"Uncle!"

As soon as Wang Chong entered the door, he saw an anxious Li greeted him, and his beautiful eyes were full of worry.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I delayed the time at the Sheng family yesterday, so I didn't come back." Knowing that the Li family was worried about himself, Wang Zhong explained with a smile.

But Li still looked Wang Zhong up and down, left and right, back and forth, and confirmed that there was no problem, so he was relieved.

"It's okay if there's nothing to do, it's okay to have nothing to do!" Li Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and his hanging heart also fell to the ground.

"The Tongju Mansion is not a tiger's den, and Sheng Tongju is known as a virtuous person, so sister-in-law doesn't have to be like this."

"Uncle, forgive me!" Li hurriedly explained that Wang Chong was not at home last night, and only sent a stranger to report the news, if it weren't for the old man Yu Tou who had seen that person, he remembered that it was the entourage of the grand lord who invited Wang Chong to the city, and Li was afraid that he would not be able to sleep all night.

In the first few years, Wang Chong went out to do business, and as Wang Erxi ran from east to west, running from south to north, although the Li family was worried, he had never had such a gaffe.

"Sister-in-law, this is concerned about me, it's too late for me to rejoice!" Wang Chong's eyes as bright as big stars stared at Li's beautiful eyes, and his heroic and resolute face showed a knowing smile.

Looking at the burly, tall, heroic, and majestic little uncle who is already growing now, facing that burning gaze, Li only felt like a deer in his heart, even if he was no longer the untouched little girl, he still couldn't help but have some cheeks slightly hot.

For the wisps of thought that rose in his heart, Li felt even more ashamed, and hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at Wang Chong.

"Since the uncle is fine, the concubine is also relieved!"

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In the evening, after dinner, Wang Chong practiced swords and guns in the courtyard for more than an hour before bathing and changing clothes and going into the study.

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Tilting his head and pouring a bowl of mung bean smoothie into his mouth, a feeling of coldness and comfort came from the inside out, very transparent, and handed the bowl to Li Shi and said, "Would you like another bowl?"

Li took the bowl, walked back to the table, and scooped another bowl.

This time, Wang Chong no longer ate in large gulps, but tasted slowly one spoonful at a time, and when he saw that Li was only looking at himself, he asked, "Sister-in-law, don't you eat?"

Li also scooped a bowl for himself and ate it with Wang Chong.

"In recent years, my uncle has been running around, buying a business, buying a house, and studying to prepare for exams, and now he has achieved fame in showing his talents, and his family business is also quite prosperous, so my uncle should rest for a few days!"

Li's words are sincere, there is no falsehood at all, in the past few years, thanks to Wang Chong's running around, the family has today's situation.

"Life is like a reverse journey, if you don't advance, you will retreat!" Wang Zhong sighed with emotion: "In this life, what people are most afraid of is comfort! I'm afraid that once I've enjoyed myself, I won't want to fight anymore."

Wang Chong's words are half-true, but the truth is indeed the same as what the young man who went to the border alone said to Long Wenwen in "My Regiment Leader, My Regiment".

No matter how difficult and dangerous, people can always come up with a variety of ways to overcome it, for the sake of righteousness in their hearts, even if they take their lives, they are willing to take their lives, but a comfortable one, but countless people retreat step by step.

Li Shi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, although he didn't understand it, but looking at Wang Chong with an emotional face, for some reason, countless sourness suddenly welled up in his heart.

"Uncle······ Li wanted to persuade again, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say, he just looked at Wang Chong, thinking about Wang Chong's age, and felt more and more sorry for this little uncle in his heart.

Wang Chong's voice changed and said, "In a few days, the uncle of the Sheng family who came yesterday is estimated to be coming back, and the sugar workshop will speed up the progress."

"Uncle rest assured, this matter has been agreed with the clan elders today, and the construction will start in the afternoon, and it will be completed in a few days."

Wang Zhong advised: "Although we work together with the village to run a sugar factory, the most critical steps can only be mastered by you and me for the time being, and my sister-in-law still needs to keep in mind."

"Over there in Wangjiang Tower, my sister-in-law also has to keep an eye on it, and strive to get started as soon as possible." Wang Chong didn't want to spread such a big stall, only raising pigs, building a restaurant, and building an ecological chain of agricultural products, and by the way, bringing the economy of Baishui Village up, everything will be said after being admitted to the Jinshi.

But who would have thought that Sheng Wei would suddenly visit, although the plan could not catch up with the changes, it was not impossible to adjust it slightly, but the ability of the Li family was still not enough.

