Zhu Daolin didn't know that the shopkeeper Ying was caught in a difficult trade-off, and even if he knew, he would scoff at it, but there was also a problem in front of him right now, and Zhao Xunting, the chief engineer he hired with a high salary, brought him good news: Zizhuyuan West Cross Courtyard has been completed, and he can move in after three days and three nights of aromatherapy!

In this way, whether to buy some people to come back as soon as possible to wash clothes and sweep the floor has become a problem that Zhu Daolin must face.

This good news means that the overall repair and expansion of Zizhu Garden has been completed for the most part, and Zhao Xunting, the talented and experienced director of the Ministry of Works, can safely hand over the follow-up construction of Zizhu Garden to the four leaders of craftsmen he trusts, and take time to fully undertake the overall construction and supervision of the Shangyuanmen Wharf and the manor.

Zhu Daolin led Zhao Xunting, who came to report, to inspect the wharf together, humbly asked for his opinion on the construction situation, and finally specially left him to participate in the banquet held in the evening.

After half an hour of discussion, Zhu Daolin's master, Daoist Xuanqing, and several uncles and uncles unanimously agreed that Zhu Daolin would move to live in the west courtyard of Zizhuyuan, which has superior conditions in the city, and take this opportunity to hold a sumptuous banquet to thank Zhao Xunting for his hard work, and then talk together and drink a glass of wine.

The reason why Xuanqing Dao Chiefs agreed so happily is very simple:

First, the Zizhu Garden in Jinling City is an industry under the name of Zhu Daolin, a beloved disciple, and it is also a part of Ziyang Temple, which requires Zhu Daolin to sit in it for a long time, and it will only take an hour to travel from Ziyang Temple to Jinling City, which will not affect Zhu Daolin's running on both sides.

Second, Zhu Daolin and several noble families jointly founded the "Bofu Qianzhuang" and other large-scale industries, which are also an important economic pillar of Ziyangguan in the future, and someone must stay in the city for a long time to take care of these industries.

Before the banquet began, Zhao Xunting, who had worked hard and made great achievements, was invited to sit on the top seat by a group of veterans, and Zhao Xunting, who was humble and down-to-earth in etiquette, repeatedly humbled and said that he did not dare, and pulled and pulled for a long time, before he took a step back and sat on the lower right head of Xuanqing Daoist, and the main seat was the oldest and highest Xuanyue Daoist who was the oldest and most senior in the main seat, and the young and rich and handsome Zhu Daolin could only sit at the last seat, and he had to pour wine for everyone in turn.

Today's director of the Ministry of Works, Zhao Xunting, is no longer depressed and unambitious in the past, sitting in a group of highly respected Taoist Maoshan faction important figures, respected and treated well by everyone, under the placket of the placket and all the Taoist chiefs, revealing half of the golden bracelet, and wearing the same as Zhu Daolin and all the Taoist chiefs, are comfortable, warm, lightweight, sturdy and rich tactical shoes, even the clothes on the body are dark blue trimmed Taoist robes, drinking the same celadon bottle wine, eating the same delicious meal, Naturally, I became part of the group.

Speaking of Taoist robes, Zhu Daolin also recently learned that the most popular clothing in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years was the Taoist robe, from the emperor to the ordinary landlords and rich peasants, including those famous ministers and generals, mountain hermits, literati, officials at all levels and even ordinary scholars, the most favorite clothing to wear is the simple and elegant Taoist robe.

Zhu Daolin has completely adapted to all this, including lifestyle, language and customs, etc., Zhu Daolin has long accepted it, and has taken the initiative to integrate into it, and rarely has frequent surprises when he first arrived.

But when I got up early the next morning and finished washing, when several junior brothers and coachman Lao Shi and others were carrying Zhu Daolin's luggage and belongings into the carriage, Zhao Xunting pulled Zhu Daolin to the willow tree by the stream and said solemnly, which still surprised Zhu Daolin:

"Daolin, I have decided, at the end of the year, I will resign from my official position before the Yamen is sealed, and then officially worship under the Xuanyue Dao Chief, I believe that you and I will soon become confidant brothers."

Zhu Daolin, who was deeply surprised, was stunned for a moment, and immediately showed a happy smile: "How does Brother Meng Shan plan to settle the three sisters-in-law and five nephews and nieces?" ”

Zhao Xunting pointed to the high post south of the mouth: "Brother Xian is a rich man, how about Brother Fool have the cheekiness to ask Brother Xian to build more courtyards under Tiger Mountain?" Just on the edge of the courtyard of the virtuous brother, there is a clear spring on the back halfway up the mountain, the taste is very sweet, the few big maple trees that grow for a hundred years by the spring, such a beautiful scenery, intoxicating! ”

Zhu Daolin happily agreed: "I can be a neighbor with Brother Mengshan, and the younger brother can't ask for it!" It just happened that the courtyard under the Tiger Mountain had just been dug out of the stone and dug out the foundation, and two large pieces of open space were reserved on both sides of the east and west, and it was absolutely no problem to build two yards of the same size. ”

"But before it is built, Brother Meng Shan should first move his family to Zizhuyuan, the newly built courtyard separated by a wall on the south side of the west courtyard is very good, if the sisters-in-law like that small courtyard, Brother Meng Shan will simply keep it for his own use, anyway, in the future, he will run on both sides, how can he do without a place to stay in Jinling City?"

