"It doesn't matter. Mr. Jin is such a hero, why would he care about such a thing?" Cui Xuanze said nonchalantly, "Miss Jin is a lady, and she won't care about such a trivial matter. Besides, Mr. Park, you must have a reliable person in your inner house. She is from the local area. Otherwise, Madam would not be served even when she comes in."
Then he hinted that Mr. Jin knew about this and he could accept it without any problem. Pu Dehuan then thought about it and thought that since she was an evil girl, her status in the family was not very high, so she didn't need to worry too much. Moreover, this woman was really attractive, so she accepted her offer half-heartedly.
Pu Dehuan sent Cui Xuanze away and asked someone to call his brother back. In addition to discussing his own marriage, he has other plans: Pu Demeng acts as a translator, is often around the chief, and knows a lot of inside information. He wanted to find out who had given him eye drops around the chief recently, and at the same time, he wanted to remind his brother that someone might be harmful to his brother.
In the recent Jeju Island "Leading Party", there have been faint signs of "official struggle". Feng Zongze suffered from the lack of suitable cadres, and some negative effects of appointing a large number of leading parties have gradually emerged. A large number of old personnel were absorbed into the administrative machinery of the new government, and some political characteristics of the old regime also emerged.
Pu Dehuan is now the "Arrow Supervisor" and has naturally become a thorn in the eyes of many people. In order to maintain his position and the benefits that come with it, he plans to have a good talk with his brother about today's matter.
"I'm so exhausted..." Pu Demeng dragged his tired body back from outside the city.
He spent most of the day working as a translator for Chief Nick at the horse pen outside the city. Nick was known for his high energy among the chiefs. Pu Demeng even felt that he did not need to sleep: one day he trained Nick as a breeder. Doing live translation until midnight. The next morning, before dawn, he was called out to work as a translator. I slept for less than two hours. I was so groggy that I just wanted to sleep.
Pu Demeng felt that working as a translator for Nick was not only more tiring than working as a translator for other chiefs, but also more tiring than when he was an official servant in the past. He was running all over the place and constantly thinking about how to translate many words that he had never heard of before. It was really exhausting.
Because of busy work. He lived in the dormitory in the prison camp most of the time and did not return to the house purchased by his brother. As soon as he returned to the dormitory today, a security soldier came to tell him that his elder brother had asked him to go home tonight because he had no way to go.
After Pu Demeng heard this, he hurried home and returned to his mansion. As soon as he entered the courtyard, the maid came up to him and took his satchel.
"Is there a guest at home?" Pu Demeng saw a pair of women's shoes on the stepping stone outside and couldn't help but feel strange - his brother had always planned to get married, but he had not gotten married yet; and he would not bring a prostitute home.
"It belongs to the newly acquired slave," the maid said.
"New slave?" Pu Demeng was a little strange at this time. I heard the voice of the eldest brother in the room:
"Are you a good brother? Come in quickly!"
Pu Demeng walked in and was surprised to find that his eldest brother was drinking with a strange young woman. Already a bit tipsy.
Just as he was about to salute, Pu Dehuan waved his hand: "Sit down. We brothers will have a good conversation."
"Yes." Pu Demeng sat down respectfully.
Although Park Dehuan had a few drinks, his mind was clear and he immediately asked Zhang Chengxue to exit first. Immediately, I told him what happened to Feng Zongze today, and asked him to pay more attention to the things around the chiefs, especially to see who spoke ill of him in front of the chiefs. He also specifically mentioned that Jin Yongzhu might be causing trouble behind the scenes, asking Park Deok-meng to find an opportunity to throw a black brick at Jin Yongzhu.
Pu Demeng remained silent. I just listened to my brother's half-narrating and half-complaining words, until he mentioned Kim Yong-joo and said:
"Kim Yong-joo is highly regarded by the chiefs," he said cautiously. "He wants to send his daughter Jin Wushun to 'study' somewhere and come back to be a female official..."
"Nonsense!" Pu Dehuan said unconsciously, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat as he spoke the words. How could he say "nonsense" about the chief's affairs. If someone heard about it and reported it, it would be a serious crime to slander Shangguan.
He quickly looked around and whispered: "Why do you want a woman to be an official? She is so ugly!"
Pu Demeng nodded and whispered: "Brother is right. But he is very trusted now. I'm afraid it will be difficult to do what eldest brother said..."
He hesitated for a moment and wanted to add some more of his opinions: since the eldest brother became the Archery Supervisor, he has had more and more social activities outside, and his house has become bigger and bigger. All kinds of enjoyments have also increased, and now there is an inexplicable addition of a woman who is not a sister-in-law.
Recalling that the two brothers originally only wanted to have enough food every day, a house to shelter themselves, and a woman to be their wife, Pu Demeng couldn't help but feel that his eldest brother had become too big now.
