The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"Swish, swish, swish"

The classroom was full of students, but no one made a sound, only the sound of pages turning.

This is Jiujiang Fuxue, and Wei Guangde is sitting inside and reading the book "Da Ming Law" borrowed from the school's library.

During this period of time, Wei Guangde has read through the various annotations of the Four Books and Five Classics in the library. With his strong memory, he can really learn with twice the result with half the effort.

Now he has begun to study the history of the Ming Dynasty. Well, who didn't say that he should learn from history?

To understand the history of the Ming Dynasty, there is no way to escape the "Laws of the Ming Dynasty", the constitution of the Ming Dynasty formulated by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

In fact, Wei Guangde also understood it in the past, but he didn't understand it completely. He just memorized many parts of it. This time when he read the Ming Dynasty Law again, he naturally had to read it completely and understand it thoroughly.

In fact, almost all scholars of this era who aspire to fame must understand the Ming Dynasty Law in detail, at least before becoming an official. Otherwise, you will not even be qualified to be an official, and you will be stopped by a simple assessment. .

As the sun sets in the west, the wild geese fly south. It has already entered November. It gets dark relatively early, and the time for the school to finish school is also much earlier.

When Wei Guangde walked out of the gate of Fu Xue, he was accompanied by Lao Kan, Shen Liangdong and several other students.

Only those who know the industry can tell at a glance that although these students have different looks and temperaments, they all have one distinctive feature, that is, they are all wearing clothes made of the finest Songjiang fabrics.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of cotton was planted in Songjiang Prefecture and its surrounding areas, which also promoted the prosperity of the textile industry in Songjiang Prefecture and surrounding prefectures and counties.

"You can't buy enough Songjiang cloth, you can't harvest all Weitang gauze." From this old saying, we can also hear the huge output of cotton cloth in Songjiang Prefecture.

During the Zhu Yuanzhang period in the early Ming Dynasty, a decree was issued to encourage cotton cultivation, and stipulated that Songjiang Prefecture could "exchange cloth for officials" and "exchange one pound of cotton for two buckets of rice."

Its development can be seen due to official encouragement.

Cotton was a hard currency in the Ming Dynasty, and clothing, food, housing and transportation were the first priority.

Although the times have developed into later generations, the status of clothing has dropped a lot, but the clothing stores all over the street can also explain a lot of things.

Songjiang cotton cloth has excellent texture and is known as Songjiang Beautiful Cloth by the world. It is not only soft but also has good water absorption. The price is much higher than cotton cloth from other places. It has become a specialty of this place. Among them, high-quality cotton cloth was shipped to Beijing as a tribute.

The so-called "Su Song's wealth is half the world", in which the prosperity of the cotton textile industry played a huge role.

Songjiang's fabrics are good, so they are naturally loved by wealthy families.

After Wei Guangde settled in Jiujiang Prefecture, he quickly changed his wardrobe completely and made several clothes using fine silk and cotton.

As for these expenses, naturally they were not sent from Peng Ze, but the Zhang Mansion allocated a sum of money in advance for him to use first.

Today is the fifteenth day again, and Wei Guangde and Lao Kan are going to watch a performance at Cuixiu Hall together.

It's not that Wei Guangde has been fascinated by the girl Xiang Ning, but that the entertainment industry in ancient times did not have as many types as in later generations.

Listen to the opera, forget it, how many Chinese people in future generations will watch the opera and understand the opera.

Going to a brothel is different. You can drink, watch beautiful dancers singing and dancing, and make a few bucks. This is the ancient nightlife.

The so-called hanging beams on the head, conical stabbing of the buttocks, and chickens with lights on at three o'clock and five o'clock on the night are all played by students from poor families. If the family has no conditions, they can only get up early and read at night.

Wei Guangde's family conditions were not good at first, but this time Wei and his family seemed to have robbed a lot of money in Zhejiang. Although Zhang Hongfu told him that he could get tens of thousands of taels of silver, Wei Guangde still didn't believe it because of Zhang Hongfu's recent actions. It's also a lot bigger. Obviously, the family has increased a lot of income, so the money is much looser.

A few people went out and walked down a street and met Zhang Hongfu and his group. This was what they had agreed to before.

Originally, these students from the government schools did not think much of those with hereditary martial arts. It could be said that they had not had much contact with them before.

But things have changed now. With Wei Guangde's presence, Lao Kan and others have come into contact with Zhang Hongfu's group more and have gradually become friends.

Lao Kan and other people who have great careers don't care about the people in the guardhouse, but something will inevitably happen when they walk outside, and sometimes relying on words may not necessarily work.

The last time I dealt with that classmate, Zhang Hongfu finally transferred a team of soldiers from the guard station to block the situation. Only then did Lao Kan and others reach a settlement with the loan shark.

There was nothing I could do about it. He had the IOU signed by Tong Sheng in black and white in his hand, and he still took advantage of it no matter where he went.

When a person dies, the debt is not eliminated, and the family has to continue to repay the debt. If that doesn't work, then the person will be forced to sell the house and sell the person to repay the debt.

Of course, there is no usury written on the IOU, but the usury part is calculated directly into the principal. A loan of ten taels and thirty taels repaid becomes an IOU for borrowing twenty taels and repaying thirty taels.

Although everyone on the street knew who that guy was, there was no evidence.

These people have little background, but there are also people in the government. Scholars such as Lao Kan can't solve it, that is, people like Zhang Hongfu can cure it.

The two groups gathered together and soon entered the Cuixiu Hall, occupying three tables on the second floor and waiting for today's show to start.

"My grandpa and the others will be back in two days. Then you can take a leave and go to the dock together."

While eating food and drinking wine, Zhang Hongfu said to Wei Guangde.

"I have told the teacher before, he knows about this and has already agreed."

The news that Jiujiang Wei's army went to Zhejiang to suppress the Japanese was not spread on the streets at first. Many people did not know about it before. It was only after the battle was won that the news gradually spread.

As for the triumphant return of the army, not much was known in Jiujiang City at this time, but as a government academy and a department of the government, the information was better informed than outside.

A few days later, the already busy Jiujiang Pier was suddenly blocked by a group of Jiujiang Guard soldiers. All merchant ships that needed to load and unload cargo were driven out. They could only temporarily park far away from the terminal and place them near the terminal for loading and unloading. The officers and soldiers also forced labor to transport the goods aside.

Not long after, the sedans of various officials of Jiujiang Prefecture were carried out of the city gate of Jiujiang Prefecture in a long row and appeared on the pier. About a dozen officials in the sedans also got off the sedans one after another and gathered together to chat about something.

At this time, the Jiujiangfu Pier was already crowded with people. Everyone was looking away, and the whole Pier was noisy.

Until a fleet of ships appeared on the distant skyline coming up the river, the drummers waiting on the side began to play, and the soldiers arranged around also took action in unison. Countless flags were raised high, and the place instantly became a Ocean of joy.