Fang Yun gently shook his head. There were too many similar incidents.
The one that disgusted Fang Yun the most was that in the one hundred eighty-seventh year of the new calendar, someone from Xiang Province had gone to Gyeongo's Xi Province's Riverside Prefecture as a guest. While praising a little girl, he had touched her head. According to Riverside Prefecture's custom, married men were not allowed to touch little girls' heads. As a result, he had angered the locals and was beaten up.
When Xiang Province's newspaper published this news, it believed that people from Xiang Province had to abide by the local customs.
However, not long ago, a person from Xiang State's Tai He Manor went to Jing State's Jiang State's Da Yuan Manor. The people from Da Yuan Manor welcomed them and gave them gifts wrapped in white silk according to local customs. However, that person from Tai He Manor was furious and immediately returned to Xiang State because Tai He Manor's custom was that gifts could not be wrapped in white.
Xiang Province's newspaper crazily attacked the people of Jingguo for their lack of etiquette. It believed that they should respect the customs of their guests and should not impose local customs on foreign guests.
Every time Fang Yun thought of these two pieces of news, he would feel nauseous.
The words shameless and despicable weren't enough to describe the people who wrote Xiang Province's newspaper.
Fang Yun was about to become a Grand Scholar of the Sincerity Realm, so he didn't hide his emotions. He admitted that he hated this kind of thing. He even suspected that even if he became a Half-saint, he would still frown if he heard such disgusting things.
"There's nothing new under the sun." Fang Yun's gaze turned cold.
Fang Yun flew extremely quickly. When he crossed the Yangtze River, the water suddenly surged upwards. Waves of powerful energy surged upwards, but at the same time that Fang Yun sensed it, an invisible force instantly suppressed the energy in the river.
The water only rose three meters before it was suppressed. Soon after, the river's surface was dyed red and green by the blood of countless demons.
Fang Yun's expression didn't change. This wasn't the first time the demons and barbarians had ambushed him in Saint Origin World, but they had all been easily stopped by Notre-Dame or Half-saint.
Fang Yun lowered his head and glanced at the river. His gaze swept past the corpses under the water. He raised his head again and looked at a city on the southern bank of the Yangtze River.
That city was Baling City, the capital of Xiang Province.
Fang Yun then looked towards the southeast and saw an endless lake that looked like a sapphire. This was Dongting Lake, 800 miles long. There was even a palace in Dongting Lake for the Flood Dragon Saint. Each time the saint patrolled the lake, he would go there to rest and taste the famous silver fish and silver needle tea of Mount Jun.
The north gate of Baling City opened. Soldiers in full armor stood on both sides of the road, holding flags in their hands. The road stretched for ten miles.
At the Baling Wharf on the shore of the Yangtze River, there was not a single boat. All the boats, regardless of size, were docked at the smaller wharf in the distance.
Fang Yun glanced around and suddenly stopped a li away from the Baling docks. Stepping on the clouds, he said with a thunderous voice, "Personally go and invite the scattered ships back to the Baling docks. We brought them to Xiang Province so that the people of Xiang Province can live better lives, not to disturb their livelihood. When the Baling docks return to normal, I will set foot on Xiang Province's soil."
Fang Yun's voice spread throughout the entire Baling Mansion.
All the officials present were stunned. Different officials had different reactions.
Some of the Xiang Province officials who supported Gyeongo were shocked, some sneered, some frowned, and some panicked.
The magistrate officials, on the other hand, were vexed or anxious.
Dong Wencong hurriedly said, "Please be at ease, Fang Xusheng. This lowly official knows his wrongs and will correct them. I will definitely not disturb the people." Dong Wencong swept his furious gaze over the officials. He then hurriedly left with Governor Fang Shouye to have the ships return.
Fang Shouye gave Fang Yun a light nod. Seeing that Fang Yun had responded, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly went to deal with the matter.
The people of Baling City were first stunned when they heard Fang Shouye's words. They were then overjoyed. Many people put down what they were doing and ran to the large dock outside the city.
A few of the old scholars in the city nodded.
The people who had been driven to the distant ships were extremely moved when they heard Fang Yun's words.
"It's still Fang Xusheng who is the best. Those Xiang Province officials don't treat us as people at all. They drove us away just like that. It's already been a few hours. What if the fish in the ship rots?"
"My mother is waiting for me to sell the fish and buy medicine for her. Now that we can't go to the large dock, no one will come here to collect fish. "
"No wonder he can become Xusheng. Not to mention his talent, just the fact that he has our people in his heart is enough to make me admire him."
"Think about the officials of Gyeongo in the past, including the Qing Emperor. When they came, they were blocked by Qingjiang and complained everywhere. Who could compare to Fang Xusheng?"
"No wonder so many Gyeongo people ran to Ning An County to help Fang Xusheng fight against the barbarians."
"This kind of Xusheng, I recognize the bandits of Gyeongo. I don't recognize him."
"Let's go. Let's set sail and pay our respects to Fang Xusheng. With Fang Xusheng here, even our children can become Jinshi. Our cabins can be filled with fish."
Thousands of ships, big and small, set sail one after another toward Baling's large dock.
Some of the passenger ships carried passengers from various countries. The passengers discussed in low voices and praised him.
Many people bowed to Fang Yun on the ship, while others knelt on the deck and kowtowed to Fang Yun from afar.
Dong Wencong whispered to Fang Xusheng, "As expected, Fang Xusheng is not ordinary. We almost fell into the Qing Emperor's trap. We are used to receiving high-ranking officials in a grand manner, but those Qing Emperor's officials can easily taint Fang Xusheng's name with just a few words."
Fang Shouye nodded lightly and said, "This nephew of mine has truly surpassed his master. We've been in the government and military for so many years, but we can't even compare to a child like him. How shameful. Only now did I understand why he didn't even give us face and directly opened his mouth. The Qing Emperor might have created some unexpected incidents, such as having the fishermen beat the drums and cry about how their fish died because they received Fang Xusheng. Or they might have the people on the ship die of illness or drown. Then they would point the spearhead at Fang Xusheng, causing him to get into trouble the moment he arrived. "
"Yes, Fang Xusheng saw through this at a glance, so he simply stopped in midair. You can't blame him for being heartless. It's us who didn't do it. "
"How is this heartless? If he was heartless, he would have directly used his words to reprimand us."
"I'm suddenly very happy. I'll definitely learn a lot from being an official under him," Dong Wencong said.
"He's always been different from us." Fang Shouye looked at Fang Yun in the distant sky and sighed.
"When you first met him, you probably didn't think this day would come," Dong Wencong said.
"When I personally went to find him, it was probably the best and most important thing I've done in my life." Fang Shouye became even more emotional.
Dong Wencong smiled and said, "I wonder how many people in Jingguo, no, in the entire human race, envy you."
"That's why, as his uncle, I can't embarrass him. Now, I've brought trouble to him. "
"Do you think he's cultivated the legendary Zeng Zi's Three Provinces Path, which allows him to examine himself three times a day and discover all problems related to himself? Otherwise, how could he have discovered the problem as soon as he arrived?"
Fang Shouye said, "It's hard to say. I believe that he didn't first discover the Qing Emperor's scheme, but that he didn't look down on the ordinary people in the depths of his heart. He really didn't want to disturb the people in order to welcome him and make the Qing Emperor's scheme ineffective."
"Doesn't this mean that his level is even higher than that of the Three Provinces Path? He's reached the level of a Saint, where the Path of Sincerity can foresee the future."
"It's hard to say, hard to say."
To be continued.
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