Next to the Fuchun River, Wang Shixing listened to Lin Yanchao's poem and immediately praised him: "Good poetry, compared to those who wrote this poem, is just a bookworm that is sad about spring and autumn."

After saying that, Wang Shixing sighed and pointed at Fuchunjiang and said, "I took Hangzhou to take the exam when I was young. The first time I passed this Fuchunjiang to see the magnificence of the country. I felt the ambition of Xiang Ziping. I wanted to travel all over the five mountains. I ignored Du Dad's words to ask me to be good at poetry and books. Today I want to let my journey go, but it is not as good as Zong Hai when I am going to grind my mind and temper my studies."

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Brother Heng has his own way of traveling, and I have his own way of traveling, so we should not be confused."

Wang Shixing shook his head and said, "Brother Zonghai, you don't need to comfort me. Regarding the ambition to be abide by the world and to be practical, I am not as good as you. Therefore, when it comes to being an official, I will never be as close to you in my life. Dad always teaches me this."

Speaking of this, Wang Shixing suddenly said: "Brother Zong Hai talks about those who can talk to you about the ambitions in his heart. All I know is my father. Du Dad is my uncle's Taizhou dialect. This time I returned to my hometown, I wonder if I could ask Brother Zong Hai to enjoy his life in Taizhou, and also give our Wang family a chance to fulfill the friendship of the landlord."

Lin Yanchao knew that Wang Shixing was asking him to go to Linhai to meet his uncle, former Caohe, and Governor Wang Zongmu, of Xuanda.

Lin Yanchao thought for a while and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Brother Heng, but... I just want to return to the countryside before the New Year. It's fine, at most, I'll rush on the journey, otherwise I'll have to stay for a few more days and ask the old maker for advice."

Wang Shixing was overjoyed when he heard this and said with a smile: "If Dad knew that I could invite the famous master of the tribe back to his hometown, I would be very happy."

The two of them immediately set a schedule and headed to Taizhou.

As for Xu Zhenming's return to his hometown in Jiangxi, he said goodbye on the way.

However, it is said that in Taizhou, the Japanese were extremely harmful during the Jiajing period. Qi Jiguang led his army to fight and win nine battles and wins here before he could pacify the Japanese pirates, but there were still small-scale harassment afterwards.

The real pacification of Japanese destruction in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces is about to come after the Longqing switch is turned on.

Now Wang Zongmu and Wang Shixing have long moved to Taizhou Prefecture City to live. As for the old houses in Chengguan, they only go back during festivals. In ancient times, scholars also had a tradition that usually, scholars would resettle a house in their county or prefecture city after passing the imperial examination. This is not only a convenient way to meet officials but also often walk with their fellow officials.

Of course, they had another relationship with moving their generals to the Fucheng, which was to escape the Japanese harm. Taizhou Fucheng is the front line of defense against Japanese pirates in Zhejiang. It has been operating for hundreds of years and has been strong in the city walls and has stood firm in the defense of Japanese pirates.

As soon as he entered the city, Wang Shixing sent his servants to inform him.

Seeing that the road was narrow, Lin Yanchao got off the carriage and walked along the old streets of the city with his disciples along with the people entering the city.

The streets of the old street are paved with blue stone roads. The streets are wet and some fine mud. When you walk up, you make a slight rustling sound. There are shops with wooden door panels on both sides. The people in the shop stand with big bowls and eat noodles while carefully looking at themselves, the strangers who have just entered the city.

Lin Yanchao smiled and thought to himself, compared to Yangzhou, this Taizhou Prefecture City gave him a feeling of being like a hometown in Fujian.

Wang Shixing followed, and as a local celebrity in Taizhou, people greeted him one after another.

Wang Shixing kept smiling and bowing, and halfway through, he met an elderly woman, and immediately stepped forward to support him and shouted, "Mm-madam."

The other party also excitedly called out Wang Shixing's nickname.

