Chapter 111.1 – Keeping Business on Right Track

Jiang Zhen's men were full of expectations for the school, but it would still take some time for the school to open. So the first batch of people to use this school were actually the accountants recruited by Jiang Zhen.

The next day, the 22 accountants were picked up by Jiang Ming before returning to Hexi village.

At first, these people were a little uneasy, afraid of being deceived, but after seeing the docks in Hexi Village, their uneasiness disappeared immediately. Although the docks looked empty, it's really magnificent. It was all paved with green bricks! Not only that, the houses near the dock were all second-story buildings!

Although Zheng Baoning tried to avoid Song Li, he was still "educated" later by Song Li, who came to his family. He didn't fully believe in Song Li's words, but he was still a little worried in the end. However, along the way, he felt that he had not been cheated. On the contrary, he believed that Song Li had been cheated by Jiang Chengxiang.

For example, the leader of Jinzhen Escort Agency might be an ungrateful person who relied on the money of the family of his wife to develop . . . but the people who brought them clearly respected Jiang Zhen very much If Jiang Zhen was really the type of person Song Li described, how could he convince others?

"You will live here in the future, so each of you can choose a room to live in." Jiang Ming led the way and brought these accountants to the two-story buildings facing south.

These houses were not very big, and they all were connected. When you entered the house, you would see the staircase with rooms on both sides. On the second floor, there were also rooms on both sides.

In such a house, sailors would live four people in one room. Except for the few leaders who lived in two-person rooms. But because there were not that many scholars, each of them could live in separate rooms.

Seeing this building, some of the recruits did not hesitate to live on the second floor while others, feeling that the upper level was not secure, preferred the ground floor.

Zheng Baoning chose the first floor. He thought it was very troublesome. Moreover, if he chose the second floor, he would have to go a long way to get to the chamber pot in winter, which would be too troublesome.

They all brought their beddings, so Jiang Ming first asked them to choose a room to put down their things, and then said, "Tomorrow, someone will come to teach you something. You will study for seven or eight days, and then you can go home. After that you have to go out with the boat."

"We know!" Hearing his words, the new people nodded their heads together. Then someone asked, "What are we going to do? Where are you going to eat? "

"When it's time for dinner, you can go to the meal point. Everyone gets one, free of charge," Jiang Ming said again and then pointed to a large house not far away.

This big house was named as the canteen by Jiang Zhen.

Jiang Zhen built a lot of stoves inside and found some gers and women to cook. When it was time, the sailors on the dock and his men could go there to get food. Then they could eat on the tables and chairs prepared there, or they could take the meal back to their own house.

This. . . When they were not on the ship to work, the owner also provided food and accommodation? When Zheng Baoning heard this explanation, his eyes suddenly lit up. Everyone else was also very satisfied.

Two silver a month, including food and housing. This was a really good job. Moreover, for the days when they were learning things, they also seemed to be paid. Zheng Baoning was even more satisfied with his job.

But at that moment, Zhao Jinge was not satisfied with the work Jiang Zhen arranged for him. "I can't. How can I teach people to read?" I don't know every word. I . . ." Jiang Zhen had even asked him to teach the accountants he hired. But how could he do such a thing?

A year ago, he didn't know how to read, but what about those people? There were even some people inside who have been studying since they were children!

Zhao Jinge was much more confident, but he didn't think he could be considered a gentleman at all.

"Jinge, you don't need to teach them how to read. You just need to teach them arithmetic and that numbers I taught you," Jiang Zhen said, thinking that Arabic numerals were much easier to use than the Chinese numerals and could be written much quicker. After these accountants learn it, in the future when there would be 69 goods, wasn't writing the number 69 be easier than writing it using Chinese characters?

This could also be regarded as a characteristic of their escort agency. . . Cough. At this time, didn't some big business firms use some special code for their accounts?

"I'm a ger . . ." Zhao Jinge was still very upset.

"Apart from you, I am the only one who knows this . . . Forget it. I'll teach them in the evening when I'm done with my daytime job." Jiang Zhen sighed.

"How can you do that? You will be too tired!" Zhao Jinge said, and then clenched his teeth. "I'll teach!" Jiang Zhen already worked very hard, so he must help him out to share some of the burden.

Jiang Zhen looked at Zhao Jinge and chuckled. Although Zhao Jinge was uneasy, the next day, he still went to the place that Jiang Zhen called the classroom.

The accountants were still waiting for the Jinzhen Escort Agency to pay their wages, but they did not dare to disobey, so all of them waited in the classroom since the early morning. When they saw Zhao Jinge come in, they all looked at him.

Zhao Jinge, who was already very nervous, became even more nervous. Because of nerves, he subconsciously stood straight and frowned slightly. He looked very cold and serious.

Zheng Baoning and others didn't know Zhao Jinge, but they had seen Zhao Jinge and Jiang Zhen stand together. They all respected him as one of the leaders of the escort agency. Seeing this, Zhao Jinge finally relaxed a little.

"My name is Zhao Jinge. I will now teach you some secret code of out Jinzhen Escort Agency. After learning them, you will be able to do things better in the future." Jiang Zhen taught him the numbers, but right then, he directly called it a code.

Code? Zheng Baoning and others were surprised and delighted. They had just arrived, but they were willing to teach them the code.

The students sitting below were very happy, so Zhao Jinge relaxed a little and took out a writing brush and wrote on the wall.

There was no blackboard and chalk at this time, and he would not be able to get them for a while, so Jiang Zhen didn't bother about it and helped Zhao Jinge pasted a sheet paper on one side of the wall, so Zhao Jinge would be able to write on it for the others to see.

He wrote the numbers for one, two, three and its numeric equivalent, 1, 2, 3, on the wall, counting to twenty. After writing, he began to teach these people how to recognize them and copy.

These people all have some foundation, so it was not difficult for them to learn this. When they wrote down everything that was written down on the wall, Zhao Jingo wrote down the multiplication table and told them to memorize.

"One by one is one, two by one is two . . . Nine by nine is eighty-one. You should also write this down. After you write it down, you will be able to calculate things quickly. For example, in the previous question, nine people each were given eight silver, 72. The result can be calculated very quickly. "

In fact, in Daqi, there had been a multiplication table for a long time. But the order and restriction was much different from that memorized by Zhao Jinge. But even if many calculation methods had been made available, most people didn't know these things.

These days, the schools basically only taught them how to read, but cannot teach them how to calculate things. Those accountants knew about it, but they still would not teach others their own housekeeping skills for no reason.

Some of these people recruited by Jiang Zhen have learned, but most of them have not. Zheng Baoning just heard his father say something like 3 and 7 is 21, but he never learned it thoroughly. Because of this, everyone was studying very hard now, especially the 'secret code" written by Zhao Jinge.

When Jiang Zhen deliberately came to have a look, he found that Zhao Jinge was doing very well. He quietly glanced at Zhao Jinge and then went to see his ship with his daughter in his arms.

In a few days, he will go out again, so these days, he must spend some time with his daughter.

Zheng Baoning and others came to class after eating porridge in the canteen that morning. After two hours of studying, when it was about the time to eat, Zhao Jinge let them go to have their lunch.

"I don't know what to eat at noon. The porridge in the morning was so thick and delicious!"

A man with the same family background as Zheng Baoning said to him that there had never been any money in his family and that he could read only because his grandfather could read and he had learned from his grandfather.

Zheng Baoning had been hungry for a long time, so he also could not help thinking about noon meal. After smelling the fragrance of food, he subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

In modern times, you can eat all kinds of meat even if you eat in the canteen. But these days, productivity was very, very low and meat was not easy to get.

At the beginning, Jiang Zhen had few people, so he could prepare meat for them to eat every day, but he might not be able to do so any longer. It was not that he was reluctant to spend money, but if they eat meat every day, they may buy up all the pigs nearby, and the price of pork would go up. Therefore, he would give meat dishes to the people under his command every fifth day of the month, but the quantity was not much.

Coincidentally, that day was the fifth day.

Jiang Zhen bought a pig, removed the bones, cut it into small pieces, and braised it. Everyone who went to eat would get a spoon.

After Zheng Baoning's meal was served, those people put a spoonful of pork with a soup into his rice bowl. In addition, he also got a bowl of boiled lettuce.

Forget about this bag of food and accommodation, to be able to eat so well . . . Zheng Baoning couldn't help getting excited.

Coincidentally, when Jiang Ming came to dinner, Zheng Baoning went up and said, "Jiang who is in charge of affairs, Jiang who is in charge of affairs, will we eat so well every day in the future?"

"No, only every fifth day is there meat to eat. But if you are willing to pay, the kitchen is willing to make delicious food for you," Jiang Ming said.

Although you can't eat meat every day, he can eat it every fifth day of the month, which already made Zheng Baoning very happy.

When they continued to study in the afternoon, he became even more energetic.

A few days later, the 22 accountants learned all the numbers taught by Zhao Jinge.

When Jiang Zhen learned of this, he especially gave them some simple arithmetic problems to do. Although they spent a little more time doing them, they did everything right.

If you want to calculate quicker, you need to practice slowly.

Jiang Zhen was relieved and then gave these people a day off.

"Tomorrow morning, I will send you to the county town, so you can go home for the night. But the day after that, I will pick you up in the morning at the docks, and you will follow me out on a trip."

"Yes, boss!" the accountants responded in unison, and like the people under Jiang Zhen, they also called him boss.

After living in the dock for seven or eight days, they already have an understanding of the Jinzhen Escort Agency. For example, Jiang Zhen was very capable, and everyone was convinced of his ability . . . For example, Zhao Jinge, who taught them before, was not only a ger but also Jiang Zhen's wife.

When he first learned about this, Zheng Baoning was still thinking that Jiang Zhen marrying into a rich family might be true. After all, Zhao Jinge was not very good looking, but soon he learned it was not the case.

There were many people from Hexi Village on the dock. According to them, the Zhao family used to be very poor, and they even needed Zhao Jinge, who was a ger, to work as a long-term worker to earn food. If it were not for Jiang Zhen, their family would never have had such a good life now.

"This Boss Jiang is really good."

"He said that he would increase our salary if we do a good job, which should also be true."

"Maybe I'll be some boss under him in the future!"

. . .

When Zheng Baoning and others returned to Hecheng County the next day, they all talked one after another and were full of hope for their own future.

The same was true for Zheng Baoning.

Jiang Zhen advanced their wage of one or two silver to each of them, so their families did not have to go hungry . . .Zheng Baoning was happy when he was stopped by Song Li.

"Zheng Baoning, do you really want to die for the sake of money? Working for such an ungrateful man!" Song Li accused.

"Song Li, don't talk nonsense. Boss Jiang is not ungrateful at all. It is clear that Jiang Chengxiang framed him." Zheng Baoning frowned and defended Jiang Zhen. "If it wasn't for the Jiang family that had done too much . . ."

"Zheng Baoning, I didn't expect that you would be this type of person. For few silver, you are willing to act so indiscriminately!" Song Li looked at Zheng Baoning in disappointment. "I can't believe you speak for someone like that . . . Do you think that a person like him will be nice to his men? If you work for him, you may lose your life! "

"Song Li, don't talk nonsense." Zheng Baoning was annoyed.

The two men quarreled and finally broke off.

Of course, Zheng Baoning did not listen to Song Li. The next day, he returned to Hexi Village, and a day later, he left Hecheng County with the fleet.

Hecheng County was located in Hexing Prefecture, so Jiang Zhen's business was basically within the scope of Hexing Prefecture.

There were some pirates in Hexing Prefecture, but they were all small groups, so they would not dare to lay hands on Jiang Zhen's fleet at all. Therefore, Jiang Zhen's fleet was very safe.

Of course, in Hexing Prefecture, there were also some places where Jiang Zhen would encounter danger, such as Hongjiang salt land. However, no one will do business there, and Jiang Zhen would not take any business from there, so there was no need to worry.

This time, they only stayed outside for more than ten days.

Life on the ship was somewhat uncomfortable for Zheng Baoning and the others, but it was much easier and safer than they had first thought . . . They finally settled down completely and regarded themselves as part of the Jinzhen Escort Agency.

In the twinkling of an eye, it had been more than two months since the Zhao family moved to their new home, and Zhao Mingzhu, who was six months old, was soon able to sit up.

Many children like to be hugged, but Zhao Mingzhu liked to play by herself. At the moment, she was sitting in a big wooden basin and was playing with the rattle she was holding.

Zhao Liu's and Ruo'er were watching over her from the side and talking to the people who came to the Zhao family.

"My family's Mingzhu is very clever and smart. Jiang Zhen might not recognize her when he come back from business."

"But it's also because Jiang Zhen is close to her . . . Before I was afraid that Jiang Zhen would not like a his daughter, but on the contrary, Jiang Zhen loves Mingzhu very much . . . As long as he is at home, he wants to hold her all day. "

"My Jinge also became more and more promising . . ."

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Chapter 111.2 – Keeping Business on Right Track

In the past, when Zhao Liu showed off like this, there were still some people who were jealous, but recently, all that remained in the listener was envy. The Zhao family was so much better off than them that it's hard for them to be jealous.

