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Making Journey to the West famous in the form of a storyteller was Zhou Zhong's first good move. As Butler Xu continued to tell stories at Fengyou Teahouse, more and more people were attracted to the teahouse for the sake of being in person.

Listen to this unique journey to the West story.

It was under this circumstance that Butler Xu, under Zhou Zhong's hint, pretended to have accidentally let the news slip, and ended up leaking the news that Journey to the West was written by his young master Zhou Zhong.

In addition, through the hands of Zheng Jing, Zhang Kuang and Li Zheng, the manuscripts of the first few chapters of Journey to the West began to be circulated among scholars. Although some stubborn old Confucian scholars thought that Zhou Chong was not doing his job properly by writing these, most scholars

Everyone is full of praise for the book Journey to the West, and even those stubborn old Confucian scholars have to admit that Journey to the West is a good book that can be passed down to future generations.

The previous bankruptcy of the Zhou family and the fact that the Zhou family was forced to break off their engagement by the Song family had twice pushed Zhou Zhong to the forefront of public opinion in Songjiang Mansion. However, no one expected that just a few days later, Zhou Zhong would appear again.

Once he became the focus of everyone's discussion, his "prodigy" aura became even more dazzling.

Originally, Zhou Zhong and Butler Xu planned to talk about the sixth chapter of Journey to the West, that is, when Sun Wukong caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace, but was plotted by Taishang Laojun, and was finally caught by Erlang Shen and taken to the demon-slaying platform, the following content was no longer disclosed to the legend.

, just wait for the bookseller to come to him and buy the manuscript.

However, the two of them underestimated the huge influence of Journey to the West. More and more guests came to Fengyou Teahouse to listen to the book. Shopkeeper Liu had to change the layout of the teahouse and add many extra tables. Moreover, the identity of the guests who came to listen to the book

It is also getting higher and higher. Many wealthy businessmen and scholars have become regular visitors to the teahouse. Even some officials use their free time to come to listen to books. In the end, they also attracted Mr. Xu, the current magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture. This incident really caused a stir.

It caused quite a stir.

In addition, as the reputation of Journey to the West spread, many storytellers also came to the scene. They compiled what they heard and then preached it everywhere. There was no intellectual property protection in this era. Everyone thought this was normal, even

Some people think that this is to help the author become famous. In fact, it is true. In this era of underdeveloped information, these storytellers have indeed made Journey to the West spread more widely. The story of Journey to the West has even spread to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and

Spread to all parts of Ming Dynasty at an extremely fast speed.

It is precisely because so many people are willing to listen to Journey to the West and it has caused such a big response that if we only talk about the first six chapters, the content will be a bit small. In addition, Zhou Zhong also considered that the content of the story is closely related to the content of the manuscript.

The difference is quite big, so in the end Zhou Zhong discussed with Butler Xu and decided not to hide the following content, but to tell it openly, otherwise it would be easy to offend others. In addition, the real manuscript is in his own hands.

Businessmen who want to publish books have to come to them.

In fact, this is indeed the case. As Journey to the West is widely circulated by storytellers, more and more people are interested in the manuscript of Journey to the West. In this regard, local scholars in Songjiang Prefecture are much luckier, because they can go to Zhou Mansion

I paid a visit to Zhou Chong and asked him to copy the manuscript.

At the beginning, Zhou Zhong was very happy and received him in person every time. But then there were too many people, and finally Zhou Zhong was forced to think of a way to pass the first ten chapters of Journey to the West through Zheng Jing, Li Zheng, Zhang Kuangsan

People spread the word, and as for the remaining manuscript, he announced to the public that he had not finished writing it. During this period, he would write the book behind closed doors, hoping not to be disturbed. Only then did he finally stop the visitors. Usually only Zheng Jing and the others came,

Zhou Chongcai will receive him personally.

In a warm pavilion next to the hall in the front yard of Zhou's mansion, Zhou Chong and Zheng Jing were sitting opposite each other. There were several kinds of wine and food on the table. There was also a long-faced young man sitting between the two of them, smiling towards Zhou.

Toast again.

"Wenda, Xu has been studying in Suzhou. I came to visit my father a few days ago and heard about Wenda's name from my father. Later, I was fortunate enough to see your handwritten Journey to the West from Brother Minglun. I really admired Brother Yu.

Incomparable, so I have been waiting for Brother Minglun to bring me to visit, and today I finally got my wish!" The long-faced young man who called himself Xu said with a smile on his face, and he meant that he wanted to make friends with Zhou Zhong.

The long-faced young man who came with Zheng Jing was named Xu Shenzhong, and he had an extraordinary background. His father was Master Xu, the magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture. In the words of later generations, he was a standard second-generation official. However, the quality of this second-generation official was worse than

Later generations were much better. The Xu family was originally from Suzhou. Xu Shenzhong was born in Suzhou. He lived with his father in Songjiang for a period of time. When he was a teenager, he returned to Suzhou and studied calligraphy with Zhu Zhishan, one of the four talents of the Wu clan.

He passed the imperial examination in one fell swoop and became famous in Suzhou city.

"Brother Xu is a great talent. He is especially good at cursive writing. He is also a master of Mr. Zhishan's true calligraphy. Even Tang Jieyuan praised Brother Xu's calligraphy as having 70% of the charm of Mr. Zhishan." Zheng Jing brought Xu Shenzhong here because he wanted to

Let Zhou Zhong make more friends, so that they can be helpful no matter what he does in the future.

