Mrs. Wang was very proud, her eyebrows were raised high, and she took great pleasure in making things difficult for Fang Yingwu. In fact, in her mind, whether the Fang family owed thirty taels or fifty taels, there was not much difference. She was just trying to keep her tongue up.
.He couldn’t afford it anyway, so in the end he had no choice but to repay the debt with his own body.
Fang Yingwu took a few steps away from her. This girl was so beautiful that she couldn't be messed with. If she wasn't careful, she would sink forever.
Then he retorted with "righteous words": "If you don't have faith, you won't stand, so rules are no bigger than agreements! How my father wrote the IOU back then will be how he repaid the debt. There is no reason for you to add interest midway!"
This was a very unreasonable rebuttal, which made Mrs. Wang feel very embarrassed. It was just a joke, and it was not really about adding interest. She felt extremely aggrieved and said angrily: "Anyway, the debt will be due in one month."
It’s time! Take care of yourself!”
After that, Miss Wang greeted her slaves and left.
The beauty is too good to be eaten. Just leave the food... Fang Yingwu's eyes returned to the dishes on the table. Now he did not have the courage to "not just eat", and he paid more attention to food than women.
But at this time, there was someone else standing by the table. It was the middle-aged man who had come with the Wang family's young lady, but he looked very embarrassed.
Fang Yingwu guessed that this person was not acquainted with him. He probably wanted to visit him this time, so he asked the Wang family's young lady to introduce him to him. But the middleman ran away before completing the task. He could stay here.
Isn't it embarrassing?
Fang Yingwu managed to cheer up, cupped his hands in greeting and said, "What do you call your Excellency?"
"My surname is Wang, and I am from Huaxi Village, a neighboring village." The middle-aged man returned the courtesy.
Fang Yingwu asked in confusion: "What do you call your Excellency and Wang Dahu, Wang Yuanwai?"
"They are cousins in the family"
"So it's Uncle Wang, please come to the table." Fang Yingwu invited him. Each of the three upper, middle and lower villages in Huaxi has different surnames, and many of them have in-laws, so it is appropriate to call him Uncle Wang.
There was no stool, so the table was brought to the bedside, and the two of them sat on the edge of the bed, eating and talking.
It turns out that this middle-aged man's name is Wang Kui, and he does not usually work at home as a farmer. Instead, he partners with others in the county town to run a small grocery store. He is considered a small businessman who is slightly better than a small merchant.
This morning he went to Shanghuaxi Village to visit relatives. He happened to hear that Fang Xiucai's son and his uncle were having a separation. Because he knew about the dispute between his niece and Fang Yingwu, he immediately became interested in the matter and went to the ancestral hall to watch.
process.
Fang Yingwu didn't know why Wang Kui came to visit, but he knew that these foods must have been sent by Wang Kui. The young lady of the Wang family did not seem to be such a careful person.
Wang Kui has more knowledge than the ordinary villagers in the surrounding mountains and villages. He talks about things in the county very clearly and even knows anecdotes about his neighbors. "Chun'an County is located in a remote place in western Zhejiang. To the west is Nannan County.
It’s Huizhou Prefecture in Zhili, and my nephew must have heard of it. In recent years, the customs there have been different from before.”
It turns out that the west of Chun'an County is beyond the provincial boundary. Fang Yingwu heard this and asked, "What's the difference?"
Wang Kui said with emotion: "Many people in Huizhou Prefecture go out to do business, and the number has increased in recent years, and the trend has become more and more intense. I heard that some people do not return to their hometowns for several years in a row."
Fang Yingwu realized immediately that the people Wang Kui was talking about were indeed the famous Huizhou merchants in history. But he also knew that in the current Chenghua period, Huizhou merchants had not yet reached their peak, and were at most in their infancy.
You must know that it has only been a hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the trend of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business has only just been loosened, but business will flourish in the future. Fang Yingwu casually asserted: "That generation has a great future, and one hundred years from now we will be
Dominate the Jiangnan merchant gang."
