On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Jiangning Wharf.

Compared with the Tang and Song dynasties, the official holidays of the Ming Dynasty were very few, and the industrious Hongwu Emperor in the past used his energy as a benchmark to measure the people of the world, so the entire empire basically had little time to rest.

Even on an auspicious day like the New Year, according to the regulations, the year-end seal is only four days, and the seal will be opened on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. However, with the polishing of the years, the orders that want to disobey the human nature are finally destroyed by the human nature of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. In the southeast, the current yamen has to be sealed on the fourth day of the new year, but before the Lantern Festival, it is impossible to find someone to do things.

In addition to the shops such as Qinglou and restaurant, most of the merchants will start business after the fifth day of the new year, and the wharf, which used to have an amazing throughput, has become very deserted during the New Year. Even coolie workers mostly choose to be with their families during this season, and businessmen often go to Qinglou to find their acquaintances and reunions, and there are no ships to and fro. At the huge Jiangning Wharf, in the early morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, only one fleet made the final preparations before departure.

The fleet belonged to the Yang family, the richest man in the city, who was originally from Huizhou and had lived in Jiangning for several generations and had established close ties with the local area. The ancestors of the Yang family first made a fortune by operating pawns, relying on honest management, self-denial and law-abiding, forcing about hundreds of lives to death, and making a fortune themselves. Now the Yang family is involved in many industries in Jiangning City, including clothing, food, housing and transportation, and what is loaded on this fleet is the cloth delivered by Yang Jibiao Store to the capital.

The standard shop in the Ming Dynasty was not a dart shop that escorted supplies by force in the story of the swordsman, but a shop that operated standard cloth. At present, Songjiang weaving technology is the highest in the country, and the cotton cloth it weaves is smooth and fine, so it is called "standard cloth" in the business world. For example, because the cloth business in Songjiang Sanlintang is thriving, the cloth delivered there is named Sanlintang standard cloth, and the same is true of the Yang family's standard shop, which has business dealings with several large cloth merchants in Beijing.

Due to the tight delivery deadline, although it was necessary to leave in the middle of the year, the owner of the fleet had already left the ship early. The shopkeeper and the big guy under Yang Ji were in charge of several boats, and on the deck of the main ship, there was a man standing thirty miles away. The long body and jade face are dignified, and the life is very outstanding. He was wrapped in a large red velvet cloak, which was a little eye-catching on the man's body, but it was not surprising that the atmosphere in the southeast was like this.

The man stood on the deck, looking around, supervising the work of his own plan. But soon, he found out that there was a problem. Not far from his boat, there were bursts of crying.

When my eyes drifted over, I saw dozens of men and women on that boat, some kowtowing to the boat, and some putting some packages on their heads to deliver something to the boat. On that boat, a tall tag with the words "Guangdong Bingzike Township Test Yakui" is being erected, and next to the tall tag, there is a big flag, on which a big bird spreads its wings, looking very majestic.

The man looked at the crying crowd and asked the people around him, "What does this mean?" Didn't Feng Si's father say that Fan Jin was his friend and took our boat all the way to Beijing? Originally, I coveted his name, but I didn't think it was a bad thing, why did so many people cry under the boat, did this person do something immoral, and people didn't let him go? ”

The accompanying steward said with a smile: "Back to the second son, these people have all come out of flowers, originally lived in the flower village outside the city, and later heard that the officials there caused something, and almost killed these people." Later, he moved to the other courtyard of the Guogong Mansion, and his life was better, and there were people to serve him, and there were many fewer deaths. Most of those who have produced flowers can also return home, but some of them are either ruined or have suffered accidents and are homeless. Originally, most of these people were going to freeze to death, but now they have the Guogong Mansion to cover them, and they are all arranged to work in their own workshops. There is a pockmarked woman who is the shopkeeper, which is run by the Guogong Mansion, and all the guys in it are all flowers. And this workshop and Huazhuang even those transactions, it is said that they were all the ideas of this Guangdong filial piety Fan Jin Fan Gongzi, he is regarded as the benefactor of these people, and they are here to see them off. ”

This man is Yang Shida, the son of the second house of the Yang family, who is the leader of the younger generation of the Yang family, and the right-hand man of the contemporary Yang family, Yang Baocai. He is very shrewd, and he is also a well-known and powerful character in the Jiangning business community. Listening to the butler's words, he nodded:

"That's the case, Fan Huisi is a powerful person, I heard that the cowpox caused by Feng Si's father was actually Fan Jin's idea. If the cowpox is really effective, it is a great merit, and when you look for a girl in the future, you will not run into pockmarks. You said that woman, I know that Yuan Xiaolian's original partner in the city was originally shrewd in business. It's a pity that he gave birth to smallpox, so Yuan Xiaolian gave a break on the grounds that he had a bad disease, and then married a fourteen-year-old ...... Or Yuan Xiaolian is so blessed. These people should thank Fan Jin well, without him, even if these people are cured, most of them will starve to death. I heard that the woman was also very spicy, so she rushed to Yuan Xiaolian's house with a group of people, picked up the child and went to plant cowpox. It's a pity that the pockmarked face, otherwise...... I've got to get close to her, too. Don't be busy, give them more time to talk, and we can count our good deeds and accumulate virtues. The boat travels on the water, but it is necessary to accumulate virtue...... By the way, did the little girl get it? ”

