When Duan Daxiong rescued Zhao Yingguang and Zhao Ling'er's grandson, it was purely a coincidence.
However, when Qiuyun, the mistress of the Duan family, saw Zhao Ling'er for the first time, she said that this Zhao Ling'er was not an ordinary person.
Qiuyun didn't say why Zhao Ling'er was unusual.
Duan Daxiong didn't see it, and he didn't ask.
Duan Daxiong believed that Qiuyun would not be wrong.
So he left the people in Duanjiabao and rented several acres of land to Zhao Yingguang.
Not long after, Qiu Yun became seriously ill and soon left him to die.
Duan Daxiong did not expect that when Qiu Yun was dying, he would actually ask him to call Zhao Yingguang over.
He never thought that Qiu Yun would leave such instructions before his death.
When Duan Wenjun grew up, he took Zhao Ling'er as his concubine.
At that time, Duan Wenjun was only four years old; and Zhao Linger was only two years old.
Duan Daxiong was very confused.
Of course, Zhao Yingguang was also confused.
None of them understood why Qiu Yun made such a decision.
It is impossible for Duan Daxiong not to agree to his late wife's last wish.
So, the matter was settled.
Over the years, he has taken great care of the Zhao family's grandfather and grandson, and Zhao Ling'er has grown into a big girl in a flash.
After so many years, Duan Wenjun has never been willing to come to Duanjiabao, so naturally he has never met Zhao Ling'er.
Moreover, Duan Daxiong was worried about Duan Wenjun's messy affairs in Wangjiang City and his flirting with women everywhere.
Naturally, Duan Daxiong never mentioned this marriage.
Seeing Duan Wenjun staring at Zhao Ling'er today, he seemed to understand.
My beloved wife Qiuyun is always so far-sighted.
Perhaps, at that time, she had already expected that her son would be disabled by her...
Unknowingly, this girl Zhao Ling'er has grown up and is very well-behaved.
Although she couldn't be Wenjun's wife due to her background, it was still good to have her as a concubine.
Moreover, this girl has a very generous personality, and may be able to help guide Wenjun on the right path.
Thinking of this, a tear slipped from the corner of Duan Daxiong's eyes.
More than ten years ago, Madam saw that Ling'er was a beautiful woman, so she thought of all this...
Seeing Duan Daxiong staring at him, his eyes red and filled with tears, Duan Wenjun felt very strange in his heart: "Dad, why did my mother let me marry Zhao Ling'er?"
Back then, Duan Daxiong didn't know why Qiuyun made such a decision, and Duan Wenjun was even more confused now.
He admitted that Zhao Linger was indeed beautiful.
However, this was the first time they met, and they didn't understand each other.
It was too much to suddenly marry a woman he didn't know at all.
He couldn't accept it.
Moreover, when they just left, Zhao Yingguang's face was full of sadness.
Obviously, he was also reluctant.
But, he couldn't refuse.
Since Zhao Yingguang was unwilling, he naturally couldn't force it.
"I don't know. But your mother never does anything wrong. She must have her reasons." Duan Daxiong raised his head slightly and sighed.
Inside the carriage, silence suddenly fell.
Duan Daxiong didn't speak anymore, and neither did Duan Wenjun.
Finally, Duan Daxiong couldn't help it anymore, frowned and said, "Why, are you still thinking about that geisha Jiang Shuying from Wangjiang Art Hall?"
Seeing Duan Wenjun frowning slightly and not answering, he sighed deeply.
It seems that he guessed correctly, his son is still thinking about that woman.
But, how can that woman be something that small businessmen like us can miss?
Duan Daxiong did not say this sentence after all, but changed the topic, "As long as you marry Zhao Ling'er, you will redeem Xiao Taohong of Hongchun Tower together, and I will no longer object."
Xiao Taohong is the top brand of Hongchunlou.
Before meeting Jiang Shuying, she was Duan Wenjun's favorite woman.
Duan Wenjun once wanted to redeem her, but Duan Daxiong did not agree.
This is one of the few times that Duan Daxiong has failed to agree to Duan Wenjun's request over the years.
Although they are a family of merchants, they are the head of the four major families in Wangjiang after all, and they must not marry that kind of woman.
That woman has slept with so many men.
Marrying into the Duan family will only lead to a bad son and even ruin the Duan family's family tradition.
