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This is mine.

mine

Brother Zhang, please accept this.

Why are you here?

So many young men!

I heard that the Tea King Rong is choosing a son-in-law.

real

The Rong family was the wealthiest in the world

Whose son is this?

I was fortunate to be selected

So many people!

What are so many people doing?

adult

The Rong family is choosing a husband for their eldest daughter.

The entire Linji was in an uproar.

Many noble families

They all rushed to the Rong family's house.

Adults should not

At this time

Good for getting rid of bad luck

I want to see what this Rong family is like.

Just how powerful is it?

This has attracted so many people to flock to it.

Surrounded

yes

Make way, make way

Move aside

Why are there so many government officials here?

Move aside and back

What are you doing? What are you doing?

The younger ones are from Chunning County

Lu Magistrate's Letter

Please wait a moment, Madam Rong.

Why is this?

What happened?

adult

Are we just going to wait like this?

wait

Until Madam Rong agrees to see him.

Those eyes are so small.

This face is longer than a horse's face.

Next

Mortar head, deep-set eyes, and unparalleled ugliness

What is this?

No, none of these will work.

It's a mess.

Cleaning ceremony

The Geng Tie portrait was returned unopened.

Those who came to the door were all sent away.

You just tell them

I want my Rong family's next year

Precious tea varieties

Then select the clan

The most outstanding children

Before the spring tea season begins

Send everyone to Rongjia for selection

yes

grandmother

grandmother

grandmother

What's the panic?

No progress

Those people outside are making a fuss again.

I repeatedly persuaded

People are unwilling to move an inch.

You see

Look at you

How outrageous!

That Yang

It was clearly her husband who killed her.

What does this have to do with my Rong family?

They need to find evidence to appear in court.

We have already sent the steward.

He was given enough face.

How dare I ask my grandmother to come to the hall in person?

I heard that

Newly appointed Magistrate Lu

It seems to be Kyoto.

Xu Ge Lao's outstanding student

Very arrogant.

Prefect Xu

Last year, we visited our tea plantation.

Demanding double the money and food

Grandmother firmly refused.

It seems this year

They wanted to take advantage of this young county magistrate

They've come to investigate the Rong family's path.

Prefect and Governor

Revolving lantern

The Rong family, however, was able to establish themselves in Linji.

Hundreds of years

A mantis trying to stop a chariot cannot stop a chariot.

With the county exams just around the corner...

As long as people

Anonymously dissemination of several Changhong

They were again invited to submit petitions and boycott the exams.

I'm not worried that Governor Chiang won't give in.

What does Bao'er mean?

I see three problems with this method.

One

The Rong family cannot escape suspicion of controlling the governor.

Giving others ammunition for criticism

Secondly, it disrupted the students' examinations.

Going against her grandmother's wishes to support impoverished students

The original intention to benefit the local community

Three

In the hearts of ordinary people in Linji

Rong family members who instigated the exam disruption

It also became

A scoundrel who disregards the law and discipline

We've been supporting those poor students for nothing.

Isn't it just for the purpose of using troops for a short time?

Hesitant and indecisive

Grandmother really went to the hall

Where was I questioned in full view of everyone?

Don't forget

Wei Family Tea Garden

Although they all went to the Yang family

His family's old tea trees

But it took root in the Rong family's garden.

The people of Linji are still unaware

How will it be discussed?

yes

If you really have the ability

Come on, give me a good idea!

I certainly wouldn't.

Tell him to act recklessly in the Rong family.

The younger ones are from Chunning County

Lu Magistrate's Letter

We respectfully request that Madam Rong take the time to meet with you.

Respectfully inviting Madam Rong

What happened to the Rong family?

I heard that they were harboring a runaway woman

Harboring evil and wickedness

Everyone knows what kind of person Madam Rong is.

Without evidence

Isn't this just utter nonsense?

Yes, that's right.

That's utter nonsense!

adult

It's been three days already.

The Rong family's comings and goings are common

There's no movement.

