lady, please calm down

Chapter 203
the end of the first month.

Sparse shadows slant horizontally, with traces of wind and smoke.

The breath of warm spring is becoming more and more obvious.

On the 24th, at noon in the morning.

On the bank of the Ru River in the east of Caizhou City, a group of civil and military officials saw them off.

Two flat-bottomed official ships four or five feet long and three hundred materials were anchored on the river. Chen Jingyan had just learned that Chen Chu's trip to Beijing was by water.

Caizhou is five hundred miles away from Tokyo by land, but if it is by water, it must first go down from the Ruhe River, enter the Huai River, go east, go up from Yingzhou along the Yinghe River, and then enter Beijing through the Bianhe River.

Although the waterway is a detour, it is better than the journey is easy.

But in this way, Tan Shi and Ayu, who originally planned to follow Chen Jingan back to their hometown, will not be on the way!

As if seeing that Chen Jingyan was struggling, Chen Chu stepped forward and explained in a low voice: "Third brother, the purpose of taking the water route is to inspect the trade routes along the way."

The so-called business route is naturally the business route of the Four Seas Trading Company, and the trading company has a copy of Chen Jingyan.

Lao Wu never forgets to pay attention to everyone's career when he is on a business trip, which is really touching!

"Fifth brother, I'm determined." After Chen Jingyan finished speaking, he turned to look at his wife and daughter.

The couple have already brought their luggage with big bags and small bags, and now they are not on the way. Let them go back first and leave at another time?
As third brother's good brother and A Yu's good uncle, Chen Chu naturally thought of them for them, and said: "Third brother, although Ma Bangde has surrendered, the journey to Yingchang in the north is not safe. It is better to let Mrs. Liu Chuan and Mrs. Let's go to Beijing together, just to relax. When we return, I will send my sister-in-law back to Yingchang Mansion, and I will ensure that my sister-in-law is safe!"

This trip to Beijing is for official business, so it's great to stay for ten and a half months, and Chen Chu's proposal doesn't waste much time.

Chen Jingyan thought for a while, walked to Tan Shi's side to discuss for a while, then returned to Chen Chu's side, and said with a smile: "If that's the case, I will trouble my fifth brother."

"Hahaha, you and I are as close as a family, third brother, don't be polite."

Not far away, Tan Shizhi ordered his servants to carry luggage on board, Chen Jinyu held her mother's arm, her eyes were lowered, her gait was steady and elegant.
But when mother wasn't paying attention, she quietly stretched out her small pale hand from her sleeve, and gave her uncle a thumbs up quickly and wittily.

Throughout the whole process, she didn't raise her eyelids and looked cute.

Chen Chu smiled and walked to Mao'er a few feet away.

"Lady, it's windy by the river, go back."

"It's okay, the officials should remember to eat more and drink less."

Mao'er raised her face slightly, reluctantly said.

She really wanted to accompany the officials back to Tokyo City, which was her hometown after all.

It's just that spring plowing is just around the corner, and the fields in Langshan County and Zhuangzi in Caizhou that were acquired from Zheng's family need her, the proprietor of the Four Seas Commercial Company and the old lady of the Chen family, to support and arrange them.

I really can't get out.

But in the city of Tokyo there is still the concern of the cat, "Officer, there is my uncle's name and previous address on it."

In fact, as early as the year before last, after her life became stable, Maoer tried to write letters, hoping to contact the only relative of the sisters in the world.

But the letter sent out by post was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news.

"Well, I remember." Chen Chu put the letter close to his body.

Mao'er hesitated for a moment, and said again: "There is Daddy's tomb on the top, if the officials are free, can you... help Mao'er to worship?"

"Of course I'm free. Mao'er's father is my father-in-law. Don't worry, I'll find someone to repair it when I go."

The parting was imminent, and there was already a bit of melancholy lingering in my heart, but now I saw the officials were so considerate, Mao'er couldn't help but twitched her mouth, wanted to cry but held back.

"Officials take care all the way, go early and return early, the cat will help the officials guard their homes."

Chen Chu raised his hand to touch Mao'er's delicate face, smiled, and then took Mao'er and Yunong who was standing beside Mao'er into his arms.

far away.

