Apart from the time of travel, the staying time in several major cities in Jeju, such as Ji'an, Linzi, Taizhou and other cities will not exceed twenty days.

The reason why he stayed for such a short time was because Zhou Ming discovered that he did not seem to be very popular.

For example, in Jiyangcheng, Jeju Prefecture, Tang Junming held a "signature book sales meeting" between readers and the author in a Zihua Bookstore that had just opened. During the event promotion and warm-up period, five or six hundred readers wrote letters saying that they would definitely come to participate in this "conference", and met "Mr. Zihua" they had admired for a long time, and bought a few sets of "Zihua Collection" signed by Mr. Zihua, etc.... As a result, on the day of the signature book sales meeting, less than 200 people arrived at the scene, and most of the people who strongly expressed that they would come did not come.

For example, in Linzi City, where literary talent is strong, Lu Wencai booked the entire Zuixian Tower, sent a wide range of Zuixian Tower, invited a group of local celebrities and scholars, as well as some local famous prostitutes, preparing to hold a large-scale "poetry party" in Zuixian Tower, and together with the boss "Haiping Wenxian", they tasted poetry and essayed, flew flowers and wine, threw pots and wrote poems, and listened to famous prostitutes playing the piano. How elegant... As a result, the Zuixian Tower Poetry Club was invited by less than half.

Even the poetry meeting was only halfway through. Tian Zihua, the "Haiping Wenxian" had just created two poems that made everyone excited and cheered. When the atmosphere had just become strong, a group of uninvited guests suddenly came to the poetry meeting. Most of these uninvited guests were middle-aged men, and several solemn old men, all with Confucian uniforms, with a cold face and a bad expression.

As soon as they entered the scene, these people pointed at Zhou Ming and cursed, saying that his "Story Club" in Zihua Bookstore "corrupted the atmosphere" and "reversed the holy way", and his "Zihua Collection of Essays" were "frivolous" and "not worth laughing at". As for "Comics", they were the focus of their abuse, saying that it "led people to evil" and "mislead people's children", and asked him to "stop as soon as possible" to avoid "disturbing the world" and "harmful to oneself" in the future.

All the stern accusations made Zhou Ming feel like he was "referred by thousands of people".

In this era, the first batch of "trolls" made Zhou Ming in a good mood feel ashamed, and his mood suddenly became extremely bad.

But after thinking about it carefully, Zhou Ming immediately figured out the reason.

In the final analysis, it was the Zihua Bookstore he founded, which violated the interests of these "famous Confucians of Qi and Lu".

What does Zihua Bookstore represent?

It advocates freedom, is proactive, open and innovative, and is not restricted.

What do these famous scholars of Qi and Lu represent?

It is conservative, stubborn and conservative, and it is a rules and regulations that cannot be changed.

The two things are incompatible, and they will naturally have violent collisions and conflicts in their thoughts.

Especially an elderly man pointed to his nose and some of the articles and poems he wrote, accusing him of "repentance and reluctance" and disobeying the saints' "slightest words and righteousness" everywhere, claiming that Zhou Ming's various "big rebellious" behaviors would be cut off from the world... Zhou Ming was immediately furious, and he was speechless in one sentence, blushed, and almost vomited blood and fainted:

"You old man, too, are worthy of talking about the saint's subtle words? I will only say one thing. This place is the land of saints, why are the rich and the fields of the fields, and the poor and have no place to stand? Since you are disciples of saints, why don't you see the benevolence, righteousness and morality, but instead see the bandits everywhere? I will give you a sentence: Since you have become a bitch, don't set up the saint's archway. The younger generation is ashamed to speak to you and other hypocritical people!" After saying that, he shook his sleeves and left.

After completely offending these "famous Confucians of Qi and Lu", Zhou Ming and others had to leave without any pleasure.

However, there are still some gains in Jeju. When climbing Mount Tai and Mount Xiaolu, Zhou Ming wrote a "Fu of Climbing Mount Tai" and several excellent works of poetry. Soon after, through Zihua Bookstore, these works were widely circulated throughout the world. After watching these articles, poems and escorting, he bent his chest and sighed, feeling distressed and annoyed: "Why didn't Mr. Zihua stay in Jeju for a long time? Alas! I wish I could travel to Mount Tai with Mr. Zihua to see his fairy state of poetry and the magical posture of poetry... How annoyed!"

At this time, Mr. Zihua had already disappeared without a trace and was beyond reach.

...

In May, on a wide official road.

A group of people riding horses came in dust.

As the evening approaches, under the afterglow of the sunset, a circumference of fifteen miles, surrounded by a majestic city surrounded by a moat emits golden light, like a city of gold. When this rushing cavalry team slows down and walks on the willow shore.

Riding on the horse, everyone looked at the spring water in the moat. In the breeze, willow catkins flew everywhere. On the white stone pavement, there were tall horses, and they raised their horse's hooves lightly, as if they didn't want to make too much noise.

The warm wind intoxicates the scenery around you, like a fairyland in heaven.

"With a hundred thousand chunks of money, I rode a crane to Yangzhou! This Yangzhou is indeed the richest place in the world!"

