The workshop workers in Taocheng were almost slave-born New Qin people, because they did not have land, so they were not affected by the spring rush. Paper, books, and cotton cloth were produced in a steady stream and shipped to various places. The first book, "Simon Leopard Zhiye", was far more popular than anyone imagined. Several reprints, a total of 500,000 copies were printed, and they were still sold out. Since it is in the vernacular, the literate people can also understand it, and the main force of buying books has become ordinary people. Printing houses are not allowed to recruit a large number of printing workers, divide them into three shifts, and print day and night. Wang Jun then launched more than a dozen books such as "Dujiangyan", "Zheng Guoqu", "Shang Jun's Change", and "Encircling Wei to Save Zhao".

With the three major money-making workshops of paper mill, printing mill and textile mill, money flowed into Tao County like a tide. As soon as the spring ploughing ended, Xiao He came to report that Taocheng's money depot, grain depot, and arsenal were full! Montenegro had to deposit the money from the surrounding counties of Xianyang directly into the treasury of the state government, and did not have to transport it back to Tao County. This move not only made it convenient for the merchants, but also made the King of Qin happy, and issued several commendation orders to Tao County in a row!

In April of the 22nd year of the reign of King Qin, Li Xin and Meng Tian led an army of 200,000 to storm Yingchen. At the same time, Montenegro ordered Zhao Tuo and Xin Sheng to lead the army south to respond. Montenegro knew that this great war to destroy Chu in history ended in the fiasco of the Qin State. And many of Montenegro's old troops were almost in the army of exterminating Chu, so Montenegro had to pay great attention to this war, and specially sent a scout of 500 people to maintain uninterrupted contact with the armies of Li Xin and Meng Tian in the west. Because the fall of Wei was less than a year old, the king of Qin specially allowed not to levy grain from Ding. Therefore, the Guoweifu transferred 30,000 people from Handan County to Tao County to be responsible for transporting grain, grass and baggage for Zhao Tuo's army. The recruitment of the Forces nouvelles is also well underway. First, there is the propaganda of the Grand Theater Troupe! Many of the slave-born people of Taocheng signed up very enthusiastically. Out of a total of 100,000 new troops, more than 60,000 were slaves who fled from Qi and Chu! Second, Tao County is strong in talent and has purchased a large number of war horses, cattle and sheep from the north. The new army in Tao County was well-equipped and had an abundance of food that was the envy of many veterans.

From the busy spring to the present, in the past three months, Montenegro has been so busy that he has landed on the ground. Now, the army is progressing well, Xue County has been captured, and the recruits are full! Everything is in order, and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I decided to go back to the backyard for lunch and eat with my family! Stepping into the backyard, I remembered that for three months, I came out every morning and came back in the middle of the night, and I hadn't gone back to the backyard to eat at noon for a long time! Only then did I find out that my daughter was already able to sit, and two baby teeth had grown out of her lower lip! Seeing that the amount of food in Montenegro was much less than before, the princess said distressedly: "These few have kept you busy, and you have lost a lot of weight!" Go back and let the kitchen make it up for you! ”

Montenegro smiled bitterly: "No need to make up!" In a few years, I'll be worried about my body! ”

"During this time when you're busy, I'll send you out of the backyard every morning, and you'll be fine! I can only wait for you to come back, everyone has something to do, and I alone seems to be a superfluous person. So boring! The princess said coquettishly.

Montenegro thought for a while and said, "Your Qin Zheng plays so well, you can go to the university to play a guest role as Qin Zheng teacher, or you can go to the Grand Theater to play a song for everyone." I promise you'll have a more fulfilling life! ”

"You dare to let Princess Ben be a Rakhime? Aren't you afraid that I will be eaten by the eyes of the man in the audience? Besides, if my father knows, he will definitely not be able to spare you! The princess said.

"Just beginning, maybe they only look at your beauty! When they listen to your Qin Zheng playing, they will respect you more! As for me! As long as you're happy, I'm happy. I'm sure my father is just like me. Montenegro persuaded.

