Chapter 15 The Zhang Family's Trip
The date of Baili Baoshu's return to Zhang's foreign home has been put on the planned agenda.
Let's not talk about what the upper and lower courts of Qiang Guo have a good impression of this father-in-law of Qiang Guo, who was born in a merchant, just now even if the business is almost the largest Zhang family in Qiang Kingdom, but because no one can say anything in the court, not many people take the late queen's mother family to heart.
Although it is very likely that the next emperor of Qiang is the grandson of this family, Baili Baoyou grew up in the palace since he was a child, and Empress Xuande went very early, so he really has no feelings with this foreign family, even if it is Baili Baoshu, it is just a little impression when he was a child, and he really learned about the current situation of the Zhang family after a while.
and the mother of Empress Xuande, who has passed away, are the three elder brothers.
The eldest brother is Zhang Jicun, who is married to the Lu family, and they are all merchants, but the Lu family has bad luck this year, and he is gradually swallowed up by his son-in-law.
There are three sons in the Zhang family's big house, the eldest son Zhang Yufeng has been married and has a son, the second son is also married this year, the female family is a squire family with a talent in the ancestral hometown, and a younger son, who is ten years old this year.
The second room Zhang Jize, married to the Lu family, the Lu family was born in a scholarly family, and his father worshiped the seven products, although he did not have the qualifications of the court, but the Lu family's in-laws were begged, and the class of Shinong industry and commerce was strict, even if it was a rich and noble family such as the Zhang family, it was suppressed by many class systems.
The second room has a son Zhang Yurong and a daughter Zhang Xiuyun, both of whom have been personally taught by Xixi since they were children, although Zhang Yurong has reached the age of marriage, but the Lu family has refused many people who come to the door to say goodbye, Zhang Jize also acquiesces, so it seems that the second room has great expectations for this son.
Baili Baoshu saw that he was slightly silent here, if it was really a material that could be made, he was not unable to raise it twice.
The business of the Zhang family is now all over the country, and Baili Baoshu's grandfather gave his property to his three sons before he died, which means that the second room has at least one-third of the Zhang family.
As for the three-room Zhang Jishan, he married Ding's. Zhang Jishan was born weak, and Zhang's mother was afraid that her youngest son would be bullied in a hundred years, so she found a daughter-in-law with a pungent personality, and she also had a son Zhang Yuheng and a daughter Zhang Xiuzhi under her knees.
Bao Li Baoshu roughly knew the situation of the Zhang family, there were three sons in the big house, and two of them were married, and the third was still young, which showed that the business in the big house was very likely to be divided into three parts, so that the property of the Zhang family's big house would be dispersed.
One of the three rooms of the Zhang family is weak and the other is spicy, and there are not many people with these two personalities who are generally business-minded, and such people can't stand the foundation.
In this way, Baili Baoshu also focused on the body of the second room, Zhang Jize of the second room Baili Baoshu didn't know what kind of person he was, but Lu was a woman who could calculate for herself, a little smart and a person who asked for something was easier to master, and the son of the second room would also be a breakthrough point.
As for other specific plans, it is still necessary for Baili Baoshu to go to Zhang's house to make specific arrangements.
The eldest princess of Qiang returned to her grandfather's house after many years, and the Lu family in the second room passed the news back as soon as possible, and the Zhang family began to happily arrange the reception.
The big room Lu family looked at the second room Lu family's smug look and secretly pursed his lips, she was obviously the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhang family, but she was always pressed by the second room daughter-in-law who knew a few words, this is not a matter of one or two times, but the royal family of Qiang Kingdom is a high existence after all.
The Zhang family had a queen's affairs, all of which were written in the ancestral book, but his sister-in-law died early, and the Zhang family also broke off the connection with the four words of the emperor's relatives and relatives.
Even a fool of this kind of thing will not let the second room monopolize the end, and the big room seems to be desperately compared with the second room, turning out all the things at the bottom of the box for many years.
Although the daughter-in-law of the third room is spicy, she has suffered a lot of dark losses in the big house and the second room over the years, and her husband Zhang Jishan is a character who is not promised, and Ding has been used to it over the years, so he didn't dare to count on him, so he had to take out the best ornaments, and he couldn't be robbed of the first two rooms.
Chose a day that is suitable for travel, Baili Baoshu light car and horse, followed by magpies, Guerlain and Jiaorao, on both sides of the carriage are Feng Ci and Nian Yao riding tall horses, and behind him there is a horse Baili Yao specially sent over the Praetorian Guard.
The front and rear supporters are all young and windy cavalry guards, city guards open the way, Baili Baoshu sits in the only carriage in the wide road, so the scenery can be on the first main road of the Qiang country is one of the few such demeanors.
"Master, master, here you are......", the man in the brown subordinate clothes hurriedly ran over to report.
The mansion of the Zhang family is in the east of the capital of the Qiang Kingdom, leaving the palace gate, walking along the main road, about an hour away, leaving the main road and walking along the outer road of the east city for half an hour......
The carriage with purple curtains stopped steadily at the door of Zhang's house, and Zhang Jicun, Zhang Jize, and Zhang Jishan and their respective families had already knelt down to greet them.
A pair of thin white fingers opened through the curtain, and the first to come out were two girls wearing green dresses with gauze on the outside, one was bright-eyed, the other was smiling, and then came out of a blue dress, a girl with a plain blue cloth edge, a goose face, fine white skin, a simple bun, with a blue jewel hairpin.
