Wu Changqing was also deeply touched by this, and nodded in agreement: "The more I come into contact with contentment, the more I feel that he is unfathomable. ”

"Oh?" Pan Shiming quipped: "Changqing has always been arrogant, and there are times when the five bodies are thrown to the ground? ”

"Convincing." Wu Changqing said with a smile: "If you don't accept it...... you can't do it." Before the words fell, I heard the sound of the stairs, and when I looked sideways, I saw Yi Zhizhi and Yan Shikuan coming together, and the two of them hurriedly got up and greeted them.

The four of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "I am in charge of my own decision, and in the name of Brother Zecheng, Changqing and Zaixia, I invite a group of businessmen who have always been in contact with me to come to Shuzhuqiao Restaurant for a party, and I hope you two will forgive me." ”

"Be content, don't be separated from us." Pan Shiming said with a smile: "There are also many people from Wenlan Academy...... Today is a small gathering, and I have to take this restaurant down. With that, he walked to the staircase and said aloud downstairs: "Man, inform the shopkeeper that the restaurant is chartered and does not accept outside guests." ”

As soon as he heard that the little master of the Pan family had chartered the venue, the shopkeeper hurriedly trotted to the staircase, and said with a bright face: "Please also show Young Master Pan, how many distinguished guests there are, and the small shop should prepare early." ”

"Four tables upstairs and four downstairs."

Pan Shiming, who listened to the book, booked eight tables, and Yi Zhizhi secretly wondered, so many people came? After thinking about it, he understood that there were many more children of the thirteen merchants than he imagined, because there were far more than the thirteen merchants, and many of them were like the Wu family, the Pan family, the Lu family, and the Yan family, all of whom had several people, but they were not as thin as his Yi family.

Thinking about this, Yi Zhifen immediately felt a little Meng Lang! With so many people, isn't this a meeting? I don't know where to live in the town, there are many people and I don't talk about it, he has no prestige among the children of the Thirteen Lines, and if he messes up, he will make jokes.

The four of them sat down, and Yi Zhishu explained: "I invited everyone to come here today to discuss with you about the ...... of running a newspaper and opening a money bank. ”

"That's very good." Wu Changqing took over the conversation and said: "The families in the province came to the door, wasting time. ”

"That's what it means." Yi Zhizu nodded with a smile, looked at Pan Shiming, and said, "I don't know how many people from Wenlan Academy are here?" ”

"About two tables." Pan Shiming said with a smile: "A newspaper that publishes several provinces in the southeast is not small, this is not small, and many people are interested, but I only invited the children of merchants. ”

Fortunately, if there are still outsiders, it will be even more chaotic! Yi Zhizu secretly said that he was lucky, and then followed the conversation: "Brother Cheng has time and energy?" Would you like to be responsible for the planning of the newspaper? ”

Wu Changqing had already asked him this question before, and Pan Shiming knew that this was a rare opportunity, so he immediately said without hesitation: "It is really a blessing for Shiming to be able to participate in the preparation of a newspaper with such a huge influence. ”

Yi Zhicontent said with a smile: "The water is not pretty, it is swaying and rippling, the stones are fire, they hit each other and shine with spiritual light, and the world is agitated and forced, and most of the people who do it are the ......." ”

"Wait." Pan Shiming said with a look of surprise: "Where did this couplet come from?" ”

Yi Zhixiang was stunned by his question, is this a slogan hung by the school, God knows where it came from? Could it be that it is from the hands of posterity? After coughing lightly, he said, "I can't remember exactly, I seem to have seen it in a foreign novel." ”

What about coaxing ghosts, this is obviously a pair of neat couplets, can foreign devils write such good couplets? Pan Shiming, Wu Changqing, and Yan Shikuan all stared at him with the looks of thieves.

Can you still talk well? Yi Zhizu spread his hands, shook his head and shrugged his shoulders, and said angrily: "I don't have such a good literary talent, I came here easily, that, where did you just talk about?" ”

"The water is unpretentious, swinging and rippling, the stones have fire, they hit each other and shine with spiritual light, the world is agitated and forced, and most of them are doing things." Pan Shiming stood up and said arrogantly: "Just rush this sentence, and take over this burden for my brother." ”

"Good connection! Wonderful connection! There was a loud shout from downstairs.

Hearing this shout, Pan Shiming got up and said with a smile: "I haven't seen him, I heard his voice first, Brother Junhu has arrived." ”

With the cheers, the stairs were clattering, and a group of young people in blue-edged blue robes rushed up, Yi Zhizhi knew at a glance that this was a group of people from Wenlan Academy who had arrived, and he couldn't help but be happy, he didn't expect this group of students from Wenlan Academy to come so early, and they could be divided into two groups to talk separately.

The four of them hurriedly got up to greet each other, and before they could greet each other, a slightly handsome young man asked directly: "Who made this wonderful couplet that Brother Cheng chanted?" As he spoke, he nodded at Pan Shiming and Wu Changqing, glanced at Yan Shikuan, and fixed his eyes on Yi Zhixiang.

Pan Shiming took a step sideways and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, let me introduce you to you, this is the Yi Zhixin of Futai Xing, and the wonderful connection of Fang Cai is from the mouth of contentment." ”

After speaking, he introduced Yi Zhicontent: "This is Ma Yinglong of Shuntaixing, whose name is Junhu, is well-known among our businessmen. ”

Ma Yinglong arched his hand and smiled: "The contentment instrument is extraordinary, the literary talent is outstanding, it is better to meet if you are really famous." ”

"Brother Junhu praises falsely, but you don't dare to be content." Yi Zhizu hurriedly returned the salute, he knew that he couldn't explain, so he simply didn't bother to explain, and greeted everyone one by one with a smile.

A group of people are interested in the newspaper, and today they are also here for easy contentment, so they are naturally quite polite, and they greet each other in a circle.

Someone asked curiously: "Brother Yu is so literate, I don't know which academy to study?" ”

This is really called which pot is not opened to mention which pot, Yi Zhishu has not entered the academy at all in the past two years, and he is messing around with Yan Shikuan every day, he is about to tell the truth, Wu Changqing, who understands his situation, rushed to say: "You don't know, contentment has no intention of the imperial examination, he likes miscellaneous learning, and he is immersed in learning at home, don't look at his age and us, but he is proficient in Western studies, miscellaneous studies, especially good at economics, it can be said that he is erudite and talented, and he has learned both Chinese and Western.... ”

Wenlan Academy is donated by the Thirteen Merchants, most of the children of the Thirteen Elements are studying in Wenlan Academy, Wu Changqing is no exception, all the bachelors know him, and they also know that he has always been arrogant and easily unwilling to convince others.

Yi Zhi's content was sweating on his back when he listened, and he hurriedly smiled: "Don't listen to his nonsense, it's just a few random readings...... As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said, "Everyone, sit at will, there are no elders present, we don't need to be restrained by those false courtesies." ”

Most of the students are between eighteen or nineteen to early twenties, and they are very familiar with each other, and they immediately sat down casually with a smile, Pan Shiming glanced at everyone, and then looked at Yi Zhicontent, and said: "Contentment, everyone is attracted by the newspaper, and you are the main one today." ”

Yi Zhixiang was not humble, nodded, stood up, glanced around at everyone, and said, "Let me ask you a question first, for the Qing Dynasty, what is Guangzhou?" ”