Zhang Dai and Zhang Yanke, who are natives of the Ming Dynasty, naturally heard the word "charity foundation" for the first time.

However, as early as the Great Song Dynasty in the prosperous era of Chongwen, it was not uncommon for the township elites to invest in the purchase of school fields and use the production to help public welfare academies, so Zheng Haizhu explained succinctly, and the Zhang brothers from the family understood.

However, in the public welfare undertakings, the operation of self-produced and self-sold agricultural products is improved into capital operation, and the income is used to maintain the school and make it sustainable like a good business.

Zhang Yanke, who looks hippie and smiling on the surface, is actually far more brilliant than Zhang Dai, who has the temperament of a literati and a gentleman, in terms of business acumen.

As soon as he rolled his eyes, he approved: "Okay, don't use suspicious people, don't doubt people, what kind of money-making method, Miss Zheng looks at it." The sage said that the virtuous do not avoid relatives, and the cotton cloth of the Han Mansion is so good, even if Miss Zheng uses this money to ask Master Han to buy cloth, as long as the accounts are clear, it is okay. Isn't it, big brother? ”

Zhang Dai pursed his lips softly and said to his younger brother: "It's rare for you to speak so measured, it's very good." ”

Zheng Haizhu has always been kind to the high hats from men, and she will not just look in the mirror and enjoy it after wearing it, delaying her business.

She immediately picked up Zhang Yanke's words, and said: "We have good cotton cloth in Songjiang that we can handle, and I heard that there are also a lot of unique skills in Shaoxing, such as lighting." Are you familiar with the lamp maker? ”

Zheng Haizhu asked, naturally it was not a loss.

Zhang Dai, the most famous prose master of the late Ming Dynasty, wrote about the Lantern Festival in Shaoxing in "Dream Memories of Tao'an" and other collections, which moved the south of the Yangtze River.

Sure enough, Zhang Yanke patted the stone table and said proudly: "That's nature, the garden of Suzhou, and the lamp of Shaoxing." I have good bamboo and ingenious hands in my big Shanyin County, and I can't make any fairy lanterns. Master, I went to Nanjing Confucius Temple to see the lantern festival, and it was all some general works, which could not be compared with the lamps made by my family. ”

Zheng Haizhu said happily: "Then after the school is opened, the young man will send two masters to teach the dolls to make lamps." Breaking bamboo lake paper does not require brute force like striking iron, and girls can also learn it. If it is done well, I will ask Gonggong Liu, maybe it can be shipped to Yuegang and sold to the merchants. The imperial court asked us to set the lamp, we used a small amount of money to raise a school, and the court peddler went to sea, and used the foreigner's big money to raise the border army to guard the country. Doesn't this revitalize our Ming industry, manpower, and craftsmanship? ”

"Hey, that's a good idea, I'll help you go back to San'in in a few days." Zhang Yanke agreed.

Zhang Dai on the side still had a calm face, and said slowly: "Miss Zheng, in addition to sending the lamp maker, I also want to send you some books." Female dolls can't take the imperial examination, and while being literate, it is indeed more important to have a skill. But young people from poor families can be examined, and maybe there will be future ministers among them. Have you considered leaving a big room empty to collect books and inviting children from poor families to read them? ”

Zheng Haizhu said in his heart, yes, when the stove is cold, if this is a potential stock, wouldn't there be strong reinforcement in the future.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Dai's idea was not so businessmanlike.

"Miss Zheng, you think, if they were not even students, they would have read the books in your aunt and nephew's school in a decent manner, and they would not have to suffer the eyes of those bookshop owners because of their cysts and shyness, and they would have remembered this good fate. Even if they don't have a red robe in the future, they have been treated well when they were lowly, and they may be as kind to others as they can. ”

When Zheng Haizhu heard this, he was really impressed by Zhang Dai's honest and pure morale, and clasped his hands and praised: "In this section, if it weren't for the son's reminder and gift of books, where would a woman in cloth like me think of it." ”

At that time, the three of them agreed on the time for the delivery of the ticket number, and the Zhang brothers took their servants and hired a carriage to go to the county office to visit Sister He.

Zheng Haizhu hurried to the Han Mansion to face the new troubles she might have to face.

As soon as Hu Guihua of the dyeing workshop opened his mouth today, the Hui merchant surnamed Hu, who was the main murderer, turned out to be the cousin of the Han family's third-room daughter-in-law Yang, the uncle who came to the house to socialize with Han Zhongwen a few days ago.

