Jin Mantang stood outside the gate of Wuwei Academy, and when he saw the four powerful characters on the huge and simple stone mountain, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand to copy it in the air for a while, and then said to Tu Hu beside him: "General Tu, Mr. Zhang is a Confucian master, but this character is a Jin Ge Iron Horse, and his killing spirit is extremely heavy, but it is quite a match for him." ”

Tu Hu smiled: "It's rare to see a scholar like Mr. Zhang. Jin Gong, you are willing to come to Wuyi this time, our festival commander is very surprised, this Wuwei Academy is the best place in our Wuyi, not only the scenery is beautiful, but also the book is pleasant, I want to come to Jin Gong should be satisfied here, right? ”

"Let me, a guy covered in copper, live in the best academy in the world today, Li Jieshuai is really ingenious." Kim laughed.

"Jin Gong is probably one of the richest people in the world, but Jin Gong's knowledge and knowledge are also admirable." Tu Hu said: "Your calligraphy is full of praise even from Mr. Zhang." Jin Gong, please! ”

This golden hall is the biggest harvest of Gao Xiangsheng going out for Li Zela's gold lord this time, and his person is also Tu Hu's first time when he went down to Yangzhou, he personally came forward to receive him, and it is also Tu Hu's mouth, the poor and extravagant businessman.

The largest salt merchant in Yangzhou, the largest money village in the south, and Jin Mantang, the big boss of the money village, of course, he is also a member of the four seas trade.

Gao Xiangsheng has been running around for months, and Jin Mantang is the only member of the Four Seas Trade who he said would be willing to come to Wuyi to have a look.

At this time, the sun had already disappeared behind the mountain, and only a fiery red sunset was left to reflect half of the sky, but the academy was empty, and there was no sound of reading. It's the chiko on top of the big trees, who are there chattering and screaming.

Seeing Jin Mantang's somewhat surprised expression, Tu Hu said, "The students of the academy have been assigned to help with the autumn harvest these days. Morning and evening are good times to do things, and when the evening comes, it will be lively. ”

"Mr. Jiu Wenzhang's method of learning, the six arts of a gentleman, are indispensable, which is very different from some of the great Confucian schools in our south." Jin Mantang nodded.

"If you get on a horse, you can lead the army, if you get off a horse, if you throw it into the field, you will be a farmer, and if you go into the business world, you will be a businessman." Tu Hu said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang said that reading should be useful to learn, just grow a mouth that can speak the Tao, it is the Tao at the beginning, and you don't know anything about it, this is not the way of a saint." ”

"Mr. Zhang understands thoroughly." Jin Mantang smiled and nodded.

Tu Hu took Jin Mantang into an independent small building, there are seven or eight such small buildings, blue bricks and green tiles, green trees, although it is in the same place as the academy, but it is separated into two different areas by countless green plants, which is even more secluded.

"This is the hospitality of the academy." Tu Hu said: "Our festival marshal said that in the future, Wuwei Academy will definitely welcome everyone from many places to come to communicate, so these guest houses must be repaired well, but since the construction to the present, Jin Gong, you are the first to come to move in." ”

"Doesn't Mr. Zhang live here?"

"Mr. Zhang likes adobe thatched houses, saying that they are warm in winter and cool in summer, which is more in line with nature." Tu Hu said: "The festival commander can't resist him, so he can only go with him." Jin Gong, let's go in! ”

The deacon and servant in front of the small building pushed open the door of the small building, and a cool air suddenly hit his face, sweeping away the heat and exhaustion of Jin Mantang's hurry.

"Jin Gong will rest for a while, and your entourage will be arranged in the other two small buildings, and you can see it by pushing open the window." Tu Hu laughed. "Jin Gong's life is exquisite, there are all the necessities of life in this small building, Jin Gong's accompanying chef can cook his own food, if there is anything missing, just ask the servants outside, they will buy it."

"General Tu is bothered, General Tu will go to work as soon as possible if he has something, I am tired all the way, I want to take a nap too." Jin Mantang smiled: "I just don't know when I'll see the festival handsome?" ”

"The marshal has been eager to see Jin Gong for a long time, so I will go to report it, thinking that the festival marshal will definitely come to meet Jin Gong tonight." Tuhu Road.

"That's a good idea!"

The two parted. Tu Hu left in a hurry, and Jin Mantang, who claimed to be taking a nap, felt half sleepy, standing in front of the window of the small building, looking down on the entire Wuwei Academy.

This small building is built by the ups and downs of the terrain, standing at the window, you can almost see the entire Wuwei Academy, it is hard to imagine that Li Ze, a military leader, a martial artist, would attach so much importance to culture and education. In Jin Mantang's view, at this time, martial artists are in charge, and everyone pursues fists that are harder than others, knives that are faster than others, and all they think about in their minds is to use force to solve problems. Jin Mantang has traveled to many places and seen many local festivals and towns, without exception, all of them are expanding their armaments, and the status of local literati is declining sharply.

