Zhang Dai walked in from outside the gate and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to wait a few days before coming back. It would be better to make Jiezi restless in anxiety."
"Haha, if you say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here soon." Zhang E walked down the stairs with a smile and said: "Brother should wait until the last day to register for the imperial examination before arriving. If the meson jumps in anxiety, that would be interesting. It's like acting, rescuing soldiers
They always show up at the last minute." Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "That's so tortured, I'm going to get sick, how can I take the exam."
The pink-faced and peach-cheeked Wang Kedan followed up and saluted Zhang E and Zhang Yuan with crossed arms. Wang Kedan and Ma Xiaoqing followed Zhang Dai to Shangyu this time.
Zhang E smiled and said: "Wang Kechan, why don't you cross your hands? You should perform the Wanfu ceremony."
Wang Ke ate the noodles with flying colors, and as expected, he was so happy that he made Zhang E laugh.
This Wang Kehan looks very much like a woman. Every time Zhang Yuan sees this handsome boy dressed as a female dandy, he wonders if it is a woman disguised as a man. But Zhang Dai and Zhang E must have explored it. Wang Kehan is both a prostitute and a prostitute.
Tong, this matter seems a bit dirty to talk about, but Zhang Dai and Zhang E are very calm, and Wang Kefan doesn't feel shameful. This is because the atmosphere is like this. There are many scholar-bureaucrats in the late Ming Dynasty who are fond of Longyang. Even Yuan Zhonglang,
The same is true for brother Yuan Xiaoxiu. The male culture is the most popular in Songjiang and Suzhou. There are even male sex shops in Suzhou. The brothels are called brothels and the male sex shops are called Red Buildings. This is really weird. Zhang Dai directly stated in his "self-made epitaph" that "
What a beautiful maid, what a prostitute." As for Zhang Yuan, he thought that the beautiful maid could be a good prostitute, so forget it, and said: "Brother, have you just come back from Shangyu? Please sit down and have a cup of tea." Zhang Dai said bluntly:
"What kind of good tea is there?" Zhang Dai is very particular about tea tasting and will not drink bad tea.
Zhang Yuandao: "There is good tea, the best West Lake Longjing tea"
Zhang Dai didn't wait for Zhang Yuan to finish speaking, and said happily: "Okay, cook it quickly." He went into the hall and sat down, waiting to taste the West Lake Longjing.
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "There are two kilograms of Longjing tea in total. One kilogram was given to my uncle and the other to Mr. Zhi'an."
Zhang Dai said "Hey" and said to Zhang E: "I really should have come back two days late."
Zhang E said: "That's right, it's rude to come back early and I won't give you any tea."
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "My sister returned from Qingpu to Ning this time and brought two kilograms of Dianshan white tea. Has my eldest brother tasted it?"
Zhang Dai said: "Dianshan is over Qingpu, right? Is there white tea in Dianshan? I have only heard of Tianmu Mountain white tea. White tea is rare. It is recorded in Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" but I have never tasted it. Please cook it quickly and let me have a taste.
But he asked again: "Who cooks the tea?"
Zhang Yuandao: "It used to be Yiting, but now it's Tuting."
Zhang Dai shook his head and said: "That little girl from Tuting doesn't know how to make tea. She just boils the water and lets Wang Kefan cook it." Wang Kefan's tea art was taught by Zhang Dai.
Zhang Yuan asked Wu Ling to take Wang Keqian to the small tea room downstairs in the south to make tea. When Wang Keqian did not move, he brought out a teapot and three teacups on a lacquer tray and poured tea for Zhang Dai and the others. Zhang Dai smelled it first.
Cha Xiang frowned slightly, then opened the lid, took a sip, and said: "Unfortunately, the tea is good tea, but the steaming and roasting conditions were not controlled properly during the brewing process. It became mediocre and now it is just barely edible.
Zhang Yuan took a sip and savored it carefully, but he did not have the sensitive taste of his elder brother Zhang Dai. He smiled and said: "The elder brother is so good at discerning taste, I admire it."
Zhang E said with a smile: "Speaking of taste discrimination, I remembered something. The year before last, I made a bet with my eldest brother and asked three maids to do it."
"Don't say it." Zhang Dai shouted, his face turned red.
Zhang E laughed and asked Zhang Yuan: "Does Jiezi know what kind of bet I made with my eldest brother?"
Zhang Dai jumped up and walked out, but Zhang Yuan quickly stopped him and said, "Brother, don't leave. In addition to a guarantor, this government examination also needs a guarantor. Brother, help me find one."
