The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 42
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Xie Pi also said: "There is still a full month before the government examination, Brother Shen is not just afraid of Japanese invasion when he leaves so early."

Xie Shen said in a deep voice: "Since I said that I want to take you to have fun, naturally I can't break my promise. I'm tired of staying in Yuyao City, why not go to Fucheng to have fun."

"Gao, it's really high. If Brother Shenxian didn't get involved with Wo De, Confucius would definitely not allow us to go to Fucheng so early."

Wang Shouwen has always admired Xie Shen.As students who were on the list in the county examination, Xie Shen and the others certainly had the right to decide when to go to Shaoxing Prefecture to take the government examination.But they are also students of Sanwei Academy, students of Confucius.Confucius had a habit of organizing students to go to Shaoxing Prefecture to take part in the government examination. This time was usually five days before the examination.

In other words, this matter can be viewed from two angles. On the one hand, Kong Jiaoyu is serious and responsible;

This habit of Kong Jiaoyu has lasted for a full 20 years, and naturally they will not change because of Xie Shen and the others.But when Xie Shen brought up the matter of the Japanese invasion, Confucius only thought that they paid much attention to the government examination, fearing that the examination would be delayed due to an accident, so naturally he didn't have much to say, so he allowed them to go ahead.

The three of them agreed to leave early the next morning, and then went home separately.

In the bamboo building, Xie Chenshi and Shui Yun were peeling water chestnuts, they all showed joy when they saw Xie Shen come back.

Xie Chen waved to Xie Shen: "Xiao Lang is back? Sit here quickly."

Xie Shen scratched his head and said, "Where's brother?"

Xie Chen sighed and said, "Your eldest brother will go to Hangzhou Mansion with the caravan to sell Yaojiang tea. I'm afraid you will have to go there for a month or so."

"Oh."

Xie Shen secretly groaned in his heart.It was a coincidence that this happened.He was going to Shaoxing Mansion ahead of time to prepare for the government examination, and his elder brother happened to be rushing to Hangzhou Mansion to sell tea at this time.In this way, there are only two women in the family, sister-in-law and Shui Yun.Fortunately, the law and order in Yuyao City is not bad, otherwise Xie Shen is really worried.

"Sister-in-law, tomorrow I will go to the prefectural city with my classmates to take part in the prefectural exam. When you and Shui Yun are together, you must take care of each other."

Xie Chen was slightly taken aback, and immediately said: "Why, isn't the government examination in April, you have to go so early."

Xie Shen said indifferently: "I'm afraid that I might encounter Japanese invaders on the way, it's better to get to Fucheng earlier, anyway, it's not too late."

Given the current financial strength of the Xie family, of course they would not care about the extra ten days of accommodation money, Xie Chen nodded and said: "My family understands, Xiao Lang, you have to take care of yourself. return."

Xie Shen has now become the hope of the Xie family, and the Xie Chen family naturally has high hopes for him.Ever since Xie Shen won the first case in the county trial, those hooligans in the past dared not come to Xie Fang's tea shop to fight bravely and make trouble.And those relatives who hadn't been in contact with Xie's family for a long time suddenly jumped out from nowhere, rushing to make friends with Xie's family.

It really echoes the old saying that no one asks if you are poor in the downtown area and have distant relatives in the mountains!
"Don't worry, sister-in-law. I will take care of myself."

Xie Chenshi winked at Shuiyun and said, "Go and accompany Xiaolang to pack your bags, I will peel off the remaining water chestnuts by myself."

"En." Shui Yun responded lightly, and followed Xie Shen to the attic.

"My lord, do you really want to leave?" the little lady said softly, biting her thin lips.

Xie Shen just thought it was funny, spread his hands and said: "It's just that I went to Fucheng to take part in the government examination, and it's not like I won't be back, it scares you."

"Then are the Japanese pirates really as scary as the young master said?"

Shuiyun had been working in the Wang family village before, and it can be said that she is a typical door-to-door.Even if you can hear some rumors about the Japanese pirates, they are all passed on by word of mouth by the servants of the royal family. Naturally, the accuracy of the rumors cannot be guaranteed.In contrast, she wanted to get information about Japanese pirates from Xie Shen.

"These Japanese pirates act fiercely and do all kinds of evil. Wherever they go, there are scorched earth and bones."

When it comes to Japanese pirates, Xie Shen is naturally itchy with hatred, and the veins on his tightly clenched fists are exposed.

"That son must be careful."

Shui Yun's complexion turned pale for a moment.After Xie Shen's description, the Japanese pirates are villains who do all kinds of evil, and she is really worried about Xie Shen's safety.

"Don't worry, the pressure of the pirates in Shaoxing Mansion is not too big now. It's really hard to say if it's in Ningbo Mansion."

If Xie Shen remembers correctly, during the Hongzhi period, Shaoxing Mansion did not experience any major Japanese infestation.Although there are sporadic harassments, they cannot pose a major threat after all.Of course, in the Jiajing Dynasty, when the Japanese infestation was the most serious, even the Shaoxing Mansion was harassed by Japanese pirates many times, and the people suffered unspeakably.

Because of the existence of Japanese pirates, the southeast coast defense needs to consume a lot of manpower and material resources.The Ming court was not considered rich, and the national treasury would bottom out in the long run.

In Xie Shen's view, blindly banning coastal defense cannot eliminate the Japanese invasion. After all, the entire southeast coast is a place of economic prosperity, and there are countless businessmen.These merchants can neither set up a market nor go to sea to do business, so their income will naturally be greatly affected.Since they couldn't make money, they simply built ships and went to sea to become "Japanese pirates".Since the imperial court did not allow them to do business, they went to grab it!

Therefore, many of the Japanese pirates in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, especially the Jiajing Dynasty, were merchants of the Ming Dynasty.They eat black and white, burn, kill and loot, they are worse than real Japanese pirates.

Therefore, the management of the Japanese pirates issue must not be blindly banned by the sea. There are still many things that can be mediated.Of course, these can only be discussed after one has enough authority. What Xie Shen needs to do right now is to pass the government examination first.

"I'm a little tired, so I'll go to bed first. Please help me tidy up my clothes. I'll leave early tomorrow morning."

Xie Shen smiled lightly and went to rest.

The candlelight was flickering, and the little lady Shui Yun was wearing a thin gown, silently packing up the clothes for the boy.

In the morning of the next day, Xie Shen woke up quickly, and after washing up, he had breakfast with his sister-in-law Xie Chenshi and Shui Yun.

After coming to the Ming Dynasty, Xie Shen was taken care of by his eldest brother and sister-in-law.Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect.Although Xie Shen is not the original Xie Shen, after going through so many things, he already regards his eldest brother and sister-in-law as the closest person.Although this farewell was only a short month, Xie Shen was quite reluctant to part with it.

After breakfast, Xie Shen said goodbye to his sister-in-law and Shui Yun, then turned around and left the bamboo building resolutely.

Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi sat on the carriage and waved to Xie Shen. The young man looked back at the bamboo building and jumped into the carriage reluctantly.

(End of this chapter)