Chapter 293: Thousands of Miles of Flowing Water

Zhang Dai bought a set of exquisite tea sets in Suzhou, stone tripods, bamboo brooms, tea washes, copper fire buckets, mud stoves, porcelain jars, etc. There are sixteen kinds of tea sets, all of which are very elegant alias. The stone tripods are not called stone tripods, but Shangxiang, and bamboo brooms are not called bamboo brooms, but Guijie, tea bottles, and teapots are all produced in Yixing. They are as color as sheep liver and as delicate as beautiful skin. They are made by Shi Dabin, a famous pot maker in Yixing. A teapot price is as high as five taels of silver, and the whole set of tea sets costs more than thirty taels of silver.

There is nothing wrong with the boat. Zhang Dai personally cooks tea in the afternoon every afternoon, Huiquan water, Xin'an oyster tea, cold tea, Zhang Yuan, Ni Yuanlu, Huang Zunsu, Qi Biaojia and others are very helpful. Zhang Dai and Zhang E have delicious food. Whenever they go to a place, they will collect local delicacies and eat them. Various famous items such as hawthorn cake, pine nut sugar, olive jelly, glutinous chestnut balls, square persimmons, etc. are also always available.

Huang Zunsu smiled and said, "I have been in the same boat as the wise Kunzhong, and I have a lot of trouble. The wise Mr. Sima Gong, the old wise man, said, "It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from frugality to extravagance." After returning home, how can you still swallow the simple food? You can't adapt to it without ten days and half a month. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple."

Everyone laughed.

Zhang Yuan held a Xuande blue and white tea cup, savored tea with the window and saw the scenery of the river bank. The boat had already reached Baixijiang River and was about to arrive in Zhenfeng. Du Dingfang from Zhenfeng was about to meet him. At this time, he heard Huang Zunsu's joke of "frugality and extravagance", and thought to himself: "Huang Zunsu is reasonable. I am frugal in Dongzhang. It's enough to eat meat or fish. How can I eat so much that my elder brother never tires of fine stew and fine stew. It's fine if I haven't tasted famous tea and wine. After tasting it, I really have no taste. It's like a beautiful color, and I'm addicted to it-"

I remembered the long talk between Suzhou and Fan Wenruo, Wen Zhenmeng and Feng Menglong the day before yesterday. Fan Wenruo said that nearly 100 Suzhou students wanted to participate in Hanshe, and they were all registered. The official members were confirmed after the Shanyin Club on March 3 next year. At that time, he said that if there were poor students who wanted to participate in Shanyin Club next year, the round-trip travel expenses could be subsidized at the discretion of this money. The so-called Hanshe Bank was actually the money he paid by Zhang Yuan. Well, it can also be said to be sponsored by Dong Hanlin.

In the afternoon, the Wuming Wa Baishang boat turned over the river beside and entered Jishui Port. In front of it was Zhenfengli Wharf. Mu Zhenzhen walked to the bow of the boat and looked towards the dock. Half a year ago, she parted with her father at this pier. I don’t know how her father was in Yan'an Guard. Is the young master’s words fulfilled? Can General Du Song be restored to his post? Will Dad follow General Du to the battlefield? She really miss Dad-

When someone touched his arm gently, Mu Zhenzhen turned his head and saw that it was the young master. The young master said, "Zhenzhen, go back to the cabin and write a letter to your father. I will meet Du Dingfang later and ask him to send him to Yan'an Guard together with the Du family's letter."

Mu Zhenzhen was overjoyed and agreed with a crisp voice. She went back to the cabin to write a letter. She loved the young master very much. She knew everything she thought.

Since she has a skin-friendly relationship with Zhang Yuan, this depraved girl has become more considerate of Zhang Yuan's service, and also remembers what her father Mu Jingyan told her when she was leaving, "Dude and be careful, not lazy, be careful to serve, and not disobey." She did not become arrogant because Zhang Yuan treated her kindly--

The boat arrived at the outer pier of Zhenfengli Town. The water alleys in the town were narrow and could not accommodate this big Wuming tile ship. It was only moored outside the town. As soon as the boat was finished, Laifu jumped ashore first. When he saw a tea shop in the dock, he rushed straight to the shore and shouted: "Brother Laifu, has Mr. Zhang arrived?"

When Lai Fu saw that it was Du Dingfang's servant, the one who had been to Jinling two months ago, said, "My young master is on the boat."

The Du servant was overjoyed and stretched his neck to see. When he saw Zhang Yuan walking out of the bow of the boat, he quickly crossed his hands and said, "Young Master Zhang, the villain is ordered by the young master of the family and will be here from the 20th of this month, for fear of missing out."

