Chapter 142 Mu Rong [III]
Xie Chun is also unaccompanied in the capital. Where is the right candidate? He had to ask Li Da, 'What's up? Aren't you boasting of Beijing Tong? Can you tell Hu Baihu the wife of the house? This is a good opportunity for you to curry favor with your boss. ''
Li Dajiu, who was walking in the capital, was also a delicate and slick person. Maybe it was because of this that he was not appreciated and promoted by his superiors. After all, the Royal Guards were the sons of heaven, and they were mostly engaged in very secret things. The superiors would not take the responsibility of Li Da's publicity personality.
How could Li Da miss such a good opportunity? He said to Xie Chun politely, 'Don't worry, Uncle. Of course, I will tell Hu Baihu how to make a good marriage. But as the saying goes: 'Fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders', my wife and sister are young widows, and they have not left a son and a half daughters. They are several years younger than Hu Baihu, and their looks are reasonable. I hope Xiangruibo can help them.' '
'Well, I think it's a good idea. If they can get married successfully, they will be closer to you. But I can tell you that if people are serious enough to talk about it, if they are dirty, don't mention giving you money. See? This is the Shangfang sword given by the emperor, and you don't need to report it to the emperor. ''
Xie Chun pulls out the imperial sword and deliberately scares Li Da: 'To tell you the truth, your Royal Guards commander Mu Bin, but my old brother, I asked someone to tell him something about your family. Tell me, when did your wife and sister lose their husband? What is her disposition? ''
Xie Chun's words did not scare Li Da, but made him more persistent. His wife and sister wanted to marry Hu Jie, not to mention that they had a top six Royal Guards centurion officer, who would be their brother-in-law, and could also hold the thick thighs of Xiang Ruibo and Xie Chun as a backer. It seems that I'm going to be developed as a "ten thousand year old strongman".
He was not scared at all, but still replied with no change of face: 'My wife and sister lost their husband last year, and they have been widowed for their husband for a year according to the rules, which is also a woman's way. As for her personality and personality? My uncle is in charge of himself and goes to inquire. If there is any shady business, please behead me. ''
'Well, you can go home and discuss this with your wife. Only Hu Jie is on duty here. Let the two of them meet first. If they like each other, I will ask Commander Mu to help investigate. If there is any mistake, I will never let you go. '' Xie Chun still asks two people to meet on a blind date and get to know each other a little, as is his custom in later generations.
Although Li Da felt that it was against etiquette to meet men and women, it would be a pity for him not to seize such a good opportunity and easily give up the chance to marry Hu Jie; In addition, his wife and sister are still widows. According to Hu Jie's current status, even if she is a real yellow flower girl, she will nod her head and agree to marry. He made his own decision and agreed to go home in a hurry to discuss with her.
Xiaoxue and Xiaorong came to congratulate Xie Chun. Xiaoxue innocently asked, 'Young Master, is your official position as big as Li Zheng's? My father once said that Master Li Zheng was so upset that he would beat and scold people when he was unhappy and would not give food. ''
Xie Chun grinned bitterly and was thinking about how to explain to Xiao Xue, but Xiao Rong beside him had already said, 'Miss, what is it in here? Young master is the official position of the sixth grade, which should be two levels higher than the magistrate of the county. The county magistrate is the official position of the seventh grade. ''
Xie Chun looks at Xiao Rong in surprise and asks her, 'Xiao Rong, how do you know the rank of officials? Can you read? Didn't you say that untouchables are not allowed to read? ''
Xiaorong's face suddenly turned pale, and then explained to Xie Chun with a wry smile: 'Young master, the slave's mother was sent into the humble nationality because her grandfather was guilty and disgraced. My mother didn't want to be a prostitute, so she married my father. So five people in my family know some words. As for the official rank, my mother told me. Oh, I forgot to tell you the surname of the slave. The slave's original surname was Mu, which was solemn and solemn. Each name has a Rong character. Do you want to change your surname and first name for the slave? ''
Xie Chun is unwilling to change Mu Rong's name. After all, people are very familiar with him from childhood to adulthood, so he said, 'Don't change his name, Mu Rong. It's a nice name. Can the people of humble nationality change their native place? Can't you do something else? Can anyone change from a humble citizen to a civilian? ''
'' It's hard to do other jobs unless you make great contributions. Men often join the army to fight. Although they are also bullied and excluded in the army, people with good fortune can also make contributions to the military. But few people did it. Most of them died in the fierce battle. No one took the untouchables seriously. Sometimes they tried their best to make contributions and were taken away by others. In fact, the military household is not much better than us, but it sounds better in name. It is also struggling to survive. Some people are also engaged in business, but most of them are cash cows of large families. Once something goes wrong, the whole family is killed by the master, and no one cares. ''
Mu Rong sobbed and said, 'The best women are like Xiao Rong, looking for a kind host to be a servant. If you meet a kind master, you will release the slave and betroth him to a good man as his wife. From then on, you will have a good place to get rid of the hardships of being a pariah in the times. It was because the young master recruited cooks that the big guys swarmed in. That's why the young master was kind-hearted when he heard that he had treated young ladies. Xiao Rong is ugly and tall, and most people are unwilling to recruit her. My mother is willing to hold down the money she sold herself, because she is afraid of your repentance. My mother said she would let me thank you for her, giving Xiao Rong a chance to get out of the fire. ''
Looking at Xiao Rong's crying face, Xie Chun suddenly feels that he has become cold and treats people as goods. He can also be honored by his parents. If she is not afraid of returning Xiao Rong, she is still a humble citizen and will be bullied by others at will. Xie Chun has to return Xiao Rong's personal selling contract.
