In a pavilion near Haizhou Bay, several scribes in light robes and some years old were setting up a wine party on the second floor of the pavilion. On the first floor of the pavilion, they brought servants, or warm wine, or roast meat, or cut fish belly. Coming and going, I kept delivering these fresh foods. On the second floor of the pavilion, there was also silk and bamboo string music, and beside several old scribes, there was a young girl sitting in the background, pouring vegetables and wine for them. There are also several female singers playing and singing Su Dongpo's famous work "Water Tune Song Head. When is the bright moon?

This scene is really a scene of decadent and degenerate feudalism.

However, these scribes in the pavilion are all famous and clear streams with excellent official reputations. They are Su Shi and Su Zhe brothers, Zeng Zhao, who knows Haizhou, and Su Dongpo's four disciples, Chen Shidao, Li Di, Li Xi and Dong Rong.

Su Dongpo knew that Wu Haogu and Huang Tingjian were going to Haizhou in the near future, so they came out of Yuzhou Island - Wu Haogu and Huang Tingjian both had official status, although they went out on leave this time, they still used post coupons (that was the reward for Wu Haogu's sacrifice of horses), so a post station reported to Haizhou. Zeng Zhao counted the days and went to inform Su Shi and Su Zhe on Yuzhou Island.

And Er Su was a little panicked when he stayed on the island, so he simply took four disciples to Qishan County together. Zeng Zhao set up a wine and entertained guests at the Wangxian Pavilion outside the city of Qishan County, and also used official tricks to entertain - the women who are now singing and dancing and accompanying the wine are all hard-working Haizhou officials.

Although Zeng Zhao is in Haizhou, he has always paid attention to the changes in the capital, and naturally heard of Wu Haogu's name of "Evil Confucian" - "Evil Confucian" is Hou Zhongliang's evaluation of Wu Haogu.

The meaning is probably the bad guy in the Great Confucianism...... People must be bad, profiteers are fortunate! But Confucianism is big, because Wu Haogu can accurately understand Confucius's avenue, and knows that Confucius's avenue is a question, not an ultimate answer!

In addition, Wu Haogu also gave a route to realize Confucian political ambitions, that is, to realize the route of "the world is for the public, and the selection of talents and abilities". He also put forward the ideal of "preaching under heaven", to follow the example of the sages and spread the truth of Confucianism to the outside world.

Moreover, Wu Haogu not only put forward the line and ideals, but also really spent money and effort to realize them, which greatly surpassed those Confucians who didn't even talk about empty talk.

Therefore, all the great Confucians, now all recognize Wu Haogu, but some scholars who have not yet reached the realm of Great Confucianism are very disdainful of Wu Dalang, who was born as a businessman, and follow Hou Zhongliang to coax, calling Wu Haogu a Confucian scum or something......

“…… Uncle Cheng Zheng's disciples are all corrupt Confucians, and now there is another evil Confucian......"

Su Dongpo gently shook a small porcelain wine glass in his hand, "It seems that my Confucian sect is going to be broken and then established!" ”

"Break and stand?" Zeng Zhao, who had a gray beard, high cheekbones, dark skin, and a typical southerner face, frowned and asked, "Are you talking about martial arts?" ”

"Isn't Uncle Cheng Zheng a man of the hour in this Confucian change?" Su Dongpo asked with a smile, "The science he summed up...... Although it was exposed by the 'evil Confucianism', the 'evil Confucianism' gave the science a chance to carry forward. ”

"Carry forward?" Zeng Zhao asked, "How to carry it forward?" ”

"It's a story!" Su Zhe said on the side, "Uncle Zheng's way is to change learning to teaching, take Tianli as the god and Buddha, enter Tianli from morality, and from the Taoist Taiji Yin and Yang to give birth to all things, now there is a paradise and a hell of Abi." ”

Su Zhe is really a generation of scholars, and he also sees Cheng Yi's set very thoroughly, and he also understands the reason for the establishment of science - in fact, the father and son of the Su family also want to integrate the three religions (Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism), but the ability to supplement the brain is not as good as Cheng Yi's faction. In other words, the Su family has not yet reached the realm of turning Confucianism into a famous religion like Cheng Yi, and in their minds, they finally adhere to the true character of Confucianism.

And Cheng Yi's ...... In fact, it's no longer a true Confucian!

However, when the famous teachings were spread, science was much easier to use than true Confucianism. After all, there are a lot of ignorant women and children in Siyi! Yi who can know that "the road cannot be heard, can only be diligently pursued" is definitely not a barbarian, but a person with knowledge and thought, and it is definitely not the object of the spread of famous religion.

Therefore, once the famous religion has established the goal of external transmission, science will inevitably become the main body of external transmission—otherwise, what else will be transmitted? Do you tell the barbarians to believe in science and oppose feudal superstition?

Therefore, the spread of Confucianism that Wu Haogu vigorously promoted will inevitably lead to the early prosperity of science, which is probably unexpected!

And on Haizhou's side, there is another thing that Wu Haogu, an evil Confucian, did not expect, that is, his distant seventh uncle Wu Chengchang led a group of hillbillies from Bai Boyi to contract land.

Well, this is the main reason why Wu Chengchang came all the way to Haizhou - saying bad things about his father is just incidental.

"Huh?" Wu Haogu was resting in Linhai Village when he heard Wu Chengchang and Ximen Qing mention this matter.

