Wang Qiang is doing everything smoothly in the affairs of the Special Administrative Region, and his own small life is also enjoyable. Cai Ling'er knew the details of Wang Qiang, and protected him as a baby, taking care of him inside and out, and she was afraid of melting in her mouth. The two newlyweds Yan'er, naturally looking for joy at night, love and love endlessly, making the maids and servants of the house secretly wonder, how can this master mother hula bar since she arrived in Tongzhou, it seems that her master really has some means. Although the two are affectionate, there is also a disadvantage, that is, they can't have children, but Wang Qiang also has a way, he asked the cook in the house to help him fix the pig's small intestine, and he wanted to take the blind section and cut out an inch long, the cook only said that he was good, soaked the small intestine in warm water, carefully washed it, and then put green onions and ginger to remove the fish, and then prepared the seasoning and sent it to Wang Qiang's room, and the small intestine was naturally a condom invented by Wang Qiang. Wang Qiang asked for the pig's small intestine every once in a while, which made the cook also curious, and secretly tasted a section in private, but it was fishy and unpalatable, but he admired his master in his heart, and even ate so differently, he was really not a mortal.

In the blink of an eye, it was the height of summer, and at noon on this day, the sun was like fire, and the weather was extremely hot. Wang Qiang hid at home to escape the heat, so hot that he didn't want to go out, after lunch, he lay on the bamboo chair and shook the fan and sat next to the ringtones gossiping, the ringtones saw Wang Qiang's hot sweat down his neck, distressed took a cold towel to wipe him personally, while also turned around and told the maid to bring the chilled watermelon to Wang Qiang, Wang Qiang lay on his back, squinting his eyes and letting the ringtones wipe his sweat, very comfortable. The maid gently put the cut watermelon on a few, Cai Ling'er pinched a piece and stuffed it into Wang Qiang's mouth, Wang Qiang chewed it beautifully, felt a burst of coolness through his heart and spleen, and couldn't help but praise: "It's really comfortable, especially the beauty herself feeds, it's comfortable, of course, there is something more comfortable than this." ”

CRBT asked, "What's that?" ”

"Hey, hey." Wang Qiang laughed evilly and said: "That is, the beauty is fed to her mouth with her mouth, and the taste is beautiful!" ”

CRBT laughed and said, "You! It's really greedy, others work and train under the sun, but you're good, hiding in the house and eating chilled watermelon is not satisfied. After speaking, his heart was itchy, and he took a piece in his mouth, and crossed it into Wang Qiang's mouth, and the maid in the room saw this and hurriedly hid out. The two of them are in love with me, the ringtones are hot, and they are tired of being dressed on Wang Qiang, ready to serve their master. Although Wang Qiang was greedy, he thought that he would have to go to Li Gang to learn the art of war for a while, so he had to refuse: "No, madam, I have to go out later." ”

Cai Ling'er was snubbed, and although she didn't say anything, she had a trace of complaint in her heart. said casually: "Still going out?" On a hot day, just rest for half a day. ”

"No, I have to go to Li Gang's place, I have to do my homework every afternoon, and I have to use it at night, alas!" After saying that, he got up and instructed his family to prepare their horses.

Cai Ling'er pursed her lips and helped Wang Qiang tidy up his clothes.

Wang Qiang got on the horse and just left the house, but suddenly remembered that Li Gang had a cold yesterday, and he said that he wanted Li Gang to rest for a day, but he just told Cai Ling'er that he was going to class, and it was not good to turn back so quickly, so he simply decided to go to the street and go home.

Wang Qiang rode a horse alone around the streets of the Special Administrative Region, watching the street scene. After more than a year of development, the Special Economic Zone has become a bustling commercial center, with shops on both sides of the street next to each other, doing all kinds of business, merchants coming and going out of the east and west, shuttling back and forth on the street, the crowd is bustling, more prosperous than Qianmen Street. Because it was daytime, it was still cleaner in front of several brothels in Qinglou, Wang Qiang couldn't help but think of Chen Yuanyuan he had seen in Suzhou, and said in his heart: If Chen Yuanyuan arrives here, it is estimated that he can also be popular all over the capital, and there will be a long queue at the door of this Qinglou during the day.

