Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 291 Zheng Zhifeng

In the back house of a five-entry luxury mansion in the west city of the capital, Zheng Zhifeng, who had just arrived on duty, took off her red official robe under the service of her concubine Yulian, took off her black gauze hat and handed it to a maid, and asked with a smile ; "Where's Brother Huan? Isn't he playing in the garden again? Waiting for the master, I'll go find him and play for a while!"

"Brother Huan has been playing all afternoon, and now he is tired. After my concubine bathed him, I asked the nanny to take him to sleep. The master should discipline him well. It is the master who spoils him. He is just three years old, but he looks like he has a pair of swift legs, running around in the circle, and every time he has to be watched by several servants, with such a mischievous appearance, how can he study and become an official in the future!"

Yulian, who was standing upright, complained softly.

Not long after being pointed out by Wang Chengen, Zheng Zhifeng welcomed Yulian, who lives in Tianshuijing Hutong, into the house with great fanfare. Under Wang Chengen's instructions, Wang Shiqin congratulated them in the name of Hexi, and accepted Brother Huan on the spot to do it. Yoshiko.

"Haha, Brother Huan is with me. Master, I was like this when I was a child. Haven't I become a high-ranking official in the court now? Now that you have a body again, don't mind these nosy things. If Brother Huan grows older, the master will let you He asked a teacher to teach him well! You just take good care of your health, and it’s the business to spread the branches and leaves of my old Zheng’s family!"

Zheng Zhifeng pinched Yulian's round face fondly while talking, her eyes were full of joy.

"The concubine listens to the master, and the master can do whatever he wants. The concubine only hopes that the master can spoil the concubine for the rest of his life, and I don't care about anything else!"

The sweet and pleasant Yulian held Zheng Zhifeng's big hand on her face with both hands, raised her head and spoke softly.

"Don't worry, master, I'm not a heartless person. As long as I'm here, you and Brother Huan are my darlings. I won't let you suffer a little bit!"

Although Zheng Zhifeng was born as a pirate, he was not the kind of cold-blooded person who loved reading since he was a child, and he always cared for this concubine who was born as a commoner.

"Master is a good concubine, I know it, I don't know how much incense I burned in my previous life, so I can meet you in this life, the master is my god, I only hope that I can meet and serve you in the next life!"

After disregarding other people's ridicule, Zheng Zhifeng married Yulian into the door openly, and Zheng Zhifeng sent someone to bring Yulian's family from Baoding Mansion, and bought a two-entry house in Dongcheng to house them. A facade, and then took out 300 taels of silver as the capital, so that Yulian's father and brother started the cotton cloth business.Since Yulian's family had never been in business before, they lost a lot in the first six months, but after slowly figuring out some ways, the business finally got on the right track.

The whole family has calculated that they can make a net profit of more than twenty taels of silver this year. After they understand more business methods next year, there is no problem in making a net profit of four to fifty taels of silver a year. It looks like you are struggling, but the days now have undergone earth-shaking changes.While the whole family is grateful to Zheng Zhifeng, they have repeatedly told Yulian not to disobey her master in the slightest in the mansion, and when the old lady moves from Fujian, she must serve her with all her heart, even if she is beaten by others. There must be no dissatisfaction in scolding.

In his heart, Wang Shiqin didn't want to have anything to do with Zheng Zhifeng, but he didn't dare to disobey Wang Chengen's order, so he could only hold his nose to recognize this adopted son.But ever since he heard about Zheng Zhifeng's benevolent behavior towards his concubine's family, Wang Shiqin's attitude has undergone a huge change. In addition, he really likes the lively and lovely brother Huan, so as long as he is not busy with business, he will come here occasionally Go to Zheng's mansion and have a few drinks with Zheng Zhifeng.He wasn't afraid that Zhu Youjian would know about this, Wang Chengen had clearly told him that this was something approved by the emperor.

