Baling City is particularly crowded today, because a large number of scholars have arrived in advance in the past few days, and all the inns are full. Starting from August 13, the government allowed private homes to receive guests from outside the city. Starting from August 14, the Xiangzhou government had to ask for help from the Ministry of Works of Jing State, and transferred a university scholar from the Zhang Heng family to build a large number of simple houses outside Baling City for tourists to live in.
East City Street was already extremely prosperous, with crowds of people bustling about, but when everyone saw that team, they showed strange expressions, and then walked to the sides as if avoiding the plague god.
Some of the bolder ones swore sarcastically, while the bolder ones spat in the direction of the team.
At the front of the team of 3,000 people, four people were carrying a small wooden platform covered with a bright yellow tablecloth. On the platform was a framed calligraphy work with four words written on it.
Duanmu legacy.
Confucius had many disciples, but the richest among them was Zigong. This man not only studied the teachings of Confucius in depth, but was also good at business. He had always provided financial support to Confucius. It can even be said that without Zigong, Confucius would probably not have been able to travel around the countries. Without the experience of traveling around the countries, it would have been difficult for him to complete his later works, and naturally he could not have been canonized.
Zigong's surname was Duanmu and his given name was Ci, so Duanmu's legacy originally referred to Confucian people doing business, and later referred to all successful businessmen.
At the lower left of these four words, there is a large vermilion seal.
There are four eye-catching small seal characters on the seal.
The emperor who accumulates good deeds.
Just the two words "Son of Heaven" are enough to make people around him stay away. Add the two words "accumulate good deeds", and some educated people in Xiangzhou know that this is one of Qingjun's favorite seals.
A family that accumulates good will surely have good fortune. This quote comes from the "Wenyan" of the "Book of Changes", which was written by Confucius.
If it had happened a few years ago, when Duanmu Yifeng's seal with the imperial calligraphy and Jishan was shown, many people on both sides would have kneeled down, because this was the imperial calligraphy bestowed by Emperor Qing, which was more important than ordinary gifts.
But now, Xiangzhou has been annexed by Jing State. If anyone uses the title bestowed by Qing Jun openly again, it will definitely not be a good thing and should be avoided if possible.
Many people looked carefully at the people in the team and discovered that most of the people in the front of the team were dressed in gorgeous brocade clothes and looked like businessmen. There were also some scholars, as well as a large number of beautiful women dressed in gorgeous clothes. At the end of the team were some ordinary guys.
Right behind Qingjun's calligraphy, a graceful woman walked slowly. Although she was no longer young, her beauty was not inferior to those young women, which showed how charming she was when she was young.
"That's... Hua Qingniang from Yingfang Pavilion!" A sharp-eyed person couldn't help but shout out.
"Tsk, tsk, so handsome, no wonder he could cause such a big fuss."
"Interesting, interesting. A few days ago, Fang Xusheng wiped out all the brothels of Qingjiang Commercial Bank. Some were closed down, and some were suspended. I thought these people were scared and stopped doing it, but who would have thought that they would go out on the streets on August 15th. They wanted to stab Fang Xusheng in the back in front of the entire human race!"
"Qingjiang Company is really extraordinary. This time they are ready to completely tear each other apart."
"Hua Qingniang became the target of public criticism just because she worshipped Qingjun. All the brothels of Qingjiang Commercial Bank were closed just because of worshipping Qingjun. And now, they are holding Qingjun's calligraphy to welcome him outside East City. This is simply a slap in the face of the officials of Jing State, a slap in the face of Jingjun and the Queen Mother, and a slap in the face of Fang Xusheng! If I were Fang Xusheng, I would never tolerate it!"
"When August 15th comes, all kinds of monsters and demons come out. It seems that the people of Qingjiang Commercial Bank are going to do something big today."
"In the previous fight, both sides took a step back and everything was fine. But today, they are going to welcome Lord Qing with the gift from Lord Qing. There is no room for maneuver. If the Ge family cannot defeat Fang Xusheng, they can only leave Xiangzhou in disgrace and return to Qing State to hide."
"Return to Qing? After doing something like this, is it possible that Fang Xusheng will let them return to Qing? I don't believe they can return to Qing safely."
"Haha, this is really a conspiracy between insiders and outsiders. The real dagger is revealed when the plan is completed. They are just short of admitting that they are traitors. If the officials of Jing State don't even arrest such people, then I will leave Xiangzhou and go to Qi State with my family tomorrow. The officials of this country are rotten to the core."
"Don't worry, those dog officials don't care about the matter, but with Fang Xusheng here, they will definitely be in trouble."
"Fang Xusheng? Oh, how many years has Fang Xusheng only been famous? That old fox Ge Baiwan has become a big businessman in Qing Kingdom decades ago. Since he is willing to bring the calligraphy given to him by Qing Jun here and let these people take it to meet Qing Jun, he is absolutely sure that Fang Xusheng will not dare to pursue it! Think about it, if Qing Jun knew that Fang Xusheng could win, would he come here to suffer? Obviously, Qing Jun is sure that Fang Yun will lose, and Ge Baiwan probably understands this, so he mobilized so many people and did not give Fang Xusheng any face at all."
"Ah... that's true. Qing Jun came to the Yueyang Tower Literary Gathering with bad intentions. Before he even arrived, the people from Qingjiang Commercial Bank were ready to make a big fuss. The key is that these people were holding Qing Jun's calligraphy and hadn't done anything illegal. They were just heading outside the East City, so the government couldn't stop them. Once they met Qing Jun, if Fang Xusheng was there, I don't know how embarrassed they would be. Alas, it's a pity for Fang Xusheng. He met cunning people like Ge Baiwan and Qing Jun at such a young age. He will definitely be laughed at by the Ten Kingdoms."
"If we stop them from seeing Qing Jun, and Qing Jun asks about it, it will be a bigger joke. Who came up with this vicious plan? It's enough to drive people to death."
"How many good people are there among these brothels? Who hasn't forced women of good character into prostitution? They look like decent people, but they are actually scum. How many good girls have been harmed by them? Seeing them act so arrogantly, I feel really upset."
"We have no say in these matters. Let's follow them and see how Fang Xusheng handles them."
"Will Fang Xusheng avoid meeting me?"
"It shouldn't be. When Lord Qing comes, even Xu Sheng should go out of the city to greet him. Moreover, Fang Xu Sheng is now the governor of two states. He has an official position. If he doesn't go to greet Lord Qing, it would be unreasonable."
Some scholars with Jiangzhou accents from Fenjing Kingdom followed the crowd forward, discussing in low voices, all of them with worried brows.
In Baling City, countless people headed to the outside of the East City.
On the Yangtze River outside Baling City, dark whirlpools appeared. They were so deep that one could not see the bottom and made people feel cold all over.
The newly formed sea eyes are lined up along the Yangtze River, close to the river bank.
After a while, one of the very small sea eyes stabilized, and then more than a hundred people came out of the sea eye. Before they could stand firmly, they were carried to the shore by the waves.
After reaching the shore, those people could not even stand up. They either sat or lay on the ground vomiting continuously.
People kept pouring out of that small sea eye and were pushed to the shore by the waves.
.(To be continued.)