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Chapter 372
The man looked to be in his twenties, he had already added a crown, he was dressed in brocade clothes, with beautiful jade hanging around his waist, his toes were high and his eyes were almost growing to his head, he looked like a proud man.

The woman was wearing a pink long dress with a little powder on her head and a few pearl hairpins on her head. She could vaguely see Sheng Wei's appearance from her eyebrows, but her face was somewhat similar to Li's, with an oval face and delicate features. She looked very pretty, and she was still clutching a peach-colored handkerchief, so she couldn't see what was embroidered on it.

"Big sister, big brother-in-law!" Chang Song and the others walked to the side of the carriage, and greeted the man and woman with cupped hands.

This man and woman are none other than Shulan, the eldest daughter of the eldest family of the Sheng family, and her husband Sun Xiucai.

"Big sister!" Changbai also bowed his hands and said hello. When he was in Yangzhou, Changbai did not miss you back to Youyang, but after going to Tokyo, the journey is far away, and Changbai is busy studying and preparing for scientific examinations. up.

"Brother Bai!" Shulan saluted Chang Bai Fu, and then introduced to the man: "This is my second uncle's eldest son, younger than my second brother and older than my third brother!"

"Brother Bai, haven't you seen him yet? This is my husband, surnamed Sun!" Shulan introduced to everyone.

"Brother-in-law!" Changbai bowed his hands to salute Sun Xiucai.

"Hmm!" Sun Xiucai still had his nostrils upturned and arrogant, and only hummed in response.

Seeing this situation, Changsong brothers and sisters did not look very good-looking.

Pinlan stepped forward and took Shulan's hand, and said happily: "Eldest sister, you must have never met, this is the sixth sister of the second uncle's family, that is the future husband-in-law of the sixth sister, our future brother-in-law! "

Minglan bowed to Shulan Fu and said: "I have seen the eldest sister. When I was at home, I often heard from my father that the elder sister of the uncle's family, Shuwen, lives in quality, and Huizhi has a heart. It is a pity that I have never seen it. Today, I finally see you." This is the fulfillment of my sister’s wish.”

Naturally, everyone likes to hear beautiful words.

"My lord, Wang Zhong, has thick cursive characters, and I have met a big girl!" Wang Zhong bowed his hands and saluted.

"So it's the sixth younger sister and sixth younger brother-in-law, Shulan is so polite!" Shulan's salute was naturally aimed at Wang Zhong. Minglan is a younger sister, so there is no reason for an older sister to salute when she sees her younger sister.

"Big sister, our sixth brother-in-law is amazing!" When Pinlan said this, she involuntarily glanced at the face of her brother-in-law Sun Xiucai next to her, and said loudly on purpose: "He is the third year of Jiayou Huainan East Road. Xie Yuan, in Jiayou's four-year palace examination, was hand-picked by the current officials as the number one scholar! And it was only when he was the number one scholar in the family!"

Shulan looked at Pinlan helplessly. She naturally knew about Minglan's engagement. Now that Pinlan said that in front of her husband, how could it be that Shulan didn't know what she meant, but it was hard to expose it. , so that my husband will lose face even more.

Dang even echoed, "It's really amazing!"

"It's just a fluke!" Wang Zhong cupped his hands.

Sun Zhigao, who was next to him, had long since lost his arrogance just now, and stared at Wang Zhong dumbfounded, his mind was blank.

"Zhuang Yuan Lang?"

"Where are you going?" Shulan was afraid that Pinlan would get entangled, so she hurriedly changed the subject.

"Grandmother and granduncle are talking in the back garden. I'm afraid we're too bored to let us follow. Let's take Brother Changbai, Sister Minglan and our future brother-in-law out for a stroll and have a look around!" Lan explained quickly.

"It's hard to go back to Youyang, it's really time to take a stroll!" Shulan said, "Then I won't bother you, I'll go pay my respects to grandma and granduncle first!"

If her husband Sun Zhigao was not around, Shulan would naturally be happy to stay with her brothers and younger sisters for a while, but Sun Zhigao is too bad-tempered, too arrogant, with upturned nostrils, so he doesn't look down on the big family of the Sheng family who is doing business. There is no good face.

