Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

Chapter 38 Slow Revenge

After all, Jia Zhu did not die, he was the same age as Jiang Yuan, if he had followed the original book, he would have died long ago, now that he has not died, it should be thanks to Jiang Yuan's butterfly effect.Li Wan gave birth to a son for him, but judging by the posture of the Jia family, this child must not be taken seriously.Little did Li Wan know that his teeth were itching with hatred, that Jia Baoyu's grandfather, who had died from birth, was being coaxed by the servant girl and surrounded by servants. Her son was the eldest grandson of the Rongguo Mansion, and he was treated like this because Jia Zhu was not in good health. Fortunately, the future has been cut off, and her natal family has also collapsed. Will their family be bullied like this?It was even rumored that it was her son's fate that killed Jia Zhu and left him lingering on the sick bed. They said that she had a nose and eyes, and she was forcing her son to his death!But there is no way, she is dull, and she is not liked by the elders, so she can only hold her son for a day.It's also fortunate that this child has such a reputation, Madam Wang didn't have the heart to snatch the child to raise her, otherwise, wouldn't she have nothing to love?

Jia Jingcai, an old and unscrupulous monk in Ningguo Mansion who became a Taoist priest, made a woman's belly bigger by using yin and nourishing yang, and sent her back to Ning Mansion to give birth to a baby girl. The woman was not kept, but who would give the child to raise?Jia Zhen rolled her eyes and threw the child directly to Mother Jia. She didn't say that he didn't want to raise a concubine younger sister of such a background, but that he let her raise her to atone for the crime of privately selling and sacrificing land.God knows how there is such a redemption, but the Rongguo Mansion has nothing to do with the rascal Jia Zhen, so they have to put the child in the old lady's care.

The more headaches they had, the happier Jiang Yuan would sneer.In the past few years, he has suppressed these enemies a lot. In name, Wang Ziteng is still the former military governor of the Beijing camp, but in fact he is about to become a polished commander. The defenders of the capital city were all recruited by Situ Sheng during the battle of the San Francisco. Among his subordinates, only the three melons and two dates left in the camp in the capital were left for Wang Ziteng to lead. Even these people did not listen to him, and there were only five thousand people under his command.In this capital, who would take him as a second-rank official seriously?He took it as a joke.

The old historian's family has already fallen out, the second child inherited the title of Marquis of Bowling, but the third child is not convinced, when the king of Liao besieged the city, he went out to rescue soldiers desperately, what merits did the second child make, why should he attack Jazz?He is also straightforward, and asked to leave Beijing when he got angry.Jiang Yuan, the left servant of the Ministry of War, threw him to Guangxi, which is still poor at present, with a flick of his brush. Anyway, the lychees and taro there are delicious, so let him retire there.As for Bowling Marquis Shi Nai, he just lives with this title, and he doesn't have a real job at all. It's okay to stay at home, but who will take him seriously after he comes out?If you want to show off your ambitions, fine, pick one in Northern Xinjiang or Hainan.Not to mention places as remote as Hainan, Jiangyuan in northern Xinjiang has plenty of ways to let him "die of illness" there, so why would Shi Nai dare to go there? Shi Ding, a stunned young man, has already fallen into it, so he should just stay at home honestly .Shi Nai didn't step out of the gate there, he didn't look like a marquis, but like a weak woman in a boudoir...

The Lin family is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away, but there is no way out.Before Jiang Yuan could make a move, Situ Sheng had already taken Lin Hai to the knife.The salt censor is in charge of the salt administration, and the household department has the most say in the salt administration. Now that the household department is held by Situ Sheng, the old emperor is unwilling to protect the rebellious Lin Hai. How he handles it.

Thinking about Lin Hai, although he is a prince of the fifth generation, he basically has no real job. Except for the first generation of Lord Lin, the generations above Lin Hai are just playboys. So much, where did his millions of taels of wealth come from?

Jiang Yuan is also a marquis. He also robbed the treasury accumulated by the three princes for decades. Although the antique calligraphy and paintings are priceless, he didn't have enough gold and silver. He and Yuehua are better at housekeeping , who is best at making money with money, and up to now, his family assets are only more than one million.The Xue family in Jinling has been merchants for generations, and now they have set up Emperor Gao of the Jing Dynasty, and they have been named imperial merchants.How could the Lin family, He De, have millions of family fortunes?

It is recorded in the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts that the Lin family owes the Ministry of Accounts 100 million taels of silver. With so much money in his family, why didn't he expect to be loyal to the country and return the money?Did you think of putting money in the coffin without even having a son?How much tribute has he received as a patrolling salt censor? ... Or is it that the many gold and silver in his home are deposited by some prince to make money?

The shining silver that Lin Hai gave to the Zhen family and the Jia family every year had to be tens of thousands of taels, and the rest of the valuables were countless. Is it really for the old relatives?Or will they then give their hands to someone?

