Volume 2: The Beginning of the Foundation, Lu Gifts. Chapter 41: Shen Wansan, a good man in Zhouzhuang

Zhouzhuang in Changzhou County is a special place, at the junction of three states, the caravans of various states will stay here to rest, and it is also the hub of the waterway, a small river passes through the village, and there is also some taste of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Don't look at the name is just a "Zhuang", but the scale is much larger than the ordinary sense of the Zhuang. The trading of Zhouzhuang is very profitable, and there are all kinds of shops in all walks of life, as long as you have enough money in your pocket, you can buy anything you want.

And most of the business on this village has only one owner, Shen You, a large family in Changzhou County, and the Shen family's property has always been taken care of by Shen You's third son, Shen Feng.

And although the Shen family took advantage of everything, they were not like other landlords, who were unkind to the rich and harmed the township. On the contrary, he takes great care of the villagers, who has a difficulty, as long as he finds the third young master Shen Feng, he will never return empty-handed.

Even if you lose money in business, and you lose money in a bad year, as long as you find Shen Feng, as long as the reason is sufficient, you will also get the Shen family's funding, so some of the transactions in the village that are not the Shen family also have shares of the Shen family this week.

In troubled times, and there have been disasters and famines, as long as there are displaced people and disaster victims in Zhouzhuang, the Shen family will set up porridge sheds and give up steamed buns. If the third young master, Shen Feng, comes to make porridge in person, there will be steamed buns to eat.

If someone is willing to stay in Changzhou, the Shen family will also find him a livelihood and eat a bite to eat.

It is precisely because of the Shen family's good deeds that there have been no people who have starved to death in Changzhou County for five consecutive years, and the businesses on the street have also become old shops.

Over time, the good name of the Shen family spread in Changzhou County and even in several surrounding counties.

Everyone wants to repay the Shen family, but the Shen family lacks nothing. Later, when Shen Feng was ten years old, several old people in the county took everyone to discuss, and gave the third young master Shen Feng a number, called "Wansan", and later made a plaque with the three words "Shen Wansan" with good wood, and gilded, hundreds of people were mighty, beating gongs and drums and sending them to the Shen Mansion, the Shen family father and son liked it very much, and accepted it, after all, it was everyone's heart. Since then, Shen Feng has only used the name Shen Wansan to show people.

So that the people who came to Zhouzhuang later only knew that the good man Shen family had a third young master named Shen Wansan.

If the Shen family buys something and buys something, as long as Shen Wansan is mentioned, they don't need to bargain and directly buy the price less than 10%.

Selling goods on the market, as long as it is said that it is Shen Wansan's things, no one will negotiate the price, just load it and leave, let alone inspect the goods, because Shen Wansan talks about credibility and will never be shoddy.

In addition to Shen Wansan, the most famous thing in Zhouzhuang is the food of Drunken Xianju. It is reported that because this drunken immortal residence has an imperial chef from the previous dynasty, the taste of cooking is really different.

But the strange thing is that although this imperial chef is proficient in all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, his specialty dish is actually just a bowl of oyster and locust and radish soup, and no matter how much money you have, wanting to eat a bowl of oyster and locust radish soup is simply a luxury, and other imperial chefs will not cook it for you. Even Boss Li of Drunken Xianju was very helpless, because Chef Liu said that this oyster and radish soup was only made for people who really knew how to cook.

And legend has it that this bowl of soup was handed down to the imperial chef Liu when he was five years old, Shen Wansan, the third young master of the Shen family. But legends are legends, and people only use them as after-dinner conversations, and no one really believes them. After all, a five-year-old naughty boy teaching a chef to cook can only be a legend.

On the opposite side of the Drunken Immortal Residence, there is a very spacious mansion, that is, the Shen Mansion. Although it is next to the largest restaurant in Quanzhouzhuang, it is very quiet, because people who walk around here will consciously close their mouths to show respect for the good people, and even occasionally children play in this vicinity, they will let their adults take them away, and tell the children not to disturb the good people to rest.