Wang Qiang walked to the corner of the street, a three-story building on the side of the road attracted his attention, only to see a signboard hanging upstairs, with three big characters on the book "Treasure Pavilion", he remembered that this place was the No. 1 courtyard that was auctioned by his hand, he felt curious, and said: "What is this shop for?" I don't care about such a high rent, and the boss seems to be a little girl. ”

Wang Qiang got off the horse and walked into the lobby on the first floor of the small building alone. There was no one in the lobby, and in the center was a table of eight immortals with the God of Wealth on it, and two chairs on either side. The lobby is surrounded by wooden shelves with all sorts of strange and strange things, including coral, lacquerware, hull models, ivory, jewelry, glass bottles, copper plates, etc., which look like foreign goods. Wang Qiang looked around in the lobby, and at this time, a guy flashed out of the back hall, nodded at Wang Qiang and greeted: "This master, you are here, you sit down for a while, drink tea, you can see something, just tell the small one, the small one will be taken out for you to enjoy." ”

Wang Qiang sat down, casually pointed to a delicate cannon model on the shelf and asked, "How much does that thing cost?" ”

The guy hurriedly took off the model, gently put it on the table, and said: "If you go back to the master, this thing is a rare thing, I bought it from the Hongmao Country, it is completely made of imitation of the real Hongyi cannon, you look at this workmanship, how fine it is!" You can't find this thing in China. ”

Wang Qiang carefully observed this model, and it was indeed well-made, which was very similar to the ancient cannon in his impression. He remembered the female boss who was bidding, and asked casually, "Is your boss here?" ”

The guy said, "Our boss is in the back hall, if you want something to do, I'll let you know?" If you want to ask the price of this thing, I can make the decision, this object was originally planned to be sold for two hundred taels of silver, and I will give you one hundred and eighty taels, let's make a profit! ”

"I'll give it to you if you want it!" With the sound of speaking, Zhang Xiaoping came out of the back hall with a smile. The guy hurriedly bowed to the man and said, "Boss Zhang, you're here." ”

"Haha, Brother Zhang, this shop is actually yours, no wonder it's all foreign things." Wang Qiang was overjoyed when he met an acquaintance. Zhang Xiaoping is the younger brother of Zhang Xiaodong, the prefect of Suzhou, the last time Wang Qiang went to Suzhou, the two also visited a brothel together, although the contact time is not long, but they are very temperamental.

Wang Qiang said angrily: "I said Brother Zhang, you are going to open a shop here, why don't you come to me, we are our own brothers, how can we take care of it." ”

"Hehe, I also came back from overseas a few days ago, and I originally wanted to visit you, but before I came, my brother repeatedly told me that you are responsible for the country, and you are busy with official business, so we won't bother you easily." Zhang Xiaoping said with a smile.

"This Zhang Xiaodong is so outside, the next time I meet him, I will definitely find him to theorize." Wang Qiang pretended to be annoyed and said.

Zhang Xiaoping said to Wang Qiang: "Lord Wang, since you are your own family, let's go to the back hall to talk." ”

"Good! I just wanted to visit you. Wang Qiang followed Zhang Xiaoping through the courtyard to the back hall, the guests and hosts sat down, and the servants served tea, Wang Qiang remembered the girl who was bidding, and couldn't help asking: "By the way, I remember that on the day of the auction, you seemed to be a girl here, right?" ”

"Yes, that's not an outsider, it's my brother's daughter, named Lan Ting." Zhang Xiaoping said, he shouted to the inside: "Lan Ting, come and see Lord Wang." ”

"Hey." Listening to a crisp answer from the inside, Lan Ting stepped out, squatted down to Wang Qiang, and said, "Say hello to Lord Wang." ”

Lan Ting has changed into women's clothes, only seventeen or eighteen years old, slender, fair and delicate skin, standing there as white as an onion, the water is eye-catching, Wang Qiang couldn't help but be secretly surprised when he saw it: "This Zhang Xiaodong has a big head and small eyes, and a long winter melon, how did he give birth to such a beautiful daughter!" According to the generation, this girl still has to call me uncle. ”

He was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "This, this is Zhang Xiaodong's biological daughter?" ”

Zhang Xiaoping tasted Wang Qiang's meaning and said with a smile: "It's my brother's daughter, Lan Ting looks like her mother." ”

"Oh, I said." Wang Qiang suddenly changed the topic in his heart and said: "In the bidding that day, Miss Zhang overwhelmed the audience with one mouth and won the jackpot. ”

Lan Ting pursed his lips and smiled, and said quite smugly: "Let the adults laugh, first, I can't get used to seeing the arrogant Yankees, and secondly, I am also here to help you." ”

"Help me?"

