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Chapter 376
Time flies, and it has been more than two years in the blink of an eye, and the time has come to the autumn of the ninth year of Jiayou!

Quanzhou, in Quanzhou Bay.

However, in more than two years, Quanzhou Bay has undergone earth-shaking changes compared with more than two years ago.

In the bay, in the port along the coastline, there are rows of gigantic ships docked with huge sails, stretching for several miles.

These sea-going ships, those near the north, are all very deep-draught sea-going ships, all of which have just returned with a full load, and are going to go north to Hangzhou, and then turn into the inland river, or go up the river, but turn from Yangzhou into the canal, all the way Go north, go straight to Bianliang, Tokyo.

The ones on the south side have a shallower draft, and they are all ready to go to sea, but before going to sea, some sea salt produced in Quanzhou Salt Fields, as well as cloth produced by the cloth workshop and dyeing house under the name of Jihai Company, and other goods must be loaded in Quanzhou. There are porcelains shipped from all over the country, top-quality silks and satins produced in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and tea produced on Fujian Road.

Today's Quanzhou, in addition to being a port terminal, has become a transfer station like Hangzhou.

On the wharf, the ground is paved with bluestone slabs, and a plank road nearly ten feet wide extends from the port, forming an excellent ferry for loading and unloading goods.

Every ferry crossing is guarded by officers and soldiers in armor and holding sticks, two shifts a day, from the first moment of Mao to the right moment of You.

Right between the wharf and Jinjiang County, on the official road more than five feet wide, to the west is the newly built market, which has everything, all kinds of tea stalls, restaurants, small stalls and hawkers, all concentrated here, criss-crossing, In order, the yamen also hired a special person to maintain order during the day, and someone was responsible for cleaning every night, day in and day out.

To the west of the market, there are rows of warehouses, which are also arranged very regularly, like a well field, with three-foot-wide avenues criss-crossing among them, and people pushing carts and donkey carts come and go. endlessly.

To the east of the official road is the Seventh Floor of Quanzhou, which is now well-known in the entire coastal area.

The full name of Quanzhou Seventh Floor is Anlefang. It is a square city centered on seven high-rise buildings.
If you look down from a high altitude, you can find that the seventh floor is in the shape of a Big Dipper, and the seventh floor is connected by two layers of Chaoshou corridors.

The first one is called Taibai Building, which is a restaurant. There is a pair of couplets in front of the building, which are two lines of poems written by Li Taibai in the previous dynasty: when the wind and waves break, hang the clouds and sail directly to help the sea.

This pair of couplets is inscribed by Wang Zhong, the general judge of Quanzhou today.

Because this building was built by the Jihai Chamber of Commerce and borrowed the name of Li Taibai, these two poems were used.

It is said that the owner of the Taibai Building, the Jihai Chamber of Commerce, is inextricably related to the Wangjiang Tower in Yangzhou, because Taibai Tower is the most delicious restaurant in the Song Dynasty, except for the Wangjiang Tower. Even Fanlou in Tokyo city is inferior to cooking techniques.

Thirty steps to the southeast of Taibai Tower is the Baihualou Building. As the name suggests, it is a flower building. The women in the building come from the north and south of the river, as well as Khitan, Xixia, Goryeo, and Tubo. She is a woman of music origin from Quanzhou Jiaofang Division.

The remaining five floors are a treasure building, an auction building, and the remaining three buildings are the inn. There are also row upon row of small courtyards surrounding the seven tall buildings.

Although Anlefang has only been established for less than half a year, it has already become the largest gold selling cave in Quanzhou, and most of the people who come and go are wealthy and wealthy.

There are also those aristocratic dandies from wealthy families in Quanzhou City, who are also frequent visitors to the Seventh Floor of Quanzhou.

Zhizhou Chen Jun's youngest son, who was incompetent, lived in it for more than half a month, which made Chen Jun furious, and personally went to Baihualou to arrest him. Two of the sticks were broken, and Chen Liulang couldn't get out of bed for several days after the beating. After that, he was confined at home and didn't see him for several months. For a while, he was cited as a talking point by the people.

Anlefang, Taibai Building, in the private room on the third floor facing the sea, Wang Zhong and Chen Jun sat facing each other.

Chen Jun looked at the ships moored in Quanzhou Bay, and the endless flow of people on the pier!Then he turned his head and looked at Wang Zhong who always had a calm expression on his face, as if nothing in this world could move him, feeling inexplicable in his heart for a moment.

