Crossing town house man and wife

Wu Ming's cold had already healed up that night, but Yan Heng stayed with him in the barracks for three days before leaving for the city.

Before leaving, Yan Heng called Yao Zhong over and told him Wu Ming's idea of ​​forming a "spies camp".After Yao Zhong showed surprise and obviously forgot his original plan to go to Wu Ming's side, Yan Heng told him that there is no money left in the sheriff's mansion, and the establishment of the spy battalion can only be shelved temporarily, but he Instead, he could stay by Wu Ming's side and run errands for Wu Ming as he wished.

Wu Ming was sitting behind the screen at that moment, and when Yan Heng finished what he had to say, he stood up calmly and told Yao Zhong that after all, the spy camp should start from a young age and select a few people first Straighten out the news in Xiangping City and seek more, but Yan Heng doesn't give money, they don't have a copper coin, even if there are only a few people, they still can't afford it, so before forming the spy camp, Yao Zhong got Go make money with him first.

"What's your idea?" Before Yao Zhong could ask, Yan Heng opened his mouth curiously.

"Secret." Wu Ming pretended to be mysterious and shook his finger, "Just take it as if I want to test his ability—don't worry, I don't care if you want a copper coin this time, and use my dowry for the start-up capital. Of course. , don’t even think about getting a share of the money you earn.”

Yan Heng laughed, "Okay, then I'll wait and see."

"Be patient, it will take time." Wu Ming blinked.

Yao Zhong immediately answered, "Madam, don't worry, Yao Zhong will definitely go all out to make Madam a rich man as soon as possible."

Compared with Yao Zhong who got his wish, Luo Daozi was not so happy.

Although Wu Ming finally made the paper, and Luo Daozi repeatedly told Yan Heng about the beauty and development prospects of paper, Yan Heng felt that papermaking is more suitable for earning fame when he is successful and famous. There is no benefit either.After all, there are few people who read and write, and now people are panicking. Even if paper is made, it may not be able to be popularized. The best use in the short term is probably only Wu Ming's usage-replacing toilet chips.

Therefore, Yan Heng only asked Luo Daozi to open a small workshop in the military camp, improve the raw materials and tools of papermaking, train a few experienced papermakers, and then consider the issue of promotion after he has established himself.

Luo Daozi also knew that Yan Heng's consideration was not unreasonable, so he could only keep his mouth shut, depressed by himself.

Fortunately, Wu Ming contributed something called a waterwheel a while ago, which is very useful for irrigating farmland, and it is said that there are other uses to be considered.Luo Daozi has spent most of his energy on the waterwheel these days, and plans to spread it to the military villages in various places next year, and then promote it to the farmland of the people.

There were many things to do, and Luo Daozi's depression didn't last long.What's more, the autumn harvest is about to come. This matter is more important than papermaking, and it cannot be sloppy at all.

Due to the manufacture of the oil press, Wu Ming made tofu again, and the soybeans that were originally tasteless suddenly had two more places to go.The former is closely related to the lives of ordinary people, while the latter is delicious and cheap, and can also benefit ordinary people.

Yan Heng has ordered that during the Chinese New Year this year, soybean oil and salt will be distributed to the soldiers and civilians in the military villages as rewards.

Hearing Yan Heng and Luo Daozi talk about the autumn harvest, Wu Ming remembered that the Qin Dynasty celebrates the New Year in October, which is just after the autumn harvest every year. In terms of time, it is more like the harvest festival that often appears in western fantasy novels of later generations.

Starting next month, Yan Heng will go to various counties to inspect and supervise the autumn harvest in various places.

Of course, due to the limited traffic these years, it is impossible for Yan Heng to travel to every county, but he just took a walk in the nearby counties to show his emphasis on agriculture.

But after this lap, September is almost over, and it will be the New Year when you come back.

Yan Heng wanted to take Wu Ming away with him, since he is a man anyway, there is no such thing as inconvenient or inconvenient.But Wu Ming didn't want to be tormented by the means of transportation these days, and refused to follow him no matter what.

After repeated negotiations, Yan Heng finally agreed to Wu Ming to stay, but during his absence, Wu Ming had to live in the barracks, and they would go back to the county guard's mansion together when he came back.

Wu Ming naturally has no objection, anyway, he has spells in his body, so he can go wherever he wants, but it's only in a blink of an eye.

Wu Ming even planned to stay here and not go back, as long as he sent someone to pick up the sweet-scented osmanthus and cook.

But Yan Heng didn't want to go vegetarian again just after tasting the meat, so he dragged Wu Ming back to the Sheriff's Mansion, and when he left Xiangping, he sent Wu Ming back.

On the night when he returned to the Sheriff's Mansion, Yan Heng sneaked into Wu Ming's house again and ate him heartily.

This time without the interference of the original owner's memory, Wu Ming's feeling became more and more refreshing, and he even began to wonder if he was born crooked, so he accepted this kind of thing without any grudges, but he was already happy after two times. in it.

Speaking of which, he had never been tempted by any woman before he died.In the early days, I was young and didn't understand those love affairs.Later, when he was older, he also thought about getting married and having children, but before he put it into practice, he had already left home, and then he never had the opportunity to think about these major life events that ordinary people care more about.

As for now, whether it is straight or curved is meaningless.

For an old ghost who has wandered in the world for more than 2000 years, enjoying the present is the most sensible approach.