What's more, Zhao Jinge, who they unwittingly thought would never get married and would be alone all his life, was very promising and could do business.

There's a reason why Jiang Zhen took a fancy to Zhao Jinge at the beginning. If Jinge was replaced by He Qiusheng instead . . . How could he manage a brick kiln? How could he convince all the accountants on the dock?

It was said that Zhao Jinge was very quick in calculating accounts!

Zhao Liu talked about Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge when both of them came from the outside together.

In the past three months, they had been very busy. Jiang Zhen often only stayed at home for a day or two before he would go out for more than ten days, so he had no chance to stay with Zhao Jinge for long. It all had something to do with the silk business.

Ordinary people in Hecheng County and in the surrounding areas would all grow mulberry and raise silkworms, which could be divided into spring silkworm and summer silkworm.

In May, spring silkworms produced cocoons, and recently, the cocoons from the summer silkworms were also on the market. Small businessmen would go to various villages to buy cocoons. But when they acquired their cocoons, didn't they have to ask Jiang Zhen for help in transporting them? And so, Jiang Zhen's fleet could hardly be empty for a moment because it had been exposed to cocoons all day. Jiang Zhen felt that he himself started to smell like silkworm cocoons.

However, it was also good to be so busy.

After Jiang Zhen had been running outside for three months, more and more people learned about the Jinzhen Escort Agency, and they took on more and more businesses. Not only that but also his subordinates were trained so they were able to take charge of his own business!

In the future, he would no longer need to follow the business within the scope of Hexing Prefecture, and he would not take any business farther away for the time being.

Jiang Zhen came back yesterday, and after his return, he slept for more than six hours. Right then, he was in a good mood and was missing his daughter very much.

"Mother." As soon as Jiang Zhen entered the door, he greeted Zhao Liu and hurriedly walked up to his daughter. "Daddy's precious pearl, come and give me a hug!"

Jiang Zhen hugged his chubby daughter as Zhao Mingzhu kicked her legs against his arms.

"My dear daughter, your legs are so strong!" Jiang Zhen smiled and kissed Zhao Mingzhu.

When the people who spoke with Zhao Liu saw that Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge came back, they said their goodbyes to Zhao Liu one after another. When they left, they could not help but glance at Jiang Zhen.

They heard that Jiang Zhen's subordinates loved their wives as much as Jiang Zhen did, so their daughters better marry one of Jiang Zhen's subordinates!

Li Yuan's death once made the people of Hexi Village feel a little afraid, and they thought it was dangerous to follow Jiang Zhen, but after a few months, they were relieved.

Things were very peaceful in Hexing Prefecture, so it was actually very safe to follow Jiang Zhen. Not only that, but they could also earn a lot of money!

Although Jiang Zhen paid much less because it was not as far away as the capital this time, ordinary security guards also earned two silver a month, but those who have been to the capital with Jiang Zhen could still earn three silver a month, not counting their bonuses. How many of them country folks were able to find such a good job?

Not to mention those security guards, they were also women and gers who helped Jiang Zhen to make bricks in the brick kiln. Many of them have already earned several silver!

The vast majority of the men in this village could no longer work for Jiang Zhen after the completion of the dock. But the women in the village could still earn money because of this, the women of Hexi became much more strong-willed.

Jiang Zhen said to Zhao Liu

"Mother, just now, Cook Li said that the meal is ready," Jiang Zhen said to Zhao Liu after kissing his daughter again.

"Then let's go quickly." Zhao Liu quickly stood up.

Everyone went to the dining area together, and then they saw that Cook Li had already arranged the dishes on the eight immortals table. When they came in, she quickly served them the meal and then took Ruo'er back to eat with her. Together with them was Jiang Xiaomei.

When Jiang Zhen moved to his new house, Jiang Xiaomei also started to live there. But as a result, Jiang Zhen only gave her a room adjacent to the wall instead of letting her live in the main building.

Jiang Zhen was willing to help Jiang Xiaomei and give her a dowry, but he didn't regard her as family and didn't like her living close to him.

Jiang Xiaomei was a person who was very good at judging people's expressions, so seeing this situation, she did not go to Jiang Zhen and ate together with Cook Li and Ruo'er.

She didn't care too much about being treated like this by Jiang Zhen. After all, her days in the Zhao family were still much better than her days in the Jiang family. If nothing else, even the meals . . . Jiang Zhen said that all three of them could keep eating some of the dishes cooked at home, so if the Zhao family ate meat, they could eat meat as well.

For example, today, when cook Li killed a chicken they also had some chicken to eat.

Cook Li and others have already started eating, but Jiang Zhen hadn't eaten yet as he was feeding porridge to Zhao Mingzhu.

Probably because she was fed with a spoon since she was young, Zhao Mingzhu did not reject porridge at all and even liked it very much, but Jiang Zhen did not dare to give her more. . After feeding her a little, he put her in the wooden bucket beside him and let her sit in it and continue to play.

Jiang Zhen already had a lot of money, but there was still no servant in their family aside from Cook Li and Ruo'er, who helped with the cooking and cleaning, so it is impossible for him to have a big meal.

That day, the only meat dish on the table was chicken, but Cook Li also cooked several other vegetarian dishes, each of which tasted very good. Jiang Zhen ate two bowls of rice in one breath while Zhao Jinge also ate as much as he did.

Seeing that Zhao Jinge ate a lot, Zhao Liu looked toward him in anticipation. "Jinge, are you pregnant again?"

"No . . . Mother, you are thinking too much." Zhao Jinge blushed.

"Why not? Gers doesn't need to breastfeed, so they can get pregnant much sooner," Zhao Liy added.

"That's still too fast," Zhao Jinge said. He had only given birth half a year ago.

Of course, there were also other reasons why he wasn't pregnant.

One was that Jiang Zhen was too busy and he did not have much of a chance to make out with him, and the other was because of Jiang Zhen. . . After he gave birth to Zhao Mingzhu, Jiang Zhen would pull out before the end each time. In this way, how was he to have a baby?

He was very confused about this, so he asked Jiang Zhen why he did that. Jiang Zhen said that it would be bad for him to have children one after another, so he stopped investigating.

But he actually wanted to have another baby . . .

Thinking about this, Zhao Jinge showed great enthusiasm that evening, which made Jiang Zhen excited. In the end, by accident, the two men woke up Zhao Mingzhu and made her cry.

Jiang Zhen: ". . ."

Jiang Zhenting wanted to coax his daughter, but at this time, the arrow still had to be fired . . . After it was over, Jiang Zhen was free to hold his daughter, who had been wronged.

When he put his daughter to sleep, Jiang Zhen hugged Zhao Jinge in his arms. "Jinge, why are you so enthusiastic today? Did you miss me?"

When he came back yesterday, it was already so late that he did not do anything to Zhao Jinge . . .

"I want to give Mingzhu a brother," Zhao Jinge said.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Wait until the Mingzhu is bigger," Jiang Zhen said. In fact, he actually thought one was enough, but there was little possibility of having just one. After all, there was no effective method of contraception in ancient times.

With the method he is using now, the probability of accidental pregnancy was quite high, and it was not safe at all. Then he thought of the accident that caused him to be reborn.

After sticking with Zhao Jinge for a while, Jiang Zhen caught him again. "Come on. Let's do it again. Maybe you'll get pregnant!"

Without Zhao Jinge's company, his life outside was really sad, so now that he was back, he should be comfortable. However, in the future, he would be able to just rest at home and wait to collect the money. If he had to go out, he could also bring Zhao Jinge and Zhao Mingzhu with him.

Jiang Zhen immediately looked forward to his future life.

Over the past three months, Jiang Zhen's escort agency had made a net profit of more than 500 silver after deducting all expenses, and the brick kiln had also made more than five hundred silver, which added to a profit of 1,000 silver.

In this way, Jiang Zhen thought about buying more big ships. After he was satisfied, he also talked to Zhao Jinge about it.

Zhao Jin also knew that if they wanted to make more money, they must invest first, so naturally, he was not opposed to this. He also said that the brick kiln could be expanded, but it would be best to build it in another village.

"Not bad." Jiang Zhen nodded and said that he would not go out with the fleet in the future.

"Is it alright if you don't go with them?"

"No problem," Jiang Zhen said with a smile. "There are already some useful people under me, and these 20 something accountants are doing a good job."

"Is Zheng Baoning included this?" Zhao Jinge asked. "He is quick learner and works hard."

"Yes. He did a very good job this trip, so I gave him a reward," Jiang Zhen said.

Jiang Zhen was very satisfied with Zheng Baoning, and Zheng Baoning also thought that Jiang Zhen was rarely seen good employer.

He had only been with Jiang Zhen for three months, but Jiang Zhen unexpectedly gave him a raise!

After going out and coming back this time, Jiang Zhen gave him two silver and a duck as a reward, and asked him to run a line alone with Wang Haisheng in the future.

After taking over a line, he would earn a monthly salary of five silver, and if he did a good job, he would also receive a bonus. Five silver a month!

Zheng Baoning was happy, and his mother, brother, and two sisters were also very happy. His mother cooked the duck on the first day and bought a chicken to cook the next day.

At this time, Song Li came again.

After their quarrel, Zheng Baoning had been very busy and had not seen Song Li for a long time. Right when he saw Song Li, he had already forgotten his original unhappiness and invited Song Li for dinner. However, Song Li came to persuade him not to work for Jiang Zhen . . .

Zheng Baoning did not hesitate to drive Song Li out and did not want to pay any more attention to him.

There were 22 people who went to work in the Jinzhen Escort Agency, and all of them were very satisfied with their job. Although they spent most of their time on the ship, they still ate very well, and some of them even became fat!

Why was Song Li acting so big? He could not believe that he wanted him to quit his job!

Zheng Baoning's good mood was lost due to Song Li while Song Li was also very angry this time. Zheng Baoning, as well as other people who went to work at the Jinzhen Escort Agency, how could they not tell good people apart?

On Jiang Zhen's side, everything was on the right track, and at this time, Zheng Yi, who had stayed in the capital for more than half a year, had finally returned to Hecheng.

After he became an imperial businessman, he stayed in the capital for a long time, but he could not stay in the capital all the time. After all, he was responsible for sending silk to the household department, and all good silk was from the south of the Yangtze River.

It had been more than a year since he left Hecheng. . . Looking at the docks in Hecheng County, Zheng Yi could not help but think about Jiang Zhen.

After Jiang Zhen came back, it was said that he stayed in the Hexi all the time and didn't run outside as much, so he did not know what was going on at the moment.


Chapter 112.1 – Cooperating to Make Money

The distance between the capital and the south of the Yangtze River was too far, so it was inconvenient for the transmission of news. It was two months ago that Zheng Yi last heard about Jiang Zhen, and even this news was delayed on the road for more than a month.

Because of this, he did not know Jiang Zhen's current situation and he also didn't fully understand his family affairs.

There were many ships moored on Hecheng's dock, including large ships and small boats.

But when Zheng Yi took a look at the docks, he could not help but frown slightly. There were a lot of boats on the dock, but there seems to be fewer than before?

Maybe there were just not many people coming here that day . . . Although Zheng Yi had some doubts, he soon let it go. He looked at everything he was familiar with from a distance and smiled. "I'm back at last . . . I am really a little homesick."

"I'm homesick too. It's a pity that I won't be back for a long time but—" Shen Anxin answered with a smile, but was interrupted before he finished.

"I really don't miss my home. Seeing the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, I don't miss home at all." Feng Jingyuan smiled at Zheng Yi and talked eloquently about Hecheng County.

After Shen Anxin was interrupted by him, his face became not so very good-looking, but soon, he smiled again and boasted about Hecheng County.

"It is said that fireworks go to the south of the Yangtze River in March, and the spring in the south of the Yangtze River is the most beautiful. But I did not expect that autumn and winter here would also be so beautiful."

It can be said that Shen Anxin and Feng Jingyuan were competing to show themselves in front of Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi looked at the two people who were very difficult to deal with, smiled, and said nothing.

When he was in the capital, he wanted to find someone to cooperate with him in order to expand his business. After studying the people under him, he found that Bandung business was the most suitable. Also, Shen's business was also very good, but it was not as good as Bandung's business in the end.

Zheng Yi heard Jiang Zhen talk about the contradiction between Bandung and him, so he had a bad impression of Bandung, but the Shen family was simply not enough. After thinking about it, he simply decided to cooperate with the two families.

The two firms didn't deal with each other, so when he cooperated with them, he took advantage of them without exception. He also didn't have to worry that Bandung's dishonesty would cause trouble for him, so it was like killing two birds with one stone.

Zheng Yi originally intended to confine such cooperation to the capital. But when he wanted to go back to Hecheng, Feng Jingyuan, the owner of Bandung, unexpectedly proposed to follow him, and then Shen Anxin also wanted to follow him.

After thinking about it, Zheng Yi agreed to it. Then he was in the same boat all the way with them, and he kept seeing the two men fight openly and secretly . . . which was fun.

At the beginning, Feng Jingyuan's son, Feng Chenglin, wanted to marry Shen Anxin, but he failed, so when went so far as to discredit Shen Anxin and was then targeted by Jiang Zhen . . . When the two men were in conflict, Zheng Yi would help Shen Anxin, so although Shen Anxin's psychological means were not as good as Feng Jingyuan's, he was on par with Feng Jingyuan.