"Asshole!" Pu Dehuan saw that he had been hesitating and refused to answer, so he put on a "brother" face and scolded him seriously. "You can't even do such a small thing! How can you be a translator?"
Pu Demeng did not dare to say a word - he was raised by his elder brother single-handedly and was very afraid of him. Although I felt that this matter was inappropriate, I did not dare to bring it up in person.
Pu Dehuan lost his temper, but then calmed down: "You also know how difficult it is for us brothers to reach this point. When the chiefs came, we turned over. Now it is the time when the chiefs are employing people, and it is a matter of fawning when working. What’s going on is that you have to protect yourself! Otherwise, if you keep trying to fawn over, you won’t end up in the same end!” As he spoke, he raised his neck and drank another glass of wine.
Pu Demeng had no choice but to say: "Brother, I'm sorry." In fact, he didn't really agree. In his opinion, it is a bit taboo for the eldest brother to enjoy such a high-profile life now - none of the current "Path-Leading Party" are so explicit.
But he didn't dare to say any more, and only listened to his eldest brother continue to talk about his marriage. It was the first time that Pu Dehuan told his brother that Huang Yunyu proposed the marriage of Mr. Jin's evil daughter.
"Brother, this is not appropriate." After listening to his words, Pu Demeng was a little afraid of his brother, but felt that the matter was serious, so he still spoke.
"What's wrong?"
"This Master Jin is still a second-rank official of the imperial court - although it is a false title, he is still from the Li Dynasty. My eldest brother is now an official of the Song Dynasty. Isn't it a problem..."
"What's the point?" Pu Dehuan disagreed, "Master Jin is also the one invited to this meeting - besides, his second-grade official title is just an empty title. He is also a big horse breeder. Didn't you say that the chiefs value horses very much? Really? Once we establish a relationship with him, won’t Jeju Island become the racecourse of the Song Dynasty? Your brother and I still have merit."
These words seem to make sense. After all, Park Demeng is a young man with limited experience. Although I felt deep down that something was wrong, I still didn't say it out loud.
Pu Dehuan saw that his brother obviously did not approve of his marriage, and he was a little uninterested. He asked Zhang Chengxue to come in and serve the meal, and they ate together and went to rest.
This evening, in the backyard of a large shop in Jeju City, another banquet was in progress. Apart from Cui Xuanze and Huang Yunyu, the other person at the table was Zhao Minggui.
The three people drank sips of wine and talked quietly.
Huang Yunyu stroked his beard and seemed to be deep in thought. After a while, he said, "So he didn't shirk?"
"After a little pretentiousness, I said a few words and he accepted it - this kid is so greedy!"
"It's good to be greedy, even if you dare to make money out of the frying pan." Huang Yunyu laughed, "Does Zhang Chengxue like him?"
Cui Xuanze said quickly: "I think he likes it very much!"
"Okay, okay." Huang Yunyu nodded repeatedly, "Go find her tomorrow and tell her to put more effort into gaining his trust as soon as possible and keeping him firmly in your hands!"
"She can't afford this kind of thing!"
Zhao Minggui, who had been silent until now, finally spoke: "This person is greedy for money and lustful, but it is easy to control him. I am afraid that he will not be reliable at the critical moment."
"So put Zhang Chengxue next to him." Huang Yunyu said. Then he looked at it with searching eyes and asked, "What does Mr. Jin say now?"
In fact, Cui Xuanze went to the peninsula to sell goods. In fact, there was another task, which was to contact officials of the Li Dynasty for Jin Wanyi.
As a large local landowner, Kim Wan-il took advantage of the brief chaos of the government's collapse and misappropriated many horses from the official horse farm and made a fortune, but he had no intention of joining the newly arrived "Japanese kings".
This is not because he is loyal to the Li Dynasty, but under the rule of the Li Dynasty, he is very comfortable on this island. Although there are several officials, he inevitably spends some entertainment and contributes some horses every year, but other than that, The government has nothing to do with him.
Now it's this group of "Japanese pirates" - although they have always called themselves "the Song Dynasty", Mr. Jin thinks that they are just Japanese pirates who are slow to change their tune.
After this group of "Japanese kings" arrived on the island, they neither looted nor burned it. They just continued to build and transport Ming people to the island in large ships. On the island, they began to build roads, measure the land, build horse pens, check household registrations, and send people to check pastures all over the island... All these actions showed that they had ulterior motives. Recently, I learned from Pu Dehuan that "Japanese Kun" was planning to convene a meeting in all villages on the island, and when all the big families were sending people to attend, Mr. Jin couldn't help but feel great worries about his property.
He is the well-known richest man on the island, and he has many horses coveted by Japanese kings. Could it be that he is planning to take advantage of him? Although Lord Jin is not very loyal to the imperial court, after all, the Li Dynasty will not want all his wealth. It’s hard to tell for this group of “Japanese Kun” whose origins are unknown. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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