Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 254

In the hot summer, cicadas sing like weaving.

Feng Yibo, who was busy in the study, was really annoyed by the noise.

Dang even ordered people to catch and drive away all the cicadas in the courtyard.

After thinking for a while, he strolled towards Second Sister You again.

Now, Wang Xifeng is born, and Yuan Chun is also born.

Soon it will be Second Sister You's turn.

Feng Yibo and Baochai often come here recently.

I'm afraid that there is something short here, and I'm too embarrassed to say it because of the second sister You's temper.

This child is Feng Jiaming's first child.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it has gathered the eyes of the whole family.

Even Li Mengshi has long refused to let her go to pay her respects, only going there occasionally to talk.

When Feng Yibo arrived at the outer room, he stopped the maid to report.

He tiptoed into the back room, and saw Second Sister You leaning on the edge of the kang with half-closed eyes.

When the heat is unbearable, the female family members in the inner house wear thin and see-through clothes in their own rooms.

When you are sweating, you have to take a shower from time to time.

It's just that the pregnant woman is afraid of the cold and the wind, so she is squinting again at this time.

Even the windows in the house dare not open fully.

Therefore, Second Sister You was only wearing a gauze dress as thin as a cicada's wings at this time, and the bright red tube top was clearly visible inside.

With such a seductive attire, Feng Yibo didn't have the slightest evil intentions.

Seeing Second Sister You still protecting her swollen belly with a satisfied smile on her face.

He approached cautiously.

Second Sister You was in a daze, and vaguely felt that someone was approaching.

She opened her eyes slightly.

Seeing that it was Feng Yibo, he smiled sweetly and shouted:
"Why are you here at this time?"

As he said that, he wanted to stand up with his hands.

Feng Yibo hastily stretched out his hand to help, saying:
"Don't move around, I'm just here to take a look."

Second Sister You got up half her body, leaned against the soft pillow by the wall, and said:
"Third sister just left, so I squinted for a while."

Seeing that she was already up, Feng Yibo leaned his head over her stomach.

At this moment, there was a "bang" in Second Sister You's stomach, and her belly bulged slightly.

It hit him right across the face.

"Haha! What a little rascal."

Feng Yibo smiled contentedly, and said:
"It's okay, just squint. I'm tired of reading. I came to see you two, and my heart calmed down."

Second Sister You couldn't help showing a reassuring smile when she heard the words.

Feng Yibo kissed her forehead lightly again, and said with a smile:

"You squint first, I'll come back later when it cools down."

"Ah."

It could be the weather, or it could be something else.

In short, he has been a little irritable recently.

But just interacting with the unborn child will put him in a good mood.

When I returned to the study, there was no annoying cicadas.

Feng Yibo finally calmed down and spread out the paper.

Ready to continue editing textbooks.

Just then, someone came to report:

"Master, Manager Chen is back."

Gouzi's identity in the capital is the steward in charge of overseas business in Feng's residence.

It is no secret that the Feng family has overseas business, but no one knows how big the business is.

Feng Yibo sorted out the manuscripts in hand, and then ordered:
"Let him come over."

After a while, Gouzi came in sweating profusely.

As soon as he entered the door, he cupped his hands with joy and said:

"Congratulations, grandpa, congratulations, grandpa!"

Feng Yibo was stunned for a moment, a little unresponsive.

Why does this immature dog always congratulate himself?
Wang Xifeng has given birth, and Second Sister You has not yet given birth.

Could it be Yuanchun?

But you haven't told him about it yourself?

Fortunately, before Feng Yibo could ask, Gouzi gave the answer directly:

"Gold mines have been discovered on Irian Island!"

Hearing this, Feng Yibo felt relieved.

Then he reacted again, his eyes widened immediately, and he asked in disbelief:

"You mean a gold mine?"

He vaguely remembered that he traveled to Bali in his previous life.

I was blowing water with a big brother there, and I heard him mention that there are copper mines in Papua, Indonesia.

Therefore, after Luzon was occupied, Feng Yibo arranged for people to go there to investigate.

To be honest, he didn't have much hope at first.

After all, the technology of this era is backward. If the veins are deeper, it is estimated that it will be difficult to survey.

Unexpectedly, this matter unexpectedly went smoothly.

It took almost no trouble to find the copper mine.

Feng Yibo looked back and thought about this matter again, and felt that it should be taken for granted.

After all, what a non-professional has heard of is a foreign copper mine.

It is enough to explain the popularity of this copper mine.

Unexpectedly, not only copper mines have been found now.

Also found a gold mine?

"That's right! Grandpa, this is a big blow!"

Gouzi nodded excitedly, and said:
"After we occupied the whole island, we started to mine copper mines, but last time you asked someone to estimate the size, so we arranged for someone to survey it carefully."

