Chapter 544: The Chin Cha (1st Update)
Maybe it's because Shen Xi and Lin Dai have different understandings of marriage and responsibility!
Shen Xi's idea was to officially marry Lin Dai, give her a home and take on the responsibility of her husband at the same time, but in Lin Dai's heart, love is just two people together, and nothing else matters, which is why Lin Dai proposed to elope with him in the first place.
But Shen Xi is reincarnated as a human being, and he is destined to bear a lot of responsibilities, and he can't come by temperament.
Shen Xi didn't chase him out, although he knew that Lin Dai'er was soft-rooted, and he was the only one in his heart, as long as he spoke softly, Xiao Nizi would soon untie the knot.
But what's next?
Maybe the two are really going to be a dewy couple!
"Master, Miss is angry and goes back to the room, why don't you go over and have a look?" Ning Er came into the room and asked.
It's a master and a young lady, it sounds like a daughter and her father are angry and go back to the room, in fact, with Shen Xi and Lin Dai's psychological age, Lin Dai is not a little girl who hasn't grown up in Shen Xi's eyes?
The two have been together for a long time, and Lin Dai has never regarded Shen Xi as a younger brother, but as a man who can give himself happiness with his own opinions!
Shen Xi said: "Let her be angry for a while, you look at her, don't let her think about it, go back and clean up, we are ready to go back to Tingzhou." ”
When Ning Er heard this, her face froze.
It doesn't matter if Lin Dai returns to Tingzhou or not, but for Ning'er, returning to Tingzhou will mean that her plan to fish for Kaizi in the capital will be completely ruined, and the young master of the Wang family and Gongzi Xie will become a cloud of the past.
Ning Er hurriedly said, "Master, can you take ...... Slaves stayed? ”
Shen Xi knew Ning'er's thoughts, to say that among these maids in the family, her heart was the most uncertain, this was a restless woman!
However, even if Hui Niang promised to raise them for a lifetime, there was no man who cherished her and took care of her for a lifetime.
Shen Xi said: "Don't worry, after I go back, I will tell Aunt Sun that let her find a good family to marry you off, it is too difficult to find a good family in this capital land." ”
Ning Er immediately knelt on the ground, almost crying: "Young master, the slave and maid serve you, and you will not marry for the rest of your life." ”
Shen Xi was slandered...... is really coy, and she clearly wants to get married, but she shows a loyal look to serve the master, which is probably the helplessness of being a maid in a big family, afraid that the master will not marry her out and die alone, and afraid that the master will know that she has two hearts and will criticize her.
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Shen Xi packed up his things a little.
Although I don't know when to leave, but listening to Xie Qian's meaning, it should be before the end of the year, it is estimated that around the twentieth month of the lunar month, Shen Xi on the one hand asked Song Xiaocheng to prepare carriages and boats, and also to pay attention to the changes in the section of the canal at any time, if the North Canal freezes in winter, then it can only take the land route.
Logically speaking, the land route will be faster than the water route, but because the canal is almost a straight line, and there is no need to go over the mountains and mountains on the way, let alone find a boat to ferry, in fact, it will be more convenient and faster to take a boat.
In the past, at the end of the year, the rivers of all sizes in the north would freeze, and water transportation had to stagnate until the beginning of spring.
Waited for Song Xiaocheng to go to Tongzhou to check the situation on the spot, and asked the experienced boatman about the next ...... It was not out of Shen Xi's expectation that if he wanted to take a boat now, he had to at least reach the bank of the Yellow River by land.
But he didn't get a formal appointment for a day, and Shen Xi's duty was still to be a lecturer in the East Palace, lecturing for the crown prince Zhu Houzhao, and he needed to continue to sort out his lectures.
On the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Xie Qian found someone to inform Shen Xi to let him wait for news in Zhan Shifu, but Shen Xi waited from morning to afternoon, and Xie Qian was late, and at the same time brought Shen Xi the edict and seal of the envoy, but there was no royal order banner to act cheaply.
“…… This time, you are going to pay tribute to the Buddha and the Buddha, and you try to mix as little as possible with other things. Your Majesty said that if you set off the day after tomorrow, he will appoint a deputy envoy to you when the time comes, so that he will take more care of you on the way. ”
Xie Qian said very vaguely, saying that there was a deputy envoy, but he didn't say who it was, judging from Xie Qian's expression, this person should not be a good person.
Knowing the exact departure time, Shen Xi needs to communicate with Yu Niang's side. Yu Niang is not very clear about Shen Xi's deputy envoy, but this deputy envoy is definitely not Yu Niang, because since he wants to serve as the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, he must have official qualities, and Yu Niang is just a fine work of the factory guard.
Yu Niang reminded: "Lord Shen, the slave family will take care of it all the way, but Lord Shen still has to think about how to deal with the magistrates in Quanzhou...... The slave family heard that there were many corrupt people among the officials of Quanzhou Prefecture and County, and they accepted the benefits of the Buddha and the machine, so they told the court for the Buddha and the machine. ”
If Shen Xi didn't know the history of the Great Voyage, Yu Niang's reminder was very necessary, but Shen Xi had long understood what the Portuguese were in this period, and he wouldn't really regard himself as a **** envoy to the country.
Moreover, Xie Qian also made a special explanation that in addition to asking for tribute, other things are not allowed to interfere, which means that even if the Buddha is trying to use force, it is also the business of the local yamen, and it is not his turn to be the Hanlin official.
Logically speaking, the decision of the emperor and Xie Qian was correct, if Shen Xi was really given too much power, if there was a war, the magistrate would definitely put the responsibility on Shen Xi, let Shen Xi come out of the top tank, what could Shen Xi do at the age of thirteen?
