Jinling, Ningguo Mansion
Jia Heng came to Yimen and saw the middle-aged official with an elegant face and strong character at a glance.
Lin Ruhai looked at the young man with a smile and called, "Zi Yu."
The young man in front of him is not only his son-in-law, but also a first-class Duke of Han Dynasty and a minister of the country. Now that we meet again, his style remains the same.
"Uncle, long time no see." Jia Heng bowed his hands.
At this time, the King of Chu also bowed his hands in greeting.
Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu is also here."
The King of Chu smiled and said, "I just invited Ziyu to my home as a guest."
While the three of them were talking, Jia Heng and Lin Ruhai went to the hall together and sat down.
Jia Heng asked: "Uncle, how are the preparations for the establishment of the Customs Yamen going?"
Lin Ruhai said: "We have already prepared for construction in Jinling, Hangzhou, Fuzhou and other coastal ports, and we have also coordinated with the relevant navies in various places. We can carry out arrests, boarding inspections, and smuggling checks. However, pirates are rampant, and the customs tax collection this year is not satisfactory." .”
Jia Heng said thoughtfully: "I am here to solve the problem of pirates causing trouble. The key is to destroy the bandits' nest and station the navy."
Lin Ruhai nodded and said: "After the Jiangnan Navy recently eliminated the bandits on Dachen Island, I think it should be peaceful for a while."
"There is also the big island where Jilong Mountain is located. This place should be recovered as soon as possible. After it is recovered, sea trade will have a big port." Jia Heng said in a low voice.
At this time, Wanwan did not have as high a strategic position as later generations, and there was no intervention from other countries.
Hearing this, Lin Ruhai's eyes were excited and he said: "It would be a great blessing for the country if Ziyu takes back this place. Since the Ming Dynasty, pirates have been occupying this place with no peace of mind. If we can capture this island, then we can go south for sea trade." It will be easier."
Jia Heng said: "This time I plan to gather the naval forces from Guangdong, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, and Jiangnan to capture the island in one fell swoop, expel the Hongyi people, and then report to the court to regulate this place."
Listening to the discussion between the two men, the King of Chu smiled and said: "In the past two days, King Beijing will also return to Jinling. I will meet Ziyu then to discuss how to regain this big island."
As they talked, it was already noon. Jia Heng called the kitchen to prepare lunch and entertained King Chu and Lin Ruhai in the hall.
At this moment, a boy came to report again that Liangjiang Governor's Yamen sent the chief registrar to come to visit with a greeting card.
Jia Heng took the invitation, met the eyes of King Chu and Lin Ruhai, and said, "Governor Gao asked me to meet tomorrow to discuss the new policy."
Lin Ruhai nodded and said: "Recently, the new law has become popular in Jiangsu. First, the three prefectures of Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Jiangning and Liangsan Prefecture were completed. The three prefectures of Huai'an, Yangzhou and Xuzhou also followed suit. Now only the second prefecture of Susong is left. , there has been no progress.”
Jia Heng said: "During this period, Jiangsu Province has made considerable progress."
Lin Ruhai said with emotion: "Ziyu's great victory in the northwest was like a timely rain, which shocked the hearts of Jiangnan people and no longer dared to block the new law."
First, he defeated Heshuote in the first battle, defeated Junggar in the second battle, took back the Seven Guards of Guanxi, and swept away the humiliation of the defeat of Nan'an County Prince and Liu Fang.
Jia Heng thought for a while and asked, "Uncle, what about abolishing the two reforms?"
Lin Ruhai said: "The Silver Minting Bureau has started to mint the relevant silver coins. At present, the Royal Bank's master number has also been established. The relevant equity has been subscribed by Nanjing Honorable Lords."
In fact, the old man of the Du family changed his mind because he was attracted by the blue scene painted by the Royal Bank and subscribed for some equity capital.
Jia Heng said: "Now that everything is ready, we can roll out the new policy in an all-round way."
Lin Ruhai nodded.
Jia Heng said: "Uncle, what the palace means is that the four new policies were gradually rolled out in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces a year ago. If there are not too many problems, they will be rolled out nationwide next year. Uncle, do you think the implementation of the policies shows impatience?"
Lin Ruhai thought for a while and said: "There is no problem, but when it comes to the actual trial, we still need to send more censors to inspect the local areas."
Jia Heng said: "Yes, if it is in a local place, there is no guarantee that it will not be out of shape."
The two of them talked until noon. Jia Heng took a look at the sky and said, "Uncle, Sister Lin has been talking about uncle for a long time in the back house."