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Since I promised your young master to come to see him by Zhenfengli, how could he break his promise?"

The Du family servant invited a familiar person in the tea shop to go to the Du Mansion to report the news first. He accompanied Zhang Yuan and others and then walked. Ni Yuanlu, Huang Zunsu, Qi Biaojia refused to go. Du Dingfang first received the three Zhang Yuan brothers. When he learned that Teacher Zhang had three friends on the boat, he rushed to the dock to ask for it. Ni Yuanlu and the other two were just Du Dingfang's enthusiasm, so they had to go to the Du Mansion together.

Du Dingfang's enthusiasm for Zhang Yuan was sincere, and he was eager to see Zhang Yuan arrive. Last time he received a reply from Zhang Yuan. He saw Zhang Yuan carefully commenting on his ten arts, and also long letters to guide him to read the books and figure out what famous masters Cheng Wen. Zhang Yuan's patience and meticulousness moved Du Dingfang very much. Fortunately, he met a wise master with excellent character and academic performance. In recent times in the Zhenfengli Society exam, Du Dingfang's eight-legged essay was praised by the social science teachers, who believed that it had made great progress. Du Dingfang is now a child, and his goal is to achieve fame and honor for students through the Kunshan Taoist Examination two years later. He failed the first two Taoist Examinations. Now with Zhang Yuan's advice, his confidence has increased greatly.

Zhang Yuan rested in Du's house for a night, commented on the eight-part essay for Du Dingfang and gave advice in person. Du Ding felt very benefited. Unfortunately, Teacher Zhang was in a hurry to go and was about to set off the next afternoon. Du Dingfang couldn't keep it, so he had to prepare a generous gift and send Teacher Zhang on the boat.

The white-sailed boat left Zhenfengli, and went to Xuedian Lake through Jishui Port. In the evening, the boat arrived on the lake. The sky covered with clouds rose and snow fell again. Since leaving Jinling on the seventh day of this month, I encountered several snowfalls along the way in twenty days. The snow was the biggest, and the snowflakes flew away and disappeared as soon as they fell to the lake.

Zhang Dai said: "It's a pity that the snow fell into the water."

Ni Yuanlu nodded and said, "It's good to freeze. Such a big lake is so white and clean that it can be painted."

These two people only feel life with beauty. Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "If this is frozen, how can we go to the dock? Wouldn't we die of cold and hunger?"

When the boat passed Xuedian Lake, it was already dark. Zhang originally planned to go straight to Qingpu on Dahuangpu and rushed to his sister's house overnight. However, it was snowy and the water flow in Dahuangpu was quite turbulent in winter. It was so dangerous that the boat was on the snowy night. So he temporarily moored in Zhujiajiao Town and waited for dawn to sail again. Zhang Dai and Zhang E went ashore in the town for dinner. Zhang Yuan did not go. Maybe there was a lot of cold wind blowing on the bow of the boat these days, and his head hurts a little, so he stayed on the boat to eat porridge. In order to prepare a few fine side dishes, Mu Zhenzhen could not cook such side dishes. He learned from Wang Wei on the way to Jinling with Wang Wei last time, and said a little ashamed: "My maid is dull and clumsy, and she is not as good as Wei Gu's cooking."

Zhang Yuan said: "It's very good, I really know my taste."

When Mu Zhenzhen heard the young master say this, she was happy. She watched the young master finish drinking the porridge in the bowl and asked, "Do you want to take some headache medicine?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head and drank two small bowls of hot porridge. At this time, he felt that the headache had been relieved a little and said, "No, I will take care of the minor illness and improve my immunity - Zhenzhen, rub my forehead."

Mu Zhen really didn't understand what "immunity" is, and didn't ask much. The young master was very knowledgeable. She couldn't ask everything and just think about it more. So she knelt behind the young master and rubbed his forehead and temples on both sides of the young master who was sitting cross-legged.

Mu Zhenzhen's hands were rough and it was very comfortable to caress. Zhang Yuan breathed comfortably, collapsed his waist, and leaned his head against Mu Zhenzhen's chest. He felt that his chest shrink back, and then he stood up again, tremblingly holding the back of his head. The ** of this fallen girl seemed to have become more abundant in recent months, as if it was a ripe fruit.

After massaging for half a cup of tea, Zhang Yuan sat upright and said, "It's much more comfortable, thank you Zhenzhen. (")"

Mu Zhenzhen smiled shyly and went to clean up the dishes. Zhang Yuan wrote a topic as usual to write an eight-part essay. While writing, he practiced writing. Mu Zhenzhen suddenly remembered something and said, "Young master, my father is illiterate, why do you reply to my maid?"

