Danzhu listened to Jintong's instructions, immersed himself in work, and didn't comment on anything. After holding it in for a day, he immediately came back to gossip with Jintong: "Madam, you don't know how pretentious Gu Xiangyun of the Taiping Marquis Mansion is!"
Following the example of Gu Xiangyun, Miss Chengping Hou San, she murmured and frowned, supporting Jintong: "Sister-in-law, does this wound hurt too much? Just bear with it, I'll help you apply the medicine!"
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Jintong laughed so much that he almost fell to the ground, never expecting that Danzhu had the potential to be an Oscar-winning actress.
"Madam, you don't know how pretentious she is! She's in the way! She just helped bandage the wound of one victim. Over there, Dr. Ye of Huichun Hall has already taken care of more than a dozen people! One of the legs was broken so that the bones inside were exposed.
, Doctor Ye just pushed the legs back and clamped them with wooden boards in just a few clicks!"
He also vividly chatted with Jintong about Doctor Ye: "Three generations of the Ye family have been practicing medicine. Doctor Ye's father, in order to find a way to treat smallpox, actually infected living people with the smallpox virus. As a result, several people died and he was sentenced to death. Doctor Ye
In order to atone for my father's sins, after I successfully studied medicine, I set aside a few days every month to do free clinics, and I did not refuse the poor people who came to seek medical treatment. This time, he saved the most people, and the people were full of praise for him!"
Su Bai came over to pull her over: "Aren't you tired after running outside for a day? Do you want Madam to have a good rest?"
Jintong: "I'm not tired, Danzhu, please continue talking!"
Danzhu also talked about how Wu Ping saved people and how good his martial arts was, and his face looked like a little girl chasing stars.
"What do you think of Wu Ping? I think you get along well with her." Jintong changed the topic in a bad way.
Danzhu, who was so excited, didn't react at all: "Wu Ping looks naive, but he is a nice person. Madam, didn't you ask your slaves to make a few more pairs of shoes for him before? In the end, the slaves brought them to him.
A total of ten pairs! He was so embarrassed that he later went to Jinxiu Pavilion to buy a piece of floral silk damask for us. Although it was given to us by the madam, the sisters have also worked hard, so it is appropriate to return some small gifts.
, let us not accept it with disdain."
"Oh! Wu Ping, I remember 21, right?"
"Madam, you remembered wrong, it was just 20."
"He's 20 and you're 18. They're a good match!"
Only then did Danzhu react, and he turned around and ran out in embarrassment.
"Hey, come back! Let's discuss the dowry!" Jintong added narrowly. Ningzi and Yanhong smiled and chased Danzhu back. The master and servants made a fuss. Jintong looked at Danzhu and was so embarrassed.
I was about to cry. I knew the joke couldn't be made, so I stopped a few people from playing, and went to wash up and go to bed!
Danzhu was a slave born in the Marquis of Jingbei. She was two years older than Jintong. She had been serving Jintong since she was six years old and was very loyal. Jintong naturally wanted to arrange a good home for her.
Although the matrons of wealthy families sometimes keep their most valued personal maids until they are 25 years old before getting married, or they simply take them as concubines.
But Jintong didn't want Danzhu to feel so wronged, so he quietly talked to Danzhu in private the next day: "Danzhu, tell me the truth, are you willing to marry Wu Ping?"
Danzhu wrings his hands and hesitates for a long time: "Madam, you can't live without people by your side now. If I want to get married, I have to wait until you give birth to the seventh master's legitimate son and gain a foothold before getting married!"
Jin Tong thought to himself that when your seventh master comes back in three years, he might throw a few of their masters and servants into the family temple. By then, the sky will not work, the land will not respond, and it will be a problem to eat, let alone get married.
people.
Naturally, she couldn't say these words. She just nodded Danzhu's head with her finger and said, "You are stupid! Wu Ping is Wu An's biological brother. It's not like you haven't seen how much Wu An is trusted by Master Qi. You
If you really like him, marrying him will be like helping me get a few more powerful helpers in the Hou Mansion! Besides, you can come back to me if you marry him! Didn't you see Wu'an's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liang, now?
