Young Master Jiang was still a little confused until he was dragged out of the house by Zhang Chen. Ever since he saw the young man coming in with Ah Liu outside the door, he had been secretly wondering about his identity.
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Judging from the title, he was probably a student of Zhang Shou, which meant that he should be a supervisor of the Imperial College; but he also said that he was from Xingtai. He remembered that he had heard his father say that there was a prospective son-in-law and a prospective niece-in-law of the emperor there in Xingtai.
, suddenly his heart became a little lively. Seeing this handsome, but obviously somewhat surly young man looking at him, he couldn't help blurting out three words.
"Consort Zhang?"
Seeing that the other party suddenly looked extremely strange, Young Master Jiang quickly changed his words: "Zhang Yibin?"
"They're all wrong." Zhang Chen snorted angrily, and then said slowly, "The only thing that's right is the last name. Yes, my last name is Zhang, but the ones I'm talking about are Zhang Huima and Zhang Yibin.
, we are not from the same family. I thought that when they were in the capital, I was still covering them, but I didn’t expect that now that they have arrived in Cangzhou, the young gentleman actually asked me to take care of you. Tell me, who are you? "
Faced with such an unkind questioning, Young Master Jiang was indeed ashamed and angry, but because the other party treated the quasi-consort and quasi-Yibin as his younger brothers in every word, he did not dare to offend him too much, so he had to muster up the courage to ask:
"May I ask, sir, who are you?"
"Who am I? Haha, hahahaha!" Zhang Chen had to hide his identity when he came out this time. He thought he was a night traveler in brocade clothes, and he had never found a chance to report his identity. Now the eldest prince's reputation has been discredited, and so have all the profiteers, evil gentry and bigots.
Dejected, he couldn't help but say with high spirits, "I won't change my name when I'm sitting, and my surname when I'm going, I'm the son of the Duke of Qin, Zhang Chen!"
Young Master Jiang immediately took a breath of cold air, and then couldn't help but count the people in Cangzhou City with his fingers - the eldest prince who was recovering from his shock in the palace; General Mingwei who was in charge of internal and external military and political power, Zhu Tingfang, the eldest son of Duke Zhao;
Dr. Guozi, Zhang Shou, the prospective son-in-law of Duke Zhao; and, according to Qi Yuanwai, the second son of Duke Zhao who is also in Cangzhou.
If we add the son of the Duke of Qin in front of us...why are there suddenly so many nobles and nobles in Cangzhou City?
After thinking about it, he quickly put on the respectful gesture he should have: "It turns out to be Mr. Zhang..." He was about to say a few more polite words, but when Zhang Chen looked at him sideways and said nothing, he realized that someone was asking him who he was just now.
Who, he could only say vaguely, "I am Jiang Siyuan, the eldest son of the Jiang family in Cangzhou."
He originally placed his hope in Zhang Chen, a dandy from the capital who didn't know who he was. Unexpectedly, Zhang Chen looked him up and down and suddenly laughed: "The Jiang family in Cangzhou? It was the eldest prince who attracted him, that one
The Chiang family united several big businesses in Cangzhou to switch to new textile machinery, but kept wages low and oppressed the textile machinery industry. Finally, when they saw that hoarding cotton was profitable, they immediately stopped work and business, leaving the lake dry and fishing? "
Young Master Jiang was exposed in such a frank manner, and he immediately felt uncomfortable - as for the shock and anger, well, he had been shocked and angry too many times from yesterday to today, and he couldn't be shocked at the moment, either.
He couldn't get over his anger. So, he could only swallow his anger and say: "My father has lost his mind, but I will plead guilty and accept punishment on his behalf! As long as it can make up for it, I will do anything you want!"
Zhang Chen unexpectedly looked at Mr. Jiang seriously for a few times, and then he smiled and said: "No wonder the young gentleman would leave you to me. He is still a little worried. You can still see some of us in the past."
Shadow! Since you have this attitude, it’s easy to handle. You can lead the way. Let’s go visit those families that are leaderless, and we have to let them shed some layers of skin!”
Although Young Master Jiang was frightened in his heart, now that it was time for the dead Taoist friends to die for the poor Taoists, he did not care to mourn for those families - anyway, he felt that those families were responsible for themselves. He would be punished for teasing a common girl.
The father would beat and scold them, and the two younger brothers would be punished by their mother by kneeling down if they spent more than two dollars. Those families really lived a good life for too long, and they got carried away!
So, when Zhang Chen interrogated him about the truth of each family, he told the truth without hesitation. It was not until he was dragged into the carriage and heard what Zhang Chen said that he was completely dumbfounded.
"I said, Mr. Jiang, you will take the lead in a while. I will support you, but I won't say much. You can think about how to persuade those families by using both soft and hard tactics. I looked at what the young gentleman meant and seemed quite impressed by you.