Xie Chun deeply feels guilty for people of humble nationality, but he can save a girl like Xiao Rong and Xiao Xue. There are countless girls like Xiao Rong and Xiao Xue in the world. He can't save them. He can only wait until he has power to find an opportunity to save the Dalits from the fire.
In the next half month, Xie Chun went to the porcelain kiln every day to experiment and burn cement, but the results were not very satisfactory. Most of the results were because the furnace temperature was too low to reach the temperature required for cement and glass. Xie Chun was going to burn the glass together to see if he could do something in the Ming Dynasty?
Hu Jie's marriage went smoothly. The woman was not very old, only in her twenties. Her former husband was a weak scholar, and even the child did not pass the exam. He only passed the county exam, but failed to study. He wasted his body into a disease. After a few years of marriage, she died. After keeping the rule for one year, the woman could marry another person.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was no restriction on the remarriage of widows, but the husband's family wanted her to remain a widow for life and earn a chastity memorial arch for them. They refused to return all her dowry goods. After being investigated by the Royal Guards, Xie Chun did not agree with her husband's family. Seeing that both of them were satisfied with each other, he set a marriage date.
Later, Li Da couldn't stand it. Fearing that he would be embarrassed in front of Hu Jie in the future, he raised money for two dowries with the wife's relatives and married his wife and sister to Hu Jie, which made Xie Chun praise him very much.
Shortly after Hu Jie's marriage, Xie Chun devoted himself to the experimental burning of cement and glass, and finally succeeded in burning cement and glass in the fourth year of Hongzhi in December, and produced a small number of finished products. With the help of Mou Bin, he successfully sold all the glass products. Today, Xie Chun is going to the palace to meet Zhu Youjian and hand over the money to the Emperor of Hongzhi.
After a careful search, Xie Chun was able to pay a visit to Zhu Youjian in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. At this time, the face of the Emperor Hongzhi was much better looking. Although not as rosy, it was much better looking than the face of the average able-bodied man. After he felt his pulse again, Xie Chun found that his body was getting better and better.
But do you feel angry when you ask Zhu Youzhen? Xie Chun felt very strange when he got no answer. In the Ming Dynasty, he taught Taijiquan to many people besides Zhu Youjian. Why didn't he feel angry?
After the king and his subjects talked about some gossip, Xie Chun took out a thick stack of silver notes from his body and respectfully handed them to Zhu Youjian. Looking at his slightly surprised face, he stepped forward to salute and said, 'I tell you, the cement template is in its solidification period, and its solidity could not be tested years ago. In the process of firing cement, the craftsmen accidentally fired successful glass products, and Weichen made them into dressing mirrors. In addition to two little maids and two fiancees and their mothers in Weichen's family, each has a bowl size mirror, and five huge mirrors are dedicated to the empress in the palace. ''
Xie Chun looks at Zhu Youjian's face, and is not angry about his act of helping others with their own affairs. He continues to say, 'The rest of them entrusted Mou Bin's commanding envoy to secretly find someone to sell the silver. Apart from giving it to Mou's commanding envoy, he got a net amount of 20000 taels of silver. Today, the minister handed it over to the Holy One to fill the internal treasury. Those craftsmen have been under the control of Commander Mou, and the secrets have never been revealed. However, I would like to ask the Holy Master to reward the craftsmen with your reputation to improve their morale. ""
The Emperor Hongzhi looked a little touched. He was really surprised that such a talented person was not greedy for money: '' Is it just a reward for craftsmen? Zihou, how can this leader not be rewarded? Otherwise, I will reward and punish unfairly. ''
'' I report to the Holy Master that what I said is true. Now I live in the capital with two maids, and I usually don't spend much money. A few days ago, Wei Chen sold his poems and essays together with the articles of the provincial examination to the bookstore for distribution and sale, and won a lot of silver, enough for him to spend three or five years. If the Holy Master wants to reward his ministers, he should reward them heavily when they get married. ''
Xie Chun's witty words made Zhu Youzun laugh happily: 'Zihou, you won't suffer. Well, as Zihou said, when Zihou gets married, I will send another big gift to congratulate him. Now the Imperial Court has taken its annual leave and no longer handles official business. I have nothing to do. I heard that Zihou is good at chess. How about we talk about some games by hand? ''
Xie Chun naturally promised: '' I will serve my orders, but I have always been bad at chess. When the time comes, please show your respect and spare me more. ''