After a few hours, being gazed at by that woman with a love-struck look, Zhang Tie almost became the public enemy of those unmarried young men in the old mansion. However, Zhang Tie just treated it as the woman's prank and didn't mind it at all. Under that woman's gaze, Zhang Tie always remained calm. He didn't think that he would lose a hair because of that woman's stare. As for those men who were jealous of him, besides blaming themselves for being idiots, Zhang Tie didn't have any obligation to explain it to them. The only thing that Zhang Tie felt a bit funny was that his cousins were also jealous of him.
As for those cousins, Zhang Tie had an impression on some of them; however, it was the first time for him to meet some of them today. As members of Zhang Clan who shared the same bloodline, how could they treat a woman's performance seriously on this occasion and treat their cousins coldly? Zhang Tie was very disappointed with them.
However, Zhang Tie knew that he had no choice. The old man had 11 children. The next generation of these children, especially Zhang Tie's uncles, had married more than one wife. There were at least 50-60 people in the same generation as Zhang Tie. Among these people, there were excellent figures like Zhang Su who could even make a name for themselves in Hidden Dragon Palace. Of course, there were some shallow ones.
The two eldest uncles who were close to Zhang Tie's family had already left for the Eastern Continent to converge with Zhang Tie's parents one month ago. Zhang Tie's elder brother also needed some helpers. Zhang Tie had some cousins in the two eldest uncles' families. They didn't come today. Zhang Su's father had also left for the Eastern Continent to prepare for the transfer of Zhang's industry.
Zhang Tie thought at the sight of this scene. Perhaps, the two eldest uncles purposely left Huaiyuan Prefecture a bit earlier so that they didn't have to come here on this occasion. The old man's eldest wife was very influential at home. Zhang Tie's biological grandma was the fourth wife of the old man, namely the fourth branch. The first branch and the fourth branch didn't get along well with each other. Especially after Zhang Tie's biological grandma passed away, the fourth branch was always pushed aside at home. Zhang Tie's two eldest uncles didn't live well at home. Therefore, they had been cautious since they were young. However, as Zhang Tie's family gradually got better, the relationship between the first branch and the fourth branch became better.
Noticing those people's jealous looks, Zhang Tie understood why they were watching him with jealousy. That woman's family background might not be ordinary. Those people's jealousy of him was not entirely due to the woman's beauty.
In fact, for the people who came here to celebrate the birthday, they were simply beautiful women. To them, they were just toys and cheap goods. Not many people would care about them.
"How do you know that princess of Wang Clan?" Zhang Su asked Zhang Tie in a low voice.
"If I told you that I didn't know that woman's surname until now, would you believe me?" Zhang Tie forced a bitter smile.
Zhang Su watched Zhang Tie seriously as he slowly nodded, "I believe you, but I'm afraid that the others don't!"
"Who is that woman?"
"Fubo City's Wang Clan. The largest ore and steel traders in Huaiyuan Prefecture were in Huaiyuan Prefecture and other places of Jinyun Country. There are more than ten mines and more than one gold mine. "
Zhang Tie was amazed as he had not imagined that the girl was so rich, "What's the relationship between Wang Clan and Wang Clan, one of the top 6 clans in Jinyun Country?"
"It doesn't matter. However, the wife of the castellan of Fubo City is the biological elder sister of Wang Clan. Wang Clan is one of the most famous maternal relatives of Zhang Clan of Huaiyuan Palace. It's close to Fubo City. These years, our shipyard expanded a lot. As a result, we consumed a lot of steel in the shipyard. Our clan and Wang Clan also had frequent business contacts. Therefore, the relationship between us and Wang Clan became closer. Wang Clan assigned someone here to celebrate the birthday of my grandma today..."
After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Tie understood it. As a clan elder, of course, he would not like to let another major clan in Jinyun Country grasp the power of iron, steel and ore trade which could influence the shipbuilding industry of Huaiyuan Prefecture. Although the top 6 clans were connected by marriage, there were still some bottom lines that could not be broken. Each clan had its own interest territory. As for such an important industry which was related to the economic lifeline of the clan, they would never let another clan on the same level control it.
"Does the old man want to connect with Wang Clan by marriage?" Zhang Tie asked with a smile.
"The old man didn't express his opinion. However, some uncles and aunts are very enthusiastic about it. Before you came here, an aunt had already introduced some cousins to the daughter of Wang Clan!"
"Haha, I feel that you're the most suitable one if you want to connect with Wang Clan by marriage!" Zhang Tie joked in a low voice.
Zhang Su threw a glance at Zhang Tie, "Don't you know that I've got a sweetheart?"
Not until then did Zhang Tie remember that Zhang Su indeed had a senior sister apprentice in Hidden Dragon Island. When in Hidden Dragon Island, Zhang Su even lent money to that senior sister apprentice to open a processing workshop.
At the beginning, Zhang Su felt embarrassed to say that he could make money from a processing workshop. Later on, Zhang Tie was told that Zhang Su already had a confidante in Heavens Rising Academy, whose surname was Fang.
Patting his head, Zhang Tie asked, "Why didn't senior sister apprentice Fang come here today?"
"She's not LV 9 yet. Therefore, she couldn't leave Hidden Dragon Island for the time being!" Zhang Su said bashfully.
In Hidden Dragon Island, Zhang Su's cultivation speed and aptitude were relatively excellent. Therefore, he could promote to LV 10 in 5 years. As for the others, it was already not bad for them to promote to LV 9 before 30.
"Oh, I almost forgot. What's the name of that woman?" Zhang Tie suddenly recalled something.
After watching Zhang Tie for a short while, Zhang Su finally said helplessly, "I'm convinced. She's called Wang Shina!"