After paying the entrance fee and entering this huge city with possible 300,000 people, there were crowds of people on the streets, and there were countless carts carrying loads and carts. Men, women, young and old in different colors of clothes were flocking to each other. When they walked by... Zhou Ming, who was leading a horse, shouted to Zhang Yuan beside him in the noise of the vendors on both sides.

"Yes, Brother Zihua, when we passed by Suzhou, which is known as the "paragraph on earth", we felt that it was already a big city in the world. Unexpectedly, Yangzhou Prefecture is several times more prosperous than that of Jiangzhou and Suzhou!"

Classmate Zhang Yuan sighed that compared with Yangzhou, the development level of his hometown Qingzhou is indeed far behind.

"Yangzhou is a land of fish and rice, a fertile land. Yangzhou's salt industry has brought endless wealth to this place. Hundreds of years of wealth accumulation have created a large number of rich salt merchants. Therefore, there are two things here that are the most famous. One is Yangzhou food. For example, there is a famous dish called "Qiansi Tongue". To make a plate of this dish, you have to use the tongues of a thousand tender chickens to cook a plate..."

"The second is Yangzhou thin horses. It is said that these thin horses are dudes and dentists. After buying the thin girl, they carefully trained them, passed on their piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, taught them all kinds of lewd skills, and made them half hungry and half full, and raised their delicate figures. Among them, the "three-inch golden lotus" is the best. After these thin horses were bought by wealthy merchants, they played with them in every way to satisfy their changes in their hearts. Every year, there are many thin horses that cannot stand being beaten and die. It is really pitiful..."

Classmate Cui Sai On was deeply saddened by some things that were so prosperous that they were deformed in the prosperous Yangzhou.

Hearing this, Li Dazui, who was standing beside him, opened his eyes like a copper bell and said, "This is the first time I heard that rich people can still play like this? But..." He clenched his fists again and said with a fierce look on his face: "If someone dares to raise my sister as a thin horse, my fist will definitely smash that person's head into pulp."

Li Dazui has two younger brothers and three sisters at home. Because he ate the most, his younger brothers and sisters are very thin, especially the three younger sisters. If you think about it carefully, it is really the same as the "slim horse" described by Cui Sai On. However, now that he can make money, he has sent hundreds of coins to his home one after another. The conditions in his hometown have improved a lot. The three sisters should not be so thin...

Zhou Ming didn't say anything. Some people have money, but their moral qualities will not improve, but will decline rapidly, and do all kinds of ridiculous and despicable things... But in this era, people have long been accustomed to it, and there are even more absurd things. The literati class, the nobles and royal families are not going to be able to go there. There are absolute rights and absolute desires. Without certain constraints, most people will be lost in these desires and desires and will be destroyed in them...

Zhou Ming, who has experienced everything, has certainly also something like desires, but he has become the master of these desires, rather than being enslaved by them in turn.

After walking through several streets and asking the locals a few times, Zhou Ming and others finally found a four-story restaurant called "Deyun Building" - this is the Tian Family Enterprise founded by Zhou Ming. There is one in every ten prefectures in the world. Naturally, Deyun Building is also the predecessor of "Deyun Club".

Of course, Deyun Tower is still more important in terms of food and accommodation, but there are also some storytellers, singers and dancers who tell stories, sing and perform in the building every day, and with some special dishes, Deyun Tower soon became one of the most famous restaurants in Yangzhou City.

Just entered the restaurant.

Dingdian, Lu Wencai and Tang Junming, who learned the news, quickly walked down from the building.

"Boss, I've been waiting for you for eight or nine days, why haven't I arrived yet?"

"Boss, if you don't come again, Brother Wencai and I will probably be drowned by those who want to see you. Good guy, at most, I received 200 letters and more than 800 letters a day...Boss, you don't know how popular you are in Yangzhou City now, right?"

Lu Wencai pulled Zhou Ming's sleeve and said, "Boss, your plan to hold a pipa and half-cover your face is amazing! In Yangzhou City, your Mr. Zihua is already famous. After Zihua Bookstore opened a few months ago, your fame is even more amazing. Brother Junming and I, after I released the news that you might have passed by Yangzhou, would you guess so? Your fans are almost crazy... Come on, Boss, I will take you to a room and see the pile of greetings and letters, which will guarantee that you will be shocked!"

Unlike Jeju, which tends to be conservative, Mr. Zihua has always been very popular in Yangzhou. He sent people to Qingzhou to buy a large number of works of Mr. Zihua. After returning, he pirated the most booksellers in Yangzhou. In two or three years, Yangzhou has a rich state with a strong commercial atmosphere and a very strong entertainment atmosphere. Mr. Zihua's fame is not much lower than that in Qingzhou.

This can be seen from the phenomenon of crowds and visiting people during Zhou Ming and others' short stay in Suzhou and Wenzhou during this period, it can be seen that in this era, the collective figures of handsome men + talented men + famous scholars are still very popular among people of all walks of life.

Hearing Lu Wencai's words, Zhou Ming smiled slightly, waved his sleeves and said, "No hurry to do this. I have been on the road for many days. Let me burn incense and bathe for five days. Let me wash the dust on my body first..."
Chapter completed!