The whole of Linji was talking about this.

I simply don't believe this old lady Rong.

Still able to sit on the fishing platform

The governor urgently summoned

We want to see the governor.

Governor

We want to see the governor.

No one recommended

How are we supposed to take the exam?

yes

Unable to achieve fame and fortune

I don't want a penny of my life or possessions.

Can't see adults

We're not leaving.

I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving.

We want to see the governor.

Governor Governor

Your foot moves backward

Governor Governor

I want to see the governor.

Governor

Let us in

Return

It seems something happened to the adult.

I saw

Go through the back door

yes

Investigate the case

Who gave you permission to provoke the Rong family?

It even made Old Madam Rong sick.

have a look

This is the students' petition.

Forcing the governor to dismiss you

Who dares to incite students to strike?

According to the law, he should be sentenced to death by hanging with reprieve.

As an official of the imperial court

How can we be controlled by the Rong family?

Did they stage a strike?

No

Those were the students from Linji City who received government stipends.

Out of righteous indignation for Madam Rong

They all refused to release the bail.

The students heard about this

ran outside the yamen

We earnestly request Your Excellency to intervene and mediate.

I ask you

No student provided a guarantee.

How do students enter the examination room?

What to do about the county examination?

What about the prefectural and provincial examinations?

Once the capital city blames them...

Your head will have to be moved.

They dared to refuse insurance.

Why wouldn't you dare?

Since ancient times, the appointment of students to government posts has been based on voluntary participation.

But even if you overturn the law

They couldn't find a single fault with them.

I have warned you repeatedly.

One must consider the dignity of a wealthy family when dealing with matters.

The Rong family was highly respected in the local area.

They are not to be offended casually.

Look at you

Now it's turned out like this.

However, a rumor was released.

The governor and prefect were in a panic.

The Rong family actually has such a person.

Your Excellencies need not worry.

I have already invited Dr. Chen, the coroner from Suzhou.

Once the coffin is opened for examination

Is Yang alive or dead?

The truth will come out sooner or later.

Lu Jiang, you're so presumptuous!

If you dare to continue this nonsense

Disaster pressed down like Mount Tai

You, a mere county magistrate

Crushed to pieces

Ultimately, youthful impetuosity

Let's pull back from the brink.

you

Your Excellencies, please take a look.

What is this?

Your humble servant receives the imperial decree

This official is acting on His Majesty's imperial decree.

The Ming dynasty magistrate was actually an imperial inspector.

On behalf of the emperor, he toured the local areas.

Investigating official conduct and seeking out grievances

Single decision on large and small cases

No matter how high your official rank is

Powerful

This official said he would exhume the body for examination.

Anyone who dares to obstruct the order will be defying the imperial decree.

They will be severely punished without exception.

adult

800-li urgent dispatch from Beijing

A letter from Grand Secretary Xu was delivered.

Caution

This case happened so quickly.

It alarmed the people of the capital.

The teacher gave these two words

What exactly is the intention?

It's already 9 PM, sir.

Time to go.

Preparing the sedan chair

yes

Has the coroner been found?

Don't worry, adults.

The old gentleman was right in front.

The desolate grave awaits you.

you

Adults are not afraid of powerful gentry

Not protecting former colleagues

Showing off one's abilities and talents

Little did they know that the officialdom was treacherous.

Knives and guns

Never making things convenient for others

Did they ruin their own lives?

Chase

Chase

Some people admire the glamorous life of the young lady.

He was secretly furious.

The young lady was afraid that after the spring...

Insect infestation spread

They rushed to the tea garden overnight to treat the illness with tea.

What a grueling and arduous journey!

At this time

They've become blind to the truth.

Your mouth!

Hurry up and say less.

This annoyed the young lady.

That gossip

This mouth of hers will surely ruin her future.

Looking for a beating

The young lady is a cold-faced but warm-hearted person

But that won't scare the maid.

Miss, there seems to be someone in front of you.

He fell down the mountain

Villains often disguise themselves as starving corpses.

