The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 630 Six generations live together (finale)

18 years later.

On the border of the Great German Empire and the North Sea Kingdom, there is a prosperous city.

This city has a population of more than 20, and it is Tongyuan Fort.

To the south of Tongyuan Fort is Bukui, the second largest city in the northeast of the Dade Empire, with a population of more than 50.

Going northwest from Tongyuan Fort, they entered the territory of the North Sea Kingdom, and the first city they encountered was Shanghekou.

Starting from Shanghekou, there are two routes of water and land, which can lead to Pingyuan City, the capital of Beihai State.

Tongyuan Fort is located in the middle of the bustling commercial road between Daedeok and Beihai, and has become an important transportation hub and business center.

The "Dasanjiang" hotel is the largest and most upscale hotel in Tongyuanbao, with accommodation, catering, car rental, horse rental and many other businesses.

The owner of this hotel is over 60 years old, and he is the most respected Liu Gengxin in Tongyuan Castle.

The rise of this city is directly related to Liu Gengxin. It is under his leadership that Tongyuan Fort has developed from a remote mountain village to the bustling city it is today in the past 25 years.

However, when talking about these, Liu Gengxin never forgets to say the last sentence every time.

"It's not my credit, it's actually the credit of the King of the North Sea, Jia Huaiyuan. Twenty-five years ago, it was the King of the North Sea who defeated the Cossacks here and entered the North Sea. That's how the prosperity of Tongyuan Fort began."

Many young people now don't know what a Cossack is, because there have been no Cossacks here since more than 20 years ago.

In the past, Liu Gengxin would talk to them, but today he has no time to talk about it.Because he is now accompanying some distinguished guests.

He will also go with these guests to welcome more distinguished guests, and then go to Beihai Pingyuan City with them to attend the [-]th birthday of Beihai King Shi Taijun and the [-]th birthday of the younger generation of the royal family, the son of Jia Yan, the former heir of the Ningguo Mansion. feast.

The centennial celebration of the ancestors of the Beihai royal family and the centennial celebration of the youngest generation were held on the same day.

This is a grand celebration for the sixth generation of the royal family. The North Sea Kingdom started various celebrations a month ago.

Outside Dasanjiang Hotel, the slight autumn wind blows slowly, bringing a little bit of coolness.

A group of people are standing here.

These people are all well-known figures in this land.

General Ningguta Zhao Dahai, Governor of Bukui Xu Mingtao, Fengtian Prefecture Yin Fengkui, Shaq, Wadagas, and Xi Mairui from North Wendura, Temir, Luomuge, and Kader from South Wendura.

There are also Zen Master Baoyu and Princess Tana from Luoyan Lake Shuangfeng Temple in North Wendura.

For Wendula Grassland, three major events happened this year.

The first was that the new Dade Emperor Zhao Qiancheng ascended the throne and took charge of the government. The second was that the Dade court established prefectures and counties in the northern and southern Wendula Grasslands.

What these people are waiting for now is Empress Chang'an, the Dade Supreme Emperor.

Empress Chang'an has been in power for 18 years. She has been diligent in governing and caring for the people, and has worked hard to govern. Now the Daedeok Empire is powerful and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Empress Chang'an, who passed the throne to her son half a year ago, retired after her success.

This time I came to Tongyuan Fort to go to Beihai to participate in the royal celebration, and to reunite with my son-in-law, the king of Beihai, Jia Huaiyuan.

There was a sound of gongs, and a team of guards of honor came windingly, and Liu Gengxin and others went up to meet them.

The middle-aged beautiful woman in the middle, who is graceful, luxurious and well-mannered, is the Dade Supreme Emperor Chang'an Empress.

Next to him are Lichun, the chief of the palace, and Yin Xiutonggui, the former Shuntian mansion who has retired.

A group of people knelt down and kowtowed, Chang'an got off his horse, helped them up, and the two teams merged into one, passed through Tongyuan Fort, and marched towards the territory of Beihai.

At the border of Beihai, there were already people waiting to welcome them. The people who came were Jia Lian, the dean of the Beihai Senate, Tamara, the wife of the King of Beihai, and Li Wan, the daughter-in-law of the eldest grandson of the royal family.

After greetings and greetings, the three teams joined together and headed towards the mouth of the river.

In order to celebrate the [-]th birthday of the ancestor Shi Taijun of the royal family and the [-]th day of the latest generation, the Government Affairs Council issued a decree that all government offices across the country will be on holiday for three days, officials at all levels will increase their salaries for one month, employers in agriculture, industry and commerce will give their employees processing money for one month, and merchants will be exempted from taxes for one month. The royal family enjoys the joy of the people.

