Chapter 1,738 It doesn’t stop there

The Su family is still a big player in the silk weaving industry. It is impossible for them to do such a stupid thing. I heard that Situ developed an industry in Hebei this year, using Li Xinniang's skillful hand to restore the effect of ancient paintings by literati.

But the ultimate product of the handicraft industry, one piece is worth enough to last a family for ten years.

In this name, Hebei Qi Wan tapestry craftsmanship is famous all over the world. Of course, high-quality products are rare, but ordinary silk handkerchiefs, hair wraps, etc. are highly sought after in Bianjing.

When Fan Chunren came over, he had already discovered the mulberry tree stumps. He was already itching and he immediately handed them over: "I'll go visit the mulberry field. It's really weird."

Fan Zuyu, who is from Shaanxi, also handed over: "I still don't understand the principle of puffing. How can I get it without heating and frying. I apologize first and go to the feed factory."

In a blink of an eye, the ministers went to visit various places in the village according to their own interests. Zhao Xu then looked at Changba: "Lao Li didn't release water to build an ice rink this year..."

Then he saw a child sliding past him, with a pair of skates with small wheels under his feet.

"Hey! That's it!"

Officials in the Song Dynasty were close to the people. Zhao Xu, the official who came to Sujiazhuangzi, was even more close to the people when he was a child. Shaobao took him with him, naked buttocks, and caught loaches and eels in the ditch with everyone.

Thinking of eels, Zhao Xu couldn't help but salivate: "Let's go and see if there are eels at noon today..."

The familiar road went around the village wall to the back and found a few bamboo baskets tied to the edge of the ditch. Zhao Xu felt reassured: "I would be really angry if I didn't have these."

The colander smiled and said: "It's not necessarily an eel, it might even be a loach."

Zhao Xu walked over and picked up the basket: "It's just an eel, and you're trying to trick me."

The colander then smiled and said: "Old Li will never forget the taste of the official family. Now that the official family comes less and less, he talks about you a lot."

Zhao Xu asked: "Where did he go? Why didn't he see anyone?"

Colander said: "Have you gone to society? There are many old customers in the surrounding shops, and we have to contact them during the New Year. The officials are not outsiders, so Lao Li probably went there first."

No matter which emperor he said this to, Lao Li would have considered it disrespectful, but Lao Li just did it, Colander said it like this, and Zhao Xu didn't take it seriously at all.

Colander advised again: "The officials should come to the village quickly, the Queen and the Duke are still waiting."

Zhao Xu also asked: "Do you want to take the basket back with you?"

Colander secretly rolled his eyes in his heart and replied respectfully: "No, if a few bachelors saw an official carrying an eel basket, they would die to advise him."

Zhao Xu still untied the rope and handed it to the colander: "Then you can carry it."

The colander had no choice but to take it dumbfounded, and the two of them returned along the original route.

Although there is a back door, everyone is waiting at the front.

Sure enough, after entering Zhuangzi, everyone was standing in the courtyard. When they saw Zhao Xu coming in, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The rest of the people are from farmers' families, which are too far away from the emperor's level, so getting along with them is more casual.

But there are two white-clothed scholars in the middle, Su Shi and Su Xun.

The two of them are not young anymore. Su Shi is already twenty-five years old this year and has a child.

What is interesting is that the two are both brothers and brothers-in-law, and they are married to the daughters of Huang Shi, a bachelor of Longtuge.

Huang Shi was Zhang Dun's nephew and an expert on grain reserves in the Song Dynasty. He had always been responsible for supervising the Grain Academy, promoting Chang Ping, and being the shipping envoy. Now that he was promoted to Chang Ping Cang on Jingdong Road, Su You also relied on him.

Now that the Su family is becoming increasingly prosperous, it has a tendency to become an aristocratic family.

Su Shi's eldest son, Su Mai, first married the daughter of Lu Tao, a fellow from Pengshan in Meizhou, who knew Chenzhou. Later, Lu died of illness and married the daughter of Shi Kangbo, a fellow from Meishan and a good friend of Su Shi and Su Che.

Shi Kangbo is a branch of the Shi family of Jiangqing in Meishan. Compared with the branch of Zong Weier engaged in military industry, he is an outlier. He is a famous collector of calligraphy and painting in the Song Dynasty.

"I only like French calligraphy, famous paintings, ancient utensils and foreign objects. When I see something, I will take off my clothes and food to look for it, regardless of whether I have it or not."

The home has a collection of hundreds of famous ancient paintings, which is called the "Shi's Painting Academy".

The second son, Su Yu, married Ouyang Xiu's daughter. He was obsessed with academics. After being awarded the Jinshi, he did not become an official. Instead, he wrote prolifically at the Capital University, including "Preface to Zhengmeng", "Luoyang Discussion", and "Enlightenment of Guanxue".

There are many books expounding the Neo-Confucian thought of Guanluo School.

