husband in another world

"Excuse me, is Master Zhou here?"

Shopkeeper Zhao lazily leaned on the table to drink tea, the blue tea leaves rolled up and down, and the stretched and soft body was dyed with a faint fragrance.

Hearing this, shopkeeper Zhao just raised his eyelids and then lowered his eyes, gently blowing on the tea.

He is the shopkeeper of the cloth shop newly hired by the Zhou family. Although the shop is not busy, it is very profitable. Every time a new style is launched, those women who usually hold their own identities will turn into powerful aunts in the market, and they are even more crazy than Bai Qi. .The most important thing is that it is just leisure, but the monthly rate is twice as high as that of other shops, not counting various bonuses.

I know that the owner of Buzhuang used to run it and lived here, so whenever someone comes to ask about the owner, shopkeeper Zhao will serve them enthusiastically, but the premise is that the person looks like he is looking for the owner to discuss business, rather than looking at it. This is for alms.

Just like the one in front of you, tattered coarse bunt, patched cloth shoes, old face, humble expression.

The shopkeeper saw that the shopkeeper was not willing to talk to him, so he quickly woke up from his drowsiness, got up and said with a bad face: "If you buy something, buy it, if you don't buy it, don't stand in front of the door!"

"I, I'm here to find someone." The old class leader explained loudly.

"Who are you looking for? Shopkeeper Zhao and I are the only ones in the shop, who else are you looking for!" In fact, there were two young daughters-in-law on the second floor to entertain the nobles who came to buy nightdresses that it was not convenient for the man to entertain.But he knew both of their family members, so he knew that they would never be looking for them.

"Team master, that Zhou Jing is not a liar, is he? Let our theater troupe leave us alone after singing. I said at the beginning, how could he have so much spare money in his dilapidated rural house? Please go to other towns to give it there. The man who sings the opera for nothing, he can't enjoy any benefits at all, isn't this a fool's behavior! After a long time of trouble, it turns out that he is playing tricks on us!" The old troupe leader's favorite Xiaosheng was talking, and he looked just like a popular opera singer in the opera circle. oily noodles.Because Xiao He was rejected by Zhou Jing, everyone who knew the troupe knew about it, she was very ashamed for several days, she was so ashamed that she couldn't speak her teeth, and she became so thin that she lost her appearance in a few days.

"If it doesn't work, let's go to Wangjia Village to find him. If you can run away, the monk can't run away from the temple!"

Shopkeeper Zhao put the teacup heavily on the table, snorted coldly, and said condescendingly: "I heard he called you the class leader, are you from the Han family class?"

The old class leader quickly said: "Exactly, Master Zhou invited us to sing operas in several nearby towns. Now that the operas are over, we are here to settle the wages."

"Oh." Shopkeeper Zhao drooped his eyelids, "Even if you pay wages, you are still so arrogant. Whether our boss has money or not is not worth showing to you low-grade people. What's wrong with the house in the countryside? Even if you are in the countryside, you don't deserve a single one! "

The old class leader was startled, and then realized that the person in front of him had said his boss, so it was possible that he was the shopkeeper invited by Zhou Jing.This can also explain that he was annoyed after hearing what his apprentice said.

The old class leader glared at Xiaosheng fiercely, "If you can't speak, don't say it. Master Zhou is something you can talk about, get out quickly." Shopkeeper Zhao, please tell me where to find Master Zhou. I will compensate you here."

It's all just for the sake of food, as long as shopkeeper Zhang taught him a lesson, he didn't make things difficult for him.

"You go to Hua'an Street. Now my boss has moved to Zhou's Mansion on Hua'an Street. You will know when you inquire."

"Yes Yes Yes."

As soon as the old class leader withdrew, Xiaosheng rushed forward and said, "But I found out, didn't Zhou Jing run away?"

The old class leader slapped him on the head, "Mo Yan nonsense, Mr. Zhou moved to Hua'an Street?"

"What Hua'an Street, there are noble people living there, class leader, did you hear me right?" Xiaosheng exclaimed in shock.

Although the Han family class is not local, they are on the run. Whenever they go to a place, the play can be performed in a hurry, but they must inquire clearly, so as not to risk local taboos or offend local snakes.Another point is that they also need to know where the rich live, so they can ask the family if they invite people to sing.

Before going to Wangjiacun, they sang at several masters' houses on Hua'an Street.The old class leader even remembered that the houses these gentlemen lived in were very different from the Zhou family, one was at most wealthy in the village, while the other was wealthy in the sky.

In fact, the old class leader didn't believe it in his heart. He lived in Zhou's house for three days. Maybe it was his preconceived notion that Zhou's family was just a rich family in the village.

"Forget it, let's go and have a look first, if we can't find anyone, then go to Wangjiacun."