After the two had been in contact for a long time, coupled with the comprehensive investigation of Zheng Zhifeng by Dongchang fanzi, Wang Shiqin was convinced that Zheng Zhifeng, apart from being criticized by people in the officialdom, was righteous and forthright, and his character was really quite good. The mind is also very meticulous, and he is a person worth making friends with.

"Okay, okay, the master is going to take a bath and change clothes. You tell the servants to cook. The master is a little hungry. Brother Huan's adoptive father should not be here today. The master can eat by himself!"

Zheng Zhifeng's current official position is Zuo Shaoqing of Honglu Temple. From the fourth rank, wearing a red robe can be regarded as entering the ranks of high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Ever since he agreed to find a civil job for him, Wang Chengen vaguely mentioned this matter in the chat with Zhu Youjian. After Zhu Youjian investigated Zheng Zhifeng's character, he asked Zhou Yun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to arrange Zheng Zhifeng into Hong Kong. Zuo Shaoqing works in Lusi Temple, while Zuo Shaoqing and Li Huawen, who used to like to write and talk about things, changed to the post of Giving Shizhong in the engineering department.

Part of Zhu Youjian's arrangement was based on Wang Chengen's face, and the other part was made after careful consideration.

When Zheng Zhifeng finished bathing and came out of the bathroom refreshed, the housekeeper Zheng Wu who was waiting outside the door reported in a low voice: "Master, Master Wang has come to the house and brought something for Brother Huan. Enjoy tea in the living room!"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier! How can you keep someone like Shixiong waiting for a long time! Zheng Wu, next time you go back to Fujian!"

Zheng Zhifeng walked quickly to the living room while warning Zheng Wudao.

"Master Wang knew that you were taking a bath, and specifically ordered the little one not to tell the master, and it's not that the little one deliberately neglected you!"

Zheng Wu muttered behind his back.

"Brother, why don't you send someone to tell you, Brother Yu, you can prepare well! It's been a while since I saw you, why do you have time to come here today?"

After Zheng Zhifeng entered the living room, she smiled and cupped her fists at Wang Shiqin who was sitting in the guest seat.

Wang Shiqin smiled and got up to return the gift: "Recently, I have some mundane things to deal with, and I have some free time today, so I want to come and see Brother Huan, and chat with Brother Zheng to relieve boredom!"

"Very good, very good! Brother Wei has long been looking forward to the visit of the virtuous brother! Ever since XX put on this red robe, those city rangers dare not come to the door! Hahaha! As expected, it is a cat and a mouse! Come on, apart from sometimes inviting the officials of my department to the mansion for banquets, I seldom communicate with others. As a brother, there are many people by nature, and I feel that something is missing in my heart if I haven't had a banquet for a day in this mansion!"

Before Zheng Zhifeng turned from military to civilian, she still had the same habits as when she was a pirate. She often ate, drank and frolicked with the good guys in the capital.But since they knew that he had become a servant of the imperial court, those people no longer dared to come to the door at will.

In desperation, Zheng Zhifeng, who likes to be lively, had to invite middle and lower-level officials from Honglu Temple to come to the mansion for drinks from time to time.

Because he is a man from all over the world, and his family is rich and wealthy, he would always give some silver dumplings as gifts to the guests at the end of the banquet. The officials of Honglu Temple, big and small, were willing to associate with him, and gradually forgot Zheng Zhifeng's pirate background.Under Zheng Zhifeng's deliberate management, the office of Honglu Temple spoke highly of him from top to bottom. Now Zheng Zhifeng's prestige in the temple is higher than that of Zhengqing Fu Congbin.

"My lord, the banquet is ready. Dare I ask my lord, do you want to move now?"

Zheng Wu, who was outside the living room door, carefully reported the report.

"Let's go! Brother, you and I have a good drink today! Thank you for the stuff you brought to Brother Huan! Thank you for not treating me as a pirate!"

(End of this chapter)