There are only three branches in the clan.

Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Tingmei, the king of Wei, and two brothers in their generation who have become extinct.

To put it mildly, each of them has its own eldest brother in the long house, and each generation has several brothers.

Each brother has his own children and grandchildren.

From generation to generation, one room after another, there are the patriarchs of each branch when they worship their ancestors.

For example, the Shunchang county lord ordered by Lou Yun, of course Ji Qingchen also inquired.

Zhao Binglin, the founding man of the Shunchang County Lord's family, is not only the eldest brother of their five brothers, but also the fourth long house of their cousin Zhao Yan, the founding prince of Song Gaozong, and the character who divides the meat in the ritual.

"Third sister, don't cry—"

While the little boy comforted his sister, he was still weeping, and said:

"Daddy won't let you enter the capital, let you hide and pretend to be sick, and also protect your county lord title. Our family is thanks to the fact that my father is the eldest brother has pushed the favor to my sister and won the title of the county lord of Shunchang. Now if Zong Zhengsi is ordered to stop asking his father to be the sect master, sister, your title will also be given up. Without grade, even if Lord Lou prepares a good marriage for you, your husband's family will not treat you well-"

"What more can I expect from a good family?"

In Ji Qingchen's unexpected raising of his eyebrows at the woman who was actually the county lord of Shunchang, Zhao Deyuan whimpered,

"Lord Lou was willing to marry our family. I thought I wouldn't be able to do it. The first time, nothing was decided, and as soon as he wrote a cursive note, his brother actually asked him to prepare a bride price of twenty lifts without telling the family. When I heard this, I longed to hang myself with a rope. It's also what it means that I'm innocent and have a life—"

Zhao Deyuan's voice was both ashamed and resentful.

Because he hurriedly avoided the boat outside the city, he was already panicked, and his powerful family was not there. The two siblings on the boat didn't notice that the door was not strict, they just cried opposite each other,

As a result, Lord Lou was not surprised. He prepared forty lifts and sent them secretly, but he only said that it was a birthday gift for his mother. Feeling his affection, the whole family was gracious, and he repaid his brother's gambling debts. I can't even die - now his bride price is used up in the house. The two elder brothers still had to hold him open, and his father was afraid that something would come out and quit his family......"

The waves crashed against the side of the ship, mixing with the cries of the two siblings.

Ji Qingchen heard this. I'm embarrassed to listen to it any longer.

――Because Lou Yun offended the clan, he was to be dismissed by the county lord of Shunchang, what is this matter?

Could it be that Lord Lou is in a hurry to get married in order to get closer to the clan in the capital?

"This lord's situation in the DPRK is so bad? He still has the time to embarrass us little people......"

She looked at Lao Siniang with a smile. Stood up on several sides.

Of course, she also knew that she had not yet entered the capital. I don't know how many businessmen who want to squeeze her out of inland river projects.

It is indispensable to have the credit of Lou Yun.

"Yes. Big lady. This Lord Lou is now temporarily in charge of Dali Temple, presiding over the bronze mirror case. The merchants in the ports, as well as the merchants in the fields, were waiting to see what the outcome would be. There are many people who secretly support him, but there are ......"

Lao Siniang hurriedly served her tea on the table. led her to the other side of the cabin.

There is a Hunan concubine couch next to the vertical three-legged tripod carved wood incense burner, and there are two pots of grass orchids that repel insects at the foot of the couch.

She sat on it, dispelling the faint schadenfreude of Lou Yun in her heart. I smiled and took the tea.

She spoke:

"Siniang, when I went to Mingzhou City last year. What I told you is now? ”

"Owner."

Lao Siniang was already talking about something, so she hurriedly stepped forward.

She first congratulated Ji Qingchen on getting the official position of Jiupin Wenlinlang, so she could also buy a house and land in Mingzhou City.

Then she said that Ji Dali had arranged for Ji Chenhu to rest in the room at the Fanfang branch outside the city, and the three hundred people on the ship also had his men to replenish the water.

There's really no place for them all to live in the city.

Then, she quietly looked at Ji Qingchen's face and said softly:

"Big lady, I have a sticker in my hand, which is just right for the big lady."

Ji Qingchen has always known that she walks very diligently among the maritime merchants, so it is not surprising that she just mentioned last year's events, and she could immediately take out a big red invitation post.

Last year, when she went to Mingzhou City, she asked Lao Siniang to have a relationship with the maritime merchant lady in Mingzhou City.

Especially small and medium-sized households in the maritime business. There are unmarried families with children who are not married.

"The fiftieth birthday banquet of Hu Gang's first wife?"

However, after she took a closer look, she laughed.

"It turns out that Hu Gangshou sent you a post about the birthday banquet. I also wonder why he didn't come when he mentioned it to me when he was on the boat. It turned out that it had already existed. It looks like it was sent to the stack point three days ago? ”

The Hu family is not only one of the leaders of the six outlines, but also the mother of Wang Shiqiang's mother-in-law......

"Yes. I have always kept in mind what the owner commanded. The owner wanted to meet the families of their small and medium-sized maritime merchants, and see the rules of their families marrying their daughters and daughters-in-law. The owner just has to go to Hu's house tonight. Except for the first of the six outlines, all the people who came were small and medium-sized maritime merchants. And—"

Lao Siniang leaned into her ear again, so as not to let people hear the secret matter like the woman of the clan outside,

"The Hu family's birthday banquet today is not for anything else, Mrs. Hu is still more than a month old at the age of fifty. Now it's done in advance. It's for the four girls of their family, and now the county lady in the palace—"

When Ji Qingchen heard this, he also smiled knowingly.