As the saying goes, it doesn't matter if you have a belly, if you go down with a knife, the white knife will go in and the red knife will come out, and the dust will return to dust, and the earth will return to the earth. As a somewhat special businessman, Jin Mantang certainly knows that this is wrong, but this is the reality now, because a very simple thing is put in front of everyone, if you don't have strong force, you can't talk about survival.

Like Li Ze, who has a strong military force, but attaches so much importance to culture and education, it can only be said that this person thinks long-term, plans a long-term vision, and sees the future.

And this is also the reason why Jin Mantang is willing to come.

He is different from most people in the four seas trade. As a salt merchant and a money village owner, he only has a huge amount of money to support him, but if troubled times come, these things are the most unreliable. He needs to think more about his future.

As night fell, the academy finally became lively, and a group of students and professors returned from outside, wearing short coats, rolled trouser legs, straw shoes, and their heads and clothes were covered with dust and grass clippings, but they all seemed to be in good spirits, and after entering the gate of the academy, they all returned. After a while, they came out again, but they were all dressed neatly, completely different from their previous appearance, and everyone went straight to the cafeteria with a smile and a smile.

"Take a peek at the leaves and know the autumn, this Wuwei Festival Town, sure enough, is still a little different." Jin Mantang nodded secretly. In Yangzhou, a big donor like him is naturally also the sponsor of some local academies and schools, and there is no shortage of outstanding students everywhere, but it seems that there is still a little bit of difference between the students of Wuwei Academy who are seen in a hurry today.

Sitting on the rocking chair by the window, Jin Mantang squinted his eyes, but there was a faint aroma from his nose, and he suddenly reacted, this season, it should be the most nuisance for mosquitoes, Wuwei Academy has a large woods, and it stands against the river, it should be the most rampant place for mosquitoes, but he didn't hear the annoying buzzing sound of mosquitoes.

Leaning down, he saw a small incense statue on the small square table, a faint green smoke, rising from the inside, reaching out to open the lid, looking at the spices in a circle inside, which were slowly burning, but not any kind of spice he was familiar with, and suddenly his heart suddenly felt that there were no mosquitoes, probably because of this thing.

This is a good thing, at least before, he has never seen such a beautifully made mosquito repellent spice, other mosquito repellent drugs are not absent, but this smell, it is not so good.

Looking at the ice bucket of the four elephants in the house again, Jin Mantang nodded with satisfaction, Wuwei Festival Town seems to have invested a lot of money, at least in terms of entertaining himself, he is very attentive. These things are probably worth a lot of money.

But the good feeling did not last long, and a moment later, when the servants who lived in the other two small buildings came to tell him about these things, which even the servants had.

More importantly, the people who were in charge of taking a look at the academy came back and told him that these things were also available in the academy cafeteria and in the students' dormitories.

It seems that these valuable things are actually standard in this Wuwei Academy.

How much does it cost?

While being a little sullen, Jin Mantang was extremely surprised.

When Li Ze and Zhang Hui came together, Jin Mantang had just sat down at the table, holding seven or eight plates of dishes on the table, all of which were made by the chef he brought himself.

"It's better to come early than to come at a good time!" Looking at a table of Jiangnan-style dishes, Li Ze looked at Jin Mantang with a smile: "Jin Gong must not mind adding two pairs of dishes and chopsticks, Mr. Zhang and I have just returned to Wuyi, and when we heard that Jin Gong had fallen, we immediately rushed over, but we didn't eat." ”

"Something you can't ask for!" While greeting the two, Jin Mantang smiled and instructed people to add bowls and chopsticks: "I'm afraid that Jieshuai won't be used to the southern taste." ”

"Eat habitually, eat habitually!" Li Ze said with a smile. "I heard Tu Hu say that Jin Gong invited him to a banquet in Yangzhou, and I heard that my saliva came down."

Jin Mantang laughed: "But it's all about some scenes, in private, I prefer to eat some light and simple meals, just like today, I really don't know that Jie Shuai and Mr. Zhang are coming, which seems a little lazy." ”

"It's already excellent." Zhang Hui said with a smile: "Jin Gong is a guest from afar, and we should have set up a banquet to entertain him, but now it is the other way around." Fortunately, Jin Gong always has to stay for some time this time, and we will hold a banquet again on that day. ”

"Then thank you first." Jin Mantang personally presented chopsticks to the two of them, and the three of them sat down around the dining table, drinking gruel, eating side dishes, and gossiping, but in the blink of an eye, the seven or eight dishes on the table were wiped out.

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