Chapter 405: One Plus One Equals Two (Part II)
Qiao's father is really capable, in just three days, he took care of the mansion, and even the subordinates in the mansion have recruited more than a dozen reliable people, including five subordinates, who are responsible for the cleaning of the mansion, as well as the gatekeeper, three maids, and two old mothers, one pulp laundry, one cooking, and an old housekeeper.
It is reliable to say that Gongsun Du, as the master of Xiangping, naturally knows a lot. It's just that Gongsun Du is curious, how did Qiao's father judge it? Will this ability be used in the future to recruit talents? For example, what about Sima Zhongde, who was thoughtful and laid the cornerstone of Jin?
Gongsun Du's heart finally had a little more bias.
For a few days later, the Qiao sisters would receive an invitation from Zhang Zhi to come to the house to discuss qin, chess, calligraphy and painting? Gongsun Du understood Zhang Zhi's intentions, and there seemed to be a lot of things in the past two days, so he didn't care, or was embarrassed to pay too much attention, so as not to give Zhang Zhi and others the feeling of liking the new and hating the old, and a generation of new people replacing the old. It's just that what he didn't expect was that the relationship between the women was growing by leaps and bounds, not to mention being like sisters, but it was not far behind.
On this day, as soon as Gongsun Du dealt with some troublesome things, he received-
"Lord, everyone Cai has already set off from the Liao team early this morning, and will arrive in Xiangping tonight at the latest."
Thanks to the construction of roads, the distance between Liao and Xiangping was shortened, and it only took one day to travel from one city to another. Note that this is talking about a carriage, not a horseback ride.
If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and in any era, they are all applicable.
Because of these built roads, the foreign trade in the past ten years has brought more than 500,000 gold to Gongsun Du, and it is precisely because of this that it can support the huge expansion of Liaodong before, otherwise Liaodong's taxes alone, the soldiers' salaries alone are enough to drag down Liaodong and Gongsun Du.
Gongsun Du quickly came back to his senses, looked at the sky outside, the sun was already in the west, and said secretly: It seems that it will not be long before it arrives. Why did you notify me so late?
Gongsun Du didn't pursue the matter, but thought about it and said, "Inform Mrs. Yan and tell her the news that Lord Taishan is about to arrive." ”
"Yes, my lord."
"Wait!"
"Lord!"
The soldiers hurriedly turned around and waited for new orders. Gongsun Du didn't speak for a long time, and the soldiers were very patient, bowing their heads and waiting.
"Hey~"
The soldiers seemed to hear a sigh, and after looking for it carefully, Gongsun Du's voice came again, so he had to quickly throw it away and listen to it.
"Prepare some, and go to the city gate to meet you."
The soldier felt that if it was because of Mrs. Yan, it was completely unnecessary, but he would not question Gongsun Du's decision, so he just paused and responded: "Yes, lord!" ”
After the soldiers left, Gongsun Du also got up and went to the bedroom to change into decent clothes. Later, when he went to the mansion gate, he met Cai Yan halfway.
Gongsun Du looked at Cai Yan's unchanged clothes and shook his head slightly, but Cai Yan, whose heart was no longer here, did not find it. Since the father-daughter relationship is deep, Gongsun Du is not easy to say, so he pretended not to know and left the mansion.
On the other side, Zhang Zhi immediately sent the Qiao sisters away, and happened to see the carriage where Gongsun Du and Cai Yan were going, and asked the soldiers at the door, "Master, where are you going?" ”
The soldier replied: "Mrs. Hui, it seems that Mrs. Yan's father, Cai's family, is about to arrive, and the lord and Mrs. Yan are going to greet you." ”
A trace of excitement flashed on Zhang Zhi's face when she heard this: Is the time now?
The father and daughter of the Qiao family were able to go to Liaodong, and Zhang Zhi's actions accounted for most of the factors. The reason is self-evident, since Zhang Zhi has decided, she naturally hopes to enter the door as soon as possible, but a few days ago, the father and daughter of the Qiao family just arrived, and rashly put forward the idea of "such", although someone has been sent to mention it before, but it is just a proposal, and now what I hope is to enter the door as soon as possible, there is a fundamental difference. Moreover, Cai Yan has just given birth to a child, if she does this in front of her, it will be a little inappropriate, and now her father has arrived, maybe it is an opportunity. At least even if you know about it, you will dilute some of the unhappiness because of the arrival of your loved ones.
Moreover, these days, Zhang Zhi and Qiao Ying sisters have gotten along very happily, because their home studies are very similar and they have common topics.
In this way, it can be said that the right time and place are right for everyone, and it is time to take action.
Zhang Zhi is a decisive person, otherwise he would not have risked his life to come to Liaodong to find Gongsun Du. After just thinking about it for a while, Zhang Zhi hurried to the backyard and asked her subordinates to quickly carry out the gifts that had been prepared and prepare to leave, while she herself quickly went back to the house to change into very solemn clothes.
After changing her clothes, Zhang Zhi personally checked the gift and asked the housekeeper not to report the matter to Gongsun Du for the time being. The housekeeper also knew about this, and naturally he would not object to things that could be beneficial to the Gongsun family, so he immediately agreed.