Ever since, one demanded endlessly, and the other demanded everything.

Healthy, nature is instant fire.

The next morning, Wu Ming opened the back window and used spells to expel the smell from the house before calling the maids in to serve.

Fortunately, Yan Heng was extra careful last night and didn't leave marks on the bed, which saved Wu Ming the effort of washing the mattress.

After completing a series of daily routines such as changing clothes, washing, and eating, Wu Ming asked someone to call Yao Chong over, told him what to do, and gave him a box of gold as funds, so that he could start preparations as soon as possible.

What Wu Ming plans to use to make money is the undeveloped porcelain in the Qin Dynasty, and the glass that is about to be destroyed in many time-travel novels.

Speaking of it, Wu Ming is more familiar with porcelain.

When selling fake antiques, Wu Ming deliberately went to the porcelain masters to learn the craft secretly. Earlier, he also worked as a small worker in the porcelain workshop, and he knew everything from material selection to firing.As for glass, Wu Ming only kept a few recipes and flowcharts in his memory, and blew glass bubbles twice in a glass workshop when he went to Europe to hang out.

Thinking of glass bubbles, Wu Ming remembered something else, and immediately stopped Yao Zhong who was about to get up and leave, and asked him to help him find some more crystals.

"Madam likes crystals?" Yao Zhong was taken aback.

"I have serious uses." Wu Ming said, "You don't need to look for big ones, and don't want carved ones. It doesn't matter if they are smaller or thinner. The key is to be transparent, and the more transparent the better."

"Yao Zhong understands." Yao Zhong didn't ask any more questions.

After sending Yao Chong away, Wu Ming took out the two paper books he had newly bound in the barracks.

He bewitched Luo Daozi to help transcribe these two books, one was "Thousand Characters" and the other was "Erya".

"Thousand Characters" was originally created during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but here, a shameless time-traveling man silently wrote it out and named it as his own.

Wu Ming also had to admit that the time-traveling man still has some real talents and practical learning, at least in terms of memory, he can't memorize such things, and he can only remember a few sentences of the Three Character Classic.

Of course, he never found these things useful.

It would be better to copy the primary school textbooks of later generations!

While complaining, Wu Ming called Aunt Lao in, put two books in front of her, and asked her to read them.

Although Huobi said that the aunts did not teach her to read and write because the aunts themselves did not know how to read, after a period of observation, Wu Ming felt that Aunt Lai should be able to read.There is a roll of bamboo slips hidden in her luggage, and she often speaks out of words, which is very different from girls like Jinjiaoyinjiao who have never studied.

Upon seeing the two paper books, Aunt Lao had a distinctly surprised expression on her face.She didn't hide her surprise, she was stunned for a few seconds, then lowered her head and asked Wu Ming, "Madam, do you have something to order?"

"I promised to teach her how to read, but I really can't find a free time." Wu Ming didn't make a fuss, "It just so happens that you are here, so I just took over the job and taught the other girls together."

"Ma'am, the county guard's mansion has long established rules that literate slaves and maids must have been slaves of the Yan family for more than three generations before they can serve in the study." Aunt Lao reminded.

"Have you seen the study room here?" Wu Ming rolled his eyes.

Aunt Lao was taken aback when she heard this, and then she laughed, "This old slave is worrying too much, please forgive me, madam."

"Leave aside the rules and regulations for now, I would like to know if you can teach these two books." Wu Ming asked.

"The old slave can recite it once for Madam." Aunt Lao smiled faintly, "Recitation is not enough."

"Then read it." Wu Ming pointed to "Erya", "Just read this."

"No." Aunt Lao picked up "Erya", and unconsciously stroked the writing twice, then turned the pages of the book and began to read aloud.

Wu Ming interrupted twice in the middle and asked her to skip a few paragraphs. Seeing that she was indeed literate and could read all of "Erya", he called all the golden horns, silver horns, tortoise shells, and sweet-scented osmanthus over, and asked them Do you want to read and write.

Both the oldest and the youngest nodded immediately, but Jinjiao and Yinjiao hesitated.

Yinjiao feels that she has always been stupid, even if Wu Ming is willing to teach, she may not be able to learn it, and it seems useless after learning it.Jin Jiao was worried that this would be against the rules. After all, many gentry families forbade servants in the mansion to be able to read and write. They were afraid that they would spy on the few words in the study, leak them out, and cause trouble for their family.

But after hesitating, both of them expressed their willingness to try.

Seeing that everyone decided to learn, Wu Ming gave them and the two books to Aunt Lao, and asked Aunt Lao to find a place to teach.

Wu Ming didn't provide them with pens, inks, papers and inkstones either. Anyway, they don't have the chance to write in the short term, so they can just scratch on the sand table and the ground first.

When Aunt Lao and Huobi left the house, Wu Ming immediately returned to the inner room, planning to practice a week of exercises while no one would disturb him for a while.

But as soon as he sat down on the bed, there was a sudden commotion in the courtyard, and someone was shouting for help at the courtyard gate.

Wu Ming had no choice but to get up, walked out of the room quickly, and asked, "What's going on?!"

"Ma'am!" It was a young maid who was tearing up with several strong women at the gate of the courtyard. When Wu Ming appeared, she immediately shouted happily, "Madam, please help me, Mrs. Danying has broken into the Xikua courtyard. They are going to kill the concubines of the sheriff!"