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The back house of the Han Mansion is indeed in turmoil at the moment.

In the flower hall of the inner house, the Yang family in the third room was half-paralyzed on the arm of the chair, covering his face with a handkerchief, crying like a long and a short one, and a rooster crowing.

The third lady, Han Xiying, stood behind the chair, lowered her eyes and was silent, only gently patting her mother's back crest, lest she cry too much.

The housewife, the second grandmother, Qian Shi, sat opposite and looked at her helplessly with an embarrassed face.

Liu, the aunt in the second room, suppressed her subtle thoughts of schadenfreude and acted as half of the commander.

first sent the housekeeper Lao Peng to the restaurant to call the second master Han Zhongwen back, and said that something was wrong, and the third grandmother was going to die.

He also instructed a fast-legged servant to invite Lang Zhong to come, and he went to the hall behind the wall in the outer courtyard to sit, if there was a female scroll of the rich gentleman of Songjiang to visit the door temporarily, she would stop them, and not look at the excitement of the Han Mansion.

When Han Zhongwen hurriedly stepped into the door of the house, the Liu family hurriedly greeted him and reported: "Master, after the servant of the uncle and the master said this, the third grandmother cried like tears. Well, though, that girl hasn't seen a shadow yet. ”

Han Zhongwen stared at his concubine, who hung the words "Master, I'm smart" on the door of his head, and said: "You have worked hard, stay here for a while, if you listen to the movement that comes out too much, close the door of the mansion." When Ah Zhu came back, he asked Lao Peng to hurry up and bring him to me and my second grandmother. ”

"Hey, I know, I know." Liu responded, but he was a little lonely in his heart, and then he couldn't help but feel worried.

The eldest lady's side stabbed this big basket, and the old man was not annoyed?

Could it be that the speculation that the third grandmother said to herself is true? Could it be that the old man really took a fancy to the little hoof surnamed Zheng who was young and sturdy and would come to things, not only could he give birth, but he was also a big foot, and he could accompany the old man to go out to talk about business in the future?

The Liu family was silently panicked here, and in the flower hall on that side, when Han Zhongwen stepped into the first step, his head exploded.

The younger daughter-in-law, Yang, rushed up, pointed at Han Zhongwen and said, "Second brother, look at you, I have already asked you to donate an official to my cousin." You Songjiang Mansion is a poor and shabby place, and you don't test our Hui merchants to pay taxes and donate officials, so what will the Southern Barbarian Prefect take to pay the boss? You don't know if you're lazy, or if you have other calculations, and you take my words as if you were on the sidelines! ”

Han Zhongwen seemed to be accustomed to the shrew-like image of his younger brother and daughter-in-law, and said calmly: "Third daughter-in-law, this time, my uncle did commit such a thing as Hu Tu and murdering people, even if the son of the first assistant of the cabinet, regardless of the official he was examined, the official who came from the shadow, or the official who was bought with money, it can't escape the law of the country." ”

"Fart!" Yang said hysterically, "You think I'm an inner house woman and I don't know anything?" If my cousin has an official status, the seven-grade sesame official in Shanghai County, would he dare to detain my brother? At most, he only dared to send a summons to the Huizhou Guild Hall. A resourceful man like my brother would have known to leave by boat! ”

After Yang finished roaring, he squinted his eyes and glanced at the side of the flower pot shelf, Zheng Shoukuan, who was protected by Han Ximeng, was showing disdainful eyes.

In the afternoon of this day, the servant of Yang's cousin Master Hu came to the Han Mansion, saying that Master Hu was taken away by the Shanghai magistrate, because he masterminded the murder of fellow businessmen and blamed the nuns of Jiulian Nunnery.

On that day, Zhang Dai was invited by Zheng Haizhu to visit the Han Mansion, although the Yang family was not invited to accompany him, but afterwards he stared at his sister-in-law Qian to ask the reason, and at that time he also sarcastically said: "Yo, there is no lady in our grandmother in the Han Mansion, but there is going to be a female judge in the maid." ”

I didn't expect to eat melons on my head, and my cousin Master Hu was the main culprit of this eucalyptus.

The Yang family's resentful wife has been doing it for a long time, and her brain has long become a pulp lake, and her thinking about the problem is like a urinary tract, thinking not about how her cousin could do such a hurtful thing because she was jealous of her peers, but hated Zheng Haizhu for being nosy for the first time.

