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"Forced to agree?" Shen Cha exchanged glances with Jin Miaomiao and Jin Jing, and shook his head at Xue Ruitian, "I can understand why he was forced to agree, but with Ningchang's arrogant attitude, he If he regrets the marriage, I wouldn’t be surprised at all. I’m quite surprised that he actually agreed to the marriage and agreed to this seemingly ridiculous request.”
"What Xiaocha said is true." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "This is not in line with his usual style of doing things. Is it because of the situation and no other way?"
"One more question, what is the origin of the Wang family in Songjiang Prefecture?" Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin, Xue Ruitian, and Jin Jing, "The Ning family in Chaozhou is already considered a wealthy family. The Wang family in Songjiang Prefecture can still surpass Chaozhou. Zhou Ning’s family?”
"Listen, the master gave you two the nickname "Problem Girl". It's not an exaggeration at all. There are just too many problems, one after another. But..." Xue Ruitian saw that the two of them were about to fall out, and he moved to please They smiled and said, "However, we are asking the right questions." He poked Jin Jing, who looked suddenly enlightened, and raised her chin towards him, "Really, right?"
"Yes, we are indeed asking the right questions." Jin Jing nodded, "Although the Chaozhou Ning clan is also on the list of those who are restricted from imperial examinations, to be honest, they are far less important than I think."
"What do you mean it's not as important as you think?" Jin Miaomiao tilted her head and looked at her brother, "In other words, it's really not as good as the Wang family in Songjiang Prefecture. How about comparing it to the Lu family in Changzhou Prefecture?" She said He clicked his tongue twice and said to Shen Cha, who was also confused, "Sure enough, Uncle Qin is right. The big families in Jiangnan have a lot of twists and turns."
"Uncle Qin himself comes from a family in the south of the Yangtze River, so he naturally knows the key points. In addition, the Qin family is not a scholarly family. It belongs to a family of merchants, which is different from these noble families of scholars. The merchants are fighting over each other. What they are fighting for is just a word of money, but what these literati and prominent families are fighting for is not just money, but also power and fame, but they don’t say it clearly.”
"If you put it like that, I'll understand." Jin Miaomiao sneered, "Actually, it's the difference between a true villain and a hypocrite."
"Well, it's not impossible if you understand it this way." Jin Jing smiled, waved her hand towards Jin Miaomiao, picked up the kuaizi at hand, and picked up a kuaizi of vegetables for herself, "Don't talk about Uncle Qin. Now that we are at home, we have to return to the topic and talk about the Wang family in Songjiang Prefecture, the Lu family in Changzhou Prefecture, and the Ning family in Chaozhou Prefecture. In fact, if you listen to the order I mentioned, you will know their status."
Jin Jing finished her mouthful of green vegetables, put down the Kuai Zi in her hand, stood up, ran to the corner and dragged over the board that Shen Cha often used, and wrote the names of the three families on it.
"Is this the order of their families?" Shen Cha held his chin and looked at the board curiously, "Brother Xiaojing, you mean the Wang family of Songjiang Prefecture and the Lu family of Changzhou Prefecture. Their fame and strength are far away from those of the Ning family in Chaozhou. above."
"It is the historical heritage and foundation, far above the Ning family in Chaozhou." Jin Jing wrote a number under the name of the Wang family in Songjiang Prefecture, and looked at Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao, "You know what this three hundred means. ?”
"There are three hundred members of the Wang family in Songjiang Prefecture?" Jin Miaomiao blinked, still looking confused, "Isn't that right?"
"Certainly not!" Does the royal family want to be tall?”
"It's a family inheritance." Shen Cha looked at Jin Jing, "Is the Wang family in Songjiang Prefecture three hundred years old? I've never heard of it."
"The Wang family of Songjiang Prefecture, if we just talk about itself, is about a hundred and fifty years old, but their family's origins are more prominent. No other family, not even us, can compare with it." Seeing Shen Cha turn over without politeness Rolling her eyes, Jin Jing chuckled, "Don't be unconvinced. The Wang family of Songjiang Prefecture was born in the Langya Wang family. Do you think the family background is prominent? Is the legitimate lady of the Wang family of Songjiang Prefecture qualified to compete with Chaozhou Ning? Do you want to impose conditions?"
"Are you actually from the Langya Wang family?" Shen Cha put away his contemptuous expression, "If you are the Langya Wang family, then you are indeed qualified." She raised her chin, "Where is the Lu family in Changzhou Prefecture?"
