Chapter 285: Buying a Woman

An ordinary home-cooked dish, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, can be eaten by Chinese people, and a little thanks to the Europeans, of course, just give a little bit.

Chen Zijian can say this, Zhang Liuzi has never eaten scrambled eggs before, don't look at the simplicity of scrambled eggs, it requires a lot of oil, Zhangjiacun used to be a poor place, there is not much oil at home, and it is a delusion to expect people to extravagantly scrambled eggs with oil.

A table of sumptuous seafood feast, because the fishing industry in Dianbai County began to exert force, Zhangjiacheng's seafood price is large and the price is excellent, Zhangjiacheng ordinary people want to eat such a meal at home, at most it is a little painful, but not to the point of being out of reach, such a meal before, the people don't want to eat, they dare not think about it, but after coming to Zhangjiacheng, whether they go to the teahouse to eat, or buy it from the market and make it themselves, there is no problem, of course, ordinary people will not be so extravagant, make a large table of seafood. The dining table at Chen Zijian's house is two meters in diameter.

After Qin Keqing and Qin Keya came down, they had a better banquet in the Su family than this, not nothing, but in the past, as "adopted daughters", they were not qualified to serve at all, but now that they are here, there is no such problem.

A round table, there is no distinction between priority and subordination, Chen Zijian doesn't care about the problem, a few women in the family don't care anymore, the family sits and eats together, it has become a habit, you know, "little concubines" like Qin Keqing and Qin Keya, in other big families, are not qualified to eat in the living room. The big families of the Ming Dynasty had many rules.

The happiest person present is Zhang Liuzi, because he is a student of Chen Zijian, everyone here is polite to him, sitting on a raised small stool waiting for everyone to eat, a big lobster in front of him is his favorite, Zhang Liuzi's favorite is to twist off the head of the lobster, eating delicious shrimp meat, a bite of shrimp meat in the mouth, is undoubtedly the most beautiful enjoyment, so he often comes to the teacher here to "eat and drink", usually the teacher is not at home, he still eats happily with a few teachers.

In Zhangjiacheng, he has the opportunity to find Chen Zijian at any time. is known by outsiders, and I don't know how many people have died of envy.

After lunch, Zhang Liuzi rushed home, learned a cooking craft from the teacher, and went home to make a taste for his parents.

Li Zhu'er: "Husband, the concubine is tired, so go to rest first." At home, although Chen Zijian didn't say who the eldest lady was, everyone knew Chen Zijian's decision, plus she was pregnant, Chen Zijian was very fond of her, and all the newcomers came, she didn't have to worry about status.

Wu Xiang came over and hammered Chen Zijian's shoulder, "Husband, the concubine is in trouble, go over to the factory and take a look." When the concubine comes back, she will send a set of furniture to her two younger sisters. ”

Chen Zijian slapped Wu Xiang's plump buttocks, "Well, then I'll trouble you." ”

Xiao Qiao: "Chief, I have something to do with my sister, so let's go first, come back to Sister Keqing, and Sister Keya will bring back jewelry." ”

Now Chen Zijian and the three of them are left soon, hugging the two delicate young women upstairs, the two understand something, and snuggle up to Chen Zijian with a red face.

In the evening, the teahouse in District A, here is the teahouse head office opened by Li Zhuer's eldest brother, and in other large districts of Zhangjiacheng, different branches have been opened, but when it comes to excitement and influence, it is the first place, and there is no other reason, because it often entertains high-level people in Zhangjiacheng, and Chen Zijian comes to invite guests to dinner from time to time.

Many officers of the Volunteer Army, Chen Zijian specially kissed them to come over for dinner, and the people of Zhangjiacheng knew about it, and when they invited people to dinner, they preferred here.

The teahouse was lively at night, Zhang Laosi came with his family, ordered a dim sum, sat in the brightly lit hall, and listened to the Cantonese opera on the stage.

Cantonese opera, also known as "Eastern Guangdong opera", is one of the traditional Cantonese operas, originated from southern opera, and is popular in Cantonese settlements such as the Lingnan region. Since the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, it began to appear in the Liangguang region, it is a performance art that combines choral singing, music, musicians, stage costumes, and abstract shapes, with a population of 300,000 in Zhangjiacheng, it is easy to find out the Cantonese opera craftsmen, don't look at Cantonese opera in later generations, few people watch it, but in the Ming Dynasty, it is the time when the people are sought after. Not to mention the common people, it is Li Zhuer and Wu Xiang, who appreciate Cantonese opera very much, and usually want to bring Chen Zijian to the teahouse to watch the play.

The people's love for Cantonese opera, Chen Zijian asked Zhang Youde to form a troupe in Zhangjiacheng, and sang in different regions every few days, because Zhangjiacheng is stable and rich, Cantonese opera has a popular trend, and the people usually have no entertainment programs, and they have the opportunity to watch the play, and they will do it there.

Here in the teahouse, Cantonese opera is there every day, the people who can come to drink tea every day are the owners who are not bad for money, the family is listening to the big play, Zhang Laosi sighed that the change is too great, he used to be a broken hunter, you can sit here and listen to the play leisurely, this kind of good life, even if the previous Zhang Youcai has not enjoyed it!