When Wang Kui heard this sentence, he felt that it was a bit exaggerated and too exaggerated. But he could also hear Fang Yingwu's optimistic intentions, so he asked tentatively: "What does the good nephew of the Fang family think of the business of a merchant?"
Fang Yingwu thought for a while and replied: "There is no stability without farmers, and there is no wealth without business."
"It's a good saying that you can't be rich without a businessman! Is my nephew interested in partnering with me?" Wang Kui took over the conversation and asked.
Going into business? That was not the future he wanted. Fang Yingwu shied away without even thinking about it: "My family has nothing to offer, and I have no money left. I cannot partner with Uncle Wang."
Wang Kui enthusiastically invited: "Partnership is not just about contributing capital, it can also be about recruiting people. As long as you are willing to contribute, you can naturally get part of the shares. With your talents, it is unfair to be trapped in the village, why not go out and have a try.
?
What's more, my nephew is really talented in this area, otherwise I wouldn't come to invite him. Today in the ancestral hall, my nephew talks about profit and calculation with ease. His eloquence and quick mind are amazing.
Moreover, when dealing with your uncle, he first tricked him into showing his ugly face, and then counterattacked calmly. He was also very skillful. He even knew the profits of the pawnshop. He was really an excellent candidate for a gang. There are people like the wise nephew in this hometown.
, how could I miss it?”
Fang Yingwu believed in Wang Kui's sincerity. When going out to do business these days and needing manpower, who wouldn't recruit a few people from the same hometown and clan to do it? Only in this way can we be reliable and assured. This is also the reason for the rise of regional business gangs.
reason.
If he were in the Jiajing Wanli Dynasty, Fang Yingwu might have agreed, but not now. He is familiar with Ming historical materials and naturally knows some social development processes.
A few decades later, when the commercial atmosphere emerged, it was considered fashionable to be half Confucian and half businessman. However, although the social atmosphere in the Chenghua Dynasty had begun to loosen, it was still in the process of evolution and was far less open than more than a hundred years later. When he became a scholar
Doing business is still very unconventional. If you want to be a scholar, don’t do business. You will be despised and excluded.
Wang Kui thought that Fang Yingwu was worried about not being able to make money, so he explained the business opportunity: "Isn't my nephew worried about not being able to make money? Listen to me, although our Chun'an County is located in a remote place with dense mountains and impassable roads, but
There is also a lot of water flow. It is located in the upper reaches of the Xin'an River, and the lower reaches lead directly from the Qiantang River to Hangzhou Prefecture. The distance is only three hundred miles. It is extremely convenient to sail and transport goods. It is not difficult to transport goods.
The neighboring Huizhou Prefecture is selling tea and timber out of the country, making huge profits. We also have tea and timber here, so why can’t we follow suit? At least it won’t be a problem to transport it to Hangzhou Prefecture.”
Fang Yingwu also agreed with Wang Kui's analysis. Although he didn't know much about the situation in this county, after all, his study of Ming history in his previous life was more about macro aspects, and it was impossible to read all the local chronicles, especially in Chun'an County, which is not the same.
Famous small county.
But Fang Yingwu could tell that what Wang Kui said made sense. There were specialties in the mountains, and at the same time, there were convenient waterways to big cities like Hangzhou. This was where the biggest business opportunities lay.
Wang Kui showed so much sincerity that Fang Yingwu couldn't see it coming, so he had to answer truthfully: "To be honest, I want to imitate my father and follow the path of fame, so I can only accept Uncle Wang's kindness! Ru Ruo
In the future, whether you achieve success or not, you won't be able to achieve success, and you may have to count on Uncle Wang to give you a few bowls of rice."
Wang Kui guessed again and again, but he didn't guess that Fang Yingwu planned to take the exam for meritorious service. He was surprised and said: "My nephew wants to devote himself to his career?"