Compared to Su You, Su Yu was more interested in Zhang Hengqu.

What's funny is that his father and Cheng Yi once had a huge quarrel in the court, but recently he has been having a lot of contact with Cheng Yi.

Because the relationship between Guan Xue and Luo Xue is quite close, "academics belong to academics, and politics belongs to politics."

Fan Zuyu repeatedly recommended Su Yan to Zhao Xu, but Su Yan repeatedly rejected him because he was not academically competent.

The third son Su Guo married the granddaughter of the famous minister Fan Zhen, who was also from Huayang in Sichuan.

Su Guo is now the magistrate of She County. His poems are quite similar to his father's, and he was called "Xiaopo" at that time.

As for Su Che's branch, the population was prosperous, and the twenty-seven mothers gave birth to three sons and five daughters in total.

The eldest son Su Chi married the great-granddaughter of Liang Hao, the number one scholar of the Song Dynasty. The Dongyuan Liang family was also a family of the Song Dynasty. Among them, Liang Hao, Liang Gu, and Liang Shi were jointly known as the Su family. They were known as "Three Liangs of Loyalty and Filial Piety, and Four Sus of Literary and Emotional Liang".

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There were as many as seventy people living in the court as officials at that time. At that time, there was a saying that "the hall was full of wats and the Liang Dynasty was half the court".

When we first learned about Wuzhou, Su Chi reduced the amount of the offering to 500,000 yuan during his appointment, and the local people built a shrine for it.

Hearing the praise, he now went to the right to send the official to the Secret Pavilion to know about Xuzhou.

The eldest daughter married Wen Wuguang, the son of Wentong, a member of the Jiangqing family in Sichuan.

The second daughter married Wang Shi, the son of Wang Zhenglu, a doctor in Bibu, and a student of Su Shi.

The third daughter married Cao Huan, the son of Cao Jiuzhang, the prefect of Guangzhou.

The fourth daughter married Zeng Zong, Zeng Gong’s nephew.

The fifth daughter married Wang Junmin, the son of Wang Tinglao, the prefect of Guozhou.

With the addition of Su You, the foundation of a noble family has begun to take shape.

The two of them saluted Zhao Xu and the colander respectfully: "I have met your majesty, and I have met my second uncle."

Zhao Xu knew that the two of them were going to take part in the imperial examination: "Don't be so formal. Time is tight. Let's go read and do some work. You can do your own thing and don't worry about us."

Then everyone dispersed.

When Zhao Xu entered the main room, Queen Meng couldn't help but said angrily: "Where did the officials go? I just heard someone reported that they arrived at the gate of Zhuangzi, and disappeared again in the blink of an eye..."

"Haha... Go to the ditch behind Zhuangzi to see if Lao Li has prepared eels. Where is Mao'er?"

Queen Meng ordered Zhang Shiliang to serve Zhao Xu with rice and hot drinks, and then took off Zhao Xu's robe: "Xianqing and Cheng Erxia took Chu'er and Mao'er for a walk. They usually come back around this time."

Zhao Xu saw needlework and a stuffed cartoon rabbit in a dustpan beside the queen: "These are the toys that Bi Xianjun had when he was a child. Mao'er is a boy, so we don't let him play with this."

Empress Meng blushed and was embarrassed to say that she wanted to play: "I thought it was good after I cleaned it up. After cleaning it, I brewed it with cotton and spices. I thought about taking it back to the palace and making one according to the instructions."

Zhao Xu felt happy when he thought of these past events: "In the story books when I was a child, the protagonists of many stories were cute animals. Later, I saw it for Zhang Tianshi. He said that he wore calf-nose pants, could talk, and could use carrots to beat the big bad wolf's rabbit.

, then it shouldn’t be called a rabbit, it should be called a goblin.”

"They also said that if you use a carrot as a weapon, you can't defeat the wolf demon. You have to use a talisman, hahahaha..."

Queen Meng also found it funny: "That's Situ's imagination. The carrot really can't beat the wolf."

Zhao Xu waved his hands repeatedly: "We were all children at that time and could not believe the story, so we ran to ask Situ, what do you think Situ said?"

"How to say?"

"Situ said we didn't read the comic carefully. Didn't we see how thick the snow is on the little white rabbit's house? That means the carrot is frozen hard. Why can't we fight the wolf?"

Colander added sarcastically: "Then when my brother and the officials grew up, they used this theory to lie to me, and I really believed it..."

"Hahahaha..." Zhao Xu smiled happily, suddenly thinking that he was still in mourning, and quickly calmed down his arrogance: "Later, Situ said, those stories are just shells, and their essence is to help children feel sympathy for the weak and hate greed and violence.

My kind thoughts are just expressed in this way to make it easier for children to accept."

"Master Zhang cannot be dissatisfied."

Queen Meng smiled and said: "So this puppet also has profound meanings. Combining it with the story and picture book will make it easier to give children a sense of reality, right?"
Chapter completed!