Zhang Zhou saw off the emperor and his son, and when he entered his house, he found that the craftsmen in the yard were ready to pack up their stalls and leave.
There was also a very straightforward man trying to persuade him: "...the work is not finished yet, Uncle Che, we can't leave."
This man had round arms and a square face, which looked like the word "囧" to Zhang Zhou. His words were very pale and weak, and obviously they would not have a positive effect on those craftsmen.
"You idiot, if you want to do it, go ahead and do it, we have to leave!"
A group of people resist ladders and move shelves.
Zhang Zhou said sternly: "What do you want to do? You want to leave before you finish the work?"
A mason in his fifties came over and said: "Sir, have you caused trouble with the officials? We are all ordinary people who cannot afford to offend the officials. We will not do this job anymore. Why don't you spend this half-day on it?" Pay your wages."
Zhang Zhou said: "Who said I caused official trouble?"
"Those days..."
"Just now, there were just a few people with knives. It's like no one has a knife! Have you seen this house? Have you ever seen such a high lintel? Do you know where this place used to be?"
"Official...official residence? Are you an official? I haven't seen you wearing official uniform."
"I am a judge, do you understand that I am a judge? My son, don't look at that kid, he is a hereditary guard of thousands of households! You bunch of blind people, do you want me to give you some color?"
A group of craftsmen looked at each other.
No matter how you listen to it, the person in front of you sounds like he is bragging.
But if you are just bragging, how can you live in a big house in Sanjinyuan in Qingchengfang? You can't call this place either rich or noble. Just being rich doesn't qualify you to live here.
"What are you looking at? Work for me after you receive the money, otherwise I will take you to the Yamen for trial!"
Zhang Zhou showed a menacing attitude.
He had to be.
The group of people in front of me are not evil-minded, but they are afraid of bullying and causing trouble.
The more majestic you are, the more you can control them.
This trick worked really well, and a group of craftsmen could only spread out the arranged things again and go back to work.
Like a supervisor, Zhang Zhou stood aside and watched for a while, then waved his hand to greet the so-called "Second Idiot" and asked him to come to him.
"Proprietor, what's wrong with you?"
The Second Idiot really lived up to the name given to him by others, he didn't look that smart.
But what Zhang Zhou liked was his honesty.
"What's it called?"
"Two fools."
"Daimyo?"
"My name is Jia Laoshui. My father said that the water in the old well is delicious."
"Then your father should call you Jia Laojing. How old are you?"
"twenty five."
"Getting married?"
"No. I can't afford it."
"Who else is at home?"
"My father died last year. I still have my mother and my two sisters. My mother asked me to do manual labor to earn money and marry my sister off."
Zhang Zhou thought about it, this guy is quite honest.
Zhang Zhou said: "Okay, from now on, Jia Laoshui, you will work with me, and I will give you three hundred wen a month. Is that enough?"
"That's enough. Just call me if you have the strength."
"Live in the city?"
"Outside the city!"
"Go to the city early from now on and report at my door. Your wages will be calculated from tomorrow. After working for a year, I will ensure that you get a wife back home!"
"hey-hey!"
Zhang Zhou turned around and glared at the group of craftsmen who were looking over. The craftsmen heard what he said earlier and were still smiling at Jia Laoshui.
It's not the kind of envy that says, "Your kid meets a noble person." It's more like the ridicule of "You're not lucky enough to have a good life."
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When Zhang Zhou entered the inner courtyard, several members of his family were anxiously waiting for him. When he came back, a whole room of women and children surrounded him.
"Husband, who is he? The elder man came back and said that he seemed to have offended the prince, and said that he had met the prince's father... Husband, that couldn't be the emperor, right?"
Jiang Pingyu was scared to death.
In the past, she had always been suspicious of what her husband said about doing things for the emperor. Today, it was said that even her son had offended the emperor and his son, which scared her to the point of losing her mind.
Zhang Zhou waved his hand and asked Zhang Jun to come forward.
Zhang Jun had already put on clean clothes and looked dissatisfied: "Even the prince and his father cannot be unreasonable."
"Are you unreasonable? Even the prince didn't do anything to you. You are right to protect your sister, but sometimes you have to distinguish the situation..."
Having said that, Zhang Zhou thought for a moment.
If you were to put yourself in Zhang Jun's shoes, if you encounter an outsider entering your yard to bully your sister, you should rush forward.
Throw muddy water on you?
He should be grabbed by the hair and beaten hard!
"Your Majesty said that you are quite loyal and courageous. With the demeanor of your father and me, you may have the opportunity to compete with the prince again in the future!"
Zhang Zhou didn't take it seriously either.
If there is no hatred, no father and son will be like each other. If this kid causes trouble, it will be up to him to clean up the mess.
It seems that Zhu Houzhao is still interested in playing with mud. The more ordinary things are for ordinary people, the more Zhu Houzhao admires them. When he grew up, didn't Zhu Houzhao also longed for the life in the market every day, and was still engaged in the palace market?
Jiang Pingyu's hand holding her husband's arm was sweating, and her forehead was shining with silver. She said, "Husband, is it okay to hit the prince? Why did the prince come to our house?"
Zhang Zhou put his arm around his injured deer-like wife and comforted him with a smile: "Your Majesty is not unreasonable. The prince made the mistake in this matter first, but Suisui, girls should be stronger next time. , don’t cry when anything happens! Look at how much trouble your brother is having.”
Suisui blinked her big innocent eyes.
I wanted to cry again, but I held it back.
It was too late for his little princess to feel distressed. Thinking about Zhu Youtang worrying about his daughter's illness, Zhang Zhou felt that he and Zhu Youtang had a lot in common.
