The boats of Sanmingwa are inconspicuous in the crowded river, and even in this era of squillity, there are still so many boats entering and leaving the city of Suzhou that it makes people's scalp tingle.

Yu Guozhen, who was standing at the bow of the boat, saw this scene, although he was used to seeing the prosperity of the later generations, but in this era, he could still see such a huge city scene, which still made him breathtaking.

At this time, Suzhou was in full swing, and the silk produced in Suzhou was rampant all over the world, and in Peru and Chile in South America, the local silk fell into bloom, and even used it as a springboard to resell to its colonial overlord Spain. The entire city of Suzhou is said to have a population of 2 million, and almost all of its northeastern cities are craftsmen related to silk weaving!

This is a city decorated with Qiluo beads, the bells of Hanshan Temple, and the small bridge and flowing water of the Humble Administrator's Garden......

At this time, the Humble Administrator's Garden, which should be called the Returning Pastoral Residence, only passed into the hands of Wang Xinyi last year - like Zhou Daodeng, he was also a retired official.

Yu Guozhen didn't know this, he was just surprised by the prosperity of the city, although he didn't directly enter the city now, just passed by, but he was already shocked and broken.

Even in Europe, which is known as the pre-industrial revolution, there is no city with such a developed handicraft industry and a prosperous commodity economy as this city!

"Two brothers, remember what I told me, if it is done well, I will speak well for you in front of my uncle when I go back, and you can come and live in Suzhou often in the future!"

Yu Guoning and Yu Guoan were overjoyed when they heard this, the brothers went out this time, first saw the hustle and bustle of the ancient city of Jinling, and now saw the prosperity of Suzhou Mansion, thinking that they were going back to the countryside of Xiang'an, and their two hearts were as unbearable as a kitten scratching.

"Don't worry, we will definitely get things done, isn't it just to go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion to let the wind go, we are good at this matter!" The two brothers were only seventeen or eighteen years old, and they were pampered at home, so they were a little frivolous.

Yu Guozhen nodded, and explained twice to Gao Fei, who followed the two, these two brothers were just a dispensable part of his whole strategy, so it was not that he had to go out in person.

Wujiang Shengze silk weaving industry is prosperous, not under Suzhou Mansion, the literary style and business style here are extremely prosperous, and some are large wealthy families. The Zhou family is one of them, it is said that it can be traced back to Zhou Dunyi in the Song Dynasty, and Zhou Daodeng, who is now retired, is a cabinet elder, so the Zhou family's mansion is much larger than that of the Xiang'an Yu family.

Zhou Daodeng is now over the age of six, but the old mother at home is still there, and she is in good health, and most of the affairs in the family are in charge of the old mother. At this time, he was standing in front of his mother, salivating and shy: "Mother, the child has something to ask for today." ”

Mother Zhou raised her hand with a smile, and the little maid beside her immediately handed the tea cup in her hand, and Zhou Daodeng glanced at the little maid, her eyes flashing like a wolf and a tiger. The little maid cowered back in fright, carefully avoiding his gaze.

This scene was seen by Zhou's mother, and her son was unclear. Taking a sip of tea, she coughed: "Deng'er, if you have anything, just tell your mother." ”

"The child wants to take a concubine." Zhou Daodeng said.

Zhou's mother is not surprised, although her son was admitted to the Jinshi more than 30 years ago, when today's son wants to choose a cabinet scholar after he ascends the throne, let people nominate ten places, and then catch the eunuch to choose his own son who has been a scholar as the elder, but this cabinet elder is less than a year old and then again to the officer, after coming back, his son indulged in wine. Concubines are already commonplace for him, and now his wives and concubines have more than ten rooms.

"Deng'er, if you want to take a concubine, why do you want to ask for a mother, whose daughter you like, ask the matchmaker to come to the door."

"The child does not fancy anyone's daughter, but the mother's handmaiden." Zhou Daodeng looked directly at the little maid beside Zhou's mother, the maid's face was already a little pale, her eyes were a little straight, and she didn't know whether she was afraid or had other thoughts.

This little maid is extremely beautiful, although she is a little too short, but her eyes are bright and white as jade, especially the watery eyes, lively and vivid, but there are not many ordinary maids cowering and dodging.

