In the blink of an eye, it has been two months since I arrived in Jeju Island.
Not only did they explore the surrounding area, but they also went to Japan and Korea with the caravan, which was considered as taking them abroad for the first time.
During this time, Water Monkey was also asked to send out a fleet.
The Japanese pirates on the small islands around Kyushu Island were wiped out, and even Tsushima Island was cleaned up.
At this point, the only Japanese pirate forces close to Jeju Island are Stray Dog Jiro and his group.
For such a long time, there has been no movement from Korea.
I don’t know whether it was because I heard the news about Jeju Island’s annihilation of Japanese pirates, or for other reasons, but I never sent anyone to Jeju Island again.
Jia Cong didn't pay much attention to this. With his own North Sea Fleet, neither Goryeo nor Japan could do anything to Jeju Island.
Because their naval power is so different, they are no match for them, and they cannot pass the North Sea Fleet.
As long as they regularly destroy some of their fleets so that they can never catch up with them, Jeju Island will have peace of mind.
During this period, the team that went to the disaster area to recruit refugees also came back once.
A total of more than 20,000 people were recruited, including more than 10,000 children between the ages of four and twelve, most of whom were orphans without fathers and mothers. In order to take care of these people, they also recruited some helpless women. .
These people have no ability to survive, and generally no one will take them in. Even if they recruit people, they will only find some strong ones.
Because these people will not create output value in the short term and can only continue to invest until they grow up. This process is very long and the investment is relatively large.
Far inferior to those who are stronger, they can create output immediately without losing money.
Under normal circumstances, 70% to 80% of these people would starve to death or even be cooked.
In some places, it has reached the point where children are exchanged for food, and these orphans have no way to survive.
Jia Cong's move can be regarded as saving the lives of these people, which can be regarded as a great merit.
These teams all carried food to the disaster area, giving out porridge and recruiting people along the way. When the food was gone, they brought the recruited people back, which was considered as a contribution to the disaster area.
After these people came back, they handed over the people to Wangcai, packed up the food, and headed to the disaster area again.
Continue to give up porridge and recruit refugees at the same time.
When Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Shi Xiangyun, Yingchun and others saw those hungry, skinny, skinny children, they were all shocked.
They had never seen such a miserable scene, and they had never imagined that there were so many children struggling on the line of life and death.
Suddenly, he was filled with compassion and full of admiration and support for Jia Cong's kind deed.
Among these sisters, Shi Xiangyun had a relatively hard life since childhood.
However, when she saw these children, she felt like she was living in paradise.
Some of the grievances and complaints in my heart have since disappeared and disappeared without a trace.
The girl who was already cheerful and lively became more thoughtful.
"Three brother's kind deeds have been used by countless living people. He can be called a living Bodhisattva who saves the suffering. Even those Buddhas and Buddhas have never really saved people."
Shi Xiangyun looked at Jia Cong with beautiful eyes, and the admiration in his heart was beyond words.
She knows better than others how difficult life is and how much money Jia Cong needs to pay to support so many people.
How much money does it cost to feed so many people for nothing and for many years?
Although she couldn't calculate the specific number, she didn't need to think about it. It was an astronomical number, a number that made her stunned.
She knew that Jia Cong was rich, but there were so many rich people in the world, and she didn't see anyone else doing this.
If everyone in the world were like Third Brother, no one in this world would suffer.
At this moment, in Shi Xiangyun's heart, Jia Cong was the best and could not be compared to anyone.
Jia Cong is tall
The big image was deeply imprinted in her mind.
Seeing these children, Jia Cong felt uncomfortable. Although he had heard about the tragic situation in the disaster area, he had never seen it with his own eyes.
Seeing Shi Xiangyun say this, he could only smile helplessly.
"Sister Yun's words are a bit too much. I can't bear the responsibility of my brother. I do this just to do my part. I have this ability now. If I can save one more person, I'll count it as one."
Xue Baochai said: "Brother Cong can achieve this step, which is already very remarkable. There is no need to belittle oneself."
Yingchun said: "Brother Cong's move is of great merit. As a sister, I am also proud of you."
Lin Daiyu said: "What Brother Cong does is a big deal, and my sister also supports you. Why don't you choose a group of maids and put them in the palace? It's hard to arrange so many people outside."