Feng Jingyuan was aware of this situation, but he was not an imperial businessman yet. He was determined to follow Zheng Yi to find a bargain, and he wanted to open up the market in the south of the Yangtze River. In this way, he had to put up with all the accusations he had encountered. It really did not matter to him if he had to suffer a little grievance in order to achieve his goal.

Zheng Yi's ship, filled with cargo under his hand, went to the private docks of the Zheng family. They currently had only one main ship, so the docks were relatively empty. They soon finished docking.

The Zheng family had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as Zheng Yi got off the ship, many people greeted him and let Zheng Yi sit in a comfortable sedan chair and carried him and Feng Jingyuan and the others into the Zheng household.

Several people first bathed and changed their clothes. Then Zheng Yi's father, the master of the Zheng family, hosted a banquet for Feng Jingyuan and Shen Anxin.

After Zheng Yi returned to his home, he relaxed a lot and revealed his foolish side while Feng Jingyuan and Shen Anxin acted cautiously in order to make a good impression on Master Zheng.

Feng Jingyuan was very talkative while Shen Anxin was gentle and gentle and clever. After talking with them for a while, Master Zheng turned around and scolded Zheng Yi. "Look at you. Can't you just sit well?"

"Dad, I've just been sleeping outside for a year, and you won't let me relax?" Zheng Yi said. However, he still sat straighter and said, "Dad, I think there are too few boats on the other side of the docks today. What's going on?"

"Isn't it because of that Jiang Zhen you like so much?" Master Zheng smiled.

"Is this related to Jiang Zhen?" Zheng Yi was a little surprised, but he was not worried, seeing his father's happy appearance. He knew that it was not a bad thing.

"After Jiang Zhen came back from the capital, he stayed in Hexi Village and didn't go out. At first, I thought he had no ambition. I really underestimated him! . . . After coming back, he quietly built a big dock in Hexi Village," Master Zheng said. "His escort agency helps people deliver goods, and his dock is very large, and it's much easier to use than the docks in the country town. Some small businessmen, after collecting goods from various villages, row their boats directly to his dock."

"I see," Zheng Yi said.

"Not only that. In only three months, his Jinzhen Escort Agency already made a name for itself in Hexing Prefecture," Master Zheng added.

Obviously, not only Zheng Yi spoke highly of Jiang Zhen, but Master Zheng admired Jiang Zhen very much as well.

Feng Jingyuan did not like Jiang Zhen, but when he saw that the Zheng family praised him so much, he could not help praising him as well. Shen Anxin's attitude was the same as Feng Jingyuan's.

"I knew he was very capable . . . I will visit his docks tomorrow." Zheng Yi laughed.

Zheng Yi became more and more satisfied with Jiang Zhen as time went by!

Relying on the playing cards, the Zheng family won the favor of the empress dowager, and it took him only a year to earn money what he might not have been able to in the past ten years! Not only that, the method of stitching up wounds that was left by Jiang Zhen also made the relationship between the Zheng family and various general families better.

Now that he had returned to Hecheng, it was only natural that he should go and see Jiang Zhen as soon as possible.

Zheng Yi was true to his word. So after a night of rest, he asked his people for a boat and went to the docks in Hexi.

Feng Jingyuan and Shen Anxin had made up their minds to follow him. They had been waiting at the gate of his yard in the early morning to follow him.

Zheng Yi knew that Jiang Zhen and Shen Anxin had done business before, so he did not think there would be any problem with bringing Shen Anxin, but Feng Jingyuan . . .

"Young Master Zheng, you can rest assured. After I offended Mr. Jiang, I went to give Mr. Jiang a gift and made amends. Mr. Jiang said at that time that all the previous things will be written off," Feng Jingyuan said immediately.

Hearing what Feng Jingyuan said, Zheng Yi allowed him to follow. Anyway, with his understanding of Jiang Zhen, if Jiang Zhen really hated Feng Jingyuan, it would be Feng Jingyuan who will suffer in the end and not Jiang Zhen.

When Zheng Yi went to the Hexi dock this time, he took a small ship instead of a big ship for a long voyage.

This ship was used by the Zheng family for visiting friends or for outings. It was very exquisite and decorated very beautifully. Even the rowers were young, which was very pleasing to the eye.

After Zheng Yi got on the cruise ship, a servant girl came to him, bringing him tea and setting out fruit plates and many dishes.

The tea was the best Maojin, fragrant and clear, and there were several kinds of fruits and preserved fruits in the fruit plate. In addition, there were more than ten kinds of vegetable dishes on the table, including a small plate of snails, a small plate of dried beans, a small plate of boiled peanuts, a plate of duck tongue, and a plate of nail-sized glutinous rice balls . . . There was even a plate of abalone with sauce. Behind the curtain next to him, a gorgeous servant girl sang softly while playing an instrument.

Both Shen Anxin and Feng Jingyuan were very rich and fastidious in terms of lifestyle, but they have never been this fastidious . . . If nothing else, let's just talk about dishes . . . If they get such good porcelain, they would be reluctant to use it on a very unstable ship. What if it accidentally broke?

While drinking tea, Zheng Yi enjoyed the small dishes on the table, looking very comfortable. Before long, they arrived at Hexi.

"Young Master, Hexi Village is up ahead," the woman who served tea said.

Zheng Yi nodded, got up, and went to the bow.

He heard that Jiang Zhen built a dock, but he did not know what kind of dock it was . . . Zheng Yi looked up.

The dock on this side of Hexi was very large and even bigger than the private docks of the Zheng family. From a distance, he could see a large open space on the riverbank and the neat rows of houses.

The houses were too neat and lacked aura, but Zheng Yi had to admit that it was very elegant. However, in little more than a half a year, Jiang Zhen was able to come up with such a place . . .

Originally, Zheng Yi was disappointed when he heard that Jiang Zhen was accompanying Zhao Jinge in the village all day and even wanted to send a messenger to beat him up. Jiang Zhen was doing business, so how could it be said that he stayed in the village for Zhao Jinge's sake?

"Is that Master Jiang's dock? It's very imposing!" Feng Jingyuan came over and boasted at once.

"Master Jiang is really capable," Shen Anxin also said.

"He is good." Zheng Yi laughed.

While the three of them were talking, the boat slowly docked.

The boy beside Zheng Yi was about to send Zheng Yi ashore to the deck when Zheng Yi found that the person he was looking for had come over.

"Pearl, do you see that boat? Isn't it beautiful? When you get older, Dad will send someone to build one just like this to give you, all right?" Jiang Zhen said to his daughter, and when he had finished, he found that the person who came was Zheng Yi.

"Young Master Zheng?" Jiang Zhen looked at Zheng Yi in surprise.

"Jiang Zhen." Zheng Yi nodded to Jiang Zhen, and then looked at Jiang Zhen who was wearing a red cotton-padded jacket and at Zhao Mingzhu, who was very happy and fat. He asked, "Is this your daughter?"

"Yes. This is my daughter, Mingzhu." Jiang Zhen smiled and showed Zheng Yi his chubby daughter.

In order to make his daughter eat nutritious food, he hired two nannies and would cook meat dishes and send them to the two nannies every day. After half a year, the two nannies were fed till they became fat, and his daughter . . . Also put on weight.

But to tell you the truth, young children who were still breastfed would grow further because of the lack of exercise.

"What a lovely child," Zheng Yidao said. When there was no way to say that the child was beautiful, he would usually praise their loveliness.

"I think so too." Jiang Zhen acknowledged it impolitely and asked, "When did Young Master Zheng come back from the capital?"

"Just came back yesterday," Zheng Yi said.

Jiang Zhen chatted with Zheng Yi and greeted the two people behind him before saying, "Young Master Zheng, do you want to come to my house?"

"Good! I'll take a look at the dock too." Zheng Yi said.

Zheng Yi felt that Jiang Zhen's dock was well-built; the drawback was that everything was too neat, so it wouldn't give people an interesting view. However, such houses were really easier to use and saved money.

After looking around, Zheng Yi already planned to copy some things from Jiang Zhen for his own docks, such as the canteen that he thought was very good.

"Food is the most important thing, so it won't hurt to let your subordinates eat better . . . ," Jiang Zhen said. Just as he spoke, his face suddenly changed.

"Young Master Zheng, I have something urgent to do, so I will leave for a moment. I'll call someone else to take care of you!" Jiang Zhen said, seeing Zheng Baoning standing not far away. He immediately called out, "Zheng Baoning, come and greet Young Master Zheng! I need to go home!"

"Yes, boss," Zheng Baoning answered, and then came closer to Zheng Yi in fear.

Their boss even knew Young Master Zheng. He was really amazing!

With that, Jiang Zhen ran away with his daughter in his arms. Seeing Jiang Zhen running away, Zheng Yi looked at Zheng Baoning in a puzzled way. "What's wrong with your boss? It not because he urgently need to pee, is it?"

"It should be that the lady is a little inconvenient." Zheng Baoning said that this usually happens because their young lady peed her pants.


Chapter 112.2 – Cooperating to Make Money

Just realized I published IFMWBIST and not TOFUH yesterday. It's probably because I had three days off and Tuesday felt very much like Monday to me:)

Zheng Yi has been married for many years and had children a long time ago. Although he never brought them with him, he still knew something about them. Hearing Zheng Baoning's words, he immediately understood. Feng Jingyuan also smiled, but Shen Anxin was a little puzzled.

"What's inconvenient? Didn't that child look good?" He did not know if this child was born by Zhao Jinge or not . . . When Zhao Jinge was in the capital, he was not pregnant, was he?

Shen Anxin did not have much contact with Jiang Zhen at the beginning and only met him a few times. People would not tell him that Zhao Jinge was pregnant for no reason, so he didn't know that Zhao Jinge was actually pregnant.

Zheng Baoning smiled and did not answer, but Zheng Yi laughed. "His daughter must have peed on him! Jinag Zhen bringing his daughter around for people to see and letting his children pee on him . . . I need to write it down so I can make fun of the little girl when she grows up. "

Jiang Zhen's daughter would be very embarrassed if she knew that she had peed her pants when she was a child and it was seen by the whole dock . . . Thinking in this way, Zheng Yi imagined what the little girl would look like when she grew up. And then . . . he felt it was a little bad.

If the daughter of Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge looked like them, this unreliable guy Jiang Zhen would train his daughter just like Zhao Jinge . . . When he would go to make fun of Jiang Zhen's daughter wouldn't he be beaten up by the angry little girl?

Jiang Zhen was not talkative while Zheng Baoning was the opposite.

After five or six years of painting gers and women in the county town and dealing with them all day, Zheng Baoning had developed a clever mouth and knew very well how to make people happy.

He coaxed Zheng Yi to become very happy and introduced the dock in more detail as they arrived at the Zhao family's new house.

Zhao Fugui was restless, so he insisted on planting several acres of the Zhao's land. Of course, because Jiang Zhen's men would go to help him when they saw it, he didn't have much work to do.

They also kept on raising chickens and ducks, but soon, they didn't need to feed chickens and ducks personally. They usually just buy snail millet from the villagers and hire a couple of villagers to feed them.

This way, Zhao Liu was not busy and could raise even more chickens and ducks. However, although they raised a lot, they did not sell them. They all ate them or they were rewarded by Jiang Zhen to his men.

Because they didn't completely abandon the farm work even though the Zhao family had developed, it was still full of local flavor. Instead of planting flowers and plants in their yard, they planted a lot of vegetables, including several trees, such as loquats, persimmons, and peach trees.

Not only that, when they arrived, Zhao Jinge was still drying the millet on the ground.

These days, if they want to keep the millet for a long time, they need it to bask in the sun a few more times. That day, because the sun was strong and there was nothing to do at home, Zhao Jinge took them out to dry.

The job was not tiring, so he took it as relaxing—he had been studying before drying millet, so he was a little dizzy.

"Sir, we have a visitor." Zheng Baoning respectfully said hello to Zhao Jinge.

"Zhao Jinge, why are you drying millet?" Zheng Yi looked at Zhao Jinge in surprise.

"Young Master Zheng?" Zhao Jinge put down his hoe and said, "I had nothing to do, so I take out millet to dry . . . Young Master Zheng, please come in."

Over the past few months, Zhao Jinge has been talking business with people everywhere. When Zhao Jinge saw Zheng Yi, he was not as formal as he was before. On the contrary, he was much more relaxed.

Zheng Yi was a little surprised to find this.

By the time Zhao Jinge brought people into the house, Jiang Zhen had already changed his daughter's diaper and changed his clothes.

In order to keep his daughter in any room, Jiang Zhen specially asked someone to make several large buckets with a diameter of more than one meter, and there was one also in the living room. After putting his daughter in it, Jiang Zhen greeted Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi came to Jiang Zhen for no purpose this time, so he just chatted with Jiang Zhen. But when Zhao Mingzhu was ignored, she started to shout discontentedly. Fortunately, Zhao Jinge came soon and took his daughter away.

