April 24th is suitable for: opening the market, trading, collecting money, bringing in livestock, moving into the house, moving, and setting up a bed...
Today is the day when Jia Cong's family moves into the palace.
Early in the morning, the city of Liaoyang was decorated with lanterns, gongs and drums, and it was very lively.
As the actual controller of Liaodong and the most noble person in Liaoyang, this small joy of moving to a new house has attracted countless people around him.
Generals at all levels of the military services all came to help, congratulate and build momentum.
This also caused all the respectable people in Liaodong to come with heavy gifts to congratulate Jia Cong on his move.
If you want to take this opportunity to make acquaintance with Jia Cong, no matter what, you must leave an impression in front of Jia Cong.
For them, this is definitely a good opportunity.
Normally, they would have been unable to curry favor with Jia Cong even if they wanted to.
Wangcai also rushed over early in the morning with some major officials from Jeju Island.
There were several major generals from the navy fleet, several generals from the army, and major officials from the government departments.
First, they came to congratulate Jia Cong on his new move.
The most important reason is to come and meet my master.
In short, on this day, there was an endless stream of guests coming and going in the palace. It is not an exaggeration to say that the whole city was celebrating together.
As the auspicious time has arrived, firecrackers are blasting, gongs and drums are noisy, and all the guests gather at the palace.
Jia Cong took his family and moved into the palace.
Lin Daiyu took a group of female relatives to the inner courtyard and moved into their respective courtyards.
Everyone has chosen their own courtyards before and arranged them according to their own preferences.
All is ready except for the opportunity.
Come today, you can just pack your bags and check in.
Jia Cong stayed in the reception room in the front yard to receive guests and subordinates.
Although there were many guests, only a dozen or twenty people could actually appear in front of Jia Cong.
These people are all real upper-class people in the Liaodong area. They not only have prestige in the area, but also have strength. Each of them is not a simple person.
Then there are some senior generals in the army who can sit in front of Jia Cong.
As for the other guests and many lower-level generals, Dai Quan, Li Biao, Tiezhu and others were responsible for receiving them.
Since there were too many people coming to congratulate them, they all came with a group of servants, and the entire Liaoyang City was also bustling with people coming and going.
It’s much more lively than during the Spring Festival.
As a result, all the restaurants in Liaoyang City were booked by Jia Cong to receive these people.
It wasn't until after lunch that everyone left.
After seeing off the last group of people and handing over the things in the front yard to Dai Quan, Jia Cong returned to the backyard.
After being served by Yuanyang and Xiren, I washed myself and then sat down to rest for a while.
"Hey, after a day of socializing, I'm more tired than fighting. Those people are all old foxes. They can't cope without being energetic."
"Brother-in-law, let me give you a massage to relax you."
Xue Baoqin said as he came behind Jia Cong.
Stretching out a pair of slender jade hands, he gently massaged Jia Cong's shoulders.
Jia Cong smiled. Although this girl likes to cling to herself, she is also very considerate and lovable.
"Okay, then I'll enjoy it."
Jia Cong leaned back, closed his eyes slightly, and enjoyed the beauty's massage.
Xue Baoqin came close to Jia Cong's ear and whispered: "Brother-in-law, I am yours now. When did you help me solve my engagement matter? It would not be good if someone comes to your door." Already."
"Well, don't worry, these are all small things. I have arranged for someone to take care of them. You don't have to worry anymore. You will be mine from now on."
Xue Baoqin's face was filled with joy.
The engagement has always been a layer of restraint for her.
Although he is already with Jia Cong, as long as that thing exists, there may be trouble.
She didn't want the engagement to affect their relationship anymore.
Being able to perfectly solve future troubles is naturally what she wants to see most at the moment.
"Brother-in-law, are you telling the truth?"
"Of course it's true. I don't need to lie to you about this kind of thing. After all, with that thing there, it is more or less a trouble. It would be best if it can be solved."
"That's great, brother-in-law, tell me how you solved it without hurting anyone, right?"
"Actually, this is very simple. I sent someone to the capital and directly stole the marriage certificate from the Mei family. Without the marriage certificate, the Mei family also lost the certificate, and the engagement was naturally cancelled.
