Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

The New Year is approaching and the weather is getting colder day by day.

Jia Huan's expected speculation that the court officials were trying to disturb the Jia family did not appear, and Jia's mother was completely relieved.

During this period of time, Jia Huan's life was very nourishing.

Every day I tease the maid, chat with Sister Lin, and discuss life with Qin Keqing.

Of course, although Qin Keqing is the most beautiful woman in the Red Mansion, her charm is natural and charming.

But Jia Huan is not a creature who only thinks with his lower body.

The two of them were in love, cuddling and kissing each other, but did not take any further action.

The main reason is that Qin Keqing hasn't fully recovered yet, and she is still a beautiful woman.

Jia Huan not only gave Qin Keqing a recipe, but also asked her to take time to exercise every day.

Love is the most nourishing thing, and Qin Keqing's body became plumper little by little.

Now Qin Keqing is eager to take good care of herself within a day, so that she can repay her third uncle...

Before we knew it, it was already the end of the year.

On this day, Lin Zhixiao suddenly came to report with a smile on his face: "Master Hou, this is the gift card and gift list sent by Jiao Zhuangtou of Heishan Village. Please take a look at it."

"Also, Jiao Zhuangtou said that he has not seen the Marquis for several years, and he wants to come in and kowtow to the Marquis to express his gratitude, so as to benefit from the Marquis's blessings."

Jiao Zhuangtou in Heishan Village? Oh, by the way, it's Jiao Da.

Since Jiao Da went to Heishan Village, Jia Huan really hadn't seen Jiao Da in the past few years.

In fact, in the past few years, Jiao Da has been escorting supplies to Beijing every year.

But in the first year when Jia Huan served as county magistrate in Ping'an County, Jia Huan had not yet returned to Beijing when Jiao Da came.

I missed the second year too.

Now in the third year, I happened to meet Jia Huan at home.

Hearing Lin Zhixiao's words, Jia Huan smiled and said, "Then invite Jiao Zhuangtou in and meet him."

As he spoke, Jia Huan couldn't help but open the account and read it, only to see it written on the account:

Two hundred big deer, two hundred deer, one hundred and fifty roe deer, one hundred and fifty Siamese pigs...5,000 kilograms of Yinshuang charcoal for fine quality, 3,000 kilograms for medium quality, 30,000 kilograms of firewood, and Yu Tian Rouge. Ten stones of rice, one hundred and fifty hu of binuo.

One hundred and fifty husks of white glutinous rice, one hundred and fifty husks of pink rice flour... The silver for each item of livestock is reduced to a total of 7,200 taels of silver. The filial piety of brothers and sisters in the outer sect is: five pairs of live deer, ten pairs of live white rabbits, six pairs of black rabbits, five pairs of live golden pheasants, and five pairs of Western ducks.

This bill is not only 30% more than last year's gift bill, but also three times more than when Wu Jinxiao was there!

This should be the real income of Heishan Village.

Not long after, Jiao Da came in and kowtowed in the courtyard to say hello.

He has a thick beard and white hair, but his body is still very strong, and he feels windy when he walks.

Jia Huan ordered someone to pull him up and said with a smile, "You are still strong."

Jiao laughed and replied: "Thanks to Lord Marquis, I can still walk."

Jia Huan asked: "You are getting older. This journey is not easy. Why do you have to work so hard and go through this journey? Now that your children and nephews are older, you should let them travel more in the future."

Jiao laughed and said: "To be honest with the Marquis, the little old man is really old. I'm afraid he won't be able to walk in two years. If the little old man hadn't been thinking about not seeing the Marquis or kissing the Marquis, Kowtow to express gratitude, the little old man will die with his eyes closed!"

Jia Huan smiled and said: "On New Year's Day, what you are doing now is excellent, talking about life and death. You have more duties than Wu Jinxiao, the old beheader. Zhuangzi's output now is enough." Three times the size."

"Jiao Zhuangtou, you are so honest. I have already told you that you will have a share of the output in the village. You deserve this. You don't have to hand over everything at once."

Jiao Da kowtowed again and said: "Master, forgive me, but we slaves must cherish our blessings. Thanks to the master's grace, now the slave's family also lives in a large courtyard with green bricks and red tiles, and there are four or five maids and wives. Calling."

"My family can save hundreds of silver in interest in less than a year. This is a good life that I never dreamed of in the past! This slave has a low life, and this is already the greatest blessing that a slave can enjoy. There is no better blessing than this. The slave can’t hold it back anymore.”

"This is how my slaves teach their nephews and nephews. As long as they are loyal, do not deceive, do not hide, and do not deceive the master, the reward from the master will only be more than what they can earn themselves."

"If the lard is deceived and harbors evil intentions, the slave will be the first to not spare them without the master taking action."