Talking about the process of finding the gold mine, Gouzi couldn't help laughing.

"Hey, I didn't expect that the size of this copper mine is far beyond our imagination. What's even more unexpected is that this survey found another gold mine near the copper mine!"

From entering the house until now, Gouzi's mouth has never been closed.

Speaking of this, Gouzi barely lowered his voice, but couldn't suppress his excitement.

"And the volume is definitely not small, and the ones that can be surveyed are at least a thousand tons!"

A thousand loads is one hundred thousand catties.

Of course, what Gouzi said was based on ore estimates.

But even if he said it was a thousand talons of gold, it was an underestimation of this vein.

In fact, the Grasberg Mine on Irian Island is not only the top copper mine in the world.

It is the top gold mine in the world!
The gold reserves here are astonishing, and the quality of the ore is excellent.

More importantly, a large part of these ores are in the surface layer.

That is, an open pit mine!

This means mining even with limited technology!
In fact, this mine had already been mined before the people from Donghai County arrived.

It's just that the local aborigines are still in the primitive form of ignorance.

Its development is extremely limited.

But it was precisely because of this that Donghai County was able to quickly locate and find this vein.

It's just unexpected that after Donghai County occupied Irian Island, people will continue to conduct surveys while mining on a large scale.

Originally, I wanted to survey the size of the copper mine, but unexpectedly found that there was a gold vein beside the copper mine!
This must be good luck!
"It's done very well. You continue to let people explore while mining. I want to know the approximate reserves, and I will make calculations later."

Whether it is gold or copper, it is essentially money.

The official currency of Wei was copper coins and silver taels, but no one would deny the value of gold.

The emergence of copper and gold mines gave Feng Yibo, who was not short of money, a new idea in his mind.

However, we still need to wait.

It is best to roughly estimate copper and gold reserves.

"In addition, there must be a special person in charge of this matter. You choose a past of our Zhuangzi's origin, and let his parents and brothers come to serve in the capital."

Feng Yibo first made some arrangements for personnel, and at the same time said:

"Also, the garrison on Luzon's side needs to be strengthened, the fleet must be doubled, and all the newly added manpower will be devoted to Irian Island to prevent the Haixi people from interfering."

Having said that, he paused slightly before saying:

"If the opponent makes a slight move, it will be regarded as a provocation, and you can fight back with all your strength!"

Gouzi naturally knew the severity, and nodded quickly when he heard the words:

"Understood! Don't worry, I will definitely arrange it!"

Everything in Donghai County went smoothly, even exceeding Feng Yibo's expectation.

However, the vicissitudes of the Great Wei Dynasty Hall made him a little unpredictable.

In addition to the birth of the Dragon Heir in Yuanchun, there is another incident that has caused quite a stir recently.

That is, Prince Teng, who is far away in the north, has been impeached many times.

Some said that he was extremely expensive and arrogant, extravagant.

Take advantage of the interests of business people.

Others said that he killed and pretended to be meritorious, to cover up his defeat.

Do everything to extremes.

Either way, such impeachments have never stopped.

But they were all suppressed by Emperor Jingshun.

But after the dragon son was born in Yuanchun, these impeachments were brought up for discussion.

The meaning is really intriguing.

The dragon heir was only descended in Yuanchun, and the emperor is going to deal with her uncle?
This kind of action made the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty a little confused.

Although Emperor Jingshun didn't say yes or no from the beginning to the end, it has already made people in Wang Ziteng's family panic.

After the court meeting, the master and apprentice discussed this matter in the study.

"Yibo, what do you think of this matter?"

Li Shouzhong frowned, unable to understand this fact.

Feng Yibo shook his head when he heard the question, and said:

"Men, this matter is too strange, and I can't say it."

Li Shouzhong murmured:

"I think it may be that Konjo wants to beat and beat."

"beat?"

Feng Yibo was taken aback.

"Ah."

Li Shouzhong nodded and said:

"One is to beat Wang Ziteng."

Feng Yibo frowned slightly, but didn't make a sound.

"Since the big victory, the nine sides have become more and more redundant."

Li Shouzhong sighed, and said:

"Secondly, it may also be a knock on the founder of the country by the way."

Yuan Chun was born in the Jia family, and had a close relationship with the founder of the country.

Now that the prince is born, it will certainly fuel the arrogance of the founder of the country.

Use Wang Ziteng's uncle to frighten the other families, lest they get carried away.

This is Li Shouzhong's view, which can be considered comprehensive.

But regarding this matter, Feng Yibo felt that it was not that simple.

But let him say, and he can't say more reasons for a while.

