The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 535 Old Ancestors Are the Smartest

That night, Jia Min and his party camped in Fangning Town.

Fangning Town is a residential area jointly established by Fang Xiucai, Feng Sanniang, Ning'er, Fenghua, Xueyue, Cong Xiucai, Guo Qisheng and Hua Yusheng.

Because Fang Xiucai, Ning Er and others brought a lot of money when they came, they aimed to build a town from the beginning.

In terms of site selection, Fang Xiucai was very discerning and deliberately chose a riverside.The river is relatively gentle and has a lot of water.It finally flows into Lake Feigal.

Therefore, a pier was built here in Fangning Town.Small boats can navigate directly to Lake Fegal.

These people belonged to Jia Min's earliest team in the Yeduju era, so when Jia Min came here, he felt very kind.It seems to have returned to the time when Notoju lived.

If it weren't for the rush to go home to see the old lady and other family members, Jia Min really hoped to stay here for a while longer.

After several years of construction, the main road from Dade's Tongyuan Fort to Pingyuan City, and from Pingyuan City to Nijiabao has been repaired.There are constant pedestrians and horses along the way.

Sun Yuanfei came out this time mainly to inspect the road conditions along the way and the construction of the new village, so Jia Min also followed him along the way to inspect.

Every time I come to a new village, I stop and check it out.

Walking on this road now is very different from a few years ago.

One is that there is a village or town not far away.In the past, it was often a few days without seeing any human habitation.

If you want to stay, you have to bring your own yurt or tent, otherwise you can only live in the open air.

It's different now, in whichever village you go, you can have a place to stay.Some even have commercial inns.

Although it is basically a plain area along the way, the soil is also thick black soil.This type of soil is good for growing crops.However, as a road, there is a disadvantage.The soil is rather sticky.

When it rains or spring blooms, it becomes muddy and difficult to walk.

The construction of this road, the main project, is to dig out the roadbed, fill it with sand and stones, and then level it up.

On such a gravel road, rainwater can permeate quickly or flow to the side of the road.When it blooms in spring, it does not turn the pulp.This will not delay walking.

From time to time along the way, you will encounter some caravans.Some of these caravans came from Dade, and some came from Pingyuan City.And from Ross.

More are vehicles that transport bricks, tiles, doors and windows.From this point alone, we can see the intensity of construction in various places.

Since the departure from Fangning Town, there have been two more couples in Jia Min's team.

One pair is Guo Qisheng and Qian Ping.

Qian Ping was the widow Qian among the women Fang Xiucai and Ning Er recruited from Zhili.

At the beginning, she was on good terms with Ning'er's Miss Niangzi, but when she was desperate, she followed her to Beihai.

Another couple is Hua Yusheng and Xiaoju.

Xiaoju is Qian Ping's good friend, and they came here together.

Their group of women are all paid by the self-government association. After arriving here, they can choose their own husbands, and they can repent twice and own their own property.

Because Guo Qisheng had stayed in Zhili before, he acted preemptively and got Widow Qian.Now the two have given birth to a son, and their young life is prosperous.

Hua Yusheng got involved with Qian Ping and hooked up with Xiaoju.In the end, the two also got married.

This time, the two couples went to Pingyuan City to purchase supplies for the town.

The large-scale introduction of brides was only carried out twice, counting the time of Fang Xiucai.Later, due to the intensified investigation by Dade, it had to be temporarily stopped.

Although this method has stopped, the action of introducing brides in other forms has been going on.Many women even managed to get to Beihai by themselves.

However, generally speaking, Beihai is still in a state where there are more men than women.

This is especially true for the sudden influx of more than 1 streamers.

This has also become a headache for Jia Min.

In desperation, Jia Min had to ask her to tell the Servantes and Jia Qin, who are still in France, to buy female slaves and even prostitutes in Europe through Lameihua.

In short, as long as it is a woman, regardless of race or status, as long as it can be obtained from Beihai, it can be obtained.

Anyway, these exiles don't have a clean foundation, everyone's black pigs don't think crows are black, so don't laugh at anyone else.

After arriving in Beihai, they are all ordinary people, and they are all on the same starting line.

In fact, last winter, Lameihua brought back more than 200 black female slaves.This is the loot they got from raiding a pirate ship on the way.After bringing them to Beihai, they immediately became popular, and they were all married within two days.

Finally arrived in Pingyuan City, Tamara told Jia Min that she was going to Jia's mansion to meet her ancestors, and left.

Jia Min didn't stop her and just let her go.As for what she said when she went by herself, she didn't bother to care about it.

In fact, he also knows that even if he manages by himself, Tamara may not necessarily listen. She always has her own logic and methods in doing things.

Just like the Bai Ling incident in Nijiabao this time, no matter how thoughtful you are, she might just mess with you somewhere.

Jia Min went directly to the arsenal with Chen Yejun and Wei Ruolan.

