The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 145 Fame and People's Livelihood Jia Yun Yindie
【5100 [-] in [-]】

Flip the day to November [-]th.

Jiao Shun was sleeping drowsily, when Xiang Ling said joyfully, "Master, Master, it's snowing outside!"

Jiao Shun got up quickly, ran to the window with his slippers on, pushed the window sash and saw goose feathers scattered outside, and a thin layer had already accumulated on the ground.

"Father!"

Yu Chuan'er sat up in a daze, and because of the cold wind blowing in from outside the window, she hurriedly closed the quilt and said shiveringly: "Quickly close it, don't catch a cold anymore!"

On the one hand, he urged Xiang Ling to quickly take the big clothes and put them on Jiao Shun.

Jiao Shun closed the window sash thoughtfully, picked up the large woolen clothes from Xiangling, and told Yu Chuan'er: "Please don't go out in a hurry, master and madam, just say that I have something to discuss."

Yu Chuaner hurriedly got up from the bed, tidied up and hurried to the main room to pass the message.

Xiang Ling waited for Jiao Shun to get up, remembering what she had explained to Mrs. Xu yesterday, she said, "Madam was talking about adding someone to the main room yesterday, and she said it would also save Yu Chuan'er and me from running around."

It's time to add someone to the main room.

However, Jiao Shun should not be in charge of these matters, Mrs. Xu stepped forward to make arrangements.

Afraid of his parents waiting for a long time, Jiao postponed the morning exercise by the way.

After washing up, he left the east chamber, and saw two rough envoy women already cleaning the yard.

Jiao Shun called to them and said, "Sweep a small path first and get out. I'm afraid there will be more snow."

After a pause, he ordered again: "Go and inform Shuanzhu personally. After all, Granny Hu is old. It's cold and slippery, so don't let her come here."

The two servants quickly responded, and one of them smiled and said, "My lord is so kind, it's strange that he can be a Shangguan."

Watching a servant woman hurried away, Jiao Shun finally arrived in the main room.

At that time, Mrs. Xu was dressing up, and Jiao took her father outside to whisper.

After deliberating for about a quarter of an hour, he returned to the east chamber for morning exercises, washing and eating.

Maozheng [six o'clock in the morning], he went to the Yamen to be on duty without mentioning it.

But it was said that because Wang Xifeng had just returned to power, he was also promoted to ask questions in the three inverted seats before Chenshi.

She was just recovering from an illness, but since morning till noon, she felt lack of energy. Pian Ping'er seemed to be ill today, and she didn't take the initiative to share anything for her. Deficiency fire is hyperactive.

Randomly dismissed an old woman who was in charge.

She made a temporary gesture to the maid guarding the door, then lay on the couch, pinching her brows and moaning proudly.

Although Ping'er was a little distraught, but seeing her like this, she raised her spirits and persuaded: "Grandma, things are endless, let them leave first, wait..."

"Scatter what?!"

Wang Xifeng interrupted Ping'er's words with staring eyes, then frowned and lay on her back on the couch, said weakly and ruthlessly: "I'm still supporting here, so I won't freeze them to death if I wait a little longer!"

Seeing Sister Feng's bravado and ruthlessness, Ping'er stopped talking.

He signaled the little servant girl to come forward and wait on her, but she just stood by silently, thinking about the transgressive scene last night, worrying about gain and loss.

A moment of embarrassment, a moment of regret, a moment of fear...

Only the wisps of sweetness are always lingering.

At this moment, when the door curtain was lifted, someone walked in with a smile.

"go out!"

Wang Xifeng was very upset, he couldn't see who it was, so he scolded: "Come in without waiting for a message, is there any rule?!"

The man froze, but he didn't follow his orders, but looked at Ping'er beside him.

Only then did Ping'er realize that Mrs. Xu had arrived.

Originally, the two were most familiar with each other, but now they felt a little flustered, like an ugly daughter-in-law seeing her parents-in-law.

She resisted the embarrassment in her heart, and hurriedly said to Wang Xifeng: "Grandma, it's Aunt Laiwang."

Only then did Wang Xifeng open her eyes, stood up with force and said with a smile, "Oh, who am I? Sit down, sit down, Ping'er, I haven't served tea to your aunt yet."

Ping'er hurriedly ordered the little maid to send Xiu Dun over, and then served tea herself.

Mrs. Xu thanked her, held the tea bowl and said with a smile: "If I knew that grandma was recharging her energy, I wouldn't come here to beg for mercy."

"Why are you making such a fuss with me?"