"So you won't follow the boat around anymore?" When he heard that Jiang Zhen was going to rest, Zheng Yi asked.

"Yes." Jiang Zhen nodded. "I'm tired of running around. I'm going to have a rest at home for a while," Jiang Zhen said.

"At that time, I promised you the manager position of the gambling shop in Hecheng County and give you 30 percent of the profit. You must not like this thing now . . . How about this. hy don't you help me build more gambling shops in Hexing Prefecture, and you will get half of the profits of these gambling houses?"

"Is Young Master Zheng serious about this?" Jiang Zhen looked at Zheng Yi.

"Serious," Zheng Yi said.

"Young Master Zheng, I will take care of it for you." Jiang Zhen didn't want to think about it, so he said, "But I'll give you some advice. I'll give you half of the capital and manpower of course."

"All right. Let's do it," Zheng Yi said.

The two quickly made a deal, and after that, Jiang Zhen remembered another thing. "By the way, speaking of this manpower, I also have some useful people there. When I go to the county town tomorrow, I will take Young Master Zheng to have a look."

Jiang Zhen was talking about Liu Qian and Zhao Lingxi, the women and ger he saved from the pirates.

Among these people, there were several big-hearted people who did not want to make money by embroidery and making clothes all day long, so he thought that if he opened the gambling shop, he might actually let them work there. But he still did not dare to say that Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi would be willing to work in a gambling shop.

No, it should not be called a gambling house. It should be given a more elegant name.

Zheng Yi had lunch with Jiang Zhen, and while they were there, Zhao Jinge had been observing Shen Anxin.

After discovering that Shen Anxin paid no attention to Jiang Zhen at all, he was in a good mood.

"Jiang Zhen, do you really want to open a gambling shop with Zheng Yi?" Zhao Jinge asked after their guests left.

"Yes," Jiang Zhen said. "The escort agency is my business, and I will focus on it, but it will take a lot of time and money to make it bigger. Under such circumstances, it is necessary to make some other investments to make some money."

"What?" Zhao Jinge didn't understand.

"It means I'm going to open a gambling shop and get capital from it . . . ," Jiang Zhen explained. "It doesn't take much time, and you and Mingzhu can follow me when I am dealing with it, so it's very good."

When Jiang Zhen decided to help Zheng Yi, he would take his wife and daughter with him. On the other hand, Zheng Yi also had such a guess. "Jiang Zhen, this guy, will definitely bring Zhao Jinge . . . No, I am afraid that he may even take his daughter with him."

"No way, Young Master Zheng! The child is less than one year old." Feng Jingyuan didn't want to believe it.

"Look at the way he acted today. I bet he will take his daughter with him," Zheng Yi said. "He is definitely one of those people I have met, the type to miss his family the most."

Men like them wouldn't not hold the baby at all, but Jiang Zhen . . . he was not only holding the baby but even showing it around.

"Young Master Zheng, that's not necessarily true," Shen Anxin said. He used to think that Jiang Zhen was very kind to Zhao Jinge and even toward Jiang Zhen . . . But as it happened, in addition to Zhao Jinge, Jiang Zhen also had many women and ger concubines.

Although a year has passed, Shen Anxin still felt sick when he thought about it.

Zheng Yi didn't care about Shen Anxin's suspicions. People who did not know Jiang Zhen find it really hard to believe his sincerity to Zhao Jinge. But he believed it.

Jiang Zhen's attitude towards Zhao Jinge made him even more willing to cooperate with Jiang Zhen. When he cooperated with Jiang Zhen, he would not be as defensive as he was when he cooperated with Bandung and the Shen family.

Early the next morning, Jiang Zhen took Zhao Jinge and bundled Zhao Mingzhu before going out to the country town.

He used the word "bundle" for a reason . . . Since it had become cold, Zhao Liu was afraid that her granddaughter would be cold when she went out for a long trip, so she especially found a cloak for Jiang Zhen that he could use to bundle Zhao Mingzhu with.

When Jiang Zhen got on the boat, he wanted to release his tightly bound daughter. But . . . Zhao Mingzhu was asleep.

"Jinge, after going to the county town, we will first go to the house I bought to leave the things there and let Mingzhu sleep there. Only then we will go to Young Master Zheng," Jiang Zhen said to Zhao Jinge.

He took Zhao Mingzhu with him when he went out this time, but he did not plan to take the child with him all the time. After all, it was inconvenient to take the child with him when he was doing business. So he took Cook Li and Ruo'er with him and planned to let Zhao Mingzhu stay in his house in the county town most of the time . . . This way, when he went to work, he could leave his daughter there, and when he was done, he could return, accompany his daughter, and have dinner with his whole family.

In fact, Jiang Zhen originally also wanted to bring Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liu with him, but they thought it was too troublesome and did not want to come.

Thinking that he would go back that night anyway, Jiang Zhen did not force them.

Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge went out very early, and when they arrived at the county town, it was just dawn. They first settled Cook Li and Ruo'er and left two men to help run errands and to protect them. Then they went to the Zheng residence to find Zheng Yi.

"Jiang Zhen, you are so early." Zheng Yi sighed and said, "Speaking of which, I thought you would bring your daughter, but unexpectedly ,you didn't bring her with you."

"I brought her, but she fell asleep, so I left her at my place in the county town," Jiang Zhen said.

Zheng Yi couldn't help laughing.

Both Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen planned to open a gambling house in Hecheng County first. Of course, they have given this gambling house a good name, Qingfeng House.

This Qingfeng House was only for the rich, and only these rich people would be able to spend their time there. But they did not intend to let them lose all their money here, so although there was gambling in Qingfeng House, they decided that they couldn't allow too much betting, so all bets would be small. Of course, the small gambling pleasure of the rich was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

At the same time, there were also tea, food, and other services . . . Of course, it doesn't include pleasures of the flesh.

Jiang Zhen intended to turn it into a high-class clubhouse, so he could not make it too vulgar.

After discussing the rules and regulations for a long time, Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi could not come to a final conclusion. At noon, they still could not come to a conclusion, so they planned to go and decide the place first.

When they went out, they met Feng Jingyuan and Shen Anxin, who were waiting outside without exception.

Anyway, they just were going to see the place, so Zheng Yi didn't refuse them when they wanted to follow him. As for Jiang Zhen, he did not care much either. Whether it was Feng Jingyuan or Shen Anxin, in his view, they were just people he met a few times and was not very familiar with them.

Zheng Yi gave up one of the courtyard of the Zheng family in Hecheng County, and after seeing it, Jiang Zhen was very satisfied. Then Jiang Zhen went out to see the women and gers he had saved from pirates. If they want to, they could work in Qingfeng House in the future.

The women and gers were arranged to live in a house not far from Hecheng, where Jiang Zhen used to test those accountants. It was quite large, and some places were especially designated by Jiang Zhen as warehouses.

The women and gers all lived in the backyard. Jiang Zhen took Zheng Yi and the others there. After reaching the place, he first let Zhao Jinge greet the inhabitants there before they went inside.

"Master Jiang, there you are!" As soon as Jiang Zhen went in, he heard Liu Qianqiao's voice, which was very delicate and angry.

"Don't talk like that." Jiang Zhen frowned.

"Master Jiang, are you not used to it?" Liu Qianqian asked again. "Master Jiang, what's the matter with you coming to us this time? Please don't ask me to embroider the escort agency flag again. "

"There's a job that's easy and makes a lot of money. I'd like to ask if you want to do it," Jiang Zhen said.

Jiang Zhen was quite calm at the moment, but Shen Anxin felt like his heart was turned upside down.

Aren't these people the concubines of Jiang Zhen that he met at that time? They . . . in fact were not Jiang Zhen's concubines but the people Jiang Zhen saved from pirates?

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Chapter 113.1 – Misspelled Name

"Master Jiang, what kind of work is it?" Zhao Lingxi stepped forward, squeezing away Liu Qianqian and looking at Jiang Zhen expectantly.

"Yes, Master Jiang, what kind of work is it?" Liu Qianqian then stood in front of Zhao Lingxi. If Jiang Zhen only needed one person, she could not let Zhao Lingxi take the job. God only knew how annoying Liu Qianqian found embroidery!

She used to occasionally embroider a purse according to her preferences, which was a nice pastime, so she was happy. But since then, she was always forced to embroider something very boring on very big things. She didn't want to do it for a living!

Liu Qianqian thought like this, so did Zhao Lingxi who also squeezed ahead.

With such an open and secret struggle, there was no doubt that they were getting closer and closer to Jiang Zhen.

Zhao Jinge stepped forward and stopped in front of Jiang Zhen, halting their momentum. "You don't have to argue. You all can do it as long as you want to."

"That's mean." Liu Qianqian glared at Zhao Jinge. Zhao Lingxi also looked at him. They could not eat Jiang Zhen, so was it necessary to guard against them?

Jiang Zhen did not treat these people badly. Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi have been residing in Hecheng County for more than half a year. They were not exposed to the wind and the sun, and they have the leisure to dress themselves up, so they looked even more beautiful. The way they looked at him was unexpectedly amorous . . .

Jiang Zhen immediately became a little unhappy. What did this people mean by looking at Zhao Jinge so seductively?

"Stand up straight and don't look around," Jiang Zhen said, "As for this job, it is like this."

Jiang Zhen briefly introduced what he wanted them to do.

Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi were silent. It was a good job, but it also meant using their beauty. If the guests forced them. . .

"Don't worry. You don't need to sign the deed of sale. You can quit if you don't like it. Besides, Qingfeng House will protect your safety, and you won't do what you don't want to do," Jiang Zhen said.

Liu Qianqian came from a brothel. At the beginning, she wanted to escape and tried her best to coax the rich merchant to redeem her. Because the madam held her deed of sale, she could not get a penny of money she earned. But if she said anything, she would be forced to accept even more customers. But this time the situation was different. According to Jiang Zhen, there was no need to sign a deed of sale; they would be paid, and the reward given to them by the guests would also be given to them.

"I will!" Liu Qianqian said without hesitation.

"I will too," Zhao Lingxi also said.

Just then, the two were fighting openly and secretly, but at the moment, they were as good as their own sisters, singing in harmony. "Master Jiang, don't worry. We will do a good job!"

"Yes, we will abide by the rules of Qingfeng House!"

"When the time comes, Master Jiang, if you want us to be dignified and virtuous, we will certainly not let you down."

. . .

Those who were willing to do so were not only Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi, but also some of the women who were with them. It can be said that the group of "concubines" of Jiang Zhen that Shen Anxin saw at the time were all there. Of course, there were also some who were not willing.

Before, Jiang Zhen had always put these people on this side of the county town because of Liu Qianqian's boldness. He was worried that Zhao Jinge would be jealous if he took them to Hexi and would cause a storm of jealousy. Now that Liu Qianqian and others were willing to work in Qingfeng House, there was no need to worry about the rest of them.

Jiang Zhen planned to take all the remaining women to Hexi. When these people go there, those who did not want to marry could continue making clothes or working in the canteen to support themselves, and those who want to marry could also find someone to marry.

These days, boys were preferred over daughters, so some people were not willing to support their daughters while three wives and four concubines were still legal. Large families used a lot of servant girls . . . and the end result was there was a shortage of women in the countryside.

Because of this, the vast majority of men did not care whether their wives turned out to be big or dark-skinned women as long as they could have a wife. Of course, for the once-married women, men would certainly give fewer betrothal gifts. Not to mention that there were many men rescued from the pirates in Jiang Zhen's hands.

These men who worked for him as sailors did not earn much as his specially trained men, and they were also outsiders, so they could not marry the local women of Hexi. It was estimated that as long as someone was willing to marry them, they would be willing to marry, and there might even be a fight.

Jiang Zhen started missing his daughter, so after letting Liu Qianqian, Zhao Lingxi, and the others think about it carefully he intended to leave.

Meanwhile, Shen Anxin was still in a trance. After seeing the interaction between Jiang Zhen, Liu Qianqian, and Zhao Lingxi, Shen Anxin naturally knew that these people could never be Jiang Zhen's concubines, so they lied to him from the beginning.

When he thought Jiang Zhen was not a good man, Shen Anxin put down his feelings for Jiang Zhen. But at the moment, after knowing that it was a misunderstanding, the feelings that he had put down were surging back even more intensely than before.

Jiang Zhen had always been very good, and he was very sincere to Zhao Jinge . . . But seeing Jiang Zhen unexpectedly indifferent in the face of temptation . . . Shen Anxin became even more jealous of Zhao Jinge. However, the experience of the last half a year had taught him to hide his emotions.

No matter what he had in mind, on the surface, Shen Anxin was very calm and showed nothing. But he could still not help looking back when he left. Then he saw Zhao Lingxi and Liu Qianqian make a face at him.

There was no doubt that these two people recognized him and remembered what happened . . . At that time, these people probably said that to him on purpose. Shen Anxin finally lost his temper. However, it was only for a moment, and he soon regained his senses and reined in his emotions.

After seeing these people, it was already getting late, so Zheng Yi immediately proposed to invite Jiang Zhen to the restaurant for dinner, but Jiang Zhen refused. "I want to go back to see Mingzhu."

He took Zhao Mingzhu with him, so he wanted to spend more time with his daughter, so he also took her out for a stroll.

