Time flies, and after a month of hard training, Jia Cong finally reached the stage of forging bones and entering the stage of practicing dirty.

From this day on, Zhang Moyan began to teach what he had learned all his life to Jia Cong.

All kinds of boxing scriptures, sword techniques, sticks, knives and guns were all taught, and it took two months to teach them.

"Good apprentice, you can't admire your learning ability for the teacher, for the teacher to learn for most of your life, you have learned everything in just two months, as long as you practice diligently in the future.

However, in addition to the light gong lifting longitudinal technique, you have to work hard, as long as you can use it skillfully, choose some suitable for yourself, double the hard practice, I hope you can get out of your own way as soon as possible. ”

Jia Cong said respectfully: "Thank you for the master's careful teaching, the apprentice must remember the master's teachings, practice kung fu hard, and will not disappoint the master." ”

Zhang Moyan nodded with satisfaction, and said with emotion: "It's been almost two years since I came here as a teacher, and it's time to go back to Wudang Mountain to have a look. ”

Listening to Zhang Moyan's words, Jia Cong was a little surprised, and he didn't expect that the master was going back to Wudang Mountain.

The master and apprentice have been together for nearly two years, and they have taught themselves carefully, but when they suddenly heard that they were leaving, they were a little reluctant in their hearts.

"Master, why are you leaving all of a sudden? There are still a lot of things to ask the master for? ”

Zhang Moyan smiled and said: "There is nothing to teach you as a teacher, besides, I have been away from Wudang Mountain for a long time, and I want to go back to see it, if you have time in the future, you can go to Wudang Mountain to have a look, remember that you are also a disciple of the Wudang faction." ”

Seeing that the master's attitude was resolute, not like a joke, he knew that the master was really going back to Wudang Mountain, so he no longer insisted.

After all, there is no scattered banquet in the world, and the master does not belong here, but belongs to Wudang Mountain.

"Now that the master has decided to return to Wudang Mountain, the apprentice will no longer be forced to stay, and it seems that it is almost the end of the year, I will let the caravan send the master back, and by the way, bring some New Year's goods to the mountain, which is also my filial piety as a disciple."

Zhang Moyan was silent for a while, then nodded in agreement, "It's okay, the teacher knows that you are a little god of wealth, and there is no shortage of this bit of silver, so I will accept your filial piety." ”

Jia Cong asked people to set up a table of wine in the master's courtyard, and the master and apprentice sat down and drank freely, which was considered to be practiced for the master.

instructed He Cheng and Wangcai to prepare twenty carts of New Year's goods and send Master Zhang Moyan back to Wudang Mountain.

Jia Cong's wine has also been put on the market, named 'Linhe Fine Wine'.

Zhang Fu led several stewards to be in charge, and selected one from the many shops in Ningguo Mansion to specialize in selling wine.

Jia Cong took the time to sort out a plan for advertising, sales promotion, and handed it to Zhang Fu.

Let him study with a few stewards and be responsible for the implementation of the whole plan.

Ning Guofu is relatively loose management, in fact, there are still some talents, with these people, it will be much easier for themselves, and many things do not need to come forward by themselves.

A few days later, the special operators also rushed back to the villa.

"My subordinates meet the third master."

Looking at the iron pillar and several squad leaders in front of him, Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, sit down and say, what do you gain from going to Yangzhou this time?" ”

Tie Zhu took out a pamphlet from his arms, handed it to Jia Cong and said: "Third master, according to your instructions, after we went to Yangzhou, we mainly wanted to inquire about the news, and we also bought a few small forces in the middle to help us provide news.

Due to time reasons, the information we got was very limited, and we only had a general understanding of the large and small forces in Yangzhou, and we did not have time to investigate the detailed information.

However, we have already entrusted those small forces to help us investigate, and we should be rewarded next time. ”

Jia Cong nodded, opened the pamphlet and read a few pages, just made some simple descriptions of those large and small forces, without anything too substantial, and then closed it and put it aside.

He raised his head and asked, "Uncle Ruhailin, who patrols the salt imperial history, have you taken a closer look?" ”

Tie Zhu said: "Master Lin, we have focused on checking, since he took office, those salt merchants have been suppressed very much, but they are also stuck within a range that is acceptable to the other party."

These salt merchants hate him to the core, but they are not willing to tear their faces directly, in an investigation, we accidentally bumped into the wine bureau of several major salt merchants, and found that they had a close past with the people of the Zhen family in Jinling.

After eavesdropping a few words, I learned that the eight salt merchants were the money bags of the Emperor Taishang, and the Zhen family in Jinling was also the person of the Emperor Taishang, and they were the liaison between them, and the relationship was quite close. ”

The Jinling Zhen family is the emperor's person, which Jia Cong has known for a long time.

