The girl Wang smiled slightly, her eyes were filled with light, and her dazzling smile instantly made people feel as if the three-oared boat was not sailing on the Huangpu River, but passing through the blooming peach blossom forest in March, making the entire cabin reflect Seeing the peach blossom color, Zhang Yuan was reminded of the Yingzi junior sister who had taken refuge in the garden to dig bamboo shoots. The girl Wang Wei immediately noticed the fleeting affection in Zhang Yuan's eyes——
Observing people's emotions and being considerate are the most important skills of Yangzhou Shou Ma. Wang Wei had a female teacher to teach her these things since she was seven years old. Later, she was trained by Ma Xianglan, a famous prostitute in the old courtyard of Nanjing. Moreover, she is also a person with a cold heart and can figure out others. The ability of the heart is better than that of the fake mare Xianglan, especially the man's expression and tone. Wang Wei can see through his appearance at a glance - the three Shanyin Zhang brothers, Zhang E and Zhang Yanke, needless to say, have the same dandy habits and appearance. This kind of man is straightforward but also vulgar; Zhang Dai and Zhang Zongzi are both dandy, more elegant than his brother, talk about poetry and painting, and are knowledgeable. Since she came on the ship, the two brothers have hardly left her eyes. , Wang Wei doesn’t think they are frivolous. It is natural to be attracted by her beauty. People who don’t know the beauty of Zidu are also blind. But that Zhang Yuan and Zhang Jiezi, she can’t see through...
This is the third time Wang Wei has seen the famous Zhang Jiezi. The first time he was on a boat in the West Lake, his face was unclear and his speech was nothing surprising. The second time she played a game with Zhang Yuan in Meigong Mountain. In chess, Zhang Yuan looked at his nose with his eyes and his mind with his nose. She was a little surprised by his quiet skills, and Zhang Yuan won that game of chess. From these two impressions, the girl Wang Wei's perception of Zhang Yuan was that Zhang Sanyuan was extremely smart. , he was very good at cultivating his mind and character at a young age, and he was very scheming. In the next few days, rumors about Zhang Yuan continued. Zhang Yuan instigated students to fight against Dong Hanlin. Zhang Yuan held a meeting with students from Songjiang in Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai. Zhang Yuan established Hanshe...
When Mei Gong heard these rumors, he shook his head and said: "This Zhang Yuan is uneasy about his duties, builds cliques and associations, and is too public. Sooner or later, he will suffer a heavy setback." Mei Gong is a man who pays attention to treating others with kindness and mercy. There is nothing more to do. It would be better to do one thing less. Of course, he felt that Zhang Yuan was too ruthless and capable of causing trouble. Wang Wei said at that time: "Maybe he will become a capable minister in governing the world, but we don't know." Mei Gong stared at her and said nothing -
When they met for the third time today, Zhang Yuan looked a little tired. Although he often looked at her, his eyes were obviously different from those of Zhang Dai and Zhang E. The two looked at her selflessly, but Zhang Yuan smiled. With a sense of appreciation, it’s like looking at flowers across water——
Wang Wei thought to himself: "Mei Gong's discussion of poetry is divided into the state of self and the state of no-self, and the same goes for people. This Zhang Yuan always "has me", has strong self-control, and is not easily confused by the world. In this way He is a self-centered person with a very deep city. Seeing how he incited others to fight against Dong Hanlin and yet escaped unscathed shows how sophisticated he is. Is he really a seventeen-year-old scholar who has just entered the world?"
This was Wang Wei's judgment of Zhang Yuan's temperament, and Zhang Yuan's occasional hint of affection just now made Wang Wei a little surprised and secretly happy, thinking: "After all, you are not Liu Xiahui, you are still an ordinary person, this is good ——”
Wang Wei looked at Zhang Yuan for a long time, and Zhang E shouted: "Wow, what does this mean? You two are looking at each other so affectionately!"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Stop talking about poetry, you can play chess."
Zhang E had long been impatient with talking about poetry and fu, and said: "Okay, we have talked about poetry enough, let's play chess instead of chess." He ordered Fu'er to bring in the chess equipment, a chessboard made of cypress wood, and Yongchang Yun.