Jia Cong said: "There's no rush. Now that I've brought them back, I won't starve them. I plan to train them for a while and have them teach them some things. Then I will assign them according to their individual abilities and character. They can’t do anything at such a young age, so let them learn something first.”
Tanchun said in surprise: "Third brother, if so many people have to teach, it will be more expensive."
Jia Cong said: "It will cost more to do this, but it will allow these children to become more useful people in the future."
Some smart people have already thought that when these children grow up in ten years, Jia Cong will have countless talents who are loyal to him. No matter where they are placed, they will be a force that cannot be ignored.
This is a bit scary. I didn't expect Jia Cong to think so far, and I don't know how far he will go in the future.
Whether it was Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu, or others, they couldn't help but think about it in their hearts.
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Just when Jia Cong thought that he could live happily for a year and a half in Jeju Island, hugging each other.
A piece of news brought by the caravan forced him to give up this idea.
This time, Manager Zhang of the caravan brought a verbal message from Jia Mu, saying that there was something going on at home and asked him to return to Beijing as soon as possible. He also brought a personal letter from Tiezhu.
Jia Cong asked Manager Zhang carefully. He didn't know very well. He seemed to have heard that Baoyu had been beaten again.
Seeing that he couldn't explain what was going on, he waved his hand and asked him to leave.
He opened Tie Zhu's letter and read it carefully.
After a long while, Jia Cong withdrew his gaze and put down the letter in his hand.
It turned out that Jia Baoyu was really beaten, and the beating was very severe. Fortunately, he was accidentally bumped into by Liu Xianglian who happened to be passing by. This frightened those people away and came back with a small life.
It's just that those people were vicious, and he is still lying in bed.
Not only him, but his second brother Jia Lian was also beaten. He was also beaten to a bloody head and looked quite miserable.
It is said that his pretty face was distorted by being beaten.
For this reason, Rongguo Mansion was in chaos.
Seeing Baoyu being beaten so badly made Jia's mother very distressed, and Mrs. Wang even burst into tears.
After Tiezhu learned the news, he immediately sent people to investigate.
Following the clues, all the people who beat Baoyu and Jia Lian were found out.
Those who attacked Baoyu were a group of Jianghu people who had just arrived in the capital. Tie Zhu was also a little confused, how could these people dare to attack the Jia family? There is obviously something fishy here.
For this reason, they did not rush to take action, but focused on monitoring them.
I want to find out the origins of these people, see who they are in contact with, and whether there is anyone behind the scenes.
After more than half a month of squatting and monitoring, the ins and outs of this matter were finally investigated clearly and clearly.
It turned out that he was a member of the Zhou family. He was unhappy about Zhou Hao's murder, so he wanted to take revenge on the Jia family.
He was also afraid that Jia Cong would take revenge when he came back, so he didn't dare to take action personally, so he thought of a way to secretly bribe and invite Jia Cong.
He recruited some people in the world and asked them to deal with the Jia family and pick him out.
So, he set his sights on Jia Baoyu, thinking of having someone kill Jia Baoyu in order to avenge Zhou Hao.
It's just that by some mistake, Liu Xianglian messed up the situation, and it didn't achieve the expected effect, but it was still a relief.
After finding out that these people might have escaped or were silenced, Tie Zhu led a surprise attack, captured these people completely, and temporarily locked them up.
After being tortured to extract confessions, these people confessed everything honestly, and now the truth was finally revealed.
The person who dealt with Jia Lian was his concubine.
When Jia Lian was fooling around with people outside, the woman's man broke in with someone else, and beat them up.
Fortunately, these people knew Jia Lian's identity and did not kill him. They just taught him a lesson.
Although he didn't kill him, he still hit him hard.
After some investigation, we found out that the reason why these people dared to attack Jia Lian was also because people from the Zhou family were behind them.
Tie Zhu did not touch these people. After all, Jia Lian was wrong in this matter first, so there is nothing wrong with others taking action against him.
In addition, with the support of the Zhou family, if these people are touched, there will definitely be trouble.
Jia Cong was not at home, and Tie Zhu did not dare to cause trouble for him. He just told Jia She the results of the investigation and then retreated.
Jia She, Jia Zheng, and Jia Mu discussed it for a long time, but could not come up with a good solution.
