Jia Zhen, Uncle of the Red House

　　He fiddled with it skillfully for a while, and then threw the gun back to him, "The quality is still good, this gun can probably be copied in my workshop, but the output has not been able to increase, and the casting of the barrel is always a problem. Difficult. Do you have a recommendation for this?"

　　Hans hurriedly pulled out a beggar. "His name is Bach, and he used to forge guns."

　　"Once?" Jia Zhen was deeply suspicious.

　　Seeing Jia Zhen's disbelief, Na Bach became anxious, "Lord Duke, I am the best firearms technician in Saxony!"

　　Jia Zhen waved her hand, "Saxony is not a small country place like Saint-Etienne in France. Well, for Hans' sake, I'll give you a contract to guide you in my workshop."

　　Bach was so ecstatic that he almost knelt down and kissed Jia Zhen's boots.

　　Jia Zhen explained to him, "This kind of gun is still too complicated and expensive. I need you to try to reduce the cost as much as possible to facilitate large-scale manufacturing. It is best to reach a thousand guns per day and it will be so-so. As long as you do a good job, money is not a problem. "

　　There seemed to be a golden mountain in front of Bach's eyes, and he couldn't help asking, "Lord Duke, how many can you produce in your workshop now?"

　　Jia Zhen said without hesitation: "It would be good to have ten finished products."

　　Bach went dark for a while.

　　This is not enough, Jia Zhen added: "This kind of ordinary stuff has no value for improvement. Some time ago, I synthesized a new type of explosive, and by the way, I improved the firing bolt and designed a new fixed-loading bullet. There's always something else, it's all just designs, and I need you to turn them into reality."

　　Bach simply passed out.

　　Hans rubbed his hands excitedly, "Is this a brand new gun?"

　　Jia Zhen held her chin, "That's natural, it's a firing gun, and I'm thinking about whether it should be called Jia Zhen No. [-] or Ning Guo No. [-]?" Are you sure that it won't attract resentment if you really want to name it like this?

　　Next, there were two more gunners, who were sent by Jia Zhen to assist in the casting of the guns, and told the casting masters of the workshop exactly what the guns he had seen looked like.

　　Finally, there were a few men looking like officers.

　　Jia Zhen glanced at Hans, who hurriedly came up to introduce, the first man with a long beard and a face of vicissitudes, "His name is Erwin, he used to be a captain of the Prussian army!"

　　The size is also a company length.

　　Another scarred face, looking very ferocious, "His name is Kruger, he's a second lieutenant." Barely count as a platoon leader.

　　The last one was a sturdy man with a strong physique, who was comparable to Timur. Jia Zhen joked, "I think of you, how come you weren't kidnapped by your king to give birth to a child with a giantess?"

　　Hans was not surprised by Jia Zhen's extensive knowledge, "His name is Frederick, and that's why he came out."

　　Jia Zhen smiled and said, "You Europa are savage and uncivilized. How can the common people have the same name as the king? This is a serious sin in our Heavenly Dynasty."

　　That Frederick looked puzzled.

　　Fortunately, Jia Zhen did not embarrass them, and immediately announced the appointment, "The three of you will be my military advisors from now on, and your task is to hand over everything you know to my personal battalion. It's best to get one. This Western-style exercise code comes out. The treatment is favorable, everyone pays one white tael to settle down first, and then [-] taels of silver a month, to see how well you are, if you perform well, it will naturally go up."

　　These foreign devils have crossed the ocean, as long as they watch closely, where else can they go?

　　Jia Zhen thought happily, but Hans was in a hurry and stopped Jia Zhen who was about to leave: "Lord Duke, what about me? You haven't arranged my work yet!"

　　"You?" Jia Zhen looked at him suspiciously, "I just gave you the money for the musket and the recruitment fee. I have nothing to do with you here. You can go back. By the way, if it's convenient, next time you come, don't care. You are abducting and deceiving, bringing a few girls here, we in the heaven can't despise you people who are neither human nor ghost."

