Let's say that after Jia Lian returned to Shenjing, because there was no suppression from Wang Xifeng in the mansion, he finally lived a happy life. Many wives in the Rongguo Mansion were coaxed into bed by him with gold and silver, and he became more and more bold. Even the maids in Jia She's courtyard were often tricked into returning to his and Sister Feng's courtyard.
This day, noon. Jia Lian took a young maid from Master Pardon's courtyard to sleep in the courtyard to keep warm.
Second Master Lian's big hand slid in along with the maid's skirt, found a warm area, and rested on the inner bellyband. This made the maid named Dong Hui laugh. She gently lifted a corner of the quilt and said, "Second Master, please don't cover me so tightly. Even the slave family won't be able to breathe."
Second Master Lian lowered his head and saw Dong Hui's pretty, red face. He stretched out his hand and gently pinched the tip of her nose. He smiled and said, "It's very cold in Shenjing. If you don't cover yourself tightly, how can you keep yourself warm?"
Dong Hui's face turned red upon hearing this, and when she noticed movement on her bellyband, she shrank involuntarily. He said softly: "Second Master, aren't you afraid that Second Mistress will make trouble for you when she comes back?"
After hearing this, Jia Lian used his hand to call the maid again and again.
"I realize my mistake, please forgive me."
"Next time I say such disappointing things, I won't do it lightly. I'll spare you."
Donghui noticed that the second master had loosen his strength, straightened his body and leaned into the warmth, and said to please: "I forgot about it for a moment. Master She and his wife seem to have noticed these days, and they have messed up their minds to say such nonsense. .”
Jia Lian also put his other hand into the quilt and frowned: "Why are you still wearing that thing?"
Donghui's face turned red and she whispered softly: "Second Master has many things in the house, but unlike Mr. She, he doesn't care about anything in the house. Now the inner house of the house is managed by Grandma Zhu, how can it be different?" The one who used to have everything at his fingertips wanted to ask. Now they don’t have to ask the second master for anything. This is noon."
Before she finished speaking, the young maid felt her lower body go cold, her skin was pressed against the smooth silk quilt, and her face was filled with grievances. When Jia Lian saw it, he looked distressed. His hands were restless, and he stroked her gently, saying, "It's time to take off your clothes to feel comfortable during a nap at noon. Trust me."
There was no way the maid could talk to him, and thinking that she had just obtained a string of gemstones, she let him do whatever he wanted. He just reminded: "Second Master, please don't make trouble at noon. When night falls, Hui'er will come over quietly."
Jia Lian nodded in agreement, but suddenly thought that Qiu Tong would come tonight, and said quickly: "Second Master, I pity you, and I will definitely not do that weird thing this afternoon."
The little maid could only feel the heat in the quilt when she touched her skin. She quietly stretched her feet outside, revealing a piece of snow-white skin. A gust of cold wind blew into the quilt, but the second master Lian inside almost shivered, and he pulled the maid in with his hands. He scolded: "You are not afraid of catching a cold."
Donghui exclaimed, her face even redder. He twisted his body and said coquettishly: "Second Master promised not to cause trouble, so why did he let them reunite again?"
What a deadly little goblin. Second Master Lian pulled Donghui into his arms, and her curvy figure fit perfectly. He didn't give the maid a chance to speak, so he lowered his head and kissed her lips.
Although Donghui was a maid in Jia She's courtyard, she had served Jia She for several nights. But Mr. She is fond of the new and hates the old, and he is old and weak. Now being poked into the middle room by Mr. Lian caused ripples in my heart.
When the love got stronger, Donghui couldn't help but put her hook on the second master's shoulder.
Second Master Lian felt warm and wet again, and he was pleasantly surprised. But suddenly I heard someone calling in the courtyard, which disturbed my interest.
"Is Second Master Lian in the room?"
The maid guarding the door outside laughed dryly and asked, "Where did Sister Qiu come from? The second master is taking a nap."
Qiu Tong and these maids were also old acquaintances, and he snorted: "He is really a master. The servants are all busy, but he is resting in the room."
"what happened?"
"It's nothing else. Today, Second Master Bao has escaped from the school again, and the master and his wife in the mansion are looking for him anxiously. I just heard the news from the palace that the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager actually approved the matter of provincial marriage and asked Lian The second master will go to the master's place." Qiu Tong looked up and down at the maids outside, and felt that this posture seemed familiar, as if he had been here in the past, these maids were guarding outside like this.
Qiu Tong couldn't help but feel sad, and murmured: "Whose daughter-in-law I have changed again today."
The two people in the room, Jia Lian and Donghui, were anxious. Why did they come looking for them at the critical moment? This is neither up nor down, neither in nor out, nor in nor out. It is really a dilemma. This is as uncomfortable as it feels.
Second Master Lian blushed, and the two villains in his mind kept confusing him.
"Come on!"
"Withdraw!"
"Come on!"