Not many people know about this, and only your two families know about it. They don’t have a marriage certificate, and they don’t have the shame to come to your door again. "
Xue Baoqin blinked: "Well, that's okay. By the way, my brother still has a marriage certificate, and I have to take it back. This way there will be no trace at all, and I won't be afraid that the Mei family will come looking for it."
Jia Cong smiled: "I have thought of it a long time ago. I even asked someone to get your brother's copy of the marriage certificate, and notified your brother. Just pretend that there is no such thing. The marriage certificate is in my hand. , I will let Yuanyang bring it to you later, you can keep it yourself."
"Brother-in-law, why should I keep that thing? Since it is useless, I might as well burn it clean."
"Okay, I'll get it from Yuanyang later. After you look at it, you can decide what to do."
"Brother-in-law, you are so kind."
Xue Baoqin smiled playfully, lowered his head and kissed Jia Cong on the face.
Lin Daiyu on the side rolled her eyes, she was used to the two people's disgust.
"You look like one of those landowners in the book."
Jia Cong smiled and said, "How about you move a stool and sit in front of me, and I can give you a massage?"
"Tch, I don't need you. You must have bad intentions, and you might have some bad ideas."
Jia Cong was speechless for a while, with a conscience, he really didn't think about anything else but giving her a massage.
But this girl's mind is not very healthy, and she thinks wrongly.
Seeing Jia Cong's appearance, Lin Daiyu thought she had been right, and couldn't help but burst into laughter like a silver bell.
"Kekeke, Brother Cong, I guessed your thoughts, are you speechless? I know you have no good intentions, humph, I don't know you yet?"
Jia Cong said weakly: "Sister Lin, I said you guessed wrong. I didn't think anything. You were just imagining it. Do you believe it?"
"Haha, I don't believe it, not at all."
Lin Daiyu smiled even happier.
"By the way, Brother Cong, General Manager Dai sent over a copy of the gift list I received today. I took a look and found that there were many people coming to follow the gift today, over a thousand people. Except for some of your subordinates in the army, Most are local.
There are also many people who have given heavy gifts, many of which are very precious. Do these people have something to ask of you when they give such expensive gifts? "
Jia Cong naturally understands the thoughts of these people very clearly.
Since they are willing to give themselves heavy gifts, they naturally want to get more from themselves.
Among them were several miners, including one who ran a gold mine. He had spent a lot of money and even Jia Cong looked at the gifts he received.
To put it bluntly, all the mines in Liaodong now belong to Jia Cong.
With just one word from Jia Cong, all these people's family assets can be confiscated.
At this time, if you don't take the initiative to build a good relationship, you will only lose more in the future.
These people are considered capable of doing things, and if they give a heavy gift now, they will give Jia Cong some face no matter what he does in the future, so that they won't do too much.
Liaodong is too big and too barren
.
Jia Cong has been in Liaodong for almost two years and has spent two winters here.
In addition to the time of fighting, it was almost a year.
However, in some places, especially in some remote mountainous areas, Jia Cong's scope of rights is still not fully covered.
Especially those who are secretly mining in the mountains, Jia Cong does not fully understand.
Some of them were hidden so deeply that Jia Cong didn't even know about them when he first arrived.
It has only been a year since the intelligence network was established in Liaodong.
Simple intelligence networks have only been established in towns and nearby villages. Some remote places and some mountainous areas are not involved.
Some people’s information is not fully grasped yet.
We can only wait until we slowly understand them thoroughly before considering how to deal with those people.
Now some people came directly to pay tribute and show their goodwill. Naturally, Jia Cong would not refuse and accepted them all happily.
One is to stabilize these people and prevent them from acting randomly.
Furthermore, these people can be considered capable people and professionals.
Keep them, maybe they will be used for other purposes in the future.
He now has a wealthy family, and he already has five sons, and there may be more in the future.
In the future, they might fight and hurt each other over the family property.
The tragedy of the royal battle two years ago is still vivid in my mind.
Jia Cong was involved in the whole process that time, and the level of bloodshed was simply horrific and outrageous.
