Hearing his mother's words, Xue Baochai was also speechless for a while.

My brother has been spoiled since he was a child, he is proficient in eating, drinking and having fun, and he is too playful, but he doesn't pay much attention to business.

Brother Cong is different, starting his own business, struggling on his own, although he is very rich, he is very self-disciplined, and he does not have those messy problems.

Xue Baochai said: "Among the people I know, there is indeed no one who can compare to Brother Cong, who is capable, rich, meticulous, ruthless, and never goes out to fool around."

No matter what such a person does, there is hardly anything he does not succeed. ”

Aunt Xue didn't know why, she liked Brother Cong'er's child very much, maybe it was because of her eyes, or maybe it was because the child spoke interestingly.

Seeing that his daughter admires Brother Cong so much, he also feels the same way.

Thinking of Brother Cong, he provoked his daughter several times intentionally or unintentionally, and couldn't help but feel moved, could it be that Brother Cong likes his daughter Baochai?

"Girl, why do I think Brother Cong seems to like you, have you noticed?"

Xue Baochai glanced at her mother, thinking of the bits and pieces of getting along with Brother Cong, thinking of that kid's oily and smooth teasing of herself, and her admiration for herself was revealed in and out of her words.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, this person's encounter was really bizarre, at that time, I didn't look down on Jia Cong at all, although I had some skills, but I was just a concubine with a little money.

Besides, he has already signed up for the election, how can he take him to heart, in his eyes he is just a little kid.

It's just that he has made people, and in just a few months, he has become a third-grade general, a powerful person in the capital.

"Mom, Brother Cong does have a little interest in me, and he also half-jokingly and half-formally said it to me, but I have rejected it either explicitly or secretly, and I have already signed up for the election."

Aunt Xue sighed when she heard this, "Hey! It's all Brother Cong'er's child who is not lucky, if you don't sign up, you have your current identity, and it's a good choice to follow him. ”

"Mom, don't talk about these things that are not there, let people hear them, but make people laugh."

Aunt Xue smiled: "That's it, let's not talk about it, I hope you can have a good home in the future, so I can rest assured." ”

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Early the next morning, Jia Cong had breakfast.

With the four big maids of Mandarin Duck, Raider, Qingwen and Xiangling.

As well as Chunlan, Xia Zhu, Qiu Ju, and Dongmei's four major guards, they went to the riverside villa outside the city.

There were also four carriages with him, one for Mandarin Ducks and others to ride, and the other three were full of accompanying supplies.

Jia Cong rode a newly-acquired maroon war horse, carried a black knife at his waist, and was dressed in a dark blue tight-fitting dress, walking in front of the team.

Qingwen was wearing a red samurai uniform, carrying a war knife at her waist, riding a dazzling black war horse, and riding side by side with Jia Cong.

Chunlan, Xia Zhu, Qiu Ju, and Dongmei also rode behind the two.

Behind the carriage, there was also a team of family guards, also riding war horses, following the carriage for protection.

The team swept out of the south gate of Shenjing City and went straight to Linhe Villa.

Thirty miles is not far or close, but the road conditions are much stronger than before.

Last winter, Jia Cong saw that the people in Zhuangzi were idle.

Let Liu Quan, the head of the village, gather the people who are willing to work in the villa, and repair the thirty-mile road connecting the villa to the official road.

After the repair, the section of the official road leading to the Shenjing City was repaired again and repaired until the city gate.

This move surprised the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and sent someone down to ask, only to know that it was the young master of the Jia family, who thought that the road to Zhuangzi was too difficult to walk, so he asked people to rebuild it.

Building roads is a good thing for the benefit of the people, and naturally no one will say anything, but praise more.

It used to take an hour to get there, but now it takes less than half an hour to reach the villa.

Wangcai brought someone out to greet him, "Third Master, you're back." ”

"Well, I'm back, is it okay in Zhuangzi here?"

"Back to the third master, everything is normal in Zhuangzi here, the workshops are running well, and the workshops for developing glass have made some progress."

"Wangcai, you gather a few main responsible persons, let's have a meeting at noon, talk about some things, and I'll go to my master first."

"Yes, Third Master, I'll go and gather people."

Jia Cong nodded, and asked Qingwen to take Mandarin Duck, Raider, Xiangling and others to the backyard to settle down first.

I came to the small courtyard at the foot of the mountain alone, and I saw the master Zhang Moyan, who was sitting alone on the stone table under the plane tree drinking tea.

"Apprentice to meet Master."

