" ”
Cai Jing nodded and said, "Knowing advance and retreat, this is your greatest advantage, but the old man has a reason, you are too young, and now you have entered the eyes of the official family, that is, Jane is in the emperor's heart, the days behind this are still long, you can't be too showy, otherwise others will be jealous, you see, I didn't even let my son go?" ”
Jiang De seemed to suddenly realize and said, "I see, the master has good intentions, and the kid has thanked me." ”
Cai Jing snorted, took another sip of sobering soup and asked, "Are you going to leave?" ”
Jiang De nodded and said, "The matter of Tokyo is over, my senior brother has also completed his marriage, there is really nothing to stay here, the kid went out to collect wind for a few months, and the husband at home is already dissatisfied, and urged me to go back to study behind closed doors several times. ”
Cai Jing clapped his hands and said, "Young and ambitious, but have the heart to learn, it's rare!" In this case, the old man will not stop you when you go back, but the old man asks you, the official family is now very interested in the book "Fengshen", what should you do? ”
Jiang De thought for a while and said, "The kid will send new manuscripts to the official family every month." ”
Cai Jing nodded slightly and said, "It's good for you to grasp it yourself, the official family is not interested in your cement, but they are very satisfied with the glass, what do you decide to do?" ”
Jiang De replied, "Glass makes money, cement gathers wealth, the official family doesn't know at this time, but it doesn't hinder our operation, the kid will first use a way to build a road with cement to Tokyo, and when the official family sees it, he will definitely be overjoyed." ”
Cai Jing laughed and said, "Okay! What a boldness! Where are you going to fix it from? ”
Jiang De replied, "I will repair it from the bank of Jishui, but this road needs the support of the government, and I also invite the Taishi..."
Cai Jing nodded and said, "This matter is easy to do, I will ask the local government to assist you in building this road, just money.... But you have to solve it yourself. ”
Xu Guanzhong's brows jumped, don't give money for road repair? It's still such a long road, how can this work?
"What the Taishi said is very true, this road is to promote cement construction, naturally you can't ask for any money, but I also ask the Taishi to agree to a request from the kid." Jiang De said indifferently.