Because of the limitations of thinking, it is difficult to understand the benefits of some new things, and the reason why paper money can become the world's currency after a few hundred years is mainly because of its convenience. Shen Xi couldn't explain it to Hui Niang in detail now, he could only hope that Hui Niang was open-minded enough to gradually accept his ideas.

In the end, Hui Niang just asked Shen Xi to print a few samples of silver tickets to come out and take a look, and then decide whether to issue silver tickets.

As for the development of the chamber of commerce's business to Nanjing, it will have to wait for a few years later.

Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, the printing workshop is busy every day, and Shen Xi's studies are also very busy.

During this time, Feng Huaqi was mainly talking about the art of making and teaching the way to take the exam.

The title of the Bagu essay must be extracted from the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", and it must imitate the tone of the sage, and explain the theme according to the notes of Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi.

In order to let the meaning contained in the title be deeply and comprehensively elaborated, the Baguwen has set up a special program, that is, it is necessary to first break the topic, undertake the topic, and then start to speak, and the body of its standard style must use the sound law requirements, two pairs of opposite four logical relationship of the dual paragraph to explain the essence of the topic, in the prescribed logical procedures of the beginning, continuation, transfer, and combination of the topic will be fully explained.

The most important thing in Baguwen is to break the topic, and the so-called problem is to break the general idea of the topic, that is, to point out the meaning of the topic.

According to the regulations, no matter how many words the question is, or a few sentences or sections, or a chapter or several chapters, and no matter how complex the content, the question can only be broken with a few highly generalized sentences to break the inscription or title, otherwise it will be a violation, and the examiner will judge that it is unqualified.

To solve the problem, we must first integrate the meaning of the topic in our hearts, figure out the position of the topic in the scriptures and the relationship between it and the context, grasp the theme of the topic, the god of the topic, and use a few words to break the meaning of the proposition.

There are clear and dark problems to solve. Breaking the open is to invent the inscription according to the inscription, and breaking the dark is to break the inscription according to the inscription without producing the words in the question, in other words. Immediately replace the words of the title with synonyms. If there is the word "filial brother" in the title, directly dissect the meaning of the word "filial brother" and immediately break it, such as using "Lun" to replace the word "filial brother", it is a dark break.

There is a difference between positive and negative breaking. Positive breaking refers to breaking directly according to the meaning of the title, and reverse breaking is to break according to the opposite meaning of the title. For example, the title of "Learning and Learning", if it is broken according to the learning should be "learned", it is broken, and if it is broken by learning instead of "learning", it is anti-broken.

Feng Yanqi also talked about the difference between the forward and reverse breaking of the problem and the before and after the question. There are also various ways and means to solve problems, although Shen Xi knew these in his previous life, but hearing it at this time is still very helpful for him to systematically master the writing of Baguwen.

According to the concept of the new school at the beginning of its establishment, the new school will have an assessment every time before the holidays, and the examination at the end of the year is called the "final exam", which is a summary of the year's learning.

Zhou and Hui Niang had high expectations for Shen Xi's exam.

On the fourteenth day of the lunar month, a group of people suddenly came to Lu's pharmacy. These people were armed with sticks, and after rushing in, they smashed without saying a word, not only breaking the screen where Xie Yun'er was sitting, but also overturning the counter. Medicine cabinets and drawers were smashed into a mess.

These people were well-trained, and in less than a stick of incense, they hurriedly evacuated.

This scared the woman in the pharmacy a lot.

Hui Niang hurried back from the silver horn when she heard the news, but the people had already fled. Hui Niang looked at the mess of the pharmacy, and Xiu'er couldn't help but feel extremely distressed because she stepped forward to resist the bruise on her arm with a stick.

"Report to the police."

Zhou came back to his senses after a long time. The gang was menacing, and she didn't dare to argue with them because she was pregnant, so she had to hide in the backyard and watch the gangsters smash the pharmacy to pieces.

Hui Niang sighed: "What's the use of reporting to the official? Last time we knew who did it, but this time we didn't even know who was behind it. Let's wait for Xiaolang to come back and discuss it with him. ”

Hui Niang already instinctively wanted to rely on Shen Xi, as if she couldn't do anything without Shen Xi.

Because of the accident at the pharmacy, it has not been open since then.

In the afternoon, Shen Xi got out of school and learned about the situation at home from Ning Er, who came to pick him up.

"Little master, did you say it would be the beginning...... Those who want our prescription...... Done? Ning'er was a little worried, she was afraid that it would be a follow-up to the last marriage cheating, in this case, she might be angered by Hui Niang.

Shen Xi comforted: "Ning'er, you don't have to be afraid, even if it's nothing, those people have bad intentions, you are also a victim." ”

Ning Er lowered her head and didn't speak all the way, because she was in a trance and was almost hit by a carriage passing by on the road. Shen Xi could see that after Ning'er suffered the blow of cheating on marriage, there was nothing on the outside, but her heart had not yet calmed down.

When Shen Xi returned to the pharmacy, Hui Niang and Zhou called him to the second floor, and even Xie Yun'er to discuss who was so arrogant and blatantly came to smash the store.

"Didn't you report to the police?"

After listening to the general situation, Shen Xi asked.

Hui Niang shook her head slightly: "I want to wait for you to come back and discuss before deciding whether to report to the official...... Although the visit was only aimed at the pharmacy, there is no guarantee that they will not continue to do evil...... I've told the pharmaceutical and printing shops to be careful. Fang Jia came here just now, saying that the group had left the city, and the accent didn't sound like a local, so let's not go to the government to stab Lou Zi. ”

Shen Xi said disdainfully: "Fang Jia is afraid that we will cause trouble for him, right?" ”

Hui Niang has no words, which is equivalent to acquiescence. Because the printing workshop was smashed last time, Hui Niang first reported to the official, and then the joint chamber of commerce blatantly launched a counterattack, and the matter was so big that until now, both the government and the people are afraid of Hui Niang, for fear that she will make trouble.