Zhang Dai said: "You don't have to find the sponsor yourself. Sun Jiaoyu will arrange for students to be matched one by one according to their qualifications. You are the head of the county examination, so the sponsor is Zhou Monong, who ranked first in the annual examination last year. Zhou Monong and
I have a good friendship with him, how about I go visit him with you now?" This was to get rid of Zhang E.
Zhang E smiled and said: "Brother, don't leave. Don't leave either of you. Brother, let me tell you first the bet I made with Jiezi last time." He looked sideways at Zhang Yuan to see that Zhang Yuan was in a hurry.
Zhang Yuan was not in a hurry. The more anxious he was, the prouder Zhang E became. He knew that Zhang E wanted to talk about the radiant treasure, so he said: "Third brother just likes to tease people. What I do is nothing. Third brother always mentions it."
That's boring now, let's do something new."
Seeing that Zhang Yuan was not in a hurry, Zhang E felt bored and said, "Let's talk about brother's business first." Zhang Dai was anxious before, but now he is calm and said, "Zhang Yanke, you have done a lot of ridiculous things. Let's talk about it. You can talk about it."
I'll tell you one thing."
Zhang E smiled and said: "It's wonderful, let's do it like this. You tell me one thing and I tell the other. I'll tell you first."
Da Shitou ran in and said: "Master, a large group of people came outside the door, and they all said they wanted to see the master."
Zhang Yuan heard the noisy voices outside the bamboo fence gate and didn't understand what was going on. He got up and went out to see. Zhang Dai and Zhang E also followed him out, only to see that it was Lu Yunpeng and Liu Yingcai who had been harmed by Yao Fu.
The victims of Xiao's death came here to thank Zhang Yuan. Some held land deeds, some held silver coins, and some carried geese, ducks, and cloth. They all gave them to Zhang Yuan to express their gratitude. If it weren't for Zhang Yuan, how could they have fought?
I am afraid that if I have to overthrow Yao*gang, I will be wronged for the rest of my life, and I will never get back the occupied land, so I am sincerely grateful to Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan Tuantuan bowed and said that we are all neighbors and fellow villagers, next time."
"If you want to give any gifts, just give them and give them quickly. If you are kind, you should repay the kindness. Don't just say nice things. This time, my brother Zhang Jiezi was the first to defeat Yao Guan. If you have merit, you will be rewarded. Come, come, come.
, the geese and ducks are placed inside the bamboo fence gate, the silk cloth is placed on the bluestone platform here, the field deed, and the silver are handed over to me."
Of course it was Zhang E who said this, calling everyone to give gifts quickly, and he all laughed and accepted them.
Lu Yunpeng took the lead and handed over two land deeds of twenty acres of fertile land to Zhang E. Lu Yunpeng was the most grateful to Zhang Yuan. The young Lu Yunpeng followed his cousin Lu Yungu around to sue Yao Fu for his injustice.
After a while, the family property was exhausted. This time, the county magistrate sentenced Yao Fu's sixty acres of paddy field to Lu Yunpeng. Lu Yunpeng discussed it with his cousin and decided to reward Zhang Yuan's kindness with twenty acres of fertile land.
This time the son was allocated fifty acres of Yao Fu's mountain land, and he also gave ten acres of land deeds as a thank you. He also gave money, more than ten taels, and less than two taels. Yao Fu did evil in the past, but now Zhang Yuan accepts the gift, no,
Zhang E accepts gifts. The more evil he does, the richer the gifts he receives.
Zhang originally wanted to stop his third brother from accepting the gift, but then he thought about it and called Lu Yunpeng over and asked, "Isn't your cousin here?"
Lu Yunpeng said: "Here we come, Mr. Zhang, please take a look, it's over there."
Zhang Yuan looked in the direction where Shang Yunpeng was pointing. He saw Lu Yungu, dressed in plain clothes and wearing green shoes, standing under a big locust tree outside the bamboo fence gate and bowing to him from a distance. Zhang Yuan said to Lu Yunpeng: "Please, cousin
Come here, I have something important to discuss with him."
Lu Yunpeng squeezed out of the bamboo fence gate and soon came in together with Lu Yungu. At this time, Zhang E had received the land deed for forty-five acres and hundreds of taels of silver. The geese and ducks were all over the courtyard, and the bluestone terrace was
There were dozens of pieces of silk cloth, more than ten baskets of eggs, and fruits such as peaches and plums, but Zhang E was not very satisfied with them. A hundred taels of silver was indeed not much for him.