Li Mule saw the romance of Mr. Dutong's family, turned his head and glanced at the woman who was taller and stronger than him, and said with a smile: "Cuilian, I'm leaving soon, don't you have anything to say?"

"I baked more than a dozen pieces of oil pancakes for the head of the family overnight, what do you mean?" Li Cuilian said in a rough voice incomprehensible.

"Hey! Who said this, you see, you are all a lady."

"Oh, you want to hug me? Here, hug me."

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"Do you want to hug or not!"

"Hoo, hug, okay"

Hugging on one side, Cui Yuan on the other side also blushed and leaned against the eldest son.

The eldest son had been beside Chen Chu and Da Lang for a long time, so he naturally learned to wink, and after a silly smile, he hugged the little one.

"Oh! Fool, take it easy, you're strangling me so hard that I can't breathe!"

"oh oh."

If you hug, he also hugs.

All of a sudden, the couples and lovers who saw each other off by the river bank embraced each other and expressed their treasure.

Some of the old pedants present shook their heads, their hearts are not old, the world is going down, the world is going down!

Others are hugged by wives, and the white-haired mouse was sour and envious. It couldn't help but turned to look at Mao Dan, who was also a single dog, and seriously suggested, "Mao Dan, let's hug too?"

"Fuck off!"

Mao Dan politely refused.

The entourage to Tokyo this time was quite complicated. In addition to the Metropolitan Supervisor Cao Xiaojian and Chen Jingan and his wife, the eldest son also brought two soldiers, including a big sword, iron gall, Taoist priest Wugen, and Li Mule and Li Ke.

The latter two belong to the newly established department of Jinyi Institute, called Zhenhuai Army Statistics Bureau, or Juntong for short.
On Chen Chu's side, he stayed tenderly for a moment and walked towards the periphery of the crowd.

Beside a willow tree, Cai Wei, dressed in red, squinted her eyes habitually, with a slight smile on her lips.

The red clothes are like fire, and the beauty is like jade.

"I'm leaving soon, do you have anything to say?" Chen Chu approached and asked with a smile.

"Nothing to say. Kiss me"

This one is more direct.

Tie Dan, who was standing next to Pecking Whale, witnessed a close-range bickering teaching for free.

It obviously made people blush with shame, but this scene seemed to have magical powers, making people reluctant to look away, and Tie Dan's breathing became short while watching.

When standing still, he didn't want to cover his eyes with a pair of rough hands.

"It's so beautiful!"

Shen Zaixing covered Tie Dan's eyes with one hand, dragged her a little farther away with the other, and said in a low voice: "My dear girl, this is your first time traveling far away! Be careful."

"Oh." Tie Dan continued to look at Chen Chu through his father's fingers, and answered absently.

"Don't take it seriously! You need to be careful of Chen Dutong the most, don't let him take advantage of you for nothing!"

"What is Daddy talking about! We are brothers, besides, brother Chen is not such a lustful person."

"Am I blind? He is so young, and he has a three-bedroom woman! Isn't this lustful?"

It's three o'clock.

The official ship lifted anchor and went down the river.

There is a piece of 'precious, smooth wind' on the shore.

Looking at the officials standing on the bow of the boat, Mao'er couldn't hold back two tears.

"Hee hee, little wild cat, if I were you, I would go to Beijing with you even if you were crying and rolling around."

Hearing the sound, the cat didn't look at the speaker, and froze for a moment before subconsciously wanting to escape.

But Cai Hua grabbed her arm, "Hey! Run away again. Are you really planning to hide from me for the rest of your life? There's nothing to be ashamed of, what happened that night is not known to others."

"do not talk!"

The cat hurriedly interrupted, looked around nervously, and made sure that no one understood what happened that night, then glared at Cai Wei, with a pleading tone, "Third lady! Don't mention this in the future Is it ok!"

On the side, Yu Nong flashed her innocent big eyes, looked at Cai Wei in confusion, and then at Mao'er. The two sisters seem to have some secrets?

"Hee hee." Cai Hua gave a wicked smile, lying next to Mao'er's ear and provocatively said, "Ms. Chen is so dignified during the day, but her coquettish energy at night is far inferior to that of my family."