Zhou said: "Han Wa'er, who do you say did it?" ”

Shen Xi shook his head: "I'm not Zhuge Liang, I know everything...... But I think there are only a few people, surnamed Su, northern rice and grain merchants, Suzhou and Hangzhou medicine merchants, or those gentlemen in the city......"

The faces of the women in the room are not good-looking, and these four groups of people are not easy to mess with.

One Su Shaqi turned Tingzhou Mansion upside down, and the northern rice grain merchants and Suzhou and Hangzhou pharmacists seem to have a deep background, as for Gao Chong and He Gongzi, their parents themselves are the parents of Tingzhou Mansion.

"What then?"

Hui Niang was anxious, "It's only been a few days since the days stopped, why is the trouble coming again?" If business resumes, the pharmacy will be full of women and children, where can it resist? We are a little far away from the county government and the government office, even if something happens to the official. Those officials can't catch up! ”

Xie Yun'er was very calm: "Two sisters, why don't we ask someone to come back to take care of them these days?" ”

Shen Xi thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible to invite someone, but what we should do now is to find out who is making trouble as soon as possible." It is difficult to get information from the government, and it seems that you have to go through the doors of those who are in the city...... Don't underestimate these people, they are mixed between black and white, and don't want to hide from them if there is any trouble. Furthermore, we can't always be beaten like this. It's time to cultivate your own power......"

The three women looked at Shen Xi at the same time, their eyes full of puzzlement. Zhou frowned: "Han Wa'er, what are you muttering, why don't you understand the old lady?" ”

There are some things that Shen Xi can't explain to them, such as cultivating the forces of the rivers and lakes, Shen Xi had similar thoughts as early as when he was in Ninghua, in fact, to put it bluntly, the Chamber of Commerce cannot be out of touch with the three sects and nine streams. To make full use of the power of the ruffians, it is best to integrate them together and pay for them, in addition to preventing these people from causing trouble. If there is anything, it can also be summoned to act as a thug, so that the Chamber of Commerce will have the confidence to expand externally.

If it can't be clear, we still have darkness. Want to bully us through crooked ways? No way!

Shen Xi could only look at Hui Niang at this time: "Auntie, it's still the same as last time, you go and contact those gang organizations in the city." Ask who did it, and we can deal with it. ”

"In the past few days, we haven't been able to open the door?"

Xie Yun'er asked anxiously. Hui Niang and the Zhou family have a big business, and they don't care about the income of the pharmacy, but Xie Yun'er can't help but worry. Xie Yun'er's income from the pharmacy is the source of income for the Xie family. It was the end of the year, and it was the most profitable time of the year for the pharmacy, and Xie Yuner didn't want to close down.

Hui Niang thought for a while and said, "It should be open or open, otherwise I don't know how it will be spread outside...... Find someone to clean up and try to open the door tomorrow. ”

After the matter was discussed, Zhou and Xie Yun'er went downstairs to pack their things, and Shen Xi took the opportunity to tell Hui Niang his idea of integrating the three sects and nine streams of the Fucheng.

Hui Niang smiled bitterly: "Xiaolang, your idea is good, that is...... I'm a little overwhelmed now, there are a lot of things to do at the end of the year, I'm too busy, these things should wait for the next year. Now we have to find out who did it, so let's guard against it. ”

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The pharmacy reopened the following afternoon.

Hui Niang specially found someone to watch at the door, and once something happened, she immediately rushed to the county government and the government to report to the official. But for two days, no one came to the pharmacy or workshop to make trouble, Hui Niang's heart was relieved, and she secretly thought of Amitabha, thinking that the disaster was over.

Shen Xi was a little uneasy, and asked Song Xiaocheng to go to the city to inquire, and soon learned that those people actually didn't leave at all, but hid in the inn near the dock, as if a bigger conspiracy was brewing.

While it is unclear who sent them, according to Song, they all have "northern" accents.

After Song Xiaocheng came to Fucheng from Ninghua, he met several "big brother" level characters, all of whom came from Ninghua to beg for a living. Song Xiaocheng originally traveled extensively, and after going to Fucheng to work as a printing workshop manager, he hoped to get the protection of these "gangsters", so he had some contact with these people.

But these people seem to be five or six people, but they are not actually core members of the Tingzhou gang organization. Because of the river transportation in Tingzhou Prefecture, the Jianghu organizations were divided into the "Waterway Gang" and the "Dry Road Gang", the "Waterway Gang" included the Cao Gang and the Boat Gang, and the "Dry Road Gang" was somewhat involved in the thieves who had made trouble outside the city before.

Comparatively speaking, the "Dry Road Gang" are more vicious.

The people of the "Dry Road Gang" mainly rely on the means of roosters and dogs to survive, while the "Water Road Gang" make a living by escorting boats, organizing Lifu to pull fibers, and carrying bags to people at the ferry.

These people Song Xiaocheng knows are all working in the "Waterway Gang", and the people in these "Waterway Gang" have one thing in common, that is, they are not very nosy...... As long as the matter is not bullied, then even if it is a big thing, it will not come forward.

The last time the bookstore instructed people to smash the printing workshop, it was to ask the "dry road gang" to help.

Shen Xi had a general understanding of the Jianghu organization in the city, and planned how to use this underground force for his own use.

At present, in the line run by Hui Niang, only the silver number has hired a few nursing home thugs, but if the silver number is remembered, the current silver number is not enough manpower at all.

In these years, the risk of robbing a bank account is much lower than that of robbing a bank hundreds of years later, and it is difficult to guarantee that those people who "dry road gang" will not take risks.

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