In the brightly lit banquet hall, in front of it is a small stage, and there are four rows of parallel below, a total of 28 large round tables.

The guests were all in place, and after Zhu Qian delivered a speech on behalf of Zhu Lihua and Yin Qin on behalf of Yu Cheng, Yu Cheng's family was in place on the stage.

Zhu Lihua, who was sitting at the front, was holding a pipa in her arms, Yu Cheng was sitting in front of a guqin, Yu Youwei played the guzheng, Yu Yang played the long flute, and the youngest Yu Xu also had several drums in front of him.

As early as 50 years ago, the banquet regulations had a subversive change, and the orchestra that helped the fun during the banquet became popular.

In recent years, because the palace on the Dongzhou side cannot interfere in politics, it has picked up all kinds of etiquette.

Nowadays, no matter how big or small, it is customary to start with the performance of the host's family.

Originally, it was just an inferior person's music, but after the Ming Dynasty re-educated on the six arts, everyone had to master at least one instrument.

The atmosphere of upward and downward effects has made everyone in the Ming Dynasty proficient in music, and some people are even proficient in more than a dozen musical instruments.

As Yu Xu's drums, who controlled the rhythm, sounded, the long flute was melodious, as if a deep melody from the depths of his heart sounded in his ears.

This was followed by a pure and beautiful guzheng, and the melodious sound of the pipa sounded.

It seems that you can't hear the low sound of the guqin, but most people know very well that the subtle and deep, simple and elegant guqin sound is the cornerstone of all melodies.

This is a song that is widely spread in the Ming Dynasty, and the melodious melody attracts everyone, the hall of more than 200 people, there is not even a trace of noise at this moment.

Even children who are not immersed in the rhythm of music know that they cannot make a sound at this moment.

Twenty-eight tables, only sixteen sat today. So the table in the back was blocked by a screen.

Zhou Bei's identity sat at the round table on the side of the third row, and he was accompanied by the children of the county king's mansion and the children of some powerful people in Sanhe City.

Sitting on the left hand side of Zhou Bei is Pan Yu, the son of Pan Kui, the son of Dali Temple, which is equivalent to the court of another world, and Dali Temple is the highest official at the state level.

They are under the Ministry of Justice with the Metropolitan Procuratorate (Discipline Inspection Commission, Procuratorate) and the Criminal Department (Public Security Bureau), and they are in direct opposition to the prefect and other civil affairs agencies.

Their rank is the same as that of the prefect, but the prefect cannot control them, and they have the power to impeach and even arrest the prefect of the same level.

With the support of both the parliament and the secretary for communications, the prefect or other officials have the power to detain and preside trial.

Of course, under normal circumstances, a higher level of authorization is required to arrest officials at the same level.

Pan Yu is ten years older than Zhou Bei, and now he is a friend who knows each other, but only nodding his head.

Han Song, who is sitting on the right-hand side, is most familiar with Zhou Bei, he is eighteen years old this year, he is the son of Han Bin, the governor of Sanhe Prefecture, and now he is in his third year of high school in Sanhe City, and he will enter school in August, and Zhou Bei will be a classmate with him.

Except for the two of them, most of the people at this table are older than Zhou Bei, and young people like Zhou Bei who have not yet entered the officialdom will not be taken seriously by them.

However, Zhou Beiwei is famous and can be regarded as a celebrity in Trois-Rivières Mansion, after all, there are not many young people who kill a bandit at the age of sixteen.

Therefore, even if Zhou Bei's family background is the lowest at this table, no one underestimates him.

The music on the stage gradually died down, and the audience resounded with warm applause, and then Zhu Lihua gave a welcome speech on behalf of the whole family, and the banquet officially began.

Sitting in the first place opposite Zhou Bei is Yu Huizhi, the son of Yu Rang, the commander of the soldiers of the Hanzhou County Government, although he was born in the Ministry of National Defense system, he is a civilian official, and now he is the mayor of a small town under the jurisdiction of Sanhe Prefecture.

This table also belongs to his not only high family background, but also his own highest status.

Originally, there were only seven official positions in the Ming Dynasty, each of which was two levels, a total of fourteen levels.

However, in the thirty-second year of orthodoxy, the Ming Dynasty official reform abolished the officials and the scientific examination, and divided it into nine grades and eighteen grades.

After graduating from university, after the official assessment, the highest can be admitted to the ninth grade, which is equivalent to a deputy section-level clerk in another world.

And the mayor of the town is an official of Zhengbapin.

After the reform of the Ming officials, there was no champion, the officials were professionalized, and the county went to the countryside.

Relying on reading, it is impossible to be able to be awarded the seventh rank or even the sixth rank of official after being promoted.

For a young man who is not yet thirty years old, it is already excellent to be the mayor of the town before the age of thirty.

When he applauded, he glanced at Zhou Bei and said with a smile: "Zai Heng, the third prince of Tang Wangfu, Fang Cai's attention has always been on you. Youwei's lady Zhong Lingyuxiu, if she wants to marry home, she still needs to work hard. ”

Of course, Zhou Bei knew that the attention of many people in the Tang Palace's Mansion was on him, and he smiled quietly: "The road is long...... Brother Han smiled. ”

Pan Yu on the left hand side said with a smile: "The little lady of Youwei is the flower of my Sanhe Mansion, and she should not be cheap outsiders, but she wants to win glory for my Xuezhou boy in Hengke." ”

There is no foreign enemy in Daming Dongzhou, although the states and counties are peaceful, but the competition is strong, and the regional concept is now deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

They supported Zhou Bei and slandered the people of the Tang Dynasty, which was also politically correct.

