The next day, it wasn't until almost noon that Wang Yuesheng finally woke up from his hangover.

She asked Cui Yuer how Miss Zheng looked when she left last night.

Cui Yu'er said: "Miss Zheng just sighed a few times and asked me to guard you so as not to choke when vomiting filth."

"Isn't she annoyed?"

"Last night? No. Not today either. I saw her just now. She was very happy. She brought the man pulling the cart with her. She must have bought a new iron knot."

Wang Yuesheng hurriedly dressed up, put on no makeup, no hairpins, and wore plain clothes and skirts, and went to the blacksmith shop in Fuyuan to find Zheng Haizhu.

But still only Lu Xiangsheng and the masters from the Ge family were there.

"Mr. Lu, where is Miss Zheng?"

"She put down the iron and left, saying she was going to see Magistrate Zhuang and Mr. Huang. To make firearms, no matter what style they are used, gunpowder and lead bullets are needed. Folks can still make iron, but if they make pills, Miss Zheng said, the government will not agree.

, she didn’t dare to try it.”

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng immediately noticed that Wang Yuesheng's eyes were swollen and his face was tired, but he did not want to show too much concern. He only tried to talk to her in a gentle voice and a gentle tone, hoping to make her feel more comfortable and relaxed.

Only six or seven days had passed since he first met Miss Wang, but Lu Xiangsheng had already begun to realize that on every new day, being able to see Miss Wang seemed to be more joyful than seeing the collector's edition of The Art of War.

Early in the morning, amid the sound of Master Ge's forging iron, he worked diligently on two hexagonal pieces of wood.

If Miss Wang is satisfied after acceptance, he is willing to take over the remaining more than one hundred pieces of wood, without Miss Wang lifting a finger to do such rough work.

How could Lu Xiangsheng not realize that something was wrong with him?

If it were in the past, he could not stand the haggard tone of his peers who were obsessed with Yin. Even if he occasionally went to a brothel to socialize with literary friends in the same year, he would just go there reluctantly, click on the knot, and then find an excuse to go back home.

I went to read a book, not to mention despising those people who sleep in flowers and willows.

Now that I have really met a graceful beauty, I realize that no matter how many poems, lyrics, and songs, I can't express the inexplicable love that is burning in my heart, I want to talk about it, but I still give up, and I am still afraid to try it.

However, when Wang Yuesheng faced Lu Xiangsheng, his eyes were still as rippleless as a still pool.

After listening to Lu Xiangsheng's narration, she looked past the two excellent wooden lumps on the lathe in front of her and fell on the iron lumps piled up outside the ironworks with red fire.

That should be the iron material Zheng Haizhu just bought.

Wang Yuesheng remembered every moment he lost his composure in front of Miss Zheng last night.

A former Qinhuai celebrity husband and wife, who had already escaped from the quagmire, recounted the love and hate in the past to a busy woman from a good family like Miss Zheng. Naturally, it was out of the desire to complete the task assigned to her by Shangfeng.

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However, Wang Yuesheng also sincerely lamented that Miss Zheng's world was completely different.

Miss Zheng has already done so many things this early in the morning.

After Wang Yuesheng was briefly lost in thought, he walked to the lathe and said, "Thank you Mr. Lu for your help in cutting the material."

He counted the time on his fingers again: "After July, the piano will be ready in the shade room. The Baina piano has many bonding sections, and the panels and bottoms are completely closed. Depending on the weather in Songjiang, it will take about a month. Then it will be dusted."

The tire takes a long time, so you have to scrape it a dozen or twenty times, and then go into the shade room. Come out during the Dragon Boat Festival next year, grind it, polish it, and set the emblem. It will be fast. So, after one year and two months, I have stocked up on materials

If I can produce four harps, and I ask my old friends to give them a shout, I can exchange them for more than two hundred taels of silver, and I can make thirty muskets for you, right?"

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment, and then he was greatly moved.

Miss Wang is indeed not a fan of vulgarity.

If they meet by chance, they can fully support their ideals.

Mr. Lu was greatly moved and decided to cut the materials with great care before leaving Songjiang to take the provincial examination in Yingtianfu.

This feeling of running in both directions with people of the same mind is great.

Until one day not long after, Miss Wang, who had been promised to mix the lacquer, did not appear in the Fuyuan. However, from the Qingyuan in the east, the sound of the piano and flute ensemble came from the Qingyuan.

Lu Xiangsheng followed the sound and left

From afar, he saw Miss Wang playing the harp on the pond where she once took her children to experiment with water, fire, thunder, and boat crashing. Next to her stood a man in a Confucian scarf holding a flute.

When the song ended, the man picked up the thin book again and began to sing:

"It's two o'clock in the moonlight on the railing. It's easy to see someone else but hard to see someone else."

A letter came from the dynasty, asking me to reconnect with Feng Jing. I couldn’t see it before my eyes, and taught me how to remove the stains from my tears.

This raised a red flag and read the return date on the book carefully. The schedule should mention Changshan."

The man had only sung a few lines, and Wang Yuesheng, who was listening sideways, seemed to have found inspiration, and began to play the strings of the piano, playing a tune that was completely different from the one played by the piano and flute just now, but it fit perfectly with this folk song.

Lu Xiangsheng stood stunned.

Behind him, Zheng Haizhu, who came out from the shop to buy reed root juice to cool down the heat, could see clearly.

Zheng Haizhu stepped forward and said softly: "This is Mr. Zhang Dai from Shaoxing."

Lu Xiangsheng's stiff elbows relaxed and his forearms hung down.