The outfits of these three accompanying girls are more noble and exquisite than those of ordinary young girls.
Finally, the girl in the blue dress stretched out her hand, and the two girls in the green dress opened the curtains on both sides respectively, and a pair of slender fingertips stretched out as tender and soft as peeling onion roots, and the rounded fingertips glowed with a soft and tender red luster.
Zhang Jize's fingertips lowered his gaze and there was an extra pair of auspicious cloud silk brocade toes, and then he heard a soft and transparent voice sound.
"Uncles, let's hurry up."
As soon as Baili Baoshu's words fell, a few people walked by and helped the few people who knelt in front of the Zhang family to help them up, and the people behind them also stood up in turn.
Zhang Jize raised his head slightly and saw a person standing in front of the door wearing a tender yellow dress, covered with a small coat of colorful brocade, with eight treasures auspicious spikes tied around his waist, and the patterns on the clothes were magnificent.
After waiting for a while, no one spoke, Zhang Jize turned his head to look at his eldest brother with a speechless expression, and even opened his mouth to welcome people in first.
Baili Baoshu didn't care about these etiquette, followed by Magpie, Guerlain and Jiaorao, behind him to protect Feng Ci and Nian Yao, and the others were divided into two columns of the Zhang family's mansion, and the spear head in his hand exuded a cold cold light.
Passing through the courtyard of Sanjin, Baili Baoshu seems to not squint all the way, but in fact, he looks at all the places he sees, and even the glass hundred lamps placed on both sides of the corridor have not been let go.
The hall is lit with herbs, the red sunken wood chairs are carved with elaborate patterns, the columns are lined with beautiful porcelain, and the middle wall is hung with several authentic paintings of famous artists......
There are also some small parts on the table, even if they are not exquisite in the palace, but they can be regarded as luxurious.
Baili Baoshu showed a faint smile slightly, very good, this ancestor of the Zhang family should have more financial resources than he imagined, and this trip was not in vain to ask his father.
Baili Baoshu sits on the top position, although it does not conform to the seniority, but in front of the absolute magnates, anything can be conceded.
Zhang Jicun, Zhang Jize and Zhang Jishan sat down at one time, and each of them was a wife room, and then the eldest son or grandson.
"Baoshu is going back to his grandfather's house this time, several uncles don't have to be so restrained, if the queen mother is alive, he will definitely not want to see Baoshu and his grandfather's family so unfamiliar."
“…… Her Royal Highness the princess ......", as soon as Zhang Jicun spoke, his voice was a little choked, and he hurriedly lowered his head to wipe away his tears.
"Big brother, this is a sad situation, Your Royal Highness the princess is not strange", Zhang Jize said with a bit of momentum.
"How come," Baili Baoshu said, "I still remember that when I was a child, I often ran out of the palace to play with my grandfather, but over the years, I and the prince's brother were still young in the deep palace, and I had a serious illness a while ago, and I dreamed of my mother...... I wanted to come back and see some of my uncles."
"Her Royal Highness the princess still takes care of your health, and your second uncle often mentions it at home, but it's just ...... Out of reach," Lu said.
"Yes", Lu Shi secretly glared at the second room, who was clever and obedient, and hurriedly echoed.
The rest is a few words of your back and forth.
Almost all of the Zhang family, except for the eldest son of the big house, could not come back in time.
Baili Baoshu looked at the pomp and circumstance that the Zhang family took out, whether it was decorative ornaments or clothes and belts, after dinner, almost all the men in the outer room left, leaving the wife and children of the third room to accompany him. The big room grabbed his little grandson, and the third room directly left a pair of his own children.
The big room and the third room are like this, which provokes a burst of disdain from the Lu family in the second room.
Dafang's grandson is the age when he likes to play, and he looks like a naughty person, so he really didn't stay long before Dafang let his eldest daughter-in-law take people away.
Sanfang's son is not too old, and his round face looks a little pleasing, but he is more honest, his appearance is like Ding's, and his temperament is more like his father.
Zhang Xiuyun, the daughter of the second room, looks clean and delicate, and the tea art is presentable, Baili Baoshu praised it, and Lu's face suddenly brightened a lot.
Zhang Xiuyun's voice was so small that she was not very afraid of people, Baili Baoshu nodded, and the Ding family on the other side of the third room also pulled her sister Zhi to talk about her talent.
"My sister doesn't like to practice the piano, she likes to watch my martial arts and kung fu show her", Zhang Yu opened his mouth angrily, and the second room of the big room covered his mouth and smiled.
"Do you like martial arts?" , Baili Baoshu looked at this honest cousin and asked.
"Of course, I also worshipped the dart master in the west of the city as a master, and the master said that I could be a general in the future", Ding Shi pulled his not very smart son twice.
Zhang Yuheng turned his head to look at his mother in confusion and said, "Mother, why are you pulling my clothes", and he also knew that he stretched out his fat hand to dress himself.
"You want to be a general?" Baili Baoshu seemed to be interested and asked, "You can't be a general with only one master of the dart master."
"That'...... Then what else do you need", Zhang Yuheng touched his head and asked.
"I've had the most powerful general in the Qiang Kingdom in my guard's family, do you want to see what the general's master looks like?"
"Well, I think".
"Then follow me, the guard, to take a look", Baili Baoshu said casually, as soon as the words fell, Lu Shi glanced at the stupid boy in the third room with a little jealousy, but he didn't expect the first grace to fall on the third room.