In October of the third year of the Great Song Dynasty and Yuan Fu, the Jiehe Shang City in the north was probably covered in silver at this time.

Haizhou, which belongs to Huaidong Road, has been shrouded in a bleak wind and cold rain these days, although there are no snowflakes fluttering in the sky, but the cold is still a little pressing. Geographically speaking, Haizhou is not in the south because it is north of the Huai River. However, the climate here is as humid and rainy as in the south. When the climate is warm, it is quite comfortable, but in winter, the damp and cold that penetrates into the bones makes the Ersu brothers, who are accustomed to the warm climate of Lingnan, very uncomfortable.

On the top of the hall, there is a stove, and the charcoal in the stove is blazing.

Su Dongpo took a sip of "Immortal in Wine", twisted up a dried fruit from Kaifeng Mansion and put it in his mouth, closed his eyes and chewed and tasted.

Su Zhe was still sitting opposite his brother, he was holding a letter sent by Huang Tingjian and looking at it carefully, frowning for a while, shaking his head for a while, and raising a slap, as if he wanted to make a slap.

In the hall, several scribes sat precariously, and no one spoke. Looking at their faces, they were all overjoyed.

These people are all the sons and nephews of the Su family and several disciples of Su Dongpo. Chen Shidao and Li Di among the six gentlemen of Sumen, as well as Li Xi and Dong Rong among the four scholars of Sumen, are among them.

Unlike the other six Sumen Gaozu who were all admitted to the Jinshi and were finally proud in the officialdom, these four disciples of Su Dongpo were not selected as Jinshi, and their families were relatively poor. Although they are all full of articles, they have been affected by their teachers, and they have all had a rough and hard time.

Originally, they were not in Haizhou, and they were all studying behind closed doors at home, but after hearing that the teacher had been pardoned and resettled in Haizhou, they all rushed to visit, wanting to send tea and water to the teacher and fulfill their obligations as disciples.

But who knew that Su Dongpo "made a windfall" for no reason, and did not stay in the county seat of Qishan, the first county of Haizhou, but went to Donghai County (where Yuntai Mountain is located) on the lush and vast sea, and also lived in a new manor near the town at the foot of Yuntai Mountain.

The manor covers an area of dozens of acres, with pavilions and pavilions layered on top of each other, gardens and ponds, and dozens of servants and maids coming in and out.

As for the food and drink, not to mention, it is not worse than when Su Dongpo was the governor of Hangzhou, and it is estimated that Su Zhe was like this when he was the prime minister of Kaifeng Mansion.

Is this still a demotion to an official? Why does it look a bit like the meaning of "please Junhaizhou"?

After inquiring, I learned that the Su family's residence and all expenses in Yuntai Mountain were provided by a great Confucian and martial arts who admired Su Dongpo.

After inquiring clearly, the four "poor bachelors" of Sumen were even more confused. What kind of Confucian can be so rich? A few of them are already old enough, why are they so poor? Could it be that Confucianism has not been cultivated enough?

For this rich Confucian, the attitudes of the two brothers of the Su family are completely different. Su Dongpo always called him "Saizigong" with a smile, while Su Zhe said that he was a bad Confucian...... It's the bad guy in the Great Confucian!

How could this great Confucian become a villain? How can a bad guy be called a great Confucian?

In short, the bachelors are confused.

"Zhang Dian is out of Zhiyue Prefecture."

Su Zhe suddenly spoke, and there was no joy in his tone.

Zhang Dian should have left Zhiyue Prefecture a long time ago, and it was time to get out of Zhezong's mountain mausoleum, there should not have been seven times to ask the county to be rejected six times, and it was not until the end that he was allowed to resign and be released.

This kind of treatment can be said to be the extreme of the ministers. If Zhang Dian hadn't said when making a decision, "King Duan is frivolous, and you can't rule the world", that's it. But the fact that he was treated so favorably after saying such things only shows one thing.

Today's officials are actually leaning towards the new party!

The personnel arrangements after Zhangdun invited the county to leave Beijing also seem to prove this. Although the position of Shangshu's left servant and subordinate servant fell into the hands of Han Zhongyan, Shangshu's right servant and middle servant was given to Zeng Bu!

And Su Zhe, a bigwig-level figure in the old party second only to Fan Chunren and Han Zhongyan, has only been treated as "deputy envoy of Haozhou regiment training and residence in Haizhou" so far - this is not a good omen!

If the official family is close to the old party, with Su Zhe's status, why should he be given a deputy minister now? How can you keep sitting on the cold bench in Haizhou?

Su Zhe sighed: "Fortunately, he said the wrong thing and offended the official family, otherwise Han Xianggong is still in the Daimyo Mansion now, you and me...... I'm afraid I'm going to bury my bones in Lingnan. ”

Su Dongpo frowned, and then Su Zhe's words continued: "Ziyou, this place is good, why don't you live in Yuntai Mountain...... Huang Luzhi's letter said that the official family should set up a school palace in Yuntai Mountain to teach scholars who went overseas to other countries to spread Confucian righteousness. It's good if it hosts for us, and they can also have a place to go if they are Chang (Chen Shidao), Uncle Fang (Li Di), Ying Zhong (Li Xi), and Dong Rong (Wuzi). ”

Su Dongpo's four beloved disciples are all great Confucians, if they can take the route of the imperial examination or recommend them to enter the official normally, they will never be so down-ending now. Therefore, Su Dongpo felt guilty about the four of them, and always hoped to find a good assignment for them.

