Before the luncheon, Lin Fu went to Prison Island to attend to official duties and inspected the training of the new soldiers and guards before returning to Hekou. Wu Yanqing came to him privately and said: "The daughter of Jingtang, Wen Pei, is the daughter of a concubine. They are worried about this...
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The status of a concubine's son is very low, only slightly higher than that of the family's retinue; the concubine's birth of a daughter will not involve competition for family property and title, and her status is not particularly suppressed. Her status in the family is even much higher than that of her mother's concubine -
- Lin Fu has a hard time understanding these etiquette teachings. Some families with strict etiquette and laws, in order to prevent their descendants from deliberately favoring the concubine when they take a concubine, the family law even requires them not to have sex with the concubine within a certain period of time after taking the concubine.
When having sex with other wives and concubines, they also have to take a new concubine to serve and watch. In Lin Fu's view, these are considered to be heavy tastes, but the world is like this, and a person cannot fight against the world, especially him.
If you still want to do something, at least when you don't have the ability to act arbitrarily, you can't be too independent.
Hearing Wu Yanqing's message, Lin Fu knew that Sun Jingxuan and Sun Jingtang still liked Lin Jingzhong, but he was worried that Wen Pei would be disliked because of his concubine's identity as a daughter. He said to Wu Yanqing: "Then we need to trouble Mr. Wu again.
Go ask Jingzhong what he means... Jingzhong’s parents don’t have to worry too much.”
Wu Yanqing can also understand that Lin Jingzhong's line is a declining branch of the Lin clan, and his family does not have much influence. Lin Jingzhong, as the chief steward of Jiyun Society at a young age, is already very promising and can make his own decisions in marriage matters.
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Wu Yanqing was also quite happy to mediate, but he only had time to reconcile. If both parties wanted to do so, they still had to go through the procedures of "looking at the match, looking at the match, exchanging posts, combining horoscopes, and paying homage"; Zhao Hu
The marriage was decided before the New Year's Day, and everything was said to be simple, but the process has not been completed yet. To be honest, the river gang members and the people on the boat took these etiquette lightly.
Although Sun Jingxuan said that the women of the He Gang are wild-tempered, no matter how wild they are, there is a limit. Just like Xiaoman, she is also a person who can have a wild temper, but even her little temper is carefully used, making people feel pity and love. These wild women
Most of the time, she doesn't dare to cross the boundaries of ethics. Just like Xiaoman, no matter how sharp-tongued she is, Lin Fu wants her to listen to Liu Yuer's words.
The son was angry, but there was never a time when he was unruly and disobedient. Lin Fu thought that Sun Jingtang's daughter Wen Pei was probably the same. Even if she was allowed to choose her own mate, she should know in her heart that she would not really be allowed to choose carefully. See
She was running around behind Lin Jingzhong just now. She probably had a good first impression of Lin Jingzhong. She could have a good initial impression of her future husband before getting engaged. This was a rare blessing for women in this world. Girls themselves also
She would be very satisfied, so why should she still hope for a vigorous love relationship? As long as Sun Jingtang passes this test, the marriage will be considered a success.
After all, Lin Jingzhong was a tender-skinned person, and Wu Yanqing was able to figure out his thoughts in just a few words. Lin Fu went to Cao Ziang and told him, "I want to ask my sister-in-law to be the matchmaker for Jingzhong's marriage..."
"Yes." Cao Ziang understood what Lin Fu meant and nodded in agreement.
Matchmaker is a very important role. Lin Fu wants to use various methods to let outsiders see that Cao Ziang's family is getting closer to Lin Fu and Lin Jingzhong, the core figures of Jiyun Society, and even seems to be gradually integrating into the core.
It is more convenient for Cao Zi'ang to stand up publicly and take charge of more affairs without making others suspicious. After all, although Cao Zi'ang is known as the head of the village at this time, he has the same relationship with the local chief who was elected from the rural gentry and was born and raised in the local area.
There is a huge difference. Chief Bili is considered a rural tycoon, with influence reaching all prefectures and counties. Cao Ziang cannot even go out on behalf of Hekou, and has little influence in the Dongyang Township Party. His talents are extremely limited.
Big restrictions.
During the luncheon, Lin Fu invited Cao Zi'ang and his wife to join the banquet. In addition to Sun Jingxuan and Sun Jingtang's two cousins, he even invited Sun Jingtang's second son Sun Wenbing to come ashore to join the banquet. In addition to Wu Yanqing, he also sent someone to ask the old worker.
