The Red Mansions

Chapter 149 Promotion
An eagle chirping sounded over the county government office.

The howling sound was shocking, resounding through the sky!
In the back house, Jia Yun looked at the letter with an uncertain expression.

Jia Wenlin: "Master, what's the trouble in the capital?"

"That's not true, it's just a little accident!" Jia Yun shook her head.

The letter was sent by Xu Renzhi with a flying eagle, saying that Japanese pirates broke into Jinling, which caused an uproar in the court.

It is an extremely embarrassing thing for the capital to be destroyed.

All officials in the imperial court were filled with righteous indignation, and one after another petitioned the emperor to send troops and generals to wipe out the Japanese pirates.

Fortunately, Jinling's urgent report and Cixi's battle report arrived in Beijing one after the other, barely giving the court a fig leaf.

But no matter what, we can no longer turn a blind eye to Japanese pirates.

In the end, the imperial court decided to transfer Prince Teng, the chief inspector of the nine provinces, to serve as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, Zuoqian Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, governor of the three provinces of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian, and to control the military affairs of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fuzhou to fight against Japanese pirates .

As for Jia Yun, because of his meritorious service, he was promoted to the head of the sixth-rank military department, the city inspector of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the governor of the capital patrol camp.

"So the master is going back to Beijing?" Jia Wenlin asked doubtfully after reading the letter.

Jia Yun nodded and said, "Well, after the official document arrives, we will go back."

"Then what about our newly formed village soldiers?" Jia Wenlin frowned.

Jia Yun said with a smile: "There will be a special person to take over, but before we leave, we have to select the best, expand the existing patrol battalion to 300 people, serve as personal guards, and bring them back to the capital when the time comes."

Fortunately, the clan's recruitment order has not been issued, otherwise it would be really difficult.

The reason why Jia Yun has been shelving the recruitment order is because she is afraid of the current situation.

As for why it is necessary to select people from the newly recruited soldiers to supplement the personal guards, it is mainly to balance the proportion of the clansmen in the personal guards.

He found that all the personal guards were served by the clansmen, but it was easy for them to be arrogant, depraved, and not enterprising.

Especially after they fought a few battles with Jia Yun, after making some contributions, they got a lot of rewards and began to be content with the status quo.

What makes Jia Yun even more uneasy is that these people have now learned to hide any problems in private and not respond to him.

Jia Yun didn't want her personal guards to become those servants in Jia's mansion just after she started her family.

For this kind of situation, as long as there is a sign, it should be pressed down.

Therefore, selecting some outsiders will help them to supervise and compete with each other.

"Oh, it's a pity that there are so many good soldiers!" Jia Wenlin sighed.

Jia Yun waved her hand and said: "Don't be a pity, hurry up and arrange people to patrol the camp to select soldiers, and before my transfer order arrives, carry out a period of devil training, so that they can form an army as soon as possible."

Jia Wenlin responded, and retreated with her hands folded.

When Meiren and Liren heard that they could return to Beijing, they shouted happily.

"It's like what the master said, surprises always come too fast!" Meiren said with a bright smile on her eyes.

The beauty smiled, and agreed: "Really, I have been thinking about when I will be able to return to Beijing. I thought it would be the end of the year at the earliest. I didn't expect a surprise."

"Let's pack up first. Pack the presents and most of the gifts you want to buy. I will arrange for the people on the trade road to take them away first. When we go back, we can go to battle lightly. By the way, we can go to Gusu to see our farm." Jia Yun laughed.

It was naturally good to be able to return to Beijing earlier, and it was exactly what he wanted.

Although it was a bit of a surprise, considering my qualifications and age, if I hadn't made such a big contribution this time, and happened to meet the pirates who broke Jinling, I really wouldn't have been promoted so quickly.

Therefore, regarding the matter of returning to Beijing, it was not only a surprise for Meiren and Liren, but also a surprise for Jia Yun.

Speaking of it, since he was released as an official, he has been promoted consecutively in less than a year, which is considered a miracle.

Although she was promoted, Jia Yun was very satisfied with her political achievements.

After all, because of time, he really didn't make much achievements in local government affairs, and his promotion was all because of his military exploits, which would be detrimental to his future career development.

As a civil servant, if he is promoted solely on the basis of his military merits, in the long run, he will definitely be cut off from both civil and military affairs. Such examples are not unprecedented in history.

At noon, Xue Pan and Ni Er came back from outside, and they were very happy to hear Jia Yun's promotion.

"It just so happens that the matter on the business road has been dealt with, so it's good to go back to Beijing!" Xue Pan laughed.

Jia Yun sighed: "It's a pity that Cixi's development is gone. Once I leave, all the previous arrangements will be in vain."

Xue Pan shook his head, not knowing how to reply, so he changed the subject and said, "Is my uncle really promoted?"

"Well, you have great power, the governors of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fuzhou provinces!" Jia Yun said meaningfully.

Xue Pan smacked his lips, frowned, and said, "To be honest, I have always been a little confused. Since my uncle became an official, he has not made any meritorious service, but his official position has been rising steadily. What is the reason for this?"

Jia Yun smiled and said: "It's right if you don't understand, you don't need to understand these, just remember one thing, if he sends someone, whether he wants to help Shanglu or invite you to go out, don't promise or agree easily .”

