Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 522 Got rich

  Zhu Houzhao's fingers fluttered, he hooked the needle comfortably and whistled, and then he asked: "The clothes that are hooked can really keep you warm?"

  Sweaters...especially wool sweaters have always been a weapon for keeping warm.

   Especially in this era, before down jackets appeared.

  Han people like loose robes, even inside, so inside, they can only rely on jackets to keep warm, and the degree of warmth of jackets is actually not high.

   It’s different with woolen clothes. This is authentic wool. Clothes woven with such natural wool are not warm at all.

  The winter has come a bit later in the past two years, and the weather is better than the bad weather in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, but even so, there are still half a year of cold weather in the capital.

  Many people would rather stay at home and burn anthracite to keep warm than go out for activities because it is too cold.

  Fang Jifan said confidently: "Just wait and see, His Highness will know when we weave it."

  Zhu Houzhao became confident again, with a somewhat smug look on his face.

"Bengong is very talented, and I found out that this female celebrity is a natural thing. If it really works, then I will go back and teach my sister. She is too clumsy and can't do anything." Said Then he shook his head, although he was a scumbag, he still seemed to hold the traditional idea that women should be female celebrities.

   Zhu Houzhao doesn't care what other women's women are like, but his own sister can't be like some people who don't care about it. This female celebrity still has to let her sister learn from her.

  Zhu Houzhao continued to whistle: "I still want to weave one for the mother, and one for the empress dowager, especially the empress dowager. It's been cold recently. She is weak and has chilblains."

  Fang Jifan glanced at Zhu Houzhao in puzzlement, and asked in surprise, "The palace of the Empress Dowager is as warm as spring, and there will be chilblains?"

   After Fang Jifan asked this sentence, he suddenly remembered something. Chilblain is not just as simple as the cold weather. Sometimes it is very easy to develop chilblain after being exposed to the fire.

Usually, charcoal is burned in the palace, but occasionally, the Empress Dowager always goes outside for a walk, or orders someone to open the window to ventilate the bedroom, so she gets cold and bakes it with anthracite. come yet?

  If it is a person of general health, it will be fine, but the Empress Dowager is old and a woman, her blood is not smooth, and chilblains are common.

   Just as he was talking, Fang Jifan was frantically knitting his sweater. He felt that he didn't have such talent at all. He was like a kitten playing with lint, making a mess.

  But at this time, Wang Jinyuan came in a hurry: "His Royal Highness, young master, a letter from Ningbo."

   "Haha..." Fang Jifan took the opportunity to put down his sweater.

...

  Zhu Houzhao was still knitting his sweater with his head down, not caring about Wang Jinyuan's surprised gaze.

  Fang Jifan got off the kang: "Bohu has come to write a letter. As a teacher, I miss him very much. It is no exaggeration to say that I miss him day and night."

   As he spoke, he took the letter and read it carefully.

  Seeing this, I was quite excited, that boy Tang Yin... is so powerful?

  Fang Jifan couldn't help being a little dazed, he was even stunned, it took him a long time to come back to his senses, glanced at Zhu Houzhao, and said happily: "His Royal Highness, the victory of Beiwawei?"

  Zhu Houzhao was distracted: "It's a great victory again, where did so many Japanese pirates come from?"

"This time we went straight to Huanglong." Fang Jifan was cheerful, and his heart was full of joy: "I directly pursued the lair of Japanese pirates, beheaded thousands of enemies, and captured seven or eight hundred thieves. In addition, I also rescued many people. young woman..."

   "These **** Japanese pirates." Zhu Houzhao couldn't help scolding.

  Fang Jifan stared at Zhu Houzhao. If his memory is correct, Zhu Houzhao seemed to be interested in women.

However, the records in the history books may not be credible. Zhu Houzhao did not leave any descendants among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Cousin, but very critical.

  Zhu Houzhao certainly had his share of nonsense, but the historical record of kidnapping his wife and loving women made Fang Jifan feel that he might be suspected of making up and splashing dirty water.

Fang Jifan didn't continue to think about Zhu Houzhao's hobbies recorded in history, but said very gratifiedly: "Tang Yin really lived up to my teaching. From then on, he is my favorite student." However, Fang Jifan frowned: "It's just these woman..."

  Among the letters, Tang Yin talked about the arrangement of these women the most, which shows that Tang Yin cares about them very much.

  Fang Jifan immediately understood Tang Yin's intentions, these women were not tolerated by the current morality.

Although they were not well protected by men, they were robbed by Japanese pirates. The tragedy that happened to them can be blamed on the court, the government, the men, the Japanese guards from all over the world, or the ferocious Japanese pirates. ...can't blame them themselves.