"Although the Dongyang County branch is not as prominent as the Langya Wang family, it is more than a step higher than the Chaozhou Ning family, right?"
"These two ladies from Ningchang Kingdom are really from prominent families. Where did he get the good fortune to marry two noble ladies?" Jin Miaomiao thought for a while, "I can almost understand, Chaozhou Although the Ning family has a good family background, at most it is just an upstart from a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River, with a history of no more than a hundred years. Compared with those older clans, they can only look up to them, right?"
"Yes, that's what it means."
"If that's what you mean, that's very wrong."
Shen Cha stood up and ate slowly in the flower hall. There was still half of the noodles in her noodle bowl. If she didn't eat, she might find someone to compete with in the middle of the night.
"Yes, that is very wrong." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "Let's not talk about the second daughter of the Lu family in Changzhou Prefecture, but let's talk about the young lady from the Wang family in Songjiang Prefecture. With the reputation and status of the Wang family in the prestigious family, , why do you want to marry the Ning family? This young lady is completely marrying down. Could it be said that although she is the eldest daughter, she is not favored in the family? It is not possible to humiliate her with this marriage, right? A family like the Wang family in Songjiang Prefecture still has Can you do such a dirty thing?"
"This young lady is still very favored in the family, and she is very independent. I heard that she is the most talented girl produced by the Wang family in the past twenty years." Jin Jing sneered, "But born in such a family, there are some things that come from the family background. Involuntarily. In addition to opening a wide family and preaching and teaching, the Wang family also has a relatively large and important source of income. They have a fleet that is specialized in maritime business. However, although they are engaged in maritime business, But there is no exclusive wharf of their own. However, the Chaozhou Ning family has its own wharf at the port. Every time the Wang family returns from the sea, three or four times out of ten, they have to borrow the Chaozhou Ning family's wharf. Therefore, this is also the reason why they and the Ning family have their own wharf. A very important reason for the Ning family’s marriage.”
"There are many families with docks, why is it the Ning family?"
"Although he is a new member of a prominent family, he is still a scholar after all. Other families do have docks, but they don't like him."
"That's true. These scholars have always had eyes on the top of their heads. They are obviously doing business, but they always put scholars, farmers, industry and commerce in their mouths. They always say that people who do business have the smell of copper, which is indecent." Chen Cha Shaking his head slightly, "However, the reason why the Wang family wants to marry their eldest daughter just for a dock is not particularly good."
"Of course, there is another reason." Jin Jing looked at Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao and smiled, "It's a life-saving grace."
"Life-saving grace?" Shen Cha frowned slightly, "Who saved whose life?"
"Ning saved the Wang family's life." Jin Jing smiled, "Doesn't it sound incredible?"
"It's indeed incredible." Shen Cha nodded, "Are you sure it wasn't arranged?"
"There are still coincidences in this world." Jin Jing sighed and wrote another line on the board, "The place where this life-saving grace happened is very subtle."
"Liantai Temple in Songjiang Prefecture?" Shen Cha stood in front of the board. When he saw the name written by Jin Jing, he sneered, "I understand, just by seeing the name of the temple, you know what this place is for. Sure enough, Qinglian The development of the sect in Jiangnan is indispensable without the help of these big clans, and they are the most loyal supporters of the Qinglian sect."
"That's what happened. Liantai Temple is a relatively large monastery of the Qinglian Sect in the south of the Yangtze River. On the day of the accident, Liantai Temple was holding a large Dharma conference, and many believers came to Liantai Temple from thousands of miles away. Once there were more people, a stampede would inevitably happen. Fortunately, the Wang family of Songjiang Prefecture and the Ning family of Chaozhou were arranged in the same row, and the people from the two families were next to each other. When the accident happened, the Ning family saved them. The eldest lady of the Wang family who was pushed down was the biological mother of the young lady of the Wang family. At that time, the eldest lady of the Wang family was already pregnant."
"That makes sense." Shen Cha nodded, "The one who saved people is..."
"Speaking of it, it's really fate. The person who saved the life was Mrs. Ning, the mother of Ning Changguo. What's more coincidental is that Mrs. Ning is also pregnant. Because of this accident, the condition of the two ladies is not very good. Well, thanks to being on the Wang family’s territory, we were able to quickly send the two ladies to the Wang family’s annex near Liantai Temple, and also invited holy hands to treat them, so nothing serious happened.”
"So it's like this. With such a life-and-death relationship, the relationship between the two families becomes closer, right?" Seeing Jin Jing and Xue Ruitian nodding, Shen Cha smiled evilly, "Brother Xiaotian knows that it's natural, Xiaotian Why does Brother Jing know this so clearly?"
