Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 459
Hengwu Garden.

Before dawn, Lai Shangrong got up from the bed.

Xue Baochai leaned too far on her side, pillowing her white jade-like arm, and said worriedly: "Why are aunt so anxious to report the wedding date? Now that the emperor is ill, how can he have time to take care of such trivial matters as a marriage? It's not good to leave it alone like this. ?"

In a blink of an eye, it is already the end of April.

Mrs. Wang had the same concerns as Lai Shangrong. Ever since she learned that the emperor was ill, she was worried about the seamless connection between him and the dowager's national filial piety.

In addition, Jia's mother's recent situation is not optimistic. In order to avoid filial piety to the country and family, she began to prepare for Jia Baoyu's marriage in advance.

Nowadays, it is impossible to have a legitimate grandson. We can only hope that Jia Baoyu will get married soon and get one or two concubines to continue the family relationship.

If the marriage was not a marriage granted by the emperor, it would not matter if it was done sooner or later. You could have taken two concubines first. However, since it was a marriage granted by the emperor, taking a concubine before marrying a wife would be disrespectful to the emperor.

Therefore, he also planned to wait until the period of national filial piety expired, first marry Jia Baoyu, and then take concubines.

Lai Shangrong has no objection to this.

However, Lai Shangrong had no objection to the previous procedure, but he had to do it himself when entering the bridal chamber to drink wine.

Although it was agreed with Mrs. Wang that Jia Baoyu would be charmed by Mongolian sweat medicine, the maids in the house still needed to make some arrangements.

Although it was agreed with Mrs. Wang that Jia Baoyu would be charmed by Mongolian sweat medicine, the maids in the house still needed to make some arrangements.

Lai Shangrong said jokingly: "Well! If you don't purge the maids, how can I wait for you in the wedding room on the day of your wedding, drink a quilt of wine together, and enter the bridal chamber together?"

Xue Baochai couldn't help being ashamed when he heard this, and suddenly pulled the brocade quilt over his head.

After a while, the rustling sound of dressing gradually stopped, and then he slowly poked his head out of the brocade quilt.

He said like a mosquito: "It's a pity that I can't worship with you!"

Lai Shangrong turned around and lay on the bed, kissed her, and said with a smile, "We can do whatever we want when we get back to the bridal chamber!"

Xue Baochai nodded slightly and said: "Then after we have paid homage and drank some wine, I and Brother Lai will become a real couple!"

"Hey, hey! That's not what you said last night. My husband kept shouting!"

Seeing Xue Baochai covering his head again, Lai Shangrong turned and left.

When I got home, I found that my father Laida was already waiting in the main room.

"I didn't see you last night, and I haven't seen anyone since I came this early in the morning. Where did you go?"

Last year he made an empty trip, but this year he made a special effort and rushed back.

Lai Shangrong touched his nose and said casually: "I had something to do at the Yamen yesterday. I came back late. I was exercising in Huifangyuan before dawn. I guess my father didn't care!"

"Shit! I know you have this habit of exercising. As soon as you came here, I took a look around Huifang Garden and didn't even see anyone!"

Lai Shangrong didn't feel embarrassed when his father exposed the lie. Just as he was trying to make up a reasonable excuse, Lai Da said with a gossipy face: "Listen to your mother, the boy Feng Lazi gave birth to was modeled after you when you were a child. Could it be that the rumor is true?"

"You believe whatever rumors are said!"

"Don't even think you can hide it from me. Your mother said that the friendly atmosphere going up and down in her courtyard cannot be faked.

For such a big child, if they babble twice, they insist on calling her grandma. "

"Isn't this a recognition of my godson! Grandma can afford to shout!"

Lai Shangrong didn't want to get entangled, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "What are you doing so early in the morning?" "It's not about the wedding invitation!"

Lai Da said, took out a list and handed it to Lai Shangrong.

It's been more than a year since I left Beijing. During the recent troubled season, there have been great changes in personnel in the capital. Lai Da was afraid that he might have neglected something.

Lai Shangrong glanced at the names on the list and said impatiently: "Didn't I tell you? The Emperor is ill. It's better not to make a fuss at this time. Sister Lin and I have agreed to keep everything simple."

Although the wedding date was set after the expiration of the period of national filial piety, the emperor was in ill health and it would obviously be criticized by others for arranging a wedding in such a grand manner.

Lai Da also knew that there was something wrong with this. After all, it was his son's marriage. With Lai Shangrong's current status, he felt that it would not be justified if there were not two distinguished guests who could hold the place.

Seeing that Lai Shangrong insisted on the request and got through Lin Daiyu's work, he stopped insisting.

However, when talking about the emperor's physical condition, Lai Da hesitated and said: "The prince is young, and now the emperor is in such a state and has entrusted you with important responsibilities. After all, this is a serious matter of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan. Can it be stopped?"

The recruitment of new recruits to the Security Section was very smooth, with more than 1 people recruited before the year.

He is in charge of the firearms factory. The guns, cannons and ammunition are three times more than what the Shenji Battalion supplies. He has been training around the capital in the past few months and has begun to bear fruit.

Nowadays, although Lai Shangrong is only the acting minister, he can also see that the emperor intends for him to assist the prince, and promotion is left to the prince to show his kindness.

If the purpose of forming a private maritime army is to leave a way out, then given the current situation, it can really be stopped.

But he also pointed to training a team familiar with naval warfare to deal with the Western Yi.

"This group of people will be of great use in the future. Now that the team has been assembled and the firearms are equipped, how can they give up halfway? The worst thing is that they will be recruited in the future to avoid future troubles!"

Lai Da shook his head and said: "Forget it, people's minds have changed. If we ask them to join the court as officials, who knows whether they will betray us in order to get promoted!"

Lai Shangrong didn't care about this, and it would take several years for him to be recruited.

Although he is cautious now and has no foundation in the court, he is just worried about Emperor Zhenglong.

Once Zhenglong Emperor Long Yu passes away, as long as he holds a share of the state-owned company's shares, he will not be afraid that he will not be able to connect with an interest group.

Coupled with the expanded Security Section, we only need to wait a few years until these new recruits retire, and as long as they can be successfully integrated into the patrol battalion, there will be no worries.

Originally, he didn't intend to explain these reasons to Lai Da so early, but now that the emperor saw that his health was getting worse day by day, he could tell him in advance.

So that when things happen in the future, you can clearly prioritize things.

So, while having breakfast with my father, I recounted my thoughts one by one.

"My son's basic base is not above the court. Even if he rushes to get together, he will not be able to urinate in the same pot as those people.

Nowadays, the world has changed. Food imported from overseas has suppressed domestic food prices, and the value of land is no longer what it used to be.As long as industry and commerce rise, those gentry who hold large amounts of land will either change their careers to adapt to the times, or wait to be eliminated by the times. "

However, Lai Shangrong also has unfinished words.

It's like boiling a frog in warm water. Once the land depreciates to a certain point, it will be a matter of course for it to be returned to the imperial court.

At that time, a production corps will be organized to uniformly level the land and improve the production efficiency of farmland.

Food is the most important thing for the people, food security is the top priority, and we cannot rely too much on the outside world.

(End of this chapter)