  Tang Yin mentioned an incident in the letter, which made Fang Jifan very angry. He said that the gentry in Ningbo Mansion were grateful for the loyalty of a woman named Zhou, and wanted to raise money to build a memorial arch for her in Ningbo.

  What is going on with this woman surnamed Zhou?

  She, like other women, was captured by Japanese pirates.

  But then the Japanese pirates wanted to cheat on her, but she refused to obey, and committed suicide by biting her tongue.

  Her Zhenlie is admirable.

  So the gentry commemorated this man with great fanfare.

   But their intentions are obviously ulterior motives.

   On the one hand, Tang Yin wanted to take care of these women who were bullied by Japanese pirates, while the gentry seemed to rely on Tang Yin very much, and they would never dare to have any slander. At least on the surface, they all said that it was very good for Tang Shixue to do so.

They didn't dare to confront Tang Yin, but they thought it was not in line with their own values. These women who survived were nothing more than an embarrassment to them. In Cheng Zhu's way, it was written clearly, why are these Why did Tang Shixue advocate the outrageous thing? This is against the way of Confucius and Mencius.

I was unhappy, but I didn't dare to object. I heard that there was a woman named Zhou who was in the same situation as other women, but she actually bit her tongue and died in order to complete her innocence. All of a sudden, the gentry were excited. There are chaste and strong women, so they all want to praise her and erect her chastity memorial archway.

  This kind of approach is a kind of non-violent confrontation. Even if I don't provoke you, I can't afford to provoke you. I will still rely on you in the future, but I will build a monument for the Zhou family, so there is no problem.

  The archway was erected, just like saying, see if you see it, look at the Zhou family, this is what women should do, and as for other women who are struggling, do you still have the face to live?

  Fang Jifan also thinks Zhou is a very remarkable woman.

  But seeing through the attempts of these gentry, I felt disgusted.

   These people are such hypocrites it makes one's stomach sick to think about.

  Fang Jifan was thinking about what to do, but Zhu Houzhao snatched the letter in his hand.

Zhu Houzhao's focus was different from Fang Jifan's, and he didn't see through the intentions behind the gentry, but he was overjoyed and said happily: "Look, what did Tang Yin say? Tang Yin said that they seized the Japanese pirates' treasure. One hundred taels, hundreds of thousands of silver, haha... I got rich, and there are still many good things, these rare treasures are hard to value now, Lao Fang, our Zhen Guofu is going to get rich."

Fang Jifan just smiled and said: "Next, the Zhen Guo Mansion will recruit more soldiers and build more ships. This money can just be used as military funds. Your Highness, is the woman mentioned in Tang Yin's letter pitiful?" ?”

  Zhu Houzhao frowned and said nothing: "This... is a bit pathetic."

  Fang Jifan stared at Zhu Houzhao, and asked very seriously: "Since they are pitiful, should we take care of them?"

   "Okay." Zhu Houzhao blurted out without hesitation: "Just bring them all to the East Palace."

   "..." Fang Jifan felt that Zhu Houzhao was purely a person whose IQ was beyond the charts, and his EQ belonged to the mentally handicapped level.

  Fang Jifan said patiently: "What do you think, Your Highness?"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while: "If you lose your virginity, you will lose your virginity. I also lose my virginity often, once a day, and I am used to it. I can lose my virginity, why can't women not? Besides, they are also forced by Japanese pirates. What's the matter?" look at."

  Fang Jifan couldn't help frowning: "But how to arrange them? Bring them to Xishan?"

  Zhu Houzhao saw that Fang Jifan was rarely serious, so he cheered up: "Why don't I teach them how to knit sweaters."

   "..."

this is a good idea.

  Sweaters are definitely a sharp tool for heating in the future. The efficacy of this thing is no worse than anthracite.

  In the future, Daming will need countless wools. It's scary to think about it. A group of crazy people who want wool will cause so much damage to the grassland.

  But first of all, we want to promote woolen sweaters, how to promote them?

Fang Jifan said: "Giving people a bite to eat, so that they can support themselves, this is called material security. But... it is extremely difficult to heal the pain in the heart... They are not tolerated by the world. After being harmed, but still have to face countless gossips, thousands of people in the world will look at them with blank eyes, this is a terrible thing."

  Zhu Houzhao didn't quite understand, and looked at Fang Jifan in surprise.

  He is used to being a prince, so how could he know the sadness behind this.

Fang Jifan said conveniently: "Just like Your Highness, sometimes no matter how hard you work, no matter how many things you do, in front of Your Majesty, you are just a foolish child. Your Highness has spent countless efforts, and what you get is His Majesty's supercilious eyes. Of course, they The extent of this is thousands of times more pitiful than what happened to His Highness. Your Highness...do you understand what I mean now?"

  (end of this chapter)