The Li family and the Zheng family once again entered the honeymoon period.

However, this honeymoon period was very different from the last time, and the Zheng family completely regarded themselves as a member of Li Shouhan's system, or reduced their status to a subordinate Cheng dù.

Zheng Zhilong's wife Tian Chuan led several of Zheng Zhilong's concubines, accompanied by Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao and many wives and concubines of the Zheng brothers, and went to the inner house of Ning Yuanbo's Mansion in Guangzhou to meet Ning Yuanbo's wife Yan Mei'er, and started the commonplace lady diplomacy in the Ming officialdom. By the way, the purpose is also to show his son the future daughter-in-law.

Although this Ningyuan Bo Mansion is hastily built, it is far less magnificent than the palace that has been operating in Hue for many years, but if it is seen in the eyes of the imperial history, it can also be greatly improved, at least impeachment of Li Shouhan for trespassing and overstepping the house.

In a five-bay Nanmu boat hall that was just completed not long ago, the ladies of the two families were full of flowers. In this building, which was full of the smell of nanmu and looked a little like a huge ship, the ladies of the Zheng family looked at the structure and decoration of the house with some curiosity.

The huge glass windows were pushed open by the maids with long poles, and the warm south wind blew in through the skylights, making the room look very moist and soft with the showers of sunlight.

And those window lattices that do not look very elaborate and detailed at first glance, after pushing open, people are surprised to find that there is a layer of glass windows inside, which is different from the glass used in the windows of ordinary large families, here the whole piece of glass is inlaid on the window frame. Melt it with tin and seal it well.

Yan Mei'er, leading Li Muhua, Ao Lei Yilan and Shouhan's two-room concubine in Shandong, five women surrounded by a group of maids and women, entered the ship hall like stars holding the moon.

"Madame Bo has arrived!"

A mother-in-law shouted at the door with full of anger, and dozens of ladies in the hall knelt down in unison, greeting Mrs. Ning Yuanbo with the salute of paying homage to Shangguan.

The countess's crown dress is the same as that of the first-class officials according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, and they are all true red large-sleeved shirts, and they can wear gold crowns. If you wear regular clothes, you should wear a crewneck shirt. Yan Mei'er was dressed in a round-necked shirt, and was gracefully embraced by Ao Lei Yilan and Li Muhua and walked into the hall.

and Yan Mei'er are dressed in regular clothes. Simple and comfortable style is different. Li Muhua was dressed in a phoenix crown and a full robe belt, walking beside Ao Lei Yilan, who was wearing a narrow-sleeved and short-cut robe, which was quite embarrassing.

But. The Tagawa clan was dressed in a second-class life wife's suit. Wearing a golden crown. With a faint smile on his face. Leading a group of women from the Zheng family to kneel on the ground and greet the arrival of several ladies.

Zheng Zhihu's two Japanese concubines peeked at the grandeur of this uncle, and hurriedly lowered their eyes again. According to the rules of Japan. The emperor is not visible, otherwise he will be blinded by the light of the descendants of the gods. The general is not to be seen on his back. The strength of this uncle is enough to determine the political situation in Japan, and it is even more important to pay attention to it. The two Japanese concubines just peeked at the Ji warriors behind the ladies, and they couldn't stop talking.

The personal soldiers of the ladies all have a strong personal character of the master. Most of the soldiers around Yan Mei'er are simple and unpretentious Nanzhong women, and their husbands or sons are all working in the Nanzhong army or business, and they are considered to be people who are greatly favored by the Li family for the whole family, and they are loyal to Yan Mei'er, the main mother.

The personal soldiers around Li Muhua are selected women from Tianzhu, Siam, etc., who may not be good-looking, but they are all tall and tall, and Li Muhua's petite and delicate figure is becoming more and more rounded, if it is not for a few butterfly spots on the face that are common to pregnant women, this is undoubtedly a middle-aged beauty.