After experiencing the mulberry picking, the princess has long longed for the full life of ordinary people! After listening to Montenegro's suggestion, he excitedly agreed: "Then you can help me arrange it, and it is best to go to County City University tomorrow!" ”

Montenegro and the Four Princesses have never participated in activities in Taocheng in a public capacity. There are very few people who know the princess except in the house, and they are all their cronies. Two days later, the four princesses got out of bed together and changed into white cotton clothes, without rouge and powder, without any jewelry, they were as fresh and refined as fairies, and their eyes were in a daze.

The princess hooked Montenegro and said with a smile: "What are you looking at?" Haven't seen enough yet? ”

"You're so pretty, what if you get hooked?" Montenegro said, personally picking the most expensive step shaker for the princess and inserting it on her head. This step shake is a dowry customized by King Qin's Lingshang Workshop for the princess, which is worth 10,000 gold. "Plug in this step shake, everyone will know that you have a famous flower when you look at it! And the status is noble, and those who are idle will not dare to provoke you! Montenegro said.

Montenegro and several powerful guards also disguised themselves as scholars to secretly protect the princess and came to Taojun University.

When the scholars heard that a beautiful teacher had come to play Qin Zheng for everyone, a classroom of 200 people had already been packed! As Montenegro expected, everyone was fascinated by the beauty of this female teacher named Xiaoxue at the beginning. When the song "Mountains and Flowing Water" by the four princesses was played, the scholars were all impressed by the kite playing skills of the four princesses. Had to add several more. When she returned home, the princess was overjoyed that she had found her own value in life.

As soon as he returned to the gate of the county guard's mansion, he saw many strong men standing around the gate, and Montenegro knew at a glance that they were people who had been practicing martial arts for many years, enough for more than a hundred people. The guards were waiting at the door.

Montenegro recognized at a glance that the thick-bearded man in the lead was Wei Wujun who surrendered and refused to hand over his sword when he destroyed Wei before. Montenegro asked the princess to go back first, and greeted her warmly, saying, "Weijun, Montenegro has been looking forward to you for a long time!" I'm finally looking forward to you! ”

Wei Jun looked at it for a long time before he recognized Montenegro, and hurriedly led everyone to salute Montenegro! Montenegro hurriedly invited everyone in and set up a banquet to catch the wind.

During the banquet, Wei Jun talked about the history of Wei Wushu. During the reign of Wei Wenhou, Wei Wushu was famous all over the world and made great achievements. Wenhou gave a large area of fertile and fertile land to the south of Anyi to the meritorious Wei Wushu, and at its peak there were more than 60,000 households, called Pinglu County. The people of Pinglu County gradually had the tradition of joining the army, and they practiced swordsmanship, cavalry archery, and battle formations since they were young, and they grew up proud to be a Wei warrior. Decades passed, and by the time of King Hui of Wei, Wei was first defeated twice by the Qi army, and then by Qin, and the country's situation plummeted. Wei Wushu existed in name only. When he arrived at Xinlingjun, Xinlingjun retrained Wei Wushu, but it was a pity that he fell short.

"Even more than 100 people last time, there are more than 1,000 descendants in my hometown, all of whom have been in the army for generations, and we are willing to vote under the general's account and serve the general!" Wei Jun said.

Montenegro pondered for a while and said, "It is a national law for Wei to not pay grain for a year. Now a thousand people are coming to me at the same time to serve in the army, no matter what! I can accept the more than 100 people you exchanged swords before, and the rest will be recruited by the National Captain's Mansion after the autumn harvest! ”

Wei Jun had long known that the laws of the Qin State were strict, so he didn't say anything anymore and readily agreed.

Montenegro called Dong Jian, introduced him to Wei Jun, and said: "You first go to the recruit camp with General Dong for training, and after two months, General Ben will preside over the assessment of Ruishi and Tieying Ruishi, I hope you can all pass." When the time comes, according to your ability, you will determine the military position and title! ”

"Thank you, General!" Several people answered and followed Dong Jian.

