Zhang E came over to read the letter with Zhang Yuan. After reading a few words, he yelled, "I'm so mad!" He didn't get mad, so he continued reading. After reading a few words, he yelled, "I'm so mad!"
" Lu Tao, who swore at the Songjiang Dong family, said in the letter that the Huating Dong family first instigated Lu Yangfang to go whoring, and Lu Yangfang engaged in whoring and gambling. Instigated by several prostitutes to withdraw from sex, Lu Tao squandered money and owed six thousand taels of gambling silver.
, according to the writings and paintings, six hundred acres of mulberry forest in Yushan was pledged to repay the gambling debt. In order to force Lu Zhaokun to admit and repay the gambling debt owed by his son, Dong Zuchang even set up a "Purple Fire Store" in Huating to frame Lu Yangfang. The so-called "Purple Fire Store" is the Beauty Bureau.
Also known as the Immortal Dance, Lu Yangfang was seduced by the wife of a gangster from Songjiang. Lu Yangfang thought it was an affair and stepped into the romantic circle. Just as he was about to enter the port, the gangster led a group of bachelors and rushed in, beating Lu Yangfang until he was beaten.
Half dead, he was dragged to the Songjiang government office and accused of raping a good woman. Lu Yangfang was imprisoned. When the news came back to Qingpu, Lu Zhaokun was so shocked that he suffered a stroke and became paralyzed. Dong's debt collectors harassed Lu every day.
The family offered six hundred acres of mulberry forest in Yushan in exchange for Lu Yangfang's release from prison. Otherwise, he would be punished for sexually abusing his daughter, with a staff of eighty, and be sent to the border guards forever. Lu Tao was originally going to leave last month to pick up Ruoxi's mother and son back to Qingpu, but
Now Lu Yangfang is upset and worried about this unfulfilled younger brother. His old father is ill in bed again. How can he find time to come to Shanyin? This time he wrote to Zhang Yuan to ask Zhang Yuan to plead with Zhang Rushuang to come forward to rescue Lu Yangfang. As for the
Whether Ruo Xi's mother and son return to Qingpu depends on Ruo Xi's intention. Ruo Xi is willing to stay at Shan Yin's mother's house for a while. After all, the Lu family in Qingpu is restless now. Lu Chun and Lu Jie can't stay at their grandmother's house.
Okay, Lu Tao also said that if Ruoxi wants to return to Qingpu, then please ask Zhang Yuanxiang to send a piece of calyx. He said angrily: "Then Lu Yangfang is really stupid. He is seeking death himself. What can such a person do to save him?"
Zhang Yuandao: "It is not a pity that Lu Yangfang died, but I would be aggrieved if Lu Yangfang died in the hands of Dong Zuchang."
Zhang E nodded and said: "That's right. We must never let Dong Zuchang be proud of Jiezi. Now that you have passed the Taoist examination and have gained the title of student member, it's time to deal with Dong Zuchang. Do you have any clever ideas?"
Zhang Yuan said calmly: "It's time." He thought to himself: "Dealing with Dong Zuchang is nothing. I want to make it impossible for the Dong family to gain a foothold in Huating."
Zhang E was overjoyed when Zhang Yuan said, "It's time." He asked Zhang Yuan when he was going to Huating, and he wanted to go with him.
Zhang Yuan said: "Third brother, wait a moment, I will ask my sister."
Zhang Yuan went to see his sister Zhang Ruoxi with the letter, avoiding his mother. The two siblings discussed it in the study room in the west building. Zhang Ruoxi heard that such a big thing had happened to her husband's family, and thought about how Lu Lang could survive alone, so he wanted to return to Qingpu.
Support your husband,
Zhang Yuan saw that his sister had decided to go, so he stopped trying to stay and said, "Sister told his mother that Mr. Lu is sick. You are the eldest daughter-in-law and you need to go back to visit. As for the rest, don't say much else, lest Zhang Ruoxi lose sight of her.
The younger brother glanced at me and said, "I want you to teach me. I'm nine years older than you."
