She is different from the empress in the history books

Chapter 125 Planning and Prompting Marriage

It is snowy outside the window, and the warm air inside the house is warm. It is naturally elegant to cook wine around the stove with friends, and talk about poetry and Taoism.And next to it is an exquisite small plate, which contains fresh and preserved fruits that have been cleaned and cut into small pieces, as well as various precious spices exuding a delicate fragrance. Use silver-cast spoons and chopsticks to pick them up at will, and make a unique dish that represents yourself. Taste the warm wine, and you can set up a small lottery with your relatives and friends, and compare each other's works, which undoubtedly adds a bit of fun.

While they were working on it, these people couldn't help but talk about Pei Peng.

Qu Song is from Pei Peng, and the wine he sells is either brewed by the artisans of Pei Peng's house, or bought by Pei Peng's caravan. Pei Peng became a name that many people had to mention at drinking parties.

"Princess Chengyang has many talented people under her command. Not only are there people who can buy good horses from the grassland, but there are also craftsmen who can brew good wine. It's a pity. If such good craftsmen are returned to the imperial court, then our Majesty's private treasury will be lost." It can also be fuller.”

"Brother, what you said makes sense. I remember that the brewers in Chengyang Princess Mansion were originally assigned by the late emperor from the craftsman camp in the palace. It makes no sense that they know how to brew wine, but they can't brew it in the palace. I'm afraid it's not the late emperor's control. I left the things to my daughter.”

The two looked at each other and smiled, looking at the rest of the people sitting.

It has to be said that those who can hang out and have fun together, their political opinions and ideas are quite compatible.No, another person couldn't help but join the discussion after hearing this conversation:

"It's fine to pour the wine, I'm just curious, where did you buy Princess Chengyang's horses? I've heard people mention that, apart from the eleven horses presented to His Majesty,"

"It's twelve horses. Li Concubine's unborn prince and daughter also received one."

"Oh yes, twelve horses. I have a friend in the Imperial Guard who was lucky enough to meet these twelve horses. They say they are very valuable horses. And I have also heard people mention that Princess Chengyang is actually made The foreigners on the prairie provided hundreds of good horses, some of which were given to the governor of Taizhou, some of them were distributed in Chengyang County, and about a hundred horses were left in the Princess Mansion. So many horses are still good horses, you say, she Where did you buy it from?"

Everyone in the room pondered. Indeed, wine is nothing more than that. The privileged people use a lot of grain to make wine and sell it, and no one is held accountable. Pei Peng uses fruit to make wine. Apart from the source of the recipe, it has nothing to do with it. Something to criticize.

And the source of the prescription... Who doesn't have a hidden prescription?Food recipes, medicine recipes, wine recipes, fragrance recipes, tea recipes, etc., each family has its own unique craftsmanship, but even the royal family cannot ask for it or inquire about it openly.

Therefore, it is not so surprising that Pei Peng held a few recipes in his hand and asked the craftsmen to make them.But, it does make people jealous...

But jealousy is jealousy, unless Pei Peng falls, he won't be able to grab it.So the source of the horse has become a better entry point.

As for the plans of these people, Chengyang County was not aware of them at this time. Pei Peng was listening to reports on the situation in Qu Song.

It is easier than ordering tea, and more interesting than simply drinking, so this way of entertainment soon became popular, and won a new climax for the sales of Qu Song.

Therefore, Qu Song hurriedly sent a message and asked Pei Peng to send someone to deliver wine to him quickly. The inventory he brought over and the first and second batch of goods he replenished were almost sold out.

When Pei Peng heard such urging, he was naturally happy, and told the wine making workshop to continue working as soon as possible to prepare for future needs, and the team for transporting wine was also assembled within a day, and the next morning will be on the road in the snow.

When Cheng Fei learned about this, he was impressed by the person who came up with the method of cooking wine:
It's too good, it's so good, it completely hits the minds of people with money and leisure.

Look, you can mix it yourself, it’s a kind of DIY joy, and if you make it well, you can also get a limelight in the social circle.

Using fresh and preserved fruits and spices, which are very expensive in winter, coupled with not cheap wine, can play tricks on tableware, which provides a new channel to show off wealth.

It's no wonder that this kind of gameplay has become popular. This is a thorough study of the target group's psychology.

"Cousin, who came up with this idea?"

"It's Zhao Zhufeng, do you have any impression? You once told me that you think he can't hear clearly when he speaks fast."

Oh oh oh, Cheng Fei nodded, she remembered such a person, a southerner from the coastal area. Because the dialect of his hometown was very different from that of the capital, Cheng Fei, who had a Beijing accent, could not understand him well.

However, compared to himself, Cheng Fei was a little more familiar with his future son, because he was a rare zoologist in ancient times, and he was famous for his paintings and records of animal habits.

The root of Cheng Fei's familiarity with him is that a classical Chinese article written by this zoologist showing off her pet was published in her junior high school textbook, and she was required to recite the full text and analyze in detail the touching friendship between him and the pet. I also want to praise his world view of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and even three points in her senior high school entrance examination that year were about him...

How did Cheng Fei know that Zhao Zhufeng was the father of this zoologist?Once again, he met his wife in the garden. They were traveling together, and the other woman was a pregnant woman. Cheng Fei walked with her for a while out of politeness and exchanged a few words.

