Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 406 Three joys come to the door, shining like stars

When Shi Ding said this, it was all a lie.

Donghai County has developed very rapidly in recent years.

The maritime trade between the East and the West is almost all carried out on the territory of Donghai County.

After defeating the Wa Kingdom, the customs and overseas trade of the Wa Kingdom were all monopolized by Donghai County.

So, for the current Da Wei.

Either south or east.

It doesn't matter whether it is Japan or Haixi,
As long as you still want to do cross-border sea trade, you have to pay a toll to Donghai County first.

Of course, doing so is also good for maritime merchants.

Even more and more businessmen choose Donghai County as their destination to complete transactions here.

Because the territory of Donghai County is much safer than the outer sea.

The maritime merchants on Haixi are all armed merchant ships. Once they meet, they may turn into pirates at any time and run away after grabbing a fortune.

But when it comes to Donghai County, many fleets have learned their lesson.

Because once someone dares to disrupt the order, the Black Dragon Fleet will teach you how to behave and let you know what dimension reduction strike is.

Gradually, once the Haixi merchants arrived in the East China Sea, they all put away their instincts and chose to be honest.

It is precisely because the Black Dragon Fleet patrols the waterway day and night, guarding the order at sea.

Even the original pirates in the East China Sea, many chose to wash their hands in the golden basin and switch to serious business.

And the Japanese pirates who once caused disasters in the southeast have basically disappeared since the defeat of the Japanese country.

Those established Japanese pirates, or the ronin and landless peasants of the Japanese country.

Either they were sent to the silver mines in Wa country, or they were sent to the gold mines in Donghai County.

Some fish that escaped the net were sent to feed the fish one after another.

In short, the end is dark.

The only difference is that one is in hell on earth and the other is in hell.

It can be said that now, whether it is people or goods entering and leaving the East China Sea, they must follow the order of Donghai County.

Once you arrive in Donghai County, you have to coil up for me if you are a dragon, and you have to lie down for me if you are a tiger.

Among those who live at sea, there are still three most terrible things at sea.

The storm, the dark reef, the Black Dragon King.

The first two encountered, there is more or less the possibility of survival.

But in Donghai County, he did not obey the rules and offended the Black Dragon King.

That will just make you nowhere to stand at sea.

Because of this, some desperadoes who are not even afraid of death have begun to believe in the Black Dragon Cult.

Shi Ding can get a lot of news about this from the Prince's Mansion of Nan'an County.

But if you know it, you know it, you can't just accept the marriage without asking.

What's more, there is indeed no one in the Great Wei who knows Donghai County better than Feng Yibo, and knows the King of Donghai County better.

With his question today, he not only fulfilled his uncle's responsibility, but also knew a lot of details about Donghai County.

"Uncle, I was joking. I'm also old. Sister Shi begged me at the beginning, but I couldn't do it in the end, so I wanted to give the Shi family an explanation."

Hearing Shi Ding's words, Feng Yibo smiled, and first explained why he helped the historian.

Then, he continued the topic of the New Deal and replied:

"As for the matter of the tenants entering the mu, I think the historians have been loyal and loyal to His Majesty for generations. Now that the two uncles are still stationed in the southwest, they have made great achievements. As long as they have not violated any taboos, how can they be involved?"

After hearing this, Shi Ding felt slightly relieved.

Thinking about it carefully, if the cabinet and the queen mother intended to deal with historians, then Feng Yibo, the elder of the cabinet, would not show his kindness at this time.

Although this time it was not a direct marriage with the Feng family, but it also tied the Shi family to the Donghai County King who was on the same rope with him!

But just now when he wanted to exchange a few words of pleasantries, Feng Yibo changed the subject and said pointedly:
"However, as a fellow villager, I have also heard rumors that 'Efang Palace is three hundred miles away, and there is no room for a Shi in Jinling'. After all, the whole of Lishui is owned by historians. If it is carried out, the historians will lose a lot, right? "

Lishui is a county in Jinling, with a radius of three hundred miles.

That is, it has a circumference of three hundred miles and an area of ​​more than 1000 square kilometers.

What is this concept?

Even in the heyday of the Jia Mansion, the combined Rongning and Ning mansions only had an area of ​​10,000+ mu, only one tenth of that of the historians.

In Lishui, although there are people with all kinds of surnames, most of the people in the land have the surname Shi.

"It's all rumors from the villagers."

Shi Ding was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly explained:

"The historian originally had [-] households, ten of them came to the capital, and only eight households were left in Lishui. These eighteen households have been separated long ago, and they are indeed all over Lishui, but it would be an exaggeration to say that all of Lishui belonged to the historian. .”