Although Jia Mu wanted to take revenge on Baoyu, she was still a little wary because it involved Concubine Zhou's natal family.
Although both families are royal relatives, Concubine Zhou's status is obviously much higher than that of Yuanchun, and she also gave birth to a prince for His Majesty, so she is not afraid of it.
Since Jia Cong was not at home, they had no confidence, let alone the courage to take action against the Zhou family.
In the end, Jia Mu suggested that someone send a message asking Jia Cong to return to Beijing.
Jia She and Jia Zheng both nodded in agreement. Jia Cong's deterrence was still very strong. As long as he was in charge of the Jia family, no one in the capital would dare to take action against the Jia family.
So he asked the caravan to find his whereabouts and let him return to Beijing.
Tiezhu and the caravan manager knew his whereabouts, so they passed the news to him.
After understanding the whole story, Jia Cong not only fell into deep thought.
Should I go back now, or should I continue to stay here and hide in peace?
Originally, I wanted to stay here for at least a year and a half, or even three to five years, to avoid the turmoil in the court.
Because whether it is Liaodong or Shaanxi, it is a powder keg, and it is also a powder keg that can explode at any time.
The situation in Shaanxi has become even more chaotic. Some ambitious people have used this to deceive people and incite the victims to riot. The situation has become increasingly fierce, and more than a dozen relatively large resistance forces have emerged.
The local garrison has nothing to do with them.
As time goes by, the situation in Shaanxi will only become more chaotic, and it will only be a matter of time before the imperial court sends troops to suppress it.
Although they were just some ragtag groups and could not be compared with the regular army, but because of this, the court did not pay too much attention to them, which gave them more room for development.
From a group of rabble to an elite force, it became a wild horse that was running wild, turning the world upside down.
Jia Cong didn't know if there was a person like King Li Chuang. In his own time and space, he was the terminator of the Ming Dynasty.
If not handled well, the peasant uprising in Shaanxi will also become a serious problem for Da Chu.
He has asked Tiezhu to send people deep into Shaanxi to inquire about the movements there and to look for Li Zicheng, but there is no news about this person so far.
The situation in Liaodong has also deviated from its original trajectory due to his intervention.
What changes will occur in the future, and where will things go? Even Jia Cong himself couldn't predict and didn't know.
But what is certain is that when it comes to fighting, Amin is better than Hongtai.
Now Wang Ziteng and Shi Nai can only hide in Liaoyang City, relying on the strength of the city to barely protect themselves.
As for whether Liaoyang will be conquered, Jia Cong dare not say for sure.
If Amin captures Liaoyang again, then the entire Liaodong will fall into his hands, and he can knock the pass south at any time and threaten the capital.
At that time, it is very likely that he will step in to restore the situation.
It's not like I can just call them in and leave them at once.
Since they are afraid of him, he should fulfill their wish and hide himself so that they cannot find him.
Only when they have no choice but to show up again and turn the tide can they know more about their importance.
But now that something like this happened, the old lady asked him to go back again, which made Jia Cong hesitate.
Staying here by yourself is of little use. Although Jeju Island is not small, it is still too small for Jia Cong and there is no room for him to show off.
After thinking for a long time, Jia Cong decided to return to the capital.
First, the world is in chaos, and the situation is even more unpredictable. Only by being in the middle of the situation can we better seize opportunities.
Although Jeju Island is not too far away, it is still too slow to deliver news back and forth. Ten or twenty days have passed since the news came back and forth. If there was really an emergency, it would have been delayed long ago.
Another thing is that your Majesty's time is running out. There are not many days left.
For his future plans, he must plan carefully. At the very least, he must not let his enemy, the second prince, have the slightest chance.
After returning to the palace, he called Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, and Ping'er over.
He told them what Jia Mu meant, and then told them his decision.
Lin Daiyu said: "Brother Cong, the old lady asked us to go back, so let's go back. Everyone is very happy when we come out this time."
Xue Baochai also said: "Since Brother Cong has decided, let's go back."
Jia Cong said: "Okay then, you guys pack your luggage and go to the warehouse to pick out some gifts and we will take them back together. The three of you can discuss this matter. When you are ready, we will set off back to Beijing. .”
"knew."
The three of them agreed and left together.
Jia Cong made some arrangements for things on the island. Three days later, everyone boarded the Jeju again and embarked on the way back to Beijing.
