Lake Mouth.

The merchant ship had just docked, Xu Nianzu and the others came out of the cabin to breathe, and suddenly there was a crackling sound from the dock.

Then the gongs and drums sounded, and the suona blew joyful music.

Really gongs and drums, firecrackers are ringing in unison!

But when he saw a Confucian get off the boat, eight people immediately carried a blue sedan chair and stopped beside him steadily.

Many gentry came to greet them, and some emcees shouted: "Please Mr. Lu on the sedan chair!" ”

The Confucian surnamed Lu couldn't cry or laugh, and waved his hand again and again: "It doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this, I'm here to be a teacher." ”

A gentleman stepped forward and said, "Without Mr. Lu, Hukou County Middle School would not have been established." Mr. Lu is my great benefactor in Hukou County, please don't shirk and take a sedan chair to school. ”

The Confucian was about to excuse himself, and a group of gentry rushed in and pushed him into the sedan chair.

Xu Fengcai stood on the boat and said puzzledly: "Why is this a great Confucian, who actually entered the city in a sedan chair with eight blue caries?" ”

"Hahaha," Li Fenglai couldn't help but laugh, "Looking at the badge on his chest, you know that he is from the Mathematics Society." The town is very prosperous in culture and education, and both boys and girls are required to study in primary school for three years. On top of primary schools, there are secondary schools, and many states and counties have not yet set them up. There must be a math and geometry teacher in order to set up a new middle school, and the person in front of me must have been invited to teach math and geometry. ”

"Jiangxi attaches so much importance to mathematics and geometry?" Xu Fengcai was extremely shocked.

Li Feng said: "The town attaches great importance to it, and the gentry naturally attach importance to it. In the future, I am afraid that these will also be examined, and all states and counties are secretly competing. If we open a middle school a year earlier, we will be able to produce more students, and we will be able to take the lead in future examinations. ”

Xu Nianzu asked: "How many middle schools are there in Jiangxi?" ”

"More than a dozen, maybe more than twenty, and a lot more every year." Li Fenglai replied.

Liu Ru suddenly asked: "There is a middle school in the county, will the previous county school be abandoned?" ”

"Of course not," Li Fenglai explained, "directly change the county school to the county middle school, and still have to learn the four books and five classics, and add mathematics, geometry, and university equivalent courses." ”

"I see, Mr. Zhao really advocates practical learning." Xu Fengcai said happily.

After a little resupply, the merchant ships entered Poyang Lake and led them to Ji'an Province.

The Confucian student surnamed Lu was also sent into the city by eight sedan chairs.

Outside the city, the inn.

Xu Du, Xu Jiaying, Zhou Qi, Wang He, Ding Ruzhang and more than a dozen other scholars silently watched the sedan chair enter the city.

Suddenly, they closed the window.

Xu Du said: "Resolution, who doesn't want to make trouble?" ”

No one spoke.

Xu Du asked again: "Who wants to start an incident?" ”

All stand up.

Ding Ruzhang said: "The emperor is mediocre, and the court has no way. Zhejiang has been a catastrophe for several years, and now it is sending more salaries, and this year and next year, it will be a tragic situation of cannibalism. This Mr. Zhao has not come to Zhejiang for a long time, so let's lay down Zhejiang and send him the turf! ”

"We have been observing the government in Jiangxi for three months," Wang He said, "If Jiangxi's government can be implemented in Zhejiang, it will save dozens of hungry people!" ”

Xu Jiaying said with a smile: "Your family has a lot of land." ”

"After returning to my hometown, I will divide my field first!"

Wang He clenched his fists: "The elders of the family are all unkind. When the time comes, I still need your help, and whoever in my family dares to obstruct the division of the field will be arrested and placed under house arrest. ”

"Good!"

Xu Du slapped the table and said: "I will lead the troops to divide your field, and you will lead the troops to divide my field!" ”

Zhou Jue also stood up: "My family doesn't have a few acres of land, it doesn't matter if it's divided or not." If there is anyone who can't do it, I will lead troops to help his family divide the fields. ”

Ding Ruzhang said: "There is no need to rush to divide the fields, let's fight from Dongyang, Obli, Jinhua, all the way to Jiangshan County." After the site bordered Jiangxi, he immediately asked Mr. Zhao to send someone to Zhejiang. Send troops quickly, so that the government can't react! ”

"Yes, too." Xu Du nodded.

