The long-lost city of Nanjing, which is more prosperous here than when Bai Minghe left.

After Bai Minghe's ship arrived at the Nanjing wharf, even his ship waited for half an hour before it had a berth. This absolutely privileged class in Nanjing has no berths, so you can imagine how full the docks in Nanjing are.

Seeing that Bai Minghe's ship was waiting for the berth, the merchants who were originally anxious to scold the street also stopped.

On the wharf, it is no longer pure human handling, and countless pulley sets show the wisdom of the Ming people. And the long queue on the wharf, like ants, constantly getting on and off the ship, is also showing the persistence of the Japanese people.

One stone of goods, disembarking from the ship is two to ten cents. According to the value of the goods, fragile strokes, package size, etc.

There is a special industry mark, of course, the foreman will also have a bargaining process with the cargo owner.

The Japanese people are low, but many of them can carry two bags of hemp silk at a time, which is at least one and a half stones of weight, and a very few can carry three bags, according to modern weight calculations, this is more than a hundred kilograms of weight.

The goods are piled onto the wagon, and then someone throws one or two signs.

The Japanese people who carried the goods hung this special small steel plate on the belt on their waists, poured a few bowls of cold water into a large gulp, and then began to line up to get on the ship, ready to move the next cargo.

"These widows are safe!" The white crane asked Wang Cheng, who came to pick up the boat.

Wang Cheng baked a cigar for Bai Minghe and replied with a smile: "If it weren't for the fact that the workshop recruited a lot of work, I am afraid that there would be a fight on the dock, and these would-be people would be really desperate, working from morning to night." The record of this pier is that of the Japanese people, and one person earns more than 300 yuan a day. ”

As he spoke, Wang Cheng pointed to the one wearing a red vest not far away.

This red vest is for the best porters here, and the large and fragile goods that are difficult to move are basically given to people with great strength and skill. Even if you're going to use a hanging cable. It is also a technical job, how to hang the cable, how to tie the goods are a particular. What's more, without a single force, there is no way to get the cargo from the hold to the deck.

"Don't be in arrears, don't let people say that we are bullying!"

Wang Cheng responded, and there was no need to explain. The rules on the wharf are very strict, basically the salary is paid daily, even if there is no cash, there is a passbook, this thing is the person who has a rich bank on the spot to transfer the account here.

Don't look at one person, it is more than 100 or 200 yuan a day, and there are more than 20,000 Japanese people on this dock alone.

"What do you think of the things over there in Fuzhou!" Bai Minghe asked Wang Cheng again.

Wang Cheng scratched it in his ear and whispered, "Kill it, there's nothing to say." ”

"The capital also sent someone over and asked Wang Cheng to come over. On the bright side, the laws of the Ming Dynasty are still there, and Wang Ao is in charge. You do the rest. As he spoke, the ship had already docked into the berth.

Maid, what is the luggage slowly disembarked, and Bai Minghe had already gotten into the carriage and returned home first.

Originally, Bai Minghe wanted to ask Wan Xue'er to join him, but Wan Xue'er said: There is no need for a cheap concubine to let Bai Minghe wait, this is not self-inferiority, but the rules of a big family must have a big family. Go back with me and let the eldest lady think of it!

That's right. But I just feel colder.

Back in the house, Sun Yuanjun took the whole house out to greet him. This is also the rule of the Ming Dynasty, it is rude for the head of the family not to greet him when he comes back, Sun Yuanjun cares more about the rules of these nobles than Wan Xue'er.

A big household is a big household, and if it is the same as a small household, it is a nouveau riche, and the rules are the rules.

"Brother-in-law. Brother-in-law. I heard that the royal brother beat you. Huaiyu greeted him nervously.

"Nonsense, how can you beat me, it's just that the family law is enforced, and the law can't be abolished!" The white name crane said in his heart, Huaiyu, your mouth is going to be taken care of. You dare to say this nonsense, and it will be a big trouble for people to spread it crookedly.

Wang Cheng understood what Bai Minghe meant, and explained with a smile: "Don't worry, long live the letter to Princess Yongqing, in which he praised the adult for knowing the general situation and knowing how to advance and retreat." ”

Bai Minghe smiled and touched Huaiyu's head, and Huaiyu's face turned red and dodged.

After entering the main house, Qinghe, as a concubine, wanted to come over and kowtow, this rule was unavoidable. After that, Bai Minghe said to Sun Yuanjun: "Yuanjun, you have received my letter!" ”

"I received it, and I have already rejected the Xie family, only saying that it is long live and ordered the Bai family in Meixian County. This is my inconsiderate consideration, and our family is not suitable for marrying wealthy businessmen. After receiving the letter from the husband, he sent someone to send it back to Guanzhong quickly, and it is estimated that the old man also received the letter in the past two days. ”

In fact, the letter arrived in Xi'an Mansion yesterday, and it was not only the Bai family who received the letter from Bai Minghe. The Wang family also received a letter from Wang Wei.

When Bai Minghe and Sun Yuanjun were chatting, Wang Wei's wife also received Bai Minghe's grandmother, as well as Bai Minghe's parents, and uncle at Meixian's home.

Wang Wei's wife is too old to even say a few words, but her appearance represents the attitude of the Wang family.

The one who is really responsible for the reception is Wang Wei's eldest son, who is the same generation as Bai Minghe's grandmother, and the two old ladies have also confessed, and the children of the Bai family and the Wang family branch have married over the years, and they will also come forward to show their faces.

