After a few days, Zhou Xiaocao was always in a difficult mood when facing a room full of "scholars". I said, it is said that ancient people had a thin face, and they paid attention to the bottom line in everything. But why are these guys that Young Master Ben has encountered more than a scoundrel?

On this day, when Zhou Xiaocao was explaining the law of multiplication and distributive to the students, as soon as he started class, he found that nearly one-third of the students did not come, and the remaining two-thirds were also absent-minded.

Zhou Xiaocao took a look at the two women, Xie Qiuyan and Xing'er, and wanted to see some clues on their faces. But the result was very disappointing for him. The two girls continued to listen to the lecture intently as usual, without the slightest abnormality.

There is no way, I can only ask shamelessly.

"Guys, what happened today? Why are there so few people coming? ”

Zhou Xiaocao is very strange, you must know that these people come to the class at the price of two and a half taels of silver a day, which is the cost of eating and drinking for two months for ordinary people. They didn't come together, it must have been driven by interests that greatly exceeded these two halves.

A student with a pockmarked face said, "Teacher Zhou, don't you know? The annual Northern Chamber of Commerce was held in Cangzhou this year, and all local businesses with opportunities went there. Even if we wait, we yearn for it. However, we are all pure bookkeepers, and the owner can do it without us. ”

Zhou Xiaocao's eyes lit up for a while: "Northern Chamber of Commerce? What's that? ”

The pockmarked student replied, "Teacher Zhou, you don't even know this, do you?" China has a long history of business, but in recent years, it has been divided into two systems, the north and the south, and Pingsuri is fighting with each other. The southerners are treacherous, and if we merchants in the north are not united, I am afraid that they will not be able to do so. Therefore, some large merchants came forward to form this northern business association. This year, this conference was held in Cangzhou, and some merchants who did not have the opportunity to attend the conference in Pingsuri could go to attend. ”

Zhou Xiaocao stomped his feet and said, "It makes sense, it makes sense!" It's time to go, it's time to go! ”

The pockmarked student stood up happily and said, "So, Teacher Zhou agreed to let me go?" That's great, I'm going to go, I've long wanted to see and see, even if I can't make any gains, I can always get to know some big-name merchants, and broaden the channels of trading, which is also a good thing. ”

Zhou Xiaocao scratched her ears and cheeks with joy: "NO!NO!NO!NO!, IT'S NOT YOU WHO GO, BUT WE GO!" How can we let go of such a good opportunity to practice? I also said, why did my father-in-law go out early in the morning today, and he was busy with this matter. ”

When the other students heard this, where could they still sit still? They all want to take the door and leave. So, under the leadership of Mr. Zhou, a group of people set off in a majestic manner. Walking on the street, how many people are staring and looking, who are these guys? A young man, followed by two young people who don't look like men, and then a large group of old men, swaggering through the market, what is this doing?

The students were very excited, and on the way they started a series of heated discussions on the matter of the Northern Business Federation held in Cangzhou.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in my opinion, the fact that the Northern Business Federation can be held in Cangzhou this time is in itself a positive attitude towards my business operations in Cangzhou. We should work together and work hard to make money, so that my Cangzhou merchants will be famous all over the country! ”

"Hey, this can be there! According to the old opinion, we and other merchants in Cangzhou can set up a Cangzhou branch of the Northern Business Federation, and meet every month to summarize the business situation of the previous month and discuss the business plan for the next month. Since then, all the merchants in Cangzhou have advanced and retreated together, one is prosperous, and one is lost! ”

"This benevolent brother is high! I'm the first to approve of it! If our owner is the president, then we will definitely be able to lead all the people in Cangzhou to prosper together! ”

"Just your host? Are you embarrassed to say it? You are engaged in the Qinglou business, and your owner has become the president, and the faces of our entire Cangzhou merchants have been lost by you! ”

"Huh? How do you speak? If our host can't do it, can you do it? I don't like us for doing the business of green houses, what about you? Is it noble to put a loan shark and collect the profits of a donkey rolling? Phew! ”