And the most eye-catching are the Ji warriors around the Seventh Lady Ao Lei Yilan. The tall and sturdy Sauron women, in the eyes of these Fuso concubines, are famous Japanese daimyo and military generals, and they may not have their height. Dressed in Nanzhong armor and with a long knife hanging from their waists, the Daur women are in contrast to the short but sturdy Gaoshan women, one tall and one short, one south and one north. The same armor and the same long knife, although they have different appearances, they bring people a powerful murderous aura.

"These Seven Lady's Ji warriors, I'm afraid they are all at the level of the old man of Qimoto?" A Fusang woman thought secretly in her heart.

Tian Chuan led Zheng Zhilong's several side rooms Zhuang, Lin, Shi, Cai, Zeng, Cai Zhu's family and dozens of concubines to Mrs. Ning Yuanbo according to the etiquette system After a strict number of courtesies, Yan Mei'er asked the wife of her in-laws to get up and sit down, ordered someone to prepare a banquet, served refreshments, and the ladies began to talk between women. Several sons of the Zheng Zhilong brothers, Tagawa Shichizaemon, Zheng Du, Zheng En, Zheng Yin, Zheng Xi, Zheng Shimo and other brothers came forward to kowtow to their in-laws, thanking their uncles for their deep kindness.

After Yan Mei'er had to say good words to comfort her, she ordered someone to go to the front to recall Li Huabao, and asked him to accompany several little brothers of the Zheng family to sit down in the flower hall to talk and drink.

"Why don't you ask the lady from the house to come out and meet?"

Shilin's daughter Li Huaying knew that she had been married by her father to Zheng Sen, the eldest son of the Zheng family, and the daughters of the Zheng family came to visit today, but in fact, the purpose was to take a look at themselves. At the moment, under the call of her mother Yan Mei'er, she timidly walked out from behind her seventh aunt Ao Lei Yilan like a weak wind blowing willows.

"It's fine. Remember what I taught you. Don't be afraid! When passing by Ao Lei Yilan, Ao Lei Yilan whispered to this delicate and timid second lady.

Li Huaying, who inherited her mother Shilin's beautiful appearance and figure, has had a nickname called Ah Liang since she was a child, and her figure and appearance will make people who see her for the first time have a bright feeling. Coupled with her gentle and weak appearance, she immediately made the Tagawa family feel that this was the best candidate for her daughter-in-law, whether it was from the family, appearance, or personality, she was worthy of her son.

However, she was deceived by Li Huaying's appearance.

Hua Ying's appearance inherited from her mother, although she was weak on the surface, but her personality was similar to her father's shouhan, and she was tough and strong. Growing up in an inner house since childhood, he was consciously cultivated by Shouhan. Their siblings were educated in an education that would never be recognized. In addition to school courses such as reading, literacy, accounting, drawing, driving, shooting, etc., it is also necessary to learn the art of martial arts. Hua Ying learned some Muay Thai from a few of her biological mother's side of the bride. Muay Thai's fierceness, agility and sharpness have tempered Li Huaying's character more and more.

If Li Huamei is shuttling back and forth in the smoke of gunfire, then Li Huaying is fierce and fierce. Especially after Ao Lei Yilan entered the house, this concubine and Li Huaying and others hit it off at first sight. Her poplar-like personality under the sun has a strange attraction to everyone in the Li family, and soon, Li Huaying and Ao Lei Yilan will go together to learn sword skills.

Tian Chuan saw this delicate little girl in front of him, and bowed to himself rigorously. The heart is in full swing at the moment. Ordered someone to take out a box of jewelry and give it to him.

"I came in a hurry, I didn't prepare any gifts, some small things, the girl must not laugh."

Li Huaying, the daughter-in-law. Tagawa agreed.

But. A few years later, Zheng Senke fell into bad luck.

"Alas! The husband is sluggish! Zheng Sen was drunk and spit out his bitterness to another brother.

