Chapter 53
After taking a shower and changing clothes, Chen Shuren changed into the most gorgeous Su embroidered slow robe and smoked with elegant yellow and cooked agarwood. His whole spirit was different.
It is completely different from the recent months, I am immersed in military affairs every day, and I have a night of food and food every day.
The Su embroidery he just changed into was embroidered by Dong Xiaowan himself, and this time he sent it together.
In the past six months, I heard that Dong Xiaowan is in Suzhou, helping to manage the Shen family’s loom business very well.
Although she couldn't take care of the incident of showing up outside, other customers reported that the machine's performance was a little flawed, so she could help find a way to change it.
Fang Yizhi, who originally collaborated on inventing the machine, has now become a local official. For subsequent technical support and improvements, Dong Xiaowan cannot be counted on alone.
In the past six months, the Shen family has made 200,000 to 300,000 taels of silver through this transaction, almost earning all the equipment money for Chen Shuren's expansion in Huangzhou this time. They also controlled all the weaving bosses in Susong's area to their own camp.
In his spare time, Dong Xiaowan also embroidered some brocade, cut and sewed it, and made three sets of robes. One for the young master and one for Sister Yuanyuan, thanking Chen Yuanyuan for his introduction to save him, and the other for himself.
Chen Shuren was refreshed and cleaned up. It was already afternoon. There was still some time before he could enjoy the moon and drink at night, so he walked to Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan's courtyard.
The girl was combed slowly. When he came in, he saw that the two girls' hair was still wet and were helping to comb each other.
Chen Yuanyuan was wearing a light lotus pink light dress, and her face was also slightly pink.
Dong Xiaowan is moon-white, which is between pure white and sky-blue, very clear. She faces the sky with a plain face, and looks like a lotus.
She has been mourning for her parents for more than four years and has become accustomed to pure white. Even now she has been wearing clothes, she cannot get used to heavy makeup. She just has a little bit of water blue based on the color of the clothes.
When he saw Shen Shuren, Dong Xiaowan could still express his calm expression, but he just bowed with humility and bowed.
Chen Yuanyuan, who was already in the industry, seemed to be eager to see her, and water was dripping from her eyes, like a pink butterfly, floating over lightly, leaning on Shen Shuren's shoulder.
"Young Master is so cruel. I agreed to go to Shanhaiguan to transport grain, and then go to the capital to take the exam. I will be back in two or three months at most. It will take more than half a year to wait! I almost thought the young master would not want my family."
Chen Shuren stroked Chen Yuanyuan's wet hair, took the comb from Dong Xiaowan's hand, and helped her to comb and comfort her:
"Aren't I crazy? How could I not want such a charming beauty? It's just that the court's mission is in itself, national affairs are the priority, and I have no choice but to do so.
There is Lin Yangcheng in the east of Huangzhou and Liu Xiyao in the north. Two thieves attacked the land. I haven’t gained a foothold yet, and I am afraid that I will bring you here and fall into danger.”
Chen Yuanyuan felt warm in her heart by these words of pity and politeness, and she quickly said softly: "I am not afraid. The young master has not married a wife and has a husband. I dare to take risks in the danger. Can my life be more valuable than the young master?
I will never drag my son down. If the thief comes one day, we can't hold him back, so we will run away together. If it becomes a burden to my son, I will learn from Yu Ji and will not be humiliated. I don't have to learn from Liu Bang's old unscrupulous one to do it myself."
"Don't say such unlucky words! Since you have come, stay well."
Chen Shuren looked stern, showing the majesty of husband as his wife, and then turned to Dong Xiaowan, without hiding it:
"Xiaobai, since you come with Yuanyuan, I must have figured it out. Although I can't give you a title for the time being, I will definitely be merciful."
Dong Xiaowan looked shy without any human affairs and didn't know how to deal with it for a while. She just leaned on his other shoulder without saying a word.
Since he was in Suzhou in April, I heard that Chen Shuren High School and learned that he was very kind and dared to speak out and speak out to the emperor. Dong Xiaowan was filled with admiration and admiration, which was intertwined with the original gratitude and feelings, which was a natural result.
