Chapter four hundred and fifty fifth vows and happy events
Zhu Youxiao, the emperor's grandson with horizontal eyebrows and pointed chin, asked: "When will Mr. Zhang go to North Korea and when will he come back?" He looked reluctant to leave. The young Zhu Youxiao was raised in a deep palace and was better than a woman's hand.
His grandfather and father gave him the feeling of fear, harshness, suspicion and alienation. His mother, Wang Cai, was sick and could not be together often.
Shun, but these people are slaves and cannot give him emotional support. He relies heavily on his wet nurse Ke Yinyue. His feelings for Ke Yinyue are like Oedipus and another indescribable feeling. Only Zhang Yuan can give him the support.
Instead of teaching in a prescriptive manner, Zhu Youxiao felt that Mr. Zhang was both respectable and approachable——
Zhang Yuanzuo bowed and said: "Your Highness is well. The canonization mission is scheduled to leave on the 22nd of this month. The round trip will take half a year. I hope your Highness will take care of you."
Zhu Youxiao said: "Mr. Zhang, please take care of yourself and come back to tell me what you have learned about North Korea."
After another conversation, Zhang Yuan resigned. Zhu Youxiao asked Eunuch Zhong and Xiao Gao to escort Mr. Zhang to Donghua Gate. He and Aunt Ke stood beside a large field of blooming poppies to watch off. Ke Yinyue looked at Zhang Yuan's back.
, the meaning in her eyes was complicated, and she remembered the vow she made sixteen years ago:
"Whoever can kill Tong Nuer, I, Busia Mara, will be his woman!"
Time flies, and she is already thirty-two years old this year. The most beautiful woman of the Jurchen tribe back then has become Ye He. It is really sad.
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Zhang Yuan left the imperial city from Dong'an Gate. It was about the end of Si Shi, and the spring sun was bright. The trees beside the road were green and green, and the branches and leaves filtered out flickering light spots. There were also the burly Ma Kuoqi and the short and skinny She.
Ba stood under the tree and waited for him. These two soldiers were so stupid and loyal. Qin Liangyu told them to protect Zhang Yuan before leaving, so now they follow Zhang Yuan wherever he goes. Sometimes Zhang Yuan
They didn't have to follow, but they didn't listen and just followed. They only kept Qin Liangyu's words in mind. This made Zhang Yuan feel a little helpless——
Several people bypassed Daming Gate and headed to Lige Old Alley. As soon as they reached West Chang'an Street, they saw Wu Ling running in a hurry. He shouted: "Master, the eldest lady is here. Miss Ruoxi is here. Uncle Lu is also here.
Already."
Zhang Yuan was overjoyed. He knew that his sister Zhang Ruoxi would come to the capital in the first half of the year. He didn't expect to arrive in mid-March. He quickly returned to Li Ge's old alley apartment and saw his brother-in-law Lu Tao sitting in the foyer drinking tea. There were a lot of boxes and baskets on the porch, and a group of people.
The maid is busy tidying up——
Zhang Yuan exchanged greetings with his brother-in-law Lu Tao, and then they entered the inner courtyard together. Zhang Ruoxi, Shang Danran and Mu Zhenzhen were sitting on the steps talking. Xiao Hongjian was babbling in Zhang Ruoxi's arms, looking at her with dark eyes.
Auntie, she was smiling and didn't recognize her.
"Ohara, haha, he has a beard and is wearing the official uniform of Heron Buzi."
Zhang Ruoxi smiled happily. She stood up with her nephew in her arms and looked at her younger brother Zhang Yuan up and down. She looked elated. She was the number one scholar in Qingpu. Everyone knew that she was the sister of the new number one scholar. Her status in the Lu family is now that of the head of the family.
The master has a say.
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Sister, brother-in-law, it's hard work. I thought you wouldn't arrive until next month."
Zhang Ruoxi said: "What if we don't come here earlier? You are going to North Korea. Our ship met Uncle Zhang Ertao's ship in Cangzhou. Xiuwei was also on the ship. When I learned that you might go to North Korea, I
I ordered the boatmen to work day and night and arrived at the center of Beijing two days in advance."