Only one of Emperor Longqing's four sons was left, and the entire royal family suffered heavy casualties.
This situation is also the last thing I want to see.
He didn't want his sons to hurt each other and fight endlessly over the family property.
What's more, I don't want these women of my own to scheming and betraying me for the sake of their children's interests and inheritance rights.
You don't have to think about it to know that this will definitely happen.
The bigger the family fortune you leave behind, the more intense the fight will be.
In order to avoid this from happening, the only thing you can do is to prepare for a rainy day and make some preparations in advance.
I remember that there was a Britain in later generations, which was once known as the empire on which the sun never sets. It relied on colonial policies to rule countless territories around the world.
This method is quite good, and you can imitate it yourself.
In fact, the development of Jeju Island is a good example.
When I have some free time in the future, I will start to think about this matter.
As long as the sons reach adulthood, let them participate in the management of the territory. After a period of internship, arrange some helpers for them, give them a territory each, and send them out directly.
Let them go to their own territory to develop their own power, and their base camp will have nothing to do with them.
When the time comes, we will see which son develops best and hand over our base to him to inherit.
In this way, we can maximize the possibility and pass it on for a longer period of time.
Therefore, from now on, I must start preparing and cultivating some useful talents.
Once a colony begins to develop, those who are good at mining can be allowed to open mining factories in the colony to mine.
At that time, you can sit back and wait to get rich, which will be a steady stream of money.
Thinking of this, Jia Cong smiled and said: "Don't worry, I understand their thoughts. Since the gifts have been sent, you can just accept them without worry. If there is anything you like, you can take it yourself. Speaking of which, They are all our wealth."
Lin Daiyu nodded: "Since Brother Cong said this, he must have a countermeasure, so I won't say more. By the way, Sister Bao and the children should be here soon, right?"
"Well, this time they are traveling with the caravan, and since they have children, the journey will be a little slower. They should be there in three to five days. With Chunlan and the others accompanying them as escorts, there is no need to worry about them."
"Those little guys are here, and our place is lively. Polu is three years old this year and can run around. The four little ones are more than one year old. You, as a father, have never seen them. , I don’t know if they will recognize you as their father.”
Jia Cong chuckled: "They have never seen me before. It's normal for them not to know each other. It's just a matter of getting to know each other for a while. Time flies so fast. They are already over a year old, so they should be able to call me daddy!"
"It should be almost done. Polu will be able to call him daddy when he is over one year old."
"By the way, one more thing. Zhang Hu and the others will come over tomorrow. I originally wanted to come today. I was afraid that there would be too many people and would be recognized and cause trouble for us, so I postponed it for a day and staggered the time with those people."
Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "That's good, so as not to be discovered by others, which will only cause trouble. I won't see any guests tomorrow. I will only entertain them and this group, and no one will come to disturb your party."
Jia Cong added: "There is also news from the barbarian Amin, saying that they will send someone over tomorrow to congratulate us on our move. I just don't know who will come. It seems that these two groups have discussed it. .”
Lin Daiyu hesitated for a moment and asked worriedly.
"Brother Cong, the war has just ended. If they come here, they won't cause any trouble, right?"
"Don't worry, they are not fools. They can't come here in a big way. Otherwise, why wait until tomorrow? They sent people here today. If I guessed correctly, they will come in the name of a caravan. Gu Qi has something in his hand. My token, the defenders will not stop them."
Lin Daiyu nodded: "Brother Cong, now that the war is over, we should keep a low profile, so as not to cause trouble to us from the court. Is there any news from the capital recently?"
"Yes, the emperor has promoted me to the rank of second-level county king. Moreover, he will also give me a group of palace maids and eunuchs. I heard that there are many beauties among them. They were selected last year."
"Hmph, you should be careful. There might be the emperor's spies inside. Be careful if you sleep until midnight and someone wipes your neck."
Jia Cong laughed: "You really guessed it. There are indeed a lot of spies inside, but I don't know which ones they are. These people can't refuse. I can only slowly screen them after they come, especially yours." Don’t reveal your identity then.”
"I understand, I will be your guard from now on, and I won't care about anything else."