The Li family also felt a lot of pressure, the original property on the village Li family was a little unable to take care of, and now there is another Wangjiang Building, which has made the Li family anxious, fortunately, the Li family also knows that Wang Chong is thinking about her and her daughter, and has been learning hard, but this thing is not something that can be started in a while, it has been half a year since the opening of Wangjiang Tower, and the Li family has not yet met Wang Chong's requirements.

In fact, Li's learning in management is not particularly slow, but because of his temperament, he is not decisive enough, but it is enough to only operate Wangjianglou and Zhuangzi, but if the business is bigger, it is still worse.

And the Li family's cultural level is a little low, and recently he has taken his daughter to follow Wang Chong every morning to make up for it, but it is still a lot short of Wang Chong's requirements.

Early the next morning, Li took his daughter and followed Wang Zhong to read and learn arithmetic in the study.

"One gets one, one gets two, one three gets three······· Although Wang Qianer is only more than four years old, she is quite smart, although she has not memorized the whole "Hundred Family Names", but the ninety-nine multiplication table has been memorized.

After checking the homework of the mother and daughter, Wang Wang, who was holding the ring ruler, nodded and said, "Yes, Sister Qian'er has a good back, you can eat an extra bowl of sorbet today!"

"Thank you, Third Uncle!" Although she was very happy in her heart, the little girl still resisted the urge to jump up and dance, and thanked Wang Zhong first.

"Remember, don't be proud!"

"Yes!"

"Today we will talk about "Thousand Character Text"······"

The little girl likes to listen to Wang Chong's lectures very much, because in addition to reading words, she can also listen to Wang Chong

Tell a story, now I don't need Li to call this girl to get up every morning, the little girl spontaneously got up, and pulled Li to the study to find Wang Zhong to study, very active.

Two days later, the Sheng family came, not only brought gifts, but also brought Sheng Hong's post, Sheng Hong invited Wang Chong to the banquet on the post, boating on the lake together, and many people will attend, everyone gathered together to enjoy the lake scenery, discuss knowledge, it is a small literary meeting.

For another two days, Wang Chong happily went to the banquet by car, and when he arrived, he found that in addition to Sheng Hong, the initiator, Sheng Hong's two sons were also there, as well as seven or eight sons, and two Xiucai who were the same age as Wang Chong.

In addition to eating wine and listening to music, most of the remaining activities are related to the discussion of knowledge, first let the scholars discuss and debate with each other, and then Sheng Hong's comments, and then personally come up with questions, test the talents of the students, and finally give evaluations and careful guidance.

As a two-list jinshi, although Sheng Hong's ranking is only in the top two grades, he is not as amazing and glamorous as his short-lived father, but it is more than enough to guide a group of people to show their talents.

As for this group of people who show off their talents, they are all people supported by the Sheng family, and if they are successful in the future and enter the official career, they will naturally be the Sheng family.

In the future, in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, the Sheng family is the backbone, and this group of scholars and scholars is the side branch.

Not only the Sheng family, but most of the wealthy families in this world are like this, especially those like the Sheng family, who have only risen for two or three generations, and their background is thin.

Sheng Hong can be regarded as conscientious and painstakingly operated.

It's just that today's Wang Zhong is completely different from what Sheng Hong expected.

With Wang Chong's talent and learning, Sheng Hong thought that Wang Chong would shine at the literary meeting and become a blockbuster, but he didn't want Wang Chong to be a bystander throughout the whole process, rarely spoke, even occasionally, and often concise and concise, cherishing words like gold.

Looking at Wang Chong's performance, Sheng Hong couldn't help but think of his old Taishan, who had been dead for many years, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on the eldest son who looked like Lao Taishan.

After the meeting, Sheng Hong sent someone to stop Wang Chong.

"I've seen the verdict!" Wang Chong bowed his hand, but there was no surprise on his face.

Sheng Hong said loudly: "Fang Cai is above the Wenhui, and the performance of the virtuous nephew is not in line with the talent!"

Just looked at Wang Chong's gaze, which was somewhat meaningful.

Wang Chong said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it!"

"Oh?" Sheng Hong pretended to be surprised.

Wang Zhong continued to explain: "The student was born in a village, his family is poor, he has no parents to protect him, he has no brothers to help him, he is alone, he has no power or power, and he will inevitably have some worries about acting.

"Hahaha!" Sheng Hong couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "The virtuous nephew is really interesting!"

"When the school was examined that day, why didn't the virtuous nephew hide it?"

When he asked this, Sheng Hong looked at Wang Chong's eyes, and obviously Sheng Hong was more interested in Wang Chong.

Wang Zhong said calmly: "The student's family is poor and helpless, and he is lucky to meet such a Bole as the general judge, so he naturally has to do his best to get into the eyes of the general judgment and be supported by the general judgment."