Wang Xifeng looked at the door, then suppressed his voice and said: "Yesterday, brother Shun was lucky, otherwise our family might have to change the dynasty."

"What did grandma say?"

Mrs. Xu hurriedly said: "Where are you missing here?"

After a pause, he said again: "Actually, I came here at this time because of Brother Shun."

Because of Jiao Shun?

Wang Xifeng's heart tightened, and he thought to himself that brother Shun regretted it again and didn't want to sell the fan to the elder?

Thinking like this, he couldn't help but look at Ping'er, the middleman.

But seeing Ping'er standing by Xu's side with lowered eyebrows, he was more respectful than when he was facing him in the past.

Just wondering, I heard Xu say again: "Brother Shun saw it was snowing in the morning, and thought that the coir raincoats in the yamen were still stockpiled. Although there were some small flaws, they were not damaged. Naturally, it would not be possible to give them to the court officials, but to take them It is very suitable to come to reward people, so I bought fifty pieces out of my own pocket to honor the mansion."

Originally, because Jiao Shun was only willing to give up one fan bone, Wang Xifeng felt dissatisfied, but now hearing that Jiao Shun is willing to pay filial piety out of his own pocket, he immediately changed his perception.

Busy asking where things are now.

Hearing that it had been delivered to the courtyard, she ordered someone to take two more for a closer look, and seeing that it was a style issued by the imperial court, she couldn't help but say in shock: "It's also fortunate that he is in charge of the handyman's office. I'm afraid that if you don't have four or five taels of silver, you may not be able to get it."

Immediately ordered [-] of them to be put into the treasury, and the other [-] were specially selected for distribution by those who were famous and respectable in the mansion, and who came to be close and loyal.

For a while, everyone in the house praised him, but he forgot all the benefits of Li Wan's time as a housekeeper.

In the afternoon, there were gossip again, saying that Uncle Jiao's supervisor was able to do everything well for two days, but it snowed heavily just after handing over his errands, which showed that he was lucky enough to be able to calm down the situation.

With the contrast of the two strokes, Jiao Shun's reputation in the mansion has risen to a higher level invisibly.

As for Li Wan, he had just handed over his errand and so on, but few people remembered it.

…………

Because it is the day.

Jiao Shun ordered Shuan Zhu to buy a newspaper nearby when he was free in the afternoon, corresponding to the mansion newspaper distributed in the yamen, and learned some important news about the government and the people's livelihood in the market.

The most important news in the mansion newspaper was of course the relevant military situation outside Southeast China; the headline in the Minbao was that King Zhongshun and King Nan'an were jealous of each other and spent a lot of money for a small actor.

This so-called little actor, could it be Jiang Yuhan who is sending sweat towels around?

Jiao Shun casually glanced at it twice, and then didn't pay much attention—it seemed that there was no room for him to intervene in such matters.

On the contrary, the mansion newspaper listed some dry goods about the current situation of the Southwest War and the latest movements of the Wuxi people.

According to the above statement, in order to ensure the supply line, the Imperial Expeditionary Army had to divide its troops back to defend Qianxiang Country.

Moreover, the dissatisfaction of the soldiers has also begun to appear. Fortunately, it is in winter, and the situation is not serious.

But if it is delayed until the beginning of spring next year, or even after the beginning of summer, I am afraid that there will be a large-scale non-combat attrition.

In addition to sending naval forces to harass the Qianxiang country, the Wuxi people have also successively gathered troops to the northeast of Shendu. Although it is not enough to counterattack now, if it is delayed until the spring and summer of next year, the Wuxi people will either send troops from the mainland, or from the mainland. When the colonies deploy troops, they will inevitably try to regain lost ground.

At that time, one will ebb and flow...

Here it is briefly mentioned, and then the intention and appeal of the Uxi people are analyzed.

Because of Xia Taizu's cross-cutting, the metallurgical industry in the north of Xia and the textile industry in the south of the country were both very prosperous, so that there was a trade balance between China and foreign countries, so Xiyi often had a grudge about this.

The imperial court previously cut off trade ties, although it provoked Wuxi to invade with troops, in the final analysis it was Xia who suffered.

As a result, the imperial court reduced a lot of tariffs, and the people also suffered a lot of losses.

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Below is a separate list of the trade table between the Xia Kingdom and the Wuxi Kingdom. I don’t know where it was copied from. The structure is obviously not the official handwriting of the Xia Kingdom.

A closer look at the implication of this shows that the imperial court seems to have the idea of ​​​​strikes and peace talks.

This makes sense.

