Jia Baoyu sat in the reception room a little absentmindedly, he had been sitting for half an hour, but his uncle had not come out yet.

When I got off the carriage, I saw the large luxury carriage of the Zhenguo Bull Mansion, and it was estimated that Niu Jizong, who took over as the governor of my uncle Xuanda, came in person, otherwise my uncle would not have finished talking for so long.

After the uncle became the governor of Xuanda, it was not as easy to see as the envoy in the Jingying Festival, and he spent most of his time outside Beijing.

The governor of Xuanda is better, and he has to go back to Beijing from time to time, but every time he returns to Beijing, the outside of the mansion is covered by cars, and there are many small sedan chairs, and there is an endless stream of civil and military officials and martial juniors waiting to be seen.

After being transferred from Governor Xuanda to Governor Denglai, it was rumored that his uncle had lost some power, but when he saw his uncle last time, Jia Baoyu felt that his uncle was in a good mental state, even more imposing than when he was in Governor Xuanda, and there were more and more people waiting to see him outside his mansion.

It turned out that most of them were military generals, but last time, there were obviously more civilian officials, such as the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Officials, and even the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Although Jia Baoyu doesn't understand all the secrets of this official career, he also knows that Da Zhou is a civil and military official, and a civil official is a senior when he sees a military attaché, and under the same circumstances, the military attache must listen to the civil official, which is why the family has always wanted him to study and take the imperial examination.

There are more civil officials who come to visit him, which naturally means that his uncle's officials are getting bigger and bigger, or the power in his hands is getting bigger and bigger, otherwise how could civil officials come to visit his uncle.

Among them are also my father's boss and colleagues in the Ministry of Works, although my father tried his best to be indifferent, but that look of honor was still quite obvious after returning home.

My mother had gone to the backyard to talk to my aunt, and the two cousins were not there.

Well, Cousin Wang De probably went to Daguanlou to sing again, which has become the most lively place for the children of wealthy families in Beijing to play tickets, that is, he also takes Qin Zhong to meet Second Brother Liu and Jiang Yuhan from time to time, and even meets the prince of Beijing from time to time.

I didn't expect Xue Datou to have such a good relationship with Second Brother Liu and Brother Feng, climbing this high branch, Xue's head suddenly trembled, and he felt that he had finally made a good living, and he didn't want to think that if it wasn't for Brother Feng to promote him in the face of Rongguo Mansion, and the Jia family didn't want to get involved in this business, they could still get him?

But the pride of Xue's big head also made Jia Baoyu feel more and more flustered.

Jia Baoyu is the last thing in her heart to see this aunt and cousin.

In addition to Xiangling's incident, it was also because the other party caused such a big incident in Jinling City, and it was thanks to his uncle's great efforts that he could be regarded as smoothing things out.

It stands to reason that this guy should be honestly settled in Beijing when he arrives in Beijing, but there are still five people and six people a day, and my uncle and aunt have said it many times, and then they didn't bother to say it.

However, this guy seems to have done a lot of duty this year, and he stayed in the Daguan Building all day long, and he also became acquainted with Second Brother Liu and Jiang Yuhan, which made Baoyu a little tired.

How can Second Brother Liu and Jiang Yuhan afford such turbidity, and still hand it over? There is no land to fall into the identity.

A few days ago, this Xue Datou wanted to provoke Brother Zhong again, but Brother Zhong didn't want to cause trouble, so he didn't tell himself, but Mingyan told himself that if it weren't for his aunt's poor health in the past two days, he really wanted to go to his aunt to complain, of course, this is just thinking.

Sitting here and drinking this old gentleman's eyebrows without taking a sip, the tea fruit also felt tasteless.

Baoyu glanced at it and frowned, why doesn't this uncle's family pay attention to it?

The taste of this tea fruit is far less than the rhombic flour cake and pine goose oil rolls at home, and even this creamy fried small noodle fruit is too strong, which makes people a little greasy, but I want to talk to my mother and ask her to tell her aunt and uncle, so as not to neglect the guests in the future.

Seeing that his son was there and his mind was not blurred, Jia Zheng felt a burst of fire for no reason.

Bringing him to his brother-in-law's house, what a formal occasion, he also looked so absent-minded, although his brother-in-law had not yet come out, but the chief housekeeper of the palace was accompanying him.

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Jia Zheng coughed lightly, Baoyu immediately snorted, came back to his senses suddenly, quickly picked up the teacup and pretended to be calm and took a sip, and then asked with a smile: "I don't know if Uncle Zhou is Niu Shibo coming to visit his uncle today?" ”

Jia Zheng actually wanted to ask for a long time, but his identity is not the same, but Baoyu is different, he is Wang Ziteng's nephew, and he is also a junior, even if he asks, it is okay.

"Bao Gongzi, Lord Niu came early in the morning, and he has been talking to the master about this, and then there were guests coming, they have been talking for a long time, and it is estimated that it will be over soon, so the aunt and Bao Gongzi will wait a while."