Seeing Wang Kui's expression of disbelief, Fang Yingwu was very unhappy, and the pride in his heart was touched again. It was obvious that he thought it was impossible for him to succeed on this road, and he was looking down on others. So he asked:
"What? Uncle Wang thinks it's impossible?"
Wang Kui frowned and scratched his head. It was difficult to answer this question directly, so he made a sideways comment: "It's not impossible for my nephew, but I wonder if my nephew has considered it. This road to fame is full of difficulties and obstacles. In fact, it is a kind of big gamble. Rich people will not hesitate to do so."
Capital does not matter, of course. But if people who are not wealthy are too obsessed with this, they will easily lose everything and become impoverished."
How could Fang Yingwu not know what Wang Kui said? But he hasn't thought too far yet. His short-term goal is just to become a scholar, and then wait and see what the next step will be.
Fang Yingwu is not just imagining things out of thin air, he also has his own certainty. First of all, he has studied social studies for seven years in this life, received a relatively complete classical education, and is considered a relatively outstanding person in social studies; secondly, the memories and insights of his previous life are still there.
.The combination of the two at least has the possibility of impacting talented people.
Of course, his greatest certainty lies in the "uniquely blessed" environment around him. In his previous life, he was a person who had read all kinds of historical materials. He knew that in the Ming Dynasty, there were many impoverished mountainous counties with congested traffic. Not only were they sparsely populated, but their culture and education were extremely backward.
And here lies his opportunity.
In a place like this, there are very few people who can read well. Even if they can write a few fluent sentences, they will often be recruited by local officials to join the county school and become a scholar. Although strictly speaking, the procedures are often very irregular.
, but education is related to the political performance of local officials, so we can’t care so much about it.
According to Fang Yingwu's observation, the place he is in is also in the mountains. This is probably the case where the student enrollment rate is very high. It can be said that this is Fang Yingwu's biggest confidence or belief at present!
If he were in Suzhou and Ji'an, the most famous imperial examination powerhouses, where thousands of people applied for the junior county examinations, he would have lost confidence. Those places are really full of troops and horses, and the final admission rate of county schools is always high.
If it's less than 1%, why should he compete with others for connections and literary talent? Just find another way as soon as possible.
But Chun'an County is just a small mountainous county, and its education level is probably not as good as that of normal counties and prefectures. Therefore, Fang Yingwu has made up his mind to take the scholar examination. No matter what, he must give it a try and pass the county examination.
If you pass the government examination and the college examination, you will never be willing to accept it in this life.
If you can really pass the scholar examination, your life will be very easy. Even if you can't pass the examination, you can still do many things, such as plagiarizing poems and becoming famous as a scholar; such as becoming an old Gongsheng student through qualifications, going to the Imperial College to study and select officials; such as relying on the scholars
The sub-identity took over the litigation and received benefits...
Wang Kui shook his head, as if he saw someone who had gone astray, and said sincerely: "My dear nephew, listen to my advice. Although he is only a scholar, he is still faced with many difficulties and dangers. Your father worked so hard that he forgot to eat and sleep, and then he added that he had to pay the heavenly salary."
Fortunately, you were able to go to school, but you also lost part of your family fortune. You must not be too stubborn and waste your livelihood on this."
Fang Yingwu felt that Wang Kui's words were wrong. He was simply looking at people through the cracks in the door and looking down on them. Others were others, but he was not an ordinary person!
He has received seven years of classical education, nine years of compulsory education, three years of high school education, and six years of university education in two lifetimes. He is an expert on Ming Dynasty political history and social history!
Although he specializes in art, he is not the best at writing eight-part essays. Those who take the imperial examination will definitely not be able to compete with the top imperial examination elites in the country for seats, but it should not be difficult to become a scholar in a small mountainous county like this.
