serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 150
From the day when Jia Hu served as Minister of the Ministry of War, because the official documents of the Ministry of War required Jia Hu's signature and seal to be issued, officials from the cabinet and the Ministry of War would come and go to Ningguo Mansion every day.

Early in the morning, Ningrong Street became lively. The streets at both ends were filled with all kinds of stalls, vendors selling vegetables, groceries, wonton stalls, sesame seed stalls, and hot steamed buns. What do people want to buy? Both.

In addition to these, there are many more tea stalls, all of which are covered with sheds and umbrellas. There are already more than ten people sitting scattered, three or five people at a table, all dressed as servants and bearers. Looking towards the Ningguo Mansion diagonally opposite.

At this time, a young man in a silk robe and a folding fan came over, followed by several followers.

The owner of the tea stall immediately greeted him with a smile all over his face, and said to the young man, "Young Master, you are tired from walking, please sit down and rest." Then he wiped the table with a clean rag.

The young man sat down on the bench: "Come and make tea."

Boss: "You wait a moment." Said and hurried back.

Looking at Ningguo Mansion diagonally opposite, the young man's hands were clattering under the tea table, and a strange look crossed his face.

In front of the gate of Ningguo Mansion, eight personal soldiers stood upright with knives in their arms, motionless.

In the open space in front of the door, several large sedan chairs were parked, and several fast horses were tied to the horse-hitting posts on one side.

The boss came over with a tray, a pot of tea, several empty teacups, and a plate of snacks, and put them down one by one, and then poured tea graciously.

The young man waved his hand.

An attendant took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and put it on the table.

The boss smiled and said, "To tell you the truth, a pot of tea costs 150 Wen. Please try this dessert, and you will not be charged."

The young man smiled: "You are honest."

Boss: "You're joking."

The young man picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, shook his head, picked up a piece of dessert and took a sip, "This dessert is not bad."

The boss smiled and didn't speak.

After eating the snacks in his hands, the young man said to the boss: "I will reward you if you have more, but I have something to ask you."

The boss smiled and said, "Please tell me, I will tell you if I know."

At this time, a sergeant in a bundle came out of Ningguo Mansion, led a fast horse, and galloped away.

Looking at the sergeant in the distance, the young man asked, "This is?"

Boss: "This is the messenger from the Ministry of War."

After a pause, "Just send some official documents to Ningguo Mansion, and then send them back to the Ministry of War."

The young man was slightly startled, then looked at the gate of Ningguo Mansion, with a look of disappointment in his eyes, pondered for a moment, and asked again: "I heard that there is a young master born with a jade title in the Jia family, I wonder if the boss has seen it before?"

The boss smiled and said: "You are talking about the Second Master Bao of the Rong Mansion. He is often accompanied by the servants in the mansion to go shopping and buy things. He even had tea with me."

He paused at this point, "Second Master Bao has a good heart and a gentle personality, unlike other children who are arrogant and domineering."

The young man was startled for a moment, and then asked, "This Second Master Bao often goes out?"

The boss became a little alert, and replied: "I used to go out often, but now I can't. I heard that the second master in the mansion invited the second master Bao to study."

The young man smiled faintly: "Study is good." After finishing speaking, he stood up and walked to the street.

Those followers hurriedly followed.

The boss was startled, then sighed in a low voice: "Weird."

The group of people had just walked out of Ningrong Street when a person walked towards him and whispered in the young man's ear, "Young Master, the members of the White Lotus Sect have arrived."

The young man's eyes lit up: "Okay." Then he said to an attendant beside him: "The owner of the tea shop lied just now, you take two people to observe and see which members of Jia's family often go out."

Paused, "Especially this Second Master Bao."

The attendant responded with a "yes", waved his hand, and left with the two of them.

The young man looked back at Ningrong and the two residences, then turned and strode away.

If Yang Dayong were here at this moment, he would be shocked. This young man is none other than Yang Yansheng who escaped from the prison in Yangzhou, the grandson of Yang Kaiwu, a rebel from the Salt Gang.

Ningguo Mansion

outside study

Sitting in front of the desk, Jia Hu said to the military officials standing in front of him: "Go back to Shoufu and just say what I say. First transfer grain from the warehouse in Shandong, and transfer 20 shi to Xuzhou directly."

The official: "Yes." Turned around and walked out quickly.

Jia Hu said to another military officer, "Go and tell Jia Yucun to count the weapons in the arsenal immediately, and send the list before tomorrow evening."

"Yes" the soldier from the Ministry of War walked out with a bitter face.

Jia Hu looked at the copy that had just been sent. Before dawn, Bowling Hou Shi Nai sent a military report, asking for food, salary, and ordnance. To adjust ordnance, the Ministry of military pay and households allocates.

