"This is a bit too extravagant!"
Seeing the banquet covering the table, Ruihai couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and started nagging at Zhang Mingtu.
There were many officials from the government office nearby, all watching with smiles on their faces, without trying to persuade them.
Ruihai is strict with himself, but not too harsh on others.
Ruihai never interferes with the lives of others.
But when he saw the overly luxurious banquet, he still felt a little sad. After all, Ruihai often traveled around the countryside for research and saw too many scenes of poverty.
When compared with the lavish banquet, he would start to complain.
But it was just nagging. Ruihai was not polite when eating. He was still very open-minded in this regard.
Zhang Mingtu smiled relaxedly and said, "These are all the dividends I earned from improving the seeds, as well as other subsequent rewards. I only spent a small part of it, so it's not a lot."
“You…”
Ruihai shook his head with a sigh, but didn't say much.
Ruihai has been very busy recently, but his figure has become fuller than before. He is not as thin as before and his physique is stronger than before.
It wasn't because Rui Hai ate more than usual, but rather because Zhang Xuan's many technological improvements were being promoted throughout Jiujiang County and even the Jiangnan West Road, especially with Jiujiang County as the core and radiating outward, Rui Hai was busy every day, yet he felt relaxed both physically and mentally.
Seeing that the people were living a little better than before, with no worries about food and clothing, Ruihai felt a joy that came from the bottom of his heart at all times, which was very different from his previous depression.
There is the Agricultural College led by Zhang Mingtu and related figures supporting him, and there are even imperial envoys to eliminate many malpractices in this regard.
Ruihai just felt that everything he did was satisfactory and he felt very comfortable. He was much more open-minded than before, and the pent-up energy in his heart also dissipated.
Things were quite comfortable. Compared to Dalu Ruihai, who taught many disciples in the academy every day, the aura of righteousness in his heart increased even more during this period. Although Ruihai was basically too busy during this period to have time to study.
But naturally, because of the related subsequent improvement in his righteous spirit, he was further cleansed of his marrow and blood, and now he has really reached the point where all evil spirits are afraid of him.
Therefore, Rui Hai's improvement through marrow cleansing and blood exchange is a bit superficial. It only exposes the body or is strengthened to a high level. If he really wants to fight with a general who has practiced martial arts since childhood, if he does not practice, he may be directly repelled or killed by a lower-level person even if he is very strong.
But if Rui Hai strengthens his training in this area and combines it with the Confucian heritage, he will be able to grow into a top-notch military general, or even a Confucian general, in a short period of time, with both civil and military skills.
Zhang Mingtu saw it but did not point it out.
He just smiled and drank with his colleagues, and didn't talk about anything else.
The entire banquet went smoothly without too many unexpected events.
It is a chance for many people to get to know each other. Many people in Jiujiang County want to meet the most popular disciple of Shennong in the entire Jiangnan West Road.
A group of people took the initiative to move towards Zhang Mingtu, and their postures were very low, not too high.
Zhang Mingtu smiled and took the head of the Zhang family, Zhang Jiye, to toast with many other people, so that they could get to know each other.
Zhang Jiye was confused at first and was completely shocked, because all the important figures in Jiujiang County came and were very polite to him and Zhang Mingtu.
Later, as Zhang Mingtu introduced the relevant things to him one by one, Zhang Jiye gradually returned to the future.
"This should allow the Zhang family to expand in Jiujiang County. My Zhang family is really going to stand up."
During the introduction process, other officials did not show any strange expressions, which was normal.
Especially in the Jiangnan area, this situation is extremely normal.
When one person succeeds, the whole family will prosper.
This will basically be the case in the future. As long as it is not too excessive, no one will make a fuss about it.
Anyway, someone has to do all kinds of business and things. Wouldn’t it be better to assign it to people you know instead of giving it to strangers?
Ruihai frowned slightly, but said nothing.
The entire era has been like this, and he cannot change anything with his own strength.
Besides, with Zhang Mingtu's character, he might have some bottom line than others when doing this kind of thing.
The entire banquet passed by tacitly.
Zhang Mingtu did not do much afterwards, and the family members, led by the patriarch Zhang Jiye, were waiting in Zhang Mingtu's house.
"Let's do something related to commerce, either to the north or the south."
Zhang Mingtu looked at the clan leader Zhang Jiye who was looking at him expectantly, and calmly told him about his plan.
There is no need to open up unique trade routes. Just transport goods from the south to the north, and then transport goods from the north to the south. The profits from this alone are already astonishingly huge.
"As for the profit sharing, 30% belongs to our Zhang family, and I will use the remaining seven layers to manage various people."
Zhang Jiye nodded, not dissatisfied at all. Being able to do this kind of business, even if it was just a one-time transaction, the profit would be earth-shaking. Let alone 30%, he would be satisfied even if he only had 10%.
Not to mention anything else, the Yuhu Village liquor produced by Zhang Mingtu is not very widely sold in the south. Most people in the south like rice wine and do not like the white wine brewed by Zhang Mingtu.
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