serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 464

There has been a lot of snowfall in Jinling this year, and the rare few days of bright sunshine make it even more precious.

Jinling has returned to its former peace. In the Qinhuai River, the boats are lined up next to each other. The streets along the river are bustling with people. Both sides are filled with stalls of all kinds, peddlers and bargainers, all carrying Wu Nong soft words, chirping, very lively.

Suddenly there was a loud bang from the pier!
On the Jinling Pier, a huge warship set sail, with several large flags hanging on the huge mast. A large flag on the mast at the bow was embroidered with "Southern Xinjiang Army", and a large flag at the stern of the mast was embroidered with "Southern Xinjiang Army". The flag is embroidered with "Ministry of War", and a large flag in the middle of the mast is embroidered with the four characters "Empire of China"!
The main ship was followed by a mighty fleet!
A vigorous campaign to quell the rebellion in southern Xinjiang began. The warships of the Yangtze River Navy carried nearly [-] soldiers of the southern Xinjiang Army and sailed upstream from the Jinling Pier carrying Jia Hu's expectations.

There was only a small group of more than [-] soldiers with knives left on the dock, standing on both sides.Jia Hu and Shi Nai walked up the stone steps, and Lin Sanruo followed behind them.

"Cousin, do you think the current Six Ministries and Nine Ministers need to be changed?" Jia Hu suddenly asked Shi Nai as he walked away.

Shi Nai was stunned for a moment: "How can I, a general, know this? However, I think the key lies in the person."

Jia Hu nodded and asked: "If you don't choose a year name, just the first year of the empire, the second year of the empire, the third year of the empire. If this continues forever, what do you think?"

Shi Nai: "This"

Jia Hu stopped for a moment and glanced at Shi Nai: "Just say what you think?"

Shi Nai's face became serious: "This will have an impact on future generations. Different reign names represent different emperors, and only then will the common people know who the current emperor is. It is better to use the two together."

Jia Hu continued to take steps: "I plan to add a Navy Department under the Ministry of War, appoint Liu Fang, the king of Zhennan, as the Minister of Navy, and reorganize the Yangtze River Navy, the New Navy Army and the Guangdong Navy into two parts: Nanyang and Yangtze River. Wu Chengxian will be appointed commander of the Nanyang Fleet, what do you think?"

As he walked, Shi Nai replied: "I just want to take this opportunity to see what Wu Chengxian's plans are. If it's a pustule, take the opportunity to squeeze it!"

After a pause, "The hearts of the officers and soldiers of the Guangdong Navy are still towards the imperial court."

Jia Hu nodded solemnly.

Shi Nai suddenly remembered: "Today is the Lunar New Year in the South. Let me have a Lantern Festival with the Marshal."

Jia Hu was startled for a moment, time passed so fast, it was the 24th of the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye, and the New Year was coming soon. When he thought about not being able to go back to spend the New Year with Lin Daiyu and the twins, he felt bad.

Jia Hu was very busy in the past few days. While reorganizing the army, he sent troops to clear out the fleeing troops. He also wanted to learn about the situation of Western countries through William and others, especially their military and technological strength.

Jia Hu finally understood the strength of the Western countries. The West had not yet carried out the first industrial revolution with the emergence of the steam engine. There was not much difference in industrial and military strength between the two sides, and the West was even lagging behind in terms of military strength.

William was not a competent diplomat or soldier, but he was a qualified businessman. After receiving the 10 taels of silver promised by Jia Hu, he happily returned to China to help Jia Hu recruit various types of scientific and technological talents, and vowed to tell Jia Hu, as long as the money is enough, he can even steal the first atmospheric piston steam engine in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Jia Hu was not interested in such old-fashioned things. What he wanted was a lathe to mechanize firearms production, use common parts to make breech-loading guns, and even create breech-loading guns that use metal-cased ammunition.

The steam engine was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution. It changed the mode of production and transportation and greatly promoted the industrialization process.

In addition, the application of steam engines to warships can free the warships from the influence of wind direction and water flow. It can also turn less powerful sub-cannons into more powerful field guns, and even put a layer of iron on wooden warships. .

Of course, these are still far away.

In the past few days, Jia Hu also discussed with others the name of the country. Jia Hu really didn't like the Daning and Dawu proposed by Shi Nai, Wang Dalei and others. In the end, he racked his brains and came up with the name "Chinese Empire". "This country name.