Xia Guo's navy is not as good as the enemy's navy, and there is Qianxiang Country across the road, if it drags on for a long time, I'm afraid it may not be able to win anything.

It's better to take advantage of the advantage now and make an alliance with the Wuxi people first.

These actually still have little to do with Jiao Shun.

After all, normally speaking, it would not be his turn, a small official from the Ministry of Industry, to participate in the peace talks.

On the contrary, after the peace talks, perhaps some preparations can be made in advance.

According to the rumors in the mansion newspaper, the imperial court will probably reopen trade, and even open up more restrictions.

So how to solve the trade deficit problem that makes Wuxi and other foreigners worry about it?

It is certainly impossible to solve all of them.

but……

It is not impossible to create some import demand and reduce the amount of deficit.

Jiao Shun pondered, looking at the candlestick beside the table.

He is fairly familiar with the events of a certain period, and vaguely remembers that apart from some unspeakable things, the most imported commodities from abroad are steel and textiles.

However, because of Xia Taizu's cross-cutting, there is no obvious difference between Xia's metallurgy level and Xiyi's level, and the output has also greatly improved.

Not to mention the textile industry. In correspondence with Baochai these days, I have often heard her mention the export of Xuejia textiles overseas.

Since industrial products are not successful, we can only work hard on raw materials.

It just so happens that the item 'kerosene' is among the top imported commodities.

Before the popularization of electricity and gasoline, kerosene lamps were popular for a long time, and the cost was much lower than that of candles. There should be a broad market in the relatively affluent Xia country.

With the basic shape of later generations as a reference, it should not be too difficult to invent a kerosene lamp.

I don't know if the Wuxi people have occupied those important oil producing areas at this time...

No matter, first find someone to try to make things out.

If the Wuxi people can't produce lamp oil by then, they will find another supplier to supply, or simply try to mine locally.

Thinking of this, Jiao Shun hurriedly ordered someone to call Liu Changyou, drew a rough shape in front of him, and asked, "Have you ever heard of kerosene?"

Liu Changyou shook his head slightly, then cupped his hands and said, "Please show me, my lord, what kind of shape does this kerosene have, and what's the use of temperament?"

"It looks like water."

Jiao Shun recalled the kerosene he had seen when he was a child, frowning and described: "But it can float on the water, and it catches on a little bit, and it can't be extinguished even if it is poured."

Liu Changyou came to a sudden: "It turns out that the adults are talking about water and fire."

Water and fire?

Jiao Shun didn't know whether the two were talking about the same thing, so he searched again and said, "This kerosene seems to be extracted from petroleum. You always know petroleum, right?"

"Naturally know."

This time, Liu Changyou responded immediately: "This thing has been recorded since ancient times. In the Song Dynasty, fierce fire oil was made and used in the army. It was also used as medicinal materials and ink ingots among the people. It is said that in the place where the country was founded, the imperial court I once sent people to Liaodong to search for oil deposits, but unfortunately there was no result, and the great grandfather died, so the matter will naturally be let go."

After a pause, he added: "According to Taizu's daily life notes, there are many oil mines in Huaqi Kingdom and Tianfang."

There is a senior time traveler who became the emperor. Although he blocked Wen Chaogong's access, he also benefited a lot.

At least Jiao Shun will not have to worry about how to explain that he knows that there will be oil mines overseas.

It was indeed correct to propose the publication of quotations earlier.

"Since you know it, it's easy to say."

Jiao Shun nodded and said: "You might as well find some oil first, try to filter it, and see if you can get that... water and fire? If it can be done, then try to make this water and fire lamp - if this thing can be made, it cannot be avoided After the war disaster, it can also solve the chronic problem that the people cannot use candles!"

"My lord is indeed kind!"

Liu Changyou hurriedly bowed and praised: "It just snowed today, and I was thinking of solving the ice disaster. I love the people so much, which is comparable to the wise ministers of ancient times!"

He seems to understand the 'military disaster' as the ice of ice and snow.

But it doesn't matter, as long as he can understand the significance of it.

Jiao Shun felt that his character had improved a lot after being assigned by the shop to benefit the country and the people. In the afternoon, he took advantage of the situation and split up the newly arrived charcoal and silver, and returned home confidently.

After entering the courtyard gate, I saw a half-built snowman under the east corridor.

I reckoned it should be Yu Chuan'er and Xiang Ling's handwriting, but for some reason they only piled up half of it—Yu Chuan'er is fine, but Xiang Ling is not a half-hearted character.