"Uncle Seven, do you want to contract thousands of acres of paddy fields?" Wu Haogu asked, "Can you plant so much?" ”

"Why can't you plant it?" Wu Chengchang smiled, pointed to his nose and said, "If you look at the old man's appearance, you should know that he is facing the loess with his back to the sky...... My dad knows that he reads dead books, and I'm not in charge of farming at home? That's thousands of people farming and eating together! ”

Baibo Yimenwu is not a righteous gate that collects rent, but a righteous gate that farms land...... Nearly 100,000 acres of land, including dry land, paddy fields (very few), terraced fields, and rotten fields full of stones, all had to be arranged. The effort involved in this is no easier than "reading the Five Classics to the window".

In the words of Jiang Taigong, this old man (who is only in his thirties) is a "big farmer", although Bai Bo Yimenwu is still in decline under his leadership, but it must not be assumed that he will not farm.

There are many reasons for the decline of Baiba Yimenwu, such as the multiplication of the population without increasing the land, and the "big pot rice system" of Yimen.

And Wu Chengchang, who has been in charge of Bai Bo Yimen Wu for many years, knows better than anyone that Bai Bo Yimen Wu has no way out! Even if there is an old jinshi, and there is a rich relative of the Kaifeng martial arts family who can support him, it can't change the trend of the family's middle way.

Moreover, even if Bai Bo Yimen can be maintained, Wu Chengchang's own interests cannot be guaranteed in the big pit of Bai Bo Yimen.

Because the proud sons of Yimen are, after all, those talents who may be high school scholars, not "big farmers" like Wu Chengchang.

So now the signs of the revival of the Baibo martial arts family because of Wu Zhongyi's high school jinshi will not only not bring benefits to Wu Chengchang - especially if Wu Zhongyi is likely to grow old and have children - but also reduce Wu Chengchang's status in the family.

Because of the temporary revival of Bai Bo Yimen's martial arts, more martial arts talents will get a good education, and then pass the liberation test to participate in the imperial examination...... They're the ones who are proud!

At that time, Wu Chengchang, an old farmer, will become more and more unpopular!

So he came up with the idea of pulling a group of "big farmers" from the clan to Haizhou to help Wuhao Gu farm the land.

"The 60,000 acres of land are now being planted by customers, right?" Wu Haogu asked Ximen Qingdao.

Ximen Qing nodded and said, "If you want to quit, you have to spend a lot of money...... Most of the tenants gave deposits, and although it was the Wu family who collected the deposit, it was us who returned the deposit as usual. ”

In most cases, land transactions in the Great Song Dynasty were the sale of ownership, so there was no need to surrender the land if the land had already been leased out. The tenant's deposit is actually included in the land price. If it is land without a deposit, the price is more expensive than land with a deposit.

"Big brother, you have to help me!" Wu Chengchang looked at Wu Haogu pitifully, and two lines of tears suddenly flowed down, "Now that my father has a little mother, he is about to give birth to a son, and he doesn't want my old son...... I don't know how to read, so I'll get land. By the way, I am still the steward of the Baibo Martial Family, if you want to help me, I will distribute the strongest Dingkou in the family to Haizhou. ”

He paused and stretched out three fingers: "Give me 3,000 acres of contiguous paddy fields, free of rent for 3 years, and lend me 5,000 yuan, how about I pay you back 10,000 yuan after 3 years?" ”

Wu Chengchang is really sure! Here in Haizhou these days, in addition to complaining to Ximen Qing about his father, he is wandering around to inspect the more than 60,000 acres of paddy fields of the Haizhou martial arts.

That's all good fields! Luoyang Baibo's fields cannot be compared at all. However, those fields were not well organized, and the water conservancy was not repaired much (who will repair the pieces if they are rented out?). There are still many places where mulberry trees, tea trees, and fruit trees can be planted that have not been used (the ownership of those places is unknown), and I haven't even seen a few waterwheels, so there is a lot of room for improvement!

Wu Haogu looked at Ximen Qing again, Ximen Qing frowned and thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Official, it is necessary to get rid of some tenants...... Otherwise, the rest is not easy to manipulate, so it is better to rent 3,000 acres to Uncle Seven. ”

Wu Haogu gave more than 60,000 mu of Haizhou to Ximenqing for management to "raise guests", paddy fields can support people compared to dry fields, and 60,000 mu can support 1,500-2,000 "guests". However, Wu Haogu wants to raise strong customers, and the family can at least produce one baoding.

Therefore, it is necessary to get rid of some of the tenants...... If you want to rent 3,000 acres of land to Wu Chengchang, it is just to return some more tenants.

"Good!" Wu Haogu thought for a while, nodded and said, "Seventh Uncle, I can promise you." But I said ugly things in the front, in business must be business, if you can't get 10,000 yuan after 3 years, then I don't recognize you as the seventh uncle! ”

"Good! Deal! ”

When the uncle and nephew of the Wu family were discussing business, the voice of the Luo Han maid suddenly came from outside the door: "Master, the old official Huang has rested, please prepare a meal and go to the state government to visit together." ”

It turned out that Huang Tingjian was old and decrepit, and he had to take a nap after lunch before he had the energy to go to the state government to visit the guests - the officialdom visitors did not leave after worshipping, they had to eat, drink and have fun until dawn the next day, and it was normal for Old Man Huang to raise his spirit.