Chapter 335: Marriage (Second Update, Asking for Support)
(I will continue to reissue it today, and I will continue to update it after I reissue it tomorrow,,, I am speechless and sorry again for the inconvenience caused to everyone's reading.) I got a WeChat public account, you can pay attention to it, and I will share some behind-the-scenes stories in it, WeChat > the winter of the 17th century, very cold and long, Qinghe, located in Jiangbei, even in February, is still very cold, and even in February, there are several heavy snowfalls, which only makes the snow in the fields outside the city thick to a foot.
In order to prevent the snow from collapsing the house, after another heavy snowfall, both rich and poor families have swept the snow on the roof, and when the domestic servants are busy sweeping the snow, in the hut next to the experimental field in the back house, Zhu Mingzhong is checking the potatoes in the house. The first few potatoes brought have been harvested hundreds of catties after four generations of breeding, and now, these potatoes have grown tender shoots, but there is still a gap between them and seedlings.
"When the potato seeds are cut into pieces, there is at least one bud eye for each piece, and now there are still too few bud eyes."
Picking up a fist-sized potato, the corners of Zhu Mingzhong's lips raised, these potatoes this year are enough to plant a few acres of land, and when the time comes, thousands or even tens of thousands of catties of potatoes will be harvested.
"When the time comes, it's almost time to get these potatoes out there."
Looking at the yellow potatoes in your hands, this is the Dutch potato cultivated in later generations, the growth period is only more than 60 days, although the growth period is short, but its yield is extremely high, even more suitable for this era than corn. After all, the winters of this era are too long, and almost half of the year is winter.
"Seedlings start in August, and after the autumn harvest in September, when the potato seedlings have grown to 2 inches high, they are transplanted into the field, so that the potatoes can be harvested around the end of October, at this time, the weather has cooled, and the potatoes can be stored for a long time, well, almost four or five months of staple food......"
However, it seems that the Chinese people do not have the habit of eating potatoes, but despite this, it does not prevent Zhu Mingzhong from wanting to promote potatoes.
"Maybe in the future, we can consider promoting it in the army first, so that the army can eat potatoes as a staple food in winter."
Although there is no shortage of food now, Zhu Mingzhong has to consider these problems, and he has even written a special manual to build another breeding center for improved varieties to ensure that the provenance of potatoes will not be degraded. This will affect the production after 100 years.
"Potatoes, peppers, well, and the introduction of cotton from the Americas, this matter can't be delayed, go back and urge ......"
With the development of the cotton textile industry, the introduction of high-quality cotton seeds has become an imperative choice, China's original planting of Asian cotton, is not suitable for the textile industry, so Zhu Mingzhong will order people to import upland cotton from the Americas, but this matter, can only rely on the Spaniards in the Philippines, after all, the most important "Kuroshio Route" in the Pacific Ocean in this era is under the control of Spain.
There are too many good varieties in the Americas, from upland cotton to rubber, which are all needed in China, but it always takes time to introduce them to China and Asia.
"Well, and cinchona!"
Just when Zhu Mingzhong thought of the cinchona, he heard the sound of pushing the door behind him, and there was an exclamation.
"Ahh
Pushing open the door and seeing the people standing in the house, Shi Zhao couldn't help but let out an exclamation, for a while, she didn't even know how to avoid Zhu Mingzhong in the house.
According to the common etiquette, they couldn't see each other before they worshipped, so Shi Zhao didn't even go to see Zheng Ling recently, so as not to run into Zhu Mingzhong, but she didn't expect to meet him here.
"Xiao Zhao."
Seeing Shi Zhao standing by the door, Zhu Mingzhong immediately said with a smile.
"But I haven't seen you in a while."
"You, why are you here?"
Shi Zhao muttered softly.
"I, we're here, shouldn't have met before we got married."
When she said this, she couldn't wait to bite her tongue, get married, do you know how ashamed to talk like this. The shame was hard to stop, she only felt that her cheeks were hot, and even her breathing became short, and there was only a "bang" heartbeat in her ears.
"There's nothing wrong with meeting."
Zhu Mingzhong looked at Shi Zhao and said, he naturally didn't care about these vulgar rites. Looking at Shi Zhao, who was blushing all over his face, his heart couldn't help but stir, and he didn't wait for her to speak, so he held her hand.
"Boom......"
Shi Zhao, who was pulled by him, trembled as if he had been electrocuted, his face was flushed, and he couldn't say half a word anymore, and even with that strength, he couldn't use it.
"You, you, can't ......"
After a while, Shi Zhaocai said in a trembling voice.
"Quick, let go...... What are you doing? ”
Seeing the body full of manly breath rushing over, Shi Zhao became even more nervous.
"Nature is ......"
Zhu Mingzhong kissed her on the mouth, and Shi Zhao, who was "asked" by him like this, immediately went limp, and his whole body seemed to be burning a raging fire, and he was very hot.
This "question" took a long time, and it was not until he couldn't hold his breath anymore that Zhu Mingzhong let go of his mouth. Looking at Shi Zhao in her arms again, there is still the heroic appearance of the past, only the shyness of the girl's family, at this time she is already ashamed of peach blossom pollen, and she can't help panting with her eyes closed.
