Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 59 Wuji Zhen, the family supported by the female class
Jizhou, Wuji County.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a special time, as the agricultural activities at the beginning of the year have not yet officially started.

From Zhengdan Day until February, all the farmers are waiting for the rain to loosen the land and sow spring wheat and peas.

Children around 15 years old can enter university to study the Five Classics at this time.

And when the water in the inkstone is no longer frozen, eight-year-old children can enter elementary school.

As mentioned before, the "elementary school" and "university" mentioned in ancient times are different from those in later generations. Here, it refers more to the difference between "learning big" and "learning small".

According to the description in "Book of Rites".

Six-year-old children need to recognize numbers and east, south, west, north;

At the age of seven, learn the difference between men and women;
At the age of eight, you must know the most basic etiquette;
At the age of nine, you must know the year, month, and day;

Ten-year-old girls stay at home, while boys go to boarding schools to learn "Chinese" and "mathematics";
13 years old's exposure to instrumental music, poetry, and dance can be understood as the official opening of the ancient "primary school" curriculum.

At this time, the Hebei Wuji Zhen family...

Zhen Yi's eldest daughter, ten-year-old Zhen Jiang, has reached the age of "staying at home". It stands to reason that her mother should have taught her weaving and embroidery, but Zhen's family is different.

The Zhen family has always attached great importance to the inheritance of poetry and books, and her mother, Zhang, is also a well-known talented woman.

What few people know is that Mrs. Zhang is also a business genius. Through her husband's family, Zhen Yi is a descendant of the "Tai Bao" Zhen Han, and her ancestors also have in-laws with the saints. They have established a special relationship in Jizhou. network.

Together with her husband, she managed the business, and it was doing well.

This also benefited Zhen Yi a lot.

With the sound of rain outside the window, Mrs. Zhang is teaching her eldest daughter Zhen Jiang some business knowledge!
"Ugh…"

He suddenly heard a sigh from the next room. It turned out that Zhen Yi under the lamp was concentrating on reading a roll of letter paper, and for some reason he sighed.

Mrs. Zhang immediately told Zhen Jiang to study hard, and she went out slowly, walked through the aisle... walked to the front of the next room, and asked softly.

"Who is the letter from? Make your husband so melancholy?"

Zhen Yi put down the letter in a hurry, got up and went to open the door for his wife, Madam Zhang outside the door was full of doubts, Zhen Yi suddenly realized: "Are you and Jiang Er alarmed?"

Mrs. Zhang said with emotion: "Since I met that Guanzhu Liu, my husband seldom has such a sad face."

As Mrs. Zhang said...

It was because they went to Yulin to observe incense, that they got to know the little temple master——Liu Yu.

And the relationship between the two parties can be sublimated because of a "strange" business!

At that time, Liu Yu was hoarding a batch of beard utensils, and because Yulin temple didn't have enough money, she sold the "houses" and "fields" in the temple everywhere to exchange money and food.

Seeing this, Zhen Yi and Mrs. Zhang donated generously, using the Zhen family's ancestral property to finance it!
And the reason for doing this...

That's because, a few years ago, when Zhen Yi and Mrs. Zhang came to Yulin to observe incense, when they met this seven or eight-year-old little temple master, Liu Yu heard their names, so she made a divination for them, saying Mrs. Zhang will give birth to three sons and five daughters in the future!

You know, since she gave birth to Zhen Jiang at 15 years old and ruined her body, she hasn't had anything for seven or eight years.

Many doctors said that she might have a hard time getting pregnant!
Not to mention three men, five women... Even adding a man to the Zhen family has become a luxury.

As the saying goes, there are three kinds of unfilial piety, the greatest is to have no descendants!
Without a male, he, Mrs. Zhang, would become a sinner of the Zhen family!

But the mouth of the little temple master Liu Yu seemed to be consecrated. After these words, Mrs. Zhang gave birth to three children in three years, including a pair of twins!

even…

In the fourth year, there are signs of pregnancy again!

This time, the Zhen family was so happy. In order to be grateful... Hearing that Liu Yu was going to sell Yulin Temple to hoard beard utensils, Zhen Yi decisively used his family's ancestral property to support Liu Yu. !

But who ever thought...

Because the emperor likes beards, beards are very popular in the palace. For a while, there is a "hu" trend in the whole man!

The price of the Hu Qi has skyrocketed by a hundred times, Liu Yu has made a lot of money, but still gave half of the profit back to the Zhen family.

Now, the Zhen family has gained face and good reputation, and even, under Liu Yu's suggestion, used a fraction of this huge sum of money to manage things up and down, and became the "Shang Cai Ling"!
It can be regarded as since the ancestors, the Zhen family members... once again entered the official career with one leg.

The whole incident, Zhen Yi and Mrs. Zhang seemed to be living in a dream!

now…

I have a child, I have money, I have an official, and happiness comes too suddenly.

And all of this is because of... because of this Liu Xiaoguan!
Since then, the Zhen family has been in close contact with Yulin Guan, Zhen Yi and Liu Yu, and the entire Zhen family has even more respect for Liu Yu!