"Then why don't we eat at your place?" Zheng Yi said. "I will go with you."

Jiang Zhen nodded and agreed. Fearing that the food prepared by Cook Li would not be enough, on his way back, he especially bought roast chicken and several kinds of cooked food and ordered a small jar of wine.

Jiang Zhen himself did not like wine much; when he was in the army, they were also not allowed to drink. When he came out, he would drink it occasionally, but even still, he mainly drank beer. He could drink a little of wine, but he did not like it much, so buying a wine was only according to Zheng Yi's wishes, so he bought a jar of rice wine.

"There is no good wine in this shop. Only this rice wine can be drank . . . ," Young Master Zheng said and mentioned a few better wines, saying that only those wines were worth drinking.

Feng Jingyuan knew a lot about wine and immediately talked to Zheng Yi about them. Shen Anxin could also say only a few words. However, Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge were confused.

"The sweet wine made by my mother is very delicious," Zhao Jinge said. There was no shortage of food at home this summer, so Zhao Liu made sweet wine from leftover rice mixed with wine and medicine.

Jiang Zhen nodded, Zhao Liu's wine was really good and was even better than the one he bought in the supermarket in modern times.

The atmosphere in which the two of them spoke did not allow anyone else to chime in . . . Shen Anxin's heart was sore as he remembered some of the things that had happened in the capital before.

After despairing over Jiang Zhen, he agreed to his mother's proposal to talk about marriage and also took a maid that his mother had prepared for him. But then he found that he did not like women and, even after trying, did not want to touch women at all. He left the capital just to escape, but to his surprise, he ran into Jiang Zhen again.

Several people soon arrived at Jiang Zhen's residence in the county town.

Jiang Zhen's requirements for the house were not high, so the house outside looked very ordinary. But the inside was clean and there was also some distinctive furniture. For example, in the eating room, in addition to the most common eight immortal table, a large wooden bed that could not be considered a normal one was built against the wall. It was made from wooden boards and included a half meter high railing. And inside . . . Zhao Mingzhu sat inside, throwing a cotton-filled cloth ball.

She threw them while giggling. Seeing Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge come inside, she was obviously very happy. But she was so happy, she fell back with her legs and arms facing the ceiling. But because she was wearing a lot, she could not get up.

Jiang Zhen's heart was about to melt for a moment as he hurriedly went up to help her then threw her ball up, catching it himself before throwing it back to her.

Zhao Mingzhu laughed even more happily.

"Master Jiang really dotes on Miss Jiang," Feng Jingyuan said. "Miss Jiang is also very lively and lovely."

"Yes, Master Jiang is very kind to Miss Jiang," Shen Anxin also said.

As a matter of fact, Zhao Mingzhu's surname was Zhao, but Zhao Jinge would not deliberately tell anyone about this, so he just smiled and nodded, but Zheng Yi said, "It's not Miss Jiang but Miss Zhao."

"Miss Zhao?" Shen Anxin asked in surprise.

"Yes. Jiang Zhen married into the Zhao family," Zheng Yi said.

At the beginning, because he thought Jiang Zhen would not want people to know about it, Zheng Yi never talked about it with others, but later when they started to get along more, he found that he was thinking too much. Jiang Zhen did not care about this at all.

Jiang Zhen really didn't care about this but he did not deliberately talk about it to others either so both Feng Jingyuan and Shen Anxin, who knew nothing about it before, were surprised to hear such a thing.


Chapter 113.2 – Misspelled Name

Could it be that the seemingly inconspicuous Zhao Jinge was actually very well-off? If not, why would Jiang Zhen marry into Zhao house?

The two were a little curious, but Zheng Yi did not speak about it anymore.

After eating with Jiang Zhen, Zheng Yi left. Shen Anxin, who was still full of questions, could not ask to stay, so he could only leave with him. However, he was already in Hecheng County, so he had time to figure it out.

Zheng Yi did not intend to let Feng Jingyuan and Shen Anxin interfere in the affairs of Qingfeng, so the next day, he left without them and talked with Jiang Zhen alone.

Feng Jingyuan came to the south of the Yangtze River to open up the market here, so during the time he could not follow after Zheng Yi, he visited Hecheng County. Shen Anxin thought about it and finally decided to hire a boat and went to Hexi Village.

In small villages like Hexi, there were not many outsiders, so the villagers were very defensive and would look at aliens as something strange. But since Jiang Zhen built a dock, more and more merchants came and went and the people were no longer surprised to see outsiders.

In particular, Shen Anxin wore expensive clothes and looked like a rich man, so they welcomed him even more.

Shen Anxin finally strolled around this side of the dock as he asked around about Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge.

Thanks to Zhao Liu, everyone in Hexi knew that Jiang Zhen was very good to Zhao Jinge, so Shen Anxin could find countless news as soon as he inquired. For example, Zhao Jinge was originally just a long-term worker of the Zhao family in the village and his family did not even have a piece of land. But after Jiang Zhen married into his house, with the "wages" from the Jiang family and by doing business, Jiang Zhen unexpectedly made his family rich. At this time, the family of Zhao Jinge had already become richer than the Zhaos he worked for before.

For example, Zhao Jinge used to be a well-known man who couldn't get married, so no one expected him to marry so well in the end.

"Jinge is really blessed, Jiang Zhen as well. The lives of the two of them are bound to get better and better," the Hexi woman who talked with Shen Anxin said with emotion.

"Yes." Shen Anxin smiled and nodded, but his heart became more and more resentful.

When he was in the capital before, although he liked Jiang Zhen and was a little jealous of Zhao Jinge, he did not want to destroy their relationship, but now . . . Zhao Jinge was inferior to him everywhere. Why can he be treated wholeheartedly by Jiang Zhen? If Jiang Zhen had not been involved with the Zhao family but with the Shen family . . . He could fulfill his parents' expectations and inherit the Shen family to carry on his family line while Jiang Zhen himself would also have a better starting point, right?

Why didn't he meet Jiang Zhen earlier?

When Shen Anxin returned to the Zheng family house that day, he was in a trance. It was only when he saw Feng Jingyuan that he felt like a cold water was poured on his head, making him calm down. Whatever he had in mind, he couldn't show it. However, if Jiang Zhen can be with him, with the friendship between Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi, what was Feng Jingyuan?

Jiang Zhen knew nothing about Shen Anxin's thoughts. From beginning to end, he did not even notice that Shen Anxin liked him. He was busy with Qingfeng House.

Jiang Zhen used to do different work assignments. When Jiang Zhen was doing assignments before, he had been in some casinos, so he was able to put forward a lot of suggestions.

Not all of his suggestions were applicable, but with these bits of information, Zheng Yi could always improve them so that the various rules and regulations and methods of operation of Qingfeng House could be perfected gradually.

For some of the women and gers saved by Jiang Zhen from the pirates, Jiang Zhen had already sent them to Hexi. But Liu Qianqian and the others were sent by him to the house provided by Zheng Yi to open Qingfeng House, and then they began to learn how to play cards.

Neither Jiang Zhen nor Zheng Yi meant to take advantage of the beauties to cheat officials, so all they had to do was to learn how to play, so the job was simple, and they learned quickly. At the same time, the house was redecorated.

In order to open Qingfeng House within the shortest time possible, Zheng Yi did not hesitate to provide some furniture from the Zheng family, so it only took him 20 days to make the house look good.

It was during this period that Shen Anxin often took advantage of Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi's busyness to find Zhao Jinge, who followed Jiang Zhen to the county town, and became acquainted with him.

This day, Shen Anxin went to find Zhao Jinge again. When Shen Anxin arrived, Zhao Jinge was reading and practicing calligraphy.

Even then, Zhao Jinge still could not recognize all the characters and his handwriting was not very good-looking, but he was very serious. He practiced a lot every day, so he made great progress. While practicing, Zhao Jinge couldn't help thinking of Jiang Zhen, so the characters he wrote were "Jiang Zhen."

"Zhao Jinge, are you practicing calligraphy?" Shen Anxin came in from the outside and asked with a smile, but he did not like Zhao Jinge who practiced calligraphy on the dining table while his fat daughter was still sleeping on the big bed made of the wooden board next to him.

Which scholar practiced calligraphy like this?

"Mm-hmm." Zhao Jin nodded to Shen Anxin.

As long as Shen Anxin was not interested in Jiang Zhen, Zhao Jinge still liked Shen Anxin very much and even admired him a lot because Shen Anxin knew a lot of things. But the more he got along with Shen Anxin, the more worthless he felt. For example, the other day, Shen Anxin told him about incense on his clothes, which made him feel at a loss.

Shen Anxin said that both men and women should be clean and tidy and take good care of their appearance and properly smoke their clothes with incense . . . But he didn't know anything about it.

Shen Anxin not only understood these but was also very knowledgeable. When he was studying, he didn't understand some places and couldn't find Jiang Zhen to ask. Obviously, Jiang Zhen didn't understand some of it either, but Shen Anxin knew all about it. Other people's breadth of knowledge was really much better than that of Jiang Zhen's and his!

Before Shen Anxin came close, Zhao Jin took a book to cover the "Jiang Zhen" he had written while practicing calligraphy and said to Shen Anxin, "Master Shao, why did you come so early today?"

"Didn't I tell you about it already? Just call me Anxin," Shen Anxin said, and then he placed a small box on the table. "If you call me Anxin, I'll call you Jinge. Jinge, didn't I tell you yesterday that gers should also learn to take care of his appearance? I brought some tools today. Would you like to try it? "

"No. I'm not used to it." Zhao Jinge subconsciously wanted to refuse.

"It's okay to try!" Shen Anxin said, and then opened the box he had brought.

"Razor?" Zhao Jinge looked and saw a knife, becoming a little surprised.

Nowadays, many people liked to grow a beard, but Jiang Zhen did not like it, so when his beard became a little longer, he would shave it with a knife, so Zhao Jinge was not stranger to razors. However, they do not have a beard so what did Shen Anxin want to do with a razor?

"It's a razor, but it's not for shaving. It's for the eyebrows," Shen Anxin said. "Your eyebrows are a little messy. If you trim them, you will certainly look a lot better."

"No need . . ." Zhao Jinge wanted to refuse, but he was always a person who was not very good at refusing people, so Shen Anxin soon persuaded him and helped him trim his eyebrows.

Zhao Jinge was originally very brave. After Shen Anxin trimmed his eyebrows, his eyebrows that went into his temples making him look a lot stronger.

"A ger will smell like powder when using the common powder in the world. These too white powders are also not suitable for you, but you should also rub something on your face and use a little darker powder . . . Wait, I will draw your eyebrows again."

Shen Anxin took out a box of face powder and rubbed it on Zhao Jinge's face. In fact, Shen Anxin did it with bad intentions. He was a ger, but his father was determined to raise him as a son, but he was very much like his mother, looking very feminine.

His father was very worried about this, but later, his mother came up with a method to solve this matter.

His mother was a very beautiful woman who usually loved to tinker with all kinds of things to make herself even more beautiful. She relied on this skill to fix Shen Anxin's eyebrows and use of the powder to make him look more manly. Right then, he was applying this method on Zhao Jinge.

After Shen Anxin's tossing around, Zhao Jinge looked very, very vigorous, so no one could say that Shen Anxin gave Zhao Jinge a bad makeup, but at the same time . . . Zhao Jinge looked like an entirely new person; he even looked like a man with a very cold aura.

Originally, after getting married with Jiang Zhen and having a child, Zhao Jinge's temperament has changed a lot, and he became much softer. But in the face of Jiang Zhen, all of this was obvious, but under Shen Anxin's hands, all that softness completely disappeared, and even the scar in the middle of his eyebrow was so well hidden that it could no longer be seen.

"Jinge, look. Don't you look much better like this?" Shen Anxin took out a bronze mirror and showed it to Zhao Jinge.

The person in the mirror was really good-looking, and he did not know how Shen Anxin made him look like this. Some small scars on his face had also become invisible. This was . . . He was not sure why he felt so strange, but Zhao Jinge frowned subconsciously. However, he was grateful for Shen Anxin's efforts to help him.

"Thank you," Zhao Jinge said to Shen Anxin.

"You're welcome," Shen Anxin said with a smile. "Jinge, you should learn how to take care of yourself in the future. Those men, they all like gers who take care of themselves and be clean and beautiful . . ."

Shen Anxin was still talking when he heard a noise outside, Jiang Zhen came back.

"Jinge, is dinner ready?" Jiang Zhen spent the whole morning in Qingfeng House, so he was so hungry that he asked as soon as he entered the house. But as soon as he finished asking he froze.

This day's Zhao Jinge looked very nice.

Everyone's aesthetic was different. Zhao Jinge's appearance was very much in line with Jiang Zhen's aesthetic, but the way he looked today . . . It has to be said that it was even more in Jiang Zhen's aesthetics.

Obviously, Zhao Jinge didn't see much change, but he indeed looked different. Jiang Zhen always thought he was particularly attractive this way.

"You . . . look a little different today." Jiang Zhen doubted and was about to touch Zhao Jinge.

"Isn't it . . . pretty?" Zhao Jinge became worried. "I put on makeup today, I . . ."