"Zihou will go back to Tokyo to report on his work this time, won't he never come back?" Chen Jun couldn't help asking: "Today's Quanzhou cannot be separated from Zihou!"

"Duke Ming is just joking!" Wang Zhong said, "Whether to go or stay is the court's own decision, how can Zhong be able to decide!"

Chen Jun smiled wryly and said, "Zi Hou, stop joking with me!"

Wang Zhongdao: "Now the first three-year plan has been completed, and all infrastructure constructions have basically been completed. Next, we just need to be steady, step by step, and continue to implement the next three-year plan we formulated at the beginning. Three years later , Naturally, results will be seen!"

Chen Jun immediately complained to Wang Zhong: "That being said, if Ke Zihou really leaves, all the big stalls in Quanzhou will fall on me alone. I'm almost at the age of knowing my destiny. So much energy!"

Wang Zhong shook his head and said: "Duke Ming has served two terms in the position of Zhizhou. Although our dynasty has the practice of being re-elected, we have never been re-elected for more than three terms. In the past few years, Quanzhou's wealth has doubled in a year. Several times, with Duke Ming's resume, coupled with Quanzhou's achievements in the past few years, I'm afraid he will be directly transferred to Tokyo this time!"

"Hey!" Chen Jun sighed, his eyes flickered, and he said with emotion: "Although Tokyo is good, it is not a good place at this time."

Wang Zhongdao: "Master Cai has been away for two years, and he is about to make a decision if he wants to come to the official family!"

Chen Jun looked at Wang Zhong: "Zihou thinks, which prince will the officials choose?"

Wang Zhong didn't answer, but asked instead: "What do you think, Duke Ming?"

Chen Jundao: "King Yong is old and has many heirs. You don't have to worry about Cheng Si in the future. I think it will be him!"

"Although King Yong is only half a year older than King Yan, let alone half a year, it is a day, an hour, and a stick of incense. Long is long!"

"But not all!" Wang Zhong suddenly changed his voice and said: "After all, he is a stepchild from the clan. Since he is a stepfather, it doesn't matter if he is older or younger! As long as the stepchild is under the knees of the official family and the aunt, it will naturally be It's the ancestral lineage, the ancestry is the eldest, the ancestry is in front of the elder! Why should you care about the elder and younger?

From ancient times to the present, there is no child under the knee, and the adopted heirs from brothers or the sons of brothers of the same clan, do they only look at the elders and the young, not the character and virtue?If you only look at the elders and the young, why are the officials struggling and the courtiers arguing, just let the officials adopt King Yong. "

"Actually, whether it's King Yong or King Yan, compared to other clans, their blood is closer to the official family."

Chen Jun cupped his hands at Wang Zhong and said, "Zi Hou's words are justified."

Wang Zhongdao: "Actually, no matter whether it is King Yan or King Yong, who will be the heir apparent in the end, it is up to the officials themselves to have the final say. Even if the two kings are fighting, it is also the opinions and likes and dislikes of the officials who are fighting. What does it matter to us being courtiers.

As a minister, as long as you do your duty well and don't make mistakes, is it possible that after the new king ascends the throne in the future, he can use an unwarranted crime to blame us? "

Chen Jundao: "Zihou is still young after all. Although it can be said so, the princes in the court don't think so, nor do King Yan and King Yong. Those courtiers who put themselves under the command of the two kings early on don't Don't you know that?"

Wang Zhongdao: "It's nothing more than wanting to fight for the merits of the dragon and get the title of an old minister in the hidden mansion!"

"Since Zihou has no intention of following the dragon, he should be more cautious when going to Tokyo!" Chen Jun reminded.

Wang Zhong held his hands in awe and said solemnly, "Thank you, Mr. Ming, for your suggestion!"

It's no wonder that Chen Jun suddenly talked about the battle for the establishment of the reserve. It turned out to be a reminder for himself, so don't get involved.

Chen Jun smiled, "Since Zihou already knew it, I'm relieved."

As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass: "Then I'll borrow this glass of thin wine, and wish Zihou a smooth journey, without waves or waves."

"That's what Gong Ming said!"

Wang Zhong raised his glass and touched Chen Jun lightly, and drank it down in one gulp.

Early the next morning, Wang Zhong boarded the ship at the pier. He only took Yu Chuer and Wang Erxi with him, and carried simple luggage, all the way north, to Hangzhou, and then to Jinling by land, and then went to Youyang. Big old lady's birthday party.

For Wang Zhong's arrival, Sheng Wei naturally welcomed it very much, but he and Mrs. Li had to organize the birthday banquet of the old lady, and they were too busy to welcome and send, so they could only let Chang Song and Chang Wu brothers entertain Wang Zhong.