Look at this body covered in blood.

Doesn't seem like a good person

Buried

Please

Help me

Take it back

Help!

Who are you

A person who saves you

Who are you

A person who saves you

Only people harm me

No one ever saved me

Now we have

That day I overheard someone

Everyone calls him Lord Lu

It must be the newly appointed one.

Lu Jianglai, the magistrate of Chunning County, was undoubtedly...

But you said

Everything at the government office has been normal recently.

The servants have all inquired.

The entire government office

They all sounded the same.

Speaking of Lu Jianglai

Originally an imperial inspector

I recently received a confidential letter from the capital.

He immediately returned to Beijing.

Even I have my doubts.

If it weren't for Lu Jianglai

So who is he?

I really don't remember anything.

Three Deadly Blood Holes

Eight exposed knife wounds

A bloody, mangled mass

He was so badly injured from the fall that he lost his mind.

Miss Lei

They sacrificed two century-old ginseng trees.

Only then were they able to save the person.

This servant knows it will definitely be troublesome.

Miss

No one came looking for them.

He must be a homeless man.

Just kick them out.

kick them out

Where to claim consultation and medication fees?

If I am lucky enough to survive in the future

So he was told to stay at the Rong Mansion.

Be my groom

Wang Lu of Suzhou

I have come to pay my respects to Madam Rong.

please

Luxiang, Dongshan, Suzhou

Song Yifang came to pay his respects.

Raozhou Fuliang Zhuang Shimin

I came to pay my respects

Zuo Liangyu from Nanjing paid a visit.

Lin Shishuo, Yixian County, Huizhou

Visit

please

Good heavens!

This is so lively!

These are all proposals.

Miss Rong, right?

The eldest daughter of the Rong family is getting married.

Rongjia 10,000-mu Tea Garden

What can we do?

For hundreds of years, the Rong family has not married off a single woman.

Only accepting sons-in-law

If this could be done

Rong family's son-in-law

They've fallen into a paradise!

Bai Yingsheng of Wanfeng Academy

This young man is quite handsome!

Yang Langjun

Please wait for tea in the flower hall.

That's really extravagant, isn't it?

You see so many?

Was it Dean Liu who recommended him?

please

Whose young master is this?

So extravagant

Look at this young man

He Langjun

He Xingming of Tiger Hill

Come to propose to the eldest daughter of the Rong family

Who could it be?

The He family is not self-proclaimed

Wushan Tiger Hill Tea is the Best in the World

Are you determined to surpass the Rong family?

Why is Young Master He so shameless?

I came to ask someone for tea seeds.

My He Family Tiger Hill Tea

When famous throughout the world

Yangxian Tianchi

Northern Source Usnea

They are all willing to be slaves.

He Rongjia Longjing

Back then, I didn't know

Where is it?

Why can't my young master marry her?

Things from ten years ago are too painful to mention.

How dare you!

Boasting the glory of a hundred years ago

She is mine

Gentlemen, you must be tired from your journey.

Please stay temporarily at Xinfang Pavilion.

The scenery in this courtyard is really nice.

Yes, that's right.

Look over there

What a refined gentleman!

Guess who I am

Cousin, stop fooling around.

Bao'er

You have eyes on the back of your head.

How many times have I told you?

You should call her cousin.

Aren't you studying at the academy?

Suddenly came here

Does your uncle know?

I'm not coming

Ask someone to marry you

Why don't you show your intestines?

He regretted it for the rest of his life.

I'm here to win.

You can't

childhood sweetheart

You don't want to

It has to be from that pile

I don't know what's going on inside my stomach.

Bao'er, you're so silly!

Young Miss

The young men have all entered the mansion.

Are you really not going to take a look?

silly girl

My cousin is now with me.

Back in the day

My aunt fled to the Wen family to avoid disaster.

I am grateful to my father for the bowl of meat soup he sent me.

He became sworn brothers

The Wen family later fell into ruin.

My aunt often picked me up to visit.

