The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Hearing that Li Dan and Shen Ju of the Xu family had already stood up, and when he heard that Lin Shizhang, the former lecturer of the banquet, had also arrived, he quickly went up to greet them and said with a smile, "Thank you so much for coming to the wedding banquet."

Several young people hurriedly returned the gifts and asked the servants to put down their gifts.

Just when a group of powerful young men were sent in, they saw a group of figures dressed as Taoist priests and warriors coming.

One of them, a man who looked like an old Confucian scholar, walked up and said with a smile: "This is a volume of "Lin Zi Quotations" handwritten by our senior fellow apprentices. Please take it as a gift."

Seeing these people dressed simply, Shen Jue still didn't know where they came from. He just felt that the scriptures they had copied as gifts were really worthless.

At this time, the master next to him quickly stood up and handed over his hands, and then introduced to Shen Jue: "These are the four elders Lu, Zhang, Lin, and Zhu of Fujian Trinity Church."

Zhang Hongdu of Trinity Church?

Zhang Hongdu was preaching in Nanjing. Many high-ranking households in Nanjing were believers of the Trinity Church, and their reputation was quite famous in Sanwu. Moreover, Shen Jue, who had been in Fujian for a few days, knew how powerful the Trinity Church was in Fuzhou. The four elders of Trinity Religion are almost immortals in the hearts of believers.

Shen Jue was extremely surprised. When he looked at the "Lin Zi Quotations", he immediately realized how powerful this book was.

If Wang Wenlong and Shen Yixiu have a child in the future, will they be able to order hundreds of thousands of Trinity members in Fujian with this book?

He hurriedly went up and said, "Thank you very much for coming from the sect."

Lu Wenhui smiled and said: "Our Trinity Church has received so much favor from Jianyang, why don't we come to his big day?"

The four of them chatted and laughed and led the disciple inside.

At this time, the guests from behind also arrived one after another.

"This father and son are Chen Zhenlong and Chen Jinglun, big businessmen in Fuqing."

"This is a famous scholar from central Fujian, who was a guerrilla in Ji Town, Chen Di."

"Yue Hong Kong Tax Supervisor Fuzhou Tax Supervisor Lin Zongwen."

"This is Putian Zeng Jing, who is famous for his figure paintings."

"The calligrapher Yu Xiangdou from Santai Mountain."

"Xiong Qingbo, a printer in Jianyang and the master of Chengde Hall."

Shen Jue was stunned. He had far underestimated Wang Wenlong's connections. Among the guests present today, the lowest level was a big book engraver. There were a lot of famous people from Fujian who could be present.

Even the famous elders of the Trinity Church in Fujian were present.

Only then did Shen Jue realize how well-connected his son-in-law was.

In fact, this was because the marriage was too urgent. Otherwise, when the group of friends from Wushan Society arrived, all the southern literary circles in the half Wanli era would have gathered.

But there is much more to come.

Just when Shen Jue was surprised by his son-in-law's reputation, he saw a young man arriving in a sedan with gifts.

"This is Shangbao Sicheng Ye Chengxue, the son of Ye Siye in Fuqing."

Ye Chengxue is a junior and Shen Jue doesn't know him, but he has heard of Ye Xianggao's name. Shen Jue was able to become the head of the Criminal Department because of his relationship with Li Sancai of the Donglin Party, and Ye Xianggao is a proper boss of the Donglin Party. , and his status is higher than that of Li Sancai who promoted him!

Wang Wenlong sent an invitation to the Ye family, and did not expect anyone from the Ye family to come. However, he did not expect that Ye Chengxue, Shang Baosicheng, had a very leisurely job. At this time, he was taking a long leave to handle housework in his hometown in Fuqing. When he saw Wang Wenlong's wedding, what happened? Is there any reason not to come? The elation has arrived. This is far more than just Wang Wenlong's vast network of contacts. Seeing Ye Chengxue walking in with a smile on his face, Shen Jue hurriedly ran out of the patio to follow him.