"Really? Although I don't know how you came up with this bidding method, I know that you are doing this to change the way to sell at a high price, as long as the price of this first shop is raised, the price of the future will naturally rise. Lanting said.

Lan Ting knew some about Wang Qiang from Zhang Xiaodong's mouth, and heard about Wang Qiang's deeds of killing officials and releasing grain, so he admired and was curious, so he also rushed to see Wang Qiang on the day of the auction, and took the opportunity to help Wang Qiang.

"Sure enough, there is insight!" Wang Qiang praised from the bottom of his heart.

Zhang Xiaoping said with a smile: "This niece of mine, don't look at the weak girl's family now, it's not her when she goes out, she runs outside all day long, and she went out to sea on an ocean ship a few days ago, this time I decided to come here to open a store, she cried and shouted to come, and the grinding brother had no way to be accurate, hehe." ”

Seeing her uncle revealing her old secret, Narantin pouted and rolled her eyes.

"Can you earn it back for paying such a high rent here?" Wang Qiang asked worriedly.

Zhang Xiaoping said: "Don't worry, my lord, these things of ours are rare things imported from overseas, and they are not worried about selling in the mainland, and the price difference is very large, and tens of thousands of taels of silver will be earned back in half a year." ”

"Oh." Wang Qiang was relieved, and he continued to ask, "Where did you buy the cannon model I saw just now?" ”

"I bought it from a red-haired ghost in Taiwan. Now there are a group of red-haired ghosts living in Taiwan, as if they came from some ivory country, and they produce Hongyi cannons there, which is an imitation model. ”

Wang Qiang asked with concern: "Can you buy a real cannon?" ”

"You can buy it! Now the Hongyi cannon used by the Shanhaiguan garrison was bought by my brother in the city of Bo Si, it is very easy to use, it is said that a bomb is several miles away, and the cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is most afraid of this thing. However, this cannon was expensive, and the ammunition was also very expensive, and later the imperial court ran out of money, so it did not buy it again. ”

"Can we make this thing ourselves?" Wang Qiang asked.

"It doesn't seem to work, they seem to have a special secret recipe for iron and ammunition, and we can't make this thing without this secret recipe." Zhang Xiaoping said.

Wang Qiang said: "Actually, if this Western gun is advanced, it can't be advanced there, I have already written to Zhang Xiaodong and asked him to help get a few cannons and muskets back, and I have set up a group of experts here, so that they can specialize in studying Westerners' guns, maybe they can also be imitated." ”

Zhang Xiaoping said with a smile: "I know this matter, my brother mentioned to me before I came, it just so happened that the Ministry of War wanted to purchase a few red-coated cannons, and my brother had already arranged to handle them together. ”

Lan Ting interjected on the side: "There must be no mistake, those red-haired ghosts live in Taiwan, and their ships are equipped with these cannons, as long as the silver is enough, they can unload the cannons on the ship and sell them to us." Not only cannons, but also muskets. ”

"Oh? You seem to be quite an expert? Knowing everything. Wang Qiang smiled.

"Of course! I followed my uncle to Taiwan by boat, saw those red-haired ghosts, and even got on their boat to see them. Those red-haired ghosts are interesting, they came up and bowed first, and they also caught my hand and kissed me, and they were ashamed, and the uncle said that it was their meeting gift. They also danced with men and women in their arms, which was really fun. Hahahaha! Recalling the anecdotes of that trip, Lanting's emotions became lively.