This day became a day of celebration for the entire Beihai country.

The Beihai Royal Palace has been newly decorated, with lanterns and festoons everywhere, full of colorful flowers.

The ceremony was fully organized by First Lady Xue Baochai, with assistance from all the ladies.

In terms of food, wine and banquets, Wang Xifeng, the wife of the president of the Senate, is in charge.

Wang Xifeng took care of the Jia family's lifelong housework, and even though there were thousands of things to do, she still handled them lightly.

For the rest, several girls from Jia's mansion, Shi Xiangyun and others came to discuss the matter.

Said it was a girl, but in fact these people were all in their forties, but the palace kept calling them like this.

The maids of the old lady were all married long ago.The old lady was always dissatisfied with the maid she found, so Yuanyang and Amber came back to accompany and serve the old lady every day.

Jia She passed away four years ago because of excessive drinking.Jia Zheng is now in his 70s, and he no longer goes to the yamen to make voluntary contributions, and he just acts as a prince of leisure every day.

Cheng Rixing and Zhan Guang, the original Qing guests, came to Beihai from Dade five years ago to settle down, so they drank tea, played chess, talked about poetry together every day, and went to the lake when they were free.

Jia Zhen misses the imperial capital, and went back to Ningguo Mansion in the imperial capital three years ago to live, and she hasn't come back until now.I wrote a letter last month, saying that I will stay in the imperial capital and will not return to Beihai.

Jia Qiang, Jia Qin, Jia Yun, Jia Ping and other descendants of the Jia family are now in important positions and busy with official duties, so they rarely come to the palace. They only come to pay respects to their ancestors and Jia Zheng during Chinese New Year .

Jia Lan is now in his early thirties, and became a high-ranking official of Olin at a young age. He is the youngest high-ranking official in Beihai so far. He has a good political record and a growing reputation.

Qiu Liang and Li Wan started the orange business in Beihai again. The two treated each other like guests, and the business was booming.

Jia Min and his wives have already raised children. There are currently 18 children in total, including ten sons and eight daughters.

Among the wives' children, Mrs. Daiyu's first child is the youngest, because Daiyu didn't marry Jia Min until 12 years ago.

The children studied when they were young, participated in military training at the age of 14, and began to serve in the army.This has become an unwritten rule of the royal family.

Looking at the children and grandchildren in the room, the old lady was very happy.

Beside him, besides Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Aunt Xue, the female relatives of the Feng family, Chen family, Wei family, and major families in Beihai, there were also several special guests.

These female relatives are the female relatives of Song Kuan's family that Jia Min sent back from Dade.

The leader is the former princess of Dongping County, who is also in her eighties.

When the Song family first came to Beihai, they didn't socialize very much. Later, the old lady took the initiative to go to the Song family a few times.People saw that the old ladies of the royal family were in contact with the Song family, so they came into contact with the Song family.

Gradually, the Song family integrated into Beihai's life, and now they have frequent visits with the royal family.

"Look, you were right to listen to me. A group of women in your family should be told to remarry, so they remarried. Now there are more men in the family? Gradually, they prospered?"

When the Song family came, there were basically only female relatives left, and under the guidance of the old lady, the young female relatives, those who should get married, those who should remarry, remarried, and now the family seems to be prosperous again.

"I would also like to thank the old lady for your help, so that no one will gossip."

Princess Dongping complimented.

"Sometimes, we think too much and are always afraid of other people's gossip. In fact, who has so much time to stare at you all day. If there is something to talk about, just pretend that you haven't heard it, and let it pass."

"At the beginning, my eldest grandson's daughter-in-law remarried, and some people talked about it. I didn't care about that. Now I see that I did the right thing at the beginning. People who talked about it at the time said that I did the right thing. Same, when we do things, we have to follow here.”

"It's all His Majesty's tolerance."

"That's true. Brother Ming never put on airs or frighten people when he was king, but everyone just respected him. I told you that it was about that year. I don’t want to be the king anymore, and I want to go to Dade to find Chang’an. In the end Feng Ziying revealed the matter, and the civil and military officials and the common people stopped doing it. They petitioned outside my house all day long to not let him go. It didn't work out."

"I also know about this, and I have come to petition. Such a good king, if he doesn't steal his house or behead him, how can he be told to go away?"

"Brother Ming is just acting petty for a while, even if he really leaves, he will come back soon."

Mrs. Wang said with confidence.

