Smuggling Daming

Chapter 20 The Influence of Scholars

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The story that Zhou Zhong asked Zhao Er to pass on began with the Song family's father and son coming to the door, and ended with Zhuan'er angrily scolding the Song family and his son, and tearing up the marriage certificate by himself.Although Biao'er only appeared at the last moment in this story, and only had one line of lines, it established the image of a girl with affection, righteousness, and strong temperament for all audiences, and at the same time, it also brought out the shamelessness of the Song father and son from the front.

Although the above story is fabricated, the shamelessness of Song's father and son is a fact. It's just that Zhou Zhong carried out artistic processing on this basis, and at the same time established a positive image for Zhuo'er. She retired, but she also got the favor of many people. I believe that there will be many people willing to marry a woman like Zhuang'er in the future.

As soon as the news of Song's family retiring first came out, it immediately had the effect that Zhou Zhong originally expected. All the discussions began to favor his Zhou family. The party who retired from the marriage was still in a weak position, coupled with the despicable methods of the Song family and his son, this made everyone start to sympathize with the Zhou family.

Don't underestimate the power of this kind of public opinion, especially the ancient society also paid more attention to personal morality. A person with corrupt morality will be affected far more than later generations.

The Song family's father and son retired the marriage by such despicable means, which put the Song family at the forefront of public opinion for a while, and even the Song family's business was greatly affected. For example, they used to hold a lot of cloth from Songjiang weavers. However, many weavers now despise the character of the Song family and their sons, and began to sell the cloth they wove to other families. Anyway, the price is the same, and whoever sells to them does not have a great impact on the weavers.As a result, the Song family's business was greatly affected, and many goods that had been promised to others were delivered on time, which further increased the Song family's reputation crisis.

Of course, the Song family was not a soft persimmon that anyone could knead, and they also fought back several times during the period. They even claimed that it was Zhou Zhong who felt that he could not repay the Song family's debts, so he voluntarily gave up the marriage of the two families. The marriage certificate was exchanged for the IOU in the hands of the Song family.Although the news was fabricated earlier, it is true that the marriage certificate was exchanged for an IOU.

Regarding the stories the Song family made up by themselves, Zhou Zhong also fought back through Zhao Er, telling everyone that he had paid off all the debts of the Zhou Mansion, which amounted to tens of thousands of taels. 200 taels of debt?

Zhou Zhong's counterattack is not innocuous. Everyone knew that the Zhou family owed a lot of debts before, but they didn't expect that the Zhou family's debts were paid off in just a short period of a month, and some people even paid back to Zhou Zhong. Some creditors of the Zhou Mansion had verified it, and it turned out that Zhou Zhong had not lied.

Now everyone firmly believes in Zhou Zhong's words. Although Zhou's mansion has collapsed, Zhou Zhong will never voluntarily give up his sister's marriage with the Song family just because of a mere 200 taels. Ruined, that's Zhou Zhong's own sister, and Zhou Zhong is a scholar no matter what, so it is absolutely impossible to do such a thing.

In addition, the most important thing is that Zheng Jing, Li Zheng, and Zhang Kuang mobilized the students in the government school to support Zhou Zhong, while violently attacking Song Jia's behavior of retiring the marriage by despicable means.The influence of these students should not be underestimated. They were either from a scholarly family or from a wealthy family. There were very few scholars from poor people.

Neither the influence nor the potential power of these scholars can be resisted by the Song family. Facing the unanimous attack of the scholars, the Song family dared not defend themselves any longer. , and almost fell into a situation where everyone was shouting and beating.

Regarding this situation, even Zhou Zhong himself did not think about it. After all, as a later generation, his understanding of scholars is still at the level of "poor scholars". Have such a big influence on the Internet?If he had known this earlier, why would he have spent so much scheming, just to find Zheng Jing and the others for help.

Although public opinion can't kill people, and it can't make the Song family go bankrupt, at least it will make the Song family's father and son feel ashamed. In addition, I heard that the Song family's business has also been greatly affected. , no longer the former scenery.

Zhou Zhong didn't have any sympathy for the Song family's misery. Anyone who did something wrong would have to pay the price, especially the villains like the Song family father and son, who almost ruined Bracelet's life. Isn't that too cheap for them?

"Good! Good! Great!" In the courtyard where Zhou Zhong lived, Butler Xu kept admiring while flipping through the completed Journey to the West.

Zhou Zhong didn't pay too much attention to the Song family's affairs. After all, the most important thing for him now is to make money to support his family. He wrote the first ten chapters of Journey to the West very quickly, but only half of these ten chapters were written by Zhou Zhong. I wrote it myself, and he dictated the remaining half, and then Zhuoer wrote it for me. After all, if one person writes for a long time, the arm will not be able to bear it. Two people can save a lot of time by writing alternately.