"Commander, the soldiers are here." Lin San whispered in Jia Hu's ear.

When Jia Hu came back to his senses, he saw a group of five cavalrymen on Dati galloping towards the dock.

The five fast horses were getting closer and closer, and when they were still ten feet away from Jia Hu, the five horses suddenly stopped in order.

The leading soldier dismounted and ran towards Jia Hu.The soldier rushed to Jia Hu and saluted: "Commander, this is a letter from the princess!" As he said that, he took out a letter from his arms and presented it with both hands.

Jia Hu took the letter, tore it open and read it. He frowned after reading a few lines, and then read down.

After reading the first page, Jia Hu raised his head and thought silently. After thinking for a moment, he continued to look down.

After quickly reading the last page, Jia Hu stood there holding the letter in his hand. After a while, he opened the envelope and looked at it, then looked at the soldier: "It's gone?"

The soldier was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "The princess gave you this letter."

Gee!
Jia Hu read the letter carefully again without giving up, but still didn't see what he wanted to see. The letter said two things, first about the Imperial Bank, and then about Lin Daiyu expelling Jia Qin and others from the family tree and escorting them away. Jiang Ning’s matter.

Jia Hu was still slightly interested in the affairs of the Imperial Bank, but he didn't care at all about the affairs of Jia Qin and others. He had long wanted to deal with these worms, but he never had the chance. If he were in the capital, he would have directly exiled them to Siberia to grow potatoes. go.

What Jia Hu wants to see is Jia Jinxuan and Jia Song, not these official matters.

Fortunately, he treated her as a roundworm in his stomach and didn't understand himself at all.

Thinking of this, Jia Hu sighed, folded the letter and stuffed it into his sleeve. Then he sighed again and said to Shi Nai, Lin San and the soldiers: "Let's go home and eat Yuanxiao." After that, , walked straight towards Dadi.
Jia Hu really wronged Lin Daiyu. She had to deal with a lot of things every day, so how could she have time to talk to him about twins?

If it weren't for her pregnancy, which kept her busy, Lin Daiyu would be exercising the power of the emperor now.

Lin Ruhai came to Beijing the day before yesterday. When he saw that Lin Daiyu was working so hard and could not sit still, he immediately came to Jia She for discussion. Finally, it was decided that except for the deployment of the army and the appointment of officials above the third rank, everything else would be changed to the cabinet blue batch, that is, to the cabinet blue batch. Zhu Biao was the Blue Batch, temporarily handing over some of his power to the cabinet.

In fact, Jia She had wanted to persuade Lin Daiyu for a long time, but he was afraid of misunderstanding. After all, Lin Daiyu's status had changed now, and he didn't want to annoy Jia Hu and his wife with unnecessary things. This was why Jia She kept hitting Jia Lian. reason.

At this moment, Jia She and Lin Ruhai stood side by side at the door of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Today is the day when the Imperial Bank was established, and it is also the day when "La Ci" is issued, which is the year-end bonus given by the emperor to civil and military officials. It has been popular since the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In previous years, it was distributed to officials at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, but this year due to special circumstances, it was delayed until the off-year period.

This also gave Imperial Bank a chance to make a name for itself!
Due to time constraints, the voucher issued to the officials was a money order from the Jia family.

From time to time, people walked out of the Imperial Bank gate, some holding a small cloth bag, some holding a booklet, some cashed the money directly, and some chose to deposit the money in the Imperial Bank to earn interest.

Jia She stroked his beard and smiled: "It is our Jia family's blessing to be able to marry Lin Yatou as a daughter-in-law."

Lin Ruhai glanced at him sideways: "Only you know!"

Jia She smiled happily: "Come on, I'll treat you to tea, the best Lao Junmei."

Lin Ruhai said angrily: "Why do you still have Laojun eyebrows? My eyebrows are almost gone."

Nowadays, Lin Ruhai is the second assistant in the cabinet and is also responsible for the official affairs. There is no shortage of officials and talents in the new dynasty. Lin Ruhai is in a hurry!

Jia She: "You have to take your time. Once Chunwei Enke opens, we should be able to find a number of talents."

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai's eyes flashed and he nodded immediately.

(End of this chapter)