{"id":3470,"date":"2021-08-03T09:33:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T07:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/?p=3470"},"modified":"2021-10-07T09:43:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T07:43:40","slug":"tofuh-chapter-126-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/2021\/08\/03\/tofuh-chapter-126-1\/","title":{"rendered":"TOFUH &#8211; Chapter 126.1 &#8211; Sending Wine To Fucheng"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Master Zheng was now highly valued by the empress dowager as an imperial minister in the\u00a0 imperial court; he firmly did not join any side . . . Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi both knew that if they prepared in advance, They would be\u00a0 able to find the right person to take over the Hongjiang salt farm.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Jiang Zhen was not good at these types of things, so in the end, he did not say much.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen talked about the Hongjiang salt farm, they spoke about Shen Anxin\u2019s affairs. \u201cIt was Shen Anxin who bribed the Jiang family.\u201c\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was him?\u201c Jiang Zhen was startled. After Shen Anxin confessed to him he never saw him again. He really did not expect that he would come up with such a thing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cThere should be Feng Jinyuan meddling in it,\u201c Zheng Yi added. When he initially learned about it, he was very angry. He did not say anything\u00a0 but made up\u00a0 his mind to give Shen Anxin some lessons in private, but then . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seeing Feng Jinyuan and Shen Anxin fight later and then seeing that Shen Anxin refused to say anything about it, even when he was obviously not in the right state, he could more or less guess a little.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After guessing, it was not good to do anything more to Shen Anxin. But of course, continuing to cooperate with Shen Anxin was also impossible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Jiang Zhen was thinking about his future these days, so he almost forgot about this matter. After hearing what Zheng Yi had\u00a0 said and giving it a little thought, he agreed with Zheng Yi\u2019s approach.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right then, he didn\u2019t want to get in touch with Shen Anxin at all, nor did he want to find out why he did it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs for these people from the Jiang family . . . there are many people who are watching you now, so you can\u2019t do anything to them. But you can still move them to some other village, so they would live far away from you,\u201c Zheng Yi added.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Chengxiang and Jiang Chengwen were brought to him for interrogation before, but he could not hold them forever, and they needed to be released.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He initially wanted to send these people far away, but who knew if someone would make a fuss about them again? After thinking about it, he thought it would be best to find another village\u00a0 in He Cheng County to settle them down and keep a close eye on them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJust send them to Qiaotou Village,\u201d Jiang Zhen said. Aside from Hexi Village, he currently had the most number of people in Qiaotou Village, so naturally, he could keep an eye on the Jiang family if they go to Qiaotou Village.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThen let\u2019s do it,\u201c Zheng Yi said. After settling this matter he\u00a0 immediately ordered someone to go and get things done.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After solving the follow-up problems caused by the sudden arrival of Zhou Maohe, Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen talked about the construction of the Qingfeng House in Fucheng and mentioned the distilled wine that Jiang Zhen had previously made.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Zheng family had a special brewery. After mentioning it to the craftsmen in the workshop, the\u00a0 craftsmen got busy and had already made some distilled wine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe distilled wine according to your method is really very mellow and tastes very good. But it takes a lot of wine to distill just one small jar. The food consumption for making this wine is really great.\u201c Zheng Yi thought of that wine and sighed lightly.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That wine was indeed a good wine, but if the method is spread, everyone will make it . . . It would consume too much grain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were still many people in Daqi who did not have enough to eat. If this wine spreads . . . the court will certainly issue a ban on alcohol.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is the secret recipe of the Qingfeng House and needs to be kept secret. After this wine is produced, we will sell it in limited quantities every day and never too much,\u201d Jiang Zhen said. \u201cBut before that, we still need to offer first some to the empress dowager.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the empress dowager didn\u2019t like wine too much, it was good stuff. It was also necessary to send a little to the big boss to flatter him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cYou actually know about this?\u201d Zheng Yi looked at Jiang Zhen in some surprise; he had always thought that Jiang Zhen was unaware of these official twists and turns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI know everything I should know. I\u2019m just not quite used to doing so,\u201d Jiang Zhen said; he knew many tricks, but he didn\u2019t think about them because he was too impatient.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen talked for a long time, and it was not until it was getting dark that the conversation was almost done. After looking at the sky, Zheng Yi simply asked his people to send a message that he would spend the night here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWait.\u201d The messenger boy was about to leave when Zheng Yi suddenly stopped him. \u201cAfter you go back to the house to find the madam, if she is willing, she can bring a child to Hexi Village tomorrow for a visit.\u201c\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYes, sir,\u201d the messenger boy responded and left at once.