"Old Ancestor, Fourth Master has gone somewhere, and he couldn't be found after searching for a long time. Do you think he still looks like a king?"

Qingwen came to complain.

"What did you say?"

"I said fourth master is missing."

"Who is missing again? Isn't everyone here?"

"Oh, forget it, the old ancestor is a little hard of hearing."

Qingwen left angrily.

"She said the king was gone."

Princess Dongping kindly told the old lady.

"I know, I just pretended not to hear, and I don't want to care about their young people's affairs. Qingwen, a girl, came out of my room since she was a child. She is fine with everything, but she is a little narrow-minded. Don't worry about her, she will be fine in a while .”

Jia Min is currently on the boat on Lake Feigal, and with him are Wei Ruolan, Jiao Li, Liu Cheng, and Dai Zhi.

At this time, they are doing an experiment.Put the steam engine on the iron-clad ship as power.

If this experiment is successful, there will be no need for manual oars, and wooden boats can also be changed into iron-clad boats.

The experiment has been carried out eighteen times, and today is No.19.

"Officer Min, get ready."

Dai Zhi's hair is already gray, but his body is still strong and his spirit is very good.

"Then let's get started."

"ignition!"

Liu Cheng shouted.

There was a sound of puffing and puffing for a while, but the boat still didn't move at all.

"Oh, failed again."

Jolly was a little frustrated.

"It doesn't matter, continue to experiment in the future. It will succeed one day. Let's go, the banquet is about to start over there, let's go to the shore and wait."

As Jia Min said, he was about to disembark.

At this moment, the boat started to move, and the sound of the steam engine sounded rhythmically.

Gradually, the speed of the boat became faster and faster.

Everyone looked at each other.

The experiment was a success!
Immediately cheered up.

Going around in the lake, the boat slowly docked.

"Officer Min, what is the name of this ship?"

Wei Ruolan asked.

"Steams, equipped with firepower in the future, will be called warships."

Several people went ashore, and Feng Ziying and others also came.They came here to wait for Chang'an.

After a while, Chang'an's fleet arrived, and Jia Min and others greeted them.

After exchanging pleasantries, everyone moved aside, leaving Jia Min and Chang An alone.

"Chang'an, now that you're back, why don't you leave?"

Jia Min took Chang An's hand.

"Don't go, our son can be the emperor himself, and I will be with you from now on, saving three or two years to see each other. Besides, my ancestors and mother are getting old, and I should do my best as a granddaughter-in-law, The duty of a daughter-in-law is to show filial piety. Let's go, don't ask others to wait for us."

Changan took Jia Min's hand, and the two got into the car together.

When they arrived at the palace, Chang An greeted the ancestors one by one. All the guests were beaming and congratulated and kowtowed to the ancestors one after another.

The wedding banquet was hosted by Xue Biao.

"The auspicious time has come, let's start the banquet."

The silk and bamboo troupe brought by Gu Panpan from Pingyuan Building played music, and the banquet began.

Seeing that everyone didn't pay attention, the old lady handed an envelope to Yuanyang.

"Yuanyang, after a hundred years from me, you open this letter and give it to your second master. Second wife, brother Ming and all the ladies."

"Old ancestor, on the day of great joy, you are not allowed to say such unlucky words."

"I'm already a hundred years old, what are you afraid of? It's not like I'm leaving right now, you go and put it away."

Yuanyang left the table and came to the old lady's room to put the letter in the box.

Seeing that the letter was not sealed, I couldn't help being curious, so I took out the letter.

The above is exactly the handwriting of the ancestors.

"After I return to the west, I will marry Brother Ming and Keqing."

Yuanyang couldn't help taking a breath.

It turned out that the ancestors knew about this a long time ago, and they really couldn't hide anything from her.

The ancestors were well-intentioned, and Fourth Master Min and Grandma Rong finally got married as lovers.

Jia Min was drinking with Feng Ziying, Xi Mairui, Zhao Dahai and others. Baoyu came over and sat down next to Jia Min.

Fill Jia Min's glass with wine, pass it to Jia Min, pour another glass for himself, and lift it up.

"Fourth brother Min, you were right at the beginning. You have done a good job these years. Second brother is happy for you. Come, second brother toasts you."

Saying that, Baoyu stood up, and Jia Min also stood up.

"Thank you, second brother, you are also very good, and I would like to offer a toast to second brother."

The two brothers clinked a glass and drank it down.

"And us."

Feng Ziying and others also toasted.

Baoyu and Jia Min hugged each other, and there was thunderous applause all around.

(End of the book)

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