Cheng Fei heard the mother-to-be complain sweetly, saying that the dog in the family was also pregnant, and her incomprehensible husband, Zhao Zhufeng, said that when her baby was born, if it was a son, he would name the puppy after the dog, so Her son may become "six dogs" or "seven dogs".

Cheng Fei suddenly remembered such a person in his mind—Zhao Liugou!That's right, it's him!

Although Zhao Liugou's name sounds good, his achievements are great, and his literary talent is outstanding, but the Chinese teacher deliberately talked about his baby name and the origin of his baby name in order to increase the interest of the students during the lecture.

What's more, in the extended reading of the language books, there is also a poem called "Gift to Zhao Liugou".

So Cheng Fei remembered this person deeply.

She thought about it carefully, and then remembered some things, that is, Zhao Zhufeng seemed to have done something in history to anger Pei Peng, so that he was given to death. reason.

The more Cheng Fei thought about it, the more fascinated she was, but she couldn't remember what it was because of it. After all, if it wasn't because of having a good son, Zhao Zhufeng would probably only have heard of this person who specializes in studying this historical material.

Cheng Fei could only shake his head helplessly and gave up thinking.

When Cheng Fei left Pei Peng and returned to his yard, he saw Erniu squatting in the yard and writing something on the snow with dry branches.

This child lives with Cheng Fei as a half-servant and half-student. She is usually responsible for doing some chores. Cheng Fei will teach her something when she is free.

Because of this, the other servants in Cheng Fei's courtyard were quite friendly to Erniu. They thought she had a future and acquiesced to her studying alone unless there was nothing important.

Cheng Fei leaned over to look and found that Erniu was writing Arabic numerals, which of course was taught by Cheng Fei.

In fact, there are also simple ways to write numbers in this era. After all, it is impossible for the accountants to use traditional Chinese numbers to record so many accounts.But Cheng Fei was not very good at using it. She still felt that Arabic numerals were more familiar to her, so she taught Erniu this.

Er Niu got started very quickly. She has already learned how to write numbers, and also knows how to combine tens and hundreds of digits. Now she is practicing addition and subtraction in a strange way.

"Where did you practice today? Let me see."

Cheng Fei bent down and looked down. What Er Niu was doing was "16+18", the addition of two tens digits, which meant that she had completed more than ten pages of the verbal calculation question card.

The oral arithmetic question card was produced by Cheng Fei himself. It was used to practice arithmetic for Erniu, and he also wanted to use it for the children in the school in the future.

However, the current user is only Erniu. However, she still cannot completely calculate orally and is reluctant to use paper, so she often writes and draws equations on the ground, and then carefully writes the answers on the ground with charcoal. Oral arithmetic question card.

Cheng Fei checked Erniu's homework today, talked about a few wrong questions, and then asked Erniu to do her own thing. She had to do her own thing.

Erniu didn't go to have fun either. She hung the dress Cheng Fei had changed on the pole, then took the copper bucket filled with spices and carefully ironed the clothes.

Winter clothes are thick and difficult to dry after washing, and the knitting and dyeing technology is not well developed at this time, and the fabric can no longer be worn after several times of water, so winter coats and skirts are rarely washed. To make the clothes flatter, you have to iron them with a copper iron every day.

Erniu likes to do this job very much, because she thinks it is a very fulfilling thing to control the force and route of the copper bucket sliding over the clothes, so that it can iron the clothes faster and better, and she really Good at doing this, the sister in the master's room only teaches her once, and she will do it.

That's right, Erniu silently called Master Cheng Fei in her heart. Although Cheng Fei didn't accept her as an apprentice, but being able to teach herself such useful arithmetic, Erniu was determined to be like other apprentices, Care for the master forever.

It's a pity... Erniu thought a little sadly. With the master's current status and her own status, she didn't seem qualified to say that she wanted to support the master.After all, her current food, clothing, housing and transportation are still spent on her master's money.

Cheng Fei didn't know what Er Niu was thinking, she was reading a letter from her family.

Cheng Fei left Cheng's house, and half-passed Minglu here at Pei Peng's place. It can be said that she has a high degree of freedom and is living a carefree life. She almost forgets that her body is a girl waiting to be married in today's world.

She forgot, but the Cheng family didn't forget, so they couldn't urge Pei Peng to help her find a blind date, so they started looking for Cheng Fei in the capital.

Cheng Fei: ...

How should I put it, she can't say that the Cheng family is harming her, but this behavior is cheating her.

Cheng Fei is not stupid. She has mastered the brewing technology that Pei Peng is currently making money, and she also has a better understanding of the progress and ultimate goal of the gunpowder technology that Pei Peng is researching. She also knows so many things that may happen in the future. Things, how stupid and sweet is Pei Peng to happily let her go home and get married?

Obviously not.

Cheng Fei felt that it was not certain whether Pei Peng would want her to marry or not.

After all, under the current etiquette system, a woman's interests after marriage are tied to her husband's family. Would Pei Peng be willing to have her secretive cousin be bound?

This is also one of the reasons why Cheng Fei hugged her thigh decisively after realizing the reality. She felt that using Pei Peng's identity to fight against the orders of Cheng's parents would be able to delay for a while.

Foreseeing Pei Peng's thoughts, Cheng Fei read the letter over and over carefully, and felt that there was no complaint against Pei Peng in the letter, and even wrote instructions to ask her to listen to the princess carefully.

Since there was nothing inconvenient about showing Pei Peng the letter, Cheng Fei took the letter and put on a cloak to find Pei Peng.

(End of this chapter)