Zhang Moyan glanced up at Jia Cong, waved his hand and said, "We don't need to be polite between master and apprentice, you haven't been going back for a short time this time, is it possible that something else has happened?" ”

Jia Cong got up, came to sit down opposite the master, and poured the tea for the master.

Only then did he say: "Master's eyes are like torches, and he sees thousands of miles, some things do happen when I go back this time, but it's all good things for me, I have now taken over Ning Guofu and become the master of Ning Guofu." ”

Zhang Moyan said suspiciously: "Isn't Ning Guofu Jia Zhen's?" Did something happen to him? ”

Jia Cong nodded, and briefly explained the general situation to Zhang Moyan.

Zhang Moyan shook his head and smiled: "You kid is really lucky, he is only a teenager, and he has reached a height that others can't reach in a lifetime, and now that he has a big family business and a knighthood, do you want to continue to practice hard?" ”

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Master, don't worry, my original intention of practicing martial arts will not change, I really don't pay attention to the three-grade general, my goal is super high, at least I have to get a Hou Ye to be a master." ”

Zhang Moyan said: "It's rare for you kid to have this ambition, you have been practicing martial arts for more than a year, I think you are almost to the end of forging bones, and work harder."

When you forge your bones and become a master, I will teach you all what I have learned all my life, and then teach you the technique of lifting the longitudinal of my Wudang faction, I see you faster than ordinary people, if you learn the technique again, it will definitely make you like a tiger. ”

Jia Cong stood up and bowed and saluted: "Thank you, master, I will definitely redouble my efforts to reach the Bone Forging Perfection as soon as possible, I will go back at noon to arrange some things, and start cultivating in the afternoon." ”

Seeing that the master Zhang Moyan acquiesced, Jia Cong turned around and left.

Looking at Jia Cong's departing back, Zhang Moyan sighed in his heart.

Originally, I came to deal with Jia Yu, and I planned to teach some kung fu casually and left.

I didn't expect to meet a martial arts genius, not only does he learn quickly, his understanding is also extremely high, and he is also very hard-working, he is really a perfect disciple.

Only then did he change his mind, teach Jia Cong carefully, and planned to teach him as his own personal disciple and inherit his mantle.

Although this child was born in the Guogong Mansion, he did not have arrogance, which is very rare.

And he has a good way to make money, and he is ingenious, and he has made a lot of novelties.

Now that he has inherited Ning Guofu and has a prominent identity, this is like a fish in water for him.

When Jia Cong came to the front yard hall, everyone had already arrived.

Seeing Jia Cong coming in, they stood up together and saluted: "I've seen the third master." ”

Jia Cong glanced at everyone, waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be polite, everyone should sit down, this time I called everyone to come, mainly to announce a thing."

I have successfully taken over Ning Guofu and become the master of Ning Guofu, the patriarch of the Jia family, and everyone will be from Ning Guofu in the future. ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts were immediately overjoyed.

Following the concubine of a Guogong Mansion and following the master of Ning Guofu, that status is completely different.

Congratulations in unison: "Congratulations to the third master, congratulations to the third master." ”

Jia Cong smiled and said: "It's a happy thing, my identity has become higher, and your identity has also risen." ”

Wangcai asked with some confusion: "Third Master, isn't Uncle Zhen in charge of the Ning Mansion?" How could he let you take over? ”

Jia Cong said: "Brother Zhen and Brother Rong had a dispute after drinking, and accidentally fell from Tianxianglou during the pulling, and just left, there was no male in Dongfu, so I passed on to Dongfu to inherit the incense, basically this is the situation." ”

Everyone was also embarrassed when they heard this, and they all sighed at Jia Cong's luck.

Wangcai said: "The third master's luck is really good, he actually encountered this good thing." ”

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Don't talk about this matter, let's talk about the establishment of the caravan, with the caravan steward He invited from the Xue family as the master, I will find a steward from the family to follow, and you will be familiar with Wangcai." ”

Wangcai said: "Third master, it's no problem for me to go to the caravan, who will I entrust my affairs to?" ”

Jia Cong said: "You don't have to pay it for the time being, let you follow the caravan, the main thing is to let you learn something, pay more attention to the prices in various places, and when I enter the army, I will take you with me and let you help me manage military logistics."

"The Point Guard Is Here"

The villa will become our production base in the future, as well as the transit station of the caravan, and all of them will be handed over to Liu Quan for management in the future. ”

Liu Quan, the head of the village, stood up excitedly and said: "Thank you for the third master's appreciation, the small one will definitely give the villa to the third master, and there will be no mistakes." ”

Jia Cong waved his hand to sit him down, and continued: "There are more and more workshops in the villa, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and the defense in the future will be a big problem, and there must be at least a hundred people to defend the force.

