Chapter 234: The County Magistrate Who Loves His People Like His Sons

By the evening, Liang Ruoxu had reached an agreement with Master Shen.

So the next day, he invited more than ten young students, ranging from twelve to fifteen or sixteen years old, including Yan, Shen Jue and the other two.

At the same time, the gift was changed from only given away for purchases of three or more pots to given away for purchases of just one pot of flowers. At the same time, in the name of Mr. Shen, the donation to the charity hall was also announced.

This was also the first time that my second brother and his friends interacted with local young students.

These ten or so people were mainly divided into three groups. Some were curious, some tried to make friends, but some were obviously avoiding him, or even trying to avoid him.

The first two types are self-explanatory, but the third type of avoidance, generally speaking, is based on the literati's noble character. They think that it is precisely because you have become close to Jingxing Bo that I will not associate with you, otherwise people will think that I am a person who curries favor with the powerful.

There are quite a few such people among literati, especially young ones.

But in the eyes of the second brother, this is not smart.

After all, if you like reading, it's fine as a hobby, but you came here at the invitation of the county magistrate, obviously you are interested in the imperial examination...

The purpose of the imperial examination is to enter the officialdom, and entering the officialdom means dealing with people. No matter what kind of official you want to be, you can't be noble in the officialdom. Even if you have the talent of Li Bai, it's useless. After all, if you want to realize your ambitions, at least you have to keep your life first, and then keep your official position. Otherwise, what else? Dreaming about realizing your ambitions?

In addition, there are two others who are avoided as much as possible.

This was obviously because Liang Ruoxu was exiled, and people thought that Liang Ruoxu might have offended some important person, so they did not dare to make friends with him for fear of implicating themselves.

This is really funny. In this small county where literature is not popular, a little scholar who has not even passed the county examination and has no reputation, to put it bluntly, even if Liang Ruoxu really committed something wrong, you cannot be punished with the nine generations of your clan. This is purely self-righteousness.

Of course, maybe he is a good student at home, praised since childhood, and thinks he will be very successful in the future, and it is not a problem for him to be the first or second place in the imperial examination, so he may be on guard against others who flatter him in advance? ?

Shen Zhuozhang, the grandson of Mr. Shen's illegitimate wife, belongs to this type.

His father, Shen Shuoxue, obviously didn't think so. He was the first to send him here, and his attitude was very humble.

But as soon as his father left, Shen Zhuozhang started to act up.

He was very reserved and didn't dare to face his second brother, but asked Shen Zhuoli: "Who is this?"

Shen Zhuoli lowered his eyes, smiled and bowed: "It's me, Shen Zhuoli."

"Oh!" Shen Zhuozhang deliberately said with surprise: "It's you! I don't see you often, so I didn't recognize you at first."

The second elder brother was also surprised and said, "Xiaoyu is so beautiful, anyone who has seen her once would recognize her, right? Brother Shen, you are not very old, why is your memory not so good? People like me who are educated cannot take such things lightly, it is better to call a doctor as soon as possible."

Shen Zhuozhang's face turned red with embarrassment.

Of course he would not admit that he had a bad memory, but if he denied it, it would seem very deliberate that he pretended not to know Shen Zhuoli just now, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Fortunately, someone else came soon, and the second brother smiled, bowed and left.

Shen Zhuoli followed his second brother and suddenly felt some emotion in his heart.

In fact, he understood that Shen Zhuozhang now was the same as he was when he first met them. He was simply feeling guilty. The more guilty he felt, the more he couldn't help showing off. He wanted to loudly tell everyone that he was not guilty... But from the perspective of an observer, it was really ridiculous.

But even though it was so ridiculous and he was in such an awkward situation, he still felt warm in his heart. No one had ever stood by him and stood up for him like this.

More than ten young people came over one after another.

To be honest, seeing so many young men in long robes writing together is really pleasing to the eyes, but no matter how many people there are... the beautiful one will always be the most eye-catching.

Anyway, Xinbao was held by Yuru, and when she looked from a distance, the first person she saw was always her little fairy brother.

The local rich people were not fools. When they saw this, they rushed to buy it. But they didn’t expect that there was a purchase limit. A family could not buy more than 20 pots, because "the county magistrate said that he wanted every family to have couplets, so that the next year would be prosperous."

Look, what kind of county magistrate is this who loves the people like his own sons? ! He just brushed away the people's voices with one sentence.

People also flocked to the scene, and couldn't help but spend money while watching the excitement. Within two days, all the couplets... no, all the flowers were sold out.

Then Mr. Shen came forward and sent it to the county government, which would select a site for building the charity hall.

In fact, this is indeed a win-win situation, only Tuanzi is not very happy.

Because she felt that in this way, this was still politics, not business. She felt that in this way, her fourth brother had come up with all these good ideas in vain. Fourth Brother Tang was very happy. He advised his sister: "I am not unhappy! Anyway, I have learned a lot. This is all practical. Moreover, if I can help my second brother with what I do, I will be happier than anything else I get."

Xinbao thought so too.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Although she didn't quite understand these operations, it was obvious that doing so would benefit the elder, Liang Ruoxu, the second brother, and Mr. Shen Erye. So it didn't matter if there was no money, not to mention that the money would not be small.

A servant came in and reported: "Fourth Young Master Tang, someone outside wants to see you."

Tang Si Ge was stunned: "Who is it?"

The servant said, "It is said that his surname is Lin."

Fourth Brother Tang was startled and glanced at First Brother Tang next to him.

Brother Tang also told him about his previous encounter with Master Lin. Could it be Master Lin?

He lowered his eyes and went out. It was indeed Master Lin, Lin Qiuren, outside. Fourth Brother Tang bowed and said with a smile, "Master Lin, what do you want from me?"

Lin Qiuren had investigated him thoroughly in the past few days and said with a smile, "Let's find a place to talk?"

Fourth Brother Tang invited him in and sat him down in the nearest small flower hall, apologizing, "This is the Shen family, I am just staying here temporarily, I am sorry for the inconvenience."

Lin Qiuren smiled and nodded: "No problem."

He really admired this point about the Tang brothers. If it were someone else, he would probably use the Shen family's place to show off his wealth, but he would not do that and would just state it directly and frankly.

Lin Qiuren took a sip of tea and said, "I came here today for no other reason. I just think you are very talented in business. Most of my family's business is in Jiangnan. We are a royal merchant, so we have some family business, but we don't have many successful children... So, I want to ask you, are you willing to follow me?"

He paused for a moment, then continued, "If you are willing, I can adopt you as my adopted son. If you don't want to acknowledge me as your relative, you can become my disciple."

Fourth Brother Tang bowed respectfully: "Thank you, Master Lin, for your appreciation. Tang Shisheng is grateful. But, I am very sorry that Tang Shisheng will let Master Lin down."

Master Lin was stunned: "Why? Have you thought about it?"

(End of this chapter)