Although traditionally the governor's main residence should be in Hangzhou, Qin Zhongtang, who aspired to the sea, had little interest in Hangzhou.

Although the provincial capital Hangzhou was the political and economic center of Zhejiang Province in the Ming Dynasty, today, Ningbo is the center of East China Sea trade, whether official or smuggling.

He Ao introduced: "There are many prominent families in Ningbo, but there are only four major families that are recognized as having the highest status. Generally, people who are officials in Ningbo will not be happy if they don't know these four major families!"

Qin Dewei felt that Teacher He's tone was a bit familiar, and responded subconsciously: "The four major families have come out, so does the teacher have a protective talisman?"

He Ao was confused, what is the official amulet?

Qin Dewei came back to his senses, "Teacher, let's talk about the four major families first!"

He Ao continued to introduce: "The four major families in Ningbo are the Yang family in Jingchuan, the Lu family in Yuehu, the Zhang family in Louhu, and the Tu family in Jianqiao."

Among the people you are familiar with, Tu Qiao, the imperial censor of Zuodu, is from the Tu family in Jianqiao, and Zhang Bangqi, the imperial censor of Zhan, is from the Zhang family in Chahu.

After that, He Ao carefully told Qin Dewei the anecdotes of Ningbo, and also told the stories of nearby Yuyao and other places.

For example, the Yang family, the head of the four major families, once had a marriage with the Lu family. The Tu family and the Zhang family had a better relationship.

If there wasn't such a "teacher-student" relationship, Teacher He certainly wouldn't have said too much to Qin Dewei.

After all, judging from the current attitude and tendency, Qin Zhongtang is very unfriendly to the Zhejiang Party, especially the Ningbo Township Party, and Teacher He, as a native of Shanyin, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, is suspected of betraying his fellow villagers if he talks about it in such detail.

By the time he had finished speaking, it was almost midnight. Qin Dewei stood up and said goodbye: "The king is on duty and cannot stay for a long time. We will continue to start tomorrow."

Procedure."

Teacher He suddenly reacted, "In today's chat, why did you only ask about the affairs of the big family and not mention the Japanese pirates? Fighting the Japanese is your most important matter, right?"

Qin Dewei said vaguely: "In order to fight foreign affairs, we must first make peace at home!"

He couldn't say that five hundred years later, there would be more research on Japanese pirates and more information. He already knew a lot of detailed information about Japanese pirates in his mind, so there was no need to ask anyone.

As for the gossip about how many big families there are in a certain place, there is very little research information, but it is a situation that I need to master. If I don't ask this, what else can I ask?

After coming out of Teacher He's place, Qin Dewei went to the inn to sleep.

We will continue our journey tomorrow, passing through Gaoyou, Yangzhou, Qinzhongtang, and turning a corner on the Yangtze River, first heading to Nanjing, a city we have not seen for two years.
Chapter completed!