When the time comes, it is a small matter to not be able to ask for tribute, so the Ming Dynasty army will be defeated, the prestige of the court will be damaged, and Shen Xi's heads will not be enough to cut off.
In this way, Xie Qian is actually helping him.
Shen Xi said: "Yu Niang reminds me that I heard that the Buddha Luo Ji people in the Western generation, conquered many small countries by force, and this time I came to China, not to pay tribute sincerely for trade, but to take the opportunity to spy on my Ming national situation, in order to prepare for the use of troops against my Ming Dynasty." ”
Yu Niang asked in surprise, "Where did Lord Shen know?" ”
Just let me not speculate about the current situation? I'm really not speculating out of thin air, just telling a fact, if it weren't for the Portuguese who found out that the Ming Dynasty was far beyond their imagination after many temptations in history, it was not impossible to use force directly!
But if there is a war between the two countries, Shen Xi is not particularly afraid, because he knows that with the current Portuguese sailboats, if they want to cross the ocean to the land of Daming, it will take at least a year or two on the way, and the Portuguese cannot afford this kind of long-distance war.
At most, the Portuguese navigators could be regarded as a group of pirates or pirates, and there was no shortage of such people on the southeast coast anyway.
"I've heard of it in the next place." Shen Xi replied.
Yu Niang looked at Shen Xi with a smile, as if to say, these things can't even be found out by us, you are only a thirteen-year-old boy, and you don't walk much, how can you know so much?
Shen Xi wanted to ask Yu Niang about Liu Daxia's instructions, but he knew that Yu Niang would be silent, so he was not reluctant at all, anyway, he knew that it was no good thing for Yu Niang to accompany him.
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He was about to leave Beijing in two days, and Shen Xi needed to prepare a lot, mainly to bring his belongings.
Due to the inconvenience of carrying, most of the silver in hand was put into the silver cellar next to the backyard warehouse, this silver cellar only Xie Yun'er knew the specific location, it was protected by organs, and at the same time, there were all kinds of disguises, but he was not afraid of attracting people's attention.
This time, Shen Xi only brought more than three hundred taels of silver on the road, and then books.
On a trip to the capital, Shen Xi wrote "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang", and after it was printed, he got several samples. In addition, Shen Xi bought some books by himself, Su Tong and some friends gave some, and Xie Qian, Zhang Heling, and the queen rewarded some respectively.
"Lord Zhuangyuan, you have read so many books, you might as well stay in the capital, anyway, you are not going to come back." Song Xiaocheng smiled and suggested to Shen Xi.
Shen Xi shook his head, he must bring the books, because he wanted to give these books to Xie Duo.
At the beginning of the year, the imperial court recruited Xie Duo to be the chief eunuch of the country, but as a result, Xie Duo, as recorded in history, resigned from the appointment of the imperial court many times, and is still stranded in Jiangnan and does not perform his duties.
How to say that before Shen Xi went to the capital for the exam, Xie Duo personally received him, and also gave him some earnest entrustment, and now that he has won the top prize, of course he has to repay the favor.
Although the books in Shen Xi's hands are not precious, there are also a few books that are extremely rare in his opinion, especially the few books given by Empress Zhang, Shen Xi has visited so many bookstores, he has never seen them, looking at the paper and style, it is estimated that they were printed by the Han Jing Factory in the palace, and it is not a beautiful thing to give them to a book collector like Xie Duo for collection?
Taking a step back, even if Xie Duo doesn't look down on other books, Shen Xi thinks that the "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang" he compiled is quite unique, thinking that Ji Yun's generation of famous Confucians, what he writes is a combination of story and literature, and he believes that Xie Duo will definitely accept his kindness.
Shen Xi said: "As a scholar, books are the root of life, do you mean to let me leave the root of life in the capital?" ”
Song Xiaocheng sneered: "Lord Zhuangyuan's metaphor is not very appropriate, your life...... Yes, it is your lifeline, even if the small one is back, it will be carried back to Tingzhou for you. ”
"I don't need to go to Tingzhou, I don't plan to take these books home, just send them to Yingtianfu...... But what you said also has some truth, those big road goods on the market, simply don't bring ......"
Later, Shen Xi sorted out the bookbox again, and removed some of the collections of essays for the imperial examination, as well as the Four Books and Five Classics, which really reduced the burden a lot.
When it is cleaned up, the top priority is to solve Lin Dai's emotional problem.
Xiao Nizi likes to lose her temper when she has nothing to do, which is a headache for Shen Xi...... Now that Lin Dai is the same as before, she doesn't eat or drink, and Shen Xi knows that Xiao Nizi wants to use this mean way to exchange for his pity. However, other tricks didn't work for Shen Xi, he had to admit this trick himself, he was indeed reluctant!
When he saw that Lin Dai was getting thinner and thinner because of not thinking about tea and dinner, Shen Xi felt guilty in his heart, and went into the room many times to apologize, it seemed that Lin Dai was on his pulse.
Ning'er's cooking skills were honed well under Shen Xi's teaching, Shen Xi brought the food into the room, Lin Dai sat on the bed facing the wall, and didn't move her shoulders when she heard the footsteps.
"There's really no virtuous lady at all." Shen Xi pretended to be disappointed and shook his head and sighed.
Lin Dai was embarrassed, turned around and cried, "I...... How can I not be virtuous? You...... Do you like Sister Xie's ...... You...... You're looking for her! ”
Shen Xi pouted: "I not only want to find her, but also live with her and let her give birth to me." ”
At this time, Lin Dai couldn't help it at all, jumped out of bed, waved her pink fist and greeted Shen Xi's chest, but this happened to fall into Shen Xi's trap, and the next moment, her hand was caught by Shen Xi, and then the whole person fell into Shen Xi's arms.
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PS: First update!
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