Let's say that Zhou Xu'an received the folding fan made by Chunyu himself and loved it so much that he wanted to hang it on his body every day.
So after meeting Zhu Zhan, he attracted his strong attention.
This fan looked comparable to the most common ones from the fan shop in the capital.
He just didn't understand why this friend, who was already the number one imperial merchant in the world, cherished it so much.
"My future wife did this herself."
Zhou Xu'an answered like this, which aroused Zhu Zhan's curiosity and asked his future siblings how.
Zhou Xu'an just smiled and said nothing, making Zhu Zhan want to know even more.
But this is just a concern for friends, and no other thoughts.
Although he is a county king, his status is not high and there are hidden dangers of high energy.
Not only did he want to make good friends with Zhou Xu'an in the early years because he wanted to do business with him and support the expenses of his Anyang Palace, but he also took a fancy to the Zhou family's deep network.
The Zhou family actually has a big background, which outsiders don't know.
At first, the ancestor of the Zhou family had a lot of business but was still just an ordinary businessman.
Later, he accidentally caught up with the chief steward of Prince Yan's palace and started doing business with the palace.
His imperial grandfather, Zhu Di, who was still King of Yan at the time, had already begun preparations for the Jingnan Campaign and urgently needed a large amount of funds to secretly recruit troops.
The chief steward who was familiar with the Zhou family accidentally revealed that King Yan needed money, a large amount of money.
The ancestor of the Zhou family was also extremely smart, and with a little extrapolation he understood the underlying undercurrent.
Recognizing the importance of finding wealth in danger, Li'er took the opportunity to offer most of his family's property to King Yan.
This kind of courage to fight for everything was unparalleled.
The King of Yan was grateful for his efforts, so he took the daughter of the Zhou family as his concubine, and later gave birth to a little princess for him.
It's a pity that the Zhou family's daughter died soon after her death.
The poor little princess, who was only a few months old, had just lost her mother, and her father had no time to take care of her because of important events, and he didn't even give her a name.
Fortunately, another concubine of the King of Yan, the Liu family, who was in love with the Zhou family's daughter, temporarily raised her.
The Liu family's maiden family was originally the Liu family in Hedong, an aristocratic family that existed in the Song Dynasty.
Later, after the fall of the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, it was transferred to the early Ming Dynasty.
After the changes, the former Hedong Liu family gradually declined.
Although Taizu did not vigorously rectify these nobles after he came to power, and still retained their titles, they were somewhat unworthy of their names.
After the decline, the Liu family moved to Miyun, Tanzhou, where Liu met King Yan and became a concubine in King Yan's palace.
In the ninth year of Hongwu, Taizu granted a marriage to King Yan, and made the eldest daughter of the founding hero Xu Da the Princess of Yan, who would be the future Queen Xu.
The Liu family became very involved, so they became good friends with the later Zhou family.
Later, Mrs.
Zhou passed away, and with Empress Xu's permission, she raised the little princess in her own yard.
Under careful care, the little princess grew up healthily.
The Zhou family was grateful for the Liu family and wanted to make friends with her, so they married another daughter into the Liu family.
After the two families got married, their relationship was very good.
But it wasn't until the little princess was ten years old that Mrs.
Liu fell seriously ill.
The little princess was adopted by Queen Xu under her name again, and she kept company with her eldest daughter Zhu Yuying, who was already eleven years old at the time, and named her Zhu Yuxiang.
At this time, King Yan launched a coup to seize the throne, inherited the throne and became the founder of Ming Dynasty.
Concubine Xu was promoted to queen, Zhu Yuying was named Princess Yongan, and Zhu Yuxiang was named Princess Yongping.
At this time, the Zhou family was also rising and was granted the title of First-Class Imperial Merchant by Cheng Zu.
However, Princess Yongping did not recognize her granddaughter because she was already the granddaughter of Xu Guogong.
But this was only on the surface, and the secretly continuous blood relationship still made Princess Yongping, who later learned the truth, be very good to the Zhou family.
It's a pity that she later married Li Rang, the guest of honour, who had lost his family and family in order to achieve great things for King Yan.
Unfortunately, Li Rang passed away not long after her happy life.
When Renzong came to the throne, Princess Yongping and her son Li Maofang were framed for treason and demoted to common people.
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Later, Li Maofang and Princess Yongping died successively.
It was not until the first year of Tianshun that an edict was issued to Li Maofang's son Li Yu.
After Li Yu's death, in the Chenghua period, Li Qin, Li Yu's son, was granted the command of Changling Guards.
But this is all a story for another day.
In short, Princess Yongping's life was extremely miserable, and she was completely incomparable to her sister Princess Yong'an.
However, this did not affect the Zhou family.
Zhou Baida was just an imperial businessman who was doing business peacefully at the beginning.
He did not have the thoughts and courage of his ancestors, and the leverage paved by his ancestors was completely useless.
But it was completely different when he arrived at Zhou Xu'an.
He couldn't help but be very business-savvy, and he actively cultivated the connections created by the ancestors of the Zhou family.
What's even better is that Zhou Xu'an's biological uncle Liu Zheng came back from the border and has transformed from a small soldier into a general.
The Liu family, which had long since declined, still stayed low-key in Miyun and did not move to the capital.
However, the status of the Liu family has undergone subtle changes.
Others don't know this, but it cannot be hidden among the aristocratic circles in the capital.
Therefore, Zhou Xu'an is able to enjoy himself in the capital because of this factor.
There is a reason why Zhou Xu'an wants to move the Zhou family to the capital this time.
The ancestors of the Zhou family were in Beijing in the early years.
Later, when the capital was turbulent during the Jingnan period, they moved to Moshan.
It belongs to the Yanshan branch and is borderline with Miyun, so now it can be regarded as returning to its homeland.
And Zhou Xu'an had already set up a house in Guangqumen, the most prosperous east city outside Beijing, in order to accommodate the Zhou family.
Although this four-entry courtyard is indeed somewhat inferior to Zhou's grand mansion in Moshan, it is very rare in this capital city where prices are high.
There are also many rockery fish ponds and garden lake pavilions in the yard, but they are just more streamlined.
Moreover, it is adjacent to the inner city.
Just a few steps away from the door is the Zhengyang Gate into the inner city, which is very convenient.
But it is not easy to live in the inner city.
After all, the inner city is the residence of the royal family, nobles and ministers of the court.
Even some other ordinary people are former residents of the Yan Palace or former city residents.
Zhou Xu'an's uncle Liu Zheng has a mansion in the city.
He got married late, so he only has one son, Liu Ya, who is only ten years old.
After Zhou Mengya came to the capital first, she was led by her aunt Liu Guo to appear in the aristocratic circle of the capital, hoping that she could integrate into this circle faster.
It's a pity that the women here have more complex thoughts and are more hypocritical, which Zhou Mengya dislikes very much, and she misses chatting with Chunyu when she was in Moshan.
Thinking of this, Zhou Mengya also wished that her eldest brother would marry Chunyu back as his sister-in-law, so that she could have a good companion.
Of course, Zhou Xu'an was also trying to get Chun Yu to let go of his guard and accept him earlier, and followed him to the capital.
He knew that he was a little selfish in this way, but he would never let her go no matter what.
Of course, Chunyu didn't know all this.
She was now lying in the yard under the vines on the recliner that her fourth uncle had made just like she said, holding a round fan and swaying it, and she was drinking cool and sweet mung bean soup.
It was really It's a pleasant time.
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