The Jinshi this time is probably going to be yellow!

Hong Dashou is about to start preparing for a retreat. Tieshan's exemption of all tax arrears has been settled. His hometown should know that Hong Dashou is a bit mean-spirited in Hanyang. The Hong family probably won't have any problems at home.

Since Hong Dashou would not be able to pass the imperial examination, he was not prepared to donate his official position, so it was more practical to get money.

Let Lin Shangwo and Han Wushi take a craftsman to Wufeng Mountain, while Hong Dashou has to wait for news in Hanyang, and he can't get away for the time being.

Using steam engines and 1,500 shi of grain per year, he negotiated a cooperation with Liusun, and each person owned half of the iron ore in Wufeng Mountain. Hong Dashou used technology and grain to become a shareholder, and Lin Shangwo connected with Gulf merchants to carry out pig iron production. underwriting.

Cooperating with the thieves and speaking out would be harmful to Hong Dashou, so Han Wushi and Lin Shangwo could only come forward.

Hong Dashou wrote another long letter and asked Lin Shangwo to take it back to the Hong family. All the food and cloth at home were given to Lin Shangwo and used to recruit refugees and miners.

This year, 14,000 shi of grain and more than 1,000 pieces of military cloth will be exempted from tax. It would be a fool not to use such a huge asset.

Try to build a small seaport in Tieshan Bay that can carry ships, so that the produced pig iron can be hauled directly from Tieshan. As for shipbuilding, there is no need to be too hasty, just hire a fleet of Gulf merchants.

Anyway, most of the iron was to be smuggled to the Qing Dynasty. Hong Dashou didn't have such connections or channels, so he might as well contract it out to businessmen from the Gulf.

After setting up such a big business, Lin Shangwo might be able to go further in the Gulf business, so it was Hong Dashou who gave him a boost.

………

Jin Jinshi, who was in Tieshan, suddenly received a document from Hanyang. All arrears in Tieshan over the years were exempted, and the taxes for that year were reduced. He couldn't help but sigh, what a talent, Hong Dashou had done it in just a few months. arrive.

Not long after, King Sunjong sent a clear edict to all counties in Pyongyang Province.

"The rule of a country is to reward good deeds and praise loyalty. I have the Hong family of Tieshan County and Tiechuan County, Wen Shuyi Duan, who has been loyal and loyal for ten and five years.

Famine and poverty will not rob him, and bitterness, abjection, and desolation will not change his appearance!

He is praised by the scholars and the people, he teaches thousands of people, and everyone knows about it, and he expresses his ambition.

So..."

Since taking the throne, this is the first letter expressing the edict of chaste women!

All the counties in Ping'an Road heard about it. Who is this Hong family? Which family's two classes of women? Her husband has been dead for fifteen years, so he must be too poor to open the pot. How can he get a banner in Hanyang?

I haven't heard of any Jinshi students coming out of Tieshan County recently. How could there be someone who can go to heaven to listen?

After a little inquiry, I found out the name of Hong Dashou of Tieshan County. He had been recommended by the township class and had the same name as the four ancestors, and was sent to Yingke, Hanyang. After further inquiry, I found out that Hong Dashou had also served as the right minister of the main hall, Min Tingyue. The attaché went to the Qing Dynasty as an envoy.

He is a rising political star!

Regardless of the people they knew or didn't know, they all rushed to Hong Dashou's house to wish Hong family integrity, loyalty and fame throughout the world.

Mrs. Hong was squatting in the yard making soybean paste, and it was a little difficult for her to clean the seventy-eight-centimeter-high pottery vat. However, she had always lived a relatively hard life, so she was happy with it.

The sound of gongs and drums soon came from outside the village, and a man from Hanyang, Ping Ping, rode on a horse and was surrounded by people outside the courtyard.

All the decent-looking people in Tieshantou came to the small courtyard. Jin Jinshi saw Mrs. Hong cleaning the vat and hurriedly helped her up.

"Old madam, you are so humble and determined to keep your integrity!"

"Master Jin? What is this?" Hong was stunned.

"Brother Hong Xian has made his mark in Hanyang, and I have invited Jingbiao for you, old lady!"

"Jingbiao? I? The chief sent it to me?" Hong was incoherent for a moment.

"Quickly change your clothes and accept the order!" After Jin Jinshi finished speaking, several wives from various families came forward, wearing commoners and wooden hairpins. Even if Hong Dashou gave her money, they would not give up more.

Hua Yifen helped Hong into the house.

Chi Ping, the messenger, had inquired before he came, but he didn't expect that Hong Dashou's family was really an extremely poor Liangban household. He thought it was a hard job, so he was about to lament.

However, Xuan Yan, the governor of Tieshan County, came over and arranged a camping ground for him, complete with female musicians and banquets. Jin Jinshi and other township officials also quietly took out thirty taels of silver and gave it to his family.

Ping Ping, who was nothing in Hanyang, suddenly smiled. He was still an angel in Tieshan after all, and he had great dignity.

What surprised him even more was that the Hong family was not really poor, and actually took twenty taels of silver and presented it to him. Before the decree was announced, the fifty taels of silver were obtained, which was almost more than what he had earned by working for King Sunjong for three years.

There are more.

Soon Hong changed into her only satin silk dress, and even had fake sideburns given to her by others, as well as many jewelry and hairpins.

Not to mention, when dressed up, she looks like an old lady from a wealthy family.

So with the support of two women, Hong respectfully kowtowed to the edict. The man Chi Ping started to read out hundreds of words of the edict as if he were singing along.

Hong is not very literate, but she can probably understand a few things about the edicts read out in Chinese. After all, Hong Dashou used to be at home from morning to night every day. After more than ten years, she can be considered a semi-literate person.

Others may not understand, but she understands that she has become an honorary woman with a higher social status than married women. Because she is loyal and faithful and does not change her loyal behavior for fifteen years, she will be rewarded with exemption from taxes and labor for the whole family.

The state and government will fund the construction of a chastity memorial arch for her in her hometown and write her deeds into the county annals.

All Tieshan people present also looked proud. It seems that in this era, loyalty, filial piety and justice are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although not everyone can achieve it, those who do it are still widely respected by the whole society.

Becoming a chaste woman can even be compared to the honor of a man passing the imperial examination. It can not only bring glory to the family, but also strengthen the family's power and win the support of the people in the countryside.

After reading the edict, Xuan Yan presented fifty taels of soil on behalf of Tieshan County. The emergence of chaste women under his rule meant that he had good education. He might be able to get the best in the evaluation and be transferred away from the poor ravine of Tieshan.

A large and wealthy county in the south.

Although he didn't know Hong Dashou, Xuan Yan had a huge fondness for Hong Dashou. He lamented that there were people in the court who were easy to be officials and were very quick to pay.

When Lin Shangwo and Han Wushi arrived at Hong Dashou's house, they saw an endless stream of people from all over the country, hoping to take refuge in Hong Dashou's name and become his slaves.

Even though there is still snow on the road at the entrance of the village, stones have been piled up and the road surface has been smoothed.

A large stone plaque with the words "Keeping the Fidelity Unswervingly" engraved on the front and "Jingbiao Edict" engraved on the back was placed on the stone platform.
Chapter completed!