The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 531 Jia Rong's Treat
That night, Daiyu tossed and turned and didn't sleep all night.

However, she was so excited that she didn't sleep, and she was full of internal energy, so when she woke up the next morning, she was still full of energy, and she did not lose her manners when she went to Jiamu's place to say hello.

In Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Wang asked someone to invite Sister Feng.

"I have seen Mrs."

"Lian's daughter-in-law, I called you here today. It's your Aunt Xue who wrote."

"Ah, Aunt Xue, is there anything urgent?"

"They have already arrived in Tongzhou, and they will be able to enter Beijing in two days. How is the cleaning of Qixia Courtyard?"

"Madam, don't worry, I've arranged for my mother-in-law to clean it up, and my aunt and the others can move in when they come to Beijing."

"That's good, your Aunt Xue is only in her 30s, and your cousin Pan'er and Baochai are still young, we must treat them well." Mrs. Wang also lamented.

"Madam, don't worry. By the way, how old are Aunt Xue's brother Pan and cousin Baochai?
Mrs. Wang thought for a while and said, "I remember that Brother Pan is four years older than Baoyu, and Baochai is two years older than Baoyu."

Sister Feng's face brightened, she kept silent, and talked about other important matters, which were all about spending money everywhere.

Finally, Sister Feng said: "Madam is right, our family has a lot of things to do, but now we don't have so much extra money, we need to transfer some money from the silk and satin shop."

"It's not enough to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall like this. The silk and satin village needs money to collect silk cocoons. The Grand View Garden is also going to be built. Look, where the money from our family was borrowed, I quickly took it back, and the short interest would be fine." It doesn't matter."

"Alright madam, I'll do it now." Sister Feng replied with her head down.

Back in the house, Sister Feng asked anxiously, "Where's Master? You haven't come back yet?"

"If you go back to the wife, the second master hasn't come back today." A servant girl replied.

"This short-lived ghost, I'm afraid he will climb into the bed of some whore again." Sister Feng sat on the kang, her chest heaving and falling with anger.

"Second Mistress, what's wrong with you? Who's mad at you?" Ping'er waved her hand, signaling all the women and maids to back down. She sat beside her, gently stroking Sister Feng's back, and asked softly .

"These men in the mansion are all noble and noble, greedy for money, lustful for lust, wearing the brand of a family of poetry and calligraphy, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and are proficient in everything. Spending money is like running water, as if the money fell from the sky It’s the same as it came down.”

Ping'er was frightened by Sister Feng's previous words, but after hearing the latter, she realized that Sister Feng was worrying about the shortfall of the family's income and expenditure.She is Sister Feng's personal maid and right-hand assistant, and she knows some inside information.Hearing Sister Feng's dejected words, I didn't know how to comfort her for a while, so I just said it casually.

"Second Mistress, don't worry about these things. Your Majesty has become a noble concubine now. When Baoyu grows up and passes the test, the family business will naturally prosper."

"Humph, Baoyu, alas, the old lady dotes on him so much, and the wife spoils him so much. He is ten years old, and he is still playing with his sisters. Zongxue usually goes to school for two days and rests for three days. What books are you reading? Look at the good nephew that Uncle Lin has taken in, not to mention that he will be the champion in the exam in the spring of next year, but just now he is in charge of the Jinyiwei fans, and he will punish all the Jinyiwei fans who are like tigers and tigers. That's what you call a man!"

"Second Grandma, how do you know so clearly?"

"If you want to do business with someone, you must find out their details. Who doesn't know that he has three major trading companies, such as Antarctic Goose, Civet Cat and Miao Miao Dong, all of which are owned by Jinshan Yinhai."

"Antarctic Goose, Civet Cat and Miao Miao Dong, this business company has a strange name."

"Although the name is strange, but there are many industries. You have [-] Western glazed orbs, and a series of Western gadgets. Who can compare with this? Isn't this Jinshan Yinhai?"

"Second Mistress, it's no wonder Mr. Chen can give the emperor so much money?"

"Yeah, so I was thinking, how can I get in touch with Chen Zhao's business and do business together. Coincidentally, today I heard my wife mention my Aunt Xue in Jinling. She has a daughter named Xue Baochai, who happens to be 13 years old. .”

"Second Mistress, do you mean to protect the matchmaker?"

"Cousin Baochai has to call me cousin and my wife aunt. With this matchmaking, Chen Zhao and I have become relatives, and the Rongguo Mansion and the Chen family have also become relatives. We don't have to go through the twists and turns to find connections through the Lin family. Presumably the old lady also It's time to be satisfied.

"What about Xiangyun?" Ping'er asked a little impatiently.

"She," Sister Feng wrung a handkerchief in both hands, and said bitterly after a while, "I can only blame myself for suffering."

……

But when Chen Zhao left the military training place and returned to the mansion, Sun Xiaodong stepped forward and handed him a post.

"My lord, someone sent a post."

Chen Zhao opened it and frowned slightly.