The housekeeper smiled: "Don't worry, the second son has already been tied up and put in the warehouse, you can be careful, she has a strong temperament, and she bit one of our guys when she caught her." ”

The man laughed, "My favorite Yang Shida is the fierce horse, the more intense it is, the more energetic it is." Her man owes me money and hides from meeting, thinking that it will be over after the New Year? Not that cheap! If the man runs away, let his wife pay it back, and he can't accompany me if he doesn't have any money? Along the way, he pointed to her to relieve her boredom. By the way, it was Xue Wu who was escorting the boat with Feng Si, right? You find a chance to ask me a way, the silver is easy to discuss, this little girl fell into the register without a sound, but I haven't heard of a good match, if I marry her as a side house, it is a big face, this matter is a snack, I have a reward! ”

On Feng Mingqi's boat, there was a "take care" on the dock! "Fan Gongzi is the champion of high school today, his wife is a shadow son, and his children and grandchildren are full!" The sound of the call, through the bulkhead, drifted into the cabin.

In the cabin, Zhang Shunqing, who has changed from a girl to a young man, has a little more mature demeanor in the original beauty, so it adds a little more color. His bearing was originally the type of grace and generosity, even when he heard the blessing of the early birth of a noble son, he was not as shy as an ordinary woman, but just lowered his head and smiled. On the other side, the pockmarked woman said embarrassedly:

"Miss, don't be like them, most of these people are rough people, they don't know many words, they use whatever they think of, they don't think so much. Besides, knowing that the eldest lady is on this boat, there is only one concubine, and they only treat Fan Gongzi as being on the boat alone, and they can speak freely, you can include more. ”

Zhang Shunqing smiled: "It's okay, everyone is also kind, I understand." On such a cold day, you still have to come to see you off, but I can't help it. I didn't even inform the Guogong Mansion, I just didn't want to trouble everyone, but it still alarmed you. ”

The hemp-faced woman was the lady who was insulted by Liu Mazi in the flower village, and now she is the shopkeeper of the Xu family's silk village, and she has nothing to do with her former husband's family. She held a new cotton coat in her hand, solemnly put it on the table, and then got up and knelt down, knocking her head hard.

"We are all miserable people, and we have flowers and met that wicked man! If it weren't for the eldest lady and Fan Gongzi to rescue them, their lives would have been lost in their hands. Even if we leave the flower village, without Fan Gongzi arranging this silk village and those workshops, we will either starve to death or become beggars. Now, Fan Gongzi has helped us find a place to live, and has come up with the cowpox prescription, so that my son will not suffer from smallpox, and you and Gongzi are our reborn parents. We have nothing to repay you, everyone, you make a piece of silk, I give a piece of silk, and I make up this cotton coat, which is sewn by the concubine. The craftsmanship is not good, don't laugh at the eldest lady. The concubine also knows that the Prime Minister's Mansion is rich and noble, and she can't look down on this thing, but apart from this, she can't give any thanks at the moment. I can only kowtow a few more times, and I wish you and Fan Gongzi eternal life and wealth for thousands of years. ”

Xue Wu helped the woman up, Zhang Shunqing comforted her, and the woman said, "The concubine doesn't dare to miss Miss Gongzi's shipping schedule, so she is going to leave." Please rest assured, Miss Childe, although we people have no long things, we still have a little conscience, and we all keep in mind who is good to us. If there is anything that can be repaid in the future, it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and we are not afraid. ”

When Xue Wu helped the woman get off the boat, Fan Jin looked at Zhang Shunqing and said with a smile: "Shunqing, this time I have wronged you." The people below don't know that you're there, but that I'm in the boat, and all the words of gratitude are directed at me. If you want to say that the first hero, it has to be you, without you, the daughter of the prime minister's house, where would I do these things. ”

Zhang Shunqing smiled, "Fan Lang and I, do you still want to share each other?" Thank you or thank me, what's the difference. In fact, since I was a child, I have heard many good words, but today's few voices really moved me. At home, I heard people say that the people's hearts are ethereal, invisible and intangible, but now guarding these hundred clothes, I can experience a lot of taste. ”

Her hand gently caressed the cotton garment, which was made of satin sewn with Ning silk, which was very smooth, but the satin was of different colors, and it was a patchwork of different pieces of silk. was originally very shabby, but it was not embarrassed under the woman's skillful hands, but it had the beauty of paddy field clothes. The cotton clothes are filled with fine silk cotton, which is enough to be called a good dress for the New Year. As the daughter of the minister, Zhang Shunqing has seen countless treasures on weekdays, and even the palace ** products have seen a lot, this kind of cotton clothes can't get into her eyes, but today, this gift has a particularly precious value in the woman's heart.

