Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 66

In the afternoon, Chai Lin and Chai Meng went back to the guest room to rest.

Hu Cheng and Hu Sanniang were the only ones left in the living room of the Hu family. Hu Cheng looked at his younger sister and said, "You're not too old, you've been too tall or too young these years, and you've been delayed. You're 23." Chai Zhuangzhu is about the same age as you, talented in martial arts, and has saved your life, how do you feel?"

Hu Sanniang's face turned red immediately, she lowered her head and whispered, "The marriage matters are all up to the elder brother."

This means acquiescing, if you don't agree, you won't say that.

"It's just that Zhuangzhu Chai is such an excellent person. I'm afraid he's already married. Would you like to be a young man?" Hu Cheng asked. In the Song Dynasty, it was common for a man to marry several wives.

Hu Sanniang, she was silent, her heart turned cold, that's right, how could such an excellent and rich man like Chai Lin not have a wife?
"Don't be discouraged. My brother arranged for someone to ask. It's the best if it can be done. If it can't be done, there's nothing you can do. Marriage can't be forced." Hu Cheng said.

"Okay bro." Sanniang replied.

Hu Cheng arranged for a shopkeeper of his own caravan, named Li Xing, who was mature and steady.

Chai Lin was drinking tea and thinking about things in the room when there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Chai Lin went to open the door and saw that it was a shopkeeper of the Hu family.

The visitor said: "Master Chai, Li Xing, I have been entrusted by the owner of my family to tell you something."

"Treasurer Li, please sit down." Chai Lin asked Li Xing to come in and sit down, and Chai Meng came from the next room to serve Li Treasurer tea.

Shopkeeper Li said: "Master Chai, how do you feel about my lady?"

"Sanniang has superb martial arts skills, extraordinary talent and appearance, and can be regarded as a hero among girls." Chai Lin praised.Because Chai Lin's aesthetics are different from those of Northern Song Dynasty people. Northern Song Dynasty people like women with weak willows and strong winds, with weak bodies and small feet.But Hu Sanniang is tall and slender, in line with Chai Lin's aesthetics.

"That, this." After all, shopkeeper Li had never been a matchmaker before, so he stuttered for a while and said, "Let me just say it straight, my owner intends to betroth Miss Sanniang to owner Chai, I don't know what you want how?"

Chai Lin was overjoyed, it was a great thing.Chai Jin is in his 20s and has not yet married, which is considered a late marriage these days.

Chai Lin was surprised and said: "I'm determined to do what I want, I dare not invite you. It's just that I haven't married yet, and being a wife is a big deal. When I go back and discuss it with my family, I will send someone to give the dowry."

"Okay, then I'll reply to the owner." Li Xing was very happy and went back.

Hu Cheng and Hu Sanniang were waiting in the living room, especially Hu Sanniang, who was scratching all the way, thinking that if Chai Lin didn't agree, he would return the treasured sword and soft armor he gave him.

"The owner, the owner. Chai Lin, he, Chai Lin, he actually." Li Xing trotted back, his body was short, and he was panting suddenly.

Hu Sanniang raised her heart, "It's over, it seems that she didn't like it, hey, the old leftover girl has to continue."

Hu Cheng said, "Old Li, speak slowly, don't worry."

Li Xing took a break and said, "Master Chai is not married yet. He said he likes Sanniang very much, and he will send someone to propose marriage when he returns later. Three matchmakers and six certificates."

Hu Sanniang was overjoyed when she heard that, the marriage was still a serious problem, she thought she had to make do with one, who would have thought that meeting such a good one would be such a great thing.

Girls always have to be more reserved, "Ahem, brother, I'm going back to my room to rest first." Hu Sanniang went back blushing.

The matter was settled like this, and unexpectedly, Chai Lin came to find Hu Cheng after a while.

Chai Lin said very formally: "Brother Cheng, I'm telling you a very serious matter, you must listen carefully."

Seeing that Chai Lin spoke so formally, Hu Cheng said, "Say it, I'll listen."

"We are all a family. I just told you that this matter must not be spread to the outside world. An expert calculated that in another ten years or so, our Great Song Dynasty will face a huge catastrophe, and all places north of the Yangtze River will People are devastated, and the most unlucky ones are the common people. So you, Hu Family Manor, come here to strengthen the walls of the village, and secondly, to stockpile grain and grass to train the villagers, so that if a war breaks out, you will be able to protect yourself to some extent."

Hu Cheng traveled north and south, the natural way. There were too many internal problems in the Great Song Dynasty. Corrupt officials and cruel officials smashed the bones and sucked the marrow, and banditry arose everywhere.

"Does Yun Cong mean bandits and bandits, or the Daliao Kingdom in the north?" Hu Cheng asked.

Chai Lindao: "Bandits and thieves have caused a lot of harm, but they are not enough to shake the foundation of the Song Dynasty. The Liao Kingdom is already dying and cannot last for a few years. The biggest threat comes from the Kingdom of Jin. , the main reason is that we have a big problem within ourselves."

Hu Cheng thought about it for a while, and it was really the same thing. In the past few years, the Great Song Kingdom had been plagued by natural disasters, and the treacherous officials in the court were in power.

Hu Cheng took it very seriously and said: "My Hu family village is a big village with a population of more than 1000 and more than [-] strong men. But weapons are a problem. If weapons are equipped on a large scale, I am afraid it will attract trouble from the government."

"That's for sure. We can use tools, hunting forks, axes, and later I will give you a batch of engineering shovels, which can be used for shoveling, digging, and chopping." Chailin said.

Hu Cheng was very happy. The two chatted a lot. Chai Lin gave Hu Cheng a lot of advice. While doing business, we must increase the development of the people in the village. Only when the people make money can they truly support the village owner. farther.

After chatting for a long time, the two sides reached a lot of cooperation. Hujiazhuang deals in ready-made clothing, linen, fur, crude medicine, etc.

In the end, Hu Cheng shook his dizzy head and said, "Yun Cong, I can't talk to you anymore. I'd be too inferior to talk about it. Before I saw you, I always felt that I was someone, whether it was martial arts or business or Farming has two troubles. After seeing you, I realized that I am nothing. It’s too late today, so I went back to my room to rest.”

Chai Lin said: "Tomorrow morning we will get up early and go on our way. Chaijiazhuang is in the development stage, so I have to run business first."

"Well, I know you're busy, so I won't keep you. I'll do it for you tomorrow morning."

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was bright, and the maid in the kitchen woke up early. In addition to making some rice porridge for breakfast, she also made some single cakes and cut some bacon.Usually, when the Hujiazhuang caravan set off, everyone would carry some single cakes on their backs. These single cakes are very durable and can be kept for ten and a half months.In order to go to the wilderness and eat when you can't find the inn.

A few women were chatting, and suddenly Miss Hu Sanniang came in and said, "How are you doing, please patronize the chat."

The women were taken aback, and quickly said: "Miss, don't worry, it will be ready soon, it will be ready soon, forty cakes have been made."

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