I'm in the Red Mansion

On Jia Cong's side, with Zhuozhou City as the center, he began to move outward and recover the cities within Zhuozhou.

Because there are enough troops and the support of cannons.

The gates of the surrounding county towns were not as strong as that of Zhuozhou City, so the recovery speed was still very fast.

I believe that it won’t take long before we can recover the entire Zhuozhou.

At the same time, Jia Cong's report was also sent to the capital in a timely manner.

When the emperor and his ministers heard Jia Cong's report, they felt relieved.

What they feared most was that the three armies attacking the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun would affect Jia Cong, and he would lose the four prefectures he had just recovered.

Now it seems that the situation is still good.

Not only did Guanjun Hou resist the attack of the Qing Dynasty, but he also took the initiative to attack and captured Zhuozhou in one fell swoop.

It seems that it was not the flintlock rifles and new firearms that were powerful, but only the Marquis of Guanjun and the Jizhou army under his command.

Next, the court decided to wait until Jia Cong’s army recaptured Zhuozhou before giving out rewards.

But now, we have only recovered one state, so there is no need for a big reward.

We will make this decision after we recover more states.

It has to be said that Jia Cong's invincibility in attack and battle also raised the court's expectations of him.

Jia Cong also recovered the remaining counties at an extremely fast speed.

It took less than a month to capture the entire Zhuozhou.

At this point, Jia Cong completely cut off the connection between the nine states on the right side of the Sixteen States of Yanyun and the Qing Dynasty, making these nine states a completely isolated city.

Moreover, Zhuozhou was directly connected to Daxia, completely opening up the connection between the five states he recovered and Daxia.

In this way, the entire five continents were directly revitalized.

The next step, if we can capture the two states of Mozhou and Yingzhou, we will completely capture the right side of the Sixteen States of Yanyun.

Of course you have to take it, but there is no rush.

Next, what Jia Cong had to do was naturally to digest Zhuozhou which he had just captured.

After completely digesting and absorbing Zhuozhou, and then thoroughly training the 70,000 new troops, we can then take action against these two states.

What made Jia Cong laugh and cry was that he had just recovered the entire Zhuozhou.

Chu Fuyu, a general from the Yuanchu lineage who was originally responsible for attacking Zhuozhou, was so impatient to lead his troops to take over the entire Zhuozhou.

This made Jia Cong wonder if this guy was crazy.

You were incompetent and when you attacked Zhuozhou, you fell into the trap of the Qing Dynasty and were defeated by them, and were chased and killed.

It was a crushing defeat, with many casualties and heavy losses.

Now I have sent troops to resolve their crisis.

Now they have the nerve to come and take over Zhuozhou from me, ready to reap the fruits of their victory?
I'm afraid I'm overthinking it?

In fact, the reason why Chu Fuyu was so shameless was that he was forced into it.

After all, it was their military generals from the early Yuan Dynasty who proposed to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

However, not only did they fail to achieve their wish, but they also suffered a huge loss. It was a terrible defeat.

If they don't gain anything, then their Yuanchu lineage will surely be liquidated by Emperor Yonglong.

From now on, their Yuanchu faction will be completely suppressed by the Four Kings and Eight Dukes faction, and will never be able to stand up again.

Therefore, they had no choice but to take such shameless actions.

And they also had their own reasons, that is, they were the army that was ordered to attack Zhuozhou.

Now that the Jizhou army has helped them capture Zhuozhou, they are very grateful. They also hope that Marquis Guanjun will withdraw from Zhuozhou, and they will reward him handsomely.

Jia Cong was too lazy to deal with these stupid guys and chose to ignore them.

However, Chu Fuyu turned out to be a tough guy and refused to leave the border of Zhuozhou.

It seems that he will stay here unless Jia Cong returns Zhuozhou to him.

Moreover, after they ran out of food, they began to harass the people.

When Jia Cong found out, he became furious.

Send out troops directly and capture Chu Fuyu and his soldiers.

Then report to Emperor Yonglong.

After receiving Jia Cong's report, everyone in the court had a new view.

There was another quarrel in the court.

However, Jia Cong and his Jizhou army's performance was so amazing.

And now, except for Guanjun Hou, no one can defeat the Qing army.

Therefore, the final choice was naturally to deal with Chu Fuyu.

All the meritorious soldiers in Jia Cong's army were rewarded.

However, Jia Cong, Liu Xianglian, Jia Huan and other generals, although accumulating military merits, did not receive promotions in official positions or titles, only some material rewards.

And the Yuanchu faction was suppressed just as Jia Cong had expected.

The three generals who led the troops were all dismissed from their posts.

Chu Fuyu was even arrested and imprisoned.

At this point, the battle in Zhuozhou came to a temporary end.

