Mu Zhenzhen went to bed at night to rest and remembered that the next time Zhang Yuan entered the palace to speak, Zhang Yuan's official crown robe was still here, but at that time the inner city was curfew, and it was impossible to send the big red robe to the Baozi River overnight, so she got up before dawn the next day to freshen up, and wrapped the young master's official crown uniform. Mu Zhenzhen trotted all the way out of the door to the south, came to the Zhang family's mansion by the Baozi River more than ten miles away, watched the rising sun, estimated that it was the end of the day, and the young master was just in time to rush to the palace city - knock on the door and go straight to the Xitang guest room, just when Hui Xiang came out with water, Mu Zhenzhen knew that Wang Wei arrived in Beijing yesterday afternoon, and hurried to meet him, while talking to Wang Wei, while serving Zhang Yuan to change into a big red robe, Wang Wei said: "It's still really true, remember to send the big red official robe, otherwise the prince will be late to enter the palace." ”

The kitchen prepared yam porridge, Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan each drank a bowl of yam porridge, ate a few pieces of dim sum casually, and went to Hanlin Courtyard by car, Wuling and Mingyan followed and waited, Zhang Yuan instructed Mu Zhenzhen to stay on this side of the Baozi River today, and go back with him in the evening - the carriage galloped north, Zhang Yuan saw that the eldest brother Zhang Dai was not in good spirits, and asked: "What's wrong with the eldest brother, overindulgence?" ”

Zhang Dai laughed: "What indulgence is not a good thing at all." ”

Zhang Yuan knew what was going on, and he heard Wang Wei mention it last night, and deliberately praised: "The eldest brother is really not messy, and the younger brother is obedient." ”

Zhang Dai rolled his eyes and said: "I want to mess up, but Kou Er is coming to the menstrual affairs, I am really a coincidence, last year in the Xiangzhen Pavilion, Li Xueyi had a stomachache, I accompanied her all night, last night Li Kou'er, also had abdominal pain, I used a hot belly to stick to her belly, the delicate belly and my lower abdomen rubbed side by side, but I couldn't vent the fire, do you say this is going to die?" ”

Zhang Yuan laughed and said: "The eldest brother still remembers the 'Yueming Monk Du Liucui' in the twenty-ninth chapter of Feng Menglong's "Yu Shi Mingyan", no, the eldest brother is the master of the Yueming. ”

Zhang Dai scolded with a smile: "Nonsense, I don't want to be a monk, where will Li Ko'er escape!" ”

Talking and laughing, when he arrived at the Hanlin Academy, Zhang Yuan took the lecture prepared yesterday and entered the palace to give a lecture to the emperor's eldest grandson, Zhang Dai still studied poetry, learned Wenhan, and practiced calligraphy in the lecture hall of the Hanlin Academy, and waited for Zhang Yuan to go back to the Baozi River outside the Dong'an Gate in the evening, and after dinner, Zhang Yuan wanted to take Wang Wei back to the East Fourth Archway to meet his brother Shang Zhou Zuo and his sister-in-law Fu, Zhang Dai did not keep it, that Li Koer saw that Wang Wei was leaving, and was reluctant to give up, this way from Jinling thousands of miles to here, Wang Wei was her backbone, but Zhang Dai was very considerate to her, She didn't say that she wanted to follow Wang Wei like last night, but said, "Aunt Wei, I'll come here to see Chloe-"

Zhang Yuan, Mu Zhenzhen and Wang Wei took the car back to the East Fourth Archway together, Wang Wei felt a little uneasy, Zhang Yuan comforted: "My brother-in-law, they already know you, I will let you live in the old alley of Li Ge tomorrow." ”

Wang Wei said: "Li Ge Lao Hutong or wait for Miss Shang to come and move over together, if I move in alone now, then where do you live?" ”

