Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 46 The First Year of Jian'an
After discussing a lot with Zhou Lin, the two sides reached a deal. In addition to the business of porcelain and spirits, Shen Chen also sold him a new technology - paddle steamer.

However, the new ship technology is not something that people are willing to pay for just making a model and drawing a drawing.

There must be practical effects.

So Shen Chen told Zhou Lin about the model and manufacturing method, and after Zhou Lin returned to Bashu, he conducted experiments at the Bajun Shipyard on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the shipbuilding technology in the south was still very good, Jiangdong was the best, Jingzhou was second, and Yizhou was the third.

After all, these three states are all run through by the Yangtze River, coupled with the complex and changeable water system environment, so people are more accustomed to traveling by boat, and the corresponding shipbuilding industry is naturally more developed.

Afterwards, Zhou Lin also introduced to Shen Chen several big merchants in Xiangyang he knew, but these things were left to Deng Hong to do. Now that he is only nine years old, it is inconvenient for him to come forward for many things, so he temporarily pushed Deng Hong to the front desk It's better to go.

In November, the marriage between Deng Hong and the Cai family was finally finalized.

Amid Deng Hong's tearful eyes, Deng Mao, Deng Kai and other elder brothers made decisions for him, and formally engaged to the Cai family in Xiangyang. The evening ceremony was held in December at the end of the year.

Although Cai's looks are average, he has a good family background and good character. Although Deng Mao, Deng Kai and others feel sorry for their younger brother, they have to force him to marry that Cai family woman for the great cause of the clan.

Then Deng Hong was promoted very quickly, from the chief secretary of the office history to the meritorious Cao Shuzuo, and the official rank has become the same as Deng Yi, Liu He, and Zhuge Xuan, and has become a three hundred stone official.

And even though it's only three hundred stones, it has a different meaning.

Because Gongcao Shuzuo is also an official of the state government, responsible for the minutes and paperwork of the state government meeting, he is qualified to sit with Liu Biao for meetings every day like Kuai Liang, Deng Yi, Liu He, and Zhuge Xuan.

Therefore, to a certain extent, Deng Hong has reached the sky in one step. From the original librarian of the state capital, he became an employee of the state capital overnight.

This is naturally due to the Cai family.

Because of her looks, the Cai family was too high to be low, and her family background was too poor to marry her. The Cai family looked down on her.Her status is about the same as that of the Cai family, or slightly worse, and they look down on her.

Just like Huang Yueying, in the end it was the Zhuge family who chose to marry the Huang family.The reason is that Zhuge's family background is not very good, but it's not particularly bad, barely matching the Huang's family.

The same Deng family is now in decline, but after all, the ancestors were once glorious, and they are direct descendants of Deng Yu, and the grandfather is still a noble.

Therefore, the two parties can barely form an equal in-law relationship, and make do with it.

It wasn't until the beginning of December that the two sides' funeral ceremony was completed.

This was not the first time Shen Chen participated in the Han Dynasty's evening ceremony, but it was the most solemn one.

The evening ceremony originated from the Zhou Dynasty, and it was called the evening ceremony because it was held at dusk.

At noon, a wedding banquet was held at Cai's house. The guests were all from aristocratic families, famous and powerful, and there were more than 400 tables on the table alone.

Because the banquet held in the Han Dynasty was not a big round table with a dozen people eating together, but a table for each person.

Therefore, a large venue was needed, and the Cai family directly held the banquet in the Nanjun Prefect's Mansion, with an unprecedented scale.

After the wedding banquet at noon, after a series of ceremonies, the horse-drawn carriage of more than 1000 people set off from Cai's house to the newly purchased mansion in the west of the city by Deng's family.

This mansion was purchased by the Deng brothers with the remaining money from the sale of the land.

Houses in the Han Dynasty were actually not expensive. At that time, the land was sparsely populated, and the prices of houses in ordinary county towns ranged from a few thousand to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Only the top-notch mansions cost more than one million dollars.

But Xiangyang is not an ordinary county, and now that the north is in chaos, a large number of people have fled south to Jingzhou, causing the housing prices in Xiangyang to double, and the price of the top luxury houses has reached tens of millions of dollars, which is enough to support a small army.

Naturally, the Deng family couldn't afford the best luxury house, so they settled for the next best thing and bought a luxurious house covering an area of ​​about three and a half acres.

Even so, it cost more than 80 yuan, and my brothers were so distressed that they couldn't sleep in the middle of the night.

But there is no way, Deng Hong is now working in the state capital, and married a daughter of the Cai family. After a famous family married a contemporary famous family, he must have corresponding supporting facilities.

The Eastern Han Dynasty has always been sparsely populated, and the housing area is huge. The Eastern Han folk houses unearthed in Chongqing in later generations all have more than 300 square meters.Generally, better houses are more than 9000 square meters, like the Chang'an Palace, which covers an area of ​​5400 acres.Luoyang Imperial Palace covers an area of ​​[-] mu.

And not only in the Han Dynasty, basically except for the Song Dynasty, urban housing in the Han and Tang Dynasties was not particularly tense.

When Bai Juyi was the crown prince, his house covered an area of ​​17 mu, which could be called a mansion among mansions.Guo Ziyi's family occupies an area of ​​15 square meters, 225 mu of land. An ordinary county town in the Han Dynasty only had an area of ​​[-] to [-] mu of land.

Therefore, to a certain extent, in the Han and Tang Dynasties, the larger the house, the better the status and conditions.If Cai's daughter were allowed to live in a private house, the Deng family would not be able to afford to lose her.

Of course, even so, Cai is still a little dissatisfied.

