After He Jiaoyu finished explaining the course arrangement, he coughed and signaled that everyone could leave.

Today is just the day when the sentient beings return to the county to report on their studies, and the real pre-exam training will start tomorrow.

As soon as Ning Xiu wanted to get up and leave, he heard a person calling his name.

Well? How can listening to the voice be so much like what the teachings are?

"Ning Xiu, come here, the old man has something to ask you!"

Ning Xiu had no choice but to turn around and walk towards Sect He.

This feeling is like being called by a teacher after school in a previous life, it's too sour.

"Student Ning Xiu, meet the Sect Master."

Ning Xiu bowed to Teach He, and did the etiquette enough.

He Jiaoyu snorted and said in an official tone: "The old man heard that your family not only has a restaurant, but also does soap and cement business?" This soap old man has seen, what is cement? ”

Uh, Ning Xiuzhi was a little confused, what did he mean by asking this question as soon as he came up?

Although he was very puzzled, Ning Xiu could only give up his hand: "Thank you, this cement is a kind of adhesive, similar to the lime mortar we use, and the effect of bonding bricks is very good. ”

"Oh?"

He Jiaoyu stroked his beard, obviously very interested.

"The students felt that sooner or later cement would replace lime mortar as the most widely used adhesive."

Ning Xiu's heart is good, this He Sect won't build a new house, right? If that's the case, cement can really play a big role.

"So you're a businessman through and through?"

Unexpectedly, Sect He's words changed abruptly, and his tone became extremely cold.

What does that mean?

Ning Xiu's heart sank, He Sect Decree wouldn't be coming for him, right?

"The student is stupid and does not know what the Lord is saying."

He Jiaoyu sneered and said, "I heard that you made this soap and cement, so is there anything wrong with the old man calling you a businessman?" Or should you be called a craftsman? ”

Hearing this, Ning Xiu had already realized in his heart.

It turned out that this He Sect was really coming at him.

"The soap and cement were indeed made by the students. But it's unfair to say that students are businessmen or craftsmen, right? The identity of the student is a county student member, and he is famous. ”

In the face of a villain like He Jiaoyu, he must not give in and back down on key issues, this is Ning Xiu's experience.

At first, Ning Xiu thought that why the teachings made Liu Weining difficult was only because the two had personal grudges, but now it seems that the problems of the teachings themselves are greater.

Some people are purely self-centered, and as long as they don't meet their heart, they will be put in small shoes. This teachings clearly fall into this category.

To deal with this kind of person, one is not to be weak, so that he thinks you can bully. The second is not to let him grasp the handle.

The former Ning Xiu has already done it, and the latter still needs to work hard.

He Yiqing never thought that Ning Xiu would be so hard, he was slightly stunned, and then laughed and said, "What a pair of sharp teeth." The old man was almost confused by you. Since you know that you are a county student, why do you do such a lowly thing for profit? ”

No way! Ning Xiu almost burst out foul language.

Is doing business a lowly thing? This He Jiao is also too unreasonable.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, at the beginning of the founding of the country, the order of Shinong industry and commerce was discharged, and the merchants were ranked at the bottom, giving people the impression that the merchants were very miserable in the Ming Dynasty.

But in fact, the merchants lived well in the Ariake Dynasty.

It is not difficult to understand that the economic base determines everything. In any age, if you want to live well, you have to have either power or money.

Needless to say, the influence of money is also huge.

If it shows that the suppression of merchants was still a bit serious at the beginning, merchants did not dare to wear silk clothes openly on the street, and the status of merchants in the late Ming Dynasty was greatly improved, not to mention wearing silk clothes on the street, and the mansions built were magnificent, no worse than those officials.

Of course, some of the forms in the mansion must not be transgressed, otherwise they will be killed.

Not to mention anything else, how many of the high-ranking officials in the late Ming Dynasty were born as salt merchants? Zhang Siwei Zhang is a scholar, right?

Merchants could even participate in the imperial examinations by relying on salt attachments, which was also a concession made by the imperial court to merchants with the development of the times.

According to the opinion of He Jiao, these children of the big salt merchants are all lowly people, isn't it equivalent to scolding Zhang Siwei?

He Jiaoyu selectively ignored the changes in the status of merchants in the late Ming Dynasty, and also looked at the problem with the old yellow calendar when the Ming Dynasty had just been founded, which was really angry Ning Xiu wanted to laugh.

"Your Excellency's words are incorrect. Students think that doing business and studying are not in conflict. Let's ask those scholarly families, which of those wealthy families is not in business? Which of them doesn't take the imperial examination and doesn't get into the official career? It's just that most of them are in business. Students come from poor families, so where can they afford to study if they don't go into business? Besides, in the imperial court, I am afraid that more than half of the high-ranking officials of the ministry have a business background, right? Are these people also doing lowly things? Zhang Siwei and Zhang Ge are also from a family of salt merchants, is he also a lowly person? ”

"You!"

He Jiaoyu originally wanted to give Ning Xiu a dismissal, but who knew that Ning Xiu was speechless by the arguments.

The feeling of choking on the side of my throat with a stomach full of words that I had prepared in advance was really uncomfortable.

"Hmph, those adults are just family members who are in business and don't do business themselves. The old man advises you to find an agent, so as not to be accused behind your back. ”

Ning Xiu said in his heart, this old guy doesn't seem to have anything to fear, he was forced to defeat by him.

"Thank you, Lord Teacher, for the reminder."

Since Sect He had no intention of continuing to entangle in this matter, Ning Xiu would not be stubborn.

After all, he still has to study in the county school, and it is not a good thing to completely offend He Jiaoyu.

"Hmph, step aside!"

He Jiaoyu waved his hand impatiently.

After Ning Xiu withdrew from Minglun Hall, Liu Weining took the initiative to come over and said, "Friend Ning, why did He Sect leave you alone?" ”

Ning Xiu sighed and said, "Just give me a note of Ma Wei." ”

Liu Weining frowned and said, "Why is this?" Friend Ning has no grudge against him in the past and no enmity in the near future, why does he want to give Friend Ning a threat? ”

Ning Xiu shook his head and said, "How do I know, maybe it's because I can't get used to seeing literati doing business." ”

He told Liu Weining about the conversation with He Jiaoyu, and Liu Weining took a deep breath after listening to it.

"It's in line with his character."

The reason why Ning Xiu chatted with Liu Weining about the conversation with He Jiaoyu was because he knew that Liu Weining would never go to He Jiaoyu to make a small report.

The two of them were both troubled by He Jiao, so they naturally shared the same hatred and hatred for the outside world.

It's just that now it seems that Ning Xiu's prospects are relatively better. He Jiaoyu just "reminded" him, and did not tear his face.

"Friend Ning, let's be more careful, try not to let him hold the handle. This man's heart and eyes are smaller than the nose of a needle! ”

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