Ningbo, which means "Haiding, Boning", is also one of the traditional "Ten Great Merchant Gangs".

Just like when he went to Shanghai, Wang Hengyue's arrival in Ningbo also did not alarm the local palace officials.

In the thinking of this president, there has always been a concept that when you go to the place, the officials will show you around, even if you see it with your own eyes, it may not be true.

Only by quietly observing everything here will you get the most realistic feeling

This is true for many in Shanghai, for example.

The war is over, the country is developing, and Ningbo is also full of vitality.

Ningbo people's character is shrewd and diligent, just such a paragraph, a Northeast person, a Central Plains person and a Ningbo person have walked a road, and there is a stone in the middle of the road. When the northeasterners passed by, they scolded: "Who is so lacking in virtue and puts the stone in the middle of the road." "Then he stepped over the stone and walked away; The people of the Central Plains stopped by the stones and said, "There must be a conspiracy to put stones in the chalk in the middle of the road." ”

Then, round the stone and go away; And what about the people of Ningbo? He looked around the stone and said to himself, "This stone is so big, maybe it can make something?" He went home with the stones.

Hearing this story, a smile appeared on Wang Hengyue's face.

"Fang Xiaoru is from Ningbo, right?" Wang Hengyue asked casually.

"Yes, Fang Xiaoru is from Ningbo." Jiang Jieqi nodded: "There are also famous literati Hu Sanxing, great philosopher Wang Shouren and others. ”

Wang Hengyue listened while walking forward, saw a soup dumpling shop in front, thought of the famous Ningbo soup dumpling, moved his index finger, and walked in with Chiang Kai-shek and Ah Le.

One person asked for a bowl of sesame gnocchi, tasted it, and was full of praise, Wang Hengyue pointed to the bowl of gnocchi in front of him: "When I retire in the future, I will also go to the next place to open a dumpling shop, and I won't die of hunger if I want to." ”

Chiang Kai-shek almost squirted.

The richest man in China, who has astronomical deposits in a bank and owns countless factories and industries, would actually say the word "starve to death".

Could it be that Heng Shuai still has the brains to open a dumpling shop, and he doesn't even let go of a small amount of money?

Chiang Kai-shek still doesn't know Wang Hengyue very well, this general manager is unwilling to let go of anything that can make money, and he really started to open a soup dumpling chain store at this moment......

"This gnocchi sells well in the south, but no one eats it in the north, and the northerners think it's too sweet and sticky."

Chiang Kai-shek said this when he saw two seventeen or eighteen-year-old students walking in, and the school emblem showed "Ningbo Xiaoshi Middle School".

This is a well-known private high school, Shanghai Fudan University and St. John's University have signed a contract with Xiaoshi Middle School, and all graduates of Xiaoshi High School can be exempted from the examination and directly admitted to the school.

The two students sat down and asked for two bowls of gnocchi, and the taller one on the side said: "In the first week, this time I arranged for you to go to Fudan University to major in psychology, you don't seem to be very willing?" ”

"Well, I want to go to the Department of Biology of Nanjing Central University." The one named "First Week" nodded.

Wang Hengyue heard it clearly on the side, and the word "first week" only entered his ears, and his heart immediately moved. I remember when I was in school in another era, there was a class on vertebrates, and the teacher happened to talk about a Ningbo native "Di Zhou," called Tong Di Zhou, the founder of Chinese embryology, and Wang graduated from Ningbo Xiaoshi Lieutenant Colonel, is this called "Di Zhou"?

"In the first week, the psychology major of the Department of Philosophy is a new subject opened at Fudan University. How do you want to go to Nanjing? ”

"The biology department of the Central University is well-known in the country, and the government there has hired many foreign experts and professors, so I am still interested in biology."

"But we are exempt from the exam to enter Fudan University, and we have to take the exam to enter Central Chalk Central University."

"Don't be afraid, I'm confident that I can get in." The first week said confidently while eating the gnocchi.

Wang Hengyue sat next to the two students with half a bowl of gnocchi, and both students were a little surprised by the appearance of this stranger.

"Student, are you surnamed Tong?"

"First Week" was stunned for a moment: "Yes, may I ask sir, who are you?" How do you know? ”

That's you! Wang Hengyue laughed in his heart and brought the topic out: "So, I just heard that you want to go to Nanti Central Chalk University?" ”

Tong Dizhou nodded confusedly, and Wang Hengyue smiled: "It just so happens that I am from Nanjing, and I am in charge of the enrollment of Central Chalk University, isn't this fate?" ”…,

As soon as he heard that this gentleman was from Central Central University, Tong Di suddenly became excited and hurriedly asked about the situation of Central Central University.

Wang Hengyue briefly introduced: "Recently, the Department of Biology of Central China University has hired two PhDs in biology from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, to bring a few outstanding students. By the way, those who graduated from Xiaoshi Middle School are exempt from the examination at the same as the Central Chalk University. ”

Tong Dizhou cheered, but he was still skeptical, how could there be such a good thing in the world, and he could come whatever he wanted?

Asked Chiang Kai-shek to bring a pen and paper, Wang Hengyue wrote a few lines on it, and then asked Ah Le to take out a hundred yuan and put it in front of Tong Dizhou: "Classmate Tong, there is a benefit in Central Chalk Central University, if you are willing to go, we will bear the travel expenses, and you can collect a hundred yuan and a letter of recommendation here." ”

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I am grateful and thankful! "What is your surname, sir?"