He wants to discuss the relocation of the arsenal with Jiao Li, Liu Cheng, and Dai Zhi.

Tamara has her own house in Pingyuan City. After returning home, she took some things, brought Katyusha and another maid, and went directly to Tanchun's Qiushuangzhai.

As for this person, it's really hard to say who is destined to whom.

At the beginning Tamara went to France with Baochai, Miaoyu, Daiyu, and Qingwen. However, apart from being close to Daiyu, her relationship with Baochai, Miaoyu, and Qingwen was always tense.

She attributed this to the fact that she and them were rivals in love.In fact, it is mainly because of this reason.

After the girls from Jia's mansion came, Tamara found Tanchun and Shi Xiangyun hit it off very well, and together with Daiyu, they got together for a drink when they had nothing to do.

This time when we arrived at Qiushuangzhai, Shi Xiangyun happened to be there, so Tamara dragged the two of them together to meet the ancestor.

Tanchun and Shi Xiangyun actually knew Tamara's feelings for Jia Min, and were willing to match this matter, so they happily came together.

When we arrived at the ancestor's upper room, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, You Shi, Li Wan and Wang Xifeng were all there, chatting and drinking tea together.

This scene is exactly the same as what happened in the Rongguo Mansion in the imperial capital before.

In fact, within two days of arriving here, these people resumed their way of life in the imperial capital.The content of daily life, compared with before, has basically not changed.

The only difference is that the location is changed.

Seeing Tanchun and Shi Xiangyun leading a blond girl in, the old lady couldn't help being taken aback.

Before she could say anything, Tamara knelt down on the ground with a plop and kowtowed three times to the old lady.

Then there are Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Aunt Xue.

Although Jia Min and others had introduced her to the female family members of Jia's mansion before, how could she distinguish them so clearly all of a sudden?

Finally, she remembered the words "there are many people who are polite and don't blame", and even Youshi, Li Wan and Wang Xifeng kowtowed together.

"Greetings to my ancestors, I don't know if my ancestors have heard of me? If you haven't heard of me, it doesn't matter. I'm that troublesome Tamara, so my ancestors can remember me."

This sentence made the old lady amused.

"Are you Tamara? I've heard of it. But I haven't heard of any trouble you've had."

"That's because the ancestors came here for a short time. After a long time, the ancestors will know that I am unreliable in doing things, and maybe I will be a moth at any time."

"Oh, this is quite interesting. I have never seen anyone say that about myself. I see you are a good girl. Although you look different from us, Handi speaks well. Who always says you A moth?"

"It's the fourth brother Min. However, after a long time, the ancestors will know who I am. In fact, I am similar to Tanchun and Yun'er, just a little silly."

Hearing what Tamara said, Shi Xiangyun hurriedly pulled Tamara.

"Oh, I mean I'm stupid, but the two of them are not stupid. They are smarter than monkeys."

After saying this, the old lady couldn't bear it any longer, and burst out laughing.

"Oh, this kid is quite interesting. Get up quickly. Stand up and talk."

Tamara was not good at kneeling, so she stood up immediately after hearing what the old lady said.

"Old Ancestor, someone said before that our legs can't bend and we can't kneel down, but it's not like that. You've also seen that my legs can bend too."

As Tamara said, she knelt down again, and after getting up, she squatted several times to prove that her legs could bend.

This time, the old lady and others laughed again.

"Okay, Tamara, don't try, we know, your legs will bend."

"Hey, no wonder people always say that the old ancestor is the smartest person in the world. He really has sharp eyes, and he can see it right away."

"Who did you hear?"

"There are a lot of people talking about it, and the ancestors may not know it yet. Now the stories of the ancestors are being told everywhere outside."

"Oh, what are they saying about me?"

"There's a lot to talk about. The ancestors were kind and righteous. They took in Brother Rong's daughter-in-law and Miaoyu. They fought against the Jinyi Army. They dared to turn against Emperor Dade. When they arrived in Beihai, they brought more than 1 people..."

So, Tamara recounted the old lady's deeds with embellishments.

These words were naturally taught to Tamara by Jia Min.

During the past few days along the way, Tamara has been asking Jia Min how to please the old lady, so Jia Min told her, firstly, it is not surprising to be polite, secondly, to flatter the old lady vigorously, and thirdly It was pretending to be crazy in front of the old lady.Fourth, do not speak ill of others.

With these few items, basically the old lady would not have any dislike for her.

Tamara's performance now follows this routine.

What the old lady did was actually what she was most proud of.

Seeing a woman of a foreign race who has never met before knows everything and praises her, and I feel very comfortable in my heart.My impression of Tamara improved immediately.

Of course, the old lady was old and smart, and seeing Tamara like this, she suspected her purpose.

"Tamara, if you have anything to do today, just speak up. As long as it can be done, I will make the decision for you."

"The old ancestor is so smart, I really want to ask the old ancestor for some things."

(End of this chapter)