It is also worth mentioning that there are some rebellious words and sentences in Journey to the West, such as Monkey King's sentence "The emperor takes turns sitting and will come to my house tomorrow". Zhou Zhong made some changes to make Journey to the West more like a pure myth. The strange novels reduce some of the irony of reality, so as not to cause trouble for myself in the future.

"Young master, your Journey to the West is so wonderful. I can guarantee that as long as it is publicized in the market, all the old stories of Journey to the West will disappear, and all future Journey to the West will be based on your book!" Butler Xu probably glanced at it, his face was full of admiration, if only the book Journey to the West was wonderful, what was even more rare was that his young master wrote so much in a few days, this speed made Steward Xu and Bracelet was astonished to him, which made Zhou Zhong even more mysterious in their eyes.

"Hey, that's natural. It's just a Journey to the West. If this book can sell for a good price, there are many other good novels from this young master!" Zhou Zhong said proudly. Besides Journey to the West, He has read many classical novels, such as A Dream of Red Mansions, The Romance of the Gods, Jin Ping Mei, etc. These novels are different from Journey to the West, and if they appeared earlier, they would definitely cause a greater sensation.But to be honest, Zhou Chong's writing novels to make money is only a temporary expedient measure. After he has the first pot of money in his hands, he probably won't have much interest in writing novels.

If in the past, Steward Xu still had some doubts about Zhou Zhong's words, now after reading the first ten chapters of Journey to the West, he no longer has any doubts about Zhou Zhong's words. He is also a prodigy who writes novels. Among other things, this Journey to the West alone may be famous in history.

The first ten chapters of Journey to the West have been written, and the next chapter will be read by Butler Xu. Storytelling is not about reading. It’s not just about reading the contents of the book once. The added content and actions made the whole story fuller, and even some storytelling skills were used in some places, all of which required Butler Xu to spend some time.

In addition, Steward Xu suggested that Zhou Zhong should not tell all the first ten chapters, but only the sixth chapter, because the sixth chapter happened to be Monkey King making a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, and then he had a battle with Erlang God. Zhuo surrendered, and was about to go to the Demon Slaying Platform to ask about the slaying. It can be regarded as the first part of the havoc in the Heavenly Palace. If it stops here abruptly, it will definitely leave endless thoughts for those who hear it.

Regarding these suggestions of Butler Xu, Zhou Zhong also agreed with them all. After all, he didn't understand them. Butler Xu, a semi-professional, must have his own reasons for his opinions. As an amateur, he doesn't need to give orders blindly.

After several days of preparation, Steward Xu finally compiled the contents of the first six chapters into a storybook, and in order to test the effect, he also deliberately found a time to gather the people in the family, and then put them together in front of everyone. After talking about it again, Aunt Wang and Duo'er were fascinated by it, especially the obese Butler Xu dressed up in various monkey images, which made everyone laugh.

In later generations, storytelling is the same as opera, and young people seldom have access to these things. Take Zhou Zhong as an example. He has only seen some old people listening to storytelling on the radio, but he has never heard of it himself. .But now after listening to Butler Xu's Journey to the West, although he has long been familiar with the content, he still listens with great interest and finds it very interesting. No wonder storytelling among the market in Daming is so popular.

Seeing the affirmation from his family, Steward Xu also seemed very excited. He immediately contacted the Butler Bai of the White Mansion, and made a request that he wanted to support his family by storytelling at Fengyou Tea House. The Butler Bai was also a righteous person. I also admire Steward Xu's character of never leaving the host's family, so I quickly greeted the shopkeeper of Fengyou Tea House and arranged for Steward Xu to tell a story in the tea house in the afternoon.

Coincidentally, when Steward Xu had just finished preparing the storytelling, Zhou Zhong suddenly received an invitation from Zheng Jing, Li Zheng, and Zhang Kuang. Come out and say that there is something important to discuss.In addition, they also know that Zhou Zhong has a lot of things to do now, so the time and place are determined by Zhou Zhong.

Zhou Zhong was also overjoyed when he received the news, and quickly wrote back to several people, telling them that the party will be held at Fengyou Teahouse two days later, and he also specifically pointed out that it must be in the lobby on the first floor, and he will invite them to meet at that time. They watch a good show!

Since Zheng Jing and his colleagues did him a great favor last time with a scholar, Zhou Zhongcai suddenly discovered that he still has a neglected status as a scholar. In the era of Ming Dynasty, the fame of a scholar can bring him many unexpected benefits.This discovery made Zhou Zhong also start to pay attention to his status as a scholar. In addition, Zheng Jing and his righteous friends should also contact more. On the one hand, they want to express their gratitude to each other. give up easily.

Of course, Zhou Zhong also wanted to take advantage of the relationship between these people by inviting him to Fengyou Teahouse to listen to Steward Xu's storytelling. If they were also interested in Journey to the West, he would hand over the manuscript to a few of them. If they spread among scholars, they will definitely gain a reputation faster.

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