"You!" Mao'er's face turned red.

But he also knew that such boudoir privacy could not be brought up for discussion, so he wanted to leave angrily.

"Oh, don't say it, don't say it. Don't worry, where are you looking?"

Cai Hua finally stopped teasing the cat and pointed at the official ship.

At the stern, Chen Jinyu waved goodbye to his father with his mother on his arm, as if he felt the attention, and followed his substantial gaze.

Seeing Cai Hua and Mao'er standing side by side, Chen Jinyu instinctively ran away from sight.

Since moving out of the Chen Mansion in Sajin Lane in September, she has never seen these two again.

That little confrontation left her with deep-seated fear.

But then I thought, I’m already on board, so what are you afraid of?
Chen Jinyu, who had a little pride in her bones, was a little angry at herself because of the fear that had arisen just now. Then, she raised her eyes and looked at Mao'er and Cai Wei again.

Even boldly raised the corners of her lips slightly.
"Hey hey!"

Cai Hua on the shore slapped her thigh and said in a low voice, "Is this little goldfish provocative?"

Mao'er also temporarily put aside the embarrassment of "that night", silently looked at the official ship, and sighed.

"Sighing is useless, just like what I said just now, if I were you, I would follow whatever I say this time!"

"Even if the third lady is not me, she can follow. Why don't you ask the officials to take you?"

When the two were talking, their eyes were still focused on the official ship.

"I have business to do, the hematite mine, the coal field, a bunch of things are waiting for me to do."

"Yeah." Mao'er pursed her lips and smiled in relief, "Spring plowing is coming soon, and I have business to do."

"Yo, you are so generous, you really don't care?"

"It doesn't matter if you care or not, it's the officials who want to take them"

"Hee hee, it seems that your house will have another sister soon."

"Sister Cai doesn't need to provoke me with words. If she comes into my house, I will naturally get rid of her arrogant temper slowly. Let's talk about it."

Mao'er glanced sideways at Chen Jingyan in the distance, then looked at Chen Jinyu at the stern, and said leisurely: "She can pass her father's level?"

"Hee hee, yes."

The three of them looked at each other across the river, and the official boat drifted away.

The 25th of the first month.

The boat enters the Huai River and turns eastward, and travels for another two days before turning into the Ying River.

After resting in Yingzhou for the night, Li Mule and Li Ke disembarked and walked around. After returning to the boat, they sorted out the data of mountains, rivers, hydrology, population, villages and towns along the way.

On the 28th.

Chen Chu and his entourage changed to a large ship of [-] materials, and continued northward via the Ying River and the Bian River.

Along the way, boats and oars passed through, and the river transportation was quite busy.

Go for another seven or eight days, and arrive at Tokyo in Daqi at dusk on the fifth day of February.

Outside the West Water Gate.

The fleet was congested for three or four miles.

The eldest son, Mao Dan, Tie Dan and others who had never been out much in their life stood on the deck in a daze.

A few miles away, a majestic city stands impressively.

The city wall, which is about three feet high, is blue and black, like copper and iron.

The city wall is so wide that you can't see the edge from left to right.

In the twilight, it looks like an ancient giant beast crouching on the vast land.

Awe-inspiring.

Coming to the end of the trip, Tan, who had kept her daughter confined in the cabin, finally relaxed the control a little.

Chen Jinyu walked out of the cabin, and saw Chen Chu standing at the bow of the boat, looking into the distance with his hands behind his back.

Then he moved his lotus steps lightly, stepped forward to salute gracefully, and then called out crisply, "Uncle."

"Ayu must be bored." Chen Chu tilted his head and smiled.

Chen Jinyu smiled lightly, and a pair of sweet dimples were about to appear. He looked side by side with Chen Chu at the Tokyo city in the twilight, and said softly, "Although the journey is long, I know where I am going. Ayu doesn't feel tired."

These words seem to have other deep meanings, but they are also cryptic. They are full of female literary youth's sense of sight.

The river wind caressed, and the sleeves of clothes fluttered.

With slender fingers, Chen Jinyu tucked a strand of blue silk that was blown away by the wind behind her ear, with a leisurely and graceful posture.