When he saw this copy, Jia Hu was stunned for a while. He didn't understand what Song Chengliang and the others were discussing. In a month or so, it will be the peach blossom flood of the Yellow River. That rotten embankment is repaired every year, and it collapses every year. Sometimes the water overflowed the embankment and submerged some low-lying places. At the worst time, the Yellow River blew thousands of miles and flooded more than a dozen counties.

There was so much snow in the whole of the north last year, and there were several heavy snowstorms in Shanshan and Shaanxi. After the beginning of spring, the water level of the Yellow River continued to rise, and the rotten embankment must not be able to hold back the water.

The disaster in Henan is already a certainty. If they don't want to prepare in advance, they have to adjust the grain from the official warehouse in Henan. I really can't figure out how they made this decision.

Thinking of this, Jia Hu took a blank chapter, laid it flat on the desk, and began to write quickly.

After finishing writing, blow on the inkblot, and then shout: "Come on!"

A soldier walked in.

Jia Hu handed over the chapter: "Go to the Ministry of Industry and give it to the Second Master of the West Mansion."

The soldier responded loudly: "No!" He took this chapter and strode out.

Jia Hu was taken aback by Zheng, then shook his head, reminding himself of everything that should be reminded, if another accident happened in Henan, it would be God's will.

Thinking of this, Jia Hu stood up, walked out of the outer study, and walked towards Ning'an Hall.

Unknowingly walked to the backyard, vaguely heard Xichun's laughter, and then came Qingwen's voice: "This time, you missed the kick."

"Kick! Kick!" This is Xiangyun's voice.

Jia Hu smiled, Qingwen loves to play and play, she is innocent and has no intentions, she is quite liked by their sisters, especially Xiangyun and Xichun, who often play with her.

Walking into the yard, I saw the three of them kicking shuttlecock with a few young girls. Xiangyun's big maid, Cuihui, felt someone behind her, and turned her head quickly.

Jia Hu smiled and shook his hand, turned around and sat down on the corridor, quietly watching them kick the shuttlecock.

At this moment, Tanchun's voice came from the other end of the corridor: "Hey, second brother is so elegant!"

Before the words finished, Xiangyun, Xichun and others stopped.

Jia Hu sighed slightly and stood up.

Xichun waved her hand happily: "Brother."

"Second brother." Xiang Yun also shouted with a smile.

"Go ahead and be stubborn."

With a wave of his hand, Jia Hu turned and walked towards Tanchun.

Tanchun greeted him, and said with a smile: "Just now Aunt Xue sent some snacks, and the second elder brother came back."

Jia Hu: "Oh? Then I'm lucky."

Hearing laughter in the room, Jia Hu walked in. It turned out that Yingchun, Baochai, and Xing Xiuyan were all here. As soon as they saw him coming in, the three of them got up to greet him.

Jia Hu smiled and said, "Sit down." As he spoke, he glanced inside.

"puff"

Tanchun covered his mouth and smiled, and said, "Sister Lin has something to go out."

Yingchun, Baochai and Xing Xiuyan all laughed.

Jia Hu also smiled.

Suddenly, Lin Daiyu walked in, "What are you talking about, so happy?"

Tanchun hurriedly went to Lin Daiyu and whispered something in Lin Daiyu's ear, smiling at Jia Hu while speaking.

Lin Daiyu glanced at Jia Hu angrily, then reached out and tapped Tanchun's forehead, "Don't make trouble, I will settle accounts with you after leaving here for a while."

Tanchun smiled and begged hurriedly, "Good sister, please forgive me!"

Jia Hu leaned over and sat down beside Yingchun, took a piece of snack and put it in his mouth, "Not bad."

Yingchun also ate a piece, "This is made by the old mother of my aunt's house, and I learned the craft from the master in Jinling."

"No wonder."

Jia Hu tasted another piece and said to Lin Daiyu, "It tastes good, you should try it too."

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Lin Daiyu glanced at him, turned around and walked into the room, "I have something to tell you."

Seeing Jia Hu pick up another piece of snack, Yingchun hurriedly smiled and said, "No wonder Sister Lin asked Hu Po to go to the small kitchen, because she guessed that Second Brother was hungry."

Jia Hu stood up with a smile, and said, "I'm a little hungry. Sit down first." Then he went into the inner room.

I saw Lin Daiyu sitting in front of his desk, writing something with the pen he usually used.

Jia Hu walked to the chair next to him and sat down, asking, "What's the matter?"

Lin Daiyu stood up after finishing writing, "You can see for yourself." She handed over the piece of paper in her hand.

Jia Hu took a look, was slightly startled, and raised his head to look at Lin Daiyu, "You can just say no, and it's not too much trouble to write it out with a pen."