Next, Jia Cong began to vigorously develop Zhuozhou.

Zhuozhou has a better location, after all, it is closer to the capital, so Jia Cong decided to build an industrial zone in Zhuozhou.

Because of the large-scale construction, Zhuozhou began to develop rapidly.

One day, Jia Cong was handling official documents in Youzhou when he received a report that Miss Qingwen had fainted at home.

After hearing the news, Jia Cong was shocked.

Why did Qingwen faint for no reason?
Could it be that she has some disease?
Jia Cong did not dare to delay and hurried back home.

At this time, Qingwen had woken up.

A doctor had come to check Qingwen's pulse. When the doctor saw Jia Cong, he could not help but bow and said, "Congratulations, my lord. Congratulations, my lord."

Jia Cong frowned and asked, "Why are you so happy?"

The doctor said quickly: "My aunt has been pregnant for two months, so it is naturally a great joy."

Qingwen is actually pregnant?

Jia Cong was surprised, and ordered someone to take a few taels of silver and send the doctor away.

Then, Jia Cong began to take Qingwen's pulse, and found that Qingwen was indeed two months pregnant.

The reason why she fainted was because she ate too little on a daily basis and did not get enough nutrition.

Qingwen was very happy after learning that she was pregnant. She was half lying on the pillow, looking at Jia Cong and smiling.

After taking her pulse, Jia Cong said angrily, "How dare you laugh? You've been pregnant for two months, and you don't even know it?"

"Don't you usually eat? You starved yourself to death, what can I say to you? If we find out later, the child will be dead from starvation!"

Hearing the last sentence, Qingwen was frightened and asked hurriedly, "Third Master, is the child okay? Nothing bad will happen to him, right?"

Jia Cong said angrily: "You feel nervous now? What were you doing before? It's okay now, it doesn't matter, but in the future, you have to eat well."

After hearing this, Qingwen finally felt relieved.

She couldn't help but say, "Third Master, when Xiangling was pregnant, didn't she vomit all over the place and couldn't even eat?"

"I didn't feel anything at all. My appetite was fine. I just didn't dare to eat too much because I was afraid of getting fat. I never expected that I was pregnant."

Well, morning sickness reactions vary from person to person, and even for the same woman, the reactions may be different between her first, second, and third pregnancies.

Qingwen didn't have any morning sickness at all, and she was afraid of getting fat, so she didn't dare to eat too much.

And now she has to supply nutrition for two people. No wonder she suddenly fainted. It was all because of malnutrition.

But this is not a reason to forgive her.

Jia Cong could not help but angrily said: "It's fine that you didn't have morning sickness, but don't you know that your period hasn't come yet? Why don't you come and ask me?"

Qingwen said shyly, "My menstruation is not regular to begin with. This time it was delayed by a month. I, I really didn't take it seriously."

Well, I have to say, you have a really big heart.

Next, Jia Cong began to instruct Qingwen seriously, telling her to eat more and ask the kitchen to prepare whatever she wanted.

This time, Qingwen agreed obediently.

She finally got pregnant and was very happy.

Qingwen couldn't help but say, "Third Master, now that I'm pregnant, I can't serve you anymore."

"Why don't you buy two more maids, or ask Hongxiu and the others to come over so that they can serve you."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Third Master is not so unbearable. There is no need to do this. Well, why not write a letter and ask Hongxiu to come."

Hongxiu has been serving him since he was young and grew up with him.

It would be a good idea to call Hongxiu to serve you.

Half a month later, Hongxiu came over and couldn't help but offer congratulations.

The two girls couldn't help but laugh for a while.

After Hongxiu came, Qingwen felt relieved.

Time has unknowingly entered June.

It was Xiangling's due month, and the next month it was Xue Baoqin's turn.

June and July are the hottest months, and unfortunately, they have to stay in confinement during these two months.

On the tenth day of June, Jia Cong received news that Xiangling had successfully given birth to a daughter, and both mother and daughter were safe. She asked Jia Cong to name his eldest daughter.

Xiangling gave birth to a daughter? She has a daughter now?

Now I have both a son and a daughter.

I don’t know what the little guy looks like. Does he look more like Xiangling or me?
Jia Cong couldn't wait to return to Ningguo Mansion and see the little guy with his own eyes.

But now, he really can't leave, because Baoqin is going to give birth next month.

Forget it, I'll just wait until the end of the year to go back.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong named his daughter: Jia Wei.

As for the nickname, let my mother, Mrs. Mei, choose it.

Xiangling is not Lin Daiyu, so it is better not to let Jia Wei choose her own nickname.

A few days later, Jia Cong's letter was sent back.

When Xiangling heard that her daughter's name was Jia Wei, she was very satisfied with the name.

