There were no twists and turns in Fang Youdu's matter, after Feng Ziying and Fang Youdu brought it up, Fang Youdu also asked about the situation of the Xue family, and quickly agreed.

Although it is said that Fang Youdu's parents are there, but the sentence that the eldest brother is like a father is even more obvious after this kind of Fang Youdu obviously leaps into a dragon, Fang Youdu agrees to everything, and it is almost a foregone conclusion, which also makes the second room of the Xue family, which is almost about to be crushed by the Mei family's retreat to the family, finally be able to raise his eyebrows and exhale once.

Fang Youdu was awarded the Imperial History of Shandong Provincial Supervision, which is a very good arrangement among the top three jinshi.

According to the rules of the three-year observation period of the second class jinshi compared with the original grade (from the seventh grade) to the third or fourth level (the third level for staying in Beijing and the fourth level for the release), and the three-year observation period for the third class jinshi according to the original grade (the eighth grade) to the second or third level (the third level for the external release, and the second level for the Beijing official), Fang Youdu is even a seven-grade supervision of the imperial history, and it is Shandong, which has the best conditions in the north, so Fang Youdu is also very satisfied.

Of course, Fang Youdu also knew that he could stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and even Shandong Province, which was inseparable from his various performances in compiling "Internal Reference", and also inseparable from Feng Ziying's support for himself, so when Feng Ziying proposed to propose marriage for Xue Zhen, he agreed without much hesitation.

Of course, Feng Ziying did not hide it from him, and bluntly said that she would soon marry Xue Zhen's cousin, that is, the daughter of the Xue family's house, as the second wife of the Feng family, which was also the main reason why Fang Youdu could nod his head happily, otherwise a son of an imperial merchant would marry him, the sister of the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate who was born as a jinshi and now has a bright future, even if Feng Ziying came to make peace, he still had to be entangled for a while.

After solving this problem, Feng Ziying's heart is much more down-to-earth, at least it can offset the influence of the Mei family's retreat from the Xue family, while the concubine in the Shuntian Mansion retreats, on the other hand, she is married to the sister of the Imperial Shi Yan of the Shandong Dao of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, and it is impossible to hide it from people in this circle in the Jingshi City, and even everyone can quickly dig out the various details behind it.

It's nothing more than that the Mei family doesn't look down on the Xue family now, but the Xue family is linked to the Feng family, and Fang Youdu, who is obviously close to Feng Ziying, has become an in-law.

Now Fang Youdu's Fang family is really not the Fang family, at least after Fang Youdu's brother or son has a scholar, at least after he is born and obtains an official status, Fang Youdu's Fang family can be called the Fang family of She County, and at least three generations, it can be said that poetry and books are heirlooms.

Seeing Xue Zhen and Xue Baoqin helping their mother Cui Shi to come out to thank them, Feng Ziying was also startled and quickly avoided this salute, "Second aunt, Brother Tad, Sister Qin, why do you need to do this?" The second uncle and our Feng family are also destined, and the Feng and Xue families are still supporting each other, and the little nephew is also supposed to do this, wouldn't it be to torture the little nephew like this? ”

"Brother Keng, they all say that they are not thankful for their great kindness, the current situation in the second room of the Xue family is also accustomed to seeing the hot and cold world, and it is all thanks to Brother Keng'er to form such a family affair for Brother Tad, and the Xue family remembers this kindness,......"

Cui's was also chattering, his eyes were red, and Aunt Xue, Xue Pan and Baochai next to him were also comforted, but they were all smiling.

This matter has finally turned around for the Xue family, not only has an explanation from the second room, but more importantly, it also offsets the impact of Xue Baoqin's withdrawal from the Mei family on the entire Xue family, and in a sense, it also helps Baochai stabilize his identity.

Seeing that Cui's mood was unstable, Aunt Xue took the initiative to help Cui's into the house with Baoqin.

After helping her mother in, Baoqin came out and wanted to thank Feng Ziying again with Xue Zhen, but was stopped by Feng Ziying.

"Okay, Brother Tad, I'm also a matchmaker, if Brother Tadder has no ability at home, and Uncle Fang can't look down on him, no matter what I say, people won't agree." Feng Ziying waved her hand, "Although the Fang family is not a poetry and book heirloom, Uncle Fang has been studying since he was a child, and he has a younger brother who is still studying, and he has just passed the Xiucai examination, and her younger sister can be regarded as knowledgeable, so I just mentioned it to Uncle Fang,......"

Although Feng Ziying said this, Baochai, Baoqin and Xue Zhen all knew that if it weren't for Feng Ziying's relationship, how could the Fang family marry the Xue family, Xue Zhen is capable again, but people don't know, and this Baoqin has just been dismissed, and the reputation of the Xue family has been damaged, Fang Youdu is still the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, how can he be willing to marry you, an imperial businessman, the Xue family?

"Brother Feng, your kindly little brother has it in mind, and he never dares to live up to Brother Feng's expectations, but the younger brother is indeed not a piece of study, he also participated in the county exam in Jinling during this filial piety period, and failed to pass the ,......" Xue Zhen didn't hide anything in front of Feng Ziying, it was indeed impossible to study, and there was no point in concealing it, especially for Feng Ziying.