When Feng Yibo heard this, he said with a half-smile:
"Anyway, the Duzhong and Jinling historians are also a family with bones and muscles. If they object, uncle will inevitably be embarrassed. Besides, even if Lishui is not all the historian's land, seven or eight out of ten are in each branch of the historian. Under the name?"

Just like Jia's mansion, even if all ten households of the Shi family came to the capital, the land there was still under their name.

For Shi Ding's side, he earns more than a dozen or 20 taels a year just by collecting land rent.

And that's just his one.

Add ten houses together, and there are several 10 taels.

It's just that historians have always kept a low profile, only maintaining the basic decency of the Hou Mansion, and never showing off.

It's not as extravagant as the Jia family.

Shi Ding heard the words, but did not answer directly, and smiled a little embarrassingly, and said:

"Although I have moved to Duzhong for many years, I can still talk there. When I go back to the southwest and pass by Jinling this time, I will definitely ask them to cooperate with the government."

Feng Yibo achieved his goal, so he stopped entanglement, nodded, and changed the subject.

"Since that's the case, my uncle will prepare a dowry for Sister Shi, and I will also write a letter to ask the Queen Mother to give her a marriage. Once the port is thawed, I will send someone to notify the King of Donghai County. When the time comes, I will go there with the third sister of Rongfu, and I will also have a companion." Son."

"Okay, that's it."

Shi Ding agreed, and then hurriedly left.

He somewhat regretted the temptation just now, which attracted Feng Yibo's beating.

However, regardless of whether there was today's beating or not, he did not dare to let the clansmen resist.

In the next few days, Baochai will give birth soon.

Within a few days, Feng's mansion announced good news.

It's just that Baochai was not born, but Miaoyu was blessed by the Buddha because of her perennial worship, and finally conceived a child.

As soon as the new year was over, everyone in the Feng family was beaming again.

Only Sister You and Yingchun were a little unhappy while sending their blessings.

Now, half of the wives and concubines in the Feng residence have children.

Just the two of them, plus Xiangling is not pregnant yet.

Xiangling has her mother by her side, but she has no time to take care of her.

However, Mrs. Feng also saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart, and would mention Xiangling a few words from time to time.

On the other side, Aunt Lin, who got the news, brought Daiyu to visit immediately.

The two first went to the back to meet Li Mengshi, Xue Mu and other elders, and then went to Baochai to talk a few words.

Finally, under the leadership of the maid, came to Miaoyu's small courtyard.

When Miaoyu got the letter, she immediately came out to welcome her, and said happily:

"Aunt, sister, you are here."

Normally, she sticks to her heart and is rarely so excited.

It's just that after being pregnant, I couldn't control my emotions when I saw my natal family.

Daiyu stepped forward quickly, took her arm by her side, and said with some reproach:
"Sister, slow down, it's better to pay attention to your body weight, why did you come out?"

The concern from her mother's family made Miaoyu feel warm in her heart, she smiled lightly and said:
"I'm not that delicate. If the female doctor didn't see me and say I'm pregnant, I wouldn't even notice it."

She is pregnant this time and Baochai is different.

At least for now, there is no pregnancy reaction, nor any discomfort.

It was still more than two months before the letter arrived, so when I was accompanying Baochai, I asked the female doctor to help me take a pulse.

Unexpectedly, this pulse diagnosis was actually a manifestation of a Bodhisattva.

I just don't know which time to worship the Buddha, I came to give her a child.

Aunt Lin looked at the two nieces with a smile, and then said:
"Amitabha! Although I don't have children, I also know that women should rest more at this time. Your body and bones will be well maintained in the past few years, but don't show off at this time."

Miaoyu smiled and was about to answer.

At this moment, I heard the sound of footsteps outside.

She winked, and there must have been a servant girl to inquire about it.

"Let's not continue outside, let's go in and talk."

Here she invited the two of them into the house, and before she had time to change her clothes, the servant girl came back in a hurry and told:
"Auntie, it's Madam who is about to give birth!"

When Daiyu heard this, her eyes suddenly became complicated.

Seeing Miaoyu looking at her, she still said happily in bitterness:
"Fortunately, my sister has a body, so Dafang won't look too empty in the future."

Miaoyu laughed and shook her head, and suggested again:
"Let's go take a look too."

Daiyu nodded and was about to get up.

At this time, Aunt Lin clasped her palms together and recited a Buddhist mantra:
"Amitabha, one of you can't be tired when you have a body, and it's inconvenient for the other girl to go there. Just stay here with your sister. I'll go and see."

Daiyu hesitated for a moment, looked at Miaoyu again, then nodded and said:
"Greetings for me, auntie."

Afterwards, Aunt Lin came out with Miaoyu's maid.

"Go! Hurry up!"

