In a blink of an eye, it is the second year of Longqing, and the Lantern Festival of the fifteenth year is over, and the first day of the second year of Longqing is almost over, and the people who are begging for life here in Huizhou are also carrying packages and umbrellas to gather at Yuliang Wharf.

On the Li family's side, Li Jingfu and a few people are also going back to Nanjing to preside over the business of Nanjing's Mozhuang, while Zhenniang and her grandfather stayed behind to preside over this year's Gongmo election.

And Li Jingfu and his entourage also have Luo Wenqian. He has a lot of things to do in Nanjing, and it is impossible for him to nest in Huizhou.

"Brother Luo, be careful all the way, my father is sometimes a little messy, you can help me watch it." Early in the morning, Zhen Niang went with her eldest brother to see off her father and Brother Luo. Before boarding the boat, Zhenniang had to nag for a while.

On the one hand, Li Jingfu heard his daughter say this, and he was helpless for a while, this is the female university not staying.

Luo Wenqian couldn't help but give face to his father-in-law, so he didn't dare to laugh, just nodded, but he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes. Then he told Zhenniang to be careful.

Then Li Jingfu and Luo Wenqian and his entourage got on the boat.

Seeing the boat drifting away, Zhen Niang followed her eldest brother and turned back.

As soon as I turned around, I heard a few passengers who had just come off another boat chatting at a tea stall on the riverbank, drinking tea.

"Haida people have arrived in Nanjing, just a few days after arriving, some merchants in Nanjing have been ruthlessly demolished by Haida because of the ban on vermilion lacquer gates, and the family members of those merchants have also been beaten and suffered a lot. In the yamen, some small officials and officials rely on their identities on weekdays to carry four and eight sedan chairs, and now they have been stripped of their official clothes because of this prohibition. Nowadays, Nanjing is talking about the changing color of the sea. It was a goat-bearded man in a man's suit. Look at the dress should be the bookkeeper or the steward first-class.

"Well deserved. A few years ago, it was rumored that Lord Hai was going to be promoted to the governor of the sky, what kind of person is Lord Hai, since he knew that he was coming, he should have been restrained a long time ago, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and he who was stripped of his official clothes would be resentful. "The other is an old man dressed as a master in his fifties, who disdainfully said that he doesn't help and doesn't know how to practice.

"It's not like it was two years ago, two years ago. When the rice was changed to mulberry, when the land price was speculated, didn't it also say that Haida was coming? As a result, when he arrived at Zuihou, it was Hai Daren who carried the coffin and was imprisoned. Therefore, this time, when everyone heard that Lord Hai was coming, few people believed it, after all, what a big official the governor of Ying Tian was, and they all said that Lord Hai had offended too many people, and this errand could not fall on him. So. One by one, they didn't take it seriously, but they didn't think about it on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. Hai Daren arrived in Nanjing, it was a New Year's Day, and those rich people didn't break the ban in various ways, and as a result, Zuihou all fell into the hands of Hai Daren and was cleaned up. The man who had been in charge of things before shook his head and laughed.

"It's true, no one really expected that Lord Hai would actually ascend to the sky in one step, not long after he came out of prison, he had just been promoted to Shang Baocheng of Dali Temple, and as a result, in the blink of an eye, he became the governor of Yingtian again, and the speed of promotion is really unbelievable." The master should have shook his head and sighed, with a hint of envy in his voice.

I think he has been taking the exam for 30 years, but he has not been able to pass, this person is really incomparable.

Hai Rui has become the governor of Yingtian? Zhen Niang listened on the side, and was stunned at first, in history, Shanghai Rui should have won the official position of governor of Yingtian next year, why did he come this year?

Could it be because of the original account book? Of course, if you think so, what the truth is, Zhenniang doesn't care. I don't want to care, it's just a little weird.

Thinking again, will the affairs of the Xu family be as they are in history?

At this time, the river breeze is gradually rising, and the spring cold is expected to be steep.

"Girl, go back." On the one hand, Li Dalang urged, and Zhen Niang hurriedly followed her eldest brother in small steps.

Back at home, just after sitting for a while, Aunt Chunhua and Uncle Qianshan came. Zhen Niang was busy making tea for them.

The two of them are going to Suzhou after a while, and Uncle Qianshan agreed to be the master of the Nanjing and Suzhou Patrol Inspectors, and he will officially take office.

Zhen Niang made tea, and when she heard Uncle Qianshan talk about this, her heart moved, and she couldn't help but think of what Luo Wenqian said about the Qin family after returning from Shizhou. It's just that it didn't work out, a group of people went to the north to sell goods, but Zuihou was the only one who was lucky to survive.

And judging from the news inquired by Brother Luo, this Qin family was actually a little suspicious in this matter.

Thinking about it, Zhen Niang said to Yao Qianshan: "Uncle Qianshan, Zhen Niang has something here and has to ask my uncle for help." ”

"Oh? What do you say? Yao Qianshan said with a cautious face, for the girl in the eighth room, no one in the Li family underestimated her.

The people sitting here were all from their own families, and Zhenniang had nothing to hide, so she told Luo Wenqian what she had inquired about, and Zuihou said: "I just want to ask my uncle to re-check the affairs of the firm back then after he arrives in Suzhou, and see if they have any business dealings with the Qin family or something." Zhen Niang said. Uncle Qianshan's Dong Weng is a Suzhou patrol envoy, so it should be convenient for his uncle to check such a thing.