"Don't ...... No...... This, this is not respectful......"
"Why not."
Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile.
"You are my wife, and this kind of thing is normal between husband and wife."
"But, but we, yet, haven't married yet......"
Responding in a whisper, Shi Zhao only felt that her heart was about to jump to her throat, and she was nervous before, so she gasped even more, and then said in a trembling voice.
"If you humiliate me like this again, I will, I ......"
As he spoke, Shi Zhao's eyes drooped, but he couldn't speak, but the tears flowed out involuntarily.
Seeing that there seemed to be some tears in her eyes, Zhu Mingzhong immediately realized that the women of this era were different from later generations after all, and the woman in her arms was not an ordinary woman, so he let go of her, and then said softly.
"Xiao Zhao, it's all my fault, don't cry anymore."
Zhu Mingzhong's words made Shi Zhao shake his head vigorously and then fell into silence, for a while, the two people in this room just looked at each other, but they didn't speak, and after a while, they only heard her whisper.
"That, that, I heard my father say, you, you know?"
You know her voice, listening to Zhu Mingzhong's ears, he naturally knows what she is talking about.
"Hmm,"
Nodding, Zhu Mingzhong said.
"Shi Junzheng once mentioned it to me."
"Aren't you afraid that me, my identity will drag you down?"
Shi Zhao looked at this man a little nervously, for her who was already twenty-one years old, although she didn't want to mention that identity, she couldn't help but say it.
"What's holding me down?"
Looking at Shi Zhao, Zhu Mingzhong said in an affirmative tone.
"This ......"
After a moment of silence, Shi Zhao raised his head, looked at Zhu Mingzhong and said seriously.
"I want to tell you that you are going to marry Shi Zhao, and it is only Shi Zhao, not Zhu Yuanni."
looked at Shi Zhao with a serious expression, thinking of what happened to her in the past, what did that encounter leave in her heart?
"Thou art born in the emperor's house",
Perhaps, because of this, she rejects Zhaoren's identity and agrees with Shi Zhao more, how painful is this kind of self-preservation?
Looking at Shi Zhao, who seemed to be firm, Zhu Mingzhong hugged her tightly in his arms, this time she did not resist, but let him hold her, she was tightly hugged by him, but her eyes were full of tears, and all the strength disappeared at this moment......
February 16, this day is the day when the Jianghuai Jingluo envoy marries a flat wife, because there are no elders in the man's family, so Zhu Zhiyu, as his master, becomes the person who marries. On the day of the wedding, Jiangbei rushed to Qinghe to congratulate them, except for the officials on duty, and Zheng Chenggong also sent people to send congratulatory gifts for his subordinate who had become independent, and as for the generals under his command, they also sent people to send congratulatory gifts. Even Zhang Huangyan, who was far away in Nanchang, naturally sent his henchmen to escort a boatload of congratulatory gifts from Nanchang. As for Li Ziyuan, who caused Zhang Zheng's discord, he also sent someone to send a boatload of gold and silver treasures. That's not a big deal.
The giver has his own ideas, and for the parties to the wedding, this solemn wedding is not much easier than the first marriage, and even more tired, after all, it takes more time to greet the guests. Fortunately, in this era, it is not very popular to make a hole house, but with Zhu Mingzhong's identity, naturally no one will make a hole room.
As the groom's official Zhu Mingzhong and all the guests entertained until midnight, only to be made a few jokes by everyone, and then there were elders who came forward, and then as the groom's official he still had to continue to drink with the male guests, and when everyone sent him into the new room, he was already a little drunk, and after everyone laughed and retreated, the cave room had been completely left to the couple.
When the cave room was completely quiet, Zhu Mingzhong, who was a little drunk, looked at Shi Zhao who was sitting on the edge of the bed, she was wearing a big red auspicious dress, knowing that she must have been tired of him, because he had an experience, he directly lifted the red hijab on her head with a happy name, and when the red hijab was removed, a delicate face full of blushing was revealed under the golden phoenix crown.
Seeing Shi Zhao, who was blushing, sitting on the edge of the bed, Zhu Mingzhong took the initiative to pour a cup of tea, and then handed it over with a teacup.
"I've been sitting in bed for so long, I must be thirsty, so let's drink some tea first."
Looking at the teacup brought by Zhu Mingzhong himself, Shi Zhao's mind had completely forgotten all the rules that her sisters-in-law had said, and she was indeed a little thirsty. Not only thirsty, but also very hungry, after all, from the moment of marriage, according to the rules of this era, the bride does not eat water and rice, and does not get a drop of water for more than ten hours, which is simply torture for the bride.
"Hungry? Eat some more snacks. ”
Seeing that she drank the tea in the cup in one sip, Zhu Mingzhong asked with a smile, and before she could answer, he had already brought the dim sum plate. After Shi Zhao ate a few snacks, Zhu Mingzhong asked.
"Have you eaten enough?"
"Hmm!" Shi Zhao agreed in a low voice. When her words fell, she felt that the gaze cast on her was hot, burning her even a little restless, and just as she was about to speak, she was embraced into her arms......