The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 236 We will be a family from now on

Mrs. Xu didn't feel that she was more important than 5000 taels of silver. She believed that in the Ming Dynasty, if you put yourself and 5000 taels of silver together and asked people to choose between the two, any man would choose silver.

She also thought that Ding Yi came to help for the Xu family's money.

But never expected that Ding Yi really didn't seem to be doing it for money?

Why is he not doing it for money?

She understands men very well. Men are either greedy for money or women, or they are greedy for both.

Ding Yi doesn't want money, what do you think he wants?
It was obviously winter, and Mrs. Xu suddenly felt a little hot in her body, and then her face began to turn red.

She didn't know what to say.

But experience tells her that there is no kindness without reason in the world, and there will be no pies in the sky.

Her mind was spinning quickly, and she didn't want to have nothing to say between her and Ding Yi. In less than two seconds, she took a deep breath, and the expression on her face seemed to have made a big decision.

She raised her eyes, and blinked her long eyelashes: "I am bold, I wonder if General Ding is married?"

Ding Yi gave her an interesting look, her face was flushed, and her eyes were fixed on Ding Yi.

"I'm married, and now I have a wife and a concubine." Ding Yi likes to call him an official, because he thinks he's more qualified than a general, so everyone under Lushun knows to call him an adult.

"Ah" Mrs. Xu covered her small mouth with an incredulous expression on her face.

She saw that Ding Yi was very young, only around twenty, but she didn't expect that he already had a wife and a concubine.

She hesitated for a while, blushing: "I have a younger sister who is almost 17 years old and is not yet married—"

It turned out that she wanted to introduce her sister to Ding Yi.

This woman is interesting, Ding Yi thought to himself, the more I can't get something, the more I like to get it, that's how men should be.

"Is she as beautiful as you?" Ding Yi asked.

Mrs. Xu was overjoyed, thinking that Ding Yi was interested, but at the same time, she felt a little disappointed in her heart.

After all, men like young girls.

"My younger sister is beautiful, much more beautiful than my concubine." Mrs. Xu smiled brightly, she looked like Qin Nan when she smiled, her eyes were bent into crescent moons, and her charm was all hanging in the corners of her eyes.

It's good for a girl to have a woman, Ding Yi thought in his heart, and said solemnly on the surface: "It just so happens that my brother-in-law is also around [-], and he is a good match for your sister."

Ding Yi had wanted to help Ruan Siqing find a wife for a long time, now is a good opportunity to hitch up with the Xu family and get what he needs.

"Ah" Mrs. Xu said in surprise.

She thought it was Ding Yi who wanted to marry a concubine, but she didn't expect it to be Ding Yi's wife and brother?

"Ah what?" Ding Yi dissatisfied: "My brother-in-law used to be an inspector of the salt affairs of the imperial court, and soon he will be a general in the army. It is not impossible to become a general in the future."

"He hasn't married a wife yet. Is it better for your sister to be a wife than a concubine? In the future, she will be the general's wife."

Mrs. Xu's expression is a bit unbelievable, there is such a good thing?
From a woman's standpoint, of course being a wife is better than being a concubine.

And in the future, he will be on the same line with General Ding. Only in this way can the Xu family prosper forever.

Mrs. Xu quickly decided that she could marry Ding Yi, but everything had to wait.

She is very smart. Although Ding Yi won today, she doesn't know what will happen in the future.

What if Xu Guoying was someone in the court and suddenly brought down Ding Yi?
After all, in Mrs. Xu's memory, none of Ming's military officers had civil servants, and even eunuchs had status.

She rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "So, I will listen to the general."

"But it's the cold winter right now, and I need to discuss it with the elders of the family."

"Why don't we wait until next spring, when our two families discuss this marriage?"

Ding Yi couldn't hide her ghostly thoughts.

Ding Yi became angry when he saw it.

This girl is afraid that she will be ruined by Xu Guoying again, so she still wants to wait and see.

I saved her, but she still wanted to half-heartedly.

