Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 327 You Really Know Technology!

Although Daiyu was a little flattered by the addition of an emperor's father, she quickly adjusted her mentality.

As smart as she is, she naturally understands that this special honor is full of various conflicts of interests.

At the same time, she also knew that regardless of whether this honor would bring her troubles, she had to adapt to her new identity as soon as possible to meet the new challenges.

"My wife Jia (Chen Lin Ruhai, Jia Cong) pays respects to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is safe!"

"Mrs. Tai please get up quickly, Jia Cong, help your grandmother up. Companion, give me a seat!"

The emperor was in a good mood, he stepped down from the throne and exchanged a few friendly greetings with the old lady, and finally set his sights on the slim girl.

Daiyu stepped forward and paid homage: "Daughter Daiyu pays homage to her father, wishing her father a long life and a great summer forever!"

They all recognized their daughter, so the emperor did not avoid suspicion, he helped her up personally, and said kindly: "My son's heir is not prosperous, the eldest daughter is already married, and Chun'er is the only one left in the palace. I recognized you, a talented person." My daughter, I am very pleased."

As he said that, he winked at Lin Ruhai, and laughed loudly: "Lin Qing, don't blame me for robbing you of my daughter. A few days ago, in Xiyin Building, Yu'er made many people jealous. I can't wait to snatch her back home and make myself a daughter. I thought at the time, how wonderful it would be for this girl to be my daughter, and now my wish has come true..."

No matter how much the emperor's words are true, his expression is obviously happy to have Daiyu as a daughter.

The atmosphere in the hall is harmonious, and it feels like a family is close.The emperor made a fortune today, and once again ordered to reward Daiyu with a lot of tribute silk, brocade, gold, silver and jade.

While talking, the emperor became happy again and insisted on giving a princess a mansion.Daiyu was so frightened that she declined again and again, saying that Lin and Jia did not lack a place for her to live in, so why bother wasting money from the treasury, it would be better to exchange money and food to protect the environment and the people, so that the emperor would appreciate this little girl even more.

The emperor let Daiyu go when someone came from the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and asked the old lady to accompany her to the harem to meet the queen mother, leaving Lin Ruhai and Jia Cong to continue talking.

But today's topic is more about the Ministry of Household Affairs, Jia Cong is just a companion.For about half an hour, Jia Cong sat on the chair bored and drowsy. Suddenly, a servant hurriedly sent him a quick play, and he woke up a little.

The rush was sent from the west. The emperor opened it and looked at it, with the corners of his mouth raised: "After Honger arrived in Xi'an, he first led Shaanxi officials to Huangling in the name of offering sacrifices to Xuanyuan Huangdi. The Zuo Buzheng Tan Chunan and other officials who were in collusion with Qi Wenhua were dispatched. Then they were stationed in Xi'an and quickly took control of the military and political power of the entire Shaanxi."

Lin Ruhai got up and tidied up his clothes, and bowed solemnly: "I congratulate Your Majesty, and congratulate the Great Xia. The crown prince is determined, wise and brave, and it is the blessing of the Great Xia and the blessing of all the people."

Jia Cong added, "Uh, I'm the same..."

Hahahaha...

The emperor laughed happily when he heard it, and after helping Lin Ruhai, he handed the urgency to him: "Lin Qing also take a look, Hong'er said that there is a severe drought in Guanzhong this autumn, just in case, he wants to let The imperial court should send more food. Aiqing has been busy recently, so let's raise food and send it as soon as possible. In winter, it's time to start."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Lin Ruhai finished watching the quick play, and after agreeing to the promise, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Your Majesty, I request that since there is a severe drought in Shaanxi this autumn, it is better to bring some potatoes there. If the drought eases in the next spring, we can promote the cultivation of potatoes in Shaanxi. To reassure the people, it can also solve the food shortage in Shaanxi."

The emperor listened to the discussion wonderfully, but before making a decision, he still set his sights on Jia Cong.