Fang Yingwu then said proudly: "To be honest with Uncle Wang, I wouldn't dare to say it in a big place where the literary style is flourishing. In this county, I am still 60-70% sure about getting into school. It's worth giving it a try."
He dared to say that he was 60 to 70 percent sure? Wang Kui was dumbfounded after hearing this, and was extremely shocked and said: "The heroic spirit of a wise nephew is definitely not something that can be found in a pond! How magnificent, how magnificent!"
Fang Yingwu was a little surprised. Wang Kui's reaction seemed to be a bit excessive.
He also saw Wang Kui caressing his beard and sighed: "I think that since the Li and Tang Dynasties, the imperial examinations in our Chun'an County have been at their peak, and talents have emerged in large numbers. I have read the records in the county annals, and there have been two hundred Jinshi in the past dynasties.
Since the founding of the Ding Dynasty alone, our Chun'an County has produced thirty Jinshis. Especially since the Yongle Dynasty, almost every list has two or three Jinshis from Chun'an.
Moreover, the current dynasty's chief assistant, Shang Lu, is also from Zhishan, Renshou Township, Chun'an County. He won three prizes in a row during the Zhengtong years, which is even more glorious for our county!
But they are all from other villages, and we have never had a Wenkui on both sides of the Huaxi River. I really admire the courage and courage of the wise nephew! It’s a pity that there is no good wine here, otherwise it would be just a matter of the merits of the wise nephew.
The road is strong!"
Two hundred? Thirty? Two or three for each list? A few drops of sweat quietly seeped out from Fang Yingwu's forehead, and his heart was crying...
He actually didn't know that a small mountainous county like Chun'an, which should have very backward education and culture, could be so terrifying and perverted? This is unscientific, and he made a complete misjudgment because he didn't understand the situation.
He knew the master Shang Ren who won three yuan in a row, but he ignored that Shang Ren was also from Chun'an.
It is regrettable that although Fang Yingwu is proficient in Ming history, he cannot exhaust all the vast local historical records. He was overconfident, but he did not expect that things are both universal and specific, and Chun'an County where he is located is relatively special.
one......
At the same time, my memory in this life is fragmented, and my knowledge of living in a remote mountain village is also very limited, and there is a real lack of relevant information.
At this time, Fang Yingwu was numb and had no ability to think. He just wanted to curse in the street regardless of his dignity.
He thought he was in the easy mode, but he didn't know it was the most difficult mode; he thought he was reincarnated in a place that stood out from the crowd, but he didn't know that this obscure and inconspicuous county turned out to be a super death group.
Are you kidding me? There are only two to three hundred Jinshi candidates in the country, but every time there are two or three from Chun'an County. What ratio is this? What kind of education level is this?
No wonder Wang Kui is very dissatisfied with his own path to fame. This is not because he wants to look down on himself, but because the competition in the imperial examinations in the county has become so fierce that it is inhumane. The probability of becoming a god is indeed too low, but he was so angry at the moment.
A big lie with a 60% to 70% certainty.
If the county is full of scholars who can easily pass the Jinshi exam, then I am arrogant and arrogant when I claim that I am 60-70% sure of being a scholar.
The future is bleak... Fang Yingwu sat on the edge of the bed blankly, speechless for a long time. The chopsticks in his hand fell out of his hand unconsciously, and at that moment a spring thunder sounded in the sky.
"It's easy to talk, why did you drop your chopsticks?" Wang Kui asked strangely.
Fang Yingwu wiped his sweat and said, "It was so fast that I was alarmed."
Wang Kui was even more surprised, "A fearless warrior like you is also afraid of thunder?"
Fang Yingwu did not continue to talk about thunder, but held on to the situation and said: "Low-key, low-key, don't spread the news about me. Please borrow the county chronicle to read it first."
"Oh, does my nephew want to keep a low profile and pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger in order to achieve a blockbuster effect? I am looking forward to the day when my nephew shocks the whole county." Wang Kuiruo said with some realization.
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