"Come on! Brother-in-law. Compared to me, you are simply in a blessed nest! Although your lady is just as violent, she still saves you enough face in front of outsiders! Look at me! In front of the sailor. Did your sister-in-law ever save me a little face? You must not make a mistake, and if you make a mistake, you must march in front of everyone! ”

The benevolent brother took the bowl and drank it all.

(You can guess, who is Admiral Li's prime minister?) ）

This is a later story, and I will not press the table for the time being.

The things that should be done have been done, the housekeeper and the mother-in-law came in to return to the banquet has been ready, and at that moment, nearly 100 women opened more than a dozen tables of banquets in the back garden of Ningyuan Bo's mansion, and ordered the opera troupe in the mansion to sing a few excerpts on the water pavilion to help the fun.

At the moment, across a pool of spring water, watching the actors babbling and singing Kunqu opera on the water pavilion, Li Huabao accompanied Tagawa Nanazaemon and others to drink and listen to the play at the other end of the courtyard, but he was also happy.

However, it soon became a storm.

Yan Mei'er asked Tian Chuan's to order a play, and this Mrs. Zheng ordered a full bed wat after some humility, which means that the marriage and beauty of your and my two families in the future will be indispensable.

If it weren't for the presence of many women and elders, I am afraid that these few people would loudly order the steward of the troupe to change Sifan to listen, and listen to the play of the little nun Sekong while throwing flattering eyes at all the nobles and sons in the audience, while singing in her mouth, "The little nun is twenty-eight years old, is young, and her hair has been cut by the master." Every day, burn incense and exchange water on the Buddha hall, and see a few children playing games under the mountain gate. He looked at us, and we looked at him. He and us, let's share him, and worry a lot about it. Enemies, how can they achieve marriage and die in front of the palace of Hades. Grind it and cut it, cut it and put it in a pan to fry it, ah, it's up to him! Then when he saw the living suffering sin, how did he see the dead ghost with a flail? Ahh ”

Seeing that her son Li Huabao was chatting with more than a dozen members of the Zheng family over there, the corners of Yan Mei'er's eyes twitched a few times, and she nodded and called the henchman next to her, and ordered her to go over and tell the manager of the opera troupe. It's good to beat up the son who gets a little carried away!

"Zheng Dan beats"!"

The steward of the drama troupe wrote four big characters on the water card, and the sons present were a little stunned, how can they sing this play on this good day today?

This play is about the story of Zheng Dan, the assassin of Changzhou, who enforces the law impartially. Zheng Dan's son broke the law, and Zheng Dan, who was an assassin, did not use his official position to protect his son, but personally enforced the law and beat his son. If it weren't for Tagawa Nanazaemon and the others eating and drinking together and getting drunk, Li Huabao would immediately understand what his mother meant, but if the hot wine was on the head, the young man would not be able to control it.

The actor who played Zheng Dan on the stage of the Water Pavilion had a clear move. The tone of the song is correct and round, and it vividly plays a fair official.

In the eyes of Tian Chuan and others, this play is undoubtedly a sue for them, and the conflict between the Li family and the Zheng family is the same as Zheng Dan beating his son on the stage. With this understanding, the Tagawa clan, who came with Zheng Zhilong's mission, couldn't help but take the lead in applauding and cheering.

"Well sung! Reward! ”

Someone on the side had already filled a hundred silver dollars in a bamboo basket, and he listened to the instructions of his wife. At the moment, the two mothers-in-law standing in front of the water pavilion corridor picked up the bamboo basket together and threw it towards the water pavilion, and the silver stars fell on the stage, fell in the water, and splashed a little splash.

"Good! Good! ”

The sons and daughters of the Zheng family here, seeing that Mrs. Tian Chuan's family had rewarded the money, naturally wanted to follow up, and immediately ordered the servants and the others next to them to throw silver dollars on the water pavilion together. The drama on the water pavilion saw that the ladies and sons on both sides were so loving, and they were working harder and harder at the moment. took out the countless figures and unique skills that he figured out on weekdays and interspersed them in it. made the whole play full of flowers and climaxes.

