The happy life of a prodigal

The children smiled when they heard this.

A child said loudly: "Xin'anhou is so handsome!"

"This is the first time I've heard of someone with the surname Xin!"

"Does Xin'anhou's family have a lot of money?"

"My father said, when you arrive at the academy, you must thank him properly when you see Marquis Xin'an. Marquis Xin'an, are you the Marquis Xin'an that my father mentioned?"

When Fang Xiu heard these words, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Marquis of Xin'an is just a title, my surname is Fang, my name is Xiu, and I am your honorary dean.

My family's money is not much, it should not be much different from yours.

As for the Marquis of Xin'an that your father mentioned, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be me..."

"Then Xin Anhou, thank you!"

Listening to the child's innocent words, Fang Xiu felt a warmth in his heart, and said with a smile: "You study hard, and I will thank you next year."

Chapter 673 The so-called ideal

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of joyful laughter in the academy.

Soon it was dusk.

That's the end of the first day of the academy.

There were many more people in front of the academy, some were parents who came to pick up their children, and more were spectators.

Of course, there is nothing exciting to watch.

It's just ordinary school and school.

Then, Fang Xiu and Chang Ru showed their faces in front of everyone, and there was a lot of discussion immediately.

Putting Xin'anhou aside, the other one is actually Yayuan!

This made many people with a wait-and-see attitude immediately make up their minds to send their children to study in this academy.

However, what they didn't know was that the academy was already fully recruited for this term.

If they want to sign up, they can only wait six months later.

Watching the children go home, Fang Xiu also returned to Fangfu to prepare for the women's imperial examination.

In a restaurant in the south of the city.

Several diners gathered together and chatted.

One of them took a sip of his wine and said mysteriously: "Brothers, have you heard what happened in the three southeast roads?"

"What could be going on over there? It's nothing more than trouble with pirates again."

"Brother, don't worry, those pirates who can't make a fortune can only make trouble in the southeast three roads, and when they go ashore, they have no ability at all."

The man shook his head, pretending to be mysterious and said: "If it was just pirates, I wouldn't tell you that."

"Oh?"

When the other people heard this, they all became interested and asked, "What is that?"

The man stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Of course it's the golden land."

"Golden land?"

The expressions of several people became a little weird.

Naturally, they had heard of this golden land.

In the past two days, rumors have been spread all over the capital.

It is said that in the Western Ocean, there is an island full of gold, and Westerners have been there.

There was so much gold that it filled the entire ship, and in the end it was because of too much gold that it sank before returning to land.

Only a few survived.

These few people built ships several times later, trying to explore the golden land, but in the end they found nothing.

It sounds a bit like Zhuxuanzhai's "Peach Blossom Spring".

However, this time, many people said it was true, and they didn't know whether it was true or not.

Of course, most people think it's fake.

Land of gold, how is that possible?

What about coaxing children?

"You don't believe it?"

Seeing everyone's expressions, the drinking man frowned.

The rest of them smiled.

One of them said: "Brother Fang, you drank too much."

"I didn't drink too much, I was sober!"

The man waved his hand and said: "Don't you believe it, this thing is really true!"

The others shook their heads, noncommittal.

They have long passed the age of dreaming.

In their eyes, the Golden Land is just a joke.

However, there are still so many people spreading this joke, I really don't know what they think.

The man called Brother Fang looked around, frowned, leaned forward, and said.

"I didn't believe this news like you at first, what kind of golden land is just a joke!

However, after my cousin returned to Beijing from Sandao in the southeast, I found out that this is true!

You don't know who my cousin is, he is idle, lazy, and earned a lot of money just because he went out to sea once. "

When everyone heard this, they all looked at him with indifferent eyes.

Obviously, few people believed these words.

Seeing this, the man waved his hand and said, "Believe it or not, I'll tell you the truth, not only in the golden land, but also in the western ocean, there are treasures everywhere.

My cousin didn't even go to the land of gold, he just went to the West for a stroll, and he couldn't spend all the money! "

"..."

Everyone was still skeptical and didn't believe what this man said at all.

It's not that no one in their family went to Nanyang, and after coming back in a few years, they may not necessarily live a good life.

As for the western...

It was so far away that they had never heard of it, let alone seen it.

As the saying goes, seeing is believing, hearing is believing.

Naturally, they wouldn't believe what they hadn't seen.

Seeing that they didn't believe it, the man waved his hand: "Forget it, I won't tell you, anyway, I'm going to go to the West, and while I'm young, I'll try my luck!"

"Go to the West?"

When the others heard this, their expressions finally changed.

Sailing to the west, they have never seen it before.

However, they often heard about going to Nanyang.

This is no small matter.

What's more, pirates are prevalent in the southeast three roads now!

Maybe they ran into pirates right after they went out to sea, so what's the deal?

At that time, people and money will be empty!

"Brother Fang, you have to think about it. It's not as easy as you imagined to go to the Western Seas or the South Seas!"

"That's right, Brother Fang, among other things, leaving home and having no relatives is something ordinary people can bear!"

Others spoke up to persuade.

The man surnamed Fang looked like an iron head, lying on the chair and said with a smile: "How could I not know what you are talking about?

I still say that, with the hard work of these few years, I can exchange for a lifetime of worry-free food and clothing!

Let me ask you, are you satisfied with your current life?

If you fail the imperial examination, study in a daze, and study for decades, even if you barely pass the exam, what's the use?

The end result is still the same!

In the end, it's just a handful of loess, why not go out and fight while you are young!

Even if you can't find the land of gold, if you go to the West, there will be a lot of silver! "

"This......"

When everyone heard this, their faces were worried.

In their eyes, this guy is absolutely crazy!

Isn't life good enough these days?

Inexplicably, he was going to sail to the West.

The wind and the sun, the hardships and hardships, let’s not talk about these for now, there are many pirates in the southeast three roads!

"Then what should we do if we encounter Haikou?"

Someone asked, with a look of worry on his face.

The person surnamed Fang waved his hand, with a look of indifference.

"How can there be so many pirates as you said, even if they are really unlucky to meet, then they will meet, it is the destiny.

and......"

When the man said this, he paused, and said with a smile: "I heard someone say that His Majesty called the ministers to discuss in the Nuan Pavilion for a morning, and the discussion was about how to solve the problem of pirates.

Thinking about it, it won't be long before Shenjiying will go to the southeast three roads.

In addition, I also found a few like-minded brothers to set off together, together with the brothers from Dongnan Sandao, gathered a few more beds, recruited more warriors, those pirates are not worth mentioning! "

"..."

Everyone was silent when they heard this, not knowing how to respond.

After all, no matter the western ocean, the southern ocean, or even the three southeast regions, they are all too far away for them.

Seeing this scene, the person surnamed Fang came up again and said mysteriously.

"The most important thing is, I heard that Marquis Xin'an is recruiting boatmen recently!"

Chapter 674 The earth is round!

As soon as these words came out, the whole restaurant became much quieter in an instant.

Just because of three words - Xin'an Hou.

They are all out-and-out people from the capital, so they naturally understand the weight of these three words.

Leaving Xin'anhou's character aside, his vision is real.

Xin'an Hou has recruited boatmen, which means that this matter is true in all likelihood.

For a time, most of the thoughts became active.

They all looked at that person.

Asked: "Is this true? Xin'an Hou really recruited boatmen?"

The man raised his brows and said: "Of course, my relatives work in Xin'anhou. Fang's mansion is calm on the surface, but in fact it has recruited a lot of boatmen. You can find out about this matter with a little inquiry." knew."