Then the two sides said a few local words. Wang Shixing learned that the woman's husband died of illness last year, and suddenly burst into tears while laughing.

During this period, people like Wang Shixing, or local gentry came to greet each other, but when they saw Wang Shixing falling behind, they met and exchanged greetings for a few words, and did not dare to ask too much, and they even said goodbye. Many of them bowed to Lin Yanchao and bowed to say goodbye.

Lin Yanchao nodded slightly.

I soon arrived at the Wang family's house, but I saw that there were high walls between the houses and houses, and a well could be seen in three or five steps at the intersection of the street.

The Wang family's mansion was surrounded by white walls, and several high archways stood in front of the door, but when someone came out of the door, he bowed to Lin Yanchao, and then bowed to Wang Shixing.

Lin Yanchao recognized that the other party was a Jinshi in the 11th year of Wanli and was currently the doctor of the Nanjing Ministry of War.

In addition to Wang Zongmu and Wang Shiling, the three sons of Wang Zongmu were from the Jia Category and were all officials in the court. The eldest son Wang Shisong and the second son Wang Shiqi were both Jinshi in the 11th year of Wanli, and the third son Wang Shichang was a Jinshi in the 14th year of Wanli, and was also a disciple of Lin Yanchao.

Therefore, the Wang family can be called a five-jinshi in one school. If Wang Wen, a Jinshi in the Xuande period of Emperor Gaozu of Wang Zongmu, was added, then the Wang family can be called a six-jinshi in one school.

Because of his younger brother's reverence under Lin Yanchao's disciple, Wang Shiqi was particularly respectful when he saw Lin Yanchao several times, and this time he even held the etiquette of his disciple.

Lin Yanchao asked, "Sir Gui, why are you in your hometown? You don't work in Nanjing."

Wang Shiqi replied respectfully: "Report to the court to ask the court to return home to visit relatives in the next two months. The Ministry of Personnel has already approved it, and it is a great honor to meet the teacher because of this."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "I'm so lucky."

Wang Shiqi bowed again and said, "My father was very happy to hear that the teacher was coming. He had already been waiting in the hall. Please ask me for it."

Lin Yanchao said: "How dare you work hard to wait for a long time?"

Lin Yanchao stepped inside, but saw a couplet hanging from the main hall, saying, "Couplets are happy to paste the ink of the Right Army; Spring is happy to write Mojie poems". An old man sat on the chair of the Grand Master in the hall, and there were many people on the left and right, both men, women, young and old, standing by their hands.

The old man smiled and greeted Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao immediately bowed: "Wangsheng Yanchao pays homage to the old man."

The old man helped Lin Yanchao up and said, "Hey, Brother Lin, don't need to be polite."

Lin Yanchao said he didn't dare, and then said, "Mr. Fengzhou, the teacher, has written to students many times to praise the old man's talent and knowledge. He was born here tonight to ask for advice from the old man."

Wang Zongmu was very happy to hear this. Mr. Fengzhou was Wang Shizhen and Lin Yanchao's local examination teacher.

Wang Zongmu's branch is said to be the one of Wang Xizhi after Zhang'an, so he hung the left and right hall with the "Couplets are happy to paste the ink of the Right Army; I am happy to write Mojie's poems". This Right Army is Wang Xizhi, and Mojie is Wang Wei.

Wang Shizhen also came from the Wang family of Langya, so the two were very close to each other as officials, and they had been in poetry and prose for many years. When Wang Shizhen established the Qizi Club, he often asked Wang Zongmu to go around.

After hearing Lin Yanchao mentioning that Wang Shizhen was also concerned about her face, Wang Zongmu immediately said, "Brother Yuanmei has a proud disciple like her, so I can't envy you."

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "The old man is a beautiful figure in Taizhou. When the spring exam was released, the name of the six Jinshi spread throughout the world in one day. I have admired him for a long time in my heart."