"What do you think of this proposal? I remember you said before that potatoes are quite resistant to cold and drought. Can you promote planting in Shaanxi first?"

what?
Jia Cong pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Potatoes are indeed resistant to cold and drought. If they are planted in Shaanxi, the yield will not be as high as that of intensive cultivation in Gyeonggi, but at least one or twenty stones can be produced. I think this plan is feasible."

"Then it's settled. Lin Qing will make arrangements as soon as possible, so that the Ministry of Household Affairs will send more experienced hands. It is best to breed more seedlings next spring to expand the scale of potato planting."

The emperor looked at Jia Cong several times while speaking, and finally refrained from sending him to Shaanxi to be responsible for the promotion and planting of potatoes.

However, he still asked Jia Cong to leave more than a dozen farming masters from Rongguo Mansion to ensure that the matter would be completed immediately.

Although the emperor didn't mention anything else, Lin Ruhai called Jia Cong aside after leaving the palace.

"Forget about this winter, please ask to go to Shaanxi before next spring. You have to do your best because of Tudou. Anyway, next year's provincial examination will be in August, which is enough for you to arrange things in Shaanxi."

……

This year's Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet is very different. The emperor's adoptive daughter, Princess Wen'an's Imperial Conferment Ceremony was arranged in front of Fengtian Hall.

The emperor personally gave him a gold book, which was recorded by Zongzheng Shaoqing as Huang Jiayudie.The royal relatives and relatives in Beijing sent congratulatory gifts one after another, giving Daiyu the utmost glory.

Even during the palace banquet, Daiyu's position was only behind the eldest princesses and the emperor's own daughters born to the imperial concubine Yang, and even in front of the little princess Chun'er.

When the banquet in Fengtian Palace was full of wine, the Supreme Emperor even asked the question on the spot, and ordered his servants to send it to the Palace of Compassion.

When the waiter came back to the palace with Daiyu's poems in his hands, the old man directly turned on the dazzle mode.

"Qiong Lou Yuyu.

Clearly not subject to human heat.

How can it be that there are no three or five ordinary things.

There must be tonight, and the bright colors are all the same.

Su I have read the present and the past.

Why not stop and listen to my words.

Back then, I used to dance with my mother-in-law.

Although the wonderful song is passed on, after all, what kind of person is it. "

Hahahaha...

"Old man Wei, how about my granddaughter's Mid-Autumn Festival poem? Can your kid write it?"

While Mr. Wei admired Daiyu's brilliance, he was speechless at the overlord's act of showing off his baby.

"Ah, yes, yes, the sage is right, the grandson of the old official is not as far behind as Princess Wen'an!"

Hahahaha...

Mr. Shoufu directly conceded defeat, but the saint's act of showing off his baby not only did not end, but intensified.

"Jia Cong, my granddaughter has already written poems, why don't you hurry up and come up with one!"

ah?Oh!
Jia Cong put down the chopsticks in his hand with a wry smile, pondered for a while, and took a step forward.

One step, two steps... seven steps into poetry.

"A jade book is under the moon, and Luhuaxin is found in front of the palace.

So far, it is not a matter of heaven, it should be Chang'e Zheng and others. "

Bang!

The person who saw Jia Cong drinking and reciting poems in front of the palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year was fine, but the envoys of the Satsuma clan who were invited to the banquet were already stunned.

Seven steps into poetry, seven steps into poetry!

Is Uncle Yongfeng of Daxia the reincarnation of Cao Zijian?
Hahahahaha...

The sage started laughing again, calling the names of the veterans one by one.

"Old man Wei, what do you think of the word my grandson-in-law? Does it catch your eye?"

"Qi Aiqing, do you think these two poems are good?"

"Hey, Lao Niu, don't just drink. Come to taste and taste, the words written by my granddaughter and grandson-in-law. What, you say you are a big bastard who doesn't understand? It's okay, I understand, I will comment on it for you."

Hahahaha...

Hahahaha...

Hahahaha...

The laughter of the sage master was heard everywhere in the Fengtian Temple, and even the birds on the roof of the Golden Temple chirped to echo it.