Wang Qiang knew that the dance mentioned by Lan Ting was just a modern ballroom dance, so he was itchy for a while and said: "It's not unusual for Westerners to dance, and Master Ben actually does." ”

"Really! Will you too? Lan Ting jumped up excitedly and pointed at Wang Qiang with a disbelieving expression.

In front of the beautiful woman, Wang Qiang had the intention to show off, he got up and bowed and stretched out his hand to make an inviting gesture, and said: "Broken chestnut thought!" Then spread out his arms and jumped the national standard, but Lan Ting was also generous, stepped forward lightly, put one hand on Wang Qiang's shoulder, and the other hand was dragged by Wang Qiang, Wang Qiang's other hand was naturally wrapped around Lan Ting's waist, and the two of them took three steps to dance.

Zhang Xiaoping is trading overseas all year round, and he is not surprised, he only looks at the two with a smile.

"Yo! He also said that our master was busy with military affairs, but it turned out to be here! With a snarky word, Cai Ling'er flashed out from behind the shadow wall, and walked in with an obvious smile on her face.

CRBT is a regular customer here, and Zhang Xiaoping and Lan Ting are very familiar with each other, the goods here are novel, she has not bought things here, Zhang Xiaoping also knows that she is Wang Qiang's wife, and secretly gave a high discount on the price, but CRBT did not know. This afternoon, after Wang Qiang left, Cailing was bored, so he went to the street to wander around, wanting to come here to see what fresh things to buy, because she was a regular customer, so the guy invited her directly into the back hall, I didn't want to see Wang Qiang and Lan Ting hugging each other, and I couldn't help but feel vinegar.

Zhang Xiaoping saw Cai Ling'er coming, so he quickly got up to meet him and said, "It's Madame who is here, please sit down quickly, but Lord Qiao'er Wang is also here with us." ”

Wang Qiang couldn't help but be a little embarrassed when he saw the ringtone coming, and he couldn't explain the reason directly, so he just laughed and said: "Hehe, I passed by here and saw some rare things, and I was discussing the purchase of arms with Boss Zhang." ”

"Yes! It's just such a coincidence? Is it to talk to Boss Zhang, or to talk to Miss Lanting? Are you talking about arms procurement? Or do you want to talk about purchasing dowry? This business is no longer strange, and you don't need to hug it, right? Cai Ling'er was already articulate, and several people heard the vinegar in her words, which made Wang Qiang and Lan Ting blush, Zhang Xiaoping was also embarrassed, Wang Qiang was angry in his heart, and said that he was just right, and brought the little girl in it together, but it was a bit too much. He had a bad attack in front of outsiders, so he arched his hand to Zhang Xiaoping and said: "Hehe, my wife just likes to make a joke, I invite you to come to my house another day to talk, and I will leave first today." After speaking, he ignored Cai Ling'er and turned around and left, Cai Ling'er made a big red face, and felt that what she said just now was a bit excessive, pretending to entertain two sentences, and followed Wang Qiang out in a gloomy manner.

Wang Qiang held his breath in his heart and lingered outside until the evening before returning home. He went straight to the bedroom, intending to discipline Cai Ling'er, but when he arrived at the door of the bedroom, he saw Cai Ling'er sitting at the head of the bed, leaning on the bed railing and weeping alone, and his heart couldn't help but soften. He coughed and stepped into the bedroom, Cai Ling'er saw that he was back, so he hurriedly got up, and knelt down with Wang Qiang and said, "Master, the concubine knows that she is wrong, and I ask the master for forgiveness." ”

Wang Qiang hurriedly helped Cai Ling'er up and said, "Hey, madam, what are you doing here, didn't you say it's okay, our husband and wife are equal, don't talk about this rule." He sat down at the head of the bed with Cai Ling'er, and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "But there is a difference between those outside the house, no matter how easy to talk about in your own home, you have to leave me some dignity in front of people outside." ”

Cai Ling'er blushed and said, "Don't blame me, master, I know it's wrong." ”

"Okay, let's not mention the past, the chairman said it well, can you still be a good comrade if you know your mistakes? Besides, Zhang Xiaoping and Lan Ting are not outsiders. Wang said emphatically.

