The people of Hexi Village are as happy as it is a festival today.
In their village, now there is a big man!
Jiang Zhen is very, very powerful. After going out, he actually got one... No, no, a few big ships, he suddenly became a big businessman!
Jiang Zhen is now estimated to be richer than Zhao Dahu.
When Jiang Zhen was only a little richer than the villagers, everyone might be jealous of him, but when Jiang Zhen's net worth was far more than the villagers, they would no longer be jealous of him, but would look up to him instead.
At this moment, the people in the village looked proud, and when they saw the Jiang family, the last bit of unwillingness in their hearts disappeared.
Compared with the Jiang family, they are actually nothing!
Look, the Jiang family has driven out a Jin Bodhisattva. In contrast, they just didn't make Jiang Zhen good in advance, which is really nothing.
Seeing the dejected look of the Jiang family, someone who had little relationship with them soon came up to talk.
"Jiang Chengcai, did you know that Jiang Zhen's boat is here today?" A young man who was the same age as Jiang Chengcai and had conflicts with Jiang Chengcai since he was a child said to Jiang Chengcai.
"What ship? I didn't see it!" Jiang Chengcai said angrily.
"Of course you can't see it. The river here is too small for the boat to come over, so it stopped in the canal." The man laughed.
"Yeah, Jiang Zhen's boat is really too big, and a lot of things have been removed from the boat." Someone next to him said, and more and more people started talking.
"Jiang Zhen has more than one ship, there are several!"
"Jiang Ming and He Chunsheng. The things they took off the boat today are worth a dozen or twenty taels of silver. How much do you think they made this trip?"
"I heard that for just one trip, each of them made about one hundred taels of silver! Tsk tsk, Jiang Chengxiang used to be on the pier, and he could only earn two taels of silver every month, right?"
"These people have earned so much, how rich Jiang Zhen should be!
Everyone, you said something to me, and talked in front of the Jiang family, making the Jiang family's face darker and darker.
"It's impossible! Jiang Zhen must be a liar! It's all a lie!" Mrs. Jiang said.
"Everyone in our village has seen it, how could it be possible to deceive people?" Lai Human said, Shi Shiran left.
The Jiang family looked at each other in dismay, and returned home depressed. At this time, someone close to their family came, and finally explained the ins and outs of the matter to them, and persuaded them again.
"You guys want to open up..."
"Don't offend that Jiang Zhen in the future."
"Oh, if you were nice to him back then, how nice would it be?"
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Being persuaded like this, the Jiang family was even more depressed.
At this time, the Zhao family was beaming with joy.
In the morning, Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liu didn't cook breakfast because they were going to move things, but at noon, Zhao Liu cooked a very hearty meal.
Moreover, she was willing to put oil in the first place, and she is even more willing to put oil today.
That green vegetable, she even used oil to fry it without adding water!
That duck, she even fried it with oil, and put wine when it was braised!
That chicken, she didn't even think about boiling it in water to make chicken soup to drink, but put it in a crock pot and steamed it!
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Of course, this approach was not the idea of an unskilled rural woman from Zhao Liu's family. In fact, it was only under the guidance of the cook Li's family that she knew that she could still do it in cooking.
"You made Brother Jin's meals before?" Zhao Liu asked after smelling the rich aroma of the duck in the pot.
"Yes, the master asked me to cook for his wife." Mrs. Li said to Mrs. Zhao Liu with her accent.
"Jiang Zhen is really good to him." Zhao Liushi was very happy, she has been busy all her life, isn't it just to make her children live well? Now her son, it's time to live a good life.
Zhao Liu thought so in his heart, and so did other people. Jiang Xiaomei looked at Zhao Jinge with envy.
She went to watch the fun before, and she was also frightened. She didn't even know that her eldest brother was so powerful...
She has such a powerful eldest brother, in the future... Just as Jiang Xiaomei was about to think so, she was thrown cold water.
Jiang Zhen had been talking to Zhao Jinge and Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liu, but he didn't even look at her at all.
Her eldest brother has completely become a family with the Zhao family. Although she has not changed her surname, it is almost the same. She is Jiang...
Because of this, Jiang Xiaomei didn't dare to be complacent at all, and she was still busy helping Zhao Liushi right now.
Jiang Zhen enjoyed this meal very comfortably.
He likes to eat meat, and although there is no pork on the table today, one chicken and one duck can let him eat it, especially the chicken.
