Chapter 75(1/2)
After returning from the Nan'an Palace, Mrs. Wang wiped tears into the wall, but Jia Zheng had no choice but to sigh. Read the book at midnight
When Baoyu general heard that his elder sister had left the palace, he wanted to see her by chance. Jia Mu forced someone to press her down and said, "I only went there today with your mother. She is not a high status. How can I often see her family members? You are still a man, how can you run to the backyard of the royal palace?"
Baoyu cried and said, "How can I not allow my brother to see my sister? Even if the royal family cannot deceive others like this."
Jia Mu advised: "You are a good student and you will be the top scholar in the future. Your sister will be in that mansion."
Baoyu became stunned, and Jia Mu was so scared that she slapped and shouted. Baoyu suddenly murmured: "Sure enough, I am a few younger brothers at home and outside, but I am a ignorant. I completely ignored my sister's tea and water to others, and I was a slave and a servant." Because she went to her house, Jia Mu hurriedly called for someone to serve her well. Baoyu worked harder and did not mention it since then.
Jia Mu wiped her tears for a while, and thought about it for a long time. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her eldest granddaughter was right. The eldest son was probably a hidden person, and she was ridiculous, but in fact she had some skills. She couldn't help but regret that she had become a little partial in her early years, but fortunately, she didn't dare to be too arrogant. The next day, she opened a private warehouse and took out two rare antiques and ordered people to send them to Jia She.
Because Jia Cong angrily scolded Yuanyang for being a forbiddenly and made a fuss about him and Jia Mu, Jia She was too lazy to even pay his respects to him recently. Suddenly, he heard that Jia Mu had given two good things, but the monk was confused. He was too lazy to think about it. He knew that Gong Kun had a house in Lixiangyuan and lived here for him, so he simply walked over to find him alone.
Lixiangyuan did not close during the day, but only covered it up. Jia She pushed open the door and took a look, and was stunned.
I saw many tables in the hall, and a group of children were sitting next to me, holding books in their hands. It was a school. Gong Kun was sitting on his head with tea and crossed his legs. He was probably a teacher. Jia She couldn't help but feel relieved: "Okay!"
Some people saw him now and surrounded him to pay their respects, shouting: "Hello General!" "General Da'an!"
Jia She smiled and asked them what books they were studying, and the children showed them to him. Some of them recited the Book of Songs, some of them read the Analects of Confucius, some of them read the Records of the Grand Historian, some of them read the Warring States Policy, some of them opened objects, and some of them Sun Tzu's Art of War and nine chapters of arithmetic, which was simply a variety of mixed stories.
Jia She knew that Jia Cong had gone to Su Zheng's house today and asked, "Mr. Gong, why didn't there be such tables in this hall when I came to see it before?"
Gong Kun smiled and said, "We moved here only a while ago, and we haven't bought these yet." Because the children were ordered to continue studying, he personally led Jia She for a walk.
In this yard, there are only Jia Cong, Gong Kun and Yaoer who own one room, and two small-eared rooms were given to the girls and boys around Jia Cong. The other kids had a room with four people. The beds were very strange, and they were on two floors. One floor was built on the top of the bed pillars, and there was also a ladder to climb up. Gong Kun said: "These beds were specially hired by the third master to work with carpenters, and the students also saw them back. There are four children in each room, and every two read the same book."
Jia She asked: "Reading the same book? What does it mean?"
Gong Kun said: "There are those who are in charge of military tactics, those who are in charge of criminal law, those who are in charge of arithmetics, and those who are in charge of farming... The students looked at each other and vertically, and all six departments were complete."
Jia She looked up at him.
Gong Kun smiled and said, "But I don't know if the students and Weishuaner can get together with three provinces."
Jia She was silent for a long time and asked, "What did Cong'er say?"
Gong Kun said: "The Third Master only said that everyone can learn literature and martial arts well, and that they will not be afraid of anything if they have the ability."
After a while of silence, Jia She let out a long sigh and asked, "Is he still short of money?"
Gong Kun said: "Fortunately, there is a lot of money."
Jia She said: "If one day...If one day he lacks money, just come and find me."
Gong Kun smiled and said, "If there is one day, the third master will go to find the general himself."
Jia She nodded, and Gong Kun led him out into two big rooms in the east. He saw that there were books, all kinds of colors, and many signs were inserted.
Gong Kun said: "The third master said that these two rooms can only be called libraries, but were set up based on the Hanlin Academy's library. In the future, we have a big house and many books, and we can open a library."
Jia She stroked his beard and said, "I went to Hanlin Courtyard, but it opened my eyes." He asked again, "What are those in the yard outside? I only see a small plum blossom stake..." He couldn't help but smile, "How could there be a plum blossom stake in this yard? That little place can't even display its body shape."