They had just stepped into Hua'an Street, and they randomly grabbed a woman who was shopping for vegetables to ask, and the woman knew it, and pointed to a place from a distance and said, "It's right in front, and it's just a cup of tea. His street gate is golden. The household at Zhumen, if you know how to read, look up, it says Zhou Mansion!"

"Oh, thank you." The old class leader didn't expect to know just by asking the first person.I can't tell if I'm relieved or disappointed.

"Who are you from his family?" The woman rolled her eyes, "Are you a relative from the countryside? I heard people say that Mr. Zhou came from the countryside. Is it true? But your fate is so real." Well, to be able to climb into a rich family like Master Zhou, good days will come after this. By the way, do you have a boy in your family? If you can't do it, you can also have a daughter. Let me tell you, my seventh aunt's family... "The old woman didn't care if the old class leader didn't answer, she started talking to herself.

The people in the troupe were placed in the inn in the town, and the old troupe only brought out two people, one was his daughter and the other was his proud disciple.So at this time, it looks more like defecting to relatives.

The golden plaques of the Zhou Mansion are shining brightly in the sun, the high gate compound, the red walls and green tiles are fortified, and now just standing outside and looking at it makes one feel fearful.

"This...is this really the Zhou Mansion?"

The old class leader didn't answer, walked forward and knocked on the door three times, and a vigorous voice came from the yard.

"Who?"

"The villain is from the Han family class. He finished singing according to Master Zhou's orders and came here to pay his wages."

"Oh, wait a minute."

Hearing the sound of footsteps at the door, he nestled back, and soon returned.This time the tightly closed door was finally opened from the inside, and a man smiled and said: "It's the old class leader Han, my master asked me to greet everyone for your hard work. This is the 20 taels of silver that I said before. Please take it well, the old class leader." .By the way, there are still five taels. My master said it was a reward. Thank you for your hard work. My master is very satisfied. In addition, I also invite the old troupe master Han to sing my master’s songs wherever he goes to sing operas. For that play, this silver is Xie Yin."

The old class leader took the silver and said nonuo: "Sure, sure, thank you Master Zhou."

The man smiled kindly at the old class leader, and the heavy gate of the Zhou family closed again in front of him, as if two worlds had been cut into an insurmountable gap by this gate.

"This... When did the Zhou family become so rich?" Xiaosheng still couldn't believe it. Obviously, the Zhou family was just a small family, and their lives were not poor at most, so how did they become so rich.

The old class leader sighed heavily, "We are narrow-minded and underestimated Mr. Zhou. I am also obsessed, why don't I want to think that Zhou's family is really the kind of family with only small riches in our imagination. How could those big men in the south Rich and noble men know him and admire him."

Originally, the old class leader specially brought his daughter here this time, hoping in his heart that if Zhou Jing regretted it.Unexpectedly, he didn't even see anyone's face at all. He, his daughter, and even the entire theater troupe were not worthy of Zhou Jing's personal reception at all.I think that I was able to meet Zhou Jing that time because his husband really wanted to see the play, otherwise he would not even have the chance to meet him.But pity his daughter...

The old class leader looked, her daughter was biting her lower lip as she looked at the gate of the Zhou Mansion, her eyes were red.

My daughter really fell in love with Zhou Jing! However, their status and status are so different that it is completely impossible. With the current power of the Zhou family, it is impossible to marry any rich girl, and it is also impossible for him to marry. daughter.

If the Zhou Mansion had lived in such a noble compound from the very beginning, neither he nor his daughter would have dared to have even a single thought of delusion.

In the hall of the Zhou Mansion sits Carpenter Cao, who is the one who has been repairing houses for the Zhou family.

"Master Zhou, do you really want to build a Book Collection Pavilion?" Carpenter Cao reconfirmed.

Shen Mo hurriedly explained: "It's not the library, but the study."

In the imperial dynasty, only academies could build large libraries similar to those of later generations, for students to study and study.As for the businessmen who mainly make profits, they can only be regarded as study rooms, and most of them are notebooks to pass the time.

Zhou Jingdao: "As my husband said, I just built a study, I dare not call it a library."

But according to Zhou Jing's description, it was already the size of Zangshu Pavilion.

In fact, what Zhou Jing really wants to build is a library for future generations.Whether it is Huabenzi, recipes, medicine books or other professional books, you can find them here.Students can gather here to study and study, or they can leave a deposit to take home and grind it carefully like later generations.But in any case, the only purpose is to focus on the books that scholars learn, supplemented by entertainment.

He did this not for making money, but for Zhou Yu.What happened in the private school sounded a wake-up call for Zhou Jing, making him realize more clearly that this is a dynasty, not a descendant, and it’s not that if you can make money with your skills, you’re a good cat, but a dynasty whose birth even affects the imperial examinations.

There are many precedents in this dynasty. For example, a few years ago, there was a master Juren who was praised by the emperor himself for his excellent writing.However, during the palace examination, when he was asked about his life experience, the emperor's expression changed immediately when he learned that he was born in a merchant's family. Four.

