Jiang Zhen didn't want to get in touch with those big figures who were officials, but Mr. Zheng Er asked to see him by name, so it was obviously impossible for him to shirk away.

Let Brother Zhao Jin go back to the room first, and Jiang Zhen went to Zheng Yi's place.

Compared with the courtyard where Jiang Zhen lived, the courtyard where Zheng Yi lived was considered luxurious. Even if Jiang Zhen didn't know much about goods, he knew that the various things used in it were probably very expensive.

However, even so, all this did not amaze Jiang Zhen.

The ground paved with stone slabs, no matter how flat it is, is still a stone slab, can it compare to various ceramic tiles of later generations?Even if they all use marble... people at this time can't polish marble as smooth as later generations, let alone put together flowers or something.

As for the wooden boards... I have seen wooden floors with various textures and colors. Jiang Zhen really doesn't think the real wooden boards here are so beautiful.

As for the luxury items... For someone like Jiang Zhen who has no research on antiques and doesn't like them at all, modern ornaments are actually more beautiful.

Because of this, Jiang Zhen never showed any curiosity or envy towards the things in Zheng Yi's room.

At the same time, standing in the military posture for more than ten years, Jiang Zhenguang has an imposing manner while standing, and when he walks, every step seems to be measured.

Mr. Zheng Er came to see Jiang Zhen because of his nephew's strong recommendation. He thought he was just a slightly better ordinary person, but he didn't expect to see a young man with extraordinary bearing in the end.

Although this young man's skin is dark, his hands are very rough, and he is dressed in ordinary clothes. From the details, it can be seen that his previous life was not good, but he has a very good temperament. Just looking at his appearance, I am afraid that no one would want him. Before that, he was an ordinary farmer who cultivated the land.

For a moment, Master Zheng Er even suspected that his nephew had been cheated by someone with ulterior motives.

It's just... this person approached their Zheng family, gave a lot of things, but didn't cheat anything...

And in this place in the capital, their Zheng family is really nothing, it's really not worth it for this person to lie to them.

Master Zheng Er quickly came to his senses and started talking to Jiang Zhen. When he spoke, he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. He used official Chinese.

The official dialect of Daqi is very similar to the modern Mandarin, and most of the people in the capital speak the official dialect.

After Jiang Zhen got used to it for a few days, he had already mastered the mandarin. Even because he used to speak mandarin since he was a child, when he spoke mandarin, he didn't have any Jiangnan accent.

When Master Zheng Er spoke to him in Mandarin with a Jiangnan accent, he responded with more pure Mandarin.

What the official said is much more authentic than Mr. Zheng Er.

Master Zheng Er's expression suddenly became a little subtle.

Because Zheng Yi had been speaking with Jiang Zhen in the dialect of Hecheng County, he didn't know that Jiang Zhen could speak official Chinese, so he was shocked for a while.

Because he often travels between the capital and the south of the Yangtze River and meets all kinds of people, Zheng Yi can understand many dialects, and he can not only understand but also speak some official Chinese.

Occasionally, when he met some scholars when he was in Jiangnan, he would show off his Mandarin.

He always felt that he was quite talented in this area, but now...Jiang Zhen's pronunciation is really standard, and his words are even more correct, which is better than he doesn't know how much.

It hasn't been a few days since Jiang Zhen came to the capital, right?How did you learn it?

How did you learn it?Of course, the primary school Chinese teacher taught them Pinyin one by one, and let a person who stood up and read literature learn it...

Jiang Zhen also knew that Master Zheng Er wanted to make things difficult for him.

He won't offend Mr. Zheng Er for no reason, but he doesn't intend to endure when others make things difficult for him.

"Not bad, really good." Master Zheng Er said with a smile: "You can speak official language, and when the matter of suturing the wound is reported, I can take you to meet the nobles in Beijing." He smiled, his face was full of kindness, In one sentence, all the previous temptations and embarrassments to Jiang Zhen were said to be for Jiang Zhen's good.

Jiang Zhen has seen quite a few people like this. He used to have a few bosses, even if he rushed in to take pictures of other people's tables, they could still smile, so he didn't find it strange, and he didn't panic because of the other party's amiable face. .

He couldn't fear and respect officials at this time from the bottom of his heart like other ordinary people.Of course, he is not lacking in etiquette, and he even does it well-this society is different from the modern one after all.

Master Zheng Er saw Jiang Zhen's appearance in his eyes, secretly marveled, and his evaluation of Jiang Zhen was a little higher.

Right now, he really believed his nephew's words—this Jiang Zhen might be able to make a career out of it.

Master Zheng Er's expression became more and more kind.

Master Zheng Er had a lot of conversations with Jiang Zhen. At first, he talked about various things in Hecheng County with Jiang Zhen. Later, he asked Jiang Zhen about suturing wounds and playing cards, and praised Jiang Zhen for his dexterity.

