The journey to the north is long. Unless you are in a special hurry, you have to stop at the shore for supplies at each stop.
On this day, while the boat was parking, Jia Yucun invited Jia Lian to have a drink on his official boat.
"After my dear brother returns to Beijing this time, I'm afraid he will be promoted again."
Jia Yucun picked up the wine cup and poured a glass of wine for Jia Lian himself, and then Lang Lang smiled.
Jia Lian didn't have much reaction to this, but just smiled and said politely.
"But Brother Xian must also be mentally prepared. This time Brother Xian caused such a big stir in Yangzhou and forced the salt merchants to pay such a large amount of back taxes. I'm afraid those people behind them may not be willing to give up. , after the good brother returns to the capital, there may be some young people who will find excuses to cause trouble for the good brother."
Jia Yucun was born in a serious Kejia family and had been in officialdom for more than ten years. He had certain opinions on court matters.
Although he didn't know what instructions Jia Lian received from the emperor before leaving Beijing, he was very sure that Jia Lian had affected the interests of so many people. After returning, someone would definitely cause trouble for Jia Lian.
As far as he was concerned, Jia Lian had previously sent five million taels of real gold and silver to Beijing. The amount of gold, silver and rare utensils on board the ship during this trip was probably quite large.
With such a huge amount of wealth, even if one person spends several months or more than half a year, he may not be able to count it completely. However, Jia Lian moved it all back to Beijing in less than a month. There are no flaws in the process. Jia Yucun didn't believe it and there were errors and omissions.
Those who are dissatisfied with Jia Lian will naturally start from these aspects.
As long as they get a handle on it, regardless of whether Jia Lian took the opportunity to be greedy for ink, they would not hesitate to charge Jia Lian with being greedy for ink.
"Thank you, Brother Amamura, for reminding me. But as the saying goes, when soldiers come, the water will be covered by the earth. As long as your majesty believes in my loyalty, some young people will not be able to hurt me."
Jia Lian faced Jiang Feng, took a sip of wine, and replied nonchalantly.
Jia Yucun then burst into laughter, "That's right, brother Yu is overly worried. With my good brother's background and ability, coupled with His Majesty's trust, I am not afraid of all false accusations and frame-ups, and I can sit still." Taishan. Unlike Brother Yu, who was born in a grass-roots family, even if he got into an official career by luck, he is like a duckweed without roots, and his future is uncertain."
"Brother Amemura is joking. Brother Amemura does not rely on family background, but relies on his own ability. In just over ten years, he has risen from a white man to a third-rank official. How many people in the world can achieve such a rapid promotion?"
"Hahaha, if it weren't for the sponsorship of your master that day, Brother Yu probably wouldn't even be able to become an official, so there would be no promotion."
A knowing smile appeared on Jia Yucun's face. Because what Jia Lian said is also the place where he is most content in his heart.
He was born in the grassroots and lived in the third rank of official position for ten years. Not only in this dynasty, but also in all dynasties, it is definitely rare.
But his promotion speed is not entirely dependent on himself. In fact, relying solely on his own abilities, his career was ruthlessly cut off by his superiors many years ago when he was a prefect!
If he hadn't used Lin Ruhai's relationship to get involved with the Jia family and the Wang family, how could he be where he is today?
It can be seen that it is better to enjoy the shade under the big tree! The world is like this, but it's no wonder that he is so arrogant and flattering.
"Take this time as an example. Although I was transferred to Beijing to wait for a vacancy, where I can be assigned and what position I can take has been undecided by the superiors.
Brother Yu is not good at managing relationships and is not from the capital. It is very likely that he will be transferred to any place by the officials. When the time comes, it will be difficult for him to have a drink like this with Brother Xian. "
When Jia Lian heard this, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart.
Sure enough, Jia Yucun wanted something from him, so he started tricking him without beating around the bush.
It's not hard to guess Jia Yucun's thoughts. When he became an official for the second time, he must be ambitious and ambitious, and wanted to wash away all the grievances he had suffered back then.
Such an ambitious person naturally wants to stay in the capital and serve as an official, because only in the capital, where he can often deal with the central bosses, can he rise quickly.
But a good location in Beijing
There were only so many, and he had no confidence in winning them by himself, so he wanted his help as the head of the Rongguo Palace, the founding government and a deeply entrenched member of the imperial court.
As for whether the Jia family has this ability, others may doubt it, but Jia Yucun certainly does not doubt it, because it was Jia Zheng and Wang Ziteng who sent him to the position of Yingtian Mansion.
Jia Zheng at that time could fully represent the Jia family.
But Jia Yucun understood that now that Jia Lian was born in the Jia family, Jia Zheng's weight was naturally much weaker. Naturally, he couldn't just please Jia Zheng and miss Jia Lian. This was a very stupid behavior. This is the reason why he, who is over forty years old, looks at Jia Lian who is only twenty years old with a sullen face and calls him a good brother.