Zhang Ruoxi spent the Chinese New Year in Shanyin last year, and her two sons stayed in Dongzhang. She and her husband Lu Tao left Shaoxing on the third day of the first lunar month and stayed in Hangzhou, Qingpu, Suzhou, Nanjing, and even Beijing. Speaking of her parents,
They are both in good health, and Yi Ting's twins are very cute. This comforted Zhang's mother, Lu, who misses her beloved grandson Xiao Hongjian. Zhang's mother, Lu, also asked her daughter to bring a lot of Shaoxing specialties to Beijing, such as pickled anchovies and fermented bean curd.
Shang Zhoude of Kuaiji, who used to love food the most, also asked Zhang Ruoxi to bring many gifts to his elder brother and younger sister in Beijing——
Zhang Ruoxi was very busy. After lunch, she went with her husband Lu Tao and Wu Ling and Yun Jin to the dock outside Chaoyangmen to direct the unloading. This time she shipped 3,000 pieces of Songjiang fine cotton and 1,200 pieces of jacquard satin from Qingpu.
The rest of the flying flower cloth, woven velvet cloth, twill cloth, and checkerboard cloth totaled 8,000 pieces, and there were 1,500 pieces of Shaoxing fine kudzu cloth, which filled two ships. In addition, there were 5,000 taels of silver for Shengmei.
In order to expand the Beijing branch of the business, Zhang Ruoxi planned to stay in Beijing until Wang Wei returned to Beijing and handed over the business to Wang Wei for management before returning to Jiangnan——
After nearly four years of expansion, Shengmei Company now owns 1,600 acres of mulberry forests, more than 3,000 acres of cotton fields, 210 cotton households, 250 silkworm households, and 580 weaving households in Qingpu.
Ten households have more than 700 flower looms, waist looms, damask looms, and silk looms. They can produce 50,000 pieces of cotton, silk and other fabrics every year. They are already one of the largest merchants in Songjiang Prefecture's textile industry.
There are already ten semicolon stores in Shaoxing, Hangzhou, Songjiang, Jiaxing, Mongolian, and Nanjing. If this momentum continues, in three years, the annual output of cotton and silk should reach 100,000 pieces, and the cities and towns along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal will
There should be a store of Shengmei Company. In the last years of Wanli, Songjiang Prefecture's annual cotton and silk output was nearly 20 million pieces. The so-called "clothing and quilt world" means that the cotton output of Songjiang Prefecture can keep the people of Ming Dynasty warm, so it is said
Even if Shengmei Company reaches an annual output of 100,000 horses, it still has broad room for development——
As the envoy was about to leave, Zhang Yuan not only visited officials during the day, but also made arrangements for the Han Society's bookstore and mirror workshop. He also held a gathering with Wen Zhenmeng, Qian Shisheng and other Han Society colleagues to discuss the development of the Han Society.
related matters, and at night, Zhang Yuan had to reply to letters from friends in various places. These letters had to be sent out before he went on his mission, so he had to write until late at night for several days in a row——
At the end of March 20th, most of the maidservants had fallen asleep. Zhang Ruoxi had gone to the west wing to rest because of her tiredness during the day. Zhang Yuan was still writing letters in the study, with Mu Zhenzhen accompanying him. Zhang Yuan said: "Zhenzhen, you
Go to sleep, you can't stay up late."
Mu Zhenzhen smiled and said: "My servant slept for an hour in the afternoon. Now I can't sleep. I want to stay with the young master."
Zhang Yuan put down the pen in his hand, touched Mu Zhenzhen's plump cheeks, glanced at her bulging belly, and said apologetically: "The schedule has been decided, otherwise I would have to wait until you gave birth to the baby before leaving -"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw Mu Zhenzhen frowning and breathing a little quickly. Zhang Yuan asked hurriedly: "What, you have abdominal pain?"
Mu Zhenzhen nodded. She often had abdominal pain in the past two days, which would get better after a while, but this time the pain kept coming.
Zhang Yuan hurriedly asked Mrs. Wen to come and check on her. At the beginning of this month, Shang Danran asked people to find two Mrs. Wen. One of them was the one who delivered Suzhi's baby. She lives inside Chongwen Gate, and the other one lives outside Yongding Gate.
