The next day, Jia Lian went down to the court, did not stay outside, and returned to Rongfu early.

When I got home and changed my clothes, I inquired, and it turned out that Qingwen was still left by Mrs. Xing in the garden of the east courtyard to talk, and she couldn't go out yet.

Jia Lian went straight to the east courtyard and picked up Qingwen to go to the funeral.

Because there was already news that Qingwen and Jia Lian were coming, the wife of the muddy insect and the girl held a funeral.

In the afternoon, the two turned around and came back to see Mrs. Xing again.

Seeing that Qingwen went back first, Mrs. Xing couldn't help but talk to Jia Lian: "Don't complain about me talking too much, what kind of person are you? This time I broke the rules and went out with an aunt, that person looked a little arrogant because of me, if she was pampered and arrogant in the future, wouldn't she even take Ping'er and the two of them in her eyes? It's just that she is pregnant, and even I can't tell her, so I can only mention it to Guogong."

Jia Lian didn't care, and said with a smile: "Mrs. should rest assured, she just has more ambition than others, which has been there since she was a maid. Ping'er has helped a lot again, she is the most gracious, where will something happen?"

Mrs. Xing was helpless, anyway, she persuaded her according to her duty, and it was none of her business to provoke other people's jokes.

She only tried her best to flatter Jia Lian back then, but now how dare she annoy Jia Lian, and after chatting a few more words, she was afraid that Jia Lian would not be able to sit still, so she took the initiative to speak: "Seeing that the New Year has passed, Grandpa Guo is busy with everything, and I won't keep you to nag you more."

Jia Lian then got up and retired.

In fact, he hasn't been busy lately, and the affairs of the imperial court's westward expedition are only at the end, and he has his own adjutants under him. I'm very free, otherwise I wouldn't have the heart to accompany Qingwen on a trip.

As for the New Year's celebration at home, Sister Feng took Ping'er to make all the arrangements in the Rongxi Hall, and she didn't bother him.

When Jia Lian was about to go out, Wang Shanbao's family suddenly came into the house to spread the word.

"The second master of Dongfu has sent something!"

Jia Lian couldn't help but stop, and sat back to meet the guests first.

This Jia Qiang has taken the post of Ning Guofu since she took the job, and there is only one embarrassing person on it, Aunt You, where can she control him, so she paid a lot of money to accept a good girl Fangguan in Xifu to go back to be an aunt, and she is so unhappy all day long.

"Qiang'er meets the old lady, second uncle."

Jia Lian entered, first greeted each other, and then held the gift list to present it to Mrs. Xing, and said, "This is a New Year's gift to the old lady, five big deer, five roe deer, ten soup pigs, ten preserved pigs, and five pairs of bear paws...... There are also small knick-knacks such as Western mirrors collected by Jiangnan for the old lady to keep for appreciation."

Mrs. Xing flipped through the gift list, with a smile on her face, and praised again and again.

Jia Qiang said to Jia Lian again: "Second uncle, I asked someone to send them to Rongxi Hall, and I will go to see my aunt and them later."

Jia Lian bowed slightly.

This is not only the filial piety that Jia Qiang sent to the elders here in Xifu, but also the New Year's goods that he, as the patriarch, wants to give to each house in Beijing.

The other rooms have already been called to be taken, and Jia Qiang from the Rong Mansion came to deliver them in person.

Mrs. Xing sat upright, and left Jia Lian to see Jia Qiang here, feeling a little decent, so she asked someone to accept the gift list, and then looked at Jia Qiang twice.

I saw that since this person received the East Mansion, his body has become thin, and his eyes have sunk into it like a nest, and he can't help but mention it to persuade him.

"I often tell you to pay attention to maintenance, at a young age, how can you have so many things at home that you have to worry about?"

Old Lady Xing pointed and said, "Or was it a maid who hooked her soul? In that case, she should not have been let go that day. Look at you, but if I can compare to your uncle, I won't have to worry about it."

Jia Qiang didn't dare to reply, so she had to say, "The old lady's teachings have been memorized."

After talking for a while, Jia Lian and Jia Qiang all said goodbye, and then went to Rongxi Hall on the middle road.

After a while, goodbye Sister Feng came out.

