Knowing that Jia Yu was coming, Lin Ruhai personally greeted him.

"The eldest brother came to the door in person, it really made the humble house shine, please come in quickly."

Jia Yu laughed and said: "Ruhai, I see that your face is good, but your body is very good?" ”

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "The effect of this period of recuperation is very good, and the body is already in good shape, but it makes the eldest brother remember." ”

Everyone came to the living room, and after some greetings, handed over the bridal gift list.

Looking at the gift list in his hand, Lin Ruhai was also very satisfied.

Although he doesn't care about these things, it also shows that Jia Cong attaches great importance to Yu'er.

The next thing went very smoothly, the two sides exchanged marriage letters, and the family affair was decided.

A few people stayed in the living room to talk, and Jia Cong said goodbye and went straight to Lin Daiyu's courtyard.

Jia Cong came to the door with a dowry to propose marriage, such a big thing, a maid had already come to tell Lin Daiyu, Lin Daiyu heard it, and she was also happy in her heart.

Although, the matter of the two people has long been decided, but it is a verbal agreement.

Today, Brother Cong came to the door with a dowry to propose marriage, and this matter was completely settled, and the relationship between the two was justified.

Zijuan said with a smile: "Congratulations to the girl, congratulations to the girl, the girl will be the Duchess of the Kingdom in the future." ”

The two have been together for so many years, just like sisters, and in the face of Zijuan, Lin Daiyu has nothing to be embarrassed about.

smiled and said, "This family matter is settled, is it the Duchess of the Kingdom?" We'll have to wait another two years. ”

At this time, Jia Cong walked in, heard Lin Daiyu's words, and said with a smile: "What? Does Sister Lin want to be a duchess in a hurry? In fact, you don't have to wait for two years, you can just go back to Ningguofu with me, and Ningguofu will be under your control in the future. ”

Seeing Jia Cong coming, Lin Daiyu became even happier.

Hearing his words, I couldn't help but take a sip.

"Phew, I'm starting to talk again, what do I look like when I go back with you now? Someone else's spitting star must not drown me? You're going to have bad ideas.

Brother Cong, aren't you accompanying my father and uncle in front? How did you get to me? ”

Jia Cong smiled: "What else can it be?" Isn't this missing you, hurry up and come to see you, otherwise what can I do if I have lovesickness? ”

Lin Daiyu grinned and said: "Brother Cong, you are becoming more and more flamboyant now, we haven't seen each other for a day, you don't believe it when you say this, you must be coaxing." ”

Jia Cong said: "If you don't see you for a day, it's like three autumns, although you haven't seen you for a day, in my heart it's like I haven't seen you for three years, I haven't seen you for three years, you say, can my brother miss you?" ”

Jia Cong's words made Lin Daiyu giggle.

Although I know that he is coaxing himself, I am happy to listen to it, and I like it.

"It's really numb, I can't stay here, and if I stay any longer, I guess I'm going to get goosebumps."

Zijuan pursed her lips and turned around and walked towards the door.

This little girl is really bold, she dares to make fun of herself, take the time to clean her up, and see if she dares to be weird.

stared at Zijuan's writhing back and stared fiercely.

Zijuan, who was walking out, couldn't help but shiver excitedly, looked at it with a puzzled face, and went outside.

Seeing that no one was disturbing the two of them, Lin Daiyu pulled Jia Cong and sat down on the bench.

"Brother Cong, how are things discussed, have they been decided?"

Jia Cong smiled: "Don't worry, we have already negotiated, and we have exchanged marriage letters, the two of us are officially engaged, you are my rightful fiancée, and you will be my little wife in the future." ”

Stretched out her hand and picked up Lin Daiyu's chin, and said with a smile: "Little lady, are you very beautiful and happy now?" ”

Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes and slapped Jia Cong's hand away.

"you, I don't have it, after saying goodbye, won't the two of us be able to meet? I seem to have heard people say that after getting engaged, before getting married, men and women can't see each other. ”

Jia Cong said: "How can it be done, if we wait until we get married, it will take at least two years, if we don't see each other for these two years, I don't want to die yet, I can't bear it."