"Withdraw!"
Frustrated, very frustrated. The thing that is more frustrating than being depressed is that it is obvious that
well! It feels uncomfortable, like there is a hot fire in my heart, but I am still locked in a stuffy room. Not a breath of cool air, not a trace of damp water.
He could only take advantage of this time to move quietly.
Donghui groaned, with a red face and said eagerly: "Second Master, please go out first and change your clothes. Sister Qiutong comes here, it must be that Master has something important to see."
Jia Lian sighed helplessly, feeling uncomfortable being interrupted. Then I heard Qiutong outside calling out twice more, just waiting to move out. After closing his clothes, he saw that Donghui was tidying up her clothes attentively, so he greedily stretched out his hand to caress her twice. Hou said anxiously: "Wait in the room for a while, I won't be back soon."
Seeing Dong Hui nodding, Jia Lian felt a little relieved, but he still refused to let go even if he straightened his body.
When they got outside, several maids in the courtyard couldn't help but move aside. The tent that was set up was really ugly. The maids in Rongguo Mansion also knew the second master's temperament, so they didn't smile shyly. Even Qiu Tong only frowned and led Jia Lian to the old courtyard.
It turned out that brothers Jia She and Jia Zheng were discussing the matter of provincial marriage.
Jia Zhengdao: "The two old saints, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, have specially issued an order to all the noble relatives of the Jiaofang family. In addition to the favor of entering the palace on the 26th, if there is a house in the Chongyu Courtyard that can be stationed at the pass for defense, you may wish to invite the inner court Luan Yu." Entering his private residence, the common people can enjoy their kinship and share the happiness of family relationships. Now Concubine Zhou's father has started work at home to build a villa for relatives. Concubine Wu's father, Wu Tianyou's family, also went to the outside of the city. Let’s go see a place.”
Jia Lian was extremely depressed. It was a pity that his good deeds were ruined by just such a thing.
Jia Zheng said again: "Now Mr. Jing ignores family affairs, and Brother Rong is not in the capital. Only Brother Rong's wife and Aunt Zhen are in the Ningguo Mansion, and it is not easy to discuss matters in other courtyards. I plan to go to Jiangnan with you. , we have settled matters in the other courtyard so that we can welcome the empress in the future."
Going to Jiangnan again?
Jia Lian was stunned for a while. Seeing the expressions on the faces of the two masters, Jia Lian felt even more bitter in his heart. The road to the south of the Yangtze River is long, how can I bear it with or without my maid and daughter-in-law? I am still feeling uncomfortable somewhere, extremely uncomfortable.
Just listen to Jia Zheng sigh: "This is what I calculated, but I didn't expect that this bastard Baoyu has gone out early and returned late in recent months, and has not gone to the free school to attend lectures. Lian'er is the housekeeper in the mansion. I'm looking for someone to find out Baoyu's daily comings and goings." Yes, if there are evil thoughts, the gangsters will report it to the official. Regarding the matter of the provincial residence, your master and I have tentatively decided to take this old courtyard from the west area and connect it to Huifang Garden in the east mansion. We have already sent people to draw a map. Tomorrow Send a letter to Brother Jiangnan Rong. If he agrees, we can build a provincial residence."
Jia Lian felt like his head was exploding after listening to a lot of things. These two gentlemen didn't care about anything, and now that Yuanchun had been granted the title of concubine, they were even more proud and relaxed.
Second Master Lian shook his head, feeling secretly annoyed. He had thought that Wang Xifeng could finally live a comfortable life without Wang Xifeng in the house, but he didn't expect that there were too many things in the house and he didn't have time to eat secretly. I had no choice but to find someone to measure the garden. By the time I finished my work, the room was already empty. After waiting for half a night, Qiu Tong didn't come either.
Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he left the courtyard, walked around Rongguo Mansion, found a good-looking boy, and entered the study.
It was already August 30 when Jia Rong, who was far away in Jiangnan, received Jia Lian's letter.
He dismissed the Sizhou magistrate and became more and more helpless looking at the drawings in his hand. Why did Hao Duanduan build a provincial residence? I read the letter again, and it specifically said that Concubine Wu and Concubine Zhou's mother's houses were under construction, and the Jia family should also hurry up.
He cursed secretly: "I have no idea what the use of this thing is."
Jia Rong is an extremely realistic person. If building a provincial residence can allow the emperor to support the Jia family in the future, or allow the palace to spend more than 100,000 taels as subsidies, then building one is okay.
This is obviously a loss-making business.
Seeing the uncle's entangled look, Xiao Que'er smiled and said, "I have forgotten it. In the past few days, the masters of various clans have not thought of secretly sending girls over. If the uncle accepted it, I don't think these masters would do similar things. , announced to the public that their family had a dispute with the uncle. Queer also heard from grandma about the ceremony of returning home in fine clothes, and the same applies to this matter."