　　Hans shook his head like a rattle. "No, my lord, I'm here to be an officer, not a businessman."

　　Jia Zhen looked at him carefully, "I think you just happen to be my arms dealer. If you change to Thomas' profiteer, you will dare to deceive me with the few tattered copper and iron just now. You are still honest. Keep your word, I love you!"

　　But Hans burst into tears, "Your Majesty, you can't do this. You don't know how hard I have been on this journey. Since we talked last time, a few of us collected what you need overnight and planned to visit again. When you got to Suzhou, you set off on an expedition. I hurriedly rushed over to pay for the service, but unfortunately you went back to your teacher when you got there. Then there was Zhenjiang, and every time I was one step behind. I had to go back to Europe, sold my property, and invited them to gather. A few have come to join you. If you don't accept me...I'll..."

　　Hans was clearly suffering.

　　Jia Zhen was a little moved, but what does it have to do with him?

　　"How about this, I am now hiring you as my personal representative to go to various ports to specifically contact your foreign traffickers and buy what I need. You know the bottom line here, and I can rest assured."

　　Hans asked: "Any rank?"

　　Jia Zhen almost kicked him back to his hometown, how could the deputy lieutenant of the Tian Dynasty give it to a foreign devil?

　　However, this did not prevent Jia Zhen from patting him on the shoulder, patting him on the shoulder in a serious manner, and smiling: "I am now granting you the rank of Major Hans as the Zuo Governor of the Central Army, the Governor of Beijing Camp, and Ning Guogong. "

　　Hanston's face was flushed, and his words were incoherent, "Lord Duke, do I want to kneel? Am I a nobleman of the Celestial Dynasty?"

　　Jia Zhen told him that he did not understand the difference between the East and the West.In Europe, the school-level officers are of course nobles, but in the Chinese Dynasty, you are a big-headed soldier, and you still want to be in the same rank as the official?Think too much?

　　So Jia Zhen laughed: "Then tell me, is there a Feng character in your name?"

　　Hans stared for a while.

　　Jia Zhen explained to Shen Lian at the workshop and the pacesetter camp, settled these foreigners, and told them not to run away before returning to Ningguo Mansion.

　　In the carriage, Jia Zhen asked Yiyi and Linlin how they felt when they saw their fellow villagers?

　　They put their long legs on Jia Zhen's waist, "We are Rakshasa people, they are German people, they are very different!"

　　Jia Zhen comforted her Mao sisters in the bumps along the way, and said with a smile: "When your master is free, how about taking you home in brocade?"

　　Although the two of them had no impression of their distant hometown at all, it did not prevent them from trying their best to release their gratitude.

　　What made Jia Zhen almost couldn't help but named the two of them as Ekaterina's first and Ekaterina's second.

　　Amitabha Buddha God!

　　After finally returning to Ningguo Mansion, the two let the girl help them into the garden.

　　You continued at Hanbi Mountain Residence and told him about eating crabs in Rongguo Mansion. "The old lady's anger is still not good so far! She is talking about things. Fortunately, she has come here after all these years, and I can't help it."

　　Jia Zhen changed into a home-made round neck robe and silk shoes under the service of Jin Chuan'er and other girls, and lay on the couch, with someone pinching her shoulders and beating her legs. "What if it doesn't go well? Dare to say something tough? It's enough to save some face."

　　You Shi sat next to him, "What are you going to do about the Wang family, sir? It's not always the way to drag it. Today, when we eat crabs, sisters Baochai and Xiluan invited me to go there. Let me tell you, this is the end of the matter, I don’t think there are too many sisters, and you don’t need to take care of other things. I will give the case to their sisters tomorrow. The second wife and Aunt Xue from the province see me Mingli Beat the drums in secret, telling me not to be jealous. God is pitiful, how have I ever had one? In the past hundred years of the Jia family, which man in the family has had so many wives and concubines?"

　　Jia Zhen smiled and comforted her: "I know that you are the most virtuous housekeeper, and I can rest assured that you are in charge of the family."