If I can't see Sister Lin, I can't eat and sleep well, so what can I do? ”

Lin Daiyu chuckled: "Brother Cong, are you fooling me again, haven't you come over like this in Liaodong for three years?" I haven't seen you yet, have I? ”

Jia Cong smiled: "Can that be the same?" In the past, although the two of us were very good, and we had already made a white head covenant, but, we were all brothers and sisters before, and we were not as close as we are now, if we don't see each other for two years, do you really miss me? ”

Lin Daiyu replied shyly: "I can't see Brother Cong, and my sister misses you too, so what do you say?" ”

Jia Cong said: "What else can I do? Cold salad. Let's just do it like now, what we have to do, why do we care so much, I still have to come to study with my father-in-law, and I also have to guide Sister Lin to practice martial arts, can I do it without meeting? ”

Lin Daiyu smiled: "I know that you won't come according to the rules, there must be many reasons to wait here, sure enough." ”

Jia Cong said: "Are you the roundworm in my stomach?" Do you know me so well? ”

Lin Daiyu wrinkled her nose and said, "I'm disgusting, you're a roundworm." ”

Jia Cong's decision is exactly what Lin Daiyu wants, if she is really not allowed to meet, she can't stand it, these eight or nine months of getting along, the two of them can be described as glue, she feels that she can't do without Jia Cong.

She practiced martial arts diligently during this time, and she also thought that if Jia Cong went out again in the future, she would be able to follow him.

Lest you stay at home alone, worry about being afraid, and suffer from lovesickness.

She is very envious of Qingwen and them, she can always follow Jia Cong's side, accompany him to kill the enemy side by side, gallop the field together, as long as she practices martial arts, she can also accompany Brother Cong.

When you get old in the future, it is also a kind of happiness to think back to the years that the two of you have experienced together.

At noon, Lin Ruhai stayed with Jia Yu to eat together, and only sent them away after the meal.

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In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.

At this time, it is already March, spring flowers are blooming, and everything is recovering.

Jia Cong's caravan and the Xue family's caravan have also brought back a large number of building materials from other places one after another, and they are still being transported.

On the construction site of the Provincial Annex, the craftsmen are also in full swing.

The entire provincial courtyard has been cleared, and the foundations have been laid in many places and construction has begun.

On this day, Jia Cong inspected the construction site and came to Jia Lian's infrastructure team.

Shan Ziye and Zhang Fu all went out to inspect, and only Jia Lian was alone.

Seeing Jia Cong coming, he hurriedly said hello.

"Brother Cong, why are you free to come over today, come and sit inside."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Go out today, come over by the way, second brother, if there is anything else you haven't thought of, you will also have to worry more, and besides, you must let them ensure the quality." ”

Jia Lian smiled and said: "Brother Cong, you can rest assured, there is a brother watching here, there will be no problem here, Jia Qiang came over a few days ago and said that he wanted to find something to do in this project."

I thought, Dongfu, he is the closest to you, so I agreed, let him be responsible for going to Suzhou to buy a batch of small dramas, and he has already gone south with the caravan. ”

Jia Cong nodded, the original book was a small drama that Jia Qiang bought in Suzhou.

Whoever buys it is the same, Jia Cong doesn't care very much.

I just remember that during the Chinese New Year, Jia Qiang said that she had found something to do in Jia's Mining, so didn't she do it again?

"Second brother, during the Chinese New Year, I heard Jia Qiang say, didn't you follow you in the mining industry? Why are you here looking for something to do? Didn't you do it anymore? ”

Jia Lian said: "Still doing it, followed me as a little steward, quite idle, I heard that I was in charge of the construction of the provincial family's hospital, so I found me, thinking about making more extra money, this is not a big deal, I thought about it and agreed." ”

Jia Cong said: "It's good that the second brother knows in his heart, you can just watch and do these things, but on the mining side, you can't indulge them too much, otherwise after a long time, it will be the same as before."

If you indulge in one part, you will indulge in three points when you get to the stewards below, and over time, there will be no rules to speak of, and it will be troublesome to rectify it when the time comes. ”

Jia Lian said: "Brother knows, I will take the time to go over and have a look, let me supervise a few little guys over there for a while, the management over there is still very strict, some of the children of the Jia family are inside, it's not good to be too strict with them." ”

Jia Cong said: "The second brother is wrong, since he is going to do things, then he must be treated the same, you can take care of them in the work position, and arrange a better position for them, but you can't be biased and indulge them."