Gong Kun said: "Those are customized by the Third Master. They are used to practice martial arts on weekdays. In addition to plum blossom stakes, there are single-plank bridges, vertical ladders, and horizontal ladders. Some of them used to practice lifting strength are called dumbbells. The one on the side that is taller than the stakes is called vaulting horses. The third Master said, "We are too small here, so we should have high walls, low walls, horizontal bars, cross-pile bars, low pile nets, and high plate jumping platforms. And these things are too small now. You must make a set of ordinary sizes in the future to use them."
Jia She frowned and said, "What are these? Why have I never seen them before?"
Gong Kun said: "I have never seen it either. I have never seen many things that the third master said. I am afraid it was taught by his master of martial arts and martial arts master."
Jia She sighed, "I don't know at all. Forget it, look at the attitude is quite decent." He thought for a while, "The mansion in the south of the city is very large, so he wants to do whatever he wants to do."
Gong Kun said: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate."
Jia She turned her head and looked at him: "Hmm?"
Gong Kun said: "The third master is still young, so the master is inconvenient to entrust the mansion to him at will. If the second master knows, he may not be happy."
Jia She said: "How many times have he been there? Besides, can his thin arms and legs convince the public? These are all soldiers and bandits."
Gong Kun smiled bitterly and said, "That's right, it's always the order of the elders and the young..."
Jia She waved, "It's settled." He turned around and walked out, and then walked a few steps and came back, saying, "I almost forgot, I have something to look for you."
Gong Kun hurriedly asked what was going on.
Jia She said: "The old lady sent two antiques here early in the morning and said she was given to me for appreciation. Your third master used my sign to make trouble for her a while ago, and I didn't go to make up for it afterwards. It was a flippant. Think about it, what does she mean?"
Gong Kun thought for a while and sighed, "The Third Master said a few days ago that all the girls in the Jia family are smart, and the eldest girl doesn't think they are stupid. Now, I'm afraid it's true. Yesterday, the old lady went to the Nan'an Palace to visit the eldest girl. I'm afraid that the eldest girl heard the old lady talk about the situation in the mansion and found out that the second wife was out of the way, so she asked the old lady to show goodwill to the general."
Jia She thought, it was right. Yuanchun's girl was very clever since she was a child, so she snorted: "I've come to show my goodwill now, so what have you done long ago?"
Gong Kun smiled and said, "Since the old lady has set up a ladder for the general, why bother with the general?"
Jia She said: "It's no good if you go down, and it's no bad if you don't go down. What's the point of doing if you go down?"
Gong Kun said: "Because the saints like to watch internal struggles in their families, the general has not been able to drive Master Zheng out in recent years, and it is not convenient for him to do anything about the old lady."
Jia She said: "I know, so I really take it for him to see, right?"
Gong Kun said: "Second Master must do something illegal sooner or later, and be in the same house, as if there is an arrow behind him..."
Jia She took a deep breath.
Gong Kun said: "Why not worry about the old lady's heart?"
After a while, Jia She sighed, "You said that. Forget it, I will just thank her if I look back."
Gong Kun smiled again and said, "I can't guarantee that General can get some more antiques to enjoy."
Jia She proudly picked up his beard and said, "I'm not that good now." Because he left with his hands behind his back, Gong Kungong sent him to the gate of Lixiangyuan.
Jia She then went to Jia Mu to pay his respects. Jia Mu took his hand and said good things for half a day. Jia She had goose bumps on her back, and she had already covered her shirt with goose bumps. She just held back and said some numb words. It took her half a day to touch the excuse to resign. When she arrived outside the door, Jia She took a long breath and cursed: "Stupid brat, if it weren't for you, why would you have to be so stuffy for so long?"
That night, Jia Shen sent someone to Lixiangyuan to ask Jia Cong if he wanted to customize his messy things to place them in the mansion in the south of the city. Jia Cong smiled and said, "Since my dad is willing to leave the place, is he willing to pay?"
After hearing the reply, Jia She said angrily: "It's only a few dollars, let him pay it by himself!"
Jia Cong had no choice but to mutter, "Is it not cheap?" He had to take out the drawings that had been drawn early and send them out for the carpenter and blacksmith to copy a set of obstacle training equipment used by the troops in his previous life. After the work was done, it was placed in the mansion in the south of the city. Fortunately, the martial arts field there was very large, so it was enough to separate the fence.
The day after giving the drawings, Jia Cong started to lead the children in Lixiangyuan to run away. Because they didn't want to alarm too many people, they only ran in the Jia Mansion, which attracted many girls to look at them.