Then he frowned and said: "I am worried about my mother, Xiaochun, Xiaojie has been busy here for more than a year. Now we have all returned to Qingpu, and you want to send us there too. My mother will definitely be deserted and unhappy, and my father will not be happy for a while."
Can’t come back.”
Zhang Yuandao: "When we get together, we break up. It's impossible for my sister to live in the mountains forever. My father should be back in July. I don't need to worry too much about my mother."
Zhang Ruoxi nodded, feeling a little sad in her heart. Although she was the daughter of the Zhang family, she was also the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lu family. She was married to her husband. This time her husband's family encountered difficulties, so she must go back.
Zhang Yuandao: "My sister went to tell my mother that today is April 26th. We will go to Qingpu after the Dragon Boat Festival. When we get to Hangzhou, I will borrow Xiaokanhepai from Eunuch Zhong. This will make the journey smooth and we can arrive in Qingpu three or five days early."
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Zhang Ruoxi also felt that the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching and she had to go back after the festival, so she said: "Xiaoyuan, then go and ask your great-uncle to write a letter to Magistrate Huang of Songjiang to express his love for Lu Yangfang."
Zhang Yuandao: "Don't worry, sister, I understand." He came to the front hall and said to Zhang E: "Third brother, I have discussed with my sister and we will leave after the Dragon Boat Festival.
Zhang E said: "Well, let's go take a look at the telescope first and compare it with the telescope I bought from Thailand to see who can see farther and clearer." He added: "For more than half a year, I have kept my telescope.
In the mirror workshop, the mirror makers have to make imitations, which prevents me from spying on other people’s secrets and makes me lose a lot of fun."
The two brothers came to the private house near Zhuangyuandi that was used as a magic mirror workshop. Three mirror makers and three or two apprentices came to greet them. The two mirror workshop apprentices respectfully presented two almost identical brass telescopes to Zhang E.
With a "ha" sound, he asked: "Did you make that telescope?"
One of the mirror workshop apprentices raised the telescope in his hand higher and said, "Third Young Master, this telescope is newly made in the workshop."
Zhang E took the telescope, turned it gently, took out one part, and then took out another part, and then put it to his right eye to see. It was impossible to see far in this room. Zhang E walked outside to see Zhang Yuan and several others.
A mirrormaker came out with him.
Zhang E looked through the telescope to one end of the long street and then to the other, adjusting the focus. After a long while, he frowned and handed the telescope to Zhang Yuan: "Meson, what do you think of this telescope?"
Zhang Yuan took the telescope and took a look at it. He looked out through several layers of lenses. It was foggy. The appearance of this telescope was decent, but the concave and convex lenses were not as finely polished as the telescope Zhang E bought.
The light refraction and imaging configuration are not yet precise. No matter how much the focal length is adjusted, it is always unclear when looking at a distance. A piece of calyx took the brass single-tube telescope that his trustee bought from Macao for 180 taels of silver.
When I came over to take a look, I didn’t realize that the gap was so big without comparing. Zhang E became angry and scolded the mirror makers: “You spend more than a thousand taels of silver in a year to make such a clumsy thing to fool me. You yourself don’t know how to do it.”
How about a comparison? Look at those telescopes made in Europe and the West. Can such inferior mirrors like yours compare!"
The three mirror makers were all very frightened and looked at each other, not daring to say a word.
Zhang Yuandao: "Third brother, don't worry, the Thai people made this telescope after many years of hard work. Although the image of the telescope made in our workshop is not clear yet, the principle is correct. As long as we study and adjust it more carefully, it will definitely work."
Create a clearer telescope." Then he told the three mirror makers the principle of cooperation between concave lenses as eyepieces and convex lenses as objective lenses, how to control the telephoto magnification, and the most important thing is to polish the lenses to be fine~
"Next year today, if you can make a telescope that is comparable to this Thai telescope, my three brothers and I will reward you three with forty taels of silver each. If you can make it in advance, every ten days in advance, each person will receive an additional reward.
One tael of silver."
