Chapter 458: T-shaped curls sprout
The solitary lamp is like a bean, swaying unsteadily.
Feng Ziying's face looked even more grim under the flickering lights.
"Is this the news from Yanzhou?" Feng Ziying didn't expect that she would go south so far, and that she would encounter the White Lotus Sect again without encountering other things.
"Master Feng,..." Wang Chaozuo took a deep breath. Although he knew that year that this son was definitely an extraordinary person, when he saw that the man in front of him had already graduated from the sixth-grade Hanlin Academy, he Still gave birth to a faint sense of awe.
It had only been four years, and the impression of that twelve-year-old boy was still lingering in his mind, but now Wang Chaozuo was convinced that this man was really going to become something big. He didn't know that the other party asked him to do this according to his arrangement. Did he expect what happened today? But no matter what, the reality before him forced him to admit that some people were born to live above others.
"According to your request, he followed Mr. Xu before, and then Mr. Xu asked him to follow Mr. Gao here. Because our Dongchang Mansion is very strictly guarded, Wang Er simply followed Mr. Gao to Caozhou. Later, he followed Mr. Gao back to Mr. Xu, and also followed Mr. Xu and Mr. Gao to Bazhou, Zhending and other places in Beizhili..."
Wang Chaozuo put away his fluctuating mood and began to talk about his purpose, "Wang Er came back a few days ago and met with me. He told me that the drought in Yanzhou this year was extremely serious. In many places, there was no separation between homes. Grain supply, many people have begun to leave. There are also many people coming to our Dongchang Prefecture and to Daming Prefecture in the east, Beizhi. However, it is not serious yet. It is said that it may be before the grain harvest in late spring and early summer next year. Many people If you can't survive that time, you either have to go out, or you have to..."
"What's the only thing? Rebellion?" Feng Ziying asked with a sneer, "The government will definitely provide relief, but that small amount of relief may only be enough to prevent you from starving to death. If you think about it, it's impossible..."
"Yes, that can only be the case, but now the Eastern Mahayana Sect is taking advantage of this situation to have very frequent activities in Yanzhou, Caozhou, Jining, and Daming Prefecture. There are actually activities in Dongchang Prefecture, but Master Shen, the master of the prefecture, is not involved in this aspect. The search was very strict, and many people were arrested one after another, and more people were required to be released before they were released, so it is better for us here. However, according to the news from Wang Er, it seems that Dongda Chengji is planning to establish a new branch in southern Shandong and southwestern Shandong. That is where the foundation lies. If you want to develop into Jining Prefecture, Daming Prefecture and other places,..."
Zhao Zhaozuo's words no longer have the style of the straw weaving craftsman leader in the past, and he considers this issue more from the perspective of the government.
This is a rare and good phenomenon.
After the tax supervisor was replaced in the past two years, he has kept a much lower profile and is no longer as domineering and demanding as the previous tax supervisor. Although it has also affected Linqing locally, it has been much better. This has also allowed Linqing to reluctantly Accepted.
“Oh?” Feng Ziying thought intently.
The agreement he had reached with Wang Chao Zuo on his exoneration was, on the one hand, to relieve Wang Chao Zuo's worries so that he would not worry about killing himself and refusing to submit, and would fight to the death. But later on, it became more I want to drive a nail in the White Lotus Sect.
Because he remembered that the White Lotus Sect had deep-rooted influence in Shandong and Beizhi, and the slightest disturbance would spark a prairie fire. Shandong was his hometown, and it was also a territory that he wanted to manage deliberately. He could not tolerate this situation happening, and the Japanese were against The infiltration of the White Lotus Sect also made him wary, and he needed to be on guard.
“Then do you think these people want to rebel?”
"My lord, it doesn't look like it. This year's drought is mainly concentrated in Caozhou and Yanzhou. It's not that serious in Dongchang and Jining. It hasn't reached the point of starving to death, but the number of people displaced is definitely large. It’s just a big or small thing, if you want to rebel, it would be a bit ridiculous, ordinary people will not take this road so easily.”
After all, Wang Chaozuo is also the leader of hundreds of straw weaving craftsmen, so he still has some vision. With Feng Ziying's guidance in the past two years, his mentality has changed a lot, and his perspective on the problem has also changed, so It also seems more fair when it comes out.
Of course, Feng Ziying didn't let his work go in vain. The government helped him through Duan Xigui's relationship with his father. He had finally gotten rid of the shadow that the White Lotus Sect had brought to him in the past two years, but he could still communicate with Linqing. Those forces from three religions and nine streams maintain contact.
“So they are taking this opportunity to accumulate strength.” Feng Ziying nodded slightly.
This is also in line with his judgment.
This year's disasters in the Great Zhou Dynasty are mainly concentrated in Shaanxi and Henan. Although Beizhi and Shandong are the base camps of the White Lotus Sect, the disasters are only severe in local areas. Rebellion is self-destruction. However, the White Lotus Sect's painstaking efforts still allow people to survive. People are shocked.