But Changsong also has a lot of things to do, and the job of entertaining Wang Zhong can only fall on the idler Changwu.

For the past few years, Sheng Wei, Chang Song and his son have been staying in Quanzhou. Only during the Chinese New Year, can they spare time to go back to Youyang’s hometown, but they can’t stay for a few days every time they come back. This year is the old lady’s [-]th birthday. On the birthday, the business of Jihai Company has gradually entered a stable stage. Only then did Sheng Wei lead Changsong back to Youyang, and personally hold the birthday banquet for his biological mother.

For the past few years, Changwu has been practicing martial arts at home with Sheng Wei's teacher, studying the art of war, and preparing to participate in the martial arts in the spring of next year.

There are only three levels of martial arts, the solution test, the provincial test and the palace test.

The provincial examination and palace examination are both held in the capital. The former is administered by the Ministry of War, while the latter is the official examination.

However, Changwu is a straight-hearted person, his brain is not turning fast, and his mind is not active enough. Such a person is actually not suitable to hang out in the officialdom, but he is quite talented in martial arts, and Sheng Wei does not expect Changwu to achieve much in the future. Anyway, he has a share of Dafang’s family business, and it’s not a problem to ensure that he has no worries about food and clothing for a few lifetimes. Sheng Wei only asks Changwu to be an official. Now that Wu is an official, the eldest son of the Sheng family is no longer a merchant.

Although the status of merchants has been improved in this dynasty, those aristocratic families still look down on merchants from the bottom of their hearts.

Sheng Wei asked Changwu to entertain Wang Zhong, and Changwu took Wang Zhong to the martial arts arena at home, competed with Wang Zhong, asked Wang Zhong for advice on martial arts, and asked Wang Zhong for advice.

Wang Zhong came here to celebrate the old lady's birthday, not for fun, and he didn't think much of staying in the martial arts arena.

It's just that I never thought that on the day of the birthday banquet, there would be quite a lot of twists and turns during the banquet.

It is none other than Sun Zhigao, the husband-in-law of Sheng Wei's eldest daughter, Shulan, who caused the twists and turns.

Because the Sheng family is considered a prominent family in Youyang, Sheng Hong of the second room is now an official in Tokyo. The old lady of the Sheng family's [-]th birthday, the magistrate of Youyang County came to celebrate her birthday with gifts, and Sheng Wei personally Reception, invited people to the main table.

It was nothing at first, but when Sheng Wei introduced Wang Zhong to the magistrate of Youyang County, the magistrate of Youyang County was taken aback for a moment, and then he realized it.

At that time, the magistrate of Youyang County looked at Wang Zhong and asked, "But the current Quanzhou General Judge Wang Zhong, Prince Hou?"

"It's Wang!" Wang Zhong admitted frankly.

"Brother Sheng, you are too mean. Wang Tong judge came, and no one even let me know!" With Wang Zhong around, the magistrate of Yuyang County would naturally not call himself the official.

Without waiting for Sheng Wei to explain, Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Qiu Zhi County misunderstood, Wang was ordered to go back to Tokyo to report on his work this time, passing through Youyang, and it happened to coincide with the old lady's [-]th birthday, so it was a temporary idea. I came here to pay a visit to celebrate my birthday, and asked for a glass of water, wine, and food, and my trip was light and easy, and I didn’t want to stir up trouble, so I specifically told my uncle not to make a fuss, and I ask the magistrate of Qiu County not to blame me.”

"So that's the case, I misunderstood! Misunderstood!" Since Wang Zhong gave the steps, Qiu Zhixian naturally stepped down the steps happily.

Youyang is in the southwest of Jinling, Wang Zhong came from Quanzhou, if he wants to go to Tokyo, he should go to Yangzhou and follow the canal all the way north, how could he pass through Youyang.

But Qiu Zhixian, who already knew the relationship between Wang Zhong and the Sheng family, naturally wouldn't be a woman, so he exchanged greetings with Wang Zhong, and then started chatting with Wang Zhong. .

In particular, Wang Zhong invented the sun-dried salt method, and many coastal states and counties rushed to imitate it. Wang Zhong was not stingy, and compiled the method of sun-dried salt into a book. In the saltworks, skilled old salt workers were dispatched to give advice.

The names of Wang Zhong and Chen Jun have already spread throughout Jiangnan and Huaihe River in just over two years
Qiuzhi County only wanted to come to celebrate his birthday. He was going through the motions. On the one hand, he was trying to win over the Sheng family. Have something to do with Sheng Hong who is far away in Tokyo, or Sheng Hong's future son-in-law Wang Zhong.