He couldn't help but laugh at himself.

When he met Zhang Yanke's "Mr. Zhang" more than half a month ago, he naively thought from Wang Yuesheng's distant politeness that even if Wang Yuesheng's origins were ambiguous, he had nothing to do with Zhang Yanke.

Perhaps, Zhang Yanke's ancestors were related to Miss Wang's ancestors, and Master Yanke just came to save Feng Chen because of their old friendship.

Little did they know that Mr. Zhang in front of him was the "rightful owner".

The one who sings harmoniously with the luan and the phoenix, who only envy the mandarin ducks but not the immortals, is the right master.

Lu Xiangsheng sighed deeply in his heart. He turned to look at Zheng Haizhu.

This young lady, who had met for some legendary reason, but had become acquainted with each other as if they were old friends, handed over a bottle of fragrant reed root juice.

Lu Xiangsheng and others asked themselves, they could not blame Zheng Haizhu for not disclosing Mr. Zhang's existence to them from the beginning.

This woman is like this. She is very flattering when making money, but in front of the vague signs of changes in human relations, she waits and watches indifferently and does not get involved. It seems that no matter what the outcome, she has no intention of nodding or shaking her head.

In fact, in a sense, this performance of opposing the moralists made Lu Xiangsheng more and more adaptable.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Lu Xiangsheng smiled at Zheng Haizhu and said: "Sister, this is the first time I know that the piano can accompany folk songs."

Zheng Haizhu also looked at him with a smile: "Everything is like this. Whether it is done well or not depends on the person doing it and whether it is suitable. Well, would you like to come with me and say hello?"

Lu Xiangsheng nodded.

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This summer, most of Zheng Haizhu's energy will not be focused on the emotional story of the male and female partners in the school.

She only spared a little time and led Zhang Dai to visit Huang Zunsu and his wife.

After all, in the eyes of most people, the Yuanpei teacher and the outer teacher are on equal footing, let alone working together as colleagues.

Yao's grandmother, who is the direct wife, is now the de facto second-in-command of the school. Zheng Haizhu arranged Zhang Dai's aunt in the school, so how could he not say hello to the Huang family's grandparents.

Fortunately, Zhang Dai had good emotional intelligence. He kept his attitude very low at first, but he was also honest, emphasizing that Wang Yuesheng was originally from a family of official craftsmen who worked for the court, and lamented that lovers cannot overcome the shackles of fate.

After such a bitter experience, Mr. Yao spoke first, saying that things often go wrong in the world, so leave a good relationship or two in Miss Zheng's school. You are soft-hearted, and Miss Zheng is not a cut-throat person.

As long as Miss Wang lives in peace, she will be fine.

Now that the relationship was straightened out, Zheng Haizhu immediately jumped up and hurried to Zhenjiang.

In order to implement the business of shipping insurance company as soon as possible.

In this era, more than 90% of people were illiterate. Naturally, ship bosses and sailors were illiterate. Those men sent by wealthy businessmen to transport goods may not even know a few words.

Therefore, Zheng Haizhu decided not to be too bookish and make a lot of insurance clauses at the beginning, but to follow Liu Bang's down-to-earth model of entering the customs and making a three-chapter contract. In the early days of the insurance company, the publicity was simpler.

"First estimate the value of the goods, and then consider the distance of the journey to get an amount of money. If anyone accepts this amount, if the ship capsizes and the goods are damaged, Zheng will pay for it."

The slogan is so popular

Speaking to the outside world in an easy-to-understand manner, when a cargo owner comes to inquire, Zheng Haizhu will take Zheng Shoukuan and talk to each other one by one.

For example, small boats or old boats are risky and require extra money.

Shipwrecks and fires are covered, and you have to pay extra.

If it gets wet, it will be ruined. It is impossible to recover the residual value of the goods, so you have to pay more.

If thieves steal the goods along the way, it's useless to pay more and it's not covered by the insurance.

At the same time, Wu Bangde, who did not appear in the trading company, followed the previous discussion with Zheng Haizhu to train and recruit male and female trackers, disguised themselves, and staged a scene of capsizing a ship, fishing for goods, shipping goods at a discount, and settling Zheng's claims in Zhenjiang.

Word spread among the cargo owners.

After about half a month of this, some clever Huizhou merchants and cargo owners began to inquire about underwriting, and then Huaiyang merchants followed suit.

What Zheng Haizhu is most worried about is not that people will imitate this model immediately. After all, people in this era are still a little nervous about the business of spending so much money, and they are more willing to use the money to buy real goods.

What she is wary of is insurance fraud. A reckless and evil ship boss may collude with the cargo owner's men to lie about the accident and swallow the cargo privately. Anyway, the insurance company will pay for it.

Zheng Haizhu discussed this hidden danger with Wu Bangndang, and Wu Bangndang responded directly that this is not a hidden danger, but an obvious danger.

"Miss Zheng, there is a saying among the people that cars, boats, shops, legs and teeth should be killed even if they are not guilty. We must not believe in the saying that every dog ​​is slaughtered in a righteous manner, and the most ruthless person is a scholar."

Zheng Haizhu nodded and said: "The good and evil in the world are always crowded and emerge in endlessly. When we do business, we only see evil, so we don't dare to open the business. What we have to do is to punish evil with ruthlessness. The ones you brought

The spies are just practicing. If a danger occurs later and the cargo owner comes to claim compensation, the spies should go out to find out what the scene of the shipwreck is like, and whether there are any changes in the lives of the shipowners and sailors after the accident. If there is really a fraud, for our trading company
To be continued...