"Thank you, Brother Xian! You're welcome. Zhao Xunting thanked him gratefully.

Zhu Daolin's smile was unusually bright: "Thank you for what?" In fact, I have long been fighting Brother Monshan's idea in my heart, hehe! Even if Brother Mengshan is not my senior brother, sooner or later I will try my best to become a sibling brother with Brother Mengshan, with a talent like Brother Mengshan to help me, I can completely put my mind at ease, go all out to make money, and make Ziyangguan and our own family business bigger and bigger, haha! Let's go, the car is loaded, and the master is still waiting for us to have breakfast together. ”

After the two finished breakfast, they rushed to Jinling City in a carriage under the eyes of Xuanqing Daoist and several elders, and Zhao Xunting, who was in a good mood, dropped his four-wheeled carriage and got into Zhu Daolin's carriage to discuss the next work together, especially on the location of the two warehouses and five manpower booms that were being planned above the Shangyuanmen Wharf.

The large stone arch bridge outside the Jinchuan Gate is being built intensively, now all the piers have been high above the water, the temporary erection of the wide pontoon bridge on both sides of the ferry terminal completely occupies, originally as many as 100 large and small ferries because of the loss of business, now there are only about a dozen left, taking advantage of the limited capacity of the pontoon bridge during the peak period of people and vehicles, but also from some in a hurry to make some ferry money.

Zhu Daolin and his entourage of five carriages followed by a large string of ox carts, horse-drawn carts and rickshaw carts slowly moved, Zhao Xunting took Zhu Daolin, who was very interested, to the bank of the stone bridge under construction, pointed to several bridge piers on the river with gentle water flow and told Zhu Daolin:

"These piers already existed, and the original stone bridge was built during the expansion of the Jinling city wall during the Hongwu period. Five years ago, a major flood washed away the stone bridge that lacked maintenance for more than 200 years, at that time it coincided with the first emperor who was seriously ill, and later the new emperor succeeded to the throne, the Ministry of Industry of Jinling City and Ying Tianfu jointly played a request to rebuild the Jinchuan Bridge, and the Donglin Party, which had no choice but to return to power, was fully retaliating and liquidating. ”

"It wasn't until half a year ago that the current saint issued an order to repair it within a time limit, but there was not half a tael of silver to be allocated, where is the Nanjing Ministry of Industry that is overwhelmed? Only Shuntianfu and Shangyuan County could only be apportioned to the merchants and landlords outside the city, and they tossed up and down for more than two months before they had the money to repair the Jinchuan Bridge. ”

Zhu Daolin shook his head again and again: "How much silver does it take to repair this Jinchuan Bridge?" ”

"It's only three thousand taels of silver when it reaches the sky, but it will definitely be no less than eight thousand taels when it is announced to the public, alas! It's all rotten, the foolish brother just can't get used to such people and things, and is unwilling to provide convenience for the officials and colleagues to cheat, which has caused a lot of unwarranted disasters, to put it mildly, if it weren't for the luck to meet the virtuous brother, the foolish brother would have been disheartened and hung up the crown, and returned to his hometown in Huangzhou to teach and live. Zhao Xunting still has mixed feelings and sighs every time he thinks of the depression and disappointment of a few months ago.

After listening to it, Zhu Daolin scolded "Dog. I could only shut my mouth helplessly, and most of my good mood when I came out was gone.

Almost waiting for half an hour, Zhu Daolin and his entourage of five carriages crossed the pontoon bridge, the sharp-eyed tax officials and guards saw the coachman Lao Shi sitting high on the first four-wheeled carriage, and immediately greeted him with a smile, and did not accept a copper plate and diligently helped drive away the people in front of him, Zhu Daolin had a full view of everything, and had a clearer judgment on the old history of the coachman in his heart.

After the five carriages came ashore, they pulled over, and after a little tidying up, they prepared to enter the city, and the big shopkeeper of Cuiweizhai, who had been waiting here, and the young master of the Yan family glanced at each other, leaving behind a few eyeless family members around him, and took the lead in walking towards Zhu Daolin, who was about to board the car, to greet him.

