In March, the willows are green and the flowers are red, and the blue waves are rippling on the Qinhuai River. On the water, there are gorgeous flower boats slowly rowing by, and the melodious sound of the piano comes from the boat, adding a touch of beauty to the infinite spring light.

Among the flower boats, there is a large ship that stands out.

The boat was much larger than an ordinary ship, with three tiers, each of which was decorated with delicate lanterns under which colorful silk hung from them. Although it is daytime now, you can't see the gorgeous lanterns, but the soft colored silk is floating in the wind, and the music of the boat is looming, chanting and singing, which has a unique taste.

Most of these people who often beg for a living on the Qinhuai River have developed fiery eyes. Even the occasional Qinhuai tourists are amazed by the grandeur of this boat.

When they saw this ship, many people paid attention.

"Whose ship is this, the newly opened business?" Not far away, on the bow of a flower boat, an obese middle-aged man, holding a pretty-dressed woman in his arms, stared at the big boat with small eyes, and said.

The woman followed his eyes, but was stunned, and then smiled: "What a magnificent boat, the slave family has seen it for the first time, and I have to ask my mother ......."

The fat man was curious, so he turned around and shouted, and saw a woman in her thirties coming out of the cabin, her hair was combed neatly, and only a peony golden hairpin was inserted.

In this kind of dress, she looks like a woman from a good family, but she can beg for a life on the Qinhuai River, and there are a few who have left Fengyue, only to hear her smile and say: "Master Qin......"

Listening to this Qin Ye and asking about the big boat, this mother took a look at it and recognized the origin: "That is the boat of the Lu family in Yangzhou......"

"Yangzhou Lu family?" The fat man's eyes flickered: "Is it the Lu family, a salt merchant?" No wonder everyone says that salt merchants are rich, but in the end they are not ordinary. ”

The mother answered: "What the uncle said is true, although the Lu family is not as old as the Cheng family, it has also been rich for several lifetimes. In recent years, there is a faint meaning of super-process. It is said outside that the Lu family has a backer in Beijing. The third master of their family is now an official in the governor's yamen, although the official position is not high, but no one dares to underestimate it in Jiangning City...... It is estimated that it is a banquet for officials and guests, and the Lu family comes to Jiangning every March and April to do something, and I think this year is no exception......

The fat man muttered and said, "What's so great about officials and guests, my eldest brother is also an official, and he is in charge of a province." When the old man went to the eldest brother's side, he also followed the style. ”

The mother saw that his words and deeds were rude and that he was dressed with a village atmosphere, but when he bragged casually, she didn't take it to heart, only the eyes of the young woman who was snuggled next to the fat man flashed...... On the flower boat not far away, a banquet has been set up.

There were two people sitting on the seat, but they were not Mrs. Lu, the head of the Lu family, but two tall and strong men, one in his forties and the other in his thirties.

The older one, with a pockmarked pit full of copper coins, has a bit of a fierce spirit; The young one has handsome eyebrows and eyes, a short beard, and a straight waist.

The next to accompany the guests, an old man in his sixties and a middle-aged man in his thirties, the two have some similar eyebrows and eyes, they are the old lady of the Lu family mentioned by Fang Cai's mother and the third master of the Lu family who is an official in the governor's yamen.

There is an old lady here, and the third master of the Lu family is just holding the pot.

"Cao Zhentai and Li Futai can appreciate their faces, and they are very honored. Speaking of which, the Cao family and our Lu family have also been friends for several lifetimes, and Lord Futai is a parent in the same place, and the old man should have come to ask the two of them to say goodbye, but he is old and weak, and the winter is difficult. Please don't blame the two adults, or you will be panicked if you don't get old. Old Lady Lu said.

His words are humble, but his tone is not weak. Although he did not go out of office, he spent money to buy a Taoist top and often socialized in officialdom. Not to mention the governor, even the governor was also his guest.

The one known as Cao Zhentai is Cao Song, who is now the chief soldier of Jiangning; Li Futai is Li Wei.

Today's table of wine, Li Wei is invited, and Cao Song is an accompanying guest.

The third master of the Lu family is called Lu Anhe, and he is about the same age as Cao Song. When the Cao family was in Jiangning, Lu Anhe once went to the weaving mansion with his father and met Cao Song.

The two are old friends, they are of the same age, and they are officials in the same place, so they are naturally more familiar.

When the Lu family invited the "distinguished guest" Li Wei, the weighty companion he thought of was Cao Song.

Although Cao Song was a guest, his official position was one level higher than Li Wei's, and the two gave way to each other, and finally they both sat on the top position.

Old lady Lu's words, Cao Song just smiled and listened, whether the two ancestors had a friendship is not certain, the identity of the Cao family back then, there were leading people in the south of the Yangtze River, who didn't come to the weaving mansion to ask for peace?

Besides, even if the two families have a relationship, he doesn't want the other party to hold up the shelves of "Uncle Shi" and "Uncle Shi".

He came to Jiangnan with Li Wei, and he knew that Li Wei paid attention to Jiangnan salt merchants.

This Lu family is a big family among the salt merchants, who knows if the back is clean or not, and Lu Anhe eats and drinks normally, and the good of the family is still counted.

Li Wei glanced at Cao Song and saw that he didn't mean to speak, so he said with a smile: "Old lady Lu is polite, if it weren't for Ben Fu's first arrival in Jiangnan and his busy official business, maybe Ben Fu would have gone to Jiangnan to visit the old lady a long time ago." ”

Old lady Lu laughed twice, saying that she didn't dare to be, but she had a little color on her face...... * Pushing the cup and changing the lamp, this meal was eaten from afternoon to dusk.