This chicken has been steamed in a crock pot for a long time, but the meat is not old at all, and the aroma is still locked in the meat... The two chicken wings with the wing roots were all eaten by Jiang Zhen.
Zhao Fugui and the others like to eat meat but not bones, but it is cheaper for him.
And the taste of the duck is also very good. In the past, the duck made by Zhao Liu's always had the taste of duck, but this time the duck lost that taste, and the soup was dried out, which was very tasty.
Even the vegetarian dishes were delicious.
Jiang Zhen was very full, and after eating, he told Zhao Fugui and his wife that he was going to build a house: "Father and mother, we will have more and more people, and we will definitely not be able to live in the future. I will go to the county town later. , buy a piece of land and build a house by the canal."
"Okay." Zhao Fugui nodded again and again. He was very convinced of Jiang Zhen now, but he would not refute Jiang Zhen's decision.
"Father and mother, you all go with you, put on new clothes and go shopping in the county." Jiang Zhen said again.
"Okay." Zhao Fugui nodded again and again.
At this time, Zhao Liushi mentioned Jiang Xiaomei: "Why don't you let Xiaomei go too." Jiang Xiaomei, like Jiang Zhen, was mistreated by the Jiang family, which made Zhao Liushi have an empathetic effect on Jiang Xiaomei, and liked this child very much. .
Moreover, no matter what, this is also Jiang Zhen's sister, even in Jiang Zhen's face, she will not treat Jiang Xiaomei badly.
"Little sister, let's wait until next time, I don't even have the right clothes now." Jiang Zhen glanced at Jiang Xiaomei, who was still wearing shabby clothes, and said, "Li Shi and Ruo'er just came, little sister, bring them to get acquainted with them. Come to the village, their luggage will be moved to your house, and they will live with you temporarily, if you feel it is inconvenient, you can cover it with a curtain or something."
Jiang Zhen doesn't hate Jiang Xiaomei, but he has never been in contact with Jiang Xiaomei, and he can't say that he likes her. Jiang Xiaomei is just a passerby to him.
It is precisely because of this that he has not cared about Jiang Xiaomei before, but he has no feelings for Jiang Xiaomei. The original Jiang Boss really likes Jiang Xiaomei, so he will help Jiang Xiaomei.
However, he will help Jiang Xiaomei get rid of the Jiang family and find her a marriage, but he does not intend to integrate her into his family.
"Okay." Jiang Xiaomei responded.
"I brought back some cloth, and there is a dark red one in it. Let Ruo'er bring it to you later. You can use it to make two clothes." Jiang Zhen said again.
In modern times, Jiang Zhen is not too young, in his thirties, and the education he has received all the time, makes him always have a layer of tolerance towards minors - just children, as long as there is no malicious intentions. Or commit a crime, there is nothing to worry about.
Therefore, when He Qiusheng asked him for something, he was not angry, and he would save him later. Before looking for someone to serve for Zhao Jinge, he took a fancy to the thin and small Ruoer at a glance, and also wanted to find an easy job for this child - Zhao Jinge is not a difficult person to serve.
It was Jiang Xiaomei's turn... He didn't mind letting her have a better life, anyway, it wouldn't cost a few dollars.
Jiang Zhen went to the county seat this time on that big ship.
Both Zhao Liushi and Zhao Fugui wanted to take the big boat, and he naturally wanted to satisfy them.
"This boat is really good." After Zhao Fugui got on the boat, he touched the big boat with hot eyes.
"Don't rub, be careful of getting your new clothes dirty." Zhao Liushi stood beside Zhao Fugui and reminded him. After reminding him, he turned his head a little stiffly and looked around curiously.
Before boarding the boat, both Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liushi put on new clothes that Jiang Zhen brought back from the capital. In addition, Zhao Liushi also put on several pieces of jewelry that Jiang Zhen brought back.
After the gold hairpin was inserted into her hair, Zhao Liushi didn't dare to move her head, lest the baby on her head would fall off, and the gold bracelet on her wrist also made her feel like she didn't know what to do with it.
She wanted to show others the gold bracelet on her hand, but she was afraid that others would look at her and steal her...
As a result, Zhao Liushi couldn't help but feel a little tangled.
She could say that she was restless, and when she saw Brother Zhao Jin, she quickly took Zhao Jin Ge's hand: "Brother Jin, come here quickly and help my mother to see... The hairpin on my mother's head is not crooked, right?"
"Mother, the hairpin on your head is not crooked, it's pretty good." Brother Zhao Jin said.
