Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 290 The Nangong family came to surrender, and Nangong Ru took a concubine.

Qing Wu is a young waiter that Chen Mo specially "borrowed" from a high-end restaurant. She has excellent talents and looks, which Chen Mo uses to attract customers.

But he is a borrowed person after all. Mr. Chen Mo can't always borrow, but the restaurant cannot live without people who attract customers. Mr. Chen Mo can't let his woman show up in public, so he might as well redeem Qing Wu from the brothel.

And according to the shopkeeper, Qing Wu's business ability is also quite strong. After training her, she can also train new people.

"Uh-huh."

After what happened just now, Ning Wan could not speak much anymore, and her jade cheeks were still slightly flushed.

Chen Mo then talked about business with Ning Wan.

First of all, Fuze Hot Pot Restaurant must be opened in a county with more than 5,000 people. If the number is less than this, it will not make money.

Chen Mo is now in charge of the three states of Qing, Yu, and Lin. He knows the household registration of each county very well. Yuzhou can open more than twenty businesses.

Early February.

The second Fuze Hotpot Restaurant opened in Jiaping County. In order to build momentum for the restaurant, Chen Mo specially sent a team of people, dressed in festive clothes, to wander along several main roads in Jiaping County, each holding a sign. , it says that Fuze Hotpot Restaurant is open. New customers who come into the store and make purchases will get a General Card and get as much as they charge.

On the same day, the magistrate of Jiaping County attended the ribbon-cutting of Fuze Hotpot Restaurant and opened the platform for the restaurant.

Hot pot relies on its excellent taste, novel ways of eating, and the restaurant's method of attracting customers. The second Fuze Hot Pot Restaurant has once again become popular in the city.

after one day.

In Longmen County, Chen Mo listened to the reports from his men about Fuze Hotpot Restaurant in Jiaping County, and thought to himself that if every restaurant he opened could be so popular, he would have enough money to expand his weapons workshop.

In less than a year, he could build a heavy cavalry force of 500 men, with all the brave guards wearing armor.

At this time, Sun Meng came to report that Nangong Wen, the nephew of Nangong Jin, the head of the Nangong family in Sichuan and Hainan, came to seek refuge.

"Nangong family?" Chen Mo was stunned. Forgive him, what kind of big family is Nangong family? There is no Nangong family among the seven famous families.

He asked Sun Meng if he knew about the Nangong family.

Sun Meng expressed that he didn't know. The reason why he came to report was because the person who came to report was gorgeously dressed and spoke in an extraordinary way. In addition, when he introduced his background, he looked confident and proud, which made Sun Meng feel that this person had a great background.

The Marquis was looking for talents, so Sun Meng came to report when he saw this.

After hearing what Sun Meng said, Chen Mo raised his eyebrows. In order not to cause embarrassment when meeting this person, Chen Mo went to Xia Zhiqing to ask about the origins of the Hainan Gong family.

As the most talented woman in Qingzhou, Xia Zhiqing is well-deserved. In addition to being impressive in poetry and poetry, she is also well-informed.

"I don't know much about the Nangong family in Sichuan and Hainan, but I have heard that the Nangong family made its fortune at sea. Because they often went overseas to do business, there were many pirates and thieves at sea. For this reason, they established a navy, and then in a short period of time In a few years, the overseas trade of Sichuan and Hainan has been almost monopolized. After hundreds of years of development, the wealth accumulated by his family is not inferior to that of the seven famous families."

Xia Zhiqing told Chen Mo everything she knew.

Hearing this, Chen Mo's eyes lit up.

Xia Zhiqing saw the light in Chen Mo's eyes and vaguely guessed something, and said: "Mo Lang, could it be someone from the Nangong family here?"

Chen Mo nodded: "Just now Colonel Sun came to report that Nangong Wen, the nephew of the head of the Nangong family, came to seek refuge."

Hearing this, Xia Zhiqing couldn't help but feel happy for Chen Mo: "Mo Lang, you must treat this person well. If my guess is correct, Mo Lang, you will soon have a navy of your own. .”

Xia Zhiqing thinks about the problem from the perspective of a wealthy family.

Now that Chen Mo occupies the three states, looking at the entire Song Dynasty, he is also a force that cannot be underestimated.

The so-called century-old dynasty and thousand-year-old family.

The reason why the aristocratic family has been able to exist for thousands of years is not only because of its profound heritage, which cannot be ignored by those in power in all dynasties, but also because the aristocratic family knows how to place bets.

Chen Mo occupies a corner of the land, which is worthy of the aristocratic family's bet.

And the Nangong family is not yet a real aristocratic family, so it is even more necessary to bet on a force with development potential.

Now that the Nangong family has come, they obviously like Chen Mo, and the advantages of the Nangong family are exactly what Chen Mo lacks now.

After listening to Xia Zhiqing's analysis, Chen Mo excitedly held Xia Zhining's fair and smooth face and took a sip.

Chen Mo is so short of navy, and the navy is not like the infantry. There are few people with experience in this field. It is too difficult for Chen Mo to train himself.

After all, whether entering Linzhou or retreating to Jiangdong in the future, the navy will need to perform its best.

Xia Zhiqing's face turned red, she raised her eyes to look at the young man's clear face, pursed her pink lips and whispered: "If Mo Lang wants to be absolutely sure, he'd better ask Sister Liang Xue, she should know about this kind of thing More than me.”

