Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

Wen Yu's farming plan is in full swing here, but Wang Yixi is encountering difficulties there.

It turned out that after he successfully bid, he went to celebrate with a group of merchants, but after drinking, he made a slip of the tongue and accidentally yelled that Wen Yu was his brother-in-law. Now rumors are spreading, saying that the Wang family relied on the support of relatives to win the project.

Of course, they didn't dare to say these words to Wen Yu, but when they met Wang Yixi, they would inevitably sneer.Especially the Huizhou merchants from the same village as the Wang family but did not get any benefits. Seeing Wang Yixi, he would run a few words, so that he is now isolated by the people around him, and eats alone.

"Damn it!" Wang Yixi walked out of the restaurant depressed, just now he quarreled with those people again, now he is uncomfortable in Mengyang, and he doesn't want to bother Wen Yu.I'm so hungry, can't I go out in the future?Distraught and irritable, he casually found a roadside stall selling noodles.

The boss is a middle-aged man who looks honest and honest. When he noticed that Wang Yixi was wearing clothes that were either rich or expensive, he immediately stepped forward with a smile on his face.Wang Yixi ordered a few small dishes casually, and ordered another bowl of noodles. After the dishes were served, he tasted a couple of mouthfuls, then frowned, "This is too unpalatable." He took his mouth, how could such crude food satisfy his stomach.

Seeing his uneasy expression, the stall owner carefully brought him a pot of tea, saying it was a gift from the store.

Wang Yixi just wanted to rinse his mouth, so he casually picked up the tea bowl and sipped it, then he was stunned: "What is the name of this tea? Why does it feel like I haven't drank it before."

The boss leaned forward and said, "My son, this is the wild tea picked from the mountains in our village. Our ancestors have been drinking this kind of tea for generations, and there is no name."

Wang Yixi tasted it again, but felt that the tea smelled strong and sweet in the mouth, although it was not so full-bodied, but it was fresh and long-lasting, in addition to its appearance, the buds and leaves were delicate, and the color was emerald green and lovely.I believe that if it is sent to the north, it will be loved by women in Beijing and China.Thinking of this, Wang Yixi stopped dawdling, bought some tea from the boss, and went to Wen Yu with the things.

Wen Yu was a little strange seeing Wang Yixi. He had actually heard the rumors in the city, but he knew that the second brother of the Wang family was arrogant and would never let him, the county magistrate, stand out.In order not to embarrass him, he simply avoided the other party these days.But now that Wang Yixi came to look for him on his own initiative, Wen Yu planned to listen carefully to what was going on.

When the two met, Wang Yixi didn't talk nonsense, and directly told Wen Yu about the tea in detail. "You mean that Mengyang's wild tea can be sold for a lot of money if you send it elsewhere?"

Wang Yixi nodded excitedly and said: "Of course, brother-in-law, you have to trust me. Although I can't do business, I still don't lack eyesight. We must drink this tea and find it tasteless. Girls and children will definitely like it." After finishing speaking, give it to Wen Yu After brewing a pot, Wen Yu excitedly asked him how he felt after drinking it.

"Cough, it's quite delicious." Wen Yu coughed twice in embarrassment. Can he say that these things taste the same when he drinks them? He didn't taste any aftertaste or fragrance, but they are indeed quite sweet.Wang Yixi was even happier after getting the affirmation, and before Wen Yu could speak, he said to himself: "Although the tea leaves are in good shape, the color of the tea soup is not bright enough after brewing. I'm afraid it's hard to be elegant just because of this."

Wen Yu was a little disapproving: "It's not easy to handle, it can be solved by packaging advertisements." Although he knew nothing about tea, as a modern person, he was very familiar with such things as marketing hype.

Wang Yixi's eyes lit up: "It makes sense. The previous Peng County Peony Festival was created by my brother-in-law. I think you are well versed in this, so why not leave it to you! We will share the benefits when the time comes!"

Wen Yu: "..." Well, if this business is done well, it will be beneficial to Mengyang, at least it will be one more job for the common people to make money.

Wen Yu realized that she was really busy, and just after she had some free time, she started looking for work for herself again.

Wen Yu doesn't know much about the tea itself. She only knows that in the Tang and Song Dynasties, everyone drank matcha round tea, but now most of what Wen Yu sees is the same loose tea as in modern times.

So he deliberately flipped through some books, and found that this was due to our great Tai Zu Zhu Baba.It turned out that after Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he found that the folk tribute tea was increased layer by layer, and there were countless people who took bribes. Tea can reduce the labor of tea farmers, and officials who supervise the production of tribute tea are not allowed to take the opportunity to increase the price or accept bribes.As a result, the previously colorful "tea fight" activities disappeared.

Knowing the reason, Wen Yu sighed. It seems that the fuss about the tea itself that he had thought before would not work.

There was only one way left, so an announcement was made that the government wanted to design a box, hoping that the style of the box would be exquisite and compact, but not too complicated, and strive for mass production.

Wen Yu placed a few wooden boxes in the city. There was an opening in the wooden box, which looked like a simplified version of a mailbox.Those who are interested can put the design draft and instructions into the wooden box, and write their address on the back. After one month, the government will make a unified review, and the top three will get a huge bonus.

As soon as the news came out, the whole city was boiling.One is the temptation of money, and the other is that it has been raining recently and there are refugees. Nothing interesting has happened in the city for a long time.There is no threshold for this submission, which means that no matter who you are, you can participate.Many people who can't read big characters participated in it, and what's even more ironic is that many wealthy families encourage their children to contribute articles, which may be regarded as a part of quality education.

