Chapter 46 Heavenly Stone Inkstone
(This was sent last night, but it has not been able to pass the trial, so I had to delete and resend it, everyone helped me testify, there was no lie)
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There was no gate valve in the Song Dynasty, but there were still real big clans, and in Meizhou, the Cheng family was the real big clan. Starting from Su Shi's great-grandfather, the Cheng family has been an official for three consecutive generations, at least on the ground in Meizhou, it can be regarded as a world eunuch.
Although the Su family is not poor, it is very different from the Cheng family. The reason why these two families can marry is because Cheng Jun, the head of the Cheng family of this generation, and Su Shi's uncle, Su Lian, are the same scholars.
If it were elsewhere, it might not be enough to bridge the gap between the two families. But in the Song Dynasty, the history of Sichuan and Shu is half of the history of blood and tears. After the founding of the country, even survival has become a problem, what kind of culture and education are you talking about? Therefore, it was not until the Tianxi period of Zhenzong that there was a Dengjin Shidi surnamed Sun.
And Meizhou waited for another twenty years before waiting for Su Jian and Cheng Jun. The two of them were at the same time. When the news came, it was really a celebration for the whole state, and the team to welcome them back to their hometown in fine clothes was unprecedented, and the grand occasion was unprecedented, and future generations could not even understand it.
It is also in that context that the Cheng family, who is already a prominent eunuch in the family, will deign to marry the Su family, and Cheng Jun's sister Jiuniang will marry Su Xun's younger brother Su Xun...... At that time, the Cheng family thought that since the Su family was out of Jinshi, it should be okay to soar. What's more, the Su family at that time, although it was not a big family, was also a large landowner with extensive land.
Who knows, more than ten years have passed, and instead of making a fortune, the Su family has become more and more confused...... There are three Su Jian brothers, he himself is a famous Qing official, and he is still stretched thin when he travels abroad, not to mention the Zhou Ji brothers. And the two brothers Su Tang and Su Xun, who stayed in Meishan, one is a farmer and the other has repeatedly failed the exam, so they naturally have to be looked down upon.
On the other hand, the Cheng family has become more and more developed as Cheng Jun's officials have become bigger and bigger. Now Cheng Jun has been appointed as the official Kuizhou Road transfer envoy...... 'road' is a first-class division in the Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to a province in later generations. The entire Sichuan and Shu are divided into four roads, and the highest governor of each road is the transport envoy. Kuizhou Road, which was later referred to as 'Chongqing', is of self-evident importance.
This is also the largest cadre from Shu so far......
"The Cheng family is not only the first in Meizhou," seeing that his son was very interested, Chen Xiliang introduced: "He is still the richest man in Meizhou." ”
"What do they get rich on?" Chen Ke is not surprised, with such a big force in the family, it is difficult to make a fortune.
"I don't know the specifics." Chen Xiliang said: "I only know that the Cheng family has a land estate, and it seems that the Cheng family is a relative of the family, and many people are businessmen. "The so-called merchants are those who are engaged in the trading of salt, iron, wine and other monopoly goods...... Although the goods monopolized by these countries are nominally monopolized by the government, the government is a government affairs yamen, and it is impossible for them to do business in person. Therefore, this power should be entrusted to certain individuals or firms, who will exercise the monopoly power on their behalf. The merchant who is entrusted is called a merchant.
Merchants sell the most profitable goods, and they have the support of the government behind them, but without a deep background, ordinary merchants do not want to set foot in this happiest business.
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Hearing the word Rong Shang, Chen Ke's eyelids jumped, and he blurted out, "Is Cheng Jiarong drinking?" ”
"I don't know, I guess." Chen Xiliang said uncertainly: "What's wrong?" ”
"It's nothing ......" Chen Ke knew what it would mean to Chen Xiliang in the next year, so he was not ready to tell Huang Jiaojiu about it. Otherwise, with my father's character, I can't go to the exam with peace of mind.
"Don't look at the Cheng family, rich and powerful, but not a good match." Chen Xiliang really didn't think much about it, and continued: "It's not to belittle them, just look at the three boys of the Cheng family, you can know ......" Thinking that the people behind him were not the things of a gentleman, he stopped talking stiffly, flicked his son's head and said: "It's irrelevant to tell you this." He said with a smile and said: "However, Su Laoquan said that the little sister of the Su family is not yet married, how about hiring you for your father?" ”
"Good intentions...... Chen Ke shook his head like a rattle, and said: "What does it mean when the child hears that 'marrying a wife is in Germany'?" It's just to find a stupid wife, I heard...... Listening to Su Zhe, his sister is amazing, and her talent is higher than him, I don't want to make brain teasers all day long, and I have to fill in poems and lyrics for pairs, and I can't be ridiculed by all kinds of people...... What dignity does a man have when he marries such a wife? ”
"......" Seeing Chen Ke's reaction so strongly, Chen Xiliang couldn't help laughing, is this like a child. But he didn't dare to agree: "You may have preconceived ideas, the daughter taught by Mrs. Cheng will not be as you imagined." ”
"I'd better leave it to someone else." Chen Ke's thinking was very clear: "I just want to marry a stupid ......" He wanted to go on to say, 'Can you stand me marrying a few more wives', but this is really out of tune, so he changed it to: "I can look very smart." ”
"Hahahaha......" Chen Xiliang was amused and laughed and said: "Come on, find a stupid daughter-in-law for your father, don't cry when the time comes." ”
"I still hope to find ...... myself," Chen Ke said seriously.