Brother Rong shrugged, saying that returning home in fine clothes is just trying to look fat. Jia Rong doesn't know how much wealth Rongguo Mansion has. But he knew how much wealth Ning Guo Mansion had. Is it possible that Rongguo Mansion can be ten times richer than Ningguo Mansion?
A provincial residence may drain a family dry.
Jia Rong asked Xiao Que'er to bring a pen and paper, write a few words of advice not to be too extravagant, and agreed to give up half of Huifang Garden to build a provincial residence.
After someone sent a reply, Jia Rongcai went to Sizhou Zhizhou Dao again: "Master Zhizhou has worked hard for several days, and I can see it. It is indeed difficult to divert water from the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, but it is not difficult to divert the water from the mouth of the five rivers. It is just to manage the Huaihe River. The amount of the project is large and it needs to be carried out step by step. Your Sizhou waters are temporarily unable to pay tribute to Huitian, so you should first plan the location of the new river with the river yamen."
"this"
Lord Zhizhou smiled bitterly. He is really not in a hurry about water control. After all, water control is mainly based on river yamen, and what he is anxious about is the tribute of natural resources. Nowadays, clans from all over the south of the Yangtze River are planning to change mulberry trees into rice and drought into water after hearing that they can serve as officials. There are many hills in Sizhou. How can we divert water for irrigation without high canals?
Jia Rong also knew his little thoughts and said calmly: "First, I raised enough money and planned the river channel. When the new river channel is opened, are you afraid that the tribute from heaven will disappear? I am not a small-minded person and will not get your things stuck." If I really do that, Master Thirteen will have to skin me."
After hearing this, Master Zhizhou left bitterly.
After a while, Duan Yu came after hearing the news.
"Why don't you want to give cement to Sizhou?"
"Why are you unwilling to sell?" Jia Rong curled her lips and said: "Didn't you listen to the content when Qin Zhong came over yesterday? In the next six months, cement can only be supplied to Xuyi, and even the diversion channel from Hongze Lake into the sea may not be able to supply it. How much. Although the production speed of Ping'an Prefecture's kiln factories has increased a lot, they cannot supply many projects."
These are all things that can't be helped. It's still pretty good now, but due to the backwardness of construction projects, Ping'an Prefecture's cement kilns can barely keep up with the supply. Try switching to automated heavy industry machinery from later generations? The output of such a big kiln in one month may not be enough for someone to spend two days.
Duan Yu glanced at this guy helplessly. Envy said: "I don't know how you came up with these things in your mind. In the Thirteenth Master's palace, hearing them praise you makes our ears feel numb."
Brother Rong patted Duan Yu on the shoulder and chuckled: "Brother Yu, don't be discouraged. Believe in yourself. There is no way that big brother can catch up with our talent."
Duan Yu sighed. Dissatisfied: "Are you going to Jinling tomorrow morning?"
Brother Rong said with a proud smile: "If Brother Yu hadn't come back late, we would have gone to Jinling a few days earlier. Even if we are naked now, I would probably be soaking in a comfortable hot bath."
"Don't be complacent. There is a serious shortage of cement in the south of the Yangtze River, and aqueducts need to be built in the camps in the capital. The Thirteenth Master asked you to go to Jinling to set up the kiln as soon as possible. If you haven't done anything in Jinling for a few months, then Just wait for Master Thirteen to punish you."
"The cement kiln in Jinling belongs to the Ningguo Mansion, not the government." Jia Rong curled her lips and complained softly. "I naturally hope that the kiln in Ningguo Mansion will be built as early as possible. If my kiln is built late, I will still be punished."
"You will not be punished if you are punished. However, in the end, the water conservancy and camp field projects were delayed."
"Tsk, tsk, if there were no tribute cement from Ningguo Prefecture, would it be possible that the water conservancy and field construction projects would not be carried out? It is not the same reason. It is not necessary to build dams and canals with cement. In many places, when digging canals in the ground, they simply use No cement." Brother Rong curled his lips and said, "Brother Yu, you'd better have a good talk with the Hedao Yamen. Don't rely too much on this thing. Just use the old methods in the past."
Jia Rong said some more things, thus handing over all the affairs of the Huaihe River to Duan Yu.
He can finally go to Jinling.
Today is the second day of September.
Xue Baochai said that the Wang family celebrated Sister Feng's birthday. After Baochai left, Wang Xifeng was always restless as she watched the night getting darker.
"Second Master Xiaoqiang went to the pier to pick him up early in the morning. Grandma doesn't have to worry. It must be that the uncle had something to do in Fengyang Mansion, so he was a little late." Ping'er chuckled and said, "Grandma doesn't know what kind of temper the uncle has. ? He values grandma more than anyone else. Today is grandma’s birthday, so I will try my best to come."
Sister Feng secretly touched her belly with her little hand, wondering what this bad guy would think if he knew I was pregnant with his child. He pretended to retort: "I'm not worried."