Xue Pan raised his mouth and snorted coldly: "Of course, don't say he sent someone to look for me, even if he came to look for me in person, I would not listen to him, hum, I turned me into a living dead earlier, I It will be remembered forever!"

Even though it's been so long, he still has lingering fears when he thinks about it now, and he doesn't want to go through it again.

"Well, it's good that you can remember the lesson." Jia Yun said with satisfaction, "By the way, this time when we go back, if we have time, we will take a detour to Gusu. I want to see Xinde's farm."

As he said that, he looked back at Ni Er who was standing behind him, and ordered: "Since the arrangements on the business road have been settled, Ni Er, take your people and go to the farm first to wait for us."

"Master, if things change, why don't you go there?" Ni Er hesitated.

Jia Yun smiled and said: "If I don't go, I will send you a letter. You should go to the farm to learn about various aspects first, so that we won't be fooled by those stewards."

Ni Er stared, and said seriously: "If they dare to fool us, the younger ones will send them to prison with their own hands!"

"That's not necessary. If you really find a problem, you can directly mention it to the Zhen family and let them deal with it." Jia Yun shook her head and said.

The stewards on the farm must be replaced by their own people, regardless of whether there is a problem or not.

Jia Yun herself has no one now, but she can transfer someone from the Xue family first.

Especially the stewards of Xue Baochai's dowry farm are basically more responsible and can be called at any time.

While talking, Jia Ming came to report that Mr. Zhou from Zhoujia Village had brought his people to visit.

"What's the matter?" Jia Yun asked suspiciously.

Thanks to the help of the Xue family trade route, the celadon that Zhoujia village burned recently is selling well, and life is naturally easier.

Although Jia Yun hadn't been to Zhou's Village once, she paid attention to it from time to time.

Jia Ming replied: "It is said that Zhoujia Village has recently burned several kilns of high-quality Yue kiln celadon. In order to thank the master for his support, they picked dozens of sets and sent them to the master."

Jia Yun nodded and said, "All right, you go and bring Mr. Zhou here."

Jia Ming withdrew, and after a while, he brought Mr. Zhou over, and at the same time, two members of the Zhou family followed behind carrying a wooden box.

Zhou Dengjia was going to kowtow, Jia Yun waved his hand and said: "Excuse me, I heard that Mr. Zhou brought the best celadon from Yue kiln to me? Come and have a look!"

Seeing that Jia Yun was very interested, Zhou Dengjia smiled happily, and hurriedly asked the tribe to open the box, and took out several sets of teapots, cups, bowls, plates, saucers, cups, bowls and other porcelain from inside.

Jia Yun randomly picked out a few pieces and looked at them, and found that these porcelains were stable and dignified in shape, moist and elegant in glaze color, and they were indeed rare boutiques, so she said to Zhou Dengjia:

"They are indeed top-quality products. It seems that Mr. Zhou told me last time that the craftsmanship is still there, and there is no lie."

The best celadon in Yue kiln celadon is called "secret color porcelain".

The secret color porcelain has a unique color and luster. This kind of porcelain with beautiful glaze color requires exquisite and superb firing skills to be successfully completed.

In order to obtain a beautiful glaze color, the firing of secret-color porcelain must strictly control the temperature and ventilation. If the operation is slightly wrong, the firing may not be successful, which shows the difficulty of firing secret-color porcelain.

Zhou Dengjia said happily: "As long as you like it, Yue Kiln celadon can be brought back to life, it all depends on your master's planning, that's why Caomin chose some high-quality goods to send, and I hope you don't dislike them."

Jia Yun smiled and said, "Okay, I really like these porcelains, so I won't refuse."

"However, I still want to remind you that for the Yue kiln celadon, even though Xue's family has the business route, you still have to strictly control the quality, so that you can go in the long run."

Zhou Dengjia cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for your teaching, my lord, the grass people will definitely keep it in mind."

After talking for a while, Zhou Dengjia left with his clansmen.

After they left, Jia Yun asked Ni Er, "What price can these celadon be sold for now?"

Ni Er smiled and said: "This old man is very dishonest. Although the celadon that he gave to the trade route is all high-quality and high-quality goods, he has never had such top-quality goods. He must have been holding them in his hands."

"Now the most expensive Yue kiln celadon sold on our commercial road is about a thousand taels of silver, but its quality is very close to the ones in front of the master."

"The top-quality Yue kiln celadon they gave to the master can all be used as collections. They are flawless in every way, and their value is hard to estimate. If you insist on bidding, a set must cost several thousand taels of silver."

Jia Yun smiled, and asked Jia Ming, "Just now, did you take inventory of the storage, how many sets did they send in total?"

"66 sets, I counted the small ones twice." Jia Ming replied.

Jia Yun laughed loudly and said: "Haha, good guy, they are willing to give me a few 10 taels of silver!"

Ni Er continued: "Master, you can't calculate it like this. What we just said was the selling price on the commercial road. In fact, when we buy from them, the highest purchase price will only be a few dozen taels of silver."

Jia Yun sighed: "That's amazing. Even if it's a set of dozens of taels of silver, these 66 sets are worth thousands of taels of silver. They are really generous."

"I know this kind of thing. It's not easy to burn a set like this kind of top quality. It is estimated that there are more than 60 sets. Some of them were burned and hidden before..."

(End of this chapter)