The annual salary of Jiang Yuan, the Marquis of Guanying plus a second-rank official, is less than 4000 taels, and this has to be counted in the extra supply of employment, tea soup, kitchen ingredients, fuel charcoal, Lumi, etc., plus the salary of a Beijing official. As for Tan Jing Bing Jing, even if his own farm and shop are included, the annual income is only 4 to 2000 taels, converted to modern times, the income is [-] to [-] million, which is quite good.But Lin Haiguang's annual ritual is only tens of thousands of taels, so how much does he have to earn?How did this money come from?This is more unclear than the prince's secret account, Lin Hai has a reason but dare not say it at all.

The Ministry of Accounts slapped the account book in front of Lin Hai. The Tanhua Lang didn't know what to do at the time, so he obediently paid off the money owed by the Ministry of Accounts, and had to add another 50 taels of interest.But the other party was holding both the head and the tail, and the Ministry of Finance used him as a banker. Whenever he was short of money, he would go around there, oppressing him until he was restless.But he is the son-in-law of the Jia family, and the Zhen family was also angry because of the betrayal of the master by the Jia family, and they were unwilling to save him, only letting him be bullied by the household department.Lin Hai didn't dare to vote for anyone else, he finally understood that the old emperor had already found out that he secretly defected to the eldest prince, and was already furious. Otherwise, why didn't the emperor ignore the third prince who oppressed him so much?He has already lost the protection of the emperor, if he betrays the eldest prince again, he will die without a place to bury him.

There is no way but to spend money to eliminate the disaster.He took 2 taels of silver as a tribute to the Zhen family, and only hoped that the eldest prince could ascend the throne so as to save the lives of his family.

As for the Jia family?Don't worry, and let them worry about it every day, wouldn't it be more relieved to watch?It's so boring to ransack the family and exterminate the clan, it's fun to go fishing slowly.In this lifetime, people pay attention to repaying kindness ten times and revenge one hundred times. In such an era when the theory of great revenge prevails, it is a fool to repay hatred with kindness, and a pure man who does not share a genius.It's better to have a revenge target to make adjustments than to have no entertainment in addition to work every day.Isn't this more interesting than watching TV series and movies now?

In the novel, the Jia family can grow flowers and brocades, and the fire cooks oil, but he wants to make the Jia family icy cold, like falling into an abyss.When he didn't know how his father died?Although his father, Jia Du, was not well-educated, he could read and write. If he wanted to work as a bookkeeper in the store, it would be fine. If it wasn't for the Jia family's persecution, why would his father be forced to make a living only by collecting firewood?Why did he get sick and die early?If it wasn't for his father's early death and the family's unsustainability, why did his mother follow his father away when she was tired?He has to pay for the debts of such ruined families slowly, and he will not be willing until he sees the Jia family being forced into ruins!

After displaying his military power, Situ Sheng was proud of himself. He also understood that the next emperor was basically him, not to mention that what Jiang Yuan showed that day was not all of his strength. He also had a secret workshop to make It was the gunpowder that Jiang Yuan had mentioned that day.Jiang Yuan didn't study chemistry, but he could try to make some explosives if he had chemical raw materials. "Yin Jun", sulfur is also called "Yanghou", it is easy to get, and after purification according to the local method, it can be converted and proportioned according to the formula of one sulfur, two nitrates and three charcoals, and the power is also amazing.

When he was a special soldier, Jiang Yuan also learned how to make landmines by indigenous methods. He didn’t even use mines/pipes. He used the phosphorus purified by indigenous methods as a primer, ignited the phosphorus by friction, and then relied on phosphorus to ignite the mines. It was also very easy to use.Simpler things such as grenades/mines, dynamite packs, and heartless cannons are also easy to make. Although it is a bit troublesome without mines/tubes, as long as you use them well, there is nothing in this world that can stop them. armies of such weapons.There is a guarantee to expand the territory!

When he was happy, Situ Sheng also threw his second son, Situ Can, to Jiang Yuan for education.Looking at the addition of a four-year-old Xiao Douding in front of him, Jiang Yuan really didn't know how to express it.Your Highness, are you determined to let me be a kindergarten teacher?I really don't have a background in pedagogy. I'm good at leading soldiers. Are you not afraid that I will lead you astray when taking care of children?

Situ Sheng said, you taught the eldest son very well, and the second son can follow suit.

Jiang Yuan: ...