It turned out that Chen Runwen, the head of the Duke of Qi's mansion, and Hou Xiaokang, the head of the Duke of Xiu's mansion, jointly posted a post saying that they were going to hold a banquet in Songhe Tower and invite the scholars who are about to take the next year's exam to hold a literary meeting. To help you "former classmates" become famous, I hope Chen Zhao will be able to participate in it.

It turns out that although the Chen Runwen and Hou Xiaokang families are the mansions of the Dukes, they have long since abandoned martial arts and followed the literature. The family's nephews and nephews have also raised one or two scholars, and they are very close to the literati, so they often hold literary meetings to help them The literati of the faction became famous.

Of course, Chen Zhao also knew that the commander, Lu Yunhe, was also someone who was placed in Jinyiwei by the Duke of Qi.

Probably because he had just cleaned up Long Xiaoyun, which attracted Lu Yunhe's attention. He was afraid that he would hug grass and beat a rabbit and knock him down, so this old Lu hurriedly hugged the thigh of the master behind the scenes, and today's post came about. .

"Perhaps because I am busy with martial arts every day and have no time to review my lessons, I want to make a fool of myself before the exam." Chen Zhao looked at the post and threw it aside.

"My lord, shall we still go?" Sun Xiaodong asked hurriedly.

"Go, of course you have to go."

While Chen Zhao was talking, he continued to walk in, and Sun Xiaodong handed over several letters, including letters from Lin Ruhai, and letters from the directors of the three major trading companies.

In their eyes, although Chen Zhao is young, he is full of talent, he can settle everything with a single word, and every decision is bound to have great success.

So they often wrote to Chen Zhao asking for advice.

After reading these letters, Chen Zhao replied one by one with a pen, and the sun moved westward in a blink of an eye.At this time, Jia Rong of Ningguo Mansion sent someone to send a post, saying that he was hosting a banquet at home, and invited Chen Zhao to come to the mansion to talk about it, and pointed out that Uncle Lian would be with him.

Chen Zhao thought for a while, prepared some presents and rushed over.

The banquet was held in a pavilion connected to the attic in the backyard of Ningguo Mansion. As expected, there were only Jia Rong and Jia Lian, who greeted Chen Zhao happily when they saw him.

"Zishang, you are famous in the capital these days. Everyone knows that you, a candidate from Yangzhou, are extraordinary. You were appointed by His Majesty to rectify the Jinyiwei before you finished. It is said that you are among the best in the list of heroes in today's capital!"

After listening to Jia Lian's words, Chen Zhao hurriedly said a few words of humility, but he was muttering in his heart, you Lian Er, you only miss the fireworks and Liuxiang all day long, but you actually care about the hero spectrum.
"Uncle Chen Shi, you're here. I'm sorry to welcome you." Jia Rong, the host, bowed his hands politely. Although he was several years older than Chen Zhao, his seniority was there.

"Resist Frost, you're welcome."

But he was complaining in his heart, this Jia family's military family, all the children and grandchildren were infected by this wind, flowers, snow and moon to look like women, and in the end even their names looked like women.

The three sat down, booed a few words, and then Jia Rong went straight to the point.

"I have something to trouble Uncle Shi."

"Resist Frost, please speak up."

"A few days ago, I went back to my mother's house to visit my old father-in-law. When I talked about my younger brother's studies, I was quite distressed. My nephew's father-in-law had this youngest son in half a year. His name is Huan Zhong, and his name is Jingqing. He is now nine I am old. I was enlightened by my old father-in-law for two years at home. It’s just that my nephew’s father-in-law was only famous in the past, and he worked hard for half his life to become a small official in the Ministry of Construction and Repairs. He has no power and power. All expectations are placed My little brother-in-law is sick. It’s just that it’s hard to find a famous teacher. I wanted to let him study under the Confucian family of the Jia family, but he was sick every day, so I heard that although the uncle was young, he was successful in his studies, but his health was not good. Like a bear and a tiger, so I want Jing Qing to worship under your sect."

"Whose disciple?" Chen Zhao asked in a daze.

"Uncle Shi, you."

"Me? No, no, absolutely not. Everyone knows that I am just a juren now, and I will have a test next year. Before that, I was so busy every day that I still taught my disciples? Wouldn't I be misleading my disciples! "Chen Zhao waved his hands again and again.

"Why should Uncle Shi be modest! You have won the prize, and you have made a career in Yangzhou and the capital. Uncle takes pity on my nephew, please be kind to me."

Jia Rong's words made Chen Zhao dazed for a moment.

Qin Zhong is Jia Baoyu from a poor family, he can't suffer, he can't suffer offences, in Jia's family, he holds hands with Baoyu every day, and even hooks up with a little nun when he goes to the Mantou nunnery, which is also super worry-free.

Chen Zhaocai was unwilling to bring such a student.

So he naturally refused: "Ji Shuang, this is absolutely impossible. It's not that Xiao Ke won't give Ju Shuang and Ling's father-in-law face, it's that accepting a disciple is a big deal. Xiao Ke's talent is shallow, how dare he be a teacher?"

At this time, in the attic connected to the pavilion, a bell-like sound sounded through the door and window.

(End of this chapter)