"Our sisters can't get married to the two families of the White King, this will be their own grandchildren, but they don't know what to do." Mrs. Wang took Mrs. Bai's hand, and the head of the family spoke briefly. This old lady is from the Liu family in Guanzhong, and she is still the aunt of the second wife of the white crane.

"I have to ask the old sister about the six rites, so that I can rest assured."

The six rites are generally only available when marrying a wife.

But when the identity of both men and women is special, even if it is a concubine, there must be these six rites, this is the recognition of the mother-in-law's identity of the mother-in-law, if it is a concubine, it may not be, but this is the eldest son and great-granddaughter of the Wang family, and it is also a famous pearl in the palm of the Wang family, and it is also a proud daughter of the sky who is famous for hundreds of miles in Guanzhong.

"Marrying someone as a concubine, that wild boy who can't even memorize the scriptures."

Wang Yuchen also just learned that the family planned to marry her off, but she never expected that it would be a white-named crane. This boy from the Bai family, who used mud to stain her New Year's clothes when she was a child, was a hundred unwilling in her heart.

"That's the year it was." The Queen Mother smiled on the side: "It seems to be eight years of orthodoxy, or seven years." ”

"It's the thirteenth day of the first month of the sixth year of orthodoxy, when you enjoy the lanterns by the river! And on the fourth day of the seventh month of the ninth year of orthodoxy, he went down to the river to catch fish, and by the way, he came to steal the melons from our royal vegetable garden! And ......" Wang Yuchen said angrily, telling all his childhood memories one by one.

The queen mother smiled even more happily: "It's been twelve years, do you remember?" ”

"Don't marry, don't marry, just don't marry! And ......" Wang Yuchen thought of Sun Yuanjun, a beautiful girl who was two years older than her, who came to pass through the customs with her family when she was a child, and also participated in poetry and painting meetings together, and was stronger than her everywhere. At the age of four, he can memorize the three-character scripture, at the age of five, he can memorize the surnames of hundreds of families, and at the age of six, he can write a thousand-character text silently.

Sun Yuanjun put a lot of pressure on Wang Yuchen.

Strictly speaking, Bai Qi is also a native of Meixian County, but in this era, most of the Bai family's fields are in Qishan County, so the mansion is also built in Qishan County, because the household registration is no longer in Meixian County, so it is impossible to claim to be Qishan Bai, just call it Guanzhong Bai. And the Baiqi temple is still in Meixian County.

The fields of the Bai family and the Wang family are separated by Weishui.

The two families often work together to renovate the rivers in their territories, one is waterproofing, and the other is to renovate the wharf. Festivals such as the Shangyuan Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival are the largest in the local area, so they hold lantern festivals in Weishui according to the distance between the two families, and the farmers rush to the market, etc., either the Bai family on the north bank or the Wang family on the south bank.

In ancient times, if there was no great contradiction between life and death, the big clans basically got along very well.

Especially the Wang family is a scholarly family, and Bai Minghe also went to the Wang family's academy to listen to it. The Wang family is a Confucian scholar, and naturally knows etiquette and is humble. The Bai family knows that the family is not as good as the Wang family, and they also have a few humilities, which makes the two families say that they have had a harmonious relationship for a hundred years. And the children fought between each other, and the elders just laughed at it.

Wang Yuchen still wants to make trouble!

The royal father came in with a cold face: "If you marry, you have to marry, and if you don't marry, you have to marry." Grandfather sent someone from the capital to send a message quickly, the matter between you and the white crane is long live nodding, there was originally the eldest daughter of the Yuyao Xie family, long live to point to our Wang family, this is a grace. If you make trouble again, the family law will not tolerate it! ”

Wang Yuchen cried all of a sudden, when did she, who had always been spoiled in her hands, receive such heavy words.

"Don't cry, let's ask for more dowry, and let the white crane prepare more jewelry for you."

"I want the Great Pearl of the East China Sea, I want the Thirteen Sacred Pearls of the South China Sea!" Wang Yuchen shouted.

"Girl with no interest!" The royal father also saw that his daughter was sensible and knew that the emperor's order could not be violated. However, when he heard his daughter's crying, he said with a smile: "The East China Sea Great Pearl and the Thirteen Holy Beads are in the White Horse Pavilion, and they are not treasures at all. After the royal father finished speaking, he took out a small box from his sleeve: "Princess Liyuan entrusted someone to bring it to you." ”

After speaking, the royal father glanced at his wife and persuaded Wang Yuchen to stop making trouble.

If you are a concubine, you should also see who you are a concubine for.

Wang Yuchen stopped crying immediately when he saw his father go out, reached out and grabbed the box, opened it and was frightened. Who has ever seen golden pearls in Daming, each one is the level of a pearl.

"This is the Luzon Golden Pearl!" Mrs. Wang is knowledgeable and worthy of being the wife of a prestigious family.

Pearls of this level cannot be bought with a hundred times the weight of gold, and they are simply valuable treasures.

"The son has been given to his mother." Wang Yuchen stuffed all the boxes into his mother's hands, and the queen mother excused herself, but Wang Yuchen said: "Anyway, you sold me, since Bai Minghe bought me, I will ask Bai Minghe for another box." ”

Using the word selling, it is naturally the angry words of the daughter's family.

The front yard is still talking about the bride price, which is the face of the mother-in-law's family, no matter what the relationship is, this aspect must not be saved. One hundred thousand taels of silver, which is already a huge amount of money in ordinary people's homes, but in Bai Minghe's account book, this is not even a fraction.

The Wang family received a bride price worth at least 100,000 taels from the Bai family, and a dowry of at least 100,000 taels was allowed to be married. (To be continued......)