Chapter 228 The heart was burned hard!

"I want you to choose what you like to do, not because I influence your decision." Chen Xie's attitude was still rare in the Ming Dynasty. Respect for women, uh, or relative respect. Even with relative respect, in this era of treating women as private goods, Chen Xie is also a rare "good man".

These days, Zheng Tuoniang is undoubtedly very happy, the man is very easy-going, and there is no common habit of young people in rich and noble families. Everything will take into account her feelings, and there are few times when it is simple and rude. The former sisters all envied her, and when they came to her for nothing, Chen Xie would not show dissatisfaction, but greeted her politely and thoughtfully. It does not mean that they are inferior.

These sisters on the Qinhuai River, when they are red, the men hold them and coax them, they are really good, and Liu Ru is a representative. Being a concubine and being kicked out of the house by the eldest woman is not bad. The life of the concubine is worthless, and the government doesn't care about being beaten to death by the eldest woman. If you don't follow the rules, the days floating on the Qinhuai River are limited, basically over eighteen years old, even if you are old. Is there still a living example of sending them to first-class places and continuing to do some direct trading of skins and meats?

So Zheng Toniang was very fortunate and cherished the man beside her, and while she was sad, she still said in a low voice: "I will go where the master goes." "This time, I will no longer call Chen Xie's word, and I will call him master. Chen Xie was stunned by this title, slapped his head and said, "I'm confused, I actually forgot about this matter." So be it, pick a good day. How about inviting the sisters over and carrying them in through the gate in a sedan chair? ”

Zheng Tuoniang was anxious, and exclaimed: "No, the master has not married a wife yet, even if Nanjing is a foreign house, it is not allowed to violate the etiquette like this." Don't make such a big fuss, invite the sisters to come, and just have a good time together. ”

The candlelight was still on, and Zheng Toniang, who sat up, had a bright red chest. Skin Race Snow. Look at the old man Chen with full eyes. His expression was stunned, and he stared wordless for a while. Zheng Toniang's face was like Danxia, she wanted to cover it and stopped, and slowly put down her body. He whispered, "Master." If this is the case, the girl will marry after all. The slave family will help you, is it feasible to see this family business in Nanjing? ”

Chen Xie turned over and whispered in his ear: "Nanjing's house, newspaper." It's all in your name, and there are two thousand silver dollars for you every month, and all expenses go from here. These words can be regarded as a solid peace of mind for Zheng Tuoniang, not counting two houses, just a newspaper, and now each issue has a print run of 5,000 copies, which is 100,000 wen and 100 silver yuan. It's 600 silver dollars a month, and I'm basically self-sufficient in expenses and everything. Chen Xie gave another 2,000 silver yuan, even if he continued to float on the Qinhuai River, he would not be able to earn this amount. It can be seen that Chen Xie has his own heart, and material may not represent a qiē, but it can definitely be used as a yardstick.

"In the future, every year in the spring, you go to Dengzhou for a trip, the weather is cold, the southerners are not tolerant of the cold in the north, and then go back to Nanjing. With the Grand Canal, the journey won't be too hard. Chen Xie gave another reassuring pill to eat first, Zheng Tuoniang never thought that Chen Xie could think so much for her, and the tears of emotion came out, hugging the man in front of him tightly, and trying to cater to her.

Chen Xie is still selfish, and Nanjing is a place where there are many literati, which is too important. Zheng Toniang was born in Hongchen, which is an advantage at this time. This is an important communication channel, and the reason why we want to run a newspaper is to grasp public opinion. Public opinion is too important to hold in your hands. Ming Pao is Chen Xie's first step, and once it becomes a climate in the future, Tong Guò Ming Pao gathered a group of literati and ink writers and slowly influenced them. Driven by interests, even in the face of those Donglin bigwigs in the future, Chen Xie will still directly crush them. Donglin's gang of people think of themselves as gentlemen, but in fact, many of these people are shit under their butts. Is it really a paparazzi? Now the Ming Pao is 5,000 copies, what will happen in the future? It could be ten thousand or more. Let's count it according to 10,000 copies, how many people can this affect? It is simple to crush and smear opponents in public opinion, and use a newspaper with great influence to do this!

The night lingers, and it is extremely gentle. When he got up, it was past noon, Chen Xie rarely slept so late, and after freshening up, he went downstairs and unexpectedly saw Gu Xi and Li Shiniang downstairs. These two have been frequent customers recently, and they are not doing business well, so they come to read the script when they have nothing to do. Occasionally, I took out a manuscript and said shyly that I wanted to contribute.

Chen Xie was very face-saving, and directly asked Liu Ru to make a column on the third page, called "Famous Flower Heart". Specifically for these red girls on the Qinhuai River, since the fifth issue, two poems have been published in each issue. A guy lit it on the Qinhuai River, and a girl who was a little famous submitted it one after another, and she was proud to be able to publish poetry.

No, as soon as the sixth issue came out, these two hurriedly came to the door and brought some gifts each.