Zhang Yuan held a sheep hair and looked at the tip of his pen under the lamp, and smiled and said, "There are clerks in the army who write letters from home for the soldiers. You don't have to worry about this. Du Dingfang promised to send your letters together with his Du's letters in the near future. If your father replied, he will deliver them to me as soon as possible."

The white-sailed boat was missing Zhang E and a few others, and it seemed very quiet. The sky was filled with snowflakes, silently. It was a pity that it fell into the water. However, a thin layer had been accumulated on the bow of the boat. There was a "creaking" sound from time to time. It was the sound of snow on the roof of the canopy.

Suddenly, I heard a woman retching in the neighboring cabin, and seemed to be still crying. When Mu Zhenzhen saw the young master stop listening, she said, "That's green plum, it seems---"

Zhang Yuan asked: "Are you happy?"

Mu Zhenzhen nodded with a red face and added: "The third young master called a doctor in Suzhou to treat Sister Lumei. The doctor said he was happy. The third young master was very unhappy and even scolded Sister Lumei—" Later, his face gradually turned pale again.

Zhang Yuan sighed and said, "I will persuade my third brother later. How can I blame Lumei? And I am happy - this is also a good thing." He looked at Mu Zhenzhen, whose face turned pale under the lamp, and asked with a smile: "What are you worried about?"

Mu Zhenzhen shook her head quickly: "No, I'm not worried about anything." Her face turned red again.

Zhang Yuanxin said: "My body is only seventeen years old, and it is only sixteen years younger than me. Although it seems that my body has completely grown, it is still too early to have children. The ancients married and gave birth early, and many babies died prematurely-"

There was a laughter from the shore. Zhang Dai and the others were back. The boatman quickly cleaned the snow on the bow of the boat so that Zhang Dai and his party would not slip into accidents when they got on the boat.

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It snowed heavily overnight in Qingpu. When I woke up early, a layer of several inches thick had accumulated in the yard. Zhang Ruoxi was wearing a sable fur and stood on the steps to watch the snow. He said to his husband Lu Tao, "Xiaoyuan and the others should have set off from Jinling, but I don't know where they have been. Such heavy snow will not stop their itinerary, right?"

Lu Tao said: "It doesn't matter if you don't have strong winds and waves."

Lu Chun came from the wing room, and Lu Jie's noisy sound, and Zhang Ruoxi walked over. Two nannies and two maids were busy dressing and wearing hats. Lu Jie was jumping and jumping, his hands and feet were moving, and he refused to dress properly. It was Zhang Ruoxi who came in and scolded him before he calmed down. Soon the clothes and hats became neat. The little brothers ran to the yard to play with the snow.

It was cold and the elderly got up late. Lu Tao took breakfast to take his two sons to greet his father Lu Zhaoshen. Zhang Ruoxi took two maids to the front yard to directors. Ruoxi is now in charge of the affairs of the house. Ruoxi is also in charge of the "Shengmei Business" and Ruoxi is in charge of the affairs of the "Shengmei Business" every day. Fortunately, Ruoxi is also able to do it and manage it in an orderly manner. Ruoxi is still learning to do the dragon gate account and the four-legged account. She wants to manage the "Shengmei Business". If she doesn't understand the dragon gate account and the four-legged account, she will easily be deceived by the people below.

The symbol of Shengmei Shop is a seal script word "Mei" with a round outer and square inner square outer. It has now opened six shops in Qingpu, Huating, Shanghai and Kunshan. Using Zhang Yuan's method of bribing sewing workers, it was indeed very effective. Shengmei Shop quickly opened up sales in various places and gained a foothold. Zhang Ruoxi plans to open shops to Suzhou, Jiaxing and Hangzhou next year. At the same time, cotton and silk looms will increase significantly, requiring a large number of skilled weavers. This is only cultivated by themselves and hired with high salaries.

Chen Shichu suddenly heard a servant shouting at the gate: "Young Master Jie Zi is here, you are here--"

Zhang Ruoxi was overjoyed, put down the book in his hand and quickly greeted him. When he saw a large group of people in the hall with many strange faces, he stood up and told the servant to invite Lu Tao to come quickly-

On this side, the three Zhang Yuan brothers had already seen Zhang Ruoxi and came to see him. Zhang Ruoxi was extremely happy and looked at his younger brother Zhang Yuan and said, "Xiao Yuan seems to have grown taller - Zongzi, Yanke, thank you on the road, please go into the hall, who are those people? Let's greet you when your brother-in-law comes."