Ding Yi was upset, his face darkened, and he stood up slowly: "Okay, let's talk about this next spring."

Mrs. Xu didn't know why Ding Yi was so angry suddenly, she also hurriedly stood up: "General Ding, did my concubine say something wrong?"

Ding Yi's eyes followed her ruddy and smooth face, saw the jade-white collarbone under the collar, and couldn't help but burst out a sentence in his mind: "Some things, I can wait until next year, but there are some things, I don't want to waited."

Madam Xu's complexion changed drastically, and she took a step back subconsciously: "General, don't-don't-I beg you-" The expression on her face seemed to be about to cry.

Ding Yi was expressionless: "Think about it, I never force others."

"Really don't want it?" After saying that, he turned around and stepped out of the door.

"General." Mrs. Xu was about to cry. She bit her lip, her eyes were red, and she saw that Ding Yi was about to walk to the door.

She stepped forward and grabbed Ding Yi's robe: "I don't mean that, it's daytime now—" After she finished speaking, her face turned red up to her neck, she was so ashamed that she didn't know why she said that. Such words.

The heat in her body quickly rushed from her abdomen to her whole body.

At this moment, now, even she herself feels very hot, very hot, and wants to do something.

"It's only interesting during the day." Ding Yi turned around, reached out his hand gently, and lifted her delicate chin.

Mrs. Xu closed her eyes, her body trembling.

Soon, she heard Ding Yi's very gentle voice: "From now on, we will be a family."

Bang, Xiang Huailai, who was guarding the door, suddenly heard the door being slammed hard.

The two soldiers at the door were dumbfounded.

With a straight face, Xiang Huailai stretched out his hand and waved it forward.

Everyone ran forward cautiously, and soon got away from the gate.
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On December [-], after staying in Songjiang for two days, Ding Yi planned to go to Nanjing.

Except for meeting Mrs. Xu when he came to rescue Mrs. Xu that day, Ding Yi never saw her when he went there afterwards.

Mrs. Xu was obviously avoiding him.

Ding Yi was not angry either. Before leaving, he asked the housekeeper of the Xu family to bring a message to Mrs. Xu to help him find craftsmen in Songjiang, and the shipbuilder was the priority.

The housekeeper of Xu's residence readily agreed.

On December [-]th, Ding Yi went to Tongzhou (now Nantong) and went ashore to look for craftsmen. He stayed for two days and found almost nothing. He got three old craftsmen who had intended to go to Lushun, and they were quite old.

On the [-]th, I came to Jiangyin along the river, still went ashore to find craftsmen, and paid a lot of money to find six craftsmen, mainly carpenters and blacksmiths, but still no shipbuilders.

Then all the way to Xinzhou (now Yangzhong), there were no people in Xinzhou at that time. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was Xu Da's fiefdom. After going ashore for a day, they found nothing, not even a craftsman.

Then Zhenjiang, Yangzhou, finally got something.

Yangzhou has a shipyard in the Ming Dynasty. Since the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, the shipbuilding industry has shrunk. Now it can only build yellow ships and warships with less than [-] materials. There are many shipwrights in Yangzhou.

However, although some craftsmen have inherited their craftsmen, it does not mean that their descendants must do this.

Some people have a craftsman's identity, and they may be farming with the master's family.

Ding Yi stayed in Yangzhou for five days. Sure enough, the craftsmen here are as demanding as Ruan Siqing said.

At least five taels of people are willing to leave, and the most expensive asking price is 20 taels a month.

Ding Yi first dug up an old craftsman from the local shipyard with a heavy gold of 50 taels a month, and then asked the old craftsman to inspect for him to find craftsman talents. Finally, he took away more than 30 craftsmen and six doctors from Yangzhou, and added There are 80 family members, including 11 who can build ships.

On the 12th, [-] craftsmen and doctors were found in Zhenjiang.

On the [-]th, we followed the Yangtze River waterway and finally arrived in Nanjing.

(End of this chapter)