The Red Mansions

Chapter 203
Time flies, and it is the beginning of August in a blink of an eye.

The number of scholars on the streets of the capital gradually increased, and the Enke Township Examination was only a few days away.

Some time ago, Jia Yun received letters from a dozen Cixi students.

They said that a total of eight people in Cixi passed the scholar examination this year, and they will also take the provincial examination in Zhejiang soon.

Jia Yun all wrote back letters one by one, encouraging them to continue to study hard, and wishing them a place on the list.

In addition, Xue Pan's marriage has also been settled.

The woman is the girl Jia Dailing told Jia Yun at the beginning, and the wedding date is set on the eighth day of the winter month.

Xue Pan told Jia Yun that the girl's name was Jia Ling, which matched his birth date very well, and she gave him a sachet as soon as they got engaged, which made Xue Pan very happy.

Xue Wangshi and Xue Baochai were also very happy.

After Xue Pan's marriage was settled, Xue Baochai was completely relieved, no longer thinking about it, and raised her baby with peace of mind.

On the other hand, Mrs. Xue Wang, before her daughter-in-law came in, she began to look forward to holding her grandson again.

A few months have passed, and today's Shibafang has already been put into use. Every day, a large amount of goods are transported away by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Xuejia Commercial Road, in exchange for a large amount of money.

The eighteen workshops are said to be eighteen, but in fact, there must be hundreds of workshops in detail.

Those workshops are all labor-intensive industries, with as few as dozens of workers and as many as thousands of workers.

While these workshops created a lot of profits, they also basically wiped out the refugees in the capital.

And Xiaoshitan became famous because of Shibafang, which produced a siphon effect, attracting countless private workshops to build factories there, and also attracted countless business travelers to come to do business and play.

It is also because of this that the refugees who fled from other places and came to the capital this year were all pulled into the workshop to work without even entering the gate of the capital.

Today, the resident population of Xiaoshitan has reached more than [-], which is equivalent to the population size of a middle county.

Some time ago, some officials submitted a memorial requesting the imperial court to set up a county in Xiaoshitan and send officials to manage it.

But in the end it didn't pass.

The reason is very simple. Xiaoshitan looks like it is in full swing, but it is not stable. Who knows if it can continue like this?
If it can't be maintained, once the workshop in Xiaoshitan goes bankrupt or moves out, all the workers in it will fall into the hands of the government. Who will support them then?

Therefore, even if we want to set up a county in Xiaoshitan, we have to wait ten or eight years. It is too early to send officials there in a hurry.

Of course, that doesn't mean there's no one there.

Bingmasi sent people to maintain law and order and firefighting.

Shuntian Mansion also sent clerks from the Sixth Office to set up an office to perform the duties of the yamen.

Such as household registration management, contract signing, tax statistics and so on.

It's no different from setting up a county, just less brains.

Shibafang is developing in an orderly manner, and the expanded patrol battalion is also stepping up training.

Even in the scorching summer, I have been persisting.

Those recruits are also gradually reborn, from an ordinary citizen to a qualified soldier.

Every two days, Jia Yun would come to the patrol camp training ground to urge them to train.

It is also because of this that among the tens of thousands of people on patrol, no one does not know him, and everyone knows that he is the current actual leader of the patrol battalion.

This morning, Jia Yun called a meeting of more than a hundred households and assigned two tasks.

One is that the patrol battalion has trained for three months and will organize a common subject assessment.

If they pass all the assessments, they will enter the professional training stage in the future.

The second is that after the assessment, the patrol battalion will conduct a large-scale bandit suppression operation in Beizhili.

Try to capture and exterminate all the gangsters who occupy the mountains in Beizhili as kings and block roads and rob within one month, so as to provide a prosperous and stable social environment for the common people and business travelers.

So before that, the patrol battalion will dispatch scouts in advance according to the information provided by Jin Yiwei.

After the operation starts, they will go straight to Huanglong and strive to make meritorious deeds in one fell swoop.

After the task was assigned, Jia Yun didn't stay in the barracks any longer, and slipped off work early to go home.

Now Xue Baochai is four or five months pregnant, and she is slowly showing signs of pregnancy. She can't eat well, sleep well, and is always in a good mood. Jia Yun also tries to spend as much time as possible to go back to accompany her.

back home.

While taking a bath, Xiangling whispered to him that Wang Xifeng and Ping'er came over today.

"Why are they here?" Jia Yun asked suspiciously.

Xiangling wiped his back with a towel, shook his head and replied: "I don't know, I went to talk to Madam as soon as I came here, and I haven't come out since I stayed in the room."

Jia Yun nodded, turned around and saw her little face flushed by the heat, and smiled dumbly.

"It's pretty hot. It's hard for you to come in and serve in this weather."

Xiang Ling smiled and said: "Master, please don't say that, just this opportunity was taken from Sister Xiang'er by this servant."

Jia Yun suddenly said: "I said, why isn't Xiang'er serving today? Is the competition between you girls so fierce?"

"Then who can blame it, I can only blame the lack of things in the master's room." Xiang Ling said with a smile.

"One more thing, the master always likes to visit other rooms, and let the maids in other rooms do whatever he wants, which makes us sisters even more leisurely than the days of ladies."

"That's why we were also quite flustered. We were afraid that one day the master or madam would dismiss us. How can we not work harder?"