More than 100 warriors were recruited at once, and Montenegro was in a good mood! When I returned to my study, I picked up the battle report from the scout and read it. Zhao Tuo is already outside Pengcheng? Besiege the camp and make a posture of attacking the city at any time. Li Xin and Meng Tian's army is progressing smoothly, and they have already occupied Yingchen Shicheng, but they have only a few beheadings, only more than three thousand. Obviously, Xiang Yan was clearing the wilderness on the strong wall, leading the Qin army deep into the Chu realm. Li Xin and Meng Tian should also see Xiang Yan's plan, and they did not advance quickly, but stationed in place and cooperated with the officials sent by the government to digest Yingchen's land.

Montenegro picked up a letter from Yangwu County, which said that the scholars in Yangwu County were saying that Chen Ping had stolen his sister-in-law, and after their secret investigation, it was really a false accusation. Recently, Chen Ping frantically pursued a rich girl who had five dead husbands, and the woman agreed, but the woman's family disliked Chen Ping for being too poor, and made it difficult for Chen Ping everywhere, and it was estimated that the marriage was going to be blown! After finishing the letter, Montenegro secretly thought that this Chen Ping was really poor and afraid, and he didn't even let go of the rich widow who had lost five husbands, it seemed that he should go to Yangwu County for a trip!

When Chen Ping was young, his parents died early, and he was raised by his elder brother. Chen Ping's eldest brother, although he is just an illiterate and honest farmer, supports his family by renting 30 acres of land from other people's families. He knows very well that if he wants to change the life of a servant, he can only have a chance by studying. His younger brother Chen Ping has been smart since he was a child, so he didn't let Chen Ping do farm work, save money, and fully support his younger brother to study! But in this day and age, books are not something that poor families can afford! Chen Ping couldn't afford to buy books, so he could only often go to the rich and noble to borrow them, but fortunately, he was not only hardworking, but also unforgettable, occasionally helping the rich family to preside over the funeral, and sharing the sacrificial meat can be done in an orderly manner, and everyone praises him for his fairness and justice! Therefore, although Chen Ping's family is poor, his talent is not small!

How did the scandal between Chen Ping and his sister-in-law come about?

Sister-in-law Chen is a hard-working and simple peasant woman with a mediocre appearance. Usually treats Chen Ping well, two meals a day, modifies her husband's old clothes, sews them for Chen Ping to wear, and takes care of Chen Ping growing up. originally thought that Chen Ping would be able to help his husband do some farm work when he grew up, or do some other subsidized household work. How did she know that Chen Ping was twenty years old, still holding books all day long, not doing farming, she didn't have the ambition of her husband, so she began to have opinions, so she complained to the neighbors: "It's better to have such a little uncle than nothing." This sentence reached the ears of Brother Chen Ping. The eldest brother was furious, and he was about to divorce his wife without saying a word. When the neighbors saw that Chen Ping's eldest brother wanted to divorce his wife, they all came to persuade him! In the end, Chen Ping persuaded the eldest brother to stay with his sister-in-law, saying: "Ping has eaten the rice cooked by his sister-in-law since he was a child, and he wears clothes made by his sister-in-law!" Without the love of his sister-in-law, Ping can only stay on the street. Now that I have grown up, it is time to share some heavy burdens for the family, and my sister-in-law's complaint is not wrong! "Big brother listened, so let's do it!

