Chapter 259 Day and Night
Zhao Yulin thought that a criminal sentence for Abao was a light matter, but the harmony between the Zhen family and the Shun family was a big deal.
He went over and helped Zhen Youmei to sit on the chair, then pulled Shun Zhidi over and talked about the Zhen family. The Shun family was originally a happy family, and Zhidi and Youmei were good sisters. Let's plead for Youmei in front of the judge, and ask the Shun family not to pursue the crime of hurting people.
He said that Abao must have made the mistake in the heat of the moment, and asked the adults to be lenient with him according to the law, considering that Abao is the father of two children and that the children are still young and need care.
Zhen Youmei thanked the Third Young Master gratefully, saying that she was pregnant with Abao's child, so there were three children. She asked the judge to be lenient.
Zhao Yulin said that Zhen Youmei had two children in order to find an excuse for the judge to give him a lighter sentence. However, Zhen Youmei, in order to increase the weight, said that she was pregnant with another child.
Madam Zhen angrily told Zhen Youmei to stop and avoid embarrassing herself.
Shunzhidi looked at Zhao Yulin, then looked at Zhen Youmei and nodded. She said that they were good sisters, and that Abao was just foolish in the moment, so she asked the judge to give her a lighter sentence according to the law as her brother said.
Madam Zhen and the Chief Inspector were stunned. Shunzhidi and his wife actually did not pursue the responsibility of Abao for the crime of stabbing people and asked the Chief Inspector to give him a lighter sentence?
Both of them looked at Zhao Yulin and the others in confusion.
However, the fact was that Zhao Yulin told everyone to disperse. Shunzhidi's father had been sent down the mountain, and he wanted to accompany Zhidi to take a look.
The two men came to the clinic, where the military doctor was cleaning and rebandaging his father-in-law's wound.
His mother-in-law said angrily that Abao couldn't stand our family eating Wu Gufeng aged wine every day, and was scolded by his uncle Zhen Ershu, who came to the door with a machete to chop people, and she must give this kid a severe punishment.
Shunzhidi agreed to help her father while crying. The old man's left and right hands were cut, and there were several cuts on his chest and back. Although his bones were not injured, every cut was done to his flesh.
Zhao Yulin ordered the guards to carry his father-in-law directly onto Zhidi's official ship, saying that he would be taken to Cuiping Mountain for treatment, where the medical facilities were complete.
He said that Zhidi had not met his parents yet, so it was a good opportunity for him to go back and meet them, and let Fenghuang take over Renhuai's affairs temporarily.
Shunzhidi was delighted to hear that Zhao Yulin was going to take her back to visit the ancestral temple and meet her parents-in-law. She immediately called the maid to take action. The family soon swam in the Chishui River.
Zhao Yulin walked into the cabin to talk to his father-in-law. The old man sighed and said that it was not entirely Abao's fault, it was all because of his showing off.
Mr. Chen gave us fifty jars of aged wine in one go. People in the mountains had never seen it before. Zhen Lao Er was a drunkard and he lived close to our house, so when he had something delicious, he would naturally ask his old brothers to have a drink with him. How could he have imagined that trouble would arise.
Damn, this matter is related to Chen Zhongshun again.
The old man came to Sifangjing to investigate winemaking. Naturally, he knew there was another relative here of the same status as him, so he generously brought dozens of jars of good wine to give to him.
Old man Shun is showing off. He brings out good wine every now and then to treat his old brother who is very reasonable. Isn't he just jealous and showing off?
No wonder he would scold his son-in-law Abao if he really wanted to be reasonable.
At this time, Zhidi brought the child in with a smile and said, "Let's give the little one a name, as he is almost one year old and still hasn't grown to a big size."
Zhao Yulin knew that she was intentionally talking about these things to divert her father's attention and make him forget about the pain. He smiled and asked Zhidi if she had ever thought about it?
The little woman said that she had little education and had not thought it through.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said, "You're stupid. We have an old scholar as our father-in-law. Wouldn't it be better to go back and ask him to name his good grandson?"
Shunzhidi then realized why he didn't name the child. It turned out that it was specially left for his father. The little woman was happy, and in front of his father, she leaned tightly against Zhao Yulin and enjoyed it.
Her mother couldn't bear to see them showing affection in public, so she said she would be watching from inside, and it was okay, so the boy should just go and do his work.
Feihu shouted outside: Master, the boat has entered the river, the scenery is beautiful.
Zhao Yulin pulled Shunzhidi up, put the child in a backpack and put him on his back, saying that they were going out to see the scenery together. The maidservants rushed to carry her, but he refused, saying that he rarely had time to take care of the baby.
Feihu stood by one by one and showed them the green mountains on both sides, and the scenery was everywhere.
Two days later, Zhao Yulin returned to Cuiping Mountain and learned that Ma Ling'er had indeed caught up with Lao Cao and returned to Chengdu, and that they had gone to the government office to take up their posts together.
He rested for a night, and after settling his mother-in-law and father-in-law, he took Zhidi across the river to the old house.
The old scholar and several old ladies were very happy, passing the child around like passing the parcel. He asked his father, "Shall we name our grandson Zhao Guangshun?" The name has both "Zhao" and "Shun", and both parents are included.
The old scholar said happily that he had messed up the ranking of the Zhao family, so it was okay to have Guangshun, because at least there was the word "Guang" in the middle.
Zhao Yulin didn't care about that and took the child over and started calling "Guangshun, Guangshun".
The next day, he saw Zhidi's father walking in the yard and thought his injuries had improved a lot, so he suggested accompanying them to visit Jiuzhouba in the evening.
