A year is not a long time, but it is not short, for the small Huating County, it has made jaw-dropping changes over time.

The silk business is getting bigger and bigger, because of the Xie family's business network and the convenient transportation and armed support of the Cao Gang, coupled with the escort of Xu Jie and Hai Rui, the smooth and Xun Cheng dù of the silk business exhibition are far from Cheng Zhong's expectations. The silkworm farmers and silk farmers in Huating County soon ran out of silk, and even many silkworm farmers in the surrounding counties joined the silk business, and Huating County became the richest county in Songjiang Prefecture!

Hai Jui's official reputation has also spread far and wide, and he has won the title of a capable official in addition to the name of incorruptibility! You must know that the reform of a whip law can be described as difficult, otherwise, those reformers in the imperial court will not just let a small Hai Rui carefully test the water in Huating County, and they don't even dare to blatantly support it, because they are worried that the failure of the reform will affect their future.

What is the most difficult part of a reform? Of course, it is the opposition and even counterattack of vested interests! The same is true of the reform of the whip law, if the group that has harmed the interests of the group secretly or even openly opposes, if Hai Jui cannot come up with an effective way to deal with it, it is very likely that he will be half-defeated, and the resignation of the county officials is the first wave, but fortunately, Hai Jui coped with the law and did not cause chaos.

At the same time, if the reform causes Huating County to not be able to pay taxes, it will be difficult for Hai Rui, the magistrate, to continue. The most important assessment of magistrates in the Ming Dynasty was whether the taxes could be paid in full and on time. If Hai Jui's officials are lost, the reform will be gone.

Therefore, many people in the court are waiting to see Hai Rui's "good show".

But what he didn't expect was that a silk business outside the officialdom would solve all Hai Jui's problems.

First of all, the silk business tied all the silkworm farmers, silk farmers and even many small handicraftsmen in Huating County to the same chariot of interests, so that their income increased greatly and their lives were better. Of course, these people who have tasted the sweetness will desperately defend this hard-won qiē, and whoever dares to destroy it will fight with whomever they want.

Therefore, they do their best to defend Hai Rui, the parent official, in this case, whoever dares to touch the black veil on Hai Rui's head will be pointed out by Qianfu. Many of these officials in the Ming Dynasty were Qingliu and cared very much about their reputation, who wanted to leave this infamy?

Secondly, the silk business also greatly enriched the tax revenue of Huating County, so that Hai Rui's assessment could be completed easily, and he could always get the reward of the peak.

In this way, Hai Rui's magistrate is as stable as Mount Tai.

Cheng Zhong originally wanted to bring the silk trade to the countries of the South Seas, and with the help of the Cao Gang, Cheng Zhong also had such strength and conditions, but because the sea ban had not been lifted, there was no other way except for smuggling. Considering that his foundation is still too weak now, if he gives someone a handle because of this, it is very likely that someone will uproot him, so Cheng Zhong still plans to endure it for a while.

The proceeds of the silk business were divided into three, three points to the Xie family, three points to the Xu family, and four points to Cheng Zhong and Hai Rui. Hai Rui is an official of the imperial court, of course, he will not be truthful, so most of these four points actually go into Cheng Zhong's pocket, so Cheng Zhong can be regarded as the richest person in Huating County except for the Xie family.

And Cheng Zhong, Xu Kun, and Xie Jiangbo are even better to wear the same pants. They also formed brothers with different surnames. Xu Kun is twenty-eight years old, he is the eldest brother, Xie Jiangbo is second, and Cheng Zhong can only be a little brother aggrieved. However, although he is the younger brother, Cheng Zhong is the center of the three, and Cheng Zhong still has to make up his mind when he encounters something.

Xu Kun is used to having nothing to do, and he only wants dividends in the silk business, and is not willing to interfere more. But if Cheng Zhong entrusts him, he will still complete it meticulously. During this time, under Cheng Zhong's hint, Xu Kun had already written several letters to his father Xu Jie, who was an official in the capital, and Cheng Zhong had to be praised for each letter. The reason is very simple, because the triennial township exam is imminent, and Cheng Zhong is about to take the exam!