Wang Wei, who was born in Yangzhou thin horse, is very perceptive and considerate, if Zhang Yuan moves to Li Ge Lao Hutong to live with her now, Miss Shang's brother and sister-in-law will definitely not be happy, and it will inevitably cause estrangement between her and Miss Shang, and if Zhang Yuan does not go to live in Li Ge Lao Hutong, Zhang Yuan will definitely feel wronged her, which makes Zhang Yuan embarrassed, Wang Wei is very clear about his identity, in the past in the Youlan Pavilion on the bank of the Qinhuai River, it can be more by his surname, but that kind of freedom is very restricted, A bluffing scoundrel can humiliate her, the suffering of helplessness can only be understood when she gets older, there are many songs in the name of the good, but in the end they still can't adapt to the life of the wives and concubines of large families, and come out to renew the old business, that kind of thing is even more miserable, smart women have to let themselves avoid that kind of sad situation, Wang Wei is of course a smart woman, both devoted to Zhang Yuan, then for Zhang Yuan's sake - Shang Zhouzuo and Fu Shi saw Wang Wei, but there was nothing unpleasant, since they all accepted Wang Wei, why should they be villains as brothers and sisters-in-law, And this Wang Wei made a great effort when he gave birth, which can be said to have saved the lives of the mother and son, and then saw Wang Wei's beautiful appearance and elegant speech, Fu Shi was also a little happy, and rewarded Wang Wei with a few pieces of jewelry and a few pieces of fabric, and asked people to arrange accommodation for the three servants brought by Wang Wei - only one person was jealous, that was the ten-year-old Shang Jinghui, of course Shang Jinghui thought that he was jealous for his little aunt Shang Yanran, her pair of shiny water-cut eyes looked at Wang Wei intently, thinking that the little aunt had not yet arrived in Beijing, but Wang Wei came first, Zhang Gongzi's brother was with this Wang Wei last night, this Wang Wei is so enchanting, Jing Hui is very jealous, but when Wang Wei greeted her with a smile, she quickly returned the salute and thanked her: "Thank you for inviting my little mother-in-law to save my little aunt." ”

Wang Wei said: "Miss Shang is auspicious, even if I don't invite my mother-in-law, Miss Shang will be fine." ”

Fu Shi said: "At the end of this month, Ran and Xiao Hong are about to arrive, and it will be lively at that time. ”

Jing Hui said very unhappily: "At that time, the little aunt and the others will move to the west of the imperial city, and the courtyard houses over there will be renovated. ”

Fu Shi said: "This place is a little narrower, it is not convenient to live together, but it is better than thousands of miles apart, and it is not a matter of three days for you and Jinglan to go to the little aunt's side in the future." ”

Jing Hui was happy at this time, the little aunt came to Beijing to take them out to play, thinking about the previous days in Huiji, Jing Hui really hoped that the little aunt would come to Beijing as soon as possible.

But Jinghui soon had a very unhappy thing, Zhang Yuan now received the letter and no longer asked her to read and summarize on behalf of Zhang Yuan, Wang Wei not only read the letter for Zhang Yuan, but also replied to the letter on behalf of Zhang Yuan, there were several nights, Xiao Jinghui walked to Zhang Yuan's door, saw Zhang Yuan and Wang Wei reading letters, writing letters, smiling Yan Yan, and affectionate under the oil lamp, she would look at the door for a long time, until Mu Zhenzhen saw her, called: "Miss Jinghui", she walked in, said hello, sat aside and read quietly, and sometimes talked about poetry with Wang Wei, Wang Wei admired that such a smart girl is rare in the world - on such an autumn night, Jing Hui felt that she had grown up and was no longer a little girl.