After sending a large group of celebrities in, Shen Jue was already a little numb. Even Ye Xianggao's son had a close relationship with Wang Wenlong. Shen Jue felt that his son-in-law was really capable. Shen Jue was worried when he saw any person coming to give gifts. I won't be too surprised.

Then I saw a young man arriving late.

"This is Li Zhi, the imperial censor, whose courtesy name is Tingxin."

Shen Jue nodded, and just as he was about to go up to greet him, he heard Li Zhi smile and say, "Executive Shen Ge asked me to give you a gift."

Shen Yiguan?

Shen Jue was stunned when he saw Li Zhi pick out two boxes from a load of gifts, and then took out a letter named Shen Yiguan, and put the precious one on the case: "This is what Mr. Shen Ge said a few days ago." Sent from the capital."

Wang Wenlong wrote a letter to Shen Yiguan, which benefited the Zhejiang Party a lot. Outsiders did not know this, but the core figures of the Zhejiang Party knew it.

In such a wedding scene, if the Zhejiang Party did not come to support Wang Wenlong, they would inevitably be called ungrateful.

So Shen Yiguan directly sent two of the best inkstones as gifts. The gift was light but the affection was heavy. This was a gift personally given by the court elder!

……

When the guests were almost all there, the music stopped and everyone took their seats.

A theatrical troupe specially invited from Quanzhou came to join the hall. They played the gongs and drums and danced "Jiaguan" first, and then performed "Zhang Xian Sends His Son", which is a good omen for weddings, and "Fengxiang", which is a literati wedding. After singing three Everyone came forward, and the banquets were served one after another.

The deputy director of the theater troupe took the play list and asked Wang Wenlong to order a play. Wang Wenlong was very humble, and after a long discussion, Xu Xueju ordered the meaningful play "Three Generations of Rong", and Shen Jue also ordered the play "Man Bed Wat".

There were not many people listening to the babbling and singing on the stage, but the banquet below the stage had already been drinking for three times. Many people were a little drunk after eating, and duck vermicelli soup was served to relieve hangover.

Everyone sat down and walked around chatting and laughing without any formality.

Shen Jue was eating at the table where officials were sitting, listening to Shen Yourong and Chen Di discussing military affairs.

As a staff member who once served under Qi Jiguang, Chen Di has now been recruited into Shen Yourong's shogunate. They are preparing their troops and it seems that they are going to take some big action.

Shen Jue had never carried out military preparations before, so he was quite curious about the conversation between the two. There was someone nearby who wanted to strike up a conversation, but Shen Yourong and Shen Yourong were unwilling to say more.

When Wang Pingbao walked by, Shen Yourong stopped him and said, "Come over quickly to Jianyang. I have something to ask him." Seeing Wang Wenlong approaching, he and Chen Di stood up at the same time and followed Wang Wenlong to the corridor.

Shen Jue was speechless for a while. Wang Wenlong was not a soldier. Why did he only tell him about the war and not himself?

Coming down the corridor, Shen Yourong asked Wang Wenlong: "Now that Xiamen City has begun to be repaired, and immigration to Dayuan has gradually begun, do you think it is appropriate to send troops to fight against the Japanese pirates on Dayuan Island this year?"

Wang Wenlong thought for a while, but shook his head: "It's not appropriate to go at this time."

Chen Di asked: "Jianyang doesn't want the officers and soldiers to help you clear out the Japanese pirates on Dayuan Island first, otherwise it will be dangerous to immigrate."

Wang Wenlong said: "I can't say it's dangerous. Damuan Island is huge. Although Japanese pirates and immigrants are on the same island, it is difficult to encounter them. What's more, in the resettlement site, in addition to crops and cattle, it is still in the land reclamation stage in the past two years. , there is no need for Japanese pirates to rob."

The biggest dangers in developing Taiwan are the local miasma and conflicts with the indigenous people. As for the Japanese pirates, it really doesn't matter. Historically, when Zheng Zhilong developed Taiwan, the Dutch and Spanish were also on the island. Taiwan is too big. People are doing their own thing and never see each other.

(End of this chapter)