When he arrived in the middle hall, Wang Xu saw Song Jue, Song County Order.

Song Jue is a middle-aged man, around forty, with a white face and beard, slightly fat, and an average appearance.

He didn't wear an official uniform this time, he wore regular clothes like visiting friends, and the little guy only brought one, which was a bit of a private visit.

When Wang Xu came to the middle hall, Song County Ling had just arrived, and he was drinking tea with Wang Dafa, and he seemed to have a good chat.

"Xu'er, let me introduce you, this is the newly appointed county magistrate, Lord Song." Seeing Wang Xu coming, Wang Dafa beckoned again and again.

Song Jue smiled slightly when he saw it, and said with tea: "Outside the king, this is the prince of the king, right?" ”

Before the canonization of the imperial court, Wang Dafa was just a rich man in the countryside, and the countrymen called him master, which was lifting, but in fact, in the eyes of the people above, he was still a mud leg who couldn't get on the table.

With the reward of the imperial court, it is different, and the canonization of the same person means that Wang Dafa can wear Confucian clothes, wear a scribe scarf, and be a genuine master wherever he goes, and he can be honored as a member of the staff.

However, the Confucian robes of the literati are worn on the body of Wang Dafa, who is five big and three thick, and has a dark complexion.

But with fame in his body, Wang Dafa really thinks that he is a cultural person, and he wears Confucian clothes all day long to swagger through the market, as if he is afraid that others will not know that he has a fame.

"Yes, it's a dog."

Wang Dafa said modestly, but if he looked carefully, he could see that he was already smiling from ear to ear.

Song Jue didn't care when he saw it, he beckoned to Wang Xu cordially, and said, "Have you ever read the Analects?" ”

"Read..."

Wang Xu smiled respectfully, waiting for Song Yu to continue.

Song Jue nodded lightly, and said: "Advanced in Lile, savages, backward in Lile, gentlemen, if you use it, then I will be advanced, what is the solution?" ”

"During the Western Zhou Dynasty, due to the difference in social status and place of residence, some people were born nobles, and some people were born commoners or country people.

Confucius believes that those who became officials first, that is, those who originally had a knighthood and were born rich and noble, did not receive a systematic education in the knowledge of etiquette and music before becoming officials, and did not know how to be officials, so they became officials, and such people were not selected.

And those civilians who did not have a title, before they became officials, they had already learned the knowledge of etiquette and music in a comprehensive and systematic way, and knew how to benefit one party, and become a good official, then I will give priority to these people who do not have titles but know how to improve.

Kong Sheng is here to remind us that when employing people as officials, we can't just look at the title, we must only use the talents, and only the talents can govern the country well. ”

Faced with Song Jue's question, Wang Xu answered fluently, and added his own views later.

Song Jue smiled and nodded with satisfaction: "Yes!" ”

After saying this, he changed the topic again and asked: "I heard that when you entered Xue Gong's door, Xue Gong once taught you, and you made a poem on the spot, saying, the world is only gold is expensive, don't ask Tiangong to buy a young man, can there be such a thing?" ”

"The article and poetry are not praised."

Wang Xu replied very modestly, the poem was copied by him, and he was not worthy of pride.

"What a clever hand!"

Song Jue liked Wang Xu's attitude even more when he saw it, and encouraged: "Now is the time for you to study hard, Xue Daru is a famous teacher of the contemporary era, you have to study hard with Xue Gong, and only when you grow up can you become a pillar of talent." ”

Song Jue's tone paused slightly, and he said: "It's a pity, Xue Gong's knowledge is ten thousand times longer than mine, but I don't have the opportunity to ask his old man for advice, if I can get Xue Gong's guidance, it is better than me reading ten thousand volumes!" ”

No matter how much I said before, it was just politeness.

Not to mention Wang Xu's neat answers, even if he doesn't know about it, I'm afraid Song Jue will encourage him, and then guide the topic here.

Wang Xu laughed secretly when he heard this, this Song Jue is really an urgent child.

Sure enough, any visit to the Wang family and meeting him, a prodigy, was fake, and the real purpose was to climb the high branch of Xue Mushan.

This is also normal, Song Jue is over forty years old before he is a high school jinshi, according to the rules of Beijing inspection once every three years and two excellent promotions.

If Song Jue is not covered, I am afraid that he will have to be like Cheng Guangrong, who has been pressed to the position of the county magistrate for the rest of his life.

It seems that Song Jue is unwilling again, and for the sake of his own future, it is not surprising that he ran over with his eyes in a daze.

"The teacher went out to visit friends, and I'm afraid he won't come back before the fall." Wang Xu knew what Song Jue wanted to ask, so he opened his mouth to give it to him.