…… On the afternoon of the tenth day of the first month of September, Zhang Dai invited the friends of the Han Society and some friends of his uncle Zhang Lianfang in Beijing to a banquet to celebrate his concubine, Zhang Yuan took Wang Wei and Mu Zhenzhen to go, Li Koer came out to toast to the guests, the original hanging hair has been combed up, thin fat powder, beautiful color, beautiful eyes, a little look forward to it, then fluttered in, and then refused to come out, Ruan Dacheng, Ni Yuanlu and others used the wine to make noise, and asked Zhang Dai to know Li Ko'er one by one, Zhang Dai is also a bold person, said it truthfully, everyone laughed, and it was a wine order, It's a glamorous word again, until the time of the lamp is scattered - Zhang Yuan and Wang Wei and Mu Zhenzhen returned to the courtyard of the East Fourth Archway, but saw Liu Gaoya sitting in the foyer waiting for him, explaining that he was going to leave Beijing and return to Jinling, Zhang Yuan would have written the letter and gift to Eunuch Xing for Liu Gaoya to bring, after Liu Gaoya left, Zhang Yuan entered the inner courtyard to see his brother Shang Zhouzuo, Shang Zhouzuo expressed concern about Zhang Yuan and the eunuch too much, Zhang Yuan said: "They are all old acquaintances from the past, I will be cautious in the future, thank you brother for reminding." ”

…… September 24, Zhang Ruoxi from Qingpu to Zhang Yuan and Wang Wei wrote a letter, Zhang Ruoxi has received Wang Wei's letter to her, knowing that Wang Wei went to the capital, she said that she planned to come to Beijing with Wang Wei in April and May next year to open a Shengmei firm, since Wang Wei went first, then her plan is also in advance, next year after the Lantern Festival and Lu Tao from Qingpu to Beijing, will bring a large number of cloth and silk with the ship, let Wang Wei choose a good store in Beijing first, the scale of the Shengmei business in Beijing is larger than Nanjing, Hangzhou's capital is larger, She will ask the Minxin Bureau to send 1,800 taels of silver to Wang Wei at the end of next month to prepare for the Shengmei firm - Zhang Ruoxi's letter to Zhang Yuan first said that she and her husband Lu Tao and Yang Shixiang and others waited for Zhang Yaofang and Shang Yanran at the Jiaxing Canal Wharf on August 15, Zhang Ruoxi's Mid-Autumn Festival was spent on the boat with Shang Ran and Xiao Hong, Zhang Ruoxi said that the five-month-old Xiao Hong gradually was very cute, white and fat, and laughed when he saw people, cuter than Zhang Yuan when he was a child, Yang Shixiang will have 800 copies of "Aesop's Fables", 800 copies of " Jiao's Writings", 1,000 copies of "Yu Shi Mingyan", 1,000 copies of "Warning the World", and Zhang Rulin's recommendation for publication of the current Yunnan political participation Xie Zhaoqian's "Five Miscellaneous Words" two volumes totaling 1,200 copies, all entrusted to Zhang Yaofang's ship to be brought to Beijing and handed over to Zhang Yuan, who arranged for people to open a Hanshe bookstore in the capital for sale, and after the bookstore gained a firm foothold, the next step was to open a Hanshe bookstore - Zhang Ruoxi also told Zhang Yuan in the letter about the development of the Shengmei firm since last year, and the Shengmei firm now has eight stores, in addition to the Qingpu general numberIn addition, Huating, Shanghai, Shanyin, Huiji, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, last year, the money earned by the firm was invested in hiring workers, adding looms, expanding sericulture and mulberry planting and opening new shops, Shengmei firm was opened in June of the previous year, at that time, Zhang Yuan and Lu Tao, Zhang Ruoxi and his wife each contributed 10,000 taels of silver to make up a total share capital of 20,000 taels, and now according to Zhang Ruoxi's estimates, the total share capital is no less than 50,000 taels, but there is not much silver available for use, because the Shengmei firm has expanded too fast, and there are too many places that need to use silver-Zhang Yuan Lanxin smiled, this time the clan uncle Zhang Yaofang into Beijing, will also bring a large number of Hanshe Mirror Workshop made of all kinds of glasses, Hanshe Bookstore, Hanshe Mirror Workshop, Shengmei firm will be based in the capital, although the bookstore, mirror workshop and cloth business are his Zhang Yuan's creativity and single-handedly built, more than two years have passed, now it has grown and grown, and he does not need to worry too much, the wheels will roll forward, the late Ming Dynasty, especially in Jiangnan, the road to business is still very broad, as long as the road is right, there is nothing to worry about, not to mention that this is still a businessman with a gentry background, Perhaps within ten years, the assets under his original name will reach hundreds of thousands or even millions of taels of silver, and only by making these three different types of big businesses bigger and stronger can they become a strong backing for him to carry out the reform of the government and government——...... In the evening after Zhang Yuan received a letter from his sister Zhang Ruoxi, Zhang Dai hurriedly came to see Zhang Yuan with a healthy servant. ”

