"What about Cen Xiaoyi?" Xu Wen couldn't help but ask, "I remember that he didn't seem to be from a big workshop?"

Hearing this name, the corners of Qi Zhengze's mouth raised slightly, but he showed great indifference.

This person killed two birds with one stone, blamed his son, made Qi Kun carry the black cauldron for a year, and almost ruined his life, Qi Zhengze never said this in his mouth, but he remembered it very clearly in his heart.

What's more, even if it has nothing to do with Qi Kun, this person is insidious, selfish, and unscrupulous, and this kind of temperament Qi Zhengzhi is extremely disgusted and disliked.

He was born in the fourth-level workshop Qiujiafang, and a year and a half ago, after he said and made peace, Qiujiafang was merged into the second-level workshop Qianzifang, and he also became a personal disciple of Qianzifang. This year, he also took the college exam in the name of Thousand Words. Qi Zhengze didn't look at any information, and said slowly.

"Level 2 Workshop?" Xu asked with some surprise.

"The first-level workshops have lasted for more than 100 years, but I can't look down on him. Qi Zhengze understood what Xu Wen meant as soon as he heard it, and said lightly.

There are two first-class workshops on Jiangnan Road, namely Cheng'an Fang and Lin Yuan.

These two are also engaged in various projects in the construction category and are good at gardening. If each of the third-level workshops only has three or four unique skills, their unique skills can fill an entire library cabinet.

If it weren't for the name of the craftsman, the style of these two families would be like a century-old scholarly family.

In the first two years, because of the apprenticeship test, it became common for medium and large workshops to merge small workshops, but Cheng'an Fang and Lin Yuan did not move, and they have been as stable as Mount Tai.

Xu Wen hummed and slowly cleared his thoughts in his heart.

Shinong industry and commerce, the third in the ranks of workers, and the social status is not very high.

In this case, why did Governor Deng deliberately recruit Cen Xiaoyi as his son-in-law and marry his daughter's daughter to him?

This can't just take a fancy to Cen Xiaoyi's personal strength and appearance, it can only be because of hundreds of tests.

The 100 Gong Test is the ladder of the craftsman, which gives the craftsman the opportunity to become an official, that is, the opportunity to improve his social class.

And for some reason, the imperial court's policy in this regard was a little impatient, a little rushed.

Obviously, the prefect of Deng discovered this and wanted to find an opportunity to please the emperor or participate in it and get a piece of the pie...... In short, there will be some benefits.

Cen Xiaoyi was the stepping stone he chose.

This person has a good appearance, strong ability, and certain social communication skills, and has won the first place in the county and government examinations, and his past results are also very good.

If he gets the first of the college test again, the result of Lianzhong Sanyuan can give him a layer of gold and become a typical of the typical.

At this time, if Governor Deng pushed him up, he would get the opportunity to break into it.

In this case, Governor Deng and Cen Xiaoyi have become a genuine community of interests.

"What kind of person is Governor Deng?" Xu Wen asked suddenly, gently stroking Qiuqiu's soft fur.

Qi Zhengze suddenly raised his head and glanced at him unexpectedly.

Just now they talked about the workshop for a long time, but Xu Wen didn't continue to pay attention to the Qianzifang, but focused on the prefect of Deng. Obviously, he knows very well what is the most important thing in Cen Xiaoyi's background composition.

For a fifteen-year-old country boy, this insight is so rare.

"Governor Deng is fifty-six years old this year, and he has a total of seven daughters, one of whom is a concubine, and the other six are all concubines. The concubine and the first four concubines are all married well, especially the concubine, who married to the capital and is the daughter-in-law of the Ministry of Works, and the husband and wife are quite harmonious. ”

Qi Zhengze did not directly introduce the personality of Governor Deng, but slowly talked about Cen Xiaoyi's future brother-in-law.

Xu Wen was not puzzled in the slightest, and still listened very carefully, which made Qi Zhengze a little surprised.

"Cen Xiaoyi's fiancée is the sixth daughter of Governor Deng's mansion, who is young and delicate, and has always been the most favored. It is said that he agreed with Cen Xiaoyi that he would only wait for the six girls and Lu to get married. ”

"It seems that Lord Deng still attaches great importance to this marriage. Xu asked and said.

"Yes. Lord Deng is a person...... is stable and modest, and I don't see too much style. But steadily, he was promoted from the prefect to the prefect within ten years, made good friends with his colleagues, and had a very good reputation among his subordinates. Not counting the fact that he chose Cen Xiaoyi as his son-in-law, his previous reputation was very good. Qi Zhengze said.

"Why did his reputation turn bad?" Hearing this, Xu Wen was finally stunned for a moment and asked unexpectedly.

"Shinong businessman, no matter how good Cen Xiaoyi is, he is just a craftsman. Xu asked this question a little silly, but Qi Zhengze finally breathed a sigh of relief and explained with a smile.

If Xu Wen had always been so smart and wise, he would have been really nervous.

"Oh......" Xu Wen suddenly knocked on his head and smiled helplessly.

It's that he thinks left, and if he is not in this era, his sensitivity to this aspect is still a little worse.

Next, Xu Wen did not speak, but looked thoughtful, and touched his cat with his hand.

Qi Zhengze looked at him for a while, and asked unexpectedly, "Do you understand?"

"Huh?" Xu Wen looked at him blankly.

"Do you understand what kind of person Lord Deng is?" Qi Zhengze asked.

"Didn't you make it very clear? Lord Deng is relatively mediocre in politics, but he is very good at managing his contacts and intends to do things in this area, so his connections and popularity are good. But recently, his mentality has not been very stable and he has become a little impatient, which has attracted some criticism, mainly from the scholars. Xu Wen didn't shy away from it, and he made it very clear.

"Shhhh......h

"Oh. Although Xu Wen felt that there was no one on the carriage now, it would not have any effect, but he still lowered his voice according to his words.

"By the way, I guess why he's impatient. Xu Wen suddenly remembered something, and said softly, "Ten years from the prefect to the prefect, the most favored concubine has only married a waiter, which shows that his business effect has basically reached the top, and it is difficult to go to the next level." It should be for this that he came up with some other thoughts. ”

Qi Zhengze was really shocked by him.

He stared at Xu Wen for a long time and didn't speak, and after a while, he sighed with a wry smile and said, "If Kun'er had your brilliant thoughts, he wouldn't have been taken advantage of by the villain in the first place." ”

“...... Overpraise. Xu Wen picked his face a little embarrassed.

Next, the car quieted down, and Xu Wen continued to read the information of the workshop.

The chief examiner of this college examination is still Sun Boran, but the number of deputy examiners has increased from two to five, which shows the importance attached to the college examination.

The main day of the exam is the first day of October, the same exam is three days, the results are released for five days, and the final results are officially determined on the ninth day of October.

Xu Wen looked at them one by one, and after reading them all, he put them back in the box, picked up the pile of small scrolls in the ash factory, and opened them one by one.

Each of these scrolls is a portrait of a candidate, and the information of this person is also written next to it, as well as the results of the previous two exams, which is very detailed.

It really took a lot of effort to collect such a piece of information, and the ash mill was able to summarize it so quickly, which shows that it had worked hard before.

The strength of the second-level workshop is also reflected in these aspects.

Xu Wen watched quietly, and Qi Zhengze raised his hand and poured him a cup of tea.

The faint fragrance of tea lingered in the carriage, and the carriage outside the carriage kept moving forward, and the red, red, yellow and yellow leaves decorated a brilliant autumn color.