Therefore, after Huang Tingjian's letter mentioned the Yuntai Academy, Su Dongpo wanted to take down the position of promotion, so that he could arrange the position of professor for his four disciples. Because the Yuntai Academy is an official school, the professor naturally has a general from the ninth grade to do, and the 144 yuan a year is guaranteed.

In addition, Huang Tingjian also told Su Dongpo that the future expenses of the Yuntai School Palace, including the cost of mission, will be borne by the Jiehe Commercial City, and Wu Haogu, who is in charge of the Jiehe Commercial Market, is a "Zigong-style" Confucian, and he has a special way to make money, and it is no problem to knock him for 10,000 yuan a year (Huang Tingjian is really incorruptible, and he will not open his mouth)!

If he can get so much money, Su Dongpo will be able to give the four disciples another job money, and get them a few hundred taels a year, and they will be able to live a comfortable life......

Of course, there is no need for Huang Tingjian to say it directly in the letter, Su Dongpo also knows that if he wants to win the official position of the Yuntai Academy Palace Affair comfortably, he must take the ancient primer.

In Huang Tingjian's letter, although he clearly expressed his concern about Wu Haogu's "Shang Covenant" route, he still recommended Wu Haogu to get started, and said that he was a great Confucian comparable to Zigong.

This Confucianism is really great, and he has a thorough understanding of the way of the sage, and he can also practice the way...... It's just that he practices the route of the Great Dao, which is likely to bring disasters to the people of the world!

This view is very close to Su Zhe!

"Zizhan," Su Zhe knew that his brother had made a decision, and nodded and said, "It's okay for you to accept him as an entry...... Maybe you can lead him to the right route. ”

"Oh?" Su Dongpo glanced at his younger brother and said with a smile, "Do you still think his 'business contract' is wrong?" ”

"It's not wrong, he's not wrong......" Su Zhe shook his head, "It's just that the world is too big!" ”

Su Dongpo smiled: "Yes, he is Bianliangzi!" Bianliangzi ...... How can we understand the suffering of Danzhou farmers? How could Bianliangzi give up his way because of the Danzhou peasants? ”

Su Zhe smiled bitterly: "That's what I said!" ”

……

"Fu Weng, the county seat of Qishan is almost here."

Wu Hao Guce Ma walked beside a two-horse cart and shouted at the top of his voice.

Sitting in the carriage were Huang Tingjian and one of his concubines, and Wu Haogu's "senior brother" was still quite romantic. Not long after returning to Kaifeng Mansion from Fuzhou, I didn't know which Qinglou I got a confidant, and I was only nineteen years old, which was the same age as a flower.

"Oh." Huang Tingjian agreed, stretched out his hand and opened the curtain of the car, facing the cold wind blowing from the sea, squinted his eyes and looked out, and found that there were two juxtaposed cities not far away. One is taller, and the other is a bit low.

He rubbed his eyes, and when he looked at it again, it was still two cities side by side.

"Hey, how can there be two state cities?"

Wu Haogu smiled: "Of course, there is only one state city, and the other is the newly built Haizhou commercial market. ”

"What's the hell?" Huang Tingjian was stunned, "Why is there another Haizhou commercial market?" ”

A Jiehe commercial market is enough of a headache, why did a Haizhou commercial market come out after a while? Could it be that the poison of the "Republican Commercial Treaty" has arrived in Haizhou? Not so fast, right?

"Fu Weng," Wu Haogu said, "it's just a commercial market, and it's not the same as the Jiehe commercial market." ”

Not the same? Huang Tingjian said: It's different now, maybe it will be the same in the future.

"It is mainly for officials who have been demoted and come to Haizhou." Wu Haogu explained, "It was only in the spring that new construction began, a fence was built, a drainage ditch was built, a few streets were paved, there were probably tiles, and several restaurants and green buildings were being built...... Oh, and there's a pier under construction too. We're going there now. ”

Huang Tingjian asked, "The teacher is over there now?" ”

"Sir wasn't there." Wu Haogu said with a smile, "Mr. lives in Cangyuan at the foot of Yuntai Mountain...... It was a mansion of Xia Guan in Yuntai Mountain. Today, we live in Linhaizhuang in Haizhou Commercial Market, which is also the place of Xiaguan. ”

In fact, strictly speaking, Linhaizhuang is not Wu Haogu, but Pan Qiaolian's dowry, and now belongs to the internal account office of the Wu family. There is the big mansion where Wu Haogu lived when he first came to Haizhou, and the current "Haizhou Commercial Market" was built on more than 10,000 acres of land attached to Linhaizhuang and the surrounding area. The investment in the construction was taken out by Pan Xiao'an and Gao Yu. The three parties also set up a joint venture to establish a Donghai Bank, which is specifically responsible for the development of this Haizhou commercial market.

In addition, Ji Yi's family also set up a bureau in Haizhou, and acquired a lot of land in the south of Qishan County, and began to build residential areas, ready to sell or lease them to degraded officials to live.

Driven by the "degrading effect", this commercial city located on the seashore, connecting the Central Plains and Huainan, is now quietly rising. It seems that it won't be long before it will become a commercial market several times larger than the Boundary River!