The three of them reminiscent of their longing, and Dong Xiaowan was sent back to the house to rest by the gift.
Chen Shuren took advantage of the time left and was really bored after holding it in for several months, so he quickly pulled Chen Yuanyuan back to the room and practiced the Dharma.
After the Lantern Festival, we met again in Mid-Autumn Festival. For seven months, we could feel that Chen Yuanyuan's body and behavior were very different. Originally, he only knew how to greet people with a smile, but now he is tender and solemn. This is all due to Chen Lang's training.
情到浓处,她忍不住戏谑调笑:
"Chen Lang, if I really think that my family is in trouble, I will not be able to send it away. The wife told the concubines that anyone among us sisters who are pregnant with the young master's seed can take it back to Suzhou for her pregnancy, and leave them with more thoughts."
When Chen Shuren heard this, he was a little angry. He had long hair and short knowledge! He always thought about these unlucky things!
But at this moment he had no other channel to vent, so he had to torture Chen Yuanyuan so much that he was disguised: "Then do you want to stay with me? Should you go back to Suzhou to have a baby!"
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Shenshu people have been raising their energy for half a year, and they are very fierce. When they attend the banquet at night, he still looks majestic and tall.
However, Chen Yuanyuan's legs were so weak that she had to support her before she could walk.
Fortunately, the Mid-Autumn Festival night banquet can bring women, and other guests also lean on the red and green, which does not seem abrupt.
Zhang Huang is twenty-two years old. He just married his wife in Tongcheng last year. His wife comes from a wealthy family in the local family, namely Fang Yizhi's widowed aunt Fang Weiyi. His surname is Sun. He looks quite good and looks very well-educated.
Zhang Huangyan also took office with his wife this time. When Chen Shuren saw Sun, he saluted very politely. When he said that he and his cousin's cousin Fang Yizhi were in the same year, Sun couldn't help laughing, feeling that there were many coincidences in this world.
On the other hand, Zhao Yunfan, the magistrate of the county, was already in his forties and his first wife was already half old, so he brought two concubines to the banquet.
The other military officers such as Zuo Zixiong did not know how to take care of their families, so they just found two fans in Qizhou County to accompany them.
Shen Shuren is not conservative in treating guests, and he will not look down on military personnel, so he invites military generals together.
There was even the Spanish mercenary instructor named Fidel Pizarro on the table, who brought him by Zhang Huangyan, and he also hugged two Southeast Asian and Japanese women around him. It seemed that when Zheng Chenggong was playing tricks on him, he promised him.
The people of the Ming Dynasty were still very strong. Even women who came out to sell, they would regard them as ghosts when they met the red barbarians and would not do their business without paying them. This saved the purity of the health of the society in the late Ming Dynasty. The works that described the scenes of the wind and moon never saw those American dirty diseases.
Although the American disease spread among the Spaniards around 1520, until 1630, the Han people could keep it from being introduced to the Central Plains, relying on reproductive isolation. After the self-esteem of China in the late Qing Dynasty, they wanted to pick up the Japanese, and the flowers and willows really increased explosively, to the point where even the royal family could not be spared.
At this moment, when Chen Shuren saw this scene, he secretly praised Zheng Chenggong for his work as a national integrity: he can learn from the barbarians' skills to control the barbarians, but he cannot serve them with Chinese women! If there is a shortage of women, he will find Southeast Asia and Japan to solve the problem!
(In Japan, because the Warring States daimyo needed "iron cannons", they were willing to win over the merchants of the South Barbarians with women from the beginning. They were used to it, so there was no oppression. As early as 1543 when "iron cannons came", Shiyao Shisushima ordered his retainers to give his daughter to the South Barbarian musket craftsmen)
The banquet officially began soon, and the wine, dishes and snacks on the table were brought by Zhang Huangyan from Suzhou.
Chen Shuren also changed his usual simplicity. Everyone had Kuaiji Mountain rice wine, bald butter made from crab roe and crab paste, and exquisite Su-style mooncakes. Only vegetables, chicken, duck and fish are produced locally in Huangzhou.
As everyone sat down, the other guests were amazed when they saw the beautiful beauty who was holding her left and right to serve the wine.