They were all brought from Shanyin.
Last time at Dongsheshan Residence, Wang Wei lost to Zhang Yuan in a game of chess. He wanted to play against Zhang Yuan again, but seeing that Zhang E was very enthusiastic, he asked: "How does Zhang Xianggong compare with Sanyuan Xianggong in Go?"
Zhang E glanced at Zhang Yuan and said with a smile: "We will win or lose."
Wang Wei said solemnly: "The little girl will ask for advice."
Zhang E generously let Wang Wei Zhibai go first. Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai and Zong Yishan were watching the game. Zhang Yuan sat a little further away and did not look at the chess game carefully. He expected that the third brother could not beat this girl, and the third brother's chess ability was inferior to this girl.
Under the circumstances, and it is difficult to concentrate when being obsessed with beauty, so this chess game is hardly exciting and not worth watching, but watching this girl’s expression and posture during the game is very eye-catching——
The girl's robe with bamboo crown seems simple and plain at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that everything from the bamboo crown on the top of the head to the butterfly shoes under the feet is exquisite. The cloth robe is made of fine Songjiang cotton, from the collar to the
The cuffs are made with fine stitching, and they fit perfectly on this girl's body. The girl's nails are also carefully decorated. When playing chess, it can be seen that the fingertips are more shiny than the chess pieces, and the position of the pieces is also elegant and charming. These are all learned.
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Zhang Yuan was sitting by the tent window, watching the three brothers playing chess with this girl, and thought to himself: "The top-grade Yangzhou thin horse, good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, a famous prostitute in the old courtyard in Quzhong, and a poet poet, if this girl is among the four
A hundred years later, they should be people like film and television stars. In the late Ming Dynasty, relatively speaking, such famous prostitutes had more freedom than women from good families. For example, Wang Weigu traveled around and studied painting under Chen Meigong. Now
Traveling in the same boat with the three of us brothers, discussing poetry and playing chess, and being generous, this is absolutely impossible for a girl from a good family——"
From this, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but think of his fiancée Shang Danran and junior sister Wang Yingzi. Danran was his wife, and he must take good care of her. If he had time, he would play with her more and not let her be confined in a deep house. Danran was smart,
In the future, you can ask her to help manage the bookstore or Shengmei Store. Junior Sister Yingzi is talented and cute, but...
Zhang Yuan's heart sank slightly, and he turned towards the window of the boat to look at the scenery on the left bank of the Huangpu River——
Three large oars were rising and falling, and a sail was blowing to take advantage of the wind. The five-foot-long wave boat slowly traveled in the opposite direction in the Huangpu River. The green mountains on both sides of the bank were verdant, and there were large green leaves and yellow-white flowers everywhere between the foothills and the plains.
Flowers, this is cotton. 10% of the fields in Songjiang are planted with cotton, more than one million acres. It is known as the cotton capital and the world's clothing and quilts. If Shengmei develops smoothly, it is very promising to become the largest cloth shop in Songjiang within ten years. The key is
It requires capital and support——
Zhang Yuan and Zong Yishan talked softly and talked about merchants in Songjiang. Zong Yishan said that every spring and autumn, the merchants who come to Songjiang to sell cloth can only make up the size of their boats. Those with less than 100,000 silver can only be regarded as middle-class merchants. Jiangnan scholars
Ren Qiwen Many people are doing business, and the so-called scholar-merchant class has emerged. Gu Xiancheng, the leader of Donglin, believes that only those who are rich are good at courtesy, benefit from righteousness, and support righteousness with benefit. He outspokenly asks for wealth. Zhang Yuan thought: "There are discussions in later generations that Donglin Party
It represents the interests of Jiangnan scholars and merchants, so whose interests should the Han Society represent? The Han Society will eventually go to the court, which class should be enlisted for support? The society of the late Ming Dynasty was extremely complex, and all classes were in the midst of drastic changes.
