The more Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, the more annoyed he became, "Li Shanchang, that old guy still has a lot of words, saying that in the past, King Yue Gou practiced lying on his salary and tasted his courage, and Han Xin experienced the humiliation of his crotch, and these people can bend and stretch and finally become big husbands who stand up to the sky." The so-called big husband is able to endure what the world can't bear, so he can do what the world can't do. Now it's just that I'm going to promise some conditions to the rich gentry, so what's the difficulty in marrying a few beautiful women? Is this a question of marrying a few women? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang does not exclude marrying the daughters of rich gentry, and women always have more and more merrier. But the mood of being forced to marry is different from that of voluntarily. Last time, Xie Zaixing wanted to marry his daughter in so that Zhu Yuanzhang would no longer pursue the matter of greedy ink, but he was not demoted to Zhuquan to guard the gate by Zhu Yuanzhang in anger. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang's status is stronger than before, those people still want to control him and negotiate conditions with him, but no one can bear this breath.

"What Li Xiangguo said is also false, the rich and the rich cannot be lewd, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent, this is called a big husband. My husband is a dignified seven-foot man, how can he bow his head to Ah Duwu. Since Li Xiangguo likes it, let him marry all those women on your behalf. ”

Ma Xiuying raised her eyebrows when she heard this. She doesn't want more women to appear to carve up Zhu Yuanzhang's feelings, but from ancient times to the present, power, interests, and women always seem to be tied together, and for Zhu Yuanzhang, she has become accustomed to accepting more women. These are Zhu Yuanzhang's choices, and she can't change them, but Li Shanchang and a foreign minister have stretched out their hands to her backyard, telling her how not to be angry. She sneered: "Today, there are wealthy merchants in Suzhou who have traveled thousands of miles to send silver and grain, so the prince might as well publicize this matter, and let the gentry of Yingtianfu take a look, if they still only have a wait-and-see attitude and refuse to take the initiative to fund you, don't blame you for only Suzhou merchants in your eyes in the future." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his anger into joy, "Dashan, according to what you said, tomorrow I will personally reward the wife of this wealthy businessman in Suzhou, so that the local merchants can see clearly that without them, there are still others to support this king." ”

At this moment, Xun Ying entered the house with tea, with a hint of anxiety on his face.

Ma Xiuying knew that the servants should avoid it at this time, and Xun Ying must have something to do when he appeared. She didn't avoid Zhu Yuanzhang either, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Concubine Hui went to the courtyard where Mrs. Shen stayed, saying that she was visiting an old friend, but Mrs. Shen had already rested and it was not easy to see each other. ”

In fact, things are far from being as simple as Xunying said. When Lu Xiaoqian was in Suzhou, she once embarrassed Guo Hui, but now Guo Hui knew that Lu Xiaoqian was in the house, so she couldn't bear it immediately, and went to find Lu Xiaoqian's bad luck with arrogance. When she entered the courtyard gate, she commanded and looked like a bad comer, of course Lu Xiaoqian avoided and didn't want to see her, and sent someone to inform Ma Xiuying in a hurry.

Zhu Yuanzhang said strangely: "Oh, Concubine Hui also knows Mrs. Shen?"

"In the past, my father-in-law told us all to avoid going to Suzhou, and it was at that time that Concubine Hui and I met Mrs. Shen. Ma Xiuying forced a smile, extremely dissatisfied with Guo Hui who provoked Lu Xiaoqian, "Concubine Hui's words and deeds now represent the palace, and it would be bad if Mrs. Shen misunderstood the plan of the prince." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Guo Hui and Lu Xiaoqian had a conflict when he heard it, he pondered for a moment, and ordered: "Go and tell Concubine Hui, Mrs. Shen is tired, since she has rested, don't bother anymore, if you have something to say, you can talk about it another day." ”

Sunshadow led the order to retreat.