The poor ministers were forced to think of words of praise by the sage, and even the words of praise were exhausted. After those generals were named, they could only raise their wine glasses and take a sip, saying that I was the same as the last sentence.

……

After the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the maple leaves gradually turn red, and the autumn tiger completely disappears.

Daiyu, who was accepted as a righteous daughter by the emperor, did not seem to have changed much.Apart from going to the palace to pay respects to the Second Sage and the Empress Dowager from time to time every month, she has always buried her head in the study and constantly improved the maternity and child support plan.

Jia Cong helped put forward a lot of suggestions, but in Daiyu's view, his ideas were too advanced, and many of them were not suitable for Daxia's actual situation.

In the end, I went to the palace to consult the imperial concubine Yang, who was in charge of the harem, and sent posts to the homes of the eldest princesses and princesses.

With the support of the palace, although the progress of Daiyu's plan is slow, it is steadily advancing in an orderly manner.

The noble ladies in various prefectures in central Beijing soon heard about this matter. Even if someone privately said that Daiyu had bags under her eyes, they did not dare to show any complaints, and joined Daiyu's organization following the crowd.

Jia Cong did not disturb Daiyu's busy work. After the corn in Zhuangzi was ripe, although the yield per mu was not as good as potatoes, it still had an yield of ten stones per mu. 80 taels of silver were worn out of his private treasury.

Of course, the old Pixiu is the old Pixiu, 30 taels were used to buy corn seeds and the method of planting and cultivating, and the remaining 50 taels were put in the secret room of the Ministry of Household Bank.

After Jia Cong handed over the matter of corn to the Ministry of Households, the envoys of the Wa Kingdom finally arrived in the capital.

It was already the beginning of October at this time, and the master craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry had already played with the castrated version of the Shenwu General Cannon.

Jia Cong let go of his hands covering his ears, and grinned.Said to Nie Zhaoyi, the member of the etiquette department, "Okay, let's go and see now, do these Japanese people understand technology?"

Shimadzu Kumi became a concubine, so naturally she should not show her face in public.

The deputy envoy of the Satsuma clan was Goichi Chida, a retainer of the Shimadzu family. After he was called by the Ministry of Rites to go outside the city to watch the test firing of the artillery, he was completely conquered by the power of the castrated version of the Shenwu Daishogun.

The sky-shattering sound was like thunder punished by the gods, and the sheep in the distance were bloody and bloody from the shells, which made Chida Goichi couldn't help but have a daydream.

If such cannons are used by the Satsuma clan on the battlefield, who in the entire Wa country can be their opponent?
The emperor of the eternal line?hehe!
My lord general, I will definitely put a yellow robe on your lord!

Back in the capital, Chida Goichi managed to stabilize his mind, and planned to have a good talk with Jia Cong about the purchase of artillery.

Don't want Chida Goichi to be quietly pulled by his clothes as soon as he entered the gate of the Ritual Department.

I saw him whispering at the corner of the corridor in front of his finger: "Master Qiantian, look over there..."

The figure at the corner of the corridor made Chida Takeshi's eyes shrink, because that person was his acquaintance, Kitaoka Takanobu, a retainer of the Imagawa family of the Hizen domain.

The Hizen clan is the sworn enemy of the Satsuma clan. In order to compete for the maritime trade rights with Goryeo and Daxia, the two families are about to fight their brains at sea.

This is because Satsuma's naval forces are slightly stronger, so they won the most profitable trade in the direction of Daxia.

What are the people from the Hizen Domain doing in Daxia Capital at this time?Are they also for Daxia's firearms?
If the Imagawa family owns the Shenwu Great General Cannon...

Hiss, absolutely not!

Chida Goichi's heart became restless, and he immediately quickened his pace and walked towards Nie Chaoyi's room.

As soon as Qiantian left here, Kitaoka Takanobu, who had just left Nie Chaoyi's room, came out from the corner of the corridor.