He did this kind of thing without any sense of disobedience. After all, in order to get revenge, he was willing to recognize Jia Zheng, who was not ten years older than him, as his uncle.
What he was thinking in his heart was not visible on his face. Jia Lian looked like he was thinking deeply and said: "With Brother Yucun's political achievements in Yingtian Mansion, it is unlikely that he will be transferred casually..."
"My dear brother, this is wrong. Although Brother Yu has few achievements, among the eighteen provinces in the world, he is not among the few who have more achievements than Brother Yu.
Moreover, many of those people are children of princes, or have old relationships with several adults in the center. People with no foundation like Brother Yu will definitely not be able to compete with them. "
Jia Lian thought for a moment, nodded and agreed with Jia Yucun's statement, and then said: "What Brother Yucun said is not unreasonable, but Brother Yucun doesn't have to worry too much. After you come to Beijing, you can take care of one or two things. With Brother Yucun, With a background in Kejia, coupled with Brother Amemura's ability, he will definitely be able to fill a good position.
It's a pity that the younger brother is a military attache with a low official position and cannot speak much in the court. Otherwise, he would have planned a lot for Brother Yucun. "
Jia Yucun paused and raised his glass with a smile: "Look at me, today I just thought that the spring weather was perfect and invited my virtuous brother to come over to have a drink and have fun, but I used such vulgar things as an example. I have tarnished this scenery in vain and deserved to be punished." , deserves punishment."
Jia Yucun said, drinking all the wine in one gulp to express self-punishment.
Jia Lian also smiled and had a drink with him. After talking about some romance, Jia Lian said goodbye and left.
After Jia Yucun sent Jia Lian off the boat, he did not go back to the cabin to rest. Instead, he continued to sit and drink alone.
"master."
Suddenly seeing Jiao Xing walking out, Jia Yucun asked her, "Are you going to see Mrs. Zhen?"
"Um."
"You have been in contact with them for such a long time. Are you sure about the importance of Madam Zhen and her daughter to Marquis Zhenyuan?"
Jiao Xing was stunned, and then she remembered that Jia Yucun asked her to communicate more with Feng, not just to let them relive the bond between master and servant, so she sat next to him and explained: "Of course Madam, I have nothing to say, girl Xiangling , but she is really loved by the Marquis of Zhenyuan."
With that said, Jiao Xing told Jia Yucun everything she learned about the situation in detail.
"That's very good. Since you have this connection with them, you should build a good relationship with them. It will also be of some benefit to me.
Okay, there you go. "
"yes……"
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Returning to the Lin family's fleet, Jia Lian first went to the boats of several oiran ladies to have a look.
After returning to Yangzhou that day, he found that none of the twelve oiran ladies had left. They were all still waiting for him in Yangzhou.
After some romance, Jia Lian finally picked two more favorites from the remaining ones to stay, and gave generous rewards to the rest. Bing made certain arrangements to repatriate them.
Together with Gu Qingyi and Shen Pan'er, there were exactly four, and they could barely form a team of dancers without being too ostentatious.
After all, those twelve people all have a relatively good reputation in Jiangnan Fengyuechang. If they were to pack them all away in one go, the reputation of his romantic reputation would be completely spread.
By then, it will be too difficult to deceive Daiyu and others.
At this time, he was sitting on the Taishi chair, holding the enchanting beauty Shen Pan'er in one arm, while enjoying the dance of the two beauties in front of him.
These two beauties, one
One is called Wan Qiyun, a Jinling singer with a clear and melodious singing voice. The other is called Wei Shishi, the youngest, but her beauty is as round as a jade ring in the Tang Palace.
In fact, being able to enter Jia Lian's eyes is enough to prove the beauty of these two beauties.
Seeing Jia Lian paying close attention to the dancing postures of the two sisters, Shen Pan'er, who was lying in Jia Lian's arms, couldn't hold back her loneliness. She raised one leg, and the skirt naturally slipped down, leaving only the smooth figure pressed against Jia Lian's chest and abdomen. jade legs.
Jia Lian was immediately attracted by this piece of white light, and couldn't help but touch it with his hand.
Shen Pan'er felt a little happy, so she tilted her head and leaned into Jia Lian's ear, whispering and smiling: "Sir, which one's legs are more beautiful, or the dancing postures of sister Qiyun and sister Shishi."
Hearing this, Jia Lian lowered his head and glanced at the beauty's jade legs in his hand. Even though he didn't want to follow the beauty's wishes, he had to admit that Shen Pan'er was indeed good at dancing, and the child with these legs was really good.
Slender, fair, extremely symmetrical, and absolutely perfect.
Such beautiful legs are so rare that even Jia Lian had nothing to say and just caressed them gently to express silent praise.
So Shen Pan'er chuckled and rubbed her legs against Jia Lian more and more wantonly. Suddenly she saw Gu Qingyi sitting next to her frowning and looking at her with disdain in his eyes. She was immediately dissatisfied.
