Seeing that Liu Fan supported and rejected Xu Wenjue, he was no longer reluctant, and instead said, "Jimin, do you really have the confidence to defeat the students of the entire Jiangnan?" ”

Liu Fanwan said, "What, Brother Xu doesn't have confidence in me?" ”

"No, it's not!" Xu Wenjue hesitated for a moment and hesitated, "Jimin's talent, brother knows, but there are more than 100,000 students in Jiangnan, and there are inevitably some hermit talents among them, in case they win the last game, do you really want to apologize and quit Jiangnan?" ”

Seeing Xu Wenjue's worries, Liu Fan said with a straight face, "Brother Xu is too worried, the reason why the younger brother set up this ring this time is not to compete with all the scholars in Jiangnan, but to take the opportunity to reverse the current unfavorable situation." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Maybe Jiangnan really has some hermit talents, but such talents will definitely not come out of the current Donglin Party. People who are truly talented in governing the world will not participate in this kind of boring competition, and even those old guys in Donglin are reluctant to pull down their faces to compete with me. The only ones who will really participate are those rising stars in Donglin or some people who have never met talents. Among the younger generation, I, Liu Fan, think that few of them can beat me, and even if there is, then what does it matter if I apologize to him? Could it be that such a big talent really drove me out of Jiangnan? Even if he wanted to, it would be up to me to do it or not. ”

Xu Wenjue immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, patted his chest and said, "In this way, my father will rest assured!" ”

Liu Fan smiled and couldn't help but persuade, "Brother Xu, instead of worrying about this, you should think more about how to defeat those salt merchant forces." In the status of you and me, such a thing as reputation doesn't have much effect, and it's good to have it, but it's okay to have it. Only the benefits in hand are the most tangible things! ”

Xu Wenjue smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "What Jimin said is extremely true!" It's my brother who has some faces! ”

After the group returned to Tianfu, Liu Fan ordered Li Xiaohu to take fifty guards and some servants of the Tian family to the Qinhuai River to choose a site and build a ring. This time, Liu Fan did not set the ring in the downtown area in front of the Confucius Temple, but chose a beautiful place on the bank of the Qinhuai River not far from the Confucius Temple as the test location. The reason why he did this was because Liu Fan wanted to improve his "forced style", so as not to be criticized by those pretentious and elegant literati.

Three days isn't too long, but it's enough for some people, for some things. The controversy that took place in Liu Rushi's painting boat spread throughout the city of Nanjing on the second day alone. From high-ranking officials and nobles to peddlers and pawns, as long as they are from Nanjing City, they can say a thing or two about the details of that debate.

As the party that lost miserably, the Donglin Party would certainly not publicize such an "ugly thing", and the scope of their propaganda was limited to the Nanjing Guozijian and Donglin. But such a result was obviously not something Liu Fan was willing to see, so he simply spent a lot of money to buy some storytellers and told them the details of the matter. Let these people hype up in teahouses and restaurants, so that in three or two days, the city will be known.

As the only two protagonists of this debate, the people of Nanjing also have mixed opinions about their senses. Nanjing Guozijian, a gathering place for scholars, is naturally deeply evil to Liu Fan, and he can't sleep on his skin and eat his flesh to relieve the hatred in his heart. The students were encouraged by Donglin and clamored to teach Liu Fan, an "arrogant martial artist", a lesson, so that he could understand who was the master of Jiangnan.

Although Liu Fan is not from Nanjing or even from Jiangnan, but through Liu Fan's deliberate publicity, the people of Nanjing also have some understanding of him and know some of Liu Fan's past "proud achievements". In addition, ordinary people don't have a good impression of Donglin. (The Donglin Party does not have to pay taxes, but the people are harsh and taxed, and most of the Donglin Party members are landlords, but the people are the oppressed party, so the people naturally will not have much affection for these enemies.) It's just that the mainstream of Ming society is not the people. So in comparison, I still feel that Liu Fan is closer.

The only thing that surprised Liu Fan was that the women in the Qinglou on the Qinhuai River were also more supportive. This made Liu Fan very puzzled, he asked himself if he didn't have much intersection with these women, why did these people support him? Curious, Liu Fan sent someone to investigate, and the results made him a little crying and laughing, it turned out that the source of all this was from Liu Rusi. This famous prostitute in Jiangnan was invited by Liu Fan to be a "guest", and she thought that Liu Fan was helping them poor women fight for status. Aiwu and Wuxia trumpeted some of Liu Fan's advantages and talents. Under her influence, the women in the Qinglou on the banks of the Qinhuai River were more inclined to Liu Fan. After understanding the cause and effect, Liu Fan couldn't help but sigh a little, everyone explained that at the end of the year, "Qinglou is all righteous prostitutes, heroes are all dog slaughterers, and most of them are readers" It seems that there is indeed some truth! Liu Fan just had a trace of sympathy and respect for Liu Ruyi and others out of the influence of later generations, such a trivial matter, but in exchange for Liu Ruyi's help. With such friendship, even Liu Fan, who is not very interested in the so-called "Qin Huai Bayan", can't help but have a good impression of Liu Ru.

Taking advantage of these three days of free time, Liu Fan, under the recommendation of Xu Wenjue, made a brief meeting with the various forces in Jiangnan who wanted to "ally themselves" with them, and reached an agreement on cooperation with them for a while. The most of these forces are some weak small salt merchants, who chose to cooperate with Liu Fan, a spoiler, because they were dissatisfied with the interests of the salt class dominated by the two Huai salt merchants in Jiangnan. The reason is that they also want to use Liu Fan's hand to break the monopoly of the two Huai salt merchants on the salt industry in the south of the Yangtze River. If Liu Fan succeeds, these participants will naturally get a piece of the pie, even if Liu Fan fails, it will not cause much damage to them, at most, it will only make the two Huai salt merchants more jealous.

In addition to these salt merchants, the rest are the solid allies of the Xu family, and most of these people are some martial artists or merchant families who are not weak. They have been operating in Jiangnan for many generations, and their influence has almost extended to all walks of life in Jiangnan, although the individual strength is not strong, but once united, it is a powerful force that cannot be ignored.

Through this contact and understanding, Liu Fan really understood the horror of the behemoth of the Xu family. Liu Fan could only sigh secretly, the Xu family is worthy of being the "second family" of the Ming Dynasty, just in terms of heritage, it is not comparable to ordinary outburst households. At least Liu Fan himself can't compare, even if he has a bonus of 30,000 strong troops, he is only worthy of the Xu family at the same level. This is still the result of the chaos of the Ming Dynasty, if it is replaced by a peaceful and prosperous era, no one will look at you squarely. Even for the sake of profit, I have long regarded you as fat in my mouth. (To be continued.) )