I also know that the Zhen family is in Jiangnan, it is the existence of the emperor of the soil, and the gentry and officials in Jiangnan have to give the Zhen family three points of face, provoking the Zhen family, don't want to mix up in Jiangnan.

The current Jinling Zhen family is much more powerful than the four major families in Jinling, Jia, Wang, Shi, and Xue.

The main members of the four major families of Jia, Wang, Shi and Xue have all left Jinling and settled in Shenjing City.

What is left is just some side clansmen, although they still bear the name of the four major families of Jinling, and have some influence in the local area, they only rely on the name of their ancestors.

There are no outstanding talents, nor the power of the local government, strictly speaking, they are just ordinary landlords and gentry.

And the Zhen family is different, they have been in charge of welcoming the holy car four times, and in the eyes of the Emperor Taishang, they are real celebrities.

However, they will not be able to enjoy it for a few years, and once the emperor dies, the emperor will definitely not spare them.

The first estimate to deal with is them, and this is the sorrow of being a courtier.

"What else? Is there any other news? ”

Tie Zhu said: "Those salt merchants are also making small moves, and it is quite difficult for Aunt Lin to deal with them, and life is not easy, and that's basically all for us."

In addition, the water monkeys sent someone to contact us and asked for a batch of supplies, and took the group of water bandits with them, saying that there was a group of pirates on an island near the mouth of the sea, and they planned to take people and supplies to join them. ”

Jia Cong frowned when he heard this, and asked, "Didn't you let them go south to Fujian to have a look?" By the way, familiarize yourself with the sea route. ”

Tie Zhu said: "Third master, this incident is also a coincidence, the little leader of the group of pirates went ashore to sell the stolen goods, and was recognized, the water monkeys happened to pass by, and after understanding the situation, they felt that it was an opportunity, so they rescued them."

After some conversation, they knew that the water monkeys were a group of water bandits in the inland and their skills were also good, so they tried their best to attract the water monkeys to join their pirate team.

The water monkey also felt that it was an opportunity, so he said that he still had more than a hundred people, and a batch of supplies, and the little leader was even happier when he heard it, so he asked them to bring it with him, and that's how it happened. ”

This is indeed a good opportunity to settle on that small island and get acquainted with the sea.

With those group of bandits, it is also a large force, and it should be able to get some right to speak, and wait until they are completely accustomed to the sea, and then replace them.

When the time comes, I will pay for them to buy a few big war ships and install small steel cannons, and I can slowly subdue some small groups of pirates.

The key is to have a crew with experience at sea, and a guide who is familiar with the sea route.

It seems that this is the only way to do it for now, and let's wait a while to see.

"Then let's do it first, we already have our own caravan, when the caravan comes back, you can hand over the materials to the caravan, and do a handover with Wangcai, and all the special combat team members will participate in the training camp from tomorrow."

Several people stood up together and gave a military salute: "Yes, third master." ”

From the second day, Jia Cong took Qingwen, Chunlan, Xia Zhu, Qiu Ju, Dongmei and others to participate in the training camp with the special combat team.

Let the four of them in spring, summer, autumn and winter understand the combat methods of the special combat personnel.

The training lasted for more than two months and ended at the end of the year.

This time, they were given an exception for a long vacation, and let them go home for the New Year, and each person was given twenty taels of silver, which was enough for them to have a good New Year.

These people have been with them for two years and have been training for two years.

Through these few outings for training and carrying out tasks, they performed very well, and basically met the requirements of the special combat personnel.

Jia Cong also rushed before the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and returned to Ningguo Mansion with Mandarin Ducks, Raiders, Qingwen, Xiangling, Han Nianci and other big and small maids, and two teams of family members.

When the group came to the gate of Ningguo Mansion, they saw that the gate of Ningguo Mansion was open, and Zhang Fu led more than 100 people to stand on both sides of the gate to greet them.

"Welcome the third master home."

Jia Cong was stunned, nodded at everyone, turned over and dismounted, handed over the war horse to the subordinates, and walked into Ning Guofu with his legs raised.

You Shi, Qin Keqing, Ping'er, Yan Hong, Xiaohong and others greeted them outside the second gate.

After a salute, Jia Cong, who was huddled, returned to the backyard.

For a while, the house was full of warblers and swallows, but it was a lot more lively.