I will take all the people who are trained now when the time comes, and you can select a part of the militia to make up a hundred, and let Master Zhang help you train for three months, and they will guard the safety of the villa after we leave. ”

Liu Quandao: "Third master, don't worry, I'll go and select people later and hand them over to Master Zhang." ”

Zhang Dakui said: "Third master, don't worry, I will definitely train them well, and it will be enough to protect Zhuangzi in three months." ”

Jia Cong smiled: "Then let Master Zhang worry more, by the way, Master Zhang, I have three choices for your arrangement."

One is to follow me into the army and help me lead the personal guards; the second is to stay in Zhuangzi and lead the militia to guard the villa; The third is to go to Ningguo Mansion to serve as the head of the guard, you can choose according to your situation. ”

Zhang Dakui thought for a while and said: "Third Master, if you don't dislike me for being old, I am willing to follow the Third Master to the army, I think the current state is not worse than ordinary elite soldiers, or even stronger." ”

Jia Cong nodded and said: "Okay, I respect Master Zhang's choice, with you by my side, I will be more at ease, Master Zhang, give them an extra class in the evening, tell them about things on the battlefield, talk about some war examples, and even talk about the art of war." ”

Zhang Dakui said: "Third master, it's a bit early for you to go to the army at your age, right?" ”

Jia Cong said with a smile: "If I don't go now, it will be a year at the earliest, I plan to go to Liaodong next year, the year after tomorrow at the latest, it can't be any later, and then I will bring the caravan over to do some border trade business." ”

Turning his head to He Chengdao, he said: "Steward He, tell me about the caravan, the caravan route you know, as well as the checkpoints and fees on the road, give us an introduction." ”

He Cheng arched his hand and said: "Yes, Third Master, the most profitable trade route is to sell tea, ceramics, and silk from the south to the grassland, and then transport the horses, cattle and sheep, and furs from the grassland to the south, and you can earn several times the profit in one trip."

It's just that this trade route is more dangerous, and there are more checkpoints along the way, some of which are the checkpoints of the government, some of which are the checkpoints of the garrison, and some of which are the checkpoints of bandits and grass bandits.

If you're lucky, the cost of the checkpoints along the way accounts for between two and three percent, and if you're unlucky, even the people with the goods are all robbed, because the profits are too great, although you know that there are caravans in trouble, but there are still countless caravans to risk out of the customs. ”

This is understandable, people die for money, and birds die for food.

After all, there are at least five or six times the profit, and as long as there is no accident once, you will get rich.

These thieves collect tolls, and occasionally directly rob the goods, and they must be rich one by one.

It's just that these people are doing this, and I really don't believe that there is no one behind them to support Jia Cong.

Either there was collusion with the local officials, or there was involvement with the local family gentry, otherwise it would have been exterminated long ago.

If you want to take this trade route, you must ensure the safety of people and goods.

Even if the banner of the Jia family's caravan is played and the Shenjing City is out, how many people know about the Jia family?

Even if you know the Jia family, can you give face to it?

After all, the current Jia family has almost no status in the court, and only the second uncle serves as a member of the fifth rank in the Ministry of Industry.

As far as Jia Cong learned, one was to Xuanhua, from Xuanhua to the grassland, and trade with the original Mongols.

One is through the Shanhai Pass, along the Liaoxi Corridor, through Suizhong, Ningyuan, Jinzhou, into Liaodong, and then to the northeast are the Jurchen tribes, who are now called Eastern Barbarians, Tu Barbarians, and Barbarians.

From Ningyuan to the west, there is Jianchang, where the steppe people who already belong to the Mongolian tribe and the territory of the original Duoyan Sanwei.

If you go to Liaodong to join the army, it is better to go to Shanhaiguan.

On the military side, there should not be much of a problem for the checkpoints themselves, and there is no big problem at the checkpoints in those places, they dare not rob goods openly, and at most charge some tolls.

Those bandits are not easy to say, and they need to be solved by themselves.

When the special combat team comes back and the training camp is completed, they will be asked to go north after the New Year, and first go to explore the road and understand the details of the various checkpoints along the way.

Then find out the bandit levels along the way.

When the time comes, send someone to negotiate with them and try to reach an agreement, but if you really don't give face, you can only find a way to make them disappear.