This one will definitely offend the other, which is really a headache——"
Zhang Yuan comforted himself and said: "Hanshe and Shengmei Trading Company have finally started to take off. We can only do it step by step. There is no point in hurrying. We have to live our lives. Let's look at the green hills on both sides of the bank. The cotton is all over the mountains and fields. The fragrance of rice flowers is carried by the wind. We can sail against the current.
There’s quite a bit of scenery to see—”
After six or seven miles of boating, Zhang E's chess game had already been lost. The girl Wang Wei said: "Can Mr. Yan Ke's chess match that of Mr. Jie Zi?" When he said this, he looked at Zhang Yuan by the tent window with his bright eyes.
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Zhang Dai laughed and said: "How can Yan Ke's chess match that of Jie Zi? There is a win or loss for each other. That's just bragging."
Zhang E's face did not change and he said: "Jiezi gave me the third son and I won more. If he gave me the second son, I lost more. Isn't this mutual victory and defeat?"
Wang Wei clasped his hands together, half-covering his nose and lips, and said, "I see." His body trembled with laughter.
Zhang E said: "I was careless in this game. It was because I was greedy for your beauty that I lost. I think only meson can beat you. He can play chess with a blindfold on. Only with a blindfold on can I concentrate on playing chess with you."
Wang Wei's face turned peach-blossom, and he gently threw a white piece in his hand back into the chess jar. He looked at Zhang Yuan and said, "That little lady wants to ask Mr. Jiezi for advice on another game of blind chess——"
Zhang Yuan didn't want to play chess now. He had been busy with Hanshe Bookstore and Shengmei Trading Company these past two days. He smiled and said, "Let my brother play with you. I'm a little sleepy today. I'll teach you another day."
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When Wang Wei and Zhang Dai were playing chess, Zhang Yuan went to the next cabin to draft a question on the meaning of the Spring and Autumn Classic. It took him most of an hour to write an eight-legged essay on the classics. The hull of the boat shook slightly, and he kept laughing while playing chess in the next cabin.
When tiredness came over me, I lay down on the desk and took a nap——
Some of the polished ink was not finished, so it would be a pity to wash it off. Mu Zhenzhen used the remaining ink to write a dozen characters of "Huashan Monument". When the ink dried up, he heard a slight snoring from the young master next to him. Mu Zhenzhen
Then I gently packed away the paper and pen, washed my pen and inkstone, and came back. I saw a few beads of sweat dripping from the wing of the young master's nose, and the sleeve of his right arm under his cheek was also a little wet with sweat. It was almost noon, and the weather was very hot.
There was a folding fan beside the desk. Mu Zhenzhen slowly unfolded the folding fan, hugged his knees and sat next to the young master to fan him. After fanning for a while, he saw Wang Weigu coming over, holding the hatch to prevent the boat from shaking and losing its footing.
, looking at Zhang Yuan sleeping at his desk, he smiled slightly, lowered his voice and asked Mu Zhenzhen: "What's your sister's name?"
Mu Zhenzhen was a little restrained and replied: "My name is Mu Zhenzhen."
Wang Wei asked again: "How old is Sister Mu?"
Mu Zhenzhen was very shy in front of strangers and replied: "I am sixteen years old." As he spoke, he folded and folded the fan in his hand.
Wang Wei chuckled and said: "Then I am the same age as you. I was born in the first month of the year, so I must be older than you. I call you Sister Mu."
Mu Zhenzhen smiled and said "Yeah", not knowing what to say.
Wang Wei saw that Mu Zhenzhen didn't like to talk much, so he kept silent. He leaned against the cabin door and listened to the sound of the boatman's oar. In the other cabin was the sound of the Zhang brothers playing chess. Zhang Zongzi's chess skills were also slightly inferior to hers. She
I just want to play another game of chess with Zhang Yuan, and talk about bells and Tan's poems with Zhang Yuan, but this Zhang Yuan is sleeping here, and there is a beautiful maid fanning him. It is really enjoyable——
When Mu Zhenzhen saw the girl leaning against the door and not leaving, he asked, "Sister Wang, do you have something to do with my young master?"
Wang Wei said: "It's nothing." He smiled and waved to Mu Zhenzhen and walked back to the compartment.
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