However, there is no personal relationship between them, that is, they just talk and have a good time.

The dinner officially began, with twelve tables for men and four tables for women, separated by a screen.

On the woman's side, the first table was headed by Zhu Lihua, and the two princesses of the county sat beside her, several county lords, and Youwei sat at the lower head to accompany her.

There is a maid service at each table, which is neatly organized, although it may seem messy.

Although she couldn't see Zhou Bei, Zhu Lihua already knew about the conversation between him and Zhu Yunsong, and she was worried about it.

As Zhou Bei said, everyone knows his chips, and everyone knows his purpose.

He wants to rely on Youwei to be promoted to the noble class, and the chips are Youwei's heart, as well as the 400,000 silver coins in his hand and dozens of technology patents.

If this condition is given to either side, that side knows which one is lighter and which one is heavier.

If it weren't for Youwei, even if it was the current county lords of King Xue's Mansion, her father and brother would agree.

Although the royal palace has a big family and a big business, the prince, plus the prince, the princess, the small county lord, and the small county king, there are about 100,000 silver coins a year.

Relying on tax-free fields, the annual income is more than 10,000 silver coins.

But the prince's mansion has a big business, and he has to support his face, and after a year, he can't get much silver in his hand.

400,000 silver coins in cash is definitely not a small amount.

Although Youwei is beautiful and moving, it is nothing compared to this huge wealth.

If it weren't for her and Zhou Bei's childhood sweetheart, Zhou Bei wanted to use her marriage to improve her class, and it would be impossible for others to spend such a large sum of money to marry.

Of course, Tang Wangfu can also distinguish the reality, not to mention a lady who doesn't like Zhu Liqing at all, even if she is in love with Zhu Liqing, they can also be separated.

The biggest entanglement now is the question of how to distribute Zhoubei's wealth.

Of course, Zhu Lihua is also jealous of this wealth, in the county lord's mansion, she has a regular annual quota of 10,000 silver coins, and as a county lord, her children can still get a common practice, but compared to her, it is much less.

Even with the income from the fields, Yu Cheng's salary of 6,000 silver coins a year is just over 20,000.

If it weren't for the guards being paid by the imperial court, this family would still be unable to make ends meet.

She is in charge of the Three Rivers City Charity Federation, with an annual budget of 10,000 to 20,000 silver coins and about 100,000 silver coins in donations.

But this money, she only has the right to allocate it, and she will not pass through her hands at all, and she does not dare to embezzle, because of small losses.

She wants to use Zhou Bei's love to make Youwei a place to live and make this wealth a foundation for the future, but there are not many competitors in the face.

If you are not careful, the chicken will fly and the egg will be beaten, and it will be too late to regret it.

What's more, Zhou Bei, a little bastard, is not easy to control, and to this day, she doesn't know his depth.

She admires Zhou Bei, a young man, who is only nineteen years old, and now has hundreds of thousands of family fortunes, patents in the future, and a steady stream of income.

What's more, he invented so many at a young age, and there will be a few decades in the future, and maybe he can invent thousands of patents like Pope Leonardo da Vinci of the Truth Sect, and he is as rich as the country.

But he didn't care about this, which made her angry, and she had to beat him up and make him hit the wall.

The main thing is that there are no public plans yet, and she has to mix them up, which requires a lot of money.

Zhu Lihua talked and laughed with the ladies at the same table, and controlled the atmosphere with weights as if she were in charge, but the food was not sweet to eat.

After the dinner was over, she entertained the female guests as usual, chatted for a while, and waited until ten o'clock to begin to send off the guests.

Zhou Bei also accompanied a group of second generations of Three Rivers City to communicate their feelings for a while after dinner, whether it is turmoil in various places or football leagues, there is always something to talk about.

During this process, I did not have any contact with anyone from the Tang Palace.

At ten o'clock, the guests will be sent, and those with high status will go first, and those with low status can only send VIPs first, and then go last.

Zhou Bei was noticed by many people, and he never found a chance to contact Youwei.

Cars drove away, and the originally lively courtyard became thin.

"Dad, let's go back......"

Zhou Duo looked at his son, said goodbye to a few colleagues, and said goodbye to Zhu Lihua and Yu Cheng, and the father and son did not drive and walked out along the main road.

"How did you talk to Zhu Liqing today?"

Zhou Bei repeated the conversation between him and Zhu Liqing, shook his head and said: "Zhu Liqing is not stupid, he sees it very clearly, my chips are enough, the problem is that there will definitely not be many that can fall into his hands." Even if it is for a little more benefit, he will not let go easily. ”

Zhou Duo couldn't help but turn his head, glanced at the brightly lit main building of the County Lord's Mansion, turned around and continued to walk forward and sighed: "Don't think that we can save trouble by throwing out the chips all at once, there are many things to worry about!" The matter between you and Mrs. Youwei is no longer just an ordinary marriage.

If my prediction is correct, whether it is Tang Wangfu or Zhu Liqing, they will hang everyone and let Sanhe Mansion and Tangzhou County talk first, and the only thing we can take the initiative now is the veto power of patent authorization. ”

Zhou Duo is the chief engineer of the Fifth Tractor Factory, and the patents he applied for at the beginning were mainly those of the Fifth Tractor Factory, and he only accounted for a small number of personal rights.

Zhou Bei applied for a patent before, in order to save trouble and negotiate fairly with the big factory, and signed an agency authorization letter with the Fifth Tractor Factory.

Everything was negotiated by the Fifth Tractor Factory, and they enjoyed a more favorable price with the other party.

If Zhou Bei does not agree to the authorized proceeds, he has the right of veto, and now this veto is his only weapon.