Hearing this, Song Jue knew that in a short period of time, he would not be able to rely on the big tree of Xue Mushan, and he couldn't help but show regret on his face.

Later, Song Jue asked about the Wang family's disaster relief, talked about the new policies implemented in recent years, and chatted about the whole world.

After drinking a cup of tea, when the maid wanted to add new tea, Song Jue turned her eyes and pretended to sigh deeply.

"Why did Lord Song sigh?" Seeing Song Jue's attitude, Wang Dafa couldn't help but ask.

Song Jue was silent for a while, stroked the tea foam with a teacup, and said: "Our Liyang County is close to the Sanding River in the south, and the Sanding River leads directly to the Qiantang River, and two-thirds of the transportation in my Liyang County depends on this river.

After I took office, I found that the management of the Sanding River was chaotic, with thousands of large and small ships and dozens of people on the bow of the boat, joining hands to control the river, collecting huge profits, and raising the goods transported from abroad by more than 20%.

Let's take the ink block as an example, in Fangshan County, which is adjacent to us, the market price of an ordinary Jiangnan ink is only 90 Wen, but it costs 110 Wen in our Liyang County. In contrast, in Jiaozhou, which is farther away, Jiangnan Mo is only 100 Wen, and this chaotic situation should be managed. ”

Wang Dafa was speechless for a while, and the phenomenon of ship dominating the market was not a day or two.

Behind these boats, there is the support of the wealthy families in the county, and the newly appointed Song County Commander should not think that he can do anything about shipping.

"What do you mean?" Wang Dafa didn't know Song Jue's true plan, so he could only wait cautiously for the following.

Song Jue put down the teacup in his hand and said, "I plan to meet with the owners behind these shipping companies in three days and re-establish the rules of shipping." Song has just arrived, I can't trust those people, if Wang Yuanwai has a heart, he can also buy a few big ships and help me palm the palm of the ship. ”

"This..."

This is already a naked hint, Wang Dafa looked surprised, Song Jue asked him to palm, obviously he came to send money.

No one in Liyang County knows about the huge profits in shipping, but there is no one to support it in the official face, and you can't squeeze into the shipping industry if you have money.

Since some people have made a name for themselves, the assets of the Wang family are also being transferred from the countryside to the town, intending to show their strength in Liyang County.

These days, Wang Dafa was worried about the mixed pattern of dragons and snakes in the county, and he didn't dare to go into the water easily, but he didn't expect the Song County Order to send the oars.

"Wang Yuanwai, I don't know if you dare to be interested?"

As soon as Song Jue asked, Wang Dafa immediately laughed, how could he not be interested, and immediately replied: "Thank you Lord Song for your love, my Wang family will go to buy a boat tonight, and Lord Song can take 30% of the business on the ship." ”

"Alas, I am thinking for the people, taking your money, isn't it the collusion of officials and businessmen, don't mention this matter again. Well, that's it, how to do it, you just look at it, three days later, come to Donglai Restaurant for a party, I will introduce you to some ship merchants. ”

Song Jue said this, and left satisfied.

waited until Song Jue was sent away, Wang Dafa pulled Wang Xu and said excitedly: "Xu'er, this Song County Order is really high-spirited, our Wang family is going to develop now, this is a good thing that can't be found with lanterns!" ”

"It's good if my father is happy."

Wang Xu smiled slightly, not caring about the so-called shipping business.

Although Liyang County is not small, the business on the river requires thousands of boats, and more than a dozen powerful families jointly divide it.

The Wang family didn't start by ship, even if they had the face of Song County's order to get in and get a piece of the pie, it was estimated that they would be able to settle 100,000 taels of silver a year.

100,000 taels of silver, sounds like a lot, Wang Dafa struggled for 30 years before he praised the family background of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

But for Wang Xu, the glass factory is about to start, and 100,000 taels of silver can be worth a few pieces of glassware.

Didn't you see that Song County, who was born in the Central Plains and was also from the gentry class, didn't care about Wang Dafa's so-called thirty percent of the income.

For him, 350,000 taels of silver is not as important as his friendship with the Wang family.

However, since Wang Dafa likes it, and Song Jue is on the road like this, let him do it.

It's not good for people to be too idle, anyway, with the face of Song County's order, there is no profit or loss in shipping, so it is good to kill time.

What's more, the Confucian world also pays attention to human relations, today you praise me, tomorrow I will praise you, and you can become your own person.

The county official is not as good as the county official, Song Jue has the heart to make friends with the Wang family, and the Wang family can't help but know how to lift.