This matter reached the ears of the scholars, and at first they just joked, saying that Sister-in-law Chen spoke ill of Chen Ping, but Chen Ping said good things about Sister-in-law Chen because Chen Ping liked his sister-in-law. Later, as Chen Ping's talent became more and more famous, since ancient times, the literati were inferior to each other, and the scholars knew that their talent was not as good as Chen Ping, so they added oil and vinegar to this matter and said that Chen Ping was stealing his sister-in-law to belittle Chen Ping, and soon it spread throughout Yangwu County. At this time, Yangwu County had just returned to Qin, and this matter could not be a matter in the Wei State, but it was a major event in the Qin State. As soon as the rumors were checked, it became clear that although the third elder proved Chen Ping's innocence, Chen Ping's reputation for stealing his sister-in-law was even greater.

Although Chen Ping is tall and big, and he is a good talent, he can't pick up his shoulders and can't lift his hands. After half a day of farm work, his hands were blistered with blood. Later, he heard that the county guard of Tao County was recruiting literati and wanted to use their talents, so he carried a few nests and walked for two days to Tao County. How did I know that when I arrived in Tao County, not only did I not see the face of the county guard, but I was also sneered at by other scholars all day long. He finally figured out that everything was wrong for him, just because of the word "poor". He believes that only with money can he win the respect of others and have the opportunity to display his talents. After thinking about it, I returned to Yangwu County. The fastest way to get rich this year is to marry a rich girl as a wife and earn a good dowry. In this era, the most important thing is to pay attention to the right family, how can a rich woman take a fancy to him, a poor scholar? There is no endless road, and there is another woman in Yangwu County, who is famous all over the city, she is the white, rich, and beautiful Zhang Ruojiang who has defeated her five husbands.

There is a wealthy Zhang family in Yangwu County, and the patriarch is called Zhang Ying. After the Qin State destroyed the Wei State, the Zhang family was originally going to be moved to Xianyang. But the Zhang family has a capable person who is Zhang Cang, who has become a 2,000-stone official in Xianyang, so he does not need to move into Xianyang, and has become the only big family in the local area. Zhang Cheng has a granddaughter named Ruojiang, not only looks beautiful, but also knows how to be a gift, Ruojiang's parents died early, and was brought up by the patriarch grandfather Zhang Cheng. Zhang Ying regards his granddaughter as the pearl of his palm, and has helped Ruojiang set up a family affair since he was a child, and this fiancé died of illness before she could reach her. After the marriage, the second husband was startled on the way to marry and fell to his death! The third finally married Zhang Ruojiang into the door, drank too much on the night of the wedding, and although he was carried into the cave room, he was drunk to death in bed. After the death of three husbands in a row, the name of Zhang Ruojiang Kefu spread! There are many fewer matchmakers who go to Zhang's house to propose marriage. But because the Zhang family is too rich, the dowry prepared by Zhang Cheng for his granddaughter is enough to make the future grandson-in-law a wealthy party, Zhang Ruojiang is too beautiful, and there are still many people who propose marriage. This time, Zhang Cheng chose a county official to be his son-in-law, and soon he was hired again and set a date for marriage. How do you know that the Qin army is coming, they set up a posture outside the city, and only test shot a round of crossbow arrows, and the county order opened the city and surrendered! In this round of test firing, only one person was shot dead in the whole city, and coincidentally, that person was Ruojiang's fiancé. The news that Ruojiang has killed four husbands in a row is more famous than the fall of Qin in Yangwu County. Zhang Cheng had to spend a lot of money to invite the fortune teller Zhang Banxian to guide the maze. The half-immortal only looked at it for half a glance, and then said: "This woman is extraordinary, a natural noble lady!" If you are not a person who is not a savior, you can't marry it! As soon as Zhang Banxian's words came out, a matchmaker came to the door at the threshold that no one cared about! Zhang Cheng has never been the biggest official. This person was promoted to the rank of Qianshi official of Zuocheng in Hedong County because of his meritorious service in Qin. He took a fancy to Zhang Cheng's wealth and Zhang Ruojiang's beauty, as well as Zhang Cang, the Zhang family's backer in Xianyang. The two families soon decided on the wedding day. As soon as the family send-off team was about to enter the gate of her husband's house, something happened. Zuo Cheng was arrested by his colleagues for accepting bribes. Because Zhang Ruojiang was not in time to visit the church in the future, he went to prison first. What happened to Zuo Cheng in Hedong County? When he sold the confiscated house, he received a favor from the buyer. This kind of thing was common in the Wei State, and when they got money, their colleagues and commanders each got a share, and they were all happy. It's just that he forgot that it is Daqin now, but Anyi has been in Qin for decades, and Qin law is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It would be fine if he swallowed the greedy money alone, but in order to please his boss, he took it out and shared it with his boss. Qin State decreed that it was a big crime for officials to be greedy, and in order to clear their responsibility, they immediately reported to their superiors, copied his family directly from the wedding, and the whole family was imprisoned. Because Zhang Ruojiang had not yet visited the church and was nominally married, he was released back, and the dowry was returned.

