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Chapter 18 Unexpected Visitors

Although the house I rented is not small, it seems a bit crowded after all, with more than ten people living in it. But even so, Li Si insisted on sorting out a study room, and his young master is a scholar.

Li Si was born in the Qian family and had been with Qian Yuan since he was a child. However, since this trip, he felt that his status was seriously threatened. It seemed that the young master valued Zhang San's rough embryo, wasn't he just able to fight?

He walked into the study with a cup of tea. Li Si whispered to Qian Yuan who was practicing calligraphy: "Young master, there's a fight outside again."

Qian Yuan asked casually: "How many this time?"

"This time the four of them pressed down that guy." Li Si curled his lips, "Zhang San is also a soft-footed..."

"Why this time?"

"It seems that Zhang San turned the fish aside during lunch."

"Yeah." Qian Yuan responded casually. The white-faced man Yang Wen is from Taizhou and is a man who often walks on the sea. It is normal to have such taboos.

Li Si was a little depressed. Since he was injured last year, the young master's temperament has changed drastically. He was originally talking too much and now he is too polite. He was now graceful and generous... No, he was simply careless. Last time he was cheated of hundreds of taels of silver by the Jin family.

Qian Yuan's attention was still focused on the copybooks on the table. For him, it was a lot of trouble after integrating memory, but the biggest trouble in reading was that he would write simplified characters frequently, so it took him a long time to practice calligraphy.

Some time ago, when I was in Yuyao, Sun Jing asked him strangely, "You have a simple population, so how can you have so many taboos... The ancients often lack pens when they touched the names of elders when they wrote.

On the one hand, he practiced calligraphy, and on the other hand, he wrote a letter. After hanging it a little, Qian Yuan put away the letter paper and turned around and asked, "Have the people who went to Yuyao come back?"

"Not yet." Li Si paused, "It should be back today."

"Then let him go again." Qian Yuan handed the letter paper over and asked Li Si to put it on.

Qian Yuan stayed in Yuyao for three days, and got along well with Sun Ying and Sun Yan during this period. Later, he met Sun Sheng. The filial old man was obviously malnourished.

Although there were many taboos in observing filial piety in the feudal era, in fact, most people would not stick to it. As long as they don’t make trouble such as having children during the mourning period, eating meat in private is common, and Qian Yuan will occasionally make tooth sacrifices.

However, Sun Sheng strictly abides by the ancient law and does not touch any meat, which causes physical damage. Qian Yuan did not persuade him, but after arriving in Ningbo, he wrote several diet therapy prescriptions for Sun Ying.

There is no way, Sun Kan is dead. Qian Yuan really hopes that Sun Jiquan, who is at least the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel after the resumption, is good. It is not just from the perspective of profits. Sun Sheng's care for him makes Qian Yuan feel grateful. If it weren't for Sun Sheng's instructions, Sun Ying and the Sun Yan brothers would not be so polite.

It has been several months since I left Songjiang. Qian Yuan was thinking about whether to write a letter from the Feng family. Zhang San's voice sounded outside the window. "Young Master, Zhang Hanlin is here."

"What?" Qian Yuan was shocked, "Zhang Juzheng?"

"Yes, come from Yuyao and come here directly."

Qian Yuan washed his hands in surprise and went to the front hall. After asking, he found out that Zhang Juzheng had been late for a while before going to the Sun family in Yuyao to pay homage. Sun Sheng was his room teacher who was the examiner. He happened to run into the servants sent by Qian Yuan to Yuyao, so he came straight to Ningbo to come to him.

"Brother Uncle." Qian Yuan smiled and bowed his hand, then swayed his sleeves, "The Sun family has been in the last day of spiritual power, you won't be there."

Zhang Juzheng was a little embarrassed. He left the governor's yamen that day, and he immediately understood why Wang Jun forced Qian Yuan to take Wang Shimao to worship on his behalf. In this case, he naturally had to avoid it.

The two sat down and chatted for a few words. Li Si ordered someone to serve food. Qian Yuan curled his lips and said, "Brother, I have all come from Hangzhou to Ningbo, but I still can't hide."

Zhang Juzheng took a servant during this trip. He set out from Yuyao in the morning and walked around Ningbo City for a short time. The sunset was setting before he came to find Qian Yuan. It was obvious that he was here to have a free meal. This guy had a free meal at the Qian family shop a few days ago.

Although it was a temporary place to settle down, Zhang Juzheng's taste of the dishes he personally guided by Qian Yuan still enjoyed the food, especially the pickled and freshly prepared bamboo shoots and pig chops, and aged ham simmered for four hours. The soup was as white as milk, salty and delicious.

Unfortunately, with outsiders here, Qian Yuan could only pick some bamboo shoots to eat, and Zhang Juzheng snatched all the fun things.

"What?" Qian Yuan frowned, "Are you going to Zhoushan Ligang?"

Zhang Juzheng, who was cleaning his hands, put down his towel and nodded, "I used to be quite despised by merchants, but I have gained a lot in the past month. The Southeast regards merchant gathering places, one is Hangzhou and the other is Ningbo. The most important location of the latter is Zhoushan Ligang."

Qian Yuan's brows became tighter and tighter. Is this guy a fool?

"Didn't you mean to leave for Beijing at the beginning of this month?"

"I have written a letter back to Beijing, and it will be too late to set off again at the end of April."

"End of April?" Qian Yuan's mouth twitched, "Don't forget, uncle, there will be a leap month this year."

"Yes, yes, I forgot. Today is the second day of the third lunar month." Zhang Juzheng was stunned, "Then let's get the end of this month."

Qian Yuan was about to persuade him again, but suddenly Zhang San walked over quickly and whispered in his ear, "There is a letter in Hangzhou."

"Brother Uncle and Drink Tea First." Qian Yuan nodded tightly and turned to the side hall.

This time when Qian Yuan came to Ningbo, he left three people in Hangzhou and secretly stared at Zhang Siwei. He didn't need to do anything, he just needed to confirm Zhang Siwei's whereabouts.

After taking the letter, Qian Yuan took a few glances and licked his lips slightly, "I'm finally here..."

The letter only asked Qian Yuan when he would return home. Songjiang's family had already sent three letters in a row, but at the end of the letter, it was mentioned that Zhang Siwei had disappeared for three days, and Jin Hong was quite frightened.

Zhang Siwei was the person with the closest relationship between Zhonghe and maritime merchants in the middle-level general of the Ming army. Governor Wang Jun wanted to attack Wang Zhi and was destined not to use Zhang Siwei.

How to deal with Zhang Siwei determines the key to how Qian Yuan will do the next step.

It is impossible to kill directly. Wang Jun is a civil servant and cannot be sent out. Wang Jun is not that stupid. The biggest possibility is to temporarily seize it to prevent the leak of information.

Qian Yuan thought for a moment in his mind. He was sure that this battle was inevitable, but he was not sure whether Zhang Siwei could escape the storm... However, Qian Yuan decided to fight.

"Is that house normal?"

"Normal." Zhang San stood up with his hands, "Nothing was abnormal. He rented it and turned his hands twice in the middle."

"Spray people out tonight and keep a close eye on it." Qian Yuan swallowed, "Who is still spending money on the world?"

"Yes." Zhang San hesitated: "Do you want to send someone to stare at Yang Wen?"

"Don't worry about him." Qian Yuan shook his head and walked out, suddenly paused his feet, rubbed his forehead and sighed, why did he forget that Zhang Juzheng was there outside?
Chapter completed!
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