Hu Gangshou is not ordinary in the house now, she heard about it on the sea boat.

Because the official family has been on the throne for four years, the matter of marrying the queen is imminent. The Hu family also sent a daughter to the palace.

I heard that it was because of the relationship between the Siming royal family, and Hu Siniang was a small and tasteless candle maid in the queen mother's palace.

Unexpectedly, this Hu girl was happy in her life, closed the eyes of the official family, summoned luck, and was already the lady of the county.

According to the title of the inner woman in the Song Dynasty, she was naturally respected by the concubines. But under the concubines, there are also female officials who do their work.

From the ninth rank to the sixth grade, in addition to the actual official positions of the Six Shang Bureau, such as the management of accounts, utensils, and clothing, they can also be awarded the same virtual rank without real power as the men of the foreign courts.

For example, from a six-rank female official to a concubine, there are three levels in the middle: county lady, county lady, and country lady.

I heard that the old female official in the Empress Dowager's palace is very trusted, and now she has been named the county lady. The nurse of the official family was given the title of Mrs. Baosheng Qinguo. And Hu Siniang jumped from an ordinary tasteless palace maid to a county lady, which shows that she is a little favored.

It is not impossible to be promoted to a concubine in the future.

When Hu Gangshou got the news on the ship, he was already ecstatic.

Because there was no female music on the ship, he could only celebrate with wine one after another. The voyage took thirteen days at sea, and he was not afraid to die for six days from the moment he received the news.

You must know that in case of sea distress, the wine and food used in the banquet are their life-saving reserves.

Thinking of this, she also smiled and shook her head, and said:

Hu Gangshou was also too happy. This time you want to take advantage of your wife's birthday to have a banquet? It's also embarrassing for Mrs. Hu......"

Hu Siniang is not Mrs. Hu's biological daughter, but a concubine.

Although Mrs. Hu bears the name of her mother-in-law, she may not be happy in her heart, and now her birthday has to be advanced by more than half a month.

"Don't worry, Mrs. Hu may not be willing. Mrs. Hu has the means, and the original concubine gave birth to a daughter and was also found wrong, and she was sent home by Mrs. Hu a long time ago to let her marry another. ”

After all, Lao Siniang is different from Wang Pozi, who was born and raised in Tangfang, and when she speaks, she seems to be already a well-informed local businesswoman in the Great Song Dynasty.

"If the fourth girl shines on the lintel, the title that her mother deserves is also Mrs. Hu's. Mrs. Hu's two sons are not outstanding, but they are just businessmen. When I came to pick up the eldest lady just now, I saw Hu Gangshou still drunk and carried off the boat, and I heard him humming and singing himself......"

She made jokes, and Ji Qingchen also covered her lips and laughed.

She had also heard the first song of that Hu Gang.

In the past few days, he has been drunk without being poured by others at the banquet, and the repertoire he hums every day is the familiar Fusang adaptation of the song "Song of Long Hatred":

"So the hearts of parents all over the world are not reborn men, and women are ......"

Fortunately, no matter how happy he was, and then he wanted to set up a flowing table for the newly baked county lady of the Hu family, he still knew that he had to cover it up with his birthday.

"The big lady sees it."

Lao Siniang also laughed, "I heard that Hu Gang was the first to count the days, sent a letter back, and rushed to hold a banquet within three days." It is said that there are distinguished guests on the ship, and you must be invited. I heard that in addition to a few Gangshou on the ship, even Chen Gangshou and Chen Wenchang were invited to go-after all, they usually can't be invited. ”

Ji Qingchen looked at the post on his hand, and also wrote her Ji Qingchen's name and Ji Chenhu's name in a grand manner.

"He did mention it on the ship."

She groaned slightly, knowing that Hu Gangshou also thought about her sister and brother in the past, and spread out the matter of the inland river project's shareholding to make it clear, she looked at Lao Siniang,

"Huang Gangshou went to Shaoxing Mansion when he came back from the Jiangbei Border Army?"

"Yes. The eldest lady should be going to pick up Wang Gangtou. It is said that Wang Gangshou contracted an old disease of rheumatism at sea, and fell ill again in the southwest, so he has been recuperating in Shaoxing Mansion and will not return to Mingzhou City for two months. ”

“…… He has some old rheumatic disease somewhere. ”

Ji Qingchen also shook his head.

"Yes. But since Wang Gangshou is Mingzhe to protect his life, there is no one in the Han Shen government to speak for us......"

Lao Siniang thought about it and couldn't figure out what the relationship between her and Wang Shiqiang was now, but in order for Tang Fang to gain a foothold in the Great Song Dynasty, she gritted her teeth and entered a word of advice,

"In my opinion, the eldest lady should take a step back for the time being, and it is ...... to make friends with Lord Lou."

Ji Qingchen was noncommittal, just glanced at the window facing the riverboat next door.

As soon as she entered Mingzhou City, she met the county lord of Shunchang on the river, and such a coincidence always happened for a reason. (To be continued) R580