Although it is very quiet, the descendants of the Shen family are very busy, and everyone has a job in their hands. Because the decoration of the Shen family is extremely luxurious, every detail in the yard is particularly exquisite, so the subordinates must be meticulous when working.

"Little Sixth Son, have you seen the Third Young Master Wansan?" A butler-like man asked Xiao Si.

"Yo! Steward Liu, do you ask the third young master? I saw it just now, and I saw that I was going to the Drunken Immortal Residence, and I guess I went to the old mansion again. Xiao Liuzi replied respectfully.

"Got it, you've got to be busy." After speaking, Steward Liu walked out the door with a stack of account books.

Shen Wansan sat on the kang of Wei's old family, holding the nameless boxing method in his hand and looking at it carefully, in fact, he was already familiar with this secret book, and the nameless boxing method had also been practiced to the fourth level.

Recently, he has been consulting the unruly ronin fist method on the back of the cheats, but he has never been able to figure it out. He also tried to practice a few times, but the internal force could not be used at all.

"I can't mobilize my internal force, even if the moves are good-looking, it's useless, and it seems that my own method is wrong." Shen Wansan muttered to himself.

With that, he closed the book, rubbed his sore neck, and looked up.

It's been seven years, and Shen Wansan has grown into a young man with clear eyebrows and a well-proportioned figure, and he is no longer the hairy boy who has not dried up.

In the past few years since Wei Lao left, Shen Wansan has not been lazy in cultivation, and his rank has reached the fourth rank of martial artist. And his primordial spirit has now seen a hint of it, and it is in the form of a snake. With the increase of internal force, Shen Wansan and Chu Ling got along more and more harmoniously.

However, this room and the courtyard outside Shen Wansan have never been changed, although the Shen family is now extremely wealthy.

Because there are the shadows of Wei Lao and Wan'er everywhere in this courtyard, even if there is a stone missing, it will be an unbearable loss for him.

"Bang bang bang!" A knock on the door pulled Shen Wansan back from the fond memories.

As he walked out of the house, he asked:

"Who?"

"Young Master Wansan, it's me, Lao Liu." Outside the door replied.

Shen Wansan opened the door and let Steward Liu in.

After entering the house, Shen Wansan sat on the kang, and Steward Liu stood respectfully opposite him.

"Uncle Liu, what's the matter? So urgent. They all came to my master's house. Come, sit and speak. After speaking, Shen Wansan pointed to the chair next to him. Shen Wansan has always had no arrogance, and he treats his subordinates very kindly.

"Third Young Master Xie Wan!" Steward Liu thanked him, then sat down in his chair and continued:

"That's right, the batch of fruits set in Daru Huachi Mansion has arrived, and I am in a hurry to enter the ice storage, I am afraid that if there is a long delay, the fruits will not be fresh, and I urgently need your signature, so I came here."

"Oh! Is that so? Bring me the notebook and show it. After speaking, Shen Wansan took the account book and looked at it carefully for a while, and then signed his name on it.

After signing, he looked up and asked:

"Uncle Liu, how are the things I told you going?"

Steward Liu hurriedly said:

"Third Young Master Wan, according to your instructions, in addition to the money to be spent in front of me and the money that flows in trading, I have exchanged all the banknotes at home for gold, silver and jewelry. It's just that I don't know why the young master did this? ”

"Uncle Liu, this is called buying gold in troubled times, buying antiques in prosperous times, now it is a troubled time, rebels are rising all over the country, and those banknotes may not become a pile of waste paper at some point, so if you have more gold and silver, it will not depreciate at any time." Shen Wansan said with a smile

"It's still the third young master Wansan who thinks about it thoroughly. By the way, one more thing, today the porter received a letter, and at first no one knew whose it was, so it was delivered to me. I really can't blame them for this, because the recipient wrote "Shen Feng", and now few people know your name, so I didn't say anything. No, when I came to you, I brought it. ”

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Shen Wansan.

Shen Wansan took the letter and looked at it, and the signature on the envelope was "Zhu Yuanzhang".