Wang Zongmu was very happy to have Lin Yanchao say a few words, and introduced Wang's son and nephew to Lin Yanchao, and told him that Lin Yanchao was Wang Shichang's teacher, and you should also hold the etiquette of disciples in front of him.

Lin Yanchao smiled and introduced his disciple to Wang Zongmu.

Lin Yanchao had prepared generous gifts before coming to the palace. When he left Yangzhou, Zhang Taizheng and all the officials in Yangzhou gave Cheng Yi, and salt merchants such as the Mei family also gave gifts, but they didn't dare to give too much.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao was prepared very well when he came to the Wang family. He actually prepared many poems, books, pens, inkstones, and small gold and silver ingots. As for the Wang family, the sons and nephews, they had long admired Lin Sanyuan's name, and the gifts made them very happy.

When Wang Zongmu saw Lin Yanchao's extraordinary move, he was obviously even more happy because he was very careful, and then he held a banquet to entertain Lin Yanchao.

The banquet was placed in the back hall, with two seats in total. Lin Yanchao saw bottles, flowers, stoves, and a few, and the position was appropriate. He nodded.

Lin Yanchao and Wang Zongmu had a seat. As for Wang Shixing, Wang Shiqi and Lin Yanchao's disciples all sat in another seat.

After three rounds of drinking, Wang Zongmu asked, "Brother Qu Jia came to Taizhou, is there any other matter?"

Lin Yanchao immediately said, "I really have something to ask the old man for advice."

Wang Zongmu smiled and said, "I have been living in the countryside for many years and have long stopped asking about the government affairs. I wonder where else can help me?"

Lin Yanchao immediately said: "On March 18, the sixth year of Longqing, the old man raised more than 300 strong sea ships and transported 120,000 stones of grain from Huai'an to sea, passed through Dengzhou, Weihaiwei, entered the Bohai Sea, and entered Zhigu. On May 29, the grain ships arrived in Tianjin without any loss. At this point, the subjects of the world believed that the sea transportation could be connected."

After hearing Lin Yanchao's words, Wang Zongmu narrowed his eyes slightly and sighed after a while.

"Mr. Shi did what he had done before and showed his cool style today. When he was young, he was very impressed by the old man's presidency of the shipping business."

Lin Yanchao was not telling lies. When he wrote about the ills of grain, he tended to start shipping, but he was worried that this move would touch Zhang Juzheng's taboo, so he did not dare to express his political propositions.

Wang Zongmu thought of the past and immediately said: "The maritime transportation was strongly supported by Gao Xinzheng when he was in the palace. However, when Zhang Jiangling was in the country, he was dissatisfied with Gao Xinzheng's policies and thought that the big trees he took for building a sea ship were taken from Huguang. Zhang Jiangling felt that this was exhausting the people and the money was damaged. The villagers criticized it a lot, and later the sea ships were overturned, so the maritime transportation was just fine."

Wang Shixing was standing by, and Wang Shiqi was silent when he heard this. This was the most regrettable thing in Wang Zongmu's life.

It’s like Lin Yanchao started a charity school and was criticized by the censor for a few words, and he almost got furious. If he canceled it directly, how could he be angry?

But Wang Zongmu is old, how could he be sad in front of Lin Yanchao? He smiled and said, "I have already let go of this matter. I have heard that my brother has always been committed to eliminating current problems and implementing new policies for reform. Don't you also have the idea of ​​starting shipping? If this is true, I would like to advise you not to make such a claim."

Lin Yanchao asked, "Why did the old man say this?"

Wang Zongmu said: "I thought about sea transportation at the beginning too much. Although there are some problems with the grain transportation, the imperial court has been operating the grain transportation for hundreds of years. Large cities like Linqing, Huai'an and Yangzhou are all prosperous due to grain transportation. Once the grain transportation is abandoned and changed to sea transportation, countless people who rely on this to make a living will have no food and clothing. Among them, there are both wealth and ordinary people who are trying to fight, so they cannot change and cannot move."
Chapter completed!