Jia Qiang saw that her second uncle Jia Lian was still free, and knew that she was idle today, so she smiled and said, "If Grandpa Guo is boring, why don't you go to the shooting range of the Shenji Camp to have a look, then Feng Ziying said that there are a batch of Western Buddhas."

The spear that the machine country has paid tribute to is being tested with some people, and I heard that it is very powerful."

Jia Lian became interested and said, "You have always loved to play, why don't you go?"

Jia Qiangyin said with a smile: "When I send something to Third Uncle Cong, if I am free, and you don't disperse, I will also go to have a good time."

Jia Lian accompanied Qingwen because of her heart, and the news of Qingwen's pregnancy reached Sister Feng'er's ears again, and she just wanted to avoid some limelight today, otherwise Sister Feng complained that it was a vine that harmed her, and it was also troublesome.

Since Jia Qiang said this now, Jia Lian looked at the sky, how could he not go? So he asked someone to prepare the car quickly, and prepared to go around the shooting range.

Seeing this, Jia Qiang went to Jia Cong's side and didn't mention it.

Jia Lian drove out of Ningrong Street by car, and when he arrived at the shooting range of the Shenji Camp, it was already dusk.

Jia Lian didn't travel last year, and hundreds of soldiers from the Beijing camp never left him, and he only withdrew this year. However, the momentum was not reduced by the removal of the soldiers, and when his car arrived, the movement was still transmitted to the shooting range of the Shenji Battalion first.

When Jia Lian got out of the car, he saw two columns of Shenji battalion soldiers on the side of the road leaning over to salute, and a group of officials in the middle of the road came to greet him.

The leader was actually the king of Leshan County, and the rest of the highest-ranking officials belonged to Lu Junyi, the privy envoy of the Taiwei Mansion, and Feng Ziying were naturally there.

"The exiles in the capital have not been calmed down, and the prince is not outside to preside, how can he have time to come here?"

Jia Lian asked while bowing to the king of Leshan County.

The king of Leshan County gave up and invited Jia Lian to enter, shaking his head all the way and saying with a bitter smile: "I really have to complain about the grandfather of the country for this matter, donate food to raise the people who are fat and strong, I don't know how many things have happened, making people sleepless and tired. Now I'm just stealing half a day's leisure, and I have the right to ask the boss of your family to help Xiao Wang act as an agent for a day."

Jia Lian thought of this, shook his head and said, "You are still in-laws, why do you bully the second master to be honest? Now that he is busy resettling the homeless, he doesn't want to go home when he sees the New Year, how can the prince say this."

King Leshan County hurriedly said, "Grandpa Guo doesn't know, it's really difficult to do the affairs of the homeless. There has been almost no rain in the city this year, and even if the west has subsided a little, there are still a lot of displaced people, and if you are not careful, you will have to make a big mistake."

Jia Lian said, "Then the prince still has the leisure to try the musket here?"

As he spoke, everyone had already taken a stand in the shooting range, and the others had brought their newly arrived muskets.

Jia Lian couldn't help but look sideways, and said in surprise: "What a new Western gun, it is really very different from the original bird's beak gun, this can be used without lighting a fire rope?"

Feng Ziying on the side had already seen the new gun, and said with a smile: "This is a magic gun, which has been improved by foreigners, but it is much more convenient than lighting a fire rope, and I don't worry about the gunpowder in the fire door being easily wet when it rains."

Wang Dao of Leshan County brought a new gun and pointed out the upper part of the gun for Jia Lian.

"I have taken it apart and looked at it, and the fire was started with flint inside, and it collided in a position called 'anvil' here."

While speaking, the king of Leshan County knocked on the trigger and demonstrated a shot, only to hear a gunshot, but the projectile deviated from the target and went somewhere.

What kind of person Jia Lian is, he already knows it, his hands are itchy for a while, and he asks someone to raise the gun for a trial.

At the beginning, the hands were raw, and the more they used it, the more familiar they became, and in a moment the gunpowder was emptied, and someone was told to go and get it again.

Jia Lian put down the gun, pondered for a while, and couldn't help but feel that something was wrong.

The new gun of this system is more stable than the Bird's gun, and it is much faster to reload.

Compared with the two, the original arquebus of the Shenji Battalion is like a burning stick.