If it were for other reasons, Jia Cong would definitely not give in at all. But Wang Chenghai's people who want to leave the Jiangnan camp are planning to fight Xiaori...... The widow who is doing well, then he must let go.

There are still 30,000 capable warriors who have retired from the original Jiangnan battalion and have not been settled.

As for money, food and equipment, let Old Man Wen feel distressed himself.

In Wang Chenghai's secret letter, he praised the newly built Shenwei General Cannon of the Ministry of Industry again and again, saying that the warships of Jinghaiwei were lined up in a line towards the port of the Satsuma Domain, and only one round of artillery was fired, and the general of the Satsuma Domain, Shimazu Kuji, dedicated the land within a radius of 100 li attached to the port to the great Emperor of Bactria .

Wen Tongxuan picked up, but thinking of the boatloads of silver that Wang Chenghai had snatched back from the Japanese State, he bit his heart and allocated another million taels of silver to the Ministry of Industry, and arrogantly ordered a large number of artillery and new warships.

However, he specially called the messenger sent back by Wang Chenghai and asked him to bring a message to Wang Chenghai, if he can't take half of the Wa Kingdom in two years, he will personally take a boat to fight with Wang Chenghai.

Don't look at Wang Chenghai as a bandit, and he has not been recruited for a long time.

But the return that Jing Haiwei brought to the imperial court was enough to make the center treat him differently.

The Ryukyu Empire had all been suppressed, and the Cabinet had already drawn up a candidate for a permanent governor in the Ryukyus, and with 3,000 garrisons, they had already crossed east by ship in May, becoming the strongest protective force in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Jing Haiwei continued to patrol the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and planted the Great Xia Dragon Flag on the royal palace of Manraka as far as the farthest, declaring the national prestige of Great Xia.

Now it is a soldier who has entered the Japanese country, and for the first time, he robbed the silver produced by Iwami Silver Mountain for a year. Now it is even more ruthless, and the cannon is mounted outside the general's office of the Satsuma Domain, forcing the Satsuma Domain to offer the best port and sign a treaty to compensate the military expenses of the Jinghai Guardian Labor Division's expedition of 500,000 taels of silver.

Jia Cong accompanied Wen Tongxuan to listen to the combat strategy relayed by the Jinghaiwei messenger, and had a deeper understanding of this "pirate leader" who had only heard of his name but had never seen in person.

This man deserves to eat this bowl of rice at sea, a natural expert in naval warfare.

This cannon diplomacy is really handy, no, after a short period of panic and anger, the Satsuma clan immediately saw an opportunity from Jing Haiwei's powerful firepower.

The messenger came not only to deliver a letter to Wang Chenghai, but also to escort the young daughter of Shimazu Kuji, the general of the Satsuma Domain, and the envoy to Beijing.

Young girl, of course, it is a tribute to His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Celestial Empire, and it is unknown whether the emperor will include it in the harem.

The reason why the envoys came to Beijing was very simple, first, to ask the Celestial Empire to grant the Satsuma Domain an imperial title, and second, to ask the Celestial Empire to allow the students of the Satsuma Domain to study in Beijing.

The third is much more direct, buy guns, buy guns, buy warships.

After Jia Cong escaped from the Sifang Pavilion, he patted his chest and sighed: "It's terrible, this is the noble daughter of the general of the Japanese Kingdom?" How do you draw like a ghost? ”

That Kumi Shimazu was very young, just over twelve. The little round face was pale and childish.

It's okay, it's just a mouth with black teeth, which makes Jia Cong's eyes almost fall out.

This is going to be dedicated to the emperor? Is Shimazu Kuji planning to scare the emperor to death in the middle of the night to take revenge?

Nie Chaoyi, a member of the Ministry of Rites, looked like this, and couldn't help laughing: "This is the custom of the Wa Kingdom, and it is said that the nobles of the Wa Kingdom are all dressed like this. ”

"Does the Ministry of Rites really plan to let her go to His Majesty like this? Hurry up and send someone to teach this female Daxia the rules, unless your Ministry of Rites doesn't plan to ask for a good fortune. ”

Jia Cong was frightened by his curiosity, and he felt that he needed to be comforted by Sister Lin, who was fragrant and soft, and after a word of advice, he stepped on the horse and planned to go home.