Chen Ping had just returned from Tao County, and he happened to see a notice at the gate of the city that Zuo Cheng of Hedong County had been beheaded for taking bribes, and his family was not an official slave. At the same time, there is also the story of Zhang Ruojiang Lianke Wufu. The shrewd Chen Ping found that his opportunity had come! If you want to marry a white rich beauty like the Zhang family with your own family background, it is simply a fool's dream! But if the other party is the widow of Lianke Wufu, he is still sure! After making up his mind, he freshened up and dressed up, put on the only Gebu shirt without patches, and went to Zhang's house to propose his relatives in person.

After Zhang Cheng's daughter Lianke Wufu, she became the laughing talk of the whole city, and there was no matchmaker to come to the door! But there are really many poor people who have the same idea as Chen Ping every day, many of them are missing arms and legs, blind and dumb. was so angry that Zhang Ying ordered his family, and then there were poor families to propose marriage, and all of them were driven out with sticks! Therefore, Chen Ping couldn't enter the door several times, and was once humiliated in public by the Zhang family. If he stops here, then he is not Chen Ping, he waits at the gate of Zhang's house every day, ready to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, and when he sees Zhang Ruojiang confessing to her directly, this guard is two months, Chen Ping has once again become the joke of the whole city. At this time, Zhang Ruojiang was already disheartened and no longer expected to get married. Nest at home every day, calligraphy and painting to entertain yourself. In the blink of an eye, spring is blooming, and it's time for the mulberry picking festival! Zhang Cheng was also afraid that his granddaughter would get sick at home, so he persuaded Zhang Ruojiang to go out of the city to pick mulberry and change his mood! Zhang Ruojiang agreed, and took a sealed carriage early in the morning, took a few maids out, and went to the south of the city to pick mulberry. Chen Ping also expected that Zhang Ruojiang would go out on the mulberry picking festival, and went to the gate of Zhangfu early in the morning to guard, and saw that there were cars and maids going out, so he followed far behind, out of the south gate of the city, until the mulberry garden.

"Miss, the poor scholar boy who guards the door of the mansion every day has followed!" The maidservant said to Zhang Ruojiang in the car. Zhang Ruojiang suddenly had a whim, and he also wanted to see how thick-skinned this poor boy was, and he was not afraid of ridicule and waited at his door for two months. The two finally met for the first time in Mulberry Garden, and they were both stunned! Zhang Ruojiang is so beautiful, Chen Ping decided at first glance that she was his lifelong partner. Zhang Ruojiang was also stunned! Chen Ping is too handsome, Chen Ping is big, handsome and chic. The two fell in love at first sight. After talking for a while, the two were impressed by each other's talents, and they made a private decision for life. Zhang Ruojiang handed over all the money and jewelry he was wearing to Chen Ping, and said: "In this life, Chen Ping will not marry!" Wangjun is like a ginger! Chen Ping also swore: "If you are negative in this life, you will be destroyed." ”

After Chen Ping returned to the city, he sold the jewelry given by Ruojiang for 30 gold, bought himself a few new clothes, dressed up, bought gifts, and went to the door again to ask for relatives. Although he entered the door this time, he was sternly rejected by Zhang Cheng, because Chen Ping's reputation was too bad, and although Zhang Cheng didn't believe the name of his sister-in-law, rumors were more lethal than facts. Moreover, Zhang Cheng decided that Chen Ping wanted to marry his granddaughter, and he was interested in his money, and his motives were not pure!