There was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, and he said to the deputy beside him: "The Shimadzu family thought they were the only ones who were smart, but they didn't know that our spies were among their people, and everything was under the control of the general. You immediately send a letter to Dengzhou to bring the silver over as soon as possible, and we must send the cannon back to the Wa country before the Shimadzu family."

……

Jia Cong couldn't help laughing out loud after listening to the report of the Dragon Guard's spies.

In fact, the encounter scene between Goichi Chida and Takanobu Kitaoka was not the only one.

Within four days, Jia Cong and Nie Chaoyi made proper arrangements for people from more than a dozen Japanese feudal towns, including Satsuma, Hizen, Higo, Okuma, Nagato, Ishimi, and Izumo, who came to Daxia. fall.

In groups of two, whenever there is conflict between them, a chance encounter is arranged.

As a result, the original price of 2000 taels per cannon was quickly fired to 800 taels, and it is still growing.

At the beginning, Qiantian complained to Jia Cong that the price of Hongyi's Frangji cannon was only 600 taels, and he wanted to use this to lower the price.

Jia Cong directly threw out an order receipt, and Hizen Kingdom had ordered 3000 Cannons of General Shenwu from the Ministry of Industry of Daxia at a price of [-] taels each.

This is only the first batch, and Jia Cong said bluntly: "Qiantian, I told you clearly, Hizen Fan intends to order [-] cannons, and they have sent the deposit to the capital. If His Majesty said that the Satsuma Fan It’s Da Xia’s in-laws, and Ben Bo really sold his only two hundred cannons to the Hizen clan.”

"There are only two hundred cannons in the Celestial Dynasty?"

Jia Cong nodded: "Shenwu Great General Pao is the artisans of the Ministry of Industry rushing to work day and night, and the output is limited. Only these two hundred were originally intended for your Satsuma clan. But the people of Hizen clan really know technology. It’s not easy to understand the big summer, so I directly raised the price to 3000 taels, and it’s hard for Ben to refuse.”

The bloody brat!
Takeshi Chida secretly scolded Jia Cong for his brazenness. Could it be that the money given to him means he knows technology?
But he didn't dare to offend Jia Cong, so he said with a sudden heart: "Then I bought the remaining 3000 cannons from the Satsuma clan. 3000 taels is [-] taels..."

"Qiantian, you really understand technology!"

When Jia Cong heard that the money was in his hands again, he grinned: "But the Satsuma clan is my in-laws in Daxia after all, which is different from that of the Hizen clan. Benbo is the master. The Satsuma clan's artillery costs 800 taels each, and the 200 taels Think of it as the friendship between Daxia and Satsuma!"

……

Qian Tiangang pinched his nose, signed the contract and left the Ministry of Rites. Nie Zhaoyi came out from behind the screen, looked at the contract on the table and said, "Uncle really knows things like a god, and Qian Tiangang didn't dare to let Hizen Fan buy it. of the remaining hundred guns."

"The Ministry of Industry will always have one hundred artillery pieces left."

Jia Cong laughed and shook his head: "The Ministry of Industry has refurbished the [-] old cannons that the imperial army retreated. Anyway, the Japanese don't understand technology, so it's fine to send them to the Japanese country as long as they can ring. Benbo uses these [-] cannons, Clean out the pockets of these dozens of feudal towns, so as to cast the most advanced cannons for our Great Xia soldiers!"

what?
Can you still play like this?
Nie Zhaoyi was shocked, and it took him a long time to smile wryly with a complicated expression.

"Uncle, you are the one who knows the most about technology!"

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　Forgive me for not being able to write poems, so I had to "borrow" two poems from my predecessors. (The affairs of scholars cannot be said to be copied, they are borrowed, yes, they are borrowed!)

　　One is "Drunk and Poor Bingyin Mid-Autumn Festival" by Guo Yingxiang in the Song Dynasty, and the other is "Osmanthus at Night on August [-]th in Tianzhu Temple" by Pi Rixiu in the Tang Dynasty.

　　As for the price of the cannon, the reference is the price of the Frangji cannon in the Ming Dynasty.

　　I will update here tonight and continue tomorrow.Good night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)