Lin Daiyu said angrily, "How do you ask me to say this kind of thing?"

Hearing what she said, Jia Hu recalled it, and smiled awkwardly. He couldn't help but blame You Shi for being so cautious. He had told her many times, and told himself directly if there was something to do, and don't ask Lin Daiyu to be in the middle. Send a message, but don't listen.

Besides, this matter is not an outside business, so she has nothing to avoid.

Looking at the note in his hand, Jia Hu shook his head. This matter was his own mistake. Jia Daixiu reminded himself at the New Year's Eve dinner that he forgot it as soon as he was busy.

Not only did Jia Yun need to get a wife, but Jia Rong and Jia Chang were also supposed to start a family. These two are now serving as commanders in the Firearms Camp. Although they are not as clever as Jia Yun, they are both good.

Thinking of this, Jia Hu had a headache. He is not Baoyu, and he likes to inquire about other girls.

Lin Daiyu said: "Isn't there a ready-made person in our family, who looks very good, and is a relative, and he knows everything." She pointed to the outside.

"no!"

Jia Hu hurriedly said, "Jia Yun is nearly five years older than Miss Bao. And Xue Pan once said that Miss Bao will wait three or two years before talking about marriage. Don't mess with the mandarin ducks."

Lin Daiyu looked at him with a half-smile, and said slowly, "I'm talking about my sister-in-law's third sister."

Jia Hu blushed, and was about to speak.

Lin Daiyu went on to say: "I think my sister-in-law also has the same meaning. Although she is not her own sister and there is a gap in her identity, it is better to know the basics and know the bottom line, so I can grasp it."

When it comes to business, Jia Hu sat up straight, pondered for a while, and shook his head: "No, Jia Yun is now a sixth-rank Chief Qian, and within a year or two, he will definitely be promoted to a guerrilla general, and may even be a member of the army." General, at that time I will let him command a battalion of soldiers and horses."

Lin Daiyu: "Then it should be done this way."

Jia Hu couldn't help frowning.

At this time, Amber's voice came from outside: "Girl, here we come."

"Think about it again."

After finishing speaking, Lin Daiyu said to the outside: "Come in."

Amber came in with a food box, put it on the low table, lifted the lid of the box and backed out.

Lin Daiyu walked over, picked up the steaming bowl of noodle soup, put it on the desk, brought chopsticks and spoons to Jia Hu, and said softly, "Eat it while it's hot."

Jia Hu smiled, "My sister still understands me." He took a sip of the soup, "It tastes good." Then he started to eat.

Seeing him eating so deliciously, Lin Daiyu smiled happily, suddenly remembered what happened just now, and asked in a low voice, "How about the dim sum at Aunt Xue's?"

Unexpectedly, Lin Daiyu would ask this suddenly. Jia Hu suddenly raised his head, choked on a mouthful of noodle soup, and coughed violently. It took him a long time to recover, and asked, "How about what?"

Lin Daiyu showed a smile, regained her mood and walked out.

Qianqing Palace

study room

Emperor Jianwu's face became more and more ugly as his eyes moved on the memorial. Then, he closed the memorial heavily, pressed his palm on the imperial case, stood up, and paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back. Come on, and said while walking: "Why didn't the cabinet bring up such an important matter?"

Dai Quan: "Recently, the Chief Assistant and the others have been busy with the war in the south. They probably didn't pay attention. They thought it was the same as the previous years, so."

Emperor Jianwu walked to the gate of the palace and stopped: "Can Jia Zheng have this ability?"

Dai Quan quickly replied: "Back to the emperor, half an hour ago, Lord Jia's personal soldiers went to the camp to find the head of the country, and then there was this memorial."

Emperor Jianwu smiled lightly and said, "Tell the officials to give Jia Zheng a great service."

Dai Quan: "Yes."

Emperor Jianwu went on to say: "Send this memorial to the cabinet, and let them write a note as soon as possible."

"Yes." Dai Quan picked up the memorial and walked out quickly.

Emperor Jianwu turned around and walked back to the imperial case, thought for a while, and then shouted: "Come here!"

A senior eunuch on duty walked in.

Emperor Jianwu said: "Go to the household department and ask Zhao Zixun to come to the study."

The eunuch: "Yes." He bowed and retreated.

Dongcheng
West city
Taihe Building

Yang Yansheng walked out of the restaurant, turned his head and glanced at the plaque above the lintel, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, it was really a good place.

At this time, a follower came across from the restaurant diagonally and said to Yang Yansheng: "Young Master, the members of the White Lotus Sect came from the back door. This restaurant has the secret work of the Manchus."

Yang Yansheng nodded deeply.

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