After finishing speaking, he also treated Jiang Zhen to a meal.

The food on the table is very delicate, but Jiang Zhen, who often goes to hotels in modern times, is still very calm.

After dinner, it was already dark, and Jiang Zhen also left.

Seeing him go away, Master Zheng Er immediately said to Zheng Yi: "This person must be wooed well, not neglected, and don't let others have the opportunity to sell him well."

"Second uncle, that's what I think." Zheng Yi said, he has always attached great importance to Jiang Zhen.

"By the way, I have a vacant house in Beijing, surrounded by merchants, it's just right for him, and you will give it to him tomorrow." Master Zheng Er said again.

Zheng Yi nodded.

This is a better house in the capital, if you don't have any connections, you can't buy it even if you want to. It's really good to give a house to Jiang Zhen.

They are in the capital this time, and it is estimated that they will stay for a month or two. Jiang Zhen can't stay outside the city all the time.

When Jiang Zhen returned to his room, Brother Zhao Jin had already had dinner, but he left some food for him: "Jiang Zhen, the braised pork that Mrs. Li made today is very delicious, I will keep it for you."

After finishing speaking, he added: "This meat is fatter, so I only ate two pieces."

After speaking, he looked helplessly at the bowl of meat on the table, and there were still five pieces of meat left.

Pieces of pork belly that are two fingers wide and three fingers long are braised in soy sauce and sugar.

Jiang Zhen was very restrained when he ate with the second master Zheng, and he was not full, so he asked Ruo'er to serve him a bowl of rice right now.

Brother Zhao Jing left some of each dish for Jiang Zhen, and wanted Jiang Zhen to try it. In addition to braised pork, there were winter melon soup, cold tofu, and two stir-fried vegetables on the table.

Jiang Zhen emptied the dishes with the rice, and even took a bite of the last piece of braised pork...

Brother Zhao Jin had always been greedy for the meat, so he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed at this moment. Then, a piece of braised pork that had been bitten off the fat was stuffed into his mouth.

"Go and wash, then go to sleep." Jiang Zhen said.

Hearing the word "sleep", Brother Zhao Jin, who was eating meat, blushed subconsciously.

Ever since she married Jiang Zhen, the meaning of the word sleep is not simply sleep...

Jiang Zhen was refreshed the next day, and his mood was very good. After Zheng Yi came to him and gave him a house in Beijing, his mood became even better.

Unexpectedly, one day, he would actually have a big house in the capital, where every inch of land is expensive...

"That house is very big, even if you bring all your men to live in it, it will still be able to live there." Zheng Yi said: "As for the sailors you rescued on the way, why don't you leave it to me, and I'll let them arrange work for them "There are so many people, it's not good to keep them idle...

Jiang Zhen agreed.

After asking Zheng Yi's steward to arrange those people, he also asked the steward if he could arrange work for the woman and Shuang'er on board.

Those sailors, he wants to take all of them back to Hecheng County, and he only intends to ask the steward to arrange some jobs for the time being, but those women Shuanger, if the Zheng family has suitable jobs for them, it is okay to let them stay here .

The Zheng family has a great business and a lot of work, but if those women want to stay, they must have a skill...

Within two days, the men who were rescued from the water bandits were all assigned jobs, and the Zheng family only needed about thirty of the hundred or so women.

If all the people were sold, the Zheng family would be able to take away no matter how many people there were, but Jiang Zhen hoped that these people could stand on their own and have a job to support themselves, which would be more troublesome. Son, many dare not follow the Zheng family.

However, there are less than 30 people, and the rest is easier to arrange.

It is not safe for these women to live on the boat all the time. Jiang Zhen decided to take these people to the capital after confirming that the house that the Zheng family gave him was big enough to accommodate these people, and then let them live in the house. work.

The ready-made garments made by these people before are quite good, and they can be allowed to continue to do this.

"Take them to the capital too?" Brother Zhao Jin was a little unhappy when he heard Jiang Zhen's plan. He didn't want Jiang Zhen to have contact with those women.

"Well. I am impatient to contact these people, and you will take care of them when the time comes." Jiang Zhen said.

Zhao Jinge immediately became happy.

After all the work was done, Jiang Zhen and his party went to Beijing in a mighty way.

The location of the house given to Jiang Zhen by the Zheng family was not good. There were no officials living on the left or right, but it was a big place with three entrances, and there were all kinds of utensils in it.

It was the first time Zhao Jinge saw such a big house, and it was rare. After looking around, he chose the largest and most luxurious house, which was the second main house inside for himself and Jiang Zhen to live in. All those women were stuffed into the third courtyard, which is commonly known as... the backyard.