Zhang Tie burst out into laughter …
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When it was almost dark, the grandest banquet finally arrived. All the people and guests in the old mansion gathered in the newly decorated banquet hall of Zhang's old mansion. There were over 200 people in total. They sat at about 20 big round tables.
The old man and the grand madam of Zhang Clan were sitting at the head table. The juniors of the family took turns to toast Madam Wang and say some auspicious words. Old Master Wang and Madam Wang sat down and exchanged a few words with each of the juniors who came up to toast. Madam Wang would also give them a gold ingot as a symbol of happiness and auspiciousness as a red envelope.
Gold ingot was the currency of Hua people in ancient times. It was no longer used in this age. In this age, people used standard gold coins. As for large transactions, they would use gold notes or large amounts of gold ingots. The gold ingots that First Madam gave him weighed less than a kilogram each. Each gold ingot given by the grand madam weighed less than 1 kg and was less than 40 gold coins. For those who went up to propose a toast, it was just a symbol of good luck. However, this scene could only be found in rich clans. For ordinary people, 10-20 gold coins were already a great amount of money. How could they use it like this?
The birthday celebration of juniors was an important part of the birthday celebration for the elders in major clans. Actually, the secondary purpose of this part was to show the prosperity of Zhang Clan to the public through this event. It was a scene of being full of descendants and being rich.
It was a part of the birthday celebration for the juniors and grandsons. To put it bluntly, it was also a special military parade in Zhang Clan.
Some of them took the opportunity to show off their cleverness and cleverness in front of the old man and First Madam to please them. Some of them used this opportunity to show off their achievements and extraordinariness to the old man and First Madam. And so on and so forth.
As for the guests, they all became spectators at this moment. They all smiled and listened quietly on the side. Looking at the prosperous and lively scene of the Zhang family, they also secretly evaluated the various figures of the younger generation of the Zhang family.
Across Jinyun Country, many major clans started their marriages from the birthday celebration of their elders.
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When Zhang Su went up to congratulate the grand madam, the old man encouraged Zhang Su to avoid being arrogant and make meritorious deeds for the clan. The grand madam gave a gold ingot to Zhang Su warmly. After that, Zhang Su came back.
As the grandsons of the old man and the grand madam, they were the second batch of people who went up to congratulate the grand madam, followed by the grandsons of the grand madam, the second batch, the third batch. Zhang Tie was the only representative of the fourth branch of the old man. Actually, he was the last one.
Actually, such a link was not necessary for Zhang Tie. However, as he happened to encounter it on such a day, Zhang Tie didn't want to make himself too different in case of making the atmosphere of the family stiff in front of so many outsiders. 'Let bygones be bygones. I don't need to be concerned about it anymore.'
When others were making a toast or waiting to make a toast, very few juniors of Zhang family were moving their chopsticks at this moment. Only Zhang Tie was enjoying his food at the table as if nobody was watching him. Besides Zhang Su, all the others at the table despised Zhang Tie very much.
"How many days have you not eaten?" Zhang Su asked in a low voice at the sight of Zhang Tie's look.
After thinking for a short while, Zhang Tie made a hand gesture.
"Four days!" Zhang Su was startled.
Zhang Tie nodded...
A few days ago, Zhang Tie was in cultivation on the airship and didn't eat anything. After arriving at Huaiyuan Palace yesterday, he spent a night with the elders of Huaiyuan Palace. Including today, it was 4 days. At the sight of so many delicacies on the table, Zhang Tie didn't need to pretend to be aggrieved in front of others. Of course, he just started to eat them. Everything on the table was for people to eat.
Zhang Su thought that Zhang Tie had a hard journey back to Huaiyuan Prefecture as he didn't even have enough to eat. Therefore, he watched Zhang Tie with a sympathetic look.
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When Zhang Tie was eating, three people at a table in the distance were also stealthily observing Zhang Tie. However, the three people's eye light was different. One of the two women's eye light was full of interest; the other one was full of grief; the man's experienced eye light was a bit deeper with a bit puzzled look...
At the sight of Zhang Tie's look, Wang Shina's mom maintained her composure; however, she turned around and glared at Wang Shina. She meant, "Damn girl, do you like such a hungry ghost who doesn't even care about his image on this occasion?" Don't lose the face of our Wang Clan... "
"Mom, don't you feel that guy is very handsome?" Wang Shina muttered. Watching her mom stretching out her hand to pinch her under the table, Wang Shina spat out her tongue stealthily. After that, she hurriedly stopped and pretended to be a lady. Watching Wang Shina's look, Wang Shina's mom turned around and whispered to the man on her side.
"Look at your daughter!"
The man replied with a smile.
Women always liked to look at the surface. A man who could be so calm on this occasion was either an idiot who didn't know the rules or a ferocious tiger in his heart.
However, Zhang Tie didn't look like an idiot who didn't know the rules. If he had a ferocious tiger in his heart, he was too young and didn't look experienced and capable. Therefore, Wang Shina's dad was a bit puzzled and couldn't see through him.
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After about 10 minutes, under Zhang Su's eye signal, Zhang Tie knew it was his turn. After wiping his mouth, he left the table with a glass of liquor and walked towards where the old man and the grand doctor were sitting.
The moment Zhang Tie stood up, many people had fixated onto Zhang Tie. Many people who didn't know Zhang Tie's identity were full of curiosity.
After coming to the front of the old man and the grand madam, the moment Zhang Tie opened his mouth, a silvery, tender voice had drifted from a table on one side.
"Ah, you coward of Zhang Clan. As a captive of demons on the battlefield, how dare you propose a toast to your great grandma!"
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