The two old men were very happy and told him excitedly that the neighbors who had traveled far from Sifangjing said that Jiuzhouba was very lively and everything was sold there. Zhidi leaned on Zhao Yulin and proudly said that it was the first street for eating, playing and sightseeing that our brother had created, and the new street in Jiading looked even more lively.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said, "Let's go later when there will be fewer people and it will be more convenient for the old man to move around."
In the evening, the family crossed the river to have a drink at Jiaohuaji. Chen Zhongshun happened to be there, so they sat together. Chen Zhongshun pointed at Shun's father, who was bandaged, and asked, "What's wrong? Were you all right the last time we met?"
Zhao Yulin pointed at the grains on the table and said it was all its fault. He poured the wine and told the whole story with a laugh.
Chen Zhongshun frowned, then smiled again, picked up the glass and said, "It's all this thing that's causing all this trouble. Come on, let's eat it." Everyone at the table raised their glasses with laughter.
If you go shopping in Jiuzhouba after dinner, there will be fewer tourists.
Shun Dad thought the ferry terminal was far better than Sifangjing's. The two old men were amazed to see the brightly lit shops , and kept saying that opening a shop here would definitely make money.
Ever since Zhao Yulin took Shun's father on board, all he had in mind was how to get them to come to Xuzhou to do something, away from the Zhen family, to avoid unnecessary troubles of comparisons.
Now there is a solution.
He asked, why don’t we open a shop here and specialize in selling local products from Sifangjing?
Shun's father was very happy, and his mother-in-law kept saying yes, yes. Then she asked depressedly: The rent must be very expensive, right?
How much silver does it cost?
Although Shunzhidi was the chief steward of Renhuai, she had always been an honest official. Her salary was just a drop in the bucket. Once Zhao Yulin's guards arrived, she would spend a lot of money, leaving her with little money left.
Zhidi immediately said with a smile that it was a good idea of brother, and of course it was his expense, since I had no money anyway.
Father Shun's expression immediately dimmed.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that the entire Jiuzhouba was owned by the cooperative, so what was there to worry about? No money was needed.
Later, we will ask my young lady to find two suitable shops to run, Zhidi will collect the goods in Sifangjing, and the old man will just take care of the business.
With this arrangement, the two old people were surprised and happy. They didn't have to worry about anything and could just count the money, which was of course very enjoyable.
When they got back, Shunzhidi hugged him with a smile and asked, "Are you doing it on purpose?"
Zhao Yulin said that as long as the old man likes to do it, we should support him. The couple went to the study together to discuss the name and logo of the store and what kind of business to do.
After working until midnight, the woman sat in his arms and said she wanted to sleep, but her two little hands were still roaming on his body vigorously. Zhao Yulin hugged Zhidi tightly and quickly covered her mouth...
After the rain stopped and the clouds dispersed, he said that the two old people were honest people and it was time for them to come down and enjoy their retirement. The two shops could be used as places for them to play and exercise. Wouldn't it be happier if their daughter sent them some local specialties and let them make a little profit?
When the woman thought about how thoroughly her man had done things, she felt so happy that she quickly launched a second attack.
At daybreak, Lao Lu came to find him to go to Guigu together, and the Shenwei Army's balloon army was finally formed.
Chen Xian told him that the hot air balloon could carry two people to operate it, and it could be loaded with twenty five-jin thunder bombs, flying over the heads of the enemies and bombing whatever they pointed at.
Zhao Yulin looked at the hot air balloon slowly rising into the air for demonstration and said that it still depends on the weather. If the wind gets stronger, it might not be able to be controlled.
Lao Lu smiled and said, "My dear, such a big balloon is pushed by the small blades at the bottom. It's good enough that it can move."
Haha, Master Lu, who is not young anymore, also learns to express his feelings in the tone of young people.
However, Lao Lu had great confidence in the hot air balloon. He believed that once this thing appeared out of nowhere and landed over the enemy's position, it would surely scare the enemy out of their wits and force them to surrender.
Zhao Yulin didn't have such high hopes. As long as it could take off and fight, it would be another powerful weapon of the Shenwei Army.
Lao Lu said that the Northern Barbarians were gathering a large number of troops in Lingzhou and showing off their might. He made the decision to transfer the newly formed First Squadron of the Heavenly Army to the Guyuan front to fight the enemy.
Zhao Yulin had no objection and told Chen Xian to speed up the manufacturing of the new equipment before leaving.
Lao Lu told him that the Hongmeng Valley in Xinshi was being driven by a new steam engine. The steam engine pulled the sledgehammer to cast ironware, with high speed and great power. That guy was really fast, and the ironwork he made was good and neat.
Haha, of course Zhao Yulin knew that a groundbreaking machine must be different from others.
The next day, Zhao Yulin went to the academy and took a few students to carve the longitude and latitude, the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn on the globe made by Zhang Xiangyang. They also drew the seven continents, four oceans and the territories opened up by the ancestors of the Chinese people. Thus, a simple globe was completed.
In the evening, Zhao Yulin came to the auditorium of the academy and asked his son Ma Yuan to hold up a large oil lamp. He turned off all the lights in the auditorium and then began to lecture.
Zhao Yulin's loud words filled the entire auditorium through the amplification of the copper speakers.
He told the students: The land we live on is called the Earth. The Earth revolves around the sun in the sky. Because the Earth revolves around the sun, we have day and night, and the change of twelve hours a day.
He gently turned the globe, and under the light of the bright oil lamp, the students could see it clearly and immediately exclaimed .
