When the saint heard this, he didn't know for a moment whether to be angry or to laugh. Jia Yu is obviously a serious person, but whenever he is given an errand, he will do everything for you properly. But this mouth is like a ninth-rate person, and what he says is all the words of the market.

What is shaking majesty, what is looking for a scene, do you think this is a hooligan fight?

Obviously, it can be used in better language, such as what to promote the demeanor of a great country, and then what to show the national prestige. He was about to say the same as doing bad things, and he had a expression.

Several civil officials were also a little unable to listen, and were about to stand up to "denounce" the general, when the sage suddenly said: "This is the matter of your Ministry of Rites, you don't prepare a charter and hand it in, just talk about what to do." ”

That's right, if it's trade, it's the business of the household. But if you just take a gift to show the prestige of the country, it is a matter for the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites is equivalent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Jia Yu wants to take care of this matter again, which is justified.

Besides, he was the host and guest of the Qing Officials Division, and he was in charge of diplomatic affairs, and when the Ministry of Rites Shangshu heard the words of the sage at this time, he immediately understood, and stepped forward and said: "The minister is intending to discuss this matter with the Ministry of Rites." ”

The sage hurriedly waved his hand: "After the discussion, I will come to the table, and then you will go down first." ”

Jia Liang pursed his lips and followed back to the team, didn't you call me by name, and blame me for not drawing up the charter.

After the court was dispersed, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites called the waiter of the Ministry of Rites and Jia Amnesty, and returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites together.

There are four divisions in the Ministry of Rites, each performing its own duties and not interfering with each other, and Jia Liang is the Lang Zhong of the Host and Guest Qing Officials Division, so only Shangshu and Shilang are of higher rank than him in this Ministry of Rites, and the rest are equal and subordinate. In addition, this matter is in the hands of the main and guest Qing Officials Division, and Shangshu and Shilang are only in charge, so this matter is given to Jia Liang with full authority, let him take care of it himself, as long as a charter is drawn up.

Jia Liang took the chicken feather as an arrow, and soon asked the subordinate wailang and the director to draft the charter on his behalf, wrote a full four-page paper, and handed it over to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the afternoon of the same day.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu looked at the long list of budgets, and his beard was about to be pulled off.

"This ...... Are you sure you want so much? ”

Jia Liang talked nonsense in a serious way: "This has been reduced and reduced, this represents the face of a country, how can it be hastily done." ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu pointed to one of them and said, "Isn't this shipbuilding unnecessary?" It's not like we don't have a ship, so why build another? ”

Jia Liang immediately said: "Can that be the same?" Our big ships are all warships of the sailors, and the purpose of protecting the family and the country can not be used on this, this is disrespectful to the soldiers.

"Besides, this boat that travels to give gifts needs to be powerful and able to hold the field, and it needs to be able to support the face. This is a matter of national glory, and those foreigners must not be underestimated. ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was unable to refute, and besides, he was right, thinking that this expenditure must be indispensable, so he pointed to the bottom and said: "This gift is prepared by the Ministry of Rites, why bother to allocate funds to let the Ministry of Rites buy it?" ”

Jia Liang said again: "What do those dirt buns in the household department know?" How many foreigners have they seen in their lives? Do you speak foreign languages? Do you know the difference between English and France? It is our Ministry of Rites that deals with foreigners, how do the fools in the household department know which goods foreigners respect us? Don't be bent on buying something that people don't like to take it over, making jokes, or shoddy, and losing the face of our big country. ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was said to cry and laugh, and this Jia Liang was not talking nonsense. The Ministry of Rites has never been taken seriously, and even some of them can't hold their heads up in front of other ministries. Therefore, it is not uncommon for officials of the Ministry of Rites to be ignored or looked down upon by other officials outside.

And this time, Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Rites seems to have a share to give the Ministry of Rites a chance to take back a city, which makes the Ministry of Rites Shangshu have to pay attention to it.

Next, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu discussed this list with Shilang and Jia Liang for a long time, until the official under the sunset came to remind him, and then suddenly time passed quickly.

"In my opinion, the general's charter is feasible, but the details still need to be discussed, and the cost of this activity is too early, so I will go back next and list the details, and discuss it tomorrow morning." The squire touched his beard and said to Shang Shu with a smile: "Lord Shang Shu, don't worry, Xia Guan will cooperate with Jia Enhou Haosheng and not let your adults down." ”

Jia Liang looked at the waiter with an incomprehensible face, and when the waiter saw him like this, he smiled even more happily: "Jia Enhou, if you are not in a hurry at home today, why don't you go to Tianxianglou with me to eat before leaving?" ”

When Jia Liang heard this, he was very face-saving: "That's necessary, I'll treat you, let's go, and Master Shangshu will go too." ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu smiled bitterly: "The old wife at home is strict, and she must go home before dark, so forgive me for going first." ”

Jia Liang watched the old man run away with a confused expression, and muttered in his mouth: "I drank like a dead dog at my house last time, and I still lived there all night, what are you lying to the ghost?" ”

The waiter came over and pulled Jia Liang and said with a smile: "Hey, Jia Enhou doesn't know yet, it's just that since he lost his temper at Jia Enhou's house last time, Lao Shangshu was ordered by his wife not to spend the night outside." ”

Jia Liang was concerned and a little sympathetic: "Fortunately, my wife is not so fierce." ”

The waiter didn't dare to laugh, so he pulled Jia Liang out of the yamen all the way, and the two got on the horse and went directly to Tianxianglou.

This night, Jia Liang came home very late, and when he entered Qingyuanju, he saw that there was no sign of the maid in the courtyard, only the mother-in-law who was the gatekeeper was still awake, so he couldn't help but relax his hands and feet, and sneaked into the upper room.

As soon as I entered the flower hall, there was a sound in the inner bedroom, and then the light came on.

Jia Liang hurriedly went in to take a look, his wife was leaning on the bed and lighting the oil lamp on the kang cabinet, Jia Liang hurriedly went over to help her light the lamp, and asked her, "You haven't slept yet?" ”

Xing Shuang rubbed her eyes and asked, "When?" ”

Jia Liang came in and looked at the clock, and then replied, "It's half past eleven." ”

Xing Shuang yawned, and when she saw that her husband was also tired, she only asked him if he wanted to eat supper.

Jia Liang wanted to drink all night, and he didn't eat two mouthfuls of food, so he nodded and said that he wanted to eat. Xing Shuang got up and dressed herself and went to the small kitchen to get food for her husband.

Jia Liang was fine in the house alone, so he followed Xing Shuang to the small kitchen with the lamp, and after putting the oil lamp on the cabinet, he leaned against the door and talked to his wife.

Speaking of today's incident in the hall, Jia Liang's eyebrows couldn't help but dance, and when he saw that his wife had wrapped the small wontons and was ready to boil water, he hurriedly stepped forward to help his wife sit in the pot and fill the water, and started the fire again.

Xing Shuang took the bowl and put the seasoning in it, kept moving in his hand, and said without lagging behind: "Such a long road is not enough for merchant ships, and in the end it must be escorted by a sailor, and besides, piracy is rampant in Europe at this time, and a few merchant ships have passed, and they have become meat in people's mouths." ”