Mother Zhou glanced back at the little maid and frowned.

This little maid was bought from the "homecoming courtyard" at home, and has been in the house for several years, and has been waiting for Zhou's mother, delicate and intelligent, and she loves her very much. Zhou Daodeng also doted on her very much, and Zhou's mother knew that Zhou Daodeng had taught this little maid poetry and song more than once. Originally, Zhou's mother thought that this was just Zhou Daodeng's own childlessness and seeing other people's smart and clever children, so she felt pity. didn't expect that Zhou Daodeng still had this distraction, you must know that Zhou Daodeng is over the age of sixteen, and Xiao Ai'er is only fourteen years old!

"Xiao Ai, you go out first." Zhou Mu said.

The little maid was blessed and walked out of the house quickly, and Mother Zhou looked at her graceful figure, and her brows furrowed even tighter.

"Deng'er, why do you think so?" Mother Zhou sighed: "You are over the age of sixties, but Xiaoai is only fourteen...... I didn't expect that this girl turned out to be a fox and knew how to seduce the master! ”

When she said this, her words already carried the meaning of Senran, according to the rules of the Zhou family, the fox seduced the lord but was to be punished by the family law and sold!

"Mother, it's not a little love, hehe, this is really what the son meant." Zhou Daodeng smiled shyly: "That's the case, my son is now over the age of six, and although he has a lot of wives and concubines, he still has nothing." The so-called unfilial piety has three no queens, I have found someone to see it, although Ai'er is younger, but it is the appearance of a man, for the sake of the great event of passing on the ancestry, the mother ...... Hehe, just give your little love to your son! ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Daodeng simply knelt down, his face was full of expressions like a child asking his mother for delicious food, Zhou's mother was originally going to veto, but when she saw his gaze, her heart was soft.

Decades ago, when Zhou Daodeng was a child, he wanted something, and it was difficult to ask his father, so he begged her like this.

The older a person gets, the more he reminishes the past, so Mother Zhou put down the cup, sat up straight, and sighed: "Deng'er, since you think so...... So be it, though...... Xiao Ai was bought from Xu Fo, she was her adopted daughter, and she always had to be called by the ward. Also, a little girl like cardamom, you ...... Don't treat her badly. ”

"That's natural, thank you mother, mother just rest assured." Zhou Daodeng got up, his body shook, after all, he was also old, and after standing up, he felt a little unwell, and after a while, he said happily: "Son, I'm going to do it...... Tomorrow is auspicious, and tomorrow my son will accept a little love! ”

Even his mother couldn't stand this anxious look, and snorted: "I obeyed your wishes, and you won't let me out!" ”

Zhou Daodeng's wish was satisfied, he ran out with a smile, went out, and happened to see Xiao Ai hesitating at the door, he was full of lust: "Xiao Ai, go back and prepare well, wait for the big joy, hahahaha......"

Xiao Ai bowed her head and said nothing, Zhou Daodeng glanced at her again, only felt that her heart was open, and she couldn't help singing: "Just three springs are good for no one to see, don't beware of sinking fish and geese and birds are noisy, then the shy flowers and moon flowers are afraid of trembling......"

This is the singing sentence in the Kunqu opera "Peony Pavilion", Xiao Ai understands, her body trembled slightly, and slowly shrank back. Zhou Daodeng was about to step forward to tease him, even if he had passed the warmth of his hands and eyes, when he heard the old mother in the house coughing: "Little love, little love, come here!" ”

Xiao Ai immediately pulled out her legs and walked towards the house, she wrapped her little feet, so she walked up and swayed her body like the wind to help the weak willow, Zhou Daodeng saw it itching in his heart behind him, thinking that he would be able to get what he wanted tomorrow, and went out with a smile.

"Bachelor is so happy, is it a happy event?" When he went out, he was greeted by a group of warblers and Yanyan, who were his wives and concubines, and the younger of them was only seventeen or eighteen years old, all with red cheeks and eyebrows, and spring waves in their eyes.

Zhou Daodeng was happy in his heart, and said in his mouth: "Naturally, there are happy events, there are big happy events, haha!" ”

"Oh, where does the joy come from?" His fourteenth concubine was originally the most favored, and at this time, he naturally asked coquettishly.