Chen Chu has always felt that this action can best show the beauty of a woman, so he couldn't help but take a second look.

There was a trace of shyness after being watched on Qingli's face, but then she took the initiative to resolve the discomfort at the moment, "Uncle, have you ever been to Tokyo City?"

"No." Chen Chu shook his head, and turned his gaze to the city wall three miles away again.

"Then, Ayu tell uncle?"

"Well, thank you, Ayu."

"Uncle, you don't need to be polite. This Tokyo city was originally built by Zhu Wen, the emperor of Daliang, and then it was continuously expanded and repaired by the Zhou Kingdom in the Southern Dynasty for 70 years. Today, the circumference of the outer city has reached 58 miles and 330 steps.

The height of the city is three feet and two feet, and the upper width is more than five feet. It can accommodate eight carriages in parallel.
Before Ding Weiqian, there were 120 squares, 440 six households, and more than 57 populations in the city.There are also monks and Taoists who are not counted in the ordinary household registration, the forbidden army, the Xiang army, military families, refugees and merchants, with a population of more than one million."

Chen Jinyu raised her hand to press down on Feiyang's skirt, looked at the continuous fleet of ships ahead, and continued: "Ding Weihou, although the city has suffered from war, it is not as prosperous as before. There are still three to four million people, and the city consumes rice, pigs and sheep every day. I don’t know the geometry of cloth and silk, and almost all depend on the Bian, Huimin, Jinshui, and Wuzhang rivers that flow through the city to transport them into the city, collectively known as the four water canals.”

Chen Jinyu introduced the city of Tokyo well and honestly. It is said that there are some information that she does not have access to, such as the number of registered population in the city, which is currently non-public semi-confidential information.

However, her family has a lot of education, and maybe there are other news channels in the family, so maybe she eavesdropped on it.

"Today, Tokyo City is still the most prosperous city in the Northland, even if it is put into the world, it can be counted as one of the few cities in the world. Only Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Dynasties, can be slightly better."

Unlike modern people who are used to dense populations and high-rise buildings in later generations, limited by productivity at this time, large cities with a population of several 10 are quite rare.

Therefore, shocking is not enough to describe the impact Tokyo City has had on the eldest son, Tie Dan and others.

Even Chen Jinyu, who is well-read and well-informed, can't help showing a look of fascination for a long time when talking about Tokyo City.

Chen Chu looked at the majestic city wall for a long time without saying a word.

This is very different from people who came to Tokyo City for the first time. Chen Jinyu couldn't help but tilt her head curiously, "Uncle, what are you thinking?"

In the night, Chen Chu looked at the dark city wall from a distance, but said: "I was thinking, a capital city of sixty miles away, with millions of soldiers and civilians. At the beginning of Ding Wei, such a powerful city was destroyed in March, but in the end it became a prison for the common people, and was left to be locked up by foreigners. Get up to kill and rape. Why?"

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Chen Jinyu raised her beautiful face and looked at Chen Chu with a complicated complexion. Her heart was agitated, and she said in a low voice, "Uncle, Ding Wei's difficulty is the shame and pain in the chest of all the children of the Han family! Send down the great hero, and take my Han family to avenge this hatred, just like what my uncle said in his poem: The golden monkey rises up with a mighty cudgel, Yuyu clarifies Wanliai"

Chen Chu glanced at Chen Jinyu unexpectedly.

Unexpectedly, this little girl who looks well-behaved and quiet has such an ambition of national humiliation hidden in her chest.

Sure enough, appearances can be deceiving.

But Chen Chu smiled and said, "That poem was written by Yunong, not me."

Chen Jinyu tilted her head to look at Chen Chu, and smiled mischievously, her sweet dimples were full of intoxicating spring breeze, "Uncle, don't lie to Ayu, such poems cannot be written by a great hero and man with the world in mind."

"Hahaha." Chen Chu smiled heartily.

Seeing Chen Chu smiling, the dimples on Xiuli's face deepened, but her tone became serious, "Uncle, when you enter the city tomorrow, you can't say these things like I did just now, lest you cause trouble."

"Well, I know, I trusted Ayu, so I just mentioned it casually."

"I trusted uncle too!"

Chen Jinyu blurted out.

　The second volume is over.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)