She immediately went to the garden and found Zheng Shoukuan, who was tidying up the flower garden, and beat her head and face.

Han Ximeng, who rushed to hear the news, tore away the third aunt, which was the first time in his life that he disobeyed his elders, and a pink face was also greeted by the Yang family a few times, before he was rescued by his sister Han Xiying.

At this moment, Han Ximeng saw that the Yang family was in front of the whole family, not only saying nonsense that provoked the law of the country, but also wanted to pounce on a half-grown child again, and for a while, the emotions of the calf protector were ignited again, blocking in front of Zheng Shoukuan, and directly reprimanded the Yang family: "Third aunt, do you still have a little bit of right and wrong?" Uncle is killing people outside, are you going to kill people in our Han family? ”

The Yang family has always bullied the second grandmother Qian is a soft persimmon, but she is a little jealous of her upright eldest niece, and now she is even more shocked by her momentum.

After being stunned for a moment, he sat on the ground and cried at the second master, Han Zhongwen: "Your Han family is a demon pit that eats people and doesn't spit out bones. I'm in Huizhou, what kind of good people can't be found, Han Zhongwen, for the sake of business, you tricked my parents into marrying me to your crazy brother. Over the years, I have not even been as good as the eunuch's vegetable lady. Thanks to my cousin, I don't hold grudges, and I often come to buy your Han family's cotton cloth. I didn't expect this to be folded in the hands of a cheap maid from your Han family who has no clear origins. ”

"Shut up!" Han Zhongwen really couldn't listen to this vulgar language, stomped his foot fiercely, pointed at his brother and daughter-in-law, and said, "The Ming Dynasty has the law of the country, and the uncle does bad things, and the government has his own government to deal with it." Ah Zhu assisted the public family to break the eucalyptus, lived up to the trust of his friends, and fortunately the people were innocent, and there was nothing wrong with the law of heaven and people. ”

Han Zhongwen almost choked on anger, stroked his chest and slowed down, and continued: "As for my Han family, yes, Zhongyu went to be a foreign monk, and he did treat you badly in terms of husband and wife, but you ask yourself, in the third year after he left, did we ask you if you want to reconcile." If you want, take all your dowry away, and the Han family will give you another 10,000 taels of silver. Xiying can stay in the Han family and marry from my Han family, and I, the second uncle, will divide the family property into three, and the dowry given to her will not be less than half a cent less than that of Ximeng. The third daughter-in-law, you didn't want to do it at the beginning, you said that I wanted to drive you away and want to monopolize Zhongyu's share of the family property. ”

Speaking of this, Han Zhongwen let out a long sigh and sat down on the chair tiredly.

After a pause, he said in a calm voice: "Third daughter-in-law, since you hate my Han family to the bone, today's incident is just an introduction." Let's split up. My Han family ancestral hall is in Hangzhou, and there is no patriarch in Songjiang, so I will send someone to your mother's house in Huizhou to invite someone who can be the master, and we will go to the state capital together to draw and analyze the property. Everyone is dozens of years old, so let's do things calmly. ”

There was a silence in the hall that could be heard.

Yang also seemed to have gone crazy solidly, and exhausted his strength, and he didn't even care about losing his dignity in front of his subordinates, so he sat on the ground in a daze, occasionally making a declining sobbing sound.

Han Ximeng bit her lip and stared angrily at this unreasonable little aunt.

Han Xiying walked over slowly, and after saluting the second uncle with guilt on her face, Han Xiying attached herself to her mother's sleeve and said softly: "Mother, it's the winter moon, the ground is cold, if I sit out of illness, what should I do?" ”

The second grandmother, Qian, also stood up suddenly, came over to support her brother and daughter-in-law, and begged her to give the head of the Han family a face.

Seeing this, Han Zhongwen thought that he had finished expressing his position as the head of the family, and the rest of the matter would be handed over to the female rolls.

I was about to go to the main hall of the outer courtyard to have a cup of tea to dissipate my anger, but I saw the housekeeper Lao Peng hurriedly running into the courtyard.

"Master, Ma, General Ma is here, and Azhu is here."

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Between the threshold of the Hanfu gate and the wall, the shadows of Ma Xianglin and Zheng Haizhu are printed on the blue brick floor by the setting sun.

The young general looked calm, and at the same time felt for sure that the woman beside him was not cramped, but only quietly thinking about her own thoughts.

Ma Xianglin likes the atmosphere at the moment.