Zhou Zhong naturally understood Zheng Jing's good intentions. What's more, Xu Caizi was the son of Magistrate Xu and was also a scholar. Naturally, he had to make friends with such a person. Therefore, he also said with a smile on Xu Shenzhong: "

Brother Xu is really too polite. Suzhou has been home to talented people since ancient times, so there are talented people like Mr. Xu and Brother Xu. I have also been admiring the reputation for a long time. I must go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to travel around when I have time. I will be in trouble then.

Brother Xu, please introduce me to my younger brother!"

Hearing that Zhou Zhong intended to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou, Xu Shenzhong was even more happy. He laughed and said: "If Wenda goes to Suzhou, Brother Yu will definitely be the host. Please go to some good places, Wenda, and some of us from Suzhou."

Mingshi, Wenda, you should also visit one or two, such as Brother Yu’s teacher Mr. Zhishan, as well as Tang Jieyuan, Nanfeng layman and others..."

When it comes to the scenery and people in Suzhou, Xu Shenzhong gets a little carried away and talks endlessly. Although it seems a bit rude, it actually shows that he dragged Zheng Jing to visit the house rashly before and now he talks so freely.

One thing is that Xu Shenzhong should be a straight-tempered person and has no ill will in dealing with others. This kind of person is the most suitable person to be friends with.

Since Zhou Zhong traveled through time, he has been busy with family affairs and has not had much contact with the outside world. He does not know much about the situation in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the situations introduced by Xu Shenzhong also aroused Zhou Zhong's great interest, and he asked questions from time to time.

This made Xu Shenzhong's conversation even more interesting. As a result, the two had a very happy conversation. Zhou Zhong got a lot of useful information, and Xu Shenzhong also chatted very happily.

From Xu Shenzhong's mouth, Zhou Zhong learned a lot about the situation in Suzhou during the Ming Dynasty. He knew that it was already a famous land of fish and rice during the Ming Dynasty. It was extremely rich in products and was an important agricultural and economic center in the south. It was also the Yingtian Prefecture.

The governor's residence has a very profound cultural atmosphere and has cultivated a large number of Wu Zhongshi scholars, such as the famous Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan and others who are now living in Suzhou, but their situations are not very good.

The two chatted from morning to afternoon, and finally Xu Shenzhong revealed his most important purpose today: "Wenda, next month is the birthday of my teacher, Mr. Zhishan. I haven't thought about what birthday gift to give before, but after

After seeing Journey to the West, I liked it very much, so I wanted to copy a copy of Journey to the West myself and give it to the old man. However, only the first few chapters of Journey to the West have been circulated, so I took the liberty to visit today in the hope that I can achieve success.

Complete!"

Hearing Xu Shenzhong's request, Zhou Zhong had a troubled expression. Zheng Jing next to him saw this and thought that Zhou Zhong was unwilling to lend out, so he hurriedly said: "Wenda, Mr. Zhishan has a humorous temperament, and he also likes legends of strange things.

, so Brother Xu concluded that Mr. Zhishan would definitely love your Journey to the West, so he asked me to come and get a copy."

However, after hearing this, Zhou Chong smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Minglun misunderstood. Brother Xu and I hit it off right away. Why would I be reluctant to part with a mere novel? But now I have only written the thirtieth chapter of Journey to the West.

There are still seventy chapters left, totaling more than 600,000 words. Even the first thirty chapters I wrote are still hundreds of thousands of words. Now there is only one month left before Mr. Zhishan’s birthday. I’m afraid Brother Xu

It’s really impossible for one person to copy it all!”

Xu Shenzhong was overjoyed when he heard that Zhou Zhong agreed to his request, but when he heard what happened next, he couldn't help but frown. One hundred thousand words was not a small amount, and he could only stay in Songjiang for ten days at most, and then

I have to rush back to Suzhou. It is almost impossible to copy the first thirty chapters of Journey to the West in ten days.

Zheng Jing and Xu Shenzhong are also good friends who have known each other for many years. Hearing this, he couldn't help but feel anxious for him, but soon Zhou Zhong smiled and said: "Brother Shenzhong, do you think this will work? I just finished writing the previous thirty chapters.

There are three more of us here, why not just do this, each of us will take ten copies and copy them, and try to finish them in the shortest time. Then Brother Shenzhong will give the manuscripts to Mr. Zhishan as a birthday gift, which can also be regarded as a gift for us juniors.

A little thought!”

"Wonderful!" After hearing this, Zheng Jing closed his fan fiercely and said with a look of surprise. Although Mr. Zhishan's official career was not smooth, he was a well-known scholar in Wu. He had always admired him very much. He also used to

He once visited Suzhou and originally prepared a birthday gift for Xu Shenzhong to hand over, but now it seems that this method that Zhou Zhong thought of is better.

Xu Shenzhong was overjoyed in the end. He concluded that the teacher would like the book Journey to the West. The key was the content in the book. As for who copied it, I am afraid that the teacher would not care at all because of his temperament.

Thinking of this, Xu Shenzhong also nodded in agreement, so Zhou Zhong took the first thirty chapters of the book and the three of them took ten chapters each. However, Zheng Jing and Xu Shenzhong seemed to have made an agreement, and they were competing for the last twenty chapters.

They took the chapter in their hands and sat down at the wine table eagerly to read it. They had already seen the previous ten episodes and were eager to know the next story.

However, it was getting late now, and the sun had already set in the west. In the end, Zheng Jing, who was relatively calm, was the first to wake up. He picked up Xu Shenzhong, who was still addicted to books, and said goodbye to Zhou Zhong. Zhou Zhong also personally walked them to the door.

outside.
Chapter completed!