"Don't think about it." Chen Xiliang felt that this topic should not continue, and flicked his head again and said: "Go and comfort the second brother, don't let him really jump." ”
"Oh......" Chen Ke walked to the stern of the boat and sat down side by side with Erlang who was hanging on the water with his feet in the air, and saw his resentful gaze: "Do you still have some sympathy!" People are sad! ”
"What's there to be sad about." Chen Ke picked up a small pebble on the boat and threw it into the water: "If I were you, I would never give up easily!" ”
"Why don't you give up?"
"Isn't she unmarried? There is hope if you don't get married! Chen Ke threw out another piece, this time it was a water drift, he proudly raised his right fist and said: "Take a step back and say, even if you get married, there is still hope." ”
"How can there be hope when you get married?" Jiro said with wide eyes.
"It's not uncommon for the Great Song Dynasty to get divorced," Chen Ke said with rich experience: "Can you intervene with a third party?" ”
"What a mess this is." Erlang said depressedly: "People are childhood sweethearts' cousins, can I insert them!" ”
"Then forget it."
"If it were that simple, I wouldn't be able to say I liked her." Unexpectedly, Chen Erlang, who is gentle and honest on weekdays, is still a seed of infatuation.
After saying that, he patted his ass and tried to stand up. But Chen Ke grabbed his arm: "If you don't want to give up, just go for it, Hugh has to drag mud and water, dripping and unpleasant!" ”
"How do I fight for it? Everyone is engaged! "Chen Chen is going crazy.
"Even if you get married, I can help you get the bride back!" Chen Ke said angrily: "If it weren't for the cold water in the river, I really wanted to throw you down to be sober and sober." ”
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Chen Xiliang's original intention was to let Chen Ke persuade Erlang, there is no grass at the end of the world, why bother looking for it in the Su family. If he heard it, Chen Ke actually encouraged Erlang vigorously, and he had to crook his nose in anger.
Fortunately, his attention at this time was all on an inkstone. Chen Xiliang wanted to open the baggage and find some dry food to satisfy his stomach, but who knew that he touched this thing and took it out to take a look...... I saw this inkstone, the color is like fish scales, with a shimmering light blue color. And the stone is fine and smooth, slightly showing the Taoist vein, knocking can make a pleasant sound, obviously extraordinary.
"Where did this come from?" Chen Xiliang held the inkstone and said in a deep voice.
"Su Lao Er gave it to me," Chen Ke said: "I said that it was dug out of my own field, and I gave it to me as a thought." ”
"This loser!" Chen Xiliang scolded, but obviously not scolded Chen Ke: "I actually gave away such a mascot!" ”
"Is this inkstone very promising?" Chen Ke asked curiously.
"Well, I've seen this inkstone before." Chen Xi nodded and said: "Su Laoquan said that Su Shi found it last year when he was digging the ground in the backyard for a play. He carefully grinded the stone into an inkstone, only to find that the stone was not only easy to grind the ink, but also kept the polished ink moist for a long time. ”
Su Shi showed it to his family, and the family said it was very good. Su Laoquan even praised and said: "This is a symbol of God's gift of your literary knowledge, you should use it as a treasure!" ”
"Su Shi really liked that inkstone baby, even I only saw it once." Chen Xiliang pointed to the inkstone chassis and said: "You see, there is also an inkstone inscription written by him here: 'Once you accept it, you can't change it.'" Or the main is in virtue, or the whole is in form. It's both, and Gu Yu'an takes it. Raise your lips and bend your feet, there are many in the world! ’”
"This calligraphy is more than one cut better than yours." Chen Xiliang shook his head, but secretly shouted in his heart: "Obviously a little taller than me......" After speaking, he withdrew his gaze and said in surprise: "How could he give you such a valuable thing?" ”
"Maybe it's pleasing to the eye." Chen Ke shook his head and said.
"I don't know if Su Laoquan knows." Chen Xiliang thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "That's it, just let my son be angry, when will Su Laoquan give it to him again." After speaking, he put away the inkstone and stared at Chen Ke fixedly: "I know Su Jiaerlang, is there any pressure on my son?" ”
"There's no pressure, he's more talented than anyone else, and one more me is nothing." Chen Ke thought about it for a moment and said slowly.
"Hey......" Chen Xiliang was simply not angry, he glared angrily and said: "My Chen Xiliang's son, how can I be cowardly before fighting?!" ”
"......" Chen Ke didn't reply, obviously disapproving.
"It seems that ......" Chen Xiliang deserved to be Lao Jiang, and immediately made up his mind and said: "We must let the Su family live in our house!" He knows too well that Chen Ke has a strong pride in his bones. I don't believe that studying with Su Shi can be too far behind.
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For a few sensitive words, I was interrogated for a night, I'm sorry everyone, and I ask for a recommendation vote for comfort......