She caressed the cotton clothes, as if she was caressing a rare treasure, playing with an old scroll of calligraphy and painting, and her movements were extremely gentle, for fear that a certain action would be overused and damage the clothes.

A sense of gratitude that remembers the five hearts, and a gratitude that carries the spirit of rebirth and hope, makes this ordinary cotton garment extremely precious. Even the girl couldn't think of any of the gifts she had received that could be compared.

Slender hands, roaming back and forth on the smooth satin surface, Fan Jin watched this action, and couldn't help but think of another occasion, his hand caressed in the same posture in a smooth place. The smoothness there is only stronger than that of this fine silk. Although the two of them have been entangled in one place every day since they crossed that line of defense, Fan Jin's heart still can't help but burn with enthusiasm when he thinks of that scene.

Zhang Shunqing didn't know what Fan Jin was thinking, and said to herself:

"Thinking back, in fact, the person she should be most grateful for is you, according to the idea of Xiaomei and the Guogong Mansion, most of them are to give her some silver taels, or help her make a fight with her husband's family, and force her husband's family or her mother's family to take her back to live, only you think of opening a small silk village for her, so that she can have a career. She looked so haggard when she received the letter of resignation, and she lost her spirit, thinking that it would not be long before she would die. Unexpectedly, in such a short time, she regained her vitality, to be honest, she was more beautiful than when I saw her in Huazhuang. This is not something that can be done just by giving her food, or Fan Lang lit her fire of survival, so if you talk about the grace of saving her life, you should still thank Fan Lang. ”

Fan Jin took Zhang Shunqing's hand, "Listen...... They are still thanking, most of them will not leave until the ship leaves...... In fact, they should first thank the emperor for his grace, and then thank the prime minister of Jiangling......"

Zhang Shunqing said: "Fan Lang, listen, this sound is really good, compared to all the tunes and silk strings I have heard." I have a feeling that after Fan Lang Jinke High School, this kind of beautiful sound will become more and more numerous, louder and louder, so that we can hear this sound everywhere. But I don't understand, why thank Daddy and Your Majesty? ”

"As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, of course, you must thank Your Majesty for everything, otherwise you will be scolded. Secondly, I naturally want to thank the Jiangling Xianggong, if there is no Jiangling Xianggong, how can there be such a fairy-like person in my arms, how can I have the heart to do those things. ”

Zhang Shunqing sneered and hugged Fan Jin tightly. The people on the ship did not know Zhang Shunqing's identity, and someone might come to visit at any time, so it was a bit risky to be affectionate at this time. But it is precisely because of this environment that the daughter of the Prime Minister feels particularly excited, and after experiencing Chinese New Year's Eve that night, she has enjoyed the feeling of adventuring with Fan Jin more and more, this feeling...... It's amazing.

The wine shops and food stalls near the pier are basically closed. Only one humble tavern opened its doors and there was no business. In the entire tavern, only a young and handsome young and handsome prince of the noble court sat at a table with a broken string of a guqin. The old shopkeeper of the tavern comforted him:

"Childe, you are so far away, it is useless to play the piano, and the people on the boat can't hear it. Since you have something to say, why not catch up and make it clear? Maybe if you talk about it, the clouds will clear. ”

The young scholar shook his head, "I played the piano to see me off, just for my heart, not for her to hear." Just like those words, they are meaningless and confusing. When the love is strong, you need to let go, and you can break this thought, so that you can really let go of your arms and go to the community to do something for the common people. I've seen it. ”

The old shopkeeper sighed: "Childe, don't lie to the old man. Although Lao Yu is a public man, Yu Yinlu also knows a little about it. In the sound of your piano, there is lovesickness. ”

"Yes, there is lovesickness, but lovesickness is useless, and it is useless to have it. Just like this piano ......" The scholar pointed to this piano, "The bosom friend has gone, who else in the world is worthy of listening to me Liu Kanzhi play the piano, who is worthy of my lovesickness for her?" This piano is useless! ”

A white rainbow flashed, and the guqin was broken, and the blade of the sword was embedded in the square table, trembling violently, making a buzzing sound. Liu Kanzhi looked at the sword, shook his head and said, "After all, it is not as sharp as Longquan, otherwise even this table can be split." Fan Huisi, if you hold Longquan, you have to protect your little sister, otherwise...... I won't spare you! ”

Before the words fell, his figure suddenly shook, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, staining the guqin, the sword, and his snow-white clothes.

The big ship untied its cable and headed north amid the shouts of the sailors. In the city, the horse team of the Duke of Wei consciously chased after the wharf, and on the wharf, the patients of Tianhuazhuang were still kowtowing and burning incense, praying for the benefactor. The old shopkeeper of the hotel hurriedly rescued Liu Kanzhi and ordered his subordinates to find Lang Zhong.

Zhang Shunqing, who didn't know anything about this, was only immersed in the tenderness with Ailang at this time and started her honeymoon journey. [.]