"Well, I heard about the Qin family's Tongwei when I was in Shanxi, and since this is the case now, then as soon as I arrive in Suzhou, I will start to investigate this matter." Yao Qianshan nodded.

"Be careful when you check, don't miss the news." At this time, the shopkeeper of Old Li on the side also advised. After all, it is a great crime to exterminate the race. If the Qin family knew the slightest, how could they not bite back.

"I know." Yao Qianshan nodded cautiously.

He knows the importance of this kind of thing better than any other.

Out of the first month, on the second day of February, Yao Qianshan's family rushed to Suzhou.

And on this day, Zhen Niang and Li Lao shopkeeper nested in the ink workshop all day, from morning to night, Li Lao shopkeeper stared at the fire in the stove, his eyes were not blinking, only to see the fire add a layer of blue, and immediately ordered Zhen Niang to close the glue once, and every time the glue was closed, it was steamed again, and it was steamed again.

And Zhenniang. Every glue time. It was even the hot water that ignored the hot glue. From time to time, I directly scald the temperature with my fingers, and the whole hand was already full of blisters, but Zhenniang couldn't care about these, and she had to be careful at all times, so as not to break it, otherwise if the water in the blister stained the ink, it would be wasted.

Li's Liuhe Sancai Mo has reached the key to zuihou.

At this time, Zhenniang could hear her heart running away. She was also staring at the ink ball in the steamer.

"Zhen Niang zuihou close, add glue ......" Li Lao shopkeeper almost hysterically shouted, his eyes were red and bloodshot.

As soon as Zhen Niang listened to her grandfather's words, where did she dare to be the slightest slow, Zuihou's glue went down, and then stirred quickly, there can be no pause in between, and the speed must be fast, because the glue and ink will harden when it is cold, and then it will be uneven.

Wait until it is settled. He immediately handed over the ink ball to Master Ma, and he pounded it with a pestle.

30,000 times of pestle pounding without the slightest stop. Even old pestle pounders like Master Ma can do it.

This is also the most important level. Master Ma didn't dare to slack off at all, the stone pestle was regular and even, and even every liliang was not different.

At this time, Zhen Niang helped the old shopkeeper Li to sit down on the side: "Grandpa, there will be a while here, you can go and rest first." Zhen Niang looked at her grandfather's eyes and persuaded her.

"If I don't look at this, where can I sleep in peace. This time, you're up to grandpa. "Old Li shopkeeper said.

Hearing her grandfather say this, Zhenniang was helpless, knowing that it was impossible to let her grandfather rest at this time.

So, then, the whole ink shop only had the sound of pestle pounding.

And so, an hour later.

"Old man, virgin girl, it's done!!" Master Ma also said excitedly at this time. They are all people who have been rolling in the ink for decades, and just by looking at the color of this ink ball, you can estimate the color of zuihou ink.

"Help me to see it." The old shopkeeper Li said excitedly, so Zhenniang helped her grandfather to the dark black light of the ink ball in the stone mortar, and the gloss on its surface was like a piece of jade, which deeply attracted the attention of everyone.

"Good, good." Old Shopkeeper Li looked at it, said in a loud voice, and then waved his hand: "Zhenniang, weigh, enter the mold." ”

"Yes, Grandpa." Zhen Niang responded, these she had already prepared, at this time immediately kneaded the ink ball into a round strip, and then picked it into a ball like making steamed buns, the ink weighed eight dollars, and there should be some leeway when picking, because Zuihou wanted to frustrate.

After the ink is put into the mold, it is pressed firmly. In this way, after a busy period of work, when everything was ready, it was already the beginning of the oil lamp outside.

Grandma Wu was standing at the door of the ink shop with a lantern and waiting for the seventh grandmother to speak.

Zhenniang helped her grandfather out.

"How?" The Seventh Grandmother asked calmly on her face, but there was a little tremor in her accent, obviously extremely nervous.

"It's done, it's done, seventh sister-in-law, I also have the face to see the seventh brother under Li Jinshui Jiuquan........." At this time, the old shopkeeper Li looked up at the sky, and said with tears in his eyes.

Back then, because of Li Jingfu, Li Mo had an accident, and the seventh master of the Li family finally died.

"Good, good, good." The eyes of the seventh grandmother were moist too. muttered in his mouth: "Master, master, all these years, I have finally lived up to what I have been entrusted with, and I have lived up to my trust......"

As he spoke, he couldn't help wiping away his tears.

"That's a good thing, it's a good thing, it's good to be happy." On the other hand, Zhenniang's grandmother Wu also choked.

Zhen Niang looked at the two old men like this at the moment, and her heart was also sour, at this moment, it has nothing to do with Gongmo, the great success of the Li family's Liuhe Sancai Mo is Li Mo's greatest achievement now.

At this moment, she also said to her grandfather in her heart: "Grandpa, no matter what, the Li family's ink method has really reappeared and broken through, your wish, your granddaughter's completion at the time when the ink industry in the Ming Dynasty was at its most prosperous." ”

And at this moment, the whole person of the old shopkeeper Li suddenly fell back, Zhen Niang didn't hold it, but fortunately, Master Ma, who was following behind, was quick and hugged the old shopkeeper Li. Nervously shouted: "Old shopkeeper, old shopkeeper." ”

"Grandpa......"

"His eighth uncle ......"

"Old man......"

……………………………… (To be continued......)

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