This time Shulan didn't want to bring Sun Zhigao back together, but when Sun Zhigao heard that the second wife of the Sheng family had come, he offered to come with him. Shulan is not stupid, how could she not guess Sun Zhigao's intentions? It's nothing more than knowing that the head of the second room of the Sheng family is an official in Tokyo, and wants to build up a relationship, but they are husband and wife after all, and their relationship is fairly harmonious, so Shulan naturally can't refuse.

Just now, Sun Zhigao, who was arrogant and stupefied, now had a livid face, lowered his head, stood there refusing to move, his face was cloudy and uncertain.

Wanting to ask Wang Zhong and others who left, but couldn't let go of face, they could only vent their anger on Shulan.

"Officer, let's go in quickly!" Seeing that Sun Zhigao hadn't moved, Shulan couldn't help reminding him aloud.

"Did you already know that Wang Zhong is the No. [-] Scholar?" Sun Zhigao still didn't move, only asked Shulan with a cold face.

Shulan's heart skipped a beat, but she didn't dare to lie to Sun Zhigao: "I've heard daddy mention it before, but I've never seen it before. When my mother sent someone over this time, she only said that my uncle and grandma brought my cousins ​​over. No mention of Wang Zihou."

Sun Zhigao flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly: "Go back and settle accounts with you!"

Shulan's face was full of helplessness and grievance. The maid next to her was about to speak for Shulan, but she was stopped by Shulan.

Sun Zhigao didn't wait for Shulan, and strode into the Sheng's house. The concierge had already seen the majesty of this eldest son-in-law, so he didn't dare to stop him.

"Sister Pinlan, this elder brother-in-law is very handsome!" Wang Zhong and Chang Bai didn't say anything, Minglan is a child, so naturally she has less scruples.

"What's the style!" Pinlan said with a look of disgust: "It's just a scholar. Although he was selected as a scholar at the age of 12, after so many years of examinations, he didn't even pass the exam. No one looks down on me! Every time I come to the house, I put..."

Before Pinlan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Changsong coughing twice: "Pinlan!"

Wang nodded and said: "It is indeed a bit arrogant!"

Changbai's eyes flickered, he looked back and did not speak.

"It's not just arrogance!" The more Pinlan thought about it, the more angry she was, and she still kept her mouth shut: "This guy is so crazy, he is talking nonsense to the sky, saying what will happen to him after high school, and his old lady , Seeing people, he said how amazing his son is, he is Prime Minister Genmiao..."

"Pinlan!" Changsong said with a straight face and a serious tone, "How can you talk about others behind their backs?"

Pinlan just gave up and didn't continue, but her pretty face was full of resentment.

But all the people present are the children of the Sheng family, Wang Zhong is also Minglan's future husband, the future son-in-law of the Sheng family has already engaged, and he is considered half of the Sheng family, Chang Song didn't mean to hide it from them, Sighing, he explained in detail.

This year, Shulan married Sun Zhigao the year before last, and her marriage was already arranged.

The Sun family came from a farming family, but they had more than a dozen mu of land, which they leased to the Sun clan for farming, and only kept some for themselves. In addition to the money that Sun's mother earned from washing, sewing, and mending, they barely gave up Sun Zhigao. When he was 12 years old, he was selected as a scholar. When Sheng Wei found out about such a talented person, he thought of getting married. He asked people to inquire, and they all said that Sun Zhigao studied hard and was extremely talented. Raising an only child must be a good character.

When Shulan first got married, Sun Zhigao behaved quite well, and his grandma was also very considerate, caring for Shulan, and the Sheng family was also very satisfied with the marriage.

Unexpectedly, as time passed, Sun Zhigao gradually changed. He lingered in Qinlou and Chuguan all day long, drinking, drinking and prostitutes with a group of so-called literati, reciting poems and fighting against each other. Life was not easy, Shulan always advised him to study hard , Concentrating on preparing for the exam, at first Sun Zhigao would perfunctory a few words, but after a long time, going to the banquet turned into scolding.

After more than a year, Shulan's stomach still hasn't moved, and her grandmother's attitude has also changed. She began to boss her around and make things difficult for Shulan. Sheng's daughter.