After listening to Jiao Daxu's ramble for a long time, Jia Huan felt funny and moved at the same time.

Jiao Da's temperament is a reflection of most people in this era.

Not to mention this era, even in the 1990s, there were many people in Jia Huan's village who had this understanding.

In their words, it is a blessing that cannot be enjoyed again.

And this kind of people are often the most grateful.

As long as you are kind to him, he will be eager to repay you.

After meeting Jiao Da, Jia Huan ordered Jiao Da not to go back in a hurry.

Jia Huan rewarded him with one hundred taels of silver and ordered him to stay in the house for a few days and buy some new year's goods before going back.

Regarding this, Jiao Da was even more grateful and kowtowed repeatedly without mentioning it.

Next, Jia Huan personally watched and ordered all the things just now to be reserved for ancestors. He took some of them and ordered them to be sent to Rong Mansion.

Then he kept what he needed at home, and the rest sent others to pile them up under the platform one by one, and ordered people to call their nephews and nephews to come with them.

Then Rongguo Mansion also sent many things for ancestors and things for Jia Huan. Jia Huan saw that they were all packed up.

Although Jia Huan and Rongguo Mansion broke up, the entire Jia Mansion's ancestral hall is in Ningguo Mansion.

This thing should be distributed to Rongguo Mansion. During the New Year sacrifices, people from Rongguo Mansion should also be allowed to enter the ancestral hall to offer sacrifices.

Next, Jia Huan watched as he distributed the remaining things to the tribesmen one by one.

Jiao Da paid a lot of tribute, but Jia Huan withheld very little. He had never noticed this little thing.

Therefore, what the Jia family members can get this year is five times more than when Jia Zhen was here.

With this money and food, plus the money and food received from the family's farm output, even a poor family with no shop to produce can still make a living.

Although this will inevitably breed some lazy people, the things they receive will only be enough for them to live and clothe themselves.

If you want to do better, you have to rely on your own ability.

The people of the Jia family branch had to push carts to transport them home because they received so many things during the New Year holiday.

Everyone's face was beaming with joy and smiles, and they were even more grateful to Jia Huan, saying countless words of thanks.

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Before you know it, the New Year has arrived.

As usual, they worship their ancestors at Ningguo Mansion.

On New Year's Eve, Jia Huan invited the sisters to Ningguo Mansion for dinner and vigil.

By the next day, it was a new year, and Jia Huan was already seventeen years old.

Years and years ago, except when worshiping ancestors, I had to agree to a few words with Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Huan did not go to Rongguo Mansion to pay New Year greetings. Jia Mu was very angry about this, but she was helpless.

After all, it was their Rongguo Mansion who offended Brother Huan first.

After the New Year, Jia Huan was at leisure.

This was also thanks to the fact that he was Ding You at home, so he couldn't hold a big banquet and entertain guests, so he had some leisure time.

Suddenly, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Chongkang issued a decree, and Jia Huan's new position was finally given.

Emperor Chongkang issued an order to reorganize a Red Flame Army outside the capital camp, with a full strength of 10,000 people.

Jia Huan was ordered to serve as the commander of the Red Flame Army and to hold the title of the first three ranks of guards with swords.

The military ranks in Daxia were somewhat confusing, but Jia Huan commanded ten thousand people, which was equivalent to a captain of ten thousand men.

The captain of ten thousand men was supposed to be an official of the third rank, but Jia Huan's rank was always of the sixth rank, whether he served as editor of the Hanlin Academy or magistrate of Ping'an County (large county).

This time, he went directly from the sixth level to the third level, up to six levels in a row.

Although civil servants are a step above military generals, being promoted to six levels in a row is something that has never happened since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Therefore, Emperor Chongkang simply spared the post of Captain of Ten Thousands of Captains and granted Jia Huan the title of third-grade sword-wielding guard.

This is a real fifth-grade general.

From the sixth grade to the fifth grade, it is also a three-level upgrade.

But switching from a civilian position to a military position is barely acceptable.

After receiving the order, Jia Huan couldn't help but have a headache.

Emperor Chongkang's move was really a scam.

Until now, he is just a polished commander!

He is asked to build a new army of ten thousand people from scratch. Is this what humans do?

Next, after Jia Huan thanked him for receiving the decree, he had to put on his court clothes and face the saint.

This was actually what Emperor Chongkang wanted to teach him face to face.

Not long after, Jia Huan came to the imperial study.

"At last I will pay my respects to Your Majesty. I wish Your Majesty good luck and good health."

Emperor Chongkang said: "Jia Aiqing is exempt from courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, the last general has little talent and little knowledge, and is unable to bear the heavy responsibility. I would like to ask Your Majesty to take back the order and select a more capable person."