Zhou Xiaocao had a chill, all along, he didn't care about what kind of business these students were doing. I only learned today that my mother, the loan sharks, and the party are all rushing for their own Zhou's counting method. How did this Lao Zhu do it, why is everyone called it? If the history books of later generations come out, when mentioning my young master Zhou, I will come to this paragraph: Zhou Xiaocao, originally a son-in-law who was inverted, was open-minded, and devoted himself to running profiteering industries in the feudal era such as green buildings and usury, and was the leader of the big landlords and the big bourgeoisie. Cangzhou, an ancient town with simple folk customs, was stunned by this ancient and unprecedentedly big villain, half of the ten women were prostitutes, and seven of the eight peasant families were forced to die by usury......

Thinking about it, Zhou Xiaocao slammed a spirit.

At this time, I only heard a very obscene voice say: "You two don't quarrel! Anyway, the business of the two of you is not very good, or our Ximen family is in the medicinal herb business, going south and north, not only do you see a lot of people, but you are still doing legitimate business. In my opinion, it is the best policy for our Ximen official to serve as the chairman of the Cangzhou Council! ”

Zhou Xiaocao, who was walking, stumbled under his feet when he heard this, and almost fell to the ground: "Ximen official? Doing a medicinal herb business? Ximen Qing? ”

The owner of the lewd voice shook his head and said, "No, no! The owner of our family is not called Ximenqing. However, he has a little son named Ximenqing, who is only twelve years old this year, and is studying the Four Books and Five Classics with Xixi Keqing. Our family's official name is Ximen Liu, who specializes in the business of medicinal materials, and is famous for hundreds of miles away. ”

Dizzy, did you see the underage Ximenqing? I don't know if there will be Wu Song? Oops, how old is Pan Jinlian now? Is it really a beautiful country, which is fascinating?

Zhou Xiaocao said: "Ximen Qing? I love the name! In the future, can you let this kid learn from Master Ben, I will teach him the best and most profound knowledge, such as physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, physics and chemistry, history and geography, I can also teach English, you see? ”

The man said, "Huh? Well, I'll have to go back and discuss it with our owner before I can decide. After all, Xiao Gongzi's current Xixi is a respected Confucian, and if he changes teachers lightly, I am afraid that it will affect his future studies. ”

Zhou Xiaocao said: "That's not in the way! What kind of respected Confucian, is I powerful? I'm going to meet him! Today you Simon... Didn't the Ximen Liu officials also attend the meeting? Then I'll talk to him first, and I'll say that my Young Master Zhou has taken a fancy to their little son-in-law and wants to take him as an apprentice. ”

The man nodded hurriedly: "That's good, that's good!" Contemptible people listened to Mr. Zhou's lessons in the past few days, although I don't know much about Mr. Zhou's knowledge, but Mr. Zhou always says something inexplicable, although I don't understand, I don't understand what you're talking about, but I still feel very powerful. ”

I'm taking the test, and I don't know how powerful it is!

When Zhou Xiaocao lectures, he often adds some modern knowledge and vocabulary, and it is no wonder that they are "unconscious".

At this time, a student said: "I think that I deserve to let Old Man Feng serve the position of chairman of the board of directors of this Cangzhou branch." Boss Feng's business is big and far, which is very suitable for the position of president. ”

Another person said: "Yes, it's just a matter of identity......

Before he could finish speaking, he was stopped by a cough from the man from earlier. Zhou Xiaocao knew that what he meant was that Feng Zigui's identity as a Hu person was afraid that he would not be able to convince the public, although he had the heart to correct his father-in-law's name, but he also knew that in this era, foreign identity was indeed deeply despised. Even if he can use you, he is respectful to you on the surface, but he still looks down on you behind the scenes.

At this time, Xing'er said: "Zhou Gongzi, we have followed you around twice, should we go to that meeting or not?" ”

Zhou Xiaocao touched his head and said helplessly: "I don't know the way." ”

"I'll take the test!"

The crowd fell.