Jin Yuliangyuan of the Red Chamber

Baoyu rode a horse and walked around from Donghua Gate to Beihua Gate before returning to his mansion. He got off his horse at the gate, and the gatekeeper led the horse back. Yes, his steps are brisk.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he saw Mingyan directing a group of people to move something into the building. He walked to the gate and saw that it was a huge ebony screen. There is an ink painting of the four gentlemen of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, black ink on a white background, extremely elegant.

No wonder Mingyan has to be so careful, Baoyu touched his chin, a little surprised.Is there such a craft now?

"Oh! Where did this thing come from? I don't remember when this thing came into being." Mingyan wiped the sweat off his forehead and ran up to laugh and replied, "Master, this was just delivered this morning from the kiln factory. It was by accident that I discovered that colored glaze could be made in this way, so I made such a large piece with all my strength, and then sent it to the handicraft shop to make this screen, which was finished yesterday."

"Oh, it turned out to be a mistake?" At this time, four or five people had already carried the thing and put it in Baoyu's bedroom on the third floor. It was placed in front of the bed, which is both beautiful and windproof.

But Baoyu felt that his eyes were too blocked, so he raised his hand and pointed to the staircase and said, "Put it there, it's too obstructive here."

Mingyan looked along and the corner of his eye twitched: Where is it placed?Isn't that waiting for someone to hit you?After a while of embarrassment, I still looked at each other for a long time, and asked someone to move it to the desk.Baoyu's desk was originally placed at the top facing the window, and the screen was placed on the right side of the desk to block the incoming wind, and the glazed one did not block the light, which was just right.

Baoyu nodded when she saw it and thought it was good, "This thing is good, let them study it carefully to see if they can make better ones, and give some to Lian Erye and Uncle Lin. Reward the kiln workers one by one. hanging money."

Mingyan agreed with a smile, and went down to order Yinquan, who was in charge of managing the business of these shops.

It turns out that Baoyu and Jia Lian's business is getting bigger and bigger. Five or six years ago, some kiln workers were recruited to open kilns and burn porcelain for private kilns. They used part of it for themselves and sold it to make money.

After so many years, I have gone to many skilled masters and brought out many apprentices. The grade of finished products is getting better and better, and the price is getting higher and higher. The annual profit of this item alone is 10,000+ taels.

He was naturally the first to enjoy some novel products. The porcelain used for the opening of the mansion this time was also shipped from there without spending a penny, such as flowerpots for growing flowers, fish tanks for raising fish, half-human Gao's plum vases, including those used for eating and drinking tea, and dishes are all exquisite and lovely. Even the rough porcelain tea bowls and rice bowls used by servants are of good quality, small and interesting.

It was almost noon, and after Baoyu had served the meal, he stared at the unfallen red plums in the yard in a daze, actually relaxing.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Qi sent someone to deliver the things Baoyu wanted, and then he sat at the desk all afternoon and competed with those things.

It took Jia Lian, who was far away in Yangzhou, more than half a month to tidy up the new mansion, and officially took office after the banquet.

Daiyu stayed with him for nearly ten days in one month. Apart from playing chess with Yingchun, she took the children around every day, teaching them to read while watching the scenery.

Jia Lian gradually became busy, and inevitably neglected the children. Sister Feng herself was not an educated person, besides, she was busy enough with government affairs and entertaining wives outside, and Daiyu was just here to help them take care of the children.

Anyway, everyone is close, and there is nothing particular about it. Lin Ruhai is also happy to see her daughter happy every day, so that she doesn't have to stay in the house every day.

As soon as Jia Lian came, he was ready to take all the military and political power into his own hands, so that he would not have to listen to the people below. However, it will take time. He has been busy getting familiar with the affairs recently, and he can only use it after getting started. Frontier defense and customs are the focus.

At this time, the customs is very prosperous, and the tax revenue is also a large amount of income, so it is a big deal to send troops to patrol and supervise, so as to avoid troubles in the chaos.

He is busy here, and Baoyu is not idle either.

He read the roster that day, and the next day he got up to watch the training of Jinyiwei. He had never done such physical training. On the first day, more than 1000 people were all exhausted. After ten laps, some people could no longer run. Yes, lying limply on the ground.

The centurions who led the team wanted to reprimand them to continue, but they couldn't speak because they couldn't speak, so they could only bend over on the side, panting with one hand on their knees and pointing at them, their faces turned purple.

Baoyu had no choice but to go out on his own, and let them walk twenty laps even if they walked.

The palace was even more ridiculous. Every day before dawn, Chen Fang led people to run around the palace wall. After running ten laps, all the street stalls came out to watch the many Jinyiwei watch the excitement.

They didn't want to lose face in front of the ordinary people, but they all gritted their teeth and persisted. Baoyu came over and thought it was pretty good.

There was no movement from Wang Ziteng, and Baoyu repeated such days. Three days later, Wang Qi got the garrison map of the capital, and he took it back to study, and spent half a day in the commander's office every day.