Jiang Zhen had never liked rouge gouaches, so if he put on makeup, would Jiang Zhen have a problem with it? Jiang Zhen regretted it very much at the moment. If he had known, he would not have agreed to Shen Anxin's idea.

"No . . . It looks good." Jiang Zhen swallowed and said, "How did this happen?"

He used to hear that those male stars had to wear makeup, but he didn't believe so. He did not expect that men would look better after doing it. In the future, if Zhao Jinge did this, it was fine, but of course, it didn't matter if he didn't.

"Anxin did it for me," Zhao Jinge said.

"Yes, Master Jiang. I did it for Jinge. His skin looks much better this way, doesn't it?" Shen Anxin asked with a smile.

"Mm-hmm." Jiang Zhen nodded, frowning.

This Shen Anxin . . . called Zhao Jinge, Jinge? What's more, he did makeup for Zhao Jinge?

Jiang Zhen knew that Zhao Jinge knew absolutely nothing about makeup, so it was estimated that all of the things on his face were done by Shen Anxin. Recently, Shen Anxin came to see Zhao Jinge every day and talked with him all day long, and now he was even doing makeup for Zhao Jinge! What did he mean by this!

Before, Zhao Jinge always talked about Shen Anxin's knowledge, so Jiang Zhen, who had been compared to Shen Anxin all day could no longer see the adoring eyes of Zhao Jinge and already became a little unhappy, and so this day's situation made him a little sour.

Seeing that Jiang Zhen seemed a little unhappy, Shen Anxin was very happy. "Master Jiang, are you hungry? Mrs. Li has already prepared the meal, and it will be ready soon."

As he spoke, he went to clean up the pen and paper left by Zhao Jinge's calligraphy practice on the table.

"I'll do it." Zhao Jinge wanted to stop him, but it was already too late. Shen Anxin had already put aside the book he used as cover and revealed his paper full of Jiang Zhen's name.

Zhao Jinge suddenly felt a little shy, but Shen Anxin was overjoyed. He was writing Jiang Zhen's name? But he even wrote Jiang Zhen's name wrong!

"Jiang Zhen" was not written like this at all!

"Jinge, did you want to write Jiang Zhen?" Shen Anxin said. "Why did you write Jiang Zhen's name wrong? If you let others see this, they will think that you have no knowledge. "

The characters for Jiang Zhen written by Zhao Jinge were written in simplified Chinese that Jiang Zhen taught him at the beginning.

He also knew that these two words were not quite right, but Jiang Zhen taught him like this, so when he wrote it, he didn't change it.

When it was pointed out this time by Shen Anxin, Zhao Jinge became a little embarrassed and looked at Jiang Zhen. Jiang Zhen probably didn't learn the characters well at first, so he probably taught him the wrong way to write it, but now when it was already out in the open . . . this. . . Will Jiang Zhen be angry?

Of course, Jiang Zhen was angry. Shen Anxin came to Zhao Jinge every day, showing his knowledge in front of Zhao Jinge and putting on makeup for Zhao Jinge. Now he even said in roundabout way that he was uneducated . . .

Jiang Zhen's face turned black.


Chapter 114.1 – Opening of Qingfeng House

Shen Anxin felt that Zhao Jinge was really in a messy situation. He even wrote Jiang Zhen's name wrong.

He knew that Jiang Zhen could read and had been studying very hard, so he wanted Jiang Zhen to know about it, so he said, "Jiang Zhen's name is easy to write. Jinge, let me show you?"

After picking up the brush and dipping it in the ink, Shen Anxin was about to write on a piece of paper. He once secretly wrote Jiang Zhen's, and he had already practiced writing these two characters very well so . . .

Before Shen Anxin finished writing, the piece of paper in front of him was taken away by Jiang Zhen. "Don't bother teaching. We're going to eat. Please leave!"

Jiang Zhen's expression was very cold, so Shen Anxin could not help feeling stunned when he saw his expression. Jiang Zhen was not warm to him before, but he was treated much better than Feng Jingyuan, but right then, he even has the feeling that Jiang Zhen might hit him.

Jiang Zhen really wanted to hit him. He had always been straightforward so naturally, he did not see Shen Anxin's hidden intention but Jiang Zhen still felt that this Shen Anxin might have bad intentions.

He did not prohibit Zhao Jinge from meeting others. Zhao Jinge went out to do business and trained with his men, but he never felt anything about it, but this time . . . Zhao Jinge always told him about the people he interacted with, but what did it mean if this person came to his house almost every day? Moreover, Zhao Jinge put too much attention on Shen Anxin!

"Master Jiang." Shen Anxin looked at Jiang Zhen uneasily. Jiang Zhen attached so much importance to Zhao Jinge; he did not even say anything important, but he was already so angry. Was Zhao Jinge worthy of his treatment?

"Jiang Zhen, Anxin did not mean to—" Zhao Jinge wanted to say that the person Shen Anxin wanted to criticize was actually him and did not want to intentionally say anything bad about Jiang Zhen.

Anxin . . . Zhao Jinge actually called him by his first name . . . Jiang Zhen looked at Shen Anxin and said, "You are an important person in the Shen family, so you shouldn't need to come to other people's houses for dinner."

Jiang Zhen did not say too much, but even these words were too much for Shen Anxin to bear. Someone he likes was trying to drive him away . . .

"Master Jiang, I'll leave immediately," Shen Anxin said.

"Well, you should have left a long time ago. In our village, people who don't leave at dinnertime would be scolded." Jiang Zhen said that because most people in the village had no money, so they hated people who wanted to join their meals.

He was not short on food, but he also could not wait for Shen Anxin to leave soon. Shen Anxin stayed at his house all day, and it was difficult for him to have a meal alone with Zhao Jinge when he got home. Sometimes he wants to take a break at noon and take a nap. Before, Zhao Jinge would often accompany him, but now? With an outsider at home, Zhao Jinge had no choice but to accompany that Shen Anxin.

The three men were talking when Zhao Mingzhu cried on the bed next to them.

Zhao Mingzhu had been awake for a while, but no one paid any attention to her, so shouldn't she become angry and protest?

"My Mingzhu, come. Father will give you a hug." Jiang Zhen picked her up and kissed Zhao Mingzhu's white and tender face. After kissing the left side, he went to kiss the right side.

Shen Anxin was already very embarrassed, and after seeing this scene, he could not stay any longer. He packed up his things and went out. Zhao Jinge wanted to see him off, but he was stopped by Jiang Zhen.

"Jinge, bring a diaper for Mingzhu. Hurry up!"

To Zhao Jinge, Shen Anxin was definitely not as important as Jiang Zhen and Zhao Mingzhu, so when he heard Jiang Zhen's words, he did not send Shen Anxin off and went to get a diaper.

When he handed the diaper to Jiang Zhen, Zhao Jinge was still worried. "This young master Shen and Master Zheng are doing business together. Is it okay for you to talk to him like this?" He didn't like Shen Anxin very much. After all, this man had coveted Jiang Zhen. He had felt bad and a little offended . . . but of course, he really admired Shen Anxin's knowledge.

"Aren't I doing business with Young Master Zheng too?" Jiang Zhen asked, looking at Zhao Jinge again. "Zhao Jinge, I want to tell you about a very serious matter."

"What?" Zhao Jinge asked subconsciously, looking anxiously at Jiang Zhen. What did Jiang Zhen want to say?

While Jiang Zhen skillfully changed Zhao Mingzhu's diaper, he said, "You should always write my name like that in the future. Don't change it for me."

Although he has gone back to the ancient times, Jiang Zhen's core was still that of a modern person, so his ideas were also modern. He will try his best to adapt to this era in order to live a better life, but he does not intend to throw his ideals away. He hoped that Zhao Jinge would also like him just like this.

Zhao Jinge was stunned as soon as he heard this speech. Was it really all that Jiang Zhen wanted to say? In fact, he also quite liked to write this obviously wrong name; after all, this was what Jiang Zhen taught him stroke by stroke . . . Without thinking about it, Zhao Jinge nodded.

Jiang Zhen said again, "By the way, that Shen Anxin, don't let him come to our house again . . . Just say that I don't welcome it. Doesn't he know that he will be struck by thunder if he disturbed other people's married life?"

". . ." Zhao Jinge was speechless. It was that serious?

Shen Anxin probably came to see him every day because he was a stranger here, didn't he? However, since Jiang Zhen didn't like him, he would not let him in in the future.

When Zhao Jinge cleared the table, Jiang Zhen came to the table with his daughter in his arms. At the same time, Cook Li and Ruo'er also brought the food to the table.

In addition to the meal prepared for Zhao Jinge and Jiang Zhen, there was also a bowl of warm milk on the table, which was for Zhao Mingzhu.

Jiang Zhen was so hungry that he asked Cook Li to feed his daughter. He ate quickly for a while before slowing down. Then he told Zhao Jinge about the progress of Qingfeng House.

"Jinge, Qingfeng House is almost ready. Young Master Zheng will invite someone to have a look tomorrow, and then I'll take you to see it."

"Good." Zhao Jinge nodded.

When Jiang Zhen saw the way he nodded obediently, he inevitably felt a little warmer and said, "Jinge, accompany me to take a nap."

Of course, Zhao Jinge would not refuse Jiang Zhen's small request to accompany his rest. But he did not expect that Jiang Zhen rest would not be a simple rest.

After being tossed around by Jiang Zhen, Zhao Jinge could no longer move around.

Jiang Zhen was satisfied then went to the kitchen and brought back two buckets of water. "Come, Jinge, wash your face and body."

Jiang Zhen went to the kitchen to get water just then, so Cook Li should know what they had done. Zhao Jinge felt a little embarrassed hearing Jiang Zhen's words but then became a little puzzled. "Wash my face?" It was normal to wash one's face, so why did Jiang Zhen deliberately mention it?

"Look at yourself first." Jiang Zhen picked up the bronze mirror next to him and handed it to Zhao Jinge.

Zhao Jinge: ". . ." He could not believe that his face looked so messy!

"You'd better not put on makeup in the future, but it looks nice after you trimmed your eyebrows." Jiang Zhen said that he liked the way Zhao Jinge looked before, but it became messed up after a few casual kisses . . . "So you better stop messing with this thing in the future."

His eyebrows had turned a mess of black but Jiang Zhen unexpectedly continued to "eat" him . . . Zhao Jinge admired Jiang Zhen a little.

It took some time for Zhao Jinge to wash himself clean, thinking that the Qingfeng House had been completely cleaned up, and Jiang Zhen offered to take him to visit.

On the other hand, Feng Jingyuan flattered Zheng Yi for a long time before he got the opportunity to visit Qingfeng House, but if he wanted to go, Shen Anxin would certainly follow.

"Young Master Zheng, I heard that Qingfeng House was set up by you. I think it must be beautiful," Feng Jingyuan said.

Zheng Yi had avoided them when he was arranging the visit to Qingfeng House, so Feng Jingyuan knew nothing about it and could only boast about its appearance.

"The mansion in the south of the Yangtze River is already picture-like beautiful and Qingfeng House was arranged by Young Master himself, so I think it must be even better," Shen Anxin also added.

The three soon arrived at Qingfeng House and then saw that Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge were already there.

These two people with a child still acted sticky, making Zheng Yi want to take his wife with him . . . but he just thought about it. His wife was a lady from a big family and would never want to follow him to a place like this, let alone act clingy with him. For some reason, Zheng Yi suddenly felt a little lost.


Chapter 114.2 – Opening of Qingfeng House

Shen Anxin noticed that both Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge had changed their clothes, but Zhao Mingzhu had not.

In the middle of the day, these two people changed their clothes but not Zhao Mingzhu . . . He had already accepted a servant girl and knew what it meant, so his heart suddenly felt sour . . .

Jiang Zhen was very familiar with Qingfeng House, so after greeting Zheng Yi, he took Zhao Jinge to show him around.

"Master Jiang, you were always upset when we asked you about something before, but why are you talking so cheerfully now?" Liu Qianqian, dressed in a modified man's suit, came out of his house, asking sourly.

Liu Qianqian once wanted to hook up with Jiang Zhen before, but later, she gave up on her plan. Still, she could not help saying a few sour words when she saw Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge together.

"Yes, you are too different from others, Master Jiang," Zhao Lingxi also added.

Liu Qianqian and he wore the same clothes. These clothes were not only some type of man's clothing but also a uniform. They would wear it when they work in Qingfeng House in the future.

"Do I have to treat you like my wife?" Jiang Zhen frowned.

Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi immediately became silent.

However, when Jiang Zhen was taking Zhao Mingzhu to find a room to change her diaper, Zhao Lingxi found Zhao Jinge. "Hello, Zhao Jinge."

"What's the matter?" Zhao Jinge looked at Zhao Lingxi warily, a little worried that this man came to recommend himself as a concubine to Jiang Zhen.

"Don't worry. I won't rob Jiang Zhen from you," Zhao Lingxi said. "I just want to remind you to be careful with that Shen Anxin."

"Yes, Jiang Zhen asked us, so we are not a threat to you. But he is different," Liu Qianqian also said.

Zhao Jinge did not understand why they suddenly reminded themselves of this but nodded. "Thank you."

