Chapter three hundred and sixteen single-plank bridge
Zhang Yuan thought that the ebony and gilt chiming bell was noisy at night, so when he was decorating his new house, he moved the chiming bell downstairs to the study. For daily living, the bell from the bell tower of the south of the city is more suitable. He gets up to the sound of the morning bell and washes himself.
It was almost six o'clock in the evening. When I heard the evening bell ringing at night, I packed up my writing and went to bed to rest. The chiming clock downstairs was striking ten o'clock. The scholar-officials of the late Ming Dynasty regarded the chiming bell as a treasure not because of its accurate timekeeping, but because of its exquisite beauty.
Mechanical curiosity——
The morning after Zhang Yuan accompanied Shang Danran back to Kuaiji for three dynasties, Mu Zhenzhen got up early in the morning, took a white porcelain high-footed lamp to the study, set the chime clock back a quarter, and was wiping the desk while listening to
Hearing the sound of footsteps, he quickly turned around and saw Zhang Yuan walking in wearing cloud-toe shoes, with his hair disheveled, obviously not yet washed——
Mu Zhen was blessed and said: "Good morning, young master."
It is very early, the morning bell has not yet rung, and the time shown by the self-ringing clock is a quarter past five——
Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "Really, hurry up and sharpen the ink." While he was rummaging around on the desk -
It was still dark, and the study was dark. Mu Zhenzhen moved the white porcelain lamp closer and asked, "What are you looking for, young master?"
Zhang Yuandao: "Du Dingfang asked me to correct ten eight-part essays. I have been so busy these days that I almost forgot. The Du family manager is going back today -"
"Master, is this the one?" Mu Zhenzhen found the ten eight-part essays from a bookcase.
Zhang Yuan glanced through it and said happily: "Exactly." He praised: "You are still really careful."
Mu Zhenzhen smiled, filled the Duan Inkstone with water, and rubbed the ink slowly and vigorously with the pine ink. He glanced at the young master from time to time. The young master was reading Du Dingfang's eight-part essay. He quickly turned over one page and then another.
One piece——
In less than half an hour, after finishing the ten essays, Zhang Yuan stood up and said, "I'm going to wash up first." He could use the time he was washing to think about how to correct Du Dingwen's ten eight-part essays. By the time he came back from the shower, Mu Zhenzhen had already polished his skills.
After finishing the ink stick, the study room was filled with the fragrance of ink.
Zhang Yuan spread out a square of mangosteen paper and wrote a letter to Du Dingfang. Mu Zhenzhen stood behind him and combed his hair with a boxwood comb. His movements were gentle and did not affect the young master's writing at all. He was combing his hair affectionately when he suddenly raised his head.
, I saw the young lady standing by the study door at some point, smiling slightly——
Shang Danran had been watching quietly for a while. Zhang Yuan was concentrating on writing a letter, and Mu Zhenzhen was combing Zhang Yuan's bun. His eyes were full of affection, and his mind was all on Zhang Yuan. Neither of them noticed her——
"Good morning, young mistress."
Mu Zhenzhen quickly stepped forward to salute, feeling a little uneasy.
Zhang Yuan raised his eyes and said: "Dan Ran got up too." He continued to write.
Shang Danran walked in, smiled at Mu Zhenzhen and asked Zhang Yuandao: "What's the urgent matter?"
Zhang Yuandao: "I have a student from Kunshan who wants me to comment on the craftsmanship. Two servants have been here for more than half a month. Yesterday, many distant guests said goodbye to me and returned home, but these two servants of the Du family were scratching their heads on the side, hehe."
Shang Danran took a closer look and saw that most of the bamboo paper had been written in clear regular script. Zhang Lang was always very serious about his work and never perfunctory——
Shang Danran said to Mu Zhenzhen: "I asked Yun Jin to take off Zhang Lang's scarf." He turned around and went out, slowly going upstairs. He had no objection to the tender scene he just saw, and thought to himself: "I have really served Zhang Lang for several days."
Now that he is 20 years old, Zhang Lang’s likes and dislikes are really clearer. This woman is kind and simple. I should treat her well. This is also the magnanimity I should have.” I couldn’t help but think of Wang Wei again. That girl was too smart, so she left the book and went away.