Chen Mo nodded. In order not to keep Nangong Wen waiting for a long time, he turned around and asked Liang Xue. He learned that the Nangong family had already defected to the Tianshi Army, and that the main force of the navy that defeated Fengzhou was the Nangong family. Behind the scenes, Chen Mo's previous joy faded a little.

However, after hearing Liang Xue mention that it was normal for big families to bet on both ends, the joy returned to before.

After gaining a certain understanding, Chen Mo met Nangong Wen in person and gave him high respect and hospitality. After a brief chat, the two hit it off.

Chen Mo needs to build a navy, and the Nangong family needs to seek development, and also to find a way out for themselves. Chen Mo is the most suitable person, and both parties have their own needs.

In order to achieve deeper cooperation, Chen Mo even pretended to accidentally mention that he was not married yet during the conversation.

The implication is that Chen Mo plans to marry a Nangong girl.

Well, Chen Mo also risked his life for the Navy.

However, the Nangong family does not have a legitimate daughter of the right age. In addition, the Nangong family does not want the Tianshi Army to know about the relationship between the family and Chen Mo for the time being. If she marries a wife, she must not keep a low profile.

Therefore, in order to tie the knot deeper, Chen Mo needs to take a collateral daughter of the Nangong family as a concubine. After all, taking a concubine is not so cumbersome, and can be done easily, or even save the process. The Nangong family directly sends the collateral daughter to Just come to Longmen County.

Chen Mo agreed directly. If he could get an extra navy, he could take a wife, let alone a concubine.

After the agreement, Chen Mo began to take action, preparing to build a shipyard in the county town of Linzhou near Tianjiang, build warships, and secretly recruit navy soldiers.

Chen Mo named his navy fish scale guard. Based on Nangong Wen's experience, when recruiting fish scale guards, it is best to choose those with good water properties.

And in the deep mountains of Yuzhou, trees began to be cut down on a large scale. Yuzhou was mountainous, and in the deep mountains and old forests, there were many ancient trees that were hundreds or even thousands of years old, all of which were giant trees that required several people to hold them together.

After felling, it was transported to Linzhou.

Since he was taking refuge, Nangong Wen naturally brought the construction drawings of warships, rich experience in water warfare and dozens of veteran craftsmen who built warships.

For example, if you want to build a giant warship, the best bases are ironwood and red osmanthus, which are soft, water-resistant and long-lasting. Moreover, ironwood is strong and difficult to damage even if locusts eat it.

When Chen Mo was planning to establish a navy.

From mid-March to the end of April, the weather gets warmer and the footsteps of war quietly spread.

In early April, the Tianshi Army once again attacked Shan County. The Huai Army relied on the forts built in winter and consumed the effective strength of the Tianshi Army before retreating to Huaizhou and continuing to build deep ditches and high fortresses.

During this period, war broke out across the land east of the river and west of the river.

Although Xu Guozhong, who was in Luonan, kept messing up the situation, it did not mean that he would just sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers.

Because he knew that he was a thorn in the flesh of countless noble families of King Huai and King Chong, and he wished he could get rid of him quickly.

If he were to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and let King Huai and the others eliminate those forces, they would definitely concentrate their efforts on dealing with him.

Therefore, when the Tianshi Army attacked Shan County, Xu Guozhong sent Lu Sheng to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the soldiers were divided into two groups to "punish the thieves".

King Chong suffered a surprise attack and was defeated several times by Lu Sheng, forcing King Chong to ask King Huai for help.

The war intensified and gradually spread to the south.

The fifth day of May.

Chen Mo takes a concubine.

The concubine is a collateral daughter sent from Sichuan and Hainan by the Nangong family, named Nangong Ru.

Since they will be sent to deepen the binding, Nangong Ru's figure and appearance are both excellent.

Chen Mo was not so pretentious and met Nangong Ru that night.

Seeing Nangong Ru leaning on a big red mandarin duck pillow, her dark eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if she was gasping for air in unbearable pain, and there were tears hanging from the corners of her eyes, Chen Mo stopped the game.

Nangong Ruzi was chaste, and as a Pogua Night, even though Nangong Ru had martial arts skills, he was not a martial artist after all, and could not withstand Chen Mo's favor.

"Husband, aren't you coming?"

Seeing Chen Mo get off her body, Nangong Ru resisted the pain and turned over to sit up, picked up a white handkerchief that had fallen under her body, showed Chen Mo the "Luohong", and then took the handkerchief that symbolized chastity. Fold it carefully.

Then tighten your legs and put a square pillow under your waist to prevent side leakage

The Nangong family has been able to develop to the present mainly because of the continuous marriages and transfer of interests with local and surrounding wealthy families in the decades after it was founded.

Therefore, a girl from the Nangong family, even if she is a legitimate daughter, is destined to be married from the moment she is born. When she becomes mature, the Nangong family will send special personnel to train these young girls.

Of course, the training of the Nangong family is not to train newcomers in a brothel, but to teach these people how to be a wife or concubine, how to care for their husbands and children, and how to serve men. It is not as vulgar as those in the brothel.

Nangong Ru has naturally been trained and knows how women can get pregnant easily and how to please men.

She raised her eyes and shouted softly outside the room: "Dongmei, Xia Zhu."

These are the two personal servants who accompanied Nangong Ru in her marriage. Nangong Ru wanted to ask them to come in and help him share the burden.

(End of this chapter)