"It's fine if it's not crooked..." Zhao Liushi breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned at Brother Zhao Jin: "Brother Jin, why don't you wear any jewelry?"
"I don't like these." Brother Zhao Jin said.
"If you don't like it, you have to wear it. Those men like women and Shuang'er to wear brightly colored clothes and jewelry." Zhao Liushi said, "You better take out the jewelry that Jiang Zhen bought for you and wear it."
"Mother, Jiang Zhen doesn't like these either. He didn't buy me any jewelry." Brother Zhao Jin said, Jiang Zhen bought a lot of jewelry for Zhao Liu, but he didn't buy it for him.
When Zhao Liushi heard the words, she couldn't help but be surprised: "He didn't buy you jewelry? Why didn't he buy you jewelry?" She even got a lot of jewelry, does Zhao Jinge
"Because I don't like it," Zhao Jin said, not wanting to tell Zhao Liu's about this anymore.
He looks like this, wearing jewelry really doesn't look good at all.
Hexi Village is not far from Hecheng County, and it didn't take long for the big boat to arrive at Hecheng County.
Zhao Liu has not been to Hecheng County for a long time. After getting off the boat, she couldn't help but look around, but soon, she restrained her desire to look around.
She should be a little more dignified when she wears such nice clothes. If she keeps looking around, she will definitely embarrass Jiang Zhen... She still bears it, and stops looking around.
Jiang Zhen noticed Zhao Liu's discomfort and took the initiative to explain: "Mother, look over there, there is a cloth shop, I went there to sell cloth, as for there, there is a tea stall, a penny can bring a pot Tea… "
"It costs money to drink water..." Zhao Liushi sighed, listening to Jiang Zhen's explanation, the whole person became more and more relaxed.
Zhao Liu's health has not been very good these years, so that she hasn't been on the ground very much. Her skin is white in the village. Now she is smiling and kind, and she looks like an old man from a wealthy family. people.
Zhao Fugui glanced at her, and saw that many people around were looking at her, he couldn't help but snorted twice.
"Father, I'm going to buy land, you guys go shopping first, and when I'm done, I'll ask you to go to the restaurant for dinner." Jiang Zhen walked around with the people and said.
On the other side of the canal, many lands belong to the Zhao family, but not all the lands belong to the Zhao family, and there are many lands that are unowned. If you want to buy such lands from the yamen, you have to ask people from the yamen to measure them. .
Jiang Zhen informed Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liu, and went to work with He Chunsheng and He Xiasheng, leaving Jiang Ming, Wang Haisheng and several others to follow the Zhao family.
Jiang Zhen went to see Yang Jiang first, then followed Yang Jiang to the yamen, and also met the magistrate of Hecheng County.
He actually had no plans to meet the magistrate. After all, in his capacity, he had to bow down when he saw the magistrate. He just went to the yamen. He just said his name when the magistrate came and helped him early. He got up, didn't let him really kneel down, and complimented him for a while.
This county magistrate is undoubtedly a member of the Zheng family.
Seeing this, Jiang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, and as he expected, things went very smoothly, and the county magistrate even directly stated that in a few days, the land over there would be his, and the price was still cheap.
This county magistrate was so good, of course Jiang Zhen could not have said that, and immediately sent the magistrate some medicinal materials and furs brought from the capital, and he has always been respectful.
The two sides talked happily.
"Boss, it's only been less than a year, and you are so amazing." Yang Jiang looked at Jiang Zhen and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
The first time he saw Jiang Zhen, Jiang Zhen was poor and white. He didn't expect that after half a year, he would become a person who even the county magistrate would treat him with courtesy.
He was suddenly a little fortunate, fortunate that he didn't go to Jiang Zhen's trouble after being beaten by Jiang Zhen. If he didn't know each other and went against Jiang Zhen, he still doesn't know what it would be like.
"I'm also quite surprised." Jiang Zhen smiled and said: "By the way, you call someone you know in the yamen, and I'll invite you all to drink." The King of Hell is so hard to deal with little devils, since Jiang Zhen intends to be here in Hecheng County It is necessary to live and have a good relationship with those yamen.
"Don't worry, boss, I will definitely invite everyone who should be invited." Yang Jiang smiled and invited people to go. Jiang Zhen saw this and asked He Chunsheng to go to the butcher in the county to ask if he had any Enough pork, he wants to buy some to give away.
That evening, the restaurant in the county town was very lively. The yamen servants and the clerks all came, and they all gathered under the restaurant to drink and eat meat.
