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Chapter 417: Getting Started with Concubine

Although Zhao Zhongzhen was a young man, he was still a child after all. The person he admired the most was Fan Ning, who opened up territory and forced the Song Dynasty to open up Kunzhou and Jingzhou, as well as Danzhou and Ryukyu Prefecture.

Nothing else can be ignored. The key is that Kunzhou has immigrated for 5,000 households, road construction, city construction, mining, and even the four barbarians surrender. How could Zhao Zhongzhen, who is ambitious, not worship?

"Uncle Fan, my dad is waiting for you, please come with me!"

Zhao Zhongzhen recognized Fan Ning at a glance, which was very similar to the rumors outside. He was young and heroic, and his weapons were not uncommon. Fan Ning smiled and said, "You are Zhongzhen! You have grown so big."

Fan Ning met Zhao Zhongzhen the year before going to Kunzhou. He was still young and naughty at that time. In a flash, five or six years have passed and he has become a steady little adult.

Fan Ning took out a sea pearl from his arms and smiled and handed it to him, "Authentic Kunzhou Haizhu, I didn't give you a gift last time, I'll make it up this time!"

Zhao Zhongzhen was so scared that he waved his hand quickly, "This is too expensive, I can't ask for it!"

"Hold it!"

Fanning forced him, "Just go back and tell your father that I gave it to you, he won't say you."

"Thank you Uncle Fan!"

After all, Zhao Zhongzhen is only ten years old. Ten-year-old children like shiny beads, and he is so happy that he is so happy.

"Uncle Fan, come with me!"

Uncle Fan on the left and Uncle Fan on the right, making Fan Ning very happy. This is the future Emperor of Shenzong! He regards himself as his uncle.

Fan Ning and he walked into the mansion and went to the back garden. He saw from afar that Zhao Zong was really growing vegetables!

Zhao Zhongzhen whispered to Fan Ning: "That radish was planted by me and my father. I will give Uncle Fan a later one."

"Okay! Thank you first."

Zhao Zhongzhen quickly walked to his father, "Dad, Uncle Fan is here."

Zhao Zongshi was very satisfied with the title of son. He nodded and walked over with a smile, "When will my brother come back?"

"I came back three days ago. I have something to do today. I took a long vacation and I will see my brother by the way."

In public places, Fan Ning would definitely call His Highness Zhao Zongshi respectfully, but now in the palace, Zhao Zongshi does not avoid himself in growing vegetables. Obviously, he does not regard himself as an outsider, so Fan Ning will not be polite to him.

"Sit down and talk!"

Zhao Zongshi washed his hands, pointed to two chairs, and sat down.

Zhao Zongshi said: "I have read your investigation report. I really can't believe that I actually included the tax. The Shaanxi Transportation Engineer is too bold."

Fan Ning shook his head, "This matter still needs to be investigated in depth. Is it a means of giving it to relatives for profit or a common phenomenon? It is really hard for me to draw conclusions now. Relatively speaking, soldiers' military expenditures are exploited layer by layer. I think this is a big event. It is related to the stability of the Song Dynasty and cannot be underestimated!"

Zhao Zongshi smiled bitterly and said, "This problem has been in all dynasties and it is really difficult to solve. You can't let the court pay the military salary directly to every soldier!"

Fan Ning said lightly: "Actually, it's not just that there is no way, it's just that it will offend people."

Zhao Zong was really interested, "What are you good ways to tell me?"

Seeing that Zhao Zhongzhen was also pricking his ears next to him, Fan Ning smiled and said, "You can use the money shop to solve this problem. Choose a few big money shops and build a cabinet for each soldier in the money shop. The court directly allocates the military salary to the money shop, and then puts the money into the soldiers' cabinets. In this way, the soldiers directly go to the money shop to withdraw money with the tokens, and there is no middle link, and it is the court's direct confrontation to the soldiers."

Fanning said that it was to pay wages with a bank account. Although the Song Dynasty was not as convenient as a bank account, the money shop was very developed and could be operated like this. It was just a little more troublesome for soldiers to withdraw money, but the intermediate links could not be exploited. I believe that soldiers would rather be more troublesome than operate like this."

Zhao Zhongzhen's eyes lit up next to him, "Dad, this is a good idea!"

But Zhao Zongshi was not as simple as his son. He also knew that once this method was implemented, he would cut off the financial path of many people.

"Although this method is good, there is also great resistance!"

"So you need to make a long-term plan and wait for the right plan to be implemented."

Zhao Zongshi nodded and smiled, "You took a special leave today to find me, but you won't just talk about this!"

Fan Ning said a little embarrassedly: "Actually, I have a private matter to ask my brother for help."

.........

Ouyang Qian has been excited and uneasy these two days. She is excited that she is finally going to get married, and she is marrying the man she likes. She is already twenty-four years old. Unlike the daughter of a powerful family, she has no worries about marrying. If she doesn't marry at this age, she really has no chance. It's fake to say that she is not in a hurry, but there is no way to be anxious. However, God finally favors herself and gives herself a satisfactory marriage.

But she was also a little uneasy, that was her old father. After hearing A Tao who had returned home, he had been scolding Fan Ning for a long time, and he had been scolding him until night, calling him ungrateful and scolding him for taking advantage of others' danger. This made Ouyang Qian feel a little sad. She wanted to explain to her father, but she didn't dare to go, for fear that her father would interfere again and her marriage would be ruined again.