Do you want Officer Ge Fu to come over? The old worker officer Ge Fu had a good impression of Xihe Club, so he came over by boat. On the contrary, Lin Jingzhong was not qualified to sit at the table at this time, and he was too shy to sit there while others were discussing his marriage.
aside?
Lin Fu then asked him to do other things, and he was not worried that he would shrink back when discussing things with Sun Jingtang in the future. The ferry was not a big deal and could be decided by the Xihe Association; as for the matter of land selection, he let the Xihe Association choose a piece of land.
What about the best land? Besides, I need to inform Zhao Qinmin about this matter. Regarding the transportation of tea, Lin Fuhui will take the opportunity to go back to the forest and take the Dongyang there in person. All matters will be worked out by the Xihehui first, and he will then
Just review.
Lin Fu prepared a banquet for the girls in the side hall, and invited Sun Jingtang's daughter Sun Wenpei ashore. Xiaoman and Liu Yuer accompanied Sun Wenwan, Su Mei, and the fourth lady in the side hall to dine.
Let’s talk about his feud with Sun Wenwan again.
As if Sun Jingxuan was in a dream, he thought it was a disaster after hearing the news last night. Who would have known that after all the twists and turns, in addition to Wan Niang's worrying leg injury, there were actually several good things happening to her. Speaking of these many things, the most important one was with her.
Lin Fu, one of Gu Wuchen's close disciples, got in touch with him. According to the Inspection and Envoy Department, he has the power to supervise the canal affairs. The He Gang is involved in the canal affairs, and they are most afraid of the Yamen, which has the power to supervise the canal. All matters regarding canal transportation are easy to negotiate. Spend money to open up the joints.
, has been an old tradition formed by the Hegang for more than ten generations. However, if there is a leak in the water transportation, anyone can be beaten or killed by the Inspector's Office. It is a trivial matter to lose one's fortune, but it is common for the newly rising Hegang forces to replace it.
It is not impossible to destroy the family.
In particular, the scale of water transport has been very small for many years. This year, there was news that it would more than double. Especially after the conflict between Gu Wuchen and Wang Xueshan intensified and it ended in Gu Wuchen's victory, everyone became more certain that the water transport tasks would increase sharply this year. This made He
Everyone is very anxious.
There is no shortage of personnel, and there are still surplus. Besides, the number of refugees is increasing year by year, so it is easy to recruit. However, the Caohe River has been in disrepair for many years, and the management of the canal boats by the river gangs is inevitably loose. The situation of the canal boats is worrying - Sun Jingxuan said about his family.
He knew all about the ships. In the past ten years, the number of new ships allocated by the Longjiang Shipyard every year had dropped sharply. It would take 25 years to replace a new ship. Moreover, the quality of the new ships was very poor. He was coveting such a strong ship as the Dongyang.
, but such a large ship would most likely be shallow when traveling along the Cao River, and the cost of construction would be too high. To replace the two hundred cauldrons owned by the Xihe Society with such strong ships, the Xihe Society would at least have to spend an additional 100,000 taels of silver to subsidize the dragons.
How can Jiang Shipyard and Xihuihe have such financial resources? The money they have accumulated is also used to protect themselves in case of leakage - Sun Jingxuan knows that if the water transportation task doubles this year, accidental leakage will definitely occur frequently.
Open this joint at this time, and if you give it to Xihe, you will get a "death-free token".
On the other hand, several generations of the Sun family have also formed a rule that officials must fawn over, but they must not get too close to the same family. The conflicts in the officialdom are as dangerous as those in the Jianghu.
Also, it is not a long-term plan. It can be said that it is just right for Sun Jingtang's daughter to marry Lin Jingzhong.
Sun Jingxuan also thought that if Wen Wan married Lin Fu, he would immediately let Jingtang's eldest son Wen Yao take over the position of Xihe Huihui, and he would never mention adoption.
In-laws have always been the best way to build relationships, and money cannot do it. Since Sun Jingxuan took charge of the meeting, an unknown amount of money has been exploited by him. There is no official who feels that there is something in the hands of Xihehui, even far less than Jianghu.
Moral and righteousness. Giving money can only buy you a temporary favor. It has even become a common practice. At each level, important positions have a fixed amount of money according to the number of grains or ships.
Sun Wenwan was feeling depressed while dining in the side hall. She sat sideways on the soft couch, being careful not to touch her injured leg. Although Mr. Wu Yanqing repeatedly reassured her that she was very sure of the cure, Sun Wenwan had learned some tricks from her father since she was a child.