There are a lot of houses in the backyard, and it is no problem for sixty or seventy women to live there. Brother Zhao Jin allocated a room to each of them, and then told them that food, vegetables and meat would be delivered on time, and told them not to leave the yard.

He is... intending to lock all these people in the backyard.

After Jiang Zhen knew about it, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "You should choose a few older ones who are honest and honest to come out to work." This house is so big, there must always be someone to clean it...

"Also..." Brother Zhao Jin blushed, and went to the backyard again, picked out some who were either old or ugly, and went to the front yard to be responsible for cleaning and cooking.

Jiang Zhen's subordinates who followed from Hexi Village were all brought here by Jiang Zhen, and Jiang Zhen also picked some supplements from the sailors. For so many people's meals, he must find someone to help them.

Neither Liu Qianqian nor Zhao Lingxi left.

This one is because they found a job they can do - embroidery, and the other is because they are worried that if they leave with the Zheng family, they will fall into some miserable situation.

They really want to climb up to a rich man and live a good life, but they don't want to be ruined.

If it weren't for this, Liu Qianqian would not have tried her best to redeem herself back then.

Although this Jiang Zhen didn't know how to behave, he was upright and would not harm them, and they were safe here.

It's just that such a man, why doesn't he like them, but likes Brother Zhao Jin?

Whether it was Liu Qianqian or Zhao Lingxi, it was inevitable that they would be a little jealous of Brother Zhao Jin. Now that they saw Brother Zhao Jin tossing back and forth, they had to say a few sour words.

"Is this to make Mr. Jiang see a bunch of crooked melons every day?"

"Jealous and eating like this?"

"Even if you shut us all up, there are still a lot of beauties out there!"

……

The two dared not say too much, but they still said a lot of unpleasant things.

But Brother Zhao Jin didn't take it seriously at all.

These people are just jealous, what should he care about?

However, these people obviously didn't give up on Jiang Zhen... He must be careful, and he must not let Jiang Zhen be seduced by these people!

After Zhao Jinge took the selected servants out, he used the key to lock the door from the backyard to the front.

There is a side door in the backyard, and those people can go in and out through the back door in the future, anyway, don't come to the front!

Brother Zhao Jin did it very simply, but after finishing it, he couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

At night, he confessed to Jiang Zhen.

"It's okay, if you want to lock people up, just lock them up." Jiang Zhen smiled and didn't take it seriously at all.

Brother Zhao Jin breathed a sigh of relief, and when he was happy, he kissed Jiang Zhen's face.

Then he was picked up...

Although Zhao Jinge is pregnant, but now the pregnancy reaction is gone for some reason, and his stomach is not big yet, so it is not at all obvious that he actually has a child, and his body is strong enough, Jiang Zhen's attitude towards him , it also became natural, not as nervous as it was at the beginning.

After living in his own house for two days, Jiang Zhen asked someone to hire a carriage, and then took him out to visit the capital.

Before Jiang Zhen felt that the carriage was particularly bumpy and difficult to use, but the roads in the capital are paved with stone slabs and are relatively smooth, so the carriage is not bad to use.

Not long after, Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge came to a nearby street. The street was very bustling, and the rich and powerful families in the capital would not come here to buy things. Everything is here.

After giving the coachman the money, Jiang Zhen took Zhao Jinge out of the carriage.

There are shops on both sides of this street, and there are people coming and going on the road, which looks very prosperous.

This is the busiest street Jiang Zhen has ever seen since he came to ancient times, and this street, without exception, stunned Zhao Jinge.

Jiang Zhen didn't rush him, just led him forward slowly...

Brother Zhao Jin saw everything fresh, so Jiang Zhen walked very slowly so that he could watch for a while, but after walking for a while, the two unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.

That acquaintance was Shen Anxin who bought Jiang Zhen's goods before.

Shen Anxin was walking on the street with his servant.When Brother Zhao Jin saw him, he was considering whether to go up to say hello, when he saw a young man in luxurious clothes rushing towards Shen Anxin.

The young man ran up to Shen Anxin and grabbed Shen Anxin's arm: "Anxin, don't be so heartless... Let's make up."

This person came out so suddenly, Shen Anxin was stunned for a moment, then struggled: "Who are you? I don't know you!"

"Let go of my young master!" The servant beside Shen Anxin also said.

The man was still holding onto Shen Anxin's hand tightly: "Anxin, we've been friends for so long, how can you pretend that you don't know me?"

"I really don't know you! Let me go!" Shen Anxin was terrified, but his strength was not as strong as that man's, and he couldn't get away.

"You still pretend you don't know me! If you have a better partner, you just want to kick me away, don't you?" The man said angrily, reaching out to pull Shen Anxin's clothes.

Jiang Zhen's eyes narrowed immediately.

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