The atmosphere between the ladies in the rear was completely opposite to that of the men, and the old lady Chen had a very good impression of Chen Yue'er, and when she went out, she not only took off a jade bracelet of excellent color on her hand and gave it to the other party, but also took her hand and invited her to come to the door. Qian Qianyi stood behind and looked at it with a smile, and suddenly he had an idea, and he remembered a topic again-Xiao'er, this time you don't take the bait!

Slowing down his pace a little, Qian Ge Lao just remembered something and turned his head: "Oh, by the way, Chen Xiaoyou, the old man is entrusted by several friends, and there is a private matter I want to ask, but I'm afraid it's a little presumptuous, don't blame it if it's rude." ”

"Huh? It's okay, just say. ”

Qian Qianyi hesitated for a moment, then glanced back at his wife, and then said: "As far as the old man knows, among you, there are many people, such as the two generals of Tang Wang and the two military advisors of Pang Zhao...... It seems that they have never been married yet? ”

Chen Tao was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, how can an old man care about such a thing? However, this kind of thing is not a secret, and he immediately nodded and said, "That's right, they are still single...... Most of us are bachelors, and only a few are married. ”

Qian Qianyi stroked his beard and said with a slight smile: "So...... The argument shouldn't have been too much for the old man, but on the side of the Jingshi, it seems that no one can open this mouth except the old man, so he has to be rude and arrogant - is there anyone among you who is willing to take root in this Ming Dynasty and spend scattered leaves? ”

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After sending off the old family of Qian Ge, Chen Tao retreated from others and returned to his room alone to sit for a long time, with a lot of thoughts in his mind. Today, Qian Qianyi talked about national affairs for a long time, and Chen Tao gritted his teeth and resisted, but in the end, Lao Qian seemed to have dropped a sentence casually when he left, which made him feel restless all of a sudden.

The story is not complicated: as their Qiong navy became more and more well-known on the mainland, and their deeds became more and more widely circulated, the impression of them among people of all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty became more and more positive - from the initial image of the anti-thief, to the arrogant and domineering military leader a few days ago, to the recent rich man who could bring many benefits to his collaborators...... As the impression changes, the corresponding attitude naturally adjusts slowly: at first, it is just blindly afraid; Later, he became more bold, but most of them, except for a few, still held a respectful attitude; Recently, as the first batch of people close to shorthair have developed, others have naturally begun to consider whether they have a way to follow into this circle?

Marriage is undoubtedly the oldest, but it is also probably the most effective.

It is not the first time that the local forces have tried to improve relations with them through guò marriage. From the beginning of the geological man Shuzhong, to the later marriage of the special forces in the northern latitude, although the first thing is that both men and women are consciously voluntary, but it also has a little bit of this kind of marriage. It was the Zheng family that later bought a few beauties from outside when they couldn't find a suitable woman at home, but they were all laughed at by Ye Mengyan's shallow eyes...... Otaku have never been immune to this method.

Of course, if it was just an ordinary person asking for marriage, Chen Tao would not be so excited. But if you can let the Ministry of Rites Shangshu come forward to say yes in person, how can it be an ordinary family? - There is actually a Hou Mansion among them! Two uncles! There are several other families who are also generations of nobles. According to the saying that three generations of Chinese have dressed and eaten for four generations, these families have been able to maintain wealth for several generations, and to this day, they are already standard bells and food.

At the foot of the Son of Heaven, the root of the imperial city, Beijing City has always been the most indispensable is the wealthy family. Since the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing by Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, there are not a few powerful people who have risen and settled here. The so-called "founding of the country, auxiliary transport and sincerity; Fengtianjing is difficult to push sincerity; Fengtian Yiyun pushes sincerity; Fengtian Yiwei Tuicheng "Fourth-class knighthood meritorious service, except for the founding ministers of Zhu Yuanzhang's era, most of them settled in Nanjing, and all the top Ming Dynasty wealthy families in later generations were proud to be able to settle in Beijing. Even if the times have changed over the years, and most of them have been wealthy for only one or two generations before they quickly declined, there are still some family styles that have been rigorous and have continued. And such a group of people constituted the so-called upper class of the Ming Empire except for the royal family, the peak of the imperial pyramid.

Now there are people in this class who are willing to marry the short-haired singles, which means that the organization of Qiong Haijun has been recognized by this class, and they feel that they have the qualifications to be among the top classes of the Ming Empire - although in fact, whether it is from the perspective of mastering knowledge or the power at hand, Qiong Haijun has long been stronger than the group of Ming Dynasty nobles I don't know how many times, but to be recognized and accepted by this group of families with high eyes is still a thing that makes people feel like they have a lot of face.

This is even more true for Chen Tao, the reason why he took the risk of some brain-dead officials suddenly turning their faces and forced into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty was not to get as close as possible to the center of the Ming Dynasty? The entire team of 139 people, only his expectations of being recognized by the ruling class of the Ming Empire exceeded the fear of being taken hostage by him, so he was willing to go to Beijing to develop. This shows how strong the desire in his mind is to fit into this ancient era. And today, Qian Qianyi's words met Chen Tao's long-standing expectations, making him feel that his hard work here was not in vain, so it is not surprising that his heart was surging all night.

