Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

After Wen Qiong was rescued, Wen Yu felt that the inspection department had contributed a lot to this matter.According to the thinking of modern people, no matter what, you should invite others to have a meal first.

So Wen Yu sent invitations to the three people who participated in the rescue activity that day, inviting them to come to the mansion together.

Since Chen Siwu was arrested, the food in the mansion has plummeted.Now that Mengyang has also developed, there is a huge shortage of cooks. Although the county magistrate is free, the money given is really not much.Mama Qian tried her best, but she just hired a chef from other counties, and the cooking skills were more than one notch below Chen Siwu's before.

Wen Qiong felt that since he wanted to treat guests, he had to make people feel at home.The new cook was originally from Yangzhou, Wen Yu simply asked him to prepare a few Huaiyang side dishes, and Wen Yu provided the hard dishes on the table.

After thinking for a long time, Wen Yu decided to make the Ming Dynasty version of Dezhou grilled chicken and three cups of mutton. Because he likes the sweet and sour taste of fish-flavored things, he also prepared shredded fish-flavored pork and fish-flavored eggplant. I found a few pumpkins cultivated by someone and made a pumpkin rice.

After everything was ready, Wen Yu went back to the hall and waited for the guests to arrive.In the end, only Xu Jing came. Seeing Wen Yu's confusion, Xu Jing explained: "Those two people are not feeling well today, so I let them rest in the office and come to the banquet alone."

Wen Yu asked worriedly: "But what happened to the thieves that day, I'll visit them later."

Xu Jing calmly said: "My lord, there's no need to be like this. They'll eat up their stomachs if they don't want to live up to their expectations. They'll just be hungry after a few meals."

"Then...then Master Xu would like to send my greetings to the two of you, and I will invite them to the mansion for a gathering when they recover."

Xu Jing agreed, and then took a seat under Wen Yu's leadership. This is a good time, two people eat this big table.

Wen Yu had a headache, but Xu Jing was very calm, and the two exchanged greetings before moving their chopsticks.

Because of the lack of seasoning, Wen Yu always felt that something was missing when eating these dishes, only Dezhou Braised Chicken and Pumpkin Rice were quite delicious.Dezhou braised chicken is made from hens that have not laid eggs, fried in oil, and finally boiled in soup. It is golden in color and looks like a duck floating in water from a distance, very beautiful; and a lot of salty ham is put in the pumpkin rice , It tastes sweet and salty, with a special flavor.

Xu Jing himself is not a talkative person, and he is very silent when eating.Wen Yu tried to raise the topic several times, but she opened her mouth and didn't know where to start.

Although they handled several cases together, in fact he still knew nothing about Xu Jing.Thinking of this, Wen Yu felt a little downcast.

Although Xu Jing didn't stop chopsticks, he was always paying attention to Wen Yu from the corner of his eye.Seeing that Wen Yu seemed a little unhappy, he immediately asked if something happened.

Wen Yu smiled a little embarrassedly, and said to Xu Jing: "It's nothing serious, but I feel that I've known Master Xu for a long time, and I'm still so unfamiliar with Mr. Xu, so I feel it."

Xu Jing's heart trembled when he said it, as if someone had scratched his head with his paw, turned his head, and said casually: "You and I have known each other for a long time, so we can be called by each other, my name is Ji Qing."

"Ji Qing" Wen Yu said silently twice in her heart, "My character is Zhengqing, brother Ji Qing, this time my unsatisfied younger brother was rescued, thanks to you and the two little brothers from the inspection department, I am here Here is a toast to you, I hope you and I can work together to manage Mengyang well, and I will thank you for your care in the future."

After Wen Yu finished speaking, he drank all the wine in the glass in one go, and Xu Jing also raised his glass in return.Sure enough, since ancient times, the friendship of Chinese people has been in wine.After a few cups of yellow soup, the relationship between the two obviously improved a lot.

Wen Yu just drank cup after cup like this, and finally drank until she was a little delirious.To put it bluntly, he blamed himself, he thought that the alcoholic drinks in ancient times were of low alcohol content, so it would be fine no matter how much he drank.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Xu Jing was about to get up and leave, but Wen Yu, the drunk cat, was holding on to Xu Jing's sleeve tightly.Wen Yu's cheeks were flushed at this moment, and her saliva flowed out from sleep.

With his strength, Xu Jing wanted to break free naturally without any effort, but looking at Wen Yu's sleeping face, he couldn't bear it after all.

At this time, the servant Yuan Bao smiled and said: "This is not easy, my master sleeps so soundly, Mr. Xu might as well stay in the mansion and sleep with him today, and you can't cut Mr. Xu's sleeves. , otherwise it would be short-sleeved." He consciously said a witty joke, making himself smile.

The speaker had no intention of listening, and the listener had intentions. As soon as his words came out, it hit Xu Jing's heart like a stormy sea.

"So...is that so..." Xu Jing looked at Wen Yu with a complicated expression, and he couldn't help but recall every detail of getting along with Wen Yu.I actually have such thoughts towards Mr. Wen, but he seems to treat me too...

Thinking of this, Xu Jing felt a little joy in his heart.

Immediately, my expression became serious. I now understand my intentions, but what Mr. Wen thinks is still uncertain. He is drunk now, so staying by himself is no different from a villain who takes advantage of others.

Thinking of this, Xu Jing didn't care so much, and pulled his sleeve away, Ren Wenyu had no support and slumped on the dining table.

Seeing everything, Yuan Bao "..." Unexpectedly, Mr. Xu looks unreasonable, but actually has a lot of expressions, and changed his face several times in a short while.

It seemed that Wen Yu was really drunk so much that even a bulge on his forehead would not prevent him from sleeping.