When Mrs. Mei heard that she had to name her granddaughter herself, she thought for a while and finally gave her the nickname Wei'er.

Soon, it was July again, and Xue Baoqin gave birth to a son safely, and both mother and child were safe.

This time, it was Jia Cong's turn to name the little guy.

Jia Cong named the little guy: Jia Xiao, and let Mrs. Mei choose the nickname.

And Xue Baoqin was also very satisfied with the name Jia Xiao.

As for the nickname, Mrs. Mei gave it a wealthy name.

Well, this nickname is really quite vulgar. However, this is also the old man's love for his grandson.

And it’s better for nicknames to be more vulgar.

……

Before we knew it, it was autumn, the harvest season.

Next, Jia Cong deliberately staggered the harvest time for the people and official lands in the four states.

After the people had harvested their crops, Jia Cong hired a large number of people at a wage of ten cents a day to harvest the three new crops: sweet potatoes, corn and peanuts, from the government land.

They also specially set aside some land and asked them to weigh it in units of mu.

The final per-acre yield measured surprised all the people.

For example, corn and peanuts are fine, with an output per mu of only about 600 to 700 kilograms, which is almost the same as wheat, and not much higher.

The yield of sweet potatoes alone was truly astonishing, reaching more than 2,000 kilograms per mu.

This yield is three times that of wheat!
Well, this per-acre yield is naturally inflated.

Because the sweet potatoes are fresh sweet potatoes, not the dried sweet potatoes that have been dried.

But even so, the output of sweet potatoes far exceeds that of wheat.

But I heard from the Marquis that these three crops can be grown over wheat stubble.

That is to say, you can start farming after winter wheat is harvested, and then after these three crops are harvested, you can start sowing winter wheat again.

In this way, the effect of three harvests in two years can be achieved.

The reason why it is three harvests in two years, and not two harvests in one year.

This is because this model cannot be repeated over and over again.

After a few years of farming, you must take a break and change the planting order. Otherwise, the soil fertilizer efficiency will easily deteriorate and the crops will become diseased.

Even if the crops are harvested three times in two years, the people can harvest one more crop in two years.

In total, the annual grain output can be increased by more than 300 kilograms.

The extra food can help people solve the problem of food and clothing and avoid starvation.

Therefore, after the people in the four states finished harvesting the government fields, they all began to think about planting new crops next year.

Jia Cong was naturally happy to hear about this.

This matter was originally promoted by Jia Cong.

The crops left in the fields now are enough to be planted in the four states next year.

And after it is fully promoted in the four states next year, we can report to the imperial court and strive to promote it throughout Daxia.

And once it is promoted throughout Daxia, the entire Daxia will no longer have to worry about food problems.

In the later Qing Dynasty, after promoting several crops, it was able to feed 400 million people.

It is certainly possible in Daxia, and Daxia today does not have such a large population.

As long as there is sufficient food, the internal conflicts in Daxia can be greatly alleviated.

One day, Jia Huan excitedly found Jia Cong and said, "General, now that the autumn harvest is over and the new army has been trained for a year, it is fully ready to go into battle."

"Now is a great time to recapture Yanyun. I wonder if the general will send troops in time?"

Jia Cong couldn't help but laugh and said, "You are too anxious. There is no need to be anxious just yet."

"The bullets we have now are not enough to support us in fighting a major war."

"And the Qing dynasty learned from their mistakes. They suffered so much at our hands, how could they not have made any progress?"

"Therefore, we will not take any action this year and will wait until next year to make a decision."

"And I'm afraid our battle plan will also have to change."

"If we remain unchanged, we will suffer a great loss!"

After hearing what Jia Cong said, Jia Huan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

I have to say, what the general said makes a lot of sense.

I was still dwelling on my previous victory and hadn't thought about the changes.

During these one or two years, they used cannons to bombard the Qing city gates to break into the city, and seized five of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and were successful in everything they did.

Could it be that the Qing Dynasty had no way to deal with this?
If we use the previous methods to attack the city, we may suffer a great loss.

After Jia Huan left, he couldn't help but think.

He adopted the method of bringing in.

I wonder if I were the Qing Dynasty, how would I respond when faced with such an aggressive siege method of Daxia?

As he thought about it, Jia Huan couldn't help but become lost in thought.

But Jia Cong didn't think so much.

In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks will appear pale and powerless.

At present, their hot-fired rifles are something that the Qing Dynasty cannot resist at all.

As long as they have enough bullets, the Qing Dynasty will be helpless.

But the bullet production capacity is still too low.

By next year, the accumulated number of bullets produced will be enough to start a war.

Now, Jia Cong is considering how to select talents and how to develop the five states that he currently controls.

At present, the development trend of these five states is good.

As the saying goes, there is no construction without destruction, because these five states have been destroyed.

