Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 129, Tanchun's Marriage

When we got to the east corner, we saw a stall surrounded by people.

There was a young man on the stall, wearing a linen shirt and carrying a basket filled with pig feed on his back. It was obvious that he was a farmer's son.

The boy only needed three cents to write a letter, which was very fast. If he provided his own paper, he only needed two cents to write a letter.

The boy's paper, pens, ink and desk were all provided by the bookstore across the street. There was certainly some kind of transaction involved, but it had nothing to do with the common people. They just had to write these cheap and affordable letters.

Song Yun also heard the noise and rushed over to see what was going on.

At this time, the boy was writing a letter to a woman holding a child.

I saw the young man holding a thin brush and writing directly on the paper.

Song Yun looked at the handwriting, which could only be described as rigid but without any artistic conception, and the choice of words and sentences was extremely vulgar.

The content is as follows:

Liu Tiebang. Head of the family, your son is born, weighing 15 pounds and looking very strong. I nicknamed him Tiedan and will wait for you to come back...Also, there is enough money at home, so don't always send it all back, save more for yourself. You like to eat bracken dumplings, so I dug a lot of bracken this year...

Having written this, the young man suddenly stopped writing and said:
"Fern can't write, is there any other name for it?"

The woman thought for a moment and said, "It's also called dog's foot vegetable because dogs always dig at it."

The boy responded and wrote on the paper: "You like to eat dog-foot vegetables dumplings. I dug a lot of dog-foot vegetables this year..."

Seeing this, Song Yun, who was standing by, finally couldn't help it and started making a big fuss.

"You ignorant boy, how can you insult the words of the saints like this? Who is your teacher?"

The young man was stunned and asked, "What is a Mentor?"

Song Yun said angrily, "How dare you not know your teacher? Who taught you?"

The young man said, "Our village chief taught me."

Song Yun was stunned. He only knew the head of a village, but what was a village head?
So he asked, "Who is the village chief?"

This time the young man didn't need to explain, the people around him said:
"You may not know the village chief, but he is the one in charge of the military farms!"

"Also take care of the cattle and the water source!"

"Spring planting and autumn harvest are all under the jurisdiction of the village chief!"

Song Yun was even more confused. What military farm? What cow?

At this time, someone in the crowd became impatient and shouted:

"What do you do? If you don't want to buy anything, don't get in the way!"

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The scientific expedition is being prepared as scheduled.

Fang Yong rarely had some free time.

Not long ago, Xue San sent a letter saying that the caravan had smooth travel after leaving Zezhou and was now almost reaching Xuzhou.

Fang Yong attached great importance to this and immediately sent Li Sheng to lead the army to escort and welcome them.

When this batch of war horses arrives, his heavy cavalry unit will expand greatly, which will become a sharp sword for him to compete for supremacy in the north!
It seems a bit shameless to tear up the alliance right after the negotiations, and we have to find an excuse...

Baoqin was very happy when she received a letter from her brother Xue Ke.

Xiangling felt a little lost because she had no relatives.

Seeing this, Fang Yong remembered Xiangling's family background, so he sent people to Gusu to inquire about Xiangling's family situation and see if he could find Xiangling's family.

Capital city, Rong Mansion.

Jia Huan, Jin Rong, Ming Yan and a group of people are gambling together.

"Big big big!"

Jia Huan stared at the dice cup.

"One, two, three, six o'clock!"

Jin Rong and others laughed and moved the money on the table.

When Jia Huan saw this, his face turned gloomy.

He slammed the table and shouted, "No one is allowed to touch this money today!" Seeing this, Jin Rongmingyan smiled nonchalantly:
"Hey, Huan Lao San is crazy. He lost the money and still refuses to admit it? Hahaha!"

Jia Huan clenched his fists, looked at everyone, and with a ruthless heart, he picked up the oil lamp beside him.

Seeing this, Jin Rong and Ming Yan hurriedly pulled them back, fearing that Jia Huan would splash water on them.

He asked, "Huan Lao San, what are you going to do?"