Lu Yungu came over and bowed his hands to Zhang Yuan and said, "What do you want me to do, dear brother Jie?"
Zhang Yuandao: "Brother Lu, I can't accept these gifts, but I have an idea to use these fields and money to build a charity warehouse, store grain in preparation for famine, and provide relief to the victims. Of course, these fields and money alone are not enough, you must also ask for help."
Wealthy people in this county are asking for donations, and I will provide one hundred taels of silver myself first."
After Jiajing, famines were frequent and officials were corrupt, and the role of the government in famine relief was not as good as before. Since the 25th year of Wanli, the emperor has been lazy in political affairs, and even major people's livelihood issues such as famine relief and disaster relief have been procrastinated. Therefore, many local gentry have enriched the people.
He built his own warehouse to prepare for famine years. The government's responsibility for famine relief was replaced by local gentry. This is also a manifestation of the decline of government control in the late Ming Dynasty.
There was a severe drought, and if there was a charity warehouse, the victims could survive the famine years. Luyun Valley immediately loudly announced the matter to everyone. Everyone praised Mr. Zhang for his righteousness and asked Mr. Zhang to take charge of the construction of the charity warehouse.
Zhang Yuandao: "Fellow fellow villagers, the matter of building a warehouse has to wait until I report it to the elders of the clan. The matter will be decided in May at the latest." Generally, when building a warehouse, well-known local squires must be invited to come forward.
Otherwise it won't work.
Zhang Yuan asked the lame Liu Xiucai, Lu Yungu and others to stay and discuss the matter of building a free warehouse. The others listened for a while and then dispersed. At this time, Zhang Dai did not know the sufferings of the people and had no interest in building a free warehouse.
Needless to say, Cai gave Zhang Yuan the silver field deed he received, and he asked Neng Wang to pick up a goose and go back to cook and enjoy it first.
Zhang Yuan asked Liu Xiucai to register the land deeds and silver received today. These silver, land deeds were handed over to Lu Yungu for safekeeping. The specific preparations for the charity warehouse will be discussed at the end of April. Lu Yungu also knew that Zhang Yuan now wanted to prepare the palace.
I didn't dare to disturb him any more, so I left immediately.
After Liu Xiucai, Lu Yungu and others left, Zhang Yuan followed Zhang Dai to visit Zhou Monong. On the way, Zhang Dai asked Zhang Yuan: "Jiezi, do you want to tell the eldest father about the construction of Yicang?"
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "If I say it now, my uncle will scold me and say that I am not doing my job properly. Hey, we have to wait until after the government examination."
Zhang Dai said: "It seems that Jie Zi has great ambitions. He paid attention to people's livelihood at a young age and did not just focus on studying."
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "The main reason is that these gifts are hard to accept and I can't bear to return them. Why not take the opportunity to do something good?"
Zhang Yue laughed heartily.
I met Zhou Monong at Zhou's house beside Panggong Pond. Zhou Monong already knew that he would be Zhang Yuan's guarantor and even expressed his honor. Zhou Monong was a tea fanatic and Zhang Dai was his tea drinker. He immediately left Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan's brothers to have dinner at the house.
After dinner, they tasted tea and talked about famous teas in the world. Zhang Yuan listened and gained a lot of knowledge about tea.
Returning to Fuxue Palace from Panggongchi, Zhang Dai asked Zhang Yuan if he would go to Fuya to register tomorrow?
Zhang Yuandao: "Tomorrow my master, Mr. Zhe'an, will ask me to accompany the sages from the two counties on a tour of the retreat. My uncle will also go. My eldest brother will take me to sign up the day after tomorrow."
Zhang Dai likes to visit mountains and rivers the most, and said: "I will also go to Biyuan tomorrow to see the comparisons in Biyuan*
How is the garden?"
There was lightning and thunder at night, and it was raining heavily. Just before ten o'clock, Xiaodao was struggling to write words. Suddenly, the power went out. After waiting for half an hour, the power didn't come back, so I sent a text message to Weiyang, the deputy editor, asking her to be in the book review area.
Just to inform you, Xiaodao went to bed after waiting for the electricity to stop coming. Mimi was confused and the electricity came when it was almost twelve o'clock. She got up and turned on the computer to prepare for the update. The electricity stopped again. She sat there and waited for a long time. She was about to give up and go to sleep.
The call came again, so I revised the text and sent it.!