Even the Sheng family is regarded by Sun Zhigao's mother and son as their own home. They come and go whenever they want, and they always look domineering towards Sheng Wei and Mrs. Li, even in front of the old lady. I don't know how to restrain myself.

Wang Zhongdao: "Sun Zhigao behaved like this, is it possible that Miss Shulan will be delayed by him for the rest of her life?"

"Hey!" Chang Song sighed, and said helplessly, "Who told the eldest sister that she didn't give birth to an heir for the Sun family and continue the incense!"

There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and having no offspring is the greatest. This one alone blocked Shulan's way of retreat.

Changwu also had a helpless expression, only Pinlan was gnashing her teeth, as if she was going to swallow the Sun family's mother and son alive.

"Why did elder sister Shulan have such a husband?" Minglan also said regretfully.

Changbai's face is also not very good-looking.

Pinlan snorted, and said angrily: "Is there any way, we were all deceived by that guy at the beginning! He kept talking about Prime Minister Genmiao, who has a bright future in the future, and what to do when he finishes high school, but A Juren has taken the exam several times and failed every time."

Chang Wu also said with a grim expression: "Why did he go to Jinling for the exam? He was clearly looking for an excuse to go there to sleep in flowers and sleep in willows. This time it was even more excessive. Before he went, he asked for a few hundred taels of silver from his eldest sister. After arriving in Jinling, Just live on the flower boat on the Qinhuai River, eat wine and play prostitutes all over the world, and spend all the money in your pocket!"

"If it weren't for the elder sister's good family management and the help of the family, the little dowry of the elder sister would be ruined by him sooner or later!" Chang Song was also very helpless.

The topic stopped here.

It's just that after such a period of twists and turns, everyone lost the mood to wander around, and returned to Sheng's house after a round.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the door of the house, he ran into Sun Zhigao again, but this time only Sun Zhigao was alone, but he did not see Shulan and Shulan's maid.

"Big brother-in-law!"

Although I don't like it, but outside the Sheng family's house, the brothers and sisters of Changsong and Changwu still have to take etiquette into account, so they can only suppress their dissatisfaction, and Qi Qi bows his hands to Sun Zhigao to say hello.

But Sun Zhigao glanced at the crowd, hummed heavily, shook his sleeves and waved his hands, and walked away quickly without even saying hello.

This blow made Pinlan so angry that she almost didn't hold back, she chased up and gave Sun Zhigao a kick, and called a few powerful servants to punish Sun Zhigao severely.

But the next moment, a smile appeared on Pinlan's face: "Don't guess, this guy must have suffered from his uncle."

"Why my grandmother?" Ming Lan asked curiously.

"When this guy usually comes to my house, he always looks arrogant and domineering. He doesn't pay attention to his father, mother, and grandmother. How could he be deflated? Now the only person in the family who can deflate this hateful guy is his uncle and grandma. Yet!"

This girl Pinlan seems carefree, but she is not a silly girl with no scheming at all.

Chang Song analyzed: "I guess I knew my uncle was coming, and I wanted to come here to build a relationship and find my second uncle to do business."

"What can he do with Second Uncle!" Changwu said disdainfully.

Chang Song said helplessly: "What else can it be!"

"For the imperial examination?" Changwu said cleverly, "No way?"

Chang Song gave Chang Wu a slanted look, and didn't say any more.

Naturally, this topic is not easy to continue. When everyone returned home and asked, they found out that when Sun Zhigao visited Mrs. Sheng just now, he asked Mrs. Sheng to help introduce Sheng Hong. After answering the words, Sun Zhigao was not stupid, he couldn't see what Old Madam Sheng meant, so he immediately became angry, and even Shulan didn't care about it, and walked away.

Early the next morning, Sheng Hong opened the ancestral hall and summoned all the members of the Sheng family in Youyang, including the owners of the third house of the Sheng family who had lost all their wealth and now rely entirely on Sheng Wei's house to support them. He, Minglan, and Changdong are all recorded on the genealogy.

On the third night, Wang Zhong approached Sheng Wei and offered to leave.

"Zihou finally came to Youyang, why don't he stay for a few more days?" Sheng Wei still wanted to persuade him to stay.