On this day, the training equipment of the mansion in the south of the city was finally fully installed. Jia She gathered more than 80 male and even martial women from each family, and watched Jia Cong demonstrate how to use these things.
He had just demonstrated it once, and Gong Sanyi's chin almost fell off. He was shocked for half a day before shouting: "This is for training troops!"
Jia Cong nodded: "No, it's just for training troops."
Gong Sanyi looked at Jia Cong again, and his eyes changed. "Who taught you?"
Jia Cong recalled that during the military training in college in his previous life, the instructor's surname was Sun, and he said, "It's a Grandpa Sun in the army."
Jia She hurriedly asked: "Is he from the army? Who is his current position?"
Jia Cong shook his head and said, "He was just a centurion back then, and now he can't find these things. I have only seen them a few times, and they are all made by copying them. I don't know if they are right. I will use them for a while and see if I need to change them."
Gong Sanyi shook his head repeatedly and said regretfully: "This is the one who can train troops. You can be a general, but you are like everyone else. It's a pity, it's a pity! The court doesn't recognize people!" Because he said to Jia She, "These things are too big and difficult to store elsewhere, and it's inconvenient for outsiders to see. Now, put the fence up a little high and transplant some easy-to-food trees. If outsiders come occasionally, don't let them see this."
Jia She said: "Don't let outsiders come in again. Here we are the only ones who practice martial arts by ourselves and let others do what they do."
Everyone agreed. So they tried to go through it one by one. At first they all found it interesting, and there were some things that were easy. Jia Cong smiled and said, "It's not easy to walk a few more back and forth." He said to Jia She again, "Mr. Sun was wearing a camouflage uniform that day, which was very interesting. He said, wearing that clothes is not easy to be noticed by the enemy in the wild."
Jia She hurriedly said, "What does it look like? Do you remember?"
Jia Cong said: "I remember roughly, I'll go back and become popular. I'll try to make a set of sleeves."
Jia She glanced at him a few times: "What else do you want? Say it out together."
Jia Cong smiled flatteringly and said, "Did Dad give all the money?"
Jia She glared at him and said, "Speak quickly!"
Jia Cong said: "I can't finish it for a while and I can't explain it clearly. I will write it to my father one by one."
Jia She snorted and turned to the study. Gong Sanyi, Gong Kun, Jia Siyaoer and others naturally followed him, and the young men continued to climb the horizontal ladder of the single-plank bridge to play.
When he arrived at the study, Jia Cong bit the pen holder and thought for a long time, but finally took out the charcoal pen with him, drew a telescope and a schematic diagram, and said, "This must be very expensive and cannot be done too much. Because I don't have transparent glass, I can only use crystal to grind it."
Jia She couldn't understand at all! He cursed: "It's messy! What's the matter."
The youngest man smiled and said, "Looking at this sectional view, it seems to be the two convex lenses you mentioned a few days ago?"
Jia Cong said: "Well, Westerners actually made this two hundred years ago, called Qianli Miles Miles. It seems that some maritime merchants sold it to our country, but it is very rare. I only know a general idea. It would be great if I could find one or two physical objects."
Jia Shen asked: "What is the use of this thing?"
Jia Cong said: "You can see the distant scenery in front of you very clearly, and it is easy to spy on the initiative when fighting."
Gong Sanyi was so excited that his voice trembled: "If it really has such a usefulness, it would be more expensive."
Jia She said: "Forget it, since that's the case, let's do it."
Jia Cong said: "It may not be possible to make it for a while. This seems to be extremely difficult. Why not go outside to buy it first, or ask if there are any foreign merchants from the West. Next time I go out to sea to bring some for us, and we will be able to copy it when we have the real thing."
Jia She nodded: "What else?"
Jia Cong said: "The Western countries have small populations and few people, and many wars are common, so they attach great importance to weapons. Until now, their fire and guns are much stronger than our dynasty. If a sea merchant dares to sell, I want to buy some."
After explaining the benefits of Western muskets in detail, Jia She, Gong Sanyi and others were so scared that they looked at each other. After half a day, Gong Sanyi said in surprise: "Fortunately, they are far away from us."
Jia Cong sighed in his heart, so what if it is far apart? Isn’t it the Eight-Nation Alliance invading China? But since I have come, I naturally cannot do anything and wait for them to come to the door; I can’t even come to the door first. I looked at Jia She and said, “Dad, since you want a full set, what if you get a full set?”
Jia She said: "How many of you can say it together and let those many words be abolished."
Jia Cong said: "Every soldier must be equipped with a compass, daggers, and slingshots. Although the slingshot is small, it is extremely useful. And gloves and boots must be specially made." He said bluntly that the "soldiers" had already made it clear that Jia She was preparing to train these people as private soldiers.
To be continued...