He could only ponder for a moment and asked:

"Teacher, if I want to beat you today, I always feel that I shouldn't choose the king... Lord Wang."

Wang Ziteng is Baochai's biological uncle, and he is also his uncle now.

Feng Yibo naturally couldn't call him by his first name, even behind his back.

As soon as these words came out, Li Shouzhong fell into deep thought again.

He has been thinking about the reasons for Emperor Jingshun's actions, but he forgot one very important thing.

It is Wang Ziteng's identity.

He is the capital inspector of the nine provinces, the nominal supreme commander of the nine sides!
Hit him once, and the surrounding area will tremble three times.

If it is knocked, it should knock the mountain and shake the tiger.

But beating Wang Ziteng is like beating a tiger.

so……

"Could it be...the Holy Spirit intended for him to serve only one term?"

One term as an official should last three years.

When Feng Yibo took the imperial examination, Wang Ziteng was ordered to patrol the border.

Now counting, isn't it exactly three years?
"But if you do this, won't it cause instability in the frontier?"

Hearing Feng Yibo's words, Li Shouzhong sighed slightly, and said:
"Wang Ziteng is indeed a great talent, and he is indeed omnipotent. Today, I am afraid that he loves and hates him. It is not surprising whether he will stay or change."

Feng Yibo didn't know much about it, so he said curiously:
"Why is this?"

Li Shouzhong is the Minister of the Six Departments, and in this position, he has to give advice on major military affairs.

Hearing Feng Yibo's words, he said:

"After he went to Nine Sides, although there were many false reports, half of the good news was true."

If he doesn't have some skills, Wang Ziteng will not be able to sit still in Liaodong.

Before him, several general officers in Liaodong had died.

He was ordered to inspect the Nine Frontiers, and to a large extent he went straight to Liaodong.

As soon as he arrived in Liaodong, he quickly stabilized the line of defense.

After that, he took the initiative to attack many times and achieved some results.

Afterwards, he doubled these results or presented them multiple times to achieve better results.

As for winning and losing, it is not a problem if he conceals it as a big victory or a small victory.

Not only that, Wang Ziteng is also nepotism in the border area.

Since he took office, there have been frequent reports of success, especially the victory in the twelfth lunar month of last year.

Now it has been operating in Jiubian for three years, and it has already taken root.

Even the people from Tai Hospital are looking for ways to join them, let alone other people?
Many relatives, friends and old friends are scrambling to go there, wanting to find a future.

After all, everyone knows that Prince Tengshan won the battle.

Regardless of whether it is a big victory or a small victory, it is right that they have not been broken anyway.

As long as it is recommended by relatives and friends, he will always find an opportunity to give credit.

And if it wasn't for his people, even if they did meritorious deeds, they would be halved.

Of course, this is Wang Ziteng's method of controlling people's hearts.

Either be his, or be inferior.

In this way, Liaodong gradually became a monolith.

"It's not wrong to say that he takes advantage of the interests of the merchants and people. He took advantage of the opening of the horse market to amass money without any scruples."

To a large extent, this is the reason why Wang Ziteng was impeached.

The horse market has touched the interests of too many people.

Xuanda, Gansu and other horse markets have countless hands reaching out.

Everyone made a lot of money.

Only in Liaodong, Wang Ziteng himself accounted for [-]% or [-]%.

No one can reach out.

"But not all of the money was greedy, but a lot of it was used to build a fortress for Liaodong, and I wanted to use a fort to manage a section of the Great Wall."

Speaking of this, Li Shouzhong couldn't help admiring:

"If this line of defense can be achieved, then Great Wei will add another [-] miles of territory."

From this sentence alone, it can be heard that Li Shouzhong admired Wang Ziteng more.

But Feng Yibo was a little silent, not knowing how to evaluate Wang Ziteng.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that he is a corrupt official.

After all, for a long time, he falsely reported his military achievements and monopolized the horse market.

But if he is said to be a capable minister, it seems to be correct.

Because his duty is to guard Liaodong,
Not only did he do it, he did it extremely well.

Such half and half courtiers, no wonder Li Shouzhong said that Emperor Jingshun loved and hated him.

Thinking of this, Feng Yibo asked again:

"Then is it just a knock today, or do you really want to take the opportunity to change people?"

Li Shouzhong shook his head and said:
"It is also difficult for me to know the true meaning of the Holy One."

Feng Yibo thought for a while, then smiled suddenly, and said:
"Master, it's actually not difficult to know, just see if there is anyone in the court who can restrain Liaodong."

Li Shouzhong was taken aback when he heard the words, and then suddenly said:
"Good job, you're the one who's smart after all!"

After a pause, he restrained his smile, then frowned and said:
"You mean... Qiu Luan?"

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