[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

"It's really a good place to come to Andinghou's Mansion, it's hard to make such a rare thing for them." Mrs. Zhang likes Du Ruo very much, so naturally she wants to speak for him.

"It is indeed beneficial to the country. I want to reward him. Let them carefully study the craftsmanship of the glass mirror and the craftsmanship of the lead plate, and they must be perfect."

Zhu Houwei saw that everyone was happy, but no one paid attention to him, so he started to cry when he curled his mouth.Zhu Houzhao hurriedly coaxed him, but he ignored him, buried his head in Zhu Houzhao's arms and arched his head.Mrs. Zhang looked at him squeamishly, and said with a smile, "That's a stupid cat, there's only a little stupid cat here." Pointing at Zhu Houwei and smiling, "I cling to his brother all the time, what can I do if he gets a wife in the future?" .”

Zhu Houwei became even more ashamed and annoyed, and simply buried his head in Zhu Houzhao's skirt and never came out again.Zhu Houzhao also laughed and said, "Mother, don't mess with him, he won't be able to coax him later."

Mrs. Zhang said to Zhu Youtang: "Look at it, look at it, where is this good brother who cares about my younger brother like this."

Zhu Youtang touched his newly grown beard but smiled and said nothing. Although Zhu Houzhao was a bit stubborn, he regarded this younger brother as his heart and soul, and no one dared to say anything bad.

After a busy day, everyone went back to the palace to go to bed, so I won't mention it for now.

The stereotyped printing has not yet been completed, so Du Ruo had a little thought to offer it so early.The third day of the seventh lunar month is Zhu Youtang's birthday, and his adoptive son is going to present a congratulatory gift.There are also replicas of stereotype printing, wooden machines, etc., and they will be offered together at that time, which is free advertising and a protective umbrella.

His parents died young, and he was not from a great family.Beijing is a place where a lot of high-ranking officials have been knocked down by plaques. It is not difficult to keep the stereotype printing business.As long as you register in front of the emperor, others have to weigh it more or less.

At this time, the Bai Anxian recommended by Jiang Bingyan also came to the mansion. He is a member of the Xuanfu Datong. He is just 30 years old this year. He looks very tall and mighty. of.The Hou Mansion gave him five taels of monthly silver, and Du Lin arranged for him to live in a small courtyard near the street of the Hou Mansion.Du Ruo is too busy these days, so he ignores him for the time being.

On this day, the sky was gloomy, and someone from the shop said that the printing machine was finished, and Du Ruo was invited to have a look.

Although it looked like there would be heavy rain, Du Ruo was too impatient to care about that.Let Du Lin lead a carriage and take a few servants on horseback to the shop in the east of the city.Halfway there, there was a large group of people in front of them, shouting and cursing, men yelling, everyone urging a fight, and many people gathered around to watch, the carriage was blocked and could not move forward.

Seeing that the weather was not good, Du Lin hurried on his way, so he hurriedly sent the boy to ask.The young man got off his horse and went to inquire. He found an old man in a roadside shop and questioned him carefully for a while before reporting back.

It turned out that there was a rich businessman who came to Beijing from Zhejiang Province. He brought his wife, concubine and daughter and rented a house, and lived in Mao Mao Hutong in the east of the city.His beautiful concubine was a restless concubine, and hooked up with a rich young man named Ma Ji in Beijing.Seeing the stunning beauty of the two daughters of this family, Kuo Shao secretly had bad thoughts.

On the night of June 21, Ma Ji colluded with the concubine and mixed with the rogue Ma Cong and others, broke into the rich businessman with a knife, raped the housewife and eldest daughter of the family, beheaded the wealthy businessman who resisted, and robbed He made a fortune.The second daughter escaped the catastrophe because she went to the nunnery to fulfill her vow to live there for a while.

Several people raped the woman of this family, robbed the money, and took the two beautiful maidservants of the family to the thoroughfare, where a gang of vile young men did that nasty thing in the street.When it was almost dawn, these bastards carried the unconscious woman to a tavern and called the door to enter.Fortunately, the night watchman in the store saw that the visitors were not friendly, so he closed the door tightly and did not let them in.They threw the two maidservants at the entrance of the tavern, and when they were about to leave, they were discovered by the guards who were watching the night before dawn, and they were all arrested.

As soon as Ma Ji and others went through the court, they immediately confessed their crimes clearly and put them in prison to be sentenced.In order to save this fellow's life, Ma Ji's family ran around and bribed Chen Yun, the commander of Jin Yiwei, to release Ma Ji secretly.

The second daughter of the suffering master is also a ruthless character. She sells jewelry to delay medical treatment for her mother and sister, collects her father's corpse to contact people in the south, and follows the government to arrest and prosecute people. She gritted her teeth and did everything.Seeing that Ma Ji was released, she had no choice but to bring her mother along the road and blocked Ma Ji and his family, who were going out of the city to avoid disaster, to ask for an explanation.

While talking, I heard a woman with a hoarse voice yelling: "I'm not alive anymore, I've turned into a ghost, curse your whole family to die, and cut off your children and grandchildren." All I heard was "Dead, dead." Birds and beasts generally scattered.A carriage was revealed, several people dressed in brocade suits, old or young, hurried to get on the carriage, presumably it was Ma Ji.There is also a young woman with white flowers on her head, wearing white clothes, and two little maids hugging a middle-aged woman. A scar the size of a bowl on the woman's head is bleeding continuously. It seems to be the wife and daughter of the rich merchant. up.