There must be brave men under heavy rewards. When Zhang Yuan said this, the three mirror makers were greatly encouraged. Each of them was rewarded with forty taels of silver. That was not a small amount of money. Moreover, if they could make it one month in advance, there would still be three more taels.
The bonus of silver is really a boost of motivation.
Over the past year, these three mirrormakers have not only imitated telescopes, incense mirrors, and dimming glasses.
Dozens of myopia glasses were made each. These lenses made of colorless crystal were very good. Zhang Yuan tried several pairs of myopia glasses, and they were almost the same as the pair of glasses Zhang E gave him. Zhang Yuan asked the mirror makers to
Everyone went about their business and said to Zhang E: "Third brother, these incense mirrors, dimming glasses, and myopia glasses can be sold. The mirror shop should be able to make money now, at least we don't have to invest any more money in it than we bought from Haizhou last year."
Thousands of kilograms of crystal stones are enough to last three years."
Zhang E was very happy. He had always squandered money and had never earned any money. He asked, "How should we price this?"
Zhang Yuandao said: "A pair of incense mirrors costs one tael of silver, and a pair of dimming glasses and myopia glasses cost four taels of silver. Tomorrow I will go to Confucianism to preach, and I will say that Zhang Jiezi's academic progress is all due to these glasses."
"As he said that, he put a pair of myopia glasses on his nose.
Zhang E burst out laughing and said: "Those scholars are very short-sighted. Some of them have their books stuck to their faces when they read. They can't recognize people when they meet on the street. They are no better than the blind. With myopia glasses, what's the difference?"
It is like giving them a new pair of eyes, and there are many scholars who can afford four taels of silver to buy these glasses."
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "I just want to make money from those wealthy students."
Zhang Yuan asked the mirror maker to select three pairs of glasses for dimming and two pairs of glasses for myopia. Ding asked the above-mentioned chicken wing wood to make five spectacle cases, and he would pick them up five days later. They were to be given away.
Zhang E said: "My eldest father is also suffering from blurred vision due to his old age. It also shows my filial piety to give this pair of glasses to my eldest father." Then he took out a pair of glasses, but there was no case. Zhang Yuan took out his own case for myopia glasses.
I met Zhang Rushuang in the study room of Xi Zhang Beiyuan. Zhang E offered him the glasses. Zhang Rushuang was overjoyed when he tried them. He asked that they were made by Zhang Yuan and Zhang E's hired mirror makers. There were many scholars doing business in the late Ming Dynasty. Zhang Rushuang did not think it was strange.
However, Ding told Zhang Yuan to focus on studying for the imperial examination and not to waste too much time on these side stories. Of course, Zhang Yuan was only partial and talked about the affairs of his brother-in-law Lu Tao's family. Zhang Rushuang frowned and said: "Lu Zhao*
The second son is so unsatisfactory, and the Dong family of Huating also went too far. Zhang Yuan, you must be responsible for this, right?"
Zhang Yuandao: "Yes, after the Dong family knew that the Lu family was the Lou Zhang family's in-laws, they became even more aggressive. In a few days, the grandson of the family would send his sister and two nephews back to Qingpu. He took the camera to help the Lu family and asked his uncle to write to Songjiang Magistrate Huang.
Please write a letter to be accommodating."
Zhang Rushuang looked at this grandson and said slowly: "Zhang Yuan, you have to act according to your ability. Dong Xuanzai is not comparable to Yao Fu, and you are now a disciple. You must make a name for yourself and don't leave a bad reputation for talking and causing trouble."
, you have to keep this in mind."
Zhang Yuan said: "The descendants of our family will remember the teachings of our uncles." Zhang Yuan is very smart and behaves prudently. Zhang Rushuang felt that there was no need to give more instructions and said: "You want to go to Magistrate Huang Huang with the letter in person, right? Well, I will have someone take care of you tomorrow."
The letter will be sent to you."
The plot has been dull recently, but the clear water will eventually turn into a stormy sea. The excitement is about to appear, so stay tuned. (To be continued!)