Zhang Zhi then ordered: "Let's go!" ”
Qiao's Mansion is really close to the Prefecture Governor's Mansion, and it didn't take long for Zhang Zhi to come to the door of the mansion and send someone to deliver the greeting post very formally. Although Qiao's father was surprised to receive the prayer post, he quickly reacted and knew that he was coming for the marriage agreed before.
"But isn't it too late at this time?" Father Qiao looked at the sun that was about to set in an hour and a half at most, and his heart was full of doubts, "Moreover, is it a little inappropriate for Mrs. Zhou Mu to come?" "Lazy people listen to books
"Come on, inform the two young ladies that a guest is coming!" But after all, Qiao's father still opened the middle door to welcome Zhang Zhi inside, after all, guessing that he was always just guessing, and it was impossible to refuse because of this, besides, people had to bow their heads under the eaves!
"Yes, sir!" After being trained by Qiao's father, the housekeeper became Qiao's father's right-hand man, and quickly arranged the matter, and then went to the mansion with Qiao's father.
"Mrs. Governor is visiting, Qiao is not welcome, please forgive me!" Father Qiao said politely.
"Gong Qiao is polite! On the contrary, we took the liberty to come to disturb it, it is quite undeserved, and I still ask Qiao Gong to forgive me. Zhang Zhi came here to ask for something, so naturally she would not take it big, but at this time she did not just represent herself, but on behalf of the Gongsun family, so she did not deliberately lower her posture, which made people feel bullied.
Qiao's father raised his eyebrows, and immediately affirmed Zhang Zhi's intention, but he did not refuse, which would end up with the notoriety of not allowing guests to enter the mansion. Moreover, in recent times, he has seen the strong strength of Gongsun Du, and in this chaotic world, there are faint signs of replacing the Han Dynasty, and he will not object.
"Mrs. Governor laughed!"
Qiao's father said politely again, and then said as if he suddenly realized: "Hey, when I'm old, my memory is a little bad, and I forgot that I was still outside the door." ”
"Why don't you go into the house first?"
Zhang Zhi said with a smile at the corner of her mouth: "In this way, according to Qiao Gong's words!" ”
"Mrs. Governor, please!"
"Qiao Gong, please!"
The two exchanged polite words, and then entered the house together. As for the things he brought, Qiao Gong didn't care, but he still carried them into the mansion under Zhang Zhi's hint.
Entering the front hall, Qiao Gong did not sit on the top, but sat opposite Zhang Zhi and treated him as an equal.
"This table, chair and bench is very nice and very easy to use."
As the master, Qiao Gong naturally spoke first, but he didn't ask directly, which was not in line with the golden mean, but praised the chair he sat on, and then shook his head and said: "The only bad thing is that it can't exercise." ”
Zhang Zhi was quite surprised when she heard this, she had also heard Gongsun Du mention this, but at that time, Gongsun Du also said that although there would be such a situation, but in terms of it, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, and this did not happen overnight, so when people found out about this situation, most of them would not suspect the tables and chairs. So how did Qiao Gong find out?
Zhang Zhi didn't ask in detail, but said meaningfully: "Qiao Gong really has great wisdom, and he can see through his shortcomings at a glance!" ”
At the end, his voice changed again, and he said: "My lord also said this, and at that time, Mrs. Ben had tried her best to dissuade the lord, but the lord said that the advantages of this thing outweigh the disadvantages, and now everyone can't eat enough, this little impact may still be a positive impact, and you can spend a little less effort." ”
"What Mrs. Governor says is true!"
Qiao Gong nodded in agreement when he heard this, and because of this conversation, he didn't ask directly abruptly.
"Mrs. Governor is here, I don't know what the so-called thing is?"
A smile flashed on Zhang Zhi's face when she heard this, and she immediately said: "Gong Qiao has been coming to Liaodong for some days, and I also know that my old man has been dead for many years, and now only the old man and I are left to wait, right?" ”
It's not a secret, you don't have to ask about it. Qiao Gong pondered for a while, and then understood what it meant, and said: "Although Qiao doesn't know all about this matter, he has occasionally heard of it. ”
Zhang Zhi naturally didn't believe this, but she wouldn't expose it, she just got up and saluted, and then said: "That being the case, please forgive Gongsun Zhang's recklessness." ”
Qiao Gong nodded knowingly.
"The old man died, and the old man had a heavy responsibility, so he had to take care of all the affairs of the family by the concubine. However, the concubine and others have been in the house for many years, and so far they have only given birth to two sons and two daughters for the master. Zhang Zhi sighed.
Qiao Gong was also surprised when he heard this, but he still persuaded: "This matter is determined by heaven, I can't wait for mortals, and I can't change it." Therefore, please also ask Mrs. Governor to relax. ”
Zhang Zhiyingying said: "What Gong Qiao said is extremely true, but since the concubine is a woman of the Gongsun family, she naturally has to think about the Gongsun family, and hopes that the Gongsun family can have more heirs." Therefore, please don't mind Gong Qiao, the concubine is here today to hire Gong Qiao on behalf of the Gongsun family, hoping to marry Gong Qiao's two daughters and extend the heirs for the Gongsun family. ”
Qiao Gong was quite shocked when he heard this, one was to marry, and the other was-
"Mrs. Zhou Mu, please forgive Qiao for being old, his old eyes are dizzy, and his ears are not very good."
After a pause, Qiao Gong asked very solemnly: "What Mrs. Zhou Mu said just now is ......?"
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