Hearing Jia Huan's words, Emperor Chongkang couldn't help laughing and said: "Jia Aiqing, didn't you promise well before the new year? How can you give up after the new year?"

Jia Huan said helplessly: "Your Majesty, your Majesty asked me to build a new Red Flame Army with tens of thousands of people, but now we need no one, no money, no land."

"There is only one person, the general. The general is full of iron, how many nails can he drive? He wants the horse to run away, but also wants the horse to not eat grass. The general is really powerless, so it is better to ask your majesty to choose someone wise. "

Hearing Jia Huan's words, Emperor Chongkang laughed again and said: "Jia Aiqing, there is no need to complain. I promise you that you will have money if you want, people and people if you want, and land if you want."

"No matter what you want, I will strongly support you! My only request is that you train an invincible army for me!"

"Soldiers are easy to deal with. There are currently only more than 60,000 soldiers in the three major battalions. This time, 130,000 soldiers will be transferred to fill them."

"Of these 130,000 soldiers, 70,000 are transferred from other armies, and 60,000 are newly recruited. Each of these soldiers can lift a hundred kilograms of stone locks."

"I can make the decision. When these 130,000 new troops arrive, your Red Flame Army will be the first to select them."

Hearing this, Jia Huan felt half relieved.

The so-called clever woman cannot make a meal without rice. If she is given ten thousand crooked melons and cracked dates, how can she train a hammer?

It would be great if there are qualified soldiers to select.

Emperor Chongkang continued: "As for the land, I can order the three camps to squeeze out a barracks for you to use. You can choose the place. Don't you already have this land?"

"As for money, just ask your master how much you want to use. As long as you use it effectively, you will not deduct it."

"I have given you the people, money, and land. As long as you train an invincible army, can Jia Aiqing do it?"

Jia Huan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, we have soldiers, money and land, but now the general is still short of manpower. Since your majesty has given so much to the general, it would be better to just give a few more generals who are skilled in bows and horses. But that’s it.”

Emperor Chongkang was almost annoyed by Jia Huan. He couldn't help but sneered: "Wouldn't it be better if I just sent someone to help you train all your soldiers? I've given you everything, what else do you want from you?"

Jia Huan was busy laughing, but he was startled and broke into a cold sweat.

Emperor Chongkang was laughing so much just now, but he may not be happy in his heart.

At this moment, he was sneering again and again, but he may not be unhappy in his heart.

In fact, if you want to train an elite soldier, the most important thing is to have no constraints.

If you completely delegate power to Jia Huan and let him use it to his full potential, you will definitely be able to train an elite army.

Just now Emperor Chongkang seemed to be guiding Jia Huan to say and do this.

But Jia Huan would never dare to make such a request. As soon as he spoke these words, he would be close to death.

Even if he doesn't die now, he will definitely die after this elite soldier is trained.

Are you kidding me? An army is made up of your own people from top to bottom, and you alone have the final say?

What exactly are you trying to do?

Is this a soldier training for the emperor? Or is it just your private army, Jia Huan?

Therefore, just now Jia Huan clearly said that he was an important person, but in fact he asked Emperor Chongkang to send supervisors to the army for supervision.

As for whether he can suppress the supervisory army and evade the supervisory army, it all depends on Jia Huan's ability.

After a long while, Emperor Chongkang said: "Come on, come on, it was me who used your love to activate you. If I don't give you manpower, you will accuse me of being stingy."

"Now I will give you a strong general, how about Zhou Tong, who defeated the Jin army at the Great Wall, as your deputy? As for the other generals, they should be promoted by you single-handedly. I will not give you any constraints!"

Hearing this, Jia Huan was extremely excited and said with tears of gratitude: "Thank you so much for your kindness! Your Majesty has great trust in me. How dare I not do my best to train an elite army for your Majesty?"

Emperor Chongkang smiled slightly and said: "In that case, just retreat and prepare to go. Don't let me live up to my expectations of you."

Jia Huan bowed and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will retire at the end of the day!"

After leaving the imperial study room, Jia Huan was really moved to tears.

You are such a bad dog emperor!

You didn't put any constraints on me, but you found Zhou Tong for me. Isn't that the biggest constraint?

Back in the restaurant, I almost killed Zhou Tong. How dare you say you didn't know?

Now that you have transferred this guy to me as my deputy, what are your intentions?

Ok!

A Red Flame Army of ten thousand people, with one general and one general, one from the founding lineage and the other from the Yuanping lineage.

The two are still mortal enemies.

And this is still a new army. If you want to completely control the army, you have to rely on your own skills.

Of course, Jia Huan is the chief official and has the power to appoint, so he must have an absolute advantage.

But Zhou Tong is not a vegetarian. After all, he is from the Yuanping lineage and has huge power behind him.

I have to say, this dog emperor really doesn’t deserve to be a human being. (End of chapter)