"Pack up and cook some food for me. I've been running around for a long time and I'm starving to death!"
"Also, we should hire some people to come back and enrich the courtyard. This way, even if outsiders break in, we don't have to let you women and children come out to defend against foreign enemies!"
"Um."
Jiang Pingyu nodded in her husband's arms. Now she really knew that she was different from before.
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In front of the dinner table.
Zhang Zhou was picking at the rice and vegetables in the bowl.
In the past, going to the limelight, whether it was writing poems or taking his son to the emperor to apologize, was very tiring.
It is impossible to say that he is not worried about Zhu Youtang being convicted. At most, it is just a gamble. No matter how unreasonable the emperor is, he can't just shout and kill children because they fight, right?
"Ms. sir, my aunt came to visit earlier and said she had received a letter from my father. He is already on his way to Beijing."
Jiang Pingyu sat on a small bench to one side and said to Zhang Zhou obediently.
Apparently she hasn't recovered from the previous incident.
This is much more serious than before when someone came to the house to rob them to pay off their debts. If things went wrong, the whole family would be killed.
Of course this is just her womanly opinion.
Zhang Zhou said: "Is my father-in-law coming to the capital? That's good."
As he said this, he was cursing in his mind. The old guy must have learned that his son-in-law was so successful and wanted to come here to take advantage of him. Otherwise, why would he come to a capital where he was unfamiliar with the business of brewing wine and speculation in Nanjing?
"Your aunt?"
"Yes. She was previously married to a juren, served as an eunuch for several times, and also served as a county magistrate. She has always looked down on her father's business. This time, she came to meet her after hearing that her husband passed the Jiangnan Jieyuan exam. I gave her our address. My father didn’t know where we lived, so he only had the letter delivered to my aunt’s house.”
"oh."
Rich has distant relatives in the mountains.
"My aunt doesn't know my current situation. She always thought that I just married a Gongsheng student and that my family's situation was fine. In fact, we haven't contacted her in the past few years. It was just because I needed someone to help me after arriving in the capital, so..."
"It's okay, you don't need to explain to me. It's good that your father is here, so I can leave some business to him. After all, I will be an official in the future."
Jiang Pingyu looked at her husband with wide eyes: "Ms. sir, you haven't even concentrated on preparing for the exam since you arrived in the capital. Can you really win the exam next spring?"
Zhang Zhou thought for a moment.
Definitely, it is obviously impossible. The butterfly effect has already occurred. Will the examination questions in the 12th year of Hongzhi be the same as those in history? It is now unknown whether Li Dongyang and Cheng Minzheng will be the examiners.
He once boasted that he was very good at imperial examinations, but this time he was brought back to his original form.
No matter how well written the article is, it is still a little less meaningful than those old academics who have been immersed in it for more than ten or even decades.
Zhang Zhou still had to show confidence in front of his wife: "Of course I can pass the exam. Even if I fail, I will pawn Zhang Jun's thousands of royal guards and pass it on to him later. Isn't it the same?" "
Jiang Pingyu said: "Then Xiaojun... are you studying literature or martial arts?"
Zhang Zhou said: "In the past, I only wanted him to study and take the imperial examination. But after what happened today, maybe it's time to let him practice both civil and martial arts. From now on, let him get up every morning to practice kungfu, practice Sanfu in the winter, practice Sanjiu in the summer, and then memorize it after he has finished practicing." Memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, and slap the wrong word ten times!"
"Ouch!"
Zhang Jun's voice came from the window.
It was obvious that this kid was lying at the window to eavesdrop on his father and mother's conversation. As a result, he heard the cruel daily life arranged by his father for him, and then he lost his grip and fell on his butt in the yard.
"How dare this stinky boy lie against the wall without being a serious student? If he doesn't become a versatile man in both civil and military affairs, how will he be able to benefit the world? Maybe he will be allowed to accompany the prince in the future! If he doesn't learn well, he will be castrated and sent to the palace!"
"Dong dong dong..."
When Zhang Jun heard this in the yard, he was so frightened that he ran away early.
Jiang Pingyu rolled her eyes at her husband: "Young Master, just scare him."
Zhang Zhou said: "It is also my expectation for him to be both civil and military. I didn't think it was so important before, but now it seems indispensable. What your majesty appreciates is his loyalty and bravery, and what the prince likes is his playfulness." Sex. What I hope is that he can bring peace to the world with his literary skills and that his military skills can lead the country! Who doesn’t want his son to be awesome?”
"Um."
Jiang Pingyu felt the same way this time.
The baby born in his belly naturally hopes that his son will fly into the sky in the future.
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Inside the palace.
As soon as Zhu Youtang returned to the palace, he went to see Queen Zhang, hoping to share Zhang Zhou's joy of finding a magic medicine for him to continue having sons with his wife.
But as expected, his wife looked down upon him again.
"Your Majesty, He Ling and Yan Ling have suffered a big loss this time. It is said that they cannot sell the wood and stone materials they have, and someone deliberately lowers the price. It is also said that someone from the Zhou family and the Chengguo Duke's mansion have joined forces to enrich themselves. You Don’t you care?”
"this……"
Although Zhu Youtang was the emperor, he seemed not as good as Zhang Zhou in getting along with his wife.
At least Zhang Zhou is the head of the family, so he can tell the truth.
And he, Zhu Youtang, is almost a "hep-controller" when it comes to matters in his inner courtyard.
If he hadn't had "intimacy phobia" and only married one wife in his life, perhaps this situation wouldn't have been so serious.
(End of chapter)