I didn't want to be a few steps away, but I saw Baoyu lying on the edge of the second-floor window of the roadside restaurant waving to him.

At first, he thought that Baoyu was playing with his friends, but when he went upstairs, he found that this guy had brought Xiangyun, who was dressed as a man, to eat in the restaurant.

Good boy, you can play!

Jia Cong looked left and right, and made sure that there were soldiers in the house nearby to protect him secretly.

Baoyu is still boasting to Jia Cong about how he deceived the door and took Xiangyun out of the mansion to play, in fact, the old lady knew about him taking Xiangyun out of the mansion, Wang Xifeng knew, and even the old man Jing who taught in the clan studies also knew.

The clothes Xiangyun was wearing should be Baoyu's, and the two sat in an inexplicable look, Jia Cong looked at it for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "Sister Yun...... No, I should call you Brother Yun now, if you go out like this, I'm afraid you're going to charm a lot of girls on the street. ”

"Brother Cong'er begged to be beaten, be careful, I'll go back and tell the second sister to let her clean you up."

Xiangyun has a sharp temperament, glared at Jia Cong and shook the folding fan in his hand lightly, only to see that the paper fan was also a landscape drawn by Baoyu, and there was a poem.

"It's like a dream and three lives, and now I wake up to wish the Chinese New Year."

Jia Cong knew why Baoyu took Xiangyun out of the mansion at the risk of being beaten by the political master, the matter of the Shi family made Xiangyun feel depressed, maybe in Baoyu's heart, the excitement outside the mansion could make her feel better.

"In the afternoon, Qiguan will sing on stage, why don't you go to watch it together?"

Jia Cong shook his head, he was not interested in watching the drama and listening to the music, and left the restaurant after telling the two of them a few words.

When the two are dating, he won't be stupidly disturbed.

After returning to the mansion, Yingchun and others covered Xiangyun and Baoyu in front of the old lady, who would have thought that the old lady had already known about it, and was quietly watching the flawed performance of her granddaughters.

After lunch, the old lady looked at her granddaughters and smiled, and said to Jia Cong: "You let people go to find Baoyu, let him play enough, and bring Yun Yatou back early......"

Hahaha......

Jia Cong looked at the stunned sisters and sisters in the room, hugged his stomach and laughed.

……

The largest opera gardens in the capital are the property of Zhongshun Wangfu, not only the lord of pardon is a frequent visitor to these opera gardens, that is, Baoyu, but also because of Qiguan (Jiang Yuhan), often go to listen to the opera.

Perhaps there was a precedent for taking Xiangyun out of the house to play, and the old lady acquiesced to a few girls to go out to play in the company of Jia Cong and Baoyu.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in August is approaching, and there are more and more poetry meetings, literary meetings and various temple fairs in various parts of the capital.

On this day, Baoyu rushed to the East Cross Courtyard with a post and said to Jia Cong: "The princess Shimazu of the Wa Kingdom sent me a post and invited me to Nanchi for a banquet tomorrow. Is Brother Cong going? Let's be in this together. ”

"Princess Shimazu? Second brother Bao, Shimazu Kumi is only the daughter of the general of the Satsuma Domain of the Wa Kingdom, and he can't even be called the lord of Weng. ”

Jia Cong put down the pen in his hand, and took the invitation suspiciously.

However, Jia Cong couldn't help but shudder when he thought of his pale face and black teeth.

Baoyu patted his head and smirked: "It's not important, the main thing is that it is rumored that this noble lady of the Wa Kingdom has a peerless appearance, and even better is that she will dance at the banquet, I have never seen the dance of the Wa Kingdom." ”

The dance of the Wa Kingdom, the kagura of the sacrificial dance, or the Pure Land of Bliss?

Jia Cong shook his head and expelled the music from his head.