Playing with you

Although they are godparents

A hundred times closer than strangers

My cousin lives a life of luxury.

Sincere and innocent

Where have they been through wind and frost?

Once you've seen it

fierce competition for victory

Come and pour out your heart to me again.

Then please wait patiently for good news, cousin.

Keep a close eye on it.

The servants understood

Miss, rest assured

Dozens of ancestors were sent over that day.

They don't care about us.

Can we even take care of it?

The new guy over there

You'd better hurry.

Rushing for tomorrow's rain

This smell can travel for miles.

It will smoke the esteemed guests.

I'll give you a beating.

Take it away, take it away, take it away.

You give me

Get out of my way.

I think you're asking for a beating.

The horses graze on the daily pasture.

Fresh hay delivered

Freshly laid horse manure is close to grass green in color.

Only these few horse droppings

Hard as a rock

The horse was also listless.

We should find someone who can diagnose horse diseases.

This is on the road

Too little water given during the rush

You don't know anything!

The eldest daughter's compassion

I'll give you those few bowls of leftovers.

You really think you're something special?

other people's young master

The Divine Steed from Northern Hebei

They feed them only the best forage.

Who would dare to make even the slightest mistake?

If you dare to spout nonsense again

I told the manager to go

I'll pin you to the ground then.

I'll give you thirty lashes first.

What are you staring at?

Before sunset

Hurry up and get those buckets over there.

Well-composted fertilizer

Send it to the garden.

Hurry up!

Day by day

Not worth the same stupid husband

Fighting over trivial matters

I will definitely tell the young lady

Determine origin and identity

Leave this torturous place

Brother Yang

The host did not invite

We sneaked into this garden

That might be inappropriate.

It's not like livestock.

You are locked up in Xinfang Pavilion

Just enjoy the water and grass.

The Rong family didn't say anything.

People aren't allowed to come to the park to relax.

Besides, Brother Yang is here today.

Look at those

A servant with an arrogant attitude

Who dares to stop me?

Yes, yes, yes

Let's follow!

It's just to broaden my horizons.

Who is most qualified?

Marry Miss Rong

That would undoubtedly be Brother Yang!

However, I did hear about it.

The Rong family's method of choosing a son-in-law is different from others.

It forbids marriage alliances and banquets.

But what if the marriage doesn't go well in the future?

Even if he becomes a son-in-law in the Rong family

They will also be immediately sent back to their old home.

Rong Family Seeks Son-in-Law

That was thirty years ago.

Ordinary people naturally wouldn't know

The inside story

The Yang family was a large family in Linji.

Others don't know

Brother Yang, how could you not know this?

I was just about to ask Brother Yang for advice.

The Rong family is truly run by women.

The reality is that women are superior to men.

The couple had been estranged in previous years.

It really opened

The precedent of abandoning the father and keeping the son

This tea tradition passed down through generations

What happened?

The Rong family's immense wealth

When it truly falls to Miss Rong

One person's head

If you are lucky enough to become the Rong family's son-in-law

Those who need to know will naturally know.

I'm afraid you don't have that kind of luck.

Why ask such a question?

Curious, curious, right?

Although we have some wealth

But compared to the Rong family, it's a drop in the ocean.

Brother Yang, on the other hand, is wealthy and arrogant.

Why did you also come to join in the fun?

What's it to you?

yes

Brother Yang's lesson is absolutely correct.

Brutal villain

What are you looking at?

Where did this dirty, smelly stuff come from?

They even dared to eavesdrop on our conversation.

I'm leaving now.

I am a distinguished guest invited by your Rong family.

What do you mean, "you"?

bastard

No sense of hierarchy

Clean my shoes.

My dear lord, please calm down.

small

I'll clean it for you right away.

What kind of Wang Langjun and Mao Langjun?

Strange Path Makes People Carry Dung

He was originally half-deaf.

Brother Wang

Don't argue with deaf people.

Lost his identity for no reason

Wang Lu quickly told him to leave.