, retreating in order to advance made Zhang Lang's affection for her suddenly increase. Wang Wei will still join the Zhang family in the future——
Shang Danran shook his head and didn't think too much about it. She was newlywed, Zhang Lang was very nice to her, and Aunt Weng was also kind, so she had no dissatisfaction.
In the study, Zhang Yuan spent more than an hour writing a letter to Du Dingfang and Du Song respectively. The letter to Du Song was to congratulate him on his return as a staff general, and analyzed the situation in Liaodong in a deliberation tone, saying that Du Song would be
The Jianzhou Jurchens were promoted because of the threat to the Ming Dynasty. The confrontation with the Jianzhou Jurchens was certainly a good time to make achievements, but it was also a huge danger. Of course Zhang Yuan could not say that Jun Song would die in the battle of Saarhu in the forty-seventh year of Wanli.
, writing this letter is just a reminder to Jun Song that some things will be verified soon. This will create in Jun Song’s mind the impression that Zhang Yuan is analytical and able to predict events. This impression is very important——
Mu Zhenzhen's letter to her father, Mu Jingyan, had already been written. Zhang Yuan handed the three letters to Du's second servant together, rewarded them with some money and gifts, and asked Lai Wang to send them on board the ship.
There were many congratulators to Zhang Yuan today. Except for Yang Shixiang and Hong Daotai from Qingpu who had to wait two more days to set off with Lu Tao and his wife, almost all the rest of the Hanshe colleagues had to leave. Fan Wenruo, Feng Menglong, Wen Zhenmeng
, Jiao Runsheng and others have been staying in Shanyin for a month and a half. They meet with good friends every day, debate and inspire each other. They all feel that their knowledge has improved, and they are reluctant to leave when they part ways——
In the afternoon of that day, Huang Zunsu and his son Huang Zongxi also came to bid farewell to Zhang Yuan. Huang Zongxi had been reading and playing with brothers Lu Chun and Lu Jie these days. Huang Zongxi and Lu Jie were the same age, both six years old, but they could already recite the Four Books and speak the Four Books.
Principles are not just memorized by rote, and Lu Jie just first encountered "Zhiwu". The eight-year-old Lu Chun had just finished reading "The Three Character Classic" and was starting to read "Hundred Family Surnames". Compared with Huang Zongxi, he was far behind. Huang Zongxi was there.
Brothers Lu Chun and Lu Jie are also obviously working hard——
When they heard that Huang Zongxi was going home, the two little brothers Lu Chun and Lu Jie burst into tears. They followed their uncle Zhang Yuan to send Huang and his son to Bashi Bridge to get on the boat. When Huang Zongxi saw Lu Chun and Lu Jie crying, he also started crying.
Yes, children’s feelings are the most pure and sincere——
Huang Zunsu could tell that Zhang Yuan liked his son Huang Zongxi very much. When he left, he said with a smile: "My dear brother Jiezi, when Quanzi grows up a little, I will study under you. I will be with the two young masters from Lu."
Zhang Yuan thought: "How can I have time to teach? Huang Zongxi will be Liu Zongzhou's disciple. Mr. Liu Zongzhou will soon be dismissed from office. Mr. Liu Zongzhou is too straight and stubborn. Such a person cannot be an official. He is only suitable for teaching." He smiled: "
It's easy to talk about, but I don't know if I will be lucky enough to come to Yuyao and serve as an official." He smiled and stopped.
On April 17, together with Yang Shixiang and others, Lu Tao, Zhang Ruoxi, Lu Chun, Lu Jie and six maids were also leaving Shanyin. Shengmei Company's branch in Shanyin had already found a store.
By the Wulu Bridge, only a few stores away from Luyungu's drug store, Zhang Ruoxi left Lu Dayou to take care of it. The money was taken care of by Yi Ting, and the silk and cotton would be shipped from Qingpu as soon as possible.
Using Zhang Yuan's method of profit sharing among sewing workers to open up sales, if the store in Shanyin makes a profit, it will also open a branch in Hangzhou. In this way, goods shipped from Qingpu can be transited in Hangzhou, which will be much more convenient -
Zhang Yuan asked his sister Zhang Ruoxi to take the letter from Zhang Yuan to Wang Wei. Zhang Ruoxi said: "As soon as I return to Qingpu, I will take Wang Wei over. Don't worry, my sister will help you raise her first."