　　You Shi spat: "What do you have to worry about? Although I have the title of chief in charge, which of the following items is not your concubine? There is also Keqing occupying the account room, there is no difference between me and me. "

　　Jia Zhen wrapped her arms around her waist, and You opened his hand, "Do the same in front of the girl. Don't just touch it, I'm very itchy."

　　"What's this tough?" Jia Zhen asked with a smile.

　　You clenched his hand and didn't let him move, "What else is there? I don't trust others, and I always carry it close to my body."

　　Jia Zhen said: "What did you say? Our family has a big business. If you have to take care of everything, do you still have time to go there to eat crabs? As a housekeeper's wife, you shouldn't have to do everything with your hands, just take care of a few of them. Now. If you have any complaints, from tomorrow, let them go back to the house to rest, and I will ask you to do all the big things and small things, how about it?"

　　You Shi glanced at Jia Zhen, and smiled busyly: "Don't, I still want to live two more years! The province will make room for them, let them be wives, sleep on my bed, and spend my money. , and bullying my son. Is it worth it?"

　　Jia Zhen laughed: "Where did you learn these words? A wife is a wife, a concubine is a concubine, don't take a wife as a concubine, don't take a concubine as a wife, it's written in the law. You think too much."

　　You Shi spat: "The law is the law, and the law also says that after forty you have no children before you can take a concubine!"

　　Jia Zhen was displeased, "You're talking about Qianming! It's so good, what laws are you talking about?"

　　Seeing that Jia Zhen was a little embarrassed, You stepped forward to let Zhu'er go away and massaged him in person, "Let me tell the master something interesting? Just before the master came back, that country woman called Grandma Liu rushed over. A carload of jujubes, zucchini and some wild vegetables, said to be produced in their own land this year, and the sharp ones are left at the head. The old ladies and ladies are tired of eating the delicacies of mountains and seas every day, and they also taste the wildness. I saw her Her clothes were much more delicate than the sackcloth padded jacket of that year, and she was obviously getting up. I asked the kitchen to accept it and rewarded her with [-] taels of silver. However, Grandma Liu only kowtowed and insisted that she did not want the money, saying that it was entrusted to us. Fu, the family is pretty decent now. I wanted to keep her for a while, but she refused, saying she had to go to the West Mansion to thank her. Sir, do you think it's fun or not?"

　　Jia Zhen thought about it for a long time before she remembered that Grandma Liu.Thinking of her original act of righteousness, it was the only bright color of humanity in this supposedly desolate and indifferent world, and she sincerely praised: "This is worthy of admiration. People, don't be afraid of being poor, but be afraid of lack of ambition. Grandma Liu is here, and you can't talk about the mother-in-law in the countryside on weekdays. If you have any difficulties, you can help those who can help."

　　Jia Zhen said to herself, in his heart, Grandma Liu was still the simple old man who wanted to save Sister Qiao after going bankrupt.

　　This made You sneer and said, "Master, who is this grandma Liu? If you say it has nothing to do with you, I don't believe it. When you open your mouth, not only a lot of money, but even an official position is at your fingertips. Grandma is a sincere person, and she can resist her family’s urging? Will you agree or not at that time. Are there still few examples of Dou Mien and Mien feuding? In my opinion, we don’t need to be too enthusiastic, nor do we need to be too enthusiastic. Only treat her equally, there is not only one good person in this world, and there will not be only one bad person. Those who remember kindness are naturally good, and those who forget about profit and righteousness don’t care about him. This is the right way.”

　　Jia Zhen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "What Madam said is that the world changes and people will always change. Just like me, it has changed a lot from six or seven years ago. Who can guarantee that it will never change? It's up to you!"

　　The couple chatted again.

　　Let's say that Grandma Liu went to the Rong Mansion and met Sister Feng.It happened that the old lady was in high spirits, so she invited over to speak.

　　Sister Feng was serving in the old lady's room, and she probably drank two more glasses in the afternoon. She felt uncomfortable at this time, so Ping'er quickly helped her back to the room to rest.