Lu Tao came out soon, and Zhang Yuan introduced Huang Zunsu, Ni Yuanlu and Qi Biaojia to him, and sat together in the main hall. The four braziers were burning with charcoal fires. Zhang Yuanluo said a few words, then went to the inner courtyard to talk to his sister Zhang Ruoxi, and asked his father Zhang Ruiyang who arrived in Qingpu on the sixth day of the September 19th. He stayed in Qingpu for three days. Lu Chun and Lu Jie didn't recognize his grandfather. Zhang Ruoxi also said that Zong Yishan and his parents had followed their father Zhang Ruiyang to Shanyin, and Zong Yishan was still willing to settle down in Shanyin.

Zhang Ruoxi said with relief: "My father is healthy and in a very happy mood. I'm praising you."

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "My father refused to praise me in person--"

Zhang Ruoxi said, "Of course, I'm afraid you're proud." Seeing Mu Zhenzhen come in to pay his respects, he pulled Mu Zhenzhen to ask-

Zhang Yuan went out to talk to his brother-in-law. Yang Shixiang, Hong Daotai and others received news and rushed to meet. On that day, the Lu Mansion held a banquet, which invited six people from Zhang Yuan and Yang Shixiang and other colleagues from the Han Society. Lu Yangfang also came out to meet guests. He was a little whiter and fatter than when he came out of Songjiang Prison six months ago. When he saw Zhang Yuan, Lu Yangfang still looked ashamed. Zhang Yuan did not mention the old things. Last time he learned from Lu Dayou that Lu Yangfang is now an idle person at home, and he no longer lets him take charge of money and valley affairs in the Lu Mansion. After the setback last time, Lu Yangfang had no face to compete with his brother and sister-in-law for power.

In the afternoon, Ni Yuanlu went to Dongsheshan to pay homage to Chen Meigong, but the three Zhang Yuan brothers stopped. Chen Meigong was Dong Qichang's friend, so they were embarrassed to meet each other. Ni Yuanlu only asked him to take the three of them to pay homage to-

Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai followed Yang Shixiang and Hong Daotai to see Hanshe Bookstore. They walked on the snow. On the way, Yang Shixiang said: "Jin Langzhi came to me a few days ago. Speaking of the matter between Dong's father and son, Dong Qichang was ill for half a year and was treated with a medical treatment. Recently, he was able to walk on a stick. Dong Zuyuan and Dong Zuchang were first tied to Songjiang Prefecture Prison, and then the three governments of Su, Chang and Zhenzhen Prefectures were tried. Last month, the fame and reputation of Dong Zuchang was removed and detained at home.

Instructions, Dong Zuyuan only surrendered to the second grade. The houses occupied by Dong Zuyuan on the Changsheng Bridge in Huating County were returned to each household, and each household was compensated between 30 and 50 taels of silver. The other occupied land and houses were also returned. During this period, King Yining strictly supervised Songjiang Prefecture School and Shanghai, Qingpu and Huating County Schools, and required strict jurisdiction for students. If anyone disobeyed the verdict and gathered to cause trouble, all those who were fame and fortune would be eliminated, and the matter would be calmed down."

Zhang Dai said angrily: "It would be fine if Dong Qichang cannot be punished. Dong Zuyuan and Dong Zuchang were also sentenced so lightly. The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was completely black!"

Zhang Yuan said: "It would be better if the students of Songjiang were not implicated in this case. With Dong Xuanzai's reputation, it is difficult to re-senten the sentence of his two sons. After this incident, Dong's arrogance in Huating should not be rekindled."

Hong Daotai said: "It is impossible for Dong's father and son to act as a hero in Huating. It is said that they may move to the capital, and this will take place after Dong Xuan recovers from his illness."

Yang Shixiang hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Jie Zi, Dong Xuanzai has gone to the capital, and I'm afraid it will be unfavorable to you in the future."

Zhang Yuan said: "Dong Xuanzai was once a lecturer in the East Palace, and my teacher, Taishi Jiao, was also a lecturer in the East Palace, and—" Some words could not be said, and I kept silent.

Yang Shixiang thought about it, Jiao Taishi's reputation was not inferior to Dong Hanlin. Zhang Yuan was Jiao Taishi's favorite disciple. Jiao Taishi must do his best to protect Zhang Yuan. Dong Qichang's reputation was very bad because of this Huating incident. It is not easy to take revenge on Zhang Yuan.