Zhang Ruojiang heard that his grandfather rejected Chen Ping, so he was anxious, and he stalked in front of his grandfather, and said with a clear attitude that Chen Ping would not marry. Soon, the whole family knew. The people of the Zhang clan, especially Ruojiang's uncle, strongly opposed this family business, and they were most distressed that Ruojiang's dowry was too much. The uncle said: "Chen Ping is too poor to care, and the bad reputation of stealing his sister-in-law is enough to make the family unable to raise their heads." Now when someone asks who Chen Ping is, maybe no one knows, but Chen Ping, who stole his sister-in-law, is known to everyone. There is no benefit to marrying such a person, and you can't hold your head up. The uncle also said: "Although Chen Ping is famous, Hedong County has promoted filial piety and honesty several times, and he has not been hired because of his reputation for stealing his sister-in-law." Marrying him will affect the career of the entire family! As soon as these words came out, even the grandfather who loved Ruo Jiang the most began to oppose this family business! If Jiang saw that he couldn't convince his family, all thoughts were lost. left a desperate letter to Chen Ping at night, and committed suicide by hanging himself. Fortunately, the personal maid was woken up by a turtle at night, and when she got up to relieve herself, she found it and shouted for help. alarmed his family, and finally saved his life. Zhang Cheng was afraid that something would happen again, so he had to send someone to guard him day and night. Ruojiang refused to eat from then on, and he couldn't afford to get sick. Zhang Cheng could only pour some liquid food on her when she was asleep to save her life first.

Zhang Cheng had no choice but to convene a family meeting again. In the end, it was agreed that it was okay to marry Chen Ping, but he must first leave the country (expel from the house). In the Wei State, when the children left the house, they only needed to ask the three elders of the township to testify and write down the documents. However, the county order sent by the Qin State investigated carefully and found out the ins and outs of the matter. In the end, the conclusion was: "If Jiang Xianshu is virtuous, there is nothing to do with immorality!" Citizenship is not permitted. ”

This matter made everyone in the county know about it, and the Zhang clan lost face. The two uncles and uncles of the Zhang family, together with a total of them, had a plan: they agreed to this family affair first and set a date for marriage. asked Chen Ping to take out 10,000 gold as a dowry gift. Chen Ping didn't say ten thousand gold, and he couldn't take out ten gold, and when the time came, Yi Ruojiang's temperament would definitely elope with Chen Ping. The Zhang family can use this excuse to go out of the country one by one. In this way, it not only saves a large amount of dowry, but also dissociates itself from Chen Ping, and the family is no longer affected by Chen Ping's bad reputation. Kill two birds with one stone.

Grandpa Zhang Cheng didn't know the abacus of his two sons, he thought to himself, with the amount of bride price he gave, Chen Ping should be able to easily borrow a dowry of 10,000 gold! After getting married, the bride price money will be repaid when it is in hand, and at most it will lose some profit. So the two families each found a matchmaker, set a family affair, and the wedding date was set for the fifth day of the fifth month of May a month later.

After setting the wedding date, Chen Ping really went to the city to borrow money from major merchants, but these merchants had already received the greeting of the Zhang brothers and could not lend money to Chen Ping. In the local area, no one dared to offend the Zhang brothers, Chen Ping ran into walls everywhere, and seeing that May had arrived, he was still penniless. Chen Ping had no choice but to get in touch with Ruojiang through the maid. If Jiang replied, when he got married, he didn't want a dowry, and vowed to marry Chen Ping. There were also some jewelry in the letter, which Chen Ping took to sell to subsidize the family. Chen Ping was very moved, if he has a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for.