"As soon as Boss Shi drank this wine, I saved my face and dared to speak." Jiang Tiansheng said with a smile, "I remember that our boss Shi seems to be also a Confucian businessman, a person who has read books, how can he be arrogant?" ”

"This and this, this seems to be the dialogue between Mencius and Song Goujian in the chapter of his heart, right? I remember that Mencius said, 'If you are virtuous and righteous, you can be arrogant, the homeland is poor and does not lose righteousness, you cannot deviate from the way, you are poor and not lose your righteousness, so the people have their own way, they cannot deviate from the way, so the people are not disappointed, so the people have the will, and Ze is added to the people; Unwilling, self-cultivation in the world'? ”

Shi Mingtao has no fame, but he has also read private school since he was a child, and he is also very familiar with the basic words of the Four Books and Five Classics, but he doesn't know what Jiang Tiansheng suddenly asked him what this means?

"Oops, that's right, that's good, it's wonderful, it's croaking!" Jiang Tiansheng stroked his palms and laughed, "But there are still two sentences in the back, why didn't Boss Shi say them together?" 'If you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will help the world! ’”

"Boss Shi is not poor and can be good alone, which is actually amazing." Liu Wenzheng said with a smile, "But since you are greatly developed now, you should also help the world." ”

"The world is too big, and Boss Shi is afraid that he won't be able to help both, so I think it's better to help those poor scholars in our city first." Li Hong said with a smile.

"You three adults, you can really go around in circles!" Shi Mingtao smiled bitterly, "Don't you just want me to spend money to fund those who go to Beijing to take the exam?" Why do I dare to disrespect it directly? Do you have to bring out the great truth of Master Mengzi? ”

"That's why I often say that among the rich people in Fengyang City, only Boss Shi is a benevolent and righteous person! Not only benevolence and righteousness, but also sensible, not only sensible, but also kind! Jiang Tiansheng was amazed.

"Mingtao, it's not that the three adults deliberately use words to squeeze you, in fact, it's my idea, I want you to make a set of test clothes for each of the students in the name of Tai Hexiang, and when you turn around, Lord Jiang will invite the emperor, which is a little filial piety to the emperor, and it is also a reward for our emperor to the students." Xiao Chen said.

"That's the case......" Shi Mingtao squinted his eyes and pondered.

"If Boss Shi is really embarrassed, I can also find a way to raise some silver, and we can do this together." Jiang Tiansheng said.

"Master Jiang, that's not the case." Shi Mingtao stood up suddenly, and bowed solemnly to Jiang Tiansheng and the other three as a salute, "How much silver is just a few thousand sets of clothes?" It's all my old history alone, and I thank the three adults for their success! ”

Yes? Jiang Tiansheng and the three of them looked at each other, all of them unexpected.

"Boss Shi, aren't you talking the opposite?" Li Hongdao.

"Or do you blame the three of us for being abrupt?" Jiang Tiansheng said.

"Words from the heart, words from the heart!" Shi Mingtao said, "I always want to give our emperor a little filial piety and help the court make a little effort, but how can I have this qualification for those who have been imprisoned?" Today, it was the three adults who gave me a great opportunity, Ming Tao was grateful, and if he was surprised, what did he say! ”

"Don't say it's the clothes for the exam, the dress for the list in the future, and the court dress when I meet the emperor, all of which are covered by my old history! I only need Mr. Jiang to give me a style, and then measure the figure of the students, so I can hurry up and do everything before the exam! ”

"Even the students' food, blankets, stoves and other people can also be taken care of...... I am a businessman, naturally I don't dare to take these errands indiscriminately, if I can reward it in the name of the Ministry of Rites, it is best for me to only give silver, and it is not good to talk about what and how much in front of Lord Jiang, regardless of clothes, I will always be annoyed by 200,000 taels. ”

"Oh, Boss Shi is really a cheerful person!" Jiang Tiansheng was overjoyed, "I will toast you three glasses of wine no matter what!" ”

"I don't dare to do this again." Shi Mingtao hurriedly said, "Lord Jiang still has to go to the Yamen in the afternoon, if there is wine, it will not be good, if the three adults are willing to appreciate their faces, I will use Marquis Xiao's treasure house to set up a table of thin wine to chat and express my gratitude tonight!" ”

"Mingtao invites you, how dare you not come?" Li Hong's address to Shi Mingtao has also changed, "I can't control the two of them, I'm going to come!" ”

Jiang Tiansheng and Liu Wenzheng naturally readily agreed, and said that Shi Mingtao looked rude, but in fact, he was careful, and knew that it was not good to invite the big guy to his house for dinner, so he relied on his good relationship with Xiao Chen, and served wine and guests here, and all kinds of meanings in his face were there......

The three of them talked for a while, drank two cups of tea, and made an appointment to meet here in the evening, and then took their leave.

"Boss, thank you again this time." Shi Mingtao and Xiao Chen were already very familiar, and they unconsciously changed their names.

And now that he has even moved his family to Changshan, it is appropriate to call Xiao Chen Boss.

"It's all my own people, don't talk about it, we were chatting casually just now, and we talked about it in a hurry...... I only knew that you were here after listening to the fat man, your family is in Changshan, and what I saw was about to be the New Year, what were you doing in Fengyang? Xiao Chen said.

"I've been very busy, so I just took time to find time, isn't this the New Year's Day? Why do you have to come to Fengyang City to do some work, and by the way, take a look at you, boss. Shi Mingtao said, "I've never been in Fengyang, where did that Xuanping prince come from?" ”

"You Mingtao is talking nonsense again, Prince Xuanping is the emperor's son, where did you come from? You're still a mushroom. Xiao Chen said with a smile.

"Isn't this talking to your boss, so what's the taboo?" Shi Mingtao said, "I also prepared a gift for him here, but I don't know if I should give it or not?" ”

"Send it, why don't you send it?" Xiao Chen said, "Not only do you have to send it, but you also have to be thicker." ”

"Then you have to play the banner of your boss, otherwise I'm afraid you won't even be able to enter the door." Shi Mingtao said.

"What are you doing if you are not an official or a citizen under my banner? How can the flag of the Queen Mother be loud in my banner? When you went, the post said that it was the nephew of the Queen Mother, King Xuanping, could he not see you? Xiao Chen said.

"Boss, what are you kidding?" Shi Mingtao's eyes widened, "The Queen Mother is gone, besides, I was imprisoned because I was a relative, if it weren't for your boss to save me, I would have gone to the Southern and Western Regions at this time, how could I still be today?" Do you dare to take this identity? ”

"When the Queen Mother was alive, when the power of the relatives was great, you had to be a man with your tail between your legs, and now that the Queen Mother is gone, and the relatives are scattered, even if you use the name of the Queen Mother to swagger a little bit, no one will do anything to you, and as long as the Queen Mother is mentioned, you have to give you some face." Xiao Chen said with a smile.

"This, this, this...... What does this make? Shi Mingtao scratched his head when he heard this.

"The emperor cleaned up the forces of his relatives, and almost cleaned up the relatives of the queen mother, and now there are not many left, all I know is one Lin Handong, one you Shi Mingtao, the emperor cleaned up his relatives for state affairs, and pardoned the two of you for family affection, hehe, the queen mother's relatives, there can't be no one, right?"