"Haha, guess what!" Zhou Daodeng said.

"Could it be that the news from Tonggui's side has come, and the inactive hillbilly who came to vote has already offered all the fields and mansions in his family?" A concubine asked.

Zhou Tonggui is Zhou Daodeng's nephew, because Zhou Daodeng has no heirs, he is very close to him, and his idea is to become an heir. However, Zhou Daodeng did not have this intention for a long time, and he gradually lost his mind, so he began to think about using Zhou Daodeng's identity to seek some benefits. Zhou Daodeng is an old man of Zhishige, and he still has some face in the officialdom, but Zhou Daodeng is quite cautious, and the neighboring townships dare not go too far, so Zhou Tonggui can only go to Wuwei to find a way.

"How can things be so smooth, their Yu family brothers are fighting for property, and there must be a lawsuit first." Zhou Daodeng smiled and said: "Besides, if you measure that countryman, you can have a few pieces of wealth in the field, which is not a happy event!" ”

"I know, I know!" The concubine in the fourteenth room applauded: "It must be another news from the Jingshi, the Son of Heaven is thinking about the talent of the bachelor, and the bachelor is going to recover!" ”

Zhou Daodeng's face immediately sank: "Nonsense! ”

He scolded him for this righteousness, and although the concubine was favored, she was also called disgraced. Seeing their appearance, Zhou Daodeng snorted: "The affairs of the imperial court, you don't understand, now that I have retired to my hometown, I am the old minister of Wujiang, which is far better than the muddy water flowing in the imperial court in the past." ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but shrink his neck, feeling a little cold behind him.

"Where does the Bachelor's joy come from?" The thirteenth concubine glanced at the fourteenth who was bored with herself, and smiled coquettishly to pinch Zhou Daodeng's back and shoulder.

At this time, Zhou Daodeng no longer sold Guanzi, he laughed and turned his anger into joy: "You are going to add another room of sisters, I want to marry a concubine!" I want to marry Xiao Ai as a concubine...... Well, this matter has to be done quickly. ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the girls were immediately dumbfounded, and without waiting for them to respond, Zhou Daodeng walked out in a hurry, throwing all these Jiao'e fandels in the courtyard and looking at each other.

"Little Love...... The little girl in the old lady's room? After a while, Fourteen Fang gritted his teeth and said, "This fox girl! ”

――――――I'm the dividing line of the ticket without a festival, and the following is not the main text―――――――― (ps: The fourteenth room scolded like this, but the rest of the concubines glanced at her, she had been a monopoly before, and at that time, everyone also scolded her like this.

"Don't want to find a way? Ai'er, this, I have seen it, although she is only fourteen, she is delicate and childish, if the master really accepts her, none of us will want to see the master in the future! The fourteenth room glanced at the concubines: "Don't cry and cry all day long when the time comes!" ”

"What can be done? He's the master, he's the biggest in the family! ”

"The old lady is the biggest, let's beg the old lady to go!"

"The old lady has allowed him to gather fourteen rooms, will she still allow him to have fifteen rooms?"

"The emperor is the biggest, let's go to the emperor!"

"The emperor is far away, how can he get here, not to mention that this is a private matter!"

Speaking of this, all the women looked at each other, only feeling that there was nothing to be done, and at this moment, someone suddenly said: "There is another person, who is older than the emperor, please be able to stop the master." ”

"Who?"

"Naturally, it's the author, this story is all made up by the author, and not letting the master marry Ai'er is not a matter of the author's thoughts!"

The women suddenly realized, but they were worried: "We don't have a friendship with the author, even if we ask him, he may not be willing to help!" ”

"There's no need to worry about that." Fourteen Fang Jiao smiled: "Ask the author directly, I'm afraid it's useless, but there are still people to ask, as far as the slave knows, the author is worried about the new book list, and the lack of the new book list is just a collection click recommendation, sisters, take out the fox tricks, beg all the official readers to send some collections to click and recommend, then the author will understand our mind when he sees it!" ”

The women listened and said in unison: "Exactly, exactly, the world has the greatest reader, it is the author, and you have to listen to the reader, or go and ask the reader to go!" ”）

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