Now everything is being revived and order has been re-established. It seems that this order is very healthy and good.

Jia Cong believed that within a few years, these five states would become more prosperous than other states and counties in Daxia.

Because in Daxia, various aristocratic families and powerful forces are intertwined and cannot be compared with these five states.

But nowadays, the pace of technological development is still too slow.

After all, he was just a governor, not the emperor.

If he were the emperor, he could initiate a reform of the imperial examination system and add subjects such as mathematics and science to the content of the imperial examination.

And we will increase support for scientific research, so that scientific and technological development will surely change with each passing day.

The speed of scientific progress is probably even faster than that of the West.

After all, the IQ of Oriental people is, on average, more than ten points higher than that of Western people.

If everyone were at the same starting line, the East would undoubtedly develop faster.

It’s a pity that he was just a military governor.

There is simply no way to drive such change.

Well, let's take it one step at a time and do our best.

……

It is said that the entire Qing court, including the common people, have been filled with grief since the news of Zhuozhou's fall came.

In their eyes, the Great Xia Champion Marquis had become their nightmare, a demon they could not resist.

As long as this champion marquis is around, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun will fall sooner or later.

Furthermore, it would threaten the safety of their Qing Dynasty.

In the Qing Dynasty, the title of Marquis of Guanjun became a synonym for the devil, and he could stop children from crying.

In their mouths, the Champion Marquis was portrayed as a man ten feet tall, with a green face and fangs, who could tear a wild horse apart with his bare hands and eat raw meat and drink hot blood.

Even the Qing emperor Kang Mazi was struggling to find a way to deal with Jia Cong, but for the time being, he was at a loss.

Kang Mazi felt that the reason why Guanjun Hou was invincible was because of the advantage of firearms.

Today, Kang Mazi is also actively looking for Western businessmen to buy their latest weapons.

However, even the most advanced weapons in the West are still inferior to those of Champion Hou.

This made Kang Mazi suspect that the weapons used by the army under Guanjun Hou were developed by themselves, rather than purchased from the West.

If you want to defeat the Champion Hou, you must create weapons that are sharper and more powerful than theirs.

But it is not easy to achieve this. Even Westerners cannot do it.

Kang Mazi introduced a large number of Western missionaries into the imperial palace.

Then follow them and learn Western science.

At the same time, a group of smart and clever Eight Banners children were selected to study Western technology together.

Trying to develop more powerful weapons on our own.

It was only for a short time, and the gains were minimal.

Kang Mazi found Princess Gulun again, hoping that she could send someone to sneak into Jizhou and steal a rifle used by Daxia.

It would be even better if we could steal a cannon.

But this is too difficult to achieve at the moment.

They settled for the next best thing: stealing a rifle.

However, this requirement is difficult to achieve at the moment.

One day, Kang Mazi called Princess Gulun and asked, "Sister, it is just as you said. If Jia Cong is not eliminated, the troubles of our Qing Dynasty will not end."

"At this time, can we use the strategy of sowing discord to get rid of this boy? If we keep this boy here, I'm afraid Yanyun will not be safe!"

Hearing Kang Mazi's words, Princess Gulun couldn't help but shake her head and said, "Your Majesty, this is not the right time."

"The greatest wish of the Emperor of Daxia and all the officials in the court is to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun."

"We have not yet completely recovered the territory, so we will definitely not touch their champion marquis."

"And if they want to make a move on Guanjun Hou, it must be after he has recovered all the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun."

Hearing this, Kang Mazi's face changed and he said, "So, aren't we going to hand over the land of Yanyun to someone else?"

Princess Gulun smiled and said, "Your Majesty, since our Qing Dynasty was able to seize the Yanyun area from Daxia before, we can seize it back again in the future."

"The one we fear is not Daxia, but Guanjun Hou!"

"As long as we get rid of Guanjun Hou, what is there to fear from Daxia?"

Hearing this, Kang Mazi couldn't help but show a thoughtful look on his face.

Princess Gulun added: "Once the Champion Marquis takes over the Yanyun area, Emperor Yonglong will achieve his wish. Next, he will have to take Jia Cong, the Champion Marquis, into consideration."

"After all, the Champion Marquis who owns the Yanyun land has the power to challenge the imperial court."

"How could Emperor Yonglong really trust him?"

That is indeed the case, not to mention Emperor Yonglong.

Even if it were Kang Mazi himself, he would definitely be suspicious.

Such a general should either be transferred or killed.

Princess Gulun added: "When the time comes, we will go with the flow and add fuel to the fire, which will surely make their king and his ministers suspicious."

"And if we can win them over, Daxia will be in the hands of the Qing Dynasty!"

"However, after the matter is accomplished, this child must not be allowed to stay!" (End of this chapter)