Young Master Jiang was still confused until Zhang Chen dragged him out of the house. Ever since he saw the young man coming in with Ah Liu, he had been secretly wondering about the other person's identity.
Judging from the title, he was most likely Zhang Shou's student, that is, a student of the Imperial Academy; but he also said he was from Xingtai, and he remembered that he had heard his father say that there were future sons-in-law and future nephews-in-law of the current emperor in Xingtai, and his heart suddenly became active. Seeing this handsome, but obviously somewhat perverse young man looking at him, he couldn't help but blurt out three words.
"Prince Consort Zhang?"
Seeing the other party's extremely strange expression, Young Master Jiang quickly changed the topic and said, "Zhang Yibin?"
"All wrong." Zhang Chen snorted in annoyance, and then said slowly, "The only thing I said right is the surname. Yes, my surname is Zhang, but the Prince Consort Zhang and Zhang Yibin I told you about are not from the same family. When they were in the capital, I was still protecting them. I didn't expect that now that you have just arrived in Cangzhou, the young master actually asked me to take care of you. Tell me, who are you?"
Facing such impolite questioning, Young Master Jiang was indeed ashamed and angry, but because the other party's words implied that even the prospective consort and the prospective imperial concubine were his own younger brothers, he did not dare to offend them too much, so he mustered up the courage to ask back: "Excuse me, sir, who are you?"
"Who am I? Haha, haha!" Zhang Chen had to hide his identity this time. He thought he was wearing fine clothes and walking at night, and he had never found a chance to reveal his identity. Now that the eldest prince's reputation has been ruined, those profiteers, wicked gentry and wealthy people are all ashamed. He couldn't help but say excitedly, "I will not change my name, the son of the Duke of Qin, Zhang Chen!"
Young Master Jiang took a deep breath and could not help counting on his fingers the people currently in Cangzhou City: the eldest prince who was recuperating in the palace; General Mingwei, who was in charge of the military and political power both inside and outside the country and was the eldest son of Duke Zhao, Zhu Tingfang; Doctor of the Imperial Academy and Duke Zhao's future son-in-law, Zhang Shou; and according to Mr. Qi, the second son of Duke Zhao, who was also in Cangzhou.
If we add the son of Duke Qin in front of us... why is it that Cangzhou City is suddenly filled with children of noble families
Despite his thoughts, he quickly put on the proper respectful attitude: "So it's Mr. Zhang..." He was about to say a few more polite words, but when he saw Zhang Chen glaring at him without saying anything, he realized that the other person was asking who he was, so he could only say vaguely, "I am Jiang Siyuan, the eldest son of the Jiang family in Cangzhou."
He had originally placed his hopes on Zhang Chen, a dandy young man from the capital who didn't know who he was. Unexpectedly, Zhang Chen looked him up and down and suddenly laughed: "Cangzhou Jiang family? The one that the eldest prince had won over, the one that united several big families in Cangzhou to switch to new spinning machines, but also suppressed wages and oppressed the machine owners, and finally saw that hoarding cotton was profitable, so they immediately stopped working and closed their businesses, draining the pond to catch fish?"
Young Master Jiang was exposed so bluntly that he immediately felt very uncomfortable. As for being shocked and angry, well, he had been shocked and angry too many times from yesterday to today, and now he couldn't be shocked or angry. So, he could only swallow his anger and say, "My father was confused, but I plead guilty and accept punishment on his behalf! As long as I can make up for it, I will do anything!"