Wang He said: "Let's make an alliance! ”

More than a dozen Zhejiang scholars took out the statue of Guan Gong, cut the palms of their hands, and swore a blood oath.

Guan Gong, the god of the imperial examination.

This thing originated in the Wanli period, the new branch of the Jinshi assigned work, due to the serious phenomenon of favoritism, so the officials switched to the method of drawing lots.

The Ministry of Officials specially made a kind of "Guan Hou Signature", marking the direction, size, simplified and traditional content. After the new branch jinshi draws lots, according to the content of the draw, he will be assigned to a certain place to be the magistrate.

It's, but it's fair.

It's a pity that after a few years of fairness, he began to cheat blatantly.

Guan Hou is made of different lengths, thicknesses, as long as you give bribes to the officials of the Ministry of Foot Officials, you can know in advance which one is the best fat difference.

Due to the allocation of officials to sign the Guanhou sign, Guan Gong gradually became the god of the imperial examination, and the scholars often went to the Guandi Temple to worship before the scientific examination.

There is too much business, and Guan Gong is very busy.

Xu Du and others took a boat to Nanjing to meet the local sword-carrying warriors. Then he went to Hangzhou to meet Xu Ying, explaining that he was about to start an accident, and asked Jiangxi to respond as soon as possible.

Then, he lobbied for the various branches of the Fusha in Zhejiang.

Xu Du called the friendship to be extensive, and between the ten months, he actually said that hundreds of scholars were mobilized to join the gang. Even the children of the big clans, because they were afraid of Zhao Han, did not dare to report indiscriminately, and even some scholars from big landlords were willing to join.

It can only be said that Zhejiang is too miserable.

In the great drought two years ago, the white bones were exposed, and fathers and sons, brothers, and husbands and wives cannibalized each other, and anyone who dared to go out alone could be eaten.

And this year, it will be increased, the court will be sent by one point, and the officials dare to send five points and ten points!

Historically, Xu Du was the leader of the Yishe (Fushe Branch), who scattered wealth to recruit troops and gather warriors. On the one hand, he contacted the scholars from all sides, and on the other hand, he contacted the rebellious peasants, supported 100,000 troops, and was strictly disciplined, and successively conquered Dongyang, Yiwu, Zhuji, Pujiang, Yongkang, Wuyi, Tangxi, Lanxi and other cities.

In the end, he was forced to accept Zhao'an, and sixty-four people, including Xu Du, were killed by the government after Zhao'an. provoked the remnants to rebel, captured several county seats, and transferred to Fujian after defeat, and united with the Fujian rebel army.

Xiucai rebelled, and it didn't work out for ten years.

The uprising of the Baitou Army in Xu Du was a rebellion by a group of talented people, and the Jiangnan scholars were all sympathetic.

Xu was killed, and even caused Xu Fuyuan to break off his friendship with Chen Zilong.

……

However, it is said that when everyone comes to the border of Jiangxi, they don't need to enter the city to see the thriving scene.

This year, the drought in Nanzhili is severe, and only the northeast of Jiangxi has been affected. In addition, about half of the Dongting Lake Plain is dry this year.

When you come to Poyang Lake, you will be covered with fertile fields along the lake.

There are also many fishermen who have also abolished the excesses and miscellaneous taxes, rowing and fishing while rocking and singing.

That is, Zhao Tianwang is relatively lenient, stipulating that the fishing nets should not be too dense, and the nets are not allowed to be cast during the breeding period of fish.

When passing through Wu Town, I suddenly heard someone cheering.

However, the official sent over to post a notice, due to the serious drought of this year's summer grain, the four counties of Pengze, Hukou, Fuliang, and Leping have been exempted from the field tax, and the three counties of Jing'an, Wuning, and Ningzhou have halved the field tax.

"When I arrived in Jiangxi, there were surprises everywhere." Lin Xue said with a smile.

