Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 22

Shuo Kuizhi lived in the governor's yamen and lectured to Mrs. Shi day and night.

Shi Kefa was extremely contradictory.

He was very relieved to see his old mother's pious and happy appearance.

His mother was old, and he was worried every day, wishing that the sun would never set.

It is his greatest wish to make his mother happy.

He doesn't believe in Buddhism, but he respects Confucianism, he observes rituals, and he abides by rituals from the bottom of his heart. This is also a kind of practice, Confucianism and Taoism.

Wang Xiao started to take action in Huai'an. These days, he had already prepared [-] tans of rice and began to help the poor in Huai'an city.

Huai'an is a prosperous city along the canal. In this era, it was called together with Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Yangzhou. It can be regarded as a prosperous city in the entire Ming Dynasty.

But there are also a lot of poor people in the city, and many of them are refugees, fleeing from the peasant army raging all over the world. Some of them come from Anhui, some from Henan, and some even come from the Northwest.

Wang Xiao donated to these poor people and refugees, of course not in the name of the Wang family, if he used the name of a wealthy businessman and private person, he would be punished by the government if he was not charged with the crime of inviting people to buy people's hearts.

In the name of Mrs. Shi, Wang Xiao always said that Mrs. Shi's birthday was merciful and gave to the poor.

The rice distribution lasted for ten days. In almost every corner of the city, the poor, refugees and beggars ate the rice distributed by Wang Xiao, but everyone knew that it was the rice donated by Mrs. Shi.

When Shi Kefa walked on the street in agitation, he met poor refugees who kowtowed to him and thanked him. After asking, he found out that "Ms. Shi Lao" has helped tens of thousands of poor people these days.

The more someone thanked him, the more confused Shi Kefa became, and he couldn't even handle official duties.

The old monk at home gave lectures every day, and my mother listened very seriously and piously, even more piously than ever.

The old mother even expressed the opportunity to go to Lingyin Temple to offer incense.

Shi Kefa finally couldn't stand it anymore, called Wang Xiao to the governor's yamen, and scolded him severely.

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The days passed quickly, and Yang Chao spent his second month in this world.

In the first month, he got to know Zhou Rui, met Wang Xiao, helped Zhao Rui to meet Liu Rushi, and helped Wang Xiao give Shi Kefa a big gift. Someone snatched it away, and owed him 1000 taels of silver.

That Xu Baihu didn't come to collect the debt, but Hu Quan, who came to Yang's house every now and then, said that the Xu family was busy renovating the blacksmith shop, specifically, it was now the Xu family's pawn shop.The location of this blacksmith's shop is very good. It is at the southernmost side of the iron workshop. To the east is Sanfang Lane, to the northwest is the Paint Workshop, and it is the intersection of the three streets and alleys.

The iron workshop is either a shop dealing in ironware, or a blacksmith workshop. The paint workshop is either a shop dealing in paint, or a paint workshop. Sanfang Lane is a main street, connected to many alleys.It is indeed a good place to open a pawn shop here.

My father recovered quickly. He did suffer a lot in prison and was beaten a lot.But he insisted on refusing to sell the shop all the time, so his body was covered with bruises, and he didn't eat a single meal for seven or eight days. If he wasn't physically strong, he wouldn't be able to hold on long ago.It was because of his strong body that he was not seriously injured, at least his internal organs were not injured, so he was able to recover.

But the person recovered, but he lost his spirit. The things in the blacksmith shop, such as blacksmith stove, big hammer, big iron tongs and other tools, were taken home, but more tools were lost. All the used ones were taken away by the neighbors near the blacksmith shop.

My father didn't stay at home, but went to the military bureau as an errand.Without a blacksmith shop, there would be no source of livelihood, and they could only help the government, otherwise they would not be able to pay the monthly commission money, and the government's money was not so easy to renege on.

Every day is still the same as before. I go to work just after dawn and come back at night.

My mother started to do needlework for others again, otherwise the family would have no rice to eat.

The younger sister continued to help others wash clothes.

Yang Chao's mood is very complicated, but from outsiders' perspective, he has restrained himself a lot these days.

Staying at home every day to practice calligraphy, Yang Chao's handwriting is not very good, to be precise, the original Yang Chao's handwriting is average, neither good nor bad.The current Yang Chao has inherited that Yang Chao's body, and the body's memory is still there, so the calligraphy is still the scholar's notes.

However, Yang Chao still remembers the situation when he practiced calligraphy in the past. Unfortunately, Yang Chao has never practiced brush calligraphy, but he can write very well with a pen and hard pen. He participated in the District Hard Pen Calligraphy Competition in high school and won three Prizes.This time during calligraphy practice, Yang Chao intentionally or unintentionally talked about the brush-handling skills of hard-tipped pen calligraphy, and incorporated them into the calligraphy. He felt that his handwriting had undergone some temperamental changes and became sharper.

Hu Quan still sent meat back once every three days. According to the price of meat in the Ming Dynasty, a catty of meat was only two cents of silver. Yang Chao gave five taels of silver to buy 25 catties of pork. Hu Quan sent two taels of meat every time. (One catty is 16 taels), five taels of silver, you can give him two hundred times, once every three days, you can give it for two years.

However, since my father's accident, the family has not eaten meat, and my mother cured all the meat, saying that it will be given to my husband as a bundle at the end of the year.

When Yang Chao was five years old, he studied in the private school of an old scholar on the nearby Gulou Street.

The Yang family is an artisan household. The reason why Yang Chao was allowed to study was because of an old acquaintance who was also an artisan household that year. Because his son passed the Juren examination, not only did he change the household registration of the artisan household, but the whole family followed his son to other places to do work. The county magistrate went.

Father Yang then had an idea in his mind, and sent Yang Chao to a private school, hoping that Yang Chao would be lucky enough to pass the exam.

In the beginning, Yang Chao worked hard. He passed the county examination at the age of 11 and the government examination at the age of 12, but he failed the college examination in the 14th and [-]th years.

The imperial examination is divided into four levels, the children's examination, the township examination, the general examination and the palace examination. The first level of the children's examination has three stages, which are the county examination, the government examination and the courtyard examination. Only after the county examination and the government examination can the examination institute Qualifications for the examination, if you pass the college examination, you are a scholar, and you are eligible to participate in the township examination.

It's a pity that Yang Chao failed the college examination twice in the past three years, but his family is still full of confidence. Because he is still very young, he still has to go to school. His mother has urged Yang Chao several times to go back to the private school as soon as possible.

Yang Chao also agreed, but he didn't leave until one day, Wang Xiao came back from Huai'an and came to Yang's house immediately.

Wang Xiao also brought a guest, a middle-aged Confucian scholar with a thin long beard and a very refined figure.

(End of this chapter)