The whole play was vigorously performed. The actor who played Zheng Dan was originally a somewhat out of tune, and he could also make two happy words on the occasion of being strict. Today. Seeing that the atmosphere was so warm. He's a little out of measure. Because the role he plays is the history of Changzhou Thorn. So when he reprimanded his son on stage, he improvised a sentence, "Do you know who the current Changzhou assassin is?" ”

This is nothing in itself, but Li Huabao, who was watching the play in the audience, replied with a ghost. "I don't know who the Changzhou Thorn Shi is! However, from Fujian, Liangguang to Nanzhong, it is all my Li family! My eldest brother is the governor of Taiwan! ”

"The whole world is not the king's land! You wickedness! How dare you be so rude! ”

A broken cry came from the Moon Gate, which separated the garden from the yamen in front.

Everyone hurriedly put down the things in their hands and followed the prestige, but saw Shouhan standing there with an angry face, and behind him, Zheng Zhibao, who looked panicked, and several officials accompanied him on both sides.

Zheng Zhibao was invited by Shouhan to Ning Yuanbo's mansion to discuss matters today, intending to entrust him with an important task.

"This land of Fujian has many mountains and few fields, and there are thousands of miles of coastline. Although Liangguang is slightly better, it also has thousands of miles of coast, and a large area of land is abandoned there. In all the places under the jurisdiction of the Southern Guangdong Army, there are mostly coastal areas. Inviting you today, brother, is to have one thing to entrust. ”

In Shouhan's impression, the Huanghuaihai Plain, Haizhou, Lianghuai, Lianyungang and other places were mostly seaside tidal flats and saline-alkali land. After the reform of the salt system at the end of the Qing Dynasty, some people provided waste stoves in Lianghuai to reclaim the tidal flats, and after occupying a large number of tidal flats, they carried out planting and breeding activities. Tea can be produced in three years in the reclamation area, and cotton can be planted in a few years, and the growth is amazing. It provided a large number of high-quality raw materials for spinning yarn for the textile industry in various places, and in this case, several large reclamation companies appeared from Haizhou to Lianghuai, employing tens of thousands of employees, and countless people became rich as a result.

"Brother Yuwen, think about it, if you reclaim these tens of thousands of miles of wasted land by the sea, I don't know how many people you will have to feed and how many people will be rich! This is a great act of goodness! ”

Although these tidal flats may not be able to grow food, who says that the land must be grown? At present, Nanzhong's grain is still worried about the market problem of external sales, if there is a cash crop planting area to earn silver externally, and the domestic market demand for grain and its products can be provided, wouldn't this matter kill two birds with one stone?

"What the marshal said is naturally a great cause for the benefit of the country and the people, but Zhibao also has some doubts."

"Speak!"

"First, these seaside tidal flats, where they are barren and reckless, if they are reclaimed, I dare not say what the effect will be, and I will inevitably invest a lot of money and food. I don't know if the big man has a plan? ”

"Yes! You can choose a place to experiment in the coastal areas of Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi, and I will allocate you 2 million yuan a year and another 500,000 stone grain and rice as rations. If you test in the southern and central regions, I will no longer give you money and grain separately, but only pay in the treasury of various prefectures or in the inner treasury of the prefecture. ”

"Thank you for your trust in cultivation. So I'll talk about the second one. I don't know what crops Dashuai plans to plant and what to raise? ”

Speaking of these, Shouhan scratched his head a little, he had the impression that Zhang Jian, a champion industrialist in the late Qing Dynasty, developed Haizhou tidal flats, which improved the economy and people's livelihood in northern Jiangsu and southern Lunan and other places, but he was a little confused about how to do it.

