some day.

Jia Fu.

Prince Teng came.

After exchanging pleasantries and meeting with the ancestor, Jia Baoyu personally received him in the study.

Wang Ziteng, who was promoted all the way to the cabinet scholar, is the real umbrella of the four big families, but Jia Yuanchun, the noble concubine, is not.

Zhao Han is very clear about this.

"Good nephew, the north is not calm, and the army is going to be mobilized again, but the court is short of money." Wang Ziteng said.

"Uncle, but the court needs to repay you?" Zhao Han asked directly.

"That's right. Every time I go out on an expedition, I always ask the salt merchants to pay me back. This time I'm going to the north. I don't have much to do with the salt merchants. They don't pay much." Wang Ziteng shook his head and said.

"Then how many taels do we need to repay for an honorable family like ours?" Zhao Han asked again.

"Wanliang? It seems that the rumors outside are good," Wang Ziteng said with a smile, "Since your nephew took charge of the family, your family's inner pockets have become rich again."

"It's not bad, but it's barely maintained." Zhao Han said modestly.

With Jia Rong and Jia Lian's overseas business outside, money is no longer a problem for her.

Millions of dollars can't be taken out for a while, but it's no problem to take out one hundred thousand turnover.

"Ten thousand taels is enough. Even the queen's father, the head of state, donated only thirty thousand taels." Wang Ziteng gave him an amount.

Zhao Han shook his head in his heart.

The former **** Xia, every time he came to Jia's house to ask for it, he would charge one thousand, one thousand five hundred, and basically come once a month.

Of course not now.

And the imperial court needs military expenses, and each household only pays a few thousand taels, or even tens of thousands of taels. It can be seen that the imperial court is not running smoothly.

"Is it already difficult in the imperial court?" Zhao Han asked.

Although Wang Ziteng was low-key and scheming, he didn't expect that his nephew was determined to rebel, and everyone knew about it.

"There are too many deficits. Taicang and the inner government are everywhere. Many ministers have borrowed money from the Ministry of Households and have not paid it back. This is especially the case in various places. They are deficits every year." Wang Ziteng shook his head.

"It's no wonder that once something happens, everyone needs to contribute." Zhao Han thought it was time to cut down the tree.

But you can't come too hard, you have to take it slowly.

The main purpose is to occupy the production areas of silk, tea, and porcelain, so as to realize the freedom of distribution with the West.

Special products such as tea were learned by Westerners in modern times and successfully cultivated outside.

The same goes for porcelain.

It's all coming from behind.

Only silk, because it requires a lot of technical chains, until modern times, Westerners still have not formed a famous industry.

Because all kinds of embroidery are troublesome and need enough population to operate.

And now these three things are the important bulk materials they need to achieve trade balance. They are almost hard currency, and they basically sell as much as they ship out.

Because the main consumer is the Western aristocracy.

And these three things are basically in the southeast.

It is not easy to seize the southeast land, which is the foundation of the court's taxation.

"Yes, the emperor is in a difficult situation, and the courtiers must be considerate. Our royal family is also planning to pay 20,000 taels." Wang Ziteng followed.

"Will the emperor think that we are too extravagant if we pay too much?" Zhao Han asked directly.

There are some things that a veteran official like Wang Ziteng understands.

"10,000 to 20,000 yuan is still within the tolerance of the emperor, and a building like the Grand View Garden is absolutely impossible," Wang Ziteng said.

Zhao Han nodded.

Jia Fu is too high-profile.

And Wang Ziteng was promoted all the way without celebrating.

But even so, he couldn't escape a cold, took the wrong medicine, and ended up dying...

It must be the emperor's hands and feet, or it may be the impermanence of fate.

In short, no matter how big your official is, it's useless, and it's still nothing.

However, after Wang Ziteng's death, a huge deficit was exposed in the area under his jurisdiction, and he was impeached by the censor.

This may be left by the predecessor, and it is more likely that the prince Teng took the money from the jurisdiction to make up for the emperor.

In short, with Wang Ziteng's low-key style, he can't be too extravagant.

"So that's the case, Uncle, I don't know what good will it do after we repay you?"

"The advantage is that Jane is in the emperor's heart, for example, your sister's status can be promoted to another level."

"It turns out that's the case, then repay it." Zhao Han said, took out a bank note and gave it to Wang Ziteng.

The above is twenty thousand taels.

Ten thousand is for the emperor, and ten thousand is naturally for the uncle.

Now she still has to rely on this uncle as a cover.

As long as Wang Ziteng does not die, the decline will not begin.

And she was able to keep getting promoted, and she knew a lot under the guidance of Wang Ziteng.

It's just the same sentence, no matter how promoted, it will be reversed in the end.

After all, Prince Tengdu, a cabinet scholar, is still over.

Then Wang Ziteng left.