If you are interested, then the Cangzhou stall will probably require you to come forward. I will eventually return to Beijing, so you have to learn to be on your own."
Seeing Young Master Jiang dumbfounded, Zhang Chen sat cross-legged with a smile and said leisurely: "As for the young gentleman, he has this kind of temperament that just chases you away when he likes you. I was chased by him, and Lu Sanlang was also chased by him.
He has overtaken him, and the same goes for the consort Zhang Yibin you mentioned, and even his future second brother-in-law is no exception. A manly man, once born, twice acquainted, I am optimistic about you!"
Of course Zhang Shou didn't know that Zhang Chen, who used to only threaten people with his fists, was now eloquently pushing Young Master Jiang into the pit of a reformed prodigal son. Of course, even if he knew, he would definitely be happy to see him.
become.
Now that Zhang Chen and Young Master Jiang were gone, Ah Liu quietly hid away again. He smiled and said to Zhu Ying: "You just brought Zhang Chen here to give me an unexpected surprise? I'm glad you did.
But with Ah Liu here, it’s impossible to be surprised.”
"How come Ah Liu's ears are so long!" Zhu Ying glared at Zhang Shou angrily, but then she turned to anger, "Since you left that boy from the Jiang family to Zhang Chen, let them reopen the workshop and resume work.
, my eldest brother was involved in those cases last night, so you can be free? Do you want to go to Cangzhou and take a look around? This is the first time for me to go so far away from Beijing! "
Zhang Shou was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In this era, it is difficult for ordinary people to leave the villages, towns, and counties where they live, and the children of rich families may not leave their home, province, or even their hometown.
Zhu Ying, who is at the top of the world, may not have the opportunity to see the world.
Of course, we are now too far away from the relatively open Taizu era, and many ladies of the family are even more pitiful. Among them, the number of times those extreme ones go out in a lifetime is probably the number of visits from one family to another. In a lifetime, that is, from one courtyard to the next.
When you go to another courtyard, all you can see every day is the sky above your head. No matter how rich and luxurious you are, you are just a poor person.
So don't blame some people who only know how to lament the spring and autumn, recite poems and compose poems. Because they can't see more of the sky.
So, thinking about these completely unrelated topics, Zhang Shou smiled at Zhu Ying and said, "Let's go to Lao Xianyu's place. If we successfully pry open his mouth, you will be in luck today."
"Huh?" Zhu Ying's eyes widened for a moment, and then she was surprised and excited, "Ah Shou, are you going to cook by yourself again? It's been a long time since I've eaten anything you cooked... I was following you before.
Sister-in-law Qiao is learning how to make dim sum at home, and when I return to Beijing, I will definitely be able to make the most delicious sweet-scented osmanthus cake for you as a return gift!"
Well, I'm looking forward to it... Miss, although your cooking skills are extremely poor, your dessert talent is still pretty good...
Zhang Shou thought so in his heart. When he and Zhu Ying went out, they bumped into Zhu Er. Thinking that Zhu Er ran away from home and went to Cangzhou, but when things were about to come to a head, he ran into such a big and shocking case.
Then all his brothers and sisters came over in a crowd, and he couldn't help but feel that his future second uncle was really a bit pitiful.
At that moment, he said: "Yingying and I are going to Lao Xianyu's place, can you go too?"
Zhu Er was about to agree, but suddenly he realized that they were in a couple, and it was really a hindrance for him to follow him, so he immediately declined politely and said, "I won't go, right? I'll see what I can do to help eldest brother."
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"What can you do to help? It'll be great if you don't cause any trouble!" Zhu Ying grabbed Zhu Er without any explanation and strode out directly, "And you're not afraid of things going wrong when your elder brother goes back to handle the case.
Are you angry at you, the unlucky guy? Now that I'm gone, why don't you get the seeds from that old salted fish first? As long as you have this thing, dad won't be able to punish you when you get back."
His sister was so reasonable, Zhu Er almost burst into tears. However, when he called Ah Liu and Xiao Huahua to follow, Zhu Hong and the other three followed them from a distance. They arrived at the salted fish shop... Outside the seafood shop, Zhu Yinghu
When he went in to look for Lao Xianyu, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Was it because he disliked the strong smell there, so the eldest lady took him to do errands?
Zhu Ying didn't care what Zhu Er thought: "Go and invite him out, ask him to bring all the seasonings and ingredients, and then tell him, thank you very much for helping me last night. Today, Ah Shou will cook in person."
Thank you. His kitchen is too small. I can’t even turn around, so it’s inconvenient. Let’s go to the small kitchen in the palace to prepare delicious food. This is something that ordinary people will never experience."
Zhang Shou saw Zhu Er staring at him with wide eyes, and then rushed in. He couldn't help but laugh and cry: "Yingying, how do you know that I can't even turn around in the kitchen here? You know that I have cooked here...