Wang Lu

Okay, I'll remember you.

Get out of here!

Are you waiting to be slapped?

who

You have to consider the owner before you beat a dog.

The Rong family is not a place for you to act recklessly.

Miss Rong, please calm down.

My friend is reckless.

Temporary offense

Wang Lu

Hurry up and apologize to the young lady.

Please forgive me, young lady.

What you just said

I heard it all.

At Rongjia

If a person is despised

Absolutely not because he is a man

It's only because he lacks intelligence.

base character

Unable to be loyal and devoted to the family

A woman who can manage a household and handle affairs

And absolutely not because she is a woman

Must be virtuous and talented

Able to convince people

What is male chauvinism?

If women are superior to men

I've never heard of it.

The Rong family has always disdained to discuss such matters.

Please do as the guests do when in Rome.

Stop speaking such rude words.

It is our ignorance that has led us to this point.

Arrogant words

It's all my fault.

Considering each other's newfound connection

It was inconvenient to speak out against it.

Dirty Miss's View

Please forgive me, Miss Rong.

Wang Langjun was impetuous.

It scared people

Let me calm you down.

Two-faced and self-destructive

This beast is the most treacherous.

The young lady married him

The Rong family must die out.

Thank you for your generous gift, young master.

Okay, let's see them out.

Miss Rong

It's all that thieving beast's fault.

It hurt me

Disrespectful behavior in front of the young lady

My Prince

Xinfang Pavilion today

Hosting a banquet for distinguished guests

If you don't go back soon, it will be too late.

Gentlemen

please

As beautiful as a peony in March

Cold as a bone-scraping steel knife

I've endured both beatings and scoldings.

You only pretended to come out and help.

Unsuccessful

Meet in private

Ask clearly

Miss, you're overthinking it.

His head was really badly injured.

Otherwise, such scheming in the past

How can we allow others to bully us like this?

Time will tell.

Was it due to ignorance or mistaken intrusion?

Or was it a deliberate attempt to infiltrate?

We'll figure it out sooner or later.

He has ulterior motives.

He'll suffer for it.

Take him a bottle of medicine

Miss

Huichuntang's Resurrection Pill

One hundred taels for one dumpling

Enough for him to be a servant for ten years

You're really willing to do that.

Then give him one pill.

So that people don't die

My two old ginseng roots were wasted.

So many people are after the Rong family's wealth.

Miss Rong came

Only you and I can join hands to defeat the enemy.

Only then do we have a two-point chance of winning.

So

You want to form an alliance with me

Tonight's Rong Family Banquet

I'll first present you with a pledge of allegiance.

Thinking it was sincerity

Is that alright?

Young man

The Rong family is holding a banquet, so be it.

Prepare so much

A vibrant and alluring beauty

What is the purpose?

To avoid the princess being mistakenly betrothed

Before the wedding, palace maids would be sent to test the marriage.

The Rong family was a prominent and prestigious clan.

I want to test out my future son-in-law.

I dare to guess

If one day my husband is chosen from among the beauties...

Look at this maid

Would you be willing to do this in front of the mistress?

Please say more nice things.

Another drink

A beautiful woman holds a wine pot to warm the wine.

Even if I can't marry Miss Rong

It wasn't a wasted trip.

Drinking without getting drunk and seeing beautiful women without being infatuated

Only then will there be a chance to enter the back.

The real trial

Let's give it a push.

Take the opportunity to eliminate a few

tiny grains of sand

This is really good wine.

Drink some more, my lord.

Okay, okay

I really can't drink anymore.

Onro-kun

Borrowing a feast from the host

Let me offer you a toast first.

Why did Wen Langjun drink alone?

This jasmine wine

The young ladies were tempted by the sweet and fragrant wine.

It wouldn't taste right if we drank it.

Come and drink my pot of Autumn Dew White wine.

Brother Lai

I respect you.

Two of my friends today

I accidentally bumped into Miss Rong.

I was extremely annoyed.