Jin Yiwei has a set of kung fu tutorials compiled by himself, but in Baoyu's opinion, it is too simple, so he simply created a few styles by himself, which are easy to learn but very effective.

Jin Yiwei was originally responsible for protecting the emperor, and the force value here is weak, so as long as he is physically fit, his movements are quick and efficient, and he can strike down the enemy as quickly and powerfully as possible in close combat. Teach them, and this alone is enough for them to learn well.

He personally demonstrated how to cleverly use his strength to throw people down. The prop was Chen Fang who was paralyzed after supervising others running.

He is the biggest one here, and after being knocked down by Baoyu with a light and skillful move, he didn't care about the pain, he got up and blinked at Baoyu with admiration on his face.

Baoyu shook his head and smiled. After getting along with him these few days, he realized that this is a simple-minded person, straightforward and cute.

Many people below showed admiration, and began to seriously recall his actions just now, trying to learn.He patted Chen Fang's shoulder and smiled, "You should study hard too!" He nodded excitedly.

Baoyu thought for a while and said: "I want to train the people in my mansion, but I don't have much time, how about...I let them come here and run with them every day, and then you can take them to practice when you come back, okay? "

Chen Fang clasped his fists together: "Of course, you can bring it with you, sir. I will definitely bring it."

With his words, Baoyu asked Mingyan to pick fifty people from the mansion, all of whom were over 15 years old, and most of them came from Zhuangzi, and they were brought to the commander's department to train with Jin Yiwei every day. return.

In addition to training soldiers in the department, he would go around the city gate every afternoon when he returned to the mansion, taking turns in southeast, north and west every day.

The soldiers guarding the city were a little strange and didn't say anything, and the lieutenants also began to lose their composure, but every time Baoyu came here, he just walked around and didn't say a word, as if he was standing on a high place to watch the scenery .

After more than ten days like this, the Jin Yiwei's physical fitness has improved slightly, and their fighting skills have also improved. He changed the number of running laps to forty laps, and the palace guards were twenty laps.Another round of torment came again.

In the evening, when Baoyu arrived at the Beihuamen tower, the lieutenants grasped his rules and waited early in the morning.

Baoyu patrolled around as usual, followed by Lieutenant General surnamed Li, who usually left after exchanging a few pleasantries, but today he suddenly chatted with him.

"How old is General Li this year?" He looked at the sunset in the west and asked casually.

Lieutenant General Li was taken aback for a moment before he said: "My lord, the general will be forty-six this year."

"46..." Baoyu sighed, and then asked, "How long has the general been in the army?"

Li Hong didn't know what he meant, so he had no choice but to answer: "It's been more than [-] years, right? From the bottom of the soldiers, until now."

"20 years, what a long time!" He said quietly, and then said jokingly: "I wonder how much the general can kill the enemy now?"

Li Hong was stunned, and said with a dry smile: "My lord... how many years has there been no war in this imperial city? Where did the last general go to battle?"

Baoyu smiled, "I just said it casually, the general doesn't need to care." After speaking, he got off the tower and rode back to the mansion.

Just after taking a bath and changing clothes, Mingyan came upstairs with a brown box in his hand. He was sitting at the desk and opened the roster of the Imperial City Army sent by Wang Qi yesterday, as well as the date of birth and date of application. Then glanced over.

Mingyan stood aside holding the box, not blocking the light, seeing Baoyu's wink, she hurriedly opened it, and there was a copper seal and a small tiger talisman inside.

"Master, someone sent it this afternoon, saying that...uncle asked him to come, and he also brought this post."

Baoyu asked him to put down the box, and he took out a red post from his pocket and handed it over. Baoyu took it and said, "Well, let's go."

Mingyan glanced at the sky outside, and asked, "Master, it's getting late, do you want to set up a meal?"

He looked up, and it was already dark outside, so he nodded: "Come on, it's lighter, I want noodles and pancakes, and I'll serve some stir-fried vegetables."

Mingyan agreed to go down and prepare, he opened the post and looked at it, but it was just superficial.

At the beginning, I played the family card, saying that I am very pleased to see you as a young man, and that your mother and aunt are also proud of you. Then I wrote that I have been busy with affairs recently, and I forgot to hand over the soldier talisman to him. Please don’t think too much about it. , and said that uncle will not live long, so he hopes that you can start a family and start a business as soon as possible, so that he can feel relieved.

Baoyu didn't have much affection for this biological uncle, and his first reaction was that Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang must have told him about the forced marriage, but he couldn't say it clearly, he could only hint like this.

Baoyu didn't think much about it, and Wang Ziteng should go to Gansu in a short time. As long as no one hurts him, he should be able to grow old safely.

He reached out and took the copper tiger talisman in his hand. Its surface was smooth, but its texture was a little black and black. It could be seen that it was from a certain age. The workmanship was simple and simple, but it felt a bit vicissitudes.

He was playing with the soldier talisman in his hand, squinting at the copper seal on the table, the candle flame flickered occasionally, and the yellow and white lamp shadow hit the side of his face, making it difficult to distinguish his expression.

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