Chapter [-]: Grandma Liu's Garden One

　　The next day in Hanbi Mountain, Xiaohong was squatting to put on her boots and laces for Jia Zhen, and she yawned.

　　Jia Zhen lifted her up and joked, "I made this myself. You asked for one more time than them last night, and you got up earlier than them. It can be seen that you are a diligent person, as if he is different from Jin Chuan'er!"

　　Xiaohong shyly said: "Several concubines are not feeling well, this is what slaves should do."

　　Jia Zhen put on the Sifang Pingding towel and smiled: "Remember to ask the imperial doctor to come and take a look. Especially Xiangling has been sullenly not eating these days, so don't be really sick."

　　Xiaohong laughed and said: "Master, you really are! Don't you think Aunt Zhen and the three of them are coming to your place less?"

　　Jia Zhen is also wondering, it seems that she didn't see Qingwen for a day yesterday? "What are they doing?"

　　Xiaohong said: "No wonder Master, you leave early and come back late. Tell you, Aunt Zhen is probably healthy."

　　"Have it?" Jia Zhen grabbed Xiaohong with both hands, "Is what you said true?" As she said that, she was about to go to Xiangling's room.

　　Xiaohong hurriedly grabbed him, and said coquettishly, "Master, there's more than that! Even Yiniangniang and You Eryiniang have them!"

　　"Ah?" Jia Zhen was stunned by the huge surprise, "Is it all there?"

　　Xiaohong smiled and said, "Isn't it? Listening to the concubine's discussion, I won't tell the master first, I want to give you a big surprise!"

　　Jia Zhen hugged Xiaohong and twisted it for a while, making her body weak before giving up, "What more surprises are there? This is a surprise! I'll go right now!"

　　Xiaohong didn't care about the rouge on her mouth, and pulled him again, "Master, if the concubines knew that it was the slaves who said it, they would definitely blame the slaves."

　　Just then Jia Zhen stopped, pointed at her and smiled: "Since they won't let me talk, what do you tell me to do?"

　　Xiaohong shyly said: "The slave is the master's personal maid, and the inside and outside of the body are the master's, but everyone who knows must tell you, there should be no secrets."

　　Jia Zhen nodded in admiration and said, "You are a sensible person. I asked you to come from there, and I actually earned it!"

　　Xiaohong lowered her head and hung a jade pendant for Jia Zhen.

　　The little girl in front of You came over, and she didn't dare to look in front of her, so she said timidly at the door: "Master, Sister Ping'er, who was in front of the second grandma in the West Mansion, sent someone to say that their second grandma drank two more glasses of wine yesterday. It's comfortable, but now I'm afraid that it will interfere with my body, so I ask my wife for some pills to protect my baby. It just so happens that my wife isn't going out, so my servant asks the master to show it."

　　Jia Zhen asked suspiciously, "Where did your wife go?"

　　The little girl thought for a while and then said, "It seems to be going to the Guanyin Temple."

　　Jia Zhen didn't ask anymore, she was distressed about how Sister Feng was sick? "You take some of it first... Forget it, I just have something to discuss over there. I'll take it with me, and you don't have to worry about it."

　　The little girl hurriedly backed out.

　　Xiaohong said, "Master, aren't you going outside the city?"

　　Jia Zhen smiled and gave a random reason: "Xifu has a piece of land outside the city, just close to the workshop. The court wants to expropriate it and expand the size of the workshop. It is impossible to discuss it with them."

　　Xiaohong heard that it was a major event outside, so she kept silent and sent Jia Zhen out.

　　Let’s say that Jia Zhen took the pills, left the Huifang Garden, passed the private lanes of the two houses, and entered the Rong House.Go through the corner gate of the east courtyard again, and come to the outside of the big screen of powder oil.

　　What's going on inside?

　　Just as Jia Zhen was about to lift her legs in, Ping Er wiped her tears and came out.

　　Jia Zhen stepped forward and asked, "Ping'er? What's wrong with you?" Seeing that there was no one around, he asked softly, "Did Feng girl bully you? Tell me, I'll stand up for you!"