I was just about to trouble you to help me out.

Come

My dear husband is overthinking

Onro-kun

Your two families are related

We kept in touch frequently after that.

I'll have to trouble you to take good care of me.

Young Master Wen couldn't get enough of the small cups.

Change to a larger cup

Come, come, Mr. Wen

I'm not drinking anymore.

Come

Come

Come on

I'll fill your cup with Wen Langjun.

Let's have a drink together

Let's drink until we drop tonight!

Brother Bai

Let's drink our own.

Brother Bai hasn't finished drinking yet.

I just happen to have one there.

Excellent calligraphy and paintings

Come to my place.

No need, no need, let's go.

Come on, come on!

Do it, do it, no need, no need

No need.

Brother Bai is gone, he's gone, he's gone.

drink

Dried

Dried

Come

Good alcohol tolerance

Let me fill your cup.

Slower

Don't rush, close the door first.

Who is this person?

What are you doing?

Who is it?

For no reason, they drove away customers and assaulted people.

What kind of logic is this?

That's right, that's right.

I want to reason with your young lady.

The Rong family kindly entertained them.

They are visitors from afar

Not a lecherous scoundrel

Good wine and good meat

Feeding them backfired and produced several pigs and dogs.

How dare you flirt with my maid while drunk?

Are you out of your mind?

Anyone who dares to utter another word

They were tied up and escorted to the yamen.

I'll smash your spine to pieces.

no

Does your family want to try living together before marriage?

I'll test your grandpa's head

Try your mother's head

Could it be that he drank too much yellow soup?

A mouthful of dog feces

Don't even mention my family

The pampered young lady

He'll carry my shoes.

You don't deserve it.

I

you

roll

Let's go!

How shameful!

Let's go!

Pah!

Fourth Miss

The young lady's courtyard

No one is allowed to enter without permission.

While no one was paying attention

Let's hurry!

The new tea is about to be harvested.

Rong Shanbao was discussing matters in Chongxi Hall.

He sent away all the useful people around him.

And we can't worry about this.

It's not good if someone's guarding it.

I'm looking for the young lady.

Is there someone else?

Also looking for the young lady

Oh no!

I forgot to apply honey.

Rong Shanbao

I knew I had you hidden here.

I know what to do.

I know, I know

It won't interfere with your husband's important business

But some outsiders knew

It's ten fingers.

Put on the pressure plate

He was also blinded by lust.

He brought this on himself.

To be a good son-in-law of the Rong family

First and foremost, one should maintain a clean and virtuous character.

Wen Can is drunk and reckless tonight.

Let's see if Miss Rong still wants him.

I was up all night and couldn't fall asleep at all.

Walk

Come to my room and play a couple of games of chess.

please

Oh no!

What are you afraid of, Wanwan?

I am your older sister

Do you think I'd eat you?

come over

Come here quickly

Long time no see

You idiot

They did have some brains after all.

They're not as easily fooled as before.

Fourth Sister is bad

Fourth sister is fierce, so be honest.

Let me go

You put

What to run

You're a jinx who brings misfortune to your own mother!

How many more people in my family do you want to harm?

Prefect Xu

Last year, we visited our tea plantation.

Demanding double the money and food

Tea tax was a tax levied by the ancient government.

One of the important sources of fiscal revenue

Tea tax in the Ming Dynasty

Implement zoned management

The Sichuan region implemented an official tea system.

Used in the tea-horse trade

Trade for frontier horses

And the Jiangnan region

The commercial tea system will be adopted.

Merchants through the tea license system

Pay the corresponding taxes

Making money by selling tea

Tea tax system in the Ming Dynasty

It is a product of prioritizing politics.

Its original design intention

To consolidate border stability

Rather than accumulating wealth

The paradox of low tax rates and strict controls

Ultimately leading to low tax revenue

Despite the tea-horse trade

Maintaining stability on the border

However, it failed to be effectively transformed.

Fiscal revenue advantages

Against smuggling and corruption

Provided a warm bed