I work as a steward in the dining room! There is no conflict between marrying someone and serving me!"
Danzhu suddenly realized: "Madam is right! When Wu Ping doesn't let me come back to serve you, I will beat him."
Looking at Danzhu who was clenching his fists and pretending to be violent with a sweet look on his face, Jintong was convinced. He was thinking about domestic violence even before he even wrote his horoscope: "You really deserve to be with me. You specifically picked on this honest guy Wu Ping to bully!"
Danzhu giggled.
Jintong thought for a moment and said to Danzhu: "I think about it carefully. It would be better if you don't come back to serve me after you get married."
Danzhu was anxious: "Madam, why is this? Do you have any dissatisfaction with me? My dear, my dear -"
Jintong interrupted Danzhu: "You silly girl! Wu Ping is a citizen and you are a slave. If good things happen between you and Wu Ping and you get married, I will naturally raise you to be a citizen. When the time comes,
When the two of you have a child, the man can take the scientific examination and seek a future, and the woman can marry into a rich and wealthy family and become the wife of the bride. This is not a hundred times better than being a slave, so think about it yourself!"
Jintong was sincerely planning for Danzhu, and she continued to analyze it for Danzhu: "Danzhu, Wuping already has military exploits. When the time comes, you two may buy one or two hundred acres of land in the suburbs of Beijing and hire people.
Whether it's planting, or whether you stay in Shangjing and do some small business, it's better than living in the Marquis's mansion." Although merchants were ranked last among scholars, peasants, and merchants, their slave status was not even high on the list.
Danzhu was so moved that his eyes turned red: "Madam, what will you do alone?"
Jintong continued to point Danzhu's forehead with his finger: "This feeling is like a pig's head! When has there ever been a shortage of people around me? Not to mention Aunt Cai, Aunt Qi, just Su Bai Ning Zi and a few others, I guess today
I'll put a sack on you and beat you up."
What Jintong said was much more useful than hers. Danzhu was very self-aware. She knew that she was worried about making a mistake, so she just smiled at Jintong.
In the past few days, news has been coming from Wu'an one after another: The West Street in the capital was the most severely affected. Due to the ground collapse, 347 people died, more than a thousand people were seriously injured, and thousands more were lightly injured. Thanks to the timely relief, all the injured were taken to the Huichun Hall
Help with the resettlement! The rest is just some cracks in the house, which hurts money but not people.
On the third day, the disaster in Weinan was reported, but it was not very serious. On the fifth day, it was confirmed that the earthquake originated in the middle of Shu. Mountains collapsed and the ground cracked. It was estimated that hundreds of thousands of people were affected, and the number of casualties is unknown.
Jintong was confused: "It is recorded in the twenty-four counties of Wu'an and Dayi that Weinan is close to the middle of Shu, but it only has a slight impact. And the capital is more than 3,000 miles away from the middle of Shu. How come the situation is more serious?"
"The Ministry of Household Affairs sent people to investigate and said that the ground on West Street is already low. In addition, the continuous rain in the past few days has caused the ground to loosen, and it will collapse only when the earthquake occurs. This will cause the earthquake in the entire capital to intensify. In the mornings these days,
All the ministers wrote letters one after another, saying that the prince had died of illness for nearly three years, but the Holy Master still did not appoint a new prince, and the world was unstable, so God sent an earthquake warning to harm the people."
Jintong lowered his eyes and complained in his heart: "This brain circuit is amazing!"
Seeing that Jintong was noncommittal, Wu An continued to report: "The ministers wrote to establish the prince one after another. Prince Rui was born from the noble concubine, and the voice was the highest, followed by King Wei and King Jin. The Holy Lord was so angry that he spoke without hesitation, saying: If I establish the prince at this time, West Street will collapse
Will the ground rise automatically? Will the 347 people who died and were burned to ashes be resurrected immediately? Will the collapsed mountains in the middle of Sichuan be restored to their original state? Will the hundreds of thousands of victims be safe immediately? Then arrange for Mr. Gu and Mr. Zuo to be the imperial envoys
The minister went to provide disaster relief."