The Xu family intervened in the silk business, basically did not make any effort, but what they got was white silver, it has been a year, Xu Jie did not object, but acquiesced. Cheng Zhong therefore speculated: Xu Jie is not a rigid official, and he must be able to follow his personal feelings at critical times.

Although Cheng Zhong still worked very hard this year, after all, he was facing tens of thousands of students in the Ming Dynasty who took the imperial examination as their profession, and among them there were some well-known geniuses, Cheng Zhong's heart still had no bottom. asked Xu Kun to write to Xu Jie in order to get a familiar face. At the same time, Xu Jie's protégés have many old ones, and if the main examiner of his township examination is Xu Jie's acquaintance, as long as he mentions Cheng Zhong's name, it will also give him a lot more chances.

Strange to say, the Shen family has always been very strict with Xu Kun. Xu Kun had also made some friends before, but the Shen family didn't like to see him, and even derogated him as a fox friend and a dog friend. But the attitude towards Cheng Zhong is completely different, as long as Cheng Zhong invites him, the Shen family will no longer ask about Xu Kun's whereabouts. Therefore, Xu Kun asked for a lot of famous posts from Cheng Zhong, which can be used as "door cards" when it is critical.

And Xie Jiangbo has also shown his extraordinary business ability since he took over the Xie family's business, and has taken care of the Xie family's business in an orderly manner, although he may not be able to catch up with Xie Sicun, but it is not too much, it cannot be said that everything is thoughtful, but there are almost no major mistakes. Therefore, Cheng Zhong will also hand over some things in the silk business to Xie Jiangbo to do.

Growing along with Xie Jiangbo's ability is his belly, which swells dramatically like a pregnant ten-month pregnancy, and already has a tendency and scale to catch up with Xie Mengting.

After choosing to let Xie Jiangbo abandon literature and engage in business, Xie Mengting's stipulation that his son should not enter the county school and not marry was naturally not counted. Xie Jiangbo's family affairs have been decided, and he is the young lady of the Qi family, a wealthy businessman in Linxian County. The Xie family and the Qi family are business partners, and this marriage is also a good match. I heard that Miss Qi is handsome, virtuous and virtuous, and she is very good. Cheng Zhong was also happy for Xie Jiangbo.

And Cheng Zhong was almost dragged by Xie Jiangbo and Xu Kun to complete his "coming-of-age ceremony" on the bank of the Fat Fan River. It's not that Cheng Zhong doesn't want to, although his age is not too old, but people who have experienced two lives have been longing for the affairs of men and women for a long time, but he doesn't want to complete his first time in the bed of a prostitution hall, maybe this is hypocrisy, right?

Xie Sicun still lives next door to Cheng Zhong, because Xie Jiangbo took over the Xie family's business, Xie Sicun is much more idle than before. In addition to studying, Cheng Zhong can often hear Xie Sicun's piano sound, which is also a kind of enjoyment. Cheng Zhong didn't dare to mention what happened after getting drunk that night, Xie Sicun seemed to have amnesia, and the topic of the two was to carefully avoid the forbidden area.

The relationship between the two has always been tepid, not far or close, but Xiao Cui's eyes looking at Cheng Zhong seemed a little weird, and she couldn't tell what was contained in it, if she really wanted to say it, it should be regarded as a kind of grievance, right?

The relationship between Xie Sicun and Lu Duoxun has finally made a breakthrough!

Xie Sicun has known Lu Duoxun's feelings for Cheng Zhong for a long time. But what puzzled him was that in a year's time, he had hardly seen any intersection and contact between Lu Duoxun and Xie Sicun, but he and Xie Sicun got along more, and some people in the county school even began to talk about Cheng Zhong and Xie Sicun, but Cheng Zhong was unmoved.

Cheng Zhong always thought that he had no special feelings for Xie Sicun, but when he got the news of the breakthrough in the relationship between Xie Sicun and Lu Duoxun, Cheng Zhong still had some sourness in his heart.

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