Chapter 56: The Governor Wants to Get Married (3)

What Zhang Jian didn't expect was that Xiong Jing no longer mentioned his daughter: "I came here today just to inform Master Zhang that your future son-in-law is terrible." Your Zhang family can be regarded as climbing a high branch. ”

Hearing Xiong Jing say this, Zhang Jian was a little unhappy, but he finally put his mind at ease, as long as this old pervert didn't come to propose marriage: "Why did Lord Xiong say that?" ”

Xiong Jing took a sip and said: "You may not know that your quasi-son-in-law, Zhao Kang and Zhao Qianyi, was appointed by the court last month as the imperial envoy of Zhengerpin Zuo Du, and the governor of Yansui and the prefect of Yan'an. officially became the feudal official of our Ming Dynasty, and he was also the youngest governor of the Ming Dynasty. The future is limitless. ”

Xiong Jing's words also shocked Zhang Jian: "Aren't you joking? ”

Neng Jing said with a smile: "How can I dare to laugh at this kind of thing, you will have much time to sit in my house in the future." ”

After sending Xiong Jing away, Zhang Jian immediately went back to the room and called Mrs. Li to discuss: "Madam, now Zhao Kang, the fiancé of the jade basket, has been appointed by the court as the imperial envoy of Zhengerpin Zuo Du, and the governor of Yansui and the prefect of Yan'an. What should I do? ”

Li Shi was overjoyed and said: "That's a good thing!" Now our family is also stained, and the jade basket will be the wife that Zhao Kangming is marrying in the future, and I can't say that I will be able to get a lady in the future, isn't it the glory of the ancestors? ”

Zhang Jian frowned and said, "If our family is a wealthy family, of course this is too good to be good." But you also know that although our Songjiang Huating Zhang family is also thin and has family assets, it is only better than ordinary people's families, although I won the promotion, and was awarded the lack of this Luoyuan County Order by the court, but you also know that I am an honest official, never do anything corrupt and pervert the law, and you know how much money you have in your heart. ”

"If according to the original idea, Zhao Kang is only the Fugu County Order, and although I did not enter the Jinshi, but I also made up for the lack of the county order, the two families can be regarded as a good match, and then next year Zhao Kang will take leave to return to Suzhou and become a relative to the jade basket, and then we will marry some dowry in the past, so that he can spend some money to buy an official position such as the county lord Bo to stay in Jiangnan, and it will always be a happy ending for talented and beautiful people in the future." But now that Zhao Kang is a veritable feudal official, our family must come up with a dowry that matches his status and status, otherwise outsiders will laugh at our Zhao and Zhang families, and the jade basket may also be wronged if he marries in the past. That's why I'm very embarrassed, and I've made a special trip to discuss with you, Madame. ”

Li said: "Could it be that the lord wants to withdraw from the marriage?" I'll say okay first, I will never agree, first, we have received the bride price and the wedding date has been set, and second, a young and promising man like Zhao Kang, can the Ming Dynasty find a second one? Even if I am ridiculed in the future, I will marry in a jade basket. ”

Zhang Jian said: "I'm not crazy, what kind of marriage do I withdraw, I don't have hair on my side, do I dare to withdraw from the marriage of the second-class members of the court?" I'm here to discuss the dowry with you, and let's think of a way together, where can we raise the dowry needed for the jade basket to marry? ”

Li asked: "When we marry a second-class member of the Ming Dynasty, how much is the dowry of the general woman's family, and is there a fixed number?" ”

Zhang Jian said: "There is no definite number, but how to count those woodware, furniture, furnishings, clothing, gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, books, medicinal herbs and spices, dowry rings and so on. And it can't be too bad, it must be worthy of his status as a second-rank official. I did a rough calculation, and it would take thousands of taels of silver to say the least. ”

When Li heard the words "thousands of taels of silver", he almost didn't lose his breath: "Where can our family get so much money?" ”

Zhang Jian said: "Columns such as woodware, furniture, furnishings, clothes are indeed not worth a few dollars, gold, silver and jewelry are also handed down by our ancestors of the Zhang family, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, books, medicinal herbs and spices, I usually receive a lot of books." The main reason is that it is difficult to marry a girl. People are dignified and upright second-class adults, when it is impossible to marry our rough mother-in-law and country girls, we must need to buy some good-looking and talented Guangling Ji. ”

Li Shi said in surprise: "Guangling Ji? Yangzhou skinny horse? ”

Zhang Jian nodded and said: "The key is here, I heard that in Yangzhou, talented concubines with first-class qualifications and top-notch appearance and talent need at least 1,500 taels of silver to buy, and we have to buy at least two." Our family simply can't come out with that much silver. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Jian and Li were silent, and both of them were a little at a loss.

After a while, Li gritted his teeth, and said as if he had made up his mind: "Master, why don't we marry the jade spring, Huilan, and palm beads with the jade basket to be Zhao Kang's concubine!" And Youhong is still young, so he will stay at home and recruit a son-in-law to support us in the future. Is this possible? Moreover, Yuhuang, Huilan, and Zhangzhu are the same as Jade Basket, and they are all proficient in articles and poems under the guidance of you, Master, and the female celebrity is proficient. Regardless of their appearance and talent, they are definitely not bad compared to those Yangzhou thin horses, and the four sisters marry into the Zhao family and take care of each other, so they will not be wronged. And Zhao Kang has such achievements at a young age, and his future is limitless, even if he marries and becomes a concubine, he will not humiliate them. ”

(Note: According to the "Songjiang Mansion Continuation Chronicle" chapter has Xiang, the word jade basket, the third sister chapter has Wei, the word jade spring, the fourth sister chapter has leisure, the word Huilan, the fifth sister chapter has Cheng, the word palm bead, the sixth sister chapter has Hong, and the table word can not be found.) ）

Li's idea made Zhang Jian very happy, although he was very willing to have a few beautiful daughters, but being able to marry a "young talent" and "hero among people" like Zhao Kang is also the best destination for several daughters. In this way, it can also solve the problem of no money at home, and the face is passable. Immediately, he called the Li family to call his four daughters.

Seeing his four daughters standing in front of him, Zhang Jian suddenly found that he regretted it again, but the matter had come to this point, so he had no choice but to say: "Jade basket, dad wants to tell you one thing today, your fiancé has been appointed by the court as the governor of Yansui last month, and he is a member of the second rank. ”

Zhang Youxiang didn't expect that he, the "fiancé" he had never met, would have such great ability, his face was flushed, his head was lowered and he was too shy to speak. The three younger sisters next to him, Youwei, Youxian, and Youcheng, looked at their sisters with envy. The story of the talented and beautiful woman is very popular in this year, and it can be seen from the expressions of the girls that the sisters who have read banned books such as "Golden Vase Plum" and "Jade Futon" are afraid that they have not read less.