After leaving the North City Gate, Zhou Zhong and his carriage moved forward slowly. On both sides of the road were shacks built by the victims. The weather was bad today. Most of the victims hid in their homes after receiving the morning porridge.

In the shacks, only some children play in the open space between the shacks.

These children range from big to small, the oldest is no more than eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest is at most the same age as Duo'er. However, compared to Duo'er's chubby appearance, these children are extremely thin and have deep-set cheeks.

Her eyes looked particularly big, and her hair was dry and yellow, and even because it was so dirty, it had become strands and looked like it was tied into little braids.

The children of these victims are wearing clothes of indistinguishable colors, and they are so loose that you can tell that they are made from adults' clothes. In addition, if you look carefully, you can also see that these children's faces, ears and palms are all raw.

There were frostbites, and some were even black and purple, but even these children were still having a lot of fun, with innocent and bright smiles on their faces, no different from Duo'er's smile.

Although Zhou Chong had long heard about the situation in the refugee camps, he couldn't help but feel a little sad when he saw these children today. In future generations, these children should stay in warm and bright classrooms to study, but now because of the famine, they

But he and his parents traveled thousands of miles to come here just to have a bite of food to survive.

Xu Shenzhong, who was in the same car, saw Zhou Zhong staring at the children outside with a heavy expression on his face, so he explained: "Wenda, don't think too much. Although the children outside are pitiful, because

The method you came up with last time has allowed my father to solve the money problem. The food purchased is enough for these victims to support the beginning of the next spring. By then, the court's disaster relief food should also have arrived. It can be said that the reason why these victims can survive is because

Wenda, you are indispensable!"

Regarding Xu Shenzhong's praise, Zhou Zhong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Brother Shenzhong is too polite. I just came up with an idea. The most important thing is to have officials like Mr. Xu to promote this matter. Otherwise, it's just me."

Even if one person has the best method, it will be useless."

"Wen Da is right, but it's a pity that there are so few good officials like Mr. Xu in the world!" Li Zheng next to him also felt a little emotional. Then his face changed and he said angrily, "It's a shame that the government is now in the middle of the court.

The Eight Tigers are in power, and His Majesty is unclear about how to deal with things. As a result, the government is completely controlled by a group of villains. Gentlemen cannot be promoted. Sometimes I wish I could use a three-foot sword to wipe out the evil villains in the court in one fell swoop!"

Zhang Kuang and Xu Shenzhong both agreed with Li Zheng's somewhat extreme remarks. They criticized the traitors in the court led by the Eight Tigers one after another. Their words were also very sharp, which surprised Zhou Zhong. In his impression, Xu Shenzhong

He has always been a humble gentleman, and Zhang Kuang also has a good temper, but now, like Li Zheng, these two people get angry whenever they mention the Eight Tigers and others headed by Liu Jin, as if the other party is their father-killing enemy.

Zhou Zhong liked reading in his previous life and knew a lot about the affairs of the Zhengde Dynasty. Although people like Liu Jin have always been poorly evaluated in history, in Zhou Zhong's view, there are no good or bad people in the struggle between the upper echelons of a country.

Some are just conflicts of interest. Only the person who wins in the end is qualified to judge what is right and wrong!

It is precisely because of the above thoughts that Zhou Zhong has no personal likes or dislikes towards people like Liu Jin. Of course, this premise is that the other party does not hurt the people around him. Otherwise, if someone hurts his relatives like the Song father and son did,

, then no matter whether the other party is a good person or a bad person, it is unforgivable in Zhou Chong's opinion!

The Merit Monument was erected next to the main road to the north of the camp for the victims. This road was the only way for the victims to reach Songjiang. It was more appropriate to erect the Merit Monument here. When the carriage stopped next to the Merit Monument, Zhou Zhong had a feeling.

A feeling of relief, because he finally no longer has to listen to Li Zheng and others scold Liu Jin and these traitors.

Today is the inauguration ceremony of the Monument of Merit, and Xu Shenzhong’s father, Magistrate Xu, personally presided over it. In addition, all the famous wealthy businessmen and gentlemen named on the monument have also received invitations to give advice. Although most of the people who received the advice are not willing to come, but it seems

For the sake of Magistrate Xu, they had no choice but to come.

The merit stele has been erected on the roadside, and a small pavilion has been built on the top to block the invasion of rain and snow. The entire stele is about six feet high. Under the stele is a lotus sitting platform, but the body of the stele is covered by a huge

Covered with red silk cloth, the entire stele cannot be seen.

Zhou Chong and others got off the carriage and found that a large group of people had gathered in front of the Monument of Merit. Most of them were wealthy merchants and gentry who were famous on the monument. There were also some idlers like them who came to watch the fun. These people gathered in small groups.

, talking to each other and pointing at the merit monument, and when meeting other acquaintances, they would also say hello, and the scene seemed quite lively.

Xu Shenzhong didn't like the excitement, so he took Zhou Zhong and the others to a corner, pointed to the people on the scene and helped introduce them, comparing how much Mr. Wu had donated, how much Jiang Juren had donated, etc.

