Gu Yanwu set out from Zhenjiang to Songjiang. Before that, he stayed in Yangzhou Prefecture for more than two months. This was not because the Qi Palace had ordered that Gu Yanwu would not allow Gu Yanwu to cross the river, but because Gu Yanwu became interested in the salt industry restructuring in Jiangbei and the reorganized Jiangbei Army, so he stayed there to observe, which delayed it.

"Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world." Even if Zhou Shixiang was just an ordinary soldier in his previous life, these eight words made him well-known. In terms of reputation, Gu Yanwu definitely could not be compared with Qian Qianyi. In terms of status, Qian Qianyi was the Minister of Rites and is now the Grand Tutor of Dingwu Court. Gu Yanwu only served as the ministry official of the Ministry of War of Hongguang Dynasty and had not been in office. In terms of fame, Gu Yanwu was a student of the Imperial College who was donated to the imperial examination, which was even more incomparable to the literary leader and Qian Qianyi, the leader of the literary world. However, Zhou Shixiang attaches great importance to Gu Yanwu. As soon as the news from Yangzhou arrived, he immediately asked Gui Yongzhi to personally pick up Gu Yanwu. When he heard that Gu Yanwu was going to stay in Yangzhou for a period of time, Zhou Shixiang did not urge him, and wrote to Ge Yi, the Jianghuai governor of Yangzhou, to treat Gu Yanwu with courtesy, and not to make things difficult for him, and to open a door of convenience for him and allow him to visit various places.

After Zhou Shixiang went to Songjiang, Gu Yanwu crossed the river from Guazhou, Yangzhou to Jingkou. Three days later, Zhou Shixiang arrived with a fast horse and asked Gu Yanwu to meet in Songjiang. Gu Yanwu did not refuse. Considering that Gu Yanwu was tired of boats and was not suitable for a horse boat, Gui Yongzhi, who had been with him, ordered people to prepare the boat and go to Songjiang via water. The boat was only modified by a cargo ship, with a table and a bed in the cabin, which could be seated or lying. It was relatively wide. It was run by the boatman and his wife. The boatman was in charge of the boatman and his wife invited guests to live and eat. Although it looked simple, the boat was famous for its purity and thoughtfulness, and most of the people were businessmen who came and went to Jiang and Zhejiang.

The boat was moored in Yutang, Changzhou. Gu Yanwu and Gui Yongzhi went ashore and stayed comfortably in the inn. They ate salty porridge and egg cakes for breakfast, and then rushed out early. As the hull swayed, Gu Yanwu took a nap without realizing it.

"Mr. Gu, Yan Ziling Platform is ahead. Do you want to get off the boat and take a walk?" Gui Yongzhi shouted softly and woke Gu Yanwu up.

"You want! Please ask the boatman to dock." Gu Yanwu asked without thinking.

Yan Ziling was a noble soldier Yan Guang of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was originally a classmate of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu. After Liu Xiu became emperor, he asked Yan Guang to help him. After many searches, he finally found him. The two of them talked at night in the palace, chatting together with beds and beds. They were very happy. They fell asleep late at night, and Yan Guang even put his feet on Emperor Guangwu. This incident later spread and caused the censor to report the memorial. Yan Guang felt that the officialdom was dangerous, so he quietly left and lived in seclusion at the foot of Fuchun Mountain, Zhejiang, allowing Emperor Guangwu to send someone to persuade him, but he did not want to see him again. This Ziling platform in Changzhou was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was engraved with the sixteen-character praise words written by Fan Zhongyan for Yan Guang, "The mountains are vast and the rivers are vast. The wind of a gentleman, the mountains are high and the rivers are long."

When he approached Zilingtai, Gu Yanwu strolled in the stone chair under the tree for a while. Gui Yongzhi accompanied him to visit the scenery, but he was not impatient. After leaving Zilingtai, the ship continued to sail towards Songjiang and reached Suzhou. Gu Yanwu proposed to visit Hanshan Temple. This Hanshan Temple is a famous Zen temple in Gusu. Gui Yongzhi had been hearing about it before, but he had never seen it personally. He had a great commander's explanation, so he agreed.

When the two were worshiping Buddha in the temple, Qian Qianyi suddenly came, which surprised Gu Yanwu because he had not sent a letter to Qian Qianyi. How could he know that he had passed by Suzhou? Qian Qianyi's appearance made Gui Yongzhi strange, but after thinking about it, he realized that Qian was the Grand Tutor after all, and Gu Yanwu could not hide the news about him. He smiled and walked up to greet Qian Qianyi.

"Mr. Zong Bo is still healthy and bright, and I am so happy!"