Cai's daughter's father once expressed to Deng Mao that he was willing to give Deng Hong a large house covering an area of ​​[-] mu, but Deng Mao and others politely refused. After all, he is a descendant of the Deng family in Xinye, so it is better to save face.

Fortunately, that daughter of the Cai family is really virtuous and virtuous, and she didn't feel downgraded because she moved from a huge mansion compound to an ordinary mansion with an area of ​​only 30 square meters. She just brought some maids and servants with her, a total of more than [-] People, glad to live in.

By the end of December, Deng Hong had also slowly accepted his new wife.

After all, who can refuse a fat wife who is wealthy and obedient?
As the New Year approached, the state capital and schools were on holiday, and Shen Chen and Deng Hong, their grandfather and grandson, also planned to go back to Xinye to celebrate the New Year.

The grandfather and grandson, the bride and the servants brought by the bride came to the ferry outside Xiangyang City in a carriage and planned to go north to Xinye by boat.

When Deng Hong took his wife and said goodbye to Deng Yi, Liu He, Zhuge Xuan and other colleagues, Shen Chen also said goodbye to Zhuge Liang and Wang Can and other friends who had met in Xianshan Academy.

Wang Can liked Shen Chen very much, and after he came, Song Zhong stopped making himself a strong man.

Moreover, Shen Chen also has a lot of research on poetry. When Wang Can was writing poems, Shen Chen would often help him change one or two sentences. With a small change, the overall poem was sublimated a lot, which made him very happy.

After everyone said goodbye one by one, Zhuge Liang said to Shen Chen: "My dear brother, this trip to Xinye should come back earlier."

"Well, I know, Xinye is not peaceful now."

Shen Chen nodded.

Although Liu Biao implemented the farming system in Xinye, the excessive number of refugees still caused serious public security problems.

In addition, the Yellow Turbans in Runan have always been very powerful, and they often invade Xinye County and rob food. As a result, there are no large-scale wars in Nanyang, but small-scale riots continue.

More importantly, Zhang Ji will come early next year. After Cao Cao welcomes the emperor, he will soon conquer Nanyang himself. By then, Nanyang will only be more chaotic than it is now.

Zhuge Liang said: "It's good that my brother knows, go and come back early."

"Brother, don't worry."

Shen Chen cupped his hands, and said to Wang Can and a few other classmates who had a good relationship: "Everyone, have a good year and see you next year."

"see you next year."

Several people also saluted and watched him bid farewell and leave on the boat.

After Shen Chen boarded the boat, he stood on the side of the boat and waved to them. Zhuge Liang and Wang Can both stood on the shore and waved to him as well.

They waited until the boat faded away and disappeared in the December mist on the Han River before they left.

Back in the boat, seeing Deng Hong and Mrs. Cai were rubbing each other's ears, I immediately felt a little irritated.

The uncle used to dislike being fat, but now that he knows the benefits of his wife, he gets tired of being together every day, and when he has a wife, he forgets about his grandson.

But seeing the newcomers laugh, how can I hear the old ones cry.

But looking at the sixth grandmother, Shen Chen suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter.

Zhuge Liang is super senior.

The relationship between him and Deng Hong is very simple. Deng Hong's cousin is Shen Chen's grandfather, so Deng Hong is Shen Chen's sixth grandfather.

Then Cai is Shen Chen's sixth-grandmother.

The relationship between Cai and Liu Biao's wife, Mrs. Cai, is that of a cousin and niece.

In the future, when Zhuge Liang marries Huang Yueying, he will be called Uncle Liu Biao and Mrs. Cai's little aunt.

In other words, Zhuge Liang is of the same generation as his sixth-grandmother.

Speaking of it, Zhuge Liang had to call his sixth grandmother a big cousin.

Miscalculated..

Shen Chen secretly said something bad, Zhuge Liang will be two generations higher than himself in the future.

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In December of the second year of Xingping, the world was still not peaceful.

After Li Jue, Guo Si and others in Guanzhong let Liu Xie go, they quickly regretted it and immediately sent troops to chase him.

But Liu Xie was surrounded by Zhang Ji, Yang Ding, Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and others.

They didn't agree with each other, so Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Yang Ding, Yang Feng, and Dong Cheng fought in a chaotic battle, and the dog's brains were about to come out.

These Guanzhong warlords attacked each other, and Liu Xie and Baiguan suffered disasters and fled to Caoyang in embarrassment. Later, Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, and Wang Yi, the prefect of Hedong, gave him some money and food, and he managed to settle down.

After the defeat of Liu Bei and Lu Bu in Xuzhou, he is still trapped in Guangling. Mi Zhu has spent all his wealth, so that the army has food and grass, and slowly gathers some soldiers.

Yuan Shu in Huainan heard about Liu Xie's predicament at this time, and thought that the time had come. He wanted to proclaim himself emperor, but was dissuaded by his subordinates.

After defeating Liu Yao, Sun Ce was preparing his troops to attack Kuaiji.

Gongsun Zan was besieged by Liu Yu's old troops and Yuan Shao's army, and he was stationed in Yijing, and the two sides were still in a stalemate.

At present, in the whole world, apart from Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou, only Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao and Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao are temporarily in peace.

Moreover, Yuan Shao's advisers planned to welcome Liu Xie a long time ago in order to achieve the goal of "holding the emperor to make the princes", but it was a pity that Guo Tuchun Yuqiong stopped it.

Cao Cao was different. After hearing about Liu Xie's plight, he not only sent troops to serve the king, but also offered food and grass, which doubled Liu Xie's favor for him.

Amid such hustle and bustle, the second year of Xingping gradually came to an end, and the first year of Jian'an finally arrived.

(End of this chapter)