Just as I was about to go back to the room to ask questions, I saw a handsome and tall young man greeted from the main room, looking at the age of sixteen or seventeen, although he was smiling all over his face, he couldn't hide his embarrassment.

It turned out that there were foreigners at home.

This dress doesn't look like a servant, but it doesn't look like a wealthy son in the mansion either.

Jiao Shunqi said: "Your honor is..."

"Don't dare to be called an adult."

The young man said with a sneer, "Jia Yun, the boy, I have met Mrs. Jiao."

So this is Jia Yun!
Jiao Shun looked him up and down a few more times, and sure enough, he was somewhat related to Baoyu.

Jia Yun became more and more embarrassed by the scrutiny, subconsciously tugged at the hem of her skirt, and said with a smile: "My lord may not have heard of me, but I'm under the west corridor..."

"The son of the fifth sister-in-law under the West Corridor, I know—let's talk inside."

As Jiao Shun said, he raised his hand and let it in.

But Jia Yun didn't dare to go ahead, she declined several times, and then followed Jiao Shun back to the main room step by step.

Seeing that there was already tea in the guest seat, Jiao Shun saved the trouble and asked straight to the point: "Brother, did you find me here for the sake of repairing the other courtyard?"

Jia Yunzheng didn't know how to speak, but he let out the meaning of what he had said, and while he was secretly relieved, he became more and more embarrassed.

Ai Ai is about to say something.

But Jiao Shun said again: "It would be easier for me to open my mouth if I were someone else. Brother Pian is a close relative in the family. If I were to recommend him anyway, I'm afraid it would not be very suitable."

Jia Yun was immediately discouraged.

Because he and Ni Er are neighbors, he found Jiao Shun's place after Ni Er's advice. He didn't want to be blocked by Jiao Shun before he opened his mouth.

Thinking of the recent difficult situation at home, I almost shed tears for a moment.

Just at this time, the rough envoy from outside came in to report that it was Grandma Zhen's maid, Yindie, who came to ask for an audience.

Jia Yun got up sullenly and said goodbye.

"Brother, don't rush away."

Jiao Shun stopped him, and asked seriously, "Do you want to earn some money, or find a decent job?"

Jia Yun was taken aback for a moment, then said hesitantly, "It would be the best if I can have a decent business to make a living."

"Then how about going to the Ministry of Industry and being a teacher for me?"

"Master, Master?!"

Jia Yun was dumbfounded at the moment, and shook her head like a rattle after a long while and said, "I have neither academic fame nor criminal reputation, but I'm afraid it's..."

Jiao Shun cut off his words, and said bluntly: "It's the master, but in fact, I just want my brother to be able to help with odd jobs at ease, and then use the name of the mansion to be in charge of the book office and account room below."

According to the book, this Jia Yun is capable of doing things, but it happens that Jiao Shun also lacks people under his command.

And it just happened to let him share Zhang Cheng's power, so that Zhang Cheng's family would not dominate.

Seeing that Jia Yun was still in a daze, Jiao Shun said again: "Don't be in a hurry. Brother, go back and think about it. If you think it can be done, it won't be too late to come and find me."

When Jia Yun heard this, she hurriedly bowed to the end: "No matter what, I thank you uncle for your praise!"

This is really a smooth climber.

After dismissing Jia Yun, Jiao Shun hurriedly ordered Yindie to come over.

This Yindie probably felt that she had a physical relationship, and was eager to ask for an idea, but after entering the door, she didn't hide it, and said repeatedly: "Our grandma is going to retreat, master quickly think of an idea..."

"Grandma Zhen also wants to buy some coir raincoats?"

Jiao Shun immediately interrupted her with a loud voice, staring at Yindie, pretending to be embarrassed: "This is a bit difficult, most of the backlog of defective products in the yamen has gone, and now there are not many. "

Only then did Yindie realize the abruptness, she spat out Little Dingxiang embarrassingly, and said along with the words: "Master Jiao, please think of a way, many people in this house already have one, if our house doesn't have any , I’m afraid I’m going to gossip next time.”

As he spoke, he lowered his voice again, and told about Youshi's situation, urging Jiao Shun to come up with an idea.

"This……"

Jiao Shun pondered for a long while, now that it has just snowed, one is inconvenient for wild cooperation, and the other is afraid of showing traces, it is really difficult to do so.

But if you let You Shi go, he is determined not to be reconciled.

After thinking about it, I had to postpone it first: "You go back and work hard. In the last three to five days, I will bring some coir raincoats to the door, and we will wait for the opportunity to discuss a way out!"

　Thanks to the book friend: Young Master of the Wei family——for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)