The first county magistrate in history

Jia Sizhen laughed and said, "Master Han, what do you think? I told you I wouldn't be wrong, right? This rubbish is just to fool an amateur like you!"

Han Jiance pretended to be ashamed: "Hehehe, I am a student with poor eyesight. I am embarrassed. I will learn more from you in the future!"

Jia Sizhen stepped forward and grabbed the golden Buddha: "Don't dirty the adults' eyes, throw it away!"

He raised his hand and was about to throw it out the window.

At this moment, Qin Zheng suddenly said, "Wait a minute, all Buddha statues are the body of the Buddha. Throwing them away like this is extremely disrespectful and you will be punished!"

Jia Sizhen's eyes flashed with ecstasy, and he feigned surprise and said, "Your Excellency is worshipping Buddha?"

Qin Zheng nodded: "I have been worshipping Buddha since I was a child."

thump!

Jia Sizhen knelt down and kowtowed, deeply terrified and fearful: "Please forgive my apology, my lord. I have never worshipped Buddha before, so I didn't know that I had blasphemed the gods and Buddhas."

thump!

Han Jiance also knelt down and said, "Sir, have I also offended the gods and Buddhas?"

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "It's okay. If you believe it, it exists. If you don't believe it, it doesn't exist. You can't force it. Get up!"

Jia Sizhen climbed to his feet and said in a frightened tone, "Sir, I don't know what to do with this statue. So, please take it and dispose of it, so as not to disrespect the deity and bring disaster to me. I will be grateful."

Qin Zheng was very happy: "Okay, I will invite him back to the temple for you and ask the abbot to perform a ritual."

Jia Sizhen was very understanding and immediately said, "Sir, performing a ritual also requires some arrangements, right?"

Qin Zheng nodded: "Of course, but it's not much, just five hundred taels of incense money. I will pay for it for you."

Five hundred taels?

groove!

You are so dark!

Jia Sizhen cursed in his heart, thinking, do you think I don’t understand the market situation?

He also worships Buddha. He has done so many bad things that he must ask for Buddha's blessing.

Doing this at this moment is to test whether Qin Zheng is greedy.

Although he lost a golden Buddha worth three thousand taels of silver, at least he was able to test the character of this imperial envoy.

"How can I let you spend money? I am the one who blasphemed the gods and Buddhas, not you!" Jia Sizhen said, pulling out a two thousand tael silver note from his sleeve and handing it to Qin Zheng: "Sir, this is five hundred taels, please keep it!"

Qin Zheng glanced at the banknote, seemed not to see the amount on it, and put it into his sleeve with a look of slight disdain.

Nodding: "It's rare that you admit your mistakes and correct them. Buddha will forgive you!"

"Thank you, sir. From now on, I will follow you in practicing Buddhism." Jia Sizhen had already seen through Qin Zheng's disdain.

I thought to myself, this is too little!

Well, he is not afraid of those who accept gifts, but he is afraid of those who don’t.

Jia Sizhen gave a wink to Han Jiance beside him.

Han Jiance understood instantly.

He also took out a silver note from his sleeve and respectfully placed it in front of Qin Zheng: "Thank you, sir. I have offended the gods and Buddhas and am very upset. I hope you can say a few good words for me when you go to perform the ritual. I will donate a mere five hundred taels to the temple as an apology."

Qin Zheng glanced at the banknotes.

Five thousand taels.

Qin Zheng frowned slightly. So little?

This prefect Yang Ping is so stingy!

In fact, it was already a lot, but Hongtong County was too rich, and Qin Zheng became arrogant without realizing it.

Seeing Qin Zheng taking the banknote with a frown on his face, Jia Sizhen and Han Jiance were shocked.

Too little?

The golden Buddha worth three thousand taels of silver plus seven thousand taels of silver notes, a total of ten thousand taels. Is that not enough?

Even if the King of the North came here, he wouldn't get much more than this!

Because the King of the Northern Territory is in a bad situation now, Jia Sizhen is prepared to spend a lot of money for his safety.

If the King of the North had not met with trouble before, even if the imperial envoy came, he would have been sent away with a maximum of five thousand taels of silver.

However, he didn't expect that this young imperial envoy had such a big appetite?

Seeing that Qin Zheng didn't say anything, he picked up the wine glass and drank, seeming to be even more unhappy.

Jia Sizhen gritted his teeth and kicked Han Jiance with his toes.

Han Jiance took out a square, palm-sized brocade box from his sleeve with a painful look on his face.

The treasure in this box does not belong to Han Jiance, but to Jia Sizhen.

In order to make things easier, it was placed on Han Jiance.

Sometimes, there are some things that Jia Sizhen cannot deliver personally as gifts, so as to avoid leaving hidden dangers and bringing disaster upon himself later.

But even if it was given by the master, a fool would know that it was given by him.

However, once something happened, he had nothing to do with it and it was the master who took the blame.

The contents of the box were priceless, the only one of its kind in the Daqian Dynasty. Even when the King of the Northern Territory arrived, Jia Sizhen was reluctant to give it to him.

I've decided to go all out today.

"Sir!" Han Jiance stepped forward, placed the brocade box in front of Qin Zheng, and said flatteringly:

"This is something a student found by chance, but I don't know what it is. Could you please help me identify it?"

Qin Zheng said "Oh" and seemed to have no interest, then reached out to open the box.

Suddenly, Qin Zheng stood up and looked at the contents of the box in astonishment.

Inside the box was a fist-sized, irregular object that was as crystal clear as water.

"Plastic?" Qin Zheng exclaimed in his heart.

Is there plastic in this world?

Or finished resin plastic?

He searched for a long time but couldn't find it.

Originally, he was looking for raw materials for glass. However, it seemed that there were no raw material mines for glass in this world.

This piece of plastic shows no signs of being artificially manufactured and is clearly naturally formed.

This shows that the minerals that make up plastic are concentrated together, forming naturally due to the accumulation of time.

Seeing Qin Zheng's surprised look, Jia Sizhen and Han Jiance were not surprised at all.

When they first saw this treasure, they were even more shocked.

Qin Zheng asked, "Where did you get it from?"

Han Jiance said, "Your Excellency, I found it by chance on Zuofeng Mountain in Yangping County."

The location was correct, but in fact, this thing was found by the gatekeepers from hunters entering the city.

Qin Zheng was excited. He had been searching for it everywhere but finally found it without any effort!

Plastic was worthless in the original world, but in this world, when no one knew what it was or what it was used for, it was a priceless treasure.

Resin plastic is stronger, tougher, and more impact-resistant than glass, allowing for arbitrary deformation and high plasticity. Furthermore, it is lightweight, easy to transport, and convenient to install. Its transparency is excellent, five times that of glass. The original reason for the prevalence of glass in the world was that several raw materials for glass were far more abundant and cheaper than those for resin glass.

Qin Zheng was thinking at this moment that if the resin glass mineral resources were abundant, not only Yangping County, but the entire Liangjin Province would be on the road to wealth.

A plan to get rich was instantly completed in Qin Zheng's mind.

Liangjin Province is a poor province.

Although there is Guanghe County, the granary of the world, Guanghe County is an autonomous region directly under the Ministry of Households and is not under the jurisdiction of Liangjin Province.

At this time, Qin Zheng really wanted to help the people of Liangjin.

However, the prerequisite for helping is to see how much the mine produces.

And, hehe, he must be the primary shareholder.

Qin Zheng picked it up and looked at it carefully, then suddenly threw it into the box, closed the lid, and handed it to Han Jiance.

Han Jiance and Jia Sizhen were both stunned.

He didn't like it?

Why such a big reaction just now?