"How do you know that I am Bole?" Sheng Hong asked again.

"If it weren't for Bole, why would the general judge have to talk with the little talent of the student, holding candles and falling in love?" Wang Chong asked a rhetorical question, and directly said to Sheng Hong's heart.

"The virtuous nephew is really interesting, no wonder the eldest brother has such a high regard for the virtuous nephew." What Sheng Hong said was naturally not Wang Chong's talent, Sheng Wei himself didn't read much, how to test the school to show Wang Chong's real talent, but Sheng Wei brought Wang Chong to Sheng Hong, which shows Sheng Wei's importance to Wang Chong.

"It's a blessing for a student to be judged and valued by my uncle!"

"The virtuous nephew doesn't have a word yet!" Sheng Hong's voice suddenly changed.

"The student has been lonely since he was a child, and the immortal trace of the ancestor is ethereal, and there has been no news for several years, so he has not taken the table word!"

Sheng Hong said, "How about I give my nephew a watchword?"

"I can't ask for it!" Wang Chong immediately bowed down to give a salute, in ancient times, it was not just anyone who could take the word casually, the first person to take the word, either his father or the teacher, or the elder of high morality, and the relationship was good.

Sheng Hong's gift of Wang Chong's table words is not only a recognition of Wang Chong, but also a wooing of Wang Chong.

"Those who are heavy (g: two tones), and those who are heavy (zhong: four tones) are called Zihou!" Sheng Hong's right finger and index finger twisted his beard, making a contemplative state, remembering Wang Chong's performance at the Wenhui just now, seeing himself and Fang Cai's various actions a few days ago, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Thank you Uncle for the word!" Wang Chong immediately bowed his hand, his face was full of joy, and his address to Sheng Hong changed from a general judgment to an uncle.

Sheng Hong was quite happy: "Then I will laugh at this 'uncle'!"

"That's how it should be!" Wang Chong said again.

"Since Zihou calls me 'uncle', then there are some things that I, as an uncle, should also say and listen to Zihou." Sheng Hong's expression suddenly changed, and he said with some emotion.

Wang Zhong immediately said with a straight face, "Please give me advice!"

Sheng Hong said, "I heard the eldest brother say, now Zihou is busy running the family business?"

Wang Chong knew what Sheng Hong wanted to say as soon as he heard it, and he didn't mean to hide it, but he said helplessly: "There is only one widow in the Chong family now, who is from a peasant background, and is not good at management, and most of the things in the family can only be done by himself."

Sheng Hong naturally knew the situation of Wang Chong's family, but he still reminded: "There is a root and an end, and the family business naturally has to be operated, but you can't leave behind in studying.

"Thank you Uncle for your advice!" Wang Zhong said very cautiously, "Keep it in mind."

Sheng Hong didn't say anything more, and instead said, "My parent Bai is a few years younger than Zihou, but his temperament is quite similar to Zihou.

Wang Zhong said modestly: "I don't dare to give advice, but I can discuss knowledge with Brother Changbai in order to make progress together!"

"Zihou is too humble!" Sheng Hong said: "Zihou is rich in five cars, and he is not much better than Jinshi, and the dog doesn't even have a reputation now, so he should ask Zihou for advice."

"Then the juniors will come to the door to bother more?"

"That's how it should be!"

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Sheng Hong also wanted to keep Wang Chong to eat at home, but Wang Chong politely refused.

When he returned home, Wang Chong devoted himself to the frosting workshop, and occasionally went into battle in person to give a live teaching to the villagers of Baishui Village.

After another seven or eight days, Sheng Wei returned to Yangzhou again, and brought the first batch of purchases, a whole shipload of syrup.

It took more than 50 carts to pull, but fortunately, the warehouse prepared by Wang Chong in advance was large enough, so that there was a place to store it.

In the afternoon, Wang Chong personally cooked, made a hot pot, with pork bones, old hens, and duck boiled broth as the base soup, added mutton fat fried ingredients, and used sesame lake, chopped celery, coriander, shallots, garlic to prepare a dipping sauce, and served with chilled rice wine, which directly drunk Sheng Wei, a veteran who had been in the "wine field" for a long time.

The next morning, Sheng Wei opened his eyes and looked at the unfamiliar room, the disconnected picture in his brain gradually became coherent and clear, and he couldn't help but smile and shake his head with a self-deprecating smile.

I didn't want to hunt geese all day long, but I was pecked by this little goose again, and I was drunk by Wang Chong's kid.