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were many empty houses in the Zhao family, so Jiang Zhen quickly asked someone to help Zheng Yi clean up one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These houses Jiang Zhen built very neatly and made them look very ordinary without any new ideas, but because he was willing to use bricks, the walls were thick and had good insulation. They were warm in winter and cool in summer, making it very comfortable inside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zheng Yi disliked the room\u2019s furnishings, but after going to bed, he slept quite well and even overslept. Finally, the sound of the drill near the dock woke him up, and he got out of bed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Zhao family was already up and out, but Cook Li and Ruo\u2019er had been waiting for him to get up and had prepared a hot and fragrant breakfast for him. A few other people were also waiting around him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were two dishes for breakfast, one was fried buns, the other was white rice porridge. In addition, there were seven or eight kinds of small side &#8211; dishes such as fried peanuts or pickled radish.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zheng Yi ate in an extraordinarily satisfied manner, and in the end, ate almost all of the served dishes . After eating, he took a freshly fried doughnut and then took his people with him as he walked\u00a0 leisurely towards the pier.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this time, it was not long after dawn, but the people of the Jinzhen Escort Agency were already busy. They seemed very busy, but everything seemed to be done in an orderly manner. Zheng Yi, who watched them come and go, actually felt very relaxed and happy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The school had not yet opened, but there were already many children playing nearby. Some of them took out twigs and started to write and draw on the ground.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Zhao Jinge\u00a0 taught the girls and gers how to read yesterday, he told a joke that Jiang Zhen had told him, so some of these girls were proudly retelling the joke to some of the boys. \u201cThere was once a man whose father and mother sent him to school. On the first day, his teacher taught him \u2019one.\u2019 The next day, he taught him \u2019two,\u2019 and on the third day, he taught him \u2019three.\u2019 Then the boy no longer wanted to go to school again and told his parents that he had already learned everything. Later, his father wanted to invite a man surnamed Wan (Ten thousand) to dinner and asked him to write an invitation. But as a result, he was not able to finish it for three days . . .\u00a0 His father felt it was very strange, so he came to ask him about it. Then the boy began to complain, saying that the name of this man was too difficult. He had been writing it for three days, but he had not yet finished ten thousand strokes.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The children laughed while Zheng Yi who listened also found it funny.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Zhen trained his men as usual that day, and dealt with some affairs at the dock. When he returned, he saw Zheng Yi lying on a bamboo recliner, with his legs up, surrounded by a circle of children, telling stories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zheng Yi had read books, traveled from north to south, and was very knowledgeable and eloquent. After several stories all those children listened to him in fascination, looking at him with gazes full of admiration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s time for class,\u201d Jiang Zhen looked at the time and said to the children, making all the children run away very quickly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese kids seem to be afraid of you.\u201d Zheng Yi smiled, enjoying the situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would be strange if they were not afraid of him when he used to fight. All of them came and watched . . . Jiang Zhen answered with a smile, \u201cYoung Master Zheng, your wife is here.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Zheng family boat had already moored at his dock.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zheng Yi smiled, immediately rose from the bamboo recliner, and straightened his clothes: \u201cGo. Follow me to pick up your sister-in-law!\u201c\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zheng Yi was actually not much older than Jiang Zhen; he was born just a year or two earlier. But due to Zheng Yi\u2019s early marriage, his oldest son was already seven years old. In addition to his oldest son, he also had another son and a daughter. The daughter was four years old, and the youngest son was two years old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These three children were born by Zheng Yi\u2019s wife, Zheng Hu. When she came to Hexi village, Zheng Hu brought all three children with her.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were many servants of the Zheng family this time because Zheng Hu took all three young masters out together, so the people who came were even more . . . In total, there were 30 or 40 servants of the Zheng family standing on the dock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Zhen had never met Zheng Hu before, so it was the first time he saw her. It was not good to look at the female relatives casually, so he just glanced at her once. Apart from feeling that Zheng Hu was good-looking and temperamental, he could not say anything else.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Zhen did not need to get in touch with other people\u2019s female relatives, so Zheng Hu\u2019s arrival wouldn\u2019t affect him. But Zhao Liu and Zhao Jinge were different. They had to entertain Zheng Hu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Edited by: Faro<\/p>\r\n<p>Proofreader: Xiao Hua<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Support translation:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=25191841\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"51\" class=\"wp-image-338 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/become_a_patron_button.png?resize=217%2C51\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 217px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 217\/51;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/lajnaa\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kofi3-3.png?resize=185%2C47\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is kofi3-3.png\" width=\"185\" height=\"47\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 185px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 185\/47;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\r\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second Master Zheng was now highly valued by the empress dowager as an imperial minister in the\u00a0 imperial court; he firmly did not join any side . . . 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