[Without this, taking two or three days off will not be considered perfect attendance? Points for taking leave are so expensive!]

But when Jia She's Dongkua Courtyard was revealed, Jiao Shun originally wanted to return to Ningguo Mansion - after everyone had dispersed, he still had a generous gift to give to his own son.

Unexpectedly, Sun Shaozu said that he wanted to thank Jiao Shun for his kindness, but stopped him from begging for help and insisted on treating him.

After the experience of these two lives, how enlightened is Jiao Shun now?

Immediately, I saw what his intention was, shook his head and said with a smile: "Since General Sun has arrived at the Jinmen Navy, we will inevitably have to deal with him in the future, so why be in a hurry?"

After a pause, he added: "Besides, building an iron-clad ship is not a dumpling after all. How it works depends on the progress of the Ordnance Department."

"Master Jiao is indeed very clear-sighted. He saw through my old Sun Bezoar Dog Treasure at a glance!"

Seeing that his petty thoughts were exposed by Jiao Shun, Sun Shaozu admitted it generously and encouraged Brother Thumb to flatter him.

In fact, he didn't care about Jiao Shun before, thinking that a sixth-grade official from the Ministry of Industry, no matter how powerful Jian was in the emperor's heart, could not care about himself, the deputy general of the Navy.

It was not until he was waiting for Jia She and heard that Jiao Shun was so precious about the armored ship that he was much better than himself, who had been in the Navy for a year, that Sun Shaozu suddenly realized: Although the Navy is not under the control of the Ministry of Works, it can

The Ministry of Industry is in charge of building battleships!

And for the newly established Jinmen Navy, what else is more important than getting the warships commissioned as soon as possible?

Therefore, Sun Shaozu entangled with Jiao Shun as soon as he left home, and his attitude was even more affectionate than that of Jia She and his son.

Now seeing that Jiao Shun is an 'open-minded person', he scratched his head and said with a smile: "Sun doesn't ask for anything else. As long as Mr. Jiao can help with the urging when it's time, I will be grateful here."

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There is nothing wrong with this, but the problem lies in the word 'should'.

Who gets to define when it should be done and when it should not be done?

If Sun Shaozu had the final say, wouldn't he be able to push others when they say it's time?

And since there is "help to push when it is necessary to push", then naturally there is also "help to delay when it is necessary to delay". This push and delay may seem inconspicuous, but there are many obstacles in it.

To put it bluntly, this is a common method used by various government agencies. On the surface, it does not violate discipline and national laws. No one can find fault without going into the details. However, it can invisibly create a competitive advantage for local officials who are "running to make money".

It leaves the impression that there is someone above me.

Jiao Shun originally didn't care about this kind of gray income, but now he not only has to do business with the emperor, but also has to work with the historians and Wang families to build an ocean-going caravan. In addition, he also has to get rich from the bet with Wang Xifeng. In terms of personal finances,

It is inevitable that there will be some constraints.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, he did not say anything directly, but answered ambiguously: "They are all loyal to the country and serving the court. Besides, this is Jiao's responsibility. Those who can help will naturally not stand by and watch.

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These words are naturally speaking of Tai Chi.

He mainly considers the issue of risk. If it involves national laws or something that is easy to tell the truth, he will definitely not agree.

Of course, it would be best if we could take advantage of the situation and coax some benefits out of Sun's hands by relying on lip service but no real results!

But when these words fell into the ears of Sun Shaozu, they completely meant "for sale". He immediately cursed secretly that this guy really came from the Rongguo Mansion. He who is close to red is really red and whoever is close to ink is black.

How can the navy do well if the government is full of such insects?

While making a just criticism, Sun Shaozu couldn't help but feel a little happy. He thought that if money could solve it, it wouldn't be a problem. As long as he hooked up with the big steward of the Ministry of Works, it would be equivalent to having it in the stage of preparing to build a navy.

Great right to speak.

If he meets a drunken admiral again, he might be able to use this opportunity to dominate the audience.

In short, the more such connections in the court, the better, so we must make great efforts to make friends!

The two of them had their own thoughts, and they pretended to hate meeting each other late. After agreeing to talk in detail another day, they said goodbye to each other and went their separate ways.

This east courtyard is only a hundred steps away from the corner gate of Ningguo Mansion.

Jiao Shun had the time to lift his legs, but before he could enter the door, someone sneakily came out from inside. He looked around and came up to him and whispered: "Master, everything is ready. Look at what's going on today."

Yes or no……"

The person who came was none other than Yuanyang’s brother Jin Wenxiang.

Isn't this a coincidence?

There is also tonight's program.

"Then let's hurry up and take care of it."

Jiao Shun asked calmly: "Have you thought of the reason for picking your sister up?"

"After thinking about it, I decided to tell the old lady that my daughter-in-law is seriously ill and I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of her. I beg the old lady to let her go back and take care of her overnight."

After a pause, Jin Wenxiang took credit again and said: "In order to make this happen today, I asked my wife to report illness at home two days ago."

"I'm determined."

Jiao Shun patted him on the shoulder: "It will still grow in the future. I will never treat you and your wife badly."