If it wasn't for Liu Yu's disapproval, Zhen Yi would have wanted to open a Yulin temple in Wuji County, Jizhou for him!
Since then, everything in the Zhen family has become smooth, so why is there even the slightest bit of sadness?
Therefore…

Mrs. Zhang is full of doubts. Whose letter is it that can make my husband show this long-lost sorrow?
"It's Guanzhu Liu's letter."

Zhen Yi replied.

Mrs. Zhang entered the room, took off her coir raincoat, wiped her wet hands, leaned over to flip through the letter paper, and roughly scanned the content on the letter paper.

Mrs. Zhang exclaimed: "Guardian Liu, you still want us to continue buying good horses?"

Zhen Yi took the letter paper, unfolded it and placed it between the two of them. "This time, I also don't understand Guanzhu Liu. If we say that hoarding nearly [-] good horses before was 'hoarding', he predicted that the price of horses would rise, but now... the price of horses has already reached Guangwu. The highest position after the dynasty should be sold...so that we and Guanzhu Liu can make a fortune!"

"This can also prevent fluctuations in the price of horses and save the cost of raising horses in captivity, but why continue to hoard them? Even buy them at a price of [-] yuan higher than the market? This is against common sense!"

This…

Mrs. Zhang didn't say a word, her eyes still stayed on the letter paper.

in fact.

The content of this letter sent by Guanzhu Liu is not just about buying horses from nobles at a high price?I even mentioned one more point... Whether it is Yulin Temple or the Zhen family, they must start to stock up on donkeys!
call…

Hoard donkeys!

This is a wave of ups and downs, and another wave!

If the two thousand good horses are not sold, and you have to continue to collect horses and start hoarding donkeys, how big is the pressure on money?

certainly…

The price of a donkey is not expensive. A good horse used to be bought for [-] yuan, but a best-looking donkey was only [-] yuan.

The difficulty is that these livestock are expensive to raise...

Breeding donkeys is not much easier than raising horses.

call…

Mrs. Zhang let out a long cry, her husband couldn't see through Guanzhu Liu's letter, how could she see through it?

I was going to have a discussion.

Can…

Madam Zhang suddenly thought of something and shook her head slightly.

"My lord, let me ask you, in the old days...that Liu Xiaoguan said that I could still conceive and give birth to three sons and five daughters. My husband and I didn't believe it, but now I have given birth to two sons and three daughters. My husband believes it now." Is it?"

"Of course I believe it!"

"But why did Master Liu Xiaoguan predict this? Dare to say that? Husband...did you understand it at that time?"

This…

Zhen Yi shook his head. "No!"

Mrs. Zhang continued to ask. "Also, in the past, Master Liu Xiaoguan wanted to sell the Taoist temple to hoard the hu ware, and the husband donated generously, which was originally to repay his kindness...However, the hu ware skyrocketed, and our Zhen family actually made tens of millions of dollars in profit. It was you and me who have been in business for ten years. Have you never seen so much money before? Does your husband understand it again?"

Zhen Yi shook his head again. "still none!"

Mrs. Zhang's words are not over yet. "So... In the past, our Zhen family was constrained by the status of 'scholars, farmers, industry, and merchants', and was controlled by others everywhere. Master Liu Xiaoguan proposed to spend money and manage it from top to bottom!"

"So, my husband successively managed the eunuchs in power, the rich families in Jizhou, and the high-ranking officials of the imperial court. In the end...even though my husband has never been promoted as 'filial piety', and has never been 'commented' by any celebrities, it is still possible to do this' Senior officials of Shang Cai Ling'!"

"My husband...do you understand the suggestion of Guanzhu Liu Xiao?"

call…

Take a long breath.

Did not understand!
Don't say I didn't understand it then, even now, Zhen Yi doesn't fully understand it!
Hearing this, his head suddenly lifted, and a pair of eyes flickered with brilliance.

Because of Madam's suggestion, he realized it in an instant.

——If you understand it, what’s the problem if you don’t understand it?
These years, as long as they follow Master Liu Xiaoguan's instructions, isn't their Zhen family thriving?Is it necessary to be obsessed with "understanding or not"?

Immediately... Zhen Yi stood up suddenly.

"Madam is very wise!"

A sigh of emotion fell... He rushed out the door, put on his coir raincoat and bamboo hat, and walked quickly through the drizzle.

Although he couldn't understand Master Liu Xiaoguan's letter, but...he knew what to do!
What does Liu Xiaoguan want him to do...

What is he doing!

——Continue to buy horses at high prices!
— Stock up on horses!
— Stock up on donkeys!
Looking at the back of her husband rushing out of the mansion, Mrs. Zhang let out a long breath...

My heart is also full of mixed feelings.

There are many things that you don’t need to understand, as long as you follow the right people, “not understanding” is a blessing!
certainly…

How did she know that if according to the original trajectory of history, the son of the Zhen family died young, and the daughters of the Zhen family were known as celibate, they would not be allowed to engage in business, so as to support the lintel of this Nuoda family!

What's more, the family supported by the generation of women was inexplicably involved in the war between the two princes!
At that time, the Zhen family didn't follow the right person!
This time... Did the Zhen family follow the right person?

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(End of this chapter)