Miss Azhu could stand side by side with him so relaxed, as if he didn't exist as a general.

On the contrary, this means that alienation, vigilance, embarrassment, nervousness, and other blunt situations have nothing to do with them.

And just a moment ago, when Ma Xianglin waited for Zheng Haizhu outside the Han Mansion, he clearly saw her with a solemn face.

Of course, Ma Xianglin knew the reason, otherwise he would not have stayed in the Han Mansion.

"Oh, General Ma, why don't you go into the courtyard?"

Han Zhongwen greeted him eagerly.

Ma Xianglin smiled and saluted: "The girl of your mansion is in the hall, and it is inconvenient to go in, it doesn't matter, there is Miss Azhu greeting me, and I came to discuss the matter today, and I originally had to be checked by Miss Azhu." ”

Han Zhongwen immediately turned his head and asked Aunt Liu, who was standing guard in the outer hall, to go back to the inner house, and when he led Ma Xianglin into the hall, he had already changed his sincere tone and said: "Don't hide it from the general, there was a commotion in the house just now." cough, who would have thought that Ah Zhu accompanied Gonggong Liu to find out the culprit was actually my brother-in-law's cousin. That Master Hu has also been doing business with Han. Now that the chickens and dogs are jumping in the flower hall, Han is rude, so he can only ask the general to talk here. Ah Zhu don't go in yet, don't worry, a person like Ximeng who protects the calf, Shoukuan can't get out of trouble. ”

Listen to the gongs and drums, and listen to the sounds.

As soon as Han Zhongwen said these words, Ma Xianglin smacked the other party's tone, and knew that Miss Azhu had not met a dim-witted master of the family, and her thoughts about escorting her today could be put aside for the time being.

He then said bluntly: "Ma has two things. The first is to bring a word for Liu's father-in-law, the Zhangrong and Songjiang cotton cloth handkerchiefs I saw the day before yesterday, Miss Azhu explained it very well, and my father-in-law fell in love with it. Make a thousand veils first. Although the people I brought with me were guest soldiers, the imperial court was heavy, and they did not let me go back to Sichuan for the time being. Next, I am going to transport a batch of raw silk and silk to the weaving bureau to the public seller in Yuegang, Fujian, just to try sell your handkerchiefs, therefore, this work is very urgent, Master Han is bothered, Dingyin and other father-in-law will send someone after returning to Suzhou tomorrow. ”

Han Zhongwen was overjoyed.

This year's cotton harvest in Songjiang, the price of Hui merchants to collect cloth is very low, he is not without recommending the velvet and cotton cloth, but Hui merchants feel that this kind of silk and cotton blended new gadgets are a bit expensive, and the red is not red, blue, blue, yellow, and yellow lakes in one place, not elegant enough, the common people are too expensive, the rich are vulgar, and it is not easy to sell.

Unexpectedly, in the end, it was the admiral eunuch of the Weaving Bureau who received the goods and tried to sell them to the merchants.

This really made his Han family raise their eyebrows.

Han Zhongwen then turned to Zheng Haizhu, the hero, and said: "I will explain the construction period of Lao Peng's dispatch of a few orders, and first ensure that the handkerchief that Father-in-law Liu wants, you must keep an eye on the weaving workshop, each handkerchief is the signboard of my Han family." ”

Zheng Haizhu nodded again and again.

When she met Ma Xianglin outside the Han Mansion just now, the other party had already said straight to the point that she was here to place an order, but she also followed a sentence: The eucalyptus of the Nine Lotus Nunnery, Gonggong Liu said that the real murderer is the in-law of the Han Mansion, I also want to come and see, you can be in trouble.

In Zheng Haizhu's ears, General Ma's words were indeed full of concern, but there was no ambiguous or even greasy following, so it was frank and abruptly stopped, so that she could have a trace of warmth without burden and resistance.

Therefore, at this moment, Zheng Haizhu also looked at Ma Xianglin without dodging and said, "General Ma, don't worry, we will definitely earn this foreign exchange for the saint." ”

"What is Forex?" Ma Xianglin and Han Zhongwen asked questions almost at the same time.

"It's the silver in the hands of the merchants, I heard the missionaries from Haojing when I was in Zhangzhou."

Zheng Haizhu is very natural. Gradually instilling the vocabulary of the people of this life is always a way to gradually change their concepts.

"Oh," Ma Xianglin digested the word, and now learned to use it, "The second thing that Ma said today is to let your mansion earn internal exchange." ”