"Because this incident is known as a good story in Jiangnan, almost everyone knows that the Wang and Ning families became sworn friends because of this accident. Later, due to the matchmaking between the two elders and the sisterhood of the two eldest ladies, With deep love and affection, they married the two unborn babies at the fingertips, making the two families closer. However, the world thought that after the two children grew up, the two families broke off their engagement, and there was no such thing. Come to think of it, they got married in secret, and the Wang family made such a request."
"Oh, I understand." Shen Cha nodded, "Because of this accident, the Chaozhou Ning family climbed into the Wang family of Songjiang Prefecture. It is an unexpected surprise for the Chaozhou Ning family, isn't it?"
"Yes!" Jin Jing nodded, "The Ning family knew about the Wang family's maritime business, so they proposed to give half of their dock to the Wang family. In this way, the Wang family would also benefit from it. However, the Ning family's eldest lady and the Wang family's eldest lady got along. The marriage was very good, and the days when the two were pregnant were very close, so the idea of breaking the engagement came up. Later, it was the elders of the two families who made the decision, but this was simply to make the two eldest ladies fulfill their wishes, or for the sake of the two families. If the interests are completely tied together, no one will know."
"When we become in-laws, we have an unbreakable relationship. If the two families disagree on any position in the future, they will treat each other carefully, right?"
"That's right." Xue Ruitian snapped his fingers and smiled at Shen Cha, indicating that she had guessed correctly, "Of course there are family marriages where the relationship is good, but there are also those where the benefits outweigh the relationship." He raised his eyebrows slightly. , looked at Shen Cha, then at Shen Haolin, and said with a smile, "Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen, who are together purely because they like, love and rely on each other, are rare in this world."
"Of course." Shen Cha raised his chin proudly, "Father and mother are the best in the world."
"It is true that Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen are the best in the world!" Jin Miaomiao sighed softly, "With such a comparison, when the young ladies from Ning Changguo and the Wang family were not born, because of The interests of the two families are ruthlessly tied together, which is quite pitiful when you think about it."
"That's not ordinary pity." Shen Cha nodded in agreement, "It's just..."
"Just what?"
"The Wang family proposed such conditions, and the Ning family just agreed? Didn't they put up a fight? Although their status and reputation are not as good as the Wang family in Songjiang Prefecture, they are still okay, and their foundation is considered stable. Even if they fall out with the Wang family and ruin this A marriage contract is worse than agreeing to this request, right? Based on what I know about the Chaozhou Ning clan these days, they don't seem to be the type who would be suppressed and beaten without fighting back."
"I don't know, but one thing is obvious." Xue Ruitian held out a finger, "Their reputation and foundation in Jiangnan are all due to the support of the Wang family. If they lose the support of the Wang family, , fell out with the Wang family, and they soon became nothing. Not to mention having one Ningchang Kingdom in the family, even having ten Ningchang Kingdoms in the family is of no use. "
"That's right!" Jin Jing sighed, "The clans in Jiangnan have always been big fish eating small fish, and small fish eating shrimps. Chaozhou Ning's family is not shrimps, but it is not a big fish either. It also needs some connections and connections. The best way to pave the way for their own children is to maintain a seemingly good relationship with a prominent family larger than the Ning family. From this point of view, they have no reason to resist the Wang family of Songjiang Prefecture when they propose such conditions. Right?" Seeing Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao nodding, he continued, "After you understand this, you know that the Ning family will definitely accept it. Even if Ning Changguo himself doesn't accept it, everyone from the clan leader to the clan elders will. Forced him to agree."
"However, the Wang family's request is obviously to regret the marriage. Don't they know it clearly?"
"That's not the case. Miss Wang has known about this engagement since she was a child. She has neither agreed nor objected, and she has grown up to be twenty years old. At this time, there is no other option except fulfilling the engagement, right? Besides, her family promised her that as long as she disagrees, Ning Changguo will not be able to enter her door, so her purity can still be maintained."
"This lady probably doesn't plan to get married, so she uses this engagement as an excuse and uses Ning Changguo as a shield in front of her."
"That's pretty much what it means. The Ning and Wang families don't care whether Ning Changguo can enter this house or whether his relationship with Miss Wang is good or not. As long as they have this marriage, the interests of the two families are tied together. What's more, Ning Changguo is now a member of the Ning family in Zhongzhou, and both the Wang family and the Ning family are actually happy to see the two of them maintain their relationship as a couple."