Cai Ling'er didn't know who the chairman was, but when she heard Wang Qiang say that Lan Ting was not an outsider, she was a little apprehensive in her heart, and said quietly: "Don't blame me for being too talkative, you are a handsome person, a first-class character, even if you have three wives and four concubines, it is common for you to have three wives and four concubines, and the concubines will not stop you, and it will be okay for you to mess around in your own room, but after all, you are from a father-in-law, if you go outside to mess with flowers and grass, and cause trouble, it will reach the ears of the emperor, but it is the crime of killing the head, not only you and me, I am afraid that even the mother will be implicated." ”

Wang Qiang said: "Thank you for the reminder, I will pay attention to this." But I'm really going to discuss the purchase of arms in the afternoon, and besides, who are you, Miss Narantin? That's my brother Zhang Xiaodong's daughter, according to the generation, it's our niece, what kind of dry vinegar do you eat? That Zhang Xiaoping is Zhang Xiaodong's younger brother, and he is not an outsider. ”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the concept of ethical generations is very strong, men and women of different generations are impossible to marry in any case, Cai Linger heard Wang Qiang talk about the origin of the friendship between him and Zhang Xiaodong, heard him say this, suddenly relieved, and said angrily: "Then why didn't you say it earlier, I was panicked, Na Lanting's niece is the same age as me, but we can go shopping together, don't I have another companion!" However, you too, Lan Ting is such a girl's family, you are embarrassed to hug it like that, and you can teach people jokes when you say it. ”

"Hehe, you stupid woman, Lan Ting and I are dancing Westerners' ballroom dances, Lan Ting has been out of the ocean, I have seen Westerners dance, and I was demonstrating it to me at the time, but I was bumped into by you."

"I see, I say, you dare in the daylight. You say that this Westerner is too, clean up some bells and whistles, men and women hug each other all day long, and it's no wonder if nothing happens. Cailing said coquettishly.

The two were talking happily when a maid knocked on the door and came in and said, "Madam, it's time for you to drink medicine." ”

Wang Qiang was shocked and asked with concern: "Cai Ling'er, what's wrong with you?" Sick? ”

Cai Ling'er waved her hand to let the maid retreat, closed the door, and said quietly: "I'm not sick in my body, but I'm sick in my heart!" ”

"Oh?" Wang Qiang looked at Cai Ling'er suspiciously.

"Don't hide it, master, since I know your truth, my heart disease has fallen. I love you as husband and wife, and I want to give you a son and two daughters to be happy under my knees, but you are born in father-in-law, and it is impossible for your father-in-law to have children, otherwise let the emperor know, how can I tolerate you! So I quietly asked a Chinese medicine practitioner to prescribe a prescription, saying that taking this medicine would make me cold and unable to have children. You only want to be happy for yourself, but you don't know the pain in your wife's heart. CRBT said with a gloomy expression.

It turned out to be for this! Wang Qiang felt bitter in his heart, and said: "Oh, my stupid lady, why are you doing this, master, I have already taken measures." ”

"Ahh I don't know. ”

"Hey, what do you think this is?" Wang Qiang took out a pig's small intestine and shook it in front of Cai Ling'er's eyes.

"This pig's intestines dare to protect your baby, what does it have to do with me?" Cai Ling'er asked puzzled, Cai Ling'er has been in the palace since she was a child, and she has no knowledge of childbirth, so she only says that men and women will have children together, where do you know the effect of the pig's intestines.

Wang Qiang hugged CRBT to the bed, the two of them untied their clothes, Wang Qiang's theory combined with practice, and really gave CRBT a vivid lesson in physiology and hygiene, which solved CRBT's heart knot.

When Cai Ling'er fell asleep satisfied, Wang Qiang couldn't fall asleep over and over, thinking that he would be reincarnated here as a fake eunuch, everything was fine, but this eunuch status made him unable to have offspring, which was a little regrettable. secretly calculated in his heart, as soon as the Ming Dynasty was hopeful, he resigned from his official position, retired to the mountains and forests, took his wife to give birth to seven or eight children for him, and lived that fairy-like life.

That night, Wang Qiang had a dream, dreaming that he took his wife to Huaguo Mountain, and the little monkeys all over the mountains came up to call him Dad, which made him very annoyed.