Jiang Zhen only spent twenty taels of silver to have the restaurant set up a table that would satisfy these people. In addition, he also asked He Chunsheng to prepare a basket for each of these people.
In each basket, there is a large piece of pork, ten eggs, ten duck eggs, and a package of snacks. There are not many things, but at this time, it is also a very good gift. These people eat the banquet and go home. It can also allow the family to improve their meals.
The officers all ate and drank downstairs, and several of Jiang Zhen's subordinates also talked to them downstairs, but he took Zhao Jinge and Zhao Fugui and his wife to eat on the second floor.
This is the second time for Zhao Jinge to come here, and he gained more knowledge when he was in the capital. He doesn't think there is anything to eat here, but Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liushi are very uneasy.
They actually ate on top of a group of officials, this... this...
Zhao Fugui didn't dare to move any more, for fear that he would make a move and make the officials below unhappy.
"Father, mother, you don't have to do this... There will be many more days like this in the future." Jiang Zhen comforted.
"Alas... I just can't slow down." Zhao Liu said.
Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liu's were very uncomfortable, but they didn't eat a single bite of the food on the table, and even ate it completely - such an expensive thing, it would be a waste not to eat it all!
When Jiang Zhen sent those yamen away today, the people under his command had already called these yamen brothers and sisters, and those yamen still treated him one by one, Mr. Jiang.
At this time, the Jiang family was also eating.
The Jiang family has been separated, but because the things in the kitchen have not been divided, this meal is eaten together.
In the past, when their family ate together, they didn't have to eat meat, and there were always eggs on the table, but now, only boiled vegetables can be eaten, and Mrs. Jiang is reluctant to put salt.
Jiang Chengxiang and Jiang Chengcai were both picky eaters. Although they were hungry, they put down their chopsticks before they ate much.
Jiang Chengxiang looked at Jiang Chengcai very much now, and Jiang Chengcai also hated his cold-blooded younger brother. Neither of them wanted to talk to him. Seeing this scene, Butcher Jiang couldn't help but sigh.
Madam Jiang was not happy, especially... Then Jiang Zhen made a lot of money...
"Chengxiang, didn't you say before that we could sue Jiang Zhen for what is unfilial? He frightened us at first, but we didn't succeed. You said, can we sue now?" Old lady Jiang suddenly asked: "He is I was born, he should give me all the money he earns! How can he ignore me as a mother?!"
As soon as Mrs. Jiang's words came out, all the Jiang family were taken aback, especially Jiang Chengxiang, who was a little knowledgeable.
These days, when the son wants to sue the father, no matter what he sues, he must be punished first, but this father and mother sue the son, but it is absolutely accurate.
After all, Daqi is governed by filial piety!
Jiang Zhen is so developed now that he doesn't even care about his parents, this is a big filial piety!
They didn't dare to sue Jiang Zhen before because Jiang Zhen frightened them, saying that if they dared to sue, they would take a knife and cut people in the yamen, but now... Jiang Zhen didn't admit it himself, now he has Are you not going out
Hope rekindled in the eyes of the Jiang family.
Even if Jiang Zhen couldn't spit out all the money he earned, if they dug out a little bit, that would allow them to worry about food and clothing and buy back the land they sold!
Maybe they can buy back more land!
The Jiang family looked at each other and became more and more excited. The next day, Mrs. Jiang changed into ragged clothes and went to the yamen crying and complaining.
"Who are you going to sue?" the yamen asked.
"Master, I want to sue my eldest son for being disobedient... disobedient and unfilial!" Madam Jiang cried.
The magistrate of Hecheng County is determined to go up. Although he may not be so clean, he is also good to the people. If someone complains, he will be promoted every time.
The yamen heard what Mrs. Jiang said, and immediately asked: "Who is your eldest son? Do you have a letter?"
"My eldest son is He Xicun Jiang Zhen'e. He has now changed his name to Jiang Zhen." Mrs. Jiang said, and then took out the form that Jiang Chengxiang had written long ago.
"Jiang Zhen?" The yamen gave Mrs. Jiang a surprised look, and went in with the paper.
Yesterday, Jiang Zhen invited them to eat and drink, but today someone came to sue him, what a coincidence...
The yamen went to Yang Jiang, who had known Jiang Zhen the longest.
Madam Jiang saw that the yamen went in, so she waited outside excitedly, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't see the yamen come out again.
Now that it's cold, she's been blowing the air outside, and her tears and snot are all coming down from the cold, but the ragged clothes she wears on purpose are not warm...