But Wang Zhong said: "Uncle, don't blame me, the younger generation has to go to Quanzhou to take up the post, so there is no need to delay!"

Sheng Wei said: "I'm going to Quanzhou. The mountains are high and the water is far away. The people in Zhejiang and Fujian are tough. I have a few stewards and guards from Zhejiang and Fujian. How about I ask them to be Zihou's guide?"

"Then I won't be courteous to my uncle!" Wang Zhong smiled and cupped his hands.

"My family, why are you so polite!" Sheng Wei said.

Wang Zhong suddenly asked: "This time, apart from Quanzhou, Uncle Sheng prefers Dengzhou, which is located on Jingdong Road. Uncle, you know why I chose Quanzhou instead of Dengzhou?"

Sheng Wei asked puzzledly, "Quanzhou is remote and Dengzhou is prosperous. Why?"

Although the imperial court encouraged people to trade, and the land south of the Yangtze River was also a granary, the economic center of the entire Song Dynasty was still in the north, especially Bianliang in Tokyo was transferred, and the canal was used to connect the north and the south. The mutual market, not to mention the income brought to the imperial court every year, just the furs, cattle and sheep that poured into the territory of the Song Dynasty did not know how many.

The places in the south of the Yangtze River, that is, the Yangtze River Basin are relatively prosperous, and the Fujian Road and Guangnan Road further south are remote places with few people. In the previous dynasty, officials were relegated to exile, which is no less than the bitter cold Northwest. Let, even go beyond that.

However, in recent years, it has been much better than before. Emperor Jiayou has been in power for many years, so that the people can cultivate their livelihoods, pay less money, and encourage business. During the Taizong period, he set up a city shipping department in Guangzhou, specializing in overseas trade.

During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, two more city ship divisions were established in Mingzhou and Hangzhou, and the overseas trade industry became more and more prosperous. Many villagers in the coastal areas spontaneously went to sea by boat to seek huge profits.

"Uncle has been in business for many years, what do you think of Haimao?"

Sheng Wei said: "The income is high, the risk is also high, and the sea is rough. If the sea is calm and the journey goes smoothly, you will naturally make a lot of money. But if you are a little careless and encounter a big storm, the ship will be destroyed and people will die."

Although Sheng Wei has never gone to sea to do business, but he has traveled all over the world for many years, so he has naturally heard of it.

"This is one of the reasons why I chose Quanzhou!" Wang Zhong said: "Although Fujian Road is mountainous and hilly, farmland is scarce, and the land is sparsely populated, Quanzhou is different. Quanzhou is near the sea and has an excellent geographical location. If the middle positions of Mingzhou and Hangzhou can be utilized, it will be an excellent political achievement."

"Before I left Beijing this time, I got a secret order from the government to set up a salt farm in Quanzhou!"

"saltworks!"

"port!"

Sheng Wei finally changed color.

Wang Zhong said with a smile: "Whether it is a saltworks or a port, a lot of manpower and material resources are needed. Is uncle interested in bringing the business to Quanzhou?"

Sheng Wei's eyes flickered, looking at Wang Zhong, his expression became serious: "Do the business to Quanzhou? This..."

"Uncle, don't rush to reply me, not to mention that I'm just a small judge in Quanzhou, even the magistrate of Quanzhou. After arriving in Quanzhou, he also needs to understand the local situation in Quanzhou first. Even if he wants to do something, he can't do it in a moment. If you do, uncle can think about it slowly, focus on Quanzhou, and wait for uncle's good news."

"No need to think about it!" Sheng Wei said with a smile: "How can I miss such a good opportunity."

"Hahaha!" Wang Zhong laughed and said, "Tomorrow Zhong will go ahead and notify uncle after everything is ready."

Sheng Wei asked, "Then what do I need to prepare in advance?"

"It's nothing more than capital and manpower!" Wang Zhong said: "If there are craftsmen who can build ships, or blacksmiths with superb skills, I have to ask my uncle to help recruit them."

"It's not difficult, as long as you have money, you won't have to worry about finding a craftsman to build a ship! If it's just a blacksmith, what are Zihou's requirements?"