And Zhao Han began to rectify the housework and pursue the debts owed by the slaves.

Reduce extravagance.

Except for the old lady, everyone should be frugal.

Madam Wang, she went to say it in person.

Mother Jia is also reasonable.

Knowing that the emperor will use troops recently, he can't see extravagance.

As a result, the standard of food has been lowered a lot, and the number of servant girls outside has also been reduced a lot.

For example, Grandma Liu said at the crab banquet: "This year's crabs are worth five cents a catty. Ten catties and five cents, five five two two five, three five ten fifteen, and with wine and vegetables, the total is poured." There are more than twenty taels of silver. Amitabha! The money for this meal is enough for our farmers to live for a year."

Jia's mother loves the scene, but Mrs. Wang has to rely on airs.

Only Jia Baoyu could persuade the two of them to lower their airs.

It's difficult for the emperor, you are so extravagant here, how can you still live a good life?

At this time, it is a reflection of Yongzheng's investigation of the deficit and arrears.

...

six months later.

There is something going on in the north.

Wang Ziteng is leading the army, and this time the enemy is the land that created Jia Baoyu's rare golden fur.

They used muskets, and made a strange kind of fort, and cannon.

Very few in number, but strong.

There were only about 1,500 people, but Wang Ziteng brought more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and none of them could attack.

Of course, this is a long journey and inconvenient supplies.

Among the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, there are only about 8,000 main soldiers, but they are more than 5 times more than the defenders.

This strange fortress is located at the confluence of two rivers. When they came here, they wanted to go all the way southeast along the river.

But the southeast is an important town, so the court couldn't bear it.

Wang Ziteng finally accepted the advice of his staff, relying on the large number of soldiers, built two large camps on the north and south banks, led troops to surround the fortress, and built pontoon bridges upstream and downstream to block traffic.

It has to be said that the fighting power of these people is far better than those of the cavalry on the grassland.

Even if the opponent is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of manpower, Wang Ziteng is still very embarrassed.

The siege lasted for three full months.

But the opponent relied on those muskets and cannons to prevent Wang Ziteng's soldiers from attacking.

It doesn't mean that you can't attack, but many people will die at once, and you will be injured if you hit it, and you will die if you are injured.

"The firearms in the past were not so sharp. Why can't theirs be shot?"

Everyone is unwilling to attack forward, and the court is becoming more and more irritable.

Absolutely superior forces cannot defeat the enemy.

They thought about digging a tunnel, but it was useless. This is the land on the bank of the river, and the water will be visible after digging three meters.

Just when Wang Ziteng was in a dilemma, Jia Baoyu replied to him after receiving the letter from his family.

Tell Wang Ziteng about a zigzag trench digging method.

That is to say, first dig a trench in the distance, and then keep approaching the city wall in the form of a "zigzag".

After discussing with his staff, Wang Ziteng decided to use this method of warfare.

Use trenches to cover soldiers and shoot at the enemy at close range.

Of course, the opponent is condescending, and he still has an advantage when he gets close to shooting.

Therefore, movable planks and thick floating soil were laid on the trench.

This is for later generations to defend against artillery.

Howitzers can be defended, let alone cannons and muskets at this time.

Sure enough, the opponent's cannons and muskets couldn't beat the soldiers digging trenches.

In this way they approached gradually, until they reached the bottom of the city walls.

The enemy wanted to hit it with stones, but it was ineffective.

Lots of wood nearby.

Wang Ziteng has enough offensive material.

All the way to the bottom of the city wall, I was finally able to avoid the enemy's cannon and shoot at the enemy.

And once you shoot at the enemy, the opponent is finished.

The opponent's firearms are powerful, as well as flintlock guns.

But they also had muskets, and bows were not bad.

The key is that he has enough manpower, but if the other party dies, there will be one less. He can keep bringing people here.

The reason why he couldn't rush up before was because the opponent had cannons that could destroy his siege vehicles such as building vehicles.

Without siege tools, soldiers are exposed to the enemy's shooting range, and their morale will drop rapidly.

Few soldiers are willing to attack the city like this.

Now relying on the trench and adding planks, you can rush up.

If he wants to forcibly attack, maybe everyone below will mutiny.

With the help of Jia Baoyu's tactics, the opponent's strength was reduced from more than 1,500 to more than 200.

At this time, the other party finally sent someone out to ask for surrender.

They persisted for five full months, and they really couldn't.

However seemingly failed, it also proved their success.

It's just that there are fewer of them, and they have temporarily given up their ambition to continue to colonize here.

Because these 1,500 people were all gathered in a large area nearby.

As for Wang Ziteng's more than 10,000 people, as long as he still has money and food, he can gather several 10,000 people.

After Wang Ziteng was victorious, he was preparing to return to the imperial court, and sent people 800 miles in advance to send back the victory report urgently.