When he was about to refuse Baoyu's invitation, he heard Baoyu continue: "I have already told my ancestor that I will bring my second sister and sister Lin with me when the time comes." However, the ancestor said that if you don't follow, you won't let the second sister and them go out. ”

"Then the banquet girl can go too?"

Baoyu nodded: "Yes, I heard that this noble lady of the Japanese Kingdom sent invitations to the noble ladies of the capital and chartered the Xiyin Building on the edge of the South Pond." The adults of the Ministry of Rites also specially sent someone to help, and some people said that this was His Majesty's favor to the noble daughter of the Japanese Kingdom who was about to enter the palace as a concubine, and specially told the people of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Scold~

Will the emperor favor a twelve-year-old woman? Unless it's a statue of Kumi Shimazu made of gold.

Jia Cong was also curious about the purpose of Shimazu Kumi's banquet, and nodded: "Okay, I'll go and see it when the time comes." ”

……

Xiyinlou occupies the best part of Nanchi, and the carriage of the Jia family is not allowed to move forward soon after entering Nanchifang City, because there are too many carriages in front of it, blocking the road.

It seems that there are a lot of people who are interested in Shimazu Kumi, and it is estimated that almost all of the people who received the invitation sent someone over.

Ning Rongjia's family is now the top nobles in the capital, and the people in the Ministry of Rites have specially arranged a private room.

Jia Cong stood beside the wooden railing and looked down at the lobby on the first floor and the high platform in the center, the corners of his mouth slightly raised. The Thin Sound Building is the property of the Zhongshun Palace, and it is also a site for the Dragon Guards to collect intelligence.

The layout here is still a sketch drawn by Jia Cong the year before last, Liu Ke smashed in tens of thousands of taels of silver, and every box here has a copper pipe to listen to.

Every word said by the people in the box, the secret agents of the Dragon Guard would write it down in a small book and send it to Beizhen Fusi.

The Ministry of Rites specially arranged the banquet here, and Jia Cong didn't believe that there was no plan at all.

Knock knock~

There was a knock on the door of the box, and the people who came in knew several people, and it was the great eunuch who was the henchman next to the emperor.

Jia Cong was led to a box not far away, and as soon as he entered, he was pounced on by a big cat.

It was almost a face of saliva, Jia Cong struggled to break free from the arms of the big cat, and it was the emperor and the emperor father and son sitting in the box.

"Little fat man, how have you been reading lately?"

Jia Cong bowed obediently and sat in front of him at the old man's suggestion.

"Back to the saint, next year's autumn season, not to mention that you must be in the Yuan, at least you can be in the Yuan."

Jia Cong is still confident in this, after the training of the children's test, Jia Cong's strategy writing with a hint of novelty in the stability of the four levels and eight stability is now handy, the day before yesterday Lin Ruhai also commented on his latest policy article, can get excellent results in the township test.

The old man smiled, asked a few academic questions such as the choice of governing the scriptures, and then turned the topic to the issue of the construction corps.

In particular, Jia Cong's copy of "The Great Xia Construction Corps and the Strategy for National Integration" presented to the emperor made the old man very interested.

"Your strategy has only now had a chance to be implemented, otherwise it will not be able to withstand the consumption of ten households just by spending money like flowing water."

The Martial Emperor saw the advantages and disadvantages of this strategy at a glance, and Jia Cong arched his hand and said: "The sage dragon eyes are like torches, if it weren't for the fact that the dynasty now has silver, which is enough to support the migration of a huge number of people, this strategy can only stay on paper, and it is difficult to implement it at all." ”

The old man of the sage smiled with satisfaction: "However, the national integration you proposed is indeed an issue that the imperial court must pay attention to, whether it is for the southwest and northwest prefectures, or for the grasslands in the north. If national integration can be achieved, as you say, it will be a great cause. After you go back, you will ponder it carefully, put forward the national integration separately, write a note and send it to the Dragon Head Palace, and I will show you if there are any omissions. ”

Jia Cong set his eyes on the emperor, and only after seeing the emperor nodding did he bow down and promise.