At this time, hearing the two of them chatting about family affairs, the King of Chu also woke up from his immersion in listening and said with a smile: "Ziyu, the little king won't stay any longer, so I'll take my leave first."
Jia Heng said: "Your Majesty, please go slowly. I will see you off."
While talking, he stood up and sent King Chu away with Lin Ruhai. The two returned and sat down in the hall.
Lin Ruhai asked with a smile: "Zi Yu, Yu'er has been talking about you the past few days, saying that you have been fighting in the northwest for several months, and your letters are rarely seen."
Jia Heng said: "There is an urgent military situation in the middle, so it is not convenient to send a letter."
Lin Ruhai nodded and said: "We here in the south of the Yangtze River know that the imperial court has won successive victories in the northwest, and the resistance has weakened. When the new law is widely implemented in the world, the day of resurgence is not far away."
Jia Heng said: "The drought is likely to become more serious this year, so I'm still a little worried."
While the two were talking, Daiyu came from the back house. The girl Wanli's face was full of joy and said: "Dad, you are here."
"Yu'er." Lin Ruhai looked at Daiyu with gentle eyes and said, "Your elder brother Heng has returned from the northwest with all his beard and tail."
Daiyu's beautiful cheeks flushed, her heart filled with shame, and she said angrily: "Daddy."
In fact, in Daiyu's own heart, she had already regarded herself as Jia Heng's wife.
After all, two people are no different from a real couple. In this era, it can be said that holding hands is a big deal.
After talking to Lin Ruhai for a while, he sent her away, turned back and looked at Daiyu.
Daiyu whispered: "What's wrong, Brother Heng?"
Jia Heng said: "Let's go and see if Sister Bao is feeling well now."
Daiyu: "..."
The girl snorted softly. Did she really think she didn't know what this man was planning?
"Brother Heng, go on your own." Daiyu said, turned away and walked away.
Jia Heng looked at Daiyu's leaving figure and went to the wing where Baochai was without staying any longer.
After returning home this time, Baochai's marriage will be decided, and if Daiyu is asked to jump in, Aunt Xue's mentality will probably explode.
But just as Baochai's house was approaching, he saw Yuan Chun coming out of Baochai's house.
"Big sister." Jia Heng called out, and as he spoke, he came closer and held the soft jade hand.
Under Yuan Chun's beautiful eyebrows, his eyes were as bright as water, his pink lips were slightly parted, and he murmured: "Brother Heng, let people see you."
As he said that, he quickly looked around.
Baoqin, who was accompanying him, quickly went to the corridor to check on the maids around him.
Jia Heng smiled, took Yuan Chun's hand, walked under the gable wall, and whispered: "I'm coming to see Sister Xue. In the morning tomorrow, eldest sister, please follow me to the eldest princess's house. Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is still here." They say they are short of manpower over there."
Jinyang had just given birth not long ago, so it was not suitable for him to have sex. Yuanchun would have been better off in the past, and it was not easy for him to be intimate with Yuanchun in the house.
"I was just talking about it." Yuan Chun smiled and said softly: "Brother Heng will go to Sister Xue's place first, and I will go see Third Sister first."
Jia Heng said: "Sister, go ahead."
If the place wasn't inappropriate, Xiangyun or Tanchun would come over at any time to see them. In fact, they wanted Yuanchun and Baochai to meet honestly.
We can also compare which of the two cousins is more like Concubine Yang. Well, maybe we should also add the little chubby girl Bao Qin?
Speaking of which, it was Xianning and Xiaoxiao who raised his threshold higher and higher.
In the wing——
Baochai was wearing a honey-colored jacket and was leaning on the bed with curtains all around. Compared to yesterday, the girl's cheeks were undoubtedly much rosier. She was holding a book with a blue cover in her hand. Under her curved green-feathered eyebrows, a pair of Watery apricot eyes looked attentively.
"Girl, the uncle is here." Ying'er entered the house and said happily.
Well, this scene is very similar to the expression of the female official next to the favored concubine who was waiting for her when she learned that the emperor was coming.
Hearing this, Baochai raised her head, her plump and charming face filled with joy. She put down the book in her hand and was about to stand up to greet him.
After a while, Jia Heng opened the curtain and entered the inner compartment, with warm eyes and a slight smile on his face.
"Brother Heng, you're here." Baochai smiled, stood up and greeted him.
Jia Heng said: "Come and see you. Are you feeling better now?"
"Much better, it doesn't matter." Baochai said with a chuckle.