Qin Keqing said: "Uncle Cong, you are still lively at home, when you are not at home, a few of us are at home, and we always feel lonely." ”

Jia Cong said: "When I am older, I will accompany you at home every day, how are you preparing for the New Year?" ”

Ping'er said: "Third master, everything has been almost prepared, all according to the old rules of the house here, as well as some of our habits, some adjustments have been made, and everything that should be prepared has been prepared." ”

You said: "This adjustment is a lot better, but the cost has also increased a lot. ”

Jia Cong smiled: "If the cost is high, let's be high, we are not short of that money, at least we are comfortable, aren't we?" Besides, our family's 'Riverside Wine' also sells very well. ”

Ping'er said happily: "Well, what the third master said is right, our family's wine sells very well, it is very popular as soon as it is listed, and it is in time for the Chinese New Year, everyone wants to buy some good wine to entertain guests, plus our family's wine is unique, and the business is better." ”

Jia Cong nodded, his 'Linhe Wine' is clear and transparent, the taste is mellow and soft, and the alcohol content is higher than the current one.

glanced at everyone in the room, except for You Shi and Qin Keqing, they were either their big maids or their arms.

"Since I have made money this year, the third master is not stingy, and the people in the house today have a set of head jewelry, choose the style they like, find someone to create it, and go directly to the jewelry store to buy it."

"Third master, we also have it?"

"Well, yes, there's everyone in the house today."

"Thank you, Third Master."

Raider, Xiaohong, Qingwen and others were all happy when they heard this.

Qin Keqing said: "Uncle Cong, you are so generous, with this opening, ten sets of head and face jewelry will be gone." ”

Jia Cong smiled: "Isn't this money used to spend when you earn it, besides, our family is not short of this money, each of you is dressed up beautifully, I am happy to see it." ”

You Shi looked at the little uncle in front of him, and sighed in his heart, rich, generous, no deductions, there are no such and such problems, the most important thing is to make money.

Just a few years ago, this 'riverside wine' was made, and in just two or three months, it earned back more than 100,000 taels of silver.

I have also drunk this wine, not only is it better than other wines, but it is also clear and transparent, crystal clear, and it looks very good.

I don't know how this kid's brain grows, first he made soap, and then he made wine, and they were all better than others.

After lunch, I thought about taking the mandarin duck to report to Jia's mother.

At this time, You Shi walked in again, holding a red slip and a bill in his hand.

"Brother Cong, the head of Wuzhuang in Heishan Village, Liaodong, is here, knowing that you have taken over the house, and thinking of coming to kowtow to you, this is the post he handed over, and the list of New Year's goods sent this year, that is, the harvest of one year."

Jia Cong glanced at the red post, and saw that it was written: "The head of the village under the door, Wu Jinxiao, invite the grandfather and grandmother to be blessed with Jin'an, the New Year is happy, the glory is safe, and the official is in Lu, and everything is going well." ”

Jia Cong smiled, took the bill and looked at it again, only to see that it was written: 'Thirty big deer, fifty roe deer, fifty roe deer, twenty Siamese pigs, twenty soup pigs, twenty dragon pigs, twenty wild boars, and twenty domestic pigs.

There are 20 wild sheep, 20 green sheep, 20 domestic soup sheep, 20 domestic wind sheep, 2 sturgeon fish, and 200 catties of miscellaneous fish.

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200 live chickens, ducks, and geese, 200 pheasants, ducks, and geese, and 200 pheasants and rabbits.

Twenty pairs of bear paws, twenty catties of deer tendons, fifty catties of sea cucumbers, fifty deer tongues, and fifty cow tongues.

Twenty pounds of dried razor clams, two pockets of hazel, pine, peach, and apricot, fifty pairs of large prawns, and two hundred catties of dried shrimp.

Silver frost charcoal is a good choice of 1,000 catties, medium 2,000 catties, and 30,000 catties of charcoal.

Two stones of rouge rice in Yutian, 50 stones of green glutinous rice, 50 pieces of white glutinous rice, 50 pieces of powder japonica, 50 stones of variegated sorghum grains, 1,000 stones of rice under the rice, and a car of dried vegetables of various colors. The silver of the cattle in the Zhuangzi was converted into 5,500 taels of silver.

In addition, the door respects the brothers and sisters: two pairs of live deer, four pairs of live white rabbits, four pairs of black rabbits, two pairs of live golden chickens, and two pairs of Western ducks. ’

He handed the list to Ping'er, let her look at it, and asked, "What was the harvest on the Liaodong Zhuangzi in previous years?" Compared to the current one, is it more or less? ”

Ping'er said: "This needs to check the previous accounts." ”

You Shi said: "I took a look, the silver money is about the same as in previous years, and the New Year's goods feel more abundant than before, Brother Cong, is this number more or less?" ”