Wen Yu originally planned to invite professional painters and craftsmen to design together. This call for contributions was just a whim. I never had much hope. I didn't expect it to become a national activity. I think so. The entertainment life in ancient times was monotonous and everyone had nothing to do. Things with great enthusiasm.

Since the people like it, Wen Yu simply expanded the bonus pool, not only the top three, but as long as the top ten are rewarded, the people cheered. In the past, everyone worked every day at sunrise, and rested after talking for a while after returning home from work. Nowadays, every household prepares paper and pens, and lights up the lights at night to paint.There are also some practical fighters, who are unwilling to face pen and ink all day long, and learn carpenter's work and do it directly.

Wen Yu even tried some cases recently because of this incident. Some said that their ideas were plagiarized, and some argued about whose design was better, which caused Wen Yu a lot of headaches.

The design activities in the city here are about to come to an end, and Wen Yu and Wang Yixi over there are purchasing a large amount of mountain land for tea purchases. Once this is successful, the surrounding land prices may skyrocket, but they only bought one-third of it.

Because it is actually very difficult for a new tea to enter the market, and it is inevitable that peers will be squeezed out and framed.In order for Mengyang Tea to enter the high society as soon as possible, it is inevitable to give up the profits to others, both of them are very clear about this.

The Design Conference deadline has arrived.A total of more than 3000 submissions were received, and many people's designs were shoddy and only one page, but there were also fine ones who printed a whole book and handed them in.

Wen Yu became interested, opened the book and carefully flipped through two pages, then was speechless.

This book was written by a Tongsheng named Chai Yusi. He first denounced the current business boom in Mengyang City, and then talked about this design competition. "He also tactfully criticized Wen Yu, the county magistrate, saying that he should rectify the atmosphere in the county and restrain the women who walk freely on the street now, thinking that they should stay at home and take care of their husbands and children, and because of the recent economic development in Mengyang , people around want to come here to settle down, and there are many cases of widows remarrying, which is also very bad.Ask Wen Yu to award the chastity archway to the widowed woman as encouragement.Finally, a few poems written by myself are attached to express my ambition.

Wen Yu threw the book in his hand to Yuan Bao with a blank expression, and told him to take it into the kitchen to light the fire. Now he just feels as disgusted as if he swallowed a fly.

The rest of Wen Yu just regarded him as an ordinary gangster, just to see a joke.But it stands to reason that Mengyang is located in the middle of Shu, with many ethnic groups, and the atmosphere is relatively open. It is not uncommon for women to go to the streets here, but he brought it up to talk about it. The best way to deal with this kind of person is to ignore him.Wen Yu was secretly lucky.

Then I went through other works with the judges, and as expected, most of them were unqualified...or the idea was too wild and unrealistic, and a packaging box was designed with a total of [-] hidden buttons!Exquisiteness is exquisiteness, it is estimated that people who take tea leaves will go crazy every time;

Or the style is seriously deviated from the theme. This time the tea is aimed at the aristocratic women and children of the Ming Dynasty. A bunch of bearded literati are printed on it, and then a few sour poems are put on it to let him sell it!

But there are indeed some good ones. After several days of discussion, the top ten were selected.And Wen Yu was surprised to find that the first and the second were the works of the same person.

These two designs feature cute and elegant styles respectively. One packaging box is round and covered with a layer of brocade. There are various animal ears on the box. Cats, dogs, foxes and rabbits are all available. It looks like a bamboo bear, a specialty of Sichuan.

The other is a regular square box, with a few branches of peach blossoms engraved on it, and a few strokes in the distance to describe the shape of a boat.A scene of falling flowers and flowing water vividly appeared in front of my eyes.

Wen Yu couldn't put it down for these two boxes, and hurriedly asked the servants to find the designer according to the address left behind the letter.The yamen servants took orders, and after a while they came in with strange expressions and said to Wen Yu, "My lord, the address behind this is the county magistrate's office."

"What?" Wen Yu was taken aback, took the drawing and checked it, and it was indeed written to be sent to Wen's house, and then seeing the author's name Yu Dianchun in big characters came into view, Wen Yu smiled, and said to the yamen servant: "This is what you want to do." Don't worry about it, leave it to me." The yamen servant took the order.

Wen Yu walked back to the mansion quickly, and after inquiring with the servants, she went to Wen Yulan.At this time, the magnolia flowers in the yard had already bloomed, leaving only the dark green leaves. Although it was already summer, the yard was still cool.Seeing Wen Yu, Wen Yulan yelled in surprise, and then stepped forward to ask, "Why is big brother here?"

Wen Yu smiled and held up the drawing in her hand: "Neon clothes, new makeup for evening, Shu Suting and Yu Dianchun. I didn't even know that my little girl had such talents."

Wen Yulan lowered her head and smiled shyly: "I don't know what to do, I just draw and play at home, I think it would be great if I can help my elder brother."

Sure enough, sisters are little angels.Wen Yu once again sighed in her heart. Having said that, Wen Yulan made clothes for herself a long time ago, and she noticed her talent in this area at that time.Wen Yu continued to ask: "Yulan, both of your manuscripts have been evaluated. You may want to develop in this direction in the future."

Wen Yulan was at a loss: "What kind of development, brother, what do you mean?"

Wen Yu explained: "I mean, since you like these things so much and are talented, I also saw many girls who are similar to you in this conference. , why not simply set up a school, ask a master who is good at painting to train you, and then design packaging for others, anyway, your big brother who designs will definitely pay for it.”

Wen Yulan's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again: "I'm just a woman, and I'm going to get married and raise my children in the future, so what's the use of learning this."

The author has something to say: The neon dress film is new for evening makeup, Shu Sutingting Yu Dianchun.It's Wen Zhengming's poem about Yulan, but he should be in his teens now, and he's still studying, so let's take it for granted...

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