Li Fenglai is quite proud: "Even the mountain people in Jiangxi can eat enough now." However, I don't eat well, and I eat sweet potatoes as the staple food. ”

Jiangxi is full of mountains, and many places have not been cultivated.

This is because clearing wasteland is very tiring and requires continuous manure. A few years before reclamation, it is likely that the harvest will not allow the seeds to return to their roots, and it will take two or three generations to turn a wasteland into fertile land.

It is very likely that as soon as the wasteland was turned into fertile land, some gentry came out to seize the land, so the peasants' enthusiasm for reclaiming the land was not high.

Sweet potatoes do not pick land, and the newly reclaimed wasteland, although the yield is also very low, the harvest is definitely greater than the cost of seeds. At present, sweet potatoes are planted everywhere in the mountains of Jiangxi, and more than 100,000 acres of mountainous land have been reclaimed.

Xu Nianzu and Xu Fengcai brothers glanced at each other, and they all felt a little surprised.

Li Fenglai, a big businessman, said that the mountain people could eat enough, and he was actually very proud.

"Hehe," Li Fenglai explained with a smile, "At the beginning of Mr. Zhao's incident, there were no sweet potatoes in the counties of Ji'an Prefecture, and sweet potatoes and buds were purchased and introduced. Now, sweet potatoes and buds are promoted throughout the province, and there is also a hard work in the next place. ”

"Disrespectful, disrespectful!" The crowd bowed.

Li Fenglai said proudly: "It's just a gesture, and it can save many people, which is a great thing to accumulate yin virtue." ”

The boat sailed to Nanchang.

On the dock, a group of demon suits appeared.

Different from the costume demons in Suzhou and Hangzhou, these costume demons in Nanchang are not gorgeous, and the fabrics are not luxurious, but the style of clothes and hats is very outrageous.

There are even people who openly wear python robes!

It is not a traditional python robe, but also decorated with various patterns, the wide sleeves have been changed to arrow sleeves, and the belt is very spiritual.

"Can this python robe be worn out on the street?" Xu Nianzu asked in surprise.

There are also people in Jiangnan who wear python robes, but they all wear them at home, and at most they communicate and have fun with friends in private.

Li Fenglai explained with a smile: "Haha, Mr. Zhao doesn't care about clothing and family house violations, as long as you don't go to the street naked, you can wear anything." Of course, you can't wear official uniforms, military uniforms, and official uniforms, and you will be hit with a board immediately after being caught. ”

Liu Ru saw that there were many women at Nanchang Wharf, and they were big families at first glance.

They should go out of the city to worship the Buddha, and the skirts on their bodies are not in shape, anyway, they are just changing in a mess, but on the whole, they are quite pleasing to the eye.

Li Fenglai introduced: "That is the improved style of the son of the Fei family, which was first worn out in Ji'an Mansion and soon spread to Nanchang. Hair accessories were also improved a lot, and the ladies liked it very much, and the common women began to follow suit. ”

Wang Wei sighed and said: "What a prosperous scene! ”

Everyone looked strange all the way, and came to Ji'an Mansion along the river.

At this time, it happened to be noon, a group of coolies sat down to rest, and the vendors came with their burdens, and set up a fire to cook soup and noodles.

"Lao Li, sell two taels of wine!" A coolie said.

"Yo, fifth brother, do you still want to drink today? Don't fall on your bag in the afternoon. ”

"What are you afraid of two or two wines?"

"I'll do it too!"

“……”

A group of coolies sat on the dock to eat noodles, and everyone actually drank wine, and the noodle soup was also very oily, and there was a layer of oil and spicy seeds.

Xu Nianzu stood there stupidly, watching the coolies drink and eat noodles, and suddenly his eyes moistened.

"What's wrong with my brother?" Xu Fengcai asked.

Xu Nianzu muttered to himself: "I should have come to Jiangxi a long time ago, stayed in Jiangnan, and wasted a few years." During the holy period, I can see the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties, and it will be in thirty years! ”

(Recommend Da Luoluo's "Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty", the god of history, don't worry about the quality, you can know the content by looking at the title of the book.) ）