Zhou Jing thinks he can't be the child's help, but he can't hold the child back either.But the identity of the family of merchants cannot be changed, so it can only be changed by gaining a good reputation known to scholars all over the world.

The first solution he thought of was the library. The library is a great thing that benefits the country and the people, and it is also a palace of knowledge that thousands of people love.Although there is no library here, there is a Zangshu Pavilion, but since the Zangshu Pavilion occupies a Tibetan character, it is not casually shown to outsiders.Imperial knowledge is precious, worth as much as a thousand pieces of gold, how can anyone see it at will!

Only really famous and large-scale academies will have the Book Collection Pavilion. The rare books in the Book Collection Pavilion are all old books, and if they are accidentally damaged, there will be no more.Therefore, only the students who are extremely favored by the master and even the dean can be fortunate enough to study in the Zangshu Pavilion.

What Zhou Jing wants to build is such a library, which can be read and studied by students all over the world. Knowledge is no longer restricted and can be widely disseminated.

It’s just that Zhou Jing is not so great in his heart, but wants to use the mouth of scholars all over the world to spread his good name, and ask scholars to mention Zhou Jianeng’s praise of benevolence and righteousness. First of all, they think of Zhou Ji Library. During the palace examination, he was unfair because of his birth.

"Can……"

Zhou Jing waved his hand and said, "Craftsman Cao, don't think too much. I'm a businessman. What I want to do is to make money. Although my study is bigger, I still need to make money. It won't be like the library in the academy. No fee is charged, and only direct disciples can enter."

Carpenter Cao wiped the sweat from his forehead, "That's good."

"If possible, I hope that it can be built with blue bricks. It is best to build four or five floors high. Each floor should be well ventilated and have a large space, because not only books should be placed, but also tables should be placed indoors for students to read and study. "

"Okay, I will study with other craftsmen when I go back, and I will write back to you, Mr. Zhou, in seven days."

"It's a word."

Although Zhou Yu still had the same facial expression on his face, he was actually moved like a stormy wave in his heart.At this moment, he no longer complained about his background, but was filled with endless gratitude, grateful to him for meeting Shen Mo, grateful to Shen Mo for adopting him, and even more grateful to Shen Mo and Zhou Jing for everything he had done for him.

There are so many merchants in the world, and among them, the sons of merchants are even more educated, but even if their fathers were born, no one has ever done so much care for their sons, so prepared for a rainy day.In order not to let his background drag him down, he did not hesitate to spend all his money.

As Zhou Jing said, the study is probably a loss of money after it is completed, and it is probably impossible to make money.

Zhou Yu secretly swears in his heart that from today onwards, the former Zhou Yu is dead, he is Zhou Jing Shen Mo's biological son, no matter whether they have their own biological children in the future, they will live forever.

Seven days later, Craftsman Cao agreed to build a study for the Zhou family, and at the same time, the Zhou family began to collect a large number of rare books.At the price of 35 articles per day, some scholars were invited to classify them. Most of them are poor scholars with fame, and there are a few who have no fame, but their articles are famous for being beautiful, but for various reasons, they just don’t pass the exam. .

Zhou Jing, Shen Mo, and Zhou Yu also left the stage. The first round of selection was conducted among the ten talents, and the three of them conducted the second round of selection to confirm whether it was available or not. If it was available, they would discuss the price with the seller. If it was not available, the seller would ask the seller to take it back.

At the beginning, not many people came, and most of the ten scholars were drinking tea and chatting, until one day, a down-and-out scholar came with an ancient bamboo carving book that claimed to be an ancestral treasure, asking for 35 taels. Afterwards, his face turned pale with shock, and he offered it like a treasure. After Zhou Jing and Zhou Yu saw it, he made a decision to buy it without even paying the price.

Zhou Yu was the main force. After all, he was the one who received the most orthodox education in the Zhou Mansion, so he was also the busiest one. After school, he plunged into the study to study.But it was really this time with a lot of ink in his heart that made him who he will be in the future.

"Master Zhou, can you lend me one or two of the bamboo slips to read, and I promise to send them back to you early tomorrow morning."

Zhou Jing smiled and said, "It's my honor that you like it, sir. But why don't you cultivate yourself at night first, so that you can select more treasures when you are full of energy the next day. I hereby assure you that when the bookstore is completed, the bookstore will be completed." All the books in the book are open to everyone, and you can choose them at will. If you really like it, you can also transcribe it."

The scholar's eyes lit up: "Really? Everything is fine?"

Zhou Jing smiled and said, "Not only can it be, but it's all free."

The scholar was so happy that he couldn't hold his tongue from ear to ear, he forgot to be arrogant, other scholars also came up to ask Zhou Jing for a promise, and for a moment he forgot to look down on this merchant who was full of copper stink.Because of this, the few people got closer to the Zhou family, even willing to give Zhou Yu a few pointers when they were free, and became respectful to Zhou Jing.