When the boat docked on the shore, Li Wei's face was full of drunkenness, and he walked a little unsteadily, and was supported by two beautiful women before he got off the shore.

Li Wei is a happy surname, and Mrs. Lu is a flatterer, and the guests and hosts of this meal are happy.

When Mrs. Lu said that he would send two maidservants to Li Wei, Li Wei also accepted them half-pushed and half-accepted them on the spot.

After sending Li Wei away, Old Lady Lu and Lu Anhe solemnly thanked Cao Song again. After all, as Cao Hao, being willing to be a companion is really too much to give them face, which is a great favor.

Cao Song waved his hand, only saying that he had a friendship with Lu Anhe, and he should not do anything.

Old lady Lu was afraid that she would snub Cao Song, and summoned a pair of beautiful girls, who were not inferior to the pair of sisters who were given to Li Wei, saying that she heard that Mrs. Cao Song was not around, so she added two maids to wait.

Before Cao Song came to the banquet, he sent a letter to Li Wei.

When Li Wei replied, if the Lu family gave a gift, he would accept it. plus these two girls, they were the ones who held the lamp by Cao Song's side during the banquet, they were docile and pretty, and Cao Song also liked them.

So, when Cao Song returned to the General Soldier's Mansion, he was followed by two small sedan chairs.

Seeing the appearance of these two delicate and tender little beauties getting out of the car and gently moving the golden lotus, Cao Song's heart fluttered. In the two months he came to Jiangnan, when he was entertaining at the banquet, the men talked about meat, and often mentioned the wonders of the three-inch golden lotus, but Cao Song was confused and confused, and it was not easy to ask directly.

Because the Cao family is a banner person, except for the concubine of the Han family who was in the second room back then, the other women are Tianzu.

The color of the wine matchmaker, coupled with the light light gift of the two little beauties at the banquet, made Cao Song also a little itchy.

However, he was no longer a hairy boy, and he would not be dazzled by beauty, so he did not ask these two women to sleep, but went to Zilan's room, and tossed it hard before he fell asleep.

It wasn't until a few days later that he found an opportunity to go to the governor's yamen to meet Li Wei and find out the details of these two girls.

"Whose maid wraps her little feet? Looking at them dressed up, they look like young ladies and don't look like people who can wait for people, isn't it the Qingqi of the Qinglou? Cao Song asked: "My uncle's family motto before his death, the son can't enter the Cao family, even if the name is a servant, it is not good to put it in the inner house, and it will hinder the reputation." ”

When Li Wei heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "You can rest assured that you can use it, and you should be able to relieve your boredom." The Lu family often walks around in officialdom and knows what to taboo. Although their family does not set foot in Fengyue Field, they have their own skinny horse shop. These maids are all raised by them, and it is true that they can't take it too seriously. If you like it, keep it, if you don't like it, give it away, keep it aside, don't bother too much. ”

Although Cao Song also has a wife and a concubine, the Cao family's family style is not as patriarchal as outside, so Li Wei's words, he disagreed with them very much, but he didn't say anything long-winded.

He was in the prime of life, and it was when the fire was strong, that night he took one of the two daughters.

Between the sheets, he became a hairy boy, burning with lust, and his head was full of sweat. Not for the side, just because this woman is a virgin, and it is really not good to enter the alley.

However, when the clouds cleared and the rain dispersed, Cao Song finally understood why so many men love small feet.

It's not that everyone has that quirk and likes to fiddle with women's jade feet, but this small-footed woman, because it is not conducive to walking, walks delicately and swaying, not to mention, and is easy to form a "charming" body.

The taste of each is really fluttering.

If it weren't for the pain of this beautiful maid's broken body, Cao Song wouldn't have only come twice...... * Compared with the comfort of Li Wei and Cao Song, Cao Hao was a little busy here.

At the beginning of March, Cao Hao went to the Green Camp.

When the battalions came out of the ranks, at a glance, there were no white-haired veterans standing and dangling.

Cao Hao didn't talk nonsense, but only randomly checked some soldiers according to the few items listed on the "Jian Bing".

Although when drawing the bow and lifting the stone, it looks like it is either dragging or strening, but after all, the physical strength is okay. As long as this point is reached, Cao Hao is very satisfied, after all, it is only a month of hard work, and there is no time for military training.

He first praised a few leaders of the green camp, and then became stern, questioning the level of bows and arrows of these people, and then mentioned that when he came back in June, he would ask the emperor to send someone over, hoping that everyone would practice well in the next few months.

Several commanders and commanders were surprised and delighted when they heard this, but they suddenly gave birth to a lot of energy.

The green camp here has just finished reading, and over there Feng Ren brought a few old Hanlin over and asked Cao Hao to inscribe a plaque.

With the concerted efforts of the officials and squires of Qingyuan City, it only took a month and a half to build the Lotus Academy. By the end of the month, it will be completed.

Cao Hao doesn't like to be in the limelight, and he doesn't like to participate in this kind of name-keeping, but in this Qingyuan City, he is the only one who is most suitable for the Lotus Academy to put up a plaque.

Cao Hao couldn't refuse, so he picked up the pen and wrote the name of the academy on a piece of paper, and then took another piece of paper to write the words "Chunhua and Autumn Fruit".

Feng Ren had seen Cao Hao's character, touched his beard with a smile, and didn't say anything; However, a few old Hanlin who came with him looked at it again and again, couldn't help but praise it, and looked at Cao Hao's gaze, and he also had a little more respect......*

(To be continued)