Eyes inadvertently, I saw a familiar group of people go up to the second floor, Zhang Laosi took a sip of tea, it was the city lord's family, I didn't expect the chief to come, Zhang Laosi thought about waiting to go up and ask Chen Zijian something good.

Chen Zijian: "Ah Xiang, you take them over, and I will come down to find you." ”

Knowing that Chen Zijian had something to do, Wu Xiang took the other four people to find a private room, and in the private room, you could see the big drama downstairs, which was also Wu Xiang, who liked to listen to the play, came to watch. There was Li Zhuer before, but Li Zhuer's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and it was difficult to go out, so she didn't come over.

Chen Zijian sat in the private room, the sound insulation of the private room was not good, and you could hear the Cantonese opera downstairs, to be honest, this kind of slow and leisurely singing tone was very inconsistent with Chen Zijian's taste, of course, Chen Zijian didn't like it, because he was used to seeing all kinds of entertainment in later generations, and it was not unheard of that it was better than Cantonese opera.

didn't wait long, Su Lie entered the private room and said hello to Chen Zijian before sitting down.

Originally, Su Lie thought that he would not discuss the problem with Chen Zijian so early, at least tomorrow, who knew that Zhangjiacheng did not follow common sense, and the evening was the beginning of Zhangjiacheng's liveliness.

Along the way, I saw the solar electric lamps set up in the square, the light emitted is better than any oil lamp, such a precious thing, should be taken home and treasured, but here it is placed outside.

After entering the teahouse, the light is even more like the daytime, and the people in the hall are listening to the play leisurely, in this case, Su Lie has lived for almost fifty, and he has not seen it anywhere.

Chen Zijian: "Please! Steward Su came to Zhangjiacheng, what do you think of it! ”

Su Lie: "City Lord, Zhangjiacheng is the richest place that Lao Yu has ever seen, and I heard that all the credit is yours." ”

Chen Zijian: "Hehe, I don't know how to be polite, I heard that your Su family still has hundreds of "adopted daughters", I want them." ”

Su Lie almost bit his tongue, Chen Zijian knew that there was nothing in these details, after all, the two Su family members had just arrived at him, what did they just want so many women to do, did they want to do that kind of thing with hundreds of women, and they wanted to be buried in the gentle township! Su Lie speculated wildly and didn't answer for a while.

Chen Zijian: "Of course, so many people will give you a certain amount of compensation from the Su family, how about 20,000 taels of silver per person." ”

Chen Zijian will not be like a businessman, say the bottom line little by little, and then bargain for half a day, there is no need, 20,000 silver per person, Chen Zijian feels that it is enough to compensate the Su family.

Chen Zijian wanted the "adopted daughters" of the Su family, of course, he didn't want to accept them all as forbidden daughters, but made other arrangements, the hundreds of people who had been carefully taught by the Su family were all knowledgeable, and all of them knew how to read, some of them did not need Qin Keqing to be knowledgeable, Qin Keya was poor, Chen Zijian's purpose for this group of people was very simple, there were not enough school teachers.

Chen Zijian's attitude towards the Ming people has not been relaxed, some time ago those people were corrupt and corrupt, and Chen Zijian arrested dozens of people and threw them into mining.

The number of people in Zhangjiacheng is so large, and a large number of people who know how to manage are needed to do things, and they must at least be literate to know how to manage, and they can't do things without knowing the words.

The arrival of the Su family reminded Chen Zijian that many girls trained by the Su family must be literate since childhood, and the purpose of this is to improve the specifications of the girls and "sell" them at a good price in the future.

The girls of the Su family came to Chen Zijian to be a primary school teacher, a good idea, to supplement the original understaffed classroom team, a group of educated intellectuals, has an important role, these plans, Chen Zijian will not talk to Su Lie.

Hearing Chen Zijian's bid, Su Lie was obviously moved, although those girls had no bargaining chips to win over other forces after they left, but after seeing the strength here in Zhangjiacheng, it was not a problem for other people to win over or not.

Su Lie: "City Lord, I have to go back to discuss this with the head of the family, but with my thoughts on the head of the family, I will agree with your idea." ”

Chen Zijian: "That's good, by the way, I don't have much silver, I will settle with refined salt and sugar, and I will give you as many goods as you send when the time comes." ”

The silver was to be used to mint silver coins, and Chen Zijian did not plan to give the silver out.

"Someone, bring me something."

Five people came in with plates, on which were the common items here, soap, sugar, refined salt, glass mirrors, perfumes. Don't look at the price of these items in Zhangjiacheng, this is just the price of Chen Zijian's internal sales, and the external price will not be so cheap!

In addition, no one in Zhangjiacheng has the right to sell those commodities on a large scale, and the right to sell these items is in the hands of Chen Zijian, who wants to pull a cart of refined salt out to make money, hehe, think too much, and be caught by the police and confiscated directly, and go to mining according to the value, which is to go to prison. I want to talk about the bandits at the end of the Ming Dynasty with more like-minded people," or "Chat with more book friends about your favorite book 4."