"Don't take it seriously. You might not know but when we were in the capital . . ." Liu Qianqian quickly told him what had happened with Shen Anxin and then also added. "We did it for you, but we offended him. If he targets us in the future, you should help us."

"Yes, when Shen Anxin comes to trouble us in the future, you must not leave us alone," Zhao Lingxi also said. They came out to remind Zhao Jinge about it this time. In addition to worrying about Zhao Jinge's accident, they were also afraid that Shen Anxin would come to find trouble with them in the future . . .

"You can rest assured. I will help you." Zhao Jinge nodded. Although Shen Anxin seemed to be disinterested in Jiang Zhen recently, he was still on guard.

Shen Anxin who saw this scene from afar could not help frowning. He wanted to go to talk to Zhao Jinge and ask why Jiang Zhen was angry before, but he didn't expect to see Zhao Jinge talk to those two.

He was a bit far away, so he could not hear what they said, but looking at their demeanor, they seemed very close . . .

What happened at that time might have been instigated by Zhao Jinge, and what happened earlier might also have something to do with him. But there was no way for him to expose Zhao Jinge at all.

That day, Qingfeng House was empty, but the next day it changed.

Zheng Yi sent letters to all the rich people in Hecheng, inviting them to come to Qingfeng House to play.

The Zheng family was the most prominent family in Hecheng County, so everyone wanted to curry favor with them. Under such circumstances, everyone was happy to go there.

Li Mingzhe, who used to do business with Jiang Zhen and lived in Lijia Village, was one of the people invited to join the silk business.

He was once upset with Li Zugen, and as a result, Jiang Zhen finally frightened him so that Li Zugen did not dare to bother him anymore. Since then, he had been very fond of Jiang Zhen, and let him help transport all his goods this year.

This time, the Zheng family sent a message, but knowing that Jiang Zhen also had a share in this business, he naturally came early.

There was a river not far from Qingfeng House. When Li Mingzhe came ashore from the river, Li Mingzhe went to Qingfeng House, and just as he entered he saw four young men of average height, wearing the same type of clothes and standing at the door. After seeing him, they all bowed in unison. "Welcome, distinguished guest."

This . . . Although Li Mingzhe's business was not small, he had always lived in the countryside, and his life was not very luxurious. This bow made him a little uncomfortable, but he had to say that it made him a little elated as well.

After entering the door, another boy dressed just like the people at the door came forward and led Li Mingzhe to the hall . . .

Everything that Li Mingzhe experienced next could be described in one word—enjoyment.

He could talk with people about business here, could discuss music, chess, calligraphy, and painting with others, and there were also many other interesting things . . .

At first, Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen wanted to build a gambling shop, but later, instead of doing so, they made it more elegant and provided boxes for visitors so that they could communicate with each other.

There was also a large study, full of various books that people could read. There was also a special teahouse that provided not only all kinds of good tea, but also many refreshments that ordinary people had never seen before.

Here, you could play pitcher and so on. Daqi already had some games, but they also provided some new ways to play, such as the playing cards.

Here, there was also a large bathroom with separate pools, which could make people feel comfortable. In fact, Qingfeng House had many shortcomings. Many of the boys who served here were directly borrowed from the Zheng family, but what was Hecheng Country?

It was a small county town.

The people who come that day were all locals from Hecheng County, and what they are seeing right then was undoubtedly something they have never seen before.

"I heard that the playing cards came from the palace, and the empress dowager love to play them."

"This snack is really soft. I've never had anything like this before."

"Maybe this snack is also eaten by the empress in the palace . . . Young Master Zheng went to the palace from what I heard . . ."

The people who soaked in the pool were very comfortable, and they could even have their hair washed . . . "It is not yet fully built, which is really too bad."

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People talked about it one after another, and many of the things that Jiang Zhen thought of for Qingfeng House were branded as products that came from the Imperial Palace.

At this time, Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi were eating fried chicken. This fried chicken was one of the new dishes served on the second floor, so Zheng Yi also asked the people to serve a plate to each of them.

Yes, it was fried chicken.

This fried chicken was made by Zheng Yi after Jiang Zhen explained how it should be made. It was one of the expensive signature dishes of Qingfeng House, called junk food in modern times, but currently, it became a luxury dish.

Who made oil so expensive at this time?

Jiang Zhen thought that the fried chicken at this time was not as delicious as that of modern times, but Zhao Jinge liked it very much.

This fried chicken is not fried whole but as small cuts, so Zhao Jinge soon finished the whole plate while the food put in front of other people didn't move much.

He was suddenly a little embarrassed, but Jiang Zhen silently replaced the empty plate in front of him with his plate of fried chicken.

Zheng Yi suddenly felt full and could no longer eat the fried chicken in front of him, so he simply went to the door to take a look at the situation in the hall below.

Here was the place to play cards. Liu Qianqian, Zhao Lingxi, and some other women were wearing uniform men's clothes and simply tied their hair as they stood at the spacious table and gambled with the guests.

They were all dressed up, and the wide table surrounded them so that people outside could not get close to them . . . All the guests who came here, when they see this scene, knew that they could not touch them at will. But precisely because of this, it made them want to touch Liu Qianqian and the others more and more, so they sat at the round table unwilling to go. Of course, there were also other reasons why they did not want to leave, this was this cards were really fun to play.

They were sitting leisurely outside the table with a young man serving tea and refreshments. When they placed bets, they did not use real money but delicate ceramic chips of the size of a nail.

"It doesn't even look like gambling." Zheng Yi sighed.

Among the gamblers over there, there was an uncle who had been always persuading him to close the gambling shop. His uncle has always hated gambling, but now he was playing.

Hecheng County was not the capital, and there were no city walls here, so naturally, there was also no curfew. On this night, the people of Qingfeng House closed very late, and if it hadn't been officially opened, some people would probably want to live there.

Then the next day, the Qingfeng House became a place everyone was talking about in the upper circles of Hecheng.

Those men enjoyed going to Qingfeng House very much. But what about women? It was better for their men to go to such a place than to find a woman outside.

On that day, Qingfeng House did not make money, and in fact, lost a lot of money because, except for chips that everyone needed to buy for their own use, they did not have to spend money on anything else.

But a few days later, when Qingfeng House officially opened, everything there would cost money.

Then Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi had the feeling of fighting with money every day.

Despite the fact that there were no prominent families here in Hecheng County, these families that had been doing business for generations were, in fact, very strong families, that is to say, the humble Li Mingzhe, whose family had been engaged in the silk business for several generations had tens of thousands of silver at hand.

If he came to Qingfeng House and didn't gamble, he could still have a good time with only ten silver. He could definitely afford such expenses easily, not to mention that he was by no means the richest person in Hecheng County.

Not to mention, people from Hecheng County were not the only ones who came to Qingfeng House to play.

In modern times, there were interesting clubs or bars people could visit, but in these ancient times, there was nothing to play with.

Almost every day, Qingfeng House would earn a hundred silver in income. Excluding all kinds of expenses, it could make a net profit of six hundred silver!

Although this was just the beginning and everything was very fresh, earning so much after careful calculation was still amazing enough . . . Such a place in a month could earn tens of thousands of silver!

In comparison, Jiang Zhen's escort agency only made a few hundreds of silver since it was opened a few months ago. Even in this time period, the most profitable things were really still a variety of luxury and fun things.

"If this Qingfeng House was built in the Fucheng . . . There are a lot of rich businessmen there!" Zheng Yi originally did not take Qingfeng House seriously, but soon his heart was on fire.

The Zheng family was rich, but there were many people in Fucheng who were richer than the Zheng family, and some of them had no place to spend it.

"If you want to go to Fucheng, you can build the Qingfeng House a little bigger and also add some facilities."

Jiang Zhen also calculated that he had to save a dowry for his Pearl, so he naturally had to find a way to make more money.

No! He was reluctant to marry his Mingzhu, so it was better to save for betrothal gifts, and when she liked someone he could snatch him to the house!


Chapter 115.1 – Refusing a Confession

When the Qingfeng House in Hecheng County slowly got on the right track, Jiang Zhen began to prepare for the Qingfeng House in Fucheng. With the green bricks burned by his people, he could also save a lot. The current Qingfeng House used the old house of the Zheng family, but in Fucheng, it would be better to build a brand-new building.

In order to build the Qingfeng House in Fucheng, Jiang Zhen deliberately spent money to hire a lot of carpenters to let them create the entertainment facilities that fit his own ideas. Of course, after he came up with a way to play, he had to tell Zheng Yi first, and then let him come up with a completely different, poetic name.

Jiang Zhen spent a lot of time on Qingfeng House but he also did not forget his own escort agency.

Now that the weather was getting colder and colder, the business of the escort agency was not getting worse but better.

When ordinary people celebrated the New Year, they would buy some clothes and meat, let alone those rich people . . . In recent years, no matter what goods it was, it sold well.

Almost all the small businessmen in Hecheng County had gone out to do some kind of business. In the past, they used to hire people to row their boats everywhere, but recently . . . As long as they spend a little money, you could take the big ship of the Jinzhen Escort Agency to do business, and they could stay in the cabin without the cold wind blowing at them.

Many people were hired by the Jinzhen Escort Agency, so the ships under Jiang Zhen's hands were almost not enough. Later, Zheng Yi rented two big ships to him, which made him feel a little better.

Nowadays, the very conspicuous "Zhen" flag was hung on the ships of the Jinzhen Escort Agency, and all employees of the Jinzhen Escort Agency wore uniform clothes. This way, the people of Hecheng county learned more and more about the escort agency.

"I heard that the people in the Jinzhen Escort Agency earn a lot of money!"

"There is a man in our alley who has not studied before but learned from his grandpa to recognize a few words and went to work in Jinzhen Escort Agency. Now he can earn four silver a month!"

"What! Only four silver? Zheng Baoning on my side, as you all know, used to make money by drawing pictures for prostitutes, but now, he runs a line of ships! Not to mention five silver a month, he also gets a bonus. His family used to have a hard time, but now everyone is wearing new clothes."

"The owner of Jinzhen Escort Agency, from what I heard, is friends with Young Master Zheng, and the Qingfeng House was opened by the two of them . . . This is a chicken that lays golden eggs! I don't know how much he has earned!"

. . .

Almost all of the people in Hecheng County were talking about Jinzhen Escort Agency.

Song Li stood by at first, eager to hear some bad words about Jinzhen Escort Agency, but in the end, he was only furious.

At this time, someone else saw him.

"Song Li! Song Li, stop right there!" the man shouted and then pounced on Song Li. "Song Li, you and I have no grievances, so why did you lie to me? I lost such a good job in vain!"

It turned out that Song Li not only advised Zheng Baoning when the Jinzhen Escort Agency was recruiting workers that day, but in fact, he also advised several other people.

At that time, the Jinzhen Escort Agency had no reputation as of yet, so many people were persuaded by Song Li to give up this job, not thinking much about it. But seeing the current development of Jinzhen Escort Agency, which was getting better and better, they started resenting Song Li.

The man grabbed Song Li and punched him a few times in anger before turning around and walking away as he snorted coldly.

Song Li was beaten up, his face black but there is nothing he could do about it. He could only cover his sore stomach and go home.

"Where have you been? Even if you can't find a job outside, you don't do any work at home. What are you trying to do?" Song Li's wife looked at Song Li in dissatisfaction. "At the beginning, the work of Jinzhen Escort Agency was so good that you signed for it, but after someone else said a few words to you, you did not go!"

"Didn't I tell you? That Jiang Zhen is not a good man!" Song Li said.

"He's not a good man, what's wrong with that? As long as he pays you! Moreover, I think this Jiang Chengxiang is really not a good person!" Song Li's wife was disgusted with Jiang Chengxiang.

The Song family was still rich and was relatively well-off, but they were not particularly rich. Moreover, it was only because Song's father and mother only gave birth to Song Li, so the fewer children there were, the less expensive it was. So wasn't it easy for them to save money?

In short, the Song family was not a particularly rich family, and Song Li was still generous enough to help Jiang Chengxiang. But what about Jiang Chengxiang? He even had a face to take all the money and things Song Li gave!

"Don't talk about my friend like that!" Song Li said angrily.

"I'm going to. What can you do to me?" Song Li's wife said.

Song Li was so angry that he finally slapped his wife's face.

"Well, Song Li since you hit me! I won't live with you anymore!" Song Li's wife had a bad temper after being slapped. She immediately went back to the house to pack up her things and planned to go back to her family's house.

Song Li's mother hurriedly came to try and persuade her, but she was pulled back by Song Li. "If she wants to go, let her go. I can't afford such a woman!"

In fact, Song Li also felt a little sorry. But the more regretful he was, the less he was willing to admit his mistakes and was more convinced he was in the right.

Mother Song was pulled by her son, but he really didn't want to persuade her . . . If this married woman went back to her family's house, she would definitely be rejected by her family, so his wife would definitely be back in a few days.

Jiang Zhen had no idea that there was a man like Song Li in the world who tirelessly spoke ill of him. At the moment, he was talking to Zheng Yi about distilled wine.