"Well, what's next for you?" This is also a question, Feng Ziying has to ask clearly.

In these years, the children of large families don't want to wait for death, if they want to get ahead, if they don't study and break out of the road of scientific research, then the path is indeed half narrow, and the rest of the road is either to donate officials or to do business.

The donor Xue family can get the silver, but after donating the official, it also involves filling the vacancy, and this kind of donation is not only difficult to have a good position, but also has an upper limit, which belongs to the end of the chain of contempt on the way to officialdom, and basically the six-grade official is the ceiling.

Either it is business, this is the strength of the Xue family, it is originally an imperial businessman, and there are connections in all aspects, but the reputation is probably not so good.

"Brother Feng, the younger brother has considered that donating officials may be a way, but the younger brother feels that he has this kind of temperament, it is really a bit inappropriate to say that he is a kind of official, in terms of age and experience, the younger brother is afraid that it will be difficult to be competent, but the younger brother is unwilling to go to Feng Runxiang and other businesses to toss."

Xue Zhen said very seriously, but Feng Ziying was interested and motioned for the other party to take a seat.

Baochai and Baoqin were also very surprised by this, Xue Zhen had never mentioned such a thing before, and now it stands to reason that they are about to get engaged, but their minds should be on this, why did they suddenly think of this?

"Brother Tadder, what are you going to do?" Baochai asked curiously.

Xue Zhen will turn seventeen this year, he is only slightly younger than Baochai, and like Baoqin, he has followed Xue Jun around since he was a child, so it is difficult to let him sink his temperament to study.

Feng Ziying also felt that Xue Zhen was afraid that it would not be possible to study, but he didn't study, if he didn't want to take the road of donating officials, and didn't want to continue to run the traditional business of Fengrunxiang, what else could he do?

"The younger brother heard that the imperial court is vigorously encouraging the opening of routes from Shandong to Liaodong, North Korea, and Japan, hoping to open up a new path, and the younger brother wants to give it a try." Xue Zhen hesitated for a moment, obviously taking into account the pressure from his family.

This is about to be engaged, young age, but to learn those merchants to venture overseas, this sea is unpredictable, a storm may destroy the ship, and open up new routes, it means to contact those foreign countries who have never dealt with each other, there are many uncertain risks, because of this, Xue Zhen wants to get support from Feng Ziying.

Before Feng Ziying could speak, Baochai and Baoqin were anxious first, "No! ”

"Brother Tadder, is that overseas as simple as you imagined? Your eldest brother Feng also mentioned to me that many overseas routes have never been tried, reefs, storms, wild people, epidemics, any of which may kill people, you are the only one in the second room of the Xue family, if there is a mistake, do you want your aunt to send a white-headed person to a black-haired person? Baochai said categorically.

Baoqin also followed: "Brother, everything depends on you, but this matter is not good!" Mother is not in good health, but you have to do this risky act, if nothing else, Mother alone can't get by,......"

Xue Zhen laughed, "Sister, sister, I'm not going to take risks as you said, I mean I want to transfer our Xue family's livelihood to this aspect, it turns out that the Xue family's shops and granges are not very good now, in fact, the theory is like running a silk factory and a tea farm, which are still good, but we definitely can't compete against those who have been doing this for many years, before coming to Jingshicheng, I found someone to touch the bottom of Nanzhi and Jiangxi and Zhejiang, and the number of tea farms and silk factories in Zhejiang, Nanzhi and Jiangxi has increased sharply this year. They are all going to the sea trade, but Nanzhi, Zhejiang and Fujian have long had a fixed group of people in the sea trade, and it is even more difficult to intervene, so I wondered if I could start from Denglai's side,......"

Feng Ziying became interested, he didn't expect Xue Zhen to actually hit Denglai's side, I have to say that the other party still has some brains.

"......, Shandong and Liaodong and Beizhi have been in an undeveloped state, and it can even be said that it is almost nothing, it was originally a sea ban, and then it was a plague, and the maritime trade tradition of the north itself is far less than that of Jiangnan, taking Shandong as an example, its sea trade volume is probably not worth two percent of the south, and even half of Zhejiang is not enough, but the imperial court needs the sea trade of Shandong and Liaodong to develop to ensure the security of Liaodong, and at the same time, North Korea and Japan will also be the object of the imperial court's maritime trade in the future, so the younger brother feels that this should be an opportunity,......"

Feng Ziying didn't believe that this alone would make Xue Zhen so obsessed, Xue Zhen should have made preparations for a long time before, and it was definitely not a whim.

"What else?" Feng Ziying nodded and asked.

Xue Zhen hesitated for a moment, "Junior brother heard that there is an intention on the part of the Zhongshu Department to be changed to the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Commerce intends to give those who have made meritorious contributions to the opening up of routes of great significance to the imperial court to be rewarded with military merits, and even those who have made particularly significant contributions at the beginning can be awarded knighthoods by the imperial court,......"

Feng Ziying suddenly realized, it turned out that Xue Zhen had taken a fancy to this article, no wonder Xue Zhen was still a little hesitant before, and he showed his attitude as soon as he was forced to do so.