In desperation, she could only stop another yamen and ask.
"Master, I'm here to complain..."
"Don't get in the way." The yamen frowned and glanced at Mrs. Jiang, and said: "Also, before you file a complaint, you must first weigh your own weight, but don't tell anyone else and lose your life. ."
"What?" Madam Jiang was surprised.
After all, this is an old lady, but the yamen reminded him: "Mr. Jiang Zhen Jiang came to the yamen to drink tea with the county magistrate yesterday. Are you going to sue him?"
"What?!" Mrs. Jiang was frightened, how could Jiang Zhen drink tea with the county magistrate? This this…
"Also, who didn't know that you treated him harshly and drove him out?" The yamen said again: "How long are you going to stay here? Master Jiang's men are coming."
It was a coincidence that as soon as the yamen finished speaking, Mrs. Jiang saw Jiang Ming and He Chunsheng approaching from a distance.
When Mrs. Jiang came, she specially wore a tattered dress, and looked like she was so poor that she couldn't get enough to eat. After being frozen, it seemed that she was about to fall when the wind blew, but now... She jumped up abruptly and ran so fast that even a young and strong person could not catch up to the ground.
Jiang Zhen didn't know about Mrs. Jiang's affairs at this time. He had nothing to do today, so he stayed at home and started prenatal education on Zhao Jinge's belly, reading poems to the child in Zhao Jinge's belly. He stopped to touch Zhao Jinge's stomach.
I don't know if the child in the stomach is happy to hear it or wants to protest. When he said this, the child moved a lot more often.
"My child, this calf is really powerful!" Jiang Zhen couldn't help boasting after being kicked a few times by the child across his belly, and asked Zhao Jinge, "Does it hurt you when he kicks you?"
"It doesn't hurt." Zhao Jinge was a little speechless. The child moved a few times, and he didn't know how Jiang Zhen insisted that he was kicking.
Maybe the child just turned over.
"It's fine if it doesn't hurt." Jiang Zhen smiled and said, "I'll change the book to read."
Jiang Zhen quickly read it again, and this time, he only read a few words, and Zhao Liu's voice came from outside: "Jiang Zhen, what are you talking about? Kind words, How do you say it's weird?"
When Jiang Zhen was studying, he naturally used Mandarin. Obviously, Zhao Liu couldn't understand...
"Mother, Jiang Zhen speaks Mandarin, and everyone in the capital says that." Zhao Jinge said to Zhao Liushi.
"Mandarin? What the official said?" Zhao Liushi was surprised.
"It can be said that everyone who is an official speaks like this." Brother Zhao Jin nodded seriously.
"Jiang Zhen is really amazing..." Zhao Liushi sighed, and as soon as he turned around, he couldn't help but talk to others.
"Do you know? Jiang Zhen can speak Mandarin, which is only spoken by an official!" You can't talk about the wealthy things in your family. This can always be said... Zhao Liu said again: "He is still literate and can use Mandarin. Come study!"
"Really?" The person talking to Zhao Liu was stunned.
"Of course it's true." Zhao Liushi is very sure: "He is also true, Brother Jin's stomach is only a little bit big, so he said he wants to teach his children to read, and read to Brother Jin's belly all day long... This mandarin, How amazing, how can I tell a stomach... "
"Zhao Liushi, Jiang Zhen has never read, how do you think he can read and speak Mandarin?" The man interrupted Zhao Liushi's words and asked in confusion.
"Maybe he met an immortal and got enlightened." Zhao Liushi said casually, and continued: "Jiang Zhen said that the child can hear the sound outside when he is in the belly, and he puts it in Brother Jin's belly every day. Our children study, teach them to study, maybe in the future, our family will be able to produce a scholar!"
Zhao Liu didn't have much knowledge, so he felt that it would be very good to be a scholar!
As for the person who talked to her, she didn't listen to what she said later, and only pondered the sentence "encountered by an immortal and enlightened" in front of her.
Without Jiang Zhen's knowledge, the villagers of Hexi Village spontaneously found a reason for his change.
Boss Jiang was able to suddenly become so powerful, it was because he was enlightened by an immortal and enlightened! That said, he must be a lucky man!
In the end, this was just a big guy talking about it in private. A few days later, many yamen officials in the county came to Hecheng County, but they were really shocked.
Jiang Zhen actually bought such a large piece of land... His land is more than that of the big family of Zhao!
It's just... that land is not good for growing things...