"That should be the case, but Gao Yingcheng also has some connections with our Dongchang Mansion and often comes here for activities. Wang Er has been following Mr. Xu now, so he has no time to take care of it..."
“In this case, see if you have the right person close to Gao Yingcheng. Wang Er can’t relax and doesn’t need to do anything after Wang Er is closely following that person named Xu. You also try not to contact him as much as possible..."
Wang Wangzuo left.
Seeing that his nephew Wang Pei'an was successful in studying, and one of his sons was arranged by Feng Ziying and Duan Xigui to work as a handyman in the county government, Wang Zhaozuo no longer had the impulsive energy of the previous two years.
I was forced to do so that time. How could a man like him with a family be hot-headed unless he had to? Now that he has embarked on this path, it is safer.
After all, the White Lotus Sect is a serious problem, but firstly, Mr. Xu is erratic, and Feng Ziying believes that guy should be a big shot. Secondly, Beizhi is their base camp, so he wants that Wang Er to lurk and wait patiently for the time to come. .
These dangerous hidden dangers that endanger the foundation of the imperial court must be eradicated at once.
"How is Wang Pei'an now?" Feng Ziying asked when Duan Xigui came in.
Unexpectedly, Feng Ziying asked this person first. Duan Xigui was stunned for a moment and then replied: "This guy studies very hard and has some talent. He is familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. He is completely different from Zuo Liangyu. In ethnic studies, The private school teacher is very optimistic about him. There are many children in the Feng family who are good at studying, but few can catch up with him. The private school teacher said that it should be fine for him to take the scholar examination next year..."
"That's good." Feng Ziying nodded. As long as Wang Pei'an and Wang Chao Zuo's other son take the right path, Wang Chao Zuo will not have any different intentions.
“What about the students you teach?” This is what Feng Ziying is most concerned about.
As Fengrunxiang expanded its stores and opened stores, the apprentices who used Arabic numerals and double-entry accounting method taught by Duan Xigui began to gradually arrange to work in these stores to engage in accounting calculations.
Without this platform, this kind of promotion and learning would be much slower. But with this platform, even all the industries that the Feng family can be involved in in the future can vigorously promote this Arabic numeral and double-entry accounting method.
"Everything went smoothly. Many people still didn't accept it before. Fortunately, now it is completely under our own control. Well, since this year, the speed of popularization of this kind of learning and the effect of use have been much better, like in Baoding and Hejian. When I open a new store, I always directly arrange for apprentices to take over the accounting. In addition, Brother Yu is also considering telling my aunt whether we can gradually promote our business in Jingshi City and Datong..."
Duan Xigui’s appetite was even greater, which also impressed Feng Ziying.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this guy wants to take this opportunity to get his hands into the entire Feng family's property, but Feng Ziying does not reject this.
For now, he hasn't seen Duan Xigui have any other thoughts. As for those businesses, Feng Ziying has clearly allocated a share to Duan Xigui. At first, Duan Xigui didn't even dare to ask for it, but in the end it was established in the form of a contract. Come down.
If Duan Xigui has other thoughts, then he can only say that you are unjust first, and then you can't blame me for being unkind. But from the current point of view, it is not the case. It's just that Feng Ziying is used to judging people based on the concept of evil in human nature.
"Third brother, I believe you have seen the benefits and convenience of this number and accounting method. Well, I will write a letter to my mother about the business in Jingshi City and Datong. You can decide how to operate it. What I would also like to say is that it is expected that the imperial court may open the sea next year, and the Shipping Department may have a great demand for such talents who can write and calculate..."
"...I mean that you select a group of people who have proven to be excellent in our store and can also serve as teachers to further expand the scale of training apprentices. The requirements are not high. How many people can you know?" A hundred common words, and then just being able to use numbers to calculate and keep accounts, whether it’s our own business or something else..."
"Brother Keng, don't tell me, there are actually several people who do business with us. After discovering our accounting method, they didn't think so at first. Later, some of them were recommended by us, and some of them felt it themselves. It seems very convenient, I just want their apprentices to close their accounts and come to our place to learn..."
“Welcome!” Feng Ziying was overjoyed.
If these Arabic numerals, calculation methods and double-entry accounting methods can only be limited to the small business of your own family, it will be meaningless, and it will be a waste of your own efforts to create such a big business. The purpose is to promote this The most convenient and efficient method of numerical calculation and double-entry accounting can maximize the effectiveness and ability of Chinese people in learning practical skills such as arithmetic and accounting. Now we finally see a glimmer of hope.
He originally planned to take advantage of various opportunities to promote this kind of "private goods" after the opening of the sea. Unexpectedly, it has not yet started there, but it has already begun to bear fruit here.
(End of this chapter)