Jia Heng took the girl's delicate hand, came to the bed and sat down, picked up the blue-covered book, and said with a smile: "I'm reading."
Baochai said: "Brother Heng's Three Kingdoms dialect book, I can read it when I have nothing to do."
During this period, Zhen Lan stole the show in the house. Although Baochai didn't say anything, he secretly noticed it in his heart. He was going to find some books to read. At least the two of them couldn't talk about the war. He was confused. ignorance.
Jia Heng nodded and said: "I will continue to write follow-up chapters when I have time recently. My sister is still in charge of sea trade."
In the storybook of the Three Kingdoms, he has already written about the Battle of Chibi, and then Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou to enter the Shu Kingdom and divide the world into three parts.
Baochai said softly: "Eldest sister just told me, Brother Heng, do you want to see the accounts? Ying'er, go get the account books."
Jia Heng looked at the girl who was as white as a pistil. As time passed, Baochai had really grown up, she was sixteen or seventeen years old.
Jia Heng took the account book, flipped through it casually, and said softly: "This year's sea trade has yielded quite a lot, with more than 100,000 taels of silver."
"This is still affected by the war at sea. After September, there will be less sailing." Baochai looked at the young man who was looking down at the account book with his eyes filled with water, and felt a surge of joy in his heart.
Jia Heng's looks are quite impressive.
Jia Heng put the booklet away and put it aside. He held Baochai's bare hands with both hands and said with a smile, "My sister is really good at managing money. She can live in a comfortable home."
Baochai said shyly: "Brother Heng."
Jia Heng gently pinched the girl's smooth chin, came closer, held the two pieces of pink, and the soft and fragrant breath overflowed.
On the other side, Ying'er was holding a tea cup and was about to lift the curtain to come in. When she saw the two of them, she quickly lowered the curtain gently and stepped aside while breathing heavily.
I thought to myself, it would be great if the girl could have the uncle's son.
Grandma Qin only gave birth to a daughter. It is hard to say whether she will be a Duke of the country in the future.
At this moment, Jia Heng, under Baochai's care, took off his boots and said: "Sister Xue, after the pirates are defeated this time, sea trade will be more prosperous. Then I will expect my sister to take care of these businesses."
Baochai responded softly, then turned her head over, took a peek at the sky, feeling a little ashamed in her heart, and said angrily: "It's not dark yet."
Although they have been married for a long time, Baochai's face is thin and her ears are hot in such clear weather.
Jia Heng gently grabbed the golden lock, fiddled with the lock core, and said softly: "It's okay, just let Ying'er watch at the door."
Baochai's cheeks were slightly hot, and she didn't say anything else. She just took off her embroidered shoes and tried to let go of the curtain with trembling hands.
Jia Heng said: "It's not dark yet, why are you putting up the curtains?"
Baochai:"……"
Then don't bully me later.
But these words were only briefly thought in the girl's heart, and were not announced to her mouth. Although she and Jia Heng were actually married, it was rare for Daiyu to have such a temperament that defied the sky, the earth, and the air.
Jia Heng helped Baochai untie her clothes and said softly: "How come Sister Xue and Sister Lin have such a good relationship?"
Baochai lowered her head, her jade face flushed, and said in a trembling voice: "It was pretty good in the past. Although there were some little quarrels between the sisters, they have always been good sisters."
Jia Heng said: "Sister Xue and Sister Lin will be sisters for life."
Plastic sister flowers.
Under Baochai Cuiyu's beautiful eyebrows, her eyes were as full as water, and she said softly: "Brother Heng, Sister Lin has a strong temper. If she does what she did yesterday, she will be annoyed."
Jia Heng said: "I can't help myself either."
"Brother Heng probably wants me and Qi'er to serve you together." Baochai suddenly said quietly.
There was actually nothing wrong with her, but she didn't expect that the princess, the princess, and the nobles such as Tian Huang were also like this.
Jia Heng was stunned for a moment and whispered: "The main reason is that Sister Lin is weak and worried that she won't be able to bear it. I want you two to help each other."
This is actually his truth, Daiyu's body is still a little weak.
Baochai Cuiyu raised her eyebrows and blinked her apricot eyes. She didn't react for a moment, but she soon understood, her cheeks were rosy, and she couldn't help but said: "I can bear it, right?"
Jia Heng said: "Well, then I'm just worried that you won't be able to bear it."
Baochai:"……"
I was worried that she wouldn't be able to bear it, but every time she was so... merciless.
Baochai said softly: "I see that Yan'er is much better. Since I followed Brother Heng, both my complexion and mood have been much better in the past two years. I heard that in the past, I was always crying."