Forget it, since you can't resist, let's teach together.Situ Ye's progress has reached the "Book of Songs", and Jiang Yuan is not as particular as the old master. The love chapter is memorized as long as it can be remembered. The main body is about poems like "Shuo Shu" or "No Clothes". Poems from previous dynasties, articles by sages and the like made class time less boring.Situ Ye didn't need to take the No. [-] Scholar Examination, and learning those rigid things was of no use at all. He only needed to know how to appreciate it, and let's talk about whether he could compose poetry.I think Qianlong wrote one poem a day on average at the time, and I didn’t see which one was handed down. The emperor’s poems were just that, who really took it seriously.The content of Situ Can's class is the same as his brother's at the beginning, honestly reciting "Children's Learning in Qionglin" at the same time, but it was never these things that attracted him in class. He had heard it from his brother a long time ago, uncle, oh no, yes The teacher is the best at telling stories...

After class, it's time for storytelling.Let Xiaoxiao Douding tell a passage of "Three Kingdoms" first, and help Situ Ye realize it a second time. After sending Xiao Xiaodouding to endorse, Jiang Yuan began to tell Situ Ye the history books.Ever since he finished telling the story of Kang Yongqian, Jiang Yuan returned to the official history and dug up the history books to explain to Situ Ye. Today happened to talk about the Zhou Dynasty's swordsman storage and horse release on Nanshan.

Situ Ye blinked, "Teacher, wouldn't it be better if you don't have weapons anymore?"

"It's a pity, it's not that there are no more swords, but that the world is full of swords." Jiang Yuan continued, following King Zhou You's beacon fire to play with the princes, and soon the Western Zhou Dynasty passed and entered the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Ten dynasties rise and fall. "That's why it is said that although a country is large, it will perish if it is warlike; although the world is safe, it will be in danger if you forget war." He briefly told the story of King Fuchai of Wu and King Xu Yan, and then said: ""Yi" said: A gentleman can eliminate the army Weapons, guard against danger. Husbands cannot be played with soldiers, and if they are played, they will have no power; soldiers cannot be discarded, and if they are discarded, they will call for bandits. In the past, King Fuchai of Wu was warlike and died, and King Xu Yan died without martial arts. This is the reason. Just like Sun Wu said, Only when you see benefits can you send troops. If you don’t have benefits, don’t start wars at will. This way you won’t hurt the country because of too much military expenditure and too many civilians. But the army must be excellent, so that it can deter the surroundings. A good monarch occasionally We also have to find excuses to stir up border troubles, just to sharpen our own army with the blood of foreign races, so that the army will not relax and the force will always be strong."

"We haven't talked about "Mencius" yet, and you will understand when you learn that book. Mencius said that when you enter, you can't fight with your family, but when you leave, you are invincible to foreign patients. Why did the virtuous and holy masters of the past generations often lose their virtues in their later years? It is because the external troubles have been eliminated and there is no worries, so they will make mistakes. The teacher does not want Ye'er to become like that in the future."

Situ Ye nodded, "I understand. Wars are born to compete for interests. It is best if you can get benefits without force. If you really can't reach an agreement, you must use force to seize it. Just like the teacher said Yes, big fists are the last word. But if the national strength is not enough to support the use of troops, you must plan carefully. You can’t eat a cow in one meal, but you can eat it bite by bite, and you can eat it sooner or later.”

This child is about to become a genius...Jiang Yuan Wangtian, this is himself, how can an ordinary teacher handle such a student?Hurry up to announce the end of today's cultural class and start the martial arts class.

Speaking of martial arts class, Situ Can was only four years old, and Jiang Yuan just let him run, jump and do exercises. Situ Ye, who was older than him, had already started to learn some simple things.For such a young child, Jiang Yuan couldn't teach him anything that was too difficult, that is, kicking his legs, lowering his waist, and taught him a few simple Tai Chi routines.Of course he knows powerful boxing techniques, but that kind of thing is not suitable for such a young child to practice. All he learned in the military middle school is killing techniques. ?Even if he knows how to learn, he can't deal with adults, can he?In case you injure yourself or your younger brother again, you might as well learn bow-drawing, archery, Tai Chi or something like exercise to keep in good health.

Jiang Yuan has never asked his master to learn boxing. The Tai Chi boxing he teaches has no offensive power at all. It is purely for physical exercise. It is best to teach children. It can just suppress Situ Ye's character, so don't make him too impatient .Archery is just for practice and fun. Even if Situ Ye will go to the battlefield in the future, does he need him to go to battle in person?If he really had to go into battle, then Dajing would almost die. There is a saying in the movie "Jing Wu Heroes", "The best way to knock down an opponent is to use a hand/gun. The purpose of practicing martial arts is to push a person's physical fitness to the highest limit." This sentence is also valid now , Gunpowder has already been produced, and it will inevitably change the pattern of warfare. The primitive way of archery will gradually be eliminated, and the purpose of teaching them is just to keep fit.

Seeing the two little Doudings "practicing martial arts" with stern faces, Jiang Yuan smiled, and brought his son with him when he grew up. It's better to cultivate feelings since childhood...