Knowing that injuries to muscles and bones are by no means ordinary skin injuries, no matter how advanced Dr. Wu’s medical skills are in treating bruises, it is already remarkable that he can have a 30 to 40 percent chance of being cured.
Sun Wenwan also had reason to blame Lin Fu: if Fu Qinghe had not meant to harmonize her and Lin Fu in the letter, she would not have sneaked to the river mouth at night to spy. At that time, she did not find him so annoying, but
She felt that she could never be destined to marry someone before they met; if Lin Fu hadn't behaved badly like a scholar who took off his belt to relieve himself on the river embankment, he wouldn't have taken action in a moment of anger - besides, he didn't
He was repulsed, and he knew very well that he was a woman, but he still used his sword to spare no room, which was not like a chivalrous person at all. He did not suffer any grievances in prison, but this degenerate had two beautiful concubines without a wife, and he still
Having coveted Su Mei for a long time, this is even more difficult to bear.
Listening to everyone talking and laughing in the outer hall, Sun Wenwan felt even more depressed. No one mentioned her affair with Lin Fu. They actually decided on Wen Pei's marriage in half a day. What was even more annoying was that this girl was sitting there.
I felt ashamed and happy at the same time. I probably wanted to go out and take another peek at Lin Jingzhong. I just hated that my legs and feet were inconvenient, otherwise I would kick her in the face.
"Wan Niang," Su Mei said when she saw that Sun Wenwan still had a deep grudge against Lin Fu and it was more difficult to facilitate her marriage with Lin Fu, "I just remembered one thing. Mr. Wu also said that your leg is injured.
To avoid further trouble, the most important thing is to move less in the early stage and avoid collisions. Whether you are taking a boat or a car, there will be bumps. I think it is best for you to stay here to recuperate. There is also Mr. Wu who can take care of you at any time...
The family has also agreed to send a ferry to the mouth of the river. The boat will be anchored at the mouth of the river at night, and the boatmen will also build a house at the mouth of the river to rest. There will also be a steward in the Xihe Club who can take care of you. If you are willing, I can help
You speak to Mr. Lin and ask him to give up this thatched cottage to the Xihe Society."
"Okay, okay, I will stay and take care of Wan Niang." Sun Wenpei said excitedly.
With this cottage, the exiled brothers would not have to build a shack to live in. She was also worried that her left leg would be disabled, but why should she accept the kindness of the disciple again? Sun Wenwan had a deep grudge against Lin Fu.
But he is also a person who knows books and respects etiquette. Even if he doesn't want to, he will not directly refute Su Mei's words. He glanced at Wen Pei and thought that this girl would like to stay at the mouth of the river.
Su Mei saw the reluctance in Wan Niang's eyes and sighed softly in her heart. After all, she was not the kind of person who would impose her will on others. Su Mei wanted to give up, but she didn't expect that Sun Wenpei's temperament was actually worse than that of Wen Pei.
Wan is stronger and has an idea in mind. Although she is embarrassed and happy today, but thinking about her life-long event, she still wants to have the opportunity to contact Lin Jingzhong for a few more days. She must realize that this person has bad character and regret before "being polite"
Marriage is also possible, but now she is worried that she has no good excuse. Seeing that Su Mei is about to sit down and give up, she pleads with Xiaoman: "Sister Xiaoman, Master Lin will really agree to give up the thatched cottage to Xihe Club and Wanwan."
Are you here to nurse your injured leg? Or should I ask Sister Xiaoman to go and ask first?"
"I'm two years younger than you, so I can't bear for you to call me sister." Xiao Man said in a soft tone.
Although Lin Fu wanted to get married in the end, a powerful enemy suddenly appeared in front of him, and Xiaoman had to take the initiative to take her in. Knowing each other meant knowing each other. Because of their acquaintance, Xiaoman also knew that Wanniang had a stronger temperament than Liu Yuer.
She was very good at wielding swords and guns. She was beautiful and well-off. This kind of woman had to be kept far away from Lin Fu. She wondered why her sister was so enthusiastic about helping Lin Fu and his wife.
, does she not want to at all?
"The bamboo hall has also been built. It was supposed to be moved in a few days later. It doesn't matter if we move in today. How about I go over and ask?" Liu Yuer stood up as she spoke. She was still here in name at this time.
Cook, although there are already helpers working in the house now.
Xiaoman wanted to grab the hem of Liu Yue'er's clothes, but in front of Su Mei, she didn't dare to be too presumptuous. She suddenly felt that Liu Yue'er was getting along better, and thought that she didn't understand that her sister kept Wan Niang.