The sage was overjoyed, and the court named Prince Teng the Marquis of Dingbei and entered the cabinet as a scholar.

It's just that the Jia family is not very happy.

Because they didn't benefit from it.

Mother Jia didn't say much, but she didn't send anyone to congratulate her. She just mentioned that after Prince Teng came back, Jia Baoyu would go to see his uncle alone.

It is inconvenient for other women and Taoists to go out.

Then the imperial court issued an order to announce to the whole world, to sacrifice to the Taimiao.

Everyone in the capital rejoiced.

Only Zhao Han shook his head.

This means that the military technology of the West has surpassed that of the East.

That's why they were shocked.

…

It is said that on the way back to Beijing, Wang Ziteng's class teacher received an imperial decree and was named a cabinet scholar.

"The emperor attaches great importance to the prince, and hopes that the prince can face the emperor as soon as possible." The **** said.

"It's easy to say, I can hurry up and go to face the saint in advance." Although Wang Ziteng was exhausted from the long battle, for the emperor's favor, he braced his body.

Then he left the army and drove hurriedly with the eunuch.

Next to the great **** is an imperial physician. It is said that the emperor attached great importance to the general's health, so he sent an imperial physician to treat him along the way.

When we were only two hundred miles away from the capital, it rained heavily.

Overjoyed, Wang Ziteng traveled overnight again, exhausted and caught in the rain in the carriage.

As a last resort, on this day, I caught a cold in a place called Shilitun.

So I can only stay nearby for the time being, and go to face the Holy Spirit after I am cured.

There is no famous doctor nearby, but luckily the imperial doctor is on board.

After the imperial doctor made a diagnosis and treatment, he wrote a house and asked people to fetch medicine.

That night, in a certain residence.

Under the dim candlelight.

A trusted guard whispered: "Commander, someone from the Jia family is here."

Wang Ziteng hurriedly said: "Quick, let someone come in."

Two people walked into the house one after another.

The old man in front and the young man in the back.

Young man carrying a medicine box.

"This is the special wind-cold medicine from our Rongyao Company. It is called aspirin, and it can treat princes' wind-cold." The old man came in for a diagnosis and took out a bottle of medicine.

Wang Ziteng said happily on the sick bed: "Are you sent by Baoyu?"

"Exactly."

"Okay, give me this medicine quickly."

However, the imperial physician next to him said: "This is a wonderful medicine of the Westerners, and it cannot be relied on. It is still effective to use the old prescription that we have used for more than two thousand years."

"This medicine can cure wind and cold, and there are countless people alive." The old man wondered, "Why divide things?"

"Our two-thousand-year-old prescription has helped us pass it down to this day, and we can see its effect." The imperial physician insisted.

Prince Teng said angrily: "I don't care about you, East and West, I only trust Baoyu."

The imperial doctor suddenly looked stern, and went straight out of the house.

The old man wondered: "This person is only an imperial physician, how dare he be rude in front of the prince?"

Wang Ziteng said nothing, but asked him to bring the medicine quickly.

Then he took aspirin.

I only felt that the headache disappeared, and I fell asleep peacefully.

Early the next morning, Wang Ziteng felt light-headed and clear-sighted, his headaches were relieved, his dryness and heat were no longer there, he had the strength to get out of bed, and he could take a few more mouthfuls of breakfast.

Seeing this, the imperial physician had nothing to say.

With a look of shame on his face, he left.

Wang Ziteng is such a shrewd person, his heart sank.

Then the young man saw no one, so he took out a letter and handed it to him.

Wang Ziteng opened it and took a look.

There are no words in the letter.

There are only some animal hairs, feathers, and a bow and arrow used by children to catch Zhou.

white and yellow.

White rabbit and yellow dog.

Seeing this, Wang Ziteng felt a great pain in his heart.

An official like him, he immediately understood Jia Baoyu's hint.

If the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooking, it means that the bird is completely hidden.

Wang Ziteng immediately wrote a letter, saying that he was seriously ill and it was difficult to go to Beijing immediately, and hoped that the emperor would choose another talented person.

The Emperor's gift~lightnovelpub.net~Of course I can't refuse it directly.

Although he just declined politely, the emperor ordered to comfort him.

He was ordered to take office after he recovered from his illness.

Wang Ziteng finally returned to Beijing.

Jia Baoyu will come to see you again.

At this time, the mood of the two was very different from that of half a year ago.

"Hey, I didn't expect that I would be killed by a quack doctor after working so hard for the emperor."

"Uncle, when you lost your capital and got promoted all the way, you lost your foundation." Jia Baoyu sighed.

"Hey, this matter is because I feel sorry for Rong Ning. Without the safety and military power of the capital, I am also a duckweed without roots. If there is such a reward."

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