Those who can be the big housekeepers in the palace are naturally Wang Ziteng's confidants and particularly stable people, and without the master's orders, he will not easily mention the identity of the guest.

Although the other party is the brother-in-law of the master, he still has to abide by the rules, and it is none of his business if the other party guesses the identity of the guest when he sees the carriage of Niufu.

Jia Zheng estimated that he must be a big person, and it must not be easy for his brother-in-law and Niu Jizong to receive him in person, he stroked his beard, and pretended not to care: "The second brother and Niu Gong must have important official business, naturally official business is the most important, and I don't have a big deal, just take Baoyu to see his uncle." ”

Steward Zhou said with a smile: "My aunt should indeed take Bao Gongzi to take a walk more, the old man is getting busier and busier now, and after going to Denglai, as soon as he returns to Beijing, he will be full of guests, and dozens of posts will be collected every day, and he will not be able to arrange until the master leaves Beijing, so Bao Gongzi can also meet some guests when he comes to take a walk." ”

Although Baoyu didn't like this kind of entertainment, he also knew that people had good intentions, and Jia Zheng nodded again and again.

If you can often go in and out of the palace, you must be able to meet some big people, regardless of which line of way, there is no harm in knowing and familiarizing yourself, maybe one day you can help, people are talking about Baoyu, but why not talk about yourself?

As they were talking, they heard voices from the arch of the cloister.

"Prince, Niu Gong, please stay, the little nephew said by the two uncles has been written down, and will negotiate with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household as soon as possible, and see what they say, but it is Lord Zhang of the Ministry of War, the two uncles are afraid that they will also have to talk about it, and the little nephew heard that Lord Chai may return to Beijing in the middle of the year to report the victory, and then you can also ask Lord Chai to report to the emperor again, Lord Chai has always attached great importance to the defense of the sea and frontier, and has always believed that the logistics support of Liaodong must be supported by Denglai,......"

Baoyu was a little familiar with it, but Jia Zheng immediately heard who this clear and quiet voice was.

"Well, Ziying, I'm going to bother you to worry about this matter, the people of the household department and the ministry of work can't do things, but the ability to pick problems is not small, Zheng Boxiao and Li Daofu, one is in charge of the household department is more valuable than his own money, and the other is in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and he is more detailed than anything else, and I can't wait for everything to let me, the governor, figure it out by himself, but the yamen of the governor of Denglai has not been set up yet, Laizhou and Dengzhou are all complaining about hardship, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, when will it be an end?"

Wang Ziteng is also angry, the governor of Denglai is a new yamen, from the site selection to the start of construction, it has been a few months, but the household department keeps saying that there is no silver, let the first from Dengzhou Laizhou to hand over the field and the arrears in advance, the Ministry of Industry is the same, the required master labor, are advanced by the local construction, can be deducted from it at that time.

How can it be so simple for you to make it easy for the local authorities to obey you?

Although this governor is in charge of military and political power, but you are a new governor's yamen, far less than Xuanda, Jiliao and other long-established yamen, plus the imperial court is not pulling out a dime, it is conceivable that it is naturally difficult to make the local people happy and satisfied, at least you have to let the imperial court reduce taxes for two years, right?

However, the power to reduce taxes is not something that Wang Ziteng can decide, and the exemption of land must be submitted by the household department to the cabinet to approve the emperor's approval, and the exemption from labor must be deducted by the household department and the Ministry of Industry.

The same is true for Xuanda's side, the imperial court gives priority to protecting Liaodong, plus last year's Ningxia rebellion, the imperial court had to pacify Ningxia and Gansu first, and then to revert to Shazhou and Hami, so the only family background of the household department is tilted to these two sides, and Xuanda's side is a little stretched.

Niu Jizong came this time to ask Feng Ziying when the debt in the open sea borrowing could be implemented, and how could he announce that the governor had a good heart.

Feng Ziying naturally couldn't give him a quasi-letter, but he also told him an approximate time, which depends on the pace of advancement.

"Uncle rest assured, yesterday the emperor recruited the little nephew to meet, and also mentioned the matter of Denglai, the emperor also attaches great importance to it, it is estimated that there will be measures soon, I believe the situation will change soon."

Feng Ziying didn't mention Yinzhuang's shareholding, Emperor Yonglong didn't say anything, he must have something to consider, he still has to ponder and figure out what Emperor Yonglong thinks in his heart.

The footsteps and talking were getting closer and closer, and Jia Zheng and Jia Baoyu had mixed feelings in their hearts, but they both subconsciously stood up and looked at the door.

While accompanying Niu Jizong and Feng Ziying, Wang Ziteng seemed to remember something, stood still, and said to this side: "Cun Zhou, Baoyu, come and see Niu Gong and Ziying." ”

Jia Zheng and Jia Baoyu hurriedly stepped out of the reception room, looked up, and happened to face to face with Wang Ziteng, Niu Jizong, and Feng Ziying, who was dressed in green shirts.