Hanshe Bookstore was formerly Yang Shixiang's bookstore, located on the Qinglong River in the back garden of Yangjia. It was just a small bookstore half a year ago, with ten large tiled houses, one writer, twelve engraving workers, six printers, and two handymen. After the establishment of Hanshe Bookstore, nine thousand taels of silver were injected, and the bookstore expanded rapidly. In just half a year, ten new tiled houses were built, twenty excellent engraving workers were recruited, five printers, and three handymen were hired. With an annual salary of sixty taels of silver, an old Tongsheng who was good at calligraphy was hired to write.

The current scale is no longer under Fan Wenruo's Fushuishanfang Bookstore. The bookstore's profits in the first three years will not be distributed. It is all used as additional capital for each shareholder to expand the bookstore. According to Zhang Yuan's idea, Hanshe Bookstore should have more than 100 excellent engraving workers, who can engrave more than 10,000 characters in the font of Yan, Liu, Ou, and Zhao in one day or more than 20,000 characters in the font of Song font. With such ability to make plates, one volume can be completed in three days. If you are in a hurry, the new book can be engraved and listed in seven days.

On both sides of the Qinglong River, covered with white snow, and the river water became dark. The roofs of twenty large tiled houses in Hanshe Bookstore were covered with half a foot of snow. A handyman climbed a wooden ladder to clear the snow on the roof. He was worried that the snow would continue to crush the roof. The twenty engravers in the bookstore who could engrave the fonts of Yan, Liu, Ou, and Zhao were making the plates of Jiao Hong's "Jiao's Pen Cheng". This book was about 80,000 words, and the above and below were engraved and published in the form of two volumes. This is the first time that Hanshe Bookstore has engraved the collection of essays by famous figures in the world. The plate making, paper, and the furnishings are in order to be exquisite, and they are required to be fired. Twelve engraved engravings of Song font are making the plates of Feng Menglong's "Jing Shi Tongyan". These are all driven out before the New Year. Yang Shixiang promised that each engraver in the bookstore would have an extra red envelope of three or six cents of silver before the New Year, so these engravers were enthusiastic about the work of-

Zhang Yuan inspected and was quite satisfied. He talked to Yang Shixiang and Hong Daotai about the future development of the bookstore, saying that Suzhou Fushuishanfang Bookstore has become the Suzhou Branch of Hanshe Bookstore, but the book marketing of Suzhou Branch is only limited to the prefectures and counties in Nanzhili, while the General Administration of Hanshe Bookstore does not limit it. As long as you have the ability, you can try your best to expand it.

In the evening, Yang Shixiang sent someone to invite Zhang E, Huang Zunsu and Qi Biaojia to dinner together. The next morning, a small literary party was held at the Narcissus Temple. All members of Qingpu Han Society participated, with more than 20 people. The participants were all scholars and fame. Of course, the most talked about was the provincial examination next year. The location of Qingpu Zhusheng’s provincial examination was in Nanjing, while Zhang Yuan and Huang Zunsu were in Hangzhou. However, the Shanyin Han Society Club on March 3 next year can be gathered together. Students are very excited about the gathering of friends from all over the world next year's Shanyin Conference-

After staying in Qingpu for three days, on the second day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhang Yuan and his party left Lu Tao, Yang Shixiang and others set off for Shaoxing. Zhang Ruoxi took Lu Chun and Lu Jie to the gate of Dahuangpu to see him off. Last year, Zhang Ruoxi spent the New Year at her parents' home in Shanyin, so it would be hard to go back to her parents' home for the New Year this year. Moreover, Shengmei Business was launched and things were very complicated, so she couldn't leave. However, on March 3 next year, she would come to Shanyin with her second son and husband Lu Tao. She was visiting relatives in Guining, and Lu Tao participated in the Hanshe Club.

Before leaving, Zhang Ruoxi complained to her younger brother Zhang Yuan that her husband Lu Tao would prepare for the provincial examination next year. She was too busy with Shengmei Store alone. Zhang Ruoxi said: "Xiaoyuan, hurry up and get married to Miss Shang and let Miss Shang manage Shengmei Store with me - Miss Shang will not look down on her sister to do these things, right?"

Zhang Yuan said seriously: "How could it be? Danran's surname is Shang."

Zhang Ruoxi laughed.

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This chapter is a transitional chapter. Many things need to be explained. You must also remember the flow account, so the title is "Flowing Water Thousand Miles"-

Also, Xiaodao’s wife will have a tenth birthday tomorrow, so Xiaodao needs to be busy. We rural people pay attention to these tenth birthdays. There are many guests at home, and Xiaodao needs to socialize. If there is no update tomorrow, please don’t scold Xiaodao. Maybe you can take time to update it. In short, just work hard. Thank you book friends.
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