"The reclamation of the land is nothing more than building embankments and opening canals, and gradually expanding the land." He slowly organized his sentences, recalling his years of experience in organizing land reclamation, especially the lessons learned in the reports of the farms in the Chao Phraya River Valley. There are also farms by the river, and some of the experience can be applied to the seaside tidal flats. "You can plant some tea trees, tung oil, camellia oleifera, cypress. After a few years when the trees have grown, we can set up tea factories and oil factories to produce tea oil, tung oil, asphalt oil, etc. Load the basket into the ship, or for your own use, or export for profit. ”

Zheng Zhibao couldn't stop nodding his head frequently, and couldn't stop praising Shouhan for his bloody investment. But he never thought that Shouhan would ask him to serve as the manager of the Reclamation Bureau in charge of the tidal flats at such a cost, not only to make use of tens of thousands of miles of tidal flats, but also to scatter the Zheng brothers everywhere.

Seeing that the purpose of the conversation was achieved, the two led a few officials to walk around and relax, but they didn't want to bump into this scene.

"Punish the official for copying the preface 200 times!"

Shouhan spoke sharply to Li Huabao, who was kneeling on the ground.

The so-called "Preface to the Biography of the Lingren", this is the story of Li Cunxuan, the Emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, who favored the musicians and the Lingren so that the country was ruined and died. But as long as a group starts with a concerted mind, it wants to do things well, and when things are going well, everyone must only plan for themselves, arrogant and lascivious, beautiful women and mansions, all of which cannot be missing, and the group will naturally go downhill.

Li Huabao has several brothers and sisters, and they have also read these classics since they were children. For what Shouhan just said, although he was a little frightened and scared, he was a little unimpressed in his heart after all.

"Have you ever memorized this text?"

Shouhan's words poured down like a bucket of ice water, which made Li Huabao wake up immediately.

He read aloud: "Therefore, the party is prosperous, and the heroes of the world can not compete with it; and its decline, dozens of people are trapped, and the country is destroyed, laughing for the world. Husband's calamities often accumulate in the slightest, and wisdom and courage are trapped in drowning, how can they be pitiful! ”

"It's good to know!" Shouhan reprimanded his second son sharply.

"I wasn't your age back then, in order to save a head, I led hundreds of soldiers and horses, fought against strong enemies in all directions, fought hard to the death, and tasted courage! What does it depend on to wipe out several countries? I am still a teenager, with a strong spirit, and I have this achievement! You just said that your eldest brother is the prefect of Taiwan, but do you know that your eldest brother is so hard and difficult in the mountains, forests and grasses? In the face of the scene of cannons raining down and arrows like a forest, wielding the army to fight, have you ever known this courage? ”

Shouhan said a word, Li Huabao trembled, and when he said later, he cried even more on the ground.

Yan Mei'er, who rushed over after hearing the sound, gently pulled Shouhan's sleeve and signaled that there were still guests of the Zheng family here.

"It doesn't matter! The wife of the in-laws is her own person, and there is no such thing as the ugliness of the zài family! Shouhan was still relatively gentle with Yan Mei'er, and turned his head to face the troublemaker who sang Zheng Dan's play.

"You! Originally advocated excellence! On weekdays, the robe and belt play a role, and it is understandable to get some rewards for your own skills to enjoy them. But how dare you ask about the state officials? ”

The actor had already been so frightened that he trembled all over, and he could no longer utter the words begging for mercy and crying out for mercy. Just prostrated vigorously and did not stop.

"Someone! Drag it out! Beat! Let the whole troupe watch the punishment! I thought that in the future, I would advocate the precept of excellence! ”

In the depths of his heart, Shouhan looks down on these actors who rely on playing roles to obtain food and clothing. He stubbornly believes that these people cannot create zào value, cannot establish meritorious deeds, and are only for the amusement of others, and are not worthy of respect. Therefore, in his opinion, there must be no singing generals and high-ranking officials acting in the Nanyue Army. (To be continued......)