Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 82 [082] Build a private army, my life is up to me!

Time flies like an arrow, and the stars move.

The world is full of fragrance in April, and the durian flowers are alluring in May.The hot wind of Fuxia blows away the plum rain in May, and enters the scorching red sun of June in a blink of an eye.

Lin Daiyu is very intelligent, and she learned the lightness kung fu and agility in just over a month.

Now she can take off from the spot and fly about a foot in the air, but she is still not as good as Master Jia Chen.

Lin Daiyu is getting better and better, and Jia Chen is also getting stronger.

He can already pull onions on dry land and jump to a height of two feet.

In other words, now that Jia Chen wants to climb over the two-foot-high courtyard wall of Rong Mansion, he no longer needs to pedal on the wall to borrow strength. Hold on, you can jump on the wall.

Money touches people's hearts, and gold and silver take people's lives. In order to prevent Mrs. Wang from plotting the Lin family's property and instructing Mrs. Liu and other cooks to tamper with Lin Daiyu's food, Jia Chen still insists on delivering food to Lin Daiyu.

It's just that now that Lin Daiyu can step on the wall of the room and fly over the wall, Jia Chen can often take her back to his home for dinner.

Qingwen finally knew who Jia Chen was delivering food to.

Whenever eating, Jia Chen, Lin Daiyu, Qingwen and Xiangling sat around a table.

Looking at the three beautiful beauties sitting together at the same table, Jia Chen felt pleasing to the eye, beautiful and delicious, and even his appetite improved a lot.

Jia Chen has a huge appetite, he can eat three big bowls of rice or six big steamed buns in one meal.

Qingwen has long been familiar with the strangeness, but Lin Daiyu and Xiangling have not eaten with him for a long time, and they are both shocked, astonished.

Is this the appetite of a mortal?

A young man can eat as much as three grown men!

Now that Jia Chen is only thirteen years old, his appetite is already astonishing. If he becomes an adult, how amazing will his appetite be?
Lin Daiyu and Xiangling simultaneously thought of Zhu Bajie in "Journey to the West".

It is estimated that when Jia Chen becomes an adult, his appetite will be comparable to that of Zhu Bajie.

Thinking of this, the corners of Lin Daiyu's and Xiangling's lips twitched slightly.

Now Jia Chen has a handsome face, a tall and straight figure, broad shoulders and narrow waist, chic and heroic.

If he waits until he becomes an adult, will he grow into a fat body like Zhu Bajie according to his amazing appetite for eating Hesai?

I really can't imagine it, and I'm terrified when I think about it carefully.

Lin Daiyu, Xiangling, and Qingwen all prayed silently in their hearts, hoping that Jia Chen would never grow into a big fat pig.

A woman's heart, a needle in the sea, Jia Chen still doesn't know that these three stunning beauties have such a funny inner drama.

There are still several months before the county examination in February next year, and Jia Chen has already memorized the Four Books and Five Classics by heart.
What's more, he learned from Jia Dairu the question-making mode and answering method of the county exam. Now Jia Chen is going to pass the county exam, and he is already sure.

Although there is plenty of time to prepare for the county test, there are Dajin's Eight Banners cavalry in the northeast, and the domestic thieves are swarming, gradually becoming a prairie fire.

In addition, Emperor Chongrui was sharpening his sword, ready to find a reason at any time, and copied the Jia family.

In fact, there is not much time left for Jia Chen to change his destiny.

Last month, the first batch of cream produced by Wang Xifeng's supervisor was officially sold to the public.

The production cost of the cream is [-] Wen per bottle. After discussing with Wang Xifeng, Jia Chen set the price at five times the cost, which is one tael per bottle.

This is not something poor people can afford. You must know that the total expenditure of a peasant family like Grandma Liu is only twenty taels of silver a year. Bottle of cream for face makeup.

But there are many rich merchants in the city of Shenjing, there are many relatives of the emperor, high-ranking officials and nobles, and there are also many local rich people in the suburbs around the capital.

There are also royal relatives and nobles, and the maids in the Gongmen Hou's family can also receive a lot of monthly money, and they can also afford creams.

As the saying goes, women are those who please themselves, these maids are eager to marry their masters, become concubines or aunts, and complete the promotion from slaves to masters.
In order to attract the attention of their masters, they naturally spared no effort to dress themselves up, and naturally they also used their accumulated money to buy trendy cosmetics such as creams.

Because Wang Xifeng invited the second sister You and the third sister You, two peerless beauties, to stand on the platform in person to show the public the effect of using the cream, the sales of the cream soared day by day, and became popular in the capital.

As of the end of last month, in just one month, [-] bottles were sold!

After excluding the cost, he made a net profit of [-] taels of silver.

According to the agreement in the document, Jia Chen received [-]% of the share, which was [-] taels.

Since the sales of the cream are increasing day by day, it is estimated that this month's share will exceed [-] taels!

Moreover, Di Zigui's share reached [-] taels last month, and the growth rate of sales was also amazing.

Disciple Gui's share this month should reach more than [-] taels.

With such a huge and stable income, Jia Chen's mind became active, and he was ready to start building a private army that only obeyed his orders.

To build a private army, one must avoid the eyes and ears of the imperial court, purchase a large amount of food, grass and military equipment, and have time to train troops.

How can we avoid the surveillance of all levels of government and Jinyiwei, and recruit soldiers without anyone noticing?
Facing this thorny question, Jia Chen fell into deep thought.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the government did not prohibit the common people from buying and carrying weapons.

However, if you openly recruit soldiers and gather a large number of soldiers, it will definitely attract the attention of the government and provoke the encirclement and suppression of the court.

How can we solve this difficult problem?

Jia Chen rubbed his fingers, and after thinking for a while, suddenly his eyes lit up, and two words flashed in his mind - Escort!

After careful consideration, Jia Chen decided to name the bodyguard agency "Chenwei Bodyguard Agency".

There must not be many people in a single escort agency, and if there are too many, it will also arouse suspicion.

But what if one hundred, one thousand, or even ten thousand escort bureaus were established?
If the accumulation of less becomes more, isn't there an army of millions?

On the bright side, they are just inconspicuous escort agencies.

In fact, it is a small-scale army.

Usually, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, you can temporarily disperse everywhere, and when you want to raise the flag to rebel, you can raise your arms and join forces.

Thousands of troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. To recruit troops, you must first have a general to command the army.

Jia Chen doesn't have many contacts at the moment. Among the people he knows, only Feng Ziying has some literary and military skills, but he is the son of Feng Tang, a general of martial arts, and his friendship with Feng Ziying has not reached the level of life and death, so , cannot invite him to lead the Escort Bureau.

The descendants of the Jia family are all rich and poor, and none of them can stand up for the family, so naturally they cannot be selected from among them.

Jia Chen made some calculations. To be on the safe side, he could only look for suitable candidates from the arena who have no official background.

After pondering for a while, a name suddenly popped into my mind - Liu Xianglian!

Jia Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, lost in thought:
Is this person a good fit?
(End of this chapter)