My reputation is not as good as yours, and my flute skills are not as good as yours. This girl reluctantly admits that, but when it comes to the jade legs that even Jia Lian can't put down, she definitely doesn't think she can't compare to Gu Qingyi.
So his eyes turned, he deliberately stretched his jade legs, crossed the Taishi chair, and came to Gu Qingyi's side, harassing him: "Your Excellency refuses to answer what I said. Sister Qingyi is the most upright person. Come and help me, I'm like this Do your legs look good or not?"
Gu Qingyi happened to be playing the piano for Wan Qiyun and the other two, when suddenly she saw a slender jade foot flying towards her, dangling in front of her. She couldn't help but darken her face, and raised her head to glare at Shen Pan'er.
Shen Pan'er was so frightened that she immediately retracted, hugged Jia Lian's body, and whispered coquettishly: "Sister Qingyi's eyes are so fierce, I'm so scared."
In this way, not to mention Gu Qingyi, even Jia Lian was speechless.
If he were a contemporary, he would probably just think that Shen Pan'er was too mischievous, but Jia Lian, who has a background as an Internet user, would naturally easily see through it. This bitch is simply a certain tea!
However, it feels quite interesting.
Jia Lian never meant to criticize her, he simply wanted to see how far she could go on this path based on her own understanding.
After all, Shen Pan'er didn't know what Jia Lian was thinking, so after a little mischief, she started to snicker, and whispered into Jia Lian's ear.
Jia Lian remained silent after hearing this, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at Gu Qingyi's legs.
Intuitively, Jia Lian knew that Shen Paner's pair of jade legs were definitely of the highest quality. He still remembered that he had seen it that night on the Xiao Qinhuai River. Unfortunately, there were too many people at that time, and his eyes were full of white things, and he couldn't quite tell who was who.
Jia Lian's gaze made Gu Qingyi couldn't help but hide her legs under the piano, and at the same time sighed sadly in her heart.
She finally understood that she would definitely not be able to compete with Shen Pan'er, because she asked herself that she couldn't do it if Shen Pan'er was as charming as she was.
After dancing for a while, Wan Qiyun and two others also stood up and asked Jia Lian what else he wanted to see.
Before Jia Lian could think about it, Shen Pan'er smiled and said, "Otherwise, you can just play the flute for the adults again."
While speaking, he winked at Jia Lian.
She lay in Jia Lian's arms and used her jade legs to seduce Jia Lian. Naturally, she knew all Jia Lian's reactions.
Seeing Wan Qiyun's cheeks turn red and feeling quite overwhelmed, Jia Lian couldn't help but slap her on the buttocks.
"Why are you beating me, sir? Do you mean that I instigated my sisters to suffer? If you want to let me play Xiao for you, that's fine, but it's best to let Sister Qingyi do it. Her Xiao skills are the best. .”
Looking at the beauty's smiling face, Jia Lian didn't know what to say to her.
But he wouldn't correct her against his will, right?
After all, he came here originally to have fun and relax. If he pretended, wouldn't he be looking for trouble? If everything depends on her, Jia Lian always feels that sooner or later he will fall into the hands of this woman.
So he took a deep breath, stood up, straightened his clothes, and then said to the four beauties in a sanctimonious manner: "In the past few days, you should rehearse some more elegant dances, as well as other music programs. When the time comes, I will I will recruit you to the main ship to perform for your future mistress."
"Future Mistress?"
Shen Pan'er and others were confused.
"Isn't Mrs. Marquis in the capital? Why is she on the ship again?"
Jia Lian didn't have time to explain to them in detail, he simply said it and left in a hurry.
Watching Jia Lian leave, Shen Pan'er turned back to look at Gu Qingyi and the others, and said, "Sisters, you can see clearly that even though we are tempting you like this, you have no intention of taking our bodies. I'm afraid, you are just worried. Madam Marquis and the future mistress.
It can be seen from this that the status of these two people in the eyes of the Marquis is not comparable to that of geishas like us.
Therefore, we sisters must not think that everything will be fine just by following Lord Marquis to Beijing. After arriving in the capital, you have to pay more attention to everything, otherwise, I am afraid that the opportunity you have worked so hard to win will be in vain in the end. "
The strange thing is that Shen Pan'er at this time is completely different from the charming posture before. She actually has a somewhat wise look.
Gu Qingyi and others did not find it strange. Instead, they all frowned solemnly and nodded to express their approval of her words.
"But you don't have to worry too much. With your master's ability, since you dare to bring us back to the capital, as long as we don't make mistakes, no one will dare to risk your anger by humiliating us.
Moreover, I would like to see what a woman who can be so loved by such a person like you looks like. So, next, let us all rehearse carefully according to the instructions of the adults.
Oh, by the way, when your Excellency returns to Beijing this time, you will hand over the position of Imperial Envoy, so from now on, we will still call you Lord Marquis, Lord Zhenyuan. This is your true identity. Sisters, don’t remember it wrong. . "
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