As soon as Sheng Wei moved, his personal entourage greeted him, "Master, Wang Gongzi ordered someone to prepare hot water, can the master take a bath and change clothes, and then go to see Wang Gongzi?"

Sheng Wei said, "Let's take a shower and change clothes first!"

Washing away the smell of wine and exhaustion, Sheng Wei's mind was already very clear: "Where is Zihou now?"

The attendant replied, "Wang Gongzi is practicing martial arts behind Zhuangzi at the moment!"

"Martial arts?" Sheng Wei was a little surprised: "Let's go, let's go over and have a look!"

Sanjin Zhuangzi, the space in the front yard is not large, the middle yard is not too noisy, remote and a little smaller, Wang Chong simply changed the backyard that was originally a firewood house and a livestock shed, into a martial arts field, the ground is paved with a thick layer of green bricks, out of the back door, you can also practice archery, very convenient.

The wing room where Sheng Wei is located is in front of the study in the side courtyard, and through the corridor of the study, he arrived in the backyard.

Sheng Wei stood under the porch, looking at the tall and burly figure in the courtyard, holding a five-foot-long ring knife in both hands.

There are not too many bells and whistles, but some basic knife styles such as crackling and chopping, but the knife is fast, the bright knife light brings up the afterimage of the Dao, and the knife light is continuous into a piece, even people like Sheng Wei who are not skilled in martial arts can also see the power of this knife technique.

After Wang Chong put away the knife, it was not over, he picked it up on tiptoe, and the big gun on the weapon rack that was four feet long was in his hand.

A four-foot-long spear seemed to turn into a swimming dragon, and the entire body of the spear continued to shake, advancing or retreating with Wang Chong's movements, like a long snake spitting out a letter to attack.

Sheng Wei was stunned directly!

It wasn't until Wang Chong practiced the big gun that he applauded and strode to Wang Chong's approach: "I can't imagine that Zihou is not only a good learner, but even his martial arts are so strong."

Wang Zhong took the towel handed over by Wang Erxi, wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, and said modestly: "It's just some dealer's tricks, which makes my uncle laugh!"

Since calling Sheng Hong's uncle, in order to distinguish it, Wang Chong's title for Sheng Wei has changed from uncle to uncle.

"Zihou is too modest, if my unsuccessful son had your three points of ability, I wouldn't have to worry so much." Sheng Wei was very emotional.

Wang Chong smiled slightly, didn't answer this, and asked instead, "Uncle, can you have breakfast?"

Sheng Wei said: "I will take a bath and change clothes, and when I heard Zhu Gui say that Zihou is practicing martial arts here, I was curious, so I came over directly, and I didn't have time to eat yet!"

"At the whole time, my sister-in-law should have prepared the morning meal, uncle, please move to the side hall first, and I will come later."

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After having breakfast with Sheng Wei, Wang Zhong led Sheng Wei to the sugar workshop.

The syrup brought by Shengwei yesterday has all been put into storage, and early this morning, the sugar workshop that has just been built not long ago has also officially been put into operation.

Different from some workshops that Sheng Wei has seen, which are dirty and disorderly, Wang Chong's sugar workshop divides each step into different areas, assigns everyone different jobs, boils the boiling, burns the fire, everything seems to be orderly, and the ground is paved with green bricks, which is not dirty.

Wang Chong led Sheng Hong all the way to visit, Sheng Wei looked at the busy scene of the villagers in Baishui Village in the workshop, and couldn't help but nodded, looking forward to the cooperation with Wang Chong.

"I don't know how much frosting can be refined in a day in this workshop?" Sheng Wei asked Wang Zhong next to him curiously.

Wang Chongdao: "The method of refining is quite repetitive, according to the current scale, it is about 200 catties of frosting a day."

"I wonder how much syrup is consumed for a pound of frosting?"

"It's hard to say, the main reason is that the concentration of the syrup is different, if it's sugarcane, about ten catties of sugarcane, you can produce one catty of frosting!" Wang Zhong is also talking about an approximate number.

The so-called syrup is a high-concentration fluid refined from sugarcane juice, and the sugar content of the syrup is naturally different due to various differences such as process heat.

"So, the syrup is made into frosting, and there is not much wear and tear in it?" Since he wants to do a white sugar business, Sheng Wei has naturally learned about it, and has also conducted in-depth investigations on the boiling of syrup.

Wang Zhong smiled and said, "It's really not much."

Ten days later, Sheng Hong took the first batch of refined white sugar and got on the big ship that went north to Bianliang, Tokyo.

At this time, it is the end of autumn, not long before the beginning of winter, this is the first and last chance to go north this year, and when Sheng Wei returns from Bianliang, it is estimated that the canal will not be able to sail.