"Ah, my surname is Wang, and I am a ...... in charge of admissions", Wang Hengyue said with a smile, hurriedly finished pulling the soup balls, and stood up: "Classmate Tong, then I will wait for you in Nanjing." ”

While asking Ah Le to settle accounts with the boss, he smiled and said: "Shopkeeper, your dumplings are delicious, when will you go to Nanjing to open a ...... for us to work together."

"Well, sir, thank you for your good words. You're good to go. ”

Sending the guests out of the door, the shopkeeper pouted at Wang Hengyue's back with disdain: "Bragging......."

"Heng Shuai, is Mr. Zhang Taiyan's residence in Ningbo, do you want to take a look?"

"Zhang Taiyan? Is he in Ningbo? Wang Hengyue was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Yes." Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "Zhang Taiyan once scolded Yuan Shikai at Xinhuamen, but was imprisoned by Yuan Shikai, and later Yuan Shikai died of illness before he was released. Later, he was active in Shanghai, Suzhou, Ningbo and other places. He openly claimed to be a remnant of the Republic of China, and his attitude was very wild, refusing to admit that we were the legitimate government. ”

Wang Hengyue remembered it and laughed: "That year, he passed through Guangzhou, Sichuan, and went east to Shanghai, I went to invite him, and wanted to ask him to be the deputy minister of education, but he scolded him bitterly, saying that I was just Yuan Shikai and others, and sooner or later the emperor died and had no place to be buried." ”

Chiang Kai-shek and Ah Le couldn't help laughing: "This person is nicknamed Zhang Maniac, and he is very wild, so scolding him is very face-saving."

"Let's go, see the madman Zhang." Wang Hengyue was interested: "I didn't call the emperor, he scolded wrongly, I saw him this time, what will you scold me again!" ”

When handing over the post, Wang Hengyue claimed to be "Nanjing Sanren Wang Shuzhi," if he wanted to say that it was "Wang Hengyue, the general commander", I was afraid that he would not even be able to enter Zhang Taiyan's door.

"Mr. is meeting guests inside, it is Liu Fu and Liu Bannong, professors of Peking University." The housekeeper whispered: "When you go in, be lighter, don't disturb Mr., otherwise I will be blasted out by Mr., and I can't control it." ”

Wang Hengyue was also really patient, and walked in cautiously with Chiang Kai-shek and Ah Le.

In the living room inside, Zhang Taiyan was sitting there, debating something fiercely with Liu Bannong, a professor at Peking University. Didn't care if a guest came in.

Wang Hengyue simply sat aside and listened.

After listening to the meeting, I realized that these two people were fighting over who was more suitable for this era.

Liu Bannong talked eloquently there: "Classical Chinese is a dead text, and whoever writes classical Chinese again is a dead person; Vernacular writing is a living text, and whoever writes vernacular is a living person! ”

Zhang Taiyan said disdainfully: "Vernacular literature does not start today, and my country's "Mao Poems" is vernacular poetry. Over the ages, vernacular novels have been written in the language of the time, and the best ones are "Water Swimming", "The Travels of the Old Remnant", etc., and even "The Legend of the Flowers on the Sea" written in Suzhou dialect. But what kind of language is the standard for the vernacular you write? ”

Liu Bannong immediately said: "The vernacular language is based on the Chinese language, and the Chinese language is Beijing dialect. ”

Zhang Taiyan laughed when he heard this, and asked Liu Bannong sarcastically: "Do you know what Jianjing dialect is?" ”

Liu Bannong replied without hesitation: "It is the words spoken by the people in the capital since the Ming and Qing dynasties in China. ”

Zhang Taiyan asked Liu Bannong in a questioning tone:

"What evidence do you have for the Ming Dynasty?" …,

Liu Bannong was speechless. Zhang Taiyan used the pronunciation of the Ming Dynasty to recite more than a dozen sentences of Wen Tianxiang's righteous qi song, the pronunciation of which was completely different from the Beijing dialect, and then said: "The current Chinese language, strictly speaking, contains a tenth of the Manchurian rhyme, and many characters are not owned by the Han people. ”

When these words were spoken, Liu Bannong was even more stunned for a long time, unable to say a word to deal with.

Zhang Taiyan said: "If the tired Han people want to use Chinese pronunciation, I can also recite a text of Han Dynasty pronunciation. ”

After speaking, he memorized two Chinese poems, and the pronunciation of many words was different from that of modern times. He asked, "Do you know that there are still people who speak in Han Dynasty or Tang Dynasty pronunciation?" ”

At this time, Liu Bannong was already dumbfounded, and he cheered up at this question, so he said: "Where is anyone speaking in Chinese now?" ”

He spoke as if he had a heartbeat.

Zhang Taiyan sneered: "The current Goryeo dialect is mainly Hanyin, with the addition of Tang Yin of the Tang Dynasty, Korean vernacular and foreign dialects, which is today's Goryeo dialect. ”

Then his voice raised a little:

"There is also the Japanese dialect, the main Chinese character, called kanji, which is the kanji, and the rest of the conjugated words, the local sounds of various parts of Japan, and the addition of loanwords from modern countries, became the current Japan. The pronunciation of Japanese varies from place to place, but Tokyo is the most authentic, and Chinese is the most accurate. Even the people of Tokyo can't understand the pronunciation of each prefecture, and this is because you, Mr. Liu Bannong, don't study elementary school, don't study sound training, and haven't studied "Shuowen", so you may feel very strange when you listen to my words. ”

Liu Bannong's face was pale, and he had nothing to say about Zhang Taiyan's aggressiveness! . ）