Jia Huan said: "Put down all the money!"

Mingyan asked, "Why, do you want to rob people? Who are you trying to scare with a broken oil lamp?"

Jin Rong said even more arrogantly: "If you have the guts, throw it on your Grandpa Jin!"

Both of them were powerful servants in the Jia family and were not afraid of Jia Huan, their "servant master".

Besides, the temperature of the oil in the oil lamp is not very high. If it is splashed on your body, it will at most cause some burns and swelling, which is nothing serious.

Seeing this, Jia Huan narrowed his eyes and stared coldly at everyone through his narrow slits.

Then he took the oil lamp and suddenly covered his face with it.

Ahh!

Jia Huan fell down screaming and covering his face. Jin Rong Mingyan was so frightened that he dared not move.

Crazy, crazy, he actually splashed water on himself!

At this time, Jia Huan stood up with gritted teeth, half of his face was red and there were several blisters.

Jia Huan stared at the two of them fiercely, and said word by word:
"Put all the money on the table, and give me five taels of silver each! Otherwise, I will insist that you are the one who splashed the money, and I will report you to the old lady. Even if the matter is exposed, I will make a big fuss and kick you out of the house!"

After hearing this, Jin Rong, Ming Yan and others were trembling with fear and dared not disobey.

Everyone put their money on the table, which added up to about seven or eight taels.

Several people then hurried out.

Then they discussed whether to give money or not.

Five taels of silver was not a small sum for them, but they did not dare to gamble.

After all, Huan Lao San was still the master of the Jia family, and Aunt Zhao was a gangster. If they insisted on falsely accusing them, even if they had no evidence, they would definitely be driven out of the house if the matter got out of hand. How could they, just servants, fight back?
And looking at how ruthless Huan Lao San is, it doesn't seem fake; he is really capable of doing it.

It's all their fault for being greedy. They heard that Huan Lao San's sister was going to be given to the Huaiyin bandits as a marriage partner, and she was probably tortured to death. Huan Lao San has been walking in a wicked way these past two days, and he is capable of doing anything. They should have avoided him a long time ago.

Now that I'm in trouble, I can only spend money to avoid disaster.

Alas, just this time, I will never have anything to do with Huan Lao San again!

Soon after, several people obediently handed over the silver and money.

The next day, Jia Huan ran to Tanchun's room, ignored Tanchun's call, left dozens of taels of silver and ran away, saying only: "This is for you, I won't see you again in the future."

After a few days, the truth could no longer be hidden and the matter spread throughout the Jia family. Everyone was afraid of being blackmailed by Huan Lao San and avoided him as if he were the plague.

Mrs. Wang didn't take this matter seriously. After hearing what the servants said, she just punished Jia Huan by making him copy Buddhist scriptures and that was it.

After hearing about this, Master She actually praised Jia Huan for being a man of passion. However, Master She had always had a muddled reputation in the mansion, so no one cared.

This is nothing. Before this, Master She had said that he wanted to let the second young lady marry a foreign prince.

I really don’t know what he was thinking.

I heard that the thief is eight feet tall, with a green face and fangs. The second young lady is so weak in character, how would she be tortured when she gets there?

I heard that this incident frightened Miss Yingchun so much that she fell seriously ill. Later, after Tanchun's matter was settled, the matter was dropped.

Even so, Master She often said that Tanchun was blessed.

Soon, the day of the marriage arrived.

Tanchun was married according to the etiquette of a princess.

She put on a heavy shawl and phoenix crown, and a large number of unfamiliar attendants and eunuchs invited Tanchun to sit in a carriage. Officials saw her off, the army escorted her, historians recorded her, and ceremonial officials accompanied her.

A large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, silks, satins, porcelain, tea, musical instruments, books, horses, cattle and sheep as dowry filled hundreds of carriages.

Tanchun clenched her hands nervously in the carriage. The noise and solemnity outside had nothing to do with her. From now on, she would marry far away in Huaizhou and serve the Huaiyin thief with a green face and fangs...

(End of this chapter)