In this way, the Nabao brothers were really not a good match for Yan'er back then.
"I'm also in tears now." Jia Heng's eyes flashed and he said softly.
Baochai:"???"
After being stunned for a moment, he suddenly realized what he had done. His plump jade cheeks were as red as clouds, and he said angrily: "Brother Heng, how can you talk about frowning like that, huh~"
Before he finished speaking, he saw the young man approaching, and was suddenly immersed in a gentle and carefree atmosphere.
Jia Heng looked at Baochai, who had gleaming lips, and said softly: "It's my fault that my sister has been crying all the time because of the marriage."
Baochai said anxiously: "Brother Heng, I..."
"No need to explain." Jia Heng smiled. As he spoke, he held Baochai in his arms, soft and snowy. The moist skin was warm and soft, like cotton balls, making people feel comfortable and want to fall asleep, especially the smell of The lingering cold fragrance floats on the tip of the nose, making people drunk.
Jia Heng leaned close to Baochai's ear and whispered: "Sister Xue, sea trade has become the mainstream of business in the future. Your sister Qin is not good at cultivating goods. If you usually take care of it more, it will also bring more income to the house."
Baochai's fair and plump face turned red with shame, and she whispered: "Brother Heng, don't worry, I know."
Jia Heng leaned close to Baochai's ear and whispered a few words.
When Baochai heard this, half of her delicate body went limp, and her voice trembled slightly as she said, "Brother Heng, that's too... too inappropriate."
But when it came to her words, he was a man after all, and she should please him.
The sunset in the western sky filled the air, and the golden sunset shone across the entire earth. Through the windows, it shone on the tassels of the curtains, and the tassels swayed gently.
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"Sister." At this moment, a girl opened the cotton curtain and slowly entered the wing. Seeing the two of them being intimate, her plump and white face couldn't help but blush a little, and she quickly covered her eyes with her little hands. But you can still see it between your fingers.
Baochai's heart was slightly confused, and her plump jade cheeks were blushing like clouds. She turned to look, her moist apricot eyes were full of shock, and said in a trembling voice: "Sister Baoqin, why did you break in?"
Where's Ying'er? Isn't Ying'er watching from outside? How could Sister Baoqin be allowed to break in?
Well, no, Baochai said urgently: "Brother Heng, wait a moment."
The girl turned around to get up, as if to stop Jia Heng from the brink.
Jia Heng looked at Bao Qin, his face was calm, but he could feel the tension in Baochai's mind, so his voice inevitably stopped abruptly, and he said slowly: "Sister Bao Qin, go out first, I will talk to your sister Bao, Ying'er is not outside. ?”
"I didn't see Ying'er just now." Bao Qin covered her eyes with two chubby, white hands and quickly turned around and left.
Jia Heng said with relief: "Sister Xue, sister Baoqin is still young, she doesn't know."
Baoqin, who had just walked to the door, suddenly heard this and his heart skipped a beat, almost falling to the ground.
She is young, but she is not stupid.
Baochai's cheeks were slightly red at the moment, her hair was sticking to her face with sweat, and her moist apricot eyes seemed to be unopened, full of shame and annoyance.
Jia Heng said: "Sister Xue, okay, everyone is gone, don't be ashamed."
Baochai responded softly and said, "Brother Heng, please go and be busy."
Jia Heng came out of the inner room, turned around the screen, saw the red-faced maid Ying'er with her head hanging down, nodded, and then left the inner room where Baochai was. He was about to go look for Miaoyu, but just when he walked near the Moon Gate, he met someone face to face. I saw a familiar figure with a slim figure, it was a chubby girl.
"Baoqin, have you had dinner?" Jia Heng said softly, walked closer and asked.
Baoqin was wearing a pink coat and skirt, with her bun in a bun. She looked at the young man blankly and said softly: "Brother Heng, I just had dinner at my eldest sister's place and was about to go back to rest."
As he said that, he glanced at the courtyard behind Jia Heng and said, "Sister Bao, please eat it too."
Jia Heng nodded, reached out to hold Baoqin's bare hand, and asked, "Sister Baoqin has been living with your cousin recently?"
No wonder she was caught face-to-face just now. Baoqin must have returned to the courtyard, and happened to encounter Baochai's maid Ying'er who was not there.
Bao Qin gave a soft "hmm" and asked, "Brother Heng, how could you... bully Sister Bao like that?"
By the end of the sentence, her plump, white face was flushed, and under the bright light of the lanterns hanging in the corridor, she looked like a Fuji apple.
