It was almost noon, and Du Xun ordered people to hold a banquet in the courtyard to greet Du Zhongxiao. Nearby neighbors, no matter whether they knew each other or not, could attend the banquet as long as they arrived. The Du family was very lively for a while, and there were countless people gathered in the courtyard.

Home is the foundation. Du Zhongxiao greets every table. I don’t know how much wine I drank, and his mind is drowsy. He doesn’t know these people, but the Du family settles down here and builds a business. They cannot be without their help.

After noon, the county officials sent gifts from the magistrate. Xuzhou was also under the jurisdiction of Jingxi Road. In order to avoid suspicion, no one came. Du Zhongxiao was in charge of the south of Jingxi Road, with Tangzhou, Dengzhou and Xiangzhou as the center, and only Ruzhou in the north. And there was no supervision power, otherwise it would not be his turn to this position based on the principle of avoidance.

The wine was drunk in the sky and the earth. Du Zhongxiao didn't know when it ended, and was helped back to his residence by his family.

Han Yueniang held her son and looked at her husband who was sleeping in bed. She sighed helplessly. She only stayed at home for one day and drank like this. Fortunately, her family was small and her parents were in the village, otherwise she would not even have enough time to leave her relatives’ house.

After sleeping until midnight, Du Zhongxiao was thirsty and got up to find water to drink. Seeing Han Yueniang holding the child aside, she said, "It's already late at night, why haven't you rested yet?"

Han Yueniang shook her head and smiled bitterly: "How can I sleep when you are so drunk? After sleeping for so long, have you sobered up?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his eyes hard: "It's better. In the past, our two small families didn't have many families, but I didn't expect that there were so many more people when I came back this time. I just drank a few drinks with them and I was drunk."

Han Yueniang said, "Can this be the same? Now there are hundreds of hectares of land in the family and over a hundred farmers, so where is the same as before. In the past, our small family and small business were rich and happy, but now our family has a big business, so there are many things that are upset."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Just leave the family affairs to the second elders to take care of. Tomorrow, you will take the official boat with me and we will go to Tangzhou. After being an official on Hedong Road for several years, we have forgotten what the family looks like. Now we are back to the mainland as an official, so we should not separate."

Seeing that his son was already asleep in Han Yueniang's arms, Du Zhongxiao sighed: "I just met you after you can run, jump, and talk. Speaking of which, I didn't have any intention of being an official. When I came home today, this kid refused to recognize me."

Han Yueniang smiled and said, "He has never seen you before, how dare he recognize you? This kind of thing is common in officials and there is nothing wrong with it."

Although he was not with Du Zhongxiao, as Du Zhongxiao was promoted, Han Yueniang's status also rose. Several families with officials from nearby prefectures and counties often walked around each other and were not unfamiliar with official affairs. In particular, Han Jiang and Du Zhongxiao were familiar with him. His family bought land in Xuzhou and settled in their own provinces, and the two families moved more frequently.

The Han family is the top family in this dynasty. Han Yi started his career as a Jinshi. The son-in-law of the former prime minister Wang Dan, retired as the young tutor of the prince. He died of illness a few years ago in Xuzhou. His eight sons have now produced four Jinshi, and his future is limitless. In the eyes of Han Yueniang, the Han family is his role model. He only hopes that Du Zhongxiao can be like Han Yi, become the prime minister, educate his son to become a talent, and become such a big family.

In this era, if you want to pass on wealth and honor, except for the generals who have been married to the royal family for generations, other families need to pass on their poetry and books. It is best to pass on each generation to become a Jinshi. Once the Jinshi is broken, even if there is a ancestor, it will decline in two or three generations. What glory did Zhao Pu be like when Taizu Taizong was Taizong? It was only two or three generations, and his family had been lost. Only the emperor occasionally remembered Zhao Pu's contributions, rewarded his descendants with a bowl of rice and a small official. Therefore, in Han Yueniang's eyes, the Han family, who had produced several Jinshi in one generation, was a great family with a bright future.

The generals are different, just like Wang Kai, who has a good relationship with Du Zhongxiao, relies on Zu Yin as an official and is promoted rapidly in the face of war. Not only does he continue his family, but he also lays the foundation for his descendants. His grandson Wang Shi is a hostage, and he is the Little Prince Wang who made his fortune in history.

With this understanding, Han Yueniang taught her son to study since he could speak. However, his level was limited and he couldn't teach anything, so Han Yueniang was worried about this. When he was reunited with Du Zhongxiao and his wife, Han Yueniang felt most relieved that his son had been taught. Although Du Zhongxiao's knowledge seemed not very good, he could get a Jinshi exam, and teaching his son this trick was enough.

After drinking tea, Du Zhongxiao talked to Han Yueniang for a while, but she couldn't stand it and fell asleep again.

Early the next morning, Du Zhongxiao and Du Xun and Han Lian were chatting at home.

Du Xun said: "Last year after hearing what you said, Luo Jing and I went to Sichuan and Shu to see where to make sugar sugar. The land of Sichuan and Shu is fertile and rainy, and it is the country of Tianfu. It is just narrow and dense, so it is not easy to buy land. I just plant sugarcane. I heard that there is no need for flat land, so I also hired a supervisor in Zizhou to see the merchants plant sugarcane. When I go to see the sugarcane after a few days, when I harvest sugarcane and squeeze sugar, I will go and see it again."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The road to Sichuan and Shu is far away, so there is no need for my father to go there in person. Choose a reliable supervisor and just take a trip."

Du Xun shook his head repeatedly: "The sugar is so much interest. Once the family business there flourishes, it will be much better than ours. While I am not old and can still walk, it is nothing to run away. Establishing a family business will make your children and grandchildren have a better life in the future."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "Dad, you can't think like this. If your descendants are not successful, no matter how big your family business is, it will be destroyed quickly. Look at the world, no matter how great the wealth of the family, how many people can keep their ancestors? No matter how much money you leave, you can't keep your descendants rich. It's better to teach them to read and read. With the ability to settle down, it's the fundamental reason. For money, it's better to go with the flow."

Du Xun just shook his head and said nothing. He had suffered losses from having no money and attached great importance to money.

Han Lian had only Yue Niang, but he was open-minded. As long as Du Zhongxiao was doing well, Du Xun wanted to make money everywhere, so he would let him take care of the property in his hometown.

Du Zhongxiao asked his father to go to Sichuan to build a sugarcane garden. The second is to make money, and the most important thing is to realize his own ideas. Sugarcane is the most suitable crop for commercial cultivation in this era. It is capital-intensive, labor-intensive, and the product market is large, which is better than cotton and wool.

China has a vast land and a large population. It is a natural characteristic of the textile industry. Small-scale farmer-style dispersed production is destined to exist for a long time. This is an important side business in the countryside, with low costs and cannot be easily destroyed by machine production. Not to mention that in this era, in previous lives, the industry was already very developed, and small production workshops that use rural labor were still widely present.

The industrial production of the textile industry requires a broad external market. Sugar is different, and it is easy to develop both inside and outside. Moreover, because it is easy to operate in a centralized manner, the court can build large plantations. If it is done well, it will be easier to make money than tea and salt.
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