Nengzhu is Zhang Cao's entourage, and Zhang Lianfang's servant Neng Liang is a sibling, and the dusty servant Nengzhu smiled and sang with a forked hand: "Young Master Jiezi, the villain has just arrived, and the villain said that he came on foot in Tianjin Weideng to report to the two young masters first, and Master Tao and the two young grandmothers will be able to arrive in Beijing tomorrow." "Zhang Yaofang's word is Ertao, and everyone in the family calls Zhang Yaofang Master Tao.

Zhang Yuan was overjoyed, let Nengzhu enter the foyer to sit and talk, and asked carefully about the way he came, and learned that the journey was smooth, Xiaohong was in good health, and Shang Zhouzuo's family was very happy.

The next day, that is, on the afternoon of September 26, Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan asked Guo Shu, a bachelor at the Hanlin Academy, for a half-day leave, to greet their relatives at the canal wharf outside Chaoyangmen.

The autumn sun is bright, the autumn wind is blowing, the leaves of the row of Gongsun trees on the canal wharf have almost fallen, the white fruits have already been picked, the branches seem a little depressed, and the winter of Yanjing is coming.

There were constantly ships coming from the south at the wharf outside Chaoyangmen, and a few healthy servants such as Nengliang, Nengzhu, Laifu and Wang Dazhu, waited impatiently, and went south along the west bank of the canal, and went farther and farther, Zhang Yuan couldn't see their figures, but saw Shang Jinghui take out the white copper telescope and come out, and said with a smile: "Little uncle, why did you forget the clairhandmasterpiece." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Yes, yes, I'm confused, Xiao Hui helps me watch." ”

Jing Zheng held the telescope from time to time to look at the south, and at about the beginning of the Shen hour, Jing Hui saw Wang Da Hammer flying over from the telescope, and said busily: "Little aunt, they have arrived, Wang Da Hammer ran back to report the news." ”

Wang Dazhui ran very fast, and soon got closer, and shouted: "Young master, young grandmother, their boat is coming." ”

Zhang Dai, Zhang Yuan, Shang Zhouzuo and others all went along the riverbank, this section of the riverbank can be walked, the carriage is not easy to drive, Fu Shi also got off the carriage to meet the past, Wang Wei, Mu Zhenzhen, Su Zhi followed, walked along the riverbank for half a mile, and saw two white canopy boats sailing away, Laifu and Nengliang, Nengzhu brothers followed the shore, and could see someone standing at the bow of the boat, but they couldn't tell who it was?

Zhang Yuan was excited and ran up, Zhang Dai followed closely, and the two people and the two white canopy boats quickly approached, only then did they see that Zhang Yaofang and Zhang's Qingke Wu Ting were standing on the boat in front of him, Zhang Yuan stopped and Zhang Dai as close to the river as possible, Zhang Dai shouted: "Father-"

Zhang Yuan arched his hand and shouted: "Uncle Ertao, little nephew Zhang Yuan came to greet you." ”

Zhang Yaofang put on myopia glasses, and then saw his son Zhang Dai and his nephew Zhang Yuan clearly, and said happily: "Let you wait for a long time, Zongzi, Jiezi, Liu and Shang are in the boat behind." ”

It is inconvenient to park the boat on the riverbank here, Zhang Yaofang's white canopy boat sailed silently, and the boat behind came over, Zhang Yuan saw Shang Ran wearing a bead hoop and a blue lotus-colored dress standing at the bow of the boat, and a nurse behind him was standing by the hatch with a swaddling baby - Zhang Yuan called "Ran", and he was really happy at this moment.

(To be continued)