If you just want to make farm tools or kitchen knives, you can find blacksmiths everywhere, but if you have other special requirements, it will be more difficult, because many skilled blacksmiths are in the army, making armor and weapons for the imperial court. Hard to find.

Wang Zhongdao: "Naturally, the more exquisite the technique, the better!"

Sheng Wei nodded, but didn't ask Wang Zhongzhong what the blacksmith did.

The two talked about many details, and the time passed by every minute, and the night was getting darker and darker.

While chatting, Wang Zhong suddenly changed his voice and asked: "Uncle, about sister Shulan, I have also heard Brother Changsong and Sister Pinlan say a lot these days. As a junior, I have some scriptures. I shouldn't say it, but my uncle has taken care of me all these years, and I hold some words in my heart, so I can't vomit them."

Sheng Wei's face changed, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and a bit of helplessness gradually appeared between his brows: "Zi Hou has something to say, but it's okay to say it!"

Wang Zhongdao: "Although my sister Shulan's husband-in-law and I only met once, I heard Brother Changwu and the others talk a lot about his past behaviors, let's not talk about other things, only that day he asked the old lady to beg If he failed to help introduce his uncle, he disregarded etiquette and walked away. With such a character, if he really gets a job in the future, his official career may not be smooth."

"Hey!" Sheng Wei sighed sadly, and his voice was full of helplessness: "I ask myself, when I was doing business outside in the past, I never made a mistake when looking at people, and I never imagined that I would go wrong in Shu'er's life. After a quick glance, I didn't see Sun Zhigao's true face. Since he married Shu'er and got my family's dowry, this bastard has been hanging out with people all day long, sleeping in flowers and willows, eating wine and prostitutes. Shu'er thought of him and kindly persuaded him He was studying, but instead he scolded and scolded Shu'er for her views on women and her ignorance of human relations, which hindered his future.

Even my father-in-law, he didn't pay much attention to me, he thought I was a businessman and looked down on me, and her mother..." As he spoke, Sheng Hong sighed again with a helpless expression.

"Uncle!" Wang Zhong clasped his hands and said, "As the saying goes, long-term pain is worse than short-term pain! When it is broken, it is not chaotic!"

"Why don't I think so, it's just that Sun Zhigao is a scholar after all, he has a reputation, and the Sun family is also a wealthy local..." Sheng Wei was very helpless.

If Sun Zhigao's mother and son were alone, it would be easy to deal with, but the Sun family has deep roots in Youyang. It would be easy to deal with a big and deeply rooted local family like the family if they ignored their reputation, but the Sheng family wanted face, and they couldn't be said to be bullying others, so it would be difficult to deal with it.

But Wang Zhong said: "Uncle might as well ask the old lady what she means!"

"Aunt?" Sheng Wei frowned slightly, looking at Wang Zhong suspiciously.

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Zhong bid farewell to Mrs. Sheng and the others, and took Yu Chuer to Jinling on a fast horse, joined Wang Erxi and the others who had been waiting in Jinling for a long time, and headed straight to Quanzhou.

What Wang Zhong didn't know was that as soon as he left, Sun Zhigao sent someone to urge Shulan to go back to Sun's house, saying that Sun's mother had no one to serve her at home, and she couldn't even eat well.

The reason is also very simple. When Sun Zhigao visited the two old ladies with Shulan that day, he failed to put on a show in front of the old lady Sheng.

He didn't even think about it, he was a small scholar, he didn't even have a good reputation, and he won the title of a scholar. How can it be possible to succeed if you show off in front of people who are out of the world.

However, Shulan was already married to Sun Zhigao, and now the Sun family sent someone to remind her. Although Shulan was reluctant to part with her family, she had no choice but to rush back to the Sun family.

Pinlan angrily smashed several bottles and dishes, Li's face was livid, he felt sorry for Shulan, but he had no choice but to wipe his tears quietly, lamenting his daughter's life, and regretting that the marriage was decided too early No, she and Sheng Wei, with four pairs of eyes, couldn't see clearly what Sun Zhigao and grandma were.

Now the house where Sun's family lives, all the servants are from Sheng's family. Naturally, Sheng's family knows the life of Shulan in Sun's family, but it's because they know so well that makes Sheng's family even more angry.

(End of this chapter)