Gu Yanwu was a little embarrassed because he had refuted Qian Qianyi's face. When Gu Yanwu executed Shifu Liu'en to imprison, his friend Guizhuang asked Qian Qianyi to help him, but Qian Qianyi proposed to ask Gu Yanwu to join him. Guizhuang was unwilling to lose the Qian family's aid. Although he knew that Gu Yanwu would not agree, he still regarded Gu Yanwu as his teacher. After Gu Yanwu found out, he hurriedly asked someone to ask for a post from his disciple who returned to Zhuang, but Qian Qianyi refused to give it. As a result, Gu Yanwu wrote a confession, stating that he had never been listed on the Qian family's door wall, and asked someone to post it everywhere on the thoroughfare. Qian Qianyi was very embarrassed and mocked: "Yanwu is too impatient!"

"After leaving for several years, I'll be fine!" Qian Qianyi had long viewed the events of his early years and stepped forward to lift Gu Yanwu up. Ningren was Gu Yanwu's name, but his original name was "Zhongqing", but this "Ningren" was later changed to show his attitude towards the Qing Dynasty.

"The Buddhist land is pure and you cannot drink alcohol. Please sit down and have a cup of tea!"

Gui Yongzhi's eyes signaled his followers to go to the monk to make tea. After the tea was brewed, Gu Yanwu and Qian Qianyi looked at each other, and they were all moved. Soon, the two let go, but because Gui Yongzhi was the King of Qi, Qian Qianyi was inconvenient to talk to Gu Yanwu about Jiangnan's debts in front of him, and then said: "Ning people have always had strategies and knowledge. This time, the King of Qi attacked Guizhou and rescued Li Dingguo outside the border. Do you think Wu Sangui would abandon the Qing Dynasty and rush to attack the King of Qi?"

Gu Yanwu shook his head and said decisively: "It shouldn't be. Yungui is just a useless person to Wu Sangui now. Henan is certain, so he can rush his troops north to restore Beijing. At this critical moment, he fought with the King of Qi, and what the wise do not do." After saying that, he looked at Gui Yongzhi and said to Qian Qianyi calmly: "Looking at Wu Sangui's actions over the past 20 years, he is a person who refuses to suffer losses. If he regained Beijing, he would probably go south. Then another civil war would inevitably occur. Has the old Zong Bo ever thought about trying to reconcile the two and join the Ming Dynasty?"

"this"

Qian Qianyi was stunned. He seemed to have never considered this matter.

Since the restoration of Jiangnan, Zhou Shixiang has been to Shanghai in later generations for the first time. Songjiang Prefecture is only established during the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties, so in terms of history and reputation, it is definitely not as good as Suzhou Prefecture. It can be seen that "there is heaven above and Suzhou below". However, although it is not as famous as Suzhou, Songjiang Prefecture's status in Jiangnan is also very important, and it is stronger than Yingtian Prefecture in Nanjing, and its population, money, grain and tax output is no less than Suzhou.

Taking the population as an example, although Songjiang has experienced the "Three Massacres of Jiading", the existing population is more than 1.2 million, of which more than half of Dingkou is almost the population of Guangdong Province. Guangxi and Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces add up, so there is probably not much Songjiang. As for provinces such as Sichuan that were slaughtered by the Qing army, it is even more unrelated to mention it.

Only people can produce taxes and money and grain. The commercial atmosphere of Jiangnan Shuangfu is strong. During the Wanli period, Songjiang Prefecture's handicraft workshops accounted for almost 70% of the Jiangnan Shuangfu, while Jiangnan Shuangfu accounted for 90% of the country. These handicraft workshops are mainly based on the textile industry, mainly producing cotton, silk, satin and other fabrics. These textiles are extremely profitable, and sold overseas through maritime trade, which makes the owners rich and obtain a large amount of gold and silver. However, the commercial development will inevitably damage agriculture, because the textile industry needs a large amount of cotton and silk, which continuously turns the original farmland into economic fields for planting cotton and mulberry trees. As time goes by, Jiangnan Shuangfu gradually changes from a heavy grain production area to a heavy tax area. The main source of grain in the Ming Dynasty changed from Jiangnan to Huguang, so there is a saying that "Huguang is mature and the world is full."

If there were no natural disasters after the Apocalypse, if there were no refugees from the northwest and the Qing Dynasty, the extent to which the commercial exhibition in Jiangnan would have been, and whether capitalism would have emerged.

There is no assumption in history, and Zhou Shixiang will not assume that his purpose in coming to Songjiang was to "build villages and villages", rather than to promote the development of the local textile industry and promote the capitalist process, because at present, what the Ming Dynasty lacked was not money, but food.

However, after visiting those workshops on site and listening to the reports of Wang Shirong, Tang Xiaoxian and others who hosted Songjiang Qingkui, he slightly changed his original intention.
Chapter completed!