Because she lived far away, she was afraid that the news would not be reached temporarily, so she had been guarding Zhang Yuan's apartment five days ago in preparation for Mu Zhenzhen giving birth at night. At this time, she heard that Mu Zhenzhen had unbearable abdominal pain, so the Wen woman helped Mu Zhenzhen back to her room.
, closed the door, checked for a moment, and said to Zhang Yuan who was waiting outside the door: "The water has broken and I'm about to give birth."
Zhang Ruoxi, who had just fallen asleep, heard the commotion and put on her clothes. Shang Danran was not asleep yet and was breastfeeding Xiao Hongjian. He quickly ordered Laifu to drive to Chongwenmen and invite the old woman to come. The curfew was imposed on childbirth and mourning.
I can't help but think that life and death are important matters. Just tell the sergeant who is interrogating you clearly——
Zhang Yuan was pacing in the courtyard, and Mu Jingyan was waiting for news outside the hanging flower ceremony door. They were all worried. Although the stable woman said that Mu Zhenzhen's fetus was in a correct position and it should not be difficult to deliver, the fetus in the belly could move.
Maybe it would change direction just before giving birth so that the feet are facing outward. It's hard to say. Nanjing's little-hand mother-in-law can't be kept at home specifically to deliver babies for his Zhang family members——
An hour passed, and the stable woman from Chongwenmen also came to pick her up. Mu Zhenzhen was still not born, and no moaning was heard. It was silent. Mu Zhenzhen suffered and endured the pain, unless he lost consciousness.
Only then would she moan and cry out in pain, and she would always clench her teeth and remain silent when she was awake. However, the stable woman from Chongwen Sect wanted Mu Zhenzhen to scream and scream, because the child in her belly was shouting out——
Shang Danran took Zhang Yuan's arm and comforted him: "Don't worry, Zhang Lang. It's very common to give birth half a day, a day or even a few days after the Yang water breaks. It's more difficult to give birth to the first child. Zhenzhen has a good physique.
Mother and child will be safe."
Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "It was only then that I realized how dangerous your delivery was last year. I really shouldn't have been with you for not being with you."
Shang Danran said softly: "Zhang Lang came to Beijing to take the exam, and he didn't mean not to accompany me." He said this, but he was still a little scared in his heart. If Wang Wei's little-shou mother-in-law hadn't arrived in time, she might have been there again.
I can’t see Zhang Yuan either——
The half-waned moon crossed over the courtyard. It was already the beginning of the Yin period. The movement in Mu Zhenzhen's bedroom in the west wing gradually increased. Po Wen asked Mu Zhenzhen to exert all his strength. Zhang Yuan in the courtyard couldn't help clenching his fists. He suddenly heard two
A Wen Po said happily: "Ah, a baby boy was born. Mother and child are safe -"
Zhang Yuan was overjoyed, but before he could be happy, he heard another woman say: "Why doesn't this baby cry?"
Zhang Yuan's heart was raised again when he heard another Wenma say: "His eyes are black, let's spank him." Then there was a "pop" and a loud cry of a baby -
With tears in his eyes, Zhang Yuan hurriedly walked to the Chuihua Yimen and said to Mu Jingyan: "Uncle Mu, I really gave birth to a boy."
Mu Jingyan rubbed his hands with joy and said repeatedly: "I heard it, I heard it, great, great!"
According to Shanyin custom, men are not allowed to enter the delivery room until it is clean. At dawn, Zhang Yuan and Mu Jingyan were allowed to visit the room. Mu Zhenzhen was lying on the bed, with his hair a little messy and in good spirits, with a swaddled baby next to him.
, the fetal hair was slightly yellow, Mu Zhenzhen reached out and touched the baby's forehead, and asked Zhang Yuan with a smile: "Master, is this baby famous?"
Zhang Yuan leaned over to take a closer look at the baby and said happily: "The name has been chosen. It is Zhang Mingqian. It is the same as his brother Hongjian's name, which comes from the Book of Changes."
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Well, Mu Zhenzhen has given birth. Zhang Jiezi can no longer stay in the capital. He will leave the capital tomorrow and the curtain will rise.
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