Just when Xu Shenzhong was introducing Zhou Zhong and others, today's protagonist finally arrived belatedly. A government carriage stopped. Xu Shenzhong's father, Xu Zhifu, got out of the carriage, and there was also a young man with gray hair and an ancient face.

The old man in a shirt got off the car with him. After getting off the car, the two stood arm in arm. It seemed that the old man's status was no lower than that of Magistrate Xu.

Just when Zhou Zhong was guessing the identity of the old man next to Xu Zhifu, Xu Shenzhong smiled and leaned into his ear and said: "Wenda, Wang Shibo was very angry with you last time. Brother, I know you are very angry."

I'm busy, but it's better to take some time to visit his old man, otherwise he will suffer a lot!"

Zhou Zhong was stunned for a moment when he heard Xu Shenzhong's words. Then he thought that the old man's surname was Wang, and his prospective father-in-law seemed to be also surnamed Wang. Now he immediately understood the old man's identity, and immediately said: "Thank you, Brother Shenzhong, for reminding me."

, I have been so busy with family matters recently that I even forgot to visit Uncle Wang, it’s really damning!”

Hearing Zhou Zhong's admission, the smile on Xu Shenzhong's face became even stronger, and he reminded him again: "Wenda, if you go to visit Wang Shibo, you'd better give him a copy of the manuscript of Journey to the West. I saw him last time

At that time, I found that Wang Shibo was reading your Journey to the West, but he only had the first ten chapters of the manuscript in his hand. If you could give him the later manuscripts for tasting, it would definitely turn Wang Shibo's anger into joy, and maybe he could be spared.

You this time!"

Zhou Zhong thanked Xu Shenzhong again for his kindness, but he was still a little worried when he thought about meeting his future father-in-law. There was also the fiancée whom he had never met before, and he had only heard from Zhuo'er.

, the other party is not only virtuous, but also very beautiful. However, Zhou Zhong is still a little worried before seeing him in person. Forget about his appearance, after all, no matter how beautiful he is, there will be a day when he gets tired of looking at her. But if the temperament is not compatible, then this

You will suffer for the rest of your life.

With anxiety about married life, Zhou Zhong raised his head and looked at Mr. Wang next to Magistrate Xu. What he didn't expect was that Mr. Wang also happened to see him and Xu Shenzhong, and their eyes happened to meet.

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Zhou Chong had been engaged to the Wang family for a long time, and he would visit the palace every New Year and festival. Therefore, Mr. Wang was naturally very familiar with the original Zhou Zhong. In addition, he was angry with Zhou Zhong, so he looked at Zhou Zhong with a look in his eyes.

Full of evil.

Feeling the unkindness in his future father-in-law's eyes, Zhou Zhong also felt a thump in his heart. He must not offend his father-in-law, otherwise he would suffer a lot in the future, so he shamelessly showed a flattering smile to Mr. Wang, and then bowed slightly.

A courtesy. Unfortunately, Mr. Wang's anger was not so easy to calm down. He glared at Zhou Zhong and turned away, ignoring Zhou Zhong's flattery.

Seeing how stubborn his future father-in-law was, Zhou Zhong also mourned for his future life. They all said that his daughter is like his father. Judging from Mr. Wang's performance today, he must have a bad temper and a hard temper. It can be seen from this that,

That Miss Wang probably won't be as virtuous as Zhuo'er said.

When Zhou Zhong was secretly worried about his marriage, Magistrate Xu and Mr. Wang had already walked into the pavilion arm in arm, and then Magistrate Xu made a speech. The content was nothing more than thanking the wealthy businessmen and gentry for their generosity and donating property to help the victims outside the city.

Overcoming this difficulty and so on are all the same old stuff with basically no substance.

After finally waiting for Magistrate Xu to finish speaking, Mr. Wang stepped forward and said: "The completion of the Merit Monument today is actually a major event for Songjiang Mansion. I was entrusted by the Magistrate to unveil the Merit Monument. This makes me

I am deeply honored, and I would also like to ask a great philanthropist who has donated the most to unveil the monument with me!"

When Mr. Wang said this, he paused deliberately, and there was a lot of discussion immediately below. Many of them made a lot of additional donations for the sake of face. However, the government did not announce the list of additional donations later.

Therefore, in addition to knowing how much they have donated, they do not know the amount of other people's donations. Naturally, they do not know who has donated the most?

When Mr. Wang saw that he had successfully attracted the attention of everyone below, he showed a satisfied smile, and then spoke loudly again: "Now I invite Master Song Qian!"

"Boom~" When I heard the name 'Song Qian', it was like a pot was exploding. There was a lot of discussion, and most people had expressions of disbelief on their faces.

In contrast, Mr. Song and his son looked proud. They saw the dark and fat Mr. Song walking through the crowd with square steps. He bowed his hands and saluted to the people around him as he walked, and his face was so full of smiles.

I donated two thousand taels of silver at once just for today’s effect!

When Zhou Zhong saw Mr. Song walking out of the crowd, his expression froze for a moment, his eyes widened. After a while, he suddenly said rudely: "Damn it, I didn't expect that my idea turned out to be the opposite."
Chapter completed!