prosperous age

Chapter 126 125 Return
"Swish"

The classroom was full of students, but no one made a sound, only the sound of pages being turned.

This is Jiujiang Mansion School, and Wei Guangde is sitting there looking through the book "Law of the Ming Dynasty" borrowed from the library of the school.

During this period of time, Wei Guangde has read all kinds of annotations of the Four Books and Five Classics in the library. With his strong memory, learning is really getting twice the result with half the effort.

Now that he has started to study the history of the Ming Dynasty, well, who said that, take history as a mirror.

Knowing the history of Ming Dynasty, the "Law of Ming Dynasty", the constitution of Ming Dynasty formulated by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, cannot escape.

In fact, Wei Guangde also understood it in the past, but he didn't fully understand it. Many places were just memorized by force.

In fact, almost all scholars in this era who are interested in fame and fame must have a detailed understanding of the Law of the Ming Dynasty, at least a little bit before becoming an official, otherwise you will not even have the qualifications to be an official, and you will be stopped by a simple assessment .

The sun was setting, and the wild geese were flying south. It was already November, and it was getting dark earlier, so the time for government schools to leave school was much earlier.

When Wei Guangde walked out of the gate of the government school, he was accompanied by Lao Kan, Shen Liangdong and other students.

Only those who are knowledgeable can see at a glance that although these students have different looks and temperaments, they all have one distinctive feature, that is, they are all wearing clothes made of Yishui's top-quality Songjiang fabrics.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of cotton was planted in Songjiang Prefecture and its surrounding areas, which also promoted the prosperous development of the textile industry in Songjiang Prefecture and surrounding counties.

"You can't buy enough Songjiang cloth, and you can't get enough Weitang yarn." From this old saying, we can also hear the large production of cotton cloth in Songjiang Prefecture.

During the period of Zhu Yuanzhang in the early Ming Dynasty, a decree was promulgated to encourage cotton cultivation, and it was stipulated that Songjiang Prefecture could "fold Buna officials" and "break two buckets of rice with one catty of cotton".

Because of official encouragement, its development can be seen.

However, cotton cloth was a hard currency in the Ming Dynasty, and clothing, food, housing and transportation were put first.

Although the status of clothing has dropped a lot with the development of the times, the clothing stores all over the street can also explain a lot.

The quality of Songjiang cotton cloth is excellent, and the world calls it Songjiang Meibu. It is not only soft, but also has relatively good water absorption. The price is much higher than that of cotton cloth in other places.

The so-called "Su Song's wealth is half the world", in which the prosperity of the cotton textile industry played a huge role.

Songjiang's fabrics are good, so they are naturally loved by various aristocratic families.

After Wei Guangde lived in Jiujiang Mansion permanently, he quickly changed his outfit completely and made some clothes out of high-quality silk and cotton cloth.

As for these expenses, of course they were not sent from Peng Ze, but a sum of money was allocated in advance by Zhang's mansion for him to use first.

Today is the [-]th day again, Wei Guangde and Lao Kan are going to Cuixiu Hall to watch a performance together.

It's not that Wei Guangde has already been fascinated by that Xiangning girl, but that the entertainment industry in ancient times is just that, and there are not as many types as in later generations.

Listening to operas, forget it, how many people in the future will be able to watch operas and understand operas.

Going to brothels is different. Drinking wine, watching beautiful dancers singing and dancing, and playing for a few bucks, this is the ancient nightlife.

The so-called hanging beams and awls stabbing the buttocks, and the three-watch lights and five-watch chickens are all played by poor students. They have no conditions at home and can only read books early in the morning and late in the evening.

Wei Guangde’s family was not in good condition, but this time Father Wei and the others seem to have robbed a lot of money in Zhejiang. Although Zhang Hongfu told him that he could get tens of thousands of taels of silver, Wei Guangde still didn’t believe it, because Zhang Hongfu’s handwriting recently It is also a lot bigger. Obviously, the family has increased a lot of income, so the hand is much more relaxed.

A few people went out and walked across a street and met Zhang Hongfu and his group, which was also agreed before.

Originally, for these school students, they didn't think much of those hereditary martial artists. It can be said that they had never had much contact with them before.

But things have changed now, with Wei Guangde's presence, Lao Kan and others have more contact with Zhang Hongfu's group, and they have gradually become friends.

Lao Kan and other people have great careers, but they don't care about the people in the guard, but it's inevitable that something will happen when they walk outside, and sometimes relying on their mouths really doesn't work.

Last time about Lao Kan's classmate, it was Zhang Hongfu who dispatched a team of soldiers from the guard to block them in the end. Only Lao Kan and the others reached a settlement with the loan shark.

There is no way, the IOU signed by the child in black and white is in his hand, no matter where he goes, he still holds it.

When a person dies, the debt is not cleared, and the family must continue to pay the debt. If not, they will be forced to sell the house and the person to pay off the debt.

Of course, usury is not written on the IOU, but the usury part is directly included in the principal, and the loan of 30 taels for ten taels becomes an IOU for 20 taels for 30 taels in the hands of others.

Although everyone on the street knew who that guy was, there was no proof.

These people don't have much background, but there are also people in the government. Talents like Lao Kan can't solve it, that is, people like Zhang Hongfu can be cured.

The two groups got together and quickly entered Cuixiu Hall, occupied three tables on the second floor and waited for today's show to start.

"My grandpa and the others will be back in two days. Then you can take a vacation and go to the pier together."

While eating food and drinking wine, Zhang Hongfu said to Wei Guangde.

"I've told the teacher before, he knows about it and has already agreed."

The news that the Jiujiang Wei army went to Zhejiang to suppress the Japanese was not circulated on the streets at first, and many people did not know it before, and it was only after the victory of the battle that the news gradually spread.

As for the triumphant return of the army, not much is known in Jiujiang City at this time, but as a government school, it is also considered a department of the government, and the news is better than outside.

Within a few days, the already busy Jiujiang Wharf was suddenly blocked by the Jiujiang Guards, and all the merchant ships that were docked and needed to load and unload goods were driven out, and they could only berth temporarily far away from the wharf, and put them near the wharf for loading and unloading. The goods were also forced to move aside by the officers and soldiers.

Not long after, as the sedan chairs of various officials of Jiujiang Mansion were carried out of the city gate of Jiujiang Mansion in a long line, they appeared on the pier, and a dozen officials in the sedan chairs also got off the sedan chair one after another, and got together to chat about something.

At this time, the Jiujiang Mansion Wharf was already crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, and everyone was looking forward, and the whole wharf was full of noise.

Until a fleet of ships appeared on the distant skyline and came against the river, the drummers who were waiting at the side began to beat, and the soldiers arranged around them also moved together, and countless flags were raised high, instantly turning this place into a Ocean of joy.

(End of this chapter)