…Okay, you were just pretending to be confused because you understood, but I understand, it must be Ah Liu, the thick-browed man with big eyes, who has become a traitor again!"
Seeing Zhang Shou turning to glare at him, Ah Liu's face was calm, as if he had acquiesced. But the little peanut next to him turned red, and immediately whispered: "It's me... I'm not tight-lipped, right?"
The eldest lady said it."
Oh, I guessed wrong today...but it turned out there was another traitor!
Zhang Shou shook his head helplessly. Seeing Ah Liu pulling the frightened little peanut and saying something, Zhu Ying said with a smile: "I asked casually, and little peanut said casually, it's not a big deal anyway! Besides, do it."
You can eat it for me alone, and you can eat it if you make it for everyone. Enjoying it alone is not as good as enjoying it for everyone, and it can also show that you are approachable and courteous. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"
Little Peanut felt extremely guilty after hearing Zhu Ying's great truth. My uncle was indeed somewhat capable, but he didn't seem to be at the level of the Zhu family brother and sister plus Zhang Shou, a doctor of the Imperial Academy and a corporal of courtesy and virtue, right?
But Zhang Shou has already heard the implication of Zhu Ying. So, Miss Zhu also thinks that this old and wrinkled old salted fish is a scholar? She must have just come into contact with people last night, so this is not the case.
So perceptive!
"Okay, you are right." Zhang Shou smiled and nodded slightly to Zhu Ying, then shrugged and said, "But I am really curious about what it is like to cook in the small kitchen in the palace. That's right.
Liu just offended Du Heng this morning, and the reason why we went to the door so boldly was to eat...isn't it bad?"
"Why are you afraid of Du Heng? This time, my eldest brother is the leader, and you are the assistant. If something hadn't happened in Ruiqi Camp before, he might not have been needed to come out. He is not the owner of the palace!"
Zhu Ying glanced at Ah Liu as she spoke, and gave him a thumbs up in a subtle manner, then said nonchalantly: "As for the reason why we went to the palace...well, let's just say we are going to visit the eldest prince.
After all, he and I can be considered cousins, so as my cousin reluctantly went to see him who had caused such a huge disaster, it can be considered a brother-sister relationship."
Little Peanut was dumbfounded when he heard that Zhu Ying and the eldest prince were cousins. He was relieved until Ah Liu whispered in his ear, telling him that these brothers and sisters were almost irreconcilable. Then, he
But it gave rise to an unquenchable desire.
Taking this opportunity, could he go visit Xian Yunhe?
While he was talking, Lao Xianyu had already followed Zhu Er out in a hurry, carrying a big basket with a smile on his face. He looked like an old salesman diligently selling goods. After he stepped forward, he first said to Zhang Shouhe
Zhu Ying said hello respectfully, then grinned and said: "Although I have been to the palace, but when it comes to eating a meal in the palace, it is really not possible, and it is not as good as a little peanut."
Little Peanut suddenly became angry: "Uncle, we were on tenterhooks when we were in the palace, and the cook and servants were temporarily visible to others. We just got some food casually, and we were worried about being besieged, so we just saved the day...
Do you think we go behind your back and eat delicious food in the palace all day long?"
"God knows if you think life is enough, eating delicacies and sleeping on a dragon bed and a phoenix pillow?"
After joking, Lao Xianyu immediately raised the basket in his hand seriously: "I have prepared all the things that need to be prepared. Shall we set off now? By the way, we will not be searched at the door to see if we are carrying weapons or other dangers.
Something?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ah Liu walking towards him, and he was stunned for a moment. The next moment, he was touched by Ah Liu from head to toe, and the basket was snatched away and inspected carefully. Finally, he felt a little embarrassed.
After taking the basket that was stuffed back, he couldn't help but raise his head and wipe his sweat: "I was just joking..."
"If you take it seriously, you are already dead." When he said this, Ah Liu was extremely serious, so serious that he even had a murderous intent. Seeing that Old Xianyu suddenly fell silent, he looked at Zhang Shou and said, "I
Once it has been inspected, there is no need for them to inspect it."
This guy really holds a grudge more than me...
When Zhang Shou thought of this, he saw that Zhu Ying and Zhu Er both gave a thumbs up to Ah Liu to express their praise, and Little Peanut also secretly gave a thumbs up. In the end, he was glared at by the old salted fish. So he had to put the already slipping thumbs up.
The comedy atmosphere was brought back again: "Okay, okay, it's getting late, let's go to the palace. To avoid being criticized, let's take a look at the eldest prince and Xian Yunhe."
Seeing the little peanut almost jumping three feet high, the old salted fish couldn't help but curl up the corner of his mouth, but Zhang Shou warned: "But in short, remember to be careful what you say, don't get caught!"