Along the way, maids, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law flocked, surrounded by sisters from the You family, Yingchun, Xiangling and others, all headed towards the west courtyard.

Aunt Lin and the others followed the flow of people and arrived at the main courtyard on the west side.

Afterwards, Li Mengshi brought Mother Xue, Aunt Li, Mrs. You and Mrs. Feng to arrive one after another.

A few people greeted and went out to wait in the small hall.

It was almost an hour before Feng Yibo hurried back.

"How's it going?"

He didn't work in the ministry today, but went to Honglu Temple to guide overseas tribute matters.

When the Feng family found him, they rushed back as soon as they got the letter.

Li Mengshi beckoned him to sit down and said:
"The midwife just came out and said it's still early."

Just seeing her popularity, Ying'er hurriedly found a midwife and asked everyone to be notified.

But having a baby is not that simple.

Even if it is normal production, it will take a long time to start after seeing the red.

When the amniotic fluid breaks, it usually takes an average of four to six hours to give birth.

Therefore, although an hour has passed, it is still a long time before production.

Several members of Li Mengshi have experience, so naturally they are not in a hurry.

Xue Mu and You Lao Niang have both given birth to two, so they have the most experience.

Seeing this, he also comforted him:
"It's not that simple for a woman to give birth to a child, there are all one-day births!"

"You don't have to worry, sir. The midwife said that the fetal position is very upright, and my wife is also strong. I think it will be fine."

Feng Yibo nodded, and the whole person relaxed slightly.

At this time, he saw Aunt Lin beside Li Mengshi, and hurriedly got up to salute:
"When did Auntie arrive? You have been in such a hurry to come back that you have neglected Auntie."

Aunt Lin held the rosary and was praying for Baochai and the child. Hearing this, she opened her eyes and replied:
"Amitabha! Yibo doesn't need to be like this. I brought Daiyu to see her sister. Just in time for my wife to give birth, I came to see if anyone needed help. Even if I couldn't help, I could chant scriptures and pray for them."

Hearing this, Feng Yibo hurriedly said gratefully:

"Thank you, aunt, with you here, the Buddha must have blessed my wife and children."

Everyone here was chatting one after another, and there were voices of cheering and cheering from the delivery room from time to time.

Several hours passed, and even the voice inside became weaker.

At this time, everyone gathered outside the delivery room, and everyone was very anxious, worried about Baochai.

"Oh!"

At this moment, a cry of pain was heard inside, and then the sound stopped.

Everyone's hearts immediately rose to their throats.

Feng Yibo also clenched his fist tightly, for fear that Baochai might make a mistake.

"Wow!"

Not long after, a baby's first cry resounded through the night sky.

At this time, when the door opened, the tired faces of several midwives were revealed.

Fortunately, there was a look of joy on top of the exhaustion.

"Congratulations to Lord Hou, congratulations to Lord Hou! Mother and child are safe!"

"reward!"

Feng Yibo grabbed a handful of Black Dragon Coins from the money basket Yinger was holding beside him and stuffed them into the hands of several midwives.

"Thank you, Lord Hou, thank you Lord Hou! Hehehe!"

This time, the faces of the midwives were no longer tired, and they knelt and kowtowed excitedly.

The rest of the money was also thrown into the courtyard by the excited Ying'er.

All the maids and women all smiled and congratulated!
Everyone was relieved at this moment, and they were overjoyed for a while.

"Dangdangdang!"

"Feng's family has a baby! Madam gave birth to a young master!"

"gave birth?"

"It's Young Master! That's great!"

"Dangdangdang!"

"Feng's family has added a son, Madam has given birth to a young master!"

"..."

The servants who got rewards here went out one after another, began to beat gongs and drums, and the whole house announced that they had gone.

Aunt Lin also stepped forward with a smile on her face, congratulating:

"Amitabha, congratulations to Yibo, congratulations to the continuation of the Feng family's incense!"

"Thank you auntie!"

Feng Yibo was in high spirits, so he said with a smile:
"Auntie came here today because of fate, why not give the child a name."

Aunt Lin was taken aback for a moment, then quickly waved her hands and said:

"How does this make it?"

"Make it! Make it! Aunt Lin bestowed the name, and the Buddha will definitely bless it."

Feng Yibo smiled, and said with no refusal:

"So that Auntie can know that the Feng family also uses single characters, and the five elements respond to fire!"

Aunt Lin smiled, and no longer refused, she pondered for a while, and then said:

"Why don't you choose the word Chi? This child will inherit the incense for the Feng family, so I take it to mean prosperity."

Ah, this is famous!
There are so many characters next to the word "fire", but "chi" is chosen!
At this time, don't be a hero!
(End of this chapter)