Because of the backwardness of transportation and the extremely inconvenient transmission of information, during Guo Peng's stay of five or six days, only the children of the scholar clan of Wu County were able to really meet Guo Peng, talk to him, and listen to him talk about things in the north.

When many scholars from other counties heard about this, it was almost half a month or even a month later, and Guo Peng had already left Jiangdong.

By the time they rushed to Wu County in groups to see the demeanor of Guo Zifeng, who was known as "the demeanor of a celebrity and a famous general", Guo Peng had already left Jiangdong for a long time, and they could only leave with infinite regrets.

Guo Peng's arrival undoubtedly caused a violent Guo whirlwind in the Jiangdong scholar circle, and became an enduring topic of discussion among Jiangdong scholars, and many of what Guo Peng said were regarded as the truth by them.

And Cai Yong's farewell to Guo Peng with his two daughters playing the piano at the port was also rumored to be a good talk for a while.

Guo Peng couldn't stay in Jiangdong for longer, his time was very short.

He has a lot of important things to do, for example, he must now rush to Xuzhou to discuss some very important things with the Mi family, which are related to some of his future layouts.

To be honest, Mi Zhu has been immersed in joy for all this time.

Since Guo Peng asked someone to bring him the letter, he was very happy, and he was a little fluttering with joy.

In the scholar circle, no one can understand his frustration of trying to break the situation for more than ten years but being repeatedly defeated.

As a pure merchant landlord family, the Mi family's status was very low, only slightly higher than that of ordinary illiterate peasants, because they were rich and literate.

But there is no doubt that relying on the hard work of several generations of ancestors to reclaim land by acre, slowly and carefully accumulating wealth, until today, the hardships that the Mi family has suffered, these children are clear.

Because he couldn't get an official position, he couldn't buy the recognition of these upper classes with money, and in order to protect his family wealth and avoid being casually swallowed up, the Mi family paid a lot.

Raise servant children, recruit capable doormen, gather tens of thousands of tenant doormen and servant children to strengthen their momentum, and then practice private soldiers, children learn to ride and shoot, enhance force, and have the dual attributes of merchants and local tyrants.

Mi packaged himself as a semi-warlord in order to make himself look less bullied.

Although I have no official position and no social status, I have money and force, I am a local tyrant and a semi-warlord, you can't bully me casually, otherwise I will rebel.

In this hedgehog-like way, he conveyed his determination to countless families who were stronger than him and higher than him that he could be killed at any time, so that he could keep the Mi family's business and wealth.

Everyone doesn't want to provoke the guys, they really want to provoke the Mi family, they declare a rebellion every minute, and they can also make Xuzhou a mess if they fight to die, and everyone will end up together.

At that time, those scholars may not be able to get the benefits, and they will have to accompany the funeral, so these people weigh the pros and cons, and let the Mi clan exist like this.

The Mi family also knew the truth of being too much, so he spent a lot of money to improve the relationship with local officials, desperately do good deeds, create a good reputation for himself, and ensure the safety of his family from both force and social supervision.

Of course, the most fundamental thing is the potential force that the Mi clan cannot be underestimated, and the tens of thousands of people in the family are farmers in peacetime, and they directly draw their swords to participate in the war in wartime, and the deterrent power is not small at all.

Therefore, Guo Peng has always felt that the leaders of the Mi family in the past generations are not only smart, but also very tragic.

All of them have the spirit of dying at any time with mermaids plotting for their family property, and it is only by relying on the spirit of this wind and mad dog that they can exist until now.

But Mi has always been very eager to improve his social status, and has always been very eager to get out of this embarrassing situation.

It was Tao Qian who gave Mi the first glimmer of hope.

After Tao Qian became the assassin of Xuzhou, as a foreigner, he parachuted into Xuzhou as an official, and needed to win over the local "own people" to help him gain a firm foothold.

Mi Zhu was grateful for Tao Qian's kindness, and had always followed Tao Qian's footsteps in the era of Tao Qian's governance of Xuzhou, and made great contributions to Tao Qian's governance of Xuzhou.

Subsequently, when Tao Qian handed over the post of pastor of Xuzhou to Liu Bei after his death, Mi Zhu was also the one who faithfully carried out his wishes.

Of course, Mi Zhu obeyed Tao Qian's wishes not only out of gratitude for his kindness, but also because Liu Bei was willing to associate with him, did not discriminate against his humble background, and was willing to rely on Mi Zhu to gain a firm foothold in Xuzhou.

So Mi Zhu befriended Liu Bei at all costs, gave money, women, soldiers and horses, and materials, and gave everything to Liu Bei, and gave Liu Bei, who was displaced and lost everything, alive, so that Liu Bei was able to regain his military strength.

Liu Bei is not ungrateful.

Therefore, although Mi Zhu and Mi Fang's brothers have limited ability, Mi Zhu has a higher status than Zhuge Liang in the end, and Mi Fang also got the position of Nanjun Taishou of 2,000 stones.

From a businessman-turned-local tyrant to the ruling class, the breakthrough progress of the social class has proved that Mi Zhu's investment is correct and has a long-term vision.

Of course, no one could have predicted what happened after that, and neither Liu Bei nor Mi Zhu expected that things would develop in an uncontrollable direction after that.

Guo Peng knows what Mi needs and what Mi longs for.

Mi's inferiority, Mi's insecurity, and Mi's pursuit of social status improvement are all things that Guo Peng can use.

And all of this is what Guo Peng can give them the right medicine.

Guo Peng now has such qualifications, he is a county guard, two thousand stones, and an official of the opening of the government.

So Guo Peng gave Mi what they wanted.

The political resources at his disposal could be connected from the central government to the local government, and his fame spread to Xuzhou.

Get in touch with Guo Peng and make Guo Peng the backer of the Mi family, so whoever wants to move the Mi family again has to consider Guo Peng, as well as the backers behind him and the social relations.

The relationship between the central and local levels progresses layer by layer, and if Mi can become a small part of this, the benefits are unimaginable.

Not to mention anything else, just now this business of selling cattle, sheep and horses can bring a lot of profits to Mi's, and Mi's has opened up a number of new sources of customers and expanded the business level.

As long as Guo Peng is still in the north and still holding power, this business can continue to be done, and the Mi family will also be protected by Guo Peng.

Originally, Mi Zhu thought that this was enough, he was already quite satisfied, and he didn't dare to continue to ask for other things in a short time, but he didn't expect Guo Peng's letter to send him to the peak of happiness.

Guo Peng wanted to officially recruit Mi Zhu as an official in the identity of the Taishou of Shanggu County.