In ancient times, transportation was backward. It took four or five days for the eight hundred-mile horse to rush. By the time the imperial envoy arrived at his destination, not to mention the day lilies were cold, they would probably go rancid!
Jintong sighed. The level of production technology in ancient times was backward. A natural disaster would result in countless deaths and injuries!
Wu An saw Jin Tong's brows furrowed and recalled what happened to the Marquis of Jingbei back then. He thought Jin Tong was worried about Zheng Qiyan, so he cupped his hands and said: "Madam, don't worry! There are indeed people in the court who say that our Lord's murderous surrender in southern Xinjiang was unlucky, which caused the world to fall apart."
The turmoil caused the people to suffer. However, they were refuted by several ministers, saying that Hong Bo established himself as the king of southern Xinjiang, was licentious, and even used human skulls to make drinking utensils. God struck him to death with thunder, and the Marquis killed those people.
Killing the Nanman, who is full of evil, is called justice for heaven!"
Jintong didn't understand the affairs of the court. She was actually trying to figure out how to rebuild West Street and resettle those tens of thousands of poor people. This was considered a meritorious deed. Besides, West Street was at the feet of the Emperor, and she heard that the Holy Lord occasionally paid private visits in disguise.
, if you can see it with your own eyes, it can also improve the charitable image of the noble families in Shangjing. By the way, the Sanhou Mansion related to Jintong can also have a good impression in the mind of the Holy Lord.
She had long ago asked Zhang He to measure the entire area of West Street for her, and based on the terrain, she drew a building plan and accurately calculated that West Street could build more than a thousand bungalows, enough to house all the people on West Street.
So she showed the drawing she had already drawn to Wu An. When Wu An looked at the dimensions marked on it, he knew that the drawing was the floor plan of West Street.
"Wu'an, how much artificial materials are needed to re-consolidate the ground on West Street? To build a house, look at the dimensions I marked." Jintong pointed to the drawing: "How many bricks, how many tiles, how much wood, and how much wood are needed?
The total amount of silver needed for other scattered materials such as sand, gravel, etc. Calculate these to me as quickly as possible."
Wu An carefully put away the drawings: "Madam, is there anything else you want to explain?"
Jintong nodded slightly, and suddenly the topic changed: "Wu An, Wu Ping is 20 this year, right? Have you talked about getting married?"
Wu An was startled, remembering what his fourth brother Wu Ning had said to him: Madam resented the Seventh Master for being unkind to him, and wanted to raise a few faces to take revenge on the Seventh Master! At that time, he repeatedly warned the Seventh Master not to let the Seventh Master know about this.
The madam just said it to vent her anger, don't take it seriously! Now it seems that the madam is interested in Wu Ping's young and strong body, and wants to get close to the water first, right? This? What should we do?
Jintong looked at Wu An's sluggish expression and started to tremble again. He thought to himself that this guy had Parkinson's syndrome, right? He was so distracted and shaking his hands all the time.
Wu An feels miserable! He is also worried about Wu Ping's marriage. In the past two years, he has seen several families who are not suitable. This year, there are many things in the house, so there is a delay. If he lied to Wu Ping and said that he wanted to marry him, where would he go to find Wu Ping in such a hurry?
A wishful wife? If he told the truth, what would happen if this lady fell in love with Wu Ping?
The atmosphere suddenly became inexplicably weird!
Jintong saw that Wu An was still looking uncertain after being old for a long time, so he simply asked directly: "I want to allocate Danzhu to Wu Ping. Go and ask Wu Ping what he means. What should I do if he also wants to do it? As an elder brother, please be careful."
Help! If he refuses, forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything!" A good relationship is only when two people are in love, and Jintong doesn't want to mess up the relationship.
Wu An shuddered. Madam really fell in love with Wu Ping. Fortunately! She fell in love with her for her maid. He breathed a sigh of relief and quickly thanked Jintong and went back to find Wu Ping.
As one of Jintong's personal maids, Danzhu had many contacts with Wu An, so he knew a little bit about it. He thought that this marriage was a good match. Danzhu had a lively and clever personality, and he thought that he and his brother would be a good match.
He quickly agreed to this matter and thanked Jintong again and again.