Zhang Yuan smiled "hey", bowed his head and said, "Thank you, sister."
Zhang Ruoxi warned: "If you are preparing for the provincial examination, don't be distracted. You are the leader of the Han Society, and everyone is watching."
Hearing what his sister said, Zhang Yuanzhen felt a lot of pressure. He was now in the limelight as a shareholder, engaged in electoral politics, and presided over the Han Society, and the provincial examination was a tough test in front of him. If he failed, his reputation would be greatly damaged.
This time the township examination only allows you to win, not lose. There is no way out. The acceptance rate of the township examination is about 30 to 1. This is not something you will definitely be admitted if you do well in the eight-legged essay. There are many variables in it. He must prepare carefully and try to eliminate them.
Factors that are unfavorable to you——
More than 3,000 volumes of "Jiao's Biography", "Warning Words" and Zhang Yuan's eight-part essays that Yang Shixiang brought from Qingpu have been sold out. He got 400 taels of silver and bought it from the bookstore on Fuxuegong Cross Street.
Next, this bookstore will be open for a long time. Like Shengmei Store, Hanshe Bookstore will also open bookstores in big towns in Jiangnan——
The last group of relatives and friends left Shanyin. Zhang Yuan no longer had to socialize with others and finally became quiet. Now there are less than four months left before the Hangzhou Provincial Examination on August 9th. The must-read books for the examination are such as "Shuo Yuan", "Shuo Yuan" and "Shuo Yuan".
I have read "Explanations of the University", "Reports of Famous Officials of the Past Dynasties", and "Imperial Imperial Examinations". I can only continue to sharpen my skills and collect the rural examination papers from Zhejiang, Nanzhili and the Capital in recent years to figure out the exposition.
The rural examination writing style leads the trend—
From April 20th, Zhang Yuan stayed at home, only reading and composing in the wooden building by the Toushi River. Of course, he exercised every morning and evening, and never stopped shooting arrows——
In addition to helping Zhang's mother, Lu, manage the housework, Shang Danran read, painted, and played Cuju. He maintained the living habits he had when he was a girl in Kuaiji. With Zhang Yuan, his heart was full of happiness. He got up early to learn Tai Chi from Zhang Yuan and read to Zhang Yuan.
, handshake eyes, sweet love -
In a blink of an eye, it was the first day of May, and the dragon boat drums on the other side of the Fu River were beating "dong dong dong". In the morning, Zhang Yuan was listening to Dan Ran reading to him from his senior brother Xu Guangqi's "Shun's Residence in the Deep Mountains"
"In the middle", I suddenly heard Zhang E shouting loudly on the stone arch bridge: "Jiezi - Jiezi - Jingfang just sent someone to say that the new telescope is ready, you come with me to see it."
Shang Danran smiled sweetly, put down the book and said, "Go ahead, Mr. Zhang. We have a day off today and one day off in ten days."
Zhang Yuan took Wu Ling to the riverside, and Zhang E came up to him and said, "Jiezi, do you spend the whole day with your beloved wife? My eldest brother does the same, as if he is studying hard behind closed doors."
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Don't you, third brother, rarely go out with your beloved wife? By the way, Lu Mei is about to give birth. Congratulations to third brother."
Zhang E was very embarrassed that he was about to become a father, so he changed the topic and said: "I have no one to play with, and I am afraid that my father will scold me - let's go to Mirror Square."
The Mirror Workshop was originally a private house with three entrances. The mirror maker and apprentices lived together, and the mirrors were made together. At the beginning of the year, Zhang Yuan and Zhang E discussed, each paying 500 taels of silver, to buy a private house on the left at a high price.
Mirrormaker, the residence of the apprentices. The house was originally used as a mirror-making workshop. The two mirrormakers previously hired from Hangzhou recruited ten apprentices in Shanyin. According to Zhang Yuan's method, each apprentice only learned mirror-making.
This is a simple step, and it can be completed quickly, which greatly improves the efficiency and quality of lens making——
In the transitional chapter, the rural examination turmoil will arise.