Jia Yun thought what she said was funny, laughed out loud, got out of the tub, and couldn't help but patted her buttocks.

Xiangling yelled and laughed, took a few steps to the side, turned around and said, "My lord, you poured water on me, how can I have the nerve to meet people when I go out?"

Jia Yun stepped forward to take a look.

Xiangling is wearing a purple gauze dress, which is light and cool, and the style and color are also very particular. When she goes out, she is really no worse than those rich ladies.

Seeing that Jia Yun wanted to see, Xiangling didn't dodge, but bit her lip and pouted her buttocks, resting her hands on the edge of the tub, asking him to look carefully.

"You little goblin, provoke me in a different way!"

Jia Yun was not in a good mood, but stretched out her hand, carefully feeling the plumpness and unevenness of her figure.

Xiangling covered her mouth and smiled, her eyebrows and eyes were expressive, she groaned softly, and shouted: "Master..."

Jia Yun took a deep breath, bent down and whispered something next to her ear.

Xiangling blushed again and again, hesitated for a moment, nodded and hummed, and walked slowly to the round stool beside her and sat down.

She blushed and glanced at Jia Yun's waist, a little dazed, she moved her lips and said, "Master, this servant is not good-looking, she is so ugly."

"No, Xiangling is pretty, so the master likes it." Jia Yun insisted.

Xiangling groaned, and after rustling in front of Jia Yun for a while, threw the clothes on a shelf, covered her face, and turned her head away.

Even so, her face and neck were flushed red, but her body was spotless, exuding a seductive fragrance.

Jia Yun took a deep breath, staring straight at her without blinking, as flames rose from her pupils.

"That's great! This is the most charming!" Jia Yun murmured.

After Xiangling heard this, her body trembled in embarrassment. Among the undulating waves, there were beautiful mountains and rivers.

She faltered and said shyly, "Master, this servant is going to make a fool of herself."

Jia Yun was startled when she heard the words, and looked at her suspiciously, not knowing what she meant by making a fool of herself.

Then, he suddenly realized that Xiangling had fallen in love with Haitaotao.

Jia Yun squatted down and sniffed, and an inexplicable fragrance came to her nostrils, which made people intoxicated.

"Xiangling, the name is indeed correct, you are really fragrant!" he murmured.

After hearing this, Xiangling became even more excited and inexplicably moved, so that Jia Yun could take a closer look.

Jia Yun took a deep breath, her eyes widened, and she said in admiration, "You really are a pretty girl!"

Xiang Ling covered her face in embarrassment, and suddenly trembled, it turned out that Jia Yun was playing tricks on her.

"Master! Don't! It's not clean!" She shyly persuaded.

Jia Yun ignored her.

After a while, Xiangling hugged his head and lost all strength.

When Xiangling was dizzy, Jia Yun whispered in her ear: "Xiangling, I'm coming!"

"En." Xiangling responded, took a breath, and thoughtfully gave Jia Yun a good seat.

Jia Yun was very satisfied, and hugged Xiangling...

……

"This servant is exhausted, I'm afraid I have to go back to my room to rest for a while." Xiang Ling took a deep breath.

Jia Yun nodded, seeing her blushing face, smiled and said, "You'd better take a bath, you're sweating profusely."

"No, this servant smells like a master, so I want to leave it for a while before washing." Xiangling said stubbornly.

Jia Yun smiled and said, "It's up to you!"

Soon, Xiangling waited on Jia Yun to change clothes, and changed into loose regular clothes.

Opened the door and left the room, outside Jinger and several maids were waiting.

Xiangling stepped forward and whispered to Xiang'er: "Sister Xiang'er, I'm afraid I'll be lazy if I steal it today, can you wash the master's official clothes for me?"

In the past, Jia Yun's official clothes were washed by Xiang Ling herself, but now she is too tired, so she can only ask Xiang Er.

Shuangqing next to her answered, "Sister Xiangling, do you want me to wash it?"

Xiang'er smiled and said: "Let me go wash it, you all go and chase the master, see that he is going to the backyard right now, he has to wait all the time, if it is not complete, there is something we need to do!"

Jing'er beside him smiled, took Shuangqing's hand and left, saying:
"Let's leave it alone, they are wearing a pair of trousers now, and they have a good relationship!"

Jia Yun, who was walking ahead, was refreshed, and when she heard some girls whispering, she smiled, ignored them, and walked towards Xue Baochai's courtyard.

"Xiangling's taste is really good, let her serve more in the future." Jia Yun pondered.

After reading the book, this girl has a book-like aura on her body, and she is the most attractive when she is happy with her. There is a contrast between purity and evil, which is quite exciting.

When I came to Xue Baochai's courtyard, I heard Wang Xifeng's funny voice in the room from a distance.

Among other things, this woman has a cheerful personality, and she has winks and senses. She knows what to say and what not to say, and she can always make people happy. This is amazing.

Seeing Jia Yun coming, Yinger stepped forward to greet her.

"There are a lot of people in the room!" Jia Yun supported her and motioned her not to be polite.

Ying'er nodded and said, "Besides Madam, there are Miss Lin, Xiren, Mrs. Qin, Grandma Zhu, Second Grandma Lian, Miss Ping'er..."

Jia Yun was surprised and said, "Hey, Aunt Zhu is here too?"

PS: There are too many tickets, more will be added...

(End of this chapter)