Since the road is uneven, Du Ruo can't ignore it.Du Ruo asked Du Lin to take a few servants to tear off the thin quilt in the carriage, and tied up the Ma Ji family and gagged them.He found a clean veil and asked the boy to bandage the woman's wound for the women.

The girl saw the lantern of Andinghou's mansion hanging on the carriage, and heard Du Lin calling it Lord Hou, she cried and begged: "Please be kind to Lord Hou, the little girl really can't help it, my mother is not doing well now, we are weak girls She can't be moved, Lord Marquis, please help us by lending us the carriage.

Du Lin didn't want to meddle any more, and reprimanded: "You little lady is so rude, my Lord Marquis meddles in your family's business, so you just..." While talking, Du Ruo called "Housekeeper", Du Lin Hurry to wait in front of the carriage, "They are in trouble, I will go down, you ask Tian San to send them to Doctor Wen, say they are my people, let him treat them well. Then let Tian Si and Li Bao send these people to Dongcheng Commander went to explain the matter clearly."

Du Lin went over and told the girl one by one, and the girl hurriedly knelt down and thanked: "Your Majesty is so kind, I can't repay you for being a cow or a horse." She kowtowed her head three times.

After Du Ruo packed up his belongings, he asked Du Lin to carry him off the carriage.The girl thought that Master Hou should be a grown man, but she never knew that he was actually a child of four or five years old.Thinking that the world is difficult, but it was such a child who saved him, he felt even more grateful and kowtowed a few more times, his forehead was swollen a lot when he got up.

Human life is at stake, so Du Ruo didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly asked them to carry the woman into the car, and walked smoothly to Dr. Wen's place.

Without a carriage, it is impossible to go to the shop.Du Lin found a nearby teahouse, arranged for Du Ruo, then found a clerk in the teahouse, gave him a reward, and told him to go to the shop to send a message.After finishing these, he went to look for the carriage again.

Du Ruo was sitting in the private room, surrounded by a few scholars, who were talking about the current political abuses, such as governing the country with rites and laws, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, being rich and being unkind, etc. He laughed and talked about world affairs, making others feel inferior.Hearing Du Ruo's joy, he dealt with it for a while with a cup of tea, a few plates of peanuts and jujubes, and this sour joke.

It was hard for Du Lin to hire a sedan chair, but the weather was not good, and it began to rain, so the two had to stay in the teahouse.Du Ruo also came here with interest, lying on the bed frame to watch the people scattered in the street to hide from the rain.

After a while, I heard the applause downstairs again, and it turned out that the storyteller who tells the story every day has come.Seeing that Du Ruo was very interested, Du Lin bought a front row seat and took Du Ruo to listen to the book.

This storyteller was talking about the story of the Three Kingdoms back then. He was talking about the story of Zhao Yun single-handedly entering Cao Jun to rescue Adou. It really was a wave of ups and downs. The storyteller on the stage was very thrilling, and the audience could hear With relish.The wonderful places, clapping, applauding, can be found everywhere, and even the rich man threw a lot of money on the stage to reward the storyteller.

When the rain stopped, it was already dinner time.Du Ruo was too lazy to go home to eat again, so he found a nearby restaurant and ordered eight-treasure duck, roast chicken, and a few seasonal side dishes. Although they may not be very delicious, they can still be eaten fresh.

When I got home, several servants who were waiting to report had already been waiting for a long time.

The people who went to Dr. Wen's place sent the women to Dr. Wen, and they didn't come back until Dr. Wen saw the illness and treated the wound.Although the woman was seriously injured, the wound was treated properly, and there was not much blood left, and she was sent to the doctor in time, so there should be no danger of her life.It's just a head injury and needs a few more days of recuperation.Those women didn't want the money Du Ruo gave, Tian San gave the money to Dr. Wen, telling him to grab the medicine.

The people who went to the Dongcheng Command Division explained the case in detail, and Ma Ji's family had already been locked up.It's just that the court will open in the next day, and Du Lin and others will have to go to the court to testify.After returning from the East City Command Division, Tian Si and the others went to the people at home who followed Du Yide to take the post from the Marquis of Anding's Mansion, met with the Commander Mu Bin, and explained today's events in detail.Although Du Yide is dead, Jinyiwei and Andinghou's Mansion have a certain degree of love. Today, Jinyiwei is involved in the command of Chen Yun, so at least he has to talk to Jinyiwei.

Du Lin rewarded each of them with two taels of silver and sent them away.

On the second day, Du Ruo finally had the opportunity to see the most primitive printing press.

This printing press is made of wood and looks really ugly, but this does not prevent it from being the first printing press in the Ming Dynasty and in the whole of China.

With the opinion of Du Ruo, a future man, this printing machine did not put the paper on the plate and then rolled it with rollers like usual printing engraving printing, but put the paper on the bottom, and pressed the plate from the top to the bottom. , so that the back of the paper will not become thicker, and the back of the paper can also be used.

The efficiency of this printing machine is also good. Although it is far from the modern day where Du Ruo lives, it is already the fastest and most convenient printing technology.Printing an Analects of Confucius only takes one-tenth of the original engraving printing time, not only does the quality not decline, but the overall level is better.

Du Ruo ordered not to disclose the matter of the printing press, and told him to make a more exquisite one before returning to the Hou Mansion.

As soon as I returned to Hou's mansion, the nanny in charge came to report, saying that a girl surnamed Zeng came to thank you.

When Du Ruo thought about it, she might not be the girl from yesterday, right?Asked the nanny carefully, but she didn't know anything. She reasoned that the girl didn't want to go into details, and only said that Lord Hou had revenge on her and saved her mother.When Du Ruo heard it, she was the girl from yesterday.