After a while, Guo Hui came over angrily, and immediately after saluting the two, he coquettishly yelled at Zhu Yuanzhang, "Sister Lu and I haven't seen each other for many years, why did the prince obstruct it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, "Mrs. Shen is here to give gifts, but you can't be angry and run away." ”

"She gave gifts, didn't Shen Wansan ask her to come......" Guo Hui's mind turned quickly, and he immediately thought that it was Shen Wansan who showed favor to Zhu Yuanzhang. After all, Shen Wansan's firms are all over the place, and many dignitaries and nobles have one or two items brought back from overseas by the Shen family's firm.

Thinking of this, Guo Hui looked at Ma Xiuying jealously, Shen Wansan, Lu Xiaoqian and Ma Xiuying have always been friends, this time Lu Xiaoqian helped Shen Wansan give Zhu Yuanzhang a gift, I don't know how many benefits Ma Xiuying secretly received. I heard that Li Qi'er got a string of agarwood beads, but I hated that the family didn't put her in their eyes, they didn't mean anything at all, and they dared to refuse to see her.

She saw that Ma Xiuying had benefited, and was angry that Lu Xiaoqian despised herself, and immediately blurted out the provocative words, "I heard that this Shen Wansan is very generous, and I don't know how much gold and silver he gave to the prince, and whether he gave it to Zhang Shicheng." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned black in an instant, and every warlord with great power thought that the wealth of the world should only belong to him, and if someone got more than himself, wouldn't he be saying that he was inferior to that person. As soon as he thought that Shen Wansan gave Zhang Shicheng the big head and a little bit of leftover soup to himself, Zhu Yuanzhang's previous joy disappeared without a trace, leaving only a deep disgust, and he couldn't wait to get rid of it quickly.

Ma Xiuying secretly screamed, and hurriedly said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Mrs. Shen told me that in order to show Shen Wansan's respect for you, they took out almost half of the family's money and gave it to you, far more than what was previously funded to Zhang Shicheng, and please forgive them for the difficulties of living under Zhang Shicheng's control, and said that one day when you capture Suzhou, they will welcome each other." ”

Guo Hui continued to spare no effort to provoke, "Is it? Since ancient times, businessmen have valued profit over righteousness, how can they be trusted? Sister Mo was deceived by your childhood playmate. According to what the little sister saw, it was better to leave Mrs. Shen behind and ask Shen Wansan to bring more money and food in exchange. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was thoughtful.

Ma Xiuying sneered again and again and said, "If someone cheats me to send money and food, I'd rather let him cheat all the time." Besides, it doesn't matter if I cheat or not, the important thing is that the food and money brought by Mrs. Shen can make the prince not worry about military needs for a month, which is a real benefit. And I believe that if there is one time, there will be a next time, and it is better to have a continuous stream than to dry up and fish, right? Besides, the prince will use Mrs. Shen's matter tomorrow to warn the rich merchants of Ying Tianfu, and this will still not disturb Mrs. Shen's rest. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted noncommittally, which can be regarded as acquiescing to Ma Xiuying's statement.

Ma Xiuying secretly breathed a sigh of relief, since Zhu Yuanzhang still wanted to get benefits from Shen Wansan, he would not attack Lu Xiaoqian, but with Guo Hui, a woman making trouble, her idea of wanting to stay with Lu Xiaoqian for a few more days could only be canceled.

Guo Hui's face turned red, how could she not see that this was a precursor to Zhu Yuanzhang's impatience, and suddenly she didn't dare to dwell on Lu Xiaoqian's gift, she hung on Zhu Yuanzhang like a weak and boneless body, and gently blew her ears, "Lord Wang, Hui'er specially boiled white fungus peach gum osmanthus dew today, do you want to taste it?"

If Zhu Yuanzhang had been tempted before, but now that Guo Hui is pregnant, the water snake waist has become a yellow bucket waist, he really can't arouse interest, pinched Guo Hui's round ass hard, and laughed, "You go back first, I'll go to see you after talking to the princess." ”

Guo Hui still wants to entangle.

Ma Xiuying high-fived and called the servant to bring in a big bowl of soup, "Lord Wang, I also boiled longan and red date soup with both ears today, how about you finish drinking this bowl of soup before leaving?" Oh, Concubine Hui, why don't you bring you a bowl too? Forget it, if you are pregnant, don't drink what I have here, lest there be any accidents." ”