I never thought that I would run into Wang Zhong himself at the old lady's birthday banquet, so I couldn't avoid pulling Wang Zhong to talk, although I wouldn't be indifferent to others' conversation, but I wouldn't pay much attention to it, just a few perfunctory words .

I'm afraid Qiu Zhixian never thought that his actions would actually annoy Sun Xiucai who was full of joy and wanted to make friends with him. Qiu Zhixian was full of smiles and talked to Wang Zhong on his own. Sheng Wei couldn't stop helping, but no one paid any attention to him, a talent who is expected to go to high school in the future and become a prime minister.

The more Sun Xiucai thought about it, the more angry he became, and his face became darker and darker. After drinking a few sips of wine, he threw the wine glass on the table, jumped up, glared at Wang Zhong and Qiu Zhixian, and snorted heavily. !After cursing "Zhuzi is not enough and tricky!", he immediately turned around and left!

The banquet hall, which was originally full of laughter and laughter, became solemn and quiet, and dozens of pairs of eyes all looked at Sun Xiucai, who was striding forward and galloping out.

Wang Zhong raised his glass with a smile and said: "Brother Sun must have had too much wine, come here, let's ignore him, Magistrate Qiu, let me toast you!"

The unhappiness on Qiu Zhixian's face dissipated in an instant, and he immediately squeezed out a smile and raised his glass: "Tong San came from a long way, I should respect Tong San!"

Seeing that the two of them had started to drink, everyone immediately pulled the people next to them, pushing and changing glasses, as if nothing had happened just now.

The banquet hall, which had been quiet for only a moment, immediately resumed laughter and laughter.

It's just that the expressions on the faces of Sheng Wei, Mrs. Li, Mrs. Sheng, and Changwu's brothers were not very natural, especially on the female guest's side. Shulan, who was sitting next to Mrs. Li, felt as if her buttocks were on fire. Yes, I can't sit or stand, neither sit nor stand, it's extremely embarrassing.

After the banquet, Wang Zhong accompanied Sheng Hong and personally sent Qiu Zhixian to the door. Naturally, Sheng Wei couldn't avoid apologizing. With Wang Zhong around, Qiu Zhixian naturally wouldn't take such trivial matters to heart.

"Hey!" Sheng Wei personally sent Qiu Zhixian to the carriage and watched the carriage leave. Finally, Sheng Wei couldn't help but sighed, with a sad face on his face: "Thanks to Zihou, you are here today, otherwise, I really don't know how to end up !"

Sheng Wei knew very well that no matter how big the Sheng family's business was, no matter how much money there was in the warehouse, they would never be able to go head-to-head with Qiu Zhixian.

As the saying goes, the county magistrate who breaks the family and the governor who destroys the family is not groundless.

The current situation of the Sheng family is due to the accumulation of several generations of the Sheng family, and the result of half a lifetime of hard work by the two brothers Sheng Wei and Sheng Hong. I have always kept my coldness in my heart, and I have always been cautious in my words and deeds when dealing with people, especially those in official positions, for fear of offending others and provoking enemies.

Unexpectedly, at his mother's birthday banquet today, Sun Zhigao, as his son-in-law, would do such a rude and rebellious act, embarrassing Qiu Zhixian on the spot, thanks to the presence of Wang Zhong, Qiu Zhixian looked at Wang Zhong In order to save face, he endured the breath.

Who is Qiuzhi County?The magistrate of Youyang County, the official of Youyang's parents, is the largest magistrate in Qiu County in the entire Youyang County.

If not, today's matter, I don't know how much price I have to pay, how many apologies I have to pay, to expose the past.

"Uncle!" Wang Zhong said to Sheng Wei: "Forgive me for saying too much, Sun Zhigao is so conceited, arrogant and rude, sooner or later, he will bring disaster, maybe it may not involve the Sheng family, but Miss Shulan, I'm afraid... "..."

Sheng Wei's expression changed immediately.

"This······"

"Hey!" Wang Zhong looked at the direction in which Qiuzhi County's carriage was leaving, shook his head and said, "Don't let it stop, but let it mess you up, Uncle!"

Sheng Wei gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to discuss it with my mother!"

Early the next morning, Wang Zhong left Youyang, but before leaving, he went to the yamen to visit Qiuzhi County, and three days later, the Sheng family filed a complaint against Sun Xiucai in court.

(End of this chapter)