Fan Ning and his aunt Yu accompanied her in the past two days, and she felt much more at ease with an elder around her.

The wedding date came in a flash. Just after noon, Ouyang Qian began to put on makeup and dress, like opening faces, telling about sexual intercourse, etc., many things needed to be done by her mother. Ouyang Qian's biological mother died early, and she had no aunt or aunt. Her stepmother was even strangers to her. Only Aunt Yu could help her in these privacy matters.

"You can put this in place first!"

Yu handed her an exquisite rouge box, "This is your dowry, five hundred taels of gold and thirty pearls, the command is a happy marriage, and it is given to you by your husband."

"Thank you aunt!"

Ouyang Qian was moved and silently took the box and handed it to A Tao to pack it.

Yu looked at her up and down carefully again, making Ouyang Qian feel a little embarrassed, "Second Aunt, are you wearing jewelry inappropriately?"

Yu clapped his hands and praised: "Aning really has the eyesight. I have never seen such a handsome girl. I am really in the same way as Peier. Why can't my two troublemakers marry such a handsome girl like you?"

This was a bit awkward, and Ouyang Qian whispered: "Second Aunt, everyone has their own fate."

"That's right, fate is like this. Who would have thought that my first grandson's mother was actually a Japanese lady? This is fate."

Yu comforted her again, "Don't care about what size or size, that's what outsiders say. Our Fan family is the same. As long as you have a son, you will be the hero of the Fan family."

"Second aunt, I don't care."

"Okay, I'll give you another date."

Opening the face means using two threads to snatch the excess hair on the face, making the face very smooth. This is also the key point that distinguishes young women and girls. After looking at the face, you will know whether the woman is married.

Time flies very quickly, and it is gradually dusk. When the time comes to go out, a team of drummers blow and play to send the bride onto the wedding boat. You can take a carriage, a sedan chair, or a boat. There are also wedding boats in the Jiangnan area. Today, Ouyang Qian also rides a wedding boat. There are three boats in the joy boat, all of which are full of red colors. One in the front is a drummer, and Ouyang Qian sits in the middle, with a cabin, and the other one is dowry and satin clothes.

Fan Tiego thought it carefully and prepared a lot of dresses and satin, and put ten boxes of one thousand taels of silver, which looked quite rich.

The groom Fanning was already waiting on the boat. He took Ouyang Qian's hand and gently hugged her into the cabin. This was a 500-stone ship. The cabin was very large. Four wedding girls sat on the side. A Tao held the jewelry box and sat aside.

The biggest advantage of riding on the happy boat is that the groom and the bride can sit together, Fanning and Ouyang Qian sit inside, and through the gauze curtain, you can clearly see the situation on the shore.

Amid the festive drums and music, three happy boats sailed towards Feihong Bridge, and the shore was filled with crowds of people watching the fun. Although they didn’t seem to be married to a wealthy family, they were definitely small and medium-sized families who were married in a grand manner.

Ouyang Qian was extremely happy in her heart, and snuggled gently on her husband's body, saying with a happy face: "I never thought I could get married like this!"

Fanning hugged her slender waist and smiled, "I never thought! I could marry Sister Qian home."

Ouyang Qian gave him a blank look, "I call you husband, you still call me Sister Qian!"

"Yes! Yes! It should be called Madam."

"Husband, are there many guests coming later? I'm a little scared."

"Don't worry, there are not many guests, my second uncle, second aunt, Zhu Pei's third grandfather, and my former junior brothers are all my own people, oh! There is a guest that is more important, and it is for your father to have a face."

"The two future emperors and queens!"

Ouyang Qian was shocked, "Is the emperor here?"

"It's not the current emperor, but the successor, and now it's not even the prince! The prince of Julu family."

"You mean Zhao Zongshi?"

"It's him, he is also my friend. Today I will be the witness for us."

Ouyang Qian let go of her heart. I don’t know whether Zhao Zongshi can succeed to the throne!

She asked in a low voice again, "Where is Zhu Pei?"

"She is in the back house. After the wedding, we will have a drink together, and that will be a family."

...........

Cuiyun Tower is decorated with colorful lights and brilliant lights. There are lotus lanterns in the lake. The whole garden is like a fairyland, and a group of dancers are dancing gracefully in the melodious singing.

A Qinglu was built in front of Cuiyun Tower. There was a large table in the middle with a big red candle on it and a big character called Shuim.

The guests sitting on both sides of Qinglu were sitting at the wedding, including Fan Tiege and his wife, Zhu Yuanfeng and his daughter Zhu Jie, matchmaker Xie Jiuling and his wife and his daughter Xie Linger, as well as Fan Ning's four junior brothers: Lin Hong, Dong Kun, Tang Youwei and Duan Yu.

Of course, there are also witnesses Zhao Zongshi, his wife Gao Taotao and his son Zhao Zhongzhen.

In addition, there were two unexpected guests, Zhao Zongshi's father-in-law Gao Zunfu. He happened to be in his son-in-law's mansion today. When he heard the news of Fan Ning marrying a concubine, he went home and brought his wife with him.

Another one is Cao Qi. He came to find Fan Ning today to follow Fan Mingren to Nanyang. He happened to see a garden set up. He heard that Fan Ning had married a concubine, so he brought his wife.
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