Seeing Wen Yu like this, Xu Jing also felt a little distressed, and wanted to reach out to help but dared not.He just realized what he wanted, and his thoughts were still a little confused. Now he wanted to go back and stroke it alone, and then rushed back to the inspection department without looking back.

Wen Yu woke up early the next morning and found that there was an inexplicable extra bag on her head, and her memory of last night was a little blurred, so she asked Yuan Bao.Yuan Bao intuitively told himself that it was better not to say anything, so he took it vaguely.

Wen Yu didn't pursue it too much. There were more important matters waiting for him to deal with now. There was news from the brick factory that the first batch of red bricks had been successfully fired.

Everyone was excited. According to Wen Yu's thinking, the red brick was only the first step for Meng Yang to take off.Use red bricks to open up the market and promote consumption, and Mengyang's road will be much easier after that.

But the reality gave them a blow. Although the red bricks were fired and the hardness and cost were within expectations, the color was mottled.

It was only then that Wen Yu realized that if the ancient penetrating brick kiln did not adopt the water-sealed cooling method, it would be difficult to burn red bricks with uniform color.At this time, houses were decorated with bare bricks and jointed walls.The current red bricks are black and red. I am afraid that only extremely poor people will choose to build houses like this. The problem is that these people often cannot even afford red bricks.

Wen Yu couldn't help thinking about how modern society solves such a problem.It took a while to react suddenly.Why do you think about this in modern society, red bricks are no longer used, we have cement!But is it necessary to invent cement?

This is possible. Cement is one of the greatest inventions of human beings. If it is really invented, it will be a lot more convenient. At this time, Wen Yu regrets why she didn't study theory in high school!

He vaguely remembered the general formula of cement, which seemed to be limestone, clay and iron ore mixed in proportion to obtain raw materials.Then the raw material is calcined into clinker, and finally mixed with gypsum and other things, it becomes cement.

Wen Yu can only give a rough idea, he doesn't know the most important mixing ratio anyway, so he can only leave it to the craftsman.

For this reason, Wen Yu set up a huge reward, as long as someone invents cement, he will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, and his descendants can choose two people to be sent to social studies.If he really wants to take the imperial examination, Wen Yu will also ask a famous teacher to tutor him.You must know that all military and artisan households in the Ming Dynasty could take the imperial examination. The only way for military and artisan households to change their destiny is to pass the imperial examination.

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. After hearing this news, Mengyang craftsmen, big and small, seemed to be pumped up and devoted themselves to the research and development of cement.

In the end, it was really brought out by them. I have to admit that the power of the working people in ancient my country is really great.Cement was invented without knowing any scientific principles, and even the raw materials were somewhat vague.

The inventor is an honest man in his 40s and [-]s, named Guo Dou.Seeing that Wen Qiong was so nervous that he stuttered.

Wen Qiong patiently listened to him stuttering about the problems she encountered in researching cement, but in the end she couldn't listen anymore, so she simply changed the subject and asked, "I heard you have two sons?"

Only then did Guo Dou smile, and his speech became much smoother: "My lord, yes, one is ten years old and the other is six years old. Both children are very smart and have already enlightened."

Wen Yu smiled and said: "That's a good relationship. In two days, you will send these two children to social studies. I will let the teachers there pay attention." Guo Dou nodded excitedly.

Wen Yu didn't stay any longer, signed a confidentiality contract with Guo Dou, and immediately put the cement into production.

The cement factory here is under construction in full swing, while another accident happened to Wen Qiong's family over there.

This time it was Wen Yulan who came to find Wen Yu. After a period of transformation, Wen Yulan has become much more cheerful and generous.Wen Yu was very surprised when he explained the reason this time, because Wen Qiong seemed to have changed for the better before.

Wen Yulan shook her head, it turned out that since Wen Qiong experienced the kidnapping incident last time, she changed from her usual laziness and started reading like crazy.He only rested for two hours a day, and Wen Yulan was worried about his health, so she had the courage to come to her eldest brother, and wanted her to have a chat with Wen Qiong.

Wen Qiong sighed, seeing that it was overkill.

Then he went to Wen Qiong's house, it was already getting late, Wen Qiong was still reading at night.

Seeing Wen Yu, he immediately stood up and saluted. Wen Yu waved his hand and told him to sit down.Then, noticing the bloodshot eyes of Wen Qiong, she opened her mouth to tell him about Wen Yulan's worries about him.

After hearing this, Wen Qiong forced a smile: "I know that big brother and Yulan care about me, but I'm going to have a test for the boy soon. I'll finish the test for the boy as soon as possible, and then I'll be ready to be a scholar."

Wen Yu looked at him quietly: "After finishing the scholar exam, have you ever thought about your future path?"

"After the exam, I will go to the Juren exam. In a few years, I will ask to marry a virtuous wife, start a family and start a business. Of course, I will listen to my elder brother. I know that my elder brother will not harm me."

Wen Yu shook her head: "You are wrong."

The author has something to say: about household registration

The household registration of the Ming Dynasty was actually quite good. Doctors and fortune tellers were all registered as civilians.Military craftsmen and merchants can take part in the imperial examination. Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty we are familiar with, is actually from the military.

However, if a person becomes an official with the skills of a craftsman, it is okay to be a small official. If the official is a big one, he will indeed be discriminated against. For example, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry in the late Jiajing period, he came to this point as a carpenter Yes, of course he was ridiculed by the Manchu scholar-bureaucrats at that time.But it is true that the ceiling of craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty was very high, and the minister of the Ministry of Industry and the capital censor all had craftsman backgrounds.

In other words, as long as you are not from a lowly background, you can change your life if you are gifted and given the opportunity.