Chongzhen for five years.

After the end of the year.

Outside the staff, Zhu Zhongren sat at home as usual, waiting for someone to kowtow, and the widows of those sergeants came first, and it was Zhu Shun who gave them a decent job, so that they could finally eat enough.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the widows waited at the door of Zhu's house with their children, waiting for the door to open the door, and then went in to kowtow to Zhu.

This year is the fifth year of Chongzhen, only twelve years since the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and the time is getting more and more urgent, Zhu Shun decided to start officially selling Jenny spinning machines and flying shuttle looms this year.

The candidates have also been decided, Xing'anbo, Xinningbo, and Huaiyuanhou.

The two largest forces in the government and the opposition were all offended by Zhu Shun, and now the only one who is not afraid of these two forces is Xungui.

Stinging season.

The craftsmen of the Beiping Machinery Bureau, after a month, built a total of 30 hydraulic Jenny spinning machines, and Zhu Zhongyi, a hundred households, walked into the Machinery Bureau for the first time and took him to a teahouse.

There are many teahouses in the capital, and the one where Zhu Zhongyi took Zhu Shun to go is not a lot of luxury, barely a mid-range.

The most teahouses are storytellers and playmakers, and this teahouse is no exception, there is a storyteller, and there is a middle-aged man who plays the pipa next to him.

The people who play the pipa next to Mr. Storyteller are usually young and beautiful girls, but this teahouse is a middle-aged man, which is really weird.

Zhu Zhongyi took Zhu Shun to sit on an empty table and drank a few bowls of tea, he had always been silent, but he actually said a lot of words, which was more useful than an urn of Jiannan Burning Spring.

"This man's name is Cao Wenyao, he is the younger brother of the general Cao Wenzhao, and he used to be a member of the Liaodong Border Army, but later because he was seriously injured in both legs, he could only retreat from the frontier."

The general army is already regarded as the head of a party, as one of the two mountains pressed on the Ming Dynasty, it is easy for the family to live a life of fine clothes and food.

Cao Wenyao, as the younger brother of the head of the army, would not have been reduced to being a performer in a teahouse, if this was spread, the entire clan would be disgraced.

Zhu Zhongyi, one hundred households, didn't know if he saw Zhu Shun's thoughts, or if he just said it here: "Cao Wenzhao, the first fierce general of the border army, never drank the blood of soldiers, and most of the Yulu in his hands was used to subsidize the soldiers who died in battle." ”

"So their family is very hard, the children in the family are still young, Cao Zongbing's father and mother are relatively old, and the whole family is counting on the little money that Cao Zongbing has left to eat."

"In order to make the family live better, Cao Wenyao took the initiative to be a trickster and subsidize the family."

If it weren't for the second uncle saying it himself, Zhu Shun really didn't dare to think that the shabby man in front of him was actually the younger brother of a general soldier.

It was still snowing heavily, and the shabby man had only a thin single coat with many patches on the single coat, and no one would believe that he would be the younger brother of the chief soldier.

Baihu Zhu Zhongyi paused for a moment and continued: "Just a few days ago, my uncle heard an old brother say that your sixth brother Zhu Tie committed a heinous crime and slaughtered a sergeant with his own hands. ”

"In order to save your sixth brother's life, Mr. Cao slaughtered an inspector envoy, if it weren't for Inspector Yuan's desperate efforts to protect Mr. Cao, the lives of Xiao Liu'er and Mr. Cao would have been gone."

"My life was saved, but Mr. Cao also changed from a general soldier to an ordinary night soldier, only one or two dollars and five cents of silver a month, and it was not enough for him to eat and drink, where could he subsidize his family."

"The Cao family's life is really unbearable, and my uncle has no other ideas, he just hopes to save Xiao Liu'er's face and help their family."

Even if there was no sixth brother Zhu Tie, he would have known that Cao Wenzhao's family was so poor, and Zhu Shun would have found a way to make his family live a good life.

Cao Wenzhao is one of the few people in the Ming Dynasty who is loyal to the liver and courage, and because of his loyalty and courage, Zhu Shun will also help him.

Zhu Shun beckoned, and the cousin saw that the diner was wearing satin, and ran over in a hurry: "If the guest officer has anything to do, just give orders." ”

Zhu Shun pointed to the lame man who was playing the pipa on the stage, and said calmly: "Go and invite that gentleman over, just say that Zhu Shun invited him to drink a bowl of tea." ”

The cousin looked in the direction pointed by Zhu Shun, and found that it was the cripple Cao, and looked at Zhu Shun in confusion, feeling strange and afraid to ask, so he could only walk over and call the cripple Cao.

The cousin walked to the stage and said with a sigh of drinking: "Cao Cripple, someone invited you to tea, it's really a fucking good life, and it can be valued by a big man who seems to be an outsider." ”

The cousin muttered a lot, and Cao Wenyao sat tepidly on the wooden pier and continued to play his pipa as if he hadn't heard it.

Seeing him like this, the cousin became angry on the spot: "Hurry up, I heard that Cao Wenzhao is not a general soldier, and he still has a military master's shelf?" ”

"Be careful if you can't keep your job, that guest officer named Zhu Shun is dressed in satin."

When Cao Wenyao heard the words Zhu Shun, he put down the pipa in his hand and asked, "But Ambassador Zhu, who has saved countless people?" ”

The cousin replied angrily: "How do I know as a subordinate, you can just ask yourself." ”

Thinking of the incident of Zhu Tie, the sixth elder of the Zhu family, mentioned in his brother's letter, Cao Wenyao estimated that he was almost Ambassador Zhu, and the pipa in his hand was carefully placed on the table, and he walked over with a pair of crutches.

In front of the public, Cao Wenyao was holding a pair of crutches but didn't feel any shame, under the gaze of a pair of people, he came to Zhu Shun's table as usual, hugged his fists and said: "May I ask what is .........?"

Before the words were finished, Cao Wenyao didn't say anything, Zhu Zhongyi, a hundred households next to Zhu Shun, once had a relationship, sat on the bench, took a sip of a bowl of hot tea, warmed up his body and said, "Thank you." ”

Zhu Shun looked at Cao Wenyao, who was shivering from time to time, said wait a while, and walked out of the teahouse.

Coincidentally, as soon as I walked out, I met the son of Xing'an Bo, who was leading a Mongolian dog and swaggering through the city.

Zhu Shun originally planned to go to the street next to him to buy a padded jacket, but when he met his good brother, he saved it.

Without waiting for Zhu Shun to speak, the prince of Xing'an Bo led the Mongolian dog and walked over in surprise: "Brother Zhu, why are you here." ”

When the prince of Xing'an came over in the snow, Zhu Shun, who was standing under the eaves of the black tile roof, smiled and stretched out his palm: "Take off the mink fur on your body and give it to me." ”

Xing'an Bogongzi likes to wander outside on a snowy day, and his name is called Fenghua Xueyue, but he is very afraid of the cold, and every time he comes out to hang out, he will always wear three layers of Liaodong mink.

changed others, unless it was the emperor's order, no one could instruct the prince of Xing'an to take off the warm mink, heard Zhu Shun speak, didn't say a word, took off a set of mink, and said by the way: "If Brother Zhu likes it, I will send ten sets of eight sets to Brother Zhu when I go back." ”

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