After many more discussions with Zhou Lin, the two parties reached a deal. In addition to the porcelain and spirits business, Shen Chen also sold him a new technology - a paddle steamer.
However, new ship technology is not something that people are willing to pay just to build a model and draw a drawing.
It also has to have practical effects.
So Shen Chen told Zhou Lin the model and manufacturing method, and after Zhou Lin returned to Bashu, he conducted tests at the Bajun Shipyard on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the shipbuilding technology in the south was still very good, with Jiangdong being the best, Jingzhou second, and Yizhou third.
After all, these three states are all run through by the Yangtze River. Coupled with the complex and changeable water system environment, people are more accustomed to traveling by boat, and the corresponding shipbuilding industry is naturally more developed.
After that, Zhou Lin also introduced several big merchants in Xiangyang he knew to Shen Chen, but these things were left to Deng Hong. Now that he was only nine years old, it was inconvenient for him to come forward for many things, so he temporarily pushed Deng Hong to the front desk. It's better to go.
In November, the marriage between Deng Hong and the Cai family was finally decided.
While Deng Hong was in tears, Deng Mao, Deng Kai and other brothers made the decision for him, and he was formally engaged to the Cai family of Xiangyang. The wedding ceremony was held in December at the end of the year.
Although the Cai family was average-looking, she had a good family background and good character. Although Deng Mao, Deng Kai and others felt sorry for their younger brother, they had to force him to marry the Cai family woman for the sake of the family's great cause.
Then Deng Hong was quickly promoted, from being the chief secretary of the office of history to being a meritorious official. In terms of official rank, he was already the same as Deng Yi, Liu He, and Zhuge Xuan, and became a three-hundred-stone official.
And although it is only three hundred stones, it has a different meaning.
Because Gongcao Shuzuo was also an official of the state government, responsible for the minutes and paperwork of the state government meetings, he was qualified to sit with Liu Biao for meetings every day like Kuai Liang, Deng Yi, Liu He, and Zhuge Xuan.
Therefore, to a certain extent, Deng Hong rose to the top in one fell swoop, from being a librarian in the state capital to working in the state capital overnight.
This is naturally due to the Cai family.
Because of her appearance, Mrs. Cai is not a high-ranking person, and her family background is too poor. She is not favored by the Cai family who wants to marry her. If her status is similar to or slightly worse than that of the Cai family, they will not despise her.
Just like Huang Yueying, the Zhuge family chose to marry the Huang family in the end. The reason is that the Zhuge family's family background is not very good, but it is not particularly bad, and it barely matches the Huang family.
The same Deng family is now in decline, but after all, our ancestors were once glorious and were direct descendants of Deng Yu. My great-grandfather was still a prince.
Therefore, both parties can barely form an equal marriage relationship and make do with it.
It was not until the beginning of December that the evening rituals of both parties were completed.
This was not the first time that Shen Chen participated in the evening ceremony of the Han Dynasty, but it was the most solemn one.
The evening ceremony originated from the Zhou Dynasty. Because it was held at dusk, it was called the evening ceremony.
At noon, a wedding banquet was held at Cai's house. The guests were all from aristocratic families, famous and powerful people. There were more than 400 banquet tables alone.
Because banquets in the Han Dynasty were not held at a large round table with more than a dozen people eating together, but instead each person had a table and a table.
Therefore, a large venue was needed. The Cai family directly held the banquet in the Nanjun Prefecture, and the scale was unprecedentedly grand.
After the wedding banquet ended at noon, and after a series of ceremonies, a procession of more than a thousand people and carriages set off from the Cai family and headed towards the newly purchased mansion of the Deng family in the west of the city.
This big house was bought for Deng Hong by the Deng brothers who put together the remaining money from selling the land.
Houses in the Han Dynasty were actually not expensive. At that time, the land was vast and sparsely populated. The price of houses in ordinary counties ranged from a few thousand yuan to hundreds of thousands of yuan. Only particularly top-notch mansions cost more than a million yuan.
But Xiangyang is not an ordinary county town, and now that there is chaos in the north, a large number of people have fled south to Jingzhou, causing the housing prices in Xiangyang to increase several times, and the prices of top luxury homes have actually reached tens of millions of dollars, which is enough to support a small army.
Naturally, the Deng family couldn't afford the best luxury house, so they settled for the next best thing and bought a luxurious house covering an area of about three and a half acres.
Even so, more than 800,000 yuan was spent, and the brothers were so distressed that they couldn't sleep in the middle of the night.
But there is nothing that can be done. Deng Hong is now working in the state capital, and he is also married to a daughter of the Cai family. After a famous family, he married a contemporary famous family, so he must have corresponding supporting facilities.
The Eastern Han Dynasty has always been a sparsely populated area, with very large houses. The houses of the Eastern Han Dynasty unearthed in Chongqing in later generations are more than 300 square meters. Generally, the better houses are more than 1,000 square meters, such as the Chang'an Palace, which covers an area of 9,000 acres. The Luoyang Palace covers an area of 9,000 acres.
5,400 acres of land.
And not only in the Han Dynasty, basically except for the Song Dynasty, urban residential housing during the Han and Tang Dynasties were not particularly tight.
When Bai Juyi became the prince and passed away, his house occupied an area of 17 acres, which could be called a luxury house among luxury houses. Guo Ziyi's house occupied an area of 150,000 square meters and 225 acres of land. An ordinary county town in the Han Dynasty only had an area of 3,000 to 4,000 acres of land.
Therefore, to a certain extent, during the Han and Tang Dynasties, the larger the house, the better the status and conditions. If Cai's daughter was allowed to live in a private house, the Deng family could not afford to lose this person.
Of course, even so, Cai was still a little dissatisfied.