Fortunately, within a few days, Jiang Shuying from Wangjiang Art Museum came, and Duan Wenjun stopped entangled with Xiao Taohong.
Duan Daxiong was not too disgusted with Jiang Shuying at the time.
He does not sell his body as a performer, and he is clean. If Duan Wenjun wants to marry him, he doesn't care.
It's just that since his son's accident, the things he found...
He couldn't let Duan Wenjun think about Jiang Shuying anymore, so he threw Xiao Taohong away.
However, Duan Wenjun still said nothing, still lowered his head and frowned.
Duan Daxiong sighed again and was about to speak again, but Duan Wenjun raised his head and stared at him and said, "Father, have you ever visited the barren slope south of Duanjiabao?"
"The barren slope in the south?" Duan Daxiong was stunned when he heard this.
He was talking about concubinage, but Duan Wenjun suddenly asked about the barren slope in the south. This jump in thinking made Duan Daxiong feel that he was playing the piano to a cow, and he couldn't keep up with the rhythm.
Looking at Duan Wenjun's serious look, Duan Daxiong didn't know what his intention was. "That's also our Duan family's property. I once wanted someone to cultivate it. It's just that the soil there is very strange. Even weeds don't grow very much. What's more, Forget about planting anything.”
"Linger said, the soil there is red?" Duan Wenjun frowned.
Duan Daxiong nodded, "This kind of soil is loose and cannot hide water. If it doesn't rain, it will be dry. If it rains heavily, it will be easily eroded, and it will also affect the fields to our south."
"Oh!" Duan Wenjun nodded thoughtfully, "Father, does anyone raise silkworms in Duanjiabao?"
"Raising silkworms?" Duan Daxiong was stunned again, "Is it related to that barren slope?"
"Oh, no." Duan Wenjun shook his head, "I'll just ask."
Duan Daxiong didn't understand why Duan Wenjun had so many strange questions all of a sudden, but he still patiently explained them to him.
The Duan family also did cloth business before, including many silk materials.
The fabrics of Duanjia Cloth Shop are all bought from silk merchants from other places and then resold, which is a resale business.
Only the Lin family, which started as a cloth shop, has its own dyeing workshop.
But even the Lin family only buys yarn from other places, and no one raises silkworms.
Naturally, there will be no one raising silkworms in Duanjiabao.
"Lin family?" Duan Wenjun frowned and remembered it in his heart.
While talking, the convoy suddenly stopped.
He opened the curtain of the carriage, but he had already arrived at Duanjiabao City.
"We're here!" Duan Daxiong looked very happy and grabbed Duan Wenjun's wrist and got out of the car.
The first thing that caught Duan Wenjun's eyes was a tall city wall.
Duanjiabao does have a hint of castle flavor.
The city wall made of sand and stone is four to five meters high, surrounded by watchtowers and arrow towers.
There are still mottled marks on it, obviously from the baptism of war.
The setting sun was shining down from the top of the city, and someone could vaguely be seen patrolling with weapons in hand.
Seeing Duan Wenjun staring at the city wall with surprise on his face, Duan Daxiong showed a bright smile, "Well, your mother designed this castle herself."
"Did my mother design it?" Duan Wenjun was stunned again.
Duan Daxiong's face was filled with pride as he talked eloquently.
Your mother came to Duanjiabao for the first time, so she stayed here for a month and only did two things.
The first thing is to reduce the farmers' rent to only 50%.
The second thing was to draw the defense map of this section of the family fort and build the city wall.
It took us two years to build this wall.
Your mother also relied on connections to find more than two hundred retired soldiers from the army to act as bodyguards.
The year it was built happened to be the thirty-sixth year of Yuande.
The four princes rebelled and Wangjiang fell.
Duanjiabao relied on this solid city wall and held on for two days until General Ye Ming arrived with the counter-rebellion army.
In the first year of Shunwu, the new emperor ascended the throne.
There was a stream of bandits running across Wangjiang River, and they also had plans to attack Duanjiabao.
It was also relying on this city wall that they all became fertilizer for Mount Laoshan behind.
Hearing this, Duan Wenjun couldn't help but curse.
Why does it sound like there is no peace in Wangjiang with so many rebels and bandits?
Also, my mother Qiuyun, who died young, seemed to be a great person...