This kind of affection was so obvious that even Chen Yue'er didn't feel quite right, and after dinner, she simply found an excuse to chat with him in Chen Tao's study, trying to find out if he had personally "received" the idea of Qian Ge Lao Jian's idea - Xiao Nizi was a little nervous. After all, compared with the daughters of high-ranking families in the capital, her identity as the daughter of a Luzon merchant is a little unsuitable.

However, Chen Tao is still a relatively honest and reliable young man in this regard, although he is happy to be able to connect the bridge between the traverser group he belongs to and the upper class society of the Ming Dynasty, he has no intention of empathy. Besides, for a modern young man who is full of romantic ideas and his own conditions are not bad, no matter how important his family background is, after all, he can't compare to the jade face that can be seen and touched in front of him - I think Chen Tao was stunned when he first saw Chen Yueer appear at the Qiong Navy banquet in a Western-style skirt, and felt that the thirteenth aunt in the Wong Fei Hung series appeared in reality - and Chen Tao's most obsessed movie star when he was a teenager was Guan Zhilin.

Although Chen Yue'er feels that she is just an overseas wild girl, she is definitely inferior to the daughter of the authentic boudoir of this dynasty. But in Chen Tao's mind, Chen Yueer, who has been influenced by Western style, has both Eastern and Western cultures, and her personality is his favorite kind of liveliness (Book House www.shushu5.com the fastest update http://www.shushu5.com/

www.shushu5.com) Love type, not to mention outstanding appearance, how can these conditions be comparable to those weak women in the Beijing who do not go out of the door and do not step out of the second door?

So Chen Yue'er is actually too worried, of course, Chen Tao will definitely not take the initiative to sue her about this - no matter how stupid a man is, he will become smarter at this time. As a girl who is being pursued, Chen Yue'er was originally relatively strong and willful in front of Chen Tao, and she has always maintained a considerable reserve - for example, under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to meet him alone after dark, let alone stay in the other party's room. But this time, he actually made an exception, which can be regarded as letting Chen Tao get the light of those wealthy families.

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Because of the urgency of the mood, early the next morning, Chen Tao pulled up the opticians in the store, brought the corresponding materials and equipment to the Ministry of Rites, and went to the "door-to-door service", but caught Qian Dashangshu off guard - he just talked about it yesterday, and before he had time to say hello to his colleagues, the gatekeeper refused to let them in, and finally Qian Ge Lao handed out a small note two fingers wide from inside, so that Chen Tao could enter the door.

However, Qian Ge Lao's public help to them ended here, after all, it was unrealistic to ask a scholar to come forward in person to shout for a seller of glasses. It is already quite a shocking move to let them in and set up a small stall in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and it is estimated that no one who has done business before Chen Tao can enter the ministry to engage in heavy sales - in fact, this time they came in, and their public name is not to sell things.

According to the public statement: Qian Shangshu has felt that many people in the ministry have poor eyesight since he was appointed as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and it is very inconvenient to handle official affairs and daily life. Later, I happened to know that the "Mingguangtang" glass shop opened by this Hainan people also sells glasses, and after my trial, I found that the effect is very good, which can perfectly solve the vision problem, so I decided to pay out of my own pocket for everyone in the Ministry of Rites to wear glasses!

In fact, ancient China had a visual aid similar to glasses for a long time, but the "single photo" that was really close to the modern glasses type was only introduced to China from the West in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and it was a foreign luxury like a telescope. Nowadays, there are not a few people in society who know about this thing. It's just that due to the backwardness of the early glass processing level and the lack of understanding of the optical principle, the "single photo" of this era is relatively primitive, and in most cases there is only one lens, which is similar to a magnifying glass - anyway, there are not many books in this year, and the text is relatively large, as long as one eye can see it clearly temporarily. Grinding two lenses not only doubles the cost at once, but sometimes it affects each other and makes you dizzy, which is not cost-effective.

After Chen Tao's explanation, everyone knew that this thing was not like ordinary commodities, and it could be used by buying one at home, but it was necessary to grind the lenses according to each person's specific situation, so they allowed the owner of the shop to come to the door in person to measure and record the eyesight condition for everyone, so that they could go back and make targeted products. As for the question of expenses, the yamen has its own public funds, who will really let the old man of the Qian Pavilion pay for it?

It's free, it's public money, and it really solves vision problems, who would miss out on such a good thing? On that day, all the people in the yamen, regardless of their position, gathered around the optician, had their eyesight measured, recorded their names and surnames, and booked tortoiseshell or silver and gold-encrusted frames according to their hobbies and financial resources—this part had to be paid for by themselves, and the ministry was only responsible for the money for the spectacles, and then they happily waited for the delivery to their door.

And Chen Tao first sat there smiling and watching his subordinates busy, and then he and Lao Qian found a quiet place to continue yesterday's topic, and sent the news back to Hainan Island as quickly as possible.