The father of Cai's daughter once expressed to Deng Mao that he was willing to give Deng Hong a large house covering an area of 20 acres, but Deng Mao and others politely refused. After all, as a descendant of the Xinye Deng family, he still wanted to save face.
Fortunately, Cai's daughter was indeed a virtuous and virtuous woman. She did not feel that her status had been degraded because she moved from a huge mansion to an ordinary mansion with an area of only 2,000 square meters. She only brought some maids and slaves with her, totaling thirty
Many people happily moved in.
By the end of December, Deng Hong had slowly accepted this new wife.
After all, who can refuse a fat wife who has more than 100 million yuan and is gentle and obedient?
As the New Year approaches, the state capital and schools are on holiday, and Shen Chen and Deng Hong are planning to return to Xinye to celebrate the New Year.
The grandfather and grandson, the bride, and the servants she brought with her took a carriage and arrived at the ferry outside Xiangyang City, intending to take a boat north to Xinye.
When Deng Hong took his wife and Deng Yi, Liu He, Zhuge Xuan and other colleagues to say goodbye, Shen Chen also said goodbye to Zhuge Liang, Wang Can and several other friends he met at Xianshan Academy.
Wang Can liked Shen Chen very much. After he came, Song Zhong stopped treating him as a young man.
Moreover, Shen Chen also studied poetry very well. When Wang Can was writing poems, Shen Chen would often help him change one or two words and sentences. With a slight change, the overall poem would be improved a lot, which made him very happy.
After everyone said goodbye one by one, Zhuge Liang said to Shen Chen: "Brother Xian, this trip to Xinye, you should come back early."
"Well, I know, Xinye is not peaceful now."
Shen Chen nodded.
Although Liu Biao implemented the farming system in Xinye, too many refugees still caused great public security problems.
In addition, the power of the Yellow Turbans in Runan has always been very strong, and they often raided Xinye County and robbed food. As a result, there are currently no large-scale wars in Nanyang, but small-scale riots continue.
What's more important is that Zhang Ji is coming early next year. After Cao Cao welcomes the emperor, he will soon conquer Nanyang himself. By then, Nanyang will only be more chaotic than it is now.
Zhuge Liang said: "My dear brother, it's good if you know. Leave early and come back early."
"Brother, don't worry."
Shen Chen cupped his hands and said to Wang Can and several other classmates with whom he had good relations: "Everyone, have a good year and see you next year."
"see you next year."
Several people also bowed in return and watched him say goodbye and get on the boat to leave.
After Shen Chen got on the boat, he stood on the side of the boat and waved to them. Zhuge Liang and Wang Can stood on the shore and waved to him as well.
They didn't leave until the ship gradually moved away and disappeared into the mist on the Han River in December.
When I returned to the boat, I saw Deng Hong and Cai having sex, which made me feel a little jealous.
My great-uncle used to dislike the fact that he was fat, but now that he knows his wife's benefits, they are happy to be together every day. After he has a wife, he forgets about his grandson.
But when you see new people smiling, you don’t hear old people crying.
But looking at his sixth grandmother, Shen Chen suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter.
Zhuge Liang is super senior.
His relationship with Deng Hong is very simple. Deng Hong's cousin is Shen Chen's grandfather, so Deng Hong is Shen Chen's sixth grandfather.
So Cai is Shen Chen’s grandmother from sixth grade.
The relationship between Cai and Liu Biao's wife, Mrs. Cai, is that of cousins.
In the future, when Zhuge Liang marries Huang Yueying, he will be called uncle Liu Biao and Mrs. Cai, aunt.
In other words, Zhuge Liang and his sixth grandmother are the same generation.
Speaking of it, Zhuge Liang had to call his grandmother Cong Liu's first cousin.
Miscalculated...
Shen Chen secretly said something bad, Zhuge Liang will be two generations higher than him in the future.
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In December of the second year of Xingping, the world was still not at peace.
After Guanzhong Li Jue, Guo Si and others let Liu Xie go, they quickly regretted it and immediately sent troops to chase him.
But Liu Xie also had Zhang Ji, Yang Ding, Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and others around him.
They didn't get along with each other, so Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Yang Ding, Yang Feng, and Dong Cheng had a chaotic fight, which almost knocked the dog's brains out.
These Guanzhong warlords attacked each other, Liu Xie and all his officials suffered disaster, and fled to Caoyang in embarrassment. Later, Zhang Yang, the governor of Hanoi, and Wang Yi, the governor of Hedong, sent him some money and food, and he reluctantly settled down.
After Liu Bei failed in the battle with Lu Bu in Xuzhou, he was still trapped in Guangling. Mi Zhu dispersed his family wealth, which at last provided the army with food and grass, and slowly gathered some soldiers.
Yuan Shu of Huainan heard about Liu Xie's plight at this time and thought that the time had come. He wanted to proclaim himself emperor, but was dissuaded by his subordinates.
After Sun Ce defeated Liu Yao, he was preparing to attack Kuaiji.
Gongsun Zan was besieged by Liu Yu's old troops and Yuan Shao's army, and he was stationed in Yijing. The two sides were still in a stalemate.
At present, in the entire world, except for Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou, only Cao Cao, the herdsman of Yanzhou, and Yuan Shao, the herdsman of Jizhou, are temporarily in peace.
Moreover, Yuan Shao's counselors had planned to welcome Liu Xie a long time ago to achieve the goal of "holding the emperor from power and ordering the princes", but unfortunately they were stopped by Guo Tuchun Yu Qiong.
Cao Cao was different. After hearing about Liu Xie's plight, he not only sent troops to serve the king, but also provided food and grass, which doubled Liu Xie's favor for him.
Amidst such hustle and bustle, the second year of Xingping gradually came to an end, and the first year of Jian'an finally arrived.