The last time Jiang Zhen tried to disinfect the wounds of injured people with wine, he found that the quality of the wine in this world was really not too high. At that time, he didn't think much about it, but soon he remembered it when they were talking about building a Qingfeng House in Fucheng. However, he knew nothing about how to distill the wine, so he only said his own ideas to Zheng Yi.

"Can this really be done?" Hearing what Jiang Zhen said, Zheng Yi became a little excited at the moment: "Wait till tomorrow, I'll let someone have a try! Jiang Zhen, you really have a lot of ideas. If this wine is made, we will have another way to make money!"

In some places in Daqi, it was forbidden for people to brew wine privately for fear of not having enough food to eat, but there was no such regulation in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if there was, no one would take it seriously.

"Then someone would come to the Qingfeng House for the wine!" Jiang Zhen was also very happy. Zheng Yi was definitely a very good partner. Many things he wanted to do were absolutely impossible to him, but Zheng Yi could always do them quickly.

"There is no doubt about this! But . . ." Zheng Yi suddenly looked at Jiang Zhen with a tangled expression.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Zhen asked.

"It is estimated that the Qingfeng House in Fucheng will open a little late." Zheng Yi smiled bitterly. "During this period of time, an imperial envoy is coming to the south of the Yangtze River. The man is very pedantic and doesn't like anything. If we make too much noise, he will directly go to my second uncle."

Zheng Yi had just received the news that "prestigious" imperial historian Zhou, who was famous in the capital, was coming to the south of the Yangtze River as an imperial envoy.

This Zhou imperial official name was Zhou Maohe . . . He was famous for his participation in the citizens' affairs.

In Daqi, there was nothing he did not dare to participate in, up to the empress dowager, down to the soldiers guarding the city gate, as long as he caught the leverage, he could viciously participate in it.

Because of this, he had been demoted twice and sent to prison once.

The Empress Dowager, whom the Zheng family relied on, was involved in government affairs several times and was very disgusted with him, but many scholars liked Zhou Maohe and felt that he was strong and upright . . . so even when he made the empress dowager (a ger) angry, again he could not do anything to him. If he really did something to Zhou Maohe, he might be scolded for being cruel to such a loyal official!

But the empress dowager did not want to see him so he found a reason to send him to the south of the Yangtze River.

"This man sounds good," Jiang Zhen said, there were few honest officials in these ancient times, so he quite appreciated such people.

"That's because you haven't met him," Zheng Yi said. "He is like a stone in a thatched pit, stinky and hard . . . Forget about him. Anyway, he has nothing to do with us." Such a person, he cannot afford to piss off but also couldn't afford to please? Zheng Yi was determined to avoid that person!

Anyway, the man surnamed Zhou could not stay in the south of the Yangtze River all the time, so he would first drink some wine and have a good New Year. Then, he'd think of something else.

Zheng Yi didn't mention it anymore, so Jiang Zhen let it go. However, he really hoped that this man could catch some assholes from the south of the Yangtze River.


Chapter 115.2 – Refusing a Confession

Even if the county magistrate of Hecheng County was a little greedy it only accepted bribes from businessmen. Jiang Zhen did not have them, after all when the water was clear there was not fish. Some officials would help large families to oppress the people for money, or even slaughter people …… Jiang Zhen still hoped that the imperial envoy could arrest those officials.

Leaving from Zheng Yi, Jiang Zhen was about to go home when he was suddenly stopped.

It was Shen Anxin who stopped Jiang Zhen. He stood in front of him, clenched his teeth and said: "Jiang Zhen I have something to say to you."

Zheng Yi could stay in the south of the Yangtze River without accident. However, Shen Anxin and Feng Jingyuan ware different. In a short time, they will return to capital.

Shen Anxin has been unable to find the opportunity to get along with Jiang Zhen these days, but he was more and more interested in Jiang Zhen.

He was unwilling to let go.

Obviously he was better than Zhao Jinge in every way, so why Jiang Zhen does not even look at him? Why only Zhao Jinge was good in his eyes.

Shen Anxin grew up, getting everything he wanted. But he was losing here, how could he lose to a men who was s inferior to him everywhere …. how could he be willing?

He received a good education from an early age so he could not use any drastic means but even so he still wanted to give it a try.

"What do you have to say?" Jiang Zhen asked, Shen Anxin has not come to his house these days so he was calm when he faced Shen Anxin.

"Let's talk somewhere else." Shen Anxin said.

"It's all right here. If you don't want to tell me I will just go home." Jiang Zhen said.

There was no one around so Shen Anxin gritted his teeth and finally said: "Jiang Zhen, I admire you very much, I …".

"Then what?" Jiang Zhen looked at Shen Anxin. Does this man want to cooperate with him like Zheng Yi?

"I… Jiang Zhen, would you marry me if you hadn't met Zhao Jinge?" Shen Anxin blurted out and then looked at Jiang Zhen nervously.

Jiang Zhen was stunned.

In modern times, it could be said that he had no love experience at all. at first. At first, he didn't understand his own sexual orientation, and later he did not find the right person.

He was bent on finding someone who is willing to spend the rest of his life with him. But in that circle, many people were just having fun

Also… as a matter of fact, he was not very good at socializing with people, so he never met the right person.

He haven't even met the right person, let alone being confessed. He also never confess his love to someone. He has never done it before, as for after he came here…

Zhao Jinge was pursued by him on his own initiative, but being confessed like this… he never experienced it either.

Even Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi did not say such things to him.

It was the first time that Jiang Zhen had encountered such a thing, he was stunned, but then he quickly responded: "I don't want to."

Assuming that such a thing means nothing to Jiang Zhen. After he took fancy to Zhao Jinge and planned to spend the rest of his live with him he never thought of anyone else.

If you already have a wife, why would you need to think about what other people do?

Jiang Zhen refused mercilessly, but Shen Anxin felt even more embarrassed… He had already put down his pride to look for Jiang Zhen, but he was mercilessly refused.

"Is Zhao Jinge that good?" He couldn't help asking: "He's obviously inconsistent, and he set me up!"

"Don't force me to hit you." Jiang Zhen interrupted Shen Anxin words: "I think no one knows better than me what Zhao Jinge is like. In my eyes he is the best."

When Jiang Zhen said this, he was very angry so after he finished speaking he give Shen Anxin a cold look: "Shen Anxin, I didn't know you were a person like this… Now that I know it it would be better for us if you stayed away from me in the future, and don't come to me again. "

Jiang Zhen left without waiting for Shen Anxin to speak.

Although Shen Anxin said bad things about Zhao Jinge in front of him and make him angry he didn't do anything else, so he didn't hit him. He just made up his mind to stay away from this man in the future.

"Jiang Zhen!" Shen Anxin called again but Jiang Zhen's footsteps did not even pause.

He wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves and then saw that his sleeves were wet.

Shen Anxin had no face to stay in the street any longer so he turned around and left. After he left, two people appeared at the corner of the street.

One of them was Feng Jingyuan, and the other was one of Feng Jingyuan's men brought with him from the capital.

"I said there was something wrong with Shen Anxin these days, but I didn't expect him to have this idea again." Feng Jingyuan said.

"Master, is he trying to get Jiang Zhen support?" Feng Jingyuan men asked.

"Of course not." Feng Jingyuan said: "he is just a child who is fooling around… Obviously having no skills but wanting to go out to do business… "

"The host, master Zheng is biased towards him and he is also full of resentment against our Wanlong business, which is disadvantageous to our future development." The man next to Feng Jingyuan said again. Feng Jingyuan also knows what this man said. He even knew that Zheng Yi preferred Shen Anxin because he wanted to use him to contain himself.

Zheng Yi hoped that they would balance each other so naturally he had to support Shen Anxin. There is nothing he can do about this, but he was reluctant to be in such a situation.

Shen Anxin lacked experience and everything else, but after several years of gaining experience? Was it possible for him to not grow up?

Shen Anxin has always held a grudge against him. If the Shen family becomes prosperous in the future, he will certainly go against his Wanlong business.

Feng Jingyuan was reluctant to see scuh situation.

"I will not give him the opportunity to develop." Feng Jinyuan said, and looked at his own men: "I asked you to search for people in Hecheng country, did you find them?"

"Master, I have already found seven or eight people." The man said.

"They don't know your identity, do they?" Feng Jinyuan said again.

"I asked others to find them so they don't know my identity.

"That's good …… you find a few people and the next time Shen Anxin is alone outsider, kidnap him… He is a ger and will make these people feel good. " Feng Jingyuan said calmly.

No matter how harmless he behaved, Feng Jingyuan himself was not a kind person, otherwise he would not have taught his son to become like this.

If he kills Shen Anxin, Zheng Yi would definitely investigate this matter thoroughly so he must not get involved himself and let other do that to Shen Anxin…

With Shen Anxin's temper, he certainly would not dare to make this matter public, so he had to grit his teeth and swallow it. Not to mention, that in the future.

After already falling for a men, Shen Anxin would be in a trance all day long so after losing his chastity he may now want to live.

Feng Jingyuan didn't like people like Shen Anxin, but he was glad that Shen Anxin was such a person since he could not be easier to deal with.

"Yes, mater." :The people around Feng Jingyuan responded.

"Coming to unfamiliar place young master Shen did not even know to bring more people with him, he he…." Feng Jingyuan shook his head, feeling more and more that Shen Anxin was too naive.

About Feng Jingyuan's vicious mind, only the two of them knew, at least Jiang Zhen did not think of it at all. At this time, Jiang Zhen just returned home and said to Zhao Jinge: "Jinge, stay away from that Shen Anxin in the future."

"What's the matter?" Zhao Jinge asked puzzledly, Shen Anxin didn't have much contact with them these days, and Jiang Zhen never mentioned Shen Anxin…. Why did you suddenly mentioned him today?

"His heart is not right." Jiang Zhen said, before that Shen Anxin came to see Zhao Jinge everyday but he still did not know what he had in mind.

If Shen Anxin told Zhao Jinge about his confession, it would only make Zhao Jinge unhappy so Jiang Zhen asked him to be careful with him.

Zhao Jinge nodded and said: "Jiang Zhen, in ten days or so, my mother will be 50 years old. My father told me privately that he wanted to do something lively for her."

Zhao Fugui become 50 years old a few years ago and ate an egg on his birthday day, but Zhao Liu was very lucky. He was only 50 years old this year but she was already be able to live a good life.

"Jiang Zhen, according to our custom here, you should buy my mother a pig hooves, a chicken, a fish and a bag of noodles." Zhao Jinge added.

On this side of Hexi Village, some people celebrate their birthday, and their relatives and friends would send something. These who have no money may bring some some eggs and flour, and those who have money would buy chicken and pigs.

"All right, I will be ready by then." Jiang Zhen smiled and thought it was best to kill a pig to give Zhao Liu a face.

As for a pig, they may not be able to finish it. … but it was nothing, after cutting two hooves he can send the rest to the canteen.

By the way, pig hooves should also be kept, he liked eating them.

In the evening, Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge went back to Hexi Village as usual.

These days, he stayed in a country town during the day but always go back at night. Sometimes he even stayed at the county for half a day but he still recognized Hexi village as home.

Seeing Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge coming back, Zhao Liu immediately welcomed him, but now she was not the first to pay attention to Jiang Zhen.

"Grandma Mingzu, ouch grandma missed you so much!" As soon as Zhao Liu came close she hugged Zhao Mingzu.

Zhao Mingzhu also missed her so she stretched out her hand, as grandma and granddaughter became intimate.

Since there was no hurry in finishing Qingfeng building in Fucheng, Jiang Zhen felt very relaxed. The next day he had nothing to do it the country town so he simply did not go there and went to see his men training.

Gradually, he handed over the training to others, but he still went to see it from time to time.

When Jiang Zhen went to see his men's training, he took Zhao Mingzhu with him and made a comparison with her, which made Zhao Mingzhu "giggle" incessantly.

At nearly noon, Jiang Zhen took his daughter to go home but he did not expect that walking just hallway he would unexpectedly met Shen Anxin again.

Shen Anxin seemed to be out of his mind. When he saw Jiang Zhen, he rushed over: "Jiang Zhen, Jiang Zhen."

Jiang Zhen subconsciously stepped aside, frowned, and asked: "what are you doing here?" He made it very clear yesterday, so why Shen Anxin come to find him again?

"I have nothing to say to you. I'll go back first." Jiang Zhen said to Shen Anxin and then left quickly. He did not want Zhao Jinge to misunderstood.

Looking at Jiang Zhen leaving in this way, Shen Anxin's face showed despair.

"Master Shen, are you all right?" Zheng Baoning asked anxiously when he saw Shen Anxin.

"I'm fine." Shen Anxin whispered that it was nothing but he didn't seem to be all right.

"Master Shen do you want me to arrange for someone to take you to the county town?" Zheng Baoning was worried about what was happening to these men so he asked again.

Shen Anxin shook his head, but Zheng Baoning was still worried: "I'm going to the county town, so why don't you come with me? Master Shen are you a ger? It's not safe to walk outside alone… "

Zheng Baoning has come into contact with a lot of women in the past, so he could naturally see through Shen identity.

Zheng Baoning said it casually, but Shen Anxin froze.