Seeing Chen Xie, Gu Xi didn't say anything about etiquette, she was originally a lively little girl, and came over to hold Chen Xie's hand and said, "Brother-in-law, I brought my sixteen-year-old daughter Hong, and I want to celebrate my clumsy work today." ”

Chen Xie likes this bold and cheap "aunt sister" quite a lot, and she has a straightforward personality and doesn't do anything at all. laughed at the moment: "I want to buy my brother-in-law with a few jars of wine, you are too stingy." ”

Gu Xi said: "My brother-in-law is a rich man, how can I beat the little girl's idea of private money?" ”

Chen Xie laughed, and Li Siniang stepped forward to say goodbye: "Brother-in-law, my sister doesn't have good wine, so I have to make some cold dishes and bring them to my brother-in-law with wine." Thank you, brother-in-law, for giving the sisters on the Qinhuai River a place to complain. ”

This is true, the red girl on the Qinhuai River, who has no talent. No, business is not good. The poems written in the past were all self-appreciation, but now they are published in the newspaper, and the literate people in Nanjing can see it, what a glory is this?

In the sixth issue of the newspaper, one of them wrote a poem, so I came to thank each other.

"Well, you'd better go and thank To's mother, it's her idea." Chen Xie hurriedly gave credit, and the two girls went upstairs with a smile. Zheng Tuoniang, who was still lying on the bed and didn't get up, saw the two come in, struggled to sit up, and leaned on the edge of the bed.

Seeing that she looked tired, the two sat down separately, and Gu Xi said with concern: "Sister, what's wrong?" Look tired tight. ”

Li Siniang was older, and she knew the reason at a glance, and said enviously: "Congratulations to my sister for being favored." ”

Gu Xi reacted at this time and exclaimed, "Oh, what time is this?" The brother-in-law is too ruthless, and he doesn't know how to pity his sister. ”

Li Siniang asked what beside Zheng Toniang, Zheng Toniang blushed and whispered back to her, and then Li Siniang exclaimed, isn't that a living concubine? Gu Xi has also read poetry books, but he has read few history books. I didn't know what it meant, but I asked in a low voice, but Li Siniang didn't answer her, but went to the bookshelf, looked for it for a while, and said, "Sure enough, there is this book." Flipping through it, he handed it to Gu Xi and said, "Read it yourself, let you read more and read less books." ”

When Gu Xi was reading, Zheng Toniang got up lazily, and when she was dressing, Gu Xishu finished reading, her face was blushing, and she looked Zheng Toniang up and down and said, "Sister can still get up, it's also an odd number." ”

Li Shiniang smiled: "That's okay, Sister Zheng needs to rest more, lend her brother-in-law to us for a day, and promise to pay you back." ”

Zheng Tuoniang felt strange in her heart, and hesitated: "You two, what tricks are you doing?" ”

Li Siniang said: "The sisters on the Qinhuai River, after reading the famous flower heart column of "Ming Pao", they are all grateful, and I specially recommend the two of us to come here and invite my brother-in-law to swim in the river to thank him. ”

Now Zheng Tuoniang understands that these famous prostitutes on the Qinhuai River, as long as they are numbered, will appear in today's river parade. This was a spontaneous meeting of their own, and the reason was nothing more than a column in Chen Xie's "Ming Pao". There is gratitude here, and there is utilitarianism, but gratitude is definitely greater than utilitarianism, and this is a platform to affirm all the women in the dust.

In the world, people always want to be recognized. In the past, why did these famous prostitutes like to receive cultural celebrities, didn't they just want to be famous? Qian Qianyi can be like a fish in water on the Qinhuai River, isn't it because he is famous and can write poems to praise these famous prostitutes?

Rather than the literati praising themselves with poetry, they turned their works into pencil prints in newspapers and spread them throughout the city of Nanjing. Which is more important? Which is higher and which is lower? Visible at a glance. It can be said that Chen Xie's unintentional move jumped out of the shackles of the traditional literati mixed with the wind and moon and reached a new height. One guy hooked the hearts of these famous prostitutes.

In the beginning, Chen Xie just figured out the means of guò newspapers, seized the level of public opinion, and attracted a large number of literati to wave the flag and shout for himself. Unintentionally inserted willows, the hearts of the women on the entire Qinhuai River were convinced. How many people would have to see their words in the newspapers? This is better than having a church and inviting some people to eat, drink, and have fun. On the other hand, how highly regarded are these famous prostitutes? Who wouldn't want to have their work published in a newspaper?

Chen Xie was invited upstairs, and after hearing Zheng Tuoniang's intention to explain the intentions of the two, he couldn't help but be surprised. After pondering for a moment, he was overjoyed in his heart, and pretended to sigh with emotion on his face: "Li Qingzhao, Zhu Shuzhen, Xue Tao, which of these women who have left their names in the annals of history is not a stunning talent?" But if you think about it carefully, how many pink beauties have been buried in the long history? Chen Xie's ability is limited, but he wants to use his meager strength to try to keep these dazzling spiritual flashes at different times and places. That's why there is a column called Famous Flower Heart. I never thought that the sisters were so gracious to invite each other, and they were extremely ashamed. ”

These half-written words were not very comfortable at first hearing, and after carefully pondering the meaning of this, Li Siniang and Gu Xi were moved, and Liu Ruyi, who had just walked outside the curtain and was about to come in, was burned hard! That's how it feels. (To be continued......)