Zhu Daolin saw the familiar shopkeeper of Cuiweizhai and hurriedly returned the salute: "I didn't expect to meet Mr. Zhang here, and I plan to go to Cui. Weiju visited Mr. Zhang, the two Tang Sancai galloping horses that I got back from Mr. last time made me earn a lot of silver, and I can't say that one day I will invite Mr. to drink a glass of wine to thank me. ”

"Where, where! Zhu Daochang is polite, it should be up to the next to do the east, haha! ”

The shopkeeper Zhang Da took out the invitation card that had already been prepared, and handed it to Zhu Daolin with both hands: "Prepare a thin wine at the fragrant flower boat at Qinhuai Wharf tomorrow, and I implore Zhu Dao to come!" ”

Zhu Daolin was stunned, thought about it and felt that it would be better to go, after all, he still needed to buy antique calligraphy and paintings from Cuiweizhai in the future, so he took the invitation with a smile:

"Thank you very much Mr. Zhang for your kindness, but I may not be available tomorrow, it's not ...... Sir, please look at the carriages behind, I just moved the 7788 salute to Zizhuyuan today, so I can't be busy for a while...... I don't think it's as good as this, tomorrow at noon, I will send someone to deliver a letter to Mr. Zhang, if I can spare time, I will definitely disturb Mr. for a glass of wine, and there are still a lot of businesses that need more attention from Mr. Zhang. ”

In the face of Zhu Daolin's polite explanation, Zhang Guizhi was a little embarrassed, and was about to take out the famous thorn of the little marquis Zhang Deyi to increase the weight, but the young master of the Yan family, who felt that he had been left out in the cold, was unhappy, and offended Zhu Daolin as soon as he opened his mouth: "Zhu Daochang put on such a big shelf, do you think you are very valuable?" ”

Zhang Guizhi immediately sank his face when he saw Zhu Daolin, and his face turned white with fright: "Why is Yan Gongzi ...... Don't hurry up and accompany Zhu Daochang. ”

Where did the young master of the Yan family, who has been accustomed to being domineering since he was a child, suffer such a wretched spirit? Who doesn't know that he is the young master of the Yan family, the head of the four major grain merchants, and Yan Yihe, the righteous brother of the famous and famous little marquis of the Longping Marquis Mansion?

Growing so big, only others nodded and complimented him, how could there be such a thing as holding back a stomach of resentment and turning it in?

If it weren't for the great plan of his righteous brother Xiao Houye, he would not have chased Zhu Daolin, who was from a humble background, with Zhang Da's shopkeeper, and it would have been impossible for him to chase and wait for the bull-nosed Taoist priest in front of him again and again for more than half a month, and he would have to endure it as tired as a dog.

I finally saw it today, but I didn't expect this bull-nosed Taoist priest to pretend to push back, and he didn't say hello to him, the famous young master of the Yan family, from beginning to end, and didn't even look at him more, such a shame, how could the young master of the Yan family, who was already full of resentment, endure it?

So, the young master of the Yan family, who was burned by anger, finally broke out, he suddenly pushed away the cart, opened the shopkeeper, stepped forward and pointed at Zhu Daolin's nose and scolded:

"Don't be embarrassed, you thief, if you don't kneel down and kowtow to Lao Tzu today to admit your mistakes, Lao Tzu will kill you as a son of a bitch!"

The surrounding crowd quickly gathered around, and the few guards who were patrolling around and the vast majority of onlookers were frightened, all wanting to see who provoked the young master of the Yan family who was walking sideways in Jinling City? Lao Shi, the coachman who quickly came up, and Yuhu, who had been training in Chaotian Palace for more than two years, were secretly anxious, they both knew the details of the young master of the Yan family, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

Who knew that Zhu Daolin, who was in front of everyone, not only was not the slightest afraid, but frowned, and unhurriedly asked Zhang Da, who had just gotten up from the ground: "Whose crotch was not closed properly and leaked this shameful thing?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the audience laughed, and the angry young master of the Yan family yelled, "Kill this son of a bitch" and pounced on Zhu Daolin, and several family members behind him who were accustomed to following the young master roared in unison and hugged up, frightening the people around and hurriedly retreating.

A shocking scene appeared, before everyone could see what was going on, the young master of the Yan family flew up in a miserable scream, and before the young master of the Yan family fell to the ground, the young Taoist leader had crashed into the middle of the four oncoming family members, and a series of "crackling" hits suddenly sounded, and the four five big and three thick family members were all beaten to the ground in a blink of an eye, all of them were curled up in extreme pain, and they couldn't even get out of their breath while pulling their necks, which frightened countless onlookers and screamed, and every face was full of shock.

Zhu Daolin just glanced at a few people on the ground who couldn't stop rolling, clapped his hands casually, returned to the carriage and said, "What are you still doing in a daze?" and got into the carriage and waited leisurely.

In less than ten seconds, five carriages rumbled to start, and entered the city gate without hurry under the gaze of countless pairs of complicated eyes, and the seven or eight guards guarding the gate not only did not ask a word, but also took the initiative to get out of the way, when Zhu Daolin's carriage passed, the leader of the guards who led the team actually gave a thumbs up to Zhu Daolin in the car with admiration on his face.