The old saint caught a glimpse of Jia Cong's movements, pursed his lips but said nothing more. It was Liu Heng who explained to Jia Cong, it turned out that the sage master saw Jia Cong's strategy a few days ago, and felt that this was a good way to completely conquer the grassland, so that the old man's heart to conquer the north would rise again, and he almost put on his armor and went north.

Yes, this ruthless emperor of the Five Expeditions to Mobei, his lifelong wish is to flatten the grasslands and completely bring the vast land north of the Great Wall and south of Beihai into the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Jia Cong looked at the emperor in his twilight years, got up and bowed: "Don't worry, the sage, the minister will think about it when he goes back, and add bricks and tiles to the great cause of the dynasty." ”

In fact, the best way to deal with the steppe cavalry is Nan Wu Gatling Bodhisattva, but unfortunately it cannot be made at the current industrial level, so we can only continue to strengthen the improvement and research of firearms.

Jia Cong talked about the advantages of firearms against cavalry, and the sage master, who had dealt with the Tartars all his life, had already deduced several backs and forth in his heart.

"I have long deduced the power of the flintlock pistol, but unfortunately the grassland is vast, and it is difficult to do the best of it. Fourth, let the Ministry of Industry study the Gatling Bodhisattva that Jia Cong said...... It's called Shenwu Repeat Musket, if it doesn't work in one year, it will be ten years, and if it doesn't work in ten years, it will be twenty years. Someday, we can let the cavalry of the steppe try the fear of fire coverage. ”

Isn't it just throwing money at researching firearms, and the emperor is now only rich in money. With a wave of his hand, he promised Jia Cong two million taels of silver, and let him receive the title of a waiter in the Ministry of Works, specializing in the research and development of firearms.

After a while, the time was almost noon.

Jia Cong looked at Shimazu Kumi who was walking towards the high platform, today's Shimazu Kumi didn't paint the makeup of the female ghost, it should be that someone from the Ministry of Rites sent someone to teach, light makeup and gorgeous clothes, although she is young, she is also quite feminine.

I have to say that the aesthetics of the Shimazu family are okay, and the selection of the woman who pays tribute is not bad.

Jia Cong couldn't help but ask the emperor: "Your Majesty, it is rumored in Beijing that this person is quite favored by you, so I sent people from the Ministry of Rites to help hold this banquet." Are you really going to take this girl into the palace? ”

"Nonsense, how could I toss so much for a woman? Shimazu Kuji wanted to let the Japanese study at my Daxia Academy, but I felt that this was inappropriate, so I refused to do so. But Wang Chenghai wrote from the other side that the major forces of the Wa Kingdom had heard about the Satsuma Domain, and they had actually stopped the conquest and unanimously ...... it to the outside world."

It turned out that the emperor allowed Shimazu Kumi to hold this banquet, one was to paralyze the Japanese people and buy time for Wang Chenghai. The second is that Shimazu Kumi saw that the imperial court did not allow Japanese people to study in Daxia, so he said that it was better to hold a competition.

The Japanese students played against the scholars of Daxia, and the poems discussed the victory and defeat. If the Wa State wins, Daxia will allow the Wa State to study abroad.

Liu Heng looked at the woman dressed in gorgeous clothes on the high platform with disdain, and sneered: "Shimazu Jiuji thought that I was the king of Zhou You, who was the prince of the Beacon Fire Opera, and he actually resorted to a beauty trick. Am I for the faint of women? What's more, it's still an underage girl. ”

Before Jia Cong could shout His Majesty the Emperor's Shengming, he heard the sage master on the side suddenly say: "It's not appropriate for you not to accept it, it's easy to make the Satsuma Domain more vigilant." In this way, send this woman to the Dragon Head Palace! ”

Yes?

Well?

Liu Heng was dumbfounded, and Jia Cong also opened his mouth wide.

Don't make trouble, sage~

Let's stop here tonight and continue tomorrow, good night.

(End of chapter)