"I have always known that the Lord of You are diligent and rigorous in his work and the people are in the same joys and sorrows. Only when I am young and promising can I be regarded as such a good story of such a talented man and a beautiful woman. The lower officials were really frightened, and even if I look at it, I feel guilty, which is really an eye-opener."
Zhao Yunfan hugged his concubine and sighed from the bottom of his heart.
"Chen Tongzhi is very talented and capable in politics. He dares to offend his face and make direct advice. Beauty should be worthy of heroes."
Zuo Zixiong is a rough man and can't speak, but he just thinks that Chen Tongzhi is convinced that he has a beauty to accompany him. At least he deserves to be surrounded by beautiful women than the corrupt scholars in Nanjing.
"Hey, today I'm just letting everyone reunite in the Mid-Autumn Festival and say what they are doing." Chen Shuren looked like he was having fun with the people and quickly changed the topic.
Although he has Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan around him, there are also nameless concubines and fan heads around others, and everyone has a bright future.
Among the guests, only Zhang Huangyan looked the same and drank as usual, but he also attracted the curiosity of Sun. He secretly pinched him and asked, "Why don't you look at him? Are those two beauties the concubines of your cousin? I really feel pity for you. There are few in the sky and it's hard to find on earth. You can find two at a time. What kind of blessing is this?"
Zhang Huangyan was too shocked to bear it, so he had to admit: "I had seen him before. In Suzhou, my cousin asked Miss Chen to sing "Peony Pavilion" for everyone. He did not formally take a concubine, and my uncle was afraid of delaying his marriage with a wealthy family."
When Sun heard his confession openly, she felt a little relieved. She actually knew that she was simply because Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan were too beautiful and inexplicably felt a sense of crisis.
这边调笑打闹,另一边酒席已过数巡.
Zhao County, who was determined to hold Tongzhi's thigh, also proposed in a different way: "Mr. Dongpo was the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Troupe Training, and today, Tongzhi Chen is also a Jinshi on two lists, and the loyal ministers in the world are all ranked together. In the future, in the Huangzhou local chronicles, I am afraid I will follow Mr. Dongpo.
Now it’s Mid-Autumn Festival again, so why don’t we throw bricks and jades into the festival and chant the beautiful women. With the great talent of the two masters, we might be able to leave behind famous works that are comparable to Dongpo.”
After hearing this, Chen Shuren woke up with the only little drunkenness. He asked him to recite poems and essays, would he not be lucky? He also wanted to follow Su Dongpo. It would be nice not to have any scandals.
He quickly denied: "Oh, it's not right, the layman Dongpo is in front of his pearls and jade, and everything we write is dross. What's more, the layman Dongpo was in a peaceful era, but now it's the autumn of national crisis. If everyone is happy, it's better to talk about military affairs and martial arts, and talk about military affairs on paper than to recite poems and whine without any illness."
After placing off a big hat, Zhao Yunfan knew that this flattery could not be beaten, so he had to give up.
Unexpectedly, there was Zuo Zixiong next to him who had low emotional intelligence. He had been drinking there, but he didn't dare to speak out or talk to civil officials. Now that he was drunk, he heard Chen Shuren's support, he immediately spoke:
"Sir Tongzhi, since I am not afraid of bad scenery, I have something to discuss with you. After arriving in Qizhou just morning, I went to the military camp to inspect and check the firearm tactics practiced by the local regiment.
Mr. Pisarro, the teacher who came to watch with me, had some differences of opinion with me. We could not convince each other, so please let the master of the Communist Party decide whether it was right or wrong."
When Zhao Yunfan next to him heard this, he felt unhappy, worried that Zuo Zixiong would be criticized for being so deficient.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the full moon is in the sky, and the talented man and beautiful woman are such a beautiful scene. You actually ask the right or wrong of the art of killing? It’s just awesome!
However, Chen Shuren was shocking enough. He wanted someone to change the topic so as not to be involved in the poem, so he put on a very serious expression, hugging Chen Yuanyuan with his left hand and snuggling with Dong Xiaowan with his right arm, and said without changing his face:
"Oh? Let's talk about it in detail. What are the differences between you two about the current firearm tactics?"
Chapter completed!