If you indulge them too much, other people will feel uncomfortable when they look at them, and these people will also feel that they should take it for granted, and they will not necessarily remember your favors, and they will even become worse, and it will be difficult for you to do it at that time, so it is better to strictly follow the rules from the beginning. ”

Jia Lian pondered for a while, nodded, and agreed.

Anyway, it's in his charge, and he doesn't plan to interfere, just remind him, he doesn't care if it's good or bad, he has a lot of projects to make money, and it doesn't matter how much he earns.

Now that he has returned to the capital, if nothing else, he probably won't let himself go to the battlefield again in this life.

In fact, this is better and more in line with your own heart.

Now that he has money and status, he doesn't need to work hard anymore, so as not to be jealous of the emperor.

After that, I put my mind on wine, food, and beautiful women, and I also learned from my own Lao Tzu Jia Yu, spending every day and enjoying life.

If you don't fight in the future, let's switch to business.

The soap was made a few years ago, first, Jia Cong was not at home, for fear of being remembered by others, and the family was not short of money, so it was not allowed to be released, but only a small amount was made, only for the use of people in his own house.

Now that he is staying in the capital, he is in charge of the security and commerce of the capital, and he just takes this opportunity to make the soap go on the market.

It's almost summer, and the ice cube business can be done too.

Last winter, I asked people to fill the two ice cellars in the house with ice, and dug a large ice cellar in the other courtyard, which was also full.

Not only that, but a huge ice cellar was dug on the Zhuangzi, which was also full of ice, enough to sell in the summer.

If that's not enough, then use saltpeter to make ice.

There is almost no cost to store ice in winter, as long as the ice cellar is ready, this is the key.

Otherwise, in the summer, all the ice in it will melt away, and it will be in vain.

Jia Cong also plans to make some ice food, that is, ice cream, ice cream, ice lollies, ice bricks, and even ice cream, etc., which will definitely sell well, the price is cheap, and ordinary people can afford to eat it.

Ice cubes are used by rich and noble families to cool off, and ordinary people can't afford to use them.

Although there are ice cubes everywhere in winter, but in summer it is rare, and the conditions of this era are limited, and most ice cellars do not have much heat preservation and sealing.

As soon as the weather warms up, the stored ice begins to melt, and when it is really hot in the summer, there is not much left.

It turns out that the ice cellar in Ningguo Mansion is like this.

Jia Cong took people to re-alter it, made a sandwich, and filled it with thermal insulation and temperature insulation materials, and the effect was much better.

Nowadays, many wealthy nobles have ice cellars at home, and they also store some ice cubes.

However, they all made a mistake, that is, in the summer, there was not much ice left.

If you want to continue to use ice for cooling, you can only buy it from outside.

Jia Cong can use saltpeter to make ice, which is incomparable to everyone, and this summer's ice cube is a profiteering business, which is specially used to make money from rich people.

There is also glass, which can also be put into the market in moderation.

Any of these things can make a lot of money, and they are all huge profits, and scarcity is expensive.

Therefore, for Jia's Mining, Jia Cong has never intervened or asked, just waiting for dividends, but after all, it also has its own shares, and Jia Lian should be reminded.

The two chatted a few more words, and Jia Cong left.

Met Li Biao, and was just about to go to the Muni Courtyard outside the city to see Miaoyu, but was stopped by Qingwen who came in a hurry.

Qingwen came to Jia Cong's side, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Master, someone from the north is here, and he is already waiting in the mansion, saying that he has brought important news, and he can only say it if he sees him in person." ”

Hearing this, Jia Cong frowned.

Those who came from the north were not Zhang Hu's people on the grassland, but the people of the barbarian Amin.

Come here at this time, I don't know what it is?

I've only been back for less than a year, and I'm just thinking about developing in the capital, so I hope it won't be bad news.

With Qingwen, Li Biao and others, he hurriedly returned to Ningguo Mansion.

When I came to the study, I saw two people sitting inside, and when I saw myself coming in, I hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Subordinate Zhang Hu, meet the general."

"Little Guqi, meet Ning Guogong."

I didn't expect Zhang Hu to come back, which made Jia Cong a little surprised, it seems that it is really not a trivial matter, another person Jia Cong also knows, it is Amin's cronies, Guqi who has been responsible for contacting him.

These two people actually came over together, could it be that something big happened in Liaodong?