Chapter 41 Cloth Lines
Next to her, a slightly smaller woman. Wearing a red gauze to caress the qin, the sound of the piano flows between the ups and downs of the fingertips, either virtual or real, changeable, like a quiet stream dripping spring clear and ethereal, exquisitely clear, and then the water gathers into a gurgling river, with tenacious vitality through the mountains and mountains, reefs and shoals, and merges into the rolling rivers and seas, and finally tends to be calm, only the leisurely overtones remain, like the waves splashed by the fish jumping on the water surface.
Wang Gang didn't feel that he had stopped, and he couldn't bear to disturb the beautiful sound of the piano, and when the song was over, Wang Gang was still wandering in the world, and he had not returned.
A woman's light voice came from afar
"Sister Yue'er, is it good?"
"Sister Redsleeve's piano skills are getting better and better," Zhang Yue'er said.
"It's a pity it's just the two of us listening," Redsleeves said, pouting.
"Then who else do you want to listen, which family's son or that handsome young man" Zhang Yue'er wanted to tease the little girl in front of her.
Redsleeves' face turned red and whispered.
"No, no, Sister Yue'er, don't make fun of me. I just want to tell my big brother."
Zhang Yue'er was also sad when she heard this, this Wang Gang had never come to Dai County since he came to Yanmen County, let alone come to see them, although they had just made a marriage. But it's okay to see each other once in a while.
"He is a county guard, and he has a lot of business, so he wants to come back to the county to see his father after the spring ploughing," Zhang Yue'er said uncertainly.
"Otherwise, let's go to Yanmen Pass to find him" Red Sleeves stood up and said a bold decision.
"No" Zhang Yue'er was also taken aback, how could this little girl have such a dangerous idea.
At this moment, there was the sound of a person's footsteps in the distance, and the two looked at each other, one wearing a black robe and a crown on his head. A sword hangs from the waist. Although it is not suave, it is also heroic.
Red Sleeves saw Wang Gang coming over, hurriedly stood up, and called out big brother.
Zhang Yue'er also got up and bowed.
"Brother"
"I came to visit Mr. for my brother, I was attracted by the sound of the piano in the backyard, don't blame me for taking the liberty of disturbing" Wang Gang looked at the two lovely people in front of him and showed a kind smile.
"No strange, no strange. What song does the big brother want to hear, the red sleeves will play it for you. The little girl looked at Wang Gang with a look of hope.
Wang Gang wanted to reach out and touch the little girl's head again, but he lifted it into the air, and looked at Zhang Feng's face and couldn't stop it.
Scratching his head in embarrassment, he looked at the little girl and asked.
"You can help your brother play a song in the south of the battle city," Wang Gang remembered that there was this song in the Han Dynasty.
Zhang Yue'er and Red Sleeves were stunned for a moment, and then they understood a little.
Red Sleeves sat down slowly, playing with a light business tone in his hand, and his voice was low and a little astringent feeling echoed throughout the small courtyard, like resentment, like crying. The red sleeves lightly opened his lips and sang.
The sound of the water is agitated, and the reeds are dark;
The horsemen died in battle, and the horses wandered and roared.
Liang Zhu's room, why south? Why north?
What food can you eat if you don't get it? Would you like to be a loyal servant?
Thinking about the good minister, the good minister is honest and thoughtful:
Attack on the march and return at night!
At the end of the song, Red Sleeves reached out and pressed the trembling strings, and the sound of confusion also stopped abruptly.
Redsleeves asked with red eyes.
"Is Big Brother going on a campaign?"
Zhang Yue'er raised her head and looked at Wang Gang, she also knew that Wang Gang was a general who led the troops, but in her consciousness, Wang Gang would definitely not lead the troops to the battle, he was too guarded after all.
"No, I just want to listen to the piano" Wang Gang pinched his sour nose, held back his tears, and showed a big smile and an exaggerated expression. It made the red sleeves laugh.
Only Zhang Yue'er next to her saw the sadness that Wang Gang had buried deeply.
"Let's go to the city for a walk," Wang Gang said, and walked out of the courtyard with the two of them.
In early spring, the weather in the north is still a little cold, and there are not many pedestrians on the streets. Occasionally, a passing carriage is thought to be a merchant from the Central Plains. Since the fighting at Yanmen Pass subsided, more and more caravans came here to do business, bringing a touch of vitality to the bleak Yanmen County. It also gives the people here a little more income, and the policies here also have a lot of convenience for the merchants who come and go.
Wang Gang looked at the streets of Dai County, compared with Jinyang County, there was still a difference of 108,000 miles. There are only two main streets in Dai County, with a few newly opened inns and some wineries, and there are no teahouses or shops in the entire Nanmen Street.
Wang Gang lowered his head and pondered, thinking about how to change this.
"What's Big Brother Thinking"
Red Sleeves walked up to Wang Gang and asked in a whisper, since he walked to the street, Wang Gang bowed his head and didn't speak.
"I want to start a cloth shop here," Wang Gang glanced back at the second daughter and said seriously.
"Okay, okay, so that Sister Yue'er and I don't have to spend money to buy clothes," Red Sleeves said excitedly.
"I don't think it's appropriate, my brother is a county guard, how can he do these things," Zhang Yue'er objected.
"I'm really not suitable, why don't you open it," Wang Gang said.
"I... We" Zhang Yue'er looked surprised.
"Yes, it's you. In this way, it can not only make money, but also allow people to buy clothes. "Wang Gang thinks his idea is good.
"Daddy will definitely not agree, and our daughter's body is not suitable for showing her face," Zhang Yue'er said with a blush on her face. Although she also wants to start a cloth shop, there are women who don't like to have more new clothes for themselves.
"Do you want to open it" Wang Gang stopped and looked at a vacant house in the distance, which was a small two-story building. I don't know if it was closed due to poor management, or if it escaped during the Yellow Turban Rebellion last year.
"Think, think" Red Sleeves hurriedly grabbed Zhang Feng'er's little hand and shook it vigorously.
"Then we'll go to the cloth shop, and I'll take care of the rest," Wang Gang finished speaking, and took the two of them to the empty room to check in detail.
The open space here is close to the South City Gate, not very far from the government office, and there are two inns around. On the opposite side is a grain store, and merchants entering Yanmen County from the Central Plains must pass through here.
At night, Wang Gang went to Ningwu Pass overnight, and rushed back when the sky was slightly bright. Brought back two carts of linen and two wagons of cotton. This is the cloth that can be exchanged in the exchange device. As for the silk brocade worn by the wealthy families, they still rely on the cloth merchants in the Central Plains to sell them.
Wang Gang came to the palace to find Zhang Qian.
"Sir, the food of the people in the city is basically worry-free, but there is no better way to get clothes" Wang Gang looked at what Zhang Qian was writing on the copy, and whispered beside him.
"Ziyi, you didn't ask about political affairs before, why did you suddenly care about the people's clothes today" Zhang Qian stopped his pen and looked up at Wang Gang.
"It's not like it's been okay for the past two days, I went out on the street. I found that there was no cloth shop in the entire Dai County, which shouldn't be."
Wang Gang said.
"It's not that there is no cloth shop, it's that the cloth shop can't be opened, and it is a problem for the people to eat, and the money from there to buy clothes" Zhang Qian glanced at Wang Gang and said with a sigh.
"There are still some people who can afford to buy clothes, but now there is no cloth store, and they can't buy them," Wang Gang said.
"There's no way, Ziyi, do you have a better way" Zhang Qian looked at Wang Gang, knowing that Wang Gang said this, he definitely wanted to solve this problem, which was also a tricky problem for him now.
"I'm going to open one"