"Thank you, uncle, thank you, uncle!"

When Jin Wenxiang heard this, he immediately beamed with joy. Seeing Jiao Shun's generosity, he naturally would not doubt the value of these words. If he was in front of the Ningguo Mansion, he would have to kowtow to Uncle Jiao several times.

After sending Jin Wenxiang away, Jiao walked into the Rongguo Mansion and followed the water corridor to the Great Flower Hall. He happened to bump into Jia Huan and Jia Cong showing off the wind-up tiger with their followers.

Seeing that it was Jiao Shun who had come back from outside, Jia Huan hurriedly got up from the ground and said with a shy face: "Brother Jiao, my mother asked me to thank you for the gift."

Without waiting for Jiao Shun to reply, he hurriedly added: "Now my mother is beside the master, and her words are much more effective than the second brother Bao. If you have fun in the future, you have to stick to me first, don't always go there."

Send it to Brother Bao!"

Obviously, in his view, Jiao Shun gave gifts to everyone in Rong Mansion just to please his father - this "dog fighting for power" face was really modeled after his own mother.

Jiao Shun originally wanted to make a few casual remarks and fool this kid away, but as he spoke, another ridiculous idea suddenly appeared in his mind.

Aunt Zhao and the eldest wife are both skilled and open-minded masters. They are almost similar in character and appearance. Jiao Shun often compares and criticizes the two of them.

But those were all comments from afar, why not now...

Then he smiled at Jia Huan and said, "Brother Huan, I really have a new thing here. I'll have someone deliver it to you later."

Jia Huan was overjoyed when he heard this and clapped his hands and cheered repeatedly.

Jia Cong looked on with envy and regretted that his mother died too early and never had such dignity as Aunt Zhao.

Because of the delay, when we walked back to the big flower hall, Jia Zhen, Jia Baoyu, Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, etc. had already heard the news and came out. One asked whether the person named Sun had ever acted wildly, and the other asked what happened to the person named Sun.

Back to the capital again.

After Jiao Shun answered his questions one by one, Jia Zhen pulled him along and said, "Brother Xian, I have something I want to discuss with you. Why don't we go to the side hall to discuss it first?"

Jia Rong was also busy beating the drum, reaching out and saying politely: "Uncle Jiao, please come this way, please come this way!"

Jiao Shun looked at the way the father and son sang together and guessed what they were thinking.

When it comes to profitable businesses, he still has a few good ones in his mind that are guaranteed to make a profit without losing money. How can he be willing to take advantage of this pair of greedy and heartless owners?

So when he arrived in the flower hall, he pretended to be distressed and said helplessly: "You can't blame me for this. I thought that with the emperor as a living sign, our business would definitely make a lot of money. Who would be the Xiangbao brothers?"

Just... alas!"

Hearing Jiao Shunzhong uncover the scar again, the flesh on Jia Zhen's cheeks jumped wildly, and her back molars were almost broken. She wanted to curse God, but after all, Jiao Shun was from Xifu.

In the end, I could only suppress these dirty words.

He said with a smile on his face: "Of course I can't blame my brother for this. It's just that we managed to scrape together the capital, so we have to find a way to make money, right?"

"I'm really at my wits' end here."

Jiao Shun spread his hands and said, "The emperor may not look down on that little guy. Now I don't dare to spend a penny randomly. I'm afraid that the government will come up with a hundred or eighty thousand yuan and ask me to invest in it equally!"

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"Don't talk about starting a new business with Brother Zhen. I don't know how to explain to the Shi family, the Wang family, the Xue family, and the second grandma about preparing to build a fleet to go to sea."

After hearing these words, Jia Zhen's face suddenly became angry.

However, Jia Rongyin was just a foil and had the time to pay attention to details: "Tell me about it to the second aunt? She has already made up her mind to invest money in it?"

Jiao Shun was waiting for someone to ask this question. He raised his hand and waved it: "That's natural. Second Mistress has invested a full fifty thousand taels of silver this time! We will send people when the Marquis goes south at the end of the month."

Follow us to supervise the cargo preparation and build the fleet, and we will pull anchor and go to sea as soon as next spring."

Hearing the figure of 50,000 taels, Jia Zhen and Jia Rong were a little unbelievable for a moment. Although Wang Xifeng had spent a lot of money, he usually spent a lot of money on ostentation. This 50,000 taels of silver was not only the entire family property, but at least it was

Most of her net worth.

Jia Rong couldn't help but ask again: "Second aunt is so optimistic about this business at sea?"

Jiao Shun spread his hands: "I don't know about that. She talked directly with the historian, or maybe she got some information from Bao Linghou."

Jia Zhen and her son exchanged glances, and both felt that this was probably the case. Otherwise, even though Feng Lazi was more of a gambler, he wouldn't be so desperate.

If that's really the case...

This business is quite manageable.

Jiao Shun saw that both father and son were a little moved, so he stood